The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-24
OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
TrER SUMDER
LONDON.

The ride from Edinburgh to London,
distance of four hundred miles, is
usually made in ten hours by the fast
est trains, and for the most part is
through country which would delight
our hest farmers. The careful cultiva-
ton aud abundant crops remind us OF
the land near our cities, and are indica-
tive Of a country long under subjec-
ton to man. Oats and wheat with an
occasional field of barley are the usual
grains. Root crops are largely In ex-
cess Of what we raise in America, and
sheep seem To us unusually numerous
aud fine. As We near London, the
country becomes an almost continuous
village filled with manufactures, aud
from ten to thirty tall chimneys can
generally be seen at once. AT the time
Of my former visit, five years ago, these
were all in full operation. nut at pres
ent at least half Of them are not run
ming, for hard times are felt in England
as well a. ia America. Through these
villages and the thickly-settled suburbs
we glide almost perceptibly into the
city itself, and end our journey at the
Midland depot, the largest aud most ex-
pensive railroad depot in the world,
which, with the hotel built as part Of
it, cost SO 900. 600
London is a world In herself. y city
Of 4 600 600 inhabitants, situated on a
broad plane, upon both sides Of a noble
river, she has natural advantages which
/ few places possess. So vast is she that
one could walk her streets for mouth
without retracing his steps. Anything
made anywhere in the world can be
found in London, while people tyom all
countries and nations are living within
ner limits, aud there is nothing which
art or SCIENCE can produce which is not
represented here. The very greatness Of
the city aud the multitude of things Of
interest to be seen, fairly bewilder the
traveller, so that at best it can be but a
choice OF few places to be visited, and
lingering regret that so much must be
/ left unseen.
After ride through some of the more
celebrated streets to gain a general idea
Of the city, We commence our examina-
iion of things Of particular interest with
a large, dingy-lookiug stone building,
blackened with centuries Of London
smoke, which stands in one Of the most
busy parts of the city, itself filing an
entire square. As We approach st.
PauPs Cathedral and enter it, we are
impressed particularly with its size and
massivenesss, aud Indeed it is the
largest Protestant cathedral in the
world. The interior is very plain, strik-
ingly so as compared with Catholic ca
thedrals, its decorations consisting al
most entirely OF monuments and me-
mortal tablets. OF these, we may men
tion those OF Howard, the philanthro-
pist, Turner, the painter, Sir John
Moore, Sir Christopher Wren, Benja-
min West, and Sir Joshua Reynolds.
In the crypt are the remains Of the
Duke of Wellington and the parapher-
MALTA Of his funeral, including the fu'
neral car made Of captured cannon and
weighing many tons Near by this i'
tile monument of Lori Nelson, undel
which his body lies. People who art
enthusiastic and foolish enough mex
climb more than six hundred steps &c
the ball, where they are generally re
warded with a magnificent view q
r London smoke aud fog extending a
much as five hundred feet in every di
T rection, but although they can see moth
ing, they can have the satisfaction o
knowing that they are nearly thre
o hundred and fifty feet above the pave
nient. We recall with pleasure a Sab
( bath service in the cathedral conducts
by that prince Of pulpit orators, Cano
e Lyddon. The thoroughfare around tn
# cathedral is known as 81. Pauls church
I yard, the longer side. carriage way
q called the bow, the shorter, a foot pas
1 sage, called the string. Between th
- church-yard and Newgate street is Pat
II ernester row, the great center of th
d book trade. Here are the offices {
, Thomas Nelson x Son, and BidckUood
q Magd-ine. and in this vicinity most
N Shakspeare's plays were originally put
lished. Just of from this il the quit
N little nook called Amen Corner.
Very near st. Paurs are the Ol
"a Bailey and Newgate, immortalized b
- the genius Of Dickens. Going q
4 Cheapside, one of the chief retail stree
u in London, we pass the great buildit
m known as the General Post Office, whi
a. a little further up is King street, whiC
brings US to Guild Hall, where are Il
, ancient colossal wooden figures, CO
and Magog. Continuing up Cheapsid
h, We soon come TO the open space in frol
"A OF the Royal Exchange, which il en-
phstically the business center of In
don, a. Charing Cross is the center
;, IFS fashion. doubt II there is a sp
In the world through which there
:. more travel 10y foot aud omnibus thi
This. az eight main thoroughfares po
into il their cesseless traffi;. Ii is W,
- worth half hour Of ones time to sta
= on a corner here, and also at the cent
- Of London Bridge, and see the unendil
;a stream Of human beings aud omnibus
which flows by. Oh one side Of the e
M change is the Bank Of England a
- on the other, the Mansion House.
-. Tine Bank Of England covers eig
90 acres Of ground, has no outside W