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romantic and picturesque appearance, are 

 remarkable also for the singular position, 

 in which the means used for their cre- 

 ation, have left different and distinct 

 portions of their massive walls ; one of 

 which is overgrown with the largest and 

 most luxuriant piece of ivy ever seen. 

 They will amply repay the visitor for 

 any trouble or expense he may be at for 

 his easy access to them a railroad 

 having now for some considerable time 

 penetrated to within four miles of this 

 hitherto secluded portion of the Queen's 

 dominions. 



!_ The glory of the demolition of this once 

 magnificent pile of Saxon architecture is 

 due to the malignant spirit that seems to 

 have animated the Parliament, as well as 

 their army. Had their deeds been con- 

 fined to working out the civil and religious 

 liberties of their country, and destroy- 

 ing every semblance of oppression and 

 tyranny, posterity would not have had to 



