Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-06-13

Moscow, May 81,

Tomorrow, being the eve of the
coronation. will present two features Of
interest. In the morning the transport Of
the imperial insignia from the chamber Of
arms to the throne room will take place
This will be very ceremonious affair.
A procession, preceded by a detachment
of grenadiers, and with the two heralds
bringing up the rear, will convey the
insignia in the following order: The
collar of St. Andrew, the imperial glaive,
the banner of the empire, the seal of the
empire, the purple mantle of the empress,
the imperial globe, the sceptre, the smaller
imperial crown, the larger imperial
crown. On the arrival of the procession
at the palace, it will be met by the court
dignitaries, and pass on to the throne
room, where the grand marshal will take
each article from the bearers and place it
on table to the right of the throne.
In the afternoon special service will
be held in the church of St. Saviour,
behind what is known as the golden
grating. All the chief civil and ecclcsias.
teal dignitaries will attend, At O'Clock
solemn vespers will be sung. The car
and czarina and most of the imperial
family will be present. After the vespers
the metropolitan of Moscow will offer a
special prayer.
The heralds to-day repeated the solemn
announcement of the coronation, and this
ceremony will also be repeated to, morrow. .
The series of fetes to be given in
celebration of the coronation will not
really begin until after Sundays ceremony
is over. On Monday there is to be ball
at the imperial palace; on Tuesday the
car and czarina will be present at ball
given by the governor general ofMoscow !;
on Wednesday their majesties 90 to the
opera, where there is to be gala per
Torrance, and on Thursday to the mobiles
club. where ball is to take place; on
Friday is the diplomatic ball at the
German ambassadors, which their males.
ties have promised to attend; and the
great popular fete takes place on Saturday
in an open space near the Petroffsky
palace.
Tho greatest precautions have been
taken to prevent this last fete, which
promises TO be both magnificent and
picturesque, from being marred by any
unpleasant consequences.
To-day M. de Giers, the minister for
foreign affairs. holds reception of all the
ambassadors extraordinary, the members
of the regular diplon. attic body, and all
the great state and court dgnitaries, the
principal object of the reception being to
establish acquaintance between the various
foreign representatives and the Russian
notabilities.
There is no incident Of any kind to
report. The city is perfectly undisturbed .
The measures taken by the police are
we'll devised and effective, all unnecessary
display of force being avoided.
The reception everywhere offered to
the numerous members of the foreign
press is excellent. A special chancellery
for journalists has been organized at the
Grand Hotel, under the direction of M. de
Vaganoff, who performs the duties of
censor with regard to all dispatches. All
who have been brought into connection
with this gentleman agree in testifying to
his untiring patience and courtesy. The
telegraph administration have been COM
PEELED to summon assistance from every
part of the empire in order to cope
satisfactorily with the present large
increase of traffic, and have now got
together an adequate staff. No difficulty
is experienced in obtaining the official
Visa for kilograms.
1t is stated that several of the foreign
princes assembled at Moscow for the
coronation will subsequently visit St.
Petersburg to witness the military parade
and maneuvers to be held at Krasnoie.
Selo, and to attend the court festivities
there. The following are expected: The
duke and duchess OF Edinburgh, the prince
Of Bulgaria, the prince of Montenegro,
Prince Waldemar of Denmark and some
of the German princes.
The semi official Journal dc 81. Peters.
bourg of to-day, abiding to the comments
of the foreign press, and more especially
of the English papers. upon the coronation
festivities, claims that the spontaneous
character of the enthusiastic popular
devotion manifested toward the Gar was
revelation to foreign journalists. The
journal says: ut was the awakening
from long nightmare. Relying upon
untrustworthy information, they had at
last come TO put faith in the fables con-
corning pretended misunderstanding
between the emperor and his people,
Now the enthusiastic acclamations of the
nation have caused the scales 10 fall from
the eyes of even the most prejudiced, and
have shown them a Russia united in love
for Its sovereign, devoted to the dynasty,
and rejoiced to manifest those feelings
before the who lie world.