Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-19
THE TARGET OF THE N1HIL1srs,
The Preparations for the Coronation of
the Czar.

I
a correspondent in Russia thus writas.
flhere 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. Peters
burg to Moscow. The number of these
animals required for the occasion NAV be
surmised from the fact that the Minister
OF the Imperial Household has issued
an order to engage 1,200 volunteers as
stablemen in addition TO the regu-
lar men in the employment. Thirty
SIX gllded closed carriages and four
gllded open carriages are to be sent to
MOSCOW for the occasion. These vehicles
must, OF course, be more imposing than
comfortable, since they mostly belong to
Ine style Oh carriage made century and
even more ago. Most of them were con-
structed in the beginning of the eighteenth
century, while others were made in the
relShs OF Alexander i. and Nicholas I.
conspicuous among them is the maonifi
cent g1lded carriage presented to the EN-
press Elizabeth of Russia by Frederick
the Great in 1746. These forty carriages.
with the invited guests, will be drawn bv
lSS horses, hfty-nine of which have been
recently imported from Hanover express
ly for the purpose, and are reported to be
splendid set of horses all alike as peas
and all @f q magnificent bay shade. -
TWO ermlne lined purple coronation
mantles have been ordered of the dealer in
turs, Grunwald, of Moscow. These man.
ties are to be about seven yards in length,
with an imperial eagle embroidered i'm
gold on the back of each of them, The
dress which Is to be worn by the Empress
on the coronation is being embroidered in
the famous atelier of Loman, in Moscow.
1t Will consist of finely woven silver cloth.
all embroidered in silver, garland of em-
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 is 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 occasion to Moscow by the impe-
rial decree are to be quartered in hotels:
the houses of the nobility, of the notables
and of the dignitaries of the Church are
open to those. The MetrOpolitans of st.
Petersburg and of Kief, who are to crown
the Car, are to have a splendid set of
rooms in the two large historic
m0nasteries of Moscow, and like
wise will he accommodated the
other twelve prelates who are to
offlciate at the coronation. The mobiles
of the Government of Moscow, in council
assembled, have decided to offer the tradi-
tionary bread and salt to the monarch on
plate which is to cost 5000 rubles. They
have resolved to give ball to the En-
peror, at which, TO avoid crowd, but
2,7OO persons will be present, though the
hall of the House of Nobility in Moscow
may easily contain over 1000 guests. Fif-
teen thousand rubles have been voted for
the decoration of the ball room, rs much
more for the restoration of furniture, and,
all expenses considered, the ball to be
given by the nobility is very likely to cost
100000 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 Czaritza.