The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-21 00:00:00

TERMINATION OF THE CORONATION
FETES.

THE CZAR'S ENTRY INTO BT. PETERSBURG.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Ocr. 14.

The last mene of all the " Pride, pomp, and em-
otes°, " of our coronation is over. His Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of all the Realise entered his
modern capital this day, with the seem eclat, the
same

fiat, all that took plus on en-
tering Moscow, excepting the pretense of the Em-
men Dowager Nioolases% the Grand Duchess Mary
and Grand Duchess Helene Pavlovas. Every
6, good authority" had fixed a different day
for the event to take place. The Emperor having
pot off his visit to the holy relics at Hier, it woo sup-
posed that his state entry would have taken place
sooner. He preferred, however, and wisely too,
taking a west's rut, if it be possible for an Emperor
to Sod repose, at his palace in Zanko Belo, which
is about thirty vents from Bt. Petersburg.: The wee-
dier having been all along earl unpropitious, the day
of entry was only announced towards the latter end
of loot week, and a proviso made that in the event
of bad weather it would be pat off; and, certainly, to
jeep hem the weather u it has bean all along, ems
*WI blindly have antkipated anything like fins
weadmr. Erin yesterday was dark, gloomy, and
forbidding. To tell you what weather we had to-
day, I have only to call to your mind the day of the
Coronation. It was, indeed, a day of days,
and such a. we rarely me at this time of the year.
Proceeding from Zsreko Belo by railway the Impe-
de' family arrived in town at twelve o'clock, and at
the station the Emperor mounted his horse, and the
Empress got into her carriage, with her little son the
Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovitch by her side; the
three elder, Nioolai (the heir apparent. who wore his
uniform as Heiman or chief of the Cceimelts), Alex-

ander, and Vladimir Alexandrovitch followed close be-
hind their father, also mounted on their little chargers.
The whole procession at once km= and proneded
on its way through the principal streets of the city,
at the various churches on the way the priests
coming out with the atoms and holy water On
reaching the Kazan Cathedral his Majesty die-
mooted and entered to y3rform hie devotions, at
the lame moment it wee espouse= to the whole
town by a salvo of cannon from the fortress. All
the way was lined by battalions of the different
regiments of the Guard'. In all then were 60,000
troops under arms to-day. The large plain in
front of the palace Wel crowded with military, both
horse and foot soldiers. In the large halls of the
palace were assembled the various civil dignitaries of
the town, and also the first and second guild me-
chants, with their wive'. The Emperor and Em-
press, with all the imperial family, pamed through
on their way to the chard attached to the palm-
The whole affair lasted about three hours—all wait
off in very good order, and wen witnessed by many
hundreds of thousand.. For many days pre-
viously speculators bad been at work building
up scaffoldings in every exivenient place where
a view could be obtained, and nearly the whole of the
Novelty Perspective had been lined with raised
seats and galleries, the pleas having been add for
prices varying from cue to ten roubles. Windows
and balconies were let foe immense pekes. I have
jolt returned from viewing the illuminatioes, which
have keen slanged on a most extensive soak—of
course no comparison with those that took place at
Moscow—they are to last three nights. The first
sight was the illumination of the Olavnoy Stab (Etat
Major), facing the Winter Palace. The Dom, or
Town House, was profusely decorated and lit up.
The illumination made by the house of Nicholls and
Panda, well known all over the north of
Europe as the English Merida, attracted
the greatest crowds, being one blase of
gee and crystal, gas applied for this purpose being
a novelty here. To-morrow the merchants offer a
grand ball and sapper to the Emperor in the Salle
de Noblesse 1 covers to he laid for 3,000 people.