The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-29
An Imperial Ceremony in Russia.
The Majority Of the Heir Apparen

casion was celebrated as q national holt
day. BY the death of the late Czarevitch,
: this young man is the heir-apparent to
the Russian throne. The London Daily
Ne,cs correspondent thus describes the
ceremony:
"The municipality have caused tri
umphal arches to be erected on the road
leading to the chateau where their Inn
perial Majesties pass the night, and an
unlimited quantity of gunpowder and
Bengal lights will be burned, wind and
weather permitting. The grand charges
of the court, the officers of the guards,
and their ladies, the representatives of
foreign courts and their respective stats,
and in fact all those who have the eatree
to the Winter Palace are there in gala
attre-the men in their uniforms of
state, the ladies of the court in the hand
some and picturesque dress of the coun-
try. 1t is all these that l see driving to
the palace to take part in u pageant of
which the official papers have published
programme here condensed. The
members Of the imperial family, the
high Officers of state and the diplomatic
body assembled in the chapel of the pal
ace. A mass and 1e Deum having been
performed by the Archbishop of st. Pc
tersburg and Novgorod, the heir-appa-
rent, with right arm uplifted, swore
fealty to his father and the empire he
took solemn oath that he would uphold
/ and maintain the laws of the country,
and stand by the rights ofhi family to
the crown and sceptre, as regulated by
the act of succession.
"a friend who has just returned from
witnessing the ceremony describes it as
, most impressive. The heir apparent,
dressed in the handsome blue uniform of
, the Cossacks, whom he commands by
= right of primogeniture, read the pre-
1 scribed oath from a paper, with voice
# strong, clear and unhesitating. He then
). advanced to table, beside which the
If crown, orb and sceptre of the Ro
- manoff dynasty were deposited, and sub
&c scribed to the oath which he had regis
ii tered before God and man. The Vice
he Chancellor of the Empire, Prince Gort
al chakof. advanced to receive the docu
lie ment from his imperial highness. Ther
IS followed a prayer for the Czsarvitch o
all the Russias, during which every
+. man and woman within the chapel de-
e voutly knelt.
u "'The poor Empress, am told, looked
much affected, and her. feelings reached
u the climax when her second son came to
!. claim the fluctuations she had on SINH
|, lar occasion bestowed on her first born,
q so recently torn from her. The official
IS programme further sets forth that the
10 Czarevitch, accompanied by the mem
N bers of the Imperial family, the diplo
fa matte corps, &C., proceeded from TIN
IN chapel to the Hall of st. George, where
K with one hand grasping the colors of tn
id Cossack troops, he took oath that h
l. would ever remain faithful, with tn
g Cossacks under his command, to hi
o. Majesty the Emperor. The representa-
\, tives of all the regiments of the Guard
Re were there with their colors to witnes
1t the oath, which done they filed off a
the command of the Grand Duke Nicho
1t las, general-in-chief ofthe Guards corps
stationed in the vicinity of this capital
D 1t must have been curious and suggest
E. i've to see the imperial crown borne
from the chapel to the hall by the men
who in 1853 did so much towards placing
l. it in jeopardy-the celebrated Prince
IS Menchikotf.
!, THE POPULAR CELEBRATION.
~ Following the example of every in
= habitant of st. Petersburg who cOult
q find vehicle to transport him, | drov'
! out of town to the suburb known as TIN
n islands, where the weather. classes en-
# camp during the hot and dusty months
y
y on observing the absence of two or three
No triumphal arches which had been thrown
across the road leading to the imperia
I chateau of Elaghin, where, as have al
:, ready said the Emperor and Empress
f are now staying. The arches had been
!, constructed on scale of much magnifi
, cence. The fireworks We're to take place
y az the end of the long road spanned 10y
= the arches and these were naturally to
! have been great attractions to the holt
@ day-making populace. Making imme-
II date inquiry, was informed That the
o triumphal ar ches had been pulled down
Q at the desire of the Empress, which,
"a only known yesterday morning, was
N carried into effect in three or four hours
nv a great number of laborers. Three or
= bf0ur hours sufficed to destroy the halldi-
n work of almost twice as many uays.
- Not n yestige of the woodwork remained,
- and even the road was swept clean With
10 i'm the appointed time. Your readers
=, here get good insight into the magical
q effect of autocratic power, Whlle they
: cannot but sympathiZe with the feelings
| nv which its exercise was prompted.
: Tho afflicted mother saw no reason for
- triuuDh on such an occasion; 1t was q
d dav Of submission to the Divine will,
= and her heart refused to eXult. This
= trait of character will commend itself to
the svmpathies of sorrowing women,
bnt its effect will be one of disappoint-
ment and displeasure to the members OF
the municipality, at whose expense the
7 loyal manifestation, evidently encour.
: aged and permitted by the authorities
+ had been undertaken. The Empires.
/. had apparently only been appraised o
their Intentions yesterday morning
q after a considerable outlay of labor anC
! money had been made, but of cours,
, these should be of no consideration
| when the feelings of mother demand
} ed the sacrifice.
"But although there were no triumph
: al arches, the villas of the island wer,
: beautifully Illuminated. The fireworks
5 were not very successful, as rain hat
fallen in the afternoon. Thepeople wer
out in great crowds. The illumination:
> may have been distasteful to the Empe
= ror and Empress, but it was necessary tt
u impress forcibly upon the people thefac'
e that, although the Czarevitch is deau'
i the Czarevitch yet lives!'
= A CHARITABLE ACT
n The new Czarevitch has sent Iiie ioi-
4, lowing letter to the proper Official: