The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-01

drums ana the roar OF cannon-could be heard disa
tinctly the sound Of the monster bells Of st. Isaacs
ike the wid fearful s music Of the Aficans wne1
the ship is going to pieces In battle and WRECK only
a thousand times more effective, more powerful
and impressive. But the giant statue around whose
base was surging all this tumultuous ocean OF sound
only gazed steadfastly up at the clo1ds with fts
stony eyes, little needing the tumuis and noise
AN INrERMrssIoN.
This being over we were all invited In TO very
neat ana creditable breakfast, which His Majesty
had prepared for us and for which we were ex.
ceedingiy obliged, as It was now about two o'clock
prudent and thoughtful to breakfast before coming.
for Us while they were getting ready Of the review
outside, after which We returned to our bacOSy.
Che Swedish Minister S nOr any '" member Ss'' =
other Legation were Represented, and muck
speculation and conjecture WAS the re-
ssosuse Rss srsa eoy sd that aw w
gained over the Swedes and they did not wish to
Join in the celebration Of their own defeat although
1t occurred nearly two hundred years ago-a degree
OF susceptibility which Is rather fantastic.
THE REVIEW
was much about the same sort of thing my other
review, but the soldiers OF the Guard are, think.
the finest have ever seen, not even excepting the
Germans. 1t was over in about an hour, and every
body was probably glad of 1t, for they had been on
duty-sOme OF them-since eight O'Clock In tho
morning and it was now three In the afternoon.
CHARACTERISTIC CIRCUMSTANCE
occurred just when the review was over and the
last soldier about marching OF. The crowd which
had allowed itself to be buled all day by Ire phof
the Chief OF Police suddenly broke through the
lines, paying no more attention to the police than
4 they had been wooden men, and in less tuns
than 1t takes to tell 1t had filed up the whole place
and surrounded the Emperor with cries OF "Lcag
live the Gar" am only astonished, fsr
my part, that a Russian crowd allows itsaf
to be bulled In this way. They were not
allowed to pass through this street. and they muss
not enter that, ana they are pushed back here anu
driven forward there In the most unnecessary and
eXasperatng manner. wish NJ. Trephof had An
American crowd to deal with for about five min
utes, think 1t would do him good.
SCENES IN THE CHAMP DE MARS IN THE EVENING.
In the afternoon In the Champ de Mars therJ
were all sorts OF popular observation-disclosures
creased poles, races In sacks, erry-gO-rOundss
Flying Dutchmen and other things, which seemed
to please the people immensely and must say that
they appeared eXtrmely merry and good nature0i
and not in the least disposed to break each othera
heads. This evening the theatres are opened free,
and there Is such rush that 1t Is impossible to get
within quarter of mile OF one let alone think OF
finding seat and the city is to be Illuminated to-.
night rather difficult undertaking, am afraid
for 1t never gets dark here this time Of year. and
one can to read with at midnight. AnE
so ends the celebration Of the two hundredth amir
versary OF the birth Of Peter the Great. The Eul-
perOr leaves almost Immediately for the Crimea
and everybody else leaves for somewhere, so that
in three days st. Petersburg will be AZ empty as -