The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-08 00:00:00

THE =PRESS, MONDAY EVENING,

of men, who keep the pesos of this great city with
its half-European, half-Aaiatio population, in • way
that would do honour to the London polio.. They
are followed by so elfin troop, the grins looking
poseacks of the Ukraine, mounted ea hardy little
►►osrrsaaa,, aed helping the pads:mos to look after

-Ike people, ;WI; the pntiannse look after
~themeelves. They are odd, sospiciou look-
ing fellows these, and when sae meets
a couple of them in a dark night with their long
lene', their black sheepskin shakos, exaggerated by
the deicers, their Hayreddin Mangrabin air, and
their furtive glance', one members with a sigh the
prosaic " A 29," with his glued bat, snug mutant,
and exceedingly re-assuring bull's eyklantern. We
are next attracted by an army in miniature, and the
ladies in evident delight exclaim, " The Younker
Cadets! " u the brave little fellows, with a
great air of dignity and responsibility, take their
places close to the walls of the Kremlin. Then sea
admire the gay hussars, or martial lancers, or laug
at the gendarmes a pied, as they box the ears of the
iatrusive little boys, after the most approved London
Whim. Finally, we all eat our luncheons,
cultivate digestion, and patiently wait the hour of
arrival. Three o'clock'. the magic number booms
from the great clock of the Assumption; the distant
roar of the cannon at Petrovski comes rolling on the
ear; it is answered by the guns, and immediately the
vigorous beadles of 600 churches commence ding dons
with bells great and small, sonorous and shrill, gong-
like end cymbal-like, until the tympanum is bewil-
dered, and one imagines that nothing less than the
approaching end of the world can have created such a
elegour. Every eye is now strained, as aidesoleoramp
gallop past, soldier, fall into line, and priests in
golden vestments emerge from their oheress,
and wait in their several vestibules the coming
of the Czar. We had not long to wait,
for moon the head of the grand procession bursts upon
the view, and never in the grandest theatre spectacle
was thee seen a more gorgeous parade. First came
the Lentil of the Caucasus, covered from head to foot
with bright chain armour, mounted on prancing
Georgian hones, and looking as they rode past, lance
in rest, and battleirxe in hand, like venerable knights
of the crusade. Close behind followed the pale, slim,
Circassian', in their white ceftans and splendid tur-
ban; and mounted on black horses as slim and
graceful es themselves. Them we had the Persians
of the district of Helve, in conical black caps, as
you may have seen them some night in the
Speaker's gallery of the Hones of Commons, their
little graceful figures glittering in the gold brocades
of Shins and Teheran. They are the dandies, the
veritable " swells" of the procession, and seem to have
a efficient consciousness of that interesting fact.
A Tartar group follows in flowing robes of green
velvet, embroidered in gold, and managing their
;nettlesome steeds se Tartars only can mangos
them. Lastly come the Mingrelians, in red caftans
and strange little cope, compared to which a blue-
coat boy's would be a sombrero; and the avant
garde closes with strong "quadroon of Cossacks of
the lie and of the Ukraine. Following this rest
gallant and strike' pageant came the representa-
tive of the Haute Noblesse, splendidly dressed, and
mounted on horse of immense pries. Plumes
waved in eves: direotko, the trumpets sounded a
fanfare, and these princes of the land, whose every
name had its history, paned slowly on to
the sacred gate. As you have long since
had the programs, I ahall not trouble you
in detail about Lepel', the Nees de /Is Cow, the
Piquet= or Veneers, and the ruining footmen, the
latter by the way proceeding at the most leisurely
pace possible. All eyes were now fixed on the Em-
peror, who, dressed in a general's uniform and
mounted oat a eragniaceet grey charger, rods slowly
into view. As he made his appearance the cheers
were deafening, sad when he stopped before the little
church of Our Lady of Kean, ,teak off his golden
mess, and piously received the benedictions of the
priests, the ;popular enthusiasm knew no bounds.
Hie imperial Majesty looked well, though grave, sat
his horse with grace and dignity, and frequently
acknowledged the salutations of the people.
Close behind followed his stag a perfect
army of generals and field otiose in the melt varied
and brilliant uniforms that en be imegined, and

thee I. a nag line the splendid gilt arriagee of
which I have already forwarded you a description.
The Stet contained the Empress blather, who was
much sheered, and next followed that of the Import.
trier Ragout% in the beautifully carved aniline
English chariot, to which I have before alluded. These
two were respectively drawn by eight home, while
the remainder, cootaining the dames d'honnem and
Ann of the court, had only six. The Empress
wore the Isalsochra, or national Russian head-dress
studded all over with diurnal% and her
robe wee a splendid compromise between the
&laconic caftan and the modern French toilette.
Attending upon the carriages of the two &apnoea
were strop, squadrons of the Chevalier Garde', the
Rest magnificent cavalry in the world, the home of
the private soldier* being quite equal in beauty and
spirit to those of the officers t, but I believe they are
all noblesse together, and provide their own appoint-
rents. They certainly looked and rode splendidly
and, as soldiers of parade, nothing could be finer. It
took a long time to pass all then great personages
and great carriages through the gate, and it also took
some time to demand by an interminable and narrow
eight of stops cut in the &Unmerited wall, for those
who had spat the morning on the ramparts. When
I arrived at the quadrangle in which the Cathedral of
the Analeptics stands, the Emperor had already en-
tered the church, the priests were chanting
the To Desan, and his Majesty performing
the prescribed edema rites of the Oreek
church. He remained bat a very few minutes, when
a cortege won formed, and proceeded across the
quadrangle to the Church of Bt. Michael the Are&
angel, and of the Annunciation, where the nand
Nikon were preeented by the Metropolitan of Mtn-
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sow to his Mijesty to kiis, and his Majesty stopped,
foe a mosismt to offer a prayer over the tombs of hie
uneaten. The Metropolitan won vastments of
golden tissue, the asses as the priests, the only dif-
ference of costume being a *qua velvet cap, the
distingashiag mark, I peso= of his high ollioe.
The whole seremanial was exceedingly brief, and at
ite eeedsedoe, the whole court ascended by a broad
mealier, covered with scarlet cloth, into the Palace
of the Kremlin, where of coarse the pageant tenni•
mated, in as far at least as the public were °smarmed. I
observed with pain that the Empress rather as she
amended the steps was supported en bath sides,
and seemed to sear mode from weakness and ex-
heads& Ia the easing the Kandla was partially
and pots a /as were simaged along
some of the streets t but it was merely a absurd pre.
watery te the great Maladies whisk is to fellow
the somata& Tbe flemate and the Amami leaked
exesedingly sad assaeledsredeaf pools both
oloologoo madam hot. diressliwhidt s smW otoW
ambsil at a vigil pm% and es he mama to the
stoat light diedseed to S _ e lielthas the
piped haulm otos& Espana sod lapses, who
had thee same eat in the most unpetanging and
uniding way, sad entirely withsM am% to whale
doolgho. as wallas the road the pm*. It would
be Impoottblo to spook too dm* or dot admirable
mit of the straopaosto, the olvilltg sod good
Pam of the seldiny, or the pima doportomost
et the people.

IMPRESS FROM PARIS.

(now ova owx oososoromaxxx.)
PARIS, !SUNDAY EVIINING.

The Swiss journals, arrived tc day, bring full ea
counts of the royalist insurrection at Neufchatel
The insurgent leader, Colonel F. de Pourtalis, who,
as you are aware, was taken prisoner, is dangerously
wounded. A young Count Pourtalle is among the
killed. It seems now impassible to deny the com-
plicity of the Prussian government is the affair. In
nee of the bulletins, published by the insurgents
during their ephemeral triumph, then le this pu-
mp, " It is said that &royal commissioner will arrive
immediately, and it is therefore to be inferred that
there is an understanding among the powers on the
subject of Neufchatel' It was, moreover, given out that
the Bing of Prussia might be expected at Neufchatel
on the 16th. Several journals announce that a port-
folio, belonging to the Count Pourtalex, which has
been deposited at the Council of State, has been
found to contain letters from the royalbt leaders, and
even from the King of Prussia himself, together
with a list of the faithful. This correspondence will
probably be published. The Suisse takes a very
lugubrious view of matters. It says :—" It ap-
pears that several foreign governments knew of the
preparations making at Neufchatel, and we may fear
the gravest complications for Switzerland.*
This evening's Pays has an article which may
very likely be interpreted as a confirmation of the
grounds for the apprehension entertained by the Suisse.
The Pays, while professing not to believe that the
King of Prussia has directly or indirectly fomented
the insurrection, insists upon kis " incontestable
rights," which he has never renounced, and says :
"It is probable that Preside will take care by
diplomatic action upon the Helvetic diet to prevent
any severe measures being taken against these
insurgents, whom the Bing continues to regard is his
subjects: end perhape these unexpected events may
be the rod de depart of negotiations destined to
regulate a situation which is both irregular in point
of public law, and dangerous to the internal security
of the confederation."

Two proclamations, which were lamed by the
insurgents at Neufetlitel, seem to leave no doubt of
the real character of their design. One of them was
superscribed with the well-known motto of the
%rem Zeitung, of Berlia—" Onwards, with Clod, for
Bing and Fatherland," and it ran thus:

Initabitants of Neafebital,—The hoer of your dellvereare
at kerb hie now been matted. Let as ay of " Lone
live the King" be your watettwrrd. Let the faithful fly to
eras. I &elan the territory of this principality in a state
of skis. Book SSIUSISMO IS to provide for the basediate
estabilebsteat of a seunitbs, which shall exorcise lb
authority in the king's sans, out shall seed bodes to the
settle of Noofolistol whoa it satin use the diotharge of
Its kudos,.

The Cotuud.rL-Chisf,
Colossi Cout FAIDIMIC as Povirrons.
Another prcolaniatios wws the following:—

La Boise, Sept. 2.

Leas UT. the Wag ! The royal lemur aiala wain OM
the castle of our prisms. People et Neafahatil, let se
return theeks to God for thie l Let the faithful sow rally
about me.