"A pair of girandole ear-rings of brilliants, each consisting of a large stud brilliant and of three pear-shaped brilliants united by four small ones; another pair of ear-rings composed of fourteen small brilliants forming a clustre of grapes, each stud of a single brilliant. "A diamond cross composed of eleven brilliants, the ring being also of brilliants. "A bracelet with a gold chain, the centre-piece of which is a fine opal surrounded with brilliants; the opal is oblong and mounted in the Gothic style; the clasp is an opal. "A gold bracelet, with a _grecque_ surrounded by six angel heads graven on turkoises, and a head of Augustus. "A serpent bracelet _à la Cléopatre_, enamelled black, with a turkois on its head. "A bracelet with wrought links burnished on a dead ground; the clasp a heart of burnished gold with a turkois in the centre, graven with Hebrew characters. "A bracelet with a row of Mexican chain, and a gold ring set with a turkois and fastened to the bracelet by a Venetian chain. "A ring, the hoop encircled with small diamonds. "A ring, _à la chevalière_, set with a square emerald between two pearls. "A gold _chevalière_ ring, on which is engraved a small head of Napoleon. "Two belt-buckles, Gothic style, one of burnished gold, the other set with emeralds, opals, and pearls. "A necklace of two rows coral; a small bracelet of engraved carnelians. "A comb of rose diamonds, form D 5, surmounted by a large rose surrounded by smaller ones, and a cinque-foil in roses, the _chatons_ alternated, below a band of roses." The weight of the diamond, as every one knows, is estimated in _carats_ all over the world. And what is a carat, pray? and whence its name? It is of Indian origin, a _kirat_ being a small seed that was used in India to weigh diamonds with. Four grains are equal to one carat, and six carats make one pennyweight. But there is no standard weight fixed for the finest diamonds. Competition alone among purchasers must arrange their price. The commercial value of gems is rarely affected, and among all articles of commerce the diamond is the least liable to depreciation. Panics that shake empires and topple trade into the dust seldom lower the cost of this king of precious stones; and there is no personal property that is so apt to remain unchanged in money-value. Diamond anecdotes abound, the world over; but we have lately met with two brief ones that ought to be preserved.