The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-19 00:00:00

THE CORONATION AT MOSCOW

The official programme of the ceremonial to be observed
at the coming coronation is divided into five parts :-1. The
solemn entry into Moscow from the Palace Petrowski. 2.
The public proclamation, which will be made to the people
for three days previous to the coronation. 3. The decora‘
tions of the Cathedral of the Ascension (Usivenski Sobw.),
in which the dereniony will take place. 4. The coronation
itself, and this is the longest of all the parts ; and 5. The
decorations of the saloon in the old palace of the Cars, the
Kremlin. In this saloon there will be a ball giVen, as also
in the Alexander Saloon in the Alexander Palace ; there are
also to be a masquerade and supper at the palace, festal
performances at the theatre, feasting, and other entertain-
ments for the people, and fireworks. The entrance into
Moscow will be preceded by a signal of nine guns, and will
be accompanied by the ringing or rather striking of the bells
of the Cathedral of the Ascension. 'the procession itself
will
.consiet of a squadron of the Cossacks of the Guard of
the Black Sea and a fquadron of the Cossacks of the Guard ;
the representatives of the high nobility, two and two on
horseback and in uniform, headed by the Marshal of the
nobility of the circle of Moscow, and delegates from the
different Asiatic tribe or peuplades subject to the Russian
sceptre, two and two on horseback ; the Emperor on horse-
back, followed by the Minister of the Imperial House, the
Minister of War, an Adjutant-General, a General a to sure,
and one Adjutant on duly; the brand hakes (with the
exception of the Grind Duke Wladimir Alexandrowitsch)
Prices Nicholas of Lenchtenberg, Prince Peter bf Olden-
burg, and the foreign Princes all on horseback, and after
them come all the generals and adjutants, also on horseback.
The Empress-Mother then follows in a gilded carriage of
state, surmounted by an Imperial crown, and drawn by
eight horses, each led by a groom ; then the reigning
Empress, with the Grand Duke Wladimir, in a similar car-
riage, followed by the Grand Duchess and the Printesa of
Oldenburg. As soon as the Emperor enters Moscow seventy-
one guns are fired ; when their Majesties enter the Cathedral
of the Ascension eighty•five guns salute them. At the
Kremlin they are received by the clergy. The first Marshal
of the Coronation and the members cf the comptoir of' the
palace hand the Emperor bread and salt, and while this is
going on 101 guns are fired. The whole day long the bells
peal, and in the evening there is to be an illumination.
The proclamation is to be read at thirty-five different places,
gates, bridges, &c., in Moscow' and distributed among the
people its general sense is as follows :—The Emperor
Alexander Nicolajowitech, who has mounted the throne of
his fathers, commands that his coronation and anointment
shall take place on the 26th of the month of August (Sept.
7), and that his tjonSart shall participate in it. It then
enjoins the subjects, on that auspicious day, to emplore the
blessing of Heaven on the Emperor's reign, and specially to
pray that peace and tranquilil may abide in the empire.
The day of the coronation is announced to the foreign Am-
bassadors by masters of the ceremonies in state carriages.
In the church of the Ascension the throne of the Czar
Johann 111., the conqueror of Novgorod and the liberator
of the land from the yoke of the Tartars, is placed for
the Emperor, and for the reigning Empress is placed
that of the Czar Michael Fedorowitsch (the first of the
house of Romanoff). On the right of the Emperor's throne
there is placed for the Empressi.Mother a canopy with the
throne of the Czar Alexis Michaelowitsch, the father of
Peter the Great. These thrones have never yet been used
for this pnrpose. At seven o'clock on the .morning of the
day of toronation twinty.one guns wlll be fired. The
t-npresS-Mother wearing the Imperial mantle, and her
crown on her head, repairs to the cathedral with the Grand
Duke, heir to the throne. 101 guns will indicate the con-
clusion of the coronation and anointment. Before the com-
mencement of the entertainment in the Granowitaja Palate,
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THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA AND THE

SENTINEL,

The following interesting anecdote is narrated in a recent
letter from Berlin :—" A f qr, days ago a hale old man, in a
peasant's costume, but decorated with several orders and
crosses, was seen to ascend the flight of steps leading to the
terrace of the palace of Sans-Souoi. A sentinel posted
there striped him, informing him that he could not be
allowed to go further, as the palace was inhabited by the
Empress of Russia. Why that's the very reason why I
must g 3 on,' repliel the vetran sturdily. An altercation
ensued, which was interrupted by the arrival of Colonel
Count Von Alvensleban, first_equarry to the Empress, who
asked what was the matter. The old man replied that he
had walked nine German miles to see the Empress before
his death, he having saved her in her youth from a watery
grave. On learning this, the Count bid him wait, and
having informed the Empress of the occurrence, was ordered
to introduce him. The veteran approached the Empress
with a firm step, and said, recognise her well, though
she is much changed.' He then reminded her Majesty of
an occurrence which took place in 1806, in the park of
Charlottenburg, where the late King used to piss the sum-
mer, living there in the style of a private gentleman. The
Empress of Russia, then Princess Charlotte, and only 7
years of age was one day playing rear the ornamental piece
of water, called the Carp basin, with her little sister Princess
Aiexandrina, and her brother Prince Charles, whom she was
drawing along in a bath chair; in which exercise she hap-
pened to go rather too near the water's edge. A young
guardsman on duty not far off called to her, warning her of
her danger, but in vain ; the little Princess laughed at her
adviser, and continued to draw the bath chair close to the
brink. The soldier on seeing this stenped forward, held his
sword before her, and cried ‘• Halt!" The Princess, in a
fright stepped back, slipped, and f.ll into the water. The
sentinel instantly plunged in after her, got her safely out,
and dragging the go-cart along with him, Princess Alexan-
drina running by his side and crying all the while, carried
her dripping wet, as she was, to Queen Louisa, who was
sitting before the palace reading. The Q'ieen, on learning
what had happened, bent over her child, took from her neck
a small medallion containing a lock of her (the Queen's)
hair, and gave it to the guardsm^n. This same medallion
the veteran now showed to the Empress, who immediately
recollecting the occurrence, with deep emotion requested
him to restore to her the medallion with her mother's hair,
and turning to Princess Gagarine, her lady of honour, de-
tached her own portrait set in diamonds (an ornament
which the ladies of the Russian court generally wear as a
mark of special affection) from the bosom of that lady, and
gave it to the old guardsman, who went away delighted and
proud, and in passing Ly the sentinel who had stopped him,
showed him the trinket, saying, "Do you see that, you
stupid fellow ? "