Show OF A KIN G an account was ivas given nearly fou four r years apo ago of the discovery at the college colle coll e of two leaden cases believed to contain the brains if camei hand II 11 and the heart of like lie duchess of lie loudon london T throes wed in was H pipe under the limpel lapel ilo floor or the fie workmen carno eammon on it A cavity in u which taj thyga so relies were picked up mgr rogerson Koe erson administrator or of the scotch endowments who showed them to medas of u the loti ion that tills this pit had bad been due daig in readiness fur for an intended either of ohp liera oua confined in the LI lilene lege or of the english Enel lili agatin nuna icet door but it ja Is mory more likely to have rei tilted from the he exhume ullon of it coffin off iii fur for the saku sake of the load or nf other articles of value Roger sons original intention was vim to the relies but in a quiet way son so as to avoid risk of ofero pro 1113 tio nand he be did not oven even inform he college collea now occupied asa ba a boys board boarding inz that the ibe cases had any an in herpst he was not then aware however that the brains baralus of junes if were formerly in a gilt bronze ed IDA to ft tablet on the wall this urn alsap timing the he revolution and the be 1 leaden on case s so 1 within I thin it was not ant further heard or of till the dincov di ery of 1883 althere AB As there is no DO record eAU daany my other cases with contents havia having gever over been placed in the col leg legette leget ethe lio presumption as to tile the identity of those found is almost irre ible the announcement odthe of the dis covery evoked inquiries irom from tile the rai to the authentic ity liti bar afe keeping of the brains of jumpa 11 II mir rogerson Roger soo who took is a strong strone irmert lilt rist t in the stuarts stuart died three ys cira ako g an d what had become of thu the relies relics still apparently in his bis possession up to that time was a question t of obvious interest he bad no relatives in france blis kindred in the north of england were to have interested themselves in these thet tha now administrator is a fr french rich ecclesiastic who to co turned to answer not an inquiry addressed deposed to him film I 1 have however now ascertained that the are in the sate bare keeping of mer Roger sons executor air 0 keenan a solicitor pending Fig a aa to their ultimate dimeos 41 n tile the duchess kuchera of perth has bis no liadal descendants at lejat least in the male ie line and aa d her hart was originally igi nally under an b ed slab on an tho the chapel floor it might fitly be replaced there here the brains arnina of james 11 II might perhaps b be in fit anew a new urn to be placed where the old one stood but the scotch collel col leie ro la isnow now a frencl frenchi school and though the tenants are ara very courteous to their rare british tori a better belter known depository 1 might I ugilt perhaps ha 14 found tho the brains might perhaps be interred main with what are the auly other remains of jamea II 11 namely parts of the flesh removed in the process of embalming and a portion 0 of f his bowels these thesa were discovered sixty years ago afro while a church was being restored and george IV placed an inscription over th them e I 1 which qu aien ion victoria has ha restored the body itself confided id 6 the benedictines Benedic tines in the exdee that it would eventually be transferred to westminster abbey disappeared during the abo revolution and wad a probably thrown into a quarry u a r t y other relies of james it II in n 1 parla r 0 at st omer and elsewhere disappeared and a piece of 0 his disarm arm preserved till 1871 1871 by the Auslin nuns wits was made away with by the abe comin commune which used tile the neuilly convent its a barrack there is every reason for insuring abd tbd preservation of the toile relic mr hkeenan OK eenan tn la Is la in communication with scotch catholic bi and moan lillo the easy case hi to ja aa life CUB cu tody ex I 1 |