Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-28
LETTER FROM ENGLAND.

London, about % miles by rail, and is in the :
royal borough Of the same name. Closa up
to its stately walls, jostling them on one side
as the poor man jostlos the rich on Regent
street or Broadway, is the city Of Windsor, !
containing about 800 Inhabitants. In order
TO secure admittance 10 the State apartments
we were obliged TO go through the formahty
Of obtaining ticket in London at one Of the
agents Of tie Lord Chamberlain, or it might I
have been got Of he noble Lord himself Il
Windsor. 1t is n!eg~ formally, as no
questions arc asked, except possibly, she"
many are in the party After leaving Lon
don the ride is through the most beautifully
cultivated country you can imagine AS 70
its history, Windsor is said TO have received
its name because Of the extraordinary mean.
dering Of the Thames At this point, and was
anciently called Windlesora, after the origi-
nal savage we suppose for winding river.
History says the place was bestowed by
Edward, the Confessor, upon Westminster
Abbey, 'for the hope of eternal reward, for
the remission of all his sins, the sins Of his
father, mother, and ancestors, and the praise
had heavy job on their hands How mary
million years ago this was, or in what par;ic
ular geological period, we don't know and
probably never shall, as the land marks of
that early time are pretty much ohliteyated by
the cold father and the invading horaes.
But when the orman's over-ra Britain and
the con1uering William took the sceptFe in
) his own hands, little heed paid he to TIE be-
quests of the Confessor. He planted hunting
lodges in the great forests around there, and
trundled the holy monks of Westminster off to
the swamps OF Essex, erected 8 stout castle
| upon the site of the present magnificent edi-
/ fee, and it is stated on authority that ever
o since then all the Kings and Queens families
. have said ''amen. SO let it be, ana Windsor
-. ever has been, still is, and in all royal prob
ability ever will remain. p0r (ccei}ehce, the
royal palace. We canno. do better than TO
~ quote from a little book We have before us.
.sPariamen.s and councils have been held
III within its walls; gorgeous ceremonies and
Id sparkling reves; births, marriages, and
49, deaths of princes and princesses have taken
place therein the annals of " indsor en-
W brace, indeed many Of the most stirring incl
" dents in English history; and lords and
~ ladies, knights and statesmen, glorious
~ cloud Of Witnesses invest it in all ages with
IL the memories of deathless past. Something of
at mysterious grandeur appears 10 hover about
10 the stately pile, Of which every visitor be-
u comes Immediately conscious aad j9st az if
W he were approaching the holy Of holes in
ir some ancient cathedral, lie insensibly lowers
- his voice and bows his head, and scarcely
daros 10 breath lest he should offend or dis
&c turb the geaips toct. As Byron says OF
~ Venice, the English pilgrim, while gazing on
nr the proud keep of Windsor, will earnestly
exclaim:
- i zee froln out the wave the structure rise.
re As from the stroke of the enchantcr's wand;
a thousand years their cloudy wings expand
n Around me, and dying glory smile
IN Der the fair lines
Eight centuries of change and shifting cir.
" cumstance have swept past those towers un
r. needed. Like England itself, OF which they
q are the type and symbol, they have deiied the
shock of the elemental war, and enriched
~ and adorned, enlarged and remodeled rise
r. proudly and grandIy on the old accustomed
IL height
We subscribe to TIE sentiment above and 10
It most of the language, especially the dying
ii glory" part, but as are free born American
n citizens we can't admit that We were very
much overawed by the ''giant OF the place,
: as Mrs. Darlington would expressively put it,
d and our respiratory organs were no. in the
+ least impeded by the dusty air Of centuries,
!, and as for bowling our stately heads, we dis
" dam 10 make any such ignoblc admis sion, for
:. we consider that to be an American ''is great
4 er than 10 be King.
When Edward III called Edward of
= Windsor on account Of his having mrs; seen
l. the light in tha. place. became King, the
i present splendid stronghold was built by com.
r. rulsorv labor. The erection Of the stately
u pile was iptrpsted To the l.iest architect.
+ william Of WyEeham. Bishop Of Winchester.
n The artisans ana laborerg OF the surfoaDiin.
counties were Immersed b, tie sherifs. and
j comnples 70 lebor n. V bgtevs. might he she
e Kings wares. This was co,pepetd in 1856
o ana kart nf, n,,;l 1:-l-y,l,1n II i. .nnnosed
the woIk ceaseI
u On arr;yin, a, ,l.a Castle walls wo ,yere
: mo, br cn;5a whn ti,.t ,,ol. rs IN SEQ the
rovai new ca1f;1,,.s ia,n.sses, &c,. where
ua Sanrd cioa,I;,fs. - orIsr hnt mo-, ~
NAM, haa,.;,nl t,.,s1s . 49,, fei oxnno,od -
: 900 Thara s,.,a s,o,t ,bir,y anin.nl. ala.
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