PRESENTS OF ROYAL VISITORS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 2265, 15 May 1891, Page 3

PRESENTS OF ROYAL VISITORS.

i - •fPresenta- pfi ' r »l < fioyal 'parsonage, - bofchitoatteridaptsiiaDdHo eer vabts,' xarq reg ui sited* ■ sferiiptiyj fby ■pitec r efctedt,Ytnßo-. i !much>tfhat theyi must Snot < iailhbelqw a, : ice'rtainT amount, i which urarieb accoVd-, ■i iig ttxithe position of the donori , ■' -M ■ ;: The EnlperoriNapdieon wa'a most pro-. i fuse when'ihe came to (England in 1855. j ,'T>heimdßt magnificent Visitorever known, ) >mi theiaDnals of the English Court was •theiEmperor Nicholas, who, when •he : wasiherein i 1844, left twoi thousand pounds to distribute amt,ng /the seriv- , ants at Windsor Castle^ whileo the ■housekeeper there was i given a pa rare ;of diamonds worth £I,GOQ. : •.d The sixdorde who were jin waitine during his visit 'each received a splendid c :gold :sauff-boiy w th the emperor 'sport-' rait ißet in diamonds ; each equerry F and the groomp-in-wiating eoh asimilart - snuff-t)ox with Eis Mttjeaty-s cipher in diamonds; a busbel of ringa, watches, , and brooches were d'smbut- d amoc miD(.r ; fiiDCtionaries, £2,800 was distributed in charity, aod £500 was given fofi t-hei ciip : at Aecpt Which was continued anuumly fo teu years. The most, liberal visitor eine« 1855 was the king; of the JS[etherlandß,i when h^e came oveci to attend the/ marriage of the D t njke of Albany, though the Shah of Persia on t^e pccaeion of his trip ,to this country last year, w&s particularly free, especially in the way of jewellery, his f -iVourite sign i L of pleasure nbeing a gift of pearls.,, i 1