St. Mary's beacon., 1862-08-21

F.hgiand. Many OF these specimens are
Very curions. embracing the kinds lis.
tinctive Of different periods. from the
leather body armor Of the Normans, and
the chain mail. introduced by the Crrsa-
ders fran Asia. to the exquisite ribbed
sriuar Of the fifteenth Century, whca II
attained its perfection.
entered the prison vault where Sir
Walter Raleigh was Confined, aud stood
by the aim light where he wrote by slow
stages his history Of the world. | passed
through the State PRISONS, where those
who have pined away in captivity have
left u,any uc.nemtocs of their confinement,
iu the way # Inscriptions upon the walls
h re sir Th"ma. Moore, Lord Chanccl-
lor Of Englani, the most beloved aud bril-
liant mau of his day. tangui>hcd until his
execurion-but confinement ami death
seem to hav, had but little terror for tue
witty writer OF Utopia. 1t is said Of hiu,
when led t" execution, that going up the
scatfuld. which was SO weak that it was
ready to fall, he said hurri,dly to tn.
Lieutenant, IL pray You master Licuten-
aut see asc safe up. aud for my coming
down lc, me shift Tor myself"
The Crown Jewels are shown in the
Rrsa!ia or Jewel House--they are enc'os-
cd IN All iron case i'll the middle f the
room, and the visitor looks at them
through the bars. \ woman who charges
a trif1c for her services, repeats the stury
of their use and value They are said to
bc worth more than fifteen miliinl.s of dol
lars, one third of which is in the crown (
the present excel ut Queen | stepped
into St. Peters Chap'l. iu speaking OF
which | may appropriately close this i'm
perfect description of the Tower of Lon
DON'T is plain. stone building, CO..
slstlng only of a nave and one side aisle.
Ii IL devoid OF ornament, but the simI lie
structure contains that which awaken>
thoughts Of deep aLd solemn interest. |
have always conceived this one Of the sad
dcst spots on earth. Death is here as>o-
ciatcd hot as in Westminster Abbey or
Saint Panls. with genius and virtue. with
public vcnerati"u and with inpcri-hahle
rcnnwn: not as in the humblest church
yard, with everything that is most cnIear-
lug in social aud domestic charities; but
with whatever is darkest in human nature
and in human destiny with the .avagc
triumph of implacablc enemies, with the
Inconsistency. the ingrati'uic. the coward
ice of friends. with all the mi>rri.s Of fall
leu greatness and "t bligh.,d fame. Thith-
or have been carried through successive
ages. by the rude hands Of gaolcrs, with
"ut one n"urner following. the bleeding
relies Of men who had been the captains of
armies. the leaders of parties, th. oracies
of Srnates anl the ornaments of Courts
Here was borne before the window where
Jane Gray was praying. the mangIe1
corpse of Guilford Dudley. Edward Sry-
mour, Duke OF Somerset and Protector vi
the realm. rcposcs here by the brother
whom lac murdered. Here mouldcrcd
away the hcadless trunk Of John Fisher
Bishop of Rochester and Cardinal Of Saint
Emalis, man worthy to have lived in a
better age, and to have died in better
cause. Here are laid john Dudley. Duke
of Northumberland, Lord High Admiral
Thomas Cromwell, Earl "f Essex. Lord
High Treasure. Here, too, is another
Essex, on whom nature and fortune had
lavished all their bouutirs in vain, and
whom valpr, grace, genius, royal favor.
popular applause. conducted to AN early
aud ignomi,ious doom. Not far off sleep
two Chiefs of the great house of Howard,
Thomas. f"ur,h Duke of Norfolk. and
Philip, eleventh Earl of Arundel. Here
aud there among the thick graves of un-
auiet and aspirino Statesmen. lie more
delicate sufferers: Margaret of Salisbury.
the last of the proud name Of Plan,agenet,
aud those two fair Queens, who perished
by the jealous rage Of Henry. No sump-
tuous mausoleums mark the iilustrinus
dust. all mingled beneath the Altar: but
the little memorials gathered around the
spot. will be contemplated with the deep
est interest, after the names Of the bloody
tyranss who doomed them. shall have
passed away, even from the rolls Of in
fanny