THE EEC ALIA OF SCOTLAND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 531, 21 June 1872, Page 2

THE EEC ALIA OF SCOTLAND.

(Pall Mall Gazette.) republicans will do well to. keep their eye on Edinburgh Castle. It is proposed to touch up the regalia and Crown] jewels. • The handsome oak panne!ling with which the Crown room is lined is to be cleaned and re-varnished, the cage enclosing the regalia is to be painted, the lions rampant which surmount the railing are to be gilt, and an iron barrier, with gate, is to bo erected, so as to admit only a limited number of persons into the room at one time, and coniine those entering to an inspection of the regalia and Crown jewels. With the view to the greater safety of the regalia, I the marble-table on which they are placed is to be enclosed in a glass case. It will then be impossible to touch the precious articles with a stick, as i» sometimes done now by forward and thoughtless people, while they will bo preserved from dust and the action of the atmosphere 'to which they , are now at all times exposed. While the repairs on the Crown lloom are being cxe cutCd, the regalia and jewels will bo transferred from the cage to the largo oak chest in which the'former we.e deposited in 1707 by the Earl Mareschal ofjScotland, by order of theX'ommissionors of the Treasury, and in which they lay till February ISIS, when they were restored to the sight of the public. The chest will bo locked, and sealed with the Exchequer seals, till the new case is ready for the reception of the jewels and regalia; The Scotsman believes* it is the intention of the authorities to get the articles cleaned. The crown, which weighs exactly fifty-six ounces, is to receive a new tiara, the present m.e beingrather shabby The bonnet, as the tiara was anciently called, is to be of crimson velvet. A new crimson velvet cushion, bound and trimmed with gold lace, is also to be pracurcd for the crown to rest on. Besides the crown the regaliajcohsistsof the sceptre, the sword of State presented to James IV, of. Scot, land in 15.38 by Pope Julius 11, and the Lord High Treasurer’s mace. The jewels, which'were bequeathed to George IV. be Cardinal Bork, the last male descendant or James VII., consist of the golden collar of the order of the Garter, presented by Queen Elizabeth to James VI. on his being created a Knight of the Garter; the St. George, of badge of the Order of the Garter, richly enamelled and set with diamonds the St, Andrew, with on one side, the image of Scotland’s patron saint finely cut on onyx set round with diamonds, and on the other the badge of the' Order of the Thistle, underneath which is placed a miniature of James I.’s Queen, Anne of Denmark ; and the coronation'ring'of Charles !,, set with a light ruby surrounded by diamonds.