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From our Foreign Correspondent.
Westminster Abbey.
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We here in succession find the tombs of Phil
lippa, Queen Of Edward I'll, also his Richard
II and his Queen, and some others--all of mark
ed designs. Hero also we meet relic in the
shape Of two chairs, which are called the Coro-
nation Chairs. These, although Of no beauty
or comclness. are still preserved and used at
all Coronations which take place in this Abbey
The most ancient of them encloses the stone
(supposed TO have been Jacobs Pillar brought
with rcgaliA from Scotland, by Edward |, and
offered to st Edward shrine, in l2TT. In this
hayeall soyereigus been crowned since Edward
!. The other was made for Queen Mary H.
At The Coronation, one or both are covered with
gold tissue, and otherwise decorated. Above
these chairs, along the frieze Of this Chapel,
are fourteen Legendary sculptures respecting the
Confcssor. The first is the trial of Queen En-
ma the next is the birth of Edwa,d; another
his coronation the fourth tells how he was
frightened into the abolition of the Danegelt
by seeing the devil dance upon the money casks; /;
the fifth, the story of his winking at the thiei
who was robbing his treasure; the sixth shows
the revelation Of salvation to him the seventh,
how the invasion of England was frustrated by
the drowning of the Danish King the eleventh,
how the blind were cured by washing in the
pool twelfth, St. John delivers to the pilgrims
ring in the thirteeth, they deliver the ring to
the King, which he had unknowingly given to
St. John as an aims, when he met him in the
form Of pilgrim; this was attended with
message from the Saint, foretelling the death of
the King, and the fourteenth shows the consc-
quental haste made by him to complete his
pous foundation, all of which are of design
and finish which these times need not be asham-
ed of, and which are pointed to as proud relics.
Noticing only one more, we will 80 to the
Chapel of St. Erasmus This is a large plain
tomb Of five slabs of grey marble two compose
the sides, two the ends, and one the cover
This plain, unpublished tomb encloscs the body
of the sanity King Edward l, of whom we have
made the above notes. He was born in 1889,
and named Edward in honor of his fathers
patron, St. Edward, and afterwards Longshanks,
from his tall, slender body; was called Edward
l, because the first after the Conquest By per-
mission, the tomb was opened in l774 The
body was then found perfect (having been buried
over four hundred and fifty years,) having on
two robes-ene Of gold and silver tissue, and
Al IL e l.,
hand, nearly five feet in length, crown on his
head, and many jewels; he measured Blk feet
and two inches
Entering St. Erasmus which is Of the half
rhomboid form, we find also many tombs of
distinguished people, but will only notice one,
which attracts attention. and reveals curious
trait of sentiment or character In the middle
of the Chapel is the tomb of Thomas Cecil, who
was Privy Counselor TO james l. Upon large
entablature rests his ef6gy, and at the right of
il one of his first wife, while on the left is a
vacant space, which, it appears, was left for the
efigy of his second wife, who was of the family
of Chemdas but as she gave express orders in
her will not to have her ef6gy placed upon his
left, the space is left vacant, although her re.
mains are buried there, and under the place left
for her eligy, as the inscription shows-an oc-
currencc as rare as singular
Leaving this. VIC enter the Chapel Of lsep,
Or John the Baptist. Among others. we here
notice monument to General Wolf, who was
killed at the seige of Quebec, in 1859. It is a
fine work, erected and dedicated by the King
and rliament. Here are some spleudid rep
resentations of abbots and knights, in their
usual costume, carved or engraved ON BRASS
Not stopping, however, TO note these, we will
enter the 9th and last of these additional build
ings. or appendages to the vast Abbey, the
Chapels Of St. John the Evangelist, St. Andrew,
and st. Nicholas (all one.) Here isa tablet to
the memoly VI Dir Humphrey Davy, Z" distin-
guished throughout the world by bis discovcrles
in chemical science" - Born 1898 at PEN
sance, died 1929 at Geneva, where his remains
are interrcd'
Passing On. We come to monument to the
memory of Joseph Gsscoigne Nigbtengale and
lady, the device on which must be our excuse
'or noting. The lady is represented expiring
in her husbands arms. Beneath, slyly creeping
from tomb, the King of Terrors presents his
grim visage, pointing his unerrng dart to the
dying figure, ut which sight the husband, sud
denly struck with astonshment. horror md
despair, seems to clasp her to his bosom, ms il
10 defend her from the fatal stroke - device at
once touching, truthful, aud grand in execution
Here are many learned sag,s and veteran sol
diers, but we will leave them, with cur already
extended notes, and procred to view the Abbey
proper.
Passing into the north transcp. Of the Abbey
we Immediately approach a pedestal on which
is statue of the late Sir Robert Peel, repre-.
sented in the costume of u Roman orator, nd.
dressing the Houseof Commons and 50 greatly
did he distinguish himself, that doubt not, il
the question was asked of England, who was
your greatest and beet man in the former part
Of this century, but Peel would be the univer.
sal cry. His name is ON the lips of every one
and his memory seems as deeply written or
their hearts lie died in 1850
We must now pass many great and noble
names, only saying that here their remains re-
pose. Here the monuments Of Canning, Fox
Grattan, Londonderry and Wilbcrforcc, moi
only in the strongest manner remind us that
men Of such noble parts must pay this last
tribute to nature, but they, from their inscrp.
tions, full plainly show that the exercise o.
such cpdovm nts ta tse truth sud right, aFt