Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-08


the mice of a diadem; ard valuable
LAM scare of Claude I.or aine SUSPENDED,
near a board painted with ducks ana
trakas. He sometimes gave dlrner I"
Ten D twelve persons 1T ing a. their Ease
in a Garage drawn BY elephants. III
barsm COZ tanned above 500 OF TIE grfa-
esr bpautie. If Ola, injured IN h'gh
ais, which they were never to leave
except on their bie,s he had an I'm
men.e number If do.ces'ic servants ana
a very la &c army. besides being tuiiE
protected from hostile invasion b, me
Companv's subsidiary force, for wh'ca
he raid 5OO,OOOi per annum. His jewels
amounted to about eight mill"ns s'er',ns.
Amidst this precious treasure, he MI ht
be ,een for severa h-urs e'e'y daN
ha ding them as a child does hi toys.
Asui had no legitimate children, ard IT
was doubted whether he had any natural
ones. lie was in the habit, wheneve' ne
saw a pregnant woman whose appearance
struck his fancy, to invite her to tie pa
| lace to lie in: and several women "i tins
description were delivered there, AID a
mous the number was the mother ct w
zier Ally. Several children so delivered
were brought up and esu, ated in the pa
lace
The sprightIiness of Vizier Ally. while
vet an infan', 50 entirely engrossed T. e
, affections of the old nabob, that he de-
termined 70 adopt him. In conformity
with tbs resolution. the youth received
an education suitable TO prince who
was destined 10 succeed I" TIE musnud
Tie is said, however, to have develoned
at this period a propensity TO delight ~
the sufferings Of the brute creation. The
alfec ion of the old Habob towards his
adopted son still increasing, he lavi he'd
upon him every mark of regard.
At IS his marriage took place. 10
give an idea Of the splerd0r, which at
tachpd to his youth, AID from which he
subsequently feI', the following account
of his nuptials is extracted from Fo:be's
Oriental Memoirs :"
The wedding of Vizie- Ally was ce.
lebrated at Lucknow, in 1895. and WAS
one Of the most magnificent in modern
times. The Nabob had his tents pitched
on the plains. near the city Of Lucknow
among the number we're two remarkably
large. made of large cotton cloth. lined
W IN the finest Erg'sh broadcloth. cut in
stripes 81 different color. with cord. OF
silk and cotton. These two tents cost
I've lacks Of rupees, or above fiitv thou
sand pounds telling: 'hcv were each
100 feet long, 60 b. Dad; ard n" po'es a.
bout 60 feet higt: the walls IT n" tens
were ten teet high; part Of them wee
cut into lattice work tor the women 81
the nabOb's s"ra.ir. AID those ct ~"
princip,i nobility, 70 e. t1r"' gh. Ills
highness was cove ed with j"wcls to tie
amount. at least. n, two nillinns tie ling.
From thence we renewed tothr shumee
"a, which was dominated BY tVo hun
Died elegant girand'las from Europe a.
many sIas, shades with wax candles, and
several hundred fl,rbea X; TIN g'ar' and
rejection was dazz.'ns and of'u'i'e TO
the sight. When seated on the eSten'
sive canopy, above hundred d'ncin5
girls, ichlv dressed, vert Trough Their
elegant, but IA her IasciviDu., dances aud
mOti,ns, and ung some soft airs OF the
county. chef, Persic and Hindoo Fer
sic.
" About seven O'Clock. the bridegroom
Vizier Allv. the voung Nabob, made his
appearance, :" ab;urdly loaded ~ith jew
els, that lie could s',rceIy stagger under
the precious weight The bridegrnom
vas about th,r',en years IT age, The bride
ten they were beth of dark complex
ion, ard not handsome.
Erom the shumeena we proceeded on
elephants to an extensive and beautiful
garden, about a mile staut. The pro-
ps-inn wa grand beyonl deso,i' ton; 1t
consisted af bout twelve hund et eie-
plants. richly capar soned, d'a n up 10
a regular line like regiment Of soldiers.
About hundred elephants IN the centre
had hOudahs, or castles, covered with sIl.
yer; in the midst OF these aFpea ed the
uabob. mounted on al uhc0mmOGly iaIse
elephant, within a hUadah, covered with
gold, richly set with precious stones
The elephant was capariscned with cloth
of gold. On his right hand was Mr.. Geo.
tombstone, the British resilient at the
court of Lucknow on his left the young
bridegroom the English gentlemen aud
ladies, and the native nobility, we're IN.
termixed Oh the right aud left. On both
sides of the road, from the tents TO the
garden, were raised artificial scenery OF
bamboo work, very high, representing bas-
tons, arches, miLa cts, and towers, CO.
vered with ligh,, III gla-s lamps, which
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