Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-08
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HER MAJEsrY'S PLATE.
FTo'" tie LosioB T~ss.

In III" i.t Of Her Majesty Household aud servants. oc
eupNhgh least dozcu pages ia the Rcd Book and sub
Wied with Refinement worthy Of the Statistical Scie
" there IL branch Of the Lord esird. D.partment
'e'' the SILVER fahtry IL contains OF course, three
grn''on--three recognized aud likely enough several
more There ARE three Yco;nen of the Silver Pantry on.
"""m "i iie silver Pantry and six Assistants There
are Al'o M hr ROYAL Household poStrrs innumerae of all
kinds aud there ho- and groon,- aud a,uryen and
carts aud vrhicle- or ever, sgnabls occa.on What
they all o-~hrher thry like t.- bit. OF decuration
Put OF leadstra- hide the -cr.s. or the old fashion
oerope' which particularly desired not to pull
because fyOu did the, would certainly com. down /, .
not IN onr power to say. We sr- Lp-evcr able tn se,
hoS and then, what they do not, aud the work they
pretend To do is REALLY done. What catricAture Of a
grand e-tabi-hmcnt was that little nrdeut at Padding
ton the other day: 1t appear. that Whenever the ROYAL
a' Performs oneoi it, numerous nigra,ions carries
s plate with it, aud pretty considerable -saty AT
the last removal from Bueking CHAM P.ace In
Windsor 1t took Wagon load. Now how was thi.
done: by the of the Ro,s pantry and the Rv.
Portes, ard Roy al vehicles and horses. No such thing
They hot made tor such vulgar uses The Rnyal plat
Is actually carried on these from Pnlico to the
Paddngon station in precisely the sae way a. the hum
blr-t OF Her Msjys subjects would convey their heavy
luggage from ary part OF the metropolis to the other
most ordinary Carrier, the who very likely h. day
before or the morning OF the day, hal carried the
mahge aud bedding aud tables and chairs of some iyr
tory laundr-ss employed few days ago To carry Aft
the Royal plate from tue gates palace 10
lhere "As not even ieomAn, OF groom, Assist
ant 10 see the rier do his work The whole precio-
freight was committed TO him aud his staff and -iUpl.
people, seeing common carriers Wagon dragging up
Gfosvenot- and through Park lane lima gine it pos
sbly contained groceries for Windsor or
freight tor kilburn, while all the time il Contained Her
Msrstys stock Oi plate in present Use No doubt Rnya
pesonages themselves have submitted such humiiia-
tons. But the other day All ex King aud Queen of
ia cat Tutir rt. t..
stances misio gave tragic dignity to the vehcl.
ad at all events the are could take itself Unor-
unatey this is o: the with gold and silver which
III all shapes arr very apt to take themselves wings
and fly away
80 at the last migration, when the carrier. men had
got as far suburban lane called the South Wharfroad
at Faddngon. they yielded the temptation that has
apPed the virtue and lost the goods OF many carrier
before aud stopped at familiar publc-house regale
themselves as carriers are wont to do. There five
ot them, and Of they all n, to the Bar and
ther" had been fifty they would have done the same
M cour>c, too they stayed "only five mnut,s"-fr xh.
did carrier ever stay longer than five milutes: We will
assume for the honor Ot the ROYAL servants who empoy
ed this carrier, that he well known to them that be
had not been hastily called in, A. a Young gentleman
might calin man with cart to take his things from one
lodging to another No doubt lac had been engaged mn
tins GRAND scores of times both he and his men were
justly proud it, No doubt they Dragged at the Bar of
the honorable nature OF their freight ami stated ITS value
ia no measured terms The weight OF the load increased
their thirs sud excused the length oi their rest Bnt
while the five carriers standing and drinking and
dragging at the Tap, light drove up containing two
fellows IN tile ighest working costume OF the lowest
class and after little peepng and fdy.ttng at the tai
OF the Wagon and some funbng the and n-
gerng OF the cords the light and the ght-fng
gentlemen ia it drove of and when the carrier came m
deliver his cargo, 10 and behold box gone heavy
box, containing some hundred pounds Of the Roya
plate The hve carriers stood all of row rubbed their
eyes, scratched their heads and all that they could saw
that they stopped just minute the Pig and VIII.
tie, aud certain they kept their eyes on the Wagon
while they taking drop they really could
not account for the disappearance o tue box Ii 10
fault OF theirs
The sequel of the story-a the sequel probably that
will ever come TO Royal rars-is told in paragraph in
columns this day The plateehest with the ROYAL in
itis aud Royal Nursery aud all kinds Of ROYAL marks
engraved the outside, has been found some her. in
BOnuerfed hard by Victoria Park where perhaps from
some remaining sentiment of loyalty the thieves wished
to deposit IT, The = Of the chest when n und
resembed desert table which large family Of chill
dren have allowed fe quarters and on which they
have LETT nothing but hu s. and shells stalks and leaves
nuds and cores, napkins nd the latter rather large
~ dused The thieye ad extracted every bit of silver
metal leaving only steel blades and other portions Of ba
metal The other vi the box seem to proye
that Royal travellers pach their luggage much in the same
way that the Brown Jones' and Robinson Of private life
do The packing done with wUmens dresses The
Prince of Wales goblet stuffed with nurses stock
ing aud Prince Alfreds knives and forks wrapped up In
housemads chenise; J. nce Arthurs spoons were enca
ed in somebody's handkerchief aud the Princess Roya.
teapot and cream jug III he maids flannel petcoat This
all natural and pretty and IL the little
had been bound together with another article OF female
wear We can only say, Ho.'i SOFT gui NAL penSe 1t
not, however foi the public eve aud for this
picturesque exposure Of th, Royal Nursery we are ipe
ted to the circumstance that OF this immense and
wellpad establishment, including who have moth
ing earth TO do but attend TO the ROYAL plate not one
Was found 10 take ohargc OF n from Buckingham Palace
! W the Padngton station
We bad almost hoped some time since that Hunkeyisn
rather the decline and that sensible people were
beginning to tire OF keeping hosts Of figure servants
always trying to get body else do their work IL
notorious that in oil tic great houses at the wesend OF
this metropolis the bulk Oi the work Is done by scrubs
who do not appcrr and scarcely known exist So
whenever the VI servants accidentally and reuc
tanty put into position OF responsibility they hardly
know what to d. IL but the other dav that Coun
tess, going 10 the station her Windsor Castle
committed her luggage, including box containing her
tine dresses, and they saw every article Of her Jewelry
10 the iO0inan maid, sufficient escort would think
for any ordinary purpose However, they took no ac-
count OF the pac ges and missed the precious box
although large Jhe, till they got Windsor when the
Countess discovered that she did possess ornament
in the world, anl had not dress present herself
in at the Royal t1ble Great people complain and com
PLAIN for they very complaining race aud confess
themselves lost u the number and dignity Of their estab
h.hmens But they do nothing To check except In flew
odiasioned houses where, thanks family pride aid
duced income, full amount OF work Is extracted from
cry member Of the esta l-hmenL IL is very commonly
said that like t the best in the end They ike
the sense o having don their duty each in their oWu
connou tells them. too that vel. worked aud we'll
III which the work Is easier aud the discipline more lax