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

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CORONATION OF TILE EMPEROR OF

RUSSIA.

SOLEMN ENTRY OF THE EIIPEROR INTO
MOSCOW.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Daily News).

MOSCOW, AUG. 29.

The morning of the day fixed upon for the solemn
entry of the Emperor into Moscow was ushered in b 3
louring clouds and rain. About mid-day, however, the
sun broke through, and the afternoon has been bright,
and calculated to show off the gorgeous procession to
advantage.
A little after mid-day a salvo of nine guns from a
battery pasted opposite the Tchoudow Convent, fol-
lowed by a peal of bells from the Cathedral of the
Assumption, gave the signal to all the bells of Moscow
to begin jangling. Their deafening clang has con-
tinued ever since, and only those who have wit-
nessed can imagine the noise and vibration of the air
produced by such a mass of tintinnabulary metal. As
soon as the hurricane of clangour broke out, actors an
spectators of all ranks and degrees hurried to their posts.
At 34 p m. the Imperial procession left the Petroveky
Palace. First came a Maitre de Police, with twelve
mounted gensd'armes to clear the way. The Emperor
was preceeded by his body guard in their magnificent
uniforms, squadrons of Cossacks of the Black Sea and
of the regiment of Guards, the representatives of the
haute noblesse on horseback, all in uniform, the represen-
tatives of the Asiatic populations which acknowledge the
sovereignty of Russia, with valets, lacqueys, and runt-I-Cis
of the court. After this mixture of European aid
Oriental costumes came Masters of Ceremonies and
others with their badges of office. After this train, in
which European and Oriental finery were strangely min-
gled, came Alexander Nicolaievitcb, on horseback, at-
tended by the Minister of his Household, the Minister of
War, and his aides-de-camp. The Princes 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 tLe
Princees of Oldenburg, followed by their ladies of ho-
nour. Squadrons of Cuirassiers closed the procession.
At 4 p.m. precisely a salvo of 71 guns announced that
the Emperor was entering his ancient capital. The Mil•-
tary Governor-General of Moscow received his Majesty
at the entrance of the city, at the head of his employee.
The magistrates and the burghers received his Majesty
at the entrance of the quarter called Zemlenoi Gored.
The marshal and the nobility of the government of Mos-
cow received him at the entrance of the quarter called
Bieloi-Gorod. The civil governor and the civil authori-
ti: s of the city were stationed to receive him at the
gate of the Resurrection. Here a brief halt took place,
during which the Emperor, the Empresses, and the
Princes and Princesses of the blood dismounted and
knelt before the image of Our Lady of Iberia. This cere-
mony over, the procession again moved onward ; was
received at the gate of the Saviour by the Commandant
of Moscow and his staff; and in front of the Cathedral

of the Assumption by the Directing Senate. All along
the route of the procession the houses were decorated,
and the clergy stationed at the gates of their respective
churches with their images and crosses. The acclama-
tions of the assembled multitudes were enthusiastic, and
distinctly heard above the din and clangour of the bells.
The Emperor, the Empresses, the Princes, and the
Princesses, descended from their horses and carriages in
front of the cathedral of the Assumption, at the stair
which is called Krasnoe Kryltzo. Intelligence of this
event was forthwith thundered forth by a salvo of 85
guns. The portion of the Imperial cortege which pre.
ceded their Majesties kept on their way round the ca•
thedral, and such as had the entree entered it by the
north gate. The officers of the Court completed the
circle of the building, and stationed themselves in front
of the south gate, to await the coming out of their
Majesties. The Holy Synod and the functionaries of
the cathedral met their Majesties at the purvis, and
preceded them into the church chanting the second can-
ticle for Palm-week. After kissing the images and re-
lics, their Majesties proceeded to the cathedrals of the
Archangel Michael and the Annunciation, in both of
which the ceremony of kissing the images and relics was
gone through. In the cathedral of St. Michael they
also prostrated themselves before the tombs of his Ma-
jesty's ancestors.

On quitting the cathedrals their Majesties, accom-
panied by the court, walked to the Palace of the Krein-

lie. At its gate they were received by the court clergy
with the cross and holy water. The Archbishop cf
Moscow here presented the Emperor with bread and
salt ; and immediately afterwards a salvo of 101 guns
announced at 5 p.m. that the Imperial family had en-

tered the palace of their ancestors.
The metallic hurricane from the innumerable churches
still vibrates through the air and shakes the walk At
night the city is to be illuminated.

THE JOURNEY FROM ST. PETERSBURG TO

MOSCOW.

MOSCOW, AUG. 21.
I shall not soon forgo* the fatigue and anxieties of the
twenty-four hours' journey by railway which has at last
landed me safely, this day, in the holy and truly beauti-
ful city of Moscow. The run is at any time no mean
achievement, but the trouble is tenfold increased at the
present moment by the unexampled influx from all parts
of the w-Jrld of "distinguished foreigners," civilised and
uncivilised, which is now overflowing the palaces, the
inns, and the lodging-houses.

When I entered the railway station at the top of the
Neskoi, yesterday morning, I was remindei of London-
bridge on the Epsom morning, with this difference, that
instead of sporting men, jockeys, and the metropolitan
holiday folke, I found myself surrounded and almost
overwhelmed by princes and mujiks, Circassians and
Georgians, handsome Greeks and ugly Tartars, ladies in
Parisian toilettes, and their bonnes in the national caf-
tan and coronet, Jews and Slovacks, Poles and Hun-
garians, priests and. Levites ; in short, every variety of
costume, colour, and odour that distinguish the varied
races composing the great Russian nation. To do them
justice, they were
.not half so unruly as the crowd to
which I have just now compared them, but they w, re
legion, and their luggage—such luggage! —which was
all passed through a window and weighed, and which
seemed as if it would have required the Leviathan steam-
ship to supply the requisite accommodation. Nineteen,
twenty-five, even fifty packages were no unusual amount
for a single passenger ; and then some of them as big as
a sugar hogshead were hoisted up by sheer force of
uaujik muscle, and deposited composedly en the heads
of those who by long struggling had secured an inside
place for themselves and their little portmanteaus next
the receiving window. It. was a de9perate case, the
officer was bewildered by a few cabilistic words in his
ear, and a corresponding cabalistic sign in the palm of
his hand, had a wonderful effect in clearing his intellect
and enabling him to select the correct carpet-bag with
creditable acumen. Then there was the pass to be
stamped, and the ticket to be paid for, and the place to
be taken, the latter by no means an easy task, as the
military officers and their ladies, who are privileged to
enter everywhere and before everybody, had secured all
the aeatii, not only for theniselvee, but for their smaller
luggage, their Italian greyhounds, parrots, and railway
wrappers.
However, at last we were fairly afloat, and trudging
leisurely along our little journey of six hundred and
seventy versts, at the rate of about twenty miles an
hour. The first-class carriages, which are constructed
on the American plan, are comfortable and even elegant,
and the power of walking lip and down, and occasionally
stepping out on the little gallery at the end for a mouth-
ful of fresh air, very much diminishes the weariness
of the almost interminable journey. We had as our
fellow-passengers Russian generals en route for the
review, Russian countesses ditto for the balls, and
Russian and German doctors speculating en the pro-
bable effects of the dinners. In one corner of our
" waggon" sat a Circassian prince, some juvenile
Schatnyl perhaps, magnificently attired in his
national dew, tastefully harmonised with the
uniform of the Russian army. He was a remarkably
fine-leaking man, and seemed as happy and contented as
if nothing had ever occurred to cause a difference of
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The country through which we passel was as u❑inte-
resting ns could possibly be imagined. For the first one
hundred versts it was bare and level as a steppe, without
a single tree to break the monotony cf the prospect. But
as we neared Moscow, and left St Petersburg further be-
hind, the landscape became more mellow, clumps of trees
first appeared, then plantations, while the open cout.try
became tinted with the green of the meadow or the gol-
den hues of the corn-field. New and then the fantastic
spires of a Greek monastery cut the horizon, and com-
fortable farm-houses gave rea,osurinEr indication of human
habitation. Then we had little rivers to cro-e, over well
constructed bridges, and one of greater pretensions,
called, I think, the Nidska(l do not pledge myself to the
orthography), covered with a flotilla of curiously con-
structed barges bringing down corn from the Volga foi
the consumption of the capital. We had rain in light
showers, even down teems and perfect torrents, with now
and then a flAsh of lightning or a gleam of sunshine ;
and lastly some regular stoppages on the road, varyin3
in duration from ten minutes to two hours, and giving