September 8, 1840 ~ Tuesday

^8th [FIGURE] I spent a part of this day in vis-
iting places & things connected with
the Crown. We all three started
together & walked up king & Union Street, passed by
surry chapel, Built & occupied for many years by
the celebrated Rev Rowland Hill, whose body now
lies under the chapel from thence we continued
west to Westminster Bridge which we walked over
which brought us direct to West minster Abbey
& to the house of parliment. we walk through the
house of Commons & of Lords we sat in the chair
whare the speaker of the house of Lords had sat
for many years. In this room all the speaches were
made by Mr William Pitt concerning America before
the Revolution. In this room all the laws were
made that ha now governs from 172,452,000
to 200000000 of human beings. As the house of
Commons was burned down about 6 years since this
room is now occipied by the house of Commons &
there is annother house now built which the hous^e^ of
Lords at the present time occupy. One would naturly
suppose that a room fitted up to contain the hous of
Lords of Commons would be sumthing extra, grand
expensive & fine but it is not so but the revers it is
exceding plain & undecorated. On entering the room
one would sooner think he was in an American school
house rather than in a house of Lords or of Commons
from this we visited St James Park, whare [we] saw the
a company of 200 foot soldiers or guards on parade
accompanied by a full band of music. After which we
saw the Queen's Horse guard on parrade one hun
dred in number with there bodies coverd with steel
which glissened much in the sun they were all
mounted upon Black mares which were fast & gay
we visited the monument erected in honor to His
grace the Duke of York it was 135 in highth. here I
parted with Elders Kimball, & Smith. I walked the
whole length of St James park It has a pool in the
centre & mansions & pallaces around it. I first visit
ed the mansion of Queen DOWAGER widow of the
Late King William IV I next visited the mancion
of the Duke of Southerland which was quite splended
I then visited Buckingham Palace one of the
most splendid palaces in Europe or the world
this palace is for the Royal family it is now
occupied by her Majesty Queen Victoria & his
Highness Prince Albert, it covers a number of

September 8, 1840 ~ Tuesday

8th [FIGURE] I spent a part of this day in visiting places & things connected with the Crown. We all three started together & walked up king & Union Street. passed by surry Chapel. Built & occupied for many years by the Celebrated Rev Rowland Hill, whose body now lies under the Chapel from thence we continued west to West minster Bridge which we walked over which brought us direct to West minster Abbey & to the house of parliment. we walk through the house of Commons & of Lords We sat in the Chair whare the speaker of the house of Lords had sat for many years. In this room all the speaches were made by Mr William Pitt concerning America before the Revolution. In this room all the laws were made that now governs from 172,452,000 to 200,000,000 of human beings. As the house of Commons was burned down about 6 years since this room is now occipied by the house of Commons & there is annother house now built which the hous of Lords at the present time occupy. One would naturly suppose that a room fitted up to contain the hous of Lords of Commons would be sumthing extra, grand expensive & fine but it is not so but the revers it is exceding plain & undecorated. On entering the room one would sooner think he was in an American School house rather than in a house of Lords or of Commons from this we visited St James Park, whare we saw the a company of 200 foot Soldiers or guards on parade accompanied by a full band of music. After which we saw the Queen's Horse guard on parrade one hun dred in number with there bodies covered with Steel which glissened much in the sun they were all mounted upon Black mares which were fast & gay we visited the monument erected in honor to His grace the Duke of York it was 135 in highth. here I parted with Elders Kimball, & Smith. I walked the whole length of St James park It has a pool in the Centre & mansions & pallaces around it. I first visit ed the mansion of Queen DOWAGER widow of the Late King William IV I next visited the mancion of the Duke of Southerland which was quite splended I then visited Buckingham Palace one of the most splendid palaces in Europe or the world this palace is for the Royal family it is now occupied by her Majesty Queen Victoria & his Highness Prince Albert, it covers a number of