Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-12-10

Lament Houses, and the two bodies in ses-
sion, % our Secretary Of Legation, NJ Mo.
ran, went with %. and secured 10 admits
sion. While the building itself has 6ne
frontage of some 900 feet, sna couple Of
magnificent towers at the two ends, and .
vast amount Of carving and traeesy and
general Establishment, Of which the Gothic
adosns both inside and ont, yet the two
chambers for the Lords and Peers are very
small, dingy, and inferior looking. There
is no accommodation for the general public,
Who are carefully excluded, and the little
gallery into which No went, in the Com
mons, which il sometimes occapied by the
members when there il full house There
being many moro members than seats on
the Aoor) 10 nearly up to the low roof.
There are no desks, and the members cit on
long cushioned benches, facing each other
on either side of the Speakers chair and the
Clerks desk, and range themselves on eth.
CT side according 40 they are for or against
the administration. Tho members sit with
their hats on, and lounge, and read, with
their feet upon the backs Of the seats below
them, with all the freedom and lack of d.
corum and dignity Of lot of roughs 1t
town meeting, though they are somewhat
moro orderly. There vert but few Nom.
bsrs in either body, and . prosy old follow
was making . speech when We won't into
the Commons, which wss replied 70 BY
Lord Northcoss, Of the government In
the House of Lords w saw . number Of
Peers, but none Of particular sminence,
unless il might be Lord Cairns. They were
al quite ordinary looking men, with moth.
ing in Air, or manner, Or dress, to distinguish
them from common morsals. The Lord
Chancellor had on his wig and gown, and
bishop or two who were present, had on
their surplices. The "noble Lords" how.
ever, set with their hats on and of - best
suited them, and seemed to take things
very easily, and to be very little interested
in what was going on. We went through
the library and into the breakfast, and din
ing, and smoking rooms, out on the terrace,
and down into the chapel. which is never
used, but which Is one Of the most elabor.
atelJ embellished rooms in the world. Un.
der it WAS where Gay Fswkes attempted 70
blow up Parliament, and in little room
adjoining il where Cromwell signed the
death warrant Of Charles l. On passing
out We went through Westminster Hall,
where the sovsrei4ns are crowned and pro.
claimed. Il Is also Gothic, il . very large,
fine structure. 1t Was built by Richard I,
and is 290 feet in length, 6 feet in width,
and 80 feet in heigh:.
Westminster Abbey, however, Was 70 me
tho most attractive Of al the places which
l visited, 90 rich is il in historic memorials.
II is eight centuries old, and i . vast Goth.
&c structure Of many-clustered shafts and
pointed arches, with evidences of the diff
ferent styles of architecture from the Ro-
manesque, and AngloSsxon, and Anglo
Norman, down to the Elizabethian. But l
could not, if I had time describe it, and l
have no time to attempt TO do 80. We
were present ct the service, and the voice
the Clerk intoning the service, and tho
harmony Of the organ and choir, ~
music went sounding down the long
and filed the deep .sscceea'e' ef-..lhc
building, rising and falling in rich ca
Of sweet sound, was wonderfully i'm.
and soul-subduing. But it is in
monuments Of the noble dead that
in the various chapels connected
noble nave, that are the glory and
II the place. In these rest either
OF The sculptursd memorials, or
England's kings, warriors. states.
poets. A massive volume could
sxhaust description of the variety,
1tv and elsborAtensss of these monu.
ents. many Of them defacsd and
lined by the greed or stern contempt Of
komweirs Puritans for these symbols of
altv And worldly fame. There Is doubt.
much in these monuments to criticize,
"a more perhaps in the inscriptions TO oh.
Ct to. "A undeserved lsudations Of faulty
humanity but still We cannot view them
and 90 back in memory to the times, and
recall the actions Of these long departed
historic personages, without keenly appre.
ciating even this imperfect connection with
them. One forgets to criticize and only r..
members that he 10 amidst the ashes Of the
noted dead of the long, sventful past.
9, P.rr. TN :. . wonderful monumsn>
~. n.., ."1 ,ha o,s.t i.ndmark Of
.rdon The hu;ld;ne 10 5oO feet long.
A. the tr.n.ent 25fe vide. Nns Gre.
.t,nc,n,e - ,he ,h.ne Of a Latin
II !. hu;it Of Portland stoue. which.
limo - m.nv snots and darkened by
Ike Of London. give, il an appear.
,e.,er .nt;nn;tv than il really
III. conversions vas laid in
- church wa f;n;shed in ITO.
control of one Architect. Sir
lN,.n and nv one master.ma.
ltrono and nn,ier one prelate.
A. B;,bon Of London. Iu
which looms up everywhere,
,ove the street, and it, exterior
70. The vslls of the church
h;oh. and The whole structure
~ s's ST s rr There il = nar.
~ :. h,A !. 4 osherv;.e
!chsd :" NM" I :, ~. bu.;nea. houses Of
.,s.t c;,1 s.S All. 70 mske that i'm.
.,e.s;on uno1 The Won that tho dome Of our
:. n;.oi mo. -h;.h vor can study and
measure from the grounds surrounding il.
The interior, however, il very grand, and
=. ,on .t.n6 hereath The oraat dome, and