ngeance here, for the _cuisine_ is detestable." "His Highness" thought
so too, for more than one _plat_ was dismissed, accompanied by a running
commentary of abuse on the part of the Courier.

At last came a really tranquil moment. The cheese had been sent away as
uneatable, and the Courier had followed it, cursing manfully, if I might
pronounce from the odour wafted to my own chamber, not unreasonably. "Mi
Lor le Prince" was probably composing himself to a siesta; there was
a stealthy quietude in the step of his servant along the corridor that
said so much. I had scarcely made the reflection when a tap came to my
door. "The Prince" wished for an English newspaper, and the host had
seen two on my table. The "Post" and the "Chronicle" were both before
me, and I sent them, half wondering which best might suit his Highness's
politics.

Another tap at the door! Really this is intolerable. Has he not had my
table, my arm-chair, my newspapers--what will he ask for next? "Come
in," said I, now trying English, after in vain shouting "Entrez" and
"Herein" three times over.

An English servant entered, and in that peculiarly low, demure tone, so
distinctive of his caste, said,--

"Sir Robert Chawuth presents his compliments, and begs to know if he may
pay his respects to Mr. Templeton?"

"Is Sir Robert here? is that his carriage?" said I, hastily.

"Yes, sir; he came about an hour ago."

"Oh, very well. Say, I shall feel great pleasure in seeing him. Is he
disengaged at present?"

"Yes, sir, he is quite alone."

"Shew me his apartment, then."

"So," thought I, as I arose to seek the chamber, "this time they were
nearer right than usual; for, if not an 'English Prince,' he has wielded
more substantial power, and exerted a much wider sway over the destinies
of the world, than ever a 'foreign Prince' from the Baltic to the
Bosphorus."

Strange enough, our last meeting was at Downing Street; he was then
Minister. I waited upon him by appointment, as I was leaving England for
the Prussian mission, and _he_ desired to give me his own instructions
before I sailed; and now, I visit him in a little Tyrol "Gasthaus," he,
destitute of power, and myself----

*****

It would be presumptuous in one so humbly placed to hazard an opinion on
the subject; but if I were to dare it, I should say that the statesmen
of England possess a range of knowledge and a wider intimacy with the
actual condition of the world as it is than any ot