The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-12-17


Temple Bar; and nov We stand in Flei
street, and xe arr in the iurisdiciiun Of
the Lord Mayor. How many sssoCaai ons
there are connected with Flevt street J
The earliest printing Offices weFe in Fleet
street. Here are bank z frms which
date back TO the Restoration. CoNley
VA. born il ibis street, and Johnson's la
vurile haunt was Fleet street and is VI
cinity.
ST. PAuL's CATHEDRAL.
Now We ascend Ludgaie Hill. Here
stood gate built By King Lud, sixty-six
years before tie Christian era, and now
we are in the majestic presence Of ST..
| Paul's Cathedral. Never shall forget
the sensations when standing the first time
before 81. Paufs, whore rest the dust Of
EngIand's heroes, Eugland's statesmen.
men OF letters, Of genius, art, and talents
OF every grade We cannot urry to ex-
plo,e It's wonders, but We viii state as
striking fact that St. Pauls Cathedral
was beaun and completed by ono archie
leci, Sir Christopher Wren, that i occu-
pied tliry-iise years in building, and cot
~ that time three millions seven hundred
and Ioriy thousand dollars, and is unques-
Iionatly the creates, architectural struct.
ure ever completed by single individual.
cHEArsIDE.
We pass on to Cheapside There is
no l,art OF Londou more intimately con-
necird with lie past than Cheapsidc. Sr
Christopher Wren lived al No rs in this
street; aud in No. 5 lived the renowned
draper, John Ware, the original John
Gilpin,' aud from this house he set out OH
that memorable ride
$50 three doors of the cliaise was stayed,
When they did all get in,
| Six precious souls and all agog,
To dash through thick and thin.
| Smack went ths whip, round went the wheels,
We're never folks 81 glad;
| The stones did rattle underneath,
As il Cheapside were mad
This il Bow Church we are coming to
now. The adjoining streets, 100, are as
>ociated with eminent names. Milton was
born in Bread street, and on the opposite
sld.., in Milk street, was born Sir Thomas
More--bread and milk, good dish.
THE TOWER or LONDON.
But we must pass on 10 the Tower,
which shall be the end Of our tor. The
Tower! Look at it. Here lived William
the Conqucror; here were imprisoned
David. King Of Scotland Richard IL
Henry VI; here were bcheaded Anna
Bole,n, CATERING Howard and Lady Jane
Grey; here were the state prisons where
Iangnished many Of the wise, the good and
the noble and from which so many were
led 10 die on Tower Hill Tower Hill!
we cannot stand on ili.u famous hill with
oui deep emotion. The wise Sir Thomas
More, the great Duke Of Somerset, the
lofty Stratford, the mistaken Duke OF
Monmouth, and others Of tmlnencc per-
i,hrd here by the bloody hard Of The xe-
cutioner; Edward Planlegenet; The gal
liant Sir William Stanley. who placed the
crown on The head Of Henry VII at the
battle of Boswonh; and might dciain
you long time by giving a list all the
way down to the infamous Simon Frazrr,
who was the last man executed Oh Tower
Hill, Of those who have suffered death
there. Within the Tower We are sur
rounded by associations that positively
thrill US The block and the TX that d d
the bloody deeds are prominent oljecIs,
and oftentlmes ladies are TO be seen cx-
aminin. item minutely, and gazing fIom
the block to The AK, ron their fingers across
the latter and wonder how hard blow it
took TO sever the neck. Only take one
last lingering look at the Tower, and re-
member that here, and indeed OF all Lon
don, that in wha even direction you may
turn, everything is full Of historical asso-
Citations aud thrilling recollectons.
eternal spirit Of the chainless mind
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou art!
for there thy habtation is the heart
The heai1 which love of lhee alone can bind;
And when thy sons TO letters are consiFDed--
TO fetters aud the damp vaults dyiess gloom,
Their country conqusrs wiih their mar,yrdom,
Aud freedoms fame finds wings on every Wind.
Chilloi,. thy prison is n holy place.
Aud thy sad foer an altar--ior twas irod
Until his very cps have left trace
Worn as il thy cold pavement we're sod
BY Bonpivard may none those marks eface!
For they appeal from tyranny to God"
And il Is in The spirit Of thi, sonnet that
you gaze upon the ancient sites, or tread
the busy streets, or ninse 10y moonlight on
the silent streets OF London.
THE BRITISH "HoUsE OF COMMONS"
But TO pass from ancient 10 modern
London, and returning 10 Westminster
iiail, we will take our stand IL the lobby
of the House Of Commons. IL is four
o'clock. and as the members pass in sim
gly, or in groups, we have a capital or
portuuily of observing them. This as
sembly, as you know. comprises Engllrd's
most potent men. See that very youth
fulelderly gentleman. with gray whisker..
very erect bearing in spite Of touch Of
the goat; dressed in the very tip Of fash