couched in Hebrew and Latin on a marble monument. An inscription carved on an old mantelpiece in another part of the building, related to the Countess of Lennox, who had been committed "to this logynge," for the marriage of her son Lord Darnley to Mary Queen of Scots. Here Sir Francis Burdett was confined in 1810, when committed for impugning the right of the House of Commons to imprison a man for commenting on their proceedings !

The government of the Tower is lodged on the Constable, a sinecure office with a salary of £1000 a-year, now held by Viscount Combermere, who succeeded the Duke of Wellington. Under him are a lieutenant and a deputy-lieutenant, but the duties are performed by the Major.

couched in Hebrew and Latin on a marble monument. An inscription carved on an old mantelpiece in another part of the building, related to the Countess of Lennox, who had been com. mitted "to this logynge," for the marriage of her son Lord Darnley to Mary Queen of Scots. Here Sir Francis Burdett was confined in 1810, when committed for impugning the right of the House of Commons to imprison a man for commenting on their proceedings !

The government of the Tower is lodged on the Constable, a sinecure office with a salary of £1000 a-year, now held by Viscount Combermere, who succeeded the Duke of Wellington. Under him are a lieutenant and a deputy-lieutenant, but the duties are performed by the Major.