The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-16

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Dn,s1s was Iaken on. The daughter whose early edu-
! Vau9n t,a 2 we Dave made mention. was married 60
tti Sne iIestoL OF brandenburg and so her religion
seItie9 nnally on the PROTESTANT aide
Anlece OF the Blectress sophia, who had been
m!e maue 70 Snange her religion aud marry the
,Sn, VI OIiieans, brother of the French King
bo S,o,a "nOsS aoV honest heart was always With
her fat little body was con6ned ar Paris or
marry, or Nersallles-has left us in her enor-
nous correspondence (part of which has been
pIlnteu IN German and French), recollections
OF the Eleciress, and of George her SON. Eliza
beth Charlotte was at Osnaburg when George
was born Q660). She narrowly escaped a whip
ping for being IN the way on that auspicious
day. She seems not TO have liked little George,
nor George grown up; and represented hIm as
Odiousy hard, cold, and silent Silent he NAV
have been; not jolly prince, like his father
before him; but a prudent, quiet selfish poten.
tate, going his own way, managing his own
affairs, end understanding mis- own interests
remarkably WELL
In his fathers lifetime, and at the head of the
Hanover forces of 5000 or 10, 900 men, George
served the Emperor on the Danube, against
Turks, at the siege of Vienna, in Italy and on
the Rhine. When he succeeded to the electo-
rate he handled his affairs with great prudence
and dexterity. He was very much liked by his
people OF Hanover. He did not show his feel
lngs much, but he cried heartily on leaving
them, as they used for Joy when he came back
de snow an uncommon prudence and COOL
ness OF OehaVlor when he came into his king
whether he should not be turned out some day;
LOOKING upon himself only as a lodger and
making the most of his brief tenure at ST. James
ana Hampton Court; plundering, it is true
somewhat, and dividing among his German fol-
lowers; but what could be expected of a sove-
reign who at home could sell his subjects at SO
many ducats per head and made no scruple in
SO olsposlng to them? fancy considerable
shreWdness, prudence and even moderation in
his ways. The German Protestant was acheaper
ana oetter and kinder King than the Catholic
Stuart in whose chair he sat- and so far loyal
TO England that he let England govern herself.
having these lectures in view | made it nv
business to visit that ugly cradle in which our
Georges were nursed. The old town of Hanover
must look still pretty much as in the time when
GeoTge Louis lett 1t. The gardens and pavilions
OF herrennausen are scarce changed since the
day when the stout old Electress Sophia fell
down in her last walk there, preceding but few
weeks 10 the tomb James lis daughter whose
England,
The two first royal Georges and their father.
Ernest Augustus, had quite royal notions re-
gardlng marriage; and Louis XIV and Charles
III scarce distinguished themselves more at Ver
sailles or st. James than these German Sutans
IN their little city on the banks of the Leine,
You may see at Herrenbausen the very rustic
theatre in which the Platens danced and per-
formed Mosques, and sang before the Elector
and his sons. There are the very fauns and
dryads of stone still glimmering through the
still grinning and piping their ditties
OF no tone, as in the days when painted nymphs
hung garlands round them; appearing under
their leaty arcades with gilt crooks guiding
rams with gilt horns; descended from ma
chlnes' in the gulse OF Diana or Minerva, and
delivered immense allegorical compliments to
the princes returned home from the campaign.
That was curious state of morals and politics
IN Europe; queer consequence OF the triumph
OF the monarchcal principle. Feudalism was
beaten down. The nobility, in its quarels with
the crown, had pretty well succum6ed, aud the
was all in all. He became almost
divine: the proudest and most ancient gentry
should carry Louis XIV's candle when he went
to bed what prince of the blood should hold
the Kings shirt when his most Christian Majesty
changed that garment?-thc French memoirs
of the seventeenth century are full of such
details and squabbles. The tradition is not yet
extinct in Europe. Any of you who were pre-
sent, as myriads were, at that splendid pageant,
the opening OF our Crystal Palace in London,
must have seen two noble lords great officers OF
the household, with ancient pedigTees, with
embroidered coats, and stars on their breasts,
and wands in their hands, walking backwards
for near the space of q mile, while the royal
procession made its progress. Shall we wonder
shall we be angry-shal we laugh at these Old
World ceremonies? View them as you will,
according to your mood; and with scorn or with
respect, or with anger and sorrow, as your tenn
per leads you. Up goes Gesler's hat upon the
pole. Salute that symbol of sovereignty with
heartfelt awe, or with sulky shrug of acqui.
escence, or with grinning obeisance; or with
stout reoellious No! clap your own, beaver
down on your pate and refuse to doff it to that
spangied velvet and Haunting feather. make
no comment upon the spectators behavior; all
say is that Gesler's cap is still up in the mar
ket place of Europe, and not few folks are
still kneelng to it.
Put clumsy, high Dutch statues in place of
the marbles of Versailles fancy Herrenhausen
waterworks in the place of those of Marty;
spread the tables with Schwenskopf, Speck-
suppe, Leber kuchen, and the like delicacies,
IN place OF the French cuisine; and fancy Frau
Won kemansegge dancing with Count Kam-
meIJunker Qulrlnl, or singing French songs
coarse Versailles, and we have q Hanover
peloIe US. ~ am now got into the region of |
Deauty'" writes Mary Wortley, from Hanover, in |
lIlo; all the women have literally rosy cheeks, !
snowy loreheads and necks jet eyebrows, to |
NM Wnlch may oe generally added coal black hair.
IHese perIectlons never leave them to the day |
OF their death, and have a very fine effect by |
Cahule nght; but could wish they were hand |
some WITH little variety. They resemble one |
another as Mrs. SalmOn's Court Of Great Britain, |
ana al In as much danger of melting away by |
zoo zoo nearly approaching the fre.n The sly Mary |
WoIuey saw this painted seraglio of the first |
george at Hanover the year after his accession |
10 Ihe British throne. There were great doings |
anu az leasts lhere. Here Lady Mary saw George |
a. a. Loo' can tell you, without flattery or par
Iailty, she says, ''that our young prince has all
a@OoOlnpilshments @ that is possible to have at his
aye, aye, WIN an air of sprightliness and under |
standing, and a something so very engaging in /
m nls behavior That needs not the advantage of his |
rank 10 appear charming / find elsewhere |
SIhlaF SlilF paheeyrlcs upon Frederick, Prince of |
wares, George IFS son; and upon George III, |
~ course, ana upon George IV in an eminent |
degree. 1t was the rule TO be dazzled by princes,
ana peoples eyes winked quite honestly at that |
royal radiance.