New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-05
IN ELDER WORLDS.
TN, nECinENrY AL LICkNOW.

Yuctnow p,iaht we'll he named the City ut fa'-
noes. Long the residence oi the Kings oil ouut' F"
has been lowered with many imposing hn''uines
where formerly royal STATE was kept ana whe'o
now British officials carry their work. or the IN
fro,ucnt football echoes through tenantcss rooms
II would seem that whenever time hung nca'S VII
his hands the King of Dude but new pa'a'c'
They are not excellent in any way, ana "a CRANE" ~
the ont ,idc rs the traveller passes Is N"''''' ~
meet the requirements Of the occasion.
prnminent aiming "A score ot these royal nuli"ihES
ia Tho IIoseinahad Imambara. with which the third
King of Dude endowed the city. Like many 81 Tile
ancient buildings in India, IL 10 mansolenm IN
CLOSING the toubs of the King and his mother III N
roor raudy place with confusion OF glass chah-
dclicrs colorcl glass goh,s. looking-Rlas''s ana
other devices calculated Ia please the minds ot chl-
srcn The prophetic eye VI the King ioresceme
time when in default Of special arrangements his
tomb would he neglected and his globes ana MS
chan lecrs left unpublished he bcqucathed snln oil
,,oncy sufficient 10 keep Mp establishment oi ser
,auta who lounge about tho place and pounce upon
visitors with demands for h,ckshccsh once
wear on tho anniversary Of the amented death oi
this monarch. there Ia greet natcnr o' cann'"'
within tho mensocnm aud = lamps in the court
ward aud siricn THIS IA u highly norulai ioHti''l
and sot,ca to keep green the mcmoiy oi MohoWw'l
Al shah
UtulN fNhln nihh WV 'lnh'''' w I'''T' "''''' WV
Examined too closely, the biz Whitrhonird houacH
look well seen through The vista at green trees
The nntVe town Ia much like that of ANY other Ia
dian eity where over roo 600 natives congroeate'
IheIe ARE narrow streets aud mtormnahie hahafS
nominated chiefly hy sellers Here as elsewhere II II
n marvel how these shops can be kept open Every
body is busy manufacturing articles Tor sale or
calmly smoking awaiting the arrival of customer.
But the customer comes only at rare intervals ana
though he makes terrible noise when he arrives
that will not strike the balance oi the long blank III
the DAYS business In these Indian bazars bus ness
is conducted on literal adaptation of the principle
@much cry and little wool or little cotton goods,
muslin. brass work. inlaid metal, gold embroidery,
or pottery. as the Case nay be-
For Englishmen the real interest of Lucknow
fingers rovnd the looped and windowless ragged
ness of the Rosidcncy. held by handful OF gallant
men during the mutmy. The Residency is APP
preached through the broad Portland pacoke
thcrou ghfarc in the Quarter of Palaces. Eighty
three years ago it resigned by the rcignlng
Naval for the use Of the British Resident ut his
court Tie Baltic Guard Gate, the outpost OF the
Gallant d, lenders Of the Residency. IL now n few
ruined walls eloqucntly pitted with bullet marks.
Where in ls57 the native city stood creeping close
M to the walls of the Residcncy compound, iair
park now smiles. 1t has been the policy OF the
British. alike at Delhi. Cawnpore and Lucknow.
while preserving the memorials of the defence OF the
bcoa yuered loyal troops. to level with the ground
the congeries of houses from which the mutineers
poured their shot and shell. Close by the Ballle
Gnard Gate-so called from Colonel Baltic the
officer who commanded the first Residents escort
il Dr. Fravrer's house IIither Sir Henry Lawrence
was carried on receiving his fatal wound and here
lie died. A roohcss chamber i'll this battered house
bears the inscription: |" Here Sir Henry Lawrence
died July 4. 1857" There is an underground room
where number of ladies and children passed
through the dreadful days of the siege. with shot
and she whstling overhead and the slow progress
of the day marked b, the deadly cannonade. Every
morning at davbrcak il began. continued till the
heat OF noon came on. then fell away. TO begin again
IN the afternoon and continue "a long as light
lasted When relis came. and the garrison with ITS
womenk ind had been quietly withdrawn in tho dead
of the night the mutncers, breaking ill., and mad
with rage to find their prey had escaped. vented
their fury on the dumb sticks and stones OF the
house smashing everything that was brcakable
even 10 the stone staircascs.
The Residcncy must in its time have been pleas
ant hou.c standing on one of the highest spots of
ground i'm the city, with fine view of the country
beyond Entrance Is obtained 10y one of those
broad lofty porticoes that are feature III al In
dian houses of the better class. AZ some distance
Ia 'front.' Just behind the Iaille Guard Gate, rs the
banquoting hail. where gloomy state dinners ah'
gave. balls were given before the trouble came.
NH. building admirably served ns u hospital during
tie siege like All other uutluildings The banquet
inc haul il battered with cannon-shot and per
f,rstl with bullets As for the lesidcncy Itself,
II is simply a heap of ruins. On mound close by
g. a min Maltese cross reared Z" in memory of sir
Henry lawrence and the brave men who Tell IN lie
fence ul he ltcsdrnrv' II Is Il pnur, mean booking
thine 80 stand ~ the official mcmrnto ol 81 glorious
~ deed l,u lnalshmcn have always been more
snr,rs,ful IA ,oinp atcnt deeds than IN cumnemu-
tatinH thum IN marble ~ htns'.
The iriu npinpntu ~ tlp dcrncr of Lucknow, aud
The only onr npcio. Ia the picturesque ruin at tho
Lpshrur, uanf lNetN poiu oI a wall standing,
e,ot, tunHn,a rrom enipied has Ns story, written
IA thn shaip, decisive Handwriting 81 cannon 90
iitla L. tn Ia the room whore hr iionrN Lawrence
Was -ittna At breakfast on tho "a at iuiF, isa7,
Whom a shell came IA through the window and
molltlly wounded him, II Is small room, lacking
on Ia u vorandah wtha tower beyond, II the
gamer who laid the mortar had seen the british
Resident across the intervening space aud through
brick walls he could not have taken surer ann.
The hole ia the outer wall through which the shell
passed still exists precisely it was made, and one
can clearly trace its course across tbs Voiandah
through the window and into the little room where
Sir Henry sat apparently in full security.
Here Is the Tykhana i'll which former Begun
Wa wont TO retire in the heats OF summer. 1t Is
some feet underground, and no place could have
BEEN better designed for the purpose TO which it was
nut during the siege, when 900 women and chill
hren lived here. or rather here died daily. When
the 4, gum dwet here. fresh air aud sunlight came
in through the carefully constructed portfolios near
the roof With constant hail OF shot and she'll
raining on the place it was not felt permissible to
leave these apertures unguardeG. They were
corliug,, blocked up aud in darkness with scanty
supplies of fresh air. sick in body and sore at heart.
women and children dwelt in this chamber for five
mnntls aud five DAYS. One mourning. N spite Of all