Smyrna times., 1871-12-13
Queen ViCtoria's Household,

On the 9th of November Sir Charles w
iNrlke' NJ. T., addressed a public meeting at
NeWcaSt!e-on- Tyne on Repleyentation and
hoyalty Sir Charles Dixie, as a well known
author and the editor of the Athenaum ie y
representative Of the intelligent and tbonobt-
l1l classes OF British society, and by no means
oi VI the merely literary class In speaking of
Tue court ne enumerated the fuDctionaries
COMPOSING the Queens household. The list iS
trrmble iOu'0NOcPer
g. Under the lord steward departmcnt (sa;d
or OhalltS l)lke, and the department of tho
master ~ OF the horse, we have such officers aS
Tue coroner OF the household, and the chief
tIuerly ana clerk marshal, aud various Others
""o'c duties are not of very burden>omp
description. Laughter. No hing i. more
Hl"SuI'r tlan the constitution of tn meJicaI
dep"rtm"nt You would hardly crediT tbn
number OF medical gentlemen who are rponire6
ior the service of the hOu,ehold. but | am
aware lhat some OF them are unpaid There
aie thTee phyNlclanS III ordinary, three pbvsi
c'onS extraordinary, one scrgeant-surgeon
eAliaoIdihaiy' Ga TWO sergeant surgeons, three
ulse"nS extraordinary, one physician of the
household, one surgeon of the household. one
SSurgeon-apOthecary, two chemists of the estah.
lShHheht IN ordinary, one surgeon oculist. one
Surgeon-dentIst, one dentist in ordinary. and
Uhe 1e 0ther phy>lclan--or twenty one in all
laughter while the Prince of Wales has for
MS special beneht three honorary physicians.
Two physicians in ordinary, TWO surgeons in
ordinary, one surgeon extra-ordin laughter
none chemist III ordinary, or eleven more
lioud ianghterJ J-making thlrty-two doctors in
one family. Laughter and APPLAUSE. |
:. HhouIu De almost AFRAID of thing anybody who
lls'ehed to NE while | went over the list of
strange ofhcrS OF which the household is made
up. Lord high almoner, subalmoner. heredi
tary grand almoner, master of the buck hnnnds
cierk OF the check clerk of the closet. exons in
waiting, and last, but not the least. the heredi-
ttary grand faconer the Duke of st. Adams
l'ausnterI- might perhaps with advan-
tage' II he Is to retain his salary of fl 800 n
year De created hereditary grand pigeon-shoot-
er IN ordinary. Loud laughter If we turn
to the lord stewards department we come ar
once upon mysterious board of green cloth.
as II Is called, at the head of which are the
loru steward, the treasurer the comptroller of
the household, and the master of the house.
hoid' with Il perfect army Of secretaries and
clerks, and with special secretaries with Special
offices, and with special salaries in each of those
sections OF the department. Laughter
In the kltckhen department we have
chief cook and four Easter cooks, receiving
salaries OF between G200O and $4,000 wear
between the five and a host of confederate,,
some OF whom have duties that cannot even
gus at-such, for instance, as the two Green
One men. Roars Of laughter. There are
whole departments, the duties of which can
not be very considerable, one would think, or,
at all events, not considerable enough to war
rant their being made into departments of the
household; tor Instance, the confectionery de
partment and the ever department, while the
duty of table decking employs no less than five
persons laughter who have salaries of
between EjOO and COCOA year in all. :" Kisses.