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London, England, 1826-01-11 00:00:00

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SVCCESSION TO THE RUSSIAN THRONE.

The intelligence communicated by The Sim
yesterday, received by way of liamburgh, re-
specting the proclamation of NI cstot.As as Em-
peror of Russia, is confirmed by the arrival of
of official advices of the same tenour to the Eeg-
list! Government. These advices came direct
from Petersburg!! to Amsterdam, by an express,
and thence by the Dutch mail to London. The
proclamation took place, as we learn, on the
2r6th ult. As the whole of the proceedings re-
lating to the succession to the Russian throne
have been involved in extraordinary mystery, and
the difficulty of obtaining intelligence of the
events by which it has been brought into its pre-
sent state have never perhaps been exceeded,
it may be allowed to repeat a portion of
the gossip on the subject which has obtained
in the best political circles.—Constantine,
id is said, had, at the desire of his brother,
the lute Emperor, placed his signature to a
formal retsunciutroe of the throne, both for
himself and his children, in favour of his brother
Nicholas and his descendants. This renunciation
had not been formally registered by the( Senate,
but it appears that the Empress Mother was
equally determined with the lute Emperor on see-
ing it carried into effect, and that all her art and
intrigues have since his death been exerted for
the purpose. When the intelligence of that event
reached Petersburgh, the Empress Mother was de•
sirous that Nicholas should ut once be procluitn-
ed his successor ; but Nicholas, who saw the dun-
gerous situation in which he would be placed
should his brother Constantine refuse to confirm
this step, insisted that Constantine at once he
proclaimed, amid that his right to the throne
should be solemnly admitted by the Senate.—
ji deg proceeded thus frir,t he °tildel notification
of both acts was conveyed to Constantine at War.
saw) accompanied by a letter from the Empress
Mother, urging, as it is supposed, his carrying into
effect his original renunciation of the throne in
favour of his brother Nicolas. This letter is said to
have produced the desired effect, and Constantine
on the receipt of it dispatched his brother Michael
to Petersburg)), with a confirmatiou of his renun-
ciation. This account, if it should prove to he
correct, will be the most extraordinary instance
on record of maternal influence and ascendancy.
It is said that he always stood in the utmost awe
of her, and that on account of this feeling, and
the objections she always entertained to his mar-
riage with his present wife, a residence in the
same city with her would be rendered ex.
trernely irksome and disagreeable. It is given
out, therefore, as one of the reasons which have
indulged Constantine to confirm his renunciation
of the Crown, that the health of his wife is so
extremely delicate, that it would be impossible
for her to reside at Petersburg)). The Empress
Mother is said to be an ambitious woman, and
that she aims at, and will obtain, considerable
influence in the conduct of public affairs. The
political education of the Archduke Nicholas is
understood to have been under the direction of
the late Emperor for a long time preceding his
death; and that he has been trained for the same
system of policy as he himself pursued.—( Times.)

The celebrated new Novel Granby, which is
so much the topic of conversation in the fashionable
world, end w hick has been erroneously attributed
to a Noble Lord and others, proves to be the
production of a young Man of Fashion, of a
noble family, and of considerable talents. The
real author is THOMAS HENRY LISTER, Esq., son
of THOMAS LISTER, Esq., of Armitage Park,
Stafford, first cousin of Lord IttuaLEsnALL. '