The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-16

THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CORONATION
TIE GAR.

THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CORONATION OF
THE GEAR.
A correspondent In Russia thus writes /:
There are great preparations going on at
the present time in st. Petersburg and
Moscow for the coronation, which is to
take place in May. Already many hun
dreds OF horses are being transferred from
the imperial stables of st. Petersburg to
Moscow. The number OF these animals
required for the occasion NAV be surmised
from the fact that the Minister OF the I'M
periai Household has issued an order 10
engage twelve hundred volunteers as
stablemen i'm addition to the regular
men in the employment. Thirty-six
gilded closed carriages and four gilded
open carriages are TO be sent to Mos
COW for the occasion. These vehicles must
OF course be more imposing than comfort
able, since they mostly belong to the style
OF carriage made a century, aud even more,
Ago. Most OF them We're constructed In
the beginning of the eighteenth century,
while others were made in the reigns Of
Alexander |. and Nicholas /. Conspicuous
among them Is the magnificent gilded car
riage presented to the Empress Elizabeth
OF Russia by Frederick the Great in l74G.
These forty carriages, with the invited
guests, will be drawn by 1873 horses, 80 Of
which have been recently imported from
Hanover expressly for the purpose. and
are reported TO be asplendid set Of horses
all alike az peas, and all OF a magnificent
bay shade.
Two ermine-lned purple coronation
nantes have been ordered OF the dealer In
furs. Granwald, OF Moscow. These man.
ties are to be about seven yards in length,
with an imperial eagle embroidered in gold
on the back OF each OF them. The dless
which l. to be worn 10y the Empress on the
coronation il being embroidered i'm the IA
nous atelier OF Loman, in Moscow. IL will
consist OF finely-woyen silver-cloth, all
embroidered in silver, garland OF en-
broidery nearly a yard wide running
around the bottom Of the skirt and cover
ing the train. The train alone, consisting
almost entirely OF silver, is to weigh more
than twenty pounds.
The old capital of Russia il TO display
the greatest hospitality on that occasion.
All the numerous monasteries, all private
houses, are undergoing repairs in order TO
offer accommodation to the expected guests.
None OF the persons summoned for the oc-
casion to Moscow by the imperial decree
are to be quartered in hotels; the houses
OF the MOBILITY, OF the notables. and OF the
0tyuitarles or the Church are open 10 those.
The Metropolitans Of st Petersburg and OF
Kief, who are TO crown the Car, are 10 have
splendid set OF rooms in the two large
historic monasteries Of Moscow. and like
wise will be accommodated the other
twelve prelatcs who are TO offieiate nj
the coronation. The mobiles of the Gov
eminent Of Moscow. in council A.
scmbted, have decided TO offer the txadj-
tionary bread and salt to the monarch on n
plate which is to'cost 5000 rubles. They
nave resolved 10 give ball 10 the Emne.
ror, AZ which, TO avoid a crowd. but ,. ZOO
persons will he present, though the hall of
Tue House OF the Nobility IN Moscow NAV |
easily contain oyer 1900 guests. Fifteen
thousand rubies have been voted for fhe
decoration VI the ballroom, as much more
Tor the restoration OF furniture, and. an /
expenses considered, the ball to- be given
by the nobility il very likely TO cost 100
O00 rubles, which sum will be levied as a
self.imposed tax from the income OF the
landed proprietors OF the Government Of
MOSCOW, who are all eager to extend their
hospitality to the Gar and Cza.ffza.