Capt. Westcott, the Generals Crawford and Mackinnon, MajorGenerals Mackenzie and Langworth, Lord Rodney, Captains Mosse and Riou, Earl Howe, Sir Ralph Abercromby (equestrian), Sir John Moore, K.B., Admiral Lord Collingwood, Sir Isaac Brock, Major-General Houghton, Sir William Myers, and MajorGeneral Le Marchant. The crypt contains the tombs of Nelson, Collingwood, Picton, Wellington, Turner, Lawrence, West, Fuseli, Reynolds, and other eminent persons. The tomb of Wren has a Latin inscription-"Beneath lies Christopher Wren, the architect of this church and city, who lived more than ninety years, not for himself, but for the public. Reader, do you seek his monument? Look around you!"

A few of the monuments from the old building destroyed in the Fire of London are preserved in the crypt.

The noble proportions of this edifice cannot be judged of, from the confined space in which it is situated, and can be best appreciated from the river. The Cathedral is open daily from 8 a.m. till dusk. The monuments may be inspected, free of charge, at any time, except during divine service, which takes place daily at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the choir, and on Sundays at 10.30 a.m. and 3.15 and 7 p.m. under the dome. There is also on week-days a service at 8 a.m. and at 8 p.m. in the chapel at the end of the crypt, while the Holy Communion is celebrated every week-day at 8 a.m. in the chapel at the end of the North aisle. The choir is closed except during divine service. The upper parts of the building and the vaults are shown (except during divine service) by tickets, procurable in the south transept at the following charges :

The Church of St Martin's-inthe-Fields is at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square. It was built by Gibbs, 1721-6. The names of persons buried here which will be most familiar, are those of Robert Boyle the Philosopher, Lord Mohun, killed in a duel with the Duke of Hamilton, who also fell; Roubiliac, the sculptor, Nell Gwynne, and "Jack Sheppard."

St Bartholomew's the Great in West Smithfield, is an old Norman church with later additions. Hogarth the painter was baptized here, and opposite to St Bartholomew's Gate, in Queen Mary's reign, were burnt the Smithfield Martyrs, whose sufferings are detailed by Fox. An inscription in the wall in front of the hospital in Smithfield, commemorates the martyrdom of John Rogers, Bradford, and others. In St Saviour's, Southwark (like the last, a conventual church), lie the poet Gower, Edmund Shakespeare, younger brother of the poet; Sir Edward Dyer, the friend of Sydney; Fletcher (with whom Beaumont was associated); and Massinger, the dramatic poet. (Keys of the Church are at No. 1 Church Passage, Cloth Fair).

St Helen's, Bishopsgate Street, contains some altar tombs with effigies of Sir John Crosby (founder of the hall in the same street, which bears his name, and has been restored within a few years); Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the first Royal Ex

change in London, and other persons of note in their day.

St Giles, Cripplegate, is an ancient church, principally visited as the burial-place of Milton, who composed "Paradise Lost" in this parish (house destroyed in 1864). Fox the martyrologist, and Speed the historian, are also buried, and Oliver Cromwell was married here. The Register records the burial of Defoe.

At St Pancras, Euston Road, are buried Godwin the novelist; Mary Wolstonecraft his first wife, authoress of the "Vindication of the Rights of Woman," and mother of Mrs Shelley; Dr Walker, author of the "English Pronouncing Dictionary;" Jeremy Collier, and Ned Ward, author of the "London Spy."

St Mary-le-Savoy, or, as it is best known, the Savoy Chapel, lies between the Strand and the Thames. It was burnt in 1864 and perfectly restored by the Queen in 1865. Here were buried Gawain Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, the translator of Virgil; and George Wither the poet. The "Savoy Conference " for the revision of the Liturgy, on the restoration of Charles II., took place here.

As more than fifty of the city churches were designed by Wren, it will be understood that most of them are modern and comparatively uninteresting, except for their associations, which we shall briefly point out. At St Paul's (Covent Garden), built by Inigo Jones, are buried Butler the author of "Hudibras;" Wycherley, the dramatist; Grinling Gibbons, the sculptor and carver in wood; Mrs Centlivre, dramatic writer; Dr Arne, the musical composer; Girtin, founder of the modern school of water-colour painting; and John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) the satirist.

At St Bride's, Fleet Street,

In St Magnus, London Bridge, lies Miles Coverdale, one of its rectors, Bishop of Exeter, and the first translator of the Bible into English.

In St James's, Piccadilly, is a beautiful font in marble, and some foliage over the altar, by Grinling Gibbons. Buried here are the Vanderveldes, the marine painters; Tom D'Urfey, the dramatist; Dr Arbuthnot, the friend of Pope, Swift, and Gay; Akenside, the poet; Sir William Jones, the Oriental scholar; Yarrell, the naturalist; and Gillray the caricaturist.

St George's, Hanover Square, is the most fashionable church in London for marriages. Sterne, author of "The Sentimental Journey," and "Tristram Shandy," lies in its burial-ground at Bayswater.

Two of the best specimens of Gothic churches are St Stephen's in Rochester Row, Westminster, built by Miss Burdett Coutts; and All Saints, Margaret Street, Regent Street, the first stone of which was laid by Dr Pusey, erected principally by the con

tributions of Mr Tritton, the banker, and Mr Beresford Hope. The internal decorations are very rich, with porphyry and inlaid marble, and there are some frescoes by Dyer.

St Albans, near Gray's Inn Lane, Holborn ; St Michel's, Shoreditch; and All Saints, York Road, Lambeth, just across Westminster Bridge, to the left, may be selected as churches where the stranger may best see how nearly the service of the Church of England is made, by a section of its priesthood, to approach that of Rome.

Whitehall Chapel (Chapel Royal) on the south side of Whitehall, a fine specimen of the Palladian style, was built for a banqueting hall by James I., and was part of the palace which he intended to build upon the site of the old Palace of Whitehall. The whole of the old palace having been burnt in 1697, leaving only this banqueting hall, St James' Palace became the royal residence, and this edifice was converted into a Chapel Royal by George I.

The historical reminiscences of Whitehall Palace are most interesting. Here CARDINAL WOLSEY gave his famous banquets, and here he was disgraced. Here Henry VIII. first saw and became enamoured of Anne Boleyn, at a ball given in his honour, and here he died. From here Elizabeth was taken a prisoner, to the Tower; and to Whitehall she returned as queen. From an opening made in the wall in the banquetting hall, (now the Chapel Royal) between the upper and lower central windows, CHARLES I. was led out to the scaffold which stood in the street, close by. Here OLIVER CROMWELL resided with JOHN MILTON his Secretary, and here he died. Here Charles II. held his profli

gate Court, and here he too died, (1685).

The principal Roman Catholic churches are St George's Cathe dral, in St George's Field's, Southwark, the largest built in England since the Reformation; the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, Berkeley Square; St Mary's, Moorfields; the Pro-Cathedral, Kensington; and the Italian Church, Hatton Garden. At the last three is full orchestral service.

There is a Greek Chapel, in the Byzantine style, in Welbeck Street. The National Scotch Church is in Crown Court, Long Acre; Dr Cumming, author of several well-known works on the fulfilment of prophecy, is the minister.

Behind the Wesleyan Chapel, in the City Road, is the grave of John Wesley himself. Whitefield's Chapel is in Tottenham Court Road. Mrs Whitefield, and Bacon the sculptor, R.A., are buried there; and over Surrey Chapel, in the Westminster Bridge Road, with its Lincoln Tower (erected 1875), the Rev. Newman Hall presides.

The Tabernacle, built for the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, is on the Surrey side of the Thames, near the Elephant and Castle. It is an enormous building of Italian architecture, and has seats for 4,400 persons.

There are German, French, Dutch, and Swedish Protestant places of worship; and, in the last named, Baron Swedenborg, founder of the sect named after him, is buried.

The principal Synagogue of the Jews is in Great St Helen's, St Mary-axe, Leadenhall Street.

PALACES.

ST JAMES'S PALACE, Marlborough House, the residence of the Prince of Wales (immediately

opposite to the last named, in St James's Park), and Kensington Palace, have no one character about them which would strike a chance observer as palatial. St James's is only used for state receptions and ceremonials, and Kensington has long since ceased to be the abode of royalty.

Buckingham Palace, at the western end of the park, commenced by George IV., and finished only in the present reign, is a really fine building, and the town residence of the Queen. The best point of view of Buckingham Palace is at the head of the lake, nearest the Horse Guards. (The magnificent state-coach and the horses may be seen in the Mews adjoining this palace, by an order procured from the Master of the Horse). The apartments of the palace are not shown.

KENSINGTON PALACE, the birthplace of Queen Victoria, an edifice of no special interest, is at the western end of Kensington Gardens.

THE NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER, OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, are best seen en masse from the river. The chambers in which the debates are carried on can be seen on Saturdays by orders obtainable at the Lord Chamberlain's office, in the court next to the Victoria Tower. To attend the debates in the House of Lords, a peer's order is necessary; for those in the House of Commons, a member's order; either is generally obtainable on application through the messengers. When Law appeals are going on in the House of Lords of which notices appear in the newspapers, no formality is required to enter it, as it is an open court. The decorations of the chambers of both the Lords and Commons are exceedingly profuse and costly. The Victoria Tower, the most conspicuous erection in the

Metropolis, is 75 ft. square, and 346 ft. high. The Clock Tower, near Westminster Bridge, is 40 ft. square and 340 ft. high. Its clock face is 23 ft. in diameter; and the bell on which the hours are struck weighs more than 8 tons. The two chambers can be best reached through Westminster Hall, which is 270 ft. long by 74 ft. wide. This hall is famous for the important trials which have taken place in it. Charles I. was here tried and condemned; and here Cromwell was proclaimed Lord Protector. Within eight years afterwards his body was torn from its resting-place in Westminster Abbey, and his head was exposed on one of the pinnacles of Westminster Hall where it remained for thirty years. In this hall William Wallace was condemned to death, and here took place the famous trial of Warren Hastings, which lasted seven years. At the east end of the hall, at the left, a stairway leads to St Stephen's Crypt, originally erected by King Stephen, and recently restored. The higher Courts of Law have their entrances from this hall. In the corridor through which the "Houses" are entered, are some good statues of distinguished statesmen of various periods. The frescoes in the Peers Corridor and the Commons Corridor, eight in each, are very interesting. The subject of each is written underneath it.

Whilst in the neighbourhood of the Houses of Parliament, a glance may be given at the Government Offices, in Downing Street; Montagu House, town residence of the Duke of Buccleuch, where there is a good collection of English miniatures, some portraits by Van Dyck, and a picture of Whitehall, which is considered one of Canaletti's finest works. Whitehall, or all that now represents the celebrated