The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-02-21 00:00:00

RatALIA OP SCOTLAND.

We understand that on Saturday the Commis-
sioners again visited the Crown-room, having found
it necreilawy to lave accurate drawings made or these
reliques by artists of eminence. when having col-
lected 611 the information ureeseary to snake an ac-
curate report upon the mitten contained in their
warrant, and after taking further precautions for
the security of the E'en*. again shut up and
sealed Ilseeleast coulaisnug them. as well as the
Crown-mom. As the honours .f Scotland are now
Mintoblinsailin be therein contained. • sentinel is
itifieserei !Swath the window or the room as a mem.
wire both Of honour and additional precautionp al-
though the unconstnooly strong defeat:es or the
Crown-ronia might be almost supposed to render it
suiwrfliinus is. the latter point of view.
Lesley. Bohm) of Item. Oman account of the
,ewuril tieing presented to James IV. in 1507, of
whirl, the following is • irradiation vu—
At this time the Hely Faber, Julies 11. end an Ashes.
sad er to the Kies, ie order se &are Ides Protector of die
Christian Faith, and hashes him to centime hie exartions
fur vermeils; Heresy. In tesiimoey of wild titie, be met
to the King a purple diadem embrobleved al* spades
Sowers. awl 11 sword &domed wills a Odes Mails sad sods.
bard. wadded with precious stones. The whisk aievablaws
of the &few, of the Holy Chen% were preraerd to this
King in the rhumb of Hob/teed, by the Legate aod Abbot
of Dninfenaling, is a fell assembly of die Scottish No-
bility.
It is another remarkable instance of the vanity of
human affairs, that the pride and restless ambition
of Julius 11. crested a few years afterward. • rue-
ral war thronghoot Europe, in lebleb the Scottish
Monarch became embroiled. The cooompiencee
were the fatal haute of Plodder. 'the 'death of
James IV., and a train of calamities to Scotland.
Them sys:Lole at thmareby wereaseiMy4iyeettffl is the
malady of the Sad Iferbehal of high dicer,
eiminlioate with abs Cellielable eat Rimplaht. lonian
of enable they were Aspeelled in lie *sag of Sas.
meter, bulk es a reset iteesimilrag the ess, mar Mee.
Myer. Is the fatal yaw ISIS, dm Rad Slarombel having
taken the field to sushi Chides Ursa mode prisoner at the
battle of Weremator, and &Weed in the Teem of Liman.
The weak of Dammam was, is the meamildie, coemembled
by George Ogilvie, of Nemo% Liest.fiseenter, by ceemele.
Mon from the Karl Marembal. The abtatiag pregame if
• Creamers seam and the lespemibility of niebstoteing a
dehisce which should be ultimately
Ogilvie fur the wifely of the beams or=ltba=
dem. lie committed with the Lord Chanialler lasemet,
who mold only reply la bleb, by saggiethig dist Shasiegella
shenW be delivered up Is Lord and
to seas drag and inamassible cwt Ia the le:MaVieedgli.
lands. " It will he as bitipmalerlses sad shame,* south
the Chem:Men Misr, •If taw see Minn by Ike enemy,
sod very dishoowerable Go *mei? 11 appears that
vie did me think pendent te Nike @Mammalian
which indeaberould Ism stip served to plebes. the fate ei
the realm: is these obengeMseiem he Men' Se as ad.
vice of ble Lady, deessaell of Ste aadl
paseteseil of theb hemaiegy spirit .Med
ia of
*met. Her interventlesi was meld is seder that when the
ale& mum near writ' be somenibmil, her Mehra might
add, say, he knew me where the 'gas bed been senveyed.
wart 'mopped is herd. of Ise, wiled am aIM
feye of Dammitter' open a wenian's Mehl and delivered
to the Marge of the MM. Jaime fleatormit, 'Mallow of Ria-
ad; Mamie wife (a friend of Idle. Ogilvie) was abe
ermitml with this important secret. Sy this MOM meg
rombwwlieVAZ were
beeiedreeabliwtsratawkweb
ike
the drissrotesatt ramptiag the Ossolmeso
whim Y was mamemicatuf by Mr. floalsew. I. the mean
the.. sae Osseleof Dnanettar, after am hemewahle resist-
awe. woo spoipPled to serreader, sad the Llesleamit-Os-
verse, aniablagy were ammitard with the Missal strict-
ures sad onaseraing the fate of the regalia. They
were even with imbue. Ills Lady' however, ob-
stinately sanialleined that she had delivered the he to
Mr. Jabs Keith, the Del Illaresehers yammer son, sad that
he lied carried them abroad; sad the Conatees Shwesehal
pi sewed • letter from her son to the same purpose and
alba, which she mistrived should fall let, the heads of the
Onmannweeltli fleareal. Mrs. Ogilvis's Wadi mob *odor
the hawishipa to whir* she was maimed ; hat her forties&
sever gave way, nor was it nod en her death-bed that she
maismaicated to her haellead how she had actually disposed
of the regalia, wheelie, him at the same time smug to
lay his head wi the Meek, shoo betray die secret.
Clain the Irsturatiee, the Ingalls, Mier a clamber as
dark, and which left their ',detente es doubtful, as that of
110 years which they have more lately wailemmae, were here.
derail sad re-ditherers, to the Sovereign. la incesery of
which event. Mr Jobe Keith was sweated Knight Narwhal,
awl afterwards Karl of Kissers. bed Lierstenant.Goverwer
Ogilvie. Kuight Banned. The miens arms at merit if
three Gentlemen were one* disputed at define, lied shear,
our den it mem possible to decide so that paha. Mr. Jute
Keith sithi be said is claim in right of his amber, the
old Counties blaresehal ; Mr. Ogilvie, in that of his high.
spirited and mealiest Lady, wise did set hee to enjoy the
reward ef hor irgesaily, easistimey, sod marige.
After this romantic iucidesit. the !Regalia re-
mained in the comedy of the Earl Marv:webs), until
they were delivered up at the period '
of the Union
to the Lid of Glasgow, then Lord Treasurer and
as the instrument of depasitation, dated the cosh
Morels. 1707, ahem, were then placed in tbe eiu
toadies§ which they have been so long dormant,
that their very 'instruct became disputable.

It happened by a singular coincidence, that on
Wedesesday last, being the they on which the Regalia
were discovered. the First Division of the Court of
Scion, after eighteen years' litigation, unanimously
and finally declared the ancient, extensive, and for-
merly royal forest of Cowie, in the Shire of KM-
author, a pert of the estate of the Earl. hiereschal,
hereditary keepers of the royal honours of Scot-
to helm% in property to the representative of
that noble boom.. Alexander Keith, Esq. of Dun-
s/otter, ‘tibject only to the rights of 1110111tOdO
paired by coteter 44444 sour heritnrs.
On the eve ttttt g of Sigurd's, lest,' battle, or fight,
took place on board his Majesty's Ingots later,
Iyilsg at pre.ent in Leith Roads, hotness Johu
aunt limes Cunitioghem, Ms of the see-
own ; in the course of which. Om fighting for a
Ithatdrrahle issue. Cuntringhaft fell and died in-
hiautiiiicois.ly. We was a fitamleelriug young meas,
about twroty-two yeses of age. very tall, tad able.
suusisaii is a little man. upwards of forty.
—They had formerly lived together on the best
terms, but were sotoxicaterl at the trace. Simpson
war a Nona deal more re than the dereaverl. Sirup-
-11:111 was afterward* brought on shore, and a preen.
orison legman% the whole affair was taken before
the magistrates of Leith. The body of the deceased
was also brought on shore, and inspected by three
metlicul gentlemen ; sad in consequesee of their
reporting. that, after the most ussonte inspection of
the body. they lied met discovered any appearance
of external violence, Of internal disorganisation.
rind that, in their opinion, his death hod net been
occasioned by ■ny blow or stroke be had received,
Simpson has bran liberated from prison. after re.
.Crying a wtea►u adruouitiou from the Magistrate,.

-mho-
intuit, rte. 17,
IRISH STAGE.
The following is the Memorial to the Lard Until-
tenant, which was agreed to tit (he sotetiog at
Morrison's, on Saturday t
N We, the Ciliates of Dublin, beg leave to spanich your
Exceliet:ey with those similisneuts of reaped which your Ex.
eelleney's administratirms, dewing the period of rxertlising
the Viceregal fundiews in this part of the Veiled kingdom
area. eminently calculated to call fortis, and to aware your
Excelleuey of air unfeigned attachment to the Hou.c Yif
Orr ow
kit. nail amenities for our t•geelkut Coastitutioa.
" Among the manifold advantages derived under that
• Genstitatiea, Were is sone so benelicial in its 'frets to the
sibjeet, sod, by accessory eousequeed, so serviceable to
the state' no die prises ple of open and unfettered camped.
Itilli,"Sy which the capital, the taint, arid the Industry of
every imisvidnal ate. allowed to adds their level in the
'copenisoity. Wins priseiple is deserted, your Memo.
ries& inably miggescllost abuse or insaliciaily is fated
generally lb prevail, and when neosepay is established by
?blest, this sham IS always the causequence.
" This is so arrieriasely the case with regard Ss the Patent
IlvaMsf_ fly nee of your Toteelleoces predecessors to Fro
doriek Edward Jews., Esq. fur as It/Mill/41M Theatre, that It
searedy "dries a Swann 'proof. Dy conlidlog to sue indi-
vidual the sett adainlarstisa of public unsealed (a
esseideention of the greatest meastut, la the wisest states et
aiding as well es modem times) it leaves the public coos.
plenty at the dieeretion of Oil thdividsal, ails the nature,
the "With and des utaneer if alsniniotering I. the taste
aid gratliattion of the tow•—it leaves Performers to his
mercy, and le the ease if the preudit Patentee, it has the
aid of Washing from the Irish Stage those Irish At.
.there, who, for Anions muses, would rather try their fur-
taw, at lead is the Arse Widener before a Wheal of their
imaseryinew, thew seek an audio :re among strangers.
" Pee these and ether reams eel forth in a Report, passed
at the General Meeting, and which we have the honour here-
with to preorst, we hembty pray Shut your F.xcelleney will
talte note your ceasideratieso the propriety if granting is a
it and noteseibie person, to he selegted by your Exceliency,
a Patent fuss ascend Theatre, is the City of Goblin, which
will pretest the public rights frees brag compromised—will
place as a &kited impartial basis the emcee/Wawa' of
dramatic writem—aed cause the services of afters to he res.
limsehly remunerated, and their independence preserved.

• VALUABLE NIPCOVERY.
Molvetuan•svaane Pomo °rms.—Some
workmen, to taking down part of a house in A Miry-
street, purchased by Mr. Minders from the Cons-
Weisman of Wide Streets. found several bugs of
gold coin, some of them as far beck es Charles 11.
it is computed that the property found could not
have amounted to less than twn thousand guesses.
The 'sauna quarrelled about the &Woe of
the spoil, sad one of them being beam* to the
watchAintee, be was searched. and 6 gold coins
were takes from his pocket. The quads. of right.
as between the owner of thelseau and the Seder
litho smset.
_ewe is WORM Wm. Some, and
Coustolkte Colo. Tam aim was disc ussed. sod we
weld oily collect that thy question remains aside.
tided es account of the novelty of the cue. It
woo said that it belonged either to the Crows or to
the remota who bid t mosey originally, or their
repeesentatives. Mr. Waders does bet claim the
can as the original proprietor. but merely as the
Euratom of the house in which it was hid. The
Crown, or the persons to whom they have given this
bunch of the Royal Revenue, are entitled in all
cases to unsure or gold or silver foaled concealed
in the.groand or in a house. and can only be di-
vested by the real user. or his representative. ap-
pearing and proving the property. There is no
doubt but that the penises who found it will in any
event be most liberally remunerated. The gold
will be deposited in some of the banks for safe
custody.