The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-27 00:00:00

ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE.

Yesterday afternoon a special meeting of the directors
of the poor of St. Pancras was held in the board-room
of the vestry-hall, for the purpose of considering what
step 3 should be taken in resistance to the Poor-law
Board, in their attempt to assume control over the affairs
of the parish of St. Pancras.

Mr. Churchwarden Streeten occupied the chair, and
the letter received on the previous week having boen
read, announcing the determination of the Poor-law
Board to issue rules, orders, and regulations for the
management of St. Pancras Workhouse.
The CHAIRMAN. also announced, amidst great astonish-
ment and excitement, that the Poor-law Board had that
day issued their orders under their official seal, to the
master, the matron, the chaplain, the overseer, and all
other officers connected with the poor department.
They had also forwarded these orders and regulations to
the directors and vestry, with the following communi-
cation :
" Poor-law Board, Whitehall, August 25, 1850.
" ST. PANCRAS PARISH—ADMINISTRATION OF RELIEF.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to acknow-
ledge the receipt of tour letter of the 19th instant, and to
inform you that, in accordance with their intention, al-
ready communicated toy ou, they have issued the follow-
ing orders, namely—
" An order fixing the maximum accommodation of the
workhouse of the parish of St. Pancras and of its several
wards respectively; an order respecting the management
of the workhouse, and prescribing the duties of its officers ;
an order prescribing the rules for the administration of out
relief in the parish : and an order directing the vestry of
the parish to appoint an auditor to audit their accounts.
Tho board herewith transmit to you six copies of the first-
mentioned order, two copies of the last-mentioned order,
and 20 copies of each of the two other orders.—l am, sir,
your obedient, servant,

" R. W. GREY, Secretary."

Mr. TURNER then moved the resolutions, to the effect
that " the directors of the poor of St. Pancras had never
acknowledged, and still denied, the right and legal au-
thority of the Poor-law Board to issue orders or instruc-
tions to the directors, and that they will continue to
manage the poor irrespective of the orders of the Poor-
law Board." Mr. Turner proceeded to contend that the
local act of St. Pancras precluded the right of the Poor-
law Board to interfere with that parish.
Mr. STOCKTON seconded the motion, and asked whe-
ther Sir B. Hall's Local Management Act of last ses-
sion, which was to extend local self-government with a
sham or not ? If the Poor-law Board were permitted
to have this power, that board would be reduced to a
perfect set of nonentities.
Mr. Churchwarden WYATT moved an amendment to
appoint a committee to consider the jurisdiction the
Poor-law Board had, if any, over the affairs of that
parish, with power to take the advice of counsel. lie
was as determined to oppose the entrance of the Poor-l.aw
Board as any man there, but thought this the wiser
course.
Mr. ORR seconded the amendment.
Mr. Turner's motion was carried by a majority of 17
to 4. The officers were ordered to take no notice of the
orders, which were referred to a special meeting of the
vestry.

CEREMONIALS OF TR'S CZAR'S

COBONA.TION.

The noble science of the herald and the marshal
is somewhat out of vogue in England. Rules of
precedence which were strictly obeyed even in the
last generation have now fallen into desuetude ;
people are apt to take what arms they like, and
there is no officer empowered by the Heralds' Col-
lege to deface their plate or their carriage panels.
Even Royal christenings and civic processions are
unable to restore a taste which has passed away ;
but if the numerous English who have flocked to
Moscow for the coronation of his Majesty Alex-
ander 11. do not bring back an enthusiasm for
pomps and pageants it will not be the fault of the
Russian ceremonialists. Nothing that Rheims or
Westminster has ever been able to boast can equal
in grandeur, richness, and tediousness what is pre-
paring for the sightseers at Moscow on the present
occasion. It will require no mean powers of gene-
ralship to organise the multitudinous processions,
to get the hundreds of officials into the Cathedral
and out of it again, and even, it would seem, to
feed and lodge, with due attention to each, so
many personages of such strictly graduated im-
portance. As for the saluting, it appears as if no
small part of the Imperial artillery will be re-
quisite for the incessant cannonading. The begin-
ing of the proceedings will be the "solemn entry "
of his Majesty into the city. "At the signal
of nine guns, fired from a battery opposite the Con-
vent of Tchoudow, the bells of the Cathedral of
the Assumption indicate to the churches of Mos-
cow the moment to ring their bells." " When all
the persons have occupied the places assigned to
them"—a process which, without rehearsal, will be
somewhat difficult—the procession sets out. We
need not say that the whole order of this impres-
sive cavalcade is given in the " ceremonial con-
firmed by his Majesty," and that we can give no
idea of it to ourselves. Gendarmes on foot and
gendarmes on horseback, Cossacks from the Black
Sea, the representatives of the high nobility, of the
Asiatic tribes, foot valets and chamber valets,
" negroes of the Court in grand livery," the Grand.
Master of the Ceremonies, Chamberlains, and Gen-
tlemen of the Chamber, precede the Emperor and.
the Princes and the Princesses of the blood. On
his Majesty's arrival he is greeted by a salvo of 71
guns, the usual receptions take place, and the
usual loyal syeechee,' are uttered.

The proclamation which announces the day of
coronation needs no notice, but chapter 3 of the
" ceremonial" ordains the decoration of the Cathe-
dral with a minuteness worthy of study. The canopy,
the thrones, and their respective ornaments, are
described in the most elevated language of the
upholsterer. The coronation itself bewilders the
intellect by the multitude and elaborateness of its
ceremonies. Where and when his Majesty is to
sit, where the heir-apparent is to be placed, how
the ladies of honour and the maids of honour are
to follow, are duly registered. " The canopy is
carried by eight functionaries of the fourth class;
the cords are held by eight functionaries of the
third class." And so the whole proceeding is re-
gulated, no doubt, in strict conformity with pre-
cedent and the manners of the empire. It is so
long since such a ceremony has taken place in
Western Europe, and its elaborate pomp is so op-
posed to the tastes of our own country and age,
that we can hardly pretend to judge it with fair-
ness. To the English, French, or American visitor
it will, no doubt, be unmeaning and tedious. The
long preparation for acts which aro accomplished
in a few minutes, the jaded look of troops kept
under arms for a whole day together, the tired
ladies of the Court wishing all the ceremonies at an
end, the tawdry display of diamonds and feathers
by broad daylight, the crushing, the disputes, the
disappointments, will be enough to move the looker-
on to weariness. As is usually the case at such
sight-seeings, the chorus when it is over will be,
"Is this all ?" "Is this what we have come
2,000 miles to see 7"
Yet the coronation of a Russian Czar must not
be regarded in the same light as the investiture of
a Western Sovereign. The words " by. the Grace
of God," which in England are construed by mo-
dern notions into a mere pious phrase, have, in
a country like Russia, their original meaning. The
authority of the Sovereign is supposed to be directly
derived from on High ; he receives his commission
from Heaven, through the Church, and is answer-
able to no human tribunal for the exercise of his
power. The coronation and its accompanying con-
secration are the rites by which the appointment
to govern the Muscovite world is legitimately con-
ferred. Until the Emperor is covered with the
actual material crown and anointed with the holy
oil he exercises merely a provisional jurisdiction.
He is the designated but not the installed Vice-
gerent of Heaven. Hence the officers of State, the
chief prelates of the Church, the ambassadors of
foreign Powers, aro assembled to witness a cere-
mony which has to the empire a practical reality.
Muscovite custom requires that each corporation,
each profession, each province, each regiment of
the army, should be represented on the great day.
If the assembled functionaries were only such per-
sonages as the masters, the grand masters, and the
arch-masters of the ceremonies, the whole would
lose much of its significance. But each tribe of
Asiatics has its representative among the spectators
of the rite. The chiefs of the peasants of the State
domains, one for each government, are there ; the
ancients of the guilds of traders, the foreign mer-
chants, the magistrates, the section of the Council
of Manufactures, the officials of the Custom-house,
take a part in the ceremony. The Board of Mines,
the Chamber of Fieance, the Commissariat, the
University, the Post-office, the Department of
Theatres, with a number of other bodies, equally
share in the great solemnity.
Thus the coronation of a Czar is,the occasion of
gathering together every element which goes to
make up the great whole of the Russian system.
For nearly six months have the preparations for the
event continued, and the result,whatever may be its
effect to our eyes, is no doubt a matter of pride to
the patriotic Russian. The people whom Alexander
rules are still in that stage of civilisation when sym-
bolical ceremonies have their full meaning and influ-
ence. The firing of salvos, the ringing of bells, the
blessing by priests, the processions, the fireworks,
and the feasting will in a few weeks be matter of
eager inquiry among myriads of untaught men,
from the frontiers of Germany to the shores of
the Pacific. Each community and corporation,
each colony or nomad tribe, will be proud of
the part which its representative has played at
the great solemnity of the whole empire. The
enthronement and consecration of the Imperial
person will have been witnessed by individuals
of every race and region within a sixth of the
earth's surface. In this fact lies the reality which
gives a meaning to otherwise tedious and foolish
ceremonies. It may be that many of our country-
men will return impressed with the vanity of
national solemnities, and disposed to compare the
representations they have witnessed at Moscow
with the histrionic achievements of the theatre and

the circus ; ' but amid such sarcasms they will do
well to remember that the show was not intended

for them, but for thousands who will believe in it
and remember it with veneration to their latest
day. The age of pomp may have passed away
among ourselves, but the Russian is still young
enough to admire what we have learned to contemn.
Times.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Scarcely any English wheat was on sale in to•day's mar-
ket ; nevertheless, tho demand for all kinds ruled less
active than on Monday. In the few transactions re-
ported no change took place in value;
We were welt, but not to say heavily, supplied with
foreign wheat. Importers were very firm, but the amount
of business doing was very moderate, at Monday's cur-
rency.

Floating cargoes were held at the late advance. The
arrivals are but moderate.

Barley sold to a fair extent at extreme quotations, and
malt was rather firmer.

We had a good consumptive demand for oats at full
prices.
Beans, peas, and flour were steady, but not dearer.

ARRIVALS THIS WK &.
Wheat. Barley. Malt.
English .. 710 40 1,400
Irish •• ••
Foreign 1 12,430 f 5,720 /

Oats. 1 1 710602*6
1,340 —
brig.
6,610 sclo.

BOROUGH HOP.
We have scarcely any business doing in any kind or
hops, and prices are nominal.

WHITECHAPEL.
There was a moderato demand for each kind of meat, as
follows :—Boef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4 to, 4s
Si; lamb, 4s perovoal, 3s 8d to 4s dud pork,
3s Ga to 4s Gd p 81120., by the carcase.

THE Cam IN DEVONSHIRE.—CREDITON (Mm DE.
vox).—Several of the largest farmers ha this neighbour-
hood have already carried the whole of their wheat,
and mostly in excellent condition, though the long-con-
tinned and heavy rains of Wednesday and Thursday last
have, in many instances, done considerable injury ;
and a gentleman who lives nearer the region of Dart.
moor, where the crops are not so forward, informs us
that had the rain continued another day the conse-
quences would have been lamentable, as even the un-
cut standing corn was in several instances beginning to
sprout. With reference to the yield of wheat the farmers
assembled here at the annual fair to-day seem to be
unanimous in stating that it is good, and the least
favourable answer we got was ' rather more than
average." The rain has incalculably benefitted the
turnips and after-grass, yet store and fat cattle alike
have with difficulty been disposed off here to-day, the
best of the latter not realising more than eleven shillings
per score. Fat sheep, too, were sold at reduced prices.