signs by Raphael, in an apart- Twelve Apostles. See ROSE, THE. Two Ambassadors, The. A picture by Hans Holbein the Younger (1498-1543), the German painter, and considered one of his most important works. It is in the collection of Lord Radnor at Longford Castle, England. Two Boxers. A well-known statue by Antonio Canova (1757-1822). In the Vatican, Rome. "The Two Boxers are carefully 290. See ALABAMA, THE. Tyburn. An ancient place of execution for felons in London, used for this purpose as early as the reign of Henry IV. It derived its name from a brook called Tyburn, which flowed into the Thames. The bodies of Cromwell, Ireton, and Bradshaw, were exposed at Tyburn, Jan. 30, 1661. The last execution here took place Nov. 7, 1783. Tyburn road is the modern Oxford Street. The criminals were carried, "thief and parson in a Tyburn cart, from Newgate. The famous triangle on three legs, where the executions took place, was known as the "Tyburn Tree," and sometimes as the "Three-Legged Mare." See TYBURNIA. "The manor of Tyburn was formerly held by Richard Jaquett, where felons were for a long time exe. cuted; from whence we have Jack Ketch." A writer in "Notes and Queries," quot ing from Lloyd's MS. Collections in the British Museum. If, in calculating the numbers of the people, we take in the multitudes that emigrate to the plantations, from whence they never return, those that die at sea and make their exit at Tyburn, together with the consumption of the present war by sea and land, in the Atlantic, Mediterranean,... we may fairly state the loss of men during the war at 100,000. Goldsmith (1762). Tyburnia. The Latinized name given to a district of London, once occupied by the Tyburn, or place of execution for criminals. It is now one of the most reputable quarters of the city. It has been built up between 1839 and 1850. See TYBURN. "How the times have changed! On the spot where Tom Idle made bis exit from this wicked world, and where you see the hangman smoking his pipe as he reclines on the gibbet, and views the hills of Harrow or Hampstead be yond, a splendid marble arch, a vast and modern city, the abodes of wealth and comfort, the elegant, the prosperous, the polite Tyburnia rises, the most respectable district in the habitable globe!" Thackeray. That is a source of prospective pleasure in which the inhabitants of Belgravia and Tyburnia cannot indulge. Eastlake. Tyropoon. A valley in Jerusalem, mentioned by Josephus, but not alluded to in the Bible. It is generally understood as being the region which extended around two sides of Mount Zion, separating it from Akra on the north, and Moriah and Ophel on the east. Tzar Kolokol. See EMPEROR OF BELLS. Tzarsko Selo. A celebrated summer palace and park of the Emperor of Russia, at a town of the same name near St. Petersburg. The grounds are said to be 18 miles in circumference, and are at all times open to the public, and a favorite pleasure-resort for the inhabitants of the capital. The palace was founded by Peter the Great in 1710, was destroyed by fire in 1822, but has been rebuilt with great splendor. Uffizi. [The Offices.] A public edifice in Florence, Italy, erected by Cosmo de' Medici (1389-1464), and containing one of the richest and inost celebrated collections of art in the world. It is connected by a covered passage with the Pitti Palace on the other side of the Arno. See TRIBUNE. and The "Perhaps it is the picturesque variety of the Uffizi - the combination of painting, sculpture, gems, bronzes that makes the charm. Tribune, too, is the richest room in all the world, a heart that draws all hearts to it." Hawthorne. "I paid another visit to the Uf fizi Gallery this morning, and found that the Venus is one of the things the charm of which does not diminish on better acquaintance." Hawthorne, The Transfiguration, the Last Judgment, the Communion of St. Jerome, and what are as transcendent as these, are on the walls of the Vatican, the Uffizi, or the Louvre, where every footman may see them. Emerson. Ugbrooke House. A noble mansion, the seat of Lord Clifford, near Chudleigh, England. Ugolino's Tower. See TORRE DELLA FAME. Ulm Minster. At Ulm in Würtemberg. One of the finest Gothic cathedrals in Germany, begun in 1377. Its tower is over 300 feet in height. Ultima Thule. [The most remote Thule.] A name applied by the Latin poets, on account of its distance from Rome, to the island of Thule, the situation and existence of which are involved in the greatest obscurity. The first mention of such a northern island is by a traveller from Massilia (Marseilles) in the fourth century B.C., who claimed to have arrived at a spot, some six days' journey from Britain, where nature had put a bar to all further U. progress, since there was no long er either water or land or air, but a mixture of all the elements, through which no passage could be made. According to Strabo and Pliny, this island reached to the Polar Circle, within a day's journey of an ever-frozen sea. Many articles have been written upon the subject of this semi-fabulous island. The south-west coast of Norway has been fixed upon by some as its probable location. Maltebrun thinks that Jutland was meant. Others, and the majority, give the preference to the Shetland Isles. The phrase ultima Thule is now commonly and poetically applied to the extreme limit of any journey, undertaking, or pursuit. A little volume by Longfellow has recently appeared under the title of Ultima Thule." This [the Rock of Abooseer] is the Ultima Thule of Egyptian travellers, Murray's Handbook. Ulysses and Nausicaa. A picture by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). In the Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy. Ulysses deriding Polyphemus. A picture by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), the English landscape-painter, and regarded one of his best works. In the National Gallery, London. "Ulysses is on the poop [of a gilded galley] with hands uplifted, shouting derisively to the blinded giant, while his companions, thickly clus tered on mast and yard, unfurl in haste the vast sails, and one by one the red oars are thrust forth from the vessel's burnished sides, ready to sweep away from the inhospitable shore, and out of the reach of the missiles the monster may hurl after them." Redgrave. Ulysses, Return of. A picture by Francesco Primaticcio (1490-1570), the pupil of Raphael. Now at Castle Howard, England. Undercliff. A romantic spot and natural curiosity on the Isle of Wight, near Ventnor. "A strip of land some six miles The moonbeam sleeps on Undercliff, The lily lies in balm. Allan Cunningham. Undine. An admired picture by Thomas Buchanan Read (18221872). Union Club. A club in London composed chiefly of politicians, merchants, professional men, and, according to James Smith, of "gentlemen at large." The club-house, Trafalgar Square, was built in 1824. The Union Club has always been noted for its cuisine. Also an association in Boston, Mass., having a house on Park Street. Union College (University). An old and well-endowed institution at Schenectady, N. Y. It was founded in 1795 by a union of several religious denominations, from which circumstance it derives its name. Union League House. A noble building, with a fine interior, on Broad Street, Philadelphia, Penn., occupied by the Union League, an organization formed in 1862 for patriotic purposes. It has a large number of members. Union Square. A well-known public park in the city of New York, surrounded with fine hotels and shops, with statues of Washington and of Lincoln. United Service Club. This club in London was formed in 1816, and is one of the oldest of the modern clubs. It was a favorite resort of the Duke of Wellington. The present building, in Pall Mall, was built in 1826. The United Service Club is for officers of rank not lower than major in the army and commander in the navy; and the club-house is considered one of the best-managed and most commodious in London. See JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB. Let no man despair of Governments who looks on these two sentries at the Horse-Guards and our United - Service Clubs! Carlyle. United Service Museum. The museum of the United Service Institution, London, founded in 1830, containing models of ships and weapons, and specimens of naval and military uniforms. United States. A frigate of the United States navy, launched at Philadelphia in 1797. Before the war of 1812 she went by the nick、 name of the Old Wagon, on account of her poor sailing qualities; but these were subsequently so much improved that she was able to chase, overtake, and capture the British frigate Macedonian, which she brought into port as a prize in 1812. United States Bank. An imposing marble structure on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, built in 1824 at a cost of half a million of dollars. It is now used as a custom-house. "Looking out of my chamber window, before going to bed, I saw, on the opposite side of the way, a handsome building, of white marble, which had a mournful, ghost-like aspect, dreary to behold. I attributed this to the sombre influence of the night, and on rising in the morning looked out again, expecting to see its steps and portico thronged with groups of people passing in and out. The door was still tight shut, however; the same cold, cheerless air prevailed; and the building looked as if the marble statue of Don Guzman could alone have any business to transact within its gloomy walls I hastened to inquire its name and purpose, and then my surprise vanished. It was the tomb of many fortunes; the Great Catacomb of investment; the memorable United States Bank. The stoppage of this bank, with all its ruinous consequences, had cast (as I was told on every side) a gloom on Philadelphia, under the depressing effect of which it yet labored." Dickens (American Notes). United States Military Academy. A national institution for the education of young men in academic and military studies, at West Point on the Hudson, N. Y. It opened in 1812. The buildings are fine structures of stone. A library, observatory, and museum are connected with the academy. Each congressional district is entitled to send annually one young man to this school. [Familiarly known as West Point.] United States Naval Academy. A national school for the training of midshipmen, founded in 1845, situated in Annapolis, Md. During the war of the Rebellion, the school was transferred to Newport, R.I. University Club. A London club, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East, founded in 1824, chiefly composed of members of Parliament who have been educated at some university, several judges, and a number of clergymen. University College. A proprietary institution in London, for the "general advancement of literature and science," built in 1827-28. It contains the Flaxman Museum, in which are models of the chief works of John Flaxman. University of London. See LONDON UNIVERSITY. University of the City of New York. A fine building of marble in New York, the seat of the university, founded in 1831. It has numerous professors and students. University of Vermont. An in stitution of learning in Burlington, Vt., founded in 1791. Unspunnen Castle. A ruined feudal mansion in Switzerland, near Interlaken, where Byron's Manfred is reputed to have lived. Unter den Linden. [Under the Lindens.] A noted street in Berlin, Prussia, extending from the royal palace to the Brandenburg gate. It is adorned with four rows of lime-trees, an equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, and many fine buildings. Urbino Palace. A grand and stately palace in Urbino, Italy, once the residence of the Dukes of Urbino, now unused and fallen into neglect, but still containing many interesting remains of art. Urdos. An extraordinary fortification in southern France, not far from Pau. It is excavated in a rock, rising in successive stages to a height of 500 feet. It was 10 years in constructing, and is capable of holding 3,000 men. Uriel in the Sun. A picture by Washington Allston (1779-1843), the American painter. Now in possession of the Duke of Sutherland. "I have never seen Uriel represented by name, or alone, in any sacred edifice. In the picture of Uriel painted by Allston, he is the Regent of the Sun,' described by Milton; not a sacred or scriptural personage.' Mrs. Jameson. Urquhart Castle. A ruined castle in Scotland, near Inverness. It is the property of the clan Grant. Urr, Moot of. See Moor of Urr. Ursula, St. See ST. URSULA and EMBARKATION OF ST. URSULA. |