The Warwickshire Herald. — 1893-01-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

THE SOCIETY PAPERS. (From the World.)  The Queen's presents to Princess Marie of Edinburgh include a large brooch of diamonds and rmeralds, with earrings to match, two magnificent ian shawls, portraits of her Majesty and of the Prince Consort, a splendidly bound copy of Sir Theodore Martin's "Life of the Prince Consort," tome Boniton lace, a quantity of Irish fsbrics, end everal shawls, plaid+,and wrappers of the" Royal" tartan which Prince Albert designed. The Duke of Edinburgh gives his daughter a superbly chased toilet service of silver-gilt, which is enclosed in a huge case of Tussle leather. The Duchess gives a dressing-case and a travelling-bag, both fully fitted in silver; a diadem, large cross, brooch and arrings of diamonds; a sapphire and dig,' ond brooch, and two brooches and bracelets of diamonds and pearls. The Duke and Duch' se give jointly a magnificent suite of diamonds and turquoises, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner services of Worcester china.  The Hereditary Prince of Hohenloh.-Langenburg IMS been staying for several aye at Osborne on a visit to thY Queen. HY is th.. grm ;sun of the Queen's half-si-ter, the Priucess Fm joro of El hoot lie, who died in 1872. The Prince wa; burn in September, 1863, and is an officer of Pripsian Dragoon Guards, and a first-cousin of the German Empress. The promotion of the f uke of York to the rank ot captain in the Navy has no particular sic.,,siticance. Ilia Royal Highness is not likrly to serve atio.it again in any active capacity It is more t ,an eight years since he became a lienteitant,alter 15 months' vice as a sub-lieu enam What would not the Doke of Edinburgh giv, now if his career Im I been mapped out for him on similarly modest lives? AS it is, he, one of the very fimat nth ers in the whole Navy for technical knowledge and skill in the art of managing either fleets or men, is compulsorily ,helved because he became an minpral at 34.  Colonel R. E. R. Martin, late of the leniskill4nr; Dragoons, who u,,w holds the position of lirirt.ll Resioent in Swaziland, is leaving En_Lied for South Africa, to resume his duties. His experience in matters South African has boon of the greatest assistance in the settlement of the vexed Swaziland questi,n, and doubtless his return to his post will see some official announcement fr .:11 Sir Henry Loch, the Governor of Cape Colony, with regard to the future of this possession. There are five peers to come of aze in 1291 of whom, however, only three will be eotitled to seats in the House of Lords; these are: Marquis Camd n on tehruary 9th, ef.er twomy years mi I num months of minority ; Sad II •auebarnp on February 20th; Earl Grenoble on March 4th; Viscount M' nut. moues (whose father was murdered II Ireland in 1980), on September 2.3 id ; and Vis,ount Southweli on No, ember 16th. Several eldest sons of peers will reach their majority On iday 22nd, Lord Cassilis. eldest son of Lord Ailsa, and (next day) the Hon. wnay, eldest son of Lord Downe; on Juno 29th, the Hon. gtwin Hamilton, elde,t son of Lord Hamilton of Dalz. II; on July 25th, Lord Milton, grandson of Lord Fitzwilliam; on September 30th, Lord Crichton, el lest eon of Lord Erne; on November 14th, Lord Brackley, eldest son of Lord Ellesmere; and on December 113th, Lord Fitzharris, eldest son of Lord Malmesbury. Lord Russell's brother and heir-presumpti, e, the Hon. Bertrand Russell, comes of age on May 18th. In addition to best it may be noted that Lord Kerry,eldest son of Lord Lansdowne. Viceroy of ludia, comes of age on Saturday next, January 14th.