The only crown which was likely to be usod during the commemoration in Eng land is tho tiara which is familiar to this generation in sketches of the Queen when holding a drawing-room. This was manu factured by the State jewellers in 1862, at the personal cost of Her Majesty, and in general terms may be said to weigh ,Boz troy. It is a light shell of gold entirely encrusted with diamonds, and comprises 2670 brilliants, besides 523 roso diamond**, making an afieregate of 3106 stones. It is retained in tho charge of the Sovereign, of whom it is a personal possession, and to all intents and purposes never requires any attention. It was specifically devised for use in conjunction with a veil, and apart from tho drawing-rooms has scarcely been used at all. Tho crown was preceded in point of timo by a diadom or circlet of gold choicely bejewelled, which was made for the Queen in 185 S. The stones used on this occasion, which are wholly dia monds, were, in the main, Crown jewels, and tho diadem will therefore remain tho property of tho Crown, although tho cost of mounting them for Her Majesty was borno out of tho privy purse. This diadem is technically known as a circlet surmounted by the cross patco (whereof

the Maltese cross is a decoration variant) and the fleur do lia. The general effect of this crown (writes the London corre- spondent of the South Australian Register) is excellently shown in the current coinage, in which it is half concealed by a veil, which was not worn in the eirlier years of the reign, when this form of circlet was in ordinary use, and indeed there would seem to be some doubt as to whether the particular form of coronet depicted on the present coin issues has ever been adopted by the Queen in actual use at all. This diadem and another of a like shape that preceded it wero those used when Her Majesty opened or prorogued Parliament, and also on such occasions as the marriage of the Princess Royal. On every occasion on which tho Queen visited the House of Lords, tho State Crown was taken out of the regalia room in the Tower of London, and was borne before her on a cushion. 