Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1883-06-16 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

THE CZAR'S ARRIVAL IN ST. PETERS. BURG.  The Czar and Czarina returned to St. Petersburg on Sunday, and were received by the populace with demonstrations of loyalty and goodwill.—Noticing the reception, the St. Petersburg Correspondent of The Times, writing on Sunday, says :  Mid-day was the hour fixed for the arrival of their Majesties from Mosoow, which they left last night ; but by nine o'clock the Newsky Prospect was lined with eager spectators. The route of entry was lined on each side with a double row of all the available military in the district of the capital—marines, cadets, dm, all wearing their side arms only, and behind them stood the docile spectators; but numerous as theset were, there was still room enough to " circulate " on the pavement. It was a beautifully deer, but burn. lug hot day—the first day of thereat Rusin sumer ; but the patience of the spectators was sustained bythe abounding gaiety of the scene, and by the numerous bands posted all along the route. At last the mid-day gun, on the main bastion of the fortress in the river, thundered out; the troops stood to attention, all tree were directed towards the Moscow station, an in a few minutes there arose a distant reverberating cheer, which grew in volume like an advancing leave as it approached, and became almost deafening as it neared the cathedral, bearing their Majesties on its crest. The uncovered multitude cheered, the bells broke out, the bands struck up the National Anthem, and the popular welcome culminated. Seated beside the Empress, in an open oar riage, and safer far in her companionship than in an encompassing cloud of cavalry, the Emperor, bowing his acknowledgments all the while, was driven along at a very rapid trot, with only some of the Grand Dukes and dignitaries driving in the rear. That was all the procession. Their Majesties wended the steps of the Cathedral, where they were received by the clergy, and went in to worship for a few minutes before the shrine of Our Lady of Kamm, though the bursts of cheering outside must have somewhat disturbed their devotions. Doubly loud rose the cheers as they came out and roiled away, entirely without escort, down the Nowa, Prospect, past the Winter Palace, and across the bridge, into the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, where reppse the ashes of most of the Sovereigns of RAW& since the time of Peter the Great. Within a fiZcrown on the marble tomb of Alexander the cipatcir burns perpetual taper fire, and in front of it the deep-voiced priests chant daily prayers for the soul of the murdered monarch. Fresh wreaths continue to be placed on the tomb, and the latest tribute of affectionat, reverence deposited there is a circle of immortalise "from the Bulgarian peasant. to the Czar Liberator." The newly.orowned Emperor and Ecqpres. spent a few moments in devotion before the tob of Alexander IL, and then took bast for Peterhof, their favourite suburban retreat, on the balmy shore of the Gulf of Noland.  The Morning Poss nays that the Emperor proem:dad to Lord Woheeler a magnificent gold snuff box, *added with dimmed", and worth 400 guineas, me a parting present.