Herein is the extreme value of the numberless scions of Royalty with which England is over-blessed. The Duke of Cumberland (we mean the King of Hanover) has £23,000 a year from the sweat of Englishmen. And does not his Highness, or his Kingship, whilst taking a salary, exercise a most salutary effect upon Britons? Does he not practically teach them the beauty of humility--of long suffering--of self-denying charity and benevolence? Why, he is a continual record of the liberality and magnanimity of Englishmen, who, if ever they fall into an excess of admiration for royalty, will owe the enthusiasm to such bright examples as the monarch of Hanover. In the East there are benevolent votaries who build expensive fabrics for the entertainment of the most noisome creatures. Englishmen are above such superstition; and in the very pride and height of their intelligence, allow £23,000 to the King of Hanover. [Sidenote: Royal Parasites] The wedding of the Princess Augusta, daughter of the Duke of Cambridge, to the Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was the occasion of a wonderful explosion in the _Morning Post_:-- Jenkins was present at the ceremony. He was somehow smuggled into the Royal Chapel, and stood hidden in a corner, hidden by a huge _bouquet_, quite another Cupid among the roses. Let us, however, proceed to give the "feelings" of Jenkins, merely premising that we should very much like to see Jenkins, when he feels "proud, elated and deeply moved." He says: "We felt alternately proud, elated, and deeply moved during the ceremony as _in turn_ we cast a glance at the illustrious witnesses to the solemnity. There was our gracious Queen, beaming with youth and beauty, _through which is ever discernible the eagle glance_ and the imposing air of command so well suited to her high station. Next to the Queen, the Royal Consort, _one of the handsomest Princes of the age_, in whom the spirit of youth is so remarkably tempered by the _judgment and wisdom of age_. The Queen Adelaide, living model of every Virtue which can adorn a Woman either in private life or on a throne." So far the _Morning Post_. What says (perhaps?) an equal authority, _The Times_? "The Queen Dowager was prevented from being present at the Ceremony in consequence of indisposition." The old Duke Adolphus Frederick of Cambridge was another target of never-ending ridicule. He was a great diner-out, and his fatuous after-dinner speeches are cruelly parodied. He was also "the Duke who thinks aloud," whether at the play or at the Chapel Royal:-- A few Sundays ago, the Minister and the Duke proceeded as follows: _Minister._ From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts of the devil---- (_Duke._ To be sure; very proper--very proper.) _Minister._ From all sedition, conspiracy, and rebellion----