Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-06-28
ro.4 Co re u DdcEee E (
Correspondence of the Boston Journal.
Letter from Bristol, England.
BRISTOL, Nav Ia, 1867.

DRiSTOL, May II, lou -
To the Editor of The Boston Journal:
| cannot close my foreign CORE
spondence without letter from this
famous old city. 1t isone of the old
est. most beautiful, and, in many re-
spects, most remarkable of all the
cities of Great Britain. 1t was a
Roman city, founded in the time OF
julius Caesar. There are evidences
that Caesar visited this city in A. u.
A. St. Augustine preached here
near where the Cathedral now stands.
Canute built church here, column
of which still remains. Portions oil
the old Roman wall and the ancient
gateways are SEEN Everywhere the
Romans set their foot they built SUBJ
stantial roads over morasses and
mountains, which eighteen centuries
have not impaired. Bishop Butler
here wrote his Analogy, and here is
to be seen his tomb. Sir Thomas
Berkeley, whose
Westward the Star of Empire takes its way"
which is known in all languages, here
resided. Near to Bristol is the home
of Sir Matthew Hale, to whom Amer
lea is more indebted than to any liv-
ing man for all her greatness. His
celebrated book of moral and practi-
cal reflections was the one which the
mother of Washington placed in his
hands when he was twelve years old,
which he studied, and every word OF
which he he copied with his own hand.
He made it the model of his life
Here Southey lived and died. Here
Ram Mourhunkey, the Christian Mo-
ham medan, breathed his last. The
celebrated Hugh Latimer lived here.
From this port Sebastian Cabot sail
ed on his celebrated voyage round the
world. From this port Alfred sent
out his shipload of pirates in 871, A.
D., which cargo of desperadoes laid
the foundation Of England's CONNER
cial greatness. Portions of the Mon
astery of St. Augustine still stand. A
portion Of the wall built by the En-
peror Severus that remains marks the
} ancient glory of Bristol; while the
names of John Foster, Robert Hall
and Hannah More connect the city
with modern times.
JOHN TYNDALE.
This man was a curate of Wyck.
lift He began the work of the re
formation in a meadow, now called
. St. Augustine Square. He translated
the New Testament into the Englisl
tongue. His edition was burned al
st. PapIs Gross, near where the pres
v cnt St. Pauls now stands. By order
o OF Bishop Tonstall a large platform
y was erected, and in the presence of
). cardinals, monks, friars and an i'm
: mense crowd, Tonstall threw into tn,
e blazing fagots Gods Word. Ont
b copy only escaped. That copy i
!, now in the Baptist College at Bristol
e An imperfect copy ism the British
Y Museum and another in St. Paul's Ii
1t brary, but the only perfect copy i
o the one held by the college. 1t i
r, watched with jealous care and is KEEP
r in safe, burglar proof. That famou
E. old book could command thousand
N of pounds. | have seen it and rea,
s. from it. 1t bears date 1862.
n, JOHN WYCKLIFE.
Every schoolboy has read the word
= of Fuller in regard to Wycklif's dus
- that it was thrown into the Swift
: carried into the Severn, thence int
- the Avon, thence into the narrow Sc
Il which bore it to the ocean, and frol
- thence to all the world. Wycklif
was the morning star Of the reform;
ton and preached often in Bristol
If He died peaceably in his bed and wa
81 buried in the chancel of his churc
ou at Lutterworth, near this city. Thi
Oh ty-one years after his burial his bone
lg were dug up by order of the Roma
|. Catholic Council of Constance an
ordered to be burned. The asht
~ were thrown into the Swift, lit
- narrow stream that runs by the chur(
" at Lutterworth. The Avon that T
"a ceived the precious dust runs by tt
n' city of Bristol. The river is dee
and rapid, and tide rises to hight {
adj hundred feet.
NV YOUNG CHATTERTON.
In the churchyard of st. Mary Re
ch- cliff, on an elevated shaft, stands
full length statue Of the unfortuna
boy Chatterton, concerning whom t
la' English world is divided as to whet
er he really forged or found those /
he markable documents which bear
IN. name. He was charity boy in Br
vii tol, but was so dull that he was tul
tn ed from school. Yet before he W
re. eleven years old he made remarkal
ro- hymns that are still extant. In t
arv tower OF the Church OF st. Mary Rt
cliff are old boxes called munime
vii. chests. These were filled with {
ing missals, manuscripts and indulgence
red from 1882 to 1887. To this old TO,
ion and these old chests Chatterton
,al access, his father being sexton of I
en- church. These manuscripts he copi
op- and initiated SO completely that I
700 originals could not be told from
ME. copies. He spent most of his ii
ION, for two years in the tower or in
and own room. People thought him
Der mented. His face was grim W
the pounce and charcoal and black lie
nse With these he made his product,
ers look like ancient ones. At fifteen
Ire began his work of deceiving the lea