The Review was marked by one rather grotesque incident, which
the strenuous etignettes of a Court may make important. It appears that Lord Charles Bereeford, who was on the Royal yacht, finding that he was likely to be retained longer than he contemplated, and having engaged to join his wife on another vessel at a certain time, asked if there was any means by which he could inform her of the change in his plans, whereupon a seaman offered to signal to the 'Enchantress,' where Lady Charles was, by so waving his arms as to convey Lord Charles's message. Unfortunately, the signal, instead of being privately interpreted and conveyed to Lady Charles, was taken as an official signal ; and as no one has a right to signal from the Royal yacht except the officer in command of the vessel, the signal was a breach of Admiralty regulations, and Lord Charles has had to send in his resignation. There is even some clues. tion whether it may not be accepted. The etiquettes of
Sovereigns are the only laws in modern realms to which the stringency of the laws of the Medes and Persians still applies.
