The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-28
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Editors Journal;
We are now in the great city of
London; the boasted metropolis of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and ireland. This city will consti-
tute the principal subject of the pres
sent brief communication. IF I should
say that London is a very large city
with a population Of about three mil
lions of inhabitants, and houses
enough to contain the greater portion
of thcm-that it IS tie principal resi-
dence Of Her Most Gracious Majesty,
Queen Victoria-that it contains the
Houses of Parliament, displays al i'm
mense amount of merchandise, has
q number Of handsome gardens,
parks and museums, and makes
terrible noise both by day
and by night, I should have given you
q pretty correct general description Of
the place. But as your readers may
expect me to enter somewhat more
infinitely into details, [ will premise
by saying that we arrived here on
Saturday evening, July 18th, stopping
at the Angus Hotel, which is located
in a central portion Of the city, near
the celebrated Bldckf9IUy's Bridge.
On Sunday your correspondent went
to the tabernacle to hear Rev. Mr..
Sturgeon. His text was d Cor, 9Th
chap. and 18th verse. He is q man
of medium height, heavy build, rudy,
health appearance, and a little portly.
He speaks Auently, presenting his
points distinctly and with considera-
bic force; at times becoming eloquent
rather than pathetic. He took a
strong position In his sermon against
Infant baptism; said it is a wicked
and perniclOus assumption on the
part of the Priests, and a mockery
and falsehood before Heaven; prom
Using, aoith0Ht authority, that the child
will obey the Divine will; that as the
Almighty did not call upon man to
help him form the world, or to dig
the channels Of the great deep, or roll
along the stars, or to carry the torch
to light up the Woflds of the universe,
so man could not assist God in ere
ating a soul, or a new heart in the
child. The tabernacle is a large
building, with a main floor and two
elliptical galleries, rising one above
the other, with a capacity for about
four thousand people.
In our peram bulati0ns on the 10th,
We visited the Royal stables and West.
minister Abbey. The stables contain
about It's horses, with carriages and
harness. The carriages and harness
are elaborately gotten up. with elegant
gilt finish, especially the great chariot
Of State, which is one hundred and
eight years old, and weighs four
tons. The horses are not large, nor
are many OF them very handsome, but
tRey are very we'll kept, and are said to
De OF the hnest blOoded horses In Eu-
rope. w estnlnster Abbey is one of
the old eele brated buildings of Lon
don: 1t - large stone edilice, stand
Ing Immediately on the north bank of
the river Thames, at the waters
edge, 1t presents = very stately ec.
teT7tot appearance, while internally It
looks grand and gloomy. The nave
ana tTansept are tall and magnif.
Gently constructed. The Abbey CON.
talns a greatVariety Of rooms in which
are placed numerous busts, statues
and sepulchral figures, in marble
brass and alabaster; including those
OF the most eminent poets Of the
world, which are grouped in one cor
ner OF the building, called the poets
corner. As the visitor is conduct
ed through these ancient cloistors
which are melting away under the
| pressure of more than ten centuries
his tread IS upon the tombstones Of
distinguished personages long since
| passed away while his gaze is everv-
where met by their lifeless statuary.
placed n recumbent positions, or
standing around IN solemn groups as
If watching their sleeping dust. In
this ancient edifice is the coronation
room and the chair In which the
Kings and Queens of England have
been crowned fer the last five hmm
dred yeaTe. The 21st of July was
devoted to the National Gallery and
the British Museum. The Gallery
contains a very large collection of
paintings, most of which arc REGARDED
as posses sing great merit. This is re.
gardcd as the finest collection of
paintings IN the kingdom, and is said
to contain some of the master pieces
Of the most eminent artist of the
world. IL is we'll worth seeing. 1t
would be useless for me 10 attempt to
give description of the British
Museum. In attempting to do so /
fancy I would occupy much the same
position as the man who drove his
cart up q steep hill, and when
at the top he discovered that