FOREIGN rNTELLzGENCE.
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81. PefersbnTg, N1urCH 2o.-On saturday
last, the day fixed for the obsequies Of the
late emperor Alexander his majesty the
Emperor and all the members OF the impe-
4ial family, with their suite, went at eleven
o'clock to the Cassan Cathedral, where all
the persons who were to compose the last di.
vision of the procession, were assembled.
After the prayers were read by the Metro
poltan, the coffin was taken from the stage
by the aid-de-camp general and the aid-de-
camp of the late emperor; and the process
sion 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 back--and
even the roofs of the houses Perfect order
prevailed throughout.


The hearse was adorned with the greatest
magni6cencc, 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 Toylstov, 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 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 Cathe-
dral. Among them were, count Lieven, our
ambassador in London, who was the longest
attached to the person of the late emperor !;
count Orlof Denisof, 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 showed in a long and painful
Journey, in which their grief was continually
renewed, by the sight of the general afHic-
tion.


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 still more melancholy and SOL
emn effect than the Casan Cathedral. The
prayers for the dead Immediately began.


The moment of eternal separation arriv-
ed, the aid-de-camp of the late emperor per-
formed 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 fred by
the troops, announcing that the earth had re-
ceived into her bosom, the remains of hin,
who, when living, was one of the noblest Of
her sons.