The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . rther on. Doubtless, also, to the inhabitants of the Palace, whovalued the seclusion and quiet of Hampton Court, and whoappreciated the immunity they had hitherto enjoyed fromthe more objectionable accompaniments, inseparable fromcrowds of noisy excursionists and trippers, the change wasnot altogether welcome. It was very soon seen, however, that what HamptonCourt lost in repose and dignity, it gained in cheerfulness;and that what was sacrificed by its popularization, was com- 352 History of Hampton Court Palace, [1838 pensated for by the gr
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . rther on. Doubtless, also, to the inhabitants of the Palace, whovalued the seclusion and quiet of Hampton Court, and whoappreciated the immunity they had hitherto enjoyed fromthe more objectionable accompaniments, inseparable fromcrowds of noisy excursionists and trippers, the change wasnot altogether welcome. It was very soon seen, however, that what HamptonCourt lost in repose and dignity, it gained in cheerfulness;and that what was sacrificed by its popularization, was com- 352 History of Hampton Court Palace, [1838 pensated for by the greater interest taken in the Palace, andthe care devoted to it. It was equally evident, also, thatthe boon conferred on her Majestys subjects was thoroughlyappreciated in every way, and in nothing more than thefreedom with which anyone might wander at will, unmar-shalled by the Housekeeper s rapacious housemaids, throughthe series of interesting rooms, and inspect at leisure theirvaried contents. Before passing on from the year 1838, we must briefly. General View of Hampton Court, as seen from the River Thames. record that the Palace was, on Thursday, the 21st of June,the scene of a very shocking occurrence, the murderof Sergeant Hamilton of the 12th Lancers, then quarteredat Hampton Court, by John Rickey, a private in the sameregiment. Rickey, it seems, had been to Hampton races,where he had been drinking hard, and when ordered underarrest, about seven oclock in the evening, seized a pair ofloaded pistols, rushed out from the barracks, and stationedhimself defiandy at the gate of the First Court. From there,when pursued by Hamilton and another sergeant, he went 1841] Rateability of Private Apartments to the Poor. 353 in the direction of Sir Horace Seymour s apartments ; andstood in an angle of the passage ; where, after threateningto fire at anyone who came near him, he discharged bothpistols at his pursuers. The bullet of one entered the bodyof Sergeant Hamilton, who died with
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