, 1875-08-10
FNNNIE.
TIE sEYYlp or AASzttltn N PINS,

SESTtD 1P EASTtHtH IN Ph&klHI
PANS. 1ulY 25,-rhe soyyid at Zanzibar lonren
Paris tomorrow. Tho Capital of Franco ia thua
atou. to loso tho only Sovereign whom ene has
officially possessed this year. Ten days ago thu
people Of Parie. anu, inoeed, Of France, knew
scarcely anything Of Xunzibar and Its Sultan. 4
large a1arkoiles ho,,so, Isabaud, has established
factorsea At Zanzibar. and Tor somo rehrs
coffce has boel exported, which popular
izod the name ZAnzibat In France. This
"as about all that farislans knew
OF that little coruer Of the g1abc. Tie Seyytd's
visit, therefore. has hardly ruItlost the ordinary
cuur4e VI Ia,7Kian life. and the masa OF tha peo-
pie lava hardly perceived Ills pteauncc. Tho
French Government: received Inn and hin suite
i'll n.pucBt apartments III the 11otcl de Louvle :
military nttkco and MI interpreter llnve aecnm-
panied Tim ia bis excursions. and tbs lill which
Fralre will hayo to pay for a visit will scarcely
exceed e, tFl0. Thoso WHO have como in cor.-
tact With him give him high praise. lIe has
Huoun moro acquaintance than 1uoat Orlantal..
especially Oriental Nue,a, with Enrnpe aud
III l.lHtory., Al tho reinasks lie has mada
Oh Win; he has seen havo hc.saycd All obsoryant
and reflective mlnh. tugettcr with foo!,nE OF
curiosity applied only to things really worth ob-
Acrvation. liz hnB rtg1dly niIlorod 10 tho pre-.
cepts of hla raiEion ueror touching drop Of
wine, and protesting philosophical diedain fer
tho material cnjoynlcn,B no dear to Oricntals.
tfo doea not sn,oko nor allow smoking in his
presenco. On VISITING tho Opera lie gavo tho
Europeans by whom he Was surround
Cd a !sttisIng lesson OF dignity Dc.
behind tile RcencH. lie nskcd tho meaning
al t'na proposal Of men representing in bis eyts
Wcsto1u civilization, 1t was exrtslned to him
that In tho green room le could Eet closo
view Of tho AIRY nyn!tlhs whose graceful move
me,ts l,e had Just bscn admirinE; that there he
could form an iden Of lho mode in Which a
Frenchwo1nan prepares to como before tho
pnbc, Of Tin powder and paint which decorate
hor face, eyer: aud mouth. the artificial hair
which Rilows off Lor furchend aud falls uyer her
shoulders, tho mechanical moapn which render
her carriage more graceful and tim contributions
laY,ed eyoss quarter Of ths wurld for hur
outt!t, The bevyld, after rejecting fcw mo-
meuts, aaknl w,etter Europeans who went there
| !ikcl people TO know 1t. No, lie va. told !
though tlloy had h,rong deslro to ro thov did
not Honsral. satk Of luviug heoa tl,crn
/ "Then. rojoinod tho boyy'5 ~ will not have
| It aaid that during my visit 10 Europe did \
thing Which SHOULD be sorry to lave known
| Probably this honorable trait OF ILLS character
| did not reach certain circles. for fifteen or
twonty Iettera I!ayo daily beon addressed to him.
| which, If placed before him with Their accom-
| rsnyng Photographic, cannot haVo given him ;
l.sVh idea OF 1arsian morality. Happily. his II.
| terprater had received instructions aud theue
autographs did not roach thotr dostlnHt,on:
| The 8eyyld. who has Just presented Marshal
MacAlnhon With magnificent smord, thu hit
and scabbard Of which aro in chased gold, ID
much PLEASED With the cordial reception gwen 10
| him BY the President Of the Aspublio, Tho din-
| ncr, however, Of Thuraaay last A. VcrHaltlea
i cnded somewhat Khiuptiy and in = way which
las puzzled tho Partisan qu1dnuncs, The Soy.
yid sco4,oA charmed With the feast, aud l,stoned
with tile greatest attention 10 tbs re,Darka which
| were made 10 him through tho interpreter.
| Hudlonly, whom dinner WAS scarcely over. the
| Seyyid said he wished to return To Paris. Home
| surpriso was naturally eyincod At this brnalne
decision, but The barsea wnre put to, and d,suct-
ly the carriages appeared tho African Sovereign
| aud hiB suite ma1e oil ~ quickly AZ poB~bo.
| On arriving .. tho lIotol lu Louvre Tho sesytl
looking somewhat diBpteased rushed to biz
| apsrtmonta. 1eople Woso asking ono another
whether something had not Hffro,tel tho dignity
Of the Sovereign Of Zanzibar, whon happily the
Truth leaked out. 11la sudden retreat waA due
to want OF attention neither on tho part ct tue
hiarullal nor Of bin household. but simply to an
omission In tho text ot tho Koran, which, while
| forbidd1pB the faithful to drink wtnn uuhapp,|.
did not cxsoud the prohibition to melons, o1
| which tho Se5yid Ia Unfortunately fond.