The daily gazette., 1874-10-24
HISTORIC SPOTS IN ENGLAND
WindsOr Castle and its SMrTOMll-
dinOs-A Birds-Ey VieaO of
one of the Most TNOMOhtfMN
and Exciting Localities in
the World.

Special Correspondent of the Press.
LONDON, Oct. z, 1874.
/ A HISTORIC LECTURE FROM THE BATTLE
MENTs OF WINDSOR CASTLE,
not by an ordinary guide, but by an
educated gentleman, evidently re-
tired officer in the army, who met lis
as we assembled stone stair of about
200 steps and walked lis around this
lofty height, and in an intelligent and
easy way described the history spread
out before us in the magnificent pano-
rama which surrounds this centuried
castle. Twelve counties were visible
on that clear afternoon-Berks, Bucks,
Middlcsex, Oxford, Herts, Bedfor-
shire, Willis, Kent, Sussex, Surrey,
Essex, Hanls. Her Majesty being
absent at Balmoral, the royal standard
was not displayed from the flagstaff on
the Tower of Windsor This ensign
is seven yards in breadth and twelve
in length, The circumference of the
Round Tower is 300 feet, and its eleva-
ton from the Park below to the top of
the flagpole is 295 feet. The difficulty
with the English guides is their inco-
herence or the rapidity of their utter
pnce, and the hasty manner in which
visitors are carried through the vari-
GUS halls, leaving little time to study
the endless objects of arts, including
statuary, old armor, paintings, ancient
furniture, and the wonderful tapestry,
which almost equals the triumphs of
the great masters. But the gentleman
referred to was so courteous and con-
versant with his subject, that regret
ted had not shorthand reporter
with me to take down his admirable
narrative. The first object he pointed
out was the Home Park, extending on
the north and east side to the banks of
| the river Thames, containing about
500 acres of land, including several
avenues of Gins planted in the reign of
Queen Anne. The serpentine course
of the Thames could be discerned for
a long distance till it was lost in the
prospect, and faded away like silver
| ribbon. In the direct neighborhood
is the elegant and picturesque cottage
Adelaide Lodge" completed under
the superintendent of the mother OF
the Queen, the late Duchess of Kent,
and short distance from the lodge is
the cottage of the gamekeeper of the
Home Park, at the back of which arc
the kennels of her Majesty. The royal
dairy is thirty seven feet long by thir
teen feet wide, the reservoirs formed
of encaustic tiles, and supplied with {
flowing stream of cold water. Tht
walls are lined with elegantly-painte6
tiles, bordered with green, of agricul
tural subjects in bas relief, and medal
lion portraits of the Queen and roya
family. There is Hernes oak, which
is immortalized by Shakespeare in hi
"Merry Wives of Windsor" Ant
that is Frogmore House, the residenc'
of the Prince and Princess Chirtian
and formerly occupied by the lat
Duchess of Kent, line memorial
There are thirteen acres sorroundin,
it, laid out in the most skillful manner
diversified by a selection of lawns ant
walks, planted with Towering plant
and shrubs. A marine garden in on
of these is fitted up with considerabl
taste, and there is also fine piece o
water forming lake. The oratory
ornamented with copy of 9TH
Descent from the Cross" by Rem
brandt, drawn in chalk. The chair
are ebony, deliberately carved, and tn
rooms contain the busts of George III
and the Duke of Kent. But nothin
, was more attractive thanPrinceA Albert
mausoleum in the ground of Frogmore
erected by Queen Victoria, at cos
of several millions of dollars, for RI
ceiving the remains of Prince Albert
} The site is surrounded by many sp,
. cies of Towering shrubs and trees of
large growth. This mausoleum cor
) sists of central cell, with four trar
. septs branching east, west, north an
\ \ south, with porch adjoining the we
0 tern transept The whole floor is SUI
Q ported by brick vaults of massive worl
y which at the same time form chamber
with loop-holes for the purpose of vel
0 tilation and prevention of damp rasin
9 to the superstructure. They are cl
y tered by small flight of stone step
The central cell is lighted by thrt
mi-circular-headed windows in I'll
clerestory, which are externally deco
ated with Aberdeen granite shafts IN
heads. The copper roof of the centr
Iccll, which is Octagonal in plan, ris
from the wall-head to the apex with
flat pitch, in the manner of an ltalia
: campanile, and is surmountcd with
iguilt cross. The sarcophagus,
Aberdeen granite, occupies the cent
of the building, on block of blat
marble, on which is placed recul
bent statue of the Prince Consort
:. white marble, by Baron Marochet
In gold letters on one of the sides
the sarcophagus, is the following
scription
Francis ALBERT AU,-. US CH,R.Es EMA
u Duke of Sax0ny and Prinee of Sax { obu
and aotha.
Prince C0nsort,
Seconi Son of Earnest L..
Reigning Duke of SAKE. Coburg and Goth
h Born at Rosenau, near CoburR, August 2S
NJ 1919.
Married Febulry. 10Th, 1917. to Vlctori ia
Queeu OF Great Britain and Ireland.
l. 'Died at w Windsor. December 18th. 1851.
i The four transepts are square
plan, and lighted by windows simil
10 those in the clcrestory of the cent
lcell, with pedimented copper roo