Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-11-09
THE EoLINTor TouRsAMESr.-Ths fol-


take place at Eglinton castle in England
gives vivid picture of the means 10 whlcE
the titled possessors Of hereditary wealtf
and tho victims of ennai are obliged to re-
sort, to pass away time and gain species
ofnotoriety. For several months, all Eng
land has rung with the notes of preparation
for this grand event. The works of ole
Frolsart, Spenser, and Sir Walter Scott
have been ransacked to furnish hints of the
costumes of ages long gone by, where
with doughty knights and ladies' fayre coult
bedeck themselves for the occasion; rusty
suits of armor that have hung for ages ii
baronlal hell have been dragged from the
domnions of dust and cobwebs, to play
their parts in the arena, and horses and car
pet-knights have been put in training pro,
per to enable them to bear their parts in the
pageantry of the day.
How ridiculous are proceedings like
these, in which fortunes ale spent, and the
only result appears to be tnat tho getters
up are most beautifully laughed at.
The ideas of making a knight of ancient
times out of a modern London exquisite is
so supremely rich In all that is ridiculous,
that it is to be wondered how the actors in
the farce could look each other in the face
without laughing, and it is striking evi-
dence Of want ofa sense of the ridiculous
in the English that they have been able to
carry on the farce without spelling it all by
bursting out.
The appearance of the descendant Of a
Douglas ora Seymour, who, to-day ezhi-
bits himself at West end, in corset and quiz
zing glass, becoming all at once fired with
the spirit of knight errantry, and with coat
of Milan plate, heavier than he could lift
when off his back, and brass pot of forty
pounds weight on his head, mounted on a
steed that he cannot manage, and with a
wholesome fear ofeither getting hurt or of
committing man slaughter In his heart fitting
at similar apparition, is enough to make
one inquire, -" what is coming nextp
The conclusion is that the last papers
bring news of the tournament: it came off IN
rain storm and nobody badly hurt, though
half of England was dreadfully dragged.
THE EGLINTON TILTING MATCH.
A London paper says:-"The most
splendid and magnificent specimen of an
cient armor, to be worn this interesting
occasion, is generally colsidered to be that
recently brought from the armory the ba-
ronial hall of Hylton Castle, near Sunder-
land, Durham. The pri. ely and gorgeous
suit is made of pure Milan steel, FURNISHED
blue, decorated with gold studs or rivets,
curiously !ulaid with the same costly metal,
and elaborately wrought in arabesque.--
The casque or helmet alone, weighs nearly
forty pounds, and the bars of the visor are
of solid gold. This warlike specimen ofthe
olden time is in beautiful preservation, and
ls said to have cost one thousand guineas,
nearly five hundred wears ago, when it was
worn by the then! Baron Of Hylton at the VIC
torious battle of Cressy. The total expense
ofthis grand and ciivalric display will, it
is supposed, exceed fifty thousand pounds.
We have been informed that the grand
tournament at Eginton Castle will take
place on the 2Sth of August and we under
stand that the list of knights and esqures
exceeds the number originally intended.
The tilting and other chivalrous sports will
occupy three days. The procession to the
lists leaves the castle about noon each day,
and will comprise the knights, their es-
quires and retainers, the king of the lists,
and the lord of the tournament, the queen
of beauty, and the other principal per-
sonages who will hgue in the revival of the
glores of other days. The encampments
of the knights, strictly copied from au-
thorltles, and painted in the colors, and
decked with the emblazoned banners and
crests of their martial occupants, will be an
interesting sight; and when the gothic gal
leries surrounding the lists are crowded
with the beauty and fashion of the three
Kingdoms, and the steel clad champions
rush to the encounter, we can easily ina
gine the splendor of the spectacle. The
sports will be concluded with banquets,
balls, and masques, given to the assembled
el,te by the noble holder of the festival.
Their royal highnesses the duke & duchess
Of ofCambridge are likewise expected to be
guests of Lord Eglinton during the tour
nament, with many of the most distinguish
et ofour own foreign nobleness, in the gor-
geous costumes of the middle ages. The
Ayrshire archers, headed by their captain,
Claude Alexander, Esq, clad in a brilliant
costume, will muster in great force ard add
to the attraction of the spectacle.
The following anecdote will be read with
some Interest,":
Lord Eglinton is descended in direct
line from Roger de Mundegumbrie, since
changed to Montgomery, who followed
William of Normandy at the time of the
conquest. One of the family afterwards
settled in France, early in the reign of
Francis the First, and his son, John de
Montgomery, better known by the title OF
captain of Sorraine, was renowned for his
address in all kinds of warlike exercises,
which however, did not prevent his wound
ing with burning brand, Francis the First,
in the forehead, during mock siege, given