and the House of Parliament. We walked through

the House of Lords and Commons

of England and sat in the chair in which the speakers of the house
of Lords had sat for many years. In this room all the
speeches were made by that great orator William Pitt concerning
America before the revolution. As the House of Commons
was burned down about six years before our visit this room
iswas then occupied by the Commons and there was another
house built for the Lords at that time

One would naturally suppose that a
room fitted up to contain the Lords and Commons of
England would be extraordinary grand and expensive but
it is quite the reverse being exceedingly plain and undecorated

On entering the room one would sooner
think he was in an American School House than in
the House of the Lords of England

Next we visited St James Park and
saw a company of two hundred foot soldiers the Grenadier
Gards on parade accompanied by a fine martial band
Afterwards we saw the Queen's Horse Guards on parade
one hundred in number with their bodies covered
with steel which shone right martially. They wore
helmets and breastplates of steel which glistening in the
sun's rays made them appear as though they were encased
in polished armour; and they were mounted on powerful
black mares whose glosy coats and high mettle well
became the pride and pomp of war. It would be hard
to convince an Englishman that the Queen's Horse Guards
was not the finest regiment in the world. The charge
of the Guards at Waterloo is immortalized by the Wellingtonian
household tradition of "Up Guards and at them" which won
that famous battle upon which the destiny of Europe hung
and gave to the Iron Duke the crown of glory as conquerer
of Napoleon the Great. We may be told by those
who are sceptical to popular traditions that the great
Duke never uttered this famous command and we may
read that Welington himself was doubtful of the tradition still
the masses will beleive it and the "Up Guards and at them!"

and the House of Parliament. We walked through

the House of Lords and Commons

of England and sat in the chair in which the speakers of the house of Lords had sat for many years. In this room all the speeches were made by that great orator William Pitt concerning America before the revolution. As the House of Commons was burned down about six years before our visit this room was then occupied by the Commons and there was another house built for the Lords at that time

One would naturally suppose that a room fitted up to contain the Lords and Commons of England would be extraordinary grand and expensive but it is quite the reverse being exceedingly plain and undecorated

On entering the room one would sooner think he was in an American School House than in the House of the Lords of England

Next we visited St James Park and saw a company of two hundred foot soldiers the Grenadier Gards on parade accompanied by a fine martial band Afterwards we saw the Queen's Horse Guards on parade one hundred in number with their bodies covered with steel which shone right martially. They wore helmets and breastplates of steel which glistening in the sun's rays made them appear as though they were encased in polished armour; and they were mounted on powerful black mares whose glosy coats and high mettle well became the pride and pomp of war. It would be hard to convince an Englishman that the Queen's Horse Guards was not the finest regiment in the world. The charge of the Guards at Waterloo is immortalized by the Wellingtonian household tradition of "Up Guards and at them" which won that famous battle upon which the destiny of Europe hung and gave to the Iron Duke the crown of glory as Conquerer of Napoleon the Great. We may be told by those who are sceptical to popular traditions that the great Duke never uttered this famous command and we may read that Iron Duke himself was doubtful of the tradition still the masses will beleive it and the "Up Guards and at them!"