The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-09-14

can tell you, without fattery Or partial
ity,n she says, "that our young prince
has all the accomplishments that 1t Is
possible to have at his age, with an air
of sprightlinesss and understanding, and
a something so very engaging III his be-
havior that needs not the advantage OF
his rank to appear charming" | find
elsewhere similar panegyrics upon Fred
erick prince of Wales, George lis son !;
andupon George H., of course, and upon
George ~. in an imminent degree. II
was the rule to be dazzled by princes,
and peoples eyes Winked honestly at the
royal radiance.
The Electoral Court of Hanover was
numerous-pretty well paid, as times
went; above all, paid with a regularity
which few other European courts could
boast of. Perhaps you will be amused
to know how the Electoral Court was
composed. There were the princes OF
the house in the first class; in the second,
the single feld-marshal of the army 1.-THE
contingent was $4,000, Pollnltz says, and
the Elector had other Il, 900 troops in his
paw Then follow, in due order, the
authorities civil and military, the work
inc Drivy counciofs, the generals ofcav-
airy and infantry, in the bird class; the
high chamberlain, high marshals of the
court, higil masters of the horse, the ma
ior-generals of cavalry and infantry, in
the fourth class, down to the majors, the
Hufunkers or pages, the secretaries or
assessQrs, of the tenth class, Of whom all
Were noble.
We find The master OF the horse had
1880 thalers Of pay; the high chamber
lain. 200o-a tha1er being about three
shillings OF our money. There We're two
chamberIains, and one for the princess
five gentlemen Of the chamber, and five
gentlemen ushers; eleven pa gea ana per-
sonages to educatethese young noblemen
such as q governor, q preceptor5t feeht-=
meister, or fencing master, anda dancing |
ditto, this latter With a handsome salary
Of 4a9 thaiers. There We're three body /
and COURT physicians, with SOC aga 1Qe
thalers; a court barber, GOO thale 81
court -organist; two musikentea !; four
French fiddiers twelve trumpeters, and |
q busler; SO. that there Was q plenty o.
music, ,pro1ane and pioas, ia hanover. i
There were zen chamber walters, and
tWenty-iouI laclSeys in livery; "a MAJ /
tre-d'botel, Observation-Disclosures kitchen;
a French cock a body cook ten cooks :; 4
six cooks assistants two 1.raten mas-i
tiers, OF masters Of the roast tone 1apcies
enormous spits turning slowly, aud thef
honest masters Of the roast belating the# T
dripping y q pastry baker; a pie baker; |
and, finally, three seHllions, at the nodestffi
Of eleven thaieIs. IN the
sugaJ-chan2ber there Were four pastrysl
cooks for the ladies, no dQubt 3 seven
officers in theWine and beer cellars; four I
bread bakers; and five men in the plate- /
room. There We're 600 horses in the Sc
rene. stables-n0 less than twenty teams
of princely carriage horses, eight TO a /
team; sixteen coaehmen; fourteen postii- |
lions; nineteen hostlers; thirteen helps, 7
besides smiths, carriage-nasters, horse
doctors, and other attendants of the /
stable. The female attendants We're not /
sonumerous; Igrieve to find huta dozen
Or fourteen Of them about the Electoral I
premises, and only two washer-women
for all The Court. These functionaries
had not so much to do as ia the present |
age. ! oWnto iindinga pleasure in these
the old world with its everyday figures
and inhabitants-not so much with
heroes fighting immense battles and in
spring repulsed battalions to engage, or
statesmen locked up in darkling cabinets
and meditating ponderous laws or dire
conspiracies, as with people occupied
with their everyday work or pleasure
my lord and lady hunting in the forest,
or dancing in the Court, or bowling to
their serene highness as they pass in to
dinner; John Cook and his procession
bringing the meal from the kitchen; the
jolly buffers bearing in the flagons from
the cellar; the stout cOachman driving
the ponderous gilt wagon, with eight
horsesin housing of scarlet
velvet and morocco leather; postillion
on the leaders, and pair or half a dozen
of running footmen scudding along by
the side of the vehicle, with conical
caps, long silver-headed maces, which
they poised as they ran, and splendid
jackets laced all over with silver and
gold. 1 fancy the citizens wives and
their daughters looking out from the bal
comics; and the burghers, over their
beer and mum, rising up, cap in hand,
as the cavalcade passes through the town
with torch-bearers, trumpeters blowing
their lusty cheeks out, and squadrons Of
jack. booted life-guardsmen, GRIT with
shining cuirasses, and bestriding thun-
dering chargers, escorting his highness's
coach from Hanover to KerrenRausen
or hating, mayhap, at Madame Platen's
country house of Monplaisir, which lies
halfway between the summer palace and
tho RooiIorv A-ssNS esAASt