The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-16 00:00:00

NAPLES.

With respect to the Neapolitan difficulty, says
the llmes (second edition) Paris correspondent,
hopes are entertained here that it will be settled
by negotiation through the ordinary channels,
and it is even thought probable that it will
not be deemed necessary to' send—an answer to
the Notes of the King. This may appear
rather a sanguine view of the matter ; but I
understand that things are at the' present mo-
ment in such a state that it is held desirable to
await in silence the probabilities of an amicable
adjustment. I give you this as the French
view of the matter. Baron Hubner has really
arrived at Naples, but here it is maintained that
he has merely gone 'to see Vesuvius, and that he
has no political mission whatever. This may be
so, but, according to information from Vienna,
which I transmitted to you some weeks ago, and
a great part of which has since been proved correct
he certainly had orders to make representations
to the King of Naples, although not in an official
manner. On the other hand, it' is possible that
those instructions have been revoked, and this is
indeed positively stated by some of the German
papers. •

CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR
ALEXANDER.
(Prom the 'Second Edition of the Times.)
•
MOSCOW, MONDAY MORNING, SFPT. 8.
The Czar is now the Lord's anointed. The great
ceremony which has consecrated his power in the
eyes of so many millions of his subjects has been:
performed with rare precision and success, and with
a magnificence to which no historical pageant known
to me can claim superiority. The day—how much
of our grandest efforts depend on that which we can-
not control—was beautiful. At sunrise all Moscow
was up and stirring, and ore it was day the hum of
voices and the tramp'of feet rose from the streets.
At 6 o'clock the Kremlin was assaulted by a sea of
human beings, who lashed themselves angrily
against the gates, and surged in like waves through
the portals. This is to, the Russians what the
Tower, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, the catho•
drals, and the universities, all in one, would be to
an Englishman :—" It is the heart and the soul of
Moscow, as Moscow is the heart and the soul of
Russia." It is her historical monument and the
temple of her faith. •
The most important and solemn part of the
ceremony has now to be performed, and there is a
general stillness in the church, as the Emperor de-
scends from his throne and proceeds to the entrance
of the chancel. He is met there by the Archbishop
of Moscow, who holds in his hands the sacred
vessel which contains the holy oil. Stretching
forth his right hand, the venerable father takes a
golden branch, with which, having dipped it in the
consecrated oil, he!anoints the forehead, eyelids,
nostrils, ears, hands, and breast of the Emperor,
pronouncing the solemn words—" Intpressio doni
Spiritus Sancti." The act is done, and Russian
eyes look with awe upon the Anointed of God, the
Delegate of His power, the High Priest of His
Church, at once Emperor and Patriarch, conse-
crated and installed in his high temporal and spiri-
tual office. A salvo of cannons, the bray of trum-
pets, the roll of drums, announce the completion of
the sacred act to the ears of those who are without
the church and cannot witness it. Meanwhile the
Empress comes forward, and is in like manner
anointed by the Archbishop, but on the forehead
only. Then the Emperor and Empress, the one
on the right, the other on the left, of the pre-
siding Archbishops of Moscow, St. Petersburg,
and Novgorod, receive the holy sacrament ; to the
Emperor, as the chosen servant privileged by
Reaven, it is administered into the two kinds ; the
Empress receiving only the sacramental bread which
is partaken of by all the members of the Russian
Church. Once more the choir burst out in full jubi-
lant chorus, and,their Majesties once more mount
the platform of the throne, and stand erect while
the mass is intoned by the priests, and the re-
sponses are chanted by the choir. The holy
service being concluded, the Emperor steps from
the throne, bows right and left to the great digni-
taries of the State, to the prelates, to the represen-
tatives of the foreign Powers, and then leaves the

church by the northern gate, accompanied by his
splendid retinue, and followed at a short distance
by the Empress.
At the moment that the Emperor took back the
sceptre and the globe, the priest proclaimed the Im-
perial title, and then chauntetl Domine, salvum fac
Imperatorem, et Domine, salmn, fac Imperatricem,
to which the choristers added ad multos annos, and
'at the same instant the bells which had been silent
burst forth once more with tremendous •lamour, and
the guns of the batteries fired 101 rounds. The smoke
rolled over the walls and floated like a fine veil over
the flashing arms of the soldiers and over the crowd
inside. It was at 10.30 that the mouth of the cannon
inaugurated the prayers which his Majesty, kneel-
ing, addressed before all his people to the King of
Kings to sanctify his reign. All this tumult sud-
denly ceased. There was a murmur of voices for
moment in the Court, which was hushed at once
as a bell tinkled once or twice from the Cathedral,
and there was a profound silence, while Empress,
Metropolitan, and people inside all knelt down and
addressed their prayers to Heaven for the Emperor.
He alone stood upright as they prayed. At 10.45 the
bells broke out again, and the Te Deurn which
heralded the High Mass was chanted.
The Imperial banquet concluded the ceremonies
of the Coronation-day, and judging by the worn
and exhausted looks of their Imperial Majesties,
human nature could scarcely bear the fatigue of
their prolongation.
At the first toast, to the Health of the Emperor,
Ow artillery fire 61 guns ; to the Empresses, each
51 guns ; to the Imperial house, 31 guns ; to
the clergy and all faithful subjects, only 21 guns.
It was nearly 4 o'clock before the banquet was over,
and their Majesties retired to take some repose.
In the evening all Moscow was illuminated, but
if the patience of your readers is exhausted, and
as all illuminations are pretty much alike,
I must defer iwhat I have to say about them till
next post. It is sufficient to say that the city was a
maze of light, that the streets were thronged to
suffocation, that carriages could not pass through
the thoroughfares, that the heat, dust, and smoke
were intolerable, and that the English embassy was
very finely illuminated. The Czar has signalised
the day of his coronation by publishing a most
important ukase, which contains an amnesty and
lays the foundation for great reforms. The fol-
owing points are contained in it :—A civic and
military medal for all who took part, directly or
directly, in the war. Freedom from military ser-
vice for four years throughout the Empire. A
most' equitable assessment of the poll-tax. The
Emperor accords an amnesty to the political
offenders of 1826 and 1831. All the Jews of
the Empire are freed from the special burdens of
the recruitment that still oppressed them. The
children of soldiers that were brought up by the
State, and as such formed part hitherto of the
army, in which they were bound to serve as sol-
diers, are now restored to their relations.
TUESDAY MORNING, 8 A.M.
Yesterday there was a parade of the Guard at 10
o'clock in the Kremlin, and a levee and presenta-
tion at mid-day. There was also a State ball on a
very grand scale at the Palace. The Emperor re-
ceived the Ambassadors and Ministers at his levee,
and spoke to each for some time, and the Turkish
Minister presented his credentials. The illumina-
tions were repeated last evening, but a gentle
breeze which sprung up after sunset blew most of
the lamps out.

FRANCE.
•
PARIS, MONDAY EVENINq.
The total of subscriptions for the victims of the
inundations is now 10,462,557 f. 34c.
There have bean dreadful fires at Saint Pol, near
Arras, and at Pau, the first to the extent ordamage
of 40,000 f., the second 15,000 f.
An Imperial decree inserted in the Bulletin des
Lois extends to the colonies of Martinique, Ganda
-
loupe, and La Reunion (Bourbon) the law of the
27th November, 1840, relative to coalitions of
workmen. . •

_ .
The Prefect of the Seine has proposed to the,
municipal council, in order to make up part of the
deficit in the budget of the city of Paris for 1857,
to establish a tax on all sorts of vehicles, and to
make persons pay for admission to the Bourse.
The Senate, it may be remembered, rejected in its
last session a bill for imposing a tax on private car-
riages, but the Government has promised to cause
a bill to be brought before the Legislative Body
and the Senate before the end of Juno next, for
taxing not only private carriages, but all vehicles
employed in the conveyance of persons or ma-
terials. The revenue from tkis tax is calculated
at 1,200,000 fr., and the collection of it, should the
bill pass, is to be commenced in July next. With
regard to the charge for admission to the Bourse,
the prefect calculates that it will produce about