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CONTENTS. No. 263.
NOTES : Coronation Dvirbar, 21 Westminster Improve- ment,, 22 -Chinese Analogue of Jonson's ' Alchemist,' 23
"Jeer "Pen nsylvaniaii Dutch, 24 Shakespeariana :
' Merchant of Venice' Kilmany, 25 "Bezique" Mono- rail System "Sermon" : " Homily," 26 French Naval Memoirs Archband Roof Frederick Tennyson -'The Chimes,' 1845 The Crossing Sweeper, 27.
QUERIES -.-Author of Lines Wanted "Rutene "" Le grand peut-Stre" " Lesing "Sussex Clergy, 1607-26 'When the little drummer beats to bed " Duels of Clergymen Cartodis Sale of Prints Group in Biscuit Ware, 28 Danteiana Tucker- John Dryden, Surgeon Fenton Family, 29 " Cock - certainties " Banquo Claridge Leviathan Fireback dated 1610, 30.
REPLIES :-Coleridge's ' Christabel,' 30-Kieff, Kiev, Kiew Heuskarian Rarity, 31 Green an Unlucky Colour, 32 "Quite a few" "Birmingham's dress " Watchhouses against Bodysnatching Hangman Stones Mfilisanrle JEolian Harp, 33 " Popple" St. Katherine's Hospital, Regent's Park "To the nines " Oglander Family Crooked Usage, Chelsea Linguistic Curiosities, 34 Sweezing or Squeezing Watch Mixed Marriages Author and Avenger of Evil " Furlong," 35- "To eat cherries with princes " Knightley Charleton, 36 Black Fast- Piri Pictures, 38.
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Notices to Correspondents.
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THE CORONATION DURBAR.
ALTHOUGH 'N.&Q.' usually takes no account of current events, it would seem fitting that a few words should be added to its Corona- tion notes, to place on record the great cele- bration at Delhi on the 1st inst, when Edward VII. was proclaimed Emperor of India. In the words of the King's message, the great Durbar was held "in order to afford an opportunity to all Indian princes, chiefs, and peoples, and to the officials of my Govern- ment, to commemorate this auspicious event." The day chosen was the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India. Since that date a country larger than France has been added to British India. To the Viceroy's Lord Curzon's invitation over one hundred rulers of separate states responded, and he truly said that " nowhere else in the world would such a spectacle be possible." These rulers govern populations amounting to sixty millions, and their territories extend over fifty-five degrees of longitude. The officers and soldiers present were drawn from a force in India of nearly 230,000 men, while the leaders of Indian society-, official and un- official, were the mouthpieces of 230,000,000
souls. A few of the princes presented may
be mentioned. His Highness the Nizam of
Hyderabad, G.C.S.I., G.C.B. (Hon.), the Pre-
mier Prince of the Indian Empire, born
August 18th, 1869, belongs to a family of
the highest antiquity, and one that has
always been distinguished for its loyalty
to the British Empire. In 1887 he made an
offer of a contribution of twenty lakhs
annually for three years for the exclusive
purpose of Indian frontier defence. The
Maharaja of Mysore has a revenue of over
a million sterling. The Gaekwar of Baroda,
in December, 1881, when only eighteen, was
invested with full power. The Maharaja of
Travancore belongs to a Hindu family whose
rule dates back to 352 A.D. ; he succeeded to
the throne in 1885. The Maharaja of Gwalior,
born October 20th, 1876, is an honorary
colonel in the British army ; he went to
China as orderly officer to General Gaselee
in the recent campaign, and provided a
hospital ship at his own expense. The
Maharaja of Jaipoor was invested with full
powers in September, 1882. In the admini-
stration of the State he is assisted by ten
members of council ; the capital, Jaipoor, has
broad streets lit with gas, a free supply of
water, a school of arts, a museum, and public
gardens. The Maharaja of Kolapoor, born in
1874, has received a most careful English
education. The Maharaja of Kashmir is a
major-general, and succeeded to the title in
1885 ; he is grandson of the founder of the
dynasty, Ghulab Sing, who negotiated a
treaty with us in 1846 at the close of the
first Sikh war, and afterwards stood by us
during the Mutiny. The Maharaja of Bikanir
is one of the heads of the Rathor family of
Rajpoots, which is in the highest rank among
Rajpoot clans. Born in 1879, he succeeded
to the throne in 1887 ; he has received an
excellent English education. The Maharaja
of Idar is a colonel, and has visited this
country at the times of the Jubilee, the
Diamond Jubilee, and the Coronation. The
Maharaja of Ulwar is descended from Pratap
Sing, who founded the Ulwar dynasty in 1770.
The Maharaja of Kuch Behar is a lieutenant-
colonel ; his state is a small one, bordering
on the British province of Bengal, and has
belonged to his family for 390 years ; he was
born October 4th, 1862. The Maharaja of
Rewa is of an ancient Rajpoot line which
dates back to 1057 ; his predecessor abolished
suttee throughout his dominions in 1847 ; he
was born in 1876. The Maharaja of Benares,
Sir Prabhu Narayan Sing, belongs to a
Brahman family whose traditions go back
to 1000 A.D. The Maharao of Kotah belong*
