Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-23
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2a, 1926.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.

for London papers TO the 9th, and Liverpool TO
the 7th Of January inclusive received by the
Montezuma, West, arrived at this port
Intelligence from ST. Petersburg, at length
clears up all doubts as to the succession OF Con-
~stantine to the imperial throne. 1t appears
there did exist a formal document, signed by
Constantine, by which he renowned, in favor
of the archduke Nicholas, his right to the
crown. When the news reached St. Petersburg
of the death Of the emperor Alexander, this
document, which had been signed and attested
in triplicate, was opened and read: but Nicho-
las refused to act upon its conditions: and in
stead OF placing the crown on his own head, he,
and after him the whole imperial family and
the senate took the oath of fidelity TO Constan-
tine, who remained quietly at Warsaw. His pre-
sence in St. Petersburgh was momentariIy ex-
pected. The remaining details in the subjoin-
ed exit acts, will be read with deep interest, par
t~icularly the two letters Of the now widowed
empress.
est Petersburg, Dec. IL, ~ s.
'sBulletin of Dec. IS, at ten O'Clock in the morning.
"Her majesty the empress had passed a qui-
ct night, and is better than she was yesterday.
"oecond Bulletin.
"Her imperial majesty has had the ~satisfac-
ton of receiving his imperialhighness the grand
0uke NllCudti, VITO mas Just IrlNS HOli W
saw, whence the natural Impotence Of an afec-
tionate son to join an august mother, after the
most affecting calamity, made him set out I'M
mediately on the reception Of the news OF the
death Of the emperor Alexander, Of glorious
memory. Thanks to the Supreme Being, the
health Of his majesty the emp error Constantine
has not suffered.
sBulletin O, Dec. IA, 10 o'clock in the morning.
"Her majesty the empress mother, no,with-
standing her profound affliction, is better this
morning than she has been for some days past.
"His imperial highness the grand duke Mi
chael arrived in this copital from Warsaw last
night.
"The grand duke Michael, who has this night
arrived from Warsaw, has put an end to ali the
reports which had been circulated relative to
the departure of the grand duke Constantine
for Taganrok.
"At the period of the marriage of the grand
duke Constantine, with the daughter OF a pri-
yate Polish gentleman, the emPress-mother, who
was opposed to It, obtained from the emperora
decision, according to which, in forming tbs
alliance, Constantine was TO renounce his right
70 the ,hroae in favor Of the grand duke Nicho-
las. The act was prepared, assented to, and
signed by Constantine, and three copies OF 1t
were secretly deposited with the senate, the
Synod, and the supreme council OF the Empire.
This secret document was not TO be opened,
but on the death of the emperor Alexander.
"Immediately on the dismal news ofthe 9th
being received, the packets were officially open
ed, but, from respect for the hereditary rights
of his eldest brother, the grand duke Nicholas
declared, on the spot, that he renounced the De-
ne6t Of the act in question, and that he would
GIal,., , - Tho ,,narnr Tam
~s,an,ine /. The senate, the great dignataries OF
tine empire, and the soldiers, followed his ex-
ample, and, from that moment, they were only
occupied in looking for The arrival Of their new
sovereign. But the latter, faithful TO the ar
rangements to which he had subscribed, made
no preparations for quitting Warsaw, where he
held himself ready 10 acknowledge the emperor
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 numerous couriers
AT Warsaw, bringing with them the adhesion Of
the imperial family, and of the great bodies Of
the state Now the struggle Of delicacy is at
AN end. and the new emperor is expected here
in a few DAYS. His arrival will suspend for
foor.and-twenty hours the mourning, which is
TO last a year. During all that period there
will be no balls, no spectacles, no meetings in
ST. Petersburg.
"After deploring the loss of an emperor so
generally beloved, all hearts mutually feel for
the empress Elizabeth, an angel OF virtue, OF
benevolence, who adored her husband, and who
received his last sight. Ill herself, overwhelm-
ed with grief, she has displayed in these awful
moment super-human hrmness. During FIVE
days she did not quit for one moment the pill
low Of the emperor, and when the fatal hour ar
rived, despairing, but resigned, she drank Of
the bitter chalice. She washed the form, and
the hands of him she loved so we'll; she closed
his eyes, and crossed his hands on his bosom.
Then it was that she tainted.
81 think that | shall crafty you by sending
copies OF two letters, which this princess wrote
TO the empress mother. They have been copied
and circulated at court, and l pledge myself
for their authenticity. They present the sim
pie expression of profound grief and christian
resignation.
Idganrok. Nor. ism. S. 1925.
@Dear Mother-I was not in a state to write |
to you by the courier Of yesterday. To-day, a