The Shah's Jewels.

Evening Post, Issue 84, 17 May 1865, Page 3

The Shah's Jewels.

■The gem of the whole collection was the far-famed Deriah Noor, or Sea of Light, takon by Nadir Shah from Mohammed, the Mogul emperor of India. This superb diamond was set in plain gold as the buckle of a sword belt. In form it is oblong, about two inches in length, one and a half in breadth, and in thickness not three quarters of an inch. It is perfectly plain not being cut in angles, as it is usual with diamonds. The front is quite smooth, and it seemed exactly like a bit of thick plate glass. This celebrated diamond is considered equal in fineness and water to the renowned Koh-i-Noor, or Mountain of Light, now in the possession of the Queen, which, taken from India at the same time, after various adventures found its way to the treasury of Runject Singh, the Sikh chief, and thence into English hands. A great number of uncut emeralds and seme very large turquoises were shown to us, and also a quantity of embroidery ornamented with pearls, some of which were very large. Most of the emeralds were full of flaws, but they were of enormous size, some crystals being nearly three inches in length, and of corresponding breadth. A very htfrisome kaleoun of state of green enamel pßlamented with emeralds, was no less remarkable for the simplicity and eleganfe of its shape than from the rich maternrfi of which it was composed, — Usher's Journey trom London to Persepolis. Forged Post-office Orders. — Caution to Postmastebs.— A young fellow, named Thomas, was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour, last Tuesday, at the Central Criminal, London, for an ingenious fraud :— He obtained money orders for small sums such as sixpence and ninepence, and, under the column appropriated to pounds, he inserted the figures 9 and 7, thus making the amount £9 Os 6d and £7 Os 6d, at the same time writing the amount in the body of the order. These money orders he succeeded in passing for suits of clothes he ordered of different ta'ors. The Recorder censured the mode in which the orders filled in the pounds column appeared to have been left quite open, so that every facility was afforded for placing another figure in that column. Woman will sometimes confess her sins, but I never knu one to confess her faults. ' There is onla on 3 advantage that I can see, in going tew the devil, and that iz, the rode iz easy, and you are sure tew git thare.