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Serinque, the Count de Guepes, the Count de Diamant, 

 the Count de Perches, the Count de la Bombarde, &c. 

 All the counts are commanders of the order of St. Faustin 

 and officers of the Legion of Honor. More prodigal of 

 his favors as he descends in the scale of aristocracy, the 

 Emperor has created an innumerable mass of barons and 

 knights. Louis XIV, in the midst of his splendors, did 

 not perhaps imagine as many honorary changes as the 

 Emperor Faustin. Amongst his household, figure a grand 

 almoner, a grand master of the pantry, a grand marshal 

 of the palace, a quarter master, gentlemen of honor, go- 

 vernors of the royal palaces and castles, pages, masters of 

 ceremonies, librarian, heralds at arms, <fec. The Empress 

 Adelina has likewise her household, which is composed 

 of a grand almoner, two ladies of honor, two tire-women, 

 fifty-six ladies of the palace, twenty-two ladies of the cha- 

 pel, (all duchesses, countesses, baronesses, ladies of knights, 

 or marchionesses,) chamberlains, grooms, pages, &c. The 

 imperial princess, Madame Olivia Faustin, possesses an 

 equally brilliant household. Her gouvernante is Madame 

 le Chevalier de Bonheur. The costume of the nobility 

 has been regulated with particular care. The princes, 

 dukes and counts must wear white tunics, the barons red 

 coats, and the knights blue coats. They are, moreover, 

 distinguished by the number of plumes in their hats. The 

 princes have nine, the dukes seven, the counts five, the 

 barons three and the knights two. An ordinance decress 

 in minute terms the etiquette of the court. The gentlemen 

 must appear in uniform ; the ladies in full dress. ' The 

 nobles guard their swords,' the ordonnance says, 4 as their 



