An exhibition of unusual interest has just been opened at, the Royal Aquarium, its great feature being a magnificent loan collection of arms, armour, and various ecclesiastical and other relics, I spent bout a couple of hours there, a few days ago, and felt I did not see half of all there was to be seen. Her Majesty is among the list of contributors; she has sent a superb suit of armour, beautifully inlaid with gold, which belonged to Prince Henry of Wales, son of James I, who died at the eatly' age of 18, Also some fine steel armour which belonged to the Earl of Essex, and " beautiful suit attributed to Edward VI. She has likewise sent five largo bronze play wes which are most interesting as they have only lately been extracted from the walls of a very old house at Kew. They are very elaborate in design, the subjects being representations of actual occurrences in the cateer of Louis XIV of France, the Grand Monarch himself being the principal figure in each scone. The workmanship is exquisite, and when thoroughly cleaned and polished (at present they are left partly in their green-coated condition to show how they were found) they will form a most handsome addition to any of her Majesty's collections of bronzes. The Duke of Westminster is another contributer; he has sent a splendid suit of armour of unusual size which has never before been publicly exhibited. Among
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