The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-06

BY huge double headed sage cleaned and dashed like
Above The long OF men horses THAI seemed to
be liked tothe EARTH forest OF lancea from which
natiered gaiy coored pennons fhe rich white tuncs
o the mea contrasted finely with the bright and varied
coors OF tho trsppngs OF the horses W.T.. oh the
finest have ever one body The different bat
taiions sacks, in their rich and peculiar uniforms
mounted little tough horses. which aro nearly
teiligens as human beings added greatly the bril-
Fancy o. the scene The crack horse batteries OF the
Guard whose horses and drill rpassable never
appeared to better advantage The are drawn
py three horses abreast and are easily handled.
Tho Grand Duke Nicholas psre, commander OF tia
guare. first reviewed tho troops being received by
sharp, single cheer he passed each regiment uet
talon The Grand Duke was dressed In the uniform OF
general OF infantry and wore the bread blue ribbon Of
~ Vladimir, together with abundance Of stars and
o.ner decorations Tho Grand Duke is nne. tall well
termed man, with face full or determination and In
tsiigence, and not unlike his father the late Emperor
Nicholas Like all the imperial family he sits his horse
spaenddiy, and looks the soldier throughout Subse-
qnen to his review the rumpets sounded and the bands
struck up GOD Save the Emperor" az his Majesty en-
brilliant star Like his bro.hss the s GaaH p aIs
Nicholas, be was in the uniform OF . gen.
eral OF the Guard his helmet. Of leather and brass
being surMounted by long plume Of red. blue and
white feathers which streamed In the air IS he rode
swiftly along After he had reviewed the ines being
received at ell points with vocferous cheers and tns
music OF the bands he returned to the main entrance
and met there the King OF Greece who a. once jonsd
hc Kn % ~ ~ oss again
ment Of the Neva whose chief he had been appointed
by the Emperor. He was saluted with cheers and tho
Emperor was not favorable He ID slender and dscate
and boyish looking, and seems out OF his element
among hardy soldiers After the King Of Greece had
PASSED along the Ines with tho Emperor they
returned to the point where the Empress and
imperial family, Diplomatic corps aud distin-
gushed guests were in waiting, and tho troops were
a. once formed into line battalion front, and passed in
review before the Emperor at q quick step. The
man1uvring OF tie troops was like clockwork SO
regular and tAed the evolutiona The cavalry
appeared to great advantage having splendid and
well aligned 'front.' When tho troops had all passed the
imperial party retired and the shrong OF people
assembled ,sdes OF tho ground quickly and quietly
Departed and soon tho Champ do Mars again q de-
serted field This will be the last review Of tho troops
before they 90 into camp for the summer Tsarsko-
Seloe, about dfteen miles distant from the capital.
The winter still cngs TO us with tenaclty II
TO freeze nightly quito extensively thaws during
the day. The ice IL than foot and half thick
In the bav and Cronsadt atanabe the ice The
Cuff OF Finland Is frozen oxpanse with no immediate
prospect or break up. Tho merchants are impatient
70 BEGIN business but navigation shows sign Of OPEN
Ing. The is extraordinarily late. large
Der OF ships and steamers the open Baltic ports
wsltng intelligence Of the raising Of tho blockade
to come to Crcnstadt. Until have warmer weather
sars cannot change for the better II awful CHI
mate you may be assured and too rigorous for any kind
OF comfort.
The health of the city Is pretty good The cholera
still hangs on but 1t presents alarming features