Travels in Europe and the East : a year in England, Scotland, . ft, in St. Patricks, Dublin ; Savage, in thechurchyard of St. Peters, Bristol; Parnell, at Ches-ter, where he died on his way to Dublin; Dr. Young,at Walwyn, in Hertfordshire, of which place he wasthe Rector ; Thomson, in the churchyard at Richmond,in Surrey; Collins, in St. Andrews Church at Chi-chester ; Gray, in the chm-chyard of Stoke Pogis,where he conceived his Elegy; Goldsmith, in thechurchyard of the Temple Church; Falconer, at sea,with all ocean for his grave: Churchill, in the 110 EUEOPE AND THE EAST. clim-chy
Travels in Europe and the East : a year in England, Scotland, . ft, in St. Patricks, Dublin ; Savage, in thechurchyard of St. Peters, Bristol; Parnell, at Ches-ter, where he died on his way to Dublin; Dr. Young,at Walwyn, in Hertfordshire, of which place he wasthe Rector ; Thomson, in the churchyard at Richmond,in Surrey; Collins, in St. Andrews Church at Chi-chester ; Gray, in the chm-chyard of Stoke Pogis,where he conceived his Elegy; Goldsmith, in thechurchyard of the Temple Church; Falconer, at sea,with all ocean for his grave: Churchill, in the 110 EUEOPE AND THE EAST. clim-chyard of St. Martins, Dover; Cowper, in thechiu-clijard at Dereham; Chatterton, in a churchyardbelonging to the parish of St. AndrewV^, Holborn;Burns, in St. Michaels churchyard, Dumfries ; Byron,in the church at Hucknall, near Newstead; Crabbe,at Trowbridge ; Coleridge, in the church at Highgate ;Sir Walter Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey; and Southey,in Crossthwaite Church, near Keswick. Sir Christo-pher Wren, the architect of St. Pauls, has left thatCathedral as his EXTERIOR OE ST. PAULS. CHAPTER XL THE PULPIT OP LONDON. London Preachers—Melville—Gumming—Hamilton—Duff—Noel. Melville preaches the Golden Lecture, so called,every Thursday morning at eleven oclock. We havenothing in our country on this plan, but I wish wehad. A good man in his Avill, or by gift antecedent,devotes a sum of money, the interest of which is to bepaid to some preacher, Avhom he also makes provisionto appoint, on condition that he will deliver in a cer-tain place a lecture on a given day in the week. Per-haps he desires to have a certain doctrine defended andsystem of errors opposed, and requiring them to bethe subject of discussion, for successive generations,he, being dead, secures the delivery of discourses thatpropagate the truths he loved, and which he believesto be for the happiness of his fellow-men. Error sel-dom makes such provision for its perpetuation and ex-tension. Some of the
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