St. Mary's beacon., 1858-08-26

The Berlin correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph writes as follows:-The re-
serve maintained at the Royal Palace has given
rise TO various rumors, which have caused
much delight to the good people here. The
heroine of the incidents | refer to is Princess
Victoria. You must know that on state oc-
casiOns there il comparatively little ceremony
observed here, while the everyday life Of the
royal family seems to be regulated more strict
ly on the principle of etiquette than of Queen
Victoria. A Prus<ian Princess for instance,
is not allowed by her Mistress Of the Robes
TO take up a chair, and. after having carried
it through the whole breadth of the room, to
put it down in another corner. 1t was while
committing such an act that Princess Victoria
was lately caught by Countess Perponcher.-
The venerable lady demonstrated, with very
considerable degree of official earneStness. s'I'll
tell you what" replied, nothing daunted, the
royal heroine OF this story-"I'll tell you what,
my dear Countess you are probably aware of
the fact of my mother being the Queen Of
England?" TIE Countess bowed in assent
"Well, ;" resumed the bold Princess, ''then
must reveal to you another fact. Her Majes-
ty, the Queen of Great Britain ami ireland,
has, not once, but very often, SO far forgotten
herself as to take up a chair. ! speak from
personal observation, can assure you. Nay
il / am not greatly deceived, | noticed one day,
my mother carrying chair in each hand, in or
der to set them for her children. Do you think
my dignity forbids anything which is fire.
quently done By the Queen of England" The
Countess bowed again and retired, perhaps not
without little astonishment at the biographi-
cal information she had heard. However, she
knew her office, and resolved to prove not less
staunch to her duties than the Princess to her
principles.
A scene similar to the one narrated recently
happened; when Countess Perponchcr, on en-
tering one of the remote chambers. saw the
Princess arranging and rtowmg away a
quantity of linen. But all objections
the Countess could urge were again beaten
back by another equally unanswerable argu-
ment, taken from the every day life of the mis-
tress of Windsor Castle. After having gained
these two important victories, Princess Victor
ia, true 10 the auspicious omen of her name,
carried the war into the enemys camp. The
chambermaids, whose proper business it is to
clean the rooms, discharge the duties of their
position in silk dresses. The daughter of the
richest sovereign in the world decided to put
stop to this extravaganza. One fine morn
ing, She had all the female servants summoned
to her presence, and delivered what may be
considered highly successful maiden speech.
She began by telling them the expenses OF
their dresses must exceed the rate of theiu
wages. She added that, as their wages would
not be raised, it would be very fortunate fol
them if they were allowed to assume cotton
articles of clothing. "In order to prevent any
misunderstanding the Princess continued, "a
shall not only permit, but order you to do so
You must know that there ought always to be
. difference in the dress of mistress and ser
want Doa't think that want to hurt your
feelings; you will understand my intention al
once, if tell You that, and then came
the same unanswerable argument from thu
Court Of St. James's. She told them, briefly
that at that Court people in their position per.
formed their duties in cotton, and that SHE
liked to be ruled by her mothers practice.
| CIf all this is true, the Princess Victoria i,
rather "sharp" for young mistress