Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1883 — CORONATION CEREMONIES. [ARTICLE]

CORONATION CEREMONIES.

Alexander ILL and His Royal Consort Crowned in the Kremlin. Glittering Street Parade and Imposing Cathedral Ceremonies. The Csaor has boon crowned and proclaimed Emperor of all the Russian, and sti l Uvea The Nihilist plots and schemes for his destruction, if there were any, failed of accomplishment There were no untoward accidents or incidents. The following account of the coronation ceremonies is taken from the New York HeraUTs cable report:

The procession moved from the Imperial Palace before 7 o’clock, amidst the fixing of artillery and ’ the ringing of the Cathedral bells The gendearmeries and troops led the way, and the imperial coaches which followed were surrounded by masses of mounted General officers and personal guards. All the princely guests and representatives, personally, of foreign powers, followed At an early hour the foreign Ambassadors, members of the Diplomatic Corps and Envoys had met by appointment at the residence of the German Ambassador, that place having been selected for Its convenient location; they joinedin the procession, glided state coaches having beep provided for them The Czar looked in excellent health, and appeared in the Cuirassier Guard uniform of pure white and without ornament or decoration. The Czarina wpre a heavily-embroidered costume, and tne Imperial pair moved from the throne-room to toe Uspensky Cathedral under a magnificent canopy, upheld by thirty-two Generals of the army. Drummers, trumpets and popular acclamations-announced the starting of he procession. Tne divine services in the Cathedral were begun at 8 o’clock, the invited guests, only 250 in number, orowding the chapel-like building. The services were performed while tne procession was passing from the palace to the churoh, and at the conclusion of the Te Deum the C^arowitch and the other members of the imperial family and the foreign Princes entered and took their places at the right of the throne. Everything was in readiness, and the audience only awaited the arrival of their Majesties. At the Cathedral entrance they were met by the superior clergy. The regalia accompanying the procession consisted of the two imperial crowns, the two collars of the Order of St Andrew and the globe and scepter, whose money value exceed $2,000,000, but whose statistic value Is very small. The Imperial crown was that of Catherine, with its fifty large stones and 50,000 brilliants, whioh had been used at five preceding coronations. The Orloff diamond mounted the scepter, and the sphere holds the finest sapphires in the world. Their Majesties entered the Cathedral with all pomp, and took their places on the throne data Tne throne of Alexander was of carved Ivory, and that of the Czarina was of silver gilt, incrusted with diamonds, but lower in form than that of the Emperor. The imperial insignia were placed on tables in front of the throne. The metropolitan of the Novgorod advanced with the clergy to the foot of the throne, while the clergy and the Czar repeated the Lord’s prayer. This was followed by the repetition by him of the creed of the apostles, as adopted by the Greek church. He then received the ermine mantle for the first time, and, it having been placed upon his shoulders, the crown was raised upon its cushion, and the Emperor himself took it In his hands and placed it on his head. The Empress was crowned in the traditional manner, the Czar touching his own crown to her forehead, laying it aside and placing her own crown upon her brow. The announcement of the conclusion of the ceremony was made by a salvo of artillery, followed by cheers throughout the Kremlin and re-echoed by cheers and trumpet blasts throughout the city. The ceremonies were followed at once by almost innumerable banquets, the Czar’s guests being much too numerous to admit of their entertainment at one meeting. The manifesto of the Czar remits all arrears of taxes up to January, 1883, and all penalties under judgment nqt yet enforced against persons who were concerned in the last Polish insurrection. In the evening the Kremlin, with its spires and grand cross, watf brilliantly illuminated by many hundred electric lights, whioh had been especially arranged at high altitudes by riggers ana sailors brought from Rega and Cronstadt They illominated the whole oity. The cost of the coronation ceremonies will, it is said, reach $1®,000,000.