The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-12-27

her feet The approach is by % steps
leading to double portico, the lower part
of which consists of IL coupled Corinth-
ian pillows 50 feet high, and the upper of
composite PLIERS 40 feet high Above
the second row of columns is relief of
the conversion of ST. Paul and a statue of
the same apostle Is feet high with St.
Peter and St. James on his right and left.
The great be | is the largest in England
and weighs 16 tons. Each arm of the
transcept is terminated by a semi-circular
portico adorned with statues of its apos-
ties The interior is imposing from the
beauty and vastness of its proportions,
but strikes one as being bare and poorly
lighted but the embellishments of marble
and mosiacs with the gorgeous stained
glass windows soon attract ones atten-
ton. The dome presents eight scenes
from the life of st. Paul also the apostles
Matthew, John, Mark, Luke, and the
Prophets Isaiah, jeremiah, Ezekial and
Daniel. The organ is divided into parts,
one on each side of the choir with con-
Meeting mechanism, some of the pipes of
which were used in the old building of
1894. The monuments to celebrated En-
glishmen, chiefly naval and military Off
GERS, are rot of especial artistic value
Some of them are the Crimean Cavalry
Monument, Major General Sir Herbert
Stewart hero of Ato lker; Chinese Gordon,
killed at Khartoum; Sir Joshua Reynolds,
the great painter; General Napier, the
historian of the Peninsular War; Henry
Hallam, the historian; DR.. Samuel John
ston, Dean Milman, Turner, celebrated
artist, Lord Nelson, Sir John Moore and
the Duke of Wellington. Beyond the
North aisle is the library of 12 900 volumes
in which are shown the autographs of Sir
Christopher Wren, Archbishop Laud,
Cranmer and other celebrities.
The whispering gallery is remarkable
for it's curious echo which is plainly heard
100 feet away from the person speaking in
an undertone. From this spot l viewed
ceiling paintings before referred to as
scenes in the life of st. Paul They are:
conversions of St. Paul; Elymus, the so
cerer; Paul at Lystra; the Gaoler at Phi
lippi ST. Paul preaching at Athens; Books
of Maggie burned at Ephesus; st. Paul
before Agrippa; Shipwreck at Malta
Near the entrance to the crypt is the sar
cophagus of Wellington, buried with the
nations lamentation, consisting of huge
block of porphyry resting on a granite
base. Adjacent is that of Sir Thomas
Picton, who fell at Waterloo, and near it
the sarcophagus of Nelson, containing
an inner coffin made of part of the main
mast of the French flag ship which was
blown up in the naval encounter at Abou
ker. This tomb was originally ordered by
Cardinal Woolsey for himself. At anoth-
er end of the crypt is the hearse used at
the Duke of Wellington's funeral which
was cast from guns captured in the victo-
ries of the "Iron Duke" The flooring
of the church consists of memorial slabs
to Robert Myere, Architect of London,
Bridge; Sir Joshua Reynolds, ]. M. W.
Turner, artists; Samuel Johnson, Sir
Joshua Reynolds, J. NJ. w. Turner, ar
fists; Samuel johnson, Sir Christopher
Wren, his wife and others. The clerical
establishment of old St. Paurs consists of
the Dean, four canons, 30 prebendaries, 12
minor canons and Wears choral: Syd-
ney Smith and r. H. Barham, Author
"Ingoldsby Legends were canons of St.
Paurs Nearby the old church are numer
Gus coffee houses where many of the liter
att used to assemble. One in particular
was the haunt of Dr. johnson and another
the house in which Oliver Goldsmith is
said to have written "Goody Two Shoes"
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