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Mark Twain Sets Out to "Impress" the "King of Kings." TERRORS OF THE UNDERTAKING Gloomy Views and Forebodings Leaving London. SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT DOVER. Ostendtatious Remarks on Flanders and the Flounders. A FRESHET OF CHILDREN Distressing Experience in a Flemish Hotel. A PAINSTAKING LANDLORD. 5Phe Man of Mark Ready toJBring Over the O'Shah. THE "LIVELY" AND "VIGILANT.'' Pint Appearance of the Boss Monarch and the Brimless Stovepipes. A CHEER AND A RECOGNITION. Hark Twain Gets O'Shah on Board and Proceeds with Him to Hold Uingland. LONDON. June 18, 1873. "Would you like to go over to Belgium aud belp tiring the Shall to England?" I said I was willing, "Very well, then; here is an order fl-om the Admiralty which will admit you on board ller Majesty's ship Lively, now lylug at Ostend, and you can return in her day after to-morrow." That was all. That was the end of it. Without topping to think, 1 had in a manner taken upon myaell to bring the Shall of Persia to England. I could not otherwise regard the conversation I had ]ust held with the London representative or the Kkw York Herald. The amount of discomfort I endured for the next two or three hours cannot be et down in words. I could not eat, sleep, talk, moke with any satisfaction. The more I thought the thing over the more oppressed I felt. What Was the Shah to me, that I should go to all this worry and trouble on his account f Where was there the least occasion for taking upon myself such a responsibility r If I got him over all right, well. But If I lost him t if he died on my hands V IT he got d*owned T It was depressing, any way I looked at it. In the end I said to myself, "If 1 get this Shah over here safe and sound I never will take charcre of another one." And yet, at the same time, I kept thinking "This country lias treated me well, stranger as I am, and this foreigner 1b the country's guest?that is enough, I will help him ont; I will fetch him over; I will land him in London, and say to the British people, *Here is your Shah; give me a receiDtt' " gk0g1u?hical inquiries. 1 felt easy in my mind now, and was about to go to bed, bat something occurred to me. I took a cab and drove down town and routed out that Bbrald representative. "Where is Belgium?" said I. "Where is Belgium? I never heard such a question I" "That doesn't make any difference to me. If I have got to fetch this Shah I don't wish to go to the wrong place. Where is Belgium ? Is it a shilling fare in a cab V" He explained that it was in foreign part9?the "I?A? I havo hnaril nf Intelv which a bodf could oot go to in a jab lor a shilling. I Bald I could not go alone, because I could not apeak foreign languages well, could not get up in time for the early train without help and could i not find my way. I said it was enough to have the Shah on my hands; I did not wish to have everything piled on me. Mr. Blank was then ordered to go with me. I wu not so ignorant as I appeared, Dot 1 do like to have somebody along to talk to when I go abroad. THE Q RE AT NATIONAL CONtTNPRCM. When I got home 1 sat down and thought the thing all over. I wanted to go into this enterprise understanding^. What wad the main thing ? That was the question. A little reflection Informed me. For two weeks the London papers bad sung just one continual song to Just one continual tune, and ttie Idea of it all was "how to Impress the Shah." These papers had told all about the St. Petersburg splendors, and had suid at the end that plendora would no longer answer; that England Could not outdo Russia in that respect; therefore ome other way of impressing the Shah mast be contrived. And these papers had also.told all about the Shahstic reception in Prussia and Its attendant military pageantry. Kngianu coam uoi linpruve on tust nui^pm iiiiuk ? be conld not Impress the Shah with soldiers; comethlng else must be tried. And so on. Column After column, page after page of agony about how to "Impress the Shah." At last they had hit upon M happr idea?a grand naval exhibition. That was It! A man brought up lu Oriental seclusion and simplicity, a man who had never seen anything but camels and such things, could not help twlng surprised and delighted with the strange novelty of ships. The distress was at an end. I ?ngland heaved a great sigh of relief; she knew at I last bow to Impress the shah. I Mr course was very plain, now, after that bit of r reflection. All I ha/1 to <lo wan to go over to Belgium ' And imprest* the Shall. 1 failed to form any definite i plan aa to the process, hut I made up my mind to jnanajrr It itomebow. 1 said to myself, "I will imI preM this Shah or there shall he a fuucral that will bo worth contemplating." I MAN'S INHUMANITY TO 1(AN, ETC. I I went to bed then, hut did not sleep a great deal, Ikbr the rMnoimiitiiiUaa ??r? <veiKJU0g urcity Jicaviijr I L kew Y It six o'clock in the morning Mr. Blank came and tamed mo oak I vu surprised at this, and not gratined, (or I detest early rising. I never like to say severe tilings, but I was a good deal tried this time. 1 said 1 did not mind getting up moderately early, but I hated to be called day be fore yesterday. However, as I was acting ia a national capacity and for a country that I liked, I stopped grumbling and we set oat. A grand naval review is a good thing to Impress a Shah wltb, but if he would try getting up at hix o'clock In the morning?bat no matter; we started. TIIK 8UMMKK I)BAITY OK KNOLAND. We took the Dover train and went whistling along over the housetops at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and just as smoothly and pleasantly, too, as if we were in a sleigh. Une never can have anything but a very vague Idea of what speed is until he travels over an English railway. Our "lightning" expresses are sleepy and indoleut in comparison. We looked Into the back windows of the endless ranks of houses abreast and below us. and saw many a Homelike little family of early birds silting at their breakfasts. New views and new aspects of London were about me; the miirhty city seemed to spread further and wider in the clear morning air than It had ever done before. There Is something awe-lusplrtng about the mere look of the figures that express the population of London when one oomcs to set them down in a good large hand?4,000,000 I It takes a body's breath away, almost. We presently left the city behind. We had started drowsy, bat we did not stay so. How could we, with the brilliant aunshiue pouring down, the balmy wind blowing through the open windows, and the Garden of Eden spread all abroadr We swept along through rolling expanses of growing grain?not a stone or a siump 10 mar ineir comuunchH, not an uuslghtly fence or an iU-kept hedge; tbrongb broad meadows covered with Iresh green grass as clean swcpl as If a broom had been at work there?little brooks wandering up and down them, noble trees here and there, cows in the shade, groves in the distance and church spires projecting out of them; aud there were the quaintest old-fashioned houses set in the midst ol smooth lawns or partly biding themselves umong flue old forest trees; and there was one steeproofed ancient cottage whose walls all around, and whose roof, and whose chimneys, were clothed in a shining mail of Ivy leaves!?so thoroughly, indeed, that only one little patch of roof was visible to prove that the house was not a mere house of leaves, with glass windows in it. Imagine that dainty little home surrounded by flowering shrubs ana ongnt green grass ana an sons 01, oic trees? and then go on and try to imagine something more bewitching. LANDMARKS OF THE AGES. * By and by we passed Rochester, and, sure enough, right there, on the highest ground In the town and rising imposingly up from among clustering roofs, was the gray old castle?rootless, rained, ragged, the sky beyond showing clear and bine through the glassless windows, the walls partly clad with Ivy?a time-scarred, weatherboatcn old pilo, but ever so picturesque and ever so majestic, too. There It was, a whole book of English history. I had read of Rochester Castle a thousand times, but 1 had never really believed there was any such building before. Presently we reached the sea and came to a Btaud far out. oo and here Dutnrand more history. The chalk cliffs of England towered up from the shore and the French coast was visible. On the tallest hill sat Dover Castle, stately and spacious and superb, looking Just as it has always looked any time these ten or fifteen thousand years?I do not know its exact age, and it does not matter, anyway, A WICKED DISCRIMINATION. We stepped aboard the little packet and steamed away. The sea was perfectly smooth, and painfully brilliant in the sunshine. There were no curiosities in the vessel except the passengers and a placard in French setting forth the transportation fares for various kinds of people. The lithographer probably considered that placard a triumph. It was printed in green, blue, red, black and yellow; no Individual line in one color, but the Individual letters were separately colored. For instance, the first letter of a word would be blue, the next red, the next green, and so on. The placard looked as If It had the smallpox or some thing. I inquired the artist's name and piacc or business, Intending to bunt him up and kill him when I had time; butno one conld tell me. In the Hat of prices first cla?s passengers were set down at fifteen shillings aid four pence, and dead bodied at one pound ten sLIllings and eight pence?just double price! That Is Belgian murals, 1 suppose. I never say a hard) thing unless I am greatly stirred; but in my opinion the man who would take advantage of it dead person would do alnuvit any odious thing. I puttish this acandaJoas discrimination against themost helpless class among u? in order that peope Intending to die abroad may come back by sou* oth'er line. ostendtatocs intormation. We skimmed over to Osteud in four hours and went ashore. The first gentleman we saw happened to 1)0 the V*g Lieutenant of the fleet, nod he told me wnrre :tie Lively lay, and said she would sail about six In the morning. Heavens and earth. He said he would give my letter to the proper authrrlty, aid so we thanked him and bore ! away for the hoU. Bore away is good sailor phraseology, and I have been at sea portions of j two d?ys uow. i easily pick up a lorrigu laugnape . * pstend Is a curtns, comfortable looking, massively built town, wiere the people apeak both the French and the lemlsh with exceeding fluency, and jet. I could Dot understand ttiem In either tongue. Rut I wl. write the rest about Ostend in to-morrow's lette. ab()m the flounders. We idled aboutlhls curious Ostend tho remainder or the afternbn and far into the long-lived twilight, appariltly to Amuse ourselves, but secretly 1 had a leper motive. I wanted to see if there was auytiilg here that might "impress the Shah." In th end I was reassured and content. If Ostendtonld Impress him England could amaze the head clear off his shoulders and have marvels left tlu< uot even the trunk could be tndirferent to. These citizen of Handers?Flounders I think they call them ttioutfi I leel sore 1 have eaten a creature or that name or seen it in an aquarium or a meiagerie, or In a picture or somewhere?t*e a thrifty, industrious race, on.i arm ?a f.ommet isiiv wise and far-siirhted as they were in Bdwardjtbc Third's time, and as enduring and patient tbdcr advenuty a* they were Jq Chains the fiffcta. Ttiey aro proline la the OKK HERALD, TUESDAY, matter of children; in some of the narrow streets every house soemed to have had a freshet of children, which had burst through and overflowed Into the roadway. One conld hardly get along for the paek of juveniles, and they were all soiled and all healthy. They all wore wooden shoes, which clattered noisily on the stone pavements. Idlers about the houses. The men were away at labor, no doubts In nearly every door women aat at needlework or something or that marketable nature?they were knitting principally. Many groups of women ?at in the street, in the shade of walla, making point lace. The lace maker holds a sort of pillow on her knees with a strln of cardboard fastened on it, on which the lace pattern has been punctured. She sucks bunches of pinB In the punctures and about them weaves Iter web of threads. The numberless threads diverge from the bunch or pins like the spokes or a wheel, and the pools from which the threads are being unwound torm the outer circle of the wheel. The woman throws these spools about her with flying lingers, in and out, over and under each other, and so last that you can hardly follow the evolutions with your eyes, in the chaos and confusion or skipping spools you 4 wonder how she can possibly pick up the right one every time, and especially how she can go on gossiping with her friends all the time and yet never seem to miss a stitch. The laces these ingenious Rounders were making were very dainty aud delicate In texture and very beautiful In design. HLOUNDBB MORA 1.8. Host of the shops in Ostend seemed devoted to the sale or sea shells. All sorts of figures or men and women were made ol shells; one sort wus composed of grotesque and ingenious combinations of lobster claws in the human rorm. And they had other figure made or Btuffed frogs?some fencing, some bartering each other, and tome were not to be described at all without indecent language. Itmust require a barbarian nature to be able to find humor iu such nauseating horrors as these latter. These things were exposed In the public windows whero yonng girls and little children could see them, and In the shops sat the usual hairy lipped youpg woman waiting to sell them. Jk BinuuiiAiv wmnit Aiivai There was a contrivance attached to the better clans of houses which 1 had heard of before, but never seen. It was an arrangement of mirrors outside the windows, so contrived that the people within could see who was coming either up or down the street?see all that Might be going on, in ract?without opening the window or twisting themselves into uncomfortable positions in order to look. A capital thing to watch tor unwelcome (or welcome) visitors with, or to observe pageants in cold or rainy weather. People in second and third stories had, also, another mirror whioh showed who was passing underneath. A. FLANDKK'S HOTEL. The dining room at our hotel was very spacious and rather gorgeous. One end of it was composed almost entirely or a single pane of plate glass, some two inches thick?for this is the plate glass manufacturing region, yon remember. It was very clear and fine. II one were to en t?r theplaoe in Such away as not to catch the sheen or the glass, he would suppose that the end of the honse was wide open to the nuii unil t.h? torm". A nirsu^ti UOynood iuMtincf. I came stiongly upon me, and I could not really | enjoy my dinner, I wanted to break that glass so badly. I have no doubt that every man feels so, and I know tuat such a glass must be simply tortare to a boy. This dining room's walls were almost completely covered with large oil paintings in frames. HOW TilBY " KKBr HOTEL" THERB. It was an excellent hotel; the utmost care was taken that everything should go right. I went to bed at ten and was called at eleven to " take the early train." I said I was not the one, so the servant stirred up the next door and he was not the one; then the next door and the next?no success? and so on till the reverberations of the knocking were lost in the distance down the hall, and I fell asleep again. They called me at twelve to take another early train, but I said I wan not the ono a?ain, and asked as a lavor that they would tie ! particular to call the rest next time, but never mind me. However they could not understand my English; they only said something in reply to signify that, and then went on banging up the boarders, none or whom desired to take the early train. When they called me at one, it made my rent seem very broken, and 1 said if they would skii at two I would call myself?not really tntendir do it, but hoping to beguile the porter and dc him. He probably suspected that and was to trust me, because when he mwio hu r' that hour he did not take -.ny enancesor routpii me out a.'jng with the others. 1 b more sle&p itfier that, but when the porter cat. me at three I felt depressed and Jaded and greatly discoaraged. So I gave it up and dressed myseir. The porter got me a enp ol coffee and kept me awake while I drank it. lie was a good, well-meaning sort of flounder, but really a drawback to the hotel, I should think. Poor Mr. Blank came in then, looking worn and old. He had been called for in all the different trains, too, just as I hud. He said it was a good enough hotel, but they took too much pains. While wc sat 'here talking we fell asleep and were called again at four. Then we went out and dozed about town till six, and then drifted aboard the Lively. HER MAJESTT'S SHIP THE LIVELY, She was trim and bright, and clean and smart: she was as handsome as a picture. The sailors were in bran new man-of-war costume, and plenty of officers were about the decks in the state uniform of the service?cocked huts, huge epaulettes claw-hammer coats, lined with white ilk? hats and coats and tronsers all splendid with gold lace. I judged that these were all admirals, and so got afraid and went ashore again, our vessel was to carry the Shah's brother, also the Grand Vizier, several Persian princes, who were uncles to the Shah, and other dignitaries of more or less consequenoe. A vessel alongside wan to carry the luggage, and a vessel Just ahead (the Vigilant) was to carry nobody bat just the Shah and certain Ministers of State and servants, ami the Queen's special ambassador, Sir Henry ltawllnson, who la a Persian scholar and talks to the shah in his own tongue. I was very glad, for several reasons, to And that I was aot to go In the same ship with the Shah. First, with him aot Immediately under my eye I would feel less responsibility for him; and, stcondly, as 1 was anxious to Impress him, I wanted to practice on his brother first. TTfll SHAH'S QTTABTKR8. Vo toe ttper deck tUf vigu*ov-verj bwUenft I ^ , JULY 1, 1^73.?TRIPLE ! ship-a temporary cabin had been constructed for the sole and special use of the Shah; temporary, but charmingly substantial and graceful and inretty. It was about thirty reet long and twelve wide, beautifully gilded, decorated and painted within and without. Among its colors was a shade of light green, which reminds me of an anecdote | about the Persian party, which 1 will speak of In to-morrow's letter. GUTTING IlKADY POK HIS HHAnxilIP. It was getting along toward the time for the Shah to arrive from Brussels, so I ranged up alongside my own ship. 1 do not kuow wheu I ever felt so ill at ease and undecided. It was a sealed letter j which I h.ul brought from the Admiralty, and I could not guess what the purport of it might be. 1 supposed I was intended to command the ship? that la, 1 had supposod it at first, but, after seeing all those splendid officers, I had discarded that Idea. 1 cogitated a good deal, but to uo purpose. Presently a regiment of Belgian troops arrived and formed in line along the pier. Theu a number of people began to spread down carpets for fifty yards along the pier, by the railway track, and j other carpets were laid from these to the ships. ' The gangway leading on board my ship was now : carpet ted and its railings were draped with bright j colored stgual flags. It begau to look as if I was expected; so I walked on board. A sailor immediately ran and stopped i?e, and made another sailor bring a mop for mc to wipe my feet on, lest I might soil the deck, which was wonderfully clean and nice. Evidently I was not the person expected, after ail. I pointed to the group of ottlcers and asked the sailor what the naval law would do to u man If he were to go and speak to some of those admirals?lor there was An awini air of etiquette and punctilio about the premises; but Just then one of those officers came forward and said that If his instinct was correct an Admiralty order had been received giving me a passage in the ship; and he also said that he was the first lieutenant, and that I was very welcome and he would take pains to make mc feel at home, and furthermore there was champagne and soda waiting down below; and furthermore still, j all the London correspondents, to the j number of six or seven, would arrive ' from Brussels with the Shall, and would go In oar ship, and if our passage wore not a lively one, and a Jolly and enjoyable one, It would be a very strange thing indeed. I could huve < jumped for joy tf I bad not been afraid of breaking some rule of naval etiquette and getting hanged for X THE fill ATI ARRIVES!. Now the train was signalled, 'and everybody got ready for the great event. The Belgian regiment straightened itself up, and some two hundred Flounders arrived and took conspicuous position on a little mound. I was a little afraid that this would impress the Shah; but I was soon occupied with other interests. The train of thirteen cars came tearing in, and stopped abreast the ships Music ana guns began an nproar. Odd-looking Persian faces and felt hats (brimless stovepipes) appeared at the car windows. Some gorgeous English officials filed down the carpet from the Vigilant. They stopped a long c*v with the royal arms upon It, uncovered their heads and unlocked the car door. Then the Shah gtooil up tn tt and gave ua a good view. He was a handsome, strong-featured man, with ft rather European fairness of complexion ;.ha<l a mustache, wore spectacles, seemed of ft good height and graccrm build and carriage And looked about forty or a shade less. He was very simply dressed? brlmiess stovepipe and close-buttoned dark green military suit, without ornament. No, not wnolly without ornament, for he had a band two Inches wide worn over his shoulder and down across his breast, scarf fashion, which band was one solid glory of flue diamonds. t A Persian official appeared In the Shah's rear and enveloped him In an ample quilt?or cloak, If you please?which was lined with fnr. The outside of it was or a whitish color and elaborately neerlle-worked in Persian patterns like an India shawl. The Shah stepped out and the otBcial profession formed aboat him and marched htm down the carpet and on board the Vigilant td slpw music. Not a Flounder raised a cheer. All the small fry swarmed out of the train now. TUB CORRESPONDENTS EXCITED. The Shah walked back alongside his fine cnliln, looking at the assemblage or silent, solemn Flounders; the correspondent of the London Telegraph, was hurrying along the pier and took off his hat and bowed to tlie "Ring or "'ngs,'' and the King of Kings gave a polite miii'nte in return. This was the commenceexcitement. The success of the * man made all the otter Lon 1, every man of wh?m '*ssly and cheered << varying the '*?? their u. . ** to "lm,. ventured a in the other shouts, . ship heard and nt? In a manner that was, . acknowledgement of my superior I do not know that I ever felt so ostentatlo absurd before. All the correspondents aboari, and then the Persian baggage came also, and was carried across to the ship alongside of ours. When she could hold no more we took somewhere about a hundred trunks and boxes on boanlour vessel. Two boxes lell Into the water, and ttveral sailors jumped In and saved one, but the otier was lost. However, It. probably contained nothltg but a few handred pounds of diamonds and dings. UNI'EIt WAT TOR ENGLAND. At last we got under way and steamed out throith a long slip, the piers on either side being crowted with Flounders; bnt never a cheer. A battay of three nuns om the starboard plor boomed a rojtl salute, and we swept out to sea, the Vigilant k the lead; we right in her wake, and the baggfge ship In oars. Within fifteen minutes v?rj)(Klj was well acquainted; a general Jollification 1st in, and I was thoroughly glad I had come oveilo fetch the Shuh. MARK TWAIN, Na6r*ed-Din, the Sliali of Persia, in Belgium and England. , Bjhtssilh, June 17.1873. "H>r? of tbem damned Yankee boxes!" exclaimed one of the porters at the Charing Cross Kaliay station yesterday morning, looking ruefullj|u a heavily laden cab which succeeded my hanim; and be was denerrlng df some pity. He to4 like Zamiel in "l)er Frieschutz," in the cen>5 of a circle, only with the difference that Ml fcJc mte*4 of being of fin wm eomwNd of I 5HKKT. huge Saratoga ti - ?< & . " ti!*n? i?x fa' wa9 by three deep), ..-.. ..... portmanteau" ana other irnpediinr h. . *< i n. i>';, D. 8." showed In deep u.,tt * letters on the Saratogas, and M. B. P., in a full mitt of black and a stove-pipe hat, with a delicate wife and two very pretty daughter!*, was supervising the transmission of hla baggage. M. B. P.'a countrymen und women nrt>rinminu.tni1 ummicr t.ho T><uia?nir<>rH on the Hint form, the balance being mostly made up of home- j returning French people, for the hour was seven A. j M., and your bold Kritisher, though prepared to sit , up till any hour of the night, 1m averse to early rising. What is the mission which summoua me lrom my bed ami takes ino on bo.ird the Continental mall tralu this lovely Summer morning? In the service of the Hkkald I am detached to look alter that potentate who has already been designated by the ( witlings "Mr. Shaw, of Persia,'" and who is ex- j pected at Hrussels this evening. 1 am to give a faithful account or tils movements, ' chronicle his outgoings and ingoings, his appear- i ance ami everything appertaining to the monarch : ol the great Kast that may be interesting to the people ol the great West, and by all accounts this j is no easy task, for or all people In the world i the Shah is the most unreliable. "Sic vt>io sic Jubea" is his motto. No matter what the engagements he has made he will not keep them if tie does not think tit. He snubbed the Emperor of Kussla and kept the Emperor or Germany u waiting him lor one hfiir and a hair at the Uerlln Opera House, and so great a swell is be that neither the Grand Vizier nor any one of the suite dare venture to remind him of appointments which await him or engagements which ho either forgets or does not chose to fulfil. My travelling companion?an English journalist of great repute, who won his spurs during the Franco-Uerman war, when he was the first man into Metz, and the only civilian who rode with the advauce corps of the German army into Paris?tells me he expects yet that to do his duty* chronicling the Shah's movements will be as hard a task as ever fell to his lot. But it has to be done, and so we must take our chance, TO HEI.UirU BY STEAM. The bell rings and our night has begun away through the lovely Kentish landscape, with Its green waving corn ana climbing Hops, its thickly wooded copse s and smiling uplands, its general air of cultivation and prosperity. A shriek, a momentary duluess and we have rushed on Shakspeare's cliff, and iiorc are the sea waves breaking on Dover beach. There is scarcely a ripple on the Hilver streak separating us from France, and, though there is an ominous supply of white basins here and there about the steamer, no one, not even the most delicate lady, can mak^ up her mind to be ill. Now comes Palais, with its cheerly refreshments buffet, where the bouillon and the cutlets are so well coo.ked und acceptabts; and then a live hours' rnn, partly through northern France, which still seems to reel the effect oi war; partly through highly cultivated low-lying Belgium, where oue catches flying glimpses of quaint old towns with high-towered cathedrals, wherein one kuows are art treasures of Rembrandt and Kubcns, and modlieval houses with overlapping eaves, dreamy loociall-echoing streets, undisturbed by tralllc, unacquainted with commerce, scarcely changed in anght since David Tenters loitered lu their taverns or Philip Van Artevelde roused the burghers to arms. BRIGHT, QUIET BRUSSELS. Brussels In reached at last, aad only just in timo for our purpose, as it appears, for the Persian potentate is expected to drive from Spa within an hour, and the telegraph announces his train on time. Brussels is as pleasaut as ever, clean and blight, and gay, with a wholesome gayety which la very different ltorn the feverish whirl of rails. It has i been compared with Paris as seen through the I wrong end of an opera glass, but, indeed. It has a ( character ot its own, and the Inhabitants?the Braves HpIqpa?are less demonstrative, but Infinitely more reliable than the Parisians. Thef are certainly not demonstrative. If Dr. Johnson was correct in his detlniiion?"That the man who drinks beer thinks." it is probably to that enormous consumption of white, frothy liquid called "faro" that the Belgians owe their unconquerable apathy. Even on this occasion there are comparatively lew of them in the streets, and among those few there is not the smallest excitement. As the time passes on a new element crops up among the bystanders, the gathering is largely augmented by the accession of many American and English visitors. The balconies of the Hotel de l'Kurope and Hotel de Klandre, in the Place Royaie, are enlivened by pretty dresses. The various correspondents of the London press begin to put in an appearance and something like life glimmers among the Belgian crowd. There is a stir now, and an approach to an excitement as an open carriage drives out of the palace gates and in it are recognized the Kiug of the Belgians and his brother, the Comte de Flaudre. irvvA ? vnoni n xtattq vau tttv qnATT A good looking mau is King Leopold?tall and well shaped, with aristocratic features, long brown beard, but with somewhat of a vacillating, undecided expression. He is dressed in full military uniform, with a cocked liat on his head and two blazing stars on his breast. 4 small escort of cavalry, not more than a dozen troops, und two outridera in scarlet uniform precede the carriage, behind which stand two gigantic footmen, quite of the English "Jeansi^paltern, also in scarlet. It ia said that His Majesty is very popular with his subjects; there is no evidence of this In the crowd?no cheering, no vivas, only a little hand applause. On rolls the cortege, and on I follow alter It in a hack cab through streets in which there is no sign of welcoming decoration, until we reach the depot, the (Jare du Nord, the interior of whlcn Is handsomely draped with flags. Prominent among the display of bunting are the Belgian tricolor, the black, yellow and red, and the Persian flag, wbit?\ with a broad green stripe in the middle of a whits j ground; the emblems of the lion and the sun; tti? j Hon rampant, with tUe drawn scvmitar In his paw. i the sun looking over his back. I The King descends and taken Tip his position on the platform. Scarcely has he ddne no when tua 1 Shah train is signalled. I "HEAD ON TIMB." I ? Hon is on tiptoe, and a subdue<fl - **>- royal saloon* nus .. . Such a description uuo holder of the sceptre of Darius, a man middle nelght. about forty-three years of age, sallow complexion, bright black eyes, shaven cheeks and a long jet-black* mustache, growing right acrorts his upper lip; a man with good features, and who might be called good looking but for his expression. That expression is somewhat Jewish and entirely farouche and coldly cruel. Looking at him, you realize how It is that his attendant* are afraid to remind him of duties or engagement*. lie wonld no more scruple to order a man to be beheaded, if his looks are to be trusted, than jou would to order M. Constance at Delmonico's to frapper yonr rrumcpole of exchange your Blue Points for Saddle Kocks. He is grave as a "mustard pot," as the somewhat incon> grucnt English saying has it, but dignified withal. He has learned to shake hands since he has been in Kurope. He would have rapidly been accustomed to the iriendly practice in America, and submits to the King's* grasp with grace; but his face lighted up with real pleasure when the band stationed outside struck up the Orst bars of the Persian national hymn. His costume was a disappointment. I imagine that many or the spectators were disappointed by tie .shah's dress. They had expected to see him in flowing robes, with, probably, a turban and covered all over with blazing diamonds; whereas he wore a high Oriental cartan on his head, a black trock ( coat and ordinary pantaloons. As compensation for this simplicity or attire, his coat was decorated with rour rows or brilliants; on his breast blazed i the Order or the Lion and the Sun, and slung to his side and carried in his hand was a sword, the hilt and scabbard or which were covered with diamonds. The Ring presented the Comtc de Flandro> and the roval nartv tnpk- ?? _ i va open landau. The Shah wui lo<lf?5d at the Royal V t'it.icn and his .viilf at the Hotel de Flaiulre. At 1 ii v'! t'i went to tiie opera, "where 'L'Airiealne* - I was played as a delicate compliment to his com- ' plexion," and. though more gracious tbnn we had been led to believe, he did not secin amused until the ballet commenced, when ho was all opera kUhr and attention. Jink 18.?Yesterday was a black day. The Shah drove through the city lu the afternoon and ont to the palace of l.aeclcen. There was a state dinner / in mi- cvi-uuiK, iiaviuK w in, ;tn cariy i hour next morning la order to catch the tide at I Ostend. \ AN RARLY START. A June 19.?At Ave o'clock this morning tne Brus- f seis Kallway stutiou wan In full blast. Kxcited uifl. J clalH were running to and fro. M. Vau Auspach, f the burgomaster, a very popular character, watv/" superintending the final arrangements, ana a number of dusky-faced Persians, cla<l in long frock coats and baggy pantaloons, having seen to th? disposal of their muster's luggagp, w. r, now lookl A lng after their own, consisting principally (,r eBorl 1 mous loosely-tied bundles, from w.'ilch ueeped linem ' ot dubious cleanliness, soymitars in rod woollcm cases ami metal vessels In shapi Ilko coffee pots,l of which each man had at least one. 1 KN(rLAND'S ENVOYS. >, 1 On the royal train, drawn up by the carpe?r<ov? 1 erou platform, a space had been reserved lor the^*^ gentlemen sent Ironi Kugland to accompany tho M Shah. Sir Henry Kawlinson, Sir Arnold Kimball and Major Ilurno, all of whom, In cocked hats, fringed with white, and diplomatic uniforms, guttering with gold lace, were in attendance. A regiment of riflemen, in green and orange, with long cocks' leathers in their shakos, wan drawn up, but the men were undersized and wanting In smartness and their appearance anything but striking. Five o'clock peals out iroin about ilfty churches, and the Burgomaster begum to show anxiety. So do also the members of the Hrltisli Mission, kuowing that only Just tliuu has been allowed for the vessel's lying in Oatcnd harbor to get over the bar beiore the tide should drop, and that a very little more delay may render the great reception which has been prepared at Dover absolutely futile. Suddenly a fat mail appeared In tho distance aud waved Ins hand, and the trooper* present arms, and the Shah and his host, the King of the Bulgiuus, euter the station. AN ORIENTAL GAIT. The Shah's walk, like that of most Orientals, la singularly ungraceful. He waddles like a duck,, roiling lrom Hide to sido. He passeu close i>y tii?y soldiers, remarking them with Interest, and oueoi stopping to Have the mechanism or i rule ex. plained to him. The horror ol the ISritisli Mission* at thl* delay wan unspeakable. At length thii potentate suddenly tacks and rolls towards tho splendid saloon car, at whose door his Minister* *+ arc standing. Farewells are exchanged betw.eett the royalists and we ure otr. From his starting lrom Brussels the Shah seemed A DIKPBKKNT MAN. He expressed his delight at being at last en routs for nmgland, which was tho real object ol his tiuro- I pean travel, and his satisfaction at having (rot rldl J or the siitl' aud ceremonious etiquette, the dlspia,^ 1 and reviews of which on the Contiient he nia been the unwilling spectator. He seeund impatloit to be at his jonrney's end, though the train ma|l? quick time, and in two hours we were 'A harbor. ENflLAND'B SKIMMERS OF THE SKA. There throe admiralty steam yachts, the Vigilant* Lively and Vivid, were lying alongside. Tti? Shah's eyes brightened as he saw these trim vessels. with white decks and shining brass work. every rope a>:d spar lnits place, the ofMcersln lull uniform, the Jack Tars in their blue jacket**, witH the huge opea collar Hhowing their bushy heard* and tanned skins. Admiral Sir Leopold McCUntock, one of our Arctic expedition commanders, receives His Majesty and welcomes him on board the Vigilant, where he at once takes position In the deck hout>e, looking through the win-ton wnu uiictitf Interest at the preparati^** ?r departure. Soma! little time is occupied In getting the cumbrous eust- I ern luggage on board; and when It Is op boar^L the big woodeu boxes and bulging, unsightly bun- i dies look singularly out of place on the trim deck | of the yacht, comparatively little went on board the Vigilant. All the heavy packages had bet a Hout forward the nipcht before, and what remained was put oa the Lively and Vivid. BUNULIKU BELCIAN8 AND BANDY IIRITISD TAHB. i One large trunk was dropped into the sea by tba stupid Uel?uii porters and was recovered by ttie > j English sailors, who heartily jumped into tue sea i ami swum to it. Mlowly the Bids wheels began to j revolve, aud the Vigilant, leaviug the three ships, | steams out of the harbor past the long pier, clothed I with people and amid the tbuuders of salutmg | guus. Four miles lrom shore the fleet tails in with ' its escort of TWO I BON-CLAD FBIUATKS, the Audacious and the Vanguard, one of which as we proceed move* into position at either side of the cortege, and soon after we are joined by tha new iron-clad fancy, the turret ship Devastation,, looking like some hideous floating town. TUE PKK8IAN ENJOYS A N0VKI.TV. The Shan Is much Interested in all this. He la out on the paddle boxes, up oi^the bridge, Inspect* 1 the engines, asks questions, arVi, at his request, ! the Devastation tires twice from bd^revolving turret. The sea was smooth as glass. The Shah was i quite well, though two or three of his suite ware seasick. A splendid luncheon was served on board Ia the yacht. m TBI CHANNEL KI.IKT?TWILVI IB0N-CLAD8 JKXlHW* As we approached the English coast., the baza and mist cleared away and we saw the OhanneL squadron in the distance. It was a magnificent ! light. Our escort left us here tbat - the shipa^H i might take np their positions in the fleet. Twelv<f^^J I Iron clads were formed lu two lines. The Blacl^^^| JTtnce, th? finest vessel afloat, was there, with Agin co a At flying the Admiral's flag; the Monarch^^^H sister ship to the unfortunate Captain, and yacht Enchantress, with the Lords of the Admlraltj^^^J on A NAVAL (iiUNrriNO TC THE NATION'S QCK8T. As the Shah passes b? .t,herc ^s an InorpmusHH roar or British cheers. ITie yards areWiiued and ^ there Is a universal salute ;rom the fleet. The sea 1 is perfectly covered with yachts, excursion steamers and small row b its. The Shah was in great with the flr ?t sight of the white cliffs of mt ?h? eonn/1 nf (ho fn#? WaitlUK ? As the Shah steps asho saluting from the ships teries of the cattle on welcoming ceremony tl Warden Hotel and the i pass or all the distance try people thronging uj parts In hopes to eatt Orientals. Charing Crc hour behind time, and the Prince of Wales; ac Ingham Palace, where was driven In an open i ing rain, escorted by .... Quards, and through streets where every "coign of vantage," from the enrbetone to the chimnej tops, was held by such a roaring maaa ol humanity as only London can turn out. A~ GEORGIAN BLASE. ' B Savannah, Oa.. june 90, im. V A disastrous Ore oocurred early this morning at Thomaaviue, ua. It is Impossible to obtain par- V tlculars on accotint or the destruction of the tele- V icrapb oftlce. leu large stores were almost entirely I reduced to ashes. The loss is estimated at abouc 1 une hnndred and arty thousand dollars, (n a rew minutes alter the alarm waa given the whole blocfc was in a blaze, anil '.he Ore could not be checked la consequence or the scarcity or water. The Plr? Department waa, therefore, inadequate to the emergency. The orisrln of the Are is not exactly m known, but Is thought to have been the work at 1 in Incendiary. WAGNER IB JAIL AGAIN. ' Portsmouth, N. h., June 30. uta. j TTmi|i || fW nf TiiulT