Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-08-26

site ot the otu houses Ot fdFllamebL /
destroyed by fire in 1894. 1t has a I
frontage on the river OF 900 feet,
raised upon terrace OF Aberdeen /
granite, ornamented with statues,
shields, etc. The cost of this struc- I
ture was about $4,000, 900 The /
House of Lords may be visited on
Wednesdays and Saturdays by |
ticket from the Lord Chamber |
lain. To hear the debates in !
the Lords an order from peer is
indispensable, and in the House OF
Commons an order from member.
The House OF Lords is profusely
gilded, and painted in series of
frescoeS The hall is 100 feet long
10 feet wide, and 45 feet high
There are eighteen statues OF harons
in inches, between the windows who
signed the Magma Charta. In this
room the Queen sits on the gorgeous
ly gilt and canopied throne, when
she opens Parliament. In the center
is the wool-sack of the Chancellor of
England-a large, square bag OF
wool, used as seat, without back or
arms, and covered with red cloth.
The House of Commons Is the
same height and width as the Lords,
but not so long. 1t is also less
gaudily decorated, but is very SNOWY
and loud" just the same. The
Speaker sits at the north end
of the hall, and behind him is a gal
lery wherein the reporters are locat-
ed. A gallery, by the way, runs all
around the room. The ceiling was
! lowered to make the acoustics bet
ter, but it is still bad and Reso.
luton Burke, Miltona Van Cleave or
Colonel Neumeister, leather-lunged
though they be, would be lost, voice
and all, in this room. They would
never do for Parliament,
The members are mostly wise guys,
who wear single eyeglasses and walk
around or are in and out, while some
one else is talking
The Mansion House. the residence
of the Lord Mayor, is situated be-
tween Chearsde and Lombard street
1t was erected between 1889 and
l74l, and cost $3.50, 900. 1t is dec
grated with statues by modern ar
fists. The principal hall is called
the Egyptian Hall, and here,
on Easter Monday, the Lord
Mayor gives a banquet and
ball to some three hundred and fifty
persons. The Lord Mayor is elected
/ from the Board of Aldermen every
{ 29th Of September, serving for one
year only. His salary is $40, 600 a
year, and he generally spends much
! more. The Lord Mayors in all "city"
r celebrations, take precedence Of
| members of the royal family. The
: entire "city" is under his charge.
. The "Mayor's show" has ceased since
; 1867 to attract much attention.
= Now, on the day he is installed In
e ONCE November y the procession
( starts from Guildhall at a trot and
e escorted by cavalry, passes through
. Cheapside, Ludgate Hill, Fleet street
| and Strand to Westminster Hall
G where he is sworn in b.
+; one of the Barons of tn,
! Exchequer, and then returns b,
4; the same route to preside over th
= mayOralty dinner at Guidhall. Tn
g present Lord Mayor has a head lik
: Alderman Coughlin and a waist lik
y ex-Clty Clerk Van Cleave, which "a
: Arthur Dixon would say is "a goot
e combination 10 draw to-"
G IL is as hard to see the Lord Mayo
r of London, on ordinary occasions, al
e it is for a Republican oflceseeker Il
/ see Bob Burke when he is busy.
{ Now that people are talking ;
/ great deal about banks, we tool
c especial interest in visit to the
n boasted bulwark Of British tlnancier
\ ing, the Bank OF England, the most
4 extensive banking institution In th'
o world. II employs LOSS clerks a
q the present time, and their salarie
range from $3.50 to So, 600 a year. Tn
Il bank occupies buildings coycringeigh
Il acres. Many Of the offices are opel
to visitors, but the private ones cal
only be- visited by an order. from
/. director "hc most interesting
. apartments atc the bullion office
!. Weighing ouige treasury and th
"a apartment where the bank notes ar