The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-31
FOREIGN EXTRACTS.


Grand TSpynament at Eglintoun Castle.--The
grand tournament al Eglinioun Castle, will take
place on the 18th OF August, and we understand
that the list oil knights and esquircs exceeds the
number originally intended. The iiliing and other
chiyalrous sports occupy three days. The process
sion TO the Iis leaves the Castle about Of each
day, and will comprise the knights, their esquIres
and reiainers the king Of the lists and the lord Of
the tournament, the queen Of beauty, and the other
principal personages who will figure In this revival
OF the glories Of other days. The encampmenis OF
the knights, strictly copied from ancient authorities,
and painted in the colors and decked with the en-
bazoned banners and crests OF their martial occu-
pants, will be an interesting sight; and when the
Gothic galleries surrounding the lists are crowded
with the beauty and fashion Of the three Kingdoms.
and the steel clad champions rush 10 the encounter,
we can easily imagine The spendor Of thefpectace.
The sports will be concluded with b,Dqbeis, balls,
and Mosques, given 10 the assembled elite by the mo-
bic holder Of the festival. Their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are likewise
expected to be guests Of Lord Eglintoun, during the
tournament, with many among the distinguished Of
our own and foreign 'blesse, in gorgeous costumes
Of the middle ages. The Ayrshire Archers, head
ed BY their Captain Claude Alexander, Esq, clad
in brilliant and characteristic costume will muster
in great force, and add to the attraction OF the spec
tacle.
The most splendid and magnificent specimen Of
ancient armor, To- be worn this Interesting occa-
sion, Is generally considered TO be that recently
brought from the armory Of the baroniai hall Of
Hnyiton Castle, near Sunderland, Durham This
princely and gorgeous suit Is made Of pure Milan
stesl, FURNISHED blue, decorated with gold studs or
rvets, cuTiousiy inaid with the costly metal,
and deliberately wrought in arabesque. The casqne
or helmet alone weighs nearly frty pounds, and the
bars OF the vizor are Of solid gold. This warIike
specimen Of the oden times is Ia beautiful preserva
tion, and Is said TO have cost 1000 guineas nearly
500 years ago, when il was worn BY the then Baron
OF Hoylton, at the victorious battle of Cressy. The
total expenses OF this grand and chiyalric display
will, il is SunDOSed exceed f51 O00
The chief knights al present are Lords Es ntoun,
Craven, Hillsborough, Afford, Casslis, the Marquis
Of Waterford, Sir Francis Hopkins, the Hon Mr..
Gage, The Hon. Captain MAYNARD the Hon Edward
birmingham. Among the esquires are the Hon.
Captain Macdonald. Captain Beresford, and Captain
Pnrvis. Prince Louis Napoleon will also enter the
lists.
The renown of the expected Tournament about
to be held in Scotland has reached Paris, and Gre
aes certain Interest in people once so celebrated
for their bellies oes Ell hais fats darmes II is said
that Lord Eglinloun desceDds in direct line from
Roger de Mundegnmbrie (the which name has de-
generated into Montgomery who followed the
Duke of Normandy to England at the time of the
Conquest. member Of this family returned TO
settle in France in the beginning of the reign of
Francis the First, and his son John de Montgomery,
better known underline name OF Captain de Lorees,
was renowned for his address n all bodily exercises,
which however did not prevent his wounding Fran
els the First 10 sort Of mock fight the forehead
with lighted brand. The son OF this gentleman,
tits and tournaments, had the misfortune in an af
fair OF this kind. 10 wound MORALLY Henry the Sc
cond, who tilted with him. After several anxious
and restless years, the consequence OF his invoun-
tary regicde, he was taken In 1874 and imprisoned
in one Of the towers Of the Conciergerie which for
long time bore his name, and was beheaded by or
der of Catharne de Medcis who thus reyensed
the death of her husband, twentyfour years after
his death. II is singular enough, that after more
than two centuries and half which have elapsed
since this event, descendant of Gabriel de Mont
gomery should have thus preserved this taste for
tournaments and chivalric sports. II is said that
high parsonage intends TO leave France if possible,
to be present; If so, II is to be desired that the de-
scendanl Of the Montsomery's may not have inheri-
ted the awkwardness of his ancestors; and The
Prince Louis Napoleon would also do well 10 look
f saS BIZ sssg e an n
their tits with and before kings.
Each knight Is TO choose lady whose colors he
is to wear, and whose superiority he is To maintain
before alt lovers, native or foreign, known un-
known, proving the old adage, that I" None but the
brave deserve The fair"
Opera in Constantiaople. -Among the many in
novalons which have been made Of late wears in
the East, certainly the establishment Of an Italian
Opera at Constannople Is not the least remarkable
The Turkish fashionables are so carried away by
their rage for the OPERA that unable wait ill the
erection of the theatre in Pera, for which two ex-
perienced French architects are engaged they have
had large hotel in the square called Almeidan,
fitted up for The purpose, and have operas three
four times week, Notwithstanding the high price
Of the places Qrom Two to ten heavy piaStres, or
from IS. to f2) the theatre is always crammed with
Turks who 10 spite of their habtual early hours,
loll there conlenedly till midnight Their prima
donna is Edelina Fritsch, said TO be an excellent
singer, and complete mistress Of the Turkish Ian
guage, which she learned in Odessa and Wallachia
She teaches the young Turks TO sing and goes
through the streets borne in palanquin BY four
blacks, and preceded by eight others. The Grand
Seignor himself has visited the Opera, which will
perhaps, do as much as his absolute commands
TO amalgamate his people with those of Western
Europe.
Gleanings from Enghsh papers.
Erpiosion.--The Argyle steamer, with two hundred
passengers board pleasure excursion, burst her
boiler Just after she touched Renrcw Ferry, Scot
land, to take passengers The engineers were
killed, and or persons dreadfuly scaded
Fre-A destructive fire occurred in Manchester by
which the warehouse OF the Messrs Nathan LLOYD
street, was destroyed, and damage sustained to the
amount Of 10000
Stare Ships-The capture Of the Spanish American
slave ships, taken into New York. has offered much sa-
tisfac,ion in England.
Yciioto FspT-The Superintendent Of the Liverpool
Quarantine has received orders hom the Priyy Council
TO examine all vessels from Charleston. New Orlears
and the other southern ports Of the United States.
Riots.-Mr Thomas Atwood has addressed letter
to the inhabitants OF Birmingham, recommending obe.
dience to the laws, but deporng the loss Of ais nlu-
over his fellow.townsmen,
Rumors Of riots at Sturbridge, Northampton Stat
ford and in the Porries, have been repeated but no
Disturbances have occurred The disposition of
large numbers 10 follow the example set them At Bir-
mngham is, however, unqucsiionable and the peace
able inhabitants in state Of constant apprehension
One Of the reports was that Sir Robert Peel's man
sion, at Drayton. would be visited by the Charsts
In the North Of England the same spirit Of turbulent
discomfort prevails Meetings have been held at Man
chester, Bury. Bolton, Sunderland and Bradford Lii
perpooi Albion.
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