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The fine fast sailing ship Richmond, Capt. Cratree, from London, and 44 days from the Downs, anchored in Hampton Roads, on the 9th March. The Richmond sailed from London on the 20th, and the Downs on the 25th of January. Extracts from London papers to the 17th January, are given in the Norfolk Beacon.

The Thames had been frozen up, and was so full of drift ice as to completely obstruct the navigation for ten days previous to the sailing of the Richmond.

It appears now to be put beyond a doubt, that Constantine has abdicated the throne of Russia. The official documents relating to the abdication, are said to have reached London. A series of official documents from St. Petersburg, published in the Berlin Gazette, attest the resignation of Constantine, and the accession of his brother, under the title of Nicholas I. It was the general impression at London, that had Constantine remained Emperor of Russia, he would have marched an army into Turkey. Nicholas, it is conjectured, will pursue the same policy which the late Emperor did.

The following extracts contain all the further political information from Russia that we find. A number of packets are now due at New York, which are daily expected in. By the arrival of these we will probably learn who is actually Emperor of Russia; whether he succeeded to the throne peaceably; or, whether more than one was willing to receive the imperial diadem.

PARIS, JAN. 18.

A courier who left St. Petersburg on the 29th December, arrived at the Hotel of the Russian Legation to-day. At that time no uneasiness was felt respecting the dispositions of the garrisons of that capital.

There is no news from Warsaw, and the German papers do not say a word of what is passing in Poland.

Letters from the north speak of several arrests having taken place at St. Petersburg, in consequence of the events of the 26th. A Prince Galitzin is mentioned among the persons arrested.

Quotidienne.

When the Proclamation of Constantine was known at Paris, the Russian Ambassador hastened to call together all persons of his nation, to make them take the oath to the new Emperor. Now that the Proclamation of Nicholas is known, in a manner equally official, people are astonished that the Russian Ambassador has not caused a new oath to be taken to that Prince. It seems that experience has rendered him circumspect, and that the aspect of affairs makes him feel that there might be danger in being in too great a hurry.--Courier Francais.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 12.

His Royal Highness, the Prince of Orange, set out from the Hague for St. Petersburg on the 8th.

Several merchants' expresses have brought to different towns of the kingdom, the news of the events that have taken place at St. Petersburg, but all the particulars are not yet known.--It is certain that they have every where produced a very great sensation.

January 13.--M. F. Reissner, who first gave notice at the post office here of the death of the Emperor Alexander, passed through this city again yesterday, with despatches from the English Ambassador at Constantinople. An Austrian Cabinet messenger has also passed on his way from the Hague for London.

If we may believe letters from Frankfort, the events which have taken place at St. Petersburg, were much more serious than the Berlin Journals represent.

ODESSA, DEC. 25.

All the military and civil authorities here have to day taken the oath of allegiance to the Emperor Constantine.

The numerous Greeks residing here are delighted at the accession of the Emperor, whose name they consider as a good omen; but persons who pretend to be acquainted with the Court, and the persons about the Emperor Constantine, affirm that when Grand Duke he fully approved the system pursued by his late brother.

January 14.--Without waiting for Constantine's answer to the message announcing the oaths of the Imperial Princes, the Grand Duke Nicholas was proclaimed Emperor on the 12th of December.

To bind the soldiers, who a few days before had sworn fealty to Constantine, were required to swear obedience. Some obeyed, others refused, and bloodshed ensued. Of which side are the rebels? the question is not doubtful; but in Russia force will decide. Why did they not wait for Constantine's answer? What will be the consequence of confiding in the events at Petersburg, when Constantine was proclaimed at Warsaw? Why is this silence as to what has passed at the Court of Constantine? We have news from Petersburg, why not from Warsaw? This silence is terrific? What a futurity does it bode to Russia--to Europe.

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