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Railway Tourist Arrangements.
RAILWAY TOURIST ARRANGEMENTS .
FOLLOWING up onr recent notice of tho tourist arrangements made for the present season by tho Great Eastern and London and North Western Railway Companies , wo now beg to draw tho attention of onr readers to thoso of the Great Western , tho North London , and the London , Brighton , and South Coast . First in tho programme of tho Great Western aro the Tourist Tickets available
for two months which aro issued at Paddington , at tho principal stations on the Metropolitan and District Railways , and at Cook ' s Excnrsion and Tourists' Agency , Ludgate Circus , E . G ., to alt the most attractive places of resort in tho West of England . Tho fares in all classes aro reasonable , and the arrangements are snch that tho traveller , if he desires it , may break his journey at certain
placessnch as Bath , Bristol , Bridgewatev , & c ., & c , & c . North Devon Circular Tonr Tickets , at very moderate rates , aro also issued to travellers going Westward , so that they may nofc only visit the place of their choice , but they may also by means of these circular tickets traverse , partly by rail and partly by coach , one of three districts of North Devon , all of which are well known forthebeauty of their scenery or
their interesting associations , local or otherwise . Similar tickets are issued to Dorchester , Bridport , and Weymouth ( Dorsetshire ) as to tho principal towns in Devon , Cornwall and Somerset , and those visiting Weymouth have the privilege of going to and from Cherbourg , Jersey , or Guernsey at single fares for the double journey on production of their railway tickets . Similar facilities to those already mentioned are
offered to those who are desirons of visiting tho Channel Islands and France , South Wales and North Wales , Circular Tour Tickets being likewise issued for any one of five routes to -visitors to either division of Wales . To some of tho Midland Counties suoh as Warwickshire , Worcestershire and Hereford there are issued not only tickets available for the period we have mentioned , but also for the brief period from Friday or Saturday up to and inclusive of the
following Tuesday . Convenient arrangements are also made for visitors to the Lake and Derbyshire Districts , Ireland , and tho Isle of Man ; indeed to all parts of the conntry lying westward the Groat Western offers every facility in its power for travelling , either by their own line only , or by and in conjunction with other lines or lines of steamers , the rates chaged being most reasonable and the convenience of passengers being most carefully studied in every possible way .
The North London Railway Company , though it must be looked upon as a medium for bringing the principal lines , which have their termini in London , into connection rather than as an independent line , is not behind other companies in the arrangements it makes for the convenience and comfort of intending intending tourists and travellers . Constructed originally for the purpose of lightening the
traffic north of the Thames it now affords the means for people passing from the district traversed by any one of our great lines of communication to that traversed by any other . Thus an excursionist by the London and North Western has no difficulty in reaching a given point ( say ) at the Great Eastern , the North Western or the London , Brighton and South Coast , and , this one instance , thanks
to the North London lino , might again and again bo repeated . Therefore , though itself a line that is used mostly by business men resident in the suburbs for journeying to and from the city , it mnst not be left out of the consideration of the public in treating of Tourist arrangements ; for whether a man is desirous of visiting America or the Continent of Europe , he will , if he shonld happen to
reside near one of its stations , find that he can accomplish tho through journey with no moro difficulty and discomfort than aro caused by changing at certain junctions from one train to another . Nor will he find any difficulty on the score of times , as tho train service on the North London is so admirably arranged that he will be able to catch any train on any particular line of railway he may desire .
The London , Brighton , and South Coast line is undoubtedly one of our most important railway arteries . Not only does it place . us in communication with all the most popular inland and seaside towns in the counties of Sussex , Hants , and Isle of Wight , but it also offers us facilities of no ordinary character for reaching the Continent . The route to Paris via Ncwhaven and Dieppe is
one of the prettiest , traversing , as it does , somo of the richest conntry in Normandy , and also one of the cheapest . It is not surprising , therefore , thafc its ticket arrangements , whether they extend to a few days only , or to ono or two months , should find favour with the public . A man may enjoy his eight hours by the sea at Brighton at a modest charge , or he may journey
right away to Paris , and still more distant European cities , with the certainty that this company will provide , as far as possible , for his comfort and convenience , and will , at the same time consult his pocket by charging him as low a price as possible . Nor is this all , no matter where he may reach in the North , West , East , or South of Ireland , such is tbe facility of communication between the different lines of railway , that he will
have it in his power to go right through from Brighton to Liverpool , to Scotland , to Devonshire , or wherever else he may be desious of f ?} 8 ; ^ - 'h ' 3 is a boon which people cannot fail to appreciate , and this line , which has never been wanting in energy and enterprise , is deservedl y popular with the British public . Let those who may be looking forward to a holiday in the direction taken by the L . B . & S . C . Railway consult its timo tables , and they will be at ' no loss to obtain all the information they require as to fares , times , tickets , & c , & c .
HOLLOWAY ' FILLS . —Tho Greatest Wonder of Modern Times . Thoy correct ! in _*' i-l t i nt flatnlclicy , cleanse the liver , and purify the system , renovate tho "eouitated , strengthen the stomach , increase the appetite , invigorate the nerves , promote health , and reinstate the weak to an ardour of feeling never netorc expected . The sale of these Pills throughout the globe astonishes every-__ > ' _ . , ? - - ' tb 0 most sceptical that there is no medicine equal to Hollb-» -y s i'Uls for removinsr the comnlaints which am innirtentn ! to tho hiimnn
Jm fp _ r y are , . ncIeecl » blessing to tho afflicted , and a boon to those who Hs _ i . L t L . T cV- SOT'der . internal or external . Thousands of persons have teni _ - ? w ,- _ ? eir llse iUo P ° y bave , JCen " - stored to health after other reme-« 'ea ml proved unsuccessful .
Gleanings From Old Chronicles, &C..
Gleanings From Old Chronicles , & c ..
THE first park in England , was enclosed by Henry I ., when he built his Manor of Woodstock . This park " he walled about with stone seven miles in compas destroying for the same diuerso villages , churches , and chappels . " Stow adds -. " heo placed therein , besides great store of Deero , diners strange beastes to bo kept and nourished , such as wero brought to him from farro countries , as Lions ,
Leopards , Lmces , Porpentines , and such other . More , I reado thafc in tho year 1235 , Fredericke the Emperonr , sent to Henrie the third , three Leopards , in token of his regal shield of armes , wherein three Leopards wero pictured , sinco the which time , these Lions and others have beeno kept in a part of this bulwarke , now called the Lion tower , and three keepers thoro lodged . King Edward tho second in fcho
twelft of his raigne , commanded tho Shiriffes of London to pay to the Keepers of the King's Leopard in tho Tower of London vi . d . tho day , for the sustenance of tho Leopard , and three halfo pence a day for tho diet of tho said Keeper , out of the fee farmo of tho sayd Citie . Moro , the 16 of Edward the third , one Lion , ono Lionesse , ono Leopard , and two Cattes Lions , in the said tower , were committed to the custodio of Robert , the sonne of John Bowre . "
Sfcrype supplements the above with further information . Henry III . had a white bear and an elephant in the Tower , in which ho took a great interest . Thus in 1252 an order was issued to tho Sheriffs of London to provide for the sustenance of the bear and his keeper at tho rate of " Four Pence every day , as long as they shall be there . " In the following year , ho issued this farther order to the Sheriffs :
" Wo command yon , Thafc for the Keeper of our White Boar , lately sent us from Norway , and which is in our Tower of London , ye cause to bo had one Muzzle , and one Iron Chain , to hold thafc Bear without the Water , and ono long and strong Cord , to hold the same Bear fishing ( or washing himself ) in the River of Thames" The order is nofc as explicit as might bo wished , for the muzzle might have been
intended for the man equally as well as for the bear . In 1255 he gave orders for the construction in tbe Tower of " one House of forty Foot long , and twenty Foot deep , for an-Elephant ; Providing , thafc it be so made , and so strong , that when need be , it may be fit and necessary for other uses , " while in 1256 orders were given thafc the Elephant and his Keeper should be furnished with " Necessaries , as there shall reasonably be need . "
Henry VI ., in the 16 th year of his reign , granted the office of Keeper of the Lions and Leopards to " Robert Mansfield , Esq ., Marshall of onr Hall , " his wages to be sixpence a day for himself and sixpence a day for every Lion and Leopard in his charge , this pay to be taken yearly " from the Issues and Profita of the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham , coming to the Hands of the Sheriff of the said Counties . "
In Juno 1604 , James I . with many noblemen visited the Lions in the Tower , and caused a He and She Lion " to be put forth . And then a live cock -was cast to them , which being their natural enemy , they presently killed it and snoked the Blood . Then the King caused a live Lamb to be put to them , which the Lions out of their generosity ( as having respect to its Innocency ) never offered to touch , altho' the
Lamb was so bold as to go close to them . Then the King caused the Lions to be taken away , aud another Lion to be put forth , and two Mastiffs to be turned to him . The Mastiffs presently flew upon the Lion , and turned him upon his back ; and though the Lion was superior to them in strength , yet it seems they were his match in courage . " A " Spaniel Dog , for some offence or other" was then
cast into tho den , bnt tho Lion did not molest him in any way and the little dog remained and lived there for somo years afterwards . A few years later trial was made of the Courage of the Lion , and one was placed in a yard , where had previously been turned loose a bear that had killed a child . Bnt the Lion instead of assaulting the bear fled . Trial was made of other Lions , bnt with the same result ,
and then two were let loose , but thoy , too , refused and " rather fought to return to their den . " Mastiffs were sent in and they boldly attacked the Lion , and also a " Stone Horse " which had been tnrned in , and wonld have worried tbe latter to death , had not three bearwards rescued him . The above sport was witnessed by King James , his Queen , the Prince , and divers great Lords . As for the bear which
escaped on this occasion , the " King gave command he should be baited to death with Dogs upon a stage •and so he was . " In 1704 , there were six Lions in the Tower , two of them young ones presented to Qneen Anne by " the King of Barbary . " In 1708 , the Emperor of Morocco sent her Majesty , by his Ambassador , five Lions . In addition , there were " two Leopards and Tygers , " three
Eagles—one a Bald Eagle witb white Head and Neck ; "two Swedish Owls , of a great Bigness , called Hopkins , " which had been presented to K . Charles , two Cats of the Mountains " walking con tinnally backwards and forwards , " " much larger than our ordinary domestick cats ; and very cruel , " and a jackall , the skina of two dead Lions stuffed , & c , & c , & c .
Tho following duties were anciently paid to the parson or curate on the occasion of a Wedding i— " First , there is laid npon the Book , according to the Custom , Sd . Secondly , two Tapers at Mass , 2 d . Thirdly , a Taper at tho latter end of the Mass , Id . Fourthly , The whole Offering at Mass bolongeth to the Parson , unless the Parties compound for it ; giving some time 2 or 3 s , or Gs 8 d or more .
Fifthly , If any one will be married before the High Mass , they must pay 20 d or 40 d , or 5 s , or else must tarry till all bo done . Sixthly , for a certificate when the man dwelt in another Parish he paid a shilling , or 20 d or 40 d , or more , according to ability . Another curious epitaph is the following : —
As I was , so are ye , As I am , you shall be . That I had , thafc I gave , That I gave , that I have . Thus I end all my cost , That I left , thafc I lost .
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Railway Tourist Arrangements.
RAILWAY TOURIST ARRANGEMENTS .
FOLLOWING up onr recent notice of tho tourist arrangements made for the present season by tho Great Eastern and London and North Western Railway Companies , wo now beg to draw tho attention of onr readers to thoso of the Great Western , tho North London , and the London , Brighton , and South Coast . First in tho programme of tho Great Western aro the Tourist Tickets available
for two months which aro issued at Paddington , at tho principal stations on the Metropolitan and District Railways , and at Cook ' s Excnrsion and Tourists' Agency , Ludgate Circus , E . G ., to alt the most attractive places of resort in tho West of England . Tho fares in all classes aro reasonable , and the arrangements are snch that tho traveller , if he desires it , may break his journey at certain
placessnch as Bath , Bristol , Bridgewatev , & c ., & c , & c . North Devon Circular Tonr Tickets , at very moderate rates , aro also issued to travellers going Westward , so that they may nofc only visit the place of their choice , but they may also by means of these circular tickets traverse , partly by rail and partly by coach , one of three districts of North Devon , all of which are well known forthebeauty of their scenery or
their interesting associations , local or otherwise . Similar tickets are issued to Dorchester , Bridport , and Weymouth ( Dorsetshire ) as to tho principal towns in Devon , Cornwall and Somerset , and those visiting Weymouth have the privilege of going to and from Cherbourg , Jersey , or Guernsey at single fares for the double journey on production of their railway tickets . Similar facilities to those already mentioned are
offered to those who are desirons of visiting tho Channel Islands and France , South Wales and North Wales , Circular Tour Tickets being likewise issued for any one of five routes to -visitors to either division of Wales . To some of tho Midland Counties suoh as Warwickshire , Worcestershire and Hereford there are issued not only tickets available for the period we have mentioned , but also for the brief period from Friday or Saturday up to and inclusive of the
following Tuesday . Convenient arrangements are also made for visitors to the Lake and Derbyshire Districts , Ireland , and tho Isle of Man ; indeed to all parts of the conntry lying westward the Groat Western offers every facility in its power for travelling , either by their own line only , or by and in conjunction with other lines or lines of steamers , the rates chaged being most reasonable and the convenience of passengers being most carefully studied in every possible way .
The North London Railway Company , though it must be looked upon as a medium for bringing the principal lines , which have their termini in London , into connection rather than as an independent line , is not behind other companies in the arrangements it makes for the convenience and comfort of intending intending tourists and travellers . Constructed originally for the purpose of lightening the
traffic north of the Thames it now affords the means for people passing from the district traversed by any one of our great lines of communication to that traversed by any other . Thus an excursionist by the London and North Western has no difficulty in reaching a given point ( say ) at the Great Eastern , the North Western or the London , Brighton and South Coast , and , this one instance , thanks
to the North London lino , might again and again bo repeated . Therefore , though itself a line that is used mostly by business men resident in the suburbs for journeying to and from the city , it mnst not be left out of the consideration of the public in treating of Tourist arrangements ; for whether a man is desirous of visiting America or the Continent of Europe , he will , if he shonld happen to
reside near one of its stations , find that he can accomplish tho through journey with no moro difficulty and discomfort than aro caused by changing at certain junctions from one train to another . Nor will he find any difficulty on the score of times , as tho train service on the North London is so admirably arranged that he will be able to catch any train on any particular line of railway he may desire .
The London , Brighton , and South Coast line is undoubtedly one of our most important railway arteries . Not only does it place . us in communication with all the most popular inland and seaside towns in the counties of Sussex , Hants , and Isle of Wight , but it also offers us facilities of no ordinary character for reaching the Continent . The route to Paris via Ncwhaven and Dieppe is
one of the prettiest , traversing , as it does , somo of the richest conntry in Normandy , and also one of the cheapest . It is not surprising , therefore , thafc its ticket arrangements , whether they extend to a few days only , or to ono or two months , should find favour with the public . A man may enjoy his eight hours by the sea at Brighton at a modest charge , or he may journey
right away to Paris , and still more distant European cities , with the certainty that this company will provide , as far as possible , for his comfort and convenience , and will , at the same time consult his pocket by charging him as low a price as possible . Nor is this all , no matter where he may reach in the North , West , East , or South of Ireland , such is tbe facility of communication between the different lines of railway , that he will
have it in his power to go right through from Brighton to Liverpool , to Scotland , to Devonshire , or wherever else he may be desious of f ?} 8 ; ^ - 'h ' 3 is a boon which people cannot fail to appreciate , and this line , which has never been wanting in energy and enterprise , is deservedl y popular with the British public . Let those who may be looking forward to a holiday in the direction taken by the L . B . & S . C . Railway consult its timo tables , and they will be at ' no loss to obtain all the information they require as to fares , times , tickets , & c , & c .
HOLLOWAY ' FILLS . —Tho Greatest Wonder of Modern Times . Thoy correct ! in _*' i-l t i nt flatnlclicy , cleanse the liver , and purify the system , renovate tho "eouitated , strengthen the stomach , increase the appetite , invigorate the nerves , promote health , and reinstate the weak to an ardour of feeling never netorc expected . The sale of these Pills throughout the globe astonishes every-__ > ' _ . , ? - - ' tb 0 most sceptical that there is no medicine equal to Hollb-» -y s i'Uls for removinsr the comnlaints which am innirtentn ! to tho hiimnn
Jm fp _ r y are , . ncIeecl » blessing to tho afflicted , and a boon to those who Hs _ i . L t L . T cV- SOT'der . internal or external . Thousands of persons have teni _ - ? w ,- _ ? eir llse iUo P ° y bave , JCen " - stored to health after other reme-« 'ea ml proved unsuccessful .
Gleanings From Old Chronicles, &C..
Gleanings From Old Chronicles , & c ..
THE first park in England , was enclosed by Henry I ., when he built his Manor of Woodstock . This park " he walled about with stone seven miles in compas destroying for the same diuerso villages , churches , and chappels . " Stow adds -. " heo placed therein , besides great store of Deero , diners strange beastes to bo kept and nourished , such as wero brought to him from farro countries , as Lions ,
Leopards , Lmces , Porpentines , and such other . More , I reado thafc in tho year 1235 , Fredericke the Emperonr , sent to Henrie the third , three Leopards , in token of his regal shield of armes , wherein three Leopards wero pictured , sinco the which time , these Lions and others have beeno kept in a part of this bulwarke , now called the Lion tower , and three keepers thoro lodged . King Edward tho second in fcho
twelft of his raigne , commanded tho Shiriffes of London to pay to the Keepers of the King's Leopard in tho Tower of London vi . d . tho day , for the sustenance of tho Leopard , and three halfo pence a day for tho diet of tho said Keeper , out of the fee farmo of tho sayd Citie . Moro , the 16 of Edward the third , one Lion , ono Lionesse , ono Leopard , and two Cattes Lions , in the said tower , were committed to the custodio of Robert , the sonne of John Bowre . "
Sfcrype supplements the above with further information . Henry III . had a white bear and an elephant in the Tower , in which ho took a great interest . Thus in 1252 an order was issued to tho Sheriffs of London to provide for the sustenance of the bear and his keeper at tho rate of " Four Pence every day , as long as they shall be there . " In the following year , ho issued this farther order to the Sheriffs :
" Wo command yon , Thafc for the Keeper of our White Boar , lately sent us from Norway , and which is in our Tower of London , ye cause to bo had one Muzzle , and one Iron Chain , to hold thafc Bear without the Water , and ono long and strong Cord , to hold the same Bear fishing ( or washing himself ) in the River of Thames" The order is nofc as explicit as might bo wished , for the muzzle might have been
intended for the man equally as well as for the bear . In 1255 he gave orders for the construction in tbe Tower of " one House of forty Foot long , and twenty Foot deep , for an-Elephant ; Providing , thafc it be so made , and so strong , that when need be , it may be fit and necessary for other uses , " while in 1256 orders were given thafc the Elephant and his Keeper should be furnished with " Necessaries , as there shall reasonably be need . "
Henry VI ., in the 16 th year of his reign , granted the office of Keeper of the Lions and Leopards to " Robert Mansfield , Esq ., Marshall of onr Hall , " his wages to be sixpence a day for himself and sixpence a day for every Lion and Leopard in his charge , this pay to be taken yearly " from the Issues and Profita of the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham , coming to the Hands of the Sheriff of the said Counties . "
In Juno 1604 , James I . with many noblemen visited the Lions in the Tower , and caused a He and She Lion " to be put forth . And then a live cock -was cast to them , which being their natural enemy , they presently killed it and snoked the Blood . Then the King caused a live Lamb to be put to them , which the Lions out of their generosity ( as having respect to its Innocency ) never offered to touch , altho' the
Lamb was so bold as to go close to them . Then the King caused the Lions to be taken away , aud another Lion to be put forth , and two Mastiffs to be turned to him . The Mastiffs presently flew upon the Lion , and turned him upon his back ; and though the Lion was superior to them in strength , yet it seems they were his match in courage . " A " Spaniel Dog , for some offence or other" was then
cast into tho den , bnt tho Lion did not molest him in any way and the little dog remained and lived there for somo years afterwards . A few years later trial was made of the Courage of the Lion , and one was placed in a yard , where had previously been turned loose a bear that had killed a child . Bnt the Lion instead of assaulting the bear fled . Trial was made of other Lions , bnt with the same result ,
and then two were let loose , but thoy , too , refused and " rather fought to return to their den . " Mastiffs were sent in and they boldly attacked the Lion , and also a " Stone Horse " which had been tnrned in , and wonld have worried tbe latter to death , had not three bearwards rescued him . The above sport was witnessed by King James , his Queen , the Prince , and divers great Lords . As for the bear which
escaped on this occasion , the " King gave command he should be baited to death with Dogs upon a stage •and so he was . " In 1704 , there were six Lions in the Tower , two of them young ones presented to Qneen Anne by " the King of Barbary . " In 1708 , the Emperor of Morocco sent her Majesty , by his Ambassador , five Lions . In addition , there were " two Leopards and Tygers , " three
Eagles—one a Bald Eagle witb white Head and Neck ; "two Swedish Owls , of a great Bigness , called Hopkins , " which had been presented to K . Charles , two Cats of the Mountains " walking con tinnally backwards and forwards , " " much larger than our ordinary domestick cats ; and very cruel , " and a jackall , the skina of two dead Lions stuffed , & c , & c , & c .
Tho following duties were anciently paid to the parson or curate on the occasion of a Wedding i— " First , there is laid npon the Book , according to the Custom , Sd . Secondly , two Tapers at Mass , 2 d . Thirdly , a Taper at tho latter end of the Mass , Id . Fourthly , The whole Offering at Mass bolongeth to the Parson , unless the Parties compound for it ; giving some time 2 or 3 s , or Gs 8 d or more .
Fifthly , If any one will be married before the High Mass , they must pay 20 d or 40 d , or 5 s , or else must tarry till all bo done . Sixthly , for a certificate when the man dwelt in another Parish he paid a shilling , or 20 d or 40 d , or more , according to ability . Another curious epitaph is the following : —
As I was , so are ye , As I am , you shall be . That I had , thafc I gave , That I gave , that I have . Thus I end all my cost , That I left , thafc I lost .