The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

lessly on one side. At a subsequent
meeting of the Punjab Board Henry
Lawrence suggested to his brother the
advisability of at once forwarding the
Koh-t-noor to Queen Victoria. John
Lawrence had forgotten that the dta-
mond had been given him; then sud
denly remembering, he quilted the
board with an unruff1ed countenance.
hurried home and inquired of his man
servant If he had seen a small box
which had been left in his waistcoat
pocket. yes. sahib." the man replied,
Il found it and put it in one of your
drawers" Bring it here" said Law
renee. The servant produced it, Now,
said his master. "open it and see what
1t contains" The old native obeyed,
and after removing the folds of linen,
he said, There is nothing here, sahib,
but bit Of glass;" '"Good" said John
Lawrence, with a sigh of relief, you
can leave II with me-"
The King, one may assume, will wear
two crowns on the day of coronation.
Going to the Abbey he will wear the
state imperial crown which is being
slightly altered merely that 1t may fit
MS head. This crown was made by
Messrs. Rundel & Bridge in the year
1888 with jewels taken from old crowns
and others furnished by command of
Queen Victoria. 1t contains in the CEN
ter of a diamond Maltese cross the
famous ruby, said to have been given
to Edward, Prince of Wales, son of
Edward III, by Don Pedro, King of
CASTLE, after the battle Of Najera-a
ruby which was worn in the helmet or
Henry V at the battle of Agincourt.
It is pierced quite through, after the
Eastern fashion, the upper part of the
piercing being filled up by a small ruby.
For the rest, it consists of diamonds,
pearls, rubies, sapphires and emeralds
set in silver and gold, with crimson
velvet cap with ermine border and
lined with white silk. 1t weighs 80
ounces 8 pennyweight. The Duke of
Devonshire carried it before the King
when he opened the last Parliament.
The other crown that will appear at
the coronation is the one with which
the Archbishop of Canterbury will
crown the King. This is known as st.
Edwards crown and will, of course,
undergo no alteration whatever. 1t was
last used in the coronation of Queen
Victoria, and was made for the coro-
nation of Charles II, to replace the one
sold during the civil wars.
Now that the Prince of Wales has
been created special interest attaches
to the crown which, by reason of that
creation, his Royal Highness will wear
on the great day next June. 1t is
formed OF pure gold, and 1S unadorned
by jewels. On occasions of state this
crown-which has more the appearance
of a coronet-was always taken from
the Tower and placed before the seat
in the House of Lords which is appor-
toned to the heir apparent, and this,
of course, will now be done again.
Other crown jewels that are now on
view in the Tower of London and will
be used in the ceremony at the Abbey
include the gold Orb, which will rest in
the Kings right hand at the corona
ton, and-should the Royal party pro-
coed to Westminster Hall-will rest
in his left on his Majesty's visit to that
building. On the top of the orb is an
extraordinarily fine amethyst, of an
oval shape, nearly an inch and a half
in hight, which forms the foot of
cross of gold, set very thick with dia-
monds. st. Edwards Staff of beaten
gold, four feet and a half in length,
will be carried before the Soreveign
at the ceremony. So will the Cur
tana, or Sword of Mercy, which is
borne between the two Swords of Jus
tice. Other articles in the regalia
which win be used are the gold Ampul-
la, which will contain the holy oil the
Armillae, or solid gold bracelets edged
with pearls, which the King will wear
on his wrists, and the Royal spurs of
curiously wrought fine gold, which will
be carried in the procession. None of
these last named ornaments has been
used, of course, for over sixty years.