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

COUNT MORNY AT ST. PETERSBURG.

The Journal de St. Petersburg of the 13th announce
that, on the 9th inst., tin 1 Count de Morny, the French
ambassador extraordinary,, was present at the mass cele-
brated on occasion of the birth day of the Empress of
Russia, and had the hon our, after Divine service, ot
presenting his felicitations t;o her Majesty. On the Fame
day the count was presents id to the Grand Duke Con-
stantine and the Grand Ds tam Alexandra. M. Bau-
din, chief secretary of the Fr •ench embassy ; the Viscount
de I'Espine, second secrete ; the Viscount Simeon,
chief attache ; as well as perm cis forming part of the em-
bassy extraordinary, sent specially to assist at the coro-
nation of the Emperor, viz., Count Joachim Murat,
deputy secretary of the Legislative Corps, and the Count
de Lavalette, had also the hor our of being presented to
the Grand Duke and Duchess.. On the same day the
Count de Morny and the mem hers ot his suite above-
named, was presented to the l ;rand Duchess of Saxe
Weimar, the Grand Duke Nicol as, the Grand Duchess
Marie, the Grand Duchess Cat) ierine, and the Grand
Duke Georges of Mecklenhourg S trelitz.
Le Nord publid2es some details ,specting the recTiion
of M. de Morny by the Emperor. A t the grand ball given
on the occasion of the anniversary of 'the Empress's hire=
(lay, M. de Morny had the honour of dancing with her
Majesty and with her Imperial High. tress Alexandra, the
wife of the Grand Duke Constantine. During the sup-
per the Emperor, who was walking round the tables,
conversed repeatedly with the membt Irs of the French
Embassy. At four o'clock on the afte. moon of the same
day an official dinner took place in t he palace of the
English Garden. M. de Morny prop. •)sed as a toast,
" The Emperor Alexander IL and the Empress," ex-
pressing, in a few graceful words, his gi •ateful sense of
the reception he had met with, and whicl i he considered
as a new proof of the sympathy existing • between the
two states. He concluded with saying he was per-
suaded that the relations so happily and cordially re-
newed between Russia and France would be consoli-
dated more and more. Tne Count of Bo rcb, grand-
master of the ceremonies, in reply, prop osed "The
health of the Emperor and Empress of the French,"
and thanked the French ambassador for hi 's friendly
word*.

We also read in Le Nord :—" Count Esterhi izy, hav-
ing learned that the Count of Morny was leavinkt for St.
Petersburg, made his preparations so as to arrive at
that city before the French representative. A fei v days
after he desired to be presented officially to the Czar;i
but his presentation could not take place, for Count
Esterhazy had forgotten to bring with him his ore den-
tials. In the meantime M. de Morny arrives, %Ili° a
few days after solicits and obtains his official prese.nta
Lion. He bad not forgotten his credentials.
" Of all the representatives of the foreign powers sent
to the coronation of the Czar, M. de Morny is therefore
the one that has been received first by the Emperor.
Viscount Esterhazy was desirous, no doubt, of being
received the first, that he might have the right of occu-
pying the first rank during the ceremonies of the core-
nation, for you cannot but be aware that on such an
occurrence the places are given according to the priority
of the several receptions."