, 1874-02-22

men busy On mosaic. mafole Drouze OF 4sieo
acteristics OF Westminster Abbey, that which
| most endears it to the nation, and gives more
force to its nsuo, is not that hlngs are crowned
there, or buried there; not its school; not IT.
monastery. its chapter, or its sanctuary, or the
| fact that it is the resting place OF famous En.
| glishmen; it is not only Rheims Cathedral and
St. Deny's both in one. but 1t is what the
| Pantheon was intended to bo In France, xha'
| tho VA1haila iB in Germany, what Santa Croce il
to Italy. It is this which insDired the saying oi
| Nelson,
sV1CT0Rr on WESTMINSTER ABBEY,
and which has intertwined it with so many
eloquent passages Of Macaulay. It is this
which gives point to the a1luaion OF recent Non
conformist Statesmen, least inclined to draw l.
| this which gives most promise OF vitality to
| the whole institution Kings are no longer
| buried within its walls; eren the spleudor Of
pageants have ceased to attract. But the desire
| to be buried there is as strong al ever. j..
As the Council OF the Nation and the Courts Of
| the Law have pressed into the Palace Of
Westminster, and engirdlcd the very
Throne itself, 80 the ashes of tho grcat
citizens OF England hsvo pressed into tho sepul:.
chre, and surrounded them as with guard OF
honor after their desth.'
OF the dead Queens who sleor within the
"mou1nful magn1dcence" OF the old place, Mr.
Kngsley spcko thus beautifully: In the south
aisle OF Henry tho wills Chapel lies in royal
p0mp 6n6 VINO Was 80 long GnRlauQs 3 pau6t-lne
daughter Of debate, te,-poor
MARY QUEEN OF sco1B.
English and Scot alike hare forgotten tho stream
OF noble blood abe cost their nations, aud look
sadly and pityingly upon Ler efhgy. Why not?
"'Notlhng Is left Of her
Now, but pure. womanly.'
And in the corresponding aisle upon the north
In like tomb, which the voice Of the English
people demanded from the son Of Mary Stuart,
lies even sadder figure still, the poor
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
To her indeed, in her lat DAYS, vanity OF vani,
her. This fruit have ! Of all my 1abors under
the Sun !; and, with . whole book OF Ecclesias-
tes written on her mighty heart, tho old
crowned lioness coiiod herself up in her
her place hencetosth opposite to her dear
sister whom she tried to save, and who would
hara slain her if she could, and whom she had At
last to slay. They have made up their quarrel
now"
ue thus closed his 1ecture, after describing
TIE GRAND OLD ABBEY,
with its forests Of columns. its grand heights
and severe proportions" the beauty OF it's lofty,
many-colored roof, az only poet and one daily
familiar with it. could describe it: "0ne word
more: It may be not merely sentimental, but
foolish aud dangerous, to wish for too much as
with the Princess, in the Arabian Nights, who
fancied her fairy palace was incomplete until
abe had 3 Roo's egg to suspend from the dome,
auQy %TtlUE u Ett LuhL Oud AulOAA4tA 4uut
her fairy palace and all its treasures And yet
/, Canon Of Westminster, long for Roc's egg
for our old Abbey,-fancying that, go far from
helping to destroy, it may help to preserve those
sacred walls, even for the dust Of some great
American the day may come-l trust it will
come before | die-when, in that great neW
clcister which it is proposed to build outside and
fill with the heroes of-HeAyen grant-the next
thousand years, re may have charge Of
mora than one great Colonial But
Just because you aro not Co1onials,-
still, however worthy mud ao1e, in statu
pupiuari,-but because you are full-grosFn and
Independent pation,-a nan whom England,
through many pnnSs and many sins has borne
into the woEid,-thcrefofe, long for the tomb
Of at least
oSE GREAT AMERICAN"
OF that American who esept for such brief
season there, he :oucninsly said "Ah. that we
could have kept him as q token that the great
Abbey and all its memories OF 800 years do not
belong to Us alone, nor to tue British Empire
alone and all its Colonies, but to America like
wise! That, when an American eEters beneath
that mighty shade, he treads on common an
cestral ground, as Bacrcl to him 40 to us-"
lIr. klpsa1oy's lecture, besides being finished
and scholarly like beautiful essay than
anything elso, ,-was ono continued expression OF
the friendship no fools for us,-a friendship
which we feel is sincere, especially since he de-
nies ever having entertained towards u5-of tho
North--the bitter feelings which have been At
tdbuted to him a. T. II.