New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16

From the Philadelphia Press.

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| Lord Willoughby D'Eresby whose peerage date,
as far back as the year 1895 probably looks rather
contemptuously upon Queen Victoria's lineage, The
British part of which is derived from James l. the
meanest sovereign of his time. As hereditary
Lord Chamberlain Of England IAN office of high
dignity, little trouble and no emolument) and also
as possessing fine old estate in Lincolnshire neal
the Prince OF Wales seat in the next county, he
lately invited the Prince and his wife to spend a
few days with him. Ii any one should think that
| the mere giving and accepting this invitation to
have little shooting lisa small thing, he would be
mlstaken Most probably the Prince was eau.
tiously sounded many months before, to ascertain
whether he and his wife would be likely to accept
Ihey are gay young people. SAID TO be little
fast, in small way, and would like the visit
| by way of novelty. The invitation given and &C.
/ cepted, a world of preparation had to be made.
The park, pleasure grounds and gardens had to be
4 put IN order-the forcing houses and conservato-
| ries refreshed-the mansion repainted and deco
rated--the furniture generally with entire
| new sets for the royal suite of rooms-new car
riages procured--new liveres provided for all the
servants, whose number would be greatly increased
| on this occasion-the cellars to be overhauled to
fill up any deficiency in the quantity and quality of
wines and liquorsdefciencies in the sets of plate
| TO be snpplied-some few services of fine china,
Sevres or worcester, to be obtained-the cottages
of the adjacent and dependent rural population to
be repaired-and above ALL the strictest care taken
and the most active vigilance exercised to pre-.
serve the game, as royal visit to the country
would be nothing without the wholesale slaughter
OF the partrldges. pheasants and hares, known as
6atsu. Nor is this ALL though this is much Ell
quette exacts that when royalty is to the fore
list OF each days guests be previously submitted
to the great visitor, who has the privilege of
drawing pencil line through the name Of any
person whom he did not desire to meet The late
Duke OF Sussex, who, though kings son. was
very much OF snob, made point of exercising
the veto at his annual visits to his friends at KEN
mel Park and Newstead Abbey, and thus sue
ceeded IN placing his hosts, Lord Dinorben and
Colonel Wildman upon very unpleasant terms with
many of their neighbors-the country sdures
never imagining that they were excluded by the
capricious desire Of his Royal Highness In the
case o. the Prince OF Wales, who has a great deal
of bonhonnse much to his mothers horror. sub.
hitting the list is always met with, az am sure, nv
lord, that any guests whom you invite / shall be
delighted to meet -
Finally, the royal visitors arrive, in what they
consider very quiet style-that is, with only
nall dozen carriages, score of saddle horses,
dozen male and female attendants, besides
coachmen and grooms, with ladies in waiting
gentlemen ushers, equerries secretary, and SO
on-a small extra company of from thirty to thirty
i've persons. According to Sir Walter Scott the
visiting rule at these great housesis to spend three
days, viz: the rest day, the dressedday, and the
pressed,day but the Prince remained fourth
day at Lord Wioughby's, seduced by the offers of
second 6aHtt, as many as two thousand head of
game having been killed at the first Easy shoot.
ing, too, when the pheasants lazily walk on the
gravel walks, like so many laying hens in a farm
yard, and they are so tame that boys have to
arouse them, with shouts and sticks, to take wing
IN order to be shot down at from twenty to thirty
yards distance. The royal visit ended the host
may calculate the cost. From first to last, this
four days entertainment Of the Prince and Princess
OF Wales, must have caused an extra outlay of
from sl00,0 900 to sl50,000, and all this for the
honor of entertaining young gentleman and LADY,
both of whom, in the opinion Of Lord Willoughby
were poorly estimated as not so highly descended
as himself Yet, even so, there is a sort of dis.
tinction in the county Of Lincoln and among the
nobility at large he having handsomely enter
tanned the heir apparent of the crown and his
young wife.
For one reason-a great deal of distinction see
ing thatfew of the British can afford such an out
lay as S000 600 to $50 600 for four days of loyalty
When Queen Elizabeth had a particular spite
against any OF her nobility, she used to invite her
sell ana her court to spend few weeks with him
and the expenses thus evolved was pretty sure to
ruin the man. Some twenty years ago, when
Queen Victoria was,yet young wife, she visited a
great many British peers aud commoners reputed
to possess Immense wealth. The late Duke of Buck
ngham and Chandos, who claimed not only to be
the representative of the Pantagenets but of the
line Of King Alfred, solicited visit from the
queen. at his palace of Stowe, in Buckinghamshire
He spent nearly 81 100000 on few days enter
OF Her Majesty, became a declared hank
rupt shortly after, and died, only the other day in
utter poverty in poor lodging, in mean street
in London. He was embarrassed in circumstances
when en- prince, he feted the Queen at Stowe, an
her visit was as "the last hair that breaks the
Gamers back" Lord Wiloughby can afford what
1e mas spent for besides Grmsthorpe in Lincoln |
shire, he has the great Gwydyr estates in North |
Wales, and Drummond Castle in Perthshire, the |
scottish property. from his wife, who is daughter
i the Earl OF Perth. Our readers may be assured
hat it is more costly than pleasant to entertain
oyalty in any part of particularly in
ngland.