[The figures in the example No. 1. forwarded by B. W. cannot possibly
have been intended for {394} anything but SS.; while, on the other
hand, those in No. 2., as he rightly observes, are more like figures 8,
8, than the letters SS.]
While the origin of the Collar of Esses is instructively occupying your
correspondents, allow me to direct your attention to the enclosed paragraph
extracted from the _Morning Post_ of the 18th instant, from which it
appears that Lord Denman's collar has been "obtained" (_Qy._ by purchase?)
by the corporation of Derby for the future use of their mayor. I wish to
know, can a _Quo warranto_ issue to the said mayor for the assumption of
this badge? and if not, in whom does the power reside of correcting this
abuse, if such it be?
"THE GOLD CHAIN OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.--On Wednesday
week, at a meeting of the corporation of Derby, the mayor stated that
the chain he then had the honour to wear was the one worn by the Lord
Chief Justice of England, and that it had been obtained from Lord
Denman by the corporation for all future chief magistrates of the
borough. We understand the corporation obtained the chain upon the same
terms as it would have been transferred to Lord Campbell, if his
lordship had taken to it from his noble predecessor."--(_Quoted from
Nottingham Journal, in Morning Post_, 18th Oct. 1850.)