The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-27

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Acknowledgements Wilhelm Make
q Embellishments and Jewelry-
| The Scenes at the Opera, &C., &c.
Correspondence of the London Times.l
BERLIN, September 8.
Yesterday the royal circle had hardly reeov-
| cred from the exertion Of the parade when a
| State dinner came off In the Old Palace. The
| parade was over at two O'clock; at four the
tstamtamn was sounded. The principal per-
sonages, amounting to no less than wi hun
dred. sat down in the White Hall, three hun
bred and fifty more of less august lmpor.
lance being accommodated In the adjoining
apartments. It was the dinner of the occasion,
and grand In proportion. Outside and inside
the awful precincts the white silver liveries
| of Prussia vIed with the pink of Mecklen-
burg; while the gorgeous grenadlers, with
| ~sugar-loaf hats-relics OF the days of Frederick
| the Great-strove hard to Guido the more
modern splendors of life guards, pages and
| masters of ceremonies. the company were
In the grandest OF grande .tenne. The gen,
| tlemen, as q matter OIL course, were arrayeu
| I'm the costume of general of1cers, wearing all
the orders. stars, chains and rihands they
| conId muster. Owing 70 the complicated
Claims OF etiquette, there must have been 10
little Ingenuity required to reconcile the con-
| fictlng s~artorial duties of the day. The EN-
| peror william, equally 10 ooige both guests,
| appeared 10 Austrian uniform with the blue
acart of the Russian St. Andrew; the Crown
| prince. reversing the compliment, wore q
| Russian coat relieved by an Austrian decora-
| tinn- 0nly the Younger princes OF the royal
| homseSamonp them Prince Frederick William
| and Henry, the younger son Of the Crown
| Prince. who came out for the first Time on q
| GALA occasIon-had to content themselves With
| Prusslan uniforms, with q sprinkling OF ior-
eign orders. Both the Imperial guests wore
| Prnssisn rerlmentals. with the great Star and
| Chain of the Black Eagle. The ladies', being
forfnnateiy pertmhfftted to follow. their own In
| diyIdlal INSPIRATIONS In the matter of costume,
had adorned themselves With the most con-
smmmate tasts and skill. White and blue
| satin. interviewer with golden threads,
| abounded 10 the noble hall. Diadems gilt
! tered on lofty brows, aud plumes held by
levels and set off by wrestns OF lresh Movers
into the service of beauty and rank. With the
studied richness OF costume harmonlzed the
deliherate puncllliuusness of etiquette. 1t can
have heen no easy task TO .ellot 10 each guest
his nroper place at table. The Empress
| Anpnsta. whose chair was In the centre, had
the Emperor OF Austria on her right and The
Emperor of Russia o." ner lett. Next 10 tne
neror francis Joseph the Emperor William
Fhe Crown Princess had on her right the
Grand Duke Czarewilch, and further on
Princess Carl. of Prussia, and the Crown
| Prince of Sa1ony; the Emperor William onhis
| left, his two chlidrens the Grand Duchess
| of Baden end the Crown Prince, and further
| on the Grand Duke Vladimir and the Grand
| Duke of Baden. Round this malestlc group
| line rest of the company ranged themselves IN
! due order. Music OF d gay and operate char
| acter eDlivened the feast. Towards the close
OF the banquet, when champagne sp nanSes
t r he s1 Hssf foa &c WlfH ef fHfS nnn fose tha Whole
company. NApimated,' he said, ''by feelings
of 'the slncerest gratitude, ] drink 10 The
health of my Imperial guests" scarcelyhatf
the cheers, accompanied by the melodious
.shouts of the Austrian National Hymn subsl-
ded- when the Emperor Francis Joseph re-
tnrnpd thanksH"From the bottom off my
heart, I beg 10 thank your Majesty Tor Inc
words we have just heard. May God protect
nress Augusta, and-the whole Royal House OF
Prnssia - Alexander followed sult-'I drink
to me welfare OF the gallant Prussian army"
Very polite, very courteous. as you VIII pei,
.alve. INIT very laconic. II the toasls mad
been settled In full council they could not nave
been more olrcumspect.
AT TIE oPERA.
Dinner over-it occupied only one hour ana
q uuarter-the royal conclaVe ADJOURNED 10
its, Opera. There was q grand ballet, the
whole of the audience present oelng .tne
guests of the King. Nearly the whole house
was filed with the military and the wives OF
the officers. That the customary welcome 70
ROYALTY did not los9 from the prevalence OF
this LOYAL element / need not say.
The emperor of Austria alone stayed at
home. His Majesty, being In deep mourn
inc. Ia prevented attending theatrical5, and
avslled himself OF his leisure to receive the
CORDS Diplomatique. But there was more In
store that evening. After the calm and self
possessed diplomeiists naa leis, men OF an.
Emperor's attention. They would not
be denied a hearing. One thousand
two hundred strong, the bandsmen OF
the Prusslan Guards had stationed them
selves under his windows, with trumpet and
drum. horn and fife. A military mon
ster serenade was beginning to rage In the
square below. From the bridge TO the Cattle
inS Mining Changing host. With fifty add.
tinnsl ca1delabra, converting night into day,
and the glare of the distant torches revealing
a snroinS sea of human heads all around. the
snectacle was imposing In sight and sound.
There ia something In o very large orchestra
which goes to the heart even OF those least
inclined to yield themselves up to the siren
aIInrements Of music. The slorte'' Of a thous-
and nIayers has O power that commands atten-
tion. the .,pIsno," by the law of contrast, as
Smmea a s%oftness and dellcacy which comes
bomo to the most prosalc. The performance
having hecun with the Austrian National
Hmm subsequently passed over to the
s. Siayandsr March,n8 piece of music dedt-
cotad hv German gratitude. to the Car of
1919 The "Tannhauser March, followed, q
.,irrlnp hut utterly unpolitical composition,
which as IL was the central hit Of the pro-
grsmme. NAV not, perhaps, be improperly re-
sardad "a exercising the real spirit of the
SyhoIs Alter this the "Radetzky March, and
,ha .Roshe Gzarya Chrani" of Holy Russia sue
caedad each other with due regard to The
rnIes nj International reciprocity. The finale
was trulv Prusstan, as, indeed, had been the
heninninS. The bands, which In proceeding
IN The Sc6loss had played the CHEEKY march
with which the Prusslans have entered Paris
thrice within the present century, In conclu-
sInn indnIqed In q terrific ZdptenStreich. The
twentv baTs If which this terrible performance
Consists have more significance than merely
melodv oould impart. They may be called a
nertecf mnsical Interpretation OF the military
anir,t of prussia. Monotonous and sharp,
| saaber and withal inspIritlng, they translate the
snecial characteristics Of the service of thie
| Country into articulate,i though, perhaps, mol
oyer-artistIc sound. When the twice repeat
ed c C f With which the martial strain begins
| resounded in the vast area, Inc PUBIC,