her perseverance very much, it certainly does great credit to her. The admission here is one shilling, and catalogue sixpence.

In Leicester Square also there is Burford's Panorama, where we saw a representation of St. Jean de Acre, and the bombardment of it by the British fleet; we saw many ships firing shots, and the steamers throwing shells into the fort. The scene we here beheld was awful, we observed some of the Egyptian troops lying here and there killed, and wounded, while others were busy in firing at the ships. The blowing up of the powder magazine, which was supposed to have taken place by one of the shells from the steamers finding its way into it, and which killed nearly 3000 Egyptians, it was a terrible sight as we saw hands, legs, heads, &c., of these unfortunate beings flung into the air. The town of Acre also presented a galling and heart-rending spectacle, it was a mass of ruin and every house was shattered to pieces.

We noticed the Egyptians as fine and athletic men, but not disciplined, because there was great confusion and disorder. The panorama was very well painted, particularly the ships and the sea: we were very much pleased with it. They vary the subjects frequently, and it is a far better mode of representing a place than in a picture, as from being on a large scale it admits of minute delineation of objects. The price of admission is one shilling.

CHAPTER XVII.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &c.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.-We should have previously mentioned St. Paul's Cathedral, there has been three edifices upon the same spot burned down, the last was in 1666. The present was built from designs by Sir Christopher Wren, and the first stone was laid in 1675 it is the principal ornament of London and stands between Cheapside and Ludgate Hill close to the new Post office. It is built of Portland stone and has a magnificent dome one hundred and forty-five feet in diameter, there are two turrets two hundred and twenty-two feet high in one of which are the bells, and in the other the clock, upon the top of the building are statues of some of the saints of the christian church, St. James, St. Peter, and others; the dome or cupola is most magnificent, the following are the principal dimensions :—whole length of the church and porch 500 feet; breadth within the doors of the porticoes 250; breadth of the west front with the turrets 180; breadth of the

west front without the turrets 110; outward diameter of the dome 145; inward diameter of the same 108; height from the ground without to the top of the cross 340; height to the top of the highest statues on the front 135; height of the lantern from the cupola to the ball 50; diameter of the ball 6; height of the cross with its ornaments below 6; circumference of the building 2292.

The best place to get a good view of the dome is from under the portico of the Post Office in St. Martin's le grand, the best place inside to view the paintings and the interior of the dome is from the Whispering Gallery; here if the door is shut it resembles thunder, and a low whisper breathed against the wall can be most distinctly heard on the opposite side of this immense circle by placing your ear against the wall.

In the south turret is the clock, it is wound up daily, and the outward dial (eighteen feet ten inches in diameter) is regulated by a smaller one withinside. The length of the minute hand is eight feet and its weight seventy-five pounds. The length of the hour hand is five feet five inches and its weight forty-four pounds. The length of the hour figures is two feet two and half inches. The diameter of the great bell is about ten feet and its weight is about eighty-five hundred weight or nine thousand five hundred and twenty pounds. In the direction of the wind its sound may be

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heard at the distance of very many miles. On the bell are these words "Richard Phelps made me in 1716 " the quarter hours are struck on two smaller bells. The great bell is never tolled, except at the deaths and funerals of any of the Royal Family, the Bishop of London, the Dean of St. Pauls, and the Lord Mayor, should he die whilst he is Lord Mayor. And when tolled it is the clapper and not the bell that is moved.

It is unnecessary for us to speak of the fine view from the top of St. Pauls having alluded to it at the magnificent view taken from this spot by Mr. Horner. The powerful organ was built in 1694 by Schmydt a German, it was taken to pieces and improved in 1802.

There are some monuments in the Chancel erected by the country, one to a very charitable good man of the name of John Howard who died in 1790. Also to Dr. Johnson a very clever man who died in 1784. One to Sir William Jones who died at Bengal in 1794. And Sir Joshua Reynolds, a celebrated painter, who died in 1792. Very handsome monuments to Captains Mosse and Riou killed in action near Copenhagen in 1801. Another to Major Dundas who died in the West Indies in 1794. Another to Captain Westcott killed in the Battle of the Nile in 1798. And to Captain Burgess killed off Camperdown in 1797. A beautiful monument to Sir Ralph Abercrombie who fell in battle in Egypt, in 1801.

Another to Lord Howe who died in 1799. A most beautiful one to Marquis Cornwallis who died in India in 1805. A very handsome one to Lord Nelson who was killed in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and who was brought home in his ship the Victory and buried here. There are also monuments to Admiral Collingwood, Lord Rodney and Sir John Moore, the General who was killed at Corunna.

St. Paul's Cathedral is the most prominent feature in all the views of London, its peculiar cupola or dome catches your eye, look at London from what point you may. And the only thing that causes you to doubt the reality of the view of London, that you see in the Coliseum, is that there is no St. Paul's Church in it. We are quite inclined as the final observation upon our visit to this country to say, in the world there is but one England, one London, one House of Commons, one St. Paul's; truly England is a wonderful place.

THE MONUMENT, is upon Fish Street Hill and but a short distance from London Bridge, it was built to commemorate the dreadful Fire of London; was commenced in 1671 and was finished in 1677, it is a fluted column of the Doric order and is 202 feet high and has an iron balcony upon the top, within the column are three hundred and forty-five black marble steps and upon paying sixpence you can ascend to the balcony, at the top, and upon a clear day the view of London