OF the hundreds who yearly visit Edinburgh, and among other sights, go to gaze on the Regalia, how few know the history of these national relics; the many dangers and vicissitudes they have passed through; the narrow escape they once had of falling in...
OF the hundreds who yearly visit Edinburgh, and among other sights, go to gaze on the Regalia, how few know the history of these national relics; the many dangers and vicissitudes they have passed through; the narrow escape they once had of falling into the hands of Oliver Cromwell, and thus being most probably lost to Scotland for ever. Hence, we think, that a glance at their history may not prove altogether uninteresting.