BURIAL PLAGE OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 44, 2 March 1901, Page 4

BURIAL PLAGE OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

It has bcu nedurstncd for many years that Queen Victories desire was that. sbo shuull b.) buriid at F.ojmore beside her nrloved huaband Prince Albert. The.ro are m»ny Kiaz« and Queens bur el in St. Georgia Chapel, Windsor, but Queen Victoria has been laid to rest at Frograore. F.ogmore is an Royal palace aud mausoleum in the Park at Windsor. Ear y in January, 1862, Pr iVssor L. Grnner and Mr /». J. HuDr-U.'.rt wv.rc honoured with obe, Q i en'* command t. prepaw de.i:;;s for a Rural M..u so earn io b.> oiec'ed at. Frogniire. One contiio oa fptcml'y imp:s d by hsr Majesty, viz, tiat 'hs central porli m <f toe structure should l:e rofifouin and sibstiiithl'y couiclotfd iu the. coarse of a y::\i. Towa ds th> m! of Janucry d; signs wi r! Hcbmitfced and appov n. O.i Miirch loth U e fou.id atiur>atone wus Lid by the Qjeen, ami the do ire ovtr the central (ctascn was . turn; d a';out the middle of October. The building waa cousecratd liy tne Bfahop of Ox ft rd is tie prcamce of Her Majesty una all the members of the Royal Farm.y on Decembar ] 7rb, »nd on the following d*y the mortal tvnuios of His Royal Highness the Prince Cods>. t were removed from Windsor and plaefd iu tha ntw sriQce, The imusoleuni is in the form of a cross, tha arm ('ir limbs) of which are of equal lengtb, with the addition of a porcn of the eastern side. Externa ly ihe breadth is 70ft rnd , the length 80ft The extreme height from the general le.vtl of the ground to the top (f tbe cross is 83f t, and the height from the flior ef the structure to the top cf the roof, exclusive ot tbe cross, It 70ft. Internally, there is a central oclmgoa c' amber 30fc in diameter, and 66ft bi»b, io'.i.>d with •n octagonal dome ; each arm of the cross is 19ft (.quite. There are connecting corridors or fassagf sat the bade of lbs four main supports of the come, giving access to each cf the arm* of the cross, independently of the central portion ef the structure. The floor of the building is raised considerably above the gri«n f l, and beneath i« vaulted crypt or chamber, to which access ia gained by dstc;rdng a narrow winding staircase ia the ihickness of the wall, near the entrance doorway. '1 be crypt wa? constructed for the purpose of ensuring the dryness of the supsr-strncture by obtaining a fiee current of air beneath it j Tbe exterior of the bniMins, t.-> the hfcight of about 10ft or lift, is f..c-d entirely with granite, rind ab ive this ■with Portland stone atd granite, 'i he wal's are of unuaual iH kiess. a<id construct'd in the mwt solid inaour.r. a large propoit on of th? stores « e gbing one ton and a-half, nr.d siwi as much as from three to four too*. A ; l theKteru»l olomne are of polished granite. j

''he interior of the boiYijg is f c d wttk coloured mir'jles and seip ntiue--, combined with fie co?s snd other Keeping in mind the deep and ir.ctswnt interest t, kau by tbe Piicce in the development of ths manual poducti-His tf thit and other countries, there wrs the r.ux'ons d;dre oa the p'.rt tf thoao wl>o h> d hw-n entrusted with the cnUroctim of his tomb to avi.il thpuist'lv.R in the otmost of ail such materia'* itucd tc tin

pnrpcß? as ccu'd ue illy bo j:ivcor;d, i mote particularly from tlio B-itith domibi n'. I'ba. the wocd«ok is of Indian twitr, thu roofs of Australian coppe-; Wales aud Ireland coniriruoe » rati ty of marbles; Fcitlitd and the Channel Islands soppy gr*Li e; whilst Eagland is rer.r*set tsd by ler Portland stone, her granito from Devon »nd Cornwal, and pentim, Belgium, France. Italy, G«e"e aid Portagal a's) famish marbles to emich the interior if. the . edifice.