The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-01
ORDER OF TIE GARTER.

The London PdR Mail Ga=ttc says:-A
correspondent writes to us'-Allow me to
supplement your observations on the Order
of the Garter with the following from the
Banks MSS. in the British Museum. The
Duke of Northumberland is stated to have
recounted this anecdote to Miss Banks on
the 30th of October, 1918, at Spring Grove:
-"Prince Ferdinand Of Brunswick had,
when elected to the Order, the command of
the allied armies then opposed to those of
France in Germany, and was at the time
when the officers of the Order arrived
bringing with them the insignia of
His Highness' iRvestiGure, encamped on
the crest of a ridg, in the face of the
French army, which occupied the crest
of the opposite ridge, separated only by
narrow valley. The Prince, highly graft
fed by the honor he had received, resolved
to have the ceremony of his investiture
performed at the head of the troops, and
made the necessary preparations for that
purpose. The Marshal Due de Broglie,
commander of the French army, hearing
of this, and guided by the animating spirit
of chivalry for which the French nation
was then admired by all Europe, sent q
flag of truce to inquire if these facts were
as he had heard them represented, and in
that case to offer the Prince suspension
of arms for the day on which the ceremony
was to take place. The Prince willingly
accepted this honorable and high minded
offer. The day arrived, and exhibited
both the armies drawn up on their respeo-
tive ridges in full view of each other The
ceremony was performed in the sight of
both, and when ended both armies fired
feu de joie in honor of the occasion. The
Prince had ordered tents to be pitched in
tho intervening valley to give an enter
tainmont in honor of the ceremony, and to
this he invited the Duke and his principal
officers, who accepted the invitation. They
dined together, and at night returned to
their respective armies to recommonce on
the next rising of the sun in hoStlities in
which they were engaged" Such n scene
would have delighted the hearts of Edward
the Third, the Black Prince, and the
Founder Knights of the noble Order II
may be fittingly matched by q little story
from Frossart. Under the walls Of Calais,
Edward I'LL encountered hand to hand the
famous De Ribaumont, who brought him
twice upon his knee, but was at length
vanquished by tn King After the battle
the monarch entertained his prisoners in
the town; and, VIII IL supper was over, he
took his chaplat of pearls from his brow
and approaching De Ribaumont placed it
on his head, saying;-'' Sir Eustace, I give
this wreath to you as the best of this days
combatants, and I beg you to wear it a
year for my love. know you are gay and
gallant aud willingly find yourself where
ladies' are. Tell them, then, wherever
you may be, that gave you this token;
and moreover free you from your prison.
Go tomorrow, if it please you" 1t is the
deliberately expressed opinion of Hallam
and he was calm man and q whig, be it
remembered-tha eff we could forget,
what never should be forgotten, the
wretchedness and devastation that fell
upon great kingdom-too dear price
for the display of any heroism-we might
count these English wars in France among
the brightest periods in history But
then, when the drawbacks are considered,
it should be borne in mind that Edward
Ill challenged Philip VI. to decide his
claim to the crown of France by single
combat-a proceeding which, perhaps be-
cause the challenge was not accepted, has
never been followed as a precedent by later
sovereigns. The case of the Due dAumale
and Napoleon III, dos, however, make
some approach to an imitation.
.~~e 60.
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