... qui vive for new distractions, and the visit of the King of Siam will be scarcely less interesting than was tha’, of the Persian Shah. Is not his Majesty the *“ Lord of the White Elephant” by title? Although he will probably not bring in his suite one of ...

... a sum of nearly five thousand pounds in order to give them a fitting reception. We have seen an Egyptian Khedive and a Persian Shah in our capital beforo, the former being the grandfather and the latter the father of the present ruler; and no pains were ...