The Wilmingtonian., 1884-12-27
SATURDAY, DECEMBER ~, 1854.
LONDON.
Continuation OF Mrs. Lippincott's Lee
ture at Friends school.


the speaker than that seen from the Thames
of the Parliament Buildings. Palatal in
deed it looks as its granite walls dip down |
into the water and extend thousand feet
along its banks. This with the beautiful |
Westminster Bridge closely justify words
worth's eulogy.
Earth has not anything to show so fair,
Dull would he be of SOUL who could pass by,
A sight so touching as Its majesty.
We pass up thence to Chelsea and there
stroll for few minutes past Carlyle's house
Cheyne Row to Cheyne Walk and Beaufort
Street where the great Sir Thomas More
lived, and Erasmus and other scholars stayed
and were entertained. 1t was here that
Henry VIII. wandered linked arm-in-arm in
loving fellowship with Sir Thomas
whom he subsequently with such
ready facility, sacrificed to his cruelty.
Passing down the river, the gray towers of
Lambeth Palace, the archiepicopal residence
OF the primate of the church of England are
seen. Sailing under Westminster Bridge it
is noticeable how crowded the river is with
every variety of boat and ship. We glide
under Waterloo Bridge and London Bridge
and then the Tower of London stands before
ones eyes. The ancient historical reminis
cences of this venerable pile are familiar to
most people. 1t is said according to tradi-
tion that its mortar was tempered with the
blood of beasts. It was the stronghold of
the English Kings from the times of Sax
ons to the days of James II. Through those
portals of blood | entered with much less
horror than left them. 1t was strange to
see flowers growing in that cell thar Sir
Walter Raleigh occupied for 12 years and
then left only to be beheaded! The SPOT
was shown where the Queen Anne Boleyn
was beheaded, there was slab marked May
49, 1886.
In describing the Regalia Room in the
Tower the lecturer sad:-
The absolute magnifcence of those glit-
terng baubles almost took away tse very
breath, my eyes We're dazzled and whole
soul filled with a sense of beauty, wholly
new and delightful-the glittering diamonds
and heart-shaped ruby of the Black Prince.
Crowns flashing with diamonds, rubes and
sapphres are to be seen. The Prince of
Wales Crown is of pure gold, and without
jewels. The most beautiful of all was
crown OF pearls and diamonds made for
queen of James ii.
All the paraphernalia of the coronation is
here. The royal sceptre of gold which is
placed ey the AFsA9shaR Of aua qNEHgrsS NEH8g ssGsPre e.
with the dove which is placed in the left
the golden ball significant of authority.
slaves of beaten gold which are carried be-
fore the sovereign on coronation day-the
pointess sword Of mercy, the swords of jus
tice both temporal and ecclesiastic-the |
golden spurs also claiming their ancient |
share in the ceremonial rite whether the |
sovereign be Queen OF King.
Leaving the Tower we wended our way |
up Tower Hill Here the wife of Sir Wal
ter Raleigh lived while her husband was A
captive in the Tower. Sir Isaac Newton also
lived here during his wardenship of the
Mint.
lhe lecturer found the London policemen
always handy and obliging as guides, but
rather ignorant of the historic localities of
the city even though within their aceus-
toned rounds. There was great difficulty
in discovering the house where Penn was
born scaEch was also made for MIR. and
Mrs Quilp's domicile in the vicinity of
Trinity House.
Iaking the underground railway to the
South Kensngton Museum the opportunity
was taken to visit the numberless treasure
rooms of art. Gallery succeeded gallery
" ma Il
pies of industrial art ana design. One gets
very much the impression received at our
Centennial Exposition.
There is very fine art school here, the
Zee for attendance is very small while the
advantages afforded in art education ara
exceled nowhere. The general effect of
the wall display seems rather for the sake
OF the object than to obtain symmetrical
appearance good opportunity was offer
ed in the numerous pictures by Turner that
hung upon the walls to compare them with
paintings of Hamil on. Those by the for
mer artist seem to be very roughly painted, }
the colors appearing to be squirted in great
masses upon the canvas, but looking AT
.hem at a distance, the effect is wonderful
la the collection, there was great variety
If everything in the way of industrial art
Carving, textile fabrics, silks, yelyets
,apestries and satins in the most beautiful |
lesgns They were from every country in J
he world. /
The flower sellers in the London streets {
ire not the ''come buy my lavender lasscs
If the poets, but coarse looking girls with
larsh voices and uncouth manners offer you
! small bunch of flowers "only penny"
The English excel us in the cultivation of c
lowers, though in most things they are 100 c
'ears behind. Every cottier fills his front $
'ard with garden flowers. s.
The lecturer animadverted upon the i,,- Il
lorance she discovered among the English T
'eop!e as to the existence Of the poet Whit Il
er. To a stranger the Englishman at home II
yidences the utmost satisfaction with him. W
is the most pronounced cl
xpression upon his face, he is too proud to an
oast, his hopeless apathy to Improvement q,
: his shame. Mrs. Lippncott considered 10
he American custom of Immediately adap. m
ing or appropriatipg any improvement, of NJ
uick vigorous action in business and affairs III
preferable to the English custom. for Oh
lshing is SO I'M English m
The first three weeks in London N as sad &c
ened by the sight Of the immense number of M
oor in the London streets, and that saddcst ha
eight that bears hardest of all is the univer- di
Il of beer drinking. Among the Leneiicent mi
'atures OF this immense city however which an