Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-04-17
DEATH OF TIE EMPEROR NICHOLAS IN
ENGLAND,

Previous to giving the reception of the news in
England of the death of Nicholas, we subjoin the
following Russian account of his last hours:
Having bid adieu to all the members of his
family, individually he said to the Empress, Tell
your brother Fritz King of Prussia, to adhere to
Russia, and never forget his fathers policy
He then took leave of Counts Orlof, Dolgoronki,
and Arlenburg, also of some of the favorite gren-
alters of the household AMI personal attendants.
All except his family having retired, lie asked the
Empress to repeat the Lords prayer. At the
words, g Thy will be done on Ear AS it is in
Heaven" Nicholas responded fervently Sal.
wavs,'' =" Always" Z" Always" Soon afterward
he added, - l hope God will open for me his
arms" lie then became partially insensible for
two hours; at noon he said something about q
message to dear friend not named. and some
thing of Alexander and the garrison of Sevasto-
pol. \ few minutes aftcrwarl he drew q deep
sigh, and expired. The body was exposed, face
uncovered, in the Chapel Ardentc, until the 10th
of March, when it was buried with the ususal I'm
Ierial sOemnites.
The manner in which the news of the death of
this great man was received in London, was
hcathenish and will reflect no honor upon the
English people. y correspondent of the Tribune
writing from London, says:
The great topic of the day is the sudden death
of the Car Nicholas. ! think the manner in
which the public here received it was most unbc-
coming. ''L'etoile du NOrd" was performed at
Drury Lane, Scribe's and AIeycrbcer's last opera,
on Peter ]. and Catharino. Just mt the moment
when the Car, according to the Librctto, is dead
drunk, the manager stepped forth and said solemn
ly, g Ladies and gentlemen, have the honor to
inform you that Lord Clarendon has announced
to the Peers in Parliament that the Emperor Mich
o.as is dead, and that the hopes for speedy
renee are increasing!'' Tremendous cheers fol-
lowed the announcement. the ladies in the boxes
waved their handkerchiefs, the band struck up
God save the Queen" and g Partant pour la
Syric." This manifestation of JOY and satisfac-
tion on the death of the Gar gave one an idea of
the felr which h, had inspired while living.
could not help remembering the words of Demos
themes to the Athnnians in his first Philippe, al
luding to the rumor of King Philips death: ''And
if it SO, what difference would it make to
YOU? If he dies, You certainly will soon raise
another Philip, by continuing to manage your af-
fairs in the same way before: since it not
much bv his own power, as by your careless
ness, that Philip grew to such greatness" So far
the only results of the great event are the rising
Of the funds, and decline in tallow.
In addition to this, many of the people were
quito angry because the authorities. would not al
low them to ring the bells, in token of JOY over
the death of the man, who, with his single brain,
was battling with the combined powers of Europe.
In France the case was different. Some little
respect was paid to the memory of the great foe,
who, though differing with the French, challenged
respect for his mighty abilities and comprehensive
mind.