New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-11

murder and outbreak, SO general was the indgna-
| ton against the bishop"
In old times the kings often lived in the Tower
for their pleasure. Richard the Second was the
| first who lived there under compulsion. Thither
he fled for safety from his subjects in 1887, and
there he was kept prisoner by Henry the Fourth.
until at last, according to Froissart, he persisted
| 6 somehow and he was taken out for exhibition
| in ST. Paul'5 Cathedral, his head on black
cushion, and his visage open to view Some had
| pity on him, and some had none, but said he had
| long ago deserved his death" Lord de R0s com
ments on the story of the murder Of Edward the
Fifth and his brother, describes the trial and exc
cution Of Anne B0eyp, and the torturing and
burning of Anne Askew, and repeats the meIan-
choly histories of Lady Jane Grey and her sister
Catherine, and their successor in misfortune
Lady Arabeila Stuart. Lord Stourton's murder of
the Hartgills and the murder Of Sir Thomas Over.
bury, the incidents and the termination of the
gunpuwder plot, and the circumstances of Raj
eigh's twelve years imprisonment are detailed
with more or less compile teness, and followed by
enumeration Of other memorable passages in the
history of the Tower. Nowadays the Tower is
chiefly thought of as military storehouse and ar.
senal BY country visitors to London it is looked
upon only as one Of the sights to be seen.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN THE TOWER.
1.-THE Duke of Wellington, who was constable
from 1924 to 1852, regarded the office of the CON
stable to be by no means mere honorary posi-
ton and set himself seriously to reform ana cor
rect many abuses, which the neglect Of his prede-
cessOrs had permitted to accumulate at the Tower.
One of the most notorious of these abuses was
the mode Of selecting and appointing the war
ders These places of trust used formerly to be
sold, az vacancies occurred, for $500 each, which
sum was paid by the purchaser to the constable.
Therefore the more death vacancies occurred in
the year the more purchase-money the constable
received, and young and abe-bodied men were
rarely allowed to become purchasers. Most of
the wardens were in consequence untitled by age
aud inirmity for the charge Of prisoners, the Gus
tOdy of the Tower, and going round the armories
with visitors, from whom they were in the custom
Of demanding fees amounting often to IS. or Gs.
head. The duke at once stopped the purchase of
wardenships, at a loss to himself of from &900 to
El200 year, and presented these appointments
to the Household Cavalry, foot guards and reg
iments Of the line, as rewards for. non-commis-
stoned officers Of merit and good service, to be
recommended direct from those regiments, with
out intervention Of private influence. He also
established the present low price Of tickets to
view the Tower, (6d. head) and allowing lib
eral allowance Of 5s. 3D. to each warden on such
days it is his turn to conduct visitors, entirely
stopped the VeXatiOus system Of fees So greatly
has the abolition Of fees increased the number Of
visitors that for several years they have averaged
1000 persons q week, and since the new armories
and Norman Chapel in the White Tower have been
restored and added to the exhibition this number
has considerably increased, producing fl200 or
fl3O0 year, which is paid into the exchequer by
the store department Of the war office"
Lord De Ross last chapter sums up the history
OF the Tower menagere, first heard OF in the
reign Of Henry the Third to whom the Emperor
Frederick sent a present Of three leopards. The
same King soon after bought white bear to be
kept in the Tower, at charge of fourpence a
day, besides the cost of chain and muzzle, as
well as - a long and strong cord to hold this bear
when fishing in the water Of the Thames" Then
an elephant was added to the c0lleetion-"a beast
most strange and wonderful to the English peo-
ple.n The first three Edwards added greatly to
the menagere, and it continued to increase under
Iprb plantaTpupfl and IlI10rG the lions heinz IFS
most famous inmates.
BATTING THE LIONS II TIE TOWER.
1T was reserved for James TO subject these
noble creatures to WalCon cruelty Tor the sport Of
betting them. He caused three fierce nasliffs to
be brought to the Tower where the king and
queen, with the prince and four or i've courters,
placed themselves in the windows of the lions
tower to view the savage amusement. The fol
lowing is the cireumstantial account Of an eye
witness; The king, queen and prince, with four
or five lords, went to the lions TOure, and caused
the lustiest lion to be separated from his mate,
and put into the lions den one dog alone, who
presently flew to the face Of the lion; but the
lion suddenly shook him of, and graspt him fast
by the neck, drawing the dog up staires and
downe staires The king, now peTceiving the
lion greatly eXceede the dog in strength, but
nothing in noble heart and courage, caused
another dog to be put into the dgnne, who proved
as hot and lusty as his fellow, and took the lion
by the face but the lion began to deale with him
as with the former; Whereupon the king com
manded the third dog to be put in, before
the second dog was spoiled which third
dog, more fierce and fell than eyther of the
former and indespe eyther of clawes or strength,
tooke the lion by the lip; but the lion so tore the
dog by the eyes, head and face, that he lost his
hold, and then the lion tooke the dogs necke in
his mouth, drawing him up and downe as he did
the former but being wearied, could not bite so
deadly as at the first. Now WHILST the last dog
was thus hand to hand with the lion in the upper
roome, the other two dogs were fighting together
/ in ba
the lion to be driven downe, thinking the lion
would have parted them; but when he saw he
must needs come by them, he leaped clean over
them both, and, contrary TO the king expectation,
the lion fed into an inward den, and would not by
! any meanes endure the presence of the dogs; al
belt the last dog pursued eagerly, but could not
tnde the way to the lion. You shall understand
the last two dogs whilest the lion held them both
under his pawes, did bite the lion by the belly,
whereat the lion roared so extremely that the
earth shooke withall, and the next lion rampt and
roared as if he would have made rescue.' The
two dogs which had been first engaged in this
combat died within few days, but the third re-
covered"
THE LION AND THE BEAR.
Another combat was exhibited en- the 23d
June, 1909 when king James and all his
family, with divers noblemen and many 9th.
ers, assembled In the Tower, "to see a trial
fierce beare, who had killed a child that was
negligently lettin the beare house;n yet, neither
" the great lyon" which was first "put forth, y
nor divers other lyons" nor two young lustie
lyons, which were bred in that yard, and were
now grown great" could be induced to fight, but
all sought the next way into their DENIES, as
soon as they espied the trap-doors open" A
stone-horse, however, which had been turned into
| the same yard, would have been worried to death
by six dogs, had not the king commanded tbs
bear-wards to rescue him. About fortnight af
forwards, the bear was baited to death upon
stage, by the kings order; and unto the mother
49, md oh
out of the money which the people gave to SEE
the bear KIDD