A TRIP ABROAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 20, 21 May 1912, Page 2

A TRIP ABROAL.

(By "Traveller.")

Windsor was one of the first towns in England to he created a borough. The castle, the famous residence of royalty, is a most imposing building, and is entered by what is known as Henry VIII. gateway. St. George’s Chapel, built by Edward HI. who instituted the Order of the Garter, is of great beauty and contains many splendid memorials. Since Edward’s time it

has been altered and improved by succeeding monarch#. The choir contains elaborately carved stalls over each of which hangs the banner of the knight occupying it. The Sovereign’s stall is under the organ. Edward IV., Henry VI., the founder of Eton College, Henry VIII., Jane Seymour. Charles 1., George HI. and IV., Vvillian IV. and Queen Adelaide are buried here. In the Bray Chapel is a. monument of the late Prince Imperial of France. There are several other small chapels in the nave and also monuments to the Duke of Kent, Leopold 1., King of the Belgians and others. In the Urswick chapel is the cenotaph to the Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV., and wife of King Leopold. There was great national sorrow at her sad death. She died in childbed, November sth, 1817, and this monument was erected by public subscription as a token of the nation’s grief. It is a magnificent piece of work in marble, and represents the deceased princess 'surrounded by several figures bowed down with grief. Above them is a beautiful female figure in the act of ascending from the tomb accompanied by two angels, one of whom boars in her arms the newly horn babe. The drapery effect in this group is what artists call immence. The Albert Memorial Chapel was built originally by Henry VII., as a burial place for the Tudors, but he built a chapel in Westminster Abbey instead. Then Henry V 111. granted it to Cardinal Wolsey who intended it for his own tomb house, and commenced improvements, but his fall came before their completion. Charles I. had the chapel decorated but it was eventually plundered by the Parliamentarians. When the Prince Consort died in 1861 her Majesty had tin's Wolsoy’s chapel converted into a magnificent memorial. The stained glass windows are beautiful and have chaste designs, depicting the ancestors,of. the: prince from; 803. The splendid marble Mosaics represent, scripture subjects. Besides the Prince Consortia, there are the tombs of the Duke pf Albany and Duke of Clarence. The latter is a snpurb altar tomb, the, figure plan angel with outstretched wings holds a crown of glory over the bead of the recumbent figure of the prince. The cenotaph of the Prince Consort is in front of the altar and is a figure of flic prince in white marble with a model of his favourite dog lying at his feet. The horseshoe cloisters'for priests and chapel clerks was built by Edward IV. and is a very interesting part of the castle. The curfew tower is in this portion, and tradition has it that Henry VIII. encountered Hern© the Demon Hunter there. From the castle terrace a fine view is obtained of Eton College and the surrounding country. The Great Park is reached through a splendid avenue of trees nearly three miles in length. In the distance stands ont in hold relief the equestrian statue of George 111. About half a mile down the avenue and on the left is the Royal Mausoleum, where the mortal remains of Queen A ictoria and the Prince Consort are reposing. Near by is Frogmore House. Beyond the statue of George 111. is Cumberland lodge, and the statue of the Prince Consort. Passing the fishing and bathing ponds the road crosses Virginia Water on which was floating the little model brig that was placed there by King Edward for the instruction of Ids grandchildren in seamanship. The brig was commanded by Sir David Welsh. The famous Hernes oak thal stood in this park was blown down in 1863 and Queen Victoria planted a young tree on the same spot. A 1 Sunningdale wo had the pleasure of meeting Colonel J. S. Walker, late 40th and 42nd Regiments. As a

young man lie served as an office! in the famous old 40th in the Maori AVar. When on route for the railway station in Windsor two notable houses were pointed out as being once occupied by Nell G wynne and Mistress Page.