The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-15 00:00:00

THE CHURCH SERVICE.

By the Order in Council which has directed and
specified the necessary alteration in the Players
and Litany, we observe that not any new name
is introduced. In the former editions of the
Prayer Book, it stood thus---" To bless and pre-
•' serve our gincioos gleen CHARLOTTE, their
" Royal Highnesses Geoeoa Prince of WALES,
the Princess of \VALES, and all the Royal Fa-
Upon the death of our late virtuous

Queen, her name was of course 'erased, and the

form stood thus—" To bless and preserve their ''';
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" Royal HiglitlESSeS GEOHGE Prince Of IVALEs,
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" the Princess of WALES, and all the Royal Fi 1 ...
" nrily."--7The clause is nom farther aliered ; 'i,N
and as by the accession of his present MAJESTY , 1,:,;,;:'.
there are no longer such persons as, the h:nce
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and Princess of WALEs, their names are necessa- A
rily erased also, and the words—" Their Royal airj
" Highnesses GEORGE Prince of WALES, the Prin- ,:',
" cess of WaLas, and"--are ordered ro be struck
,'",.

These alterations were tendered necessary
by the changes of death and of title;--taut, as no
trew title is otdertd to be inserted in the place of
the latter change, the prayer and suffrage now
stand thus—" To bless (and preserve) ail the
" Royal Family." It is not for its to observe
farther, than that any other form of words, whe-
ther by alteration or addition, n ould be contrary
to the Royal Order in Council.

out.

THE mirristi REGALIA.
[COSC L UDED.]

'NE ScErrlts, which was lately discovered in the jewel-
(Vice in the Tower.—This is of gold, thirty-nine inches in
length. Its pommel is surrounded with precious stones, and
at tight inches above the pommel there is a band of jewels,
five inches in depth, with several rubies and emeialds, and
tour large sapphires. At the further distance of•eight inches,
there is a smaller band of diamonds, upon a brilliant purple
enamel.—A golden mound is at the top, banded with dia-
monds, and surmounted by a Calvary Cross, whereon stands
a Dove with expanded wings, of white enamel.

This Sceptre is not mentioned in any of the Books of Re-
cords of the Regalia, and does nut appear to have been used
at any Coronation.—By the style of its enamel, which is
Saxon or Gothic, it is either very ancient, or the copy from
some antique original. It is not, however, like to any of the
other Sceptres,in ornament or in size; and as it makes tire num-
ber of Sceptres fire, while only Tsar are used at the Corona-
tions, no precise account can he given, either of its use or its
origin. With the exception of the amethyst an the King's
Sceptre, this has much the finest jewels of any; and is u.er-
tainly the most rich and elegant of them all.
THE QUEEN'S DIADEM, which is worn in proceeding to the
Coronation, is a circle of gold., sixteen inches and an buff in
circumference, and two inches and an half in breadth, ex-
cept in the front, where it gradually rises to three inches
This circle is richly covered with diamonds. In the
front they are disposed, thirty-five in number, in a large
flower—all of these are of considerable magnitude; the cen-
tre one especially, which) is nearly an inch square.—rde test
of the circle is occupied with nine large roses, each contain-
ing twenty-one diamonds, the centre one of each being larger
than the others.—The whole. number of diamonds is two
hundred and twenty-four ; with an upper row of ninety-one
large pearis.—The cap is of purple velvet, faced with ermine;
and the whole Diadem is wily five niches in height.
THE QUEEN'S CeowN, worn in returning from the Corona-
tion, has already been described in THE SUN.—It is sufficient
therefore to repeat our statement, that it contains six hun-
dred and five diamonds, and nearly one hundred and eighty
pearls. In 16E4, when made for the Consort of James the
Second, it c,st 111,9001.