The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-13 00:00:00

A SMALL CRowNE

Found in an iron chest, formerly in the Lord
Cottington's charge, enrich't with diamonds, ru-
bies, sapphires, emrods, and gold
pearles; the
weighing 25 ounces (whereof 3 oz. being abated
for the weight of the Stones), is valued at
amounts to 731. 16s. Sd• ;
31. 6s. 3d. per ounce,
and the diamonds, rubies, sapphires, ernrods, and
pearles, valued at 3351., amounts in the whole to
4881. 165.8 d.
KING JILFRED's cuoWNE
_

Of gould wyerworke, sett;it.h slight stones,
and two little bells; 791 oz. at 31. per ounce,
248/.

QUEENE EDITH'S CitOWNE,
Formerly thought to be of massy gould, but
upon triall found to be of 'silver gilt, enriched
with garnets, foule pearle, Sapphires, and some
odd stones ; valued at 16/.
THE c„,-,OBE, weighing 1 lb. 61 oz., at 31. 6s. Bd.
per oz.; valued at 551.
Two GOO SCEPTRES, weighing 18 oz., and
two Others; one set with stones and pearls, the
upper end gold, the lower end silver ; the other
sceptre silver gilt, with a dove, formerly thought
to be of gold.
Two CORONATION BRACELETS, set with rubies
ballas and pearls, weighing 7 oz. (whereof 1 oz.
to be deducted for the weight of the stones and
pearls), at 3/. 6s.
sd. per oz., valued at 201., r the
rubies valued at 61., and
.the 12 pearls at 101.
A LONG ROD of the silier hilt, 11h. 50z., valued
at 55.4 d. per' oz., 41. 10s. Bd.
,
THE GOLD OF THE TASSALS- of the liver-col-
oured robe, weighing 400 z., valued at 2.1. per oz.
(and the coat with the. next huttom of gold,
valued at 2/4 13/.; and a pair of silver-gilt SructS,l
with buckles set with slight stones and crimson
silk straps, weighing 61T0Z., at ss. 4d. per oz.
If we feel amazed at the small sum the seve-
ral regal diadems and other ornaments were
rated at in this account—so insignificant to what
is said to be the value of the-present regalia, we
must consider that Cha.rles the First, in his
troubles, had alMosf. stripped the JeWel Offide
of its richest gems. well ascertained that
the great pearl in, the Imperial Crown was pledg-
ed to the Dutch for a cOnsiderablesuM to furnish
arms, through the agency of his Queen, Henrietta
Maria ; and it 'is asserted, that prior to the year
1634, he had pawned one jewel to. the Queen
of Bohemia for thirty thousand pounds (a), .370:
so poor had he become in the end, that he is said
previously to his executiot to have exhibited the
contents of a small cabinet to Bishop. Juxori,
which consisted of diamonds and pearls, " fdr
the most,part broke Georges and Garters," and
to have exclaimed, You see all the wealth I have
now.in my power to give my children. • •
. The inventory, of Uit:part of the Regalia, which
was removed from Wrstatinster to the Tower

Jewel-house, consisted (besides King Alfred and
Queen Edith's crowns) of the following articles :
—A gold enamelled dish, set with stones ; a gol-
den dove, set with stones and pearls, in a box
studded with silver; the gold and stones belong.:
ing to a collar of crimson taffety, wrought with
gold and stones, set in plates of silver ena-
melled; a staff of black and white ivory,
with a dove on the top, the binding and
foot of gold ; a large staff, with a dove on the
top, formerly thought to be all of gold, but upon
trial found to be the lower part wood within, and
silver without ; and another small staff, with a
fleur-de-Lis on the top, formerly thought to be
ail of gold, but upon trial found to be iron within,
and silver gilt without.
Of that part of the Regalia kept at Westmin-
ster Abbey, Wood (Alhence Oxoniensis) relates
the following comic story :—" He, (Harry Mar-
tin) was an enemy to the kingly office, and all
belonging thereto, particularly the Regalia, which
he caused to be sold ; for being authorized by
the said Parliament about 1642, he forced open
a great iron chest within the College at West-
minster, and thence took out the crown, robes,
sword and sceptre, belonging anciently to King
Edward the Confessor, and used by all our Kings
at their inaugurations, and with a scorn greater
than his lust and the rest of his vices, he openly
declared that there should be no farther use for
these toyes and trifles. And in the jollity of that
humour he invested George Withers (an old pu-
ritanical Satyrist (b) in the Royal habilaments,
who being crown'd and royally array'd (as well
as might become him), did first march about the
room with a stately gait, and afterwards, with a
thousand apish and ridiculous actions, exposed
those sacred ornaments to contempt and laugh-
ter."

If the crown here alluded to was not that
termed King Afred's (which it seems impossible,
from the description, to be), the ancient Imperial
Crown must either be that enumerated among the
Tower Regalia, and afterwards removed there,
or it must have been lost; and, indeed, the latter
conjecture seems to be most probable, as we may
suppose it was much richer diadem than the one
valued at the tower. There is no evidence, how-
ever, of those Regalia having belonged to Ed-
ward the Confessor, who only wore a species of
Regal coronet unless we may conjecture it was
the one hinted at in the following anecdote :-
4' William the Conqueror bequeathed on his
death-bed, to the Abbey of St. Stephen at Caen,
the Crown which he wore at church on solemn
festivals, his sceptre, his Royal staff, a cup made
of some precious stone, candelabra of gold, and
ornaments appertaining to the
These were afterwards restored to Henry
aclrlostylnie. Royal
1., in exchange for Bridlington, in Dorset."
How cowpletely Westminster Abbey was
stript of
it's Royal ornaments, we may judge
from " An luventorye of the Regalia still re-
maining at Westminster (1649), in an old iron
chest where they were formerly kept," and which
seems to be the one Harry Martin broke open.
The articles, and the amount they were valued
complete specimen of Royal
at, exhibits a corn
poverty

£ s. d.
One crimson taffety robe, very old, valued at - 010 0
One robe faced with gold lace, valued at - - .0 10 0
One liver-coloured silk robe, very old and worth no-
thing - - - . 0 0 0
One robe of crimson taffety sarcenet valued at - 0 5 0
One paire of buskins, cloth of silver, and silver stock-
ings, very old - - - - 0 2 6
One paire of shoes of cloth of gold, valued at - 0 2 0
One paire of gloves embroidered with gold - 0 1 0
Three swords, with scabbard of cloth of gold,
valued at - _ - - - 3 0 0
An old comb of horn worth nothing - - 00 0

£4 10 6

- The robes kept atWestminster and the Tower,
it is to be understood, constituted but a small
part of the Royal wardrobe, which was anciently
kept at Blackfriars. and had itself been almost'
wholly stript of its 'dresses in the preceding, reign,
as we learn from the following passage in " Ful-
ler's Worthies:" " This," says he, speaking, of
the Tower wardrobe, " was not that for the King's
wearing apparel, or liveries of servants (kept else,
where in a house so called, in the parish of St. An-
drew Wardrohe), but for vests or robes of state--
-With rich canopies and hangings, to be used on
great solerrinities. There were also kept in this
place the ancient cloaths of our English Kings,
which they wore on great festivals. So that this.
wardrobe was, is effect, a library for antiquaries,
therein to read the mode and fashion-of garments
in all ages. These King James, in the begin-
ning of his reign, gave to the Earl of Dunbar, by
whom they were sold and resold, at as many hands
almost as . Briareus had, some gaining vast for-
tunes thereby." The plate at the Upper Jewel
HoUse was of gold or silver gilt. It comprized
91 • drinking cups of different kinds, pots and
ewers, bowls, dishes, plates, state salts, &c. The
cups were mostly of chrystal, agate, and jasper,
set in stands of silver gilt, and ornamented with
gems. Some of the principal are thuS described :
—" A gold cup, set with sapphires and ballast
rubies ; a cup of unicorn's horn, richly garnish..
ed with gold : a curious oriental agate cup and
cover, garnished with gold, and an agate pyra.
mid on the top of the coffer, set round about the
top with small diamonds." Among the state
salts,' the following are specified as having
been particUlarly superb :--" An agate salt
and cover, garnished with gold, enamelled, sup--
ported by three men, and a ship on the top of
the cover; Two clock salts standing upon four'
chrystal: balls and four Chrystal pillars, each with
an agate salt on the top and gold covers ; a globe
salt supported by two men, 'with Fame on the top
of the cover, enamelled with green ; an old wo-
man of gold eitamelled, with a salt upon her head;
a salt in a lady's arms of gold enamelled ; and a
large pillar salt, with four double pillars, four
chrystal and four silver gilt, set on the top with
figures and faces, with some stones, the whole
being of silver gilt." The other articles most curi-
ous were, " a gold pottinger and cover ; two gold
trencher plates enamelled ; two gold . sPOonst,
and a gold taster enamelled, with a sphy.n.x';. a
George on horseback, of ,gold, with a pearl in
his helmet, and
,an enamelled dragon, with a
ground for the horse to stand on of silver gilt, en-
amelled green, valued at 1091.; silver fruit-dishes
richly enanalled with coloured faces, and other
dishes of mother of pearl, garnished about with

silver gilt. Crystal candlesticks with silver gill
feet and sockets : a rich crystal flagon, garnished
with gold, stones, and pearl, with a golden co•
ronet on the top of the cover, set round with
pearl : a fork with an agate handle, garnished
with gold, rubies, and diamonds, &c.
The whole of this costly plate, including the
crowns and other regalia, was only valued at
6,7711. 4d. And that in the Lower Jewel-house,
Somerset-house, and in private custody, at
6,4961. 12s. 4d., making (with some miscellane-
ous articles not here specified) a sum total of
14,221/. 15s. 4d.

A memorandum appended to the account con-
veys the following melancholy intelligence:--
" The fore mencion'd Crownes, since the inven-
torie was taken, are, by order of Parliament,
totallie broken and defaced."

(a) This was probably the great diamond purchased of Sir
Paul Pindar. King James knighted this rich merchant, and
offered to make him Lieutenant of the Tower, but he humbly'
refused "the rather," it is said, "in regard his Majesty wished
to buy Sir Paul's diamond jewel of 30,0001. value upon credit."
Sir Paul brought home this diamond from Turkey, and lent iV
to James to wear on great State occasions. Charles I. after-
wards bought it of him, and, it is not improbable, pledged it,
as stated ; not, however, to the Queen of Bohemia, that Prin%
cess, after her husband Frederick's death in 1632, being in
great distress. It was the King's own private property, anti
was more likely sold for her relief.
(b) Author of " Abuses Script and Whipt."

LONDON NARK

PRICE OF BREAD.
H., The pi ice of the 41b. Loaf is stated at lOd. by the full-peicea
bakers. There arc Whets of the trade who sell fions a half-
penny to three halfpence below that rate.

IMPUI I'ATIONS OF GRAIIN LAST WEEK.
English. Irish. Foreign
15,351
11,655
I 0,93:2
22,164 1,035
555
4,311
3,1R4
40
60
672
468
10,174

Wheat
Barley
Malt
Oats
Rye
runs
Peas
Tares
Rapeseed.
Niusta
Seeds
Flour
Brank
Linseed

2.210

4,158

SEEDS, Jan. 12.
Old English Clover, 58x7 is 84s-.---fine, —s—new, 74s 849 865°
Ditto (Foreign) 38s 44s 78s—fine, 63s 7ss 35s new, 74s 92s
White ditto 66s 76s 80s—fine, 84s 90s 98s
Trefoil .. per cwt.. 20s 28530 s—new !Os I 6,r24s per cwt.
Ribgrass ... 2Bs 34s—new, 365 425
Carraway Seeds 46s 52s 54s
Coriander do lOs Its 13s—fine, —s
Tares .....per bushel ss 6d to 8s (),.1 Os
St. loin 32s to 40s—fine —s per qr.
Rye-Grass..
Canary per qr 4ss 48s to 50s Od per qr.r qr.
White Mustard Seed
Brown ditto 9s !is 14s Od
%%Inter Tares —s to —s Od —s per qr.
Rape Seed
New Turnip Seeds . lOs to 15s Od pr. hush.
Linseed
per qr..

Jan. 12.
NE‘‘ GATE AND LEADENHALL
By the Carcasc.
Beef ........ 2s 4d to 3s 4d Vrai 2s Sd to Ss 041
I
Nlutton is 4d to 3s 8d Pork 25 4d to 4s 81:1
Lamb, 0,; (01 to Os Od•

NT. JANths'S HAY MARKET, Jan. 10.
0. 1-lav 3! 3s Od to 51 lOs 0,1 i Clover,4l 10s0d to Si 15s 041
New Hay 01 Os Od to 01 Os 0,1 ► Straw (id to 21 14s Od
SMITHFIELD.
Old Hay 4l 15s Od to 51 7s 6.1---Average, 41 17s 6d
Straw
Clover 5l 10s Od to 61 ris no-----Arerage, 51 lOs Oa
1-IITEC APEL.
Hav 4l 19s Od to 51 15s 011—___Average, 51. Os Od
New ditto Ol Os 0,1 to 01 Cs Od—.—Average, 01. us 01
Straw
Clover 5l Os 0d to 6! lOs Od--Average, 5/ 18s 00/

PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., Jan 1.!,
GROWTH, 1813

,
Kent Pockets 91 Os to 101 lOs to 131 Os
East Kent, Canterbury 121 13s to 181 Os
Sussex Pockets SI 8s to 91 9s to 11)1 Os
Essex Pockets 91 Os to 101 los 1.4, 121 Os
Farnham, tine, 161 16s to enl Os—Second, 111 os to 161
Kea Bags, 81 Ss to 101 lOs to 121
Sussex BAgs, 71 7s to 81 8s to 91 lOs
The old dEust'yexot hB)
atgse, 81 8s to 91 15s to 101 lOs'
growth of 1823, is announced to bit
26,0571 I 1 s. 94d. and 6-9.0t11.

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RAW 1-111)11..s.
Liest Heifers & Steers, per :-,. 1 Oreonary .... 9s 6d to 2s 8A
3s iA to 3s 41: Mrti-het Calf .. each.. 8s od-Middling's 2s 1:01.1 to 3s Oti i (,aunt's.... us 0(1 to Os 0
...
SHEEP 4 KINS.
Polled
Downs -as Did to 4s Ott I Lambs...... Os Oft to 0, oa