The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-01-19
Beyond the Sen.

.ion vi rianee, Dut from Dieppe to New.
haven, on the English coast, is a very
unpleasant run across the English Chan
mel. l made the passage in the night,
the water vas rough, aud Neptune was
inexorable in the demand for toll. 1t
was rendered grudgingly, and the con-
sic.lcn |as more than ever riyeted upon
me that was originally intended for the
cry land. Just after one of these fear
iui rctchlngs, which almost mako q man
wish he had left that "membraneous
organ, the principal receptacle of food, !"
at home, q philosophical friend asked me
what period covered by the prophecy of
the book of Revelation felt most inter.
ested In; tHe was serious, and evidently
expected me to prefer that period u }.
posed to refer to the overthrow of none.
ry.) unhesitatingly replied: Just now
am most interested in that part of the
prophecy which says, "And there was no
more sea-" When that blissful time
comes expect TO revisit Europe. and not
before, unless some elect Yankee in tho
meantime invents q method of bridging
the Atlantic.
About q. m. reach Londo.i, and find
myself pleasantly ensconced at the Gros-
venor Hotel. Tomorrow I 20 to the
comfortable home assigned me by the
Committee" during Ecumenical. and
also begin my rambles through the great
city of the world, concerning which /
now propose to tell the reader some
things.
London is the wonder of the world as
u city. Look at it from whatever point
you may, and it grows on you. If you
consider its age, you are borne back into
the dim past until you arc almost dizzled
by the flight of centuries. 4 town ex-
isted here long before the Christian ora.
II IS mentioned as place of commerce
by Tacitus, who called it Longidinium.
1t had mint at the time Of Constantine.
A. d: 800, and looked upon part of
the Roman WALL" built by Theodosius.
II you consider its magnitude you find
nothing equal to it. Start, if you please,
ut Nashville, and travel south ten miles.
then back and to the north ten miles.
then east ten miles, and back to the west
ten miles, and you have the area of Lon
don-twenty miles across each way.
Some cities of antiquity covered more
ground than that, but the buildings were
scattered--large gardens and fields lying
between tho houses. But this is com,
pact city, from limit to limit
Ii you consider its multitudinous pop
ulation, you find nothing like it in an
cient or modern cities. More than
10000 people are assembled on this
area. Go to whatever part of London
you may, day or night, and you en-
counter grand army Of men, women
and children. went into place of
worship on Mile-End Tan independent
religious movement in the buildings
erected for Moody and Sankey), aud
there were about seven thousand people
assembled. One might suppose that such
a congregation would deplete very sensi-
bly, the multitude on the street in that
vicinity, but when l went out l did not
miss the seven thousand worshipers |!
Tho surging of these hosts, everywhere,
is like the rush of Niagara. You are
confounded by it.
The beat way to see this great city is to
take an omnibus, which, in London,
always has an outside arrangement for
sitting. Get by the driver If you can.
He is hurley Englishman who has evil
IDENTIFY eaten his share Of beef. He has
the English instinct Of isolation, and will
nor utter word unless you approach
him on the blind side. Tell him this is
the finest city in the world, that the
Thames is the most beautiful river Oh the
globe, that st. Paul's has no equal, etc..
end he warns" toward you at once.
lie IS better than any guide book. Or
dinarily he knows the streets he drives
| through, their history, ETC., but if he
finds himself in a tight place on a qucs-
tion of history, he just bridges the gap
out OF his own resources, and you soon
learn to readily accord him that amount
OF spontaneity. From the top of that
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other way. BY day and by night thus
until it was definitely mapped on nv
mind
"The City Of London" is one thing
London is very different thing. It il
said that net more 10000 persons sleep
in "the City of London" at night. and
yet there are more than 4, 200 900 of souls
in Londo.:. "The City" is the original
corporation, lying within very limited
boundaries. 1t is governed by the Lord
Mayor, 20 aldermen, and 206 councilmcn
lt is doubtless the richest corporation in
the world.
London" surrounding "thc City" or
all sides, and stretching away for miles
in every direction, has government oil
its own, which is rs distinct from that oi
"the City" rs the government of the
State of Tennessee is from that of Nush
vile. In "the City" the thoroughfare.
are Streets" narrow and crowded; in
London" the thoroughfares are "roads, ;
broad and elegant. No street cars are
permitted to enter "the City;" they STOP
at the limit where the "road" begins
Both London" and "the City" are pen
etrated in almost every direction by un
derground railroads, on which long train.
thunder along every moment in the dark
ness. far below the deep foundations o.
the buildings and unheard by the tramp
ing millions on the streets. But for these
underground railroads it would be i'm
possible to accommodate the travelling
multitudes of London. Dark and cata
comb-like as they are, they are never
theless preferable to the elevated railroad
of New York. These darken ond OBJ
struct the streets over which they pass t(
o distressing extent.
One of the frat objects that strikes tht
eye when you get fairly in "the City" Il
St. Paul's. was seated by a Londonel
on the outside of an omnibus when firs
saw it. l asked "What is that?" III,
answered by informing me, "This is YOU
first visit to London" was Obliged I,
him for the important information. lie
however, at once explained, "That is ST
Paul's." Yes, there it stands, the larges
and finest Protestant cathedral in th,
world. It is the masterpiece of the prea
architect Christopher Wren. In tn,
sixth century Ethelbert, King of Kent
was converted to Christianity, and erect
ed st. Paul'S on the site of the presen
building. 1t was burned in the reign O
William the Conoueror That hu;id;n,