The Czar's Coronation.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 114, 21 April 1883, Page 4

The Czar's Coronation.

The long deferred coronation, of the Czar has been fixed for >he middle of May. All the nobles arid Gov«mrapnt officialH, except these employed m Sibeiia, have been bidden to the ceremony, which will be celebrated m the National Cathedral at Moscow, with the stately pomp and lavish grandeur m which trie Russian heart deligh's. The ev> nt has no special political significance ; and the causes that ■' have hitherto led to its repeated postponement arje still m existence. Nihilism is as powerful an agent m the Russian po itical system as ever ; -the spirit of the anarchist U abroad and actve.v Tbe ill fated father bf the present Czar was crowned on Jaly 12, 1856, ten days after the withdrawal of the last British soldiers 'from>ttie: Crirhea, but.thepospect befoie him was brighter than that which opens to his son. The movements oi Russian diplomacy abroad are at Jthe present hour watched by Europe 'with ! anx ety and dislru-t ; while at home _er statesmen are fighting ; their silent 'battle" witH i; the liyiira o ! f Socialism 'vHth'out any noticeable success. - 1611 *^!L 5? 11 I®^» Prip^JP 08 of all kin Is for the ceremony at Mohcow were going on m t^te Jtosiianjoapttaii. The mint is striking a "commemorative Oirdplj which is to be m gold for the highest parsonages present!, m Rilver for< tbe ojheis. The Crown jeweis are being put m order. The Crown, which was made for the Empress Catherine ll. j is said to be worth and is studded with five diamonds, pearls and rubies^ whiie the sceptre is adorn d with the celebrated Orloff diamond, said to be wrrtL £800,000. r l he total va ue of 1 the jewels is estimated at £3,200,000. It is also Btated that a million h ndlierchiefe are to be distributed with a lepresentation qt the Goddess of Abundance printed the'eoh. As daring the ceremony sixteen fountains are to gush forth beer to the extent of 40,000 butties each, a playful contemporary remarks that the goddess is ikely to be pourttay§d as a masculine divinity — namely, Bacchus.