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1 1- COMMUNICATIONS . MirrU. .-.- Wilhost tbs slightest persoctl acquaintance with tbs 1st Mr. Caisxr. I claim to be ob sf tbs half saillioe of North Carolinian, who have "heard, of hi death whh the roost profound rejreL The dim, Whig, would, perhaps, d t closer hood of coanectioo ; but ta tin day of general sorrow, it wers well. i the xoolempLation of a . eras tnstaaeeof tbs extrsme'fraahy of yry merely hurao,aod.of the tra mi tory" char acter of human instkatiocs, to-pay Etil regard to wuiwy wn"-" - - . f" . " T 1 tufas, dm i Qui say, u conceal iron tnt, out toortaiiry, la tbe sister of.1533, I happened to be tnrn- iag over awns' book ia Messrs. Toner oVHoghes ssubliahmeQt,.at Raleigh, "oty attention, wit at- tracrrl by" l)jr animated manner of i gentleman mho tu discussing some, topic t ft w feex distant. .The extnordiaary command of language evinced . b lbs speaker,,Bie notac a4 ins good seas : which, charaeteraad the. natter of. hi remarks, vtrta coajaficriW o'ondstfai, sad ao striking, ' taat I at once laid 1117 feooft asids lor tne parpose of listening with greater particularity. . to auo Atcl of the coatsrastioa baa sstirsly slipped from -,joj imqwt, but th eppesraeca asd animalios of i2m tMtktf md ao tit id an impramfDO. ijui ' r had 4 sever pet r)h bim again, be cofeld 'eBereheenfortWUa-' Upoa influiringtbegn lUrnio 8i,- Vea i a. bad retired, I waa toJJ hi miB Ur.Csuar, at that time, the dUtmguiab d Senior, I belief (rota Bertie.. My iky. ia CUIeiga era 1 too limited to alJowof njbereming cpiBtd vHihllr. CjrsixT1 porere aa an ora- ; tor; oocidInieet with rum again until tbt Wuig :tsrenlko UiS itf the Sprkr of 1842. I bad cherished mr.Teraeibraare of him vitb enthuai . aa and aoxioualf aaroifedlbe moment when -e eboutd tarcalled 00 to adJreaa- the a aa emaly. . "Of hi eSUrt at that tin. I maiaUia what maj ba a ftsgulaf opinion that it waVbeVond cotn p4roo the inoet efftfctire speech delirered on tU occioo.v While 1 b'steoed, I felt aa Sir Philip Sidaey didoa hearing the "old aoogof Fercj !and DbBzhMi" " I fj'acd my heart rupre inored - tbtp .leiih a Ummpet ; andbeyood a doubf, auc"b 4 are the ocjj speechfe f-( an aaaemb'y not enga. !gtd la the eeripua diacaaaion of eoma particular abject. One aenteace la its coerae, I am-not 4e an re will sot be (eohd engraved on my heart 'after say death : U, Mr. Speaker,' CTh'rg policy i te Cor 1st of prhaciplce which cannot be pub ' Labed,itad adroeatedm the face of the world, than, air," siid he, raiairg Ji't roice, 1 for. oas, am wining .thl.wt ahoolfTgo by the board." . The time hai yet to ceme when a saatixnaat ke that .ehell paaawnapplaaded in aaaaambly of Whig. From the continued and hearty plan Jila given en that occasion, H wis eitdcat that, in a tnoaien( of inspiraticn,tbeapeaker had given voice to a thought ' which animated, ia an equal degree every mem. ' her of the Contention. I kft JUle;gh with a atill ajmier admiral ion for Jlr.CHuar, and hie career ' auice thU time m only cerved to strengthen my 'arty, predilectiofla In til favor. . - Iacocbmoo language, we'apeakof a dead txnne plice Ubtj J&d ;ih casea aachaatbe preaeor,' tbs expression , terns to bs solecism. - When a I ysueg maa, vm sugw, unmanly speasmg, Ka w-w-ru ro imny yeare mors or uaexuinses, otes, j g toiEcieoey of money to purchase aa many Bi lua death is a loeatorthecommonity, absolute snd blea front tbe Society, aa wiU e necessary to irrepanble.; Oar sorrow may U alleviated by soppjT lU tne dcutut families la your congre. i yuw, ytiuiin, bj iw Mpe ui uw, ouMoe kw noa on mis aecouos say ins teas .great, la any particular generatroo, no maa, bow .ever traascssdent bis abiliiiev, and however con siderable his achievements, fill or can fill mors : than hi own particular place. There is not among the' social, any more than among the moral du ties asy room for wotka of supererogation ; and Jhe fact that this is not more gsaerally recognized a true, proves Boihinr but that there is in every community a lamentable waste of abilittea for the advancement of society- I believe that Mr. Chxr STa yUce ia net to be filled ; aaXevsa adapting coco moo inaccuracy of language, tns oecapa- Uou of such a vacanry is not to bs raahlyjconclu ded from whu ws have seen of ths past. Hovr rarWy do ws meet with aa individual faiunats io sock a happy conjunction of rare aatinnal endow meats! So great logical akill, uch a' perpicu oo statement, so remarkable a fluency and choice or expression, the whole adorned and admirably set sir by tbs happiest grace ef grsXure and' sni. maton 0 coanteoTDee ala! but tbos who have Sxtened to tbs speaking ef fht lata Mr. Chxsst, may eaTetm thamieUea fortunate, if ever again, in the course of tbejr lives, they shaM bs charmed by'a flow of period in asy degree comparable. Ia the grief felt by his family, hia frienaV, his par ty, aod bis native State, I claim to be an humble shaeec. To tbs past, I look with a legitimate. c battened regret ; whilst my sincere and perhaps onamiaile creed forbids my indulging Io the de laaioo that tbe fatorehaIl see that plae which sow "knows turn sraio no mors. forever, filled by the industry or ability of a not her -f roa Tsa axenn-aa. I - AN APPEAL V 1 ... To xtx Cariatts or Nosth Cixolua, a . SIRALT OX TEX BiBLX SoCirTT. -. Dear Bretkrtn : At a late meeting nf the Beard ef Uanagers of tbs North Carolina Bible Socle : ty, be Id in tbe City of Rale wb. it'was resolved rtlut tbeiiev. Drury Lacy, and the Rev. John -fi. 4srards bs appointed a Committee to pre pars as Appeal te tbs Churches ia North Garo- lias, for tbs purpose of awakening a deeper In. teres?, and exciting greater activity ia 'th sup- 'port of tbs Bible Cause. This .appeal, thers- Ars dear bmbreo, cornea to yon- under tbs saactiosi of the Board of Managers of the State leatitsiion. ; And: as ws design being as brief SS DOMlble. in Living Ksfor vmi thm fart a nrl such other matter as wa v mo to embody in this doesoveat, wt shall proceed at once -to call .wi.aueatjoo ta the deplorable deal it olio a of the Bibls in this Stats. V Tbs facU that w n abaJl saboait to'yoat eonsldsratiori; trs soch si msyvbe reBed on wiihout a motnent'i heiita- 'fioOi k . , . . . ' J , .. . . Prom actaal lavestigatjoo madely our Gens n) Agtar, the vJU Wnv J. Langdoa, aad;. by -ether Mioiatera 0 tse Goepel, whs have bees employed to explore different parts of tbs 'State, "Irod report the number, of famines 'without the Tb!et the .following", farts havsbeea developed: It Usln ascertained that CvoMk ppssessing j)?s "greatest faeiliiks fir-oppIjingheir inbabi- rawis wthi "oe ora n 000, navs at trail m xHns c ir families without the blessed Bonk. AsJavsr Crtat1ee, Jess favorably s cat edwbh hps-oars 01 iJm lamices wnooui ( . Tl Three Coatuie, alooe, a j peal is as fori TJV Tt.Kf- ,m X,nin -A.it F Lf rt lairj and presling denand for the .Suis, whers'wav cannot possibly "Tale xanc io pa j . tor tcmv The present population of North Carolina oaia- bere aboat 800,00a Allowing eight peraooa fo a family, tbia calculation wonld make 100,000 families; "and IT-oae .ruUoly irtf deatlrotw have ia our Stat 80.000 families Without the Holy Scripforee. -Sboold theabovs etateanent appear imprdbahleir refer you io support of it, to the deetitotic-ori830, aod to tU causes which have tended t produce the present u fa mine of the word of God.": About that period, Bible Societies supplied -more than 25,000 fami Iiei with tbeBiWe, and vn then did not tho roujhly ropply. the State.! J 9 on Cowxy alone 1240 desiUute,famiKe were supplied , with th4 Word of- Ood. A iid oo ahou Id remember that JiUle baa been dene in.distributng the Bible' aiace that time, until vritbi few year past ; thai nearlv one half, of the famines now. in the eiue, hare Jieetf formed aioce'the last general supply that - tboueasd of Bib lea hare tither beea worn "out or destroyed ; that Bib'er hive, been kept' in but few 'placea for arale V that Very few, if ajry,-have been gtvea away; that-the Church -of God -baa slumbered over thia great work, throwtiig the' responsibility of supplying the destilute'upbn the Bible Society, v bile, ; H4 the. meantime, our auxiliaries have, been almost wholly inoperative; and besides all the above, there is the well etiabliihed fact, that ths.deatt. tutelrOZ fiat -aepply tbemseivee, nor will they ever be supplied through any other iostrutneoial ity than tho Bible Society, . . T i : -; Thii question will very naturally arise injrqur minds, in view, of ell the facts and cuasideratioas atated above What is to be lone!' ' Brclh- mmm rmm L. i.tA mnA all th lll.tor nf -OUt put operaliocs. as well aa the present state cfl things, confirm Us io the opinion, that Ihero pos- itively moat be unitedV)energetietaad' peraere I have led us to anticipate, in toe way of an pa ring efforts made by tbe Ministry 'Sod tbe 'mew. eieni sod persevering cooperalion, in. tbe; n4rk berabip of the Churches, generaljy, or the work never will be accomplished. Without this de cided and uoifortu co-operation, the Bible Socie ty cannot supply the destitute vuft, io the State, much less keep pace with the locreaee.of. desti- tuiion that muat inevitably arias on au increase of population. But with your co-operation, tbe work can ta a abort time bs effected and per pet gated. We" hazard notbrn' in savirtcr, that if the Ministers of the Goepel will bring the sub-f ject'a'ly. before their congregations .and urge uoon tuem tae abaoiuis neceaauy 01 immeuiaie aad perse veriog efforts, that in a moxh shorter I time than many believe, the thirty -thousand fan. : . .l. r i. r rA . l.-.. i bouse, would all be supplied. ' Let each Miaister of the Gospel, who has ehargo of a congtegaUqaor congregauooa, present toe subject. to hie people aa early as possible, and take up a. collection, to be forwarded to Win. ililh. Esq. of -Raleigh, Treasurer of the State Society, either as a donation to the funds . of tbe institution, or to purchase Bibles to suppryrlbe destitute in their, immediate neighborhood. Should tbe destitution within your respective bounds bs such as to render it expedient to ask for a donatioo to our Society, in such a case, wt doubt ifyou will bsabTe to raise quite pUoM Almost all will co-operate with you on AtA ;,f tne. irs - not wiuine to contribots to the funds of our Society, for. tbs purpose, of. supplying tbs destitute abroad, tbey 1 may be willing to -contribute of their means to supply .themselves, their children, and those im mediately around them. And for all the funda j collected as above, and paid over to bur. Gene t - , ' m . ' j j . rr : rat Azeu', vr jorwarueu o our .treasurer, we are willing to sell you BibleaWW 'distribution. at SS cent per copy-whicb ia New York cost. Ws would further suggest, as tbs most effec tual way of carrying out the objects contem plated by our, Society, that a Bible Society he organized in each County 4 hat a Depnsitory of B.blcs be estabhahed'at tbe County seat that suitable persons be employed to explore tho Coua'y, and ascertain tbe number of families without - tbe Bible : and that some system be employed in' carrying out the designs of our in- - V J m - k - . - 1 stitdtion. By adopting this 'plan, or. some other J ox equal eociency, -we think that an interest woold bs excited, that otherwise cannot be pro duced, aad that the work before us. Would be greatly facilitated. .. ' We have endeavored thus calmly, to Fay. be- fore you soch facts aa ws deem , of greatest tm portance to you, as our co-la berets in The -Bible Caose. And are not the facts submitted, u5i cient Io themselves re prompt you all to ener getic action J Just look abroad over, the length aor breadth of our State, and remember that in the most highly favored portions, -aot less than one-third of the families are without -the Bible. They are rearing up 'those without the Serin- tqrrs, who are to Is the .future guardians of our liberties, snd upon whom the hopes of the Church depend. .Ws appeal to you,ahoald-oot something be done ! Ans to whom shall we hwk .for assis tancsrlf -tbs Ministers :ef the Gospel ahall rtu lend us their aid t But w are pet rfaded, breth' ren, that our appeal shall not be made in jralnc- xou leei me importaacs and tbe.neceas;ty ol.thit wora, and we truat that ypu will .address your selves to it with mors zeal and activity than yeu bars hitherto displsyad. ' Many of jou have so lemnly resolved in your ConfereJices, Presbvte- ries. Synods, &c toleod us your aid io this work. You have obligated yourselves to sss'tet our A gsct when j'n your bounds, and ip his absence to take' op collections for the Society, and to la bor to keep op an interest, as far as poseiMe, in your respective, charges. tlare6u redeemed your pledges to u?, dear-brethren ! llavs vo'u sons aa mua as you navs promised 3 It ia inx possible fbfan. Agent la vuit every part of tbs State in one jear; aad ws are coraperied to Jotok to-yoo for help, as you have authorized us to. do. ThereVsetliaa 70 CToustw m North Catp- appoint C0UI4 require large pari yearw selves And inatjou. aay, dear cannot of .yon Jflertbat ywCharehe are willing lo;takJ wt ror, nen tner ere forvanicd hr n 1 1 and spon our rsesivhiK. .k.; i" a - aw . sajarwi av m uiBB w wu a Dcrup nw ii idu i.iw promineM i mertfua winTin7 n.ul. afFord Av.MrM t lr... r;J A: ; : Kvjk., vesiguates trie crave of ci m if I men; ? Hefe Klc liarri M-rilerlaieu iv ment So' that, if onr An Zm'Z'tZ 'irizZrrr"? V.:":J "V Vr7 Dr. Jormn,liii; t jJZ'J- ' tvo.i J m :.'ni.'. jl. 51 J Vi H S . .t ' nr her ... . " -.7. " wuinenir... tu iiib eanv pri oi .me rJaV I ins have lived, snd that now .-lh l.in J .. . 1 . ' vt - . vinsoi io ip-" k. witvyiiu- tui icai a, isu jw appointments aanoally, it would 1 v n VnWihi. -.tr.. i I - Z . Z.r I tueae is tne recent ptsva of rSamntit A the rA7mer,l N har.f.nrtd fnni e! m 10 years to visit lbs whole State. A imde: towards cveninV.sI! ih' n.-.l .ki? i. i wl.a-:kirii&:r-( Iii:e4 lii-lbe:' Abbeon ihi if .l;J.crowiu,.. Utk: un Ch.ri iTeece red serf of the Sut, mtist bs neglected erery I rcwr, U rood Whereof k 7S77im " W emse of tbVeieninr::" de' IWt o , Warre. fl- Hhoot the aid that Yoaharerledd your- Id r..j kYk ;r v "-uumeww which is held d.itv ?ii;-.'i,Wi,:-:? tJ,a i.Ki.-tiwu.n. -uWdid orale- . - , . . . -r"-" v "" piciying xviary, vueen oi:ccois i surveyed T the re. t . - VM"" ic i -a,-, -.. v" n. , ,. torendereav. .. r , A xery gay end aoimated.sceOe.- ; conlgnPe bf tho loyelbqt U fateil wellin ss wt-Ur icf-ealist all; of tterj denorri- ' About half way along, On thNortb sidfe queen; and thotigbt of berrmournfirf 'hii WJtyfyf ff ! in some way; la this work, wo would of. tbe Park, stands Su James PalaoeJwhirLU r. Thnnnrr il.i- .u.;-. -.i- cboed back,fromi its lofivlsrch. covered with XJartoons t several vaiuan - trerhrcn, if , therp are aero yotf tbat the Queen boldsber courUv IiiaahuffeeilKf niaf premhmrs i having been, offered by govern- raiseWnd t forward for Bibles, ws beg of plain red; brick, looking vast ly Setenlhf 1 ,ast,!ra tthe eombremagnifi-f for fhe-btli -designs' for the best dt-co- to aacertaia and wmrt In nm ihrrtnmYr a hotnital'. ffpr u hr h. ii &a.W:'5l : ul. .t. V . . I Ceiee of the aiidrnef n'tla 'U... t-ft a:.t 1 rat inn of f li noaJ ir;.o. Parliament. ',1D "v.-i,;.. we will deve'aornV hn . vbich ll.sy 4 if voa will endearor 8cboot DIalricU explored .In each' County, and report to u tbeT number of families destitute Un thoes diatrteta, with a whole oember ,6 ttitim'i each Counrf.' andthanVie shall Irav ata by which the Board rtn Judgs of tne deatii tntioti ln.v4be satirs fdodnty anor facte vrlfc.h will constitute the baaia of bur moat effieret$fp- peala for funds.; ;And Jt ibettj are any effort thai are not diapoeed cJ-operatd' wMnVujba any plan that aoeiave suggested,? ws wish' tu to inform us -on what plan yon will aid cavm thja blessed workof f eearchi and supply injptheW tririttbe breii of life. ;f x At ao ynurswy insane .prewM8jmi jv he left in doubt. The Bible itself 1 explicit ia relet iou to thie Waiter. la all the arrangemete which God baa made for theiaaeminatibn of)is Word, ta every age of t he Vorld, it ia'-nwati vioua that he loiendcd the Church to be be prime effent.' vFof hie law shall go forth Zlon, and the Word of the Lord frora JeruHja lem. yourduty'ia clearly implied in all tlijfse passages, which represent the great sffick0C;!tf tbe Word of God, ra . evangelizing the ,W orlt- "As the rain'descendeth frouiheaveH, and giuvth seed to the sower,' ind tread to the eaterso shall any foord be that goetb forth, out of y mouthV, It shall not return wUo me voidJ:Sij As, alsfl, fnvtho8fr pasMgea whfch set ibrih'a"; ibsolate ne(u?aityif .lhe yprd of God for eaT lioa and happiness.;. "A her there 1 no vis-?n the people perish but hlcised.ie he. that tep-.' elh Oie eayinge of tfcis Bouk,'- The very; ctin- miction under which you proclaim the everkli.- T in, nl thA Sr!l J I ifVf. Ifflnnlff Unfiri' jiltl tha du'v of laboring ia this cause;-My :eiot j expect, hen, to realize alt that your pieces 0f giving-the Bible t our people, that t bey rih riot for lacktrf knowledge 1 . ' '.."i .'Let. alt who feel anj interest in this v$k, begin t once.-. Time iaap'idly bssteuing ajy. " . . & . . a 1 a sni j;.: J V r ' wiial we co, iei as ao quicaij, 1 no. parioarjor action will stoa be over with bs. If there wi)re but one family 0pon;the earth- wittipui; the i Book :of tjod.1 it would he worth the tint energies pf the whole world to supply that f.oi- T..-Wben we rerocjnber that there are thSa- I nnda fa? the bounds of our own Statew'-wt f should watio 7 liretnren. be UDanainn?. e Kls day.' Iet every one do somcthlDg.1 1Te membership of tbe dinVreot .Churches ehouljlet j . . l .1 1 . . - j : Itiooal distinction destroy harmony of actiorv ju spreading the Bible all over our country. Ifiis lbs great bulwark of Protestantism, tbe paha di'um of our civil and religioua liberties.;! is the suoDort of. tbs weak, the solace of tue bs reaved,,the staff.of declining years, the ligKtlpf r r , . r- the tomb, and' " the power of God unto sain By order of the Bird.- ' h 'm DRUB-V. LAC V-V- K tT The Richmond Cbriaiian Advocatei Watcfi- man of-the South. Southern Christian Advocaft. t sad all tbe papers of tbe State, are respectful requested to copy. WM. J. LANG DON, A,fenm Fremlhs Cbrwtias Obaerver. a fl A TRANSATLANTIC TOUR No, VL S"1 IWotli'WW'for- Bibles, when dsiii IjotrrxixAWalkln the MetTiThe ParkUlDuke of Wellington, Brougham, Macauley, Wetlmintter AbbevH9K of LommonHoJ f T-Jm lV.mtw.yt Hall . Vv t.A.f. Cjij. ' ' r : 1 Let US take a Walk in London. r0naChiI ring Cross, a broad open area, the .sUrtitKt point of crowd of ouiibuses. we will orr ,-. r-. t i ceeasoutnwara aiong tvniienaii,a wiaesucnt . ' .. - ITT. . . . t parallel Is the Thames, whose course is heA .1: . i . k.t .1. ii. - : . w 1 r line ot uorcrumem uuuumgs. rne ursii! tbe Admiralty ,. where the affairs'of 'thVBf I nr r r . !' " . m. jir tiah . Navy are managed. Next.Ja tt isVi I w wl .l.takllitllllllT . 1 1 a. t It. W a a f u .1. whence are issued the orders. regu fat miMfSe army. Oneach side of Uie iron gate in frorf, 1 is a small euard-house, under whose, ar A 1 stands, like a statue, a noble horse, mag nn w - . K-f i" , s r v 1 , icently caparisoned, with bis'rider ia full a- inor, reminding you of a knight of the y!dxv tiiBC. A passage beneath lho,buiidiiig jeas into St. James Park, the east. eudof whtcft a fjords an extensive parade gron nd. "A 0101V splendid militarvdiplay than that inaile r the Horse Guards, Whtn they parade tbereH full number, is rare) v Wen. " I saw iiolhiifr 01 tue aiuu uii uc viiiuicni iu cu.uujare wuji it.. 1 be horses arc magnroccnf, the. men tat , and welt proportioned,-. and, their accoutrt meuts superb. . ? :.f.f isevond to tiorse uuartiavare the i reast lr buildings,' tbe offices of the'Colouial ain s m ' w . - - -1 v s r - .tj tiome ueparimenis, tne privy council, occ-.- presenting 10 in . . j. be main street a maguifiee jj ntbian columns, and abutting J front wtlbCori readers from it aasociation with governrneaff auairs. ?t iV I The opposite side of the street is WbitH scaffold erected, -inr front -of this .cdificK Ciiarles I. was beheaded, January Sf, L648 What a scede was presented on that dayt$ the multitudes that thronged this street! ll At some d is t a ace further on is WestmirVI ster Abbey ; but we must reserve that for rl contempuiive nour, wnen me nrst imprest siort from the novelty and tumult of the grea ' S. tar i a " tff -" iK mciropons;nas nau time iu sunsiue. we wift now enter St. James -Park from the liprsij aquatiTl l- .1. l . r . . . - . . . t, i nirir. inp nrim, ri, ni rni inkiiiininiriaac ui k .kn.kk.i . I 1. -.L-,. .. . '- V't by shrubbery, Ihrough. which the yusros., , iwre ueauiiiu gr.ounis coveiF ar?i tacas tne lttt century.- rJ here is some.; area .of about 70 acres,; shaded bytobblj thing y e'ry sfrikipg in tbenbmerous ancient trees,- Itx the centre ia a body ; of .wateifcj I epic's, ; of! waHora jri full armor, biahorw wurs no iccii a rrrii varierr rn ginally designed.) thao a royal palace; qckifflrr tho chapel of Edward the Cowisel.oy irurhrm r"alarf. lhA I nn rtnini. r QM. P. alK. H.aik lvar Paiw lib iafi.iia Baal bl ui k u r mm wmm. am , a , 7 " 3- . ji - i ,(iiietiriit annearance 1 It : is iiroehalimrK)Hiyicweqirywik. rtf rnviltv and the ef welliug of humbler mor- tafs. When theQueeti hold a drawing room, th MfrUMnr iha riobilHyk foreign wnbas- aad,4ec., a Well as bai pt ha MyefaH ap?aacfr the palirc6 of & James frdmtWtrSn Chairs are kepi trl 0ns chapel, andtiere, westalirogbtleV4rk'Oft: jrestohrongh; tlieVrlu , ,arv:thopcMtooa; there is a j?ood!y abow of spend hi and epleo- didly tfrefsefl IaOcSfa wen a 01 rogiHi miinM, vTh '4A!meitr stuek up behind Sue carriages, wiih Iheir showy liveries and cocked hatarFcaenra trjosi luojnroHsij .in king likenesses To Wf TUywfrueoerara.aw nnnarenlly aurbass. oily aurbass. IBemjD misciws wwm. FiotriJBturkinsbaro palace, broad ayenue, havingtireen Pirk-orr the? fignt, aria ine pa (Trf(R for some jdistaece cq " the reft, i.,rt. U'n Uplift Park Corner VThis is thfe main entranpe ti llyde Park rorri FiccadiU ly. the great road.teading lowarus uie ueari fram,tha . south weaW -The coup d'iZ here is Very finposing! A triumphal arch forms the eotrance toTiyde Parkfpp,o site to which, at some distance' within the ark, is Vcorlossal statue of. AcliiUes, jerefct: ed Au honor of the Dok'e fWe4lingtonj and caatl from cantion taken at. Waterloo; Salatnaiica, &c. In- theVrritdst of these tro- phies o( a lifa which .will have n sure place in history, ! "oncM saw. ffic' iron Dukp" of VYfciKngttfU liifuseli gating n evening nue. Aps?:yr llousr, ins reswiencer ao joins me e n t fa nee t a the pat k ; and bey ond i t. a se. rits of splendid edifices extends along t he north side of Piccadill," with Green Park' stre'ehiogavay oflTthe otlside. ;The ch tef entrance to Green Park; is ,p?posi le thai to Hyde Park, aid also formed by a grarjd trirtmphal arch. ' fi ". . Hyde' Park covers nearly 400, acres, and is.t he 'great resort for carriages and horse men,' ss well as pVdestnans. .The serpen-, tine river flous-through, it, and on, a fine summer afternoon it ia ifeally vxhilirating to mingle with the rowd that thronthe numerous avenues, deligtitetl to exennge eihiioT an hour or Two, the dust and atnoke ot tiie doduIous city.,;forthe rcrreshipfr cool. I a v ' " np aud heautiful jscencry of these extcn. styo grouhds. 'It' is -said, that, when grana 1 rnili'ary reviews are held, 150,600 have pro- uayjy wen nreseni. - u s w tiuuimc, (k,h we consider that a population of more thao million and. a half is just a the neighbor hood. Kensington gardens adjoin vHyde Park on the west, and at some distance to tliQ north-east is tfegent Park, carrrprisihg 360 acres, beautifuily laid out. and border ed on three aides by' magnificent , edifices. I waaarticularly fortunate in Iha. time of my visit 10 the creat metropolis. It the height of the -London season meot being in session, and the no town Vibe pride, and pomp bf royalty and aristocracy were accordingly in. full blow; the. Qucpn was visible almost every hne afterMoon iu llye Park ; the iiings of Bel- srium and Ilandver were visitants- at her court?; leies ana rawing rooms were ire ifuentj the latter" yielding U Ticb harvest to lhe milliners; the debate itf: the House of I Commons on the Irish arms JtiW the. great f.excilitig topic of the day, called- forth tught- lr the most distinguished sneakers. The and. Countess of ClrissmfrtonV in Short, all . - - " . . " tae nous-ana lionesses, creat ana smaji. - ra cuaarpoateil. within the metronoiis . 0 0 . .s- -,- Tr . some- roaring (in the Parliament Hojtaejf pretty savagely, others as sweet u an it were an ':rrtghtifigale.,,;r ' .1 uesje, uowever, were jioi 10 me -cnccuiei attractions. 1 wished, to become familiar wnn 1 nose icamies wuicji were aasociateo with rny childish recollections of the '.'Spec tator" with London as it has existed for ages with the haunts of Addison, Gofd- smitb, DC JidiiiSdn, Vc.' The singularly fie weather that; prevailed,;-with scarcely iutrWintion; doeinir iv it.v. wa. there. T ------- I '-9 " "P J J 7-T V v - fore most of all favorable to my plans. It bad rained with little crasation forearly a? " waa a iiw -M v tliwai iu iuiw hui I vantage of a long succession of bright sun-I uy dave in each of which, aa the. Iwi ihti lasted till near ten at night, there was lime MOr'tiiics ami ,walks on a very extensive scale. 1 To, appreciate the importance of these, thing?, it should be remembered, that, a few monlbs later, Ml becomes dark before fi ve o'clock. -.--The weather baa the reputa tion of instigating suicide, and there is "no body in town, i.'e nobody but several hun dred of thousands 'Of people that 44 nobody knows. On the Monday after mv arrival loaid rnr first long visit to Westminster. Abbey. 1h grand and gorgeous architecture impresses the mausoleum; of England's mighty; dead, toe atic lent gotiite nil possesses a far more potent charuu As von Dass within its hal- around it from the wlh' to tber sooth arm of the cross, .extends a range of 'chapels; niuelri nuihbe'f,-'enclosuig a grekt number of men uinent. some of them datini? 'M,far seshnents, kings ..... . i ii.. : : : c i- . - -. -.r . - - . y . -' . .. i :- u A-. - . . .. ... . l r w -o wiaei oony rMm mpiii m n byavami a aF . a m - - : V " ifviu tng world, trie shadows of a 'im antiquity lwo ff?"ng!! wrieprcse.ijtel;.at;SAval.- fioplilar ife'mifrte'nL.'Wben: tbe Chancellor, darken around you, and you feel almost- as 1 ng ancient Greece ii .the choiceoess of hex tekfFtfiti&htihfbtkt hVIc'ft the' woolsack, if introduced to the -aogusUpresence f of .Vi5al;t,!?rf K.-- :, sndadancedbineisWe in fronl, pUt' -those whose monuments and statues. sirWht. J tZs&l'tJ ' JrfciitslLfliU- i,..1t.r.r.ir An r. 1. ,;ik nihrr yet .eloqueiiir greet ybu on every side.- The- APindasrapturein Ah lyre of QtiyS 1 teaker, a"i; tbe etiquette there, instead eaat eml orthe Abbey is semicircular, and I . I lil 1 1 iJWi 1- -t!&Li,lL; I of af iScakXi.i n it m --T t hV trlve iurfre?, rears Bifazet, the marble bsarescoropoMwks if 'rml A VV mVi"" W vn:'rr. : . T , Zknnn rf-'lll mutilated and defaced by ruQAn hands. cous death-the lomb of Edward lHtlre black marble monument of Kis aueeij Trliil inna the tnmh of Hicbard II, and bis Qeeiirand the tooinient cf Henryt V.; of FlhiifF t mcnmfS Jwkes Corona of departed monarchs, the sovereigns ol En eland are crowned. Hflnrv tha'SeventhV Chanel, at the east end of the Abbey, ia a spacious and .gorge- oirchbTch; of llself-e beneath a magnificent arcb through f richly vrougnt gateaot'orass.iiiAccotuipg w nu lhRshed. this ebaDeliilonacost nearlyia .mil 1u5ij ofollaisv; jSb'eJtgistfely iielicateand minute is thel oinamntal stone-work bf this sthicforeVtbiri cohnoissetir fcawelldes cribed it aaaDbcaring -as if the artist had iRtentle'drtb mve to imie the;:nrr of ernefyand W clbpp the eshes bi Jce work' Herej n i ficest. tomb of Henry the -VI heth: hia Queen. 'last of the; lioose-Of YcrkihaV ore the -Enslisb crowrii Bc f neatb the pavement are several distfricttoyal vaults, wpereJieitie mortal remains oiamc L and brs.Queen,' Cbarlea U Wi Hiaori arid Mary; Queen Anne, ahdGewgeVlLi The tombs of Queen Elizabeth; and Mary, Queen of&otsf have? alr in"different4isles hf, tbiibapeUj r Jas ( walked timidst the sepukbril;. monu ment, so thickly cbrstered. in thesecives of rfekth; and pausing orf some marked spjoti re fleeted 'thd;twaa;sfanding;o once aj $njg; ib.eaens!.pf4 all eacthty power and psge&ntiy, bf J hje;5rinr ity of all human ambition, waa awfullrover- wHeiming; trBeneatb tnyffeet -reposedi the death of soverergits ohce retfowneo, wno naa filled d lare-lpace 'ut jiyftyp.UTjid; and whose actions fortn no unimportant part os the enduring record of History ; hut ofaTl their glory and kmgly 4state"wbat ' bs)'k re rnains 1 Aj little dusr is aU. Theirmp is brought down td tbe 'gtp M(safit' teturquanttila .jinfbmnv'vij fOrpvsciila" I tbought of that passage Jn , Isaiah, .w here the deceased monarchs of tin earfh ire rep? resented in the regions of the dead, reoirig ihgrindeiir suitahle to their Yormer dignity, each on. litsVoyal couch, au; roiunded jby h is arms and trophies. AU of lhem iif u glo ry j every one in Ins own sepulclwe.' AV ben the' funeral vatfll in this ancient Abbey is o- pened anew; and anoincr rnonarcn 13 gainer- ed'tobis fathers, one can almost imagine the awfully; sublime description of- tlie Pfophef vetihed, and lue snaciows. of tne miguiy tieau Ihfe at thy coini'ngi it .stjrreth !up' the ifead tVv lliAA AiTun nil triA nliizif na nf tltii' ainriti ,4Vfc.UV ClTiikfll .VtCIVf Wa.a VS II1M .lall it raiselb up from tlieir thrones alUlte kings, All tbey shall speak and say unto tbeef,Art thouralsobecome as weak as we f 'Art-tlhu become like unto us 1" . U 1 ;.; .-.After vwitingj he chapels, tvncxtLought out. the most remarkable monuments in oth er parts oflhe Abbey, such- as (hose of the Earl of Cbiuham, Lord MSnfield, Sir I?aa'c Newton, and others whose. names are cons-! bicnoos.in the antiala of Enfffand In orte spot beneath the pavement, Wiljiamj 1'iUf, Charles James Fox; ftie Marquis of London derry, and George Canning, lie Very lie r to each other. H Tb grave; has "cqroposed the differences-of discordant statesmen ; side by side tbey sleep, iq death. Near ihero is a beautiful, moiibrhent to; WlJberforce, tbe Christian statesman. 4 ; i But the most i nteresiing .pa rt, of the ,Ab- beyia the .0 Corner. Hereuarp congre gated the- memorial ; of departed genuis, whose more- enduring tnonuinrnt is in. the mad of 2?" ?K f?n.i WW? MfU-n;, tbe Statue of Srak?pearev Io Wh.cb ."T -.k.,K.k....4.,,m- Pectual : dignity,; tbat intense dbl.ne . i ! S ' 1 - V W . I mm aaia-kiAW n nia a rw n aa a . - . ni iktaini - . - , . miicf. nana marborf ylns- aansof m - lhif fv" . ... g,,.,. wn , WA"?J"e wt:le wor.5,n? f soul... His liand grasps a seroll, on. wkdeb ris inscribed his' own. well knowb lines.; Whose power can nowhere be more deeply felt than within the wans of Vrestniinsteiu Abhey". - ane ciauaciapi towers, ue gwgeoospaiaceaV' Tbe solemn temples, the great globe iUelf ' , v . xea, an tmu it innenivaQaii flmoiyt, , v. . And, tike the baseless fabric of a vioa . ; ajeave not a raca -oeiaua. v t- V Oil tbe pedestall of the monument kr'e three beads, representiiig7HeiryJ.y.t Richard III., and Queen Elizabeth, three sovereigns whose histories are jastingly associajed withal bis name." " -. ' r - ; . 6, RAtiE Bew JoHsrsoji i$ the rnscrip- tion wlrich designates ShakipeareV distin guished contemporary. 'rarylOnbe lines oa the f, lfwok(:ofij Ut rnonumentio ar . - 3 . V inirs not leasiiv it nrouiwh fmJh.l l upon tne mitid, as life yexfistinguisbed the names; of Chaucer, M lUopr Dryden iSoId-i smith, ,ThbmpSoo;,ke.:;and! gla .monument- tolmbnument Jnf , tima ,kK . sweet strains have been familiar from earl vi JUUIO ye statue. VaUze the Poet'a Conception, 'n.. . . . . -.. T :. - How reVereSd la th r y,V,tt- 4- v.; Wheee anclenl pWars rear their marbls headV t Bj its swa weight mads steadfast and immovable, " Heft,i the empty JotuU ot isjfTawute iovader of Scotland, by whosederYyl WaS t-ricnflr Irftm Ttiir nrnr in rnrmtVB trt fllAir Parlia- IcbmnaftioiishirV anbtheirof tbcit race, ? Ha- bllity- in from behealb'is removed for thee. Io sec ihu incorporaiea.SMr a-MKUun v.a hv or ine unn r iirnamiii. a ?r rjr,textureiot Jhe ;rnm . Addison Uiaa a XM& OothTcVdificer aawia'ted vtitri many f-- One of l he more recent xnomimeata I markable , scenes in !l!ntlish"liistory. h " , tooLI-j trangoilily ! It strikes an awe i j Ai&Uerrbrn my aching sight ; the tombs 7 4"jd rioanRenlal carwe of death iook cold Lsd akoot shluassJ to my trembling heart mifofVAfViimpM are almost the 0 ly places in London to which' monev will 1 insure admission.: Of late yearn, s member order is indispensable. The -.House of Cora, nioHs is a plain unadorned hall, about fio bv dei conveniepleobugh'for the ir.end,.... but evidently constructed wiih no refernJ. 'iolfie greatublicwho, ! order lo get is would haye'to alirink';likrMiIloha denionl in fapdewSruiini. perhaps if the profan vulgar could gain.admission, they woiild LapyeUhoar tors sotue nines, lu tiw aiyio vi aaiu ucmons, with a dismal ju nive raalhiES (lis sound of publ ic sinta ;'! if! lrtj aga w wli is lBQU h best Jo excludeabemv 3etnd the Speak. eK'ab4ir,jtbereis asmaji gallery appropri. ated to the reporters; but even these are ad! rVfttMonly bjraotTerance.as there are laws in exlsfeffce abthorizingtheir ixclusion. Th wde lIics re.for prfvilrgcd person?; tuch as the meuibc- of either HoWj ahd at the bppdsit0.endfrom-the Speaker, are three of fourypws'of seatsconstituting the Strangers GTalVrj f Gbeseal ojrily. the front row af. ford? afavorabfe position from which to see andbear,4and 4o'sccure A place in ihi.. it n faecessaryo get a special order given on lite HtVby a member to an, othcer, of the House. H'bi99 fwifa&intii'gk to. obtain at uiy first and longest fsit; and J hail a very good yiew. The Irish Arms' bill was under thr. cussion. lfie speeches were aenertlly ahori, and to the -point, some of them cxbiLiting consideValte'at; bijt generally Hithoui any attempt at ..oratory f-'mor like spirited con tTsatioii Hvrth 'occasibial 'sharp hits and p?ouipl rejoinders, cvincirg what Pope calls " harmony not understood. J he principal exception te this was an elaborate sptech by M'actfleyi.wbose epigrammatic style gave edge to" the weapons Of argument and aar. casm with, which he assailed "he dutninam party. ".Indeed:, the opposition had the floor the greater part of the evening, Sir liobcrt Peel resefving'hia force till near the close, wben, tn a.. bBSiness-hke-fashion, without itjUyot rheferrc, hd replicil lo fiia assail, ahtscjti masse".; He bade votes, and ihi re. iore was not very sensitive to ti;cfe verbal attacks. t-Tbere; waa nothing to my eye at all remaikable in his face,1 figure or manner. .The members generally; seemed a little more intent on doing business, and getting through with it.rthan is the case at Washing. ioniTherefwai ' no speaklog to Bun-1 Combe ;"fio "one begkn with lhe origin of" the'.' GoTernmebt -(which there, indeed, wouTd'be; taking a; somewhat wider range than with us,) In order to get at the subject in debate nor was there so much (he air of decUimiitg a bulky pamphlet to be sent off to constituents. Although the debate wu on..a;ii exciting iopic, there was little diror. der with the exception cf the cries 'liter, beaf, and certain bursts bf labgliter and iron. . tcsI cbeeri'wttb which e pretty ardent Hi. berniln' was ' greeted; thougbj sometimes,, wbeu the jmirth '4 grows fast and furious," them is 00 question, that, the House of Com mooivin tlte multitude of its strange iioises and unearth ly -discords,-, bears no slight re eenjUance" to .ap ill-rVgulated menagerie. T Jeftlmeilotise shortly .before midnight, congratulating myself that what 1 lost as an auditor, I "could make tip at breakfast from the copious report in the Times." So per feet Is the diVisioh of fahor amorrglhe nevri- paper reporters,' orieJ taking! the '.place of an other aftej a abort internal, that the first half of a long speech it id type- before Ibe spea ker has sat down and a few hours after the n ight session h as ctps cd, t bet p roc ec d i n gs a re on their way Uoervery part of the kingdom. The circttlatipa.p'lvto must be enormous.- ,i It seems to be uni.ver ajy diffused. -Every place almost in Lon don, 'where any 'paper are taken in, has the Tiroesif Its eight i'lAple ard closely printed pgekK con tain! just; what is' needful to keep one apprized in brief, of all that is going on innhe worldand well re quite-the labor of Oerusati ' i ' ? & : .V'The . IfQiise of Lb.rda is mtich'smaller than thIuse ;,Corimons, with something morq of.oroanept At one end is the rpacs allotted to ih'e vthrone'f on the. floor in front of it, the famous woolsack affords I speak from" ex scat ; below, and at ibe sides;Are tire seat of tho members. : One fnorning.-wlien the House was'aitling in 1 itsr judicial .capacity I heard a speecl) pf.sorae length from Lofd Brough am. At Us close, he came and cbnveried in a tery animated style, with a gentleman near me,gtving me juatane-opporiuiiify 1 wisnrn to study hia countebance and besting. Ha remitidd 4Vitli larger and niOre rugged feature, be has the samerihdescribabla maAnieV, that tells of ihs inlJIcctuarDowerluik:nVbeiicaTh the fiomc- jy;ixtenols;He gets bajjl -puocbes now a day!B,'-frotq! : Pirnd,- itnd.,olbei organs ef 1 S Jt. V. u I'C'iiiK tw"'lvl5'JTe.,0P" intneir; iiaia FM I H&MP. opder.. most, porien- to my irreverent eyif, 11?UP of exceedingly . erotetaue fiffurfcS, Westminater Hallnn'tpVimmcdi iate f ietn rnd fresco painting 'i'be subjects' wt reln,,ffl to British, historv and ibe works of Sfeo'. fihakspearetnd'Milion.and Ibe campetiuon ttit rat rif4l -T.:.:k. ..t.ta arid r.0 less .1 than 1 40 cartooQ were o ffcred. Ciar l-ii " &' V 1
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