The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-23 00:00:00

vehicle dangling in the air. And why so ? but
because he had no business there. We should be
glad to see the streets in the city widened, as
well as paved, cleansed, and lighted better than
at least some of them are, We also wish, as long
as we live, to see Tharnes.street thronged with
carts and sugar hogsheads ; and Smithfield, under
proper regulations, the market for that supply of
food to the metropolis which cannot be dispensed
with.

[BRITISH PitEBB.3
The French Papers which arrived last night,
bring further intelligence from Russia. The
accession of the Emperor Nicholas has been con-.
firmed by the peaceful and unanimous adhesion
of the civil and military authorities of Moscow.
Previously to the ceremony of swearing allegiance
to the new Sihereign, the Archbishop publicly
read the will (if the late Emperor in the Cathe&
rill. From this procedure, as well as from a
letter written by the Grand Duke Constantine,
on the 20th of December, to the Minister of Jus-
tice., disclaiming the imperial title, by which dur-
ing the interregnum, we had been addressed
in art official report by that 'Minister, it ap-
pears that the abdication' of the Cesaro.
wit Sch was certainly not voluntary, though his
sacred-regard to the oath he had taken forbad
him for an instant to think of violating it. He
states this expressly in his epistle to the Mi-
nister of Justice. lie submits himself "to the
will manifested by his late Imperial Majesty."
On the 31skt of December a proclamation was
issued respecting the mutiny of 'the 26th. This
document divides the guilty into two classes—
those who were misled by their mistaken fidelity
to Constantine, and those who availed themselves
of the oath to the Cesnrowitsch,only as a• pretext
for treason. The designs of the latter, we are
told; had been " matured in darkness." Their
object Was " to cast Clown the throne and the laws,
to everturn the empire, and to produce anarchy."
We shall wait to see how these allegations are
supported by subsequent evidence. At present
we' confess we are somewhat incredulous. If
they had reVolutionary designs, in such a country
as Russia,' they rather deserve the seclusion of a
lunatic aiiylum than the punishment of high tree-
son. No project could be More outrageously ab-
surd, nor would any set of men have been less
disposed to carry it into execution than the in-
struments with which they 'had commenced the
undertaking. His imperial Majesty forgives
the misled, but declares his determination to in-
flict the utmost rigour on the guilty. He will
destroy the evil spirit 66 to the very roots." In-
stead of this denunciation, how much better
won't] a general act of grace have become the
accession of the, new Monarch, excepting from its
operation only those who were actually concern-
ed in the death of General Miloradowitsch and
the other officers who perished in the mutiny.

[THE FULILIC LEDGER.]
Last night we received the Akan:eine Zeitung
to the 15th, Frankfort Papers to the same date,
and the Austrian Observer to the 10th instant.
These Papers have no news from St. Petersburgh,
Warsaw, or Turkey, that the reader is not already
acquainted with ; and we have 'searched in vain
the columns of the Austrian Observer, for the
intelligence which the Moils pretended some
days since to have extracted from it, respecting
the ceremony of taking the oath by Constan-
tine. We have therefore no hesitation in pro-
flouncing the extract a forgery ; and the friends
of the European system, which the Emperor
Nicolas has, pledged himself to support, must
be :reduced to an awkward dilemma, to have
recourse to shifts like this. This fabricated
extract% joined to the impenetrable mystery in
which the Cesarowitch keeps his designs shroud-
ed, betrays the fears, of which the latter is al-
ready the object; and we are greatly mistaken,
if he will not soon justify them by bii conduct.
In the:mean time, his apparent acquiescence in
intrigue, which has excluded him from the throne
shews a self.command, that will probably enable
him at last to. triumph over his enemies, as it is
clearly tho wisest course he could have taken,
seeing that all the chief commands in the empire
are entrusted to creatures of the new Em-
peror, or rather of the Empress-Mother, of
whom the former is clearly the tool and the de-
puty. Had he vindicated at first his right to the
throne, he would probably before now have ex-
Piatcd his rashness, ,in a manner not unusa!
amongst. the Princes of his House, as he had no
organized purty to support himi either at Court
or in the army ; ant! to trust to a sudden explo.
sion of, feeliug in Ilk favour would be the act of
a' reckless adventurer. Ile seems to proceed
with a deliberation, ‘thich must appal the cabal
who have set the crown upon the head of a raw,
timid, and inexperienced stripling, that they may
commandm in . his name. In the meantime, Con-
itati t, I !te reains 'stationary at Warsaw in the midst
of an army and Court, zealously devoted to his in-
terests, and where he is perfectly safe from fraud
'or ViOlence. There he can securely await the
effects of his , popularity amongst the Russian
troops, and watch any movement that the nobi-
lity, particularly in, the ancient capital of the Em-
pire, may show a disposition to make in his favour,
Or rather in support of the: regular Order of sue-
cessiob. ft is rather remarkable that there has
been no intelligence' from Mosco'w since the death
of Alexander; and as that city is a hot.bed of
discontent, mi accoont—of the absence of the
Court, as well as other.causes that we have not
time to enumerate, we, are extremely •anxious to,
learn what impression has been made there by
an occUrrence, so
. “
well calculated. stir up its
EaCri4 144pGRIS.
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- ' trtia TIMES.)
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I..diui. tint night wre 'received, by Express from
Paris, 'the Etoile of Saturday, with the Journals
Of' Friday. ']'he P.:toile contains an important do-
othrtent, the 'lrocliktiintioli of the Emperor Ni-
cholas to his subjects' oit the event of the ‘26tli of
'December, its origin, and its CollBequepeps. The
'Eriiivror,..spititti iii Wrath distinct terms of a con-
spirltcy • to' overturn 'th throne, lie b.,16—the
gredC,Miiii of the—histirgents' knew nothing of
1 this' • hat it was a design long meditated In
secret ; the mystery is now discovere4l, and 'justice
forbids to-spure the guilty. , Front ail the sources