, 1879-07-06

| the queen and the late Prince Consort nt tlf
| period OF their Wedding. The bridegroom wear
a rineman's dress Of dark green, and is, every
inch Of him. the s'ideal knight" Young, hand
| some, elegant, and strong, altogether as unlike
| the midd1e-aged gentleman whom persons nov
middle-agea themselves recollect as loltlne
along on his high-trotting horse IS can well b{
imagined. The hgh-trotter vas an ordinance
OF 'he physician. md doubtless afforded much
healthy exercise; but the faithful aud energetic
animal waS an nncpmproniSiny enemy of the
Graces. There are in this room also fine pict.
ures Of Queen Charlotte in q red dress; o.
the present Prince Of Wales as child, by Win
terhaiter, whose emincntly courtly pictures,
interesting Of course from the subjects they
represent, are irritating when consider
I'd as works OF art. Rich in mosaics and ln
the magnificent porcelain plaques with which
DraSingg-Room charms the eye, except when II
Is cast down on the rich yeyct-p!!e carpet, de-
signed in the atroctous taste Of thirty or forty
years ago, when people were made to walk: on
colors stared upward from the floor. .:
Next to the llttle-uscd White Drawing Room
THE GREEN DRAWING-R0OM,
with great panels OF green lowered satin. let
into the walls. The rich hangings and handsome
furniture, even the superb fireplace, Of this
central drawing-rooH, arc lost sight Of in the
eseaL "ea1kM ~ VI oeQres coutalneo III the Fa11ous
;aolnets. me quantity Of tn's rare porte-
lain Is almost Us remarkable asesits quail
ny-most important Of oil, the service
made for Louis XVI, which afterward
BECAME the property Of George ". No such
set ot 1,en uu rot e1lsts ELSEWHERE. Inc eotor
IS Isl aosoaates periest, ana Tue palEtlns5 are py
Koynl porcelain mandatory. This wonderful
service is not overdone with the blaze Of color
and the rich. heavy gliding peculiar to sevres,
insnue tne gl,t fln, WIN IT'S inner ba1lu OF bleu
ao rol, 's plain White zone, within which Is the
Is anotner pccuIiar1ty about TINS Grand service:
u Is eompiete' Win the very tfflshg exception
OF couple OF plates broken OF stolen in the
tlhe OF t1eoree ~. VINO sometimes used part
" Ii az nfeaslast. stray p'ases ana other
pieces purpoftng to have formed part OF this
famous set find their way from time to
tlne 1nto auellon-roomss and 1etcn enor-
mous prices; but the only theory that eau be
set up concerning Mem 1s, lna1 they
at Wn1sor ia comn1rtrl with th.. evrar,t;nn ian
nntcd. M sunnl;ed to thn French King 6:her
wonJsrf,1 ntrces ot Sevres are cna,onGed in thf.
cabinets Of ,G Green
Ii~;n.l" ao,m,e wed Tere ara am 80 ho1 J
nee G pu, et. @ 1bs Earu'suaTs Fl ~ ene ~
uar tinaet ,n 1,ng ,,% ne s1 ~ 10 .r
M w q" ar5 ~. or,, an.s ~ 10
naia.s M q A'1 . o1S ss;,ia ;a
china have estimated the Yuiue OF the coSLeutS
OF the Green Draw;na- Room at 92Ol, ,0D; put
this must be as rough an estimate as that Of the
Famous poId p,atc. said to be worth millions,
and which certainly does weigh seven tons at
The least. Beyond this drawi1lg-room the
Oneen rarely roes. cxcept On the ocras;on Of
q state dipper, when the Royal Dining
Room in 1hc Prince, or Wales' Tower
"a occunied. The Crimson Drawipg,Room
Is Generally occunled bg the LADIES
and rentlenen OF the household: and
to cyes greedy Of color, is more attractive than
Ell her the Green or White Rnoms. Crimson
satin Flows on the wallis and on the furniture,
and throws into strong relief the magnificent
mniachite yase presented to the Queen by the
latc Emperor Nicholas Of Russia, and several
beautiful cabinets iplaid with FIorentne mosaic.
Here. too, IS the grand pianofortc on which the
Queen Received her Hrst lessons, as well as beyv
of Wtnterhalters, aud q good portrait of the
Duke OF Kent by Beeehy.
Imnediately beyond this crimson room Is
r1r pov,1 n1u,ra.poo>,
-a1 ~ 49,
only useo on sta'e' occAslon6, auu capaqie OF
accoun ~ nmoaa.'ug .a .aIse oat'y u suests. EVe1S
eunS ~ tss "po1 o1at ;,t 40 s.s aespeot poa
nun eEen t 1ns
gent, This extraordinary work is several feet