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but at noon the next day be rode into the
little hamlet containing the Cars quarters,
and the first person he met was General
1gnatief, who asked hisnews, and declared

lgnauet, who asked his news, and declared
he had beaten all their posts md every
thing else. He also said you must repor
Immediately TO the Car. "Now,n sale
Forbes, ~ was aware that a man ought t
20 TO see the Car In bis Sunday clothes
and hadn't seen any Sunday clothes fo
three months. I had on suit that hat
originally been white, but as had worn /
constantly Tor six weeks, sleeping In 1t tn,
greater part Of the time, It looked the wors,
for wear. ! hadn't been shaved for week
nor washed Tor three days" But Ignatiei
said the Car wouldn't stand on ceremony
So in he went. The place was n wre,chet
mud hole, and after passing through tn,
Cossack guard he met the Car In sort o
antcroom With nobody present but Genera
lgnatietr. Etc told the Car, who locke,
very anxious and worn, pale and stopped
shouldercd, and very different from hi
appearance few months later, when en-
tcring 81. Petersburg In triumph, that h,
could make him understand better II h,
had paper to sketch plan on. So the,
were left alone together. lie said that fol
an instant haunted look came into tn,
Cars eyes, us though he were thinking
what chance for this man 10 kill me
Again he saw him often at Plevna, ant
finally at St. Petersburg. ~
In the winter OF 1850 he took rur
across the Bay OF Bengal to sec the youn,
King OF Bur nah, then recently succeeded
to the throne. At this time the "lort
OF the White Elephant" "King Of thu
Golden Umbrella SC, &c, Ind OF begun
the slaughter OF his sisters, his cousins and
his aunts," and was only afflicted by what
might be termed donbe-barreled mother
in.law, the unfortunate young man having
married both Of the lady's daughters. He
was introduced by herald lying flat on
his stomach, bya formula OF ut least five
minutes length, and at the close OF the in.
tcrview was presented with an immense
ruby ring. lIo considered his fortune
made, but his servant taking the prccaution
to send It 10 q jewelers., he found it was
worth Just fifteen dollars. He set down the
King OF Burlnah as fraud. ls,- NJ
y few years ago n French Spectator took
a contract Tor civilizing Persia, that Is
building railroads, telegraphs, &C., and con.
ceived the brilliant idea of sending the
Shah to Europe to display the resources Of
the Persian Empire in order to float a loan
on the exchanges. Forbes first met him at
BRUSSELS, where he had come alter leaving
Berlin in high disiavor, having expector.
ated very freely on the dress Of the En-.
press. lilo considers him the grandest
fraud and sloddicst rascal that ever was
imposed on the English people. He de-
scribed his entrance into England amid
salutes from ships and batteries, songs and
addresses OF welcome and speeches by
great men; how he received it all in utter
Indifference and kept the Princess OF Wales
and the present Czarina OF Russia wait
ing in an ante-room until he should
condcscend to give them an arm 10 escort
them TO the theatre. The Shah had dia-
mond coat, an emerald coat, ruby coat,
q pearl coat, &c., all OF which weres called
from clusters OF those gems on the fronts
1t Is needless to say that all these gems
were made to order in Paris. Diamonds
were even advertised for which were said
to have dropped of the tail of his horse.
On one occasion, while going through one
OF the great cotton mills near Manchester
about five hundred girls and young women
had collected in hall to sing him an ode
OF welcome. The Shah listened in silence,
and when 1t was finished turned to the
proprietor and CURLY informed him that
he wished 10 purchase all the female live
stock on the premises. A great many deal
ers OF Europe have cause to bitterly rcmeln-
Der the Shah's visit yet.
The great correspondent next told us
how he had seen the Emperor OF Austria
opening the great Vienna Exposition in
1873, and his royal consort leading the field
IN ioN chase over the worst ground in
Ireland. Then he told us OF Zululand. He
dld not have. u personal interview with
King Cetewayo during his campaign in
Zululand. lie saw his brother, and that
was enough for him. lie gave an interest.
ing account Of the late Prince Imperial OF
France. He knew the late Prince Imperial
very well, and had many interesting con.
versations with him on the way out to
Zululand. He was OF the party that, going
out to seek the Prince, found his dead
body, and he related the sad circumstances
to his mother, the ex-Empress Eugene.
lie told us how he stood outside the door
IN the snow during the night in which the
Prince OF Wales was expected to die Mt Sand.
bingham, ending his lecture BY describing
in glowing terms the Queen going in grand
state, surrounded by her family and all the
mobiles and disnitaries OF the State, to St
Paurs Cathedral to give thanks for the
Princes recovery.
Altogether, it was such lecture as one
seldom hears in Hanover. C.