The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-18 00:00:00

THE StTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1861

Russia. It is worthy of remark that the French
Senate had yesterday An animated distniaion on
the questiCn of Poland, Surely it is prophetic that
the two foremost kingdoms of civilisation should come
forward on the same day to advocate the glorious
cause of liberty, and to uphold the god-like
principle of independence. The Government, if
remiss on this point, cannot and dare not shelter
themselves by stating that the feeling of the
country is not with Poland. The unanimous and
universal sentiment of the meeting of yesterday
proved that beyond doubt or dispute, and therefore
let them look to their laurels, nor disgrace by their
tardy actions and exaggerated ide©s of policy,
their position as the pioneers of a mighty people,
who should lead the van in the march of nations
before the empires of the world, the beacon of
safety to despairing and struggling kingdoms, the
landmark of progress to oppressed populations, and
the herald of enlightenment to the darkened race
of intolerance and bigotry. Our Ministers should
also recollect that the proudest beast of our country
should be that she will face the mightiest Power
in the world in the dafence and vindication
of the humblest State where tyranny runs riot, and
where oppression triumphs over the weak and
tramples on the poor. Opportunity is now given
to our authorities ; but, if they let it pass by un-
heeded, it may be long before they can retrieve the
injury to their own reputations, and redress the
wrong to their country that such carelessness may
cause and such indifference entail.

As whimsical a conversation—for the talk upon
he matter hardly once rose last evening above the
purely and simply conversational—as eccentric and
whimsical a conversation as any that has for a long
period enlivened the proceedings of the House of
Commons took its rise from a bark or two from the
jaws of the good dog Tear'em. The honourable
and learned member for Sheffield in other words
once more seized an opportunity for ventilating
the many - months'-long subject of discussion
anent the legality or illegality of a gra-
tuitous Change of Names the memorable
discussion originated by Lord LLANOVER'S
altercation with Mr. JONES, otherwise Mr.
HERBERT (as he wished to call himself) of Clytha.
So succinctly and categorically did Mr. ROEBUCK
state the facts or incidents out of which the circum-
stance of that well-known altercation sprang into
existence, that it would hardly be possible to do
better than to summarise those particulars in this
place almost in the very words in which
they were epitomised by the honourable
and learned member for Sheffield. Several
years since, then, a gentleman died in Wales of
the name of JONES, He had three sons, but argued
Mr. ROEBUCK, he (the hon. member) had only to
do with two. The eldest of these two sons became
Mr. JONES of Llanarth, and the other Mr. JONES
of Clytha. Mr. JONES, of Llanerth, had a son.
The father afterwards died, and the son resolved
to marry a very charming person, the daughter of
Sir BENJAMIN HALL, and he wanted to take upon
himself the name of HERBERT, to which he believed
he had by succession a right. He got a
royal license to make that change of name. He
married the lady, and became Mr. HERBERT of
Llanarth. Now, Mr. JONES of Clytha also had
sons, and one of them wished to become a member
of the volunteers. However, the father wished him
not to become a volunteer until he was of age, and
the father determined that, as his nephew had done,
he should take the name of HERBERT, to which he
had as much right as the nephew. The son ac-
cordingly determined to take the name of HERBERT,
and now he had to bring in the name of Lord LLAN-
OVER. Lord LLaatovEß was lord-lieutenant of the
county, and when he was apprised of the fact
that the uncle of his son-in-law had taken the
name of HERBERT, he told the young gentleman
who wished to be aVolunteer that he could not permit
him to take that name, or be aVelunteer in the name
of HERBERT. Hine—that is, from this refusal of
permission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county
lachrynice—meaning, let
.us say, the tears of
indignant ink (both writing and printer's) shed
since then upon this, in most respects, frivolous,
though in some, really important theme.
Now that the facts—as echoed once more pretty
plainly only last evening within the walls of the
House of Commons—come very distinctly again
before the calmer judgment of the people, we really
cannot for the life of us see that, in making his
refusal upon the spur of the moment, Lord LLAN-
OVER was acting otherwise then as the vast majority
of Lords-Lieutenant in the United Kingdom, if
similarly appealed to, would have acted under
precisely the like circumstances. At the first
blush either the license dispensed for certain fees
by the College of Heralds was to be regarded
as valuable or as valueless. Upon his own instant
responsibility noLord-Lieutenant in the land would
have cared to give it impetuously and instantly as
his opinion that the acts of the Herald's College, or
College of Arms, as it is called, are in a matter like
this to be ignored and stultified. Lord LLANOVER
may have been mistaken, he has, we cannot but think,
been mistaken in adhering so very resolutely to his
own first not very surprising decision. Only upon
a careful examination of the authorities the singu-
lar fact comes more and more distinctly to light,
that so loose is the law in this particular as regards
the legality of a Change of,Names, that it is not in
any way extravagant to assert that only little by
little did the general community, after reading the
arguments of the Press and the debates in Parlia-
ment, as reported in the newspapers, arrive gra-
dually and even a good part of it reluctantly to
that same conclusion.
Upon the surface of things it appeared only to
stand to reason that, without going through some
recognised and authorised forms, no man could
positively and actually, that is, legally Change his
Surname. More particularly such appeared to be
the probability, seeing that forms exactly of that
character there were—forms that could be gone
through, that occasionally were gone through, at a
recognised and ancient, though it must be allowed
for the most part, somewhat after-dated and almost
obsolete institution. Among unprofessional men,
such undoubtedly was the prevailing impression,
when first Lord LLANOVER decided upon declining
to recognise Mr. JONES of Clytha's right to change his
name to HERBERT, solely at his own free will and
pleasure. Tolerate—thus it was argued by not a few
—tolerate this license in regard to the change of
names ; if one may venture upon any such mere
play upon words, this license to do away with
licenses; and the infamy attaching to any knave
well-known to the police by a string of aliases
would henceforth in a manner cease and determine.
TURPIN, alias SYKES, otherwise SHEPHERD,
and so on through a series of conveniently
dropped and resumed surnames, would at once
almost respectably resolve himself into an
individual remarkable merely for an eccen-
tric fluctuation or fitfulness in his variable taste
for names and his easy disgust with them,
So prevalent, however, heretofore has been the con-
viction that, without the purchase by heavy fees
paid down for a Royal License, no Change of Name
could be legally accomplished and legally recog-
nisable, that the hon. and learned member for
Sheffield could assert, and assert truthfully, only

last evening that " ititherto people had,been paying
large sums of money to change their names, though
he told the house and the country at large from his
place in Parliament that they need not pay
a farthing to any one for such a purpose." A
few months ago that assertion when first put forth
by the initiated, we may quite safely assert, took
the vast majority, even of educated men in this
country, by surprise. It was a bit of news that
hardly one person in a thousand had ever before
heard a whisper of. It took even Lord LLANOVER,
we may be sure, by surprise like the rest of the
community, though his lordship's surprise got no
further with him than just simply to confirm his
incredulity. For two hundred years, as the hon.
gentleman reminded the house yesterday, those
royal licenses had been granted, and gene-
ration after generation had been taught to be-
lieve in the validity and importance of their
enforcement. All of a sudden, thanks to the mis-
understanding between Mr. JONES of Clytha, and
the Lord LLANOVER, Lord-Lieutenant of the county,
"a change has come o'er the spirit of the dream " of
every unfortunate wight afflicted with some de-
grading or ridiculous surname—these same afilicted
ones abruptly awakening to the not unwelcome
knowledge that POTTS can be instantaneously and
permanently changed to PLANTAGENET, that
STUBBS can bloom into COURTENAY, a HOGG into a
HOWARD, or a DUNN into a DEVEREIII. Now is
their time, if they are in any way desirous
of availing themselves of this absolute freedom to
dispense with licenses. For we cannot seriously be-
lieve that the law of the land will be allowed inde-
finitely to remain in its present state, in this same
position. And that, if for nothing else, because of
the threat thus held out in terrorem over a great
and busy mercantile community, the threat of a
confusion becoming rapidly worse confounded, by
reason of the breaking up far and wide of many of
the securities for the identification of individuals.

Mr. ROEBUCK'S proceeding last night we take
obe one merely preliminary. It was, as will be

observed, simply a motion for returns of the names
of all persons who had applied for licenses to change
their names since 1850 ; of the instances in which
such licenses had been granted during that period,
together with a statement of the names of the suc-
cessful applicants, and of the names which they had
been permitted to assume by royal license; of the
names of the persons so applying who had been
refused during the same period, with the reasons
assigned in each case for the refusal; of the prin-
ciples by which the Home-office is guided in grant-

ug and refusing such licenses; and of the amoun

of fees demanded for such licenses since 1850, and
the manner in which the moneys received had been
applied. As will be seen this very reason-

able motion was, after an amusing and
animated discussion, very readily agreed
to by the House of Commons, as was like-

wise a kindred or supplementary motion for re-
turns of the names and titles of the various officers
of the College of Arms in England, Scotland, and
Ireland, their duties, fees, and emoluments. Tne
rest will follow, we may be sure, in due course, and,
quite as a matter of course. It is quite impossible
that the law as it now stands in this particular can
be left unaltered.

We are not surprised that some inquiry should
have been proposed into the working of the game
law passed last Session. We have, from the very
first, denounced it as an unjust and impolitic mea-
sure, which would result in the production of far
greater evils than those it was designed to sup-
press. The numerous instances in which it has
been brought before the public in the course of
the recess have only confirmed our assertions, and
shown the urgent need or eume reconsideration of
this hasty and ill-advised measure. Mr. FORSTER, in
his sensible and temperate speech, brought forward
very forcibly the objections to the measure, which
unfortunately produced little effect on the in-
terested opposers of the investigation. It is not
in accordance with the principles of our
English legislation to stifle inquiry, but it
would seem that the conclusions of an inde-
pendent and disinterested committee were not to be
trusted. It must be remembered in answer to those
members who professed to object to the unusual
course of passing a bill in one session and appoint-
ing a committee on the subject in the next, that it
was expressly stated at the time that the
recent act was hurried through Parliament,
that a committee of inquiry should be proposed
this year, es owing to the advanced period of the
Session at which the bill was brought forward it
was too late to proceed in such an inquiry then.
But any excuse is sufficient for men who think
more of their hour's shooting than of the life-
long well-doing of their neighbours. It is much
easier and pleasanter to lament the increase of crime,
and the depravity of the masses, than to give a consci-
entious vote, which will probably curtail the voter's
own pleasures. Yet the fact remains that poaching,
although, as was justly observed last night, seldom
regarded as criminal by any class, is the stepping-
stone to a life of crime, and that, on the authority of
our present Home Secretary, such offences are
greatly on the increase. Sir G. GREY said that in
1857 3,567 persons were charged before magis-
trates with infringements of the game laws in the
day time, and 1,883 persons were charged with
night poaching, making altogether 5,500 cases
summarily dealt with ; and in 1861, the
last year for which the returns were corn.
pleted, 8,563 cases had been taken before the magis-
trates for summary adjudication, and there were
7,700 convictions. In 1862 there were 10,135 cases
taken before magistrates, but he had been unable to
Ascertain the number of convictions. These returns
however, which excluded the cases of persons com-
mitted for trial on serious charges, demanded con-

sideration. A committee was moved for in 1845,
and one of the main reasons urged for granting it
was the connection of the game laws with crime--
a reason which was much more strong now than it
was then. Offences had greatly increased, and he
believed that it was owing to the increase of game
and to those excessive preserves which could

not be too strongly reprobated, whilst a reason

able preservation: of game was desirable."
It must be evident to the most superficial observer
that poaching is a snare into which active and
thoughtless men may easily be led; it must
be also evident that the habitual infraction

of the law, however unjust, and the reck-
less companions among whom such a course
of life would bring him, are means sufficient
to transform in a short time the honest labourer
into a felon. As Mr. FORSTER observed there have

beenldiscussions.as to whether poaching is theft, but
" in whatever way that question is solved there is
an undoubted fact that the poacher does not com-
mence at once to be a thief, but he certainly ends
by becoming a thief." It is therefore unjust and
cruel to the last degree to thrust so great a tempta-
tion carelesly and constantly in the wayof the honest
working man, and then, when the offence is com-
mitted, hand him over to the judgment of a bench
of county magistrates, who, as was very justly said,
are men, not angels, and who regard poaching,
seemingly, as next door to a capital offence. The
onus probandi, as was remarked by Mr. FORSTER,
is thrown on the defendant, which is
in entire
opposition to the spirit of English legislation. A t

severe sentence, which the pea6her probably feels to
be unjust, when he remembers what his neighbour
I had for half murdering his wife, commits him
for a lengthened period to. the company
of hardened ruffians and professional thieves.
There his education is soon perfected, and he emerges
a reckless and unscrupulous outlaw, whose whole
career in life has been blighted and darkened by the
fatal facilities attending the capture of a hare
or a pheasant, and the value attaching to those
useful and profitable creatures in the eyes of our
British legislators. Meanwhile the wife and family,
deprived of their bread winner, probably share the
sentiments if not the power of expression given to
the poacher's widow in Kingsley's stirring
lines. It is of course not to be supposed that
we advocate the encouragement of poaching
or the removal of all penalties attaching to it, but
we do say that it is the duty of our legislators to
see that the Game Laws are framed in fair
accordance with the general tone and
spirit of our present English code ; that
the facilities and temptations afforded by the
immense preserves so properly deprecated by
Sir G. GREY should be discouraged by every possi-
ble means; that the constabulary force of the
country should not be diverted from public protec-
tion to private interests, thus producing an anta-
gonism never before existing between the officers
of justice and the great body of the poople.
We say, too, that the punishment inflicted on
poachers should be commensurate to the offence, and
should not equal in severity those sentences awarded
to manslaughter and burglary. Most excellent and
advisable is the proposed transfer of such cases
from the bench of county magistrates who preserve
game, to the juries at the quarter sessions, leaving
the prisoner the option of a summary disposal of
the charge. Such changes as these are urgently
called for, and we trust that the good sense and
spirit of Englishmen will not consent to abide by
the decision of last night.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 17.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds
this morning.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice took a
carriage drive.

Her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Brabant,
and his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse,
rode on horseback.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales arrived at Windsor Castle to-day from
Osborne, attended by the Countess of Morton,
Lieutenant-General Knollys, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Keppel.

Her Majesty the Queen, with the Royal family,
and the Duchess of Brabant, attended by the ladies
and gentlemen in waiting, received their Royal
Highnesses, who arrived at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock
in an open carriage, from the railway station.
Lord Rivers has succeeded Lord Camoys, as Lord
in Waiting.

The Danish Royal Family.
(From the Court Newsman.)
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christian of Denmark received a deputation of
Danes yesterday morning at the Palace Hotel,
Buckingham-gate. The deputetion was headed by
the Danish Consul, and was introduced to their
Royal Highnesses by M. Torben de Bille, the
Danish Minister.

The Princess Christian, with other members of
the Danish Royal family, partook of a dejeuner
with the Duke of Cambridge yesterday, at Glou-
cester House, Park-lane.

His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse-
Cassel, and his Serene Highness the Duke of
Holstein-Glucksburg, attended by Lieut.-Colonel
du Plat, visited the Tower of London yesterday.
The prince and duke afterwards were conducted
through Barclay and Perkins' brewery. In the after-
noon their Royal and Serene Highnesses visited the
South Kensington Museum.

ENTERTAINMENT AT APSLEY HOUSE.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christian, and Prince Frederic of Denmark (at-
tended by General and Madame d'Oxholm, the
Countess Reventlow, and Colonel Francis Seymour,
C. 8.), Prince Frederick of Hesse-Cassel, and his
Serene Highness the Duke of Holstein•Glucksburg,
honoured the Duke and Duchess of Wellington with
their company at dinner last evening at Apsley
House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge
(attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset, and Capt.
P. Cust), and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge (accompanied by Colonel Tyr whitt) were also
present. The company, in addition, comprised the
Marchioness of Ely, the Earl and Countess Russell,
the Earl and Countess de Grey, Field-Marshal Lord
Clyde, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, his Excel-
lency M. de Bille (Danish Minister), and Captain
Falbe (Secretary of the Danish Legation).
A small party, confined to the relations of the
noble duke and duchess, had the honour to meet the
royal party after dinner.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Christian of Denmark will occupy the Queen's box at the
St. James's Theatre this evening.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick, who are
now residing at Nice, are not expected home until the
second week in the ensuing month.
The Earl of Wilton will remain at Egerton
Lodge, Melton Mowbray, till the close of the hunting,
when his lordship will come to town for the season.
The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor have
left town for Calverley Park, Cheshire, until after the
Easter recess.

Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly
on Saturday next at Cambridge House, Piccadilly.
Lady Blantyre and family on leaving the Duchess
(Dowager) of Sutherland's seat in Buckinghamshire, last
week, proceeded to join his lordship at Erskine House,
Renfrewshire. It is the intention of the noble lord and
lady to come to town after Easter for the season.

Presents to the Prince and Princess of Wales.

(From the Court Newsman.)
The following presents were made to her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales and to his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales upon the occasion of their marriage :
The presents to the Princess of Wales included—
From her Majesty the Queen. in the name of his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort and the Queen, from de-
signs by his Royal Highness—a parure of very large and
fine opals and brilliants, consisting of three circular
brooches, pair of earrings, cross, and bracelets. (Gar-
rard and Co.)

Frcm her Majesty the Queen—The Victoria and Alberl
Badge, formed of a fine oriental onyx, with portraits of
her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort
encircled by a border of fine brilliants, and surmounted
by a crown of diamonds, with a carved ruby cap, (Gar-
rard and Co.) _

From her Majesty the Queen—A suite of Indian ornaments
of pearls, emeralds, and diamonds, consisting of corsage,
pair of bracelets, and an armlet.

Six Indian shawls.
One gold tissue shawl.
Several pieces of satin and velvet unmade.
From A.
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales fine pearl
and diamond necklace, formed of eight circular clusters
of brilliants, with a large pearl in the centre of each, and
connected by festoons of diamonds; from each of the three
principal clusters is suspended a fine pear-shaped pearl.
A brooch of oblong form, with three very fine pearls
set with large brilliants, and three large and fine
pearls pendant.
A pair of earrings to match. (Garrard and Co.)
A diadem of fine brilliants ; the circlet is formed of
two rows, with ten large brilliants equidistant ; it is
surmounted by scroll ornaments, having in the
centre of each a large drop-shaped brilliant; these
are connected by Greek devices, also in brilliants.
The various pieces are made to form separate orna •
'cents at pleasure. (Garrard and Co.)
A waist clasp, formed of two large turquoises, inlaid .

From his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge—A
broad wove gold band bracelet, with blue enamel and
diamond centre and plume. (Garrard and Co.)
From her Highness the Princess Hohenlohe—A beauti-
fully painted fan-mount, representing an out •door scene
(skating), a ball room, and a concert ; a similar mount,
representing a group in the costumes of Louis XV.'s
period.
From his Majesty the King of the Belgians—A dress of
beautiful and costly Brussels lace, with scarf and hand-
kerchief to match.
From his Majesty the King of Denmark—A necklace of
pearls and diamonds in five divisions, with festoons of
pearls connecting ornaments of gold, with a large bril-
liant in the centre of each. The centre of the necklace is
farmed of scroll-work in diamonds, with one round and
two very large pear-shaped pearls, and suspended from it
is the far-simile of the cross of Dagmar, tastefully exe-
cuted in enamel, ornamented w ttli pearla and diamonds.
The style of the necklace is Byzantine. (Jules Didrich-
son, Crown jeweller, Copenhagen.)
From her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meck-
lenburg—A gold bracelet and locket pendant, with dia-
monds in the centre. (Friedeburg, Berlin).
From their Majesties .the King and Queen of Prussia—A
large vase of china, the middle containing a portrait of
his Majesty—the base, the top, and the handles all
richly gilt.
From his Royal Highness the Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse
and sisters—An antique gold parure, diadem, necklace,
bracelet, brooch, and earrings. (Michelson, Copenhagen)
From her Highness the Duchess of Glucksburg—An old
enamelled watch, with diamond borders, back and front.
From the Maharajah Duleep Singh—A bouquet holder of
carved crystal, with pearls and corals introduced—on the
stem is a band of emeralds and diamonds, and a jewelled
coronet—the foot is formed of a ball of crystal, with
rubies and diamonds. By turning the ball the foot-springs
open into four supports, in each of which is a plume and
cypher ; attached to the holder is a chain of gold and
pearls, and a hoop ring of eight pearls. (London and
Ryder.)
From the Ladies and Gentlemen of her Majesty's House-
hold--Avery richly chased silver-gilt toilet service in the
Queen Anne style, consisting of a magnificent toilet glass,
hand glass, a large casket, ten toilet boxes, two large
jars, four smaller jars, two .large beakers, four large
scent bottles with coronet tops, pair of toilet candlesticks,
pincushion with handsome pin tray, ivory hair brushes,
with silver gilt cypher and crown, a tortoise-shell comb,
and a beautifully fitted instrument tray, The toilet glass,
the principal object of the service, has a very richly
chased frame, at the top of which is the cypher and Danish
coronet of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra,
surmounted by two winged figures bearing the Prince of
Wales' plume, which they are about to place upon the
cypher of her royal highness. At the foot of the glass
are the full arms, supporters, and crown of the Princess
of Wales. The whole is fitted in a rosewood case, with
a handsome cypher and crown on the cover, richly orna-
mented handles and lock-plate. The facing of the box
when open presents a continuous twisted scroll, on each
lap of which is engraved the name of a subscriber,
(Garrard and Co,)
From the Hon. Mrs. Bruce—A copy, by Mrs. Charles
Newton, of the Raphael " St. Catherine" in the National
Gallery.
From the Bridesmaids—A coloured gold bracelet, richly
set with brilliants. The bracelet is in eight compartments,
each containing a portrait of a bridesmaid, with her
initials in diamonds on a Garter blue cover. (Garrard
and Co.)
Froai Earl Spencer—Ewer and basin of majolica ware.
From Chamberlain Schesstodt Juel and daughter, Baroness
Juel Brockdorf and daughter, Master of the Hunt, Lin-
degard, and Councillor Lindegard—A suite of gold orna-
ments of ancient design, a broad gold bracelet with filigree
work, and a brooch and earrings to correspond.
From the Corporation of the City of London—A. necklace
of 32 very large and fine brilliants; a pair of earrings to
correspond, formed of two large and fine brilliant tops,
and two equally fine drops connected by two smaller
brilliants, (Garrard and Co.)
From the Lady Mayoress—A bouquet holder of cornucopia .
form, with rose, thistle, and harp, in rubies, emeralds,
and diamonds. (Garrard and Co.)
From the Lady Mayoress of Dublin, and a number of ladies
of title and distinction of Ireland—Several fine specimens
of Irish lace.
From the Duchess of Inverness—A gold bracelet with dia-
mond centre.
From Lady Buchanan—A handsome casket in imitation of
Florentine work, made at Torquay.
From the Ladies of Liverpool—A cross of 11 large and fine
brilliants, suspended from a row of pearls. (Mayer,
Liverpool.)
From the Ladies of Manchester—An opal and brilliant
bracelet, with small emeralds introduced; in the centre
are five large opals, and 16 opals in the bands. (Hunt
and Roskell.)
From the Ladies of Leeds—A handsome diamond bracelet,
contained in an elegant white casket, ornamented with
appropriate gold devices and inscription.
From the Ladies of Gravesend—A bouquet holder, orna-
mented with pink coral and pearls, and having the corpo-
ration arms on one side, and the arms of his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales and of Denmark on the other.
( Dod, Cornhill.)
From the Inhabitants of the two islands of Laaland end
Falster—A gold suite, of Saxon design—diadem, armlet,
brooch, hair-pins, three buttons, earrings, and ring.
(Dahl, Copenhagen.)
From the Highland Companies of the Edinburgh Rifle
Volunteers—A Highland brooch, richly enamelled with
Runic ornament, surmounted by a crown and shield, with
the arms of the prince as Duke of Rothsay, and the royal
arms of Denmark ; the shield rests in a plume ; upon a
scroll the motto, "In defence, God me defend." The
brooch is enriched with Scotch pearls and cairngorms.
On the back is engraved in Gaelic, " Welcome and hail
to the Daughter of Denmark. From the Land of the
Mountain, 1863." (From designs by Nlr. J. Drummond,
U.S.A., executed by G. and M. Crighton.)
From the Children of Windsor—A Bible and Prayer-book,
the sides of the books of ivory, with turquoise cross in the
centre.
The presents to the Prince of Wales were—
From her Majesty the Queen (in the name of his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort and the Queen, from designs
by his royal highness)—A tazza in silver, partially gilt.
The group on the base illustrates Edward I. presenting
his infant son (born at Caruarvon Castle, April 25, 1284)
to the Welsh chieftains. The figures represent the King,
the Queen holding the royal infant in her arms, two
chieftains, one of whom kneels and kisses the Prince's
hand ; the Chancellor, a page bearing the King's shield,
a herald, and a Knight. The basis is rich in ornaments,
and bears shields for arms, &c., supported by infantine
figures. Beneath the tazza are portraits of the following
Princes of Wales, viz. :—Edward, afterwards Edward II.;
Edward the Black Prince ; Henry, afterwards Henry V. ;
Edward, son of Henry VI. ; Arthur, son of Henry VII.;
Charles, afterwards Charles I. ; George Augustus, after-
wards George 11. ; and George, afterwards George 111.
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In the name of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort
and the Queen—Two vases in silver, partially gilt, of
Etruscan form; one surmounted by a figure of Britannia,
the other by that of a Welsh bard. The handles are
formed of the heraldic rose, and on the feet are the arms
and supporters of his royal highness in relief. (Hunt I
and Roskell.)
From her 111ajesty the Queen—A candelabrum for seven
lights of rich foliage ornament. On two sides of the base
are the arms of her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Rent in high relief; on the other two sides are engraved
the cypher and crown of her royal highness.
Three large oval salvers with the cypher and crown of
her royal highness engraved thereon, with other
articles of plate.
From the Duke of Bucoleuch—A finely-chased silver-gilt
and jewelled vase in the style of Holbein. On the body
of the vase are the heads in high relief of Holbein,
Erasmus, Michael Angelo, and Raffaelle ; from the cover
rises an elegant scroll-work supporting a medallion, with
the arms of his royal highness enamelled on both sides.
This was manufactured for the International Exhibition,
1862. (Garrard and Co. )
From the Duke of Newcastle—A large silver inkstand. with
richly-chased border and feet. (Garrard and Co.)
From the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland—A china ser-
vice from Minton.
From the Duke of St. Albans—A very handsome mosaic
paper weight.
From Lieutenant-Colonel Loyd Lindsay, V.C„—An elegant
casket-shaped inkstand of silver, richly ornamented with
raised scroll-work in the style of Queen Anne. (Garrard
and Co. )
From Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish —An inkstand of
Oriental alabaster.