According to the Berlin correspondent of the Times, "the Empe-
ror of Russia has granted charters to three steam navigation compa- nies. One in the Black Sea will ply between all the important ports of the Black, Mediterranean, and Adriatic Seas."
A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, dated the 12th instant, states that "the Nab Chief of the Circassian, sent by Sefer Pasha, had arrived there. Sefer Pasha, who is at the head of 30,000 men, has issued a proclamation calling on all the Circassian to fight the Russians with energy."
Letters from Moscow, to the 12th, contain descriptions of the continued: festivities of the coronation-week. On the 8th, the diplomatic bodies went to Court to congratulate the Emperor. It is recorded that all the Envoys turned their backs on the Emperor in leaving his presence, ex- cept those from England; and that three Americans, in their own peculiar court-dtess suit, with cocked hats and yellow plumes, attracted' the most attention. On the 9th there was a Court ball. The Empress danced a polonaise with all the Envoys, including the Turk ; but this polonaise is simply a promenade to music, it is not dancing. The Em- peror danced with the Countess Granville. There was a great exhibi- tion on the 11th, when the Emperor and Empress went in state to the Grand Opera : the spectators were admitted by tickets granted by the Master of the Ceremonies ; and the effect produced was of course as splendid as light, colour, and costume could make it.
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