The Wilmingtonian, And Delaware Advertiser

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

St. Petersburg, March 28.—On Saturday last, the day fixed for the obsequies of the late emperor Alexander; his majesty the Emperor and all the members of the imperial family, with their suite, went at eleven o'clock to the Cassan Cathedral, where all the persons who were to compose the last division of the procession, were assembled. After the prayers were read by the Metropolitan, the coffin was taken from the stage by the aid-de-camp general and the aid-de-camp of the late emperor; and the procession set out in the same order as on the 18th of March, when it entered St. Petersburg. The streets through which it passed were lined with troops. The crowd was immense in the streets-the balconies-the windows, most of which were hung with black-and even the roofs of the houses. Perfect order prevailed throughout.

The hearse was adorned with the greatest magnificence, and was surrounded with all the pomp of religion. His majesty the emperor, followed on foot, accompanied by the grand duke Michael, the prince of Orange, prince William of Prussia, duke Alexander of Wurtemburg, with the princes his sons. Field Marshal the duke of Wellington, count Tolstoï, and lieutenant general Emanuel. Then followed the Chief of his majesty's staff, and the whole military household. The empresses Alexandria and Maria were in a carriage, with the grand duke Alexander (the young heir to the throne) and the princess Mary of Wurtemburg.

On reaching the cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, the coffin was taken out by the same aid-de-camp of the late emperor who had performed this office in the Cassan Cathedral. Among them were, count Lieven, our ambassador in London, who was the longest attached to the person of the late emperor; count Orloff Denisoff, the faithful guardian of the precious charge committed to his care, and so many others who are entitled to the gratitude of their countrymen, for the pious zeal which they shewed in a long and painful journey, in which their grief was continually renewed, by the sight of the general affliction.

The members of the diplomatic body and other foreigners of distinction, were already assembled in the church of St Peter and St Paul, when the procession arrived. The whole interior of the church being hung with black, had a still more melancholy and solemn effect than the Casan Cathedral. The prayers for the dead immediately began. The moment of eternal separation arrived, the aid-de-camp of the late emperor performed the last duty they had to fulfil. The inhabitants then heard, with a sensation that it is impossible to describe, the discharge of the artillery, and the three volleys fired by the troops, announcing that the earth had received into her bosom, the remains of him who, when living, was one of the noblest of her sons.