The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-21 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION..

" The most illustrious and mighty prince, the great
Lord and Emperor Alexander Nicolaevitch, succeeding
in direct succession to the throne of the Russian Em..
pire, and of the annexed states of the Kingdom of Poland
and Grand Duchy of Finland, orders and commands
that the coronation of his Imperial Majesty and his holy
anointing shall take
place on the 213th day of this pre-
sent August, and also that of his illustrious
.spouse, her
Imperial Majesty, the Empress Alexandrovna. On this
occasion all true subjects are hereby directed to offer lip
their prayers to the King of Kings, that He will merci-
fully bless the reign of his Majesty, and grant that he
may govern in peace and prosperity to the glory of Him
on high, and to the strengthening and advancement of
the empire.
The trumpets will then play the National Anthem,
" God save the Tsar." The precession will then go
through the holy gate to the statue of Minin and Po-
jarsky on the Krasnvi•place. Hero the procession re-
forms, changing the detail, and with cavalry preceding
it, the proclamation is read at the three other gates of
the Kremlin, and at various places in the city, the pro-
cession dividing into two bodies for that purpose, the
number of places where the proclamation is made being
12 on the first day, 12 on the second day, and 3 on the
third. In proceeding from one point to the other, the
bands will play a march. The announcement of the day
of the coronation will be made to the various foreign
ambassadors by the various masters of ceremonies, in
state carriages.

In its impression of July 28, the Invalide Busse
publishes the following programme of the public

fetes which will take place at St. Petersburg during
the coronation :-
1. On the eve of the day of the coronation, that is to
say, on the 6!la of September, public prayers at 6 p.m.
in all the churches of the capital.
2. On the following day, S..wt.. 7, at the moment when
the telegraph shall announce the solemn entry of the
Emperor into the Cathedral of the Assumption at Mos-
cow, three nuns will be fired from the fortress of Saints
Peter and Paul. White flags will at the same time be,
hoisted on every tower of the posts of the pumpers in the
various quarters of the city.
a Oa the same day, at 11 o'clock a.m., divine service
will be performed in the church of Our Lady of Kazan, in
presence of all the high dignitaries and merchants present
at St. Petersburg. Troops will be stationed along the
thoroughfare separating the Hotel•de-Ville from the
cathedral. _ _

4. After mass the parties present will remain in the
church until the telegraph shall have announced that the
ceremony of the coronation is concluded. Three more
guns will then be fired from the fortress, and the white
flags on the various towers of the city will be replaced
by red flags.
Thanksgivings and a le Deans, chanted in the cathe-
dral of Kazan, will terminate the religious ceremony.
At this instant one bundred and one guns, fired from
the fortress, will announce to the inhabitants of the
capital that the act of the Emperor's coronation is ac-
complished.
5. On the same day a state billnquet will be given by
the city, in the rooms of the "Assembly" of the Nobi-
lity. The cards of invitation will be distributed several
lays beforehand.
6. In the evening a grand popular festival with music,
national airs, and an illumination, will take place in the
Summer Garden and the Field of Mars. In the plain
of the Field of Mars, dealers in eatables and refresh-
ments may set up their booths in the open air, and other
1 establishments of a like nature. .
7. The day after, September 8, at 11 in the morning,
divine service will be celebrated in the open air on alt
the public market places of the capital, and also at the
Gostinnoi Dvor.
At noon, a military parade will be held on the Place
of the Engineers.
8. On the same day, the theatres Alexander, Michael,
and the Circus will give gratuitous representations. The
public will be admitted with entrance tickets, that may
be procured at the chancellerie of the grand-master of
police several days in advance.
9. In the evening of the same day a ball will be given,
in the name of his Majesty, in the body of the Grand
Theatre, to the nobility and the corps of merchants.
10. All the tribunals and offices of administration will
be closed for three days.
11. All the ,;nhabitants of the city will be able to illu-
minate their houses in the evenings of September 7,8,
and 11. The decorations and scaffoldings that may have
been put up on this occasion can remain until the return
)1 their Majesties to the capital.
12. On the 11th (If September, anniversary of the
Emperor's fete, a gra ud festival by night, with music,
popular airs, and ass illumination will take place in
Alexander-park and on the island of Yelaguice. This
festival will be crowned with a brilliant display of fire-
works.