The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-13
ST. JAMES'S PALACE
AN UNINVITING PILE

the woodland and meadows were con-
verted into a beautiful park while on
the site of the hospital there was
erected the Palace Of 81. James. which
was completed in time to serve for
the honeymoon of the Bluebeard King
and of his second wife. Anne Boleyn.
Bloody Mary" his daughter. made
81 James's Palace her principal resi-
denoe. and Il was there that her death
took place. Queen Elizabeth preferred
Whitehall and Greenwich: but KinS
James !. developed very great liking
for 81. James's Palace. and II was also
the favorite home OF Queen Henrietta
Maria the French consort OF the i'll
fated Charles I. Charles II. made his
principal home at whitehall; but James
III preferred 81. James's Palace. and
IL was there that hts son. the Old Pre-
tender. was born. George J. and
George II. lived there. as well as
George III, throughout the earlier part
OF his reign, until he was induced by
Queen Charlotte TO take UP MS reel
dence at Buckingham House. which she
had purchased and the site OF which
is now occupied by Buckingham Pal
ace
To the present King and Queen. st
James's Palace Is particularly dear. as
having been their home throughout
the first twelve years of their married
life: in fact, until after King Edward 3
coronation and his removal TO Buck
ingham Palace had had the effect OF
placing at their disposal Marlborough
House. II Is at st. James's Palace
that their elder children were born;
and the apartments which they occu-
pied there are 70 form the metropoli-
tan residence of the young Prince or
Wales. when after leaving the univer-
Sity. he sets up an Establishment or
his own. Both Edward VII. and the
present King. on succeeding 10 the
crown. recognized the palace as the
principal seat of their government. by
dating their prociamations therefrom.
BY causing their accession to the
throne 10 be frst proclaimed from the
balcony overlooking the Friary Court.
by holding there their first meeting
Of the Privy Council. and by receiving
there the first homage of the princes
OF the blood and of the great digni-
taries of the state.
The offices of the lord chamberlain
and Of the keeper of the Kings pr'vy
purse, as we'll as the corps of gentle
men-at-arms. and the Yeomen OF the
Guard. are quartered under the roof OF
St James and ever since the days OF
Henry VIII. the daily changing OF the
guard has been attended by perform
ance OF the guards band. either in the
Colour Court or in the Friary Court.
II is said that this music used to form
n daily diversion of George IT,. who
was wont to watch the scene with the
eagerness Of a schoolboy from the
window of Queen Caroline's rooms
while that illustrious lady was per-
forming her toilet.
The Chapel Royal. where Queen Vic
toria Empress Frederick OF Germany
and the present King Were married. Is
comprised within the precincts OF this
ancient palace. and II Is there that the
representative Of the sovereign makes
his offering of gold. frarkincense and
myrrh. on the Feast of the Epiphany.
and distributes the monarch's bounty
on Maundy Thursday. The exquisite
ceiling of the chapel is the work OF
the painter Holbein, and the true-lov-
ers' knots, adorned with the initials
III. A. recall the love OF Henry VIII.
for Anne Boleyn.>
Strictly speaking. no one Is permit
ted to enter booted and spurred into
the Chapel Royal, ST James: and any
one doing go rendered himself liable
to be challenged by the choristers. and
to the payment of a fine to them. He
had a right however, TO call upon the
Youngest chorister TO repeat his gamut.
and II the boy failed TO do so correct
Is. the fine was rernitted- On one &C.
CASTOR the great Duke Of Wellington
was the hero % a challenge. He en-
tered the Chapel Royal in his uniform
as a field marshal that is to say.
booted and spurred. and a sharp-witted
choir boy challenged him. The Iron
Duke was equal TO the occasion. and
called upon the exultant youngster 70
repeat his gamut This he was unable
to do correctly. and accordingly. Well
ington escaped the payment OF the
fine.
In reply 10 inquiries concerning the
soi-disant Lady Haylyn." who appear
ed a few days ago in the Probate Court
al Hartford. Conn. to protest against
the appointment of a conservator OF
her large eaate. I would state that
the lady, who is well advanced in
years. Is evidently suffering from
delusion in describing herself as "the
widow OF Sir Edward Haylyn. Bart
For there Is no record OF any baronet
of that name. living or dead. nor does
her own name appear in the official
British listslof widows of baronets. no
matter whether or not they have re-
married
The lady deciares that she was mar
ried to Sir Edward Haylyn when she
was seventeen years old and that she
lived many years in England before
settling down at Hartford. where she
has occupied for nearly decade past
A-momear. the beautiful country
place Of Mrs Elizabeth Colt. widow OF
the revolver manufs cturer.