The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-01 00:00:00

TER grpngs, MONDAY MINING, SEPTEMBER 1, ISM

THE CORONATION OF THE
EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

50LEMN ENTRY OF THE EMPEROR INTO

MOSCOW.
(PEON OUR SPECIAL COR

(IT SLBCTIIIO

MOSCOW. Arent 29.

The wonting et the day flied upon for ths edema
entry of the Emperor into Moscow was ushered in by
louring clouds end rain. About midday, however,
the atm broke through, and the afternoon has been
bright, and calculated to show off the gorgeous pro.
melon to advantage.

A little after mid-day a salvo of Rise gone from a
battery posted opposite the Tab/snow Onvent, fol-
lowed by a peal el bells from the Cathedral of the
Assumption, gave the signal to all the bells of Moscow
to begin jangling. Their deafening clang hoe on
fiend ever since, and wily those who have wit-
Deemed can imagine the Boise and vibration of the
air produced by such a mesa of tintinsabulary metal.
As soon as the hennas et 'lawn broke oat, arms
and spectators of all ranks and degrees hurried to
their posts.
At Si p.m. the Imperial procession left the Pe-
trovsky Pelson First same a "Maitre de Pollee,"
with twelve mounted genstranies to clear the way.
The Emperor was preceded by his body guard in
their magnificent uniforms, squadrons of Cossacks of
the Eitel Sea and of the regiment of Guards, the re-
peer:amine of the AM& lealessv on horseback, all
in uniform, Unrepresentative. of the Asiatic popula-
tions which acknowledge the sovereiguty of Russia,
with valets, noway', and runners of the nen
Alter this mixture of European and Orien-
tal costumes ease Masters of Ceremonies
and others with their badges of odes. After this
train, in which Europese sad Oriental finery were
strangely mingled, same Alessader Nieolsievitch, on
horsebeck, attended by the Minister of his House-
hold, the Minister of Wan and his aides-champ.
The Priam of the blood followed, all on horseback.
A long train of splendid carriages came next in order,
containing the Empress, the Empress Mother, the
Grand Duchesses, and the Priam. of Oldenburg.
;allowed by their ladies of bazaar. Squadrons of
Cuirassiers closed the procession.
At 4 p.m. precisely a salvo of 71 guns announced
that the Emperor wee entering his ancient capital.
The Military Governor-General of Moscow received
his Majesty at the outrun of the city, at the
had of his employee. The magistrates and
the hatable§ received hie Majesty at the estrum of
the quarter ailed Zennnoi Gored. The marshal and
the nobility of the government of Moscow received
him at the entrance of the quarter called Bieloi-
Gored. The Civil Governor and the civil astbori-
ties of the city were stationed to naive him at the
gate of the Reserreetios. Here a brief halt took
place, daring which the Emperor, the Empresses, and
the Princes and Princesses of the blood, dimsointed
and knelt before the image of Osr Lady of Iberia.
This cerersosy over, the procession again moved
°award ; was received at the gate of the Saviour by
the Commandant of Moscow sad his staff; and in
front of the Cathedral of the Assumption by the
Directing Bente. All along the roar• of the pro-
cession the houses were decanted, sad the clergy
stationed at the gates of their respective
churches with their images and mosses. The seen-
matrons of the assembled multitudes were sathuslar
tie, and distinctly heard above the din and Glasgow of
the bells.

Thor Empeor, the Empresees, the Princes, and the
Prisons's, demanded from their horses and car.
daps is frost of the Cathedral of the Aesomptioe,
at the stair which is Gaited Mumma Kryltso. Intel-
ligence of this event was forthwith thundered forth
by a salvo of 86 guns. The portion of the Imperial
cortege which preceded their Majesties kept on their
way round the • cathedral, and nob as bed the
estrh entered it by the north gate. The officers of
the Court eosspletad the eirele of the building, sod
steamed themselves is frost of the south gate, to
await the eosin out of their Majesties. The Holy
Synod and the fusetiowszies of the eatkedral met their
Majesties at timpani; and preesded them into the
thank cheating the mooed esatiele for Palm-weak.
Atter kissing the images sad relics, their Majesties
proceeded to the cath►drals of the Archangel Michael
and the Ammeiatioe, is both of which the ememony
of kissing the images sad relics was gone through.
Is the cathedral of Bt. Michael they also prostrated
themselves before the tomb of his Majesty's an-
cestors.

On quitting the cathedrals their Majesties, stoma-
peeled by the court, walked to the Palace of the
Kremlin. At its pte they were received by the
mart clergy with the cross and holy water. The
Archbishop of Moscow here presented the Emperor
with bread and salt i and hareediately afterwards a
salvo of 101 pee announced at 6 p.m. that the Im-
perial family had entered the palace of their an-
agora.

The metallic hurricane from the lanamenble
raturchni still vibrates through the air and shakes
the walk. At night the city is to be illuminated.

milts* inseam Then than wee the per to be
stamped, and the ticket to be paid fore and the pines
to be taken, the latter by so seems ea easy task, se
the military often sad their bodies, who are privi-
leged to enter everywhere and before everybody,
had secured all the seats, not only for themselves,
bat for their smaller luggage, their Italian grey-
hounds, parrots, and railway wrappers.
However, at last we were fairly afloat, and trudging
leanly along ear little journey of six hundred and
seventy mote, at the rate of about twisty miles an hour.
The flat else. carriages, which are coostracted on
the AXIOTICIIII plan, are comfortable and even elegant,
and the power of walking up and down, and maw
eionelly stopple, out on the little gallery at the sad
for a mouthful of fresh air, very mach diminishes the
weariness of the almost interminable journey. We
bad as oar fellow-peemegers Russian generals en
route for the review, Russian mantissa ditto for
the balls, and Russia; and German doctors specu-
lating on the probable oasts of the dinners. In one
corner of our " wipe" sat a Mosul= prince,
some juvenile Schaniyl palter, magnificently at-
tired in his national dress, tastefully harmonised with
the uniform of the Russian army. He was
a remarkably fine-looking man, end seemed
as happy and ectatented as if nothing bad
ever occurred to cease a difference of opinion between
him and the Georgian Viceroy. He was on the beet
terms with the Rts. slats *Sons, and chatted and
nuked with them an day long.
The country through which we passed was es
uninteresting as could possibly be imagined. For
the first one hundred vents it was bare and
level as a steppe, without • single tree to
break the monotony of the prospect. But as we
neared Moscow, and left Bt. Petersburg further be-
hind, the landscape Inseam more mellow; clumps of
tress first appeared, then plantatioae, while the open
country became tinted with the green of the meadow
or the golden hues of the corn-field. Now and then
the fantastic spires of a Greek nicautery cut the
horizoo, and comfortable farm-house gave reassuring
indication of human habitation. Then we had little
rivers to cross, over well-constructed bridges; and
mos of greater pretensions, celled, I think, the Nidska
(I do mot pledge myself to the orthography), covered
with a flotilla death:only constructed bargee bringing
down corn from the Volga for the consumption of the
capital. We had rain in light showers, even down
teems and perfect torrents, with now and then a flub
of lightning or a gleam of sunshine; and, lastly, some
regular stoppages on the road, varying is duration
from ten minutes to two hours, and giving the nobles
ample time foe their tsedi and the map's far their
darling vodka. Ton may depend upon it, the
opportunity was not neglected, as usury station the
refreshment roam exhibited the most motley groups
imaginable, while the waiters were embarramed at
once by the pressure of their duties and the scarcity
of change. lodised, I cannot call to my mind a single
instance in which these truly oonscientioss man
being entrusted with • three-rouble note were enabled
to get back to the passenger who had entrusted it
to him before the departure niche train.
At, I thick, ma sixth station, we were com-
forted by the agreeable intelligence that we
must wait an hoar and a half extra in order
to allow the passage of a special coned con-
taining the Grand Duke Constantine and his suite.
I was comforted under the delay by being enabled to
gat an imminent view of his imperial highness, who
same down upon the platform and nodded to and
chatted with everybody about him. It was pleasing
to see the confidence with which the humblest people
came up quite aloes to him, and the offhand friendly
way in which he resolved their compliments. There
were no soldiers, no butt-ends of muskets to keep off
the common Iterd, but everything wee trusting,
kiedly, and without any of estatioa of coadascensims.
I believe that in consequence of his identity of name
with his uncle, and the way in which he has been
mixed up with resent naval operations, he
is lcokcd upon in England as a very terrible
Allow, both in appearance and manners ;
but nothing can be further from the reality. He is
a tall, slight, well-made young man, with good
features and a pleasant expressions, and seems to be on
the beet terms with himself and every one about
him. He is, in short, the last man in the world whom
from his mimeses* I should reckon dugongs or
disagreeable. Besides this, he has a etesiderablo re-
putation for wit sod sareastio humour, sad many of
kis sayings are in pastel aircolatioa. I shall give
you one or two as specimens. To enable you to un-
derstand the first, I must premise that the Americans,
whose wonderful sympathy with Russia during the
last war it was so difficult to understand, have made
several excellent specalations in this country, amongst
others the contract for keeping the Moscow Railway
in repair, by rebid. it is said they nett a clear profit
of some 200,0001. a year. The Grand Doke,
who is dissatisfied with this job, as well
he may be, had lately some distinguished
friends on a visit, whom he handed over to
hie chamberlain to show them the sights of the
capital. One day be asked that officer whether hie
friends had seen all the sights, and being answered
in the *Sanative, said, laughing, " Then go and show
them the American contract, which is decidedly the
greatest curiosity that could be exhibited in any
eountry." The second story applies to his Imperial
Highness's early days. He war, SIP is well known,
appointed to the nominal command of the fleet when
a child, bet even at that early age was anxious to
make it a reality. One day, when on board a mu-
dwar, he promoted an officer who pleased him, bee t
the appointment was not confirmed, while the young
'tibial was reproved. The next morning he ap-
peared before the Emperor in fell uniform and ten-
dered his resignatioe, adding that he was a* admiral
if he could not promote whom he liked. It is needless
to add that this youthful burst caused considerable
amusement in the highest quarter, and that
the resignation was not accepted. But the
Grand Duke hscnow pseud on co his rapid journey,
the regular train following at a respectful distance,
and at a pace which brought us into Marrow at
noes to-day, after a joarney of nearly twenty-five
hours.

I must oaths. that, on first entering, the
modern and suburban 'mama of the holy city
disappointed met bat a visit to the Breslin and
its neighbourhood, which I was not long in paying,
restored and even strengthened all my foregoes con-
shalom. I shall take a %tare opportunity of paying
a aeon lengthened visit, and writing a more carotid
scooted of thin extraordinary warier; bat I could
not resist the temptation of at once taking a glimpse
at a puss which from infancy I had been hearing
and reading about as one of the wonders of the
world. Accordingly I harried of plunged into
the labyrinths of the Chinese city, where I
was nearly devoured by the worthy dealnene, citi-
zens of this &stern Petticoat-hue, and soon found
myself is the centre of the "Beautiful Place;
which certainly has a very fair slake to that ap-
pellation. The monad of hammy, attracted an
to the still unfinished triumphal arch by whisk the
Impacr is to enter the sacred peeing* and sod-
denly I toned myself in promo, of the groat bell,
which has been se asearately weighed, massured,
and described over sad over again. It is, in
truth, a tromendone ends& and if in sounding
order would make a Met @omens report. The

broken piece lies oleos beside it, and more than any.'
thing she enables one to from a just ormeeption of
the eneentoes mine of the bell itself. Passing under
the "Seared gate," likes good Christian, hat in
hand, lin a moment stood at the very grille of the
Church of the Amemption, in which the great are-
monist is to take place. It has been closed some
days to the public, but a good-natured deacon took
pity on my curiosity, and politely invited me into
the interior. What a scene of barbaric magnifies:as,
historic reminisoence, and political suggestiveness
Parsing through a darkened vestibule I suddenly felt
myself almost dazzled by a perfect blase of gold
and colour. The walls were every inch covered
with freemen and mosaics, in heavy gilt frames, mid
the great central pillars that support the cupolas
decorated in a similar manner. Although the church
is small, the loftiness of the ceiling gives it a most
tinning appeareees, and the vague isdistinctoen
with which the comparative gloom enables you to
take in the detaih produces in the mind a peculiar
feeling of awe and reverence. As works of art, few
would ha bold enough tn defend these elaborate de-
corations, but they are the signs of a sentiment, a
power, and a policy, and, looked upon in that light,
must always be object, of deep interest to the spec-
tator. Greek pants were chanting their vespers in
one corner, while carpenters were hammering away
in another at the gorgeous astride upon which the
Emperor is to kneel while the metropolitan places tte
crown upon his head. Everything was resplendent
with gold, and velvet, and ostrich feathers; but a
glance was all I wet permitted to take, sufficient to
convince me that the interior of the church will not
socommodate more than about 600 minims.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(saow ova

PARIS. BUNDLE EVENING.
The Comatitutionna gives the following explication
of the sentences of death against five individuals
accused of an attempt on the life of the Emperor, the
posting of which at the Malik@ has produced a very
great sensation in Paris:

Conformably to Art. 472 of the code of Criminal 'sense-
Coo, the bayonet by default 'salon the individuals con-
densed for the affair knows as that of the Hippodrome and
Opera Comique, has just ben placmdad. This affair, it Is
known, dem so far book as 1853. Malevolence has sot
faded to take sdvaataga of this publioadoa to circulate the
report that mind plonshassats hai jest ben awarded for
attempts 111,011 the p. non of the Emparor. It might have
ben son, howent, from the terms of the semen,
that the Molests were by default (per coodanece), sad
sounaeatly Mated to old facto.

TM "milevolenea"4Miich the Coitatitutiosnel
speaks must have been manifested by word of mouth
only, for no Paris mswep .pm has ventured to speak
of the matter, and the foreign journals which men-
tion it had not arrived when the above paragraph
was written. Tie explanation is not altogether eo
tisfaotory, for it is certain that the "law's delay"
does not usually require two or three years to prepare
a judgment by default.

The following appears in a Parisian correspondent*
of the Indtspetsiones Beige:
_ _ _

Jut as the Emperor was about to leave Para fir Mar-
tha, the sommiesioa of the United Mutest Benefit flo-
dein welted upon his to present their general report.
The president of the mautisdon had a moat important con
mention with the Emperor on this meesion. Cellist; his
Idsjestee attention to the great falling off in the number of

saberriben—than me 80,000 fewer alembets of the societies
dm there were last year—he explained that these figures
of 80,000 remiss ted the workmen who could oolong', find
lodgings in Paris,and had emigrated extra Names, where they
lived as they scald. The Emperor was inac`t startled by
the statement, sad exclalmed, "Hat they are budding a
great deal la Pula ; they are builaiog incessantly." "To.
Eire," the President saswered, " but aufirtuoately the'
hostess now lestbilag sea sal, emitted to the riab sad middle
gimes." "I mast,"' said the Emperor, "I masa abso-
lutely lad a remedy for this mate of thip." Each was
the rapid conversation, the sccar.cy of which I can certify.
It is said to-iry, that to carry out the imperial promise, a
project et law is in preparation, aging a text!' of house
rent, to be based upon the coat prim of the home, sad the
money that may have bees laid oat upon it. It is too car.
teas that the pretensions of t-s landlords have attained the
utmost bearable limits. Rents are augmented every quer.
ter; workmen, clerks, porters, end people of small property
know not where to bones themselves. The sufferings arising
from this came, j cited to the alimentary aisle, the finan-
cial alas, and the moisetary crisis, under the life of the
Parisian labourer intolerable.

The latest news of the Emperor and Entprese is
contained in the Meuayer de Bayonne:

Their Imperial Majesties, whose health is exeellent, eon.
Cone to Sad the most complete tranquillity and repose at
Biarrits. A few hours' promenade in a carriage, or on the
water, select dinner parties twice a waek—on Thursdays
and Sondes, and some TeCtptiol4B 60171419.—5ach are the
only recreations which their Majesties have hitherto taken.
But after this general description of "repose and
I tranquillity," the Messager enters into details which
KKR to show that their Majesties lead rather a boot-
ling life:
Oa Wedawday. the Bishop of Bayonne, M. Lsbat, the
mayor, sad Madame Label, dined at the Yule Reseed* On
Thursday the dinner party include,' Marshal Baguet, Mar-
shal Serrano, the Frocereur-General, and General Grothon.

After dinner there was a @Witte dements, atteaded by the
Maggie sad Marnhioaess de Targot, General Conoby de
Cogsotd, sad MM. Maria and Monteverdi, members of the
howler commission, the staff efficers of the Newton, and
several °Mien of the ganison. The faith lasted till one fa
is moraleg. Their !Nettiee entered the drawing. TOMOS
baltpast sight, sad remaimed MI the end. The Empties
valued twice. The Emperor ssleo•ei for his partner is a
cotillion Madame de Loortael, the widow of the general
who was killed before Sebastspol.

The Patric says it is hoped that France, following
the example of England and America, will shortly
conclude a commercial treaty with Siam. M. d;
Sulam-, Consul at Shanghai, who is charged with
a mission to effect this treaty, hes, according torment
intelligence, arrived at Bangkok. It is not thought
that he will meet with any difficulties, the Bing of
Siam, having manifested a favourable disposition
towards all European states without distinction.

There were considerable oscillations at the Bourse
on Saturday connected with the settlement. The
Bente for account dropped at one time as low as
701 r., but, as the option of premiums wrs done at
70fr. 100., which was better than had been expected,
there was a rally, and the lest price was 70tr.
being a rise of 200. For cash the Rents fell de.,
closing at 70fr. 30c. OEM Mobilier continues to
be well supported. It roes tc day 31r. 753. It is
said that this society is about to obtain the conces-
sion of the Russian network of railways. The rail-
way market wu calmer than yesterday. There were
Isolated bargains dons in some lines at considerably
lower pries., but speaking generally the fall made
no progress. _ _

A Paris journal contains a statement made by 11*
Poleait to the governor of the Bank of France, to the
effect that a largo business is at present carried on in
the export of firs-franc pieces, which an now sale-
able at a premium of three to ten centimes each, the
particulars of which are as followsi—lst, a bag of
I,ooofr. of the pelmet Emperor is worth I,oobfr.;
2nd, a ditto of Charles X., 1,010 fr.; 3ril, a ditto of
Napoleon I. or Louis XVIII., 1.020 fr. These find
their way to London, and it is believed that the
greater portion of the silver shipped for India by the
Peva consisted of five-Crane pieces. This sirens-
stanim will aocount in some measure for the transmis-
sion of gold from England to France.
The Cnisstitestionnel, in obedience to the key-cote
sounded by the Mon tear in praise of O'Donnell's

coup 'flat, speaks in a tone of indignant resentment
of an artkde in the Alforreing Poet, condemning the
dissolution of the National Guard. " What can that
journal mean," it saki, "by pretending that Queen
Isabolla's minister will , be made to turn, before the
fifth art of his drama is finished, that although he
may have dissolved the National Gaud, the men
composing it still exist!' Is the journal in the is.
cret of prepavatioss for a fresh insunection P If so,
we have a right to uk how and in what character
it has obtained its information."

The four line.of-battleehip; the Bretagne, Napo.
leon, Algesiras, and Ulm, which compose the Medi-
terrace= division of the new squadron of evolutions
under Admiral Treliouart, sailed from Toulon on the
26th, with the lay and Dachayla steamers, for the
isles of Hyares, off which the first mancesvms will
take place.

The Debate says :—"lt is well known that the ses-
sion of the coonoile•generel opened on the 25tb. In
almost all of those of which we have received accounts
°Deof the first questions raised wits that relating to
the important modifications contemplated is our cus-
toms tariff. Unfortunately, the opinions and tenden•
cies which have manifested themselves on this sub-
ject ate very divergene."
M. Alexis Dupont, an actor, who wu arrested
some days since on a criminal charge, is reported to
have hanged himself in prison.
In reference to the repute that Prim e Czartoriskip
who has lately arrived at Berlin from Pads, is nego-
tiating with the Rurian embussy there with a view
to return to Poland and obtain the restitution of his
property, the EstofeUe observes that the Prince is
the only eminent member of the Polish emigration
who has consented to accept the amnesty proffered
by the Czar.