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PETEItSBUlicir ; October Si , 1793 . ON Wednesday last was celebrated the nuptials of his Imperial Highness 1 the great Duke Alexander Paulovich , and her Imperial Highness the great Duchess Elizabeth Alexievna At ten o ' clock the four first classes
. of the nobility and the foreign ministers assembled at the Palace , on the signal of five guns from the fortress , and soon after eleven the . Empress , with the Great Duke Alexander Paulovich , and the Great Duchess Alexievna , proceeded to the chapel , when the marriage ceremony was performed by her Imperial Majesty ' s Confessor . The Great Duke Constantine held the crown over the head of the Great Duke his bfother , and Count Besborokod over that of the Great Duchess .
On account of the length and fatigue of the preceding ceremony , the Empress did not receive the compliments of congratulation of the nobility and foreign ministers , . as was intended . Her Imperial Majesty dined on the throne with the Imperial family . Tables were spread in the same saloon for the four firs ' t classes , and decorated in a very beautiful manner with orange-trees , contrived to pass from underneath the tables . In the evening there was a ball at court , and the festivities of the day were
concluded by very magnificent illuminations . Yesterday morning the nobility and foreign ministers had the honour of complimenting their Imperial Highnesses in their apartments , and in the evening there was a ball at . eourt , and a supper for the four first classes , and the foreign ihinisters .
VIENNA , N OV ; 2 ; THE first afflicting hews of the dreadful murder of the Oueeh of France arrived here from Brussels on the 26 th of October , and the confirmation of it threedays afterwards . ' Imagination cannot paint the hears-felt affliction of the Court , as well as" of this city , most of whose inhabitants remember still the heart-breaking farewell of the Arch-duchess Marie Antoinette ; from the arms of the immortal Mario
Theresa , in theyear 177 . 0 . This infamous deed towards a Queen bf France , which can have no other motive , than to increase the hatred of all Germany , has had the . desired effect , anfl 40 , 000 Hungarian Hussars are ready to fly and revenge this execrable crime , iii a manner unprecedented in the ahnals of nations . ' The" following is an abstract of the Court Gazette of this day respecting the Oueen :
Yesterday , agreeably to a determination of our Ministry , the Court went into mourning for her Majesty , the deceased gueen of France ,, Archduchess of Austria , and Princess Royal ofHungaria and Bohemia : out of 4 6 days , 32 shall be deep mourning ; It still remains quite fresh in our memory j that Marie Antoinette , at her departure from Vienna , was almost drowned in tears . Arrived atLintz inherway to \ Paris , she still insisted to . return to Vienna ; and even at Augsburg , she repeatedly cried out , ' Any where but to France ' . ' The Imperial Resident there had Jnuch to do to persuade the favourite dau ^ htsr ef Maris Ther ^ s » j ts continue h # r , . Journey to that unfprtiuiate capitilj
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Foreign Occurrences.
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES .
PETEItSBUlicir ; October Si , 1793 . ON Wednesday last was celebrated the nuptials of his Imperial Highness 1 the great Duke Alexander Paulovich , and her Imperial Highness the great Duchess Elizabeth Alexievna At ten o ' clock the four first classes
. of the nobility and the foreign ministers assembled at the Palace , on the signal of five guns from the fortress , and soon after eleven the . Empress , with the Great Duke Alexander Paulovich , and the Great Duchess Alexievna , proceeded to the chapel , when the marriage ceremony was performed by her Imperial Majesty ' s Confessor . The Great Duke Constantine held the crown over the head of the Great Duke his bfother , and Count Besborokod over that of the Great Duchess .
On account of the length and fatigue of the preceding ceremony , the Empress did not receive the compliments of congratulation of the nobility and foreign ministers , . as was intended . Her Imperial Majesty dined on the throne with the Imperial family . Tables were spread in the same saloon for the four firs ' t classes , and decorated in a very beautiful manner with orange-trees , contrived to pass from underneath the tables . In the evening there was a ball at court , and the festivities of the day were
concluded by very magnificent illuminations . Yesterday morning the nobility and foreign ministers had the honour of complimenting their Imperial Highnesses in their apartments , and in the evening there was a ball at . eourt , and a supper for the four first classes , and the foreign ihinisters .
VIENNA , N OV ; 2 ; THE first afflicting hews of the dreadful murder of the Oueeh of France arrived here from Brussels on the 26 th of October , and the confirmation of it threedays afterwards . ' Imagination cannot paint the hears-felt affliction of the Court , as well as" of this city , most of whose inhabitants remember still the heart-breaking farewell of the Arch-duchess Marie Antoinette ; from the arms of the immortal Mario
Theresa , in theyear 177 . 0 . This infamous deed towards a Queen bf France , which can have no other motive , than to increase the hatred of all Germany , has had the . desired effect , anfl 40 , 000 Hungarian Hussars are ready to fly and revenge this execrable crime , iii a manner unprecedented in the ahnals of nations . ' The" following is an abstract of the Court Gazette of this day respecting the Oueen :
Yesterday , agreeably to a determination of our Ministry , the Court went into mourning for her Majesty , the deceased gueen of France ,, Archduchess of Austria , and Princess Royal ofHungaria and Bohemia : out of 4 6 days , 32 shall be deep mourning ; It still remains quite fresh in our memory j that Marie Antoinette , at her departure from Vienna , was almost drowned in tears . Arrived atLintz inherway to \ Paris , she still insisted to . return to Vienna ; and even at Augsburg , she repeatedly cried out , ' Any where but to France ' . ' The Imperial Resident there had Jnuch to do to persuade the favourite dau ^ htsr ef Maris Ther ^ s » j ts continue h # r , . Journey to that unfprtiuiate capitilj