THE MARRIAGE OF THE CZAR.
The young Czar Nioholas and Princess' Alix of Hesse were united in marriage on November 26th in the church adjoining the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg. There' were no festivities to mark the wedding, other than that the members of the Imperial family took dinner together. The absence of street decorations caused much remark as being without precedent. There were no illuminations at night, nor any festal signs. It is true that crowds remained in front'of the Anitienkoff Palace singing the ' National Hymn. The Czar and Czarina came to the balcony at intervals, and were loudly cheered. The Imperial manifesto on the occasion of the royal wedding occupied a page of the Chronicle. It reduces the rates on lands rented by Land Banks to farmers. It is a comprehensive document, and breathes benevolence in every line. It grants the greatest am* nesty accorded by Russia for half a century, except the liberation of the serfs.' The Czar and his* bride will retreat to a rural palace for their honeymoon. When the feast of the Nativity ends, January 6th, the new reign will begin active operations.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 8992, 3 January 1895, Page 5
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