The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-27
xv..tm,rster Abbey Gro wded.

The London Times editorially remarks:
1t sounds like 0 landmark in history wnen
wa are told that there IS no more room ior
;uterments in Westminster Abbey. Mat
ters must nave come to this pass wnen the
Dean has had to deny ground to the most
distinguished meHoer OF that inventNe
class which the Roman poet admitted INTO
the Pagan EIysium. 1t Is said OF the last
tvo interments, those of Darwin and spot
ti,Woode, that the collins were only q very
few feet below the surface. For
long time there have been ghastly storits
of the disturbance necessary 10 .ne
finding of room for new arrival. Inls
has been the case, indeed, for century
and half, or more C9anc $500 srsse R Rao
Johnsop's bones fell out one by one into the
100 -,-n-r-er for Sir Robert Wilson aud
csme in sieht again when grave was aug
for John Hunter. Addison lies upon the
Dnchess Of Albemarle, and upon MIN,
James Crsggs. The truth Is, the area ol
the abbey, at least the portion OF IL ever
available for interments, Is only tnas o. az.
terence. In village churchyard there 10
ii,tle brick Or stone or lead. Very httle
snsce "a conceded TO the occupant
| forever. He Is expected, IN the
order Of things, to have crumbled 70 ouss
in thirty years, IL not long before, ana iei.
the coast clear for his successor may MS
own son. On the contrary, an inietm.n.
IN the Abbey Is held to be a possession ior
ever. IL is in that beleif that lons trains o.
friends. admirers md psrtisaps have follow
al The body to its r. sing place. Tnougn
noet. taik OF duss minglinR, II Is yeI
thonynt essential To- The function that the
nreciss spot be thoi ughly secured, and N
that wsy known tor ages. The pngrim'
annually wi visiting op,e sns bsiseS,
,hsv Know where be lies but To-
authorities are still looking for the spot. i
h ouite i'm possible that We can longer Keel
th,s mockery of Christian rest, this o.'ti,
sor room and position in the earth itself
The present state Of things was July an
ticipsted ss much a. twenty years aeo, o
more. when the difficulty OF insoeqnsu
ground. and insdeqese vsn 49, sa,,so,
sesttd the obvious remedy Of an sooi1 ~,
Il ~ : around and 70 the wal tpsce oil
bert Scott drew . plan which would nsv
sdded A. much again 70 the fronn'
and 20 the wall ,spsos, ,sbs ~ IN
ssm. time provided useful sDd pisss.n
nromenede for members Of parliament ID
proposed new cloistsrs running siong p
east and south side o. the Esroen, 30 -, y
a-n.ch>d from the great c,oister 70
'sIffis oleisfers" The total length o. -
: addition would be about 500 ieet, the vidt
: nssr fnv. Al the present rsts OF ints'
-,snt the rround would not Be occrpis
( fo-crrfuri<e. The walls would pr9bsoly 2
! covered Win nonums-fs y r. n les = -
= re rrireifai obisciicn tc NJ plsn -
, Ii, 80 IL wnrid Involve Uucn Ger y
p firn a ~ uofk vss o. De CO.'S vel y
3 - cher hard tze iupruFenlsni
!. nd - rnrHne6 ~ tLe psrticlisf rtlrc-
G -Is- ~ i VruId do1t-e ne 10.
4 s.s-,,s.s - Cld paIsce Isrd sne AZ
' ir~for street thrcsi1g hen 80 -
! - - arrsfar frrm. Were trs ran -
, $500 "a rn1'ir wClIr taEt 70 80
Irfiir.Ifta ~ II ~ tefirr Frsii NtiA
- 80 81. Firr ne praeTtct 81 q
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