The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-24
VOLUME XX.---NO. Q.
IN FOREIGN LANDS.
Correspondence ofhe Mtelligencer.

1
Should we state, without explanation
that the city of London contained resi-.
dent population Of only about 5000
people, the readers Of the INrELLIGEE.
GER would be very certain that either we
or the compositor had made q blunder
but such is actually the case. The iuris.
diction of the Lord Mayor extends over
a territory between one and two square
miles in extent, with resident popula-
tion Of . little more than so, 900 at the
time Of ,se last census, but growing
smaller each year. This, although being
all that is legally known as the Getty of
London" of course comprises only a
small part Of the great metropolis, which
extends about zen miles from East to
West and nearly As far from North to
South. The other portions are, however,
under some dozen or more different
municipal governments and are, techni.
cally speaking, as distinct from "the city,
as it Is called, as is New York from
Brooklyn. A reform bill is now before
Parliament, however, which proposes to
unite all these separate municipalities
into one mammoth corporation contain.
ing nearly three and half million souls.
In spito Of its diversity of authority, Lon
don 40. popularity speaking. q we'll gov.
eraed city and our friends OF New York
! might well copy the cleanliness Of i,a
streets. It is world in itself and in ita
floods of humanity, one may we'll ex.
| claim:
"The bubble broken on the wave,
The leaflet falling in the wood,
Is not more lost to sight than
Within this murmurous multitude"
With population sufficient for email
nation, situated on both sides of broad.
| deep river, only comparatively short
| distance from the ocean, she possesses
great natural advantages, and It would
be difficult to imagira anything ia eyis.
tence on the face OF the earth as the pro.
duct of science or art which cannot be
found here. It Is not, l.owevar, in anv
| sense or the word o beautiful! city. Lon.
don fog and smoke SUCCEEDS in blacken.
ing everything and but few of its fine
buildings are fair to look upon, while
maay of those which appear the best are
but hollow sham, having stncco fronts.
The tourist visiting London for the
frat time will probably be someahat at a
loss to decide what 10 see frat; but to
most people Westminster Abbey, located
on the North, or rather Yves: side of the
river, (which at this point flows nearly
North) will prove the GREATEST attraction
and claim their first attention. It was
founded in the sixth century by Sebert
The Saxon, whose tomb 1t still contains.
II was destroyed BY tho Danes but was
rebuilt by Edward the Conf ,ssor in lO65.
Like 81! Of the old caiiledrals and
| churches, it was built in the form of 81
| cross, with the chancel and high altar to
! the East and the nave to tho West. The
chapel of Henry VII was pu;:t in 1902
and occupied the extreme Easterc end.
Edward the Confessor's chapel occupies
tho position beyond the transept, usually
given to the choir In churches of this
form, while the choir is placed In the
Eastern end of the nave. This, together
| with the numberless marble statues. me.
moriai tablets, ETC., with which the entire
! interior is lined, greatly Injuries the
aTehsise:aEai caee. ss e is Chiefly fsuui
associations that the visitor is impressed.
In fact, it is frequently poken of by the
lrreverent Of London as "The old crock
| cry shop" But in spite Of all this, it Ia
grand building and that man who
can stand unmoved within its sacred
walls must be q stole indeed, 1t has, q
total length of 375 feet, with width az
the transept of 200 feet. In the several
chapels lie buried no less than twenty.
eight kings andtqueens, including Sebert
the Saxon, Edward the, Confessor, Henry
the VII (whose chapel il spoken Of by
Bacon as one of the stateliest and dantissi
ton,bs in Europe,) Queen Elizabeth,
Mary Queen of SCOTS, Henry the V, Ed.
ward the III and many Others, together
with royal princes and many Of tho
Proudest mobiles of the land. But It is
not IN these orambling monuments Of
royalty shat the grandeat interest Of the
Abbey lies. In the South transept is the
''Poets' Corner" and here we notice
son, Gay, Dickens, Shakespeare, Macauly,
Thackery, Goldsmith, sonthey, Campbell
Milton Gray, Spencer, Chaucer and
in the Abbey and some elsewhere. "a
fine bust Of Longfsilew has, Just bean
added by tho English admirers of the
great American, author, ;. Compare the
undying influence welded by those whose
names adorn The "PoetsI Corner" with
the power of those mighty kings and
princes whose costly tomhs are found 10
the other portions of the Abbey, and who
than the sword" - '''%St.a'.
Between the Abbey and the river are
the Houses of Parliament, erected about
forty years ago, at an enormous expense.
Ihe stone used, however, was Of so poor
quality that already much OF the fine
carv.ug has cfunbled away and the
building appears about the same age as
it's neighbor, thea Abbey, in which sNil.
liam the Conquerer was crowned, more
than 300 years ago. Although the e.
ielral deBisu Of the HoGBea ar rarlia.
| meut is GOOD re..a'i i:s appearance; extend.
ing for nearly 1900 fest along :he bank
! of the Thames, very fne, yet the interior
/ arrangements rre npt in any way worthy
q q, ~ .hs a.o,;,;sg great people whose
Of Lords Is 80 by 40 feet and As feetin
height, with the throne t between, the
entrance doom and the NV Woolsaok',, ,ipof,
which the Lord Chancellor sits. in The
| centre, in front Of the throne. The Lotds
occupy the rs!leather benches which rise
In tiers on either side, but are provided
with no desk accommodations Or, other
conyenjences. The House of Commons
Is 10 feet shorter. than the House OF
Lords, with the same general farratne}
mensl Of Leather covered: benches. q; n;
Guiding the galleries there ara seats ,fofr
at,ouk 6(l0 naranoa. huk.,on Al, "r...I