The Portland daily press., 1896-05-27

lowed by the reading of the litany with
prayers for Gods blessing upon the
Cars government The choir then
sang.
The Metropolitans of Kieff and st.
Petersburg. assisted the Gar to don the
imperial mantle, made of cloth of gold
lined with ermine. After donning the
mantle the Emperor assumed the diamond
collar of st. Andrew.
Then, turning to the altar, the Gar
bowed his head to the prelate of Novgo-
rod, who crossed his hands upon His
Majesty's forehead and said: May the
Lord annoint him with the oil of joy
may he clothe him with power and place
upon his head crown of precious stones
OF long life; may he give into his right
hand the sceptre OF salvation, set him up
on the throne OF righteousness, and pre-
serve with his protection the established
rule
Immediately after this the Gear re-
ceiyed the crown from the Metropolitan
of st. Petersburg, and, standing in full
sight of all the people, and still before
the altar with both hands placed tho
crown upon his head.
Then taking his sceptre, in which
blazed the famous Orloff diamond, in his
right hand, and the globe of the empire
| in his left, he ascended the dals and took
his seat upon the throne, the Empress
still standing in her former place. This
was the supreme moment of ell.
At the moment of taking Lis seat on
the throne, the cannon of the arsenal
Numbered forth, the bells rang, and the
bands massod outside, played the national
anthem.
| The Emperor after merely occupying
| the throne for few seconds, rose and
placing the sceptre and the globe on the
table by his side, turned to the Empress
/ Il IL, l.. -, E,-
forehead with it. She then knelt before
him, when the Emperor placed upon hor
head her own CROWN, which is sur
mounted by large sapphire.
The ladies of honor fixed the crown on
her head with gold comb, and then
robed her in her mantle of cloth of gold,
ormine lined like the Emperor's. She
Andrew, and she WAC led to her throne
by the Emperor, and remained seated by
his side.
The members of the Imperial family
and the foreign princes now advanced
and congratulated the Imperial couple,
while Others in the church bowed thrice
toward the throne thus expressing their
| Fluctuations.
Suddenly tho cannon, bells and bands
ceased, and deep silence ensued, while
the Gar knelt, and solennly uttered a
prayer.
When the Gear rose from his knees, the
Metropolitan of ST. Petersburg began
prayer for the Emperor, at which every
one in the cathedral knelt, with the ex
| ception of the Emperor.
| The Metropolitan then stepped forward
to the foot of the dais and made short
address to the Gear ON the importance
and duties of his Office, ending with
| these words:
with this visible and corporal adorn-
ment Of thy head, is clear proof that
Christ the King Of Honors, invisibly
crowns the he ad of the Russian empire"
After the Emperor had taken the
soeptre, the Metropolitan of ST. Peters
burg, said: ''God hath crowned this
God given, God adorned, most God-fear-
ing autocrat and great monarch Emperor
Of all the Russias. Take thyself the
sceptrs and ball of the Empire, the
visible image of the sole sovereignty over
the people given by those most high for
their government, promotion and every
describable we'll being"
! After this the choir sang the TIE Deum,
| and the bells of the Krenlin again rang
out. At the invitation of tho Metropoli-
| tan, the royal couple then descended from
| the dias and walked to the entrance of
| the sanctuary, where the Metropolitan OF
| ST. Petersburg, with branch of gold
sprinkled the forehead, eyes, lips,
| 1tOoul i1Ss OtsISs DIChSU bu6 pbllub anu
| backs of the hands of the Emperor with
consecrated oil. The Empress was mere
| ly sprinkled upon the forehead.
| Resuming TIL cir places upon the dais,
mass was now begun and after the con-
| seoration Of the elements the Emperor
sntered the sanctuary and received the
communion. The Empress likewise re-
munion the Emperor and Empress reas-
cended their thrones, all OF the co urt
| dtgnitaries grouped around them. The
choir then sang the "Ad Multos Amos"
| three times.
The long ceremony was now concluded
by each OF the annointed kissing golden
crucifx, containing sacred relic.
A mid the salyo of cannon and the
changing Of bells to which were joined
the mighty acclamations Of the people,
| the imperial couple emerged from the
northern door of the cathedral and re-
entered the Cathedral square between the
Ivan tower and the Cathedral of the
Archangel Michael which they entered
and thence walked to the Cathedral of
the Annunoiation.
| After paying their devotions in the
| Cathedral of the Annunoiation, their
| Males ties were escorted to the foot of the
red staircase which they assembled. At
the top their Majesties stopped and turn
ing towards their su bjects bowed. They
then entered the palace
The Emperor and Empress subsequent.
ly dined insstate in the banqueting hall
of the Granovitaya palace wearing the
imperial crowns and mantles. The men,
bers of the imperial family and the chief
clergy and high dignitaries of the En-
peror were their guests
In the evening the whole city was
a blaze Of light The Kremlin was cut
lined in the illumination. 1t WAS the
grandest ever seen here. 1t is believed
there was not q single house in the city
that did not display Examinations in
honor of the browning of the Gear. The
proclamation issued by the Gear on the
occasion of his coronation prescribes
various rem issions of which the following
are the principle: All arrears of taxes in
European Russia and Poland are re-
mitted; tho land tax is reduced by half
for ten years The sentences of exiles in
Siberia are materially reduced, political
offenders receiving further -emissions,
with the restoration of civil rights In cer-
tain cases. The ministers of the interior
sesssJEsss