The French Crown Jewels.
The Paris correspondent of. the London | Daily Telegraph' writesv; 'The crown jewels of France hare' returned to • v«. iAt the turnof thewar. they Wera'secVefly .dispatched to .England,; and. only.! last week was it judged,safe to reeal them. In number according to the inventory made for Louis XVli;i, they were already 64,812; weighing 18,751 carats, 1 of '^SSftOOOryalue. Since that time precious j stones i have' arisen enormously in 1! price, and the late Emperor added to/ his (treasures. ' The crqwri bfii Franc&^in ' which is set the .-'. Regent ,';Sdiamond and 5,360 other jewels, was valued at £310,000 half a century . ago.-The other famous diamond.the .* Sancy.'is ; setf in ihe.fest Emperor s sword, a hicknack priced at near £11,000. A < plaque.' in brilliants ot the Order of the Holy; Ghost is calculated ;at £16,000. LThe crown jewels of - France were, stolen; on. August i 16; j 1792?cby. a band of,forty theiyes, rwho climbedU'the lamp-posts, and, broke through a window :of.. th,e JT.em-hpuae.- A poor wretch u^ras guillotined for f the' offence^ whereof'he was perfectly iintiqceijt; ,Dut onegmttlesß head-more or less made'small difference in 1792, The jewels weres all fbund(Sia the attic of a house situatedi innthe Champs Elys&p, but,how they got .there, and, ,how the j police heard |of them is a mystery; to ithis day. ~',', '. '■ ',',',<, r .',
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1635, 15 May 1875, Page 5 (Supplement)
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281The French Crown Jewels. Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1635, 15 May 1875, Page 5 (Supplement)
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