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294 TALLIs's ILLUSTRATED LONDON j
London churches to make an appropriate residence for
his greatness; Sir Thomas "Wyatt; the Earl of Stratford;
Archbishop Laud; the Duke of Monmouth; the Earl of
Derwentwater, and other Scotch noblemen who partici-
pated in the rebellions of 1715 and 1745. Of one of
these Simon Lord Lovat, decapitated on April Oth, 17475
Mr. Cunningham remarks :—" He was not only the last
person beheaded on Tower Hill, but the last person be-
headed in this country." The Tower of London in which
these illustrious captives were confined, and which is the
most remarkable fortress iu this or perhaps any other
country, will be noticed in our chapter of remarkable
objects on the banks of the Thames. Tower Hill, over
which more than a century has rolled since it was the
stage of one of those sanguinary spectacles too common in
the olden times, now presents a peaceable aspect enough,
and is encompassed with the evidences of high civilizatiou
and increasing commerce. Its principal area, in the
centre of which is a garden enclosure, is called Trinify-
square, and is the most open and spacious square east of
Temple Bar. The square takes its name from the Trinity
House, an elegant structure, after the design of the late
Samuel "Wyatt, on the north side of Tower Hill, and
facing the principal entrance to the Tower. The corpo-
ration to whose use this building is applied, was founded
in 1529 by Sir Thomas Spert, Navy Comptroller to Henry
VIII. The company comprehends a master, deputy-master,
31 elder brethren, and an unlimited number of younger
brethren. They appoint pilots for the Thames, erect
lighthouses and sea-marks, supervise ballastage in the
river, and transact other business chiefly connected with
the Thames. Their surplus revenue (derived from ton-
nage, beaconage, &c.) they appropriate to the maintenance
of decayed mariners, and the widows and orphans of sea-
men. The present master of the Trinity House (1851) is
the Duke of Wellington.
The Royal Mint on Tower Hill, where the monies
of the realm are coined and issued, occupies the site of
London churches to make an appropriate residence for
his greatness; Sir Thomas "Wyatt; the Earl of Stratford;
Archbishop Laud; the Duke of Monmouth; the Earl of
Derwentwater, and other Scotch noblemen who partici-
pated in the rebellions of 1715 and 1745. Of one of
these Simon Lord Lovat, decapitated on April Oth, 17475
Mr. Cunningham remarks :—" He was not only the last
person beheaded on Tower Hill, but the last person be-
headed in this country." The Tower of London in which
these illustrious captives were confined, and which is the
most remarkable fortress iu this or perhaps any other
country, will be noticed in our chapter of remarkable
objects on the banks of the Thames. Tower Hill, over
which more than a century has rolled since it was the
stage of one of those sanguinary spectacles too common in
the olden times, now presents a peaceable aspect enough,
and is encompassed with the evidences of high civilizatiou
and increasing commerce. Its principal area, in the
centre of which is a garden enclosure, is called Trinify-
square, and is the most open and spacious square east of
Temple Bar. The square takes its name from the Trinity
House, an elegant structure, after the design of the late
Samuel "Wyatt, on the north side of Tower Hill, and
facing the principal entrance to the Tower. The corpo-
ration to whose use this building is applied, was founded
in 1529 by Sir Thomas Spert, Navy Comptroller to Henry
VIII. The company comprehends a master, deputy-master,
31 elder brethren, and an unlimited number of younger
brethren. They appoint pilots for the Thames, erect
lighthouses and sea-marks, supervise ballastage in the
river, and transact other business chiefly connected with
the Thames. Their surplus revenue (derived from ton-
nage, beaconage, &c.) they appropriate to the maintenance
of decayed mariners, and the widows and orphans of sea-
men. The present master of the Trinity House (1851) is
the Duke of Wellington.
The Royal Mint on Tower Hill, where the monies
of the realm are coined and issued, occupies the site of