Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-25

ed 10 me 10 s,oop, and put stiIns o, Pe'l's
round my neck, and two glil'erlng ou. roa
costly ornaments in the front OF my turoah' LOT
wbic, I again off red FIVE gold mohufs: II
WAS. lastly announced that a horse was "aiu"S
C,r nv accen,anca. at which fresh instance oil
Immortal munificcnc the heralds again ,i'aue
\ proclamation of largssSe, * again paia h'e
gold mohurs. Ii ended by my taking my ed'1
with three times three sa!ams, maklhS up,
think, tho sum OF ABOUT thIeescore and reur-
ed with Mr. Elliott to my dressing room "'e"o@
| ser, so her Majesty the Queen, as she Is ge>
nerally called, though Empress Wouin oe '"e
ancient and more proper title, present Of
FIVE mohurs more, and the Emperor ohoooa,S
came eagerly up TO know when .hey s"o"'"
attend TO receive their buoksh'sh. IL must not,
however, be supposed that this inter' mango Vi
cIvilities wasvery expensive either 10 MS 'h'Je'
" or me. All the presents which ne gave VIC
horse Included, though really the hann'ot'c'
which had been seen at the Court o: Df'hi i''
many years, and though the old gentleman very
evidently intended to be extremely civil, were
not worth much more than 800 S. rupees, So
that he ard his family gained at least 800 S.
rupees bv he mornings work, besides what
he received from my two companions, which
was all clear gain, since he Khelals which they
got in return, were only mt for Mayday, and
made up, fancy, from the cast OH hnery Of
the Begun. On the other hand, since the
COMPANY have wisely ordered that all the pre-,
srnts given by native princes to Europeans
should be disposed Of On the Government ae-
count, they have literally, at the same time,
taken OH themselves the expense Of paying the
usual money nuzzurs made by public men on
these occasions In consequence none oil my
off, were a
profe and private one OF the two books
with which, as they were unexpected, the En-
peror,.as was told, was very much pleased
had, of course, several buckshishes 10 give
afterwards 10 his servants, but these fell consi-
derably short Of my expense at Lucknow. 10
return TO the hail of audience. While IN the
nall apartment, where got rid OF my shining
garments, | was struck with It's beautiful orna>
ments. Ii was entirely lined with white MAR
BILE, inlaid with flowers and leaves OF green SER
pentine lapizIazuli, and blue and rrd porphyry,
the flowers were of the best Italian style OF
workmanship, and evidently the labor Of an
artist Of that country. All, howerer, was dur
", desolate and furorn. Half the iloNers and
leaves had been picked out or Otherwise deiac-
ed, and the doors and windows were In state
Of dilapidation, while quantity OF old 'ur"i'
tures was piled in one corner, and :orn hang
ing Of faded tapestry hung over an archwav
which led &c the interior apartments. "Such,
MIR. Elliott kept up and furnished. III Is no,
ry-vTsrv-uu~vr, <,.tt.,9G hishui these
any hing" For my own part thought Of the
famous Persian line.
"rhe spider hangs her tapestry in the Palace of'he
Cesars,"
and felt melancholy interest in comparing The
present state Of this poor family with what IL
was 200 years ago, when Bernier visirsd Delhi,
or a, we read its palace described i9the tale
of Madame Genlis.
After putting on my usual dress, we waited
little, ill word was br 'ught US tina, the King
Of Kings" "Shah inShaw," had retired 10 his
Zennaua; we then went to the Hall Of Audl-
ence, which had previously seen 5ui imPer-
iectly, from the crowd of people and the neces>
si,y Of attending to the form, when bad To
go through, II is a very beautiful pavilion Ut
white marble, open on one side 10 the court Of
the palace, and on the o her To- a Largo sgardrn.
It's pillars and arches are exquisi,ively carved
aud ornamented with gill ard in aid flowers,
and Inscriptions III the must eIaborste Persian
character. Round the l'irze is the motto, re-
| corded, believe, in Lalah Ro 'kh,
eff there he al ~, ,ium on earth,
''lt is this. IT is this
The marble doors were not covered witt. car
pets, is all inlad in the same beautiful manner
with The little dressing room, which had just
quilted.
The gardens which are not large, bu, in their
way, must have been extremely rich and beau
lifu. they were full Of very old orange and
other fruit trees, with terraces and parIer:es on
which many rose bushes were growing, and
even now, few joinq.is in flower, A chan,
mel OF white marble for water, with little ioun-
tain pipes Of the same aerial, carved ike
roses, is carried here and there among these
parterres and al the end Of the terrace is a
beautiful oc,agonal pavilion, also Of marble,
lined with the same Mosaic flowers as in ,lc
room in which first saw, with marble foun-
tam in The centre, and beautiful bath in re,
Cess on one Of It's sides. The windows oil this
pavilion, which is raised 10 The height of the
ciy wall, commands good view Of Delhi and
It's ntighborhood. But ell this, when we saw
it, dirty, lonely aud wretched, the bath and foun
tain dry, the inlaid pavements hid with lumber
AID gardeners sweepings, and the walls stained
with the dung of birds and bats.
IL