The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-06 00:00:00

ETH TI M

The most recet7t inti,iiigence from Russia is
not, we are afraid, of so cheerful a nature us we
were justified in expecting from that which had

previouoly reached us. The negociation is not
concluded, we believe, nor likely to be so very
*PoedAly. The Duke, who had hoped to attain
Ws end. at the close of a second conference,
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is now not looked for in this country before
`the .month of tine. To judge from the gene-
ral tone of the Emperor Nicholas, much con-
*deuce, we have been given to understand,
pight be reposed lu his peaceful (lisped-
-4000 ; but, it f4wilis tln it;, othes dispositions
to he consulted, before the policy of the Russian
Cabinet can be taken as a thing determined on.
When u nation pants for war, it is not often that
'tat Government is found to resist the popular
.desirse. When, further, the taste of the people
is directed to it certain object, which accords with
.the ancieut policy and personal ambition of its
roleeff, the chance of a long dispute between
them i$ :MUCh diminished, and in practice may
'lO,- said to have rarely, if ever, any existence at
till. ,When, again, there is a menace, real or
pretended, from.the people, or from All immense
army assenting to n'ak:foror its countrymen, that
the point at i,sue with the Sovereign shall be car.
force, and ht contempt of his
awl against hits; by
authority, a pretext is no longer wanting, a pion.
slide raotive is sup
plied for yielding to the 64 pa-
triode vehemence" of forty millions of men. The
2)peror Nicholas, therefore, if sincere in his
*etti protestatlous of a wish to preserve the

pence of Enrope, may have been pushed into an
abandonment Of his own views by the urgency of
other men's feelings, and by the progress of cir-
curnstarsces which the daily. exhibition '.of
such turbulent feelings in various parts of
the Empire' has produced.. If his Imperial
Majesty was not sincere, he has been fur,
with pretences showy enough to colour over
the deepest and darkest projects of warlike am-
bition which a thirst for the ' fair provinces of
Turkey in Europe could suggest to him. Ac-
cordingly, it.has note surprised us to hear, that
while his, Imperial Majesty approves so much of
the proposal submitted to him as tends so
the liberation of Greece,, he is not equally
satisfied with that which requires him to
withdraw his troops from the frontiers of Mol-
davia and Walachia. With somewhat of a cava-
lier disdain for the principles and consequences
of the old balance of power,—nay, for those on
which the Holy Alliance (that purely Russian
system) itself was founded, and which recognize
throughout a right in each . Government to
meddle with and control the policy of every
other,—it is whispered that his Imperial Ma-
jesty insists upon the amount and position of the
Russian armies on the line above referred to,
being questions between him and . Turkey
only, with which no other States have the
least title to interfere ! This is language for
Buonaparte, not for Nicholas ; and if ncted on
by Russia, cannot greatly tend to prolong the
peace, of to preserve the far-famed " settlement
of Europe."—To the above statements it must
be added, that there is reason to believe a fresh
conspiracy has been detected at St. l'etPrsburgh,
the design of which was to assassinate the whole
Imperial

NATURA L CURIOSITY.—We !yesterday visited
Monsieur Louis, the FRENCH GIANT, end were
much pleased Kith his gentlemanly manners, and
the familiarity of his little PONY, who passed be-
tween his legs, and rendered the scene exceed-
ingly amusing. His stable is well fitted with
ruck and manger, and is formed like a square
box in the lobby—in his capering about he tries
the ladies' muffs for• cake, and also smells the
gentlemens' pockets. Monsieur Louts is seven
feet six inches high, well made, and en engaging
countenance, speaks English very well, but wi;h
a foreign accent.- Ife held out his hand to a full
grown gentleman, who could not do more than
touch the elbow with the point of his finger. In
the next apartment there is, amongst many cu-
riosities in ancient armour, a coat of mail, 700
years old, in gitlod condition.. The fire arms of
il!e ion EmperQr NAPOLEON are of exquisite
workmanship.

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.—•-.A. New
York Paper contains the following extract of a
letter, dated -Washington, February 25 :—Presi-
di.nt A dams receives his guests with more courtesy
nod ntlabability than he formerly did. He has
overcome something of his stiffnes and reserve,
and is more easy and, social than lie was wont to
be. Still he is sometimes abstracted from, and
at other times evidently impatient of, his draw-
ing-room duties. lie is very nervous, as it would
seem from the trembling of his hands and
knees. This fact accounts for much of
what was, considered agitation in the delivery
of his inaugural speech, and of his address
to La Fayette. The disease of his eyes
has become more apparent than ever. It is, I
believe, called the trichiasis, and consists in the
involuntary flowing of tears. This appearance
has given rise to numberless anecdotes and bon
may. One of the latter I will relate :—A gen-
tleman sought an office from Mr. Adams, while
he was Secretary of State. On leaving the state-
office one day, he was asked by a friend whnt
success he had met with from the Secretary :
" He gave to misery," replied tint disappointed
applicant, 6' all he had—a tear."

Two of the French papers mention the escape
of MM. Rengzer and Longchamp from the power
of the dictator of Paraguay, Dr. Francia, and
seem Inclined to hope that it may lead to the
liberation of M. Bonpland, whose long captivity
IS peculiarly regretted by the world of botanical
science. We wish rather than hope that Fronde
may listen to the remonstrances the French Court
will doubtless,make againSt the further detention
of M. Boni)land ; but we suspect that, without
some positive engagement on the part of the un-
'fortunate botanist to quit South America, he will
never he restored to freedom. It is well known
that after the dictator had completely cut off all
intercourse between his subjects and all other
nations, and interdicted all Coinmerce; the Spanish
Americans suffered grievously froM the want of
their Yeroa or Paraguay tea, the quantity made
in Brazil being by no means sufficient for the
whole mattee-taking part of the society, and
its quantity Mug very inferior. To remedy this
evil, Bonpiand engaged with the Government of
BUenos Ayres to plant a garden with the precious
ilex, which yields the Yeroa ; and had succeeded
.so well, as to employ some hundreds of Indians,
.accustomed to the Paraguay, method of gathering
and drying Chet leaves ; and there appeared every
prospect that Buenos Ayres might supply the
market with the better sort of Yeroa. But this
was by no. means the wish of Dr. Francia, who,
on the 2d of. December, 1822, sent 200 soldiers
in boats 'down the river Paraguay to the new,
gardens, kidnapped poor Bonpland,, pulled up
,the Ilexes, burnt the huts, and turned the poor
Indians loose into the wilderneps. Since that:
time Bonplund has been kept,very Strictly, always
closely watched, and compelled to act either as
surgeon, distiller, or inspector of roads, as best
pleases the dictator. As to Francia, he, is said
to resemble no other, potentate of whom we have
heard. but the veiled prophet of Khorassen.
When he goes out of his house, the people are
ordered on pain of death to return to theirs, and
on no account to look out. But, saving this MI.
Willingness to be seen, he appears to be► tolerably
,well qualified to govern a half-savage community,
and he has certainly maintained himself more
free from rivals, both within and without his state,
thati nay of the other South American revolu-
tionists.