, 1873-06-24
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that, on tho occasion Of visit Of tho late Prince
Albert to Liverpool, tho Rev. DR.. Hugh MNeio,
a woll-known Clergyman, hernldol tho event by
a sermon from tho tcxt "Tho Prince cometh IN
all his beauty" The noverend Doctor Was rldi-
culed for lliB flunkeyiHm, but 1 fancy there nro
porsons 1eft who would find parallel excuses In
Scripture for like display OF tho worship Of
rank, In tho caso Of tho Sinh, however, tho
Chrrcl, must be still. Tho Persian potcntato Is
not Christian; and, II the motives Of Be1f-in-
tereat wero less powerful than thoy aro In tho
human breast, many Of the zoa1ota would DO
t1enounoing tho Government for showing amy
courtosies to the Malometan at al. AS
II Is, tho country has adopted tue
theory, that Persia may DO vory useful
to England that, Il tho shah can DO
sufficiently impressed with D senso Of tho groat-
ness Of the British Empire, ho may make cause
with tho English against tho Gear, and so ada
another barrior to tho Russian advance toward
India! The clorgy, therefore, will be silent, and
tho Bishops will be as eagor IA any ono Tor IN
PRODUCTIONS.
Tho papers recount tho suma which arc to DO
opent in receiving him. They doacribe how the
fleet is to exhibit its numbers and strength, and
the army its manouyers; how the City OF
London Ia to show its docks md its warehouses,
and evory important branch Of industry, Ito pt'n-
cipal feats. Are thore any
MunMuRs
Yes; critics thero are who insist upon reading
this visitor sermon. For instance, the Times,
aftor reminding us OF the display on tho occa-
sion Of tho visit OF tho Sultan, aud Of tho noble
and generous reception accorded to tho Khediyo
of Egypt, who was the guest OF private noblo-
man, takes tho opportunity Of informing tho
Shah that there is something rotten in this
-Asiatic stato," meaning the Persian Empire. In
como recondito language, alludng to "Aohmme-
,nan or sassanian glorios, tho Shah is told that
"a blight hangs over tho country which ho
rules. "Thore aro no roada; tho cultivation Is
wretchol the land Is In numberless places pass
lug into wildornoss." TIC Times ia still politely
roforring to Persia, md not to Ireland and Scot
lnnl, It docs not alludo to the blight In the po-
tato crop Of tho one, nor to tho fact TINT ono
may travol for Bi1ty milos in the othor
without sceing D human habitation or q
human being tTho people lin PcrBia] arc
poor" 1t may bo as well-retorts another
journal-not to send tho Shah to visit tho cot.
tngos OF somorsotshiro, or oyen nBuckinghamshiro,
peasant1y. Wo presume that he will not accom-
3SEea "A q5G qN qGG5o HGszoun A|Easshia Ia 1t
groundsel and bullr1laheH. With regard to Per-
Sim ignorance, We might, but will not, show
him tic t'marks Of the two Chipping. Norton
1aborere' wives, or furnish him with detail OF
thoir treatment BY ministers 70, Of Tongaon N
nifty Of informing tic Shah that The very exist
ence Of tho [Persiau] Empire is ut stake" It
would seon1 to bo desirable to take somo Of tho
pride md stiffness out Of him by this very plain
aH01i net il "ta tao '1Is asub. @ arc not ntol4n-
ed" says IN opposing journal, "tlat ho
has as yet paid tribute by y Way OF lndem.
tho fattcring Influences OF Arbitration to decide
his boundnries' fato. We fanoy that we know
another Empire whoRo very existence is at stake.
and this not through 'lss geographical position
free choice and conduct Of tho sot OF Dsryishes
md fanatics into whose hnnds, by some strange
magic or witchcraft, the nation has intruBted its
honor. safety, and possessiona." Tho doom Of
Persia is. no learn, ''to bo conquered piece after
piece by Russia, or to sink into position hard
ty superior to that Of the Tartar Khanates," as
tho Unnecessary ond OF such subsfdenco Of
energy and woll-being aa has been witnessed
within tho last half century. Only the inter
which hos possessed itself Of deorgia, Mingrelia,
ind Eriyan from completing tho work Of con-
guest" Exactly 60 II iB the interference Of
sin, il sho DO in this danger, but India.
waole brood Of hatpies has been futtorod by
special warning respecting
DLAcHoIA1L TO cOURTIEns.
It seems that, when the Sultan visited this
country, he incurred serious expense by giving
snufr-bo1eB, covered with diamonds, to tho off,
ria1s about tho Court. Ono noblo Lord, who still
hae situation about tho Palace, bitterly COM
PINNED that no had been loft out Of tho dstri-
and begged to tho Grand Vizier until he got his
BnuT-box. Many suggestions hayo boeu mnlo
respecting the best method Of receiving tho
Shah of Persia, so Al to glve him . boltting
~ %i,n 1(,n fr1.
best suggestion is, that all persons who receive
q Balary from the State DO absolutely for
biddcn to levy blaokmail on himl
When an Oriental potontato makea present to
one OF the East Indian of1cialH, the present is
handcd over to the public treasury, and llo re-
ceives in return q gift exactly equal in value
DiplomatlstH arc allowed to roceiva neithor dec
s 9es S s,ssaR a9s R{ess"ts te tsu1 1 slSnd @ o this
to soryants," which is inBcribod on tho walls OF
some p1acos OF pnblio amusement, ought to bo
prominently inscribed ovor Buckingham Palace
and Windsor Castle.
THE NEGRO TO De "1asrRovEp
away In tho last tlemo raised BY Mr. stanloys
old enemy, Mr. Francis Galion. Nothing
"rlled" tie diHcovoror Of Livingstone so much
as q sneer from Mr. 0alton ut tho British Asno-
bio and oonotitod individual publicly Of
pressed . hopo TINT hlr. Stanley "'woull
give thcm somo facts and avoid sonaa-
Lion" Mr. Gallon now proposes to mako
ut ono or moro Huitablo placer on the east coast
Of Africa n part Of tho English national policy,
In tho belief that the Chinese immigrants would
not only maintain their poaition, bit that they
tho inferior negro race ~ should expect" ho
says s'that large part Of the African soaboard,
now spassely occupied by lazy, palayerlng saya.
gea living under the nominal sovereignty Of
Zanzlbaf' or PoTtagsl, might IN fow ySsrs s be
living either az q se1ut-letaclcl doDoudoncY al