The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-16 00:00:00

THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.

SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS TO THE
MUNICIPAL BODY OF WARSAW.

" Gentlemen,—l know that you have wished to address me
a Id am acquainted with the contents of your intended address ;
bit, to spare you from delivering falsehood, I desire that it
miy not be pronounced. Yes, Gentlemen, it is to save you
from falsehood; for I know that your sentiments are not such
as you wish to make me believe them to be. How can I
put faith in them, when you held the same language to me
on the, eve of the revolution? Are you not the same persons
who talked to me five, and eight, years ago, of fidelity and
devotedness, and made me the finest protestations of attachment,
and--yet, in a very few days after, you violated your oaths, and
committed the most violent actions ? The Emperor Alex-
ander; who did more for you than an Emperor of Russia
ought to have done, who heaped benefits upon you, who favoured
you more than hie own subjects, and who rendered your
nation the most flourishing and happy—the Emperor Alex-
ander was treated with the blackest ingratitude. You never
could make yourselves contented with your most advantageous
position, and in the end became the destroyers of your own
happiness. I thus tell you the truth in order to throw a true
light upon our relative positions, and that you may know upon
what you_ have to depend, for lam now seeing and speaking
to you for the first time since the disturbances. Gentlemen,
we require actions, and not mere words ; repentance should
come from the heart ; I speak to you without anger, and you
must perceive that I am perfectly calm ; I have no rancour,
and I will do you good even in spite of yourselves. The Mar-
shal who stands before you fulfils my intentions, seconds all
my views, and also watches for your welfare. (At these words
the members of the deputatiofi bowed to the Marshal.) Well,
Gentlemen, but whit signifies these salutations ? The first
duty is to perform one's duties, and conduct ourselves like
honest men. You have,. Gentlemen, to choose between two
alternatives—either to persist in your illusions as to an indepen-
dent kingdom of Poland; or to live tranquilly as faithful subjects
under my Government. If you persist in your dreams of a
distinct nationality, of the independence of Poland, and of all
these chimeras, you will only draw down upon yourselves still
greater misfortunes. I have raised this citadel, and I declare
that on the slightest insurrection I will cause its cannon to
thunder upon the city. Warsaw shall be destroyed, and cer-
tainly shall never be rebuilt in my time. Is is painful to me
to speak thus to you—it is always painful to a Sovereign to
treat his subjects thus, but Ido it for your own good. It is
for you, Gentlemen, to deserve an oblivion of the past; it is
only by your obedience to my Government that you can obtain
this. I know that there is a correspondence with abroad, and
that mischievous writings are sent here fur the purpose of per-
verting the minds of the people. The best police in the
world, witt such a frontier as yours, cannot prevent clan-
destine relations. It is for you to exercise your own
police, and keep the evil away. It by bringing up your chil-
dren properly, by instilling into them the principles of religion
and fidelity to their Sovereign, that you can keep in the right
path. Among all the disturbances which agitate Europe, and
all those doctrines which shake the social edifice, Russia
alone has remained strong and intact. Believe me, Gentlemen,
that it is a real blessing to belong to this country, and enjoy its
protection. • If you conduct yourselves well, if you perform all
your duties, my paternal solicitude will be extended over
you, and, notwithstanding what has passed, my Government
will always watch over your welfare. Remember well all that
I have now said to you."

WEST INDIA COMPENSATION.

(From the Times.)

SATURDAY.-It was stated a short time since that th.-
Commissioners for West India Compensation had con-
sented to wave their order, which required a peculiar power
of attorney to be s,ent in for the payment of the awards, and
that they would receive the common affidavit, being anxious
not to throw any difficulty in the way of the prompt settle-
ment of the adjusted claims. It has now, however, tran-
spired,,that they have adopted another plan, which, in most
cases, is calculated wholly to frustrate their intention.
Though they no longer object to pay on the common, or
what they term " refective" affidavit, they require the va-
lidity of each to be guaranteed by two London bankers.
This makes the matter worse than before. Those who are
in a position to ask such a favour from their bankers will, it
is supposed, decline doing so, and will prefer waiting until
they can get the special form filled up, while those who
cannot expect such a favour, and many there are, no doubt,
who do not even know two bankers sufficiently well to ask
such a thing, will be compelled to wait three or four months
before they receive their money, the interest upon which for
that time will, of course, be totally lost to them. The Lon.
don bankers, on their part, cannot besides be expected to
accede to such a regulation, for how can they, who have
little or no connexion with the West Indic's, be able to de-
termine whether such and such affidavits are valid or not?
This mode, it is rumoured, has been adopted by the advice
of counsel ; but the advice of a merchant would be a better
guide on these occasions than that of lawyers. It has been.
remarked -.by persons usually engaged in large money tran-
sactions, that within these few days the effects are begin-
ning to show themselves of a return into the circulation of
the money raised for the West India compensation. Of the
loan it is ascertained that above 12,000,000/. out of
15,000,0001. has now been paid up.

(From the Morning Herald.)

SATURDAY.--Much increased activity has prevailed to-
day in our Money-Market, and the firmness now exhibited
in the prices of British Securities may fairly b.e attri-
buted to the increasing confidence which prevails gene-
rally, and also amongst our monetary interests, in the
vast resources of this . country, and the general opinion
that State policy will secure peace to Europe and Ame-
rica. From_ the very great briskness that has lately pre-
Nailed in -the export trade of London: which, however,
has been chiefly confined to bonded foreign produce, it is
also considered that the balance of that particular do-
scription of commerce has been so much in favour of this
country that the foreign exchanges are likely to rule in
our favour for some time. The lamentable condition of
our agriculturists, who have been sacrificed to support the
theories of the free traders and the bullionists, is, neverthe-
less, exciting very general attention, as it becomes evident
that ,the home trade must soon suffer from the non-con-
suming position of the agricultural population. It is now
understood that
.the Omnium of the West India Compen-
sation. Loan has been paid up in full to the amount of
12,200,000/. by the .subscribers to the loan, in order to avail
themselves of the large discount granted by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer ; and this fact accounts for the ready
manner in which the brokers and jobbers have been able to
serve the Chancery broker, whenever lie has made his ap-
pearance in the market to purchase Stock ; but it is the
general impression that the practical financial lesson which
this circumstance affords will prevent future Chancellors of
the Exchequer from making loan bargains with a discount,
at any rate with one so favourable to the subscribers, which
is clearly demonstrated by the nominal price of Omnium be-
ing still at 4 per cent pm. Money has been very easy to-
day, and the premium upon the unfunded debt has advanced
to 15 16 on large bills, and to 14 16 on small.

PAnts, Nov. 14.—The Court of Assize is at this
moment occupied with another of those extraordinary
trials which so frequently occur in this country to as-
tonish and horrify the public. The principal criminal,
whose name is Laconaire, is described as having been a
mereantile*,traveller, but to have occupied his izure in
writing republican songs, inditing levelling articles for the
Boa Seas and Rcroiniatenr, and even constructing vaude-
villes and other dramatic pieces in conjunction with the
celebrated M. Scribe. Having been committed for some
former offence to the great central prison of Poissy, be
seems to have been at great pains in selecting from
among his fellow-prisoners such miscreants as from their
utter recklessness and audacity were the best fitted for
the 'commission of a series of the most frightful crimes
that were ever disclosed in a court of justice. For two
of these crimes be and two of his accomplices are now
under trial. The first is for the murder in open 'day, in
the midst of Paris, of a man of the name of Chardon,
and his; mother, who were suspected of having obtained a
large sum from the Queen for the purpose or founding
an old man's hospital. The other is for an attempt to as-
sassinate the receivjng clerk of M. 'Mallet, the banker,
who had been induced to send the clerk to Laconaire's
lodging, to receive payment of a draft ingeniously con-
trived for the purpose of leading into the snare a person
who, on particular days of the month, was likely to have
large sums of money about his person. After being des-
perately wounded, however, the clerk made such a resis-
tance and outcry as to alarm the house, and compel the
assassins to seek for safety in flight. They 'mute their es-
cape for the moment, but were afterwards retaken. La-
conaire has conducted himself in the most extraordinary
manner in the course of the trial. Utterly regardless of
his own life, he' takes the greatest deli-ht in the misery
and trepidation of his accomplices, and lends the most ac-
tive assistance to the council fer the Crown and the
witnesses for .the prosecution hi eliciting evidence for the
purpose of convicting- them. He seems to have sat to
the dramatist for the character of Robert Macaire, which
has, had such a run at one of the theatres on the Boule-
vards.. He now knows perfectLy that he cannot escape
the hands of the executioner, and when not in court his
time is constantly occupied in writing his memoirs, which
are to appear, it is said, on the day of his execution. lie
has reckoned the very hour of his condemnation, and the
length of the interval which must afterwards elapse before
it is carried into execution, and declares that he w ill. not
avail hilself of the benefit of the appeal to which all con-
\ acts are entitled, and of which, for the benefit of the re-
spite, almost all reduced to such an extremity are tempted
to avail themselves.