The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-20

| Wosey and the latter constructed here ! his famous tomb house." After Wo!- sey fell into disgrace the property re- verted to the Crown and later James II, made of 1t Q Roman Catholic chapel It at last became dilapldated and for more than ono hundred years 1t was q ruin. At the death of Prince Albert the | chapel was perfectly restored by Queen | Victoria, and the building was dedica- | ted to the memory of her beloved con sort. This is now one of the most mag nlAcent memorials imaginable, The | interior is profusely decorated with mosa!cs, sculptures precious stonee, stained glass and marbles, The ceiling is of Venetian enamel NIosaics and the building is thus made one of the finest works of it's kind in the world, Around the walls are pictures of inlaid mar bleS, and no less than twenty-eiSht kinds of malt5les are used in these scrlptural pictures. Here is to be seen the gorgeous tomb of Prince Albert. His remains, however, repose at Frog more Lodge; next to this monument, which Is @ large sarcophagus with re- cumbent figure of Prince Albert, is the monument of the Duke of Albany; this is executed in white marble and is faithful in its representation Of the Duke in a recumbent position, in the full dress of his Highland regiment; ev- cry detail of the Scotch uniform is wrought carefully by the chisel, and the effect is cheerful and pleasing. An immense marble sarcophagus with no | inscription whatever contains the re- mains of the Duke Of Clarence. who died but three years since. How few who visit this beautiful spot ever think l of poor old Cardinal Wolsey, who hay 1 ing reached the zenith of fame and re- nown, suddenly fell so low that no one reverenced or even respected him. He had prepared this spot for his remains | to rest in peace, for although he had over eight hundred attendants, peace he knew not, and he hoped to find peace at last in this very place He had built his tomb and made his prep arations for a long restful sleep. His | tomb was the wonder of the times, but | it was destined for destruction, and the rich bronze work was torn off and melted by order of the Commonwealth | in 1642, and the metal sold for over ! three thousand dollars. The magniti- cent black marble sarcophagus was 1 taken away a a later period to Lon don and used as a monument over Nel- | sons grave in the crypt of Saint Paup9.
 Poor Wolsey, we all know how he fell and died. He was arrested for high treason, and on his way to the Tower of London he fell i'll at Leicester l | i'd ,J T jNso1, nd within twenty-four hours was buried in rude coffin all the genius which made possible the glories of Elizabeth and the British empire of to-day
 There is no secure place of sepulture
 in this world Even the kings of Egypt, who, as it is recorded in the book of Genesis, built desolate places for themselves" did not find perfect rest, for their dust is now the property of many museums.
 We were delighted with our visit to Windsor, but the many items which We saw there cannot be embraced within the limits of a single letter.
 We had sufficient time before return ing to London to walk over to Eton college. a mile from Windsor, and pay | a NlSlI lO IIdL ulSlOllC SlOl. IHtpil l9 one of the most famous of English schools and dates back to the time of Henry VI. It was founded about four hundred and fifty years ago. There are over twelve hundred boys there preparing for the universities, and the greater portion of Etonians represents the wealth and aristocracy of England. To an American they present a singu- lar appearance, as they dress in short black jackets, broad white collars long trousers and tall black silk hats; even the little fellows of ten and twelve are | dressed in this way
 At Eton many of Englands greatest men have studied. Wellington. Pitt, | Chatham. Canning, Fox. Horace Wal pole, Grey. Shelly and hosts of others were boys at Eton, and many marble busts of great men decorate the halls. What an ideal spot is Eton for study There is a perfect inspiration born of the very environment. l entered tine buildings which count their existence IFby centuries, and one of the recitation rooms for boys of twelve remains just as it appeared nearly five hundred years since; the forms or seats, desks and Uprights are of oak. perfectly black with age with immense season cracks, and are of English solidity-(What a solid people the English are anyway)- and 1egions of names are carved there on with the ingenuity of the Yankee l iack-knife. Many famous names are shown among these carvings, and some of tlom date back over four cen turies. The grandest place of Eton is the chapel: in fact l know of no sweet
 CT or lovelier spot than this beautiful chapel I find myself unable to de-
 scribe it any way; it is a place of the greatest possible refinement, and art has done all that is possible to render it artistic and grand at the same time. The effect is most impressive at the close of day, when the rich tones of the organ are floating upward amid the re- 1 sponses of over one thousand young men who chant the magnificent service of the Church of England. The notes of the organ seemed to swell and v
 brate long after the organist had ceased playing; they ascended and hid themselves among the fretted cones of 1 the ceiling and conjoined with the ef fleets produced by the beautiful sur roundings of architecture formed d perfect unison of harmony. If so much