, 1873-06-29
THE SHAH OF PERSIA,
A Troublesome Guest--Costly Jewels
New Notions OF gEtiqt1ette--A Rount,

A Troublesome Guese--Costly Jewel
New Notions OF fEti1uette--A Roun
of Fetes.
| BIZ WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL, LID,
Berlin .7se 9 Correspondence of The ye,o York Time
In letter posted here three days ago "a,
some account Of tho arrival OF the Rnler of tt
Modes-if there be any of them lef-.nd Pc,
sians. Tomorrow t. leaves Borlin and. yo
may take my word Tor it, thoy arc not sorry
lose hiH.- At the reception OF the diplomat
body the other day, his Imperial Majesty va
| very grave till ho came to Mr. Bancroft. and the
he smiled for the first time-not at the yenernbl
| diplomat cid historian, but at 8 ro1nark b
made. Having paid eomo compliment to tn
American Minister On the importance and great
ness Of the Republic, the Shah was aske
" whether he had not botter extend his jourue
End pay visit to tho United states." The ide
Eeened to amuso his Majesty, who, although b.
| was the only one OF the PernianB who was no
sick ON the Caspian, has not perfect confidenc,
IN the sea, and who, accordingly, declared it was
too long voyage. There thirty five perron,
| in attendance upon him. They have thirty-thret
servants to Hait on them-eighty-nine Perslans
| in all. That III an invasion. q horde to let loosf
on place, Sono Of the gentlemen arc it'll
better than 1ackeys, but they give themselves
airs, IS it they were peers OF tho realm at least
and call themselves ''Kahn, Us if they were e
the manner born. There are somo Intelligent,
AlShly-cultlvated men among them, but, on the
whole, there is not much to be said for Ills
Ma1esty's encourage, except those Of foreign ex-
traction, Americans, Europeans, etc. He has 4
French physician, and also DR.. Dickson, of the
English Mission, to look after his health.
:, The jewels OF the Shah have quite surpassed
the reports Of their size and value which pre-
coded their owners arrival. The Treasury Of
Persia, We Ill know, was rich, to an incredible
richness, with accumulated wealth Of the sort !:
but no one was prepared to see mortalibus ocu-
koh-i-noor, or '' Mountain OF Light" (now in
the possession OF the Queen Of England, once
Runjeet Sing, the Lion OF Lahore's greatest
glory, stuck IN front of mans sword-belt and
i've diamonds each larger than that Jewel Of
jewels, en- echelon, up his cozt from waist to
shoulder. These stones are scarcely cut and do
not show As they ought, but they are ot surpass-
ing purity. The shah's sword-belt is treasure
house in ITSELF The Bheath is studded With
rubies, emera1ds, and diamonds, which shame
their setting Of purest gold, Tho front Of his
coat is garnished with rows Of br1lliants instead
OF lace The collar and sleeves are cruated With
them, and his orders are Of the most precious
jewels. His spurs flash like sunbeams. All this
on tho persoEof man who has nothing noble
in mien or face, although ha is above the sye1-
But il spite Of his jowels aud external splen-
dor, the shah-in-shah is, according to European
notions, . savage in many 1especta-proud,
wilful. sensual, and arbitrary. II punctuality
be 1.-THE politeness Of princess" as it ID sid
to be, the bn1h would, in consequence OF bis
utter indifference to engagements, be one OF the
most W-mannered men IN the world. He kept
the parade at Potsdan, ordered by the Kaiser.
waiting couple Of hours. He kept the Queen
for half an hour at the railway station waiting
for him. He would not go to breakfast when
it Was announced, at the time Of invitation,
but walked about in the garden, and then,
seeing An arbor which pleased him, desired to
have his breakfast brought there. When hc sat
q dinner yesterday be put his fingers in his
plate and ate With them. and il he came on a
piece OF some dish which he did not ike. he
took it oft OF his mouth and threw it dowm-pot
on the ground, but On the Queens (Emp1ess')
dress. II FREQ from the more horrid vices at
tribpted to Perslans by travellers, he is quite
what is called morality by Christians and good
nussulmen. came homo from Potsdan, in the
,amo carriage with some OF bis suite-yery fne
gentlemen as far as their lace and clothing
Sent-but with all the friyoGty and arrogance
If ignorant and uueducated men. Their talk
sas OF their own prowess and Of clothes how |
hey could ride better than any people in tho !
yorld. becauee they could back horse from |
he desert and ride him, whereas Europeans rode |
'nly horses which were already broken in,-a
) that We direct the course OF our horses, and
hat your hor1es follow their own." They all
poke French, and the Sllah-in- Shah knows it
auch better than he would bs thought to do
rom his mode Of speaking it, As whom he is
uita at his ease he can talk it pretty duently.
'ut he is not much at his ense with European |
and it is 1udicrous to see him stand
1g alone in crowd, with cloar space round
I'M, and no ono to talk to, for Le balances first
n one leg and then on another, "Iko hen on
18th them or his hands. When lie turns bis
ack, and the spectator calmly surveys Lis ex-
.rior, freed from tho distracting influences of
ia diamonds, the Shah does not present an i'm
osing appearance. 1 admit that the backs OF
ost people fail to impress one, but his Majes-
ormal1y ridiculous BY making his frock-coat
ith : multitude Of fine ptaits like those OF =
ighlancera kilt or Of q lady OF Queen Bess'
me- over the hips, and so all round. His face
seldom animated, and there is something in :
nngruous in the position Of his respectable
I'D spoctacles, L. Thiers, on his aquiline nose
1dor = Persian cap, and, over ali these, dia-
They made some appeals to the enormous old
'lonel Of Police, who is famous for the 1igidity !
ards the morals OF the city, to re-
< his code i'll their favor, and we're
t at ell successful. The Shah has, &
never, some reason for thinking that
. high tone OF the Police Director is not F
aintained uniformly, for he haa, as think I
ID you already, added to tho number OF his E
YES here, it report be true, and espoused
! Of Is whom be saw by accident, and I'M
,diately proposed to BY representation
her mother, which that good lady accepted, r
there was provision mad: to7 her daugh-
g future In PerHia. There has been some 4
uble in teachiog the Shah and his followers
It women are to be treated with respect, even
ugh they go about with their faces uncoy-
d, and one Of the most useful lessons they
carry back from Europe is that which will
ch them to consider their wires their eq1ais,
not their slaves-if they learn it. There is
reat "if,'' for they do not at an approve Of d.
they 500 here. N
he wives who were sent back for high REASONS r
State from Russia to Teheran bore their ILL., d
for what WOMAN is not anxious, and what n
.. f>ven though abe be one OF three, likes to
her husband let loose CT the wide, wide bt
the least resignation. They we're W
ply furioualy clhmorous and turbulent, Their ce
4 touched tho Imperial heart, and he had
:isl kilograms sent to and fro st every stage,
,rting how they were till they we're safely
L at Astrakhan. dl'
hen the successor OF Cyrus first came to Ber- op
it Was supposed it would prove easy to pro- M
Armament for him d.ri1rr h.,t | QA