The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-13 00:00:00

11114.; LONDON JOURNALS.
DAILY*
Extra ids fi on; the Morning. Papers, Jan. 13, 18'26.

[THL IMt .l
We certainly are not able to affirm that a satis-
factory light NO yet been tin-own upon the state
of parties in the Russian Empire, by any, or all,
Of the piecemeal- aceounts which have succes-
-t 'ft • l
aively got into circa . is. we are told
that oaths'of 'Ullegiance.had 'been taken by Ni-
doles, as well as by the Guards and Senate at
fi eointimil, 'to Constantine,' 'as"'Alexander'a
Vittiral- heir. Next;' that from some cause or
other, which is not in evidence, nor in any man-
ner authenticoed„. thesante' 'Nicholas accepted,
or assumed, in his own person, the Crown which
ate had already recognized `by 'oath to be his
tether's Thirdly, the storiel'go on 'to as-
ittirti;itts that some of the soldiers qnartered in
41W capital, who' felt that oaths were not third;;
be trifled with, or who perhaps' were better
iilOased with the first disinterested choice of an
Emperor made by Nicholas than with
.the
streend object of his election, -murmured' and
'refused to acknowledge him for. their Sove-
reign, to the 4'*Clusiion of Constrrntine,' whom
they had but a few days previously, in com-
mon with Nicholas,' sworn, to obey—that the
Empress Mother, who had not in the time
of Alexander been permitted to pay a very
prominent part upon the stage, ordered the
Guards to fire on the regiment who adhered
to Constantine ; and that after the • loss of some
-hundreds of lives, the refractory were quelled,
Owl Nicholas proclaimed Emperor of Russia. 'lt
is added, that the manifesto of Nicholas, en his
accession has reached officially the British Go-
vernment. Now it must be at once admittedl
that some strange concealments of 'facts appear
to run through the above narrations. The ques-
tions bow ? and why ? are en every man's lips
ssflto heirs the circumstances. We are bound to
beiie've that. Constantine was proclaimed by Ni-
*lleitis immediately on the news of Alexander's
'death being announced to him. Nobody pre-
tends that Nicholas was then, ignorant of the for-
mal renunciation of the throne which Constantine
had executed some years before. On the con-
trary, he is said on all hands to hose alleged his
resolution to wave the rights accruing to him under
ir,and to submit himself to the authority of his, bro-
ther, What,then,induced Nicholas to change this
resolution ? A second declaration, it is pretended,of
Constantine, to abide by the first, and to re-
!Winne the Etnpire. Now of this subsequent
display oflelf denial, we repeat that no particle
of testimony worth serious notice has, transpired.
If such an instrument, for it must surely have
been it, writing;had reached the hands of Nicho-
las or his'Mother, the very earliest, impulse of
policy end common sense would no .doubt have
been to make it instantly public..--not tesay that
such a State Paper had arrived, but to print and
publish it for the whole of Europe.. We do not
deny that Constantine may have spontaneously
abdiCated the throne of a mighty empire; hut
since it is the most unnatural thing in the world
that he should have done so, we merely contend
that it is of all things on earth the most inert--
dible, withotit occular or other positive demon-
stration.' The causes assigned are as extraor"
dinar, Ob the fact asserted=—that the wife of Con-
'tontine is a Catholic, and therefore could not
share her heshand's throne. Of whet religion,
then, was the Empress Mother Fedeorowna, be-
fote'ller marriage With the son Of 'Catherine ? Of
whit Church teas Elizabeth, the Empress Dow,
ogoir,`before She left her father's Court at Baden.?
or what church was the Prussian Priecess her.
telf--;-the wife of Nicholas--tile Emperor—now,
a" we are telt!, reigning! No: that tale has folly
triton the face of it. Again the fondnes.; of Con.
silt/tine for his spouse prevailed upon hint to
surrender a dignity from which she must have
been excluded! 84 if there was any rank within
the- roalth to which 'a Russian - Autocrat once
Wielding the sceptre could not raise his wife!
MO" was Catherine ? Who were two of Cethe-
rine% predecussors ? Were they daughters of
Crowned Heads ? A. deed, it seeins, was ex,
c'ented five years ago, by which this Lady was
barred from the throne but if Constantine were
(dice seated there, who vvoold venture to insist on
the pro Visions of such a compact, nt the risk of
tosiritt Isla head before he quitted the Imperial
presence ? Upon the whole it is unlikely—we
rA poi: say it is impossible,—that Constantine
should have given a free consent to his own per..
sons! ; and it the enusent has not
been 'freely given, how long will it endure ?

[MORNING POST.]

The reports of military disturbances of St.
POtersburgh, which we gave in our last, were
rally confirmed yesterday by the arrival of Wed.
nesday's Male with official details of the events
which mide the Ittmino capital a scene of con-
flict and of blood. These details will be found
it foil length in as preceding column. We a
retaii _k mow that Nicholas had read the renunci-
ation of his Brother to the Senate on the 25th
ditond after sccepting the Crown had been
proclaimed Emperor. The next day he publish.
ed- a Manifesto, " remarkably well drawls np,"
we'are told, in which he stated, 44 with touch
penpiciiity and historical precision the renuncia-
tiOntof Constantine." This Manifesto was nem-
by the diplomatic acts by which it was
attested, The Same day the Regiments of
Guards were to lake the oath of allegiance
to the littqfi Emperor. All had taketi it heartily
Joss than • two weeks before to Constantiue, and
Lad thus proclaimed the unanimity of their feel•
itur,s towards him. ft soon became apparent that
the same unanimity did not prevail towards
choler. Instead. Of obeying the order which
directed them to draw'op in the morning, some
of them remained in their quarters. The Moscow
Regiment, Constantioe's own, gave the example
of resistance but was not the only one who op:
,
posed Nicholas. Some of its grenadier compa.
vita sallied forth With their' colours, proceeded
to the Squate of Isaac and re-proclaimed' Con.
stantine Emperor. The Regiment of Body
Guards immediately joined them, then the Ma.