, 1876-02-13

servants Of all colors. with boudoirs billiards,
and smoking -roomB, aud wiodo1s with VIEWS OF
tho Dosphorus; the ladies have their books and
music their t2owers,-'1ight and sweetneas,'-
their modes de Pars, their afternoon tea and
cossip: the men their clubs and cards; and all
dinner and dancing parties, with ices and after
midnight Huppers. Nothing more quantity en-
tertaiuing than European society ID a Levant
provincial city-and Pera, be it remembered, in
only suburb, and has at night no interoou. Sc
with metropolitan Stambom-can bo easlly
imagined"
THE DOGS or coNsTANTlNoPLE.
Free from the cravings OF hunger after his
frugal meal with Duke Humphrey, the Constan-
tinop1e dog (says letter to the I'oudon Iinaes)
becomes social being, aud attends to the affairs
Of the Commonwealth. At every stroat-crosslng.
utterly deserted by men after OF 10 o'clock at
night, you find dogs council. Much as Z visit
or to Copstantinop1e may have cause to 1ament
his ignorance Of Turkish, Arabic, and Romalc
Greek, be ought to feel more put out By his i'll
stili to understand these doge' Latin. Had I
tho rudiments Of their language, could acquire
the means OF communing with these demule
aud. apparently, unsympathizing animals. who
knows what interesting particulars might learn
respecting the laws and institutions Of their
canine republic? Perfect gravity and solemnity.
what ono might describe as ominous silence,
p1ovmls sometimes for hours IN their busy as
semblies. Knowing glauces, conventional slgna,
seem to suffice for their exchange Of ideas. The
occasional looking in or pairing of Of honorable
members adds importance or gives new zest TO
the dumb discussion.
Under the leadership OF Soma President, or on
motion from the Right OF Left, the meetin. ls.
now and then, adjourned; in comes. now mes
sage now deputation from soma Upper House.
"a f-os Cnta F}a0 p54f
again, al at once some unexplained commotiou
seems to rouse the violent passions OF the hith-
erto so calm, so deliberate, and orderly Pa1lia-
nent. There ensues general rush. scamper
ringing chorus Of yells. Is it a message OF
peace? a shout of defiance? a CIT OF distress?
No man eau tell; but there is immediate re-
sponss. From street to street, from ward TO
ward. from hill to hill, the alarm spreads with
tho swifsness OF the Highland Cross OF Fire.
The uproar is as Of myr1ads Of unclaimed hell
hounds securing the town, IN the din OF which
dull, lmpassive man Bleeps-as be best Gao. Tho
savage bark, the dismal ho"l. ewes add sub
sides like the ocean tide. It is jarring discord
IN the immediate ueighborbood heavenly music,
as all sound is, when mellowed by distance.
Sometimes. at this very moment, nothing can
be imagined more overawing than the stiffness
of tho midnight air from my open widow;
nothing moro deathlike than 3 vast abode OF men
when wrapped in universal sleep. It is that
'.acdble aleuce." that appalling "voice Of
hushed up life, which IS all unlike the natural
reposs OF forest. sea. DESERT and strikes us as
paralysis of our ovn sense OF aearluE- Sud
denly acroaB the deep, from tho border OF the
Seven Towers ar Stambool, tho far away dogs
concert faint and lndis,inct, is waited to my
ear: faint and vague aud drearn-like at first, yet
1nulttudinous, as il the Spectre Huntsman were
driving Ills demon pack in full cry, gap yapping,
from their kennel 10 the neither regions. That
foir rt oFG md tnave4
the space as it rapidly advances, and i'll a few
seconds the empty haunts OF men become tho
scene Of unappeasablo wrath and strife.
AN EMPRESS QUEEN.
What Gnquires the Philadelphia Press) is the
new tito which Queen Victoria is going to as-
eume? In her speech at the opening of Parlia-
ment, on Tuesday, this announcement Vas made:
"At the time that tho direct government of my
Indian Empire Was transferred to the crown, no
formal addition was made to the style and titles
Of the sovereign. I have deemed tho present
fitting opportunity for supplying this omission,
aud bill upon the subject will bo presented to
you" Ou the lst day OF September, 1883, the
power and property of the East India Company
entirely ceased (by the act 81 and "a Tictoris, c.
LOG, which received the royal assent on the I'd day
of August next preceding), and on Nov
l, 1858, Victoria was proclaimed as Queen OF
Great Britain and tho Colonies, etc., in tho
princi pal places in 1ndia. and, at the same
time, Tiscoupt Canning, who WAS Governor
General under the East India Company, was
Bwo1n in and proclaimed as Viceroy OF India.
Instead Of representing a great commercial or
gauizatou, which had obtained immense terrific
rial possessions. with concomitant political pow
CT. Lord Canning became the deputy OF bis Soy
ereign; hence the new title OF Vice-roy, which,
mr. haa1
ignated Vice-refne. Ever siuce, when lnda is
officially spoken of, It ia as "the Empire of In
dia." If this be correct, it's Sovereign, when a
female, would be an EmpreaB We suspect
that the intention ls that victoria shall be 50 en-
titled hereafter.
Most probably the proposal to be msda by the
Disraeli Government will be based on tho pre-
cedent established in Austria over hundred
years ago. slaEia Theresa (ahe was born in 1717
and died in 1790) WAS Queen OF Hungary and
Bohemia, and succeeded in 1740, on the death of
her father, Charles W., Emperor of Germany,
to the whole OF his Austrian dominions, as we'll
as to the Kingdoms OF Hungary and Bohemia.
Five years later her husband, the Duke Of Lor-
Francis l. On the 1olD, and from that time until
her death she WAS called the EmpressIQueeD.
After the death Of her husband {he WAS succeed
ed a. Emperor by Joseph H., their sony Maria
tratioD Of all her dominions-Austrin, Hungary,
Bohemia Lombardy, Tuscany, and the Neither
lands-and the wisdom and humanity OF her
sway secured their uuwayering loyalty and graf
itude. Victoria, with such brilliant precedent,
NAV be Inclined to fully assume the title Of En-
press- Queen. It is most probable that the pro-
posed change Of title will be ii to this extent, no
more' Her British subjects would like her to
continue "Queen Victoria r to them. The
sound and title are familiar.
LOVES MEMORY.
Ify to hide my hearts distress
Far from the city's noises loud,
Far from the cold and worldly crowd,