The New York herald., 1873-07-09


ana the album Of photographs OF aded coun-
try relatives on the centre tAple. and Was
just about 20 fsil hack the family Btbe wnen the
Queen entered briskly aud begged him 10 sit
down and Apoiogtxed for kecping him waiting.
but she had Just GOT new riri and everything
upside down. and 20 iorth and 20 on but now are
the mlly. and when ana he arrive. aLc how long
houlf he stag and why didn't he bring his wife.
] knew that that was the picture which would
spring - IN the American readers mina when n
was said the shah vent 10 visit the Queen because
that was the pi tare which the announcement
suggested 20 my own mind
SIT N VAS FaR Fkox rHE r.crs.
very far No'hinx could he farher. In truth. these
people made 40 much of q 10 40 ever q mere
fricn nv can ANYBODY else woula over . con-
nssrat,on. There we're SPECIAL railway trans Tor
the occasicni there wss . general muster OF
princes and dukas 20 20 along. each one occup,-
ing rosm 90; there we're regiments Of cavalry 10
clear the way; rsilws, stations we're turned into
flower gardens, ssei'erea with nass and sI man
ner OF gauay spienaor; there ~ere maititudes of
people TO look on over t,e heads Of ntermnaoie
ranks Il policemen standing shoulder 20 shoulder
and iacing front; there hrsying of mnsac and
booming OF cannon- All that fuss. IN sober truth.
over q mere odhana friendly e@n- Imagine
what it wouii have been n he hsd brought another
shirt ana was gong 70 STAY Moutu
AT ruE GrIiDuALL
Truly am like Ia suGocate with asfonishment
at the things that are geiag on around me here.
II In all odd, u n all queer enough. can ten youi
but last nights work trsoscends anything ever
heard OF In the way ol-well how shall I express
Il how can I word ~ | ma u awkward 20
get at II. But 20 say 10 An q word-and a ~ a true
one, too. AZ hundreds and hundreds OF people win
tesnfy-ias, night the Corporation Of the city Of
London with n simplicity ana ignorance which
almost rise 20 sublimity, actually rave q han 90
Shah who does not dance. n would allow my
sell to laugh at a cruel mistake, this would start
me. II is the oddest thing that has happened since
have had charge OF 1.-THE shah There is some ex-
cuse for 10 In the fact that the Aldermen
OF london are simply great and oruent mer-
chants, and cannot be expected O. know much
about the ways OF high life-but then they could
have asked some OF US who have been with the
Shah.
The ball was marvel In its way The historical
Guldhau was a scene Of great magnncence.
There was high das at one end, on which were
three state chairs under a sunptuous canopy;
upon the middle one sat the Shah, who was almost
A CHICAGO CONFEDERATION OF PRECIOUS STONES
and gold bullion lace Among other gems upon
his breast were number Of emeralds Of mar
vellous SIZE, and from a loop hung an historical
the right Of the Shah satthe Princess OF Wales and
his left the vile of the Crown Prince OF Russia
Grouped about the three stood full jury OF minor
princes prnccsses and ambassadors halling from
many countries.
THE TWO CoRRALs.
The immense han was divided IN the middle BY .
red rope. The Shah's division was sacred to blue
blood, and there was breathing room there; but
the other corral was but crush Of struggling and
perspiring humanity. The place was brilliant with
gas and spectacle In the matter Of splen-
did costumes and rich colorng. The lofty stained
glass windows, pictured with celebrated episodes
in the history OF the ancient city. lighted from
the outside. and one may imagine the beauty Of the
enect. The great giants, Cog and Magog Whose
origin and history, curlously enough are unknown
even to trsdttion), looked down from the lofty ga
| iery, but made no observation. Down the long
sides OF the hall, with but brier spaces between,
| were imposing groups Of marble statuary;
| and. contrasted with the masses Of lie and
| color about them, they made Q picturesque
| eject. The groups were statues I'm various attl-
| tudes) OF the Duke Of Wellington. do not say
tins knowingly. but only surprisingly; but never
have seen statue in England yet tnat represented
| anybody but the Duke Of wellington, and Tor
| the streets and terraces and courts and squares
| that named after him after selections from
|
| arithmetic THIS reminds me that, having named
everything after Wellington that there was left to
| name In England (even down to Wellington boots, 4,
| our British brothers. still unsatisfed, still op-
pressed with uncomfortable aduation, blandly
crossed over and named
OUR CALIFORNIAN BIG TREES WELLINGTON,
and put it in Latin at that They did that, calmly
ignoring the fact that we the discoverers and
ers of the trees, had long ago named them after a
larger man. However, If the ghost Of wellington
enjoys such proceeding, possibly the gnost OF
Washington win not greatly trouble itself about
the matter. But what really disturbs me is, that,
while Wellington s Justly still IN the fashion here.
Washington is fading out Of fashion with us. 1t is
not good sign. The idols we have raised in his
stead are not to our honor.
! THE LONDON FRENZY ILLUSTRATED BY e., g. AND D..
| Some little dancing was done in the sacred cor
raj in front OF the Shah by grandees belonging
mainly to "grace eofGod" families, but he himself
never agitated q foot The several thousand
commoner people on the other side of the rope
could not dan, ,e, any more than sardines In o Dox.
Chances to view the Guildhall spectacle were so
hungered for that people offered f5 for the privi-
| lcge of standing three minutes in the musicians
| gallery and were refused cannot convey TO yoI
| an idea of the inordinate desire which
prevails here to see the shah better than
| by remarking that SPECTATORS who held four-seat
| opera boxes at Covent Garden Theatre tonight
were able to get $3.50 for for them. Had all the
seats been sold at auction the opera this evening
would have produced not less than one hundred
| and twenty-five thousand dollars in gold am
| below the figures rather than above them. The
greatest house (or money that America ever saw
was gathered together upon the occasion Of Jenny
Lind's first concert at Castle Garden. The seats
were sold at auction and produced something over
twenty thousand dollars.
1 am by no means trying to describe the Guild.
hall affair OF last night. such q crush OF titled
swells; such bewildering array Of jewelled uni
forms and brilliant feminine costumes such
solemn and awful reception ceremonies in the
library; such grim and stately municipal addresses
and Persian replies; such imposing professional
pageantry later on; such depressing dancing be-