TOMB OF KING ALFRED.

Many Englishmen, who venerate the name of Alfred, will learn, with

surprise and indignation, that the ashes of this patriot king, after

having been scattered by the rude hands of convicts, are probably

covered by a building at Winchester, erected in 1788 for the confinement

of criminals. No one in the neighbourhood was sufficiently interested

towards his remains to attempt their discovery or preservation.