Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-23

VII.
Episode 7--Mary and philip OF
spain. Marriage celebrations
EpiFode Ssh Walter Raleigh Re-
proved at the moment OF execution.
Episode 9-Charlcs H. Visit to
winchester. Refusal Of hospitality to
Nell Gwyn by Prebendary Ken. IzaalS
Walton. Christopher Wren.
WINCHESTER IN HISTORY.
Winchester, as the capital of Wes-
sex from the days of Egbcrt os the
capital of England under fits Norman
lne of kings as q residence Of Eng
Ilsh Eoverelgns till the time of Charles
H. has an Importance disproportion-
Ate 10 It's siZ4 In the development of
English history. The spectacle OF the
winchester pakeant OF ;9OS will illus
trata that development IN a most Fore
iblc and realistic manner II viii take
place on the actual spot--WolVesey
castle'-on which several &c the scenes
TO be presented were originally enact
ed,
Wolvesey itself Is one OF the most
historic spots In the south of England.
Within view IS the Gentle stronghold
Of St. GATHERINGS hill stll girdled by
It's earthen rampant. within the pre-
cncrs of Wolvesey was the residence
of some Roman officer in early days: it
was at the old Saxon palace on this
site that Alfred undertook the compile
alton of the 'Anglo-SaNon Chronicle
the first fruits. 1t may almost be said,
of English prose literature: above tho
walls of Wolvesey he hung the pirates
whom he captured at southampton.
Here, too, Egbert Din 500, \. d. held
the council at which the actual chris
tenlng" OF the land took place, and the
federated Saxon kingdoms received
the name Of England tAngeland). The
ruins of the Norman castle which VIII
form the background of the scene, are
the remains Of the fortified palace Of
Henry de Blois. grandson OF William
the Conqueror. as much statesman and
warrior as he was bishop and monk.
The scenes that have been selected
will represent events of Importance
in English history which took place in
or near the small but ancient City of
Winchester
OTHER INTERESTING SIGHTS.
1t may safely be said that a visitor
to Winchester may find much to In
terest him besides it's pageant. The
cathedral (the grave danger to the
structure of which is the occasion of
the pageauD IS Il very mausoleum of
Saxon kings, beginning with Cerdic
(l59 to 534, A. Do, "35 of whose line
made Winchester their capital, 20 OF
whose line are buried or enshriued in
the cathedral" and 1t is a school of
architecture of every age from the
Norman conquest to the reigns of
Henry VIII and Mary. The great hos,
| pital of st. Cross, founded by Bishop
| Henry de Blols, and augmented by Car
| dinal Beaufort, the son of "time-hon-
CURED Lancaster" where wayfarers
! have received for more than eight cen
! turtles "a horn of beer and a manchet
| of Bread lies at but short distance
| from the city Winchester college, with
| It's fine buildings in the perpendicular
| style, and its position. unique in some
| ways among English schools, lies With
| in few yards of the pageant ground
| itself. The fine County hall, fragment
| of an old Norman castle. in which par
| liaments met, state trials We're held,
| and kings Toasted, before which Raleigh
| was brought out for execution and then
reprleved, and which fell into the hands
| OF oliver Cromwell during the great
| civil war still stands beside High
| street; and there are other memorials
| of the past which are dear to English
| men. and which belong in part at least
| to all members of the widespread An
! glo-SaNo race, parted now by the
| events of history, but never wholly
| disunited.