Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-03-24

Aonh Nf0ciHicu uHu sHt uHueu dinlusG Jne
melody of trumpets and divers instruments, and
mighty peal of artillery Next day she pro-
ceeded from the Tower with all the pomp of
heraldry and pride of power to Westminster,
arrayed in silver tissue, and mantle of the
same lined with ermine her dark tresses flow
ing down her shoulders, and her head encirclcd
with precious rubies Queen Anne Boleyn was
tall and slender, her face was oval. her hair
black her complexion rather pale, her features
and figures symmetrical beauty and sprightli
ness sat on her lips, and in readiness Of wit she
was unsurpassed" Thus all was bright to
Queen Anne in 1888. How was it in 1886?
i On the sunny May day, a splendid tourna-
4 ment was held at Greenwich, at which the
hsng and Queen were present Henry abruptly
quilted the gay scene, and the following day,
whilst Anne was dining, officers arrived with a
warrant to commit her to the. Tower. The
gates in the palace once more opened to receive
Queen Anne, but the pomp and splendor OF
the scene was no more her glory had departed:
her fair fame was foully aspersed; attended by
her .jaers, she was committed to await in cap
tvity the fearful scene which in q few days was
to sever her from all she had held most dear,
and to make the remnant Of her most miserable
existence, If could be- worse. The same apart
ments in the scene of her triumph before her
coronation were to be her prison, and she was
not allowed to see the King after he left her at
Greenwich. She was arrligned, charged with
unaithfulness They pronounced her guilty,
and with that dignity and composure which
she had manifested throughout, she heard her
sentence with serene countenancc, and lifting
up her head and eyes toward Heaven, cxclaim-
ed, 90 Father o Creator! Thou who art
the way, and the truth, and the life Thou
knowcst have not deserved this death" On
the 10Th of May, a mournful procession passed
over the Tower Green. Anne was on her way
to the scafold. She was attired in black, and
her beauty is described by those who saw her
on that day, us being mourntully brilliant
After addressing few calm words to those
around she laid her head upon the fatal block,
and with one blow it was severed from her body,
She was then thrust into an old chest, and i'm
mediately placed in the vault of the Chapel
Thus closed the brilliant career of Anne Boleyn
Can it add to the picture to ask you to remem-
ber that the very day after, the King again
married?
10 ,Y,tC
equally mournful, if not painful interest, in
1858, by the ten days reign, and subsequent
martyrdom of Lady ,A,ne Grey, OF whom Full
Ter afirms i" She had the innocence of child
hood, the beauty of youth, the solidity of mid
die age, the gravity Of old age, the learning o
clerk, and the life of a saint, all at eighteen.
She was the great granddaughter of Henry
VII, and married Lord Guilford Dudley, who
in the rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt, wa
judged to have taken part, which led Queer
Mary, her cousin, to doom the youthful coupl
to violent death and again by the yer,
palace were enacted the same scenes as before
upon one who had been led from it to be calle
Queen.
Thus was the tower used for II palace, and 70
holding Courts from time to time, until the cor
onatlon of Charles II, at which time theancen
custom of proceeding in state from the Towe
, to Westminster, was observed for the last time
, But it departed in the zenith of its glory, tn
taste and maguifcence displayed surpassin
even the gorgeous spoctacles of former days
. 4 contemporary writer says: cit is vain
| attempt to describe the ceremony, 50 far fror
, being UTTERABLE, it was inconceiUdble." Fro1
; this time we date the decay of the Tower as
r royal palace. If such it has been as palace
t what can it be as prison ? may well be asked
} Shall mention some of the more noticeabl
4 events connected with it in that capacity?
t During the Norman, or carly age Of tn
+. Tower, history has recorded the names of te'
captives Of note among these, the one mos
noted was the first state prisoner ever confnc
), in the Tower-Flambard Bishop of Durham
J, HIS origin was humble, but his talents mad
n him SO useful to William Rufus, in carrying OF
o him to the highest Offices of state. Henry
a however, on his ascension, imprisoned him
n please the people, but his talents being full
n as servicable to himself as they had been to Il
King, he effected his escape. Another capti,
d statesman Of this period, but of different orde
p was Hugh de Burgh. This great man III
l. faithful minister was guardian of the King al
l. Kingdom during the minority of Henry II
but when the King arrived at age anu took fu
Il possession of the throne, those who had en- VII
Hugh de Burgh his greatness, prejudiccd h
10 sovereign against him, and he was cruelty il
l. prsoned in the Tower dungeon for some tim
sr but finally released.
IN Passing with these, we will notice the Tow
OF in the fourteenth century. in the full briian
Id cf that martial display which the royal wa
rs riors, Edward l, Edward Ill, and Edward, t
er Black Prince, caused to be made at the Towt
nd Aoated over the Tower were famed by conques
- crimson wing, and the fortress was filed wi
4te captive kings and heroes-trophies of Er
he land 8 valor."
At this period the beautiful country
p Wales was the hiding place for many Wet
oh whom they would imprson and they, VII
re- captured, showed such unrclenting determil
re- ton at all they undertook, that it became nott
me and for this reason, when a captive from Wa
rsc was taken, he was made most frightful
,hs ample. So when Griffin, the son of tho Pril
ne of N. Wales, endcayored to escape and
", rope with which he was letting himself do
full IRON the turret gave way and he was kill