New-York tribune., 1873-07-22
THE SHAH OF PERSIA,
HIS LAST DAYS IN ENGLAND.

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IPRoM AN OCCASIONAL coRREsPosDsSr OF THE rRinusn
LoYpoy. July 3.-The Shah of Persia is still
a. Buakiue CHAM Palace He was TO nave ieit hnsiaha
to-day. but Ike King Charles ILL hacaulays
story is To be eredted-he Is an unconseionaby long
time In going" Up to yesterday IL was supposed no
would sail this morning from Dover for CALAIS but h'
the last moment His Majesty resolved to put OH MS de-
parture and 20 TO France Saturday by Portsmouth
and Cherbourg / trust for his own sake he may not
defer his departure much longer, as the Shah
sensatIon shows divers symptoms OF being
nearly exhausted, and II Nassered-Din was TO
sojourn among us for few days more, he might
possibly begin doubt how far the marvellous reception
ho has met with due to any popular enthusiasm for
the successor of Darius. As 1t s the Shah Is naturally
in the highest spirs and ia convinced that the British
nation devoted the interests of his kingdom and his
dynasty Meanwhile the Shah has had so much to see
and do that he has probably had but little time
allowed him for reflection. 1t was late on
Monday night when he returned from Sydenham
after the unlucky hre-work show; and yet early on
Tuesday morning he hard a work sight seeing. He
went first to the Tower where he expected to 500 the
Kohinoor. Bn the eight OF the world" not being forth
coming he resoluely refused to visit the armory aud
drove of at once 70 the Bank OF England The process
OF printing bank notes explained to him with great
care Whether he understood IL or not Is doubtful
Just as the dancing dogs delighted him more
than PATHS singing, as the exhibition Of Romah
upon the flying trapeze afforded MN the In
tensost satisfaction at the Crystal Palace, so the
sight at the Bank which, In theatrical largon' really
seemed to ietch" him. tho display Of gold ingos In
tbe buIlion chamber From the Bank he went to St.
Paul's whero a futile attempt was made to explain to
him the Nelson Monument. However, the Metropolitan
Cathedral obviously bored the Shah; and on an offer
being made to him to visit the Crypt and see the tomb
OF the Of Trafalgar he quilted tho building in hot
haste somewhat to the astonshment Of his escort.
on his return from the city, the Shah after his won't
had slesta and then proceeded TO call upon Mr. Glad
stone at Carlton House Terrace, where large and dis
tingushed company had been invited TO meet him.
fancy the conversation between the Premier and the
Shah was limited to monologue OF Mr. Gadstones and
TO series Of Calculations from the Shah, which were
understood TO be complimentary. Mrs. Gladstone VINO
has a very stately and Queenlke presence, had the
honor OF being led by the Shah 10 the dinlngroom
There " o'clock tea was provided for the Persian
monarch The Duke and Duchess OF Argyll, the
Duchess Of Manchester the Duchess Of Wellington the
Ministers OF Germany, Austria, and Turkey were the
only guests admitted to the ROYAL tea table Inc shah
inspeced the Premiers collection of china. OF which
Mr.. Gladstone Is great connolsseur, ana
seemed TO take an interest in the subject
An enormous crowd had collected at the
Atheneum and Senior United Service Clubs as well as
in the open space at the foot Of WaterloopIace In
answer to the cheers tho crowd the Shah came out
upon the balconythe balcony by the way, where
Mrs Gladstone appeared TO acknowledge the shouts OF
the Reform League procession IN the Hyde Park riot
days--and was received with loud applause.
From Mr. Gladstones the Shah went to the House OF
Lords where he took his seat on the oor OF tho House
The Duke Of Richmond Of tho dulest and most un
impressive OF our arstocrac orators, pressing away
about the question whether the regulations OF the War
Office concerning the chest measurement or our re-
cruts had had not been disregarded The Bishops IN
their lawn sleeves had mustered in tul force other
wise the House was as empty as usual Ihe
royal party next proceeded to the Commons,
where the proceedings O little liyeer. The
Shah was seated in the ambassadors box, and had the
advantage Of witnessing very full gathering OF Her
Maiesty's faithful Commons. The House was in Com
mittee OH the Judicature bill, and Mr. Gladstone ana
Mr. Claiborne Hardy, as representing the Government
and the Opposition both made short speeches, not be-
cause they had anything 90 say, but because they
seemed TO think it was their duty TO appear on
their legs. Then progress being reported,
private bill, Turnpike act. was called on and by pre-
vious ARRANGEMENT division was got up 70 order Mr.
Fnwler the member for Penrhyn moved the adjourn
en OF the debate amid loud laughter, the plea that
Lord Henry Thyme, the member for south "lltshre'
who had wished TO move an amendment, was away at
Quarter Sessions. Tho Government offered no opposl-
ton; and so without rhyme or reason. the House
divided on the question Of adjournment; the
ioke-f Joke It can be called-being so well kept up
that 500 members voted in the DIVISION the minority
in favor OF adjournment being 49, Mr.. Gladstone Gu
doayored TO explain to the snah the procedure OF tho
House. II lie succeeded, all say is, that he ac-
complished the most remarkable OF his many
e1nlanatorv suecesses On quitting st.
stephens the Shah proceeded to Westminster
Abbey. where Dean Stanley took him round the
chancel and showed him the tomb OF dward the Con-
fessor is said the Shah seemed greatly Interested at
the sight OF the chair which the sovereigns OF En
gland sit during their coronations and appeared to be
impressed by the antiquity OF our royal line OF kings
whether he was really struck whether his courty
attendants deemed it proper he should be struck II
is hard 10 say.
Yesterday the Shah visited the new 81. ThOmas's Hos
pital which had been laid down in the programme OF
the days pleasure, and stopped indoors TIL he went
down TO Windsor. at This time he down in
special train at the speed OF mile minute, and ex
pressed wish to go faster still. He met by Prince
leopod-who, by the way, appears to be growing
strong at last-and escorted 10 the castle,
where the Queen met him at the entrance.
The royal party walked in procession through
the Drawn groom, the North Gallery, the Tapestry
room the Waterloo Library and st. Georges Hall, to
the White Drawing-room, where luncheon was served.
The Shah then bade farewell TO the Queen, drove to
Frogmore and asked leave to visit the Prince Consorts
mausoeum and to plant tree there In memory Of his
visit Whatever bis other faillngs may be- Nassered-
Din, 1 take It. is by no means devoid OF intelli-
gence and probably he will have done moth
ing which would have ingratlated him more
with the Queen The Shah returned to town late dined
in hurry and drove off to Madame Tussauds wax-work
show There no was In his element, and his delight
when he recognized the different royal and distinguished
personages he has upon his travels almost child
Ike. The Emperor Napoleon, Prince Bismarck, and
Mana sahlb the images which caught his attention
most. He stopped long time, visited the very
carefully, and conhded to Sir Henry Rawinson that,
since he had left Persia, he ,had never been much
amused There a story that after the Waxworks. he
visited the Ahambra and the Haymarket ncognito
the fashion OF the good Haroun Al Raschd. Whether II
ia true or not, cannot say