Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-09-08

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RUS ,"s'e"' u, pensioners.
mere are @,oo pensioners now ut Greenwlch'
In The hospitai inhrnaty are 100 nurses 10 take
care OF inc s'ck "'u nlsanied lhe naval UNIFORM
coat VOTE ny Nesoh Nv me baue OF TIE Nile' IS
luePosheu Jul g'hss c"sn una eNhloned 10 Vis'efs'
oh our return from u'een"'ch, we were set
uo"h NJ 'ne lo"el' "n'cn 's uea, we tNer "hu
nor lar oeIoW LONDON D'ulge. ine hIs' view oil
'ne ioWeb (or runner iV"e's' va ,,'''" Ut" Ih'ee
OIL then) cause" 7huGdefihe Feco'ecnoo oil me
cruei'leS ann horrors 'nat nave peen pe,Peuaed
Wthp us ,towmhg ""lS, we n'oou sla'neu an
nas OF when are 10 DC ionnu on "''hos' every
page OF Enghsh history ne over covers ~
acres, anu was, you KNOW, the Casie Oh 'le ea'Iy
Kings OF England we passed from inc "'Cheu
gute way uroueh winding stono court w 'e-
Ireshment apartment, where WARREN a"ef
purity o. uoleh hau arr'eu con"ucleu We ihst
NJ ,'ie iiorse hT'oIy, w"eIe so''le 'o'y Ns"'s
in ,ha or,,nr ,.nrm j., H., rss,or,,va rs,,,s in
which ,ha ;ndv;d,,nla EvoI IL IL = al, 1rot
NOR actually worn nv Henry Wi in IG2O. a tnit
or arno, beiono;ng 10 tho carl Of chester Queen
El;zabeib,s roSn,iie ne r. ygrous ~ tl,t winch 10
sand IN have been worn N tI,e Tournaments. tbe
armor worn bv ,he Earl of Essex nj mo Cnron-
n,ion of Georoe n . n hean,irnl sut of n ,or ,vurn
Inv The py;nre of Males (son of lanes / l6OiI
when onIv ,,yeIve years old 'Ihere ore nIn
sovera s,i,s ~ orn,or ,vor, bv d;s,inguistsd (l,
saders To nil which il added nau1elps nun,ber
~ ,nc;or, shiaJ hol,,.,. oauntI.,s ,ites s,oor,
lcross-bows halle axns a. Sc. which marx ,Ie
aaas In ,,hioh ,hoso v.r;ous ;,,,,,le,nonts of J
e,ruc,;on ood defence wore in ,,sa
We .hen assembled TO Queen Elzabeths armo.
ry, which long the prison Of doomed men,
among whom was Sir Walter Raleigh. Queen
Elizabeth in dress like the one winch she wore
to St. Pauls, OIL poney led by page, las she is
here represented) to return thank for the deliver
ance of her kingdom from Spanish invasion, is
the prominent object in this room. This like
the Armory below, is filed with the instruments
81 dad in he ar hnrn
they refer. But will not weary you with details.
Here is the block upon which is said, TWO of the
wives of Henry VIII. were beheaded, but | no.
tce that it is affirmed with more confidence that
the Earl OF Essex suffered upon this block, and
by blow from the ferociops looking axe by its
side Crowns and stars are curiousy wreathed
upon the walls with swords, pixies, halberds, bay
onets, pistols, spears &c.
From This Armorv we were handed over n 4
u,ro nbo ,,shasoJ re viii rna, sI;,,
i,o ,ha psnara uora. s;ncs shs ro,,, or H.,
RI X,,s ,d O,aa1 h 900 d,'os;,, hai.
an and ;esu,I,sd hanhi.s and oy,bin. I'm,
oeous and sn,rkI;na ,s ,hev are 1 Iooipd viii ,nv
sselina ro,Ler ,ho6 of awe mr. nd,nira,;on uon
,hoso 9cos.I,, and rro,,;ous ,ri,l,e, rho i,aiI
ro,.n n Ior ,rasan, Ma;os,,, 10 booH ~ ~;
,nonds and s,urlIed in briIlinn,s sur,nonnted no
.o,,nhira T., fran, ia the r,,I,v worn hv rho RcI
prpca mis- rnv,I ,nv cns, !, ,,,,II,nn s,arli,,''
'rhoro oro ,,,o.s,;o ooIJ iantarIs hornn7i
dishas h,u,;sn,aI lon, ,vi,tnt to,,",,;n Srr r.,
/, - Pft t ,,,,,s az 49, L ~
W,'n 'l,7 u o''''' COST
'"ieo '''''o"s SURFING
we were not shown INTO the Beauchamp Tow
er, so long used for the conhnomenl OF state prs
oners, though was most an lous 10 see HE dun
gean hole OF the Earl OF Warwick, Earl of Lea
cesler Lady Jane Grey ~.id others, who, SORROW
ing, suffered there.
The fire of 1871 destroyed what were designa.
ted the Grand Store House" and the "Small
Armory," in which most OF The Trophy cannon
were deposited These valued memorials OF Eng
lish victories are now arranged in the yards el,il-
, er melted, mulilaed or deaced. They are TO he
taken to Woolwich, where new pieces are to DO
recast from the same metals in elrSrignaI FORMS
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