The Czar and Czarina arrived in Moscow on Thursday, making
a State entry which appears to have been a scene of almost bewildering magnificence, Asia vying with Europe in the splendour of its representatives. The Coronation itself, however, does not take place till Tuesday, as the Czar and his consort are compelled previously to observe a three- days' fast in total seclusion. No incident marred the reception of their Majesties, which was enthusiastic; but a story is circulating in Milan, based upon "a cipher telegram," that one of the streets through which the Sovereign must pass has been found to be undermined, and that some of the guards of the Kremlin have been arrested. It is most improbable that a cipher telegram not addressed to a Foreign Secretary would be allowed to pass over the wires, and the story has probably been in- vented only to cause excitement. The Nihilists are not active just now, and will probably wait to ascertain the tone of the new reign, which can hardly be said to have begun until the Coronation has been performed. The Czar was twenty-eight on May 16th.
