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had taken up his residence in Brazil. It is added,
that the Austrian Envoy at the Court of Lisbon
delivered the above letter to the King, the first
opportunity he had after his return to the capi-
tal, and accompanied it by the warmest expres-
sions of interest and regard for the future pro-
sperity of the kingdom of Portugal, as well as
the happiness and tranquillity of the people in-
habiting the same.—A private letter from Lisbon
adds the death of the Patriarch, and that a Friar
had been named by the King in his stead, to the
very great annoyance of the secular Clergy, par-
ticularly of that part in mare immediate contact
with the See of Rome.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
There is no longer any doubt as to the succes-
sor of the Emperor Alexander. An official dis-
patch was received yesterday, confirming the in-
telligence of the resignation of the throne by
Constantine to Nicholas, who has been formally
proclaimed Emperor at St. Petersburg!). We
have yet no knowledge of the circumstances
under which Constantine was induced to forego
his birth-right, and it would thorefore be idle to
speculate concerning them. Some facts which
hare transpired seem to indicate that there
was a previous negotiation of some kind
between the Imperial brothers. We remarked
yesterday, that the " extraordinary delay of
Constantine at Warsaw" could be accounted
for only by the existence of some proceedings
of this nature. The Etoile of Sunday announced
that a Senator, bearing the genuine Muscovitish
name of Apatchinin, had arrived at Warsaw, on
a mission from Nicholas, cc with the result of the
deliberations of the Council at St. Petersburgh."
It is not improbable that Constantine has made
some arrangement by which he has secured for
his own life the possession of the crown of Poland.
There would be the less difficulty in making this
arrangement as he has no children living, and if
any should hereafter be born from his present
wife, they could not be regarded as fully legiti-
mate.

[TII E PjIBLIC LEDGER.]

The report-of the abdication of Constantine
has not died away, as we certainly expected ; on
the contrary, it has acquired such a degree of
consistencyras compels us to lay aside the ddubts
we entertained on the subject. It is now confi-
dently stated, that an official confirmation of the
report has been received by Ministers ; but as
the cause of a proceeding, which, we believe, is
without a parallel, still remains to be ex•
['hatted, it would he idle, as yet, to
speculate upon the influence it may have upon
the tranquillity of the • world, or the politics
of the Rossini, 'Court. Its whole value,
.ht
this respect, depends upon its being an act
of self-denial, or one of compulsion. In The
former instance, it might have a decided tendency,
at first, to consolidate friendly relations subsist-'
ing between the leading Powers ; whereas, if the
abdication has been compulsory, the greatest ca-
lamities to the ItuSsian Empire will be the result,
without their affecting, however, the interests of
other countries, beYond the shock it would im-
part to the European system, were it to be depriv-
ed of the powerful support of Russia. 'flint sup.
port, however, will, in neither case, be as effec-
tive as it was under the vigiluot and active_adini-
nistration of the late Emperor. The Emperor
Nicolas, with his inexperince, and want of per-
sonal influence, together with the trilling flaW in
his title, 'sill find himself obliged, in all proba,
bility, to go down ,the stream of national pre.
judices, instead of being able to repress its
violence, and direct its 'course, like Alex-
ander. The policy of the latter, particularly
with respect to the war, between the Turks
and Greeks, was so much at variance with the
feelings of his subjects, that it required all his
tact to maintain it so long, without forfeiting the
confidence and regard or his people. But
Nicholas .may find it more safe to follow . than
controul public opinion, alma a
.question so
long and closely connected with the loftiest
flights of, Russian ambition, art well as with
the dearest sympathies of his subjects. If
our surmise be correct, the importance we
have attached to the death of Alexander
has clearly not been over-rated ; and when
we said that it would preserve the present poli-
tical relations of Europe, we spoke within bounds
instead of overstepping the limits of, legitimate
infe-retice. The armed interference of Russia in
he contest . between the Greeks nod Turksewill
!sever 'be tamely connived at by the other leading
t'owers, who see, in the ov,rthrow of the Otto.
inw Empire by the arms of the Czar, the fate
that awaits theMselves.

The Managers of the -Dover Savings' Bank
first commenced receiving deposits on Ntarday the Ist ofApril,
1825, and by a return made up to the 30th of last November,
agreehly to Act of Parliament, we find that the total amount
of monies received in the short space of thirty.four weeks was,
£12,117145. Mai4stone Journal, Jan, IQ.)
A RLIdAUKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE lately occur-
red' at Atnetsbam. About a month previously a
box had been stolen from the bedchamber of a
person of the name of Salter, containing in notes
and sovereigns nearly 1501. One of the notes
stolen was a Bank of England 1001., and it for-
tunately happened that the date and number
were ascertained, so that on ioquiry, at the bank
the day after the loss was discovered, it appeared
that the note had not been brought in. Of course
payment of it was StOppt.d. No clue to the rob-
!wry has
,been discovered, save that the thief, in
all probability, gained access to the house through
a broken latticed window, and made his way
to the chamber where the tiox was deposited,
in the dusk of the' evening, while the family
were engaged below stairs. It was cjuite clear,
indeed, that the depredator must have pos-
sessed the most accurate information of the
house, and the plaCe.where the box was 01" qt"
ed. On Wednesday morning last, a letter which
had been put into the post office at Amersham the.
, •
Preceding eSentags addressed to Salter, wsas dO7
proved to to him,
tiannidjowpoilal.sonc;etuent.iilnsgiilyi'th'reolipidia:pdecruopi:e:llitic'itdl3l
formed the envelope
fastened with shoemaker's wax. The thief was,
no dOubt, aware of the note being stopped, and
of the danger and risk attendant on any effort to
Put it in circulation.