National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-16
TIE suAIps REVIEW or HER MAJRs-
TYyH TROOPa.
Seven Thousand OF EnEiand's Picked
Troops-Thc shah the Most In-iapiHcast
Man on the Ground.


Man on the Ground.
london correspondence Of the Tribunel
AZ spectacle the review could not have |
been finer. Seven thousand troops are not
imposing, but seven thousand picked troops, |
marching, trotting, galloping before you, re-
turning again and again, like the supemuI
merarles OF q dramatic pageant, who disap-
pear on one side Of the stage only to appear
at the other, make q brilliant panorama.
Nothing OF the kind can DO better than the
Horse Guards, mounted half on black and
half on white horses, saddles covered with
black aud white sheepskins, silver breast
plates and helmets glistcning In the sun, their
noble beasts keeping time to the music Of the
band, and 20 well kept In hand that the lines
remain uubrokcn even in galloping. - AS
troops tho Horse Guards are useless. They
cost more than the workers, but they arc COM
paratively few, and are certainly nicer
to look ut than the Cataract of the
Gauges with real livery horses. Then
the Life Guards marched magniacently, and
military men INDUCED In enthusiastic APP
plause as they passed in double column. The
In their kits, bare knees and towering bear
skins so also was not the Prince of Wales
riding at the head Of his regiment What II
Is to belong to q ruling family The Prince
Of Wales Is colonel Of four regiments, draws
his pay for oil, has the fun Of wearing -four
military work. We haven't quite attained to
this, but there is no knowing what the next
four years may do for US. His Royal High
ness The Duke of Cambridge, COMMANDMENT
chief Of the British army, likewise draws pay
for several colonelcies. He Is very fat, very
red In the face, Qike the Prince OF Wales,)
looks good-natured, which both ought to be,
considering what the nation pays them for
doing 1t, and, they say, swears like a dozen
troopers. 1.-THE British army Is so fine that
/ am glad there Ia very little of it." once said
foreign critic. It Is fine, then, In spite Of
Its ommander-in-chief and Its ornamental
colonies. In the centre Of the pavilions
were copyrighted the royal spectators, VIC.
toria's open carriage, drawn by four white
horses, being most conspicuous, while In adj
vance was the Shah, mounted on dirty white
Arab steed, not much bigger than mule,
| looking, In spite Of his pink tail, silver stir
rups, aud wonderful holsters, like discour-
aged hack. But this is way Arab horses
have. Appearances are deceitful. What
they don't know about getting over the ground
In the shortest space Of time Is not worth
knowing. still, the Shah was the most lnsig-
nifcant man on the ground. He Is thin, not
tall, sharp-yisaged and antipathctic. There
was nothing striking about him. He wore q
black coat plated around the waist, and any
kuluk uOEt tilhu u plulttu coal u uOt
| onceivable-except ono that Is gathered. On
tho breast Of this unyraceful garment were
fastened acknowledged eineralds sur
rounded with pearls, looking at q distance
like disconnected checker-board. On the
imperial head was such cap as the French
soldiers wear In undress uniform, saving that
the color was black instead Of red. On the i'm
perial nose rested pair Of gold spectacles
| that would slip down, and, In consequence,
seemed to absorb most Of the imperial attention.
| Whether the Shah enjoyed the review or not,
1 cannot say. An IKnow IL that he looked at
the payillons quite as much as he looked Of
the troops, and turned his horses back on
the review whenever favorable opportunity
occurred. Once or twice the Prince of Wales
rode to his side and talked for few mo.
mcnts; several times the Duke Of Cambridge
| entered Into conversation with him, and was
rewarded with Persian sabre presented Ia
him by order Of the Shah before the begin.
ming Of the sham fight. His Hghncss
seemed to DO immensely tickled and handed
II over to the Queen, who examined 1t closely,
while Nasr-ed-decn stared on immovable, as
II he regulated creation, and the creatures
about him were children, to be endured, and
occasionally encouraged. The supreme mo-
ment arrived when John Brown and the
Queens footman got of the royal box and
produced small luncheon basket. John
Brown Is q sturdy, gray-haired Scotchmap,
respectable family. The footman was re-
splendcnt In red, but otherwise resembled the
rest of his noble breed. Who was the basket
for7 II was small. II certainly would not ''gc
round" What was In it3 Plfst oamo bottle
Of stout. This was poured out into one glass
and handed to Her Majesty; Then came some
and handed to Her Majesty. How could
seer By the finest feld-glass that my two
eyes ever looked through. "Whatevcr are
they doingi" asked one of my neighbors,
MADAME" l answered, Her Majesty Il
drinking stout and eating sandwiches" 'You
don't say so. Well, she does eat immensely
! I'd been English I'd have been ashamed Of
my Queen. To sit In Q carriage and eat and
, drink by herself, with Shahs, royalty, lords
/ commons and people around with lunch moi
long gone before and dinner not far distant
struck me as decidedly vrlgar. II the Shah
had then and there invoked his Imperial
coffee-pot and hookah, tho picture would
gazed impassiyely, and II he thought queer
things he kept them to himself SO, too, did
the Czarowitz, tall, fair Russian, who kept
his horse in the background and seemed a
model Of unobtrusiveness- AMUSED me
immensely, considering the relative positions
Of Russia and Persia, and how the Shah Is
nothing mora nor less than Baron Reuters
paid man. Never mind Russia doesn't
care. And apropos, do you know why
the Duke Alexis was sent to America
: and Is still kept travelling all over the world;
Because he was absurd enough to fall In love
with charming young woman below him In
station, because he was yet more absurd tC
, marry her, because his father became very
|, much enraged nj this outrage, and because
the parental order went forth to separate thu
pair, In the hope of killing love by separa
lion. Nice, Is It noti The more | think Of 1
, the more see reasons for sympathy between
despotism and q republic like our own
But to return to Windsor. Side by side 50
the Princess Of Wales and her sister, til,
: Czarevna, both dressed alike, both womanl,
, and pretty. The Czarevna Is fresler, ant
, they do say that she was sent to England be
cause the Shah admired her, and thus I,
counteract any effect produced upon him b,
the Princess OF Wales. don't believe II, bu
, what difference does that maker The aver
| age Englishman thinks Russia Is the root O
all evil II cholera, or a financial panic, o.
bama treaty dislurbs public peace Russia /
! to blame.
, Wen, the sham fight was very pretty toy
performance, and, as the smoke cleared, tn
: sun, that had all day been under cloud
, showed Its round face and gided the tops o
the trees with aglorious light that reflected
} upon the vanishing troops and people
" Helter-skeiter, push, elbow, rush for the sta
ton was now en- rege. Would cabby tax,
us2 Yos, for Is shilllngs It was swindle
but Shahs only come on0e In . thousan,
, years, so why rebel1 We didn't. We jumped
In, and cabby, having lunched on the Queen
favorite beverage, not only whipped up hi
own horse, but whipped other peoples, dehct
: policemen, INDUCED In loud and hilarioul
conversation, and altogether deported him
self In manner calculated to gladden. IN,
democratic soul. Reaching the station alive
we made two of one vast human hive, ant
when the train came mp we fought for place,
sayagely and successfully. To be sure we go
third-clnss accommodations for frst-clas,
tickets; but what Of that Did we moi
reach home fnallyl Yes, after being two
hours on the road. We were shunted
(Which Is English for switched off," and
q much better word,) that the Shah
might pass without hindrance, and before
I attained the luxury Of bed that night ]
wished the Shah In Persia. Bother the
Shah exclaimed one indignant passenger
"He's nuisance. My dinners been waiting
for me two hours. The idea of IN English.
mans being shunted for that ugly, head.
chopping savage say so too, and The
only comfort take in the whole matter /,
that the Atlantic ocean will prevent the bar,
harlan from bestowing upon America the
light Of his diamonds, The Shah excluded
the Windsor review was a complete success
and more than ever do realize the stupidity
OF America In trying, on national occasions
like the Presidential Inauguration to Initiate