Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-16
[Berlin Cor. London Times. Oct. 81

!il [Berln Cor. London Times Oct. T1 irt,..
.,5 On the 24th inst. the ceremony of the
confirmation of Princess Dagmar Of Dem
marx took place, in the Palace Chapel OF
st. Petersburg, and the second day after
was followed by the solemn betrothal ol
the Royal lady to the Grand Duke Cesare-
witch of all the Rnssias. The suoioined
orders of ceremonies spTeviously issued Dy
the Lord Chamberlain will be found to-
convey an exact and, In their minute ac-
curacy, almost graphic picture OF the au-
gust formaTities. The title aid contents OF
The first order is as follows: 'l'l1' "
CEREMONIAL SANCTIONED BY HIS MAJESTY
FOR THE HOLY ANoINTMBNT OF HER
ROYAL .HIGHNEss MARIA SOPHIA EREDER-
. ICA DAGMAR, PRINCESS OF DENMARK
L. On the day appointed for the Holy
Anointment of her Royal Highness, the
| gentlemen and ladies enumerated below
will assemble at 10 A. M. in His MAjesty's
| Winter Palace; the members of the Privy
] Council, the Senator's, Danes de PdLdtS,
Ladies in Waiting, Laies of the Bedcham-
Der, Misiresses OF the Robes, and all func-
| tiOnaries and cavaliers of the COurti the
members of the Danish Embassy, the Adj
jutants General and Majors General OF Ills
Maj sty's suite; the Flugel AdJutants, the
adjutants of the Imperial Princess, the
Generals and the Staff officers of the
Guards, the army and navy; the gentle
MN and ladies presented at Court; the no.
| biIity, the chief of the st. Petersburg mu-
nicipal authorities, and the Russian and
foreign merchants distinguished by hon
orary titles. ,jl u -....7r. ,r.. ..
The ladies are to appear in Russian cos
tune, the gentlemen in gala uniform.
| III. The clergy, the members of the Prl-
w Council, and of the Danish Legation are
to assemble in the Royal Chapel, the clergy
ranging themselves round the altar. All
the other persons indie d abhv1 will meet
in the ap rtmens specified Ill tie notiHca-
| tnns issued. .t.-. .F
Ill. Upon the Minister of the Imperial
Household informing His Majesty that ali
summoned have arrived. the members OF
the Imperial Family and th'ir attendants
having formed into procession. will repair
TO the Chapel Royal i'll the following or
der: ..
l. The Equorries in Ordinary and Chic
Euuerries of his Imperial NJ jesty. 2. The
Masters OF the CerrmOni's AMI the Chief
Master of the Ceremuni S. g. The Cham
berlains and Chamber junkers, the onnger
in advance. 4. The Court functionaries OF
the first two classes, two abreast, the
younger in advance. . Their lmperlal
Maicstips the Lori Emperor and the Lady
Empress, followed by tue Minister of the
Imperial Household and the du jour Adju-
tants- General, Flugel Aaiutant. aid Ma
iors General of His Majtsty's suite. 6
Her r Iyal HighnesS Maria Sophia Fredrics
DagmaT, Princess OF Denmark. Z. His I'm
perial HighnpsS the Lord Successor to the
throne Cesarevitch Alexander Alexandra
witch. 8. Their Imperial Highnesses the
Lords Grand Dukes Vladimir and Alexis
AIexandrovitch. 8. Their Imperial High
nessps the Grand Duke Constantine Mich
olayevitch. with the Lady Grand Duchess
Alexandra 10 iephOvna and the Lord GraRd
II Duke Nicholas CDnstantinovitch 10. Theft
Imperial Highnesses the Lord Grand Duke
Nicholas Nieholayevitch, the elder, with
the Lady Grand Duchess Alexander Pc
troyna and the Grand Duke Nicholas Mich
olayevitch the younger. IL. Their lmpe-
rial Highnesses the Ladies Grand Duchess
Maria AleXandrovna and Olga COnstan-
tinovna. II. Her Imperial Highnes'
the Lady Grand Duchess Yekaterina
Michallovpa. 13. His g, Grand Duca
Highness Prince Alexander OF Hes
Sc. IA. Their Imperial 7Highnesses the
Prince Romanoff, Dukes of IIeuch-
tenberg, Nicholas and George MaXimilian'
oyitchi, and the Princess ROmauOVa, Ouch
ess of Lauchtenberg. Eugrnie Maximil
ianovna Is. His Imperial Highness Prince
! Peter GeOrgievitch of Oldenburg and hi
HighnesS Prince Alexander of Oldenburg
16 His Highness Prince Albert of SAKE
Altenburg, Duke of Saxony. II. TIL
: Danes de- Palais Ladies in Waiting, Ladie
: OF the Bedchamber, and Mistress,s of TN
Robes to her Majesty and the Imperia
Highne,ses. the Mistress of the Robes tt
! | her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, anC
> the Governess to the Imperial Bride, tw'
and two. the elder in advance. All tn
other invited guests are to follow IN tn
D rear.
". On entering the chapel their I'm
perial Majesties aud Highnesses will be me
by the Archbishop Metroponte and tn
clergy. .f. -s,-g ....- -. s..t.r ;,
u v. His Majesty the Lord Emperor wi
/ condescend to lead her Royal Highnes
Princess Maria Sophia Frederick Dagma
/ to the most Holy Metropolite. The cere
mony of the sacred anOintment of he
It Royal Hiyhness will then be prOceedeI
o with, according to the rules of the Church
n On its conclusion Holy Mass will be per
: formed. While the hymn of the Hol
: Clmmuuion is being sung Her Majesty th
= Lady Empress " ill condrscend to eOnduC
the anointed Orthodox Princess to the AL
tar to kiss che sacred images and to receiv
the Holy Communion.
!, vi. When Mass is over their Imperi,
y Majesties aud their Highnesses the Lor
Successor to the Throne Cesarevitch an
the Orthodox Princess will cOndescend
receive the congratulations of the clergy
the chapel, after which the illustrlOus men
bers OF the Imperial family return to the
) apartment in the order in which the
came. IL .eH EJsEalE af.t f..1F q.
i What follows is literal translation
the second order
:. | CEREMONIAL SANCTIONED BY HIS, MAJEST
FOR THE BETRoTHAL OF HIS MPERIA
= HlGHNEss THE LORD SUCCESSOR TO TIL
"A THRONE CEsAREvITCH, GRAND DUKE al
"a ,ExANDER ERALExANDRovITCH TO HER ROY
,rl AL HIGHNEss THE ORTHODOX PRINCESS,
l. On the second day after the holy anoi
/ ment the gentlemen and ladies enumerate
D. below will assemble at half past twelve, {
wi noon, in his Majesty's Winter Palac
10 Here follows the sv1le list as that In I'll
u previous cereu1onidL only with the additio
Z of all the foreign diplomats, with their |,
dies. 7L 1aHisnG tnamGHtqWl y, 3
. Clauses two and three are an exact cor
: of the two so marked in the order ju
: given. (The Jceremonv Of bethrothal b,
I ing, under the Greek ritual. nearly as bin,
ing as marriage, ITSELF is also performed
y the Chapel Royal) ,;... i..s ~
4. On entering the chapel their Imperi
NJ Maiesties and their Hghnesses will be M
!. by the, Archbishop Metropolite, the men
y bers Of the Holy Synod, and the high,
clergy. with the ePaciflx and htlS wa er.
S,l 10. His Imperial Majesty will condescer
r, to conduct the Lord Successor to IL Q Throl
p Cesaryitch and his illpstri9ns bride to q