The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-23
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
PnrLApELpuIA, Feb. 90

We are indebted to Mr.. Sandcrson, OF the
Merchants Coffee House, for London papers
to the 9th, and Liverpool t. the 9TH OF Janu-
airy inclusive, received by the Montezuma,
West, arrived at this port.
The London Courier of the 9th states
that the intelligence from ST. Petersburg, at
length clears up all doubts as to the success
ion of Constantine to the imperial throne. 1t
appears there did exist formal document,
signed by Constantine, by which he renounc-
ed in favour of the archduke Nicholas, his
right the Grown. When the news reach
ed ST. Petersburgh, of the death of the En-
pcror Alexander, this document, which had
been signed and attestcd as triplicate, was
opened and read but Nicholas refused to
act upon its conditions: and instead OF plac-
ing the Grown on his own head, he, and at
ter him, the whole imperial family and the
senate took the oath OF fidelity to Constan-
tine, who remained quietly at Warsaw. His
presence in St. Petersburg was momenta-
rily expected. The remaining details, in
the subjoincd extracts, will be read with
deep interest, particularly the two letters Of
the now widowed Empress.
asst. PETERsBURGH, December, II ms.
"Bullctin of Dec IS, at ten O'Clock IN the morn
ing.
"Her majesty the empress has passed
quiet night, and is better than she was yes
terday.
ss!Secoud Bulic'in.
"Her imperial majesty has had the salts
faction of receiving his imperial highness the
grand duke Michael, who has just arrived
from Warsaw, whence the natural impa-
tience of an affectionate son to join an august
mother after the most afflicting calamity,
! II,
ton of the news of the death of the En-
peror Alexander, of glorious memory.
Thanks to tho Supreme Being, the health
of his majesty the Emperor Constantine has
not suffered.
"Builefn Of Dec. II, 10 o'cloch IN the morning.
"Her majesty the cmprcss-mother, not
withstanding her profound aRliction. is bet
ter this morning than She has been for some
DAYS past.
His imperial highncss the grand duke Mi
chael arrived in this capital from Warsaw
last night.
Pirate Letter.
"'The grand duke Michael, who has this
night arrived from Warsaw, has put an end
to all the reports which had been circuat-
ed relative to the departure Of the grand
duke Constantine for Taganrock.
! ''ht the DeTl0u OI tHc NidIEldHC Oi tHC
grad duke Constantine. with the daughter of
private Polish gentleman, the empress
mother, who was opposed to it. obtained
from the emperor decision according to
which, in forming this alliance, Constantine
was to renouuce his right to the throne in fa-
yor of the grand duke Nicholas. The act
was prepared, assented to, and sigued by
Constantine, and three copies OF it were Sc
cretlv deposited with the Senate; the Synod.
and the Supreme council Of the Empire.
i This secret document was not to bc opened,
but on the death Of the emperor Alexander.
"Immediatclv on the dismal news ot the
97th being received, the packets were off
cially opened. but from respect for their
hereditary rights of his eldest brother, the
grand duke Nicholas declared, on the spot,
that he renounced the benefit Of the act in
question, and that he would take the oath Of
fidelity to the Emperor Constantine ].
! The Senate, the great dignitaries of the
empire, and the soldiers followed his exam
pie, and from that moment, they were only
occupied in looking for the arrival OF their
new sovereign.
"But the latter, faithful to the arrange
ments to which he had subscribed, made no
preparations for quitting Warsaw, where he
held himself ready to acknowledge the en-
peror NICHOLAS the first. He waited for
orders, without which he thought he could
not leave his residence. This singular state
of things continued till the arrival Of numer-
GUS couriers at Warsaw, bringing with them
the adhesion of the imperial family and Of
the greatest bodies of the state. Now the
struggle of dclicacy is at an end, and the
/ new emperor is expected here in few days
. His arrival will suspend for four-and-twenty
S hours the mourning, which is to last year
4 During all that period there will be no balls
' no spectacles, no meetings in St. Peterburg
i after deploring the loss of an emperor
! so generally beloved, all hearts naturally
feel for the empress Elizabeth, an angel o.
Y virtue, of 5enevolence, who adored her hus
Y band and who received his last sigh. ii
/ herself, overwhelmed with grief, she ha.
!; display ed in these awful moments super-hu.
h man hrmness. During five days, she die
n not quit for one moment the pillow of the
:, emperor, and when the fatal hour arrived
/; despairing but resigned, she drank from th'
g bitter chalcc. She washed the form; ant
i the hands, OF him whom she had loved ST
d we'll: she closed his eyes, and crossed hi
n hands on his bosom. Then it was that sh'
v tainted.
: sI think shall crafty you by sending CO
!. pies of two letters, which this princes
IS wrote to the empress-mother. They hav
S been copied and circulated at court, and
n pledge myself for their authenticity. The
Y present the simple expression OF protoun