The New York herald., 1873-07-01


huge Saratoga trunks each Or these ak feet long
by three deep, heaVy ieather portmanteaus ana
other fmpedime ls0 81. II. p. schenectady, o.
S." showed in deep letters on the Saratogas,
and M. b. P In full suit OF black and stove-pipe
hat with delicate wife and two very pretty
daughters, was supervising the transmission OF
his baggage. NJ. B. Ps countrymen and women
predominated among the passengers on the plat
form. the balance being mostly made up OF hQme-
returning French people, for the hour was seven A.
M, and your bold Britisher though prepared to sit
up till any hour OF the night. is to early rising
What is the mission which summons me from my
bed and takes Inc on board the Continental mail
train this lovely Summer morning' In the service
OF the HERALD am detached TO look after that po
tentate who has already been designated by the
witlings "Mr Shaw, Of Persiar and who is ex-
pected at Brussels this evening.
| am to give faithful account OF his movements,
chronicle his outgOngs and ingongs. his appear
ance and everything appertaining TO the monarch
| OF the great East that may be interesting to the
people OF the great West, and by all accounts this
ID no easy task for OF all people In the world
the Shah is the most unreliable. 'Sc uoto sic ,tbes
is his motto. No matter what the engagements he
has made he will not keep them il he does not
think lit. He snubbed the Emperor of Russia and
kept the Emperor OF Germany awaiting him for
one hour and half at the Berlin Opera House,
ana so great q swell Is he that neither the Grand
Vizler nor any one fthe suite dare venture to
mind him OF appointments which await him
engagements which he either forgets does not
chose to fulfil. My travelling companion-an Eng
hsh Journalist OF great repute who won his spurs
during the FrancO-German war, when he was the
first man into Metz, and the only civilian who rode
with the advance corps of the German army into
Paris-tells me he expects yet that to do his duty
| IN m ntg wi hp oa har rd n
task as fell TO his lot. But it has to be done
and so we must take chance,
TO BELGIUM BY STEAM
The bell rings and our night has begun away
through the lovely Kentish landscape, with its
| green waving corn and climbing hops, its thickiy
wooded copses and smiling uplands, its general
air of cultivation and prosperity. shrek, mo-
mentary dulness and we have rushed on Shak
speare's Cliff, and here are the sea waves breaking
on Dover beach. There is scarcely = ripple on the
silver streak separating us from France, and,
though there is an 0minOus supply of white basins
here and there about the steamer, no one, not
even the most delicate lady, can make up her mind
to be i'll. Now comes Calais, with It's cheerly
| refreshments buffet, where the bouillon and
the outlets are well cooked and acceptable; /;
and then five hours run, partly through
northern France, which still seems to feel the
effect OF war; partly through highly cultivated
| ow-lyng Belgium, where one catches flying
glimpses OF quaint old towns with high htowered
cathedras, wherein one knows are art treasures
Of Rembrandt and Rubens, and medieval houses
| with overlapping caves, dreamy iootfa-ech0ing
streets, undisturbed by tralic, unacquainted with
commerce, scarcely changed in aught since David
Teniers lotered in their taverns or Philip Van
Artevelde reused the burghers to arms.
BRIGHT, QUIET BRUSSELS.
Brussels is reached at last, and only just in time
for our purpose, as 1t appears, for the Persian
.potentate is expected to drive from Spa within an
hour, and the telegraph announces his train on time
Brussels is as pleasant as ever, clean and bright,
and gay with wholesome gayety which Is very
different from the feversh whirl Of Paris. 1t has
been compared with Paris as seen through the
wrong end OF an opera glass. but, indeed. it has o
character OF Its own. and the inhabtants-tht
Braves Belges-are less demonstrative, but inf
nitely more reliable than the Parisans They ar
certainly not demonstrative, If Dr. Johnson wa
correct in his definiti0n-"That the man who drink
beer thinks" 1t is probably to that enOrmou
consumption Of white, frothy liquid called faro
that the Begans owe their unconquerabe apathy
Even on this occasion there comparatively few
l,of them In the streets, and among thos
few there Is not the smallest excite
ment AS the time passes on new ele
ment crops up among the bystanders, the
; many American and English visitors. The bal
comics Of the Hotel de rEurope and Hotel de
Fandre, Ia the Place Royae, envened by
pretty dresses The various correspondents OF the
London press begin to put in an appearance and
something ike life gimmers among the Belgian
crowd. There Is q stir now, and an approach to an
excitement as an open carriage drives out of the
palace gates and in 1t are recognized the King OF
the Begians and mis- brother, the Comte de Flan-
DIRE.
KING LEOPOLD WATTS FOR THE SHAH.
good looking man Is King LeOpOld-tau and
well shaped, with aristocratic features. long brown
beard but with somewhat of vaciilating, unde-
4 cided expression. He is dressed In full military
uniform. with a cooked hat on his head and two
blazing stars his breast A. small escort O
cavalry, not more than q dozen troops and two
outriders in scarlet uniform precede the carriage
behind which stand two gigantic footmen, quite Of
the English "Jeams,, pattern also in scarlet. 1t is
said that His Majesty is very popular with his sub
ects; there is no evidence of this In the crowd-n(
cheering, no viuas only little hand applause.
On rolls the cortege, and on follow alter Il
in hack cab through streets In which there Is NJ
sign Of welcoming decoration, until we reach the
depot, the Care du Nord, the interior OF which Il
handsomely draped with nags Prominent amont
the display Of bunting the Belgian tricolor, thu
black yellow and red, and the Persian nag white
with broad green stripe in the middle Of white
ground; the emblems Of the lion and the sun; the
lion rampant, with the drawn scvmitar in his paw
the sun looking over his back.
The King descends and takes up his position on
the platform. Scarcely has he done SO when the
Shah train Is signalled.
''HEAD ON TINEn
-'"''on is on tiptoe, and subdued
tHy 'ha royal saloon