The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-09-14


papers he had for sale, and in 4 language
peculiar to their profession, and which no
person understands, and inquired of him
where the Bank of England was. lie
merely opened his big eyes. and pointed
with his thumb back over his shoulder, and
went on his way yelling. | was Just OPP
posite the Bank Of England. and did not
know it. The underground railways of
London are peculiar and very useful to the
surging masses who formerly crowded the
narrow thoroughfares. You descend to
the cars 10y means of spiral stairway. and
IN every tweaty minutes of time train of
three cars aud self-consuming smoke
engine conveys passengers at 4 very small
cost from one point TO another, and when
you arrive ~ your Destination which is
made known by the conductor, you alight
and ascend by a spiral stairway to the light
Of day. then went from the hotel to
MADAM TUssAUD's WAX WORKS,
which are the most life like, the most nat
ural and the most perfect of any in the
SO very unnatural. There is a greasy, waxy
look about the figures, and dead glare about
the eyes. They are generally clothed with
ill-iitting garments, and have such dead
that il appears like 4 little piece of muckery
To set up such representations and call
them after some noted characters But
the wax figures of Madam Tussaud are
truly beautiful as works of art, and | will
say just here that | received more pure en-
ioyment in the visit to her museum than
did to the famous British Museum. Ii
would be too tiresome to nv readers to
works, but | will mention a few things
which mag be of interest In the first
room that yoI enter you will, after you
have been in il short time, notice neat
as the driven snow, dressed in black, quite
portly, wearing pair of gold spectacles,
and having upon his countenance a kind
smile. passed him twice. and thought it
strange that he had not changed his posi-
ton. 1t was Pickwick. He has the same
kind smile for all, and presume he is sit
ting as he was on the day was there, the
admiration of children, young and old.
Daniel O'Connell is there, too,
THE IRISH IIBERAToR
dressed in faultlessly fitting black clothes,
the same he wore while living, his large,
muscular frame. his noble countenance.
and kindly bearing faithfully portrayed in
the silent wax. Near by, in room adioin-
Ing, is the couch upon which Napoleon
Bonaparte breathed his last, upon the
Island of St Helena. 1t is a slender post
bedstead, painted red. Here are also the
two carriages used by him in the battle of
Waterloo. The 'ast room we enter is
known as the Chamber 81 Horrors. In
this room is to be seen the guillotine, ~hich
did such fearful work at one time in Paris
| pom this guillotine the inventor lost his
life. This instrument of destruction is not
frighiful to look upon in our peaceful
times, but its clean sharp knife, the de-
vices TO hold the prisoner, and the fearful
rapidity with which the knife desceuds
when 1t is liberated, makes a cold, uncom-
Portable chill run through ones veins, and
for fear the thing might break loose and
scatter destruction around and about, you
will have a natural desire to quit the place
and come out of the Chamber of Horrors,
..,i hal
Tussaud made request, either in her will
or otherwise, that her heirs should make 4
wax representation of her. and place it
among the collection. 1t was done If
the madam had been pretty, her request
would have been well enough: but since
she is the ugliest dried up specimen among
the lot, il is Il wonder tn me that she would
ever consent to have her eiiigy placed
among the collection. She was undoubt-
eddy ugly, for how could she be otherw Use,
being a French woman? The clothes
which she last wore now dresses up her
image. | could have spent a day looking
at the various objects of interest, but after
staying there about four hours l left and
went to
THE TOWER OF LONDON.
This tower is on the river Thames. 1t
is surrounded by high stone wall, and is
collection of towers, built at different
times, and by different rulers. The first
thing you do, when you are set down at
the tower gate, is TO wait in an anteroom
until just twelve other persons have ar
rived, who are anxious to see the building,
when guide or conductor appears: you
then pay your shilling. put yourself under
his guidance, and commence the journey.
These guides are funny, looking fellows,
they are dressed so queer. They have
brooches made of striped black and red
velvet, with flesh. colorcd stockings, with
coat or loose sack made of the same ma
teral as their brceches, with frilled shirt,
and cap made something like a turbau,
with long white ostrich feather streaming
out of the crown. | saw two of these
guides. and they looked as much alike as two
twins. They are generally old soldiers.
who have done some meritorious act, and
have been promoted to conduct visitors
through the tower. l really thought our
guide
OWNED THE WHOLE AFFAIR,
he was so pompous, and answered our
questions so condescendingly that | had
half a mind To ask him what he would take
for his old tower, but did not. In this
tower We saw where poor Walter Raleigh
was incarceratcd, and where he wrote the
" History of the World" We saw where
the bones of the princes were found, who
had been cruelty murdered within the
tower, and their bodies buried at the foot
of a staircase. We saw where poor Lady
Jane Grey was incarcerated, and where
Queen Bess was imprisoned for short
time. We saw the block and AK which
were used in the execution of Lady Jane
Grey and Annie Boleyne. Lady Jane Grey
was a young lady splendidly educated, full
of wit and satire but during the bloody
wars of England she and her husband,
Lord Guilford Dudley, became objects OF