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The Bulletin
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Fix this textWednesday; January 5, 1944.
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Fix this textRegistered at the Genera! Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textPORCHESTER CASTLE.
Fix this textpORCHESTER CASTLE, on a narrow neck of land jutting out
Fix this textinto Portsmouth Harbour, is a quadrangular building showing
Fix this texttraces of many different styles of architecture. The Britons cer-
Fix this texttainly possessed a fortress on this spot, calied Caer Peris. Under
Fix this textthe Romans it was called Portus Magnus, and the circular and
Fix this textsemicircular towers, as well as the outer walls, still show signs
Fix this text°t Roman workmanship. Roman coins and medals, too, have
Fix this textoften been dug up in the neighbourhood.
Fix this textThe keep at the north-west angle of the castle seems from its
Fix this textappearance to have been originally Saxon ; but there are clear
Fix this textmarks of Norman style, and even Tudor. Indeed if we turn to the
Fix this textannals of the place we find records of the continual repairs which
Fix this textthe castle underwent.
Fix this textIhe earliest incidents connected with Porchester are the frequent
Fix this textvisits of King John ; the building was in his time a State prison,
Fix this textbut the King seems to have been attracted there chiefly because it
Fix this textwas his wine store. It continued to be used as a State prison, and
Fix this textduring the war with the French in the period of the Revolution, as
Fix this textmany as 8000 men were confined there at one time —Dutch prisoners
Fix this textfrom De Winter’s fleet captured at Camperdown (1797), galley
Fix this textslaves cast ashore in Pembrokeshire, some of the choicest sailors
Fix this textfrom the opposite coast, and Tallien, the accuser of Robespierre-
Fix this textall huddled together, captives in the castle. This place used to be
Fix this textthe principal station of the British navy ; but the sea retired and
Fix this textPorchester gave up its importance to Portsmouth. Through the
Fix this textNortons the property passed to the Thistle-thwaytes, who in this
Fix this textcentury laid out the approaches to the outer entrance to the castle
Fix this textas a public garden. The walls, which are from 8 to 12 feet thick
Fix this textby 18 feet high, enclose nearly five acres.
Fix this textGRAPE VINEGAR
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