The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-05
GLIMPSE OF LONDON
Miss Hamill Tells "The
News" Readers of the
Great Metropolis.
IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Sketch of the Parliament Building
and Hampton Court.

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London was the next place we visited
after leaving Scotland. TIL streets Of
this metropolis of the world are wide,
well paved and clean and the city has a
population of over 100000.
London is interspersed with numerous
| squares, noted either for the monuments
or the public buildings situated in and
around them. Among the principal
squares is Trafalgar, the centre of which
is ornamented with granite fountains.
The Bank of England, the buildings of
which are rather low and enclosed with
a court, proved interesting, as did also
the Royal Albert Hall of Arts, which is
built in the form of a circus and is beauti-
fully decorated. The next place seen was
the National Picture Gallery, said to
| contain about eight hundred pictures, in
Guiding specimens by artists of the Ital-
ian, Spanish, French and Flemish schools.
The British Museum, containing among
other things the most perfect ancient
sculpture in Europe, and the Egyptian
! collection in which may be seen the fam
Gus Rosetta Stone, is a magnificent build
ing of the Grecian style of architecture.
1t contains a circular reading room, sur
| mounte by a dome one hundred and
forty feet in diameter. The room Itself
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accommodations for three hundred read
ers, each with a desk.
Another feature of interest was st.
| Paul's Cathedral, the most prominent
church may be seen for miles around and
| we were informed that the deep tones OF
it's bell, which is tolled only in case of a
| death in the royal family, can be heard
far out of the city.
In the Cathedral Wellington and Nelson
are buried. The funeral cars used at their
| funerals can be seen in the lower portion
PoET'S CORNER.
Next we come to Westminster Abbey,
| a building erected in the form of a cross.
Here the royal coronation always takes
| place with great pomp and magnificence.
In ONE part of it, called the Poets Cor
ner, are statues or husts of Milton Ham
del, Chaucer, Spencer, Addison and many
others. The monuments erected to the
memory of these men are very fancfful
| and interesting. "
of Parliament near by, and there view a
magnificent structure covering about
| eight acres of ground.
The House of Lords is an immense hall
| profusely gilded and frescoed. In this
room the Queen sits on a gorgeous gilt
and canopied throne when she opens Par
lament.
The House of Commons is not quite as
large as the other, is less gaudily decorat-
| ed, but still very handsome. At one end
of the hall is the Speakers chair. There
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one of which, Immediately behind the
Speaker, is appropriated to reporters of
newspapers. Besides these two apart
ments, the House of Peers and the House
in the building. We have the Victoria
Tower, the Royal Staircase, the Chancel-
lor's Corridor, the Guard Room and the
Speakers Residence.
Westminster Bridge, considered the
4 most elegant of all the london bridges,
was next seen. It is constructed of iron
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as the Brooklyn bridge, but only about
one-sixth it's length.
THE HISTORIC TOWER.
We now come to the Tower of London,
a celebrated fortress, situated on what is
called Tower Hill and surrounded by a
moat. Within the structure are the Bar
racks, the Armory, in which is a finely
arranged collection of armor> used in
earlier times; the Jewel House. contain
ing the Crown jewels of England enclosed
in an immense case; the Bloody Tower,
murdered his nephews, and numerous
other buildings of historical interest.
From here we went to Hampton Court,
claimed to be the largest of all the Royal
palaces in England. This is situated some
| distance outside of London and can be
reached by rail.
sey when On the threshold of his career
of greatness. Here he dwelt in almost
royal splendor for about fifteen years.
After Welsey's disgrace, Henry VIII.
took possession of it, although. the Cardi-
nal had previously bestowed it upon that
monarch. The state apartments here are
all obviously n handsomely decorated.
The old furniture, pretty much of which
remains in the different bedrooms, is
magnificent and fittingly illustrates the
love of show SO prevalent in those days.
First We see the Kings Great Staircase,
which is the principal approach to Will
lam His staterooms, the walls and cell
ings having been painted by Verrio. who
received So, 900 for his work.
The palace contains altogether about a
thousand rooms, one-sixth of which are
private apartments bestowed Upon mem
bers of aristocratic families in ~recogni-
ton of services to the Crown and the
nation.
The occupation is only during the
Sovereign's pleasure, the Crown resery-
ing the right to reoccupy the palace at
| anY time. JENNIE a. HAMILL-