The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-11-07
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~ Taking ono OF tho swift Tha tie,
t steimers at London Bridgo, we @,
! rapidly along tho sivor under tb,
d. many fine bridges which is Just MS,
suming au upright position on The
D embankmoht. aud land at Westmin
istor Bridge. which SIS larger aud
liner than London Bridge, aud are
only few yar,ls from westmini ste,
D Hall aud tho House of Parliam snt
The Hall contains one of the largest
, rooms in Europe under ono roof
aud several apart uents in which We
found the high courts in session,
, While in tho House Of Lords we also
! found committee OF that body sit
ting IA Supreme Court. On for
} ,nor visit we had the pleasure Of at
: tending n session Of tho famous
; richburn trial, which was held in
, one OF these courts. The Parliament
House joins Westminster Hall. and
Is a beautiful and substantial struc-
ture. The chambers of the Com-
mons and tho Lords ero at opposite
ends Of fino hall, and arc similar.
with the exception that the House of
Lords is elegantly furnished, while
tho Commons has none of the con.
veniencos for tho use of members 10
which we are accustomed in this
country, not even places for writing
being provided at tho long benches
on which the members sit.
Near this is Westminster Abbey,
n not very noticeable structure, but
yet one Of tho most interesting
buildings in Europe, both on nc,
count OF its antiquity and tho illus
trious names associated with it.
Tho Abbey was founded by King
Sebert, the Saxon in GIG, and has
been used especially as a burial place
OF English Kings and distinguished
men and women. 1t would take
tho entire limits of this letter TO
simply enumerate those who have
been honored with burial hero, aud
we can only say that within its walls
lie thirteen English Sovoreigns and
fourteen Queens, extending over a
period OF moro than 200 years. In
the Poets Corner arc tho greater
part Of England's well known liter
airy names from Chancer to Charles
Dickens. whose tablet il in tho pave.
ment. In another part of tho build.
ing, happening to look on the pave
ment byour feet, we saw cut in small
letters, 20 Raro Bon Jonsou," and
this is oil the monument aud opitaph
this great writer has or needs.
There is no place on the earth which
contains tho remains of so many
distinguished men, and few places
where an American of education can
spend u day with greater interest
We had the good fortune to hear
Canon Farrar, the distinguished in.
cumbent of the Abbey, as ho took a
party Of friends through the build
ilg, showing them the things of
greatest interest.
Taking the cars on tho Metropli,
tln or underground railway, which
makes tho entire circuit)f tbs city in
a few minutes brings us to the South
Kensington Museum and tho Albert
Memorial Monument, at one corner
of Hyde Park. The Museum, while
it is not SO large us the British, is
yet iue ono, and is scientifically
arranged. II has lately become dis. I
for the Art School con-
nected with it. What interested me
most at my last visit was DR.. Shile-
collection of Trojan antiqui-
ties, which has been on exhibition
here since last Christmas. The me-
mortal erected to prince Albert by
Queen Victoria is very fine and in
undisputed taste, excepting the gi-
gantic guilt statue Of the prince As
q whole the monument has q generS
al resemblance to the Scott monu-
ment at Edinburg.
We ride back toward the conter of
the city for more than q mile along
Hyde Park, one OF the many breath-
ing places which London is fortunate {
in possessing, by Buckingham Pal-
ace gardens and tho Palace itself, q
large but by no means striking
the city residence of the
Queen of England, down tho Mall
besides the beautiful st. James Park !
to Charing Cross, the centre of west |
end, the fashionable part OF London. G
Near here are many OF the fnest
in tho city, and most of I
the aristocratic club houses. q
At Charing Cross, in Trafolga I
Square, is ma gnifcent monument q
10 Lord Nelson, aud along one side {
,f the Square is the National Art {
Gallery. From Charing Gross the
street is called the Strand and is a
,ne OF the most prominent thorough J
ares in the great city. At Temple {
Bar, which was formerly conspicu- t
,us land mark, and could bo seen I
It long distance from each side, a
tho name again changes to Fleet /
ltreet. The Bar was Q rude arch .
brown across the street where, in I
,arly times stood the posts or bars 4
which marked the boundary between Q
London and Wcstminister. Il was t
'smovsd about two years ago, and Q
ve miss its familiar arch and the
'us&H iron hooks on which the heads J
icala 1eEe exposed only Q
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