The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-04
Royal Apprenticeship.

Carlyle, i'll his late work, Frederick. the
Gieat,' gives apecuiar aud piquaut picture, mark.
I'd oy his m niai ,diosy nciacies, OF the educatIu.
and training of the young Prince who became
Frederick The Second aud tor forty years the n,ost
conspicuous maG III Europe. The father ia de-
SERTED as tyrant, bu, judiceus monarcb =,
deslouo, but generally right peuuriour, but the
careful husbandnan Of the resources Of his king.
dom somewhat mad, but in the eyes of MIR. Car.
lyle-whose braIo Is complete hero manu- fac tory
turning OUT capital fauricatiVns from yery ord;
nary maierlais-a true hero and an "unspohen
p0em" The old king, At is said. not alvays NJ,
even habitusliy sober, beat his son and bs dauob.
Ter, Wilheimina; he was rugged, coarse and ds..
porc, but tho moral and intellectual cul,ura -,
the young Grown Prince was not altogether lack.
log in good sense. lie was taught To fear Goa
and stick TO German, French. mathematics. .r,i,.
lery, geography and orthodoxy. At the age of tan
he was at the head of miniature regimen, and
taught TO mount batteries and fl re minute bra.s
ordnance; he already knew how to ride. fence.
swim and dance His f.ther's instructions in re-.
ference to his daily life are exceedingly minute.
but the following abstract, from an English De.
iiodical, is sufficiently explicit:
up at seven; stand by. somebody. and see that he
does MT turn Ia the bcu alter is called but rise
Mp II once; upat seven. slippers on, knee pray so
mat all In the room ay hear, gwen prayer, then
comb, breakiastinx in .anw nile. prayer, with
washing. breakfast snd the resi- to be d0n ., point
odly within nfteen minutes 1hen, II being aquar.
Ia iamiiy prayer. Duhan reads "a chap.er, and all
sing some proper Psalm or NJ mn. AT a quarter 70
eignt all tue donv1tics Withdraw, and Tor the next
hour ano aQuAr,er Duhan IL TO read with Fritz tue
gospel VI tle s,ay expounding 1t little. .dda cling
inc main poiHts VI CnristlanAtys questioning from
Nolteniues Uatecnisln. AT lime he brings my son
down me; VINO goes I. church. aud dimes a'ons
with me-. tatnoSn) ms rest oi ths day - then his
own. At halt past nine In the evening he shall
~ 20 his roo n ~ RAPIDLY get OF his clothes liz is
again and again urged that ne learn ~ dress aud
uudress nth the utmost human speed) wash his
hand. and 20 soon $ that is ,ne. Uuhan makes a
pra, or on his knees and sings hymn all the scr.
Wants peinS again ther.. instantly alter which INV
500 shall get Into bed shall be an bed at half past
On Monday. Is on all week days. he shall be called
ut SIX; rise brisky, pray as on Sunday as rapidly
~ possible get shoes and spatterdashes also
wasn his fscs And hands. but not with soap. have
hrs hair combed OUT and aueusd, bur not powdered:
breakiaating msanwhil on tea. ali TO bs ended
before nAif past SIX. Then family pray ers ntl A.
ven. From seven till llns history with Duhan =
Christian religion with Noterius till Quarter n
eleven Then fritz rapidly washes his face with
powders and puts on his coat: about eleven c,ms,
tu the King aud stays with hin II two dam
MoAnwhii.. The king at wusterhausen dimes undes
oos 81 Inc I9uf ms trees sec at the four corpsrsun
dsr the terrAc -. aad falling asleep after warts
"a the sun. At two Fritz 10 Ia his own rom, ,.h
rr @ nm upon the map. ana ply iii
tuToe Crock. from three 10 four Duhan treats nj
morality From four to h ge Uuhsa an Ain writa q
mAa letters WITH him. AMI SEQ IN AZ he IT. eaoJ
Shcn ne never in the least did About Ave
FnH snail Fash bis hands and 20 to the King ,,de
oa,. 90 wnst he hkes ifit Is not against God Snb
!cets Of study varied with tho days bat the DAYS
wee msse shk except nearly whole holiday on Wed
Iotnieg r~pesiuoa then showed that the lessons
- we "~A ~ero properly remembered"