New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02
TREASURE TROY Z.
THE CROWN APPROPRIATEs ALL MONEY
FOUND IN ENGLAND.
From The London Globe.

show a run upon Roman and other remains of
an architectural character, the next twelve
mChthS VIII reveal vast quantities of skeletons
TO the joy of COrOners, whose elatiOn will be
shared by the Treasury when the turn Of the
wheel brings about the year devoted 10 the
discovery Of coin, for the Government officials
are keen archaOlOgists when treasure trOve Of
value is revealed. and do not leave a stone un-
turned in their effort to obtain possession Of
the find When the treasure happens to con-
slSt OF prehistoric bones. apparently the Treas
urys policy IS to let sleeping ichthyOsauri lie;
at all events, we have never seen it recorded
that the Treasury put in a claim for bones
even though they be Of a palIolithiC inhabitant
OF tleet-st.-however interesting they may be
To the scientist.
The year 1897 was undoubtedly a bony year.
but Of the numerous skeletons of Romans Brit
ons and gentlemen killed in the Wars of the
Roses that were unearthed We will. with two
exceptions, say nothing but the singular find
made about that time in Paris of two leaden
collins. dated 1880 deserves a special mention
The collins contained two skeletons and the
skull OF one was found to be filled with white
crystals, which chemical analysis declared to be
the exceedingly rare substance known as bi-
calclnate OF phosphorus, which has only been
once before found in like circumstances The
skull OF the second body contained only a few
crystals or that chemical. and the question that
arises is. How did the crystals come there2 The
same year saw the Mddesborough Museum
enriched by a fine specimen Of a skull Of a pre-
historic man who is supposed to have discarded
ms headgear some five thousand years ago.
rms interesting relic which was dredged I'D in
the bed of the Tees, presented to the Mu-
scum by Sir Joseph Pease. ". p, on behalf Of
the Tees Conservancy Commissioners
Tho rapacity Of the Treasury in respect 10
overriding the claims TO treasure trOve put for
ward by poor but Indifferent honest folk received
striking cXemplinCatiOn late in May. 1891 when
ti9 lis, all in silver coins. Of which the latest
date was 49, was discovered in pail buried
under the staircase Of a house occupied several
years ago by mser in Tenter Court. Bethnal
Green on the discovery being made known
about a hundred Poles living in he neghbor-
hood promptly claimed the money theirs and
the finder had to beat off the crowd that
swarmed about him with a spade. especially
one lady, bent upon obtaining nine points of the
law in her favor by taking possession Of the
find. who rushed at him like tiger from the
Zoo" Notwithstanding the effort Of the noble
one hundred, the Treasury got the money, to ac-
cumulate which the miSer deprived himself Of
food and clothing, and allowed the parish 10
bury him. About the same time the Crown came
in for 4 nice little haul found at Balcombe,
near Crawley. while some labOrers were laying
out a lawn. In this instance the treasure con
sisted of 4 tai vessel containing twelve gold
and PIP silver coins of Edward HIS reign and
some brooches. The vessel in shape was like a
wine flagOn, and with its contents weighed about
seven pounds. Needless to say this haul was Of
considerable value. Early in 1881 the ceiling of
an old house in the village Of Whitechurch fell
in and the Treasury was enriched to the amount
of twenty-eght silver coins Of the reigns OF
Elizabeth. James | and Charles l. They were
nearly all in a good state Of preservation, ana
the oldest was over 300 years old. During the
previous year however the Crown came in for
a regular windfal when a buckskin bag full of
ancient coins was discovered at Creditor Church
by some workmen engaged in removing the cell
ing In this instance the claimants numbered
four ard comprised the lord or the manor, tne
church governors the person who found the
treasure and the Treasury, which seized IT all.
but eventually returned the greater number to
the governors who put the coins up at auction
with gratifying results. for although their con-
dltion was not Of the best and they were of Sill
yer. they numbered l.SNj, and were Of the reigns
of Edward ". Philip and Mary, Elizabeth ana
the StuartS.
one Of the most peculiar instances of treasure
troVe happened in Glasgow year or 50 ago
The police were examining a shop IN HiSh-St.,
Glasgow. for some stolen goods. and after Dig
box containing 100 silver watches, several Of
which We're wanted" Watches however. have
a remarkable habit of turning UP in strange
places. as witness those which were found the
other day in a hedge in the reighbOrhOod OF
Epson where they had been thrown By some
prOCrastinatOr whose theft f time had resulted
i'm the police getting 20 closer quarters than be
rclished. II was in a similar hiding place near
Liauelly that find Of god occurred couple
Of years ago which was supposed To form
portion of the booty, amounting to goo. taken
from the body Of a man murdered at the spot
years before.
Tie ordinary individual who happens upon
prehistoric egg at the breakfast table is apt
10 let fall hasty CALCULATIONS not altogether
rapturous. and is little disposed to look upon
the find as treasure trOve; when the egg. how
ever. turns IN in a dusty attic and is an UNI
doubted addition to the fifty eggs of the great
aux known 10 be in existence in England. and
probably worth from goo to GOO the case is
materially altered Such an egg was shown at
the British Ornithclogsts' Club last year for the
first time since its rediscovery in the afore-
mentioned attic among a remnant Of Lord Car
vagh's collection The egg was acquired for $50
in lN69 by Lord Garvagh but was believed to
have been broken to pieces i'm lS1l-the year Of
ms death-and was lost sight Of 1t transpired
last year that it was merely cracked in 1871
and was put on one SIDE by Lady Garvagh only
- be forgotten Tor twenty years. The
very common trait Of forgetfulnesS frequently