, 1876-03-19

from it dl6mountea tno 1IlEca " -. -. roron
tion iu Athens last October and as | nsa 'ncd ned
ramarked his increased obesity SINCE ;t1 H';u
seen him before. 80 no: no" a., 'qn,. pov-
not fail : to remark that ,....s', Tue roy Toy
e. dges,i9p ortsp sGpea5s ts een f oauds would not
more than express tho increase u tao asI sa.ee
months. When Albert Edward comes 70 tu..
throne he will be beyond yaes:lon the welenslJ1s'
sovereign in Europe, whatever Ills os1ei 40AA''"
tics may be. .,,,
I have wandered from the display was
describing, but, indeed, aa far as Was agia ~, "
see, there ia nothing more to re1er 20 eAcspt tuo
arrival OF Lord NoTthnrook, VINO i1n1aeuiasss
followed the rrinco and to Ehom' a. 'tcelu. l;n,,
rho royal salute was also accorded. He haslns
presented himssf, and there appearing TO oe ~ no
object i'll romaining longer, 1otlred- " LIE
other ceremonies Of the day l neoo nalu.{ -
speak. They consisted in the ded'catlon VI
statue of Lord ,,rahsya. Msye "sh so lons aas
that it had been advertised for sale MS old IRON
display Of fireworks. almost as good IS those
that one can see at any time for d shilling at the
Crystal Palace; 8 fancy fair, aod
..noYAL NIGHT" At THE THEATRE.
which WAS not moro than third full-the price
Of seats having been raised to 80 rupeos, and
that Of boxes to q thousand. while the najah OF
Patiola paid 5000 rupees for tue box ADJOINING
that OF the Prince. Il day or two later the lsoyal
party took leave OF Calcutta; aad IT Was anus,
ing to sae how quickly the trlunphal arches and
richly-decorated houses wero deuuded OF their
tjusel glories and how by slow degrees the clty
resumed its ordinary working aspect.
x;s;t think Il right 10 speak OF the
en,a-ons roco,tlon thst was accorded to our
SpnerU Snaer;can ' sf;'Itarr Commission. During tho
gsaster part Of tie Calcutta festivities Ger! Up
ton and his colleagues were the guests OF our
uo. and during that time they wero twice
| ;1,,;,ad to 5ina At Government House, Lord
Nnr.iIroo,, taking particular pains to give them
fnc;it;es for q.ininF the information they arc in
a"saa., .as.s ~ rRav hnra neen ass;sted in many
hv tha of};car, Of tho Bengal army, fur
ma9s s;t ~ ,nans and charts Of tho groatest
,.a1o and IN ornry rasoect have beou helped ~
a. % = vas in r,,ybady's power to help them.
More thnn this land this hare quite directly
fro,o ma GovernoreC enera,'s aide] Just before
tbn i,tanter Of tho Star OF India. OF w.i:h hayo
| cnoson tha Prince. of Lis own MOTION, remark
| ed: - am told there are
| THREE AMERICAN oEF1cEns or DISTINCTION
now in Calcutta; plcase sec that they have
+;.reta for reserved seuts at the lnyestlturo."
| More courteous treatment could not haTo been
| 1,;van tnsn that which these gentlemen havo c1l-
nso,aJ NJ thn hands OF the English authorities in
{{nd;s and the circumstance iB one that ought
mt to be- forgotten. The Commission has now
~ona to Dalhi. where soma $4,000 troops are as
sa,,',ts,, and q sham campaign on large scale
~ =, nrorTass.
In leayiug Calcutta, and India, NO have
| a;ro-ood frnn, thn ordiudrv line Of travel which
1a,1, h.. pointa da Ga}1a and the P j. o. stean-
ieaae sa - ~ e,naanore Wa hnye chosen rather to
raach +he Straits by way OF the Burmah coast, -
-, for xt;cl the beautiful little steamers OF
| IN 3>r;,ia, [n6ia Company afford admirable
foc;litiss. Thero is 4 forsnightly line to
| c,nranora tnuchinu at Rangoon, Moul-
| r,1o;7, Penang. aad Malacca. with
n s,erv;ce IN tho alternate weeks to
| Hanpoou and Moulmoiu only SO thar by taking
the latter lipe from Calcutta toIlangoon, remain
inr tbore week, then proceeding by local
steamer to 31outmeip. spending Tour days sneret
and finally embarking on the regular through
boat, one can reach Singapore on the twenty
| fourth lay from Calcutta. This is longer than
tho route by Gale Crowded cloee connections
| be mado at that most treaeharous polnt) bnt
the trip ia sufficiently interesting 20 repay tHe 70
extra expenditure OF time, whno tho cost Il
about the same in eithor case.
THE VOYAGE FROM CALCUTTA
here WAS OF no peculiar interest, ,-unloss might
| nnnt;on tha fact that il the course Of it wa
crossaG the n,erdan OF o3 dog. east, being as
s,a.rlv 40 noss;ho antipo1al to Chicago. This
| c,rcumstanco insured me- for n moment, but
thu efTect was not permanent and
! ,vo r,rorae}ad without further incident, ascend
inc tic beautiful broad Rangoon River to tho
III. NJ the same uau1o, which lies 25 1allss from
tho aaa md at tho iuucture of thrao large
ns u,s fow,nr from tha heart Of British Bur
mah Rancoon ia certainly the most important
,,nnt IN thr 1;r:tish possessions east Of Calcut-
erd .v,tn tha exception of that city and
Eorhav il probably tho greatest commercial
ort !, fnIj;a II eynorta timber teak and iron
iprnot,S and rico in enormous quantities. Tie
l,ttar a1ric1e however, being coarse aud OF an
;ur.ror nmal,tv. ineomucl1 that tho luxurious
| Turn,ana tmnort from Borgal tue rice that they
| ~aou;ra for table cousnmptlop. The DuEmai
RIA il nerertholess Of immense value, being
arnnto,ai fnr disriine purposes, There it,
,nnraovor
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