New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-04
RUSSIA.
SIGurS AT MOSCOW.

r. Cdror.tion hrs vet offered To u.s. II had nothing
OF the stiffness of procession or that utra-arincia
lock of which such formal proceedings cannon DE ~
vested and which Is indeed their very essence Dlt
was at tie sane time a great State ceremony, ana
n. re VAS quite enough OF gold and gcrto sas! tue
eve and OF form and dignity 10 convey Ia the i'nd an
i6.rr.ssion Of sol.unity The Emperor went IN stat"
TO the Opera and all the foreign ambassadors Extra
ordiuarv tie Ministers aid strangers OF DISTINCTION
the ii.cors of tie Empire the members OF the Oou'
the Generals and Acmrals were invited Ia attend on
the OCCASION l. was called the spectacle EdlA'
No tL.ater in the world could have afforded such &
coaD daA. for, although II is not So deep as tle
Scula, the Moscow saHe Is orosaer across, ana
said to be moIe spacious II displays 10 p,IieE'"h
all the toilet and uniforms Of the audience ana mere
j. mo- Doubt but thar it would have been diihcut To
equal in variety richness ard ma-niicehce inc Ntg!
distinguished and brilliant erowd who attended th.s
evening by order at the gaia. The house when Is
decorated III the richest manner IA white ana @od con
ta;ns six rows Of boxes or more properly speaking;
there ere sX tiers OF galleries open At TIE front and
without any barriers Ia the line ot seats Out al me
back Of each gallery there is IN inner row OF boxes,
into which III. occupants of the seats in front can re-
tre i tLoy wish These boxes draped with red or
crimson langings, aud the seats and cushions OF the
house o the same color. There are no pillars, coli
uun- caryades to support the boxes, and thus all
the audience ~ out, rs II were on open benches aud
can see and be seen all around except when they wish
Ia retire the inner circle of covered boxes 1t began
tc rain in the afternoon, but the only effect that had
was TO make the lamps used in Illuminating
square in which it IL placed pale their fires
and cause great anxiety To their attendants, AT
o'clock tie Whole of this square was filled with cnr-
riaCes which the tO's6cks and gcndarmere had diin-
criiy in reducing into order TIE lights OI the Iumln
aon flashed through the drizzle on sea of tossing
pumC feathers ana waving crestS, through which tie
',tcru.l Cossack" just much a home here as on
his Old kout from tanr0borts Hell, rode like dol
pbin The pillars and the toc1de of Tie house were
covered with the ciphers and hOnors OF the Car,
traced in characters of fire. But was, Tor the stern
est dsrcearior OF these things, almost impossible
not 10 give way 10 thrill OF admiration ana surprise
on epclrg The body Of the house and taking the first
look from the pt A Roman amphitheater was prob
ably grauGcr, but 1t could not have been more
brilliant sight. A gorgeous and magnificent crowd
tlpd tlc tk,atcr but the arrangements were so good
that there wes neither husIg, confusion nor noise.
There ladies in the pit SO that the effect OF the
many splendid uniforms was homogeneous, but the front
rows of the irst tic OF boxer were occupied by the
mstresses of creation III full drcss-such damonCs, IN
coronets, circets, earrings, necklaces, bracelets,
brooches-in all the forms that millinery and ewelry
could combine those precious stones they were present.
locking their best and filling the house with an atmos-
rIere of flashes and sparks in the rays of the wax
lights I he grand ladies of the Russian Cour-the
laughy old hdHt HObicse-were there, rieh with the
treasures won ages past, by their hardpated anceS-
tors from Tartar Turk, or Georgian. Some OF these
adi, are vey beautiful but if there could be any por-
ton Of womankind which, rule, could be said not
To be exquisite and of re'pendent charms, might be
safely affirmed that they lived IN Russia. The excep-
is ore little head which always attracts any eyes that
may be near ia baby mignon face with the most
peachhko color oped III Wild rotous setting OF
faAen hair, which bursts from all control OF band or
circlet AID rushes in tOsd over the shoulders. Ii Is
such a face a. inspired the artists who operated
on old Dresden china, and it belongs to young
Russian Princess, who has lust burst upon the
Moscow world. Another lady near her Is
Juno hcrsolt-a stateller and more perfect
beauty could not he little further on there IL
lovely young Moldaye, married to Russian Prince
who has Just been cent off 10 the Caucasus-three
months AFTER the wedding. There are also -- but
the catalOguC-not raH0H1e, iear-Inust cease here
for the for the crowd IN tie pit Increase and
the Emperor may be expected every moment. In fhe
front rows of the pit are placed the tenerals AMI
Admrals Pdvy Councillors, Oficers OF state Cham
berlains and percentages OF tie Court Behind these
are similar officers mingled together with members of
the foreign missions, and the strangers who were IN
,ied to be present There were not half dozen
black coats in this Gssenblage Of distinguished people;
oil The rest in full uniform Lord CRAWL va,
already in bis box in the grand row on the left
hand side of the EmpeIors state box. nj. de
Morny and the French Embassy were placed in
the box on the right Of the Cars. The other
Ministers and ambassadors were provided with
places in the row, and the attachC- who had No.
room above were accommodated with seats III the pit
II was past clock when the Emperor appeared, aud
tie instant be- the whole OF the house as
If thrilled by electric fash. and chcered most yehe-
mently again and again. The Car aud Czarina
bowed and every sautaton the signal for a rope
tton Of the enthusiastic uproar through which at last
tie strains Of God preserve the Car forced ther
way and the audience resumed their places. On the
left of the Gar was the Grand Duke OF SaXeW cimar
on the right Of the Empress, and next to her, the
Grand Dutchees Constantine and Princess of Leuchen
berg. The Grand Duke Constantine sat in a dcmi.box
on the left of the Emperor. A. loon A. the greetn.
and the National Anthem ceased, the orchestra com
menced the overture to IEltstr ddnOre. and the
opera WLioh was admirably sung by BOsio, Labache
and Cazolar was performed amid u dead silence.
Tie Russians, with the he'll of ST. Cyril, have rs-ed
great barrier between themselves and the rest OF
the world which can never be thrown down. They
have separate and distinct alphabet OF their own,
consisting Of peryersons OF the Greek and Latin char
actors and Inventions OF the aforesaid saint to the
number OF 80 which written in three four differ
ent styles OF is guide dictionary till you
have mastered this alphabet and can read the letters
Now, one of his Cyrllc inspiration is " chtcha,' an
C;ter Ii yeuu," and another is ijitsa" but, you
are barbarou enough not to possess large quentte, Of
ussIan type shall not trouble you with theAutward
lOlm OF the bearers OF these NAMES But not only is
there this difficulty. but one associations arc VIC
lated arbitrarily by tie old monk and he obliges u
to call an n al y ard a must figure as an K and Y
has tie sound of "gha, and is pronounced like
90, 20 that you must not only learn new but you
must forget al old alphabet in mastering the rudi-
nents Of Russian To meet the embarrassment Of
strangers who don't read the characters of Cyril and
those OF the Russians who don't read at all the shop
keepers have resoted 10 the of IL animated sign
boards which is depicted the nature of the traders
business. Thus the tailor exhibits outside and above
his door and Windows the sembsnces of gorgeous mil
tary habits the boomaker presents with the
terieit of gigantic Wellngtons, the miner bonnets
the harcutter pair Of scissors the opcian telescope
the confoctioner dazzling array Of glass Jars, filled
with comtts and clusters OF impossible fruits the to-
bGccOnist has his negro instead of his Highlander;
ard the grocer reoices il tropical where a
considerable portion Of the human race are repre-
sented az busly engaged in packing up ON some dis
tant shore boxes OF spice and hogsheads Of sugar all
directed TO himself and numerous excite fears
for lie sa.ey Of the foLa. which are whiting in The