Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-06-19
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Bditoiial conespondence,of the N. X. Tribune.
SIGHTS IN LONDON.
LoNDoN. Friday, May 90, 1851.

last fortnight, and shall De Tor some Ten
days, more with the Great Exhibition, in lul.
flment of the duties Of juror therein.--
The numbdr Of Americans mere (not exhib-
itors) who can and will devote the lime re-
qured for this service is SO small tina, none
can we'll be excused; and the fairness evn'
Iced by the Royal Commissioners in offering
70 place az many foreigners (named by The
commissioners OF their respective countnes,)
las BrRons ON the several juries we'll deserves
20 be mel in q corresponding spirit, l did
moi, therefore, feel al liberty 10 decline the
pos, of Juror, TO which had been assigned
before my arrival, though il involves much
labor and rare. and will keep me here some-
what longer Than had intended to stay
On the olher hand, il has opened TO me
sources of information and facilities for OBJ
servalion which could moi, in brief visil
20 land of strangers, have otherwise hoped
TO enjoy. | spend each secular day at the
Exhibition--generally from l0l 3o'clock-
and have my evenings for other pursuits and
thoughts. propose here 10 jo, down a few
of The notes un London have made since
the sailing of The last steamship.
| WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
| attended Divine worship in this celebra.
led ediice last Sunday morning. Situated
near the Houses of Parliament, the royal
palaces Of Buckingham and ST. James, and
in the most aristocralic quarter oi the city,
its external appearance is less imposing Than
| | had expected. and what saw Of its in1eri'
or did no, particularly impress me. Lofty
ceilings, stained windows, and barbarc
proluson of carving, groining and all man.
ner Of costly contrvances, Tor absorbing
money and labor, made on me the impres
sion Of waste rather than iaste, seeming 10
give form and substance 10 The orators simile
Of the con,orlions of the sibyl without het
inspiration. better acquaintance with the
ediice, or with the principles OF archiiec-
,ure, might serve 10 correct this has'y Judg'
menl; bu, surely Westminster Abbey ought
TO afford place Of worship equal in caPaci'
", fitness and convenience to a modern
church ediice costing $4,000, and surely
il does not, think there is n" one OF the
ten best churches in New York which is mol
superior 10 the Abbey for this purpose.
! though. myself acquainted with oil 'he
approved renderings Of the Episcopal morn
ing service. bu, when the clergyman who
officiated at the Abbey began 10 wang OUT
"dearly beloved bre,hren,' &C., in nasal,
drawing semi chant, | was taken completely
apack. 1t sounded as though some grace
less Friar Tuck had wormed himself into
the desk and was endeavoring, under pre-
tense Of reading The service. TO caricalure as
broadly as possible the alleged peculiarly
Of Methodist pulpit enunciaiion superimpo'
sed upon the regular Yankee drdwl. As the
service proceeded, became more accusiom-
ed and more reconciled 10 this mode OF Ut
.erance, but never enough, so 10 like it nor
even the responses, which were given in
the same way, bu, much better Alter
came away, was informed that This semi
chan, is termed intoniag, and is said 10 be
a revival of an ancient method Of rendering
The church service. If such be the fact,
can only say in my poor Judgement that re-
yival was an unWise and unfortunate one.
The service was very long-more than
two hours-the music eXcelent-lhe con.
gregation large-lhe sermon, so tar as
could Judge. had nothing bad in it. Yet
lhere was an eleventh century air about the
whole which strengthened my conviction
thai the Anglican Church will very soon be
summoned 10 lake her stand distinctly un
the side either Of Romanism or OF Protest.
anlism, and that the summons will shake not
the Church only, but The Realm 10 lis centre.
RAGGED SCHOOLS.
In The evening | attended the ragged
school situated in Carers Field Lane, near
the cattle marke, in Smi,hfeld. where John
Rogers was burned al The stake by the Gath
olics, as Catholics had been burned by FRO.
leslanls before him. The hpnest' cand'd
history of Persecution for Faiths sake mas
never We. been written; whenever i shall be-
il must cause many ears 10 llnge.]
Ii was something past seven O'CLOCK wneh
we reached the old rough building in hi'hy'
poverty stricken quarter which mas oeeh
rudeIy flled up for the ragged sthool-one
Of the first, | believe, lha. was attempted,
should say there were about four hundred
pupils on lis benches, with about forty leach-
ers; The pupils were al least TWO thirds ma'es
from five TO twenty years old, with a dozen
or more adults. The girls were hundred
or so, mainly from three 10 Ten years oi age;
but in separate and upper apartment as
cendng oul Of the main room, there were
some forty adult women. With teachers
exclusively Of their own sex. The leach
ers were Of various grades oil capacity; ou'
as all teach without pay and under circu'n- y
stances which forbid the idea OF any o'her
than philan,hropic or religious a'tracIlVeneSS
in the duty, they are all deserving oil PRAISE
The teaching is confined, believe 10 rudl'
mental instruction IN reading and spelling
and 10 historic, lheologic and moral lesso MS
from the Bible. As the doors are open and
every one who sees Fl. comes in, stays SO
long as he pIeases, and then goes ou'' mere
is much confusion and buslle al times, bu'
ON The whole satisfactory degree OF order
Is preserved, and considerable, though very
unequal; progress made by the pupils
Blu. such lacesl such garments such
dapuerreo.ypes of the superlatve Of human
wretchedness and degradation! These pu-
pills were gathered from among the ouicaslS
| Of London-those who have no family ties,
no homes, no education, no religious train
iins bu. were born 10 wander about 'ht
Jacss s; ojcking up chance job now and
then, bu, acquiring no skii', no settled Voca,
lion. O len compelled TO steal or strrve' ane
foailv ,rained 10 regard The shelIered' wei
Fsd and respected majority 40 their nasura