New-York tribune., 1876-03-25
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
EITER FROM JOHN PAUL.

FRANKLIN. 49,,
LONDON, Feb 15.-The chapels to which
ra have now come are shut of from the resi- OF the
,hhov ny sixpence and gate; without paying 1he
m, Won cannot pass the other And nj inc Ra'e
stands one OF the Ten Foolish Vcrgers inc na'iti6
,amp of his intellect trimmed ana purnng' roa'y
n illuminate all dark passages as WITH the po"eio
ho.dligbt of locomotive. To his hands you are now
committed and may the Lord have mercy On you-er he
no. none Dodge him. II you can and loaf round by
yourself IL yoa have time Many royal )eaioases, n'uen
of uneasy dust Is hero at lest side py soe WIN ihe
rnle who restored Romsh tars sleeps the one VINO tore
Them down. and swept them forever from inc hineaom
,he dus, OF The beheaded minges with that OF the he
,oadr. Lamb and lion here literally lie down together
,hoy the ONLY condition OF peace perhaps Is that both
,e dead But repose has not always been the rule, qme
nc ,heso vaults Kings were wont 10 lose each
o,her in the grave later wished the spot already
oecuped by another, lie seru2ed not to turn MS riede
cesor out and take possession. Yea. even holy relies
sre disturbed to make tor royalty Did not Henry
VI ous, the tooth OF St Athsasss, the thumb of st.
T,lngamy and the toe OF St ThinSdmDsD' "heh he
wanted recoss for his own bones
n this An ancestor OF mino in st. Edwards Cbapel1
Johp paul Howard, Earl Of sahord-on the stall ot some
o,snaror supposei The would 80 Indicate.
Rut what need OF q monumont 20 one who has IN me a
monument perenniusl Tas efigy Of John Of ETHAN.
,secopd son of Edward ID on the monument odjoin-
ing date 1884 is tue first slsbaster work done In
Fnriand--Aor an | certain, indeed, moi beirg here
at that nme) that this was Gone III England; "
NAV have been brought rOm abroad. The hGare of
yipiam de yaouoe d2GG), is carved IA wood and was
originally covered with copper-ts was an Earl; 1t was
not until some centuries later that any dared 10 cop
per" Kings This hguro Of lady in nuns Sarb u399),
cat in brass that of Aaner dc Bohun whose husband
yas murdered at the instigaton OF his royal nephG"
fieaous Of his popularity Richard II. TIE widow
Though tho richest helTess in England got her 10
uunnery and thore died. Nice nephews. as well as
uncles these oldne kings proved themselves He jo-
cet Anu, Duchess OF Somerset, III ST. kicholas ChaIel
"hany children baro this Ladyo unto her Lord Of
either sort To Witte:" And then follows the string
OF the apotheols OF second wives, already remarked
uran We have another instance in this stately monu-
ment erected by the great Lord Buroigh 20 his second
WIFE, Mildred. wht being "verSed IN all sacred literature
especially Basil. QlrysOston, and Gregory Nazanzen
must have been anicc to live with. And next Is
pyramid to "NichOas Bagona" child Of ten months
old ovcriah by his 1ulsei Think of the JaXapostiOn
Yet the grief that lut up the little pyramid great
10 doubt that which raised the b!g monuments though
"the Cec" wo are told, IN the anguish OF his
when Mildred died. would have left public
life altogether aud fever but for the entreaties OF hs
Queon To Elizabeth Percy first Duchess OF Nortluni-
bcrand tie Duke nconsJabe tor the loss OF tue best
OF wives hath erecedthis monument II Ia IeasSuring
10 fnd FIRST wife Pleasantly mentioned, even once.
And by tue suerstiv which Is used she must have been
Tie best OF at three! AT her funeral there was
mourning indeed, for OF ST. Edmunds Chapel
and the canopy OF John OF Ethams tomb, or both OF
which many had clinlrd TO witness the pageant, gave
way, severely injLring number OF spectators
HENRY TIE sEvENTH's CHAPEL.
OF Henry the Seycutas Chapel enthusiastic author
o. Old has written:
II Is the aduration OF the universe; such inmitabe
perfection appears IN every part ot the wdoie comp sure
which looks hr exceeding human excellence that Il
appears knit together by he fingers Of angels pursuant
e. the drectcn Oi OmnipoteHce.
TcouG say no moreif az much. 'Tis very good sert
Of eiepel houss as chapcls nowadays, and cor
fap it s that in iii, not it, Henry laid hmsc out
for his monument The ccIteriece. And Nhat use ~
getting up graveyard Of ones OWL let me ask, uhies,
one may hsyo Tho best place himscfi In one aisle
(he NORTH have hish-stoop monument 70 Queen
E!zabc III built (by cNuact. doubt. rather than hy
days worlJ By her successor, James l. Perhaps he
would have rut NJ" in this way OF bis own voon
but puhc opinion i nItIatve-and, again may DOT TIC
son OF Msry Stuart have taken pouf pleasure in bury
iuc Elizabeth Tudor safely and with iIpoiineut in the
way o. risiEgi deposited in this church winch sDe
established upon new footing" When he caused this
70 DC written did u 10 James the new heading she
made necessary his mOthr The esy on this toInD 10
me looks little less stG and cold than | i'm
eCnC the Virgin Qucm "a great fayorite With TIC
vc;ers, by the wayl 10 have looked in life Sic Is
"sculped in robes Of sttc and around hor neck is
pcde-ous rufp perhaps 70 hint how rough ste herself
vas or the neck Of many Twas thOughful o. james
% thus unite the two TUdor making the one monument
serve .or both tie daughter Of Anne Bolcyn and the
daughter OF Katharine OF AT1.gOn. Economy ASIDE
nothing probably. asiae ron being sclped when living
could given greater satisfaction to the two sisters
than to b. thus ranged side bysdc in death. II was con
sidcre too of James 20 buIyHis mother Mary OF Scots
alOnesiGe oi her motheE-Elay, Mrs. Dagn!cy-beg par
don I mean Lady Margaret Douglass, mother Of LORD
Dalnlcy aud in Eof righ. related 20 twelve kings
as one inscription Der tomb forth Fcr the uon
ument in the north aisle 10 Elizabeth Of England Is
nicely balanced by ono even elaborate u Mary Of
Scotland il the south III his warrant commanding mat
her reui.iss be removed irom PetcrboFough to "our
Church Of WeEtnnser, the place where the Kings and
Queenss Of i.s rosiic usually Inferred, the son
s2vs:
Wee thinbe Il appearances to Ia, duty Wee owe to
orr n0te,, ta; Ac hoprr should be donc 10 her
Bodv and like noaumen' be extant her Ia others,
heIs and proGenrS tha haze been nsed 20 20 done
and Ourselves have already performed 10 our dear sstcI,
tho late Queele Elizabeth.
A conclusion from when sure that no onc-not
born sssenfcr-w dissent thoslh thcy may iail
to see Ia. appropriateness Of tins from Peter
afer iks rccitiu that Chlls also suffered" Goth
are quoted. wrtion on tie mOnumelt IN Latin, " who
did 10 siu neither wa guile found in ms mouth"
The api;aph c; Josn sheffield, Duke Of Buckingham
friend Of psets and himself claiming to he onecansed
considerable comment and some dispute IL its day.
Drb!us sed non ilnprcbus Wiki;
Jpcertus mnriOr non pcrturbaiuS
numzDuI1 est neseirc ct esrarc
DeO c0n!dO
OmnipOtenti b5neyolentissmo:
Lns entiuln, misercrc hei
II we're unkind 10 rob you either OF tho pleasure OF
uansatiag or interpreting this confession of faior
the want OF #. Aud Backing am, away back IN
February 1920, TO know al about himself ana
probably had his douhts relieved what he thcl DOugnt
matters very Ettle ROW. Al the end OF this north aisle
We calne upon marble babe lying in o cradle with
little "rock" to H. though made Of stone "11io IS So
phia fourth little daughter Of James l., wlch dicd at
three days old mas it herc in its little cradle