Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-04-06
GREENWICH GLORIES.
Which Protrnde Themselves Upon the Visitor
Upon Visit TO This Ancient Hospital

! which Protrnde Themselves Upon the Visitor
| Upon Visit TO This Ancient Hospital
1 Special Correspondence TO THE HERALD.
Miss +. became so i'll that we were
obliged to leave Windsor. She bore the
ride to London of twenty miles. better
than anticipated. We stopped at
| Hanbely Place, where she had .tconges-
ton of the lungs" When better ! could
leave her for little outings. One after
noon together with friends i went to
Greenwich Park and Naval Hospital.
The former is large, covering 1870 acres,
and public. The observatory; on which
time is reckoned all over the world,
stands on the top of a very high hill.
The park is filled with large trees Of
every variety. The cvcrgreens were
particularly noticeable for their size and
great beauty. Flowers were planted in
bed around them adding much to the
general effect. There is fine avenue of
horse chestnuts, planted in the time of
Charles ii; and the hill rising towards
the south. commands fine prospect
over London, the Thames, and the
plains of Essex. We measured several
of the trees a few feet from the ground.
They were twenty-six feet round. Plen-
/ ty of game, quite tame, will feed from
/ your hand, even with crowd around
! as they are never allowed to be modest
ed. There are always great many
walking about or reading, or sitting I'M
der the beautiful Elms, but after work
ing hours the grounds are filed with
whole families who come for rest, and
| get draught of fresh air, which their
| close tenement homes lack. We walked
| through the park and out the Black
Heath gate. In the green are boys with
donkeys for the children to ride, at
small charge, the owner running be-
hind. urging on the poor beast, with
whip and voice. We returned through
the park, to the splendid range of build
ings, in the Grecian style of architect
ure, formerly known as the Greenwich
Hospital. but now the Royal Naval Col
lege. 1t occupies the side of an ancient
palace, and was a fayorite royal resi-
dence as early as 1900. 1t was the
birth place of Henry VIII. Queen Mary,
and Elizabeth. AS it now stands, it
consists of four blocks In the CEN
ter of the quadrangle is n statue of
George III, sculptured out OF single
piece of marble. Formerly 5000 sea-
men were boarded within the hospital,
and 5000 others called out pensioners,
received stipends from the funds. The
endowments of the hospital were in
creased at various times from requests
and forfeited estates. In 1865 an act
was passed, giving the admiralty power
to grant liberal pensions in lien of food
and lodging, but in 1869 an act was
passed making their leaving on these
| conditions compulsory. 1t has since
been devoted to the accommodation of
the students of the Naval school, for
which purpose it was opened in 1873
Behind the college is the Hospital school,
where 1000 boys, sons of petty officers
and seamen, are boarded. The sailors
take great pleasure in showing the
models of great ships, that have done
good service for their country, which are
shown here, giving lively description
at the same ti"ra The ship in which
Henry VIII Went 10 meet Francis |, re-
Sembled Chinese Junk and was placed
by the side of "A modern ship. In the
painted hall were paintings of Lord
/ Nelson, from sailor boy, when he
fought with a Polar bear, and wanted to
take the skin home to his father, to the
j young officer enthusiastic to take COM
mand is some dangerous expedition. to
his last flight, and his death bed. Each
so life like that YOU can hardly realize
it is not real. The ceiling was painted
| by Sir Thomas Thornhill, with various
/ cmblematic devices, and is hung with
/ portraits of the chief naval battles of
England. was told that when the cell
ing was completed, after 7 years work,
| the artist put an end to his life from dis
gust, it not reaching the perfection he
had in his mind 1t was sad to think of
in connection with the grcat work and
It's beauty, the years he had spent on it
then TO take himself away from all the
glory that would have been his had he
lived. We took our tea in one of the
little gardens kept for that purpose, the
repast consisting of shrimps, bread and
butter, and a poor cup of tea. When
the air was not from "Araby the best
but purely London, smelling of every
thing. We took the train or horse car
for New Gross, and reached home about
s o. clock
As soon aS Miss r. was able we went
20 Eastboun. a watering place in Sussex
sc miles southeast of London We had
pleasant apartments, parlor where
our meals were served, with large
chamber over il, on one of the principal
streets, with large trees on each side.
Eastboun Is quite a place between TO-
600 and 1000 inhabitants. The Duke
Of DcvonShire has sea side residence
here and has contributed largely to the
cities growth, building the most of it
and when selling lots insisting upon
having nice houses put up. There are
many large hotels and boarding houses.
The Duke has just given three acres for
the site of 4 new hotel, with beautiful
ground, near the water. There is sea
well. On the top is a wide esplanade
between the street and the water. filled
with little gardens. in front of each
house, with walks between, filed with
chairs in pleasant weather where YOU
can sal and enjoy the view and watch
the batherS. Long flights of stone steps
NJ intervals lead to the shore, which is
filed with children with pals and shov-
els having a good time in the sand.
shoes and stockings off digging holes.
which the next wave fills. At one end
is an inclined nlanp with bafbnbo;r.