The Press.
London, England, 1855-09-08 00:00:00

SEPT. 8, 1855.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
If on this verse of mine
Those eyes shall ever shine,
Whereto sore-wounded men have louked for life,
Think not that for a rhyme,
Nor yet to fit the time,
I name thy name, true victress in this strife:
But let it serve to say
That, when we kneel to pray,
Prayers rise for thee thine ear shall never know;
And that thy gallant deed,
For God, and for our need,
Is in all hearts, as deep as love can go.

'Tis good that thy name springs
From two of Earth's fair things—
A stately city, and a soft-voiced bird ;
"Es well that in all homes,
When thy sweet story comes,
And brave eyes fill—that pleasant sounds be heard.
Oh voice! in night of fear,
As night's bird, soft to hear,
Oh great heart ! raised like city on a hill ;
Oh watcher ! worn and pale,
Good Florence Nightingale,
Thanks, loving thanks, for thy large work and will !
England is glad of thee—
Christ, for thy charity,
Take thee to joy when hand and heart are still !

HANDBOOK TO MINISTERIAL LONDON.
THE following addenda will be introduced into the next edition of Mr.
Cunningham's invaluable " Handbook to London." They have
received the approbation of the distinguished personages they
refer to :

PICCADILLY. Thoroughfare from the Haymarket to Hyde-park
Corner. It was so called after a tailor, and, in consequence, tailors
have to call after some of the residents a great many times before
they can get their money. Eminent Inhabitants.—Lord Palmerston,
statesman. House on the terrace, where this historical character
lived circ. 1855. The window is still pointed out at which he made
the celebrated bon mot about his predecessor in office. Somebody
remarking that the trees before them would soon shut out the old
abbey, his Lordship replied, " I shut out an old Abby myself once."
On this nobleman was made the well-known epigram by Lord
Monteagle—

E. A.

• •, -•Pam Pam,
He is a sham.

Indeed, the witticisms of that age, either attributed to the said " Pam"
or made upon him, are innumerable, and his jokes upon the subject of
the Crimean disasters are among his best things. The house was after-
wards purchased by Tom Matthews, the wealthy clown, who, to his
credit be it said, preserves a becoming reverence for his predecessor
and rival.

BROOK-STREET. So called from Master Brook, mentioned by
Shakspere. Eminent Inhabitants.—Chancellor Cranworth, temp. Vic-
toria. He is said to have been so astonished at finding himself made
Chancellor, that he could hardly believe it, and carried the Mace
about with him everywhere for more than a fortnight, also wearing
the Great Seal bag as an apron. He was only checked by a couplet
addressed to him by the witty Premier of the day, who, meeting him
in this grotesque guise, exclaimed—

Cranny, Cranny,
Are you shanny?

Lord Granville (Statesman of the Great Exhibition, 413) records
that he was a very humble-minded man, and if he had auy pride it
was that he was ever ready to do as he was bid. Four doors off
resided Lord Panmure, better known as Fox Maule, who must not be
confounded with the celebrated judge of that name, who was called
" the clever Maule," to distinguish him from the nobleman. Being
very fond of shooting, this nobleman was made War Minister by Lord
Palmerston as one of his practical jokes ; and it is recorded that Lord
Panmure always supposed himself to have gained the celebrated battle
of the Tschernaya (1855), because he remained in town, in his office,
when it was fought. instead of hurrying off to the country. He held
singular theological views, and the hats called Pantiles were called
after him.

CARLTON TERRACE. " Vawstly convenient residence for
official men." (Political Dandy of 1850.) Eminent Inhabitant.—Duke
of Argyll, statesman. He erected an altar to Self-conceit, which no
spectator can fail to observe. Lord Granville records that he was
called Rufus, but does not say why, and to him Goldsmith dedicated
his " Sweet Auburn." He made himself a great reputation, when a
very young man, by instructing the Bishops in the true principles of
religion, in which he found them very ignorant when he entered the
House of Lords, and to his unhesitating correction of their errors we
owe, under Providence, the present efficient condition of the English
Hierarchy.
KNIGHTSBRIDGE. On the road to Hammersmith. Eminent
Inhabitant.—Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, statist and arithmetician. It was
he who reduced the principles of finance to their present state of sim-
plicity, by enunciating the clear rule, namely, that the way to get
money is to lay on taxes ; and, if you want more money, you must lay
on more taxes. This discovery ranks with those of Newton and Fara-

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