THE Commissioners, having read their warrant, proceeded to enter the Crown-room, and to force open the lid of the great chest, no keys to which had been any where found.

To the great joy of all present the Regalia were discovered lying in the chest, in the very state in which they had been deposited there in 1707. With the Sword of State and Sceptre was found another rod or mace of silver, with a globe at the top, which proves to be the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland’s mace of office. Upon the discovery of the regalia the royal flag was hoisted upon the castle, and greeted by the shouts of a numerous crowd assembled on the hill.

The custody of the regalia was, on the 8th of July 1818, committed to the Officers of State, by a warrant under the Great Seal, with power to them to appoint a Deputy-keeper and Yeomen-keepers of the regalia, and to establish regulations under which the regalia might be exhibited to the public.