[Picture: Westminster Abbey]
There seems to be one more great person removed from this life, and going
in a hearse with six horses, to his last home. Westminster Abbey is a
fine Gothic pile, and was founded by _Sebert_, king of the East Saxons,
but at what time is uncertain. In this place the kings and queens of
England have been crowned, ever since the days of Pope Nicholas the
Second, who appointed it for their inauguration. The coronation chairs
are kept here, and the seat of the most ancient one is the stone on which
the kings of Scotland used to be crowned, brought to Westminster by
Edward the First.
The great number of monuments, and other curiosities of this venerable
building, with the variety of pavements and chapels, are well worthy of a
visit from every enquiring stranger; but the insertion of a full
description here, would be more than can be expected.