The Republican journal., 1902-01-16
IN KING EDWARDS DOMAIN.
Notes of Six Weeks Trip to England and
scotland

scotland
Leaving the historic Abbey behind
us we sauntered slowly across the
square and onto Westminster Bridge,
where for some time we gazed with
interest at the never-c easing traffic, the
parliament house on our right, and on
the opposite bank of the river long
row of imposing buildings which in
cluded some of the principal hospitals,
etc. The scene is finely described
by J. s. Crawford in an article entitled
Two Days in Two Parliaments' in the
November Gunton's:
The river Thames flows through the
City of London from west to east.
After it has gone about one-third of its
general course through the city it
makes a bold sweep to the north.
Auditing on tile west bank of this
curve in the river is the borough of
Westminster This borough contains a
population of perhaps 60,000 Its most
historic building is the Abbey. St.
Paul's Cathedral is further to the east.
To distinguish these two great churches
in a geographic way, one is called
Westminster and the other East
minister Not far from Westminster
Abbey is Buckingham Palace, which
belongs to the crown. Nearby is MARI
borough House, in which lived the
Prince of Wales until he assembled the
throne as Edward VII. Close by, too,
is the mansion of the Duke of York
| and the homes of other princes of the
| blood Besides this crown property
| there are the mansions of many English
| mobiles in Westminster, and among
| them is the house of the Duke of Mari
| borough, who married Consuelo Van
derbilt Then there is Green Park, st.
James Park, Charing Cross, Summerset
House. Wellington Barracks, Scotland
Yard, the Whitehall banqueting house,
in which Charles the First was be-
! headed, and Trafalgar Square, i'll which
stands a noble monument to noble
| man, the one-armed Nelson. Along
the tidal river is the Thames embank-
ment, that finest driveway of all
England and here too may be seen
another of Cleopatra's needles. The
topography of this borough is indeed
beautiful The soil is rich and the
grass grows luXurantly. while lawn
trees looking dark and green perhaps a
NIUE somoef. pu1 making Regional
aspect in perfect keeping with this
serene and sober part of London.
Parliament meets in what is called
the Palace OF Westminster. This
palace IS a rectangle 300 feet VIDE by
900 feet long. II stands on that sectlon
OF the river winch hoWs 10 the north
and one side wall appears to rise out or
/ 4
the water HOW EVERY does not LOT mere
IS where members Oh pafllaheht give
tEelf celebrated teas on lhe terrace,
ana from winch thev must MAKE ttit
when electrical bells all over the palace
announce a call to vote The corner
stone was lald III lS},', ana tle structure
ooo. 7ou % +,ir,,,.1 ,,.''',' 9d 1 t
miles of hallNaN. At the south end is
the royal entrance surmOunted by a
ploaa square lower oio Ieet hislI' at We
;s pi, Pa,, a clocl, ,,Eich s+r;l-es thn
hours on a bell weighing eight tons.
and | was told that the dlals are thirty
leeU across lheIe IS lower a' each
nnmber Of snires risino from the side
walls. The roof is so nearly flat that it
can hardly be seen from the ground,
III: ilia pul1uills appe",1 " w .til@e i."i1eo
massive noble and majestic ! was
told that the stone was brought from
ofkShlfe, ana lnuell 10 the regret OF
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well defined character Westminster
Abbey stands to the west, few
hundred yards from We river. us
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