THE CRAZS'
CORONATION. ! _v^F^RTHBRvPAKTieiJIiAftSi"- \ PAGEANT., _ i ENT^BtUSIASTTO 11 DEMONSTRA-i ' "" TIQN. . | (BY .Vlkp'fßlO.. TBLE&BAjPH.-t; COPTEIGHT.)] (SpibUL 'TO UNITEI) PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) i . r .-»,! . . .London, May 27. | O-litriie'bbr.9natibn procesßiori I^he -'iCremlin^Pklac'e TV the Cathedral aii 1 immense and grand one. Emperior I rode under aicahppy ' aph'eidjby thirty-1 two' g?jierals, - surrounded t .bv Asiastic | jprmceß:, o civil and , military (ofl^cers/and; delegates from all pacts 6£ the Empire. S He 'dressed.in.' the' unitorm of a i colonel:ot'• tli'e' Irapprial G^uafd. iTlie Empress-word the if&tionai CQstume, prbftißely bedizeneii mtSi diajmbnds. The. elaborate 'cereuioriies attendant, on jthe tioTbnation v we're \,peVfprmad by , *tjhe mie'trdpo'itans 1' Bf Moacow, .N^ygorpd, and Kieffi"''Their '■' Imperial, Majesties were soated?- On thrdnes' of ivory and silverjfci the-centre ofthe Catnedralj and were^i surrounded'; by: -fmpißriaiV and foreign princes, 'antf the ; special Ambassadjors < from * foreign countries with their suites; • The Czar maintained a gray« and 'dignified attitude throughi oubltheucerettiony, < while 1- that; of the 1 ; EmpreaswassiaipleWnd^buchirig.' The conclusion of the ceremony was u anti'bun l-; :ced by prolongedjsaliites and peals from } theL.bells: off.the ;Kfemlin • churches of M oscow.; ' The fellings of ;the immense multitude assembled outside were expressed by prolonged and (hearty cheering. The Czar, after,' beipg 'anoirited, partook of the " Holy: Coin-* muuion, and their Majesties then rerjoined the procession and .returnei^ lo 'the palace, cbbcluiiitfg 1 a spectacle unparalleled for its richness and diversity. A magnificent state banquet followed. The absence of any political ooncession m the Czar's coronatio h manifesto 1 has excited surprise throughout Europe. -A special Envoy from the Kin?; of the (Sandwich Islftnds attended th'e .Corbn^ iationin'!MdscoW; v -;;"!';- '";''''' . '^"'^' ''^\
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 149, 1 June 1883, Page 3
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259THE CRAZS' Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 149, 1 June 1883, Page 3
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