Star.
London, England, 1826-01-14 00:00:00

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moment we ascended the Throbs of Russia, we have
imitria~ly'telt, that it ems viler duty towards ALMIGHTY
(ion, not only to maintain during our reign the happi-
ne%s of out dear country and of our people, but also to
Ir• pa,e- and •ecure a Clear and exact appointment of.
onr .ttctessor, According to the laws of our Imperial
114ni••, and of the Empire.
le We we:e nn able to appoint him immediately, ac-
cord n. to the4FxAmple of our predecessors, under the
expectAtion in which we were, whether it might not
?fence PRoVIDICNCY to grant us an heir to the Throne
in adi ect line. But the more we increase in years, the
more me think it necessary to hasten in placing our
Throne in such a state that it cannot remain y4cAnt for
a moment.

"Whilst we were impressed with this anxiety, our
dearly beloved brother the Cesarowitch and Grand
Duke Constantine, in following his own inclination, ad-
dressed to us the request of transferring his right to the
dignity of the Throne to which he might hereafter be
raised by his birth, to such person who may he entitled
to it in default of him. He at the same time declared.
by this means, his content to the Supplementary Act
respecting the Succession to the Throne,, which was
granted by us in the year 1820, and aiknowledged by
him voluntarily and solemnly, and gives new force to it
as far as the same concerns him.

44 We are deeply affected by this.sacrifiee, which oni
dearly he'oved brother has resolved to make u ith such
great self denial for the confirmation of the hereditary
statute; i.f our Imperial House, and the unshaken trap-
'
' ity of the Russian Empire.
After having invoked the assistance of GOD, and
ing duly and maturely considered an object as dear
ur heart as it is important to the State, and finding
t at the statutes which related to the order of succes-
sion to the throne do not deprive those who have aright
io it of the power of relinquishing the same, if no diffi-
culty exists with respect to the line of succession, we
have, therefore, with the previous consent of our Illus-
trious Mothers as well as the high power of the head of
.4he Imperial Family, which came to us by inheritance,
and mindful of the power granted us by Gob, corn-
'mauled as fcllows: _ _ .

In the first place, the voluntary act, by which our
elder brother the Cesarowitch and Grand Duke Con.
stantine, renounced his rights to the Russian throne,
shall remain firm and irrevocable. In order to secure

the publicity of the said Act of Renunciation, it shall
be deposited in the grand cathedral church of Ascen-
sion at Moscow, and with our three highest autho-
*ides, the Holy Synod, the Senate, and the Direct-
ing Senate.
" Secondly—With respect to the arrangement, and in
conformity with the exact tenor of the act of succession to
the throne,we acknowledge,as our successor, our second
brother, the Grand Duke Nicholas. In this manner we re-
serve to ourselves the pleasing hope,that on the day when
it shall please the KING of Kings, according to the uni-
versal law of all mortal:, to call us from our temporal
government to eternity, the Chief State Officerrof the
Empire (to whom our present .and itrevoc..ble will, as
also our present legal appointment, shall, by our order,
be communicated in due time), will use all diligence
in swearing the Oath of Allegiance to the hereditary
Emperor, whom we have just now appointed to the
throne of theßussianEMpire,as well as to the inseparable
Throne of the kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy
of Finland.
" With respect to ourselves, we request all our faithful subjects
will, tills the same sentiments of love and affection which caused
RAI, consider the care for their constant happiness, as our greatest
Missing upon earth, direct their fervent prayers to our Lord and
&Moor inset Comer, that, in his infinite mercy, be may receive
our souls into his everlasting Kingdom.
" Done at Tsarsko veto, the Itith August, in the year of our Lord,
1813, and 1134 year of our reign.
(Signed) " ALEXANDER."
FOURTH SUPPLEMENT.
LWITIE FROM MS IMMIAL EISOMEISS Till craaaowtrar GRAND
MUM CONITANTINE, TO fill MAJESTY Till EMPRESSMOTHZ/E.
" MOST GRACIOUS PRINCESS—DEAREST MOTHER—
With the greatest anguish of heart, I received last even-
ing, at seven o'clock, ftom Baron Von Dietisch, Chief
of the General Staff of his Imperial Majesty, and from
the Adjutant-General Prince Volkonsy, the accompany-
ing original intelligence, and fact of the decease of our
• adored Ruler, my benefactor, the Emperor Alexander.
Whilst I participate with your Imperial Majesty in the
grief which succumbs us, I pray to the CREATOR that
• he may, in his Almighty mercifulness, keep our strength,
and give us poser to support the affliction which he
has imposed upon us.
" The situation in which this misfortune places me,
makes it my duty to pour into the bosom of your Im-
perial Majesty my real sentiments candidly and openly
upon this important subject.
" Your Imperial Majesty knows, that, following my
own inclination, I requested of the Emperor Alexander,
of glorious memory, the permission to renounce the
right of succession to the throne, and that, in conse-
quence thereof, I received an Imperial Rescript, dated
2d February, lira an attested copy of which is en-
closed, whereby the Emperor communicated his gra-
cious consent to the request, with the observation, that
your Imperial Majesty had also given your consent,
which you have verbally confirmed to me. The com-
mands of the deceased Emperor, a ere, moreover, to
the effect, that the said gracious re-script should remainl
in my hands under the seal of secrecy, until the death
of his Majesty.
" Accustomed from my infancy conscientiously to'
fulfil the will of my deceased father, as well as the late
Emperor, and that of your Imperial Majesty, and still
maintaining the limits of this principle, I consider it as
my duty to resign my right of succession to the throne
to his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Nicholas and
his heirs, in conformity to the appointment in the Im-
perial Ukase respecting the order of succession in the
Imperial Family.
,s With the same candour I make it my duty to de-
clare, that without extending my wishes any farther, I
shall deem myself happy that, if after more than thirty
years service devoted to my father and brother, the late
Emperors, of glorious memory, I may be permitted to
dedicate ahem for the future to his Majesty the Emperor
Nitholas Ruh the same high esteem, with the same fel--
vror teal, and the same unlimited submission, which
have animated me on all occasions, and will do so to the
end of my days.
Having thus expressed my real and irrevocable
opinion; I throw myself at the feet of your Imperial
Majesty, whilst I most submissively implore you to
deign a gracious reception of the present letter, and
graciously to grant that the contents may be made
known to all whom it may concern, in order that it may
be carried into-effect, and that, thereby, the will of his
Majesty the Emperor, my deceased Lord and Benefac-
tor, as well as the consent of your Imperial Majesty,
may be put in full force and effect.

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