¡ST. jPETBiisinmo, January

23.-Tho "marriage ceremony ' of ithei

Duke of Edinburgh ' ord, tho Princess

Aliii-ia com-menced at noon to-day, in

the pret-enco of a vast asseinblpgc of

gucets,, in tho Winter Palace and the

various galleries. Tho' ladies v.ore

sumptuously attired, the prevailing

costumes, particularly of Russian

ladies, were velvet and d'auionda. The

men were in uniform, with the exception

of the American Diplomatist«. Alter