The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-09-04
NO. Is.
which existed near HOO years ago !.

on account Of the great antiquity O
its architecture. The Bells no in
nntnber,) the saeramental plate, the
Pulpit aud several other articles Of
great interest were taken from Osney
Abbey, the pulpit is Of richly carved
oak, has stood in the place it now oc-
cupies 900 years and looks as sound
as the day il was finished The plate
which is Of massive silver gilded with
gold, was ploughed out Of the ground
on which the Abbey once stood, and
it is supposed was buried at the time
that venerable institution became CON
fiscated the Aims Plate was injured
by the ploughshared and has been re-
| paired, probably by some tinker that
foufished hundreds of years ago..
The monuments and all other portions
Of this beautiful and sacred place we're
much injured by that rasually fellow
Oliver Cromwell at the time Of the
"great rebellion" he having converted
it into stable for his troopers horses.
and suffered his bigoted followers to
mutulate and destroy pictures, scrulp-
ture, monuments, DC, Of great beauty
and antiquity, things that would re.
eeive the greatest veneration from all
men except himself and the long faced
rascals who followed him.
Amongst the numerous monuments
in this venerable place, noticed cur
ious one to the celebrated Robert Bur
ton uuthor of the Anatomy af Mel.
antholy, it has on it his bust, ealcu-
lation Of his nativity, and bears the
following curious inscription written
by himself-Poucisnitus paueioyt-
bus ignotus, hic jachet Democrttus
junior, ettt pitam aedtt ct moytuDs
metanchoiia. Obiii VII, Id. jan.
A. G. MDCXXXIX.
The principal tomb in this ancient
building contains the ashes Of the
foundress of the Priory of st. Frides.
wide, who died in the year TAO, being
upwards OF eleven hundred years ago.
This tomb was once very iiehly orna-
lnented with brass, inlaid, but it was
all torn of by the ruthless hands that
committed such sacralige in other
parts Of the chapel. There Is over
the tomb a beautiful Gothic shrine.
with small room, the steps leading to
it are of stone which are nearly worn
through by the numerous footsteps
of strangers who have assembled them
to make their offerings upon the alter
OF this pious patroness. It would re-
quire more space than you could well
spare to describe one half of the beau
ties of this noble college and | will
consequently conclude by endeavoring
to give you description of Christ
Church College Library.
This noble edifiee Is detached from
the other building, was commenced
in 17le and finished 1891, 1t presents
a very handsome elevation, and ex-
tends l6l feet in length. The whole
OF the groupa-Hoor comprises Picture
Gallery, which contains superb col
lection Of some of the rarest and most
pictures in the world; they
were in number 295, are almost all Of
The celebrated Italian schools. arran.
ged chronologically from Cinabur to
the Caraccts, ending with n few from
Jansens and vandike. There
are are also one specimen Of the first
italian who painted in oils, Andria
lie Castagno. An elegant staircase
leads to the upper apartment, which
s l42 feet long, 80 feet wide and 81
eet high. and is very richly ornament
ted. This room contains a very large
and valuable collection of books in
every department Of literature includ-
ng several ancient MSS, among
which are some Greek MSS, Of the
New Testament. There is also cab
net of curious old coins and medals,
British, Anglo-saxon, English Arabic,
and Zodiac coins"
The arrangement Of the interior Of
his magnificent apartment is both
handsome and appropriate, and the
apartment itself is somewhat celebrat-
ID on account Of the allied soverigns
# Europe, together with about nine
hundred Of the elite Of the nobility
md Gentry. having partook of a