Connecticut western news., 1884-12-03
LETTER FROM LONDON No. 2.
(Eor me Connecticut Western Ne,rs.

| luSLlce to honuou we must own Una
 thus far this autumn, the foggy day'
 have been few and far between, and tue
 sunshine can gleam down upon these
 masses of brick and walls of stone.
 The health exhibition closed Oct. 30
 The interest was fully sustained to the
 last. In the evening the grounds were
 beautifully illuminated. Lights fash
 ed from all the buildings and trees.
 Fountains of water rose high from met
 al lilies on the lake, and colored electric
 lights, playing into the fountains, pro-
 duced symphony of clear colors con-
 tinually merging into one another, and
 ever showing new lights and shades.
 Every evening concert was given in
 the Royal Albert hall. Patti sang there
 before sailing for America.
 Next year the exhibition at the Kens-
 ington gardens will be of inventions
 and musical instruments. It Is expect ed that America will then be we'll repre- sented.
 Mary Anderson is playing in Romeo and Juliet" in London now. The scene " has been especially prepared at great expense; but the papers are more critical of her performance of Juliet than complimentary.
 ''Young Mrs Winthrop has just ar- rived in London and is taking we'll with the people, although the critics consid- CT the plot feeble and the play shallow, and no one denies it.
 The ichborne claimant was quietly released after years of imprisonment. His friends had not time to make pa- rade over him. It Is said that he is re- maining in London at present, under an name; role it will undoubted- ly not be hard for him to play success fully.
 Parliament has been in session since Oct. 23, and Gladstone has made plenty of speeches. He does not seem to be as popular in London as in Scotland. The parliament buildings are very beau tlful with tesselated pavements, sculpt- ured dadoes and painted ceilings. The rooms are adorned with statues and oil paintings. The houses of parliament cover an area of eight acres and contain HOO apartments. There are three tow CTS, two of which contain immense clocks. One of these clocks has four dials, each g feet in diameter. The river-front of the buildings is adorned with statues of English monarchs from the time of William the conqueror to Queen Victoria. The house of peers IS lighted at night from the outside through 12 windows of beautiful stain ed glass. containing portraits of Eng and's kings and queens. At the south snd of this hall, raised by a few steps md covered with richly gilded eano- oy, is the magnificent throne of Queen Victoria She very kindly did not oc- 'upy 1t when we were there, and so our view of its beauties was unobstructed. She passes much of her time in Scot and, more to the delight of that people l han of the Londoners. From the oen- raj hall of the parliament buildings VIC passed through St Stephens hall to St 1 Stephens porch, which contains very arge window of stained glass. From his vestibule We entered Westminster | lall, which Is part of the ancient pal zee of Westminster, founded by the | Anglo-Saxon kings and occupied by ! her successors down to Henry VIII. 1 This hall has been the scene of Christ mas jollities and coronation festivities, md also of noted trials and condemna- ions to death. Here Charles the first vas condemned to die Here Oliver | Cromwell was saluted ''Lord Protector, md here before eight years had passed | lway his head was placed upon pima ,le of this hall, where it remained for | 30 years, till high wind blew it down. | Here William Wallace was tried. Here l Warren Hastings and the seven | righteous bishops were acquitted. Be- heath the hall is St Stephens crypt. It | was erected in.the time of King Steph- en. It has been recently restored and $ richly decorated with painting and 1 gliding. Not far away is St Margaret's church, which, till 1858, was attended 1 four times year by the house of com mons in state, as was then prescribed in the prayer-book.
 We had the privilege of hearing Can on Farrar preach fearless sermon in that church about Christ's Kingdom in the world, in which he asked how much 'he house of parliament with it's ha- -angues and bickerings is doing towards bringing near the Kingdom of the Christ. Moses Monteiore, the Jewish patriot, celebrated his Tooth birthday. His health has been quite feeble since, all though at latest accounts improving.
 Mir Fawcett, NJ. F., postmaster gen. eral of the United Kingdo1a, died on Thursday, Nov. 6, of pneumonia, after an illness of only few days. The Sat urday before he rode on horseback IL miles. NIT Fawcett was professor of political economy at Cambridge, where he died. Although made totally blind by shooting accident in 1858, he has served successfully as politician, author and scholar, and has accomplished more than many men, who, having two eyes, see less. He owed much of his success to the help of his wife who read and wrote for him. She is very talented lady, the author of Political Economy for Reoipners ' and EsTalaa in po,;t;ooI