Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-11-02

men askeh aims OF Us; We were ,.,
the tomb oil Shakespeare, and the, e1
lowed "ur STEPS. a lean sepalrbr.i
looking man, With red nose an% ~
black rattan in his hand, was stall
to show vs. The curiositjes he posrro' 'sq
his rounds until he couId collect Il" o.a
company, and swell the aggrepa,aS.
his fees he Looked like the crier If a
court of Radamanthus, and it Was o 4s
dent that Ire had not proliicd by Le ""
dali. on visiting terms with the i;"s
trious tenants Of This mansion NO ,1''
If genius shot from his hollow eve %5
spark OF intellect lis ited up his cad" ~
rnms connt"naRce ; he started. as IT.,
from the tomb. to introduce ~ f. ny
contemporaries, ard biogronb;ns
sket, b oil each tenant was given, p,%
an air OF apathy aud midi {. renee vL;|
Crstom had rendered familiar D.:
place as master of Ceremonies in the at
oey, | learnt, was purchased. and ~
enumeration MAS had from the bounty "
visitors. Every thing disco,ereds,S
seqaenuy, Vas on the same scale :,
london; money was tie grand taIjsman
Indispensable u curiosity, or even ,Ls
comforts of retirement.-Our gn;I'
| pointed oui the tomhs of several If ~
ancient mobility, whose rank and ti,Is.
viii BE- the daily theme as long as ID;
tors viii pay for the descripti,n.-W
entered o, fight OF steps TO the chanel
OF h"nr. the 9TH, where the king liz,
"qu!etiy turned" Taking inio con.
s!deraiion The General parsimony of hi,
lie. il is surprising thai be should have
gone 10 the expense of SO sumptuous
tomb but he discovered that the small
chapel Of Edward the Confrsser va,
tno crowded with royalty to offer him
Sufficient room.
II Is sp!endid structure the gallant
Richmond and his wifi ar r.grcsrr,,d
in ctfsy their figures al Iull length in
Orass; who b. together with the ons.
mental decoration Ok the tUn.b, al, The
work OF iorresisno, Florentine Sum.
tor. At the north end arr the remains
"i the two princes, EfN ard and York,
who were sm9thered III the tower BIZ
command oil Richard !; they were disco.
,ered curing he reign of Charles the
Cd, amOns the rubbish, under the stairs
of the Mhlte tower, and by him piausIy
transferred 10 this spot. Here also are
deposited the remains Of Elizabeth. the
OIL! great EDmau that ever governed
in Grea, Britain, and whose talents as
a queen. shed iusire over the country.
She Was the rarest instance OF mind,
fnrhiade, confidence and success, that
We have recorded in the history of wo.
man. Near her, as if to mock the mr..
poses OF fate. lies Mary, Queen of Scots.
the most unfortunate of her sex. whom
Elizabeth Imprisoned from policy. and
murdered fro4i fear. Che had been o.
riginaliy buried in the cathed at Pc
terboro' ; her son when be obtained the
crown. caused her remains to BE- reno.
we'd and placed near the former rival.
''u'"' are pItpoSttrous
and absurd; whole length figure in
marble is stifiiy stretched on the summit
of each. clad III armor; and few .,bers
with their hands elevated in prayer.-
These cambrous d inelegant specimens
of sculpture. convey Just idea of the
rude and barbarous taste which prevail.
ed in the darker ages tie modern mo.
numents are light. and several IF them
finely executed ; Lord Mans6eId's and
Lord Chatham's. both Of whom merited
the best efforts of the cbiseI, as well as
the pen. are among the most splendid.
Here also monument is erected 70 the
unfortunate Major Andre. with whose
history and virtues the American peo-
pie are familiar; it is somew hat disfsu.
red by rude and ignorant persons. A
small sarcophagus is raised to the
memor, of Mr.. Wragg. who was
drowned on lis passage to England,
having refused TO abandon the royal
Cause daring tie revol -.ionary war
There is something grateful e, en- in the
remembrance Of national sacrifices;
and however we may lament the infatu-
atiun. which could abandon cause so
just as ours. We have no right Ia impung
the motives. / spent near an hour in
the poets Corner.
Under the monument of Shakespeare
David Garrick lies buried: nothing