Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-11-07

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tween the dome and lhe choir gates--exhib
lns Nelson; afrayed in his Turkish pelisss
leaaiag upon an anchor with a coil Of fop
al his ieeS on one side is tho British hon
Ycouchan,,q on The other is Britannia, poin,iD
TWO young sailors upward 10 the exalted he
ro; on The pedestal. in relief, are dllegorica
represen taiioHs Of The North Sea-, German
Ocean, Nile, and Mediterranean; and on qth,
cornice the words 'Gopenhsgen,' mile,
Trafalgar THO last4-erec,ed 70 Capiair
DufF-@cousis,s Of Bri,anaia decorating q sar
copbagus onwhlch is placed medallion 0
the departed, officer, and sailor bearing III,
naval Gag and .smen,ing his decease., Fel
as II were ii aEtemple ofi"MAfs" rdthel
thsn Of Christi ffHau wishiso inspire yo6l
child for bloody battle, iake him ,oSt. Paul'i
and lelhim linser ihera, There 4 a.morl
Of art al The entrance, Of the choir from the
nave, which the stranger will no, lightly
pass;it is ihescreen with i.s wrongh, iron
gates. The eight Cohn,hian columns oil
blue veined marble that suppott the organ
and gallery, beautifu. in themselves, are
rendered more so by their carved work.
Nea the gallery is plain slab, besriag the
name Of christopher Wren---sie builder
and having an inscription the las. line ol
which is. tgass lg al.1ts @dI,hga egr'
"Lector, sino numentum requiris, circumspice." !"
The organ contains 80 stops, and 2,123
pipes; i,s effects are grand, |, was built by
Bernard Schmidt in, 1894, but has undergone
successive al.erations under the direction oil
Ohrman, Mutt, and Bishop. i,a .5,;e Y asC
The slalls Of The choir are enriched with
the most elegant carving, the altar piece is
adorned with four fuied epiassers,t painted
and ,veined with gold. Within the choir
and aisles the floor is white; in The body and
ives, end j. consists of bucks Of black and
white marble alternately; within the altar
rails, Of poTphyry. polished and placed in
geome irical forms. i ,.,,,,s s...s.,.,,. 1. Z,
The pulpit Is elegantly carved, and occu.
pies a cenual position. Let us descend 10
the crypt, a guide precedes us with a lantern,
ard another is below To make ihe necessary
explanations, l.s divisions, correspond 70
those above, ard are made by pillars for;y
feet square. In the semjcircuIar apsis we
find ell that remains Of The old cathedral.
consisting Of mu,ilased statues that seem
scarce worth saving. In various paris are
the bodies Of the dead; among Them is quite
. congregation ofIar,is,s-- Reynolds. Walsh,
Lawrence and kindred spirits; bu. the chief
attraction are The tom5s Of ,he two grea,
heroes Of Br,tain-Nelson and Wellington.
That Of Nelson is a sarcophagds Of black
marble, crowned with a coronet and cush.
ion, and reposing on a base Of masonry,
which incoses ,he remains Of the admiral;
the pedestal bears the simple inscription,
siissasin ViscAani NJ AlAon >, The sarcnpha.
gus is curiosity from, the circumstance
that |. was The one which Cardinl Woolsey
designed for himself. Tha, of Wellington
will, when complete; be- sill moro sump.u.
|ous. az
Ascending from the crypt, we pass on 10
the stair foot door leading 70 The whispering
cutlery and ball. The entire -ascen, 10 the
ball, we are sold, is GIG steps When half
way up,o the Whispering cutlery, We NEE.
o man who has quite a monkish aspect, ard
who leads US, by a long gallery, 10 the libra
ry. He repeats by rote q description Of H.,
whicE may be- condensed in the following
words: "Behoh the floor; Ii consists Of
2 800 pieces Of oak inlaid wi,hout nails or
pegs; the library contains many rare manu-.
scripts, and pnlyglot Bibles, and the first book
Of Common Prayer ever printed; II has in
all 1000 volumes. Mark ihe elegance oi
The wainsco,iDg cases for the books. and fnil
not 10 notice thislikeness Of Bishop Compton,
under whom the cathedral was built" The
same person conducts us TO the geome,rical
staircase which consists OF one hundred and
ten steps, apparently suspended on nothing,
and intended as private way 70, The library.
We now proceed onward by the ives. win.
dow TO The "modeD room,'' where the guide
exhibits and explains SiI C. Wren's model
Of the cathedral. the rejection Of which, he
assures US. is matter Of regret. NJ. a
Returning toward the library, we are told
TO ascend figh, Of stairs In The iurret, at the
top Of which We should see The great bell.
Having ascended, we are received by a
tidy looking lady, who poius out the various
paris Of the bell and clock, and in The man.
ner Of school g,rl reciIing her composition,
gives US the following information; ,"The
bell is Ten inches thick, and weighs ll.474
Bs,, the hammer lying on the outside brim
weighs l45 bs., and drawn by q wire al the
back part Of the clock work. falls by i,s own
weight upon the brlm Of the bell; The clock
striking the hour on, Il, 10 often heard ,wen-
" miles off; the clapper weighs 1870 Bbs,
apd is moved only on ihe death of msm,
Der Of The royal family; The Archbishop Of
Canterbury, lhe Bishop Of London, Dean o.
s, Paul's, or Lord Mayor. On two smaller
bells below the clock strikes lhe quarters
Of these The larger one weighs over "a CIV,
The grea. bell produces the musical note A
concert piich; The next 10 size Is tuned Q
tifih, and the smallest an octave TO the grea
bell. The prayer: bell Is 10 the opposite tur
ret. The clock 10 one OF the largest il
Europe, and was made in l7O8 by LangIoS
Bradley. |, has two dial plates, one soulh
the other west, each 81 feet ia circumler
ence. The minute hands are 8 Ieei
inches long and weigh rs Bs.;;; the huu,
| X fnal q inchaa ard 1Oaiuh "A Hs ,ha 6o