THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1202, 5 June 1872, Page 3

THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND.

[pall mall gazette.] Republicans will do well to keep their eye on Edinburgh Castle. It is proposed to touch op the regalia and Crown jewels. The handsome oak pannelling with which "■ the Crown room is fined 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 silt, and an iron barrier, with gate, is to be erected, so as to admit only a limited number of persons into the room at one time, and confine those entering to an .inspection of the regalia and Crown jewels. With the view to the greater safety of the regalia, 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 is sometimes done now by forward and thoughtless people, while they will be preserved from dust and the action of the atmosphere, to which they are now at all times exposed. While the repairs on the Crown Boom are being executed, the regalia and jewels will be transferred from the cage to the large oak chest in which the former were deposited in 1707 by the Earl Mareschal of Scotland, by order of the Commissioners of the Treasury, and in which they lay till February, 1818, when they were restored to the sight of the public. The chest will be locked, and sealed with the ( >JSxchequer seals, till the new case is ready for the reception of the jewels and rogalia. The &ftfo#i#{i 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 one being rather 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 procured for the crown to rest on. Besides the crown the regalia consists of the sceptre, the sword of State presented to James IV. of Scotland in 1536 by Pope Julius 11., and the Lord High Treasurer's ' mace. The jewels, which were bequeathed .'to George TV. by Cardinal York, the last male descendant of James VII., consist of the golden collar of the Order of the Gajft^r, presented hy Queen Elizabeth to James VL on his being created a Knight of tfie Garter; "The St. George," or 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 an 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 L's Queen, Anne of Denmark; and the coronation ring of Charles L,' set with a large light ruby surrounded by diamonds.