The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-11

by William, Duke of Cum berland, uncle of
George Ill, is near the royal lodge, and is
the present residence of Prince and Princess
Christian and family.
Other Interesting features Of Great park
are Rhododendron avenue, a mile in length,
| the great obellsk COMMUNICATING Cumber-
| lands victory at Culloden whereithe house
OF Stuart fell, the Chapel Royal of All
SAINTS, the equestrian statue of George Ill
and the royal schools, founded and main-
tanned by the queen for the education of
the children of the employees connected with
the royal domains, and Virginia water,
winding amid charming scenery, and said
to be the largest artificial body of water in
the world
Just west Of Great park, along the high
road TO Heading, lies what remains OF an.
ctent Windsor forest. Its circumference
was originally 100 miles. In the northern
I portion the forest is still primeval, and hero
are found oaks rivaling In girth the most
famous OF Robin Hoods land in Noting
! hamshire. The King Oak, over 800 years
ago the faVorite tree OF William the Con
queror, is still standing and is 26 feet in
Rlrth three feet from the ground There
are also four other famous oaks here re-
| spectively known as the oaks of Queens
| Anne, Charlotte, Adelaide and Victoria.
Besides these and many other features of
Immediate and present interest round about
| this royal residence, there Is a genuine fas-
clnation, while high up here upon this huge
round tower, In scanning the landscape and
recalling objects and places mellow with
the traditions OF long ago. or spots famous
Ia the world OF to-day. just over beyond
Great park are Ascot heath aud race course.
The course Is the finest in the kingdom.
| The Rrand-stand rivals in splendor and ew-
tent the noted EPSON betting stand: and
the races are always honored by the pres-
ence of members Of the royal family, who
are invariably driven to Ascot through the
royal parks from Windsor.
WINFIELD, near Ascot, abounds with
nearly two score gentlemen's seats in parks
| Of the greatest scenic beauty. At Chertsey,
but nine miles distant, osce famous for it's
| abbey, lived and died the poet Cowley, while
Albert Smith, author Of "Christopher Tad
poie," many other works of fiction and
many books of travel, whose genius barely
fell short Of that of Dickens, was born in
tho same quaint old village Datchet, on
the Thames, about a mile from Windsor
has the remains of a very ancient monas-
terry; while Datchet Mead was rendered
famous by Shakespeare In his merry Wives
OF Windsor
But four miles distant is the quaint and
seqgestered village of Horton. In this, at
Berkyn Manor house, lived Milton. with his
father and mother when they retired from
business in 1852, and here were written his
"Comus," "Arcades," "Lycidas, - L'Alle-
gro and ''H Penseroso." At Old Windsor
two miles down the river, is one Of the most
impressive old yew and cypress shaded
churohyards In England. Its moar farm
was the hunting seat of Saxon kings. Mrs.
Robinson, the authoress, and tine unfortu-
nate Perdita, is buried here; and its Beau
mont lodge was the former home Of War
rem Hastings.
Bray is but FIVE miles distant up the
Thames. The Vicar of Bray" one Sy-
monds, wRs that spiritually viVaoious cleric
| who changed his religion four times In suo-
cessive reigns that he might live and die in
| his Giving" At Beaoonsfisld to the north
| near Wilton Park, was the house Of Waller,
the poet, and Burke, the statesman Here
at Slough, two miles 90 the north is the
house occupied SO long by Sir William Her
schel, and you will see here a part Of his
great 40-foet telescope; while two miles fur
| ther, beyond meadows green, pestliRg in
| clumps of yew and oak, IS the olden home
| OF the Penns, near which is the messy old
| parish church of Stoke Poges, where was
| written the purest aud sweetest slegy in the
English tongue.
But coming closer to royal Windsor is
Windsor town ITSELF Scarcely more than
a village, it struggles up to the castle
walls like mass OF dependent relations
| fawnlngly creeping close to the source of
favor and bounty. | may alone fancy it,
but the folk, the houses, the streets. all
sights and seemings, possess a cringing,
servile cir. It is drowsy and ancient
enough surely. You can find many old
half-timbered houses here; almost every
home. and they are chiefly humble ones,
| has it's little square grass plat of the ancient
| time in front of it; and the very names OF
| its few and old inns, such as Adam and
Eve. Hand and Glove and Merry Wives of
Windsor, are redolent of the swords, ruffs
and wigs of Elizebethan days.
1t seems TO me that after one has grown a
| little familiar with this most famous of all
| royal residences, Windsor castle itself, It's
inmates and all its present splendor, take
| less and less hold upon the visitor, and that
the wraiths OF historic associations and
| memories conjured up by what one cannot
but see and feel grow more and more tm-
perative Of recognition.
What q wondrous host they aTel King
| Arthur beneath his dragon-crested helmet
| fits silently by. Launcelot, Guinevere,
huge Tristram and pensive Percivale are
| following. Yes, and there is Marlin grave
| and his fatal enchantress. The conqueror
and his knights rise up before you ghost
like. Falstaff and his ragged crew are just
es real and quite as near. Here are lords
bishop resplendent in armor and NANTES,
| coming to shrive, to bless or to curse. One
king walls as he passes over the
curse of ingratitude. Another brutally
smiles as a living tomb is built for help
less woman and her child. So on and on
the Ubiquitous and the good who have ruled
and cursed, or ruled and blessed, until the
pig-faced head of canting demon comes.
He praises God and orders slaughter in the
same unctious breath, and his iron hand
crashing to atoms the priceless gatherings
of 500 years, wakes you from your dream
ing fancy TO thank the God there are no
more Crom wells
To many visitors most interest Is found
in the state departments, the Zuccarelli
room, the Vandyck room, the Rubens
room, the guard room, the audience and
presence chambers, st. Georges Hall, the
crimson, green and white drawing rooms
over the east terrace, and the Waterloo
chamber. The stern simplicity OF the
guard room, the great hall emblszoued
with the arnorial bearings of the gar
ter knights and lined with por-
traits Of British sovereigns from the time Of
Charles ii. to the present, and the historic
Waterloo chamber where the heroes Of the
battle assembled annually on its auniver-
sary, are by far the most striking and i'm
pressive.
More keenly attractive to me have always
been the two chapels Of Albert and st.
George; and as the former was the place Of
a chance meeting with memorable person
age, It cannot but possess for myself the
strongest hold upon feelings and remem-
brance Both chapels are doubtless, for