The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-02 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, SCOTLAND.

In compliance with the desire ozpreseed by the
Committee of Privy Cassell for Trade that ihe stetisties of
serene sad steak fee the canes' year should, if possible,
be reported by the let of /September, instead of beim de-
fined till the publisetlos of the estimates of produce Is
December, the Highland sod Agricultural Society (lays the
lidwilrorgh Corrals) have forwarded to their lordships at
abstract of the returns made ander thus heads. As the
tables ere identical is their crlaelple with those of lest year,
a detailed esplustion is saseesesary ; and, as this form.
bat a prelimiaaty report, any general obseusUou may be
properly resolved for that whisk will be afterwards sub
! milted with the **tinsels of prodsss. The weft* and
stock in the heads of testate cumpylag lead rested at less
Ickes 101. is twenty-la counties., sod at lase thus 204. is
seven, Y seatraleed la 186 d, should be added to what the
tables eabibit, leereasing the attest of lead la ultimates
by 2/3,170 sans, sad the MINOS of Sink by SNAPS had.
Mr. Yeacell mates that lie ream team bean maie with
the same mason which bed before dished fie eppeebr
Son of their lordships; sad he cratefally seksourlaftes the
valuable assleteace crtdl.lly readsred by the eausseraters,
sad the ustlemita who co-operate with them la their re-
usWve &Mom The number of ocespants presented by
the statistics is 42.919. The total segues seder a rotation
of seeps was is 1866, 3 630,0681; la 1866, 3,646 7211 Of
thews, there were soder wheat eultiution. is 1866. 181,300 i
um; la 1866, 261,8421. Herby, in 1855, 185,082* ;la
1856,165,663!. Ora, in 1856. 933.6624 ;in 1866, 918,265*.
Rye, is 1855, 3,692 ; in 1866, 4,764 t. Bee, in 1865,
17. t is 1866. 16,384 Beess. is 1856, 37,308*; in
UK WWI. Pus, 1. 1865. 6,466; in 1866, 4140 i.
Yung" as term la 1855, 16.0381 ; in 1866, 19,0961.
Tersips, be 1866, 449,4044; is 1856, 469.741*. Potatoes. in
1866, 146,111181; in 1866, 148,930*. Mined, Is 1836,
2.292194; is 1106, 3,642 Carrots, in 1865. 1.2091; la 1854,
1,6 . Cabbage, la 1856, 1,2091; is 1866, 1484. Rau,
is 184, sioseperate return ; V 1858, 1,407. Flu, is 1866,
1,4611 ;is 1866, 2,7231. Tsruipeed, la 1866. 1,9981; in
1866,1.777*. Other grain, or root soup, is 1855.1,223 ;is
1866, 859 f. Hare, or mann fallow, la 1865, 22,462 ; la
18.66, 17,716. Orem as& nay, in 1856, 1,510,0441; in 1556,
1,475 6841 The total .moss' of stock was, la 1856,
6.981.293; is 1856, 7,096.637. Of the there were hew.,
la 1666, 177.229; Is 11156, 179.904. Milk now., ia 1866,
388,463; le 1466. 300,041. Other cattle, Ia 1855. 469,309 ;
Ia 1856, 473,605. Calvet, 1. 1865.207,014; in 1856,193,766.
neap, is 1865, 6,691.900; is 1836, 6,822,478. Swim, Ia
1865, 134,360 ; is 1865, 126,944.

At the msetiog of the Victoria (London) Dock
Campo, y, held last week, It was staked, la reply to se bi-
gotry, that several lota of the railway's torplos load oa the
seat/ side of the dock hod be.. lot oa loft lame at the
pries of two roods tea skilllass per linear fort, with shoat
two bemired hot depth. The load la questiea osaataade
the woe both of the desk sad the B:sekw.ll Railway, cad is
volaable for the Usher sod °thaw wilier treetop.
=OM OMB an pedestal% as • teat of 660 L per acaww,sad
awl* sipper to ere as rairmoras rake to Iced whisk
me Os employ • scoptratively trails' eta • tow years
dam.

ANCIENT CORONA TIONAND !MARRIAGE
CEREMONISS IN RUSSIA.

The aid interest attached to the official pro-
gramme of the coronation at Moscow, arises from the
circumstance that every word of that curious docu-
ment having been carefully weighed, and ever, oere-
menial having a peculiar significance, it may be con-
sidered am a sort of manifesto respecting the relative
positions of the Cur and his people. The sacred
character of the monarch, and his absolute and noun-

. Itrolled power over and property in his subjects,
see clearly indicated. He is the lord and
autocrat of All the Bassias. In the triumphal
entry into Moscow, be Is surrounded by a staff
partly military, and it is a taking posemsion
of the ancient capital of the empire. On his road
the pleats meet him with banners, crones, end holy
water t sad the whole popalatise stands aassmeed,
as when some ultra-holy retie passes in prosessioa.
The halt for the pOlie adoratke of the image of Oar
Lady of 'Tank by all the Imperial family, is a pre.
Simian of the orthodox faith far the edification of the
multitude. At the threshold of his palace, after
receiving the &image of the superior clergy, be
is preen ted with bread and salt by the chief officers
of his household, In the Name meaner se every
proprietor is welcomed by his peanut on arriving
at hie estate ; and throughout the ea renkaaff
of the coronation, the two great alma mate gly in
attendance upon him am the Minister of hie I; lease-
hold and the Minister of War ;—tbe civil poor 7sr is
throughout subservient to the army and to the ohs wok
But his position as the actual and positive hen dot
the church is as clearly defined. The metropodti ms
do not ascend to the platform of the throne, b 2t,
having received the regalia from the proper Aoki et
they band them to the Emperor, standing on the las t
step but am, sad he planes the crown on his head him •
self, holding hie sovereignty from no earthly power, rte
miring its outward evidences only from the ministers of.
Clod. In taking the sacrament, it is administered to hies
within the sanctuary, and in the same form as to the
priesthood, in acknowledgment of his priestly &arse.
ter ; but it was not until the reign of Peter the Great
that the subserviency of the clergy to the crown was
thoroughly established.

The distinction between the present and pad
relations of the hierarchy and the sovereign will be
sore clearly shown by describing die ancient seers
espial ache coronation some two hundred years age,
when the patriarchs were the chief councillors of the
Tsar, and by their signature gave full validity to
his public acts, much in the same manner as the
Sheik-a-Islam does to those of the Sultan of Turkey.
The coronation was performed, as now, in the
Cathedral of the Assumption in Moscow ; and the
throes was elevated on an tetrads with twelve steps,
ths soit of as patriarch being ou the left of the throne.
less maguiflcent than the latter, but like it, covered
with velvet embroidered with gold. The Tsar came
in procession from the palace through lines of
Btalitri, the only standing army of the
time; accompanied by all the nobles ri.
faintly dressed in cloth of gold, with rich
jewels, of which many specimens are still
to be seen in the Kremlin, and wearing caps of
black fosokin. On arriving at the rtil door
the Priem bowed thres times, and then tire tti
the patriarch, saluted his and asked his
The patriot& deseentisd from his throne, blamed tht;
Tsar with the true eras, sod; after embracing seek
other, they mounted togetUr the steps leading to
their places. It was the patriarch who invested the
Tear with the Imperial robes, and who placed as
his bead the crown, sad in his hands the sceptre
and orb, receiving them from an archbishop.
after the nobles and the clergy had saluted the
newly-crowned mooarch, the patriarch took his by
the band and led him to the throne, and when be was
seated coeds him an oration on his duties as a sove-
reign. After the consecration, the patriarch anointed
the Tear, wiping off the oil with pieces of tow, which
were afterwards burnt on the altar. Daring the
visits to the courobas, which .secluded the ceremony,
gold dust was sprinkled os the head of the Tsar on
entering by the arch-priest, and is leaving by one of
the grandees. It will be ems that a vast difference
exists between this and the priest earemoniel, the in-
, feeler position of the clergy Wag very remarkable;
ad the Emperor, both by plabg the crown on his
own bead, and also by crowning the Empress, who
kneels before hire, publicly phiss himself the sole
fountain of honour.
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In like manner the exalted position of the patriarch
was admitted by the Tears on their marriage, his
count being first asked by the prince. The °ere-
unoial of these marriages was curiously illustrative
of the superstitious character of the Russians of all
grades in the 17th century, much of which still
lingers in the provinces, and even in Moscow, among
the -mercantile class, ea well as among the
peasants, who retain it in full force. The
chief officials in the marriage catennuies
of the Tsars were the Tisistaki, or commas•
der of thousands, who had the demotion of
the hie; and the Seakhi, or warriors, ladles
who represented the professional matchmakers
amen the people; these and all the other officials
were of the highest rank. The mats of the bride
and bridegroom were covered with 40 sable skins
each, and 40 other skins were held in readiness to
fan them; and when the Tureens, as the bride was
called until her marriage, entered the hall from her
apartment, among her corteps were two Boyars, ono
bearing the wax candle of the Tear, weighing usually
108 pounds; the other that of the Tureens, weighing
only 72 pounds. A silken curtain s•perated the wets
of the bride and bridegroom, and after an archpriest
had read prayers, the principal Seakha combed
their heads, while a Secretary of State stood near her
with a vessel of mead to wash the comb in. Hop
seed, an emblem of fertility, was then scattered by
the Svakha on the heads of the Tear and Tureens;
they were tanned with the sable fun, the great
candles were lighted, and the brideaman of the Tsar
presented them with slices of cheese and of a sweet
bread, which was also served to the guests. After
this they went to the church, and the seats the bride
and bridegroom had occupied were covered with gab's
skins to preserve them from spells, a nobleman reer
mining to watch them.
Throughout the whole ceremony this dread of, and
belief in, witchcraft, or the possibility of myste-
rious poisoning, was predominant. The hone OR
which the Tear rode to the church was first mounted
by a noble to remove the effect of any spell that
might have been cut in the animal, or danger eon.
mated in the saddle ; and as soon as the prince dis-
mounted, his seat was again occupied by . the same
akar. Similar precaution were taken with the ve-
hicle in which the Twerps ►ode.
Many of the ceremonies used in these imperial
marriages were also performed at those of
the grandees, even to the days of Peter the Great ;
but the revolution he effected in many of the customs
and habits of the Russians wee carried still further
►y hie successors, who by iatermtrriage had more of
the German element in their characters, until the
ceremony was shorn, except in the far interior and
among the lower orders, of all traces of the strangely
superstitious feelings which pervaded all classes, from
the throne to the hovel, at the period of which we
have been writing.

The Timid.lt ambassader has sabaeribed 101.
towards the propesea Raglish (Christian) ebarch at Cos-
etsatiaopie, which Is inteeded to be a roottetnent to the
I maim at the OM% mea las ti is the late was 'frith
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