The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-25

herseh Queen. ,.
Missing his prize at Hunsdon, Lord kooer,s pn ",
was ordered 10 gallop hard upon SUCH track h5
he might find; and to aid his search Lo.u
Warwick was sent out with q second COMPANY
of horse. These young men haa tnen lasne ,o s,,a.
orders how TO act, and there is reason 10 sus-
pect his orders would have jueuned them in
putting Mary to death. Of course, she could
be called suicide ana ahIes Rec" or cot TO s.ear
they had eeen her either mix the drug or plunge
the knife into her heart. Dudley, who alteaty
contemplated sending Bishop Gardner, Bd-
ward Courtney, and the Duke OF Norfolk TO the
block was of opinion that the throne wOul1
be ali the more stable if it were red with
Third Day. On Wednesday morning, while
the lords were sitting with Queen Jane 10
council, news came to the Tower that Mary was
at Kenning Hail; that John Boucher, Earl OF
Bath, was with her; that Henry Batcliffe, Earl
of Sussex, was on his way to JON her; aud that
sons of Lord Wharton, and Lord Mordaunt,
with many gentlemen of note, we're up in arms.
kPnning Hall belonged to the Howards,
whose tenants and followers hated Dudley and
all his tribe; partly toc the wrongs which his
party had done the Duke; stll more for the
ruthless manner in which he had scourged their
country in pursuit OF Kett. The Queen was
safer than she kne" among these Norfolk men,
who not only locked to her banners the
moment they were raised, butthreatened to put
every mans land under fire who should dispute
her cla m. Knights aud squires kept pouring
IN, hot with the summer sun, and grey with the
summer dusL and be curtew rang that Wed-
nesday night on what promised to be strife be
tween the English commons and the Englsh
mobiles; suuires and mobiles striking for Queen
Mary, while duke and earl were striking for
Queen Jane.
The council sitting in the White tower now
felt that the time had gone by for such feeble
warriors as Lord Warwick and Lord Robert to
do their. work; and the question rose as TO
which of the great lords would 90 forth in arms
against the rival queen? II Norfolk had been
free, and of the council, he would have been the
n an to send. Not pike in East Auglia would
have been raised aganstithe Lord of Framing
ham aud Norwich the hero or Floddeu, the
suppressor of the Pilgrimage of Grace. But
Dudley had kept the Duke a prisoner, and the
Dukes tenantry were now armlng in Mary's
name. Some one el,e must GO. The councl
fixed on Grey; an unWse choice, II fight
ing was to come, since Grey had never
yet led an army in IN the field. Jane
to make second choice. She needed her
fathers cOunseis; she nrayed them, tears in her
eyes, not TO send hlm rom her side. Arundel
turned bis serpentne eyes on Dudley. lie was
the soldier of their pacy; he had led an army
into Norfolk; he had quickened mems minds
with lively terror; and Ire lSneT the county as
a general ought to know his ground. These
facts we're urged upon MIN by the lords who
seemed to thuk his p csence in the shire would
he enough to drive the Princess Mary into
France.
good. | and mine will 10, not doubling OF your
fidelity to the Queen'a majesty, whom leave ia
your hands"
From the council chamber in the Whitetower
they passed through the chapel into the Queens
apartments, where Jane thanked the Duke for
leaving her father by her side, and, wishing him
a speedy return, bade him good night.
Fourth Day Early on Thursday THURSDAY morn morning,
the Strand in front of Durham House, the
Dukes residence near Charpg Cross. Dudley
called for his suit OF steel, and tried it on. he
sent for cannon from the Tower, with Wagons
of powder and shot and many ield-pieCes.
After breakfast, he becGed the council to prepare
his commission, as the Queens Lieutenant,
| forthwith, and to send on his instructions by
| mounted messenger 10 Newmarket as soon as
they could be drawn up. To the peers who
| came to Durham House to dine with him and
| see him of, he made speech; in which he told
! them that he was going forth in the common
| cause; that he lett the Queen in their hands;
that he felt no doubt of their faithiulness; that
| they were all engaged in Gods work; that any
man who faltered in the cause would come to
! grief. At this moment dinner was brought in, on
! which Dudley concluded in few words, al have
not spoken toyou he SAID IN TINS sort upon any
distrust of your truth but have put you in
! remembrance. 4. -. and this pray you, wish
me no worse God speed than ye would have
yourselves To which one OF the lods replied,
| "If YOU mlstrust any OF US In this matter, your
! Grace is much deceived" Inc Ddke made
answer, al pray God II be so; letlus go to dim
ner.' Then they sat Gown.
After dinner Dudley rode down to the Tower
and took his leave OF the Queen. As he came
back from his audience into the Council cham
Der he met Lord Arundel, who prayed that God
WOulQ O6 Win MS grace, saying DS was eOTIy IL
was not his luck to be going into the field with
him, as he wished no better end than to light in
his cause and die at his feet. 4 page, named
Thomas LoVel, was with thesDuke. Farewell,
gentle Thomas" said Arundel 10 the boy, fare
well, with all my heart - The lords came down
the spiral stairs and stood upon the green
for a last greeting of their fellows; the Duke
of Northumberland drst, then the Mar
quis of Northampton, Lord Grey OF Will
ton, and many more; after which final greeting
they took boat on the wharf, and went back 10
the r houses in the strand.
Fifth Day. On Friday morning the Duke rode
proudly forth, with his first train OF guns,
body OF six hundred men, and magnificent
staff. If great names aud officers could have
given the victory TO Queen Jane she might have
slept in peace. Bgr des the Lord General
Dudley himself, went The Lord Admiral, Ed ward
Lord Clinton; the Marquis OF Northampton; (;
the Earls of Warwick huntington, and West
moIeland; Lord Grey OF Wilton, Lord Ambrose
Dudley, Lord RObcrt Dudley, with most OF the
men whose steel had been tried in actual war
But they were Generals without troops, Admi-
| rails without ships, Lords without lolo wing,
| Clinton end Huntington were enemies IN di6-
! guIsc. AS tney prauD cd along Shoreditch the
Duke observed with a s0ldicT'6 eye that the crowd
! which hocked TO see tue martial array go past,
! in all lis bravery OF st el and plume looked sad
| and curious, and turning to Lord Grey, VINO was
riding at ms side, lem lrked, ''The people press
! To see ne but no mau cries. God speed your"
Yet Mary feared 10 wait their coming at Ken
ming Hall-a place 100 near the capital, too lar
! from any port; so she leapt to horse, aud, with
| a long train OF riders dashed across tue country
| towards FramliuQbam Castle, the Duke OF NOR
| folks stronghold on he Ore; ridngso hard that
! she made no less lhan forty miles in single
| day. Once that day she was in peril, ioI III par!
| of her road she tell Oul OF the COmpaules leo
| by Warwick and LORD Robert. Bat on the mrs
shout of the onset Joue's troops went over 10
her side, and DudlcY's sons escaped becoming
MarVis only nv the nretngsS OF thelI