Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-31


and the incompatible symmetry, elegance, and gran
deur of the edifce are far beyond description This
Cathedral was founded by Bishop Richard Poore
A. ID. 1920 and finished in 1860 Its form is that
of the Greek cross the extreme length from west
to east. being $50 feet that of the grand transept
232 feet, and of the eastern transept l72 feet and
the whole height of the spire more than 400 feet.
The nave of this cathedral is 229 feet in length and
81 in height. The vast number of pillars and fine
pointed arches and pinnaces of this cathedral sug-
gested the following stanza by DR.. Heylin:
GAS many days as in year there be,
So many windows in this church we see
As many marble pillars here appear
As there are hours throughout the fleeing year;
As many gates moons one year does view,
Strange tale to tell, yet not more strange than ue
Among the many great men whose remains rest
beneath the arches of Salisbury Cathedral are those
of JAMES HARRIS, author Of "Hermes," and of
DIR. YOUNG, the immortal poet, who sang his
might Thoughts on Life, DEATH and Immortality
Some of your readers may be curious to view a
g Rotten Borough the theme of SO much elo-
quence and controversy, both in and out of Parlia-
ment and if so, let them order Fly at the
|" White Hart" and proceed short distance to
Old Sarum''
{" His optics must be sharp ween,
I" To what is not to be seem"
I" Old Sarum," which until within few years sent
two representatives to Parliament, has no existence
except in name and history, and some few remains
and traces of ancient buildings and Notifications
extending back to the time of the Saxons, and per-
haps OF julius Caesar. Yet, in sweet valley west
of the emnence impressed by these vestiges of an
hquIty, is plain mansion, before which an Anne
rcan will pause with emotions of deeper reverence
than before Windsor Castle; for here was born
Lord CHATHAM. With what vivacity Horace Wal
pole sketches the spirit and eloquence Of this won
derful man Having described the astonishing
speech Of Hamilton, (single speech he adds :
!" You will ask what could go beyond this? No
thing but what was beyond whatever was PITT.
He spoke at past one for an hour and thirty-fve
minutes there more humor, wit, vivacity,
finer language, more bodness-in short more aston
lshlng PROJECTIONS than even you, who are used to
him, can conceive. He was not abusive, vet very
attacking on all sides. He ridicued my Lord Hills
borough, crushed poor Sir George terrified the At
torney, lashed my Lord Granville, painted my Lord
of Newcastle, attacked Mr.. Fox, and even limited
up to the Duke. He spoke above an hour and a
half with scarce a bad sentence. The most adj
mired part was comparison he drew of the two
parts of the new Administration to the confux OF
the Rhone and Saone-the latter gentle, feeble
languid stream, languid but not deep; the other a
bolserous and overbearing torrent; but they joined
at last and long may they continue united
to the comfort of each other and to the glory,
honor, and happiness of this nation" Again
\" Mr.. Pitt concluded the debate the other day
on the treaties; his antagonists endeavor to dis
arm him, but as fast as they deprive him of one
weapon he finds better; never suspected him OF
such universal armory. | knew he had Cor
CONS head, composed of bayonets and pistols, but
little thought he could tickle to death with feather
On the first debate on these famous treaties last
Wednesday, Hume Campbell, whom the Duke of
Newcastle had retained as the most abusive coun-
sci ne could find against Pitt, attacked the former
for eternal invectives. On, since the last philippe
OF Bilngsgate memory you never heard such in
vective Pir returned. Hume Campbell was an
initiated Pitt, like an angry wasp, seems to have
left his sting in the wound, and has since assumed
style of delicate ridicule and repartee. But think
how charming rdicule must that be that lasts and
rises, flash after flash, for an hour and half.
have written under his print these lines, which are
not only full as just as the original, but have moi
the tautology of holiness and majesty:
&C Three orators in distant ages born,
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn,
The first in lofiness of thought surpassed,
The next in language, but in both the last,
The power of Nature could no further GO;
To make third she joiued the former two
How brief yet comprehensive the sentiment in
which DIR. FRANKLIN records his opinion of Lord
Chatham. " | am filled with admiration of that
truly great man. have seen in the course of my
life sometimes eloquence without wisdom, and
often wisdom without eloquence; in the present
instance see both united, and both as think, in
the highest degree possible
But we approach Stonehenge, ruin of an an.
cient temple of the Druids, on Salisbury plain and
here amid these monuments of unknown antqui.
ty we rest awhile, for these downs widespread are
the quiet home of focks, and the shepherds and
their uODS here an he hill ella