The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-09-10

The Sh2h's visit has come to an enc
and, amid a clashing Of drums, presenting
Of arms, dropping OF colOrs and cheering
from = very select crowd of high person
ages. he has taken his departure for Paris
was witness of his going The day be
fore yesterday the most inexperienced
Londoner might have told that something
unusual was about to take place in the
neiehborhood Of the Victoria station
From an early hour those sure presagers
Of State p2geants in England, 2 division
Of Metropolitan police, were in great force
drawing a Gordon about the main streets
Of the district, and by and by such gor-
Eeous array Of glittering troopers of the
Life Guards came Gathering up the streets
as certainly never before was seen. These
latter lined either side of the way from
Buckingham Palace to the Victoria rail-
way station For the sake of those who
have never seen Life Guardsmen, should
state that they are grand-looking fellows,
some six feet in height, mounted on coal
black horses richly caparisoned, their uni
form being scarlet with cuirass of steel,
steel helmet, white leather knee-breeches,
and jack boots. When the body guard
Of the sovereign had got into their places,
and the police had been properly posted,
the hands Of the great clock at Westmins-
ter began 10 point suspiciously near to
ten Precisely at that hour, your cores
pendent took up his position at a window
overlooking the platform Of the railway
by which His Majesty the Shah was about
10 depart He was admiring the very
pretty and unique decorations of the sta
ton, which consisted of banners, flags,
scarlet-covered platforms, gay parterres
Of beautiful flowers, costly collections of
palms, impromptu thrones of light blue
and gold, and last, not least, galleries of
bcautifully-dressed beautiful ladies, when
royal carriage pushed into the station
Now royal carriage is very lovely to
look al, but & royal duke, to my mind, is
lovclier, and out of the carriage there
stepped = royal duke, dressed in the gor-
geous uniform Of a general officer, for the
assembled crowd to gaze upon. 1t was
the Duke Of Cambridge, commander-in-
chief Of the army. Very portly is the
duke, very affable in manner, very hand
some in appearance, and every inch sol
der He returned the salute of the guard,
and then conversed with his aides-de-
camp, also very gOrgeously uniformed in
scarlet aud gold.
BY an by an officer in dark blue and
silver drove in, and, alighting, shook
hands with the duke, who, as BELTS sol
der, was first upon the scene, although,
according to the strict rules of etiquette,
be ought to have been received by others.
The officer in dark blue and silver, with
The broad crimson ribbon Of the order of
the Bath across his breast, was the hand
some Duke of Teck, an Austrian prince
married to the Princess Mary of Cam
bridge. The two royal cousins conversed
together for some time, and then passed
each his way, to exchange pleasant greet
ings with the numerous high State Of
ficials in court dress of dark blue and
gold. who stood bareheaded about the
platform Everything was in readiness.
The royal train, drawn by avery splendid
locomotive named "The Persian" and
consisting Of ten carriages, with the royal
carriage in the centre, was waiting to re-
oeive It's glittering and costly freight The
scene was very pretty. First, the Grim
son-cloth covered platform, picked out
with prettily-contrived gardens. and Gov {
cred in by gay festoons of many colored ;
flags, and peopled by a crowd of state Of {
fcials, generals, aides-de-camp and other
dressed personages. Then T
came roadway leading from the station 1
swept and garnished and lined ]
bv field officers guard of the Grenadier S
Guards, with colors and band then |
gallery of three tiers of crimson-cloth COW |
cred seats, running the whole length of |
the station, tenanted by ladies'; guards OF L
honor outside, and crowds of well-dress- '
ed people inside, and triumphal arches of ?
flowers, improvised for the occasion, add il
ed something more TO the gayety of a {
very pretty and impressive scene. OF Q
course, the moments passed quickly away r
ontil the Shah's arrival in criticising the v
appearance of the persons assembled. 1t t
was particularly noted that the Duke of G
Cambridge wore the sword which had 1
been 50 gracefully presented to him by a
the Shah in presence of the Queen, at the d
grand review at Windsor. This sword, a
in purple velvet sheath with gold orna- h
ments, was OF Oriental character, with I
very exquisite handle of ivory inlaid with Q
precious stones. Then the ladies, to kill a
time, grew jealous because certain other c
ladies' in the front row of the gallery were p
shaken hands with by the Duke of Teck I
were very properly passed e