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CORONATION OF THE El

.OR NICHOLAS.

MOSCOW, Aaiun S.

- In the Cathedral of Onspenkoi (the Assumption) in
the Kremlin, the coronation will take place. This
church is very small, like all the other churches in Rus-
sia, where the rigour of the climate does not• permit
great dimensions ; is entirely decorated with paintings-
and images, enriched with gold, silver, and precious
stones. Its vault is supported by four columns, likewise
painted from their base to the cornices; and between
these columns has been constructed a platform, raised
twelve steps, on which are erected the thrones of the
Emperor and the Empress. This construction occupies
almost three-quarters of the church, and all around are
established circular galleries, reserved for the foreign
Ministers, and for the persons of the Court, who are not
called by their offices to take part in the ceremcny. All
the decoration of the church is of crimson velvet and
gold, and under the canopy placed above the imperial
throne are drawn the arms of the empire, surrounded by
those of Kieff, of Wladimir, of Kazan, of Astracan, of
Slheria, and of Tauris.
On the eve of the day fired for the coronation, prayers
shall be offered up in all the churches of the city for
the Imperial Family ; and their Majesties, as well as
the whole Imperial Family, will attend the service in the
church of the Saviour.

Daring three days the solemnity will be proclaimed
in the city by a General, two Grand Masters, and four
Masters of the Ceremonies, two Heralds at Arms, and
two Secretaries of the Senate, escorted by two squadrons
4)1 the guard, and employed to make the following pre-
clarnation:44 Our very august, very high, and very
puissant Lord, the Emperor Nicholas Paulowitz, having
ascended the paternal and hereditary throne of all the
Itussias, after the example of the orthodox Sovereigns,
his august ancestors, has deigned to order that the co-
ronation of his Imperial Majesty, as well as his conse-
cration, shall take place, by the assistance of the AL-
MIGHTY, on the 29th of August, when his Majesty will
cause to participate in this holy ceremony his august
spouse the Empress Alexander Feodorewna. This so-
lemn act is announced by these presents to all his faith-
ful subjects, that on that happy day they may redouble
the fervour of their prayers to the KING of Kings, that
he may shed, by his omnipotence. his grace and bene-
diction en the reign of his Majesty ; and that during its
continuance he may maintain it in peace and tranquil-
lity, to the glory of his holy name, and for the im-
moveable prosperity of the Empire."
The third day two Masters of the Ceremonies in state
carriages, will proceed to the houses of the Ambassa-
dors and foreign Ministers, and announce to them the
day, the hour, and the place, fixed for the ceremony.
This date is not yet officially communicated: it is
generally believed that it will be the 16th of August
told style), or the 29th of ours. It was at first said to
be the 6th, but on the Ist the fast of the Assumption
commences, which lasts a fortnight. This is one of the
grand solemnities of the Greek Church, and as it is cus-
tomary that the coronation should be followed by a
grand dmner, at which the Emperor eats in public, it
was necessary to postpone the ceremony till after the
season of abstinence, which is rigorously observed.
The following is the programme of the ceremonial,
and of the rites observed in the consecration and coro-
nation as it has lately been published;
" The Metropolitan of Novgorod, First Member of
the Holy Synod, commences the ceremony of the con-
secration according to custom.
After the lesson of the Holy Evangelist, the Em-
peror orders the Imperial ornaments of the coronation
to be presented to him, placed on a table near the
throne, and the Metropolitan, assisted by other persons,
brings them first, upon a cushion, the imperial mantle,
with which his Majesty invests himself while the pray-
ers of the day are reciting.
." These prayers being ended, the Emperor demands
the imperial crown. The person destined for that ser-
vice takes it from the table, and hands it to the Metro-
politan, who presents it to the Emperor upon a cushion.
" His Imperial Majesty, taking it from the hands of
the Metropolitan, places it upon his head, and during
that time the Metropolitan addresses the usual speech,
according to t :e ritual.
" The Emperor demands the sceptre and the globe,
which are likewise presented to him by the Metropoli-
tan, who recites the appointed prayer, and pronounces
the address according to the ritual. His Imperial Ma-
jesty having taken the sceptre in his right hand, and the
globe in his left, places himself upon his throne.
" The Emperor then lays down the imperial orna-
ments on cushions, held by the proper officers, calls to
him her Imperial Majesty, and taking the crown from
off his head, places it upon that of the Empress, and
then replacer it upon his own.
"The little crown is then brought, which the Emperor
places upon the head of the Empress, and four maids ofl
honour approach to fix it upon the head of her Majesty.
"They then present to the Emperor the imperial
mantle and collar of the order of St. Andrew, for the
purpose of investing the Empress with them; and the
maids of honour approach to tie the mantle and collar.
" Then the Emperor resumes the ornaments which he had placed
upon the cushions.
" The Archdeacon proclaims all the titles of his Ma.
jesiy, and sings the verse Domine salaam fec impera-
Went which the choir repeats three times. At the same
instant the bells of all the churches begin to ring; and
at a signal given, a salute of 100 discharges of cannon
from the batteries in the square, on the towers and bas-
tions of the Kremlin. While they chant the Damine
salaams fac imperatorem, the clergy and all the persons
present at the ceremony present their congratulations
to his Majesty, by making three reverences without
leaving their places.
" Immediately after, and when the ringing of the
bells and the reports of the artillery have ceased to be
I•eard, his Majesty arising upon his throne, and having
delivered the sceptre and the globe into the hands of the
persons who carried them in the solemn procession, falls
ti on his knees to read the prayer usual on this occasion
in the book presented to him by the Metropolitan. As
soon as his Majesty has finished the prayer, the Metro.
politan and all persons present kneel and address their
prayers to Heaven. During this time his Majesty
stands up.
"The prayers being ended, the Metropolitan pro-
ronnces, in a few words, a discourse, and the singers
ciAnt Te Deum, whi:e the bells again begin to ring.
After the le 1)m»: commences the mass. At the corn-
mencemeat of the mass his Majesty takes the crown
from his head, and hands it to the persons who brought
it, in ni der to be resumed at the end of the service.
68 Before singing the canon of the mass, the Vice
Governor of the city, attended by two officers, with the
rank of Colonel, spreads, on the passage of the Emperor
from the throne to the altar, a carpet of crimson velvet,

bordered with gold tissue, and near the door of the
sanctuary ; above the velvet a carpet of cloth of gold.
It After the canon of the mass,• when the officiating
archbishops, and the rest of the clergy, have communi-
cated in the sanctuary, and its doors are thrown open,
two bishops, attended by archdeaconst advance from
the altar towards his Majesty, to announce to him the
moment of consecration. Immediately, the Emperor,
in the imperial mantle, and followed by the Empress,
descends from the throne, and• proceeds to the door of
the sanctuary. Their Imperial Majesties are preceded
by Grand Masters of the Ceremonies, having in the
midst of them the Masters of the Ceremonies appointed
to superintend the coronation, the Marshals of the Court,
and the superintending Marshal of the Coronation, in
the same order as in the solemn march of the proces-
lion. On the same line, walk, likewise, the persons who
had carried the sceptic and the imperial globe. The
attendants of their Imperial Majesties, and the two chief
officers of the horse-guards, walk beside their Majesties.
All these persons halt at the door of the sanctuary,
when the Emperor reaches it. The train of the Impe-
rial mantles is borne by the persons who brought it to
the church.

" The Emperor places himself on the carpet of the
cloth of gold at the entry of the sanctuary, at a little
distance from which he stops. The crown, the sceptre,
and the globe, are held on cushions till after the conse-
cration and communion by the same persons who have
previously borne them.
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" The -Metropolitan of Novgorod, holding the golden
vase destined to the consecration, and which contains
the holy cream, dips in it a golden bough, made for the
purpose, to anoint with it the forehead, the eyebrows,l
the nostrils, the lips, the ears, and the breast of his Ma-
jesty, as likewise the palm and the upper parts of his
hands, saying,' Inspressio doni Spiritus Sancti.' . Eugene,
Metropolitan of Kieff, charged to wipe the anointed
parts, the traces of holy unction, approaches his Ma-
jesty to perform this duty. The ceremony of the con-
secration being ended, the bells again begin to ring, and
the cannon fire a salute of 100 discharges.
" Her Imperial Majesty the Empress then places her-
self upon the same carpet of gold brocade, and the
Metropolitan administers to her the unction of the holy
cream, but only on her forehead. The traces of the holy
unction are wiped by the Archbishop of Moscow.
" The Metropolitan leads the Emperor by the door
of the sanctuary, where his Majesty stops on the golden
carpet before the holy table, and the Metropolitan pre.
sent: him with the holy communion in two kinds, ac-
cording to the order established by the imperial prero-
gative; another Archbishop thee presents to her Majesty
the consecrated bread and wine; and a third the water'
for ablution. After having communicated, the Emperor
returns to his place, and the imperial ornaments are
carried before him. Then the Empress approaches the
door of the sanctuary; and, after baring taken the
communion in the ordinary way, proceeds to rejoin'
the Emperor.
" The Emperor, accompanied by the Empress, re-
ascends his throne, where their Imperial Majesties
remain till the end of the mass. The persons who have
carried the imperial ornament resume the places which
they had previously occupied."
After the coronation a splendid procession is formed to the Ca-
thedral of the Annunciation, where their Imperial Majesties will
kiss the images of the Saints, and bow to the tombs of their an-
cestors. The ceremonial observed in the Cathedral of the Arch-
angel Michael will be followed. Doting the whole of this pro-
cession, the Emperor wears the crown and the imperial robe, and
carries in his hands the sceptre and globe. A series of feats and
presentations will succeed. Their Majesties will dine in the Hall
of the Czars.

The Emperor and all the Imperial family have been
assembled for some days past at the Castle of Petrowski,
a league from Moscow on the Petersburgh road. At
three o'clock to-morrow his Majesty is to make his
solemn entrance. He will be on horseback, surrounded
by the Princes of his family. The Empresses will be
in carriages. The procession will proceed to the Church
of Assumption, and thence to the Churches of the Arch-
angel Michael and of the Annunciation. Until this
pious duty be fulfilled, the Emperor will not enter his
palace of the Kremlin. In the evening the town will
be illuminated: The two last-mentioned Churches are
within the precinct of the Kremlin ; that of the Arch-
angel Michael was, until the time of Peter the Great,
the burial place f the great Princes and Czars, and
contains their sarcophagi.

A camp of from 40,000 to 50,000 men is formed
near Moscow, and not far from the Sparrow Mountain.
The Grand Duke Michael daily exercises the troops
which compose it, and it is believed that before the Co-
ronation there will be grand manauvres, at which the
Emperor will command in person. The troops are all
magnificent, and in the best condition.
The extent of Moscow is about ten leagues in cir-
cumference s its appearance is equally imposing and
singular, and the multitude of buildings in every order
of architecture, the churches, their belfries, and their
steeples, in the form of minarets, present at every point
of view the most picturesque aspects, and make the
spectator doubt whether he is looking at an European
or an Asiatic city. The disasters of 1812 are completely
repaired, and the city has even been greatly enlarged
since that unhappy period. The ditches which sur•
rounded the ramparts of the Kremlin have disappeared,
and in their place, there is a tarden laid out in the
English style, and in the best taste. In 1812, there
were only about 9,000 houses in Moscow ; at present it
contains more than 11,000. The outer ramparts are
traced, and spots are planted with trees; in fine, the
attention of the Emperor Alexander restored Moscow
from its ashes, in a state more worthy of his empire
than it ever was before.

The ship Brothers has sailed for Ireland, to take in
160 female convicts.
At the annual melon-feast held last week at South-
ampton, the gardener of Lord RODNEY gained the first
prize; making the one hundred and forty-third, which,
during twenty-six years' service the same individual has
gained, amounting in •alue to 1501.

Fatima MADE EASY.—The other day, as a passage-
boat was coining up the river to Waterford, tolerably
well freighted with fish, a volunteer salmon leaped into
the boat, and joined his brethren on the way to market.
Two well Known London thieves, named Crawley and
Chiverell, were last week apprehended and fully com-
mitted at Portsmouth, charged with various burglaries
in the Isle of Wight.
About five years since, one of the principal landed
proprietors at Leamington offered to sell sixty acres on
the north side of the town for eight thousand pounds,
and would gladly have taken that sum; the same land
has recently realized fifty-five thousand pounds, and
upon this site houses are now in progress, producing
'handsome gt ounchtents to the purchasers.

BRAZIL.

FROM TRIC.ETOLUL

MIMI OP TEM AlliPiloll OP PRAM TO DIG, PILAIICIA, GOMA=

or rARAGuAr.

"De. FRA NctA—The wisdom with which, under the
protection of my August Mother, you have been able to
preserve the people of Paraguay happy, has rendered
you worthy of my esteem. I have received and retain
all your letters since I took upon me to secure the hap-
piness of Braz 1 in the ahsence of my August Father,
who bas been pleased to grant me his Sovereign sanc-
tion under the guarantee of his Britannic Majesty—a
guar antes which I offer you in my turn for the ultimatum
of the provinces which you administer. As I interest
myself in their future lot, I am likewise interested in
obtain;ng for the Frenchman Bonplan a lestoration to
his family and friends; and you will permit him to
reply to the letters which the bearer of this will deliver
to him.

*Palace of Rio Janeiro, April 12, 1826.
(Signed) " PEDRO DS ALCANTARA."

MIMED Of DR. TRAWL.

" Staa—As soon as I received the autograph letter,
dated the 12th of April last, with which your Majesty
deigned to honour me, I ordered the bearer of it to visit
Mons:ear Bonplan. Your messenger will be able to
inform your Majesty that the situation of this French-
man is not such as has upon the report of my enemies
been pained in the journals of Europe. My envoys are
still in that country, and on that account I cannot change
in any thing the order which, in the opinion even of
your Imperial Majesty, has preserved this province in
peace. But as soon as I shall have received a positive
answer, that Spain is not inclined to receive my Com-
missioners, I shall charge the said Monsieur Bonplan to
repair to your Imperial Majesty w treat of the ultima-
tum to which you alludes

.1 May Goa, our Governor, preserve the Catholic and Imperial
Person of your Majesty, and all your august Family, fvr the happi-
ness of your people.
" Assumption in Paraguay, May 25.
" Stu-TI respect, as it just, the virtues of your Imperial Majesty.
• DR. FRANCIA.
6 BRRNARDIN ZAPIDAS, Secretary."