The Madisonian

THE PERSIAN AMBASSADOR IN ENGLAND.

The following amusing extracts are from a work recently translated and published in London from the Persian of an agent of that country to the British Court. We copy from the excerpts in the London Sun.

Inn at Exeter.—A wonderful lofty building: consisting of many rooms which are royally furnished. These rooms have places for washing, the hot water was quite ready placed on the wash-hand table, standing before the large looking-glasses. and towels hanging down exceeding clean, with perfumed articles and fine soap. Every traveller is shown to a room to himself attended by a servant. In every room there is a splendid bedstead with everything belonging to it; ink and pen, with fine paper, are placed on the table, for the convenience of travellers. Fine looking women also serve here, and everything is most desirable. The rooms for eating are separate from the bed-rooms; where there are fine large tables, furnished with all sorts of eatables, both cooked and uncooked; every thing that you may desire and imagine is placed on the table. Many people were sitting round the table taking their breakfast. others reclining on the sofas. We were quite astonished at this house, and asked whose it was, and we were informed that it belonged to an individual whose business is to entertain strangers and travellers; and as he knows the time that the mails come in, all things are made ready for travellers to take their breakfast, that no time may be lost. Moreover, we were informed that there are in this country about five thousand such public places; each of them gains about 1,000 tomans per day; indeed the money here is like dust.

Vauxhall Gardens.—In the evening we visited a large garden, beautifully lighted up, and the fireworks that we saw here, made us forget all others we had already seen. A garden, a heaven, large, adorned with roses of different colors in every direction, the water was running on the beautiful green, pictures were drawn on every wall. Here and there were young, moony faces selling refreshments. There were burning in this place about two millions of lights, each giving a different color; the lanterns and lights are so arranged as to make poetry. in such a manner that they have no end. On every side there appeared the moon, and the sun, with the planets, each moving in its orb; and in every walk there were about 10,000 Frank moons, walking and gazing about, where the roses and the tulips were admiring their beautiful cheeks, Each was taken by the hand, such a company in such a place says to the soul, behold thy paradise! Pleasure and joy appear; woes and sorrows are banished; every hand asked for a glass of refreshment to present to the possessors of jessamine hands. Thus we were happy to have in each hand a paradisaean companion; and to point out the beauties of the place, in order to draw forth the sweet music of their replies; we left the rose and met a pink! are we awake or in a dream? We walked in this garden from one place to another, till we came to a place where we saw crowds of people gazing at a boy, elegantly clad, who was playing on a rope; now we were as though we had lost our mind. This rope was made fast high above in the garden, on which this boy was dancing; indeed, he was like a bird with wings in the air. Afterwards a young and beautiful girl, handsomely dressed, increased our surprise; she joined the boy, and they played together in a most wonderful manner, enough to take away the senses to look at them. When the boy and girl had finished their manoeuvres, the people in the garden went to another place where there was a wheel which was set on fire. As soon as it was lighted it began to ascend, throwing out fire of red, green, blue, yellow, and other colors wonderfully, as if all the world had taken fire, and continued to ascend till it reached the sky.

English Library.—Every person that has given ten tomans of the revenue, in case he should see anything wrong in its expense, has a right to rise up in the House of Commons, and seize the Nazir of the Treasury by the collar, saying, "What have you done with my money?"

Windsor Castle.—This superior palace is situated in a garden, or park fifty-two miles in circumference, which is surrounded by a wall of iron bars about three yards and a half high. The park has forty gates, splendidly wrought, and through it runs several fine streams like rose-water, and its trees are most noble, producing a most beautiful shade. The carriage-roads are so finely paved, that a person might take his repose upon them. Roses of every kind, and flowers of every hue, are in this park. Its land is green, like emerald, its prospect is pleasure to the eye. Gazelles, antelopes, and deers, are here in thousands. Pheasants, partridges, woodcocks, and game of every kind, abound, all of which are enjoying this delightful place. Nightingales, goldfinches, and their associates, keep, with their sweet voices, watch in this garden. It is naturally carpeted with a rich green velvet. My pen tells me, do not proceed; I am incapable of describing it-it is Paradise. In one part of this Eden, there is a hill, two miles in circumference, on which the palace is built; it is about 2,000 yards in height, and affords a most beautiful view of the park. The mind cannot but be astonished at this splendid edifice, whose description exceeds the power of human writers. Each of the Kings, for 200 years past, has had a separate palace in this castle, with distinct majestic splendor of sovereignty, as may be now seen, just as they were when these sovereigns occupied them. And whatever unique jewels each sovereign obtained during his reign are placed in his palace, with his statue, either of marble, jasper, or porphyry, seated on a jewelled throne, so beautifully made, that you might say it is alive and can speak. One statue of a former king cost more than 12,000 tomans.- All his ministers and officers of state during his reign have also statues placed by him in the room, each with arms of the age, and appearing as if they were alive. In the royal rooms of the late kings all are seated on their thrones and chairs of gold, embroidered with precious stones, which cost millions of minted gold: each has his crown on his head of a hundred maunds of solid pure gold, and adorned with precious stones, so magnificent as to take the senses away. These crowns are supported by chains of gold, and suspended over the heads of the sovereigns. We also noticed several rooms, three hundred feet long, and a hundred broad, all adorned with beautiful pictures. These are for balls, where the king and queen invite their noble guests; the king himself dances, and the queen also with whom she pleases. When such balls take place, the sounds of the musical instruments in these rooms is heard at a distance of twenty miles.