The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-19 00:00:00

elle expreflyl.

trymen spinet resides blindly into them radii-
takings, e■ the faith of glowing proopeetnerm Lit
them asides the mennom interreJe which es-
pante the ensues of preAmtion from those of
export; the rude and primitive ohmmeter of the in-
ternal commeree of the oematry s the igeorame and
apathy of the populetioal and, above all, the shame-
lass rapidly et oilloialsef all grades, who swarm like
lamb throagboot the empire. It behoves them to
weigh cautiously the statement' that may be pat
before them by projectors, ere they embark their
capital is nadertakinp which will uadoabtedly
beselit Ramis; bat which, to be remunerative to
English shareholders, must be bawd is ecedidome to
which we dosbt much whether the Remise Govern-
ment will readily made.

TO CORIMPONDIOITS.
Idgerlorrats tatoadid kir "ms VAS." purr I' oieee,
our be se re Ms. I% llosvaris4trinte by Two OM* en dr
das et pubeadow.

HIGH WANIA yr,

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Twairaew 111.

LONDON, FRIDAY,

;a fa.

Ataxszaza eta lizoom, Wee his canatioe, is
invested with a sharester which in the yes of hie
subjects makes him pre-emineatly " His most seared
Majesty"—a phrees, the import of which I. the mouth
of a bearded mujik or merchant, is widely diligent
from that attached to it is Western Europe. To the
physisal power acquired by his amen= is added the
moral power derived from his orevaation and an-
mous se these are is the hands of a Ragan Cm,
it nosing to be seen whether they are sellisiont
for the task of eradicating, or nen tempering to may
seeing extent, the administrative abases whisk
flourish in rack baseline throughout the empire.
On difficulty, and that sot the beat, is to knew
when and bow to begin—what wisp ma be get
is motion that may act on the incredibly low tone
of :acre feeling existing throughout all ranks of
the envier, civil oe military. It was with bitter-
ns§ of been that NICKOLAS, whoa appealed to by
Nguema= as behalf of an old servant of the
grown convicted of bribery and embezzlement, re-
' plied, "I can spare Übe ; maniples an seeded ; for
' my great officers would steal a whole government if
they knew bow to dispose of it safely."
Throughout the whole of his tong reign the
late CZAR carried on a meek= warfare against
this spirit of fraud and immorality, but with
small seems The publicity gives oe per
respestiag some of the more glaring
smog was Weeded to operate as the asthma
pride, by parading the national vies before the eyes
of foreigners. The novel of "Ivan Vejoeghis." sup-
pressed by the awe, was authorised, on appeal, by
the Maim himself, and its Mulattos into
English openly approved, as a step is the ease dine-
d= ; and OOOOL, la his aumorous sad varied
writings, imbed the venal officials of every grade,
mereilesely sad with impunity. Bat the morel asters
of the Bassin official would mesa to be as little im-
pugnable se his physical ; for the bribery sad ow-
eupdon is Weaselly admitted, and genies with it no
digress beyond a sort of coatempt for the clumsy
perpetrator who may WM himself to be detected.
The verb to "steal' is coojegabi in all its moods sad
teem; the to fOllre le snag le 101 l Mess whom on
Rusin is taxed wab Mthamely by meow ; sad
anent by a gowngenteiii ete•dal misty, we
doubt if nun the bads el an isennumezt is this
twat sea be bid.
The develemmat of the Wank' and agar/alters'
wealth of his vest dominions is another subject
whisk there is new to believe the present Parma
has sieconly at heart. It was on of his father's
dreams, bat was at a very early period overbid sad
stifled by his political and military pojests, as wilik
he sapeeded milling after milling, whisk might
have ben nefelly sad reproductively employed in
widowing Bessie with pablie works of various &lair
don if which she steads wofelly in used. It is a
mistake, however, to suppose that ?hollow did but
little in that digestion ; math was done is certain
semi, bat little compared with the norm= amount
argaired, sad that which was doss bad wally a
WADE, mere or lam dimities his military projects.
The imennous met of the late war may be fairly
looked upset as seemly the complement of the vast
expenditure Marred by the late Burnes, fee par*
posse while might dater one swiss of Wised
pridesbat whisk chained the nation still man assay
to its semi-beiterigue. The result of his /admen
videos of universal demization ie, that ALIOLANDII2
11. magamess his reiga with his heads tied. What-
ever his ma Derivation may be es to ameliorating
the social sonditios of kis rabjeets, sad &deem-
ing the playsisal propene of Bessie, he will
lad the Manisa dillealty setailed upon him
by the sneer of hie redeemer, a miens
sad almost Mumenetable Wad* Native capital,
as we have shown I. s meat anion on Roe
an tisanes, is largely absorbed by the various stab.
Minions be beam mosey as mortgage. Neatly
mega-teat* of the leaded property is in paws, the
I money seised apes it being far the meet part died-
: pan long ego. The Itensa noble has a wing
meek of the Asiede in his composition still : there
is the love of show and epleadoor as panda
se in the days of the old born, sad a
delight ia semi-berberis meguiflognes which will
make the meat mention • %Week to be
' talked of for yew to some by the multitudes of
foreigners whim it has attracted to Hosea& Nor is
the swam of the psgsast likely seen to pose away
from the minds of sassy who flawed I. the sera
menu!. Whoa we read of the nobles slid la robes
of geld bromide ; of the costly uniforms richly em-
bradawl ; of the pmeimalie and serefeas, the old
, Bombe beaddrosess sad gowns ; of the ladies gligin
fag with jeweb; we soma help *inkier hew way
• psessate—for the lead does not wet—these *sada
1 warders serried on their backs, and of that
I number, how many have beau treasferred to the
registers of the " Lombard' to provide funds'
be this bravery. And the Lombard, to meet
the demand, draws is the hoards of the
merchant with the eaten ; sad the Minster ot
I Meow imams mere aeries of Bachnier bills. sad
the pabiotie Bassin parts freely with his heed oath
in mango ; for it is all to do worthy service to the
"Osseadoe—to exhibit to the foreigner the glory
and meguifisinca of his Farina. And so the
foals which are may seeded for fostering the
prosperity of the people are meted and scattered
' for the time, sad it will be long before they are
van gathered together into the heads where Mae
they an likely to beeme reprodem In. Without a
large available capital, Bans is like a land.
owner who has a gold mine ea his estate,
with no bads to whit Ma to dig up
the bemoan. The capital met be sought Mir
where, sad the roads sad easels must be eenstrasted
with the nomads of foreign low, the railways by
foram capitalists. At this point it is that the vises
of the administrative system will probably tell moot
@evenly at Bomb. With snobs state of universal
roguery, before which the Imperial Governsant itself
is penrkisy how can saplisliets has say coaddenee
is Rusin saterpime P The good faith of the cow
tral Gemstone gannet be called in question ; but
the history of the drat commercial enterprise
undertaken by (grassers is the Inaba empire will
be a curious sad inanimate' on. The falsehood, the
deceit, the chimney, tbangh which the enterprise
will have to pass at envy stage of its pawn are
hmeedibie, ineweivable. The Emma is fully
mare of the difficulties with which he is sterroanded,
and the Matadi; and mations meaner in which he
mid his cased speak of the swam railway pee.
jean now abet, sessesibg to ear Mosso, conespow-
duct, see pedestly inelligible to every ma who be.
bad experions of bow *see things are swaged in
SW& We would woes oopooloßy gar two MOW

Int kart.

BALMORAL. 8m.17.

The Clasen sad Prises Consort drove oat yesterday
eftereeett, eseempesied the Prime of Omar, sad
Prime Mimi of lest Weimar. la the recalog the
Prises el Orange west est deeratalkisg. The royal 1t...,
petty yesterley !Waded the Prises of °reap, the Deebeee
I of Kent, Prises Iderard of less Weimar, Prieeese Alts
of Heltesiehe fishilliesterst, Ledy Lessem Blur, sad
Lied lams *limy.

Vilna and Vieenatass l'alimersts• iurived it Cow
bridge-bear, Piesidilly, yeaterday. from Bt. Lamar&
. .

Dospatahaa Wan reseivk at *lt; Coloalal-eAM yeastriay
frau the gammas of Ceylon. Hoag Lam, Maultlas,
Wasters Asmara*, and Meta.

Vimionst and Vismantan Palmerston arrived at
Casebeldis Heise, Piesedilly, yesterday, frost Bt. Leeeards.
The Hon. and Bey. Baptist W. Noel le preaching
MINIM it Ullll oarless tomes mad villages to the toasty et
Heetisidee, le behalf of the Leedom lad Baptist hIL•
denary eoeitiss.

Hail Grey Lea arrived at Haddo Howe, oa a visit
to tee But of Abadan*.

The Chelmsford Chronicle gamma that on
Thoueday, the 16ch Oetebet, the ladles of West Eau will
give a ball te Ike Crimea Mews muscatel with th.
Ceuta.

The Mee'enh Cbwrast says, within tha last tow
days a weber of diatlasaished personages have .rind at
Talliallaa Castle, ea a visit to the Coast sad Coast.' et
Maas& *amps these met nosily arrived are *a
venerable sad highlrrespeeted Marquis of LearAewae, the
lad sad Cocaine Blelbaree. sad ,othera. Is fad, the
castle is very gay with illastaleat visitors. The Marquis
seems to wear well, end is very Greet for hie ;he walks
a good dial.

Is a Berlin latter perblidesel by a Fres& eastempo-
ruT IN tlad—ibt MajN7 Chum Victoria has scat my
Nab passim es the musks et the isarrlap between the
Priam. Louisa sad the %sad Duke el Sedea. The Priama
Is the ally sister of Prime Frederick Wallow, who le ea
gaged to the eldest darghter of the Qom of Saglead.
Ha liejoetpda aa autograph letter, uproars her regret
Um* she mast As prows us the august smoremeap.

The hag of &Mk& bes appoisted Lintessat-
Gourd Donau. late Minister of Wet, to the putt of
ism Istreeedlaaly sad Mader Pleetpetutiary it Cow
eteslimpte.

Atwater livisg has fast to the gift of tho Bishop
sf Larks, awl Is wbisb be will km tbs sesslastiss pre-
vim to his estiressest. It Is the messy of gasbags.
wank veva 500 L a you, width Ms Immo mast by So
iamb of the Bow. T. asteltissos.

A mow La Exeter Oitharel his buss enturred
%pea the aftv. C. P. Smith, WA., •im et CridAna.

. .
The Bright's, Gaud. says " that tho tabu of
Aiwa ts Brightsa daring Übe hit sown eight Ws bas
boss greats, tam we ow suasubse lass shirt a tonsil of
tims." Oar matasapansy grassfolly latissaiss that taste
is meatball's@ mot he am.

The Tows Osamu of Ediabargh have sleeted Mr.
DesaJokos to $ll the cwt of Maws et the WO Iktbeel.
b 7 the death of Dr. ileyL We the ethetheel
ware jedieisei selecttles .sole set hays ►.. a siade.—Oalr•
&Wm Kererry._

Mr. W. M: Peuistries services have bees secured
by Übe diseibles et the Psessabwo Railway No esgbieer ha
shis4 mad b. Nags fr Seatlimples, with kb stet of as.
debate, es tee eek °weber.

Mr. Ingram, Y.P. fee Bake, will shortly be ow
tntais•d •t • polite dimmer. to be gives by kli mimeo
filmes Is the toms samt.nolghboarbo2d._ _ _

Puma Noma= deli Vey, Glee Awed% lad
Sestete. Ws ambers or the litraol party la the @paid
Chastitioat care, awl wars took ea sake part saint
O'Doaaalro aimmaatltational moosasoo, kayo matted la
loragoa. Tiny wore waddles to now., bat the 111pealeh
1/111101111d When es theta poloosatios, they flotillas,
wimp. IMO II gelid he oakr to inhabit tkis ilk et the
elm&

OciThers POI Posuc IlspArnains.—This
I =NW vas Mewl tbs »pert fro. Ow whet sesaittes is
eisliaato fir riblie deparlainik. Tie inesultese IRAs.
islagul spa Os brim We la the onsisa, eselsol
Sbisidges Is imply martin th• ramps, sad nem-
arsatlag w mappoiatimat sips esnalue• alas sessies.

The Penns (impede el th; lltk publishes s bulletin
seaeussin that the Daales►Regeat was saffsrlag hos
Isllessustres Is else throat sot tress few, bet that .b. was
Mel, Is mass Is a My Asps.

TSB EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1856.

CORONATION FETES IN

RUSSIA.

THE SPECTACLE GALA.

(PROM OUR 81110L111, CORB,IIBPONDENT.)
MOSCOW, lbeT.l2.

Last in the order of snessesice, bat essureell y the
first is imports., sad splendour amosget the esti-
Titles of oormation week, wo must Mae, the grand
oPeotoole gale, which took plan last sight (Thurs-
day) at the Grand Open. For this spatial occasion
the theatre had ben banded over entirely to the
eosrt, and no person eoald gain adelsoion except
by special invitation, or rather, speaking
in court pad/ uses, omega of the Emperor. The
accommodation of the homes had been accurately
gauged, every seat was sambaed, and, finally, a cor-
responding umber of debits struck off fee the great
oneness. It wee thee that the taveblee of masters
of the aeremones sad grand chamberlains wally
commenced. The whole noblesse of Runic—rather
• numerous body—together with all the foreiga em-
homiest, at once applied for tickets, nail at last it
would have required the Coliseum with its eighty
thousand meats to satisfy all the applioants. Of
mese hundreds say, thousands, ware disap-
pointed, and inn mouse the sucosefil, abun-
dant mans of annoyance were found for
the well-baited adiafaL, is the mysteries of
presedemy, and the difficulty of placing every ono
exactly in the place that suited his or her notice of
their proper position is the son eof society. Prim-
eness complained that they were peek below ma-
tinee, and conatenss insisted that they were as good
as prinessess, until the masters of the core-
monies were driven almost to their wits' end. At
last, however, the list was made oat at least to the
satelostion of these who obtained tickets, and the
programme of the spawn gals was issued in
doe form ; and truly it was a some to witness
which was well worthy a strong effort I have
more than once mentioned the vast miss and exquisite
proportions of this great theatre, its elegant mom
nodaticas, and gorgeous decorations. But last even.
iog it looked more resplendent than ever. In addi-
tioa to the central chandelier, each tier of boxes was
illemistatod with wax-lights, making the coup d'aii
almost ten brilliant for prolonged contemplatioa.
When I entered the parterre at about half-peat wren
o'clock, I found it filled with onion in every variety
of sailors, and all seemed lost in admiration of the
splendid scene of which they themselves formed so
important a feature.

To appreciate the striking splendour of the miles-
hie, it mast be remembered that the decorations are
in the most mute mamma style, with Byzantine
reminiscences skilfully introduced by the artist, in eon-
pliment to the genies lea. The ground al the box
sondem is the most delicate light green in the world,
sad upon it are wrested all the elaborate varieties
of gilt ornament that are to be footed in the moot
florid sputum of the .hod. The pillacs of the
imperial box are Byzantine, carved, gilt, and twisted;
and behind all hang the draperies of crimson velvet
which divide the boxes from their several re tit hog rooms.
All this, men under a powerful light,was magnificent
in the extreme; but if we fill the parterre *Maws
in every variety of uniform and decoration, and the
boxes with ladies is superb toilettes and blazing
with jewels, it will be easily seen how far short any
written description (Rust fall of the realities of the
wondrous picture. The Emperor arrived at about half-
pest eight o'clock, sesompaaled by the Empress, the
Bmpreeeadother, the Grand Dwaine Comateatioe,
and the Crown Prime of Ruda, mid immediately
came to the frost of the box to receive the ongratala.
doss of hie affectionate subjects. His Majesty, who
wore the, uniform of a general of Cossacks, looked
exceedingly well, as did also the Emma, who
wore the satiate had-dram in diamonds. The peewee
of the Empress mother, was still more damlingly
brilliant, and mead es if it would serve for the
ransom of a kingdom. The moment a slight rustle
is the imperial box anuouneed {he approach of the
Emperor, the whole hoses rasa, the occupants of the
parterre turning their fame to the box, and welcoming
his Majesty with the mat wonderful sheer I have
ever heard. It must be remarked that the Remises
are naturally the swat musical people in the world,
and instinctively harmonise every cry or acclaim-
tion ; bat in addition to this, as the present ocessioo,
there wee throws is the uniformity of military di.
MOW% nearly the whole of the male mama
of the sadism, being offeers, and the
result was, that every shim became a
sum c musical sound of the most unusual and
impressive character. I do mot mesa to intimate
that it was the result of drill or preview organise-
doe, bat rather a spontaneous harmony arising from
the teatime of the people and the entire unanimity
of the loyal and affectionate feeling. The Emperor
bowed repeatedly, and stood, as did the entire sa-
dness, while the band played the Russian Radom!
Ryas. The Empress Mother had a 'operate ova-
ties, and her mode of recognition @bowed how
grateful was the compliment to her feelings. At a
Niguel from the Emperor we all resumed oar seats,
and then had time, before the rising of the cartels,
to mains the brilliant company, and notice their
distribution. As I have before mentioned, the per.
term was almost filled with offeses is brilliant uni-
forms. There were the garde-a-abeval is white
sad gold, the humus la light blue and silver,
the gorgeous varieties of the Asiatic onetime, and
the mess sober contrast of the stronger,' unifeema.
There wee, several Spanish calms in scarlet, faced
with black velvet, Austrians, Helens In tight-
fitting crimson dresses and magnificent pelisses
of velvet and fur, while there might also be no-
ticed a tolerably fair sprinkling of British red
mid blue, and these, to my taste, suffered nothing
whenever from the ordeal to which they were
exposed. The British naval uniform in particular is
hardly to be surpassed in its quiet richness, and that
I am not singular la that opinion may be inferred
from the bet that it has been takes as a model
by all the naval nations of the world. The Bes-de-
chewesie was completely monopolised by the ladies,
and amongst the Russian belles were many faces
that would create a sensation in St. James's. The
Bel-liege was given up almost wholly to the Am-
Wooden, Lord Grenville's box being on one side
of the Emperor's, and the Coast de Mercy's on the
other. Lord Granville was accompanied by the
Coantess, (who has won golden opinions even from
the Americans by the affability of her demeanour,)
the Marchioness of Stafford, aid Lady Emily Peel.
The two latter ladies are, I understand, exceedingly
admired by the Rumba effeses—a proof, I must my,
of deeidedly good tastem the part of these gentlemen.
There was Prime/Us/hag in his immortal diamond
pelisse, and the Prime de Lige, who looked as if he
had hardly yet renwered the slight, real or imagined,
which for the lest two days has supplied the Money
world with gossip. Count de Morey, it appears, got
the order of Bt. Andrew, the highest of the Russian
eiders, while the primes was offered the White Eagle,
which he indignantly refined. It is said that his
mended feelings have sime received a salve I. the
asps of a umileskits nee; but whether the gift will
induce him to wear the refueled order is a problem for
the eolith* st whisk s world west, I

believe, wait a little logger. There worn the Princess
Belesinaki, the greatest heiress in Russia, and
beautiful as a Peri, sod "observed of all ob-
servers?' the illustrious Totleben, in whose behalf
strangen vie with Russians in the earnestness of
their admiration. The defender of Sebastopol is a
finolooking man of about forty years of age, tall and
strong, and weatherbeaten, as a soldier should be. He
seemed to be on in Umtata= with moetof the English
officers, and chatted freely with all who could express
themselves with fluency in French. I confess that
to me this wonderful man was a greater object of
interest and curiosity than all the splendour I have
been attempting to describe. I had almost forgotten
that there was an opera and a ballet,so much was the
Interest absorbed by what was passing on the audi-
ence aide of the curtain. We had, however, the
"Elixir D'Amore," with Lablache, es glorious as ever,
in Dr. Dulcamara, and with the graceful and melo-
dious Basic as the heroine, adding fresh laurels to her
already great Russian meow. Ever sines the
opening of the theatre she hes been called nightly
before the certain, an honour with which she was
on the present occasion obliged to dispense, as
etiquette does not permit of any demonstration,
either of applause or disapprobation, when the Em-
peror is present. It seemed rather odd, this cantina-
am films in m crowded and brilliant an audience,
but I soon got used to it, and it saved all the misery
of spoors" Grit* made her debug in • military
ballet, and seemed as young and as buoyant as ever ;
and everything was over by eleven o'clock, when the
imperial family departed as unostentatiously as
they bad eons, their equipages being very quiet
carriages, each 'sported by a eouple of Camas. The
other festivities and ceremonials of the week may be
disposed of in &few more lines. On Monday the diplo-
matic bodies felicitated the Emperor, and, as usual,
the British equipages were the things most admired,
the American uniforms the things most stared at.
Brother Jonathan, determined to please the Emperor
of Russia at any price, has invented a mart dress of his
own, the most remarkable feature of which is a cocked
hat with a tremendous yellow plume, which, like the
white plume at Ivry, may be distinguished afar off
in every moth. At the levee three unfortunate in-
dividuals might be seen in this grotesque costume,
and they were the object of general curiosity, if not
of admiration. It was noticed that the English alone,
thanks, I suppose, to the stern discipline of
Sir E. Cost, were the only strangers who, oa being
presented, retired without turning their backs
upon royalty. The Americans of course bolted, but
better drill had been expected from the French, and
from the representatives of the older courts. But
no, every one wheeled on the steps of the throne
but the Islanders, who kept their faces to the Em-
peror until the intervention of a pillar enabled them
to look before them without any violation of respect.
Foolish canards are flying about here respecting the
reception of the English at court, and their, deport-
ment, as compared with the other embassies, and
above all one of immense plumage describing Lord
Wodehonse as having been so stung by a certain
Isle of Serpents, as to have declined kissing the band
of the Emperor at this very levee ; and as these canards
may probably reach England indirectly, I may say
there is not a single word of truth in them from
beginning to end. The Emperor receives all the ember
else with equal courtesy, and at the imperial ball, the
Empress walks a polonaise with each ambassador in
turn, the Turkish inclusive. At the levee Lord
Wodehouse had the honour of kissing hands,and even
of chatting with both Emperor and Empress, and,
therefore, the lovers of pesos need feel no alarm, nor
draw any unfavourable toilsome from the incideuts
of court esreesoniel hers. On Tuesday there was a
wort ball in the magnificent rooms of the Kremlin
Palate, at which about 6,ooolpersons were present.
It was, as you may conceive, a brilliant sight, the
mite of apartments being amongst the most magni-
ficent in Swope. Amongst the uniforms there was
one English court dross, that of Dr. Kent, from Lou.
doe, and I sea assure you it excited universal
curiosity. On this measion the regalia was arranged
on a table in the threse-room for the inspection of
the guests, and not even • single servant was placed
to watch them jewels of inestimable value. They
were, of course, surrounded by the curious
until the signal was given for the dance,
when the Emperor led out Lady Gran-
ville for a polonaise. When I talk of
a polonaise at court, by the way, you really
must not imagine that I mean anything like the
giddy gyrations of the modern Terpsichore The
polonaise is simply a promenade to music, in which
the Emperor and Empress respectively make one turn
of the room, with those whom they honour with their
hand, when the latter bow, and retire to make room
for their successors. On this occasion Lord Gran-
ville bad also the honour of dancing with the Empress.
On Wednesday the officers of the army offered their
felicitations ;on Thursday came the spectacle gala
and voila font.