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rightful claimant. 14either is it tn be stipplised that the
adherents •of the latter would quietly aequiesce in his
own wishes to remaih ins private stationigtanting such
wishes were sincere; bdt that they would far ;more pro-
bably, t At measures in the name of their Prince, to'
embroil the Ern/ire.
We infer, therefore, that the resignrion cannot have
been voluntary.. If compulsory, to what sosse it is to
be attributed, yet remains to be ascertained.

In a preceding page we have insertel critimts Cl'
tracts from the French Journals, on the affairs of Iltessia,
and some interesting particulars respecting the last
moments of the Emperor ALEXANDER. The news of
the revolt of some of the I a:periAl troops had not reached
Paris, hot the report gains ground here, and we suhjnin
from a Morning Paper some add firma% details on the

subject.
With regard to the abdicatietn Of CONSTANTINE,
nothing has yet transpired to account satisfactorily for so
e:tra•'rdinary an event,though ablin.lance of reasons are
alleged both in the French and English Journals. A
Morning contemporary se ms to ascribe t' is signal act
of sel-denial on the part of Coss rANTINE, to his affec-
lion for his wire, 310 the circumstance that she is not
July qualified for the honour; of royalty. 66 Nut only,"
he says, 41 is she of a rank by birth which would
rot permit her to enjoy all the honours of an Em-
press, but there is a more serious obstacle in her
.rel;gion, for she is a Roman Catholic; and, without em-
bracing the Greek communion, she could not be per-
mitted to share the throne•" The fact, however, is, thit

in no country in the world has less attention been paid

to these matters than in Russia. We yesterday di:-

cussed the subject of disquslification by birth, i
Alluding to the case of the great CaTnent vs, whose
origin was humble and mysterious; besides, in a coun-
try where the to mth of the Ruler is, nine times out of
ten, the lsw of the land, any objection of this sort

would easily. be removed.
With regard t the wife of CONSTANTINE having
been excluded on the ground of religion, the idea k
absurd. Religion has seldom been an obstacle to a
crown. A King of S IxoNv, to obtain the throne of
Poland, abjured Protestantism for the Roman Catlin' c
religion; and what is more remarkable, that although
Poland is lost to the Kings of SAsouv, they adhere t•i

the Catholic Religion, even when their subjects are
almost wholly Protestants. To come to more recent
times, did not the prevent King of SWEDVI renounce
the religion of his fathers for the throne of Sweden?
But let us return to Russia, and we shill see how
little religion has to do as a qualification for the throne.
As the Imperial family of Russia is the only Royal
House in Europe professing the Creek It -ligion, and
there ate no collateral branches of it to afford al-
liances in the way of cousin:, the Imperial family
hats always been obliged to seek abroad For wives and
hUsboadi, acid that, consequently, in families profes.
sing a; diffirlAt 'religion from that of the State.—
'The present Empress Mother was a Pcincess of W'

ternterg, and :a'Pro•estant ; the widow Of the late Ea-
imp* was also a Princess of the House of Baden, and'
yet this difference in religion was no bar to .their
ascending the throne of Russia. The wife of the G•and
Duke or Emperor Nicnocas, a daughter of the King.
f Paussta, is also a Protestant, and is, consequently, en
the score of religion, as much disqualified as the wife
of CoNsraorriNe.
if we examine the Greek religion, we shall see that

is differs much less from the doctrines of the Roman
Catholic Church, than it does from Eotestantism.—
The Greek and Catholic religions admit the same Sacra-
ments, and attribute them• to the same effect ; both
have their monastic institutions. The Russ;ans do
not, it is true, acknowledge the Poet's supremacy,
but they use auricular confession, worship the VIRGIN
Many, and other Saints, and pay their adoration to
crosses and relics; indeed,. they only vary in some
minor particulars, and a Roman Catholic, in em-
bracing the Greek religion, has much less sacrifice to
make than a Protestant.
It will be seen from a preceding article, which, how-
ever, reached us since these remarks were written, that
intelligence of a recent date has been received from St.
Petersburgh; it is however !wholly silent as to the
revolt of the Guards of which we copy the following
account from the Tholes of this morning :
Advices from St. Petenburgh of the 26th ult. relate a most ex-
traordinary scene, which is said to have occurred in that city a few
hours before the proclamation of Nicnot.as as Emperor, and which
stained that ceremonial deeply with the blood of the Russian sot_
diery. It appears that the Empress Mother, Matas, Feonoaowsu,
bad called upon the Officers of all the regiments quartered in St•
Petersburg!' to assist in the proclamation, and to transfer to NICHOLAS
dill-oath of allegiance which they and the troops under their com-
mand had recently rendered to his brother. Ail the regiments
assented to this, with one exception, which was that of the Regi.
ment of Moscow, belonging to Cowsrattenta himself, and the only
one of his regiments then in St. Petersburgh. The Officers are said
not only to have demurred to the Empress's command, but to have
represented in strong but respectful language, that only a few days
had elapsed since they had sworn fealty to Cousrawnwa as their
Emperor; that it wan wholly inconsistent with t►at oath to transfer
It to any other person, unless in the event of his death, or at his
express order; that it would be disturbing the order of the recta.
slots to act otherwise ; and that nothing less than Communism's
own appearance, and an order from his mouth, would induce them
to consent. This determination, it is added, was reported to the
Empress Mother, who became extremely indignant at this resistance
to her will, and conscious of the danger even of a delay of obe-
dience in a Russian soldiery, gave orders that the refractory regi-
ment should be immediately fired upon, if their consent was not at
cows tendered. Her spirit and promptness of determination on 1114
trying occasion, if the accounts may be relied on, could not have
been surpassed by CATIMILDIF herself. Her orders were obeyed,
and a slaughter instantly commenced of the resisting regiment, of
whom between 900 and SOO are said to have been sacrificed. berm
the remainder submitted. It has even been stated, but in chi
respect there is much ambiguity in the accounts, that the troops o
Colour:ma's regietent returned the firs, and that in euniequenc