. The Saturday magazine . ave and Lord Wilmot. The king having pre-pared himself for his journey, according to a plan ofescape devised by Lord Wilmot, John Pendrill wasdespatched to Mrs. Lane, sister of Colonel Lane, ofBentley, who sent back with him a parcel of boiledwalnut leaves, to sttiin and disfigure his majestysface and hands. On the 10th of September, Colonel Lane and hissister came to a field adjoining, where she wasplaced on horseback behind the king, who was nolonger William Jones, the woodman, but WilliamJackson, a yeomans son. The heroic Mrs. Lanepassed through several dangerous a
. The Saturday magazine . ave and Lord Wilmot. The king having pre-pared himself for his journey, according to a plan ofescape devised by Lord Wilmot, John Pendrill wasdespatched to Mrs. Lane, sister of Colonel Lane, ofBentley, who sent back with him a parcel of boiledwalnut leaves, to sttiin and disfigure his majestysface and hands. On the 10th of September, Colonel Lane and hissister came to a field adjoining, where she wasplaced on horseback behind the king, who was nolonger William Jones, the woodman, but WilliamJackson, a yeomans son. The heroic Mrs. Lanepassed through several dangerous adventures in themanagement of his majestys escape. He remainedin England nearly five weeks, till a mode of convey-ance was found from the coast of Sussex; after em-barking from which, he was put back by contrarywinds into the same place, disguised in a sailorsdress; but the weather becoming more favourableabout the end of October, 1651, he landed safely aDieppe, in Normandy. M. 57—2 19($ THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE. {.May 25,. CAERrHILLY CASTLE, GLAMORGANSHIRE. LEANING most remarkable leaning tower in Great Britainis that of Caerphilly Castle, in Glamorganshire; in-deed, in proportion to its height, it is much moreinclined from the perpendicular than any other inthe world of which we can find an account, for it isbetween 70 and 80 feet high, and 11 feet out of theperpendicular. It rests only, on part of its south side,principally by the strength of its cement, the manner ofmaking which is unknown to modern masons, exceptto a partial extent. The singularity of its position isbest observed by looking at it from the inside, or fromthe moat immediately underneath it, from whence theeffect of the apparently falling mass is most extraordi-nary. The castle, of which this tower forms a part, wasbuilt about a. d. 1221 j that which previously stood onthe same spot having been rased to the ground by theWelsh, in an attempt to free themselves from the yokeof their Norman Conq
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