New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-16
KING EDWARDS NEW SEAL
y, If Steel Instead of SilUer Used
for Al PreTiOuS Great Seals.

seal Of Empire. 10 take the pace ol the
rhich has been in for the last sixteen or
...en wears and which. bearing the heraldic
i<se Of the late Queen with her name and
s. has now been soIemnly broken or de
80 by tho monarch. and has become the per
t-re az the Lord Chancellor. The last named. in
9-,-4sr~a with usual custom. is having it con-
-.5 into p saIver bearing his own arms and those
= the sovereign.
ms IS me last occasion that tho Great Seal Of
,--rlsnd can be applied such after being
.4rokeu' for the new one which has just been
...s5ea by King Edward 10 the Lord High Chan
l,r * constructed Of finely tempered steel. in
.ss5 - silver as heretofore. The Great Seal con-
sers Of q pair Of dies more than six inches in d-
-ste- and when made Of silver these dies were
.--ss-ouarJers Of an inch thick. When required
90 the completion Of any state document the dies
- closed melted wax poured in and in due
,e the Great Seal is ready for attachment The
risr shape Of the Great Seal has LED TO its
lag occasionally devoted to strange uses, and
-ss1 the eccentric first Lord Brougham Lord
afrb Chancellor OF the realm he on one occasion.
rbile visiting the Duchess Dowager of Bedford
+- the country permitted the two silver disks
Constituting the Great Seal 10 be used for frying
rercskas iu ne kitchen by of the younger
-oarlrbers ~ the house party.
Yet So great : the importance attached to this
emblem % British sovereignty that there are all
.o-re n ancient laws. still unrepeaIed. providing
for The CUSTODY Of the Great Seal Thus. one old
s.stute declares that ii may not be taken out of
.b4 United kingdom. In fact. one OF the offences
for which Cardinal Wolsey impeached and
,,,-5shed during the reign Of King Henry VIII was
mat 10 had violated the law by taking the Great
al ont II the kingdom with him to France in his
,-arfrv as Lord Keeper and High Chancellor.
The law makes it nigh treason to counterfeit the
Great sea- and Lord High Chancellor who al
lows the Great Seal out Of his own custody renders
himself liable not only 70 removal from office, but
likewise 70 SIN more serious pains and penalties.
In oI5en times the Great Seal. when ii went out
q use was broken in real earnest. usually in the
House of Lords hy means OF a sledgehammer
zelded by "a sturdy blacksmith. But in these
modern times The breaking" OF 'defacng'' IS OF
purely uetaph0rical order. and consists in gentle
-sn with q small hammer by the sovereign during
q session of the Prvy Council summoned for the
suppose. The "defacement'' being entered upon the
minutes of the CounoL
The fa-t thai queen Victoria's Great Seal should
have been used until now. despite the fact that
King coward has been on the throne nearly four
years. Is in accordance wtth precedent. the new
Great seal of sovereign being rarely completed
until after be- has been The throne for several
resrs IT is this that leads 10 considerable uncer-
sirty about records Of ancient days. since. dated
Years after rhe demise Of a monarch they are
neverthelsss found TO bear his seal
PRINCESS cTTO,s HAPPY MARRIAGE.
Princess otto Wfndischgraetz. only child of the
~ lated Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, is about
% become once more mother. and this official an
rounceuent VIII 20 further than anything else 10
confirm the denaIs these letters Of the fantastic
stories circulated far and wide in the autumn OF
- describing the Young princess having killed
n actress in a nj jealousy and Of having been
IL treated and deserted by her young husband On
the contrary everything goes TO show that this
love match Of young Archduchess Elizabeth has
turned out very happily. They hold very much
se0f from society at Prague. where the prince has
I4eu in garrison until now and this has had no
IN r., With rnalETaiert gossip circulated
c57cerrug them.
The prince has, however, retired from the
army and with the consent Of the princess's grand
father Emperor Francis Joseph. a portion of her
large fortune has been devoted 70 the purchase of
q big estate in Hungary, near Zselna, where Prince
OTTO VIII heuccfOrth devote himself to agrl-
culture The late Crown Prince Rudolph was i'm
mensey popular in Hungary, where his death is
u0urasd TO this day and Princess Otto, as his only
child is therefore certain 10 receive a warm wei
come from the Magyars- Indeed. her presence
among them may serve TO counteract in measure
The growing unpopularity Of the House Of Haps-
5rr .a hungary. which has increased quite alarm
iagy Of late.
LADY STAIR SEEKING A DIVORCE.
Few houses Of lie cid Scotch aristocracy have
furnished bigger share OF romance and drama in
lie matrimonial lire than that Of Dalrymple, Of
which tn eleventh Earl OF Stair is the chief so
mat the action II Countess Of Stair IA proceed
Oh the ground Of desertion Is quite in accord
win family traditions
In this instance popular sympathy is all with
te ear The trouble between this III matched
supple dates hack many years ago when they
Ess stll Known by their courtesy titles Of FlS-
Gu and Viscouutess Dalrymple There
E5Gzrion. and the countess. who is a sister Of
h' seoTge Grant Suite and a granddaughter OF
lie sixth Duke Of RoXburghe, appealed to the
scotch for the custody OF the children. which
bar tn E4lla-
stanuste the vague charges which she brought
against her husband The accusations We're Of a
nature 70 preclude amy possibility Of Lord Stairs
FNer nseening reoonced his wife. and realizing
'As Lazy STAIR is now asking for q dissolution Of
'sr marriage on The only ground that she is likely
" ~ DUE 10 secure f. namely. that Of deseruon.
THE GLENCOE EARL"
Lord Star is ror rs so many people believe, de
Foended from the SCALED Glencoe Earl. but from
ne lstters Younger brother. The Glencoe Earl
vas 20 called on account OF his having been the
prlncTsI instgator Of tho terrible massacre of
Iehooe end in ais case as IN that Of all the other
P7iiflrators ana Instigators OF The deed of blood
10 question. The so-caIIrd curse of Glencoe" to the
et mat nay heir wives ever he chdless, was
utilized Fer King William III who signed the
-e'Fse Tor The massacre died Cflildless The name
S-a the family of Campbell Of Genlyon. who com
1HUea Inc band r1aJ perpeITated the massacre
et1e utterly extinct soon after his own death.
-' 1encoe Eari's eldest son was killed by his
--se brother. and II was found necessary 10
pardon Lu1er INC Great Seal OF Scotland 10
young homicide although he only nine
.lA u age ~ the time. The wife OF this Glencoe
- VINO has been held ~ the execration Of
sands ~ s.r y alter Scott in the Waverley
-. remains unbLrled TO TINS day Shortly be-
her Death she expressed the desire that she
e-- not BE- put underground. but that her coffin
-'- Re SCI upright. end promising that while
remained in that situation the Dalrympes
VIC continue 10 flourish Fer directions were
VIC with. and . tbs day her coftin stands up