Before these portents, the pomp of the Emperor Alexander's coronation
at Moscow becomes an idle parade, which can excite little interest beyond the circle of those who could look upon the gold and jewels of the display. It is to real occurrences what the romance of the penny journals is to the politics of the news- papers. We have had accounts in which words vainly struggled to conjure up some ideas of golden glitter, telling us of the Em- peror's entry into Moscow, with his Empress, his nobles, his sol- diers, and his tributaries. But after all has passed before the mind's eye, you ask, What then ? The people at Moscow were astonished, the visitors even from civilized capitals might be en- tertained and dazzled ; but nothing that was done could either increase the strength of Russia, elevate the dignity of the Czar, alter his position before the rest of Europe, or confer.the slightest benefit on his subjects. The million sterling expended is so Ittr money thrown away. We know that the crown is safely de- posited on his head—the telegraph has told us that ; and some day we shall have the details—the second display of carriages, cavalry, coronets, arms, robes, soldiery, captains, chieftains, nobles, diiniteries, and Emperor. We shall have some elaborate account of the religious ceremonies in what we may call the Left-handed Catholic Church. But the general character of the whole display we know already. It is an event which the al- raanack must note, and of which nothing can be made—except by those who contracted for its upholstery.
