, 1873-07-22

Hin Inst Dhya In Eng1na,d.
Ig1T TO MADAME TussAND's WAx-woREs Exu1D1-

VISIT TO MADAME TussAND's wAx-woREa Exu1n1-
TON.
From tho london NtfcS JMly3.
The first figure pointod oat to INN was TINT Of
Mr.. Charles Dickens, In which lo appeared to |
tako groat interest," and put several questions to
Lord Morley with reference to tho lato author. |
Napoleon III. lying In stnto was tho only otllor
| 1nolol in this ROOM and tho Shah got inside tho
railtngs and attontivoly anrvoyod 1t for .aomo |
,aoments. Entering, tho largest room, Aia atten- |
frou, whom ho passed to ''Ihe Olaimant," aud !
testified his aatoniBhtnent ut tB bulk by yarioua
gestures Indicative Of surpriao. Before Louis
'tLonnis philippo.6 Of tho Austrian group ho ro-
| marlsod: !" G'cst actucl." uo recognized Count
| Won Moltkc, Prince Bismarck, and tho Kaiaer,
| who wore in tho Pfusstan group; and thon pass,
ms Lord Raglan. he immediately pronounced
Coming 10 the group Of tho Royal Family in
Ene1nnd In tho contro Of tho room, tue Shah
PASSED in through tho railing and walked 1oiauro-
aomo timo before tho Quoon and thon canlo out.
1Ie passed. Mr.: e. N. Stanley, tho discovcror Of
Liyingstone, but camo back mud took good
look At littlo Kalulu. From these hc wont on
and gono, wont on to the Hail Of Kings, whore ho
stopped at tho ox-Queon Isabotla OF spain. In
a minute onlgy. Of Con. Tom Thumb, for ho laid
hiB hand upon it aud 6hook 1t gontly to and fro
upon Its pedestal. Ills Majesty pronounced
tho Emperor Frnueis Joseph by namo and
Immediately afterwards, coming to Murat,
le calculated tho namo Of tho great Gem
oral, ndliug I" Roi do Naplcs." IIo asked who
Tauoyrand was, and thon went On to Napoleon
| l., seeming Interested when his Grand Vizior OK
planned tint tho bed on which tho figure was
p1aced was tho voritablo bed used by tho First
ConBul Of Franco.
g1li1lotino, upon which, however, ho bestowed
hut passing glance. Not 30 his quite, for ut
lenat i dozen forsianB scrambled up tho atair-
caao and inspected tho hldeoua thing minutolIy,
aB vol ns tho pictures representing tho royolt-
ing tortures practicod by Or1ontalB upon their
victims. Coming back through THO largo room,
the Shaw recognized A1azzini, tho Earl Of Mayo,
oaorg de1ang em 10 s ama @
Shakespeare MAS ignored utterly. Henry
VIII, surrounded by his unfortunate Quoons,
obtained no notice whatever; bat whom tho Shah
eamo to William Cobbett, he took on ha spec,
taclou, and gazed nttontivcly at the celebrated
son Of tho Burroy farmer. Mr. Cobbott sur
prisod tho Shah considerably by turning his head
and returning tho stare with interest. and so lo
did tho mombors Of tho suite, who camo after.
Mademoisollo st. Amarantho. upon whom Robes
piorro executed lis vengeance, occupied tho
bhah's attention for some t1mo; tile trick by
which the lady's bosom is made to rso aud fall,
rs II broathing, evidently struck him. This
fguro which is generally and orroneouelY known
to visitors to tho exhibition ae tho Sleeping
Bonuty, is ono Of tho most beautiful in tho col
|
tho members Of tho quito.
VISIT TO TIE AQUARIUM IN TIE CRYSTAL
PALACE.
london <Ja'y 81 c'st'fs,!e"ee 2t}fM"s NJ tbs St' 1oT
Yesterday the Shah peid his second visit to the
Crystal ralaco. Tho aquarium WAS to him q
complete novelty. IIo is used to surprises, but
a freaA wondor Btolo oyor his face as llo came
down tho stairs and Baw tho long room strotctl-
! ing before him, lined OH either hido with its
oapacious tanks Of Bca-wn.or, through which tho
ys0N nas s1 w FIRM os d'orn IL made sIona s "ay
i, tho first taul with an exclamation Of
wonder, put hts finger aganst tho glass front of
J it. and said something in Persian to Sir Henry
Of delight. Tho next two or three 1lo pasnod
} rapidly. They contained only the common sort
Of fall. Presently, Ao found out that tho lsh in
each tank as lo paased wcro being invited to pay
their respects to him, were, in fact, tomptod out
! OF their holcs by being fod. Ho took part at
once in this operation, and If fish fingered
sllyy bohina ita follows, hurried iton by rapping
on tho gaas oppouito, end when 81 It. got lta alaro
lls satisfaction with q viyacity which hogan to
givo ua u new iloa OF tho Persian character.
While this wont on. two or tt,rco Of tho shaha
Children. ] m and I espociay WITH iitto girl, aome
years old. They were trying to coa1 tho child
!. to leave hor nanl1ma and 60 with them, but she
was much mora interested in seeing tho crayilsh
than in the Shah and his princos, and Bho had
run to her father, aud begged to bo put on Ills
shoulder 80 Us to look over tho heads Of tho
), porsana. A they still followed hor, tho Shah
turned round to 500 what his peoplo worc about,
and perceived tho child. Ho looked at her
moment aud held out his hand, 80
the littlo thing was put down, aud wont over to
t him, aud as his hand was still stretched out,
/ put hor own into it. Tho picture was charming.
. !rhore stood the Shah, bonding llls dark yisago,
with his pure Oriental fcatures, its olivo Bkiu,
, md piorcing eyes and long black 1noustacllo,
this t sd & 9f "sh aa o foh nq tat oxe
. uoss OF Ang1o-saxon childhood, very light, yol-
low-brown hair, flowing out in ita p1ofuson
from under her white hat, and covering forehead
! nud breaking into dimploa. brown eyes looking
i frankly up, just touch Of Bhynoss tiuging the
= fair checks with roso, but tho whole figure 9
model Of unconscious grace, and health, mud
;, would havo delighted to paint. md trying would
= hayo failod. The Shah. over whose cou1tenancc
y caino an expression OF singular sottnosa, dres,
: her to him, and pulled one Of her c4rls ant
aon who ehe was. Sir Henry, happening to know
tho ohild'a father, told tho Shah, and added thai
It he WAC m American. This seemed to Burprist
70 Ills hIajcsty, who had taken it for granted thai
q the little girl was English as she looks. III
asked tho father how long ho bad boon Ii
j. England, and put sunlry other questions At first
~ Persian through an interpreter, aud afterwart
- ulT0DtIt IN HIUuCut NLllcn ao HEeRHa toloFapls
we'll. Tlon with another caroAs for tho child
!, who had Btood with perfect composuro through
: the scene, tho Shall turned again to tho tanl
IT and bcgan watching tho crayhah. Tho 1ittlo glr
IA ran back to her father, quito UNAWARE TINT any
ID thing unusual had occurred.
ii Hero and with the cuttlo-flah tho ghah spon
Il quarter OF III hour. and no all had al good
% look ut him aa ha had at tho marine wonders
70 IIo chattod aud laughod took liking to on,
ornylsh and . dBliko to q certain lobstor whicl
htarod at him too steadily, clappod his hands q
/ tho changing colors Of the cutto-tlsll as the.
>, dastol after tlo crabs and sunk IN tho sand AMI
10 uttored sort OF war-cry 10 tho caao grew horu
70 and tho unlucky crab disappeared bodily in th
10 grasp Of his onomy. Altogether, he enjoyed tL
70 Y aquarium as boy OF quick, natural intelligonc
J.. would hayo cnjoyod 1t, and put shrowd Quos
IL | ffnnn In ttencrn f1y fnng