New-York tribune., 1876-03-11

NOUS PERSONS.
LONDON, Feb. 10" Whittier to-day, chill
dron 9" asked as the dozen of chung round my
knees after breakfast The Tower, st. Padls. ST.
Georges Hospital, Madame Tussauds Chamber OF
HorrorS Westminster Abbeyp
Abbey father !" all cried, with voice. That
settled it, And Mrs Mornnglory, and Jonas husband
OF Mrs. Monnglory and Jedediah, son OF Mrs Morn
nglory fellow country ALL OF mine said they wouId
like to 20 too 1t in my mind TO say unto Them Go
to- for doing the business IS not nice IN cifie
however IL may be in deserts but instead or tell
ing two to 90, said Come one, aye come all! ior
cannot be bear even when | set OUT to, and my good
nature will be the death OF Inc yet, do believe
Then came the question as TO how should go-in
COACH fourwieoler. omnibus, or democraticdlly, ON
draYi After carefully discussing the merits OF eaeh We
al last AS usual concluded to walk. And rom our resi-
dence in or Begrayia forth We went along Pcea-
dlly; down ST. Janesst., past the Dcvonshlre CnD'
Whites. and the Conservatives through Pail MAIL past
Drookss-the very Jack OF CIubs-the Army and Navy,
Carleton Athenarm, and Reform; down Waterooplace
which as Mrs Morninglory with somc shoS OF reason
remarks very little place to have fought 50 o
battle into pause before the base OF which
Is written A" Franklin"
Bless my soul" cried the lady. q" they haven't been
and SCI up a statute to old Beu TO he sure!'
And here the landing % the Pilgrim fathers In bah
relief" said Jonas, who is something OF dab at art
with a list Of the passengers and date OF sailing
Joined IN Jcdediah, lie read over tie names OIL TIC
officers and crew OF the Terror.
Jonas then remarked at some length on the magma
rmlty Of Britain recognizing merit wherever 1t crops
out and, while sharing Shakespeare with Is, willing to
be allotted even a small proprietary interest in Lin to
whose philosophy the lghn,ngs Of heaven had yielded
the temptations Of earth failed corrupt Sc. &C., &C.
70 all Of this assentod in the abstract, but pointed
out that the parties sealsk had the air OF Arctic al
rather than of Pilgrim fathers aud that the
sledge they had dragged to the edge or the ice was
reghted with a coffin which bore significant inscTip-
tom that pcrhaps in short this franklin Sir John
WELL" said Jonas, he some relation any way"
On We went in silence, past the statue across the
street. to Clyde-Mrs Mogninglocy wondering II he was
any connection Of that Boston clyde size had heard Of
past Carlton Terrace.
AMONG TIE NOBILITY.
And here word, good reader. Ii yOu want furnished
anart Cnts Ia London, and they offered TO you IN
Carlton Terrace, take them without moments hesita-
ti0n II Is all very wei to talk Of Belgrayia tvhere
lyej but Carton is quiet and decent sort OF
place to date frum besides being within few minutes
walk Of some Of the cheapest in London As
for the near neghbOrhO0d of dukes marquises, prime
minister's and secondary ambassadors, that needn't
worry you, for they never break III on your morning
leisure unless you IN way signify that the freedom
is permissible that yOu would like 10 see them Glad
store especially, is very particular about this sort OF
wasn't expected. As or keeping ones self wholly alooi
from them that IS simply IMPOSSIBLE; have given over
attempting it. As Americans we owe certain duties 70
society and no selfish considerations should be permitted
to Interfere with thcir performance. With view 10
quiet AMI retirement, chose the beautiful but not
Bcwidcrn- mansion in which resIdeas before said.
in or near Begavia From tAe house opposite however
unpretrndirz as il looks a sixfootman Tin red flannel
coat il head dredged like a llet OF veal for baking.
9ntc f.aG.auy risIes out buy box OF matches or
penny S1rh OF peppermint perhaps, for the baby, and
iaok a.ain IN jiiy, sitting the -four Of his stWart
touth the while all the street Ami be always looks
M ut o;tr windows. No. cannot escape the at
iehtoa oi The nobility 90 where you viii, and II you
can afford to live In Doyerst the immediate vicinity
oi Backaghim Palace you might well take lod9n- s
in CarltDnTerrate, as anywhere else.
On past the great granite column, from the towering
top Of which tie Duke York ya1 night looks giy
down. wondering II any will be fool enough - pay
sixpance 10 climb up 90 him. go through tho lower
end of ST. Jamcs's PARK past the Horse Guards who re-
gard n nol through Whitcallonce the abode OF roy
atty but nus given over 10 civil uses down a turning on
the right and across q Of mud which heayes ts
tlrbid bosom audy against gaOshcs, TO ild our
selves fronting the North Cross of Westminster Abbey!
REVERENCE FOR TIE PAST.
What visions antiquity and Il ry up before one
"a H. pays shilling ior gudebook Here IL building
around which traditions antedlng yeTtabc history.
lin, ike mosses You may now understand how the
B.i;on of to-day comes be the solemn and dgnited
being that he IS Identified with the Past on every land,
brought face TO face with IL at every turn, how can he
ever forget that be has History 80 mercileSsy Is e
ridden by the Old that lie scarcely for moment can
shake it OF lis shoulders. Naturally enough one
reycrcnccs what has become part Of hims'-and the
Engshman can never stand sufficiently outside OF him
self 10 see how he looks to others. Familiar only with
the Old he has little liking for that which IL New. He
demands crust everything as well as on bis port
even his Jokes must wear wigs like barons of the Bench
simultaneously with Ito stones Of this Abbey the oundl
tions of good many absurdtics laid, the most of
which he still holds sacred. And these buttreSsed walls
will probably have crumbled the of Sir Christie
per Wren be sunk deep down in DUST long before the
sturdy Bton where the laugh comes IN, or begins to
believe that in any vital point of political economy the
son can build better than the fother know Perhaps 1t l.
better hus certainly the rolling milestone gathers no
mOss-thOush the other hand ii be said that the
stationary grinds out must grStt
As il is not easy to hold intelligent converse with
either man or woman till you have carefully looked them
over and externally taken their mental admeasuremens,
as il were, can enter building in comfort TIL
know how il looks outside. Aud despite the protesta
tiOns Of the MOrninglOries, who always hunger and
thirst to plunge a mciiaS reSbe the thing before them
a dinner or a disinteunent-we walk round the Abbey
and let our eyes climb the starkc butesses of the
venerable walls rest in their turrcted nchos aud finally
perch-thc most fitting of bulls-On the thin tracery OF
the spires above.
BEFORE THE ABBEY.
All is true that has been told of our Abbey 0rgi-
nally built the form Of cOscrs and contgu-
ous buildings aerward added have changed the general
outline in something like, indeed as the build
ing itself has at different times been diverted from the
purposes for which it was first intended: it seems
strange to be here the Abbey, name, is familiar
eaough but face to face with il have never stood
until now. On one hand in the broad thoroughfares
rolls and roas the busy Present the other watchful
though sleeping, eloquent though mutc-eloqacnt in its