The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-10
- nor.1 rAnAcns or LONDON
a., ,,mcs,., buckingham. Kensineton' the
w. r,r,top, and the Marlborough.

La
,r,'.,,,.i,,i Netropon,an pilace Of the British
m. fr,n tnetime Of Edward tho Conluo'or
49, - We.tuin.tcr. \ large portion ol III"
.d,ecc WAS burn IN 1872 rhe name ss'll SUI
vivcs IN "OlI Palace Ird" ana Nov '"
Yard" and the Houses ~ PArhamen'' ou'''
tho .itc. are called tue Palace Of Nesth'"s'0'
TO thi. day. ,,,,,.,,,s
I, t.,f a corresponient or the dtHtN"'"'
Mggftinc, ~ answer 10 corresp'h"e". w"
tu,ylrei whether there were SIN any '"'o'
AIN. fmnu. kins Clnutc's palace or "hetner
,t,.v,r,sitc Of 1t was hn1wn, wrote That from
.,t.r,,ve comparison Of the few existing
s.,.rtsit appears {, nave stood due east oil ST.
p.u.4cathedril. with the windows oi some OF
t,enY.rtuents op 'niug ON tho Ihames' ana ac-
t,,t,. that famous chtOncler, faOidn, the
,,r,uud. Of the palace were the scene OF the
r,,, Danes rcproof to his courtiers when the
I'd, WIS coming IN. An updouoted allusion TO
,,ot,la-e occurs in his rogn when the body Of
rdr.vas thrown out Of the window into the
Tba,res quite convenient" Canute endowed
tbecathedral with plot Of ground, Deans Yard,
Inst 6ut of st. Paurs churchyard where the
neaucfy an ample mansion, stands day.
The palace was forslken by Edward the Con-
fes.or who Transferred his court to his new
foundation at Westminster. Westminster Hall
was the hall OF this palace. it was originally
built 10y William X Ifus, and 1t Is ON record how
that monarch sent on embassy to Ireland To
beg that he might be furnished with oak for the
ROOF Of his new hall. Various other hnRlsn
nbbey. and public edlncos were rooted with TINS
same material. for ireland. though bire enough
TO-DAY. was then as well wooded as England
subsequently became. In fact. at much later
dste IL was a saying thai a squirrel could go
from norih to 3 Iuth in that country without
ahghtng on the ground There was a curious
notion trev lent that no spider would o. or
breed IN this Irish oak. Tradition asserts that
theotk In Westminster Hall was from the re-
nowucl forest Of shillelaeh In Wexford
But the Westminster Hall OF to-day
can scarcely b, correctly called the hall
OF william Rufus. though Macaulay so
duis +; In bis famous essay on Warren
Hastings. II was rebuilt oy Richard H., 1877
1872 and the roof Is 4 clestnut; so that when
Burke raised his voice IN concluding his i'm
pea h'ucni speech the old rlfters OF Irish OAK
did not resound. as Lord Macaulay tells us they
did.
b, far the finest town palace that En- -lish SOW
ercisus have ever possessed was Whitehall,
whc D.. under the name of York House, was for
centuries the palace Of the archbishops OF that
Tx At wolsoy's fall. Henry VIII took posses
sion u IL and II. contents--he already had de-
rived Hampton Cour; from this source--and It
became the residence Of the sovercigns until
destroyed 10y Are In 1927. Hsre Elizabeth re-
Idei and carried on 81 high jinks." 1t was In
the tit yard at Whitehall that. In January, 1851.
she srathed her own vanity anu did honor To
The am oassadors OF the Duke OF Anjou' sent to
propose her marriage with that prince. 10y a
tournament VI unprecedented splendor. THE
aaleris adjoining her MaJestie's house al White
hall" saws Holnshed, "whereat her person
should be placed was called, and not without
cause, the castell or fortress Of perfect bcdutte.
This pf uarfact ne 10
Queen" was then ts-was assailei 10y Desire and
his four foster children. summons To yield
was nrst sent on the part OF Desire, whose ennis
sary sang:
Yeea yeeld q yeeli We that ms fort do9 hold
pe,ire'. ar tf1rce ~ f5rc scin withhold;
Then To Desire deere feeld' o yeed'
VI course DESIRE Is presently isnon,nou'Nt re-
puseu' Aha]'ns tohioo'e'' Eh% ioetn
ahu-shehts III TINS pa'aoe were various ano
cu''ous' anu sonet''nes a"''e opposeo W "'.
eersh "o'i'ns' ih's'oaS, writes no"'ahu
"n"e' she appoints rrencnman 10 zoe ie''es
upon aro'c III tue Nohuui' Nour'' io-mo'ro"
sne n'th command the pears tue oui anu
tue ape 10 ne paiteu III 'ne l'' Saru. .pon
"euHesuS sue VIII nave soieui" ua"n0'nE'
"H''"A'4 seens "e'e'' a. "nv'e' " Nv
oeoh very nAen'noen' e1'"0e' out ]" possesseu
SOM very Nn' ie","'e'' "o'ao' poau'''
iui s''""'' y, ,,l. ~ "''o"
80 -,
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, tTei''s' '"e as 'u"' u
ne"'' 49, '''".' ~ 'ns w, VI 9' oa .,o'
n'''' ""'' "' ''s" - "a"' '"''-e II. 80 ~
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MY '",'7 ''"" W. s"Du'u "a'e go
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pa a., .'"e'sr' WI" 'ne we" VI rec eo''"s u
!" ia" Lung VAN At "'"uso'' "u' '"l9 wal
never done. Whitehall continued 10 be the
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p''n'''N Town resiicnoe vi tne hihSs u Eng
Iand unit 1877, when the greater part Of Il wa:
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p''''N' -" '"o "'' ~ "es'u'"''eI 'oIinee
Only 'ha'' part OIL vast pan "nicn |Harles l.
h"'u'r'h % oonsuinu'a's taste anu reu'rAaO''
ht,7.'o SN,'i' hau intended 10 carry out am
""'V" "ou'u nave eNe" LD"uo" pa'aoe re4'i'
"or"f OF great empire
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