The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-07-14

obliged to surrender it, in August a. 1904
to the British Admiral Rookie and Prince
George Of Darmstadt, then Imperial Field
Marshall and Viccroy of Catalonia, who
appeared unexpectedly before this fortress
IN May OF the same year. King Philip of
Anjou caused it to be attacked upon the
land side, October IL, l704, with 10000
men, at point where the ratification is
connected with the main land bya narrow
sandy neck, so fortified by the English, that
the Spaniards called the gate of fire. At
the same time Gibraltcr was bIcckadcd
from the sea by Admiral Poyes, with Il fleet
of twcny-four vessels. Just when it wos
reduced TO extremity, it receive assistance
from the English and Dutch fleet under
Admiral Lealic. The blockade by land
continued without any results till the con-
clusion OF the peace Of Utrecht, in l7l6.-
Since then England has omitted nothing TO
render this fortress absolutely impregnable.
Indeed it is the bulwark Of her Mcditcrranc-
an trade. BY it she prevents Russia from
uniting her Northern and Southern fleets.
Spain again beseiged it, march 7, 1877, but
raised the seige on the approach OF Admiral
Wager, with ii ships of the line. She
then offered two millions sterling for the de-
livery of the place, but in vain; and by a
compact at Seville, in 1929, she agreed to
rcnouncc all her claims on ii. Still Spain
endeavored to prevent all entrance to the
fortfication. In the war which broke out
between England and Spain, in 1870, the
last attempt was made for the recovery Of
Glbralter. 1t was secured TO England by
the peace of 1888. Since then the efforts
ofthe French and Spanish to take the place
have been altogether futile. Gibralter has
population of about $4,000, consisting of
British, Spaniards, Italians, Jew and Moors.
The narrowest part of the Straits is fifteen
miles.
TIME Aco-In the Literary History of the
United Kingdom, in the last number of the
North American Review, we find the fol-
lowing incident related as having taken
place at the burial of William the Conquer
or These anecdotes of oldcn times arc not
familiar with one, and they are interesting
for that reason -
Just as the body was about to be lowered
into the grave, man came forward, crying
out" Clerks and bishops this ground is
mine. Upon it stood the house Of my ia
ther. The man for whom you pray wrest-
ed it from me to build thereon his church
have neither sold my land nor mortgaged
it, nor have forfeited it, nor made any
grant whatsoever of it. 1t is my right, and
l claim it. In the name of G. forbid
you to lay the body of the spoiIcr therein,
or to cover it with my clay" All present
confirmed the truth Of the mans words
The bishops told him to approach, and ma
king bargain with him, delivered him
sixty soils, as the price of his sepulchre only,
engaging to indemnify HIM equitably for
the rest of the ground.
The corpse had been dressed in the royal
habit and robe, but it was not in coffin.
On its being placed in the grave, whose
sides consisted of masonry, and which was
found to he too narrow, it became necessary
to force it down, which caused it to burst.
Incense and perfumes were burned in
abundance, but without avail. The crowd
dispersed in disgust, and the priests them
selves hurrying the ceremony, soon desert
ed the church.
A letter from Constantinople states that
at the end OF April number of articles, in
gold and silver, were discovcd not far below
the surface of the ground, at the town of
Lepscc; the ancient Lambsacus, in Asia
Minor. Amongst these object, which are
supposcdto to have been employed in the wor-
ship Of Diana, are 40 silver spoons with
square handles, and much larger than those
used in modern days; female bust termi-
mates each handle, and the word Arlcmis,
one of the names of Diana, is perccptible
on several Of them; each weighs about 75O
grammes-a round salvar in silver, nearly
four feet in diameter, weighing 81 kilogram-
mes, $40 grammes having the figure of a
woman engraved on it, with q fox, pea
cock: and parrot near her, and two lions
gt feasssgisle I'D riding On seach-za5
slis 9il, g 8 kasd ON