The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-23
A West Virginia Ladyo on Her Way
70 India via London.
srrAPuR, INDIA, April 10, 1878.
RnoM 1onpoN no arpRA1rAR.

FROM LONDON 10 GIBRALTAR.
Monday morning, November 9Th, We
took the train for London. Our mission
lry party up 70 this time had numbered
nine, but we regretfllly left six Of our
companions in Scotland, while we three
ladies pursued our journey by q different
route. Doubtless during the day We
passed through many important cities,
but having no one to point them out to
us, we saw not an object Of special In
tsrest, save the ruins Of MelroSe Abbey.
We took supper at Normanion, and At 9
P. N. found ourselves in the beautiful
Midland Railway Depot. To be in En-.
Rlish style, I should say "aatioR," not "de.
pot.p We scured our baggage with but
little trouble, Notwithstanding that neither
in England nor Scotland the check sys.
tenn is In vogue. We were not 30 successful
in finding the boarding house to which
we had been directed, but finally the cab
man drove Us to another nice quiet M
at No. Is Upper Woburn Place, where
we stopped during our stay In London.
We did no sight seeing the next day, be-
ing thoroughly tired out, but on Wednes-
day morning went TO the famous Cathe-
dral Of St. PanI. When We entered we
found that the church service was being
chanted by two choirs Of boys. Where
we sat the effect OF the music was de.
stroyed by the echo, which iumbled up
the deep tones Of the organ and the beau.
tiful voices OF the boys in a sad congiom.
Grafton. Probably In \ better position
Il would have been different. Upon the
conclusion Of the services, vi wan
dered about, observing different por-
lions Of this great building, which
rears its noble proportions over the
aShes Of many churches" this being the
9Th that has been built upon the same
site. It was %thirty-fye years in building,
and cost 81, 500, 900. The monuments in
1t are also very fine. We noticed many
were erected to officers who had served
In India. We saw, too, the tomb OF
Wren, with is Latin inscription, the
tr~anslation Of which Is: Beneath lies
Christopher Wren, the architect Of this
church and city, who lived more than
ninety years, not for himself alone, but
for the public. Reader, do you seek his
monument? Look aroundp We wished
yery much 10 visit the whispering gallery
in The dome, where the slightest whisper
At one end Ia heard at the other, . dis.
lance Of $50 feet, but did not feel equal
to the long stairway. The evening oil
this day we spent in the Royal Aqua
rum. The following morning We did the
Tower, but our guide took US around 30
rapidly and talked so much that when we
were through, we could not have told
whether the quantities OF arms we had
seen In such beautiful arrangement were
in the Bell Tower or Bloody Tower,
whether Sir Walter Raleigh was impris.
oned in the White Tower or some other
Tower, whether the crown jewels were up
stairs or down, or whether they consisted
Of q few pieces or many, and as for the
body armour and horse armour, all We
could remember was that in 4 long mar.
row room'were two rows Of armonf from
the earliest periods up to more recent
dates. One thing though was remember
ed, and that was the place where the
beautiful Lady Jane Grey was executed.
We went to our boarding house feeling
anything but satisfied with our visit to
the Tower. In the afternoon We went to
Westminster Abbey, but found service
in progress. We could only glance
around Us, and wishing to examine some
of the grand old monuments, we left in.
tending TO return after the services were
over. Diminishing the carriage, We walk
ed through Hyde Park. and along Rotten
Row. then saw Buckingham Palace, and:f-
nally stopped Al 1.-THE Albert Memorial just
as tiesun was sinking beneath the Western
horizon, and found that 1t was entirely
loo late to return to the Abbey. This
was . great disappointment, especially as
Il WA our last afternoon in London. The
next morning we left for Liverpool,
reaching there the evening OF the same
day. On Saturday evening, November
10, we went aboard the steamer India OF
the Anchor Line. We sailed = two P. NJ,
and were scarcely out at sea when q gale
came up which continued until the next
Thursday, making the ship roll fearfully,
and causing most Of the passengers to be
yery sea-sick and miserable. Nor in
deed did we have a quiet sea, until leav.
ing the Bay Of Biscay, for who ever heard
Of that o%bstreperous Bay being calm. A
description Of these days would doubtless
be as uninteresting 70 your readers, as the
DAYS themselves were 10 Us. The morn
ing Of Thursday va commenced most
unpropitiously, for before dawn, IN the
foe. we almost collided with another
steamer. The sounding Of the fog horn,
and stopping Of the engine suggested hor.
rible things to US passengers shut up in
our dark staterooms. The danger was
ayerted though, and the day which had
threatened to usher US into eternity, car
ried; us into bright sunshine and q calm
sea- The next day was even better, and
with tho rising Of the barometer our
spirits went up. During the day
we passed the coast Of Portugal
which was dimly visible. The next night
in the quiet Of the moonlight We glided