Dr. Arne, the composer; and Dr. Armstrong, the author of a poem on the "Art of Preserving Health," now almost forgotten, were interred here: Strange, the engraver, also, in the churchyard.

ST. SAVIOUR'S, Southwark, near London Bridge, one of the most interesting of the metropolitan churches, was originally the church of an Augustine priory dedicated to St. Mary Overie. It was cruciform in plan, but many alterations and restorations have been made, so that at present we have but the noble choir, Lady Chapel, and transept of the ancient church, which dated from the reign of Henry III. The nave was removed in 1840, and a paltry substitute put up in its stead. The altar-screen is attributed to Fox, Bishop of Winchester about the beginning of the sixteenth century. The pelican, Fox's device, is seen upon it. The Lady Chapel, restored in 1832, is remarkable from the fact of its lying north and south with three aisles of equal height. The arches supporting the central tower, and the view along the transept, are striking. In this church a commission sat in 1555 for the trial of heretics, and Bishop Hooper was one of the first condemned. The ancient monuments are numerous. Notice that to the poet Gower, who died in 1402, a recumbent effigy under a canopy. It was restored in 1832 by the first Duke of Sutherland, whose family name is the same as the poet's; John Bingham, saddler to Queen Elizabeth and her successor; Dr. Lockyer, a quack in the reign of Charles II.; John Trehearne, James I.'s gentleman porter, with busts of the man and his wife; Alderman Humble and his two wives, with figures of their children, time of James I.; cross-legged effigy, in oak, of a knight; an emaciated figure wrapped in shroud. In the Lady Chapel a marble monument to Andrews, Bishop of Winchester (died 1626), with a recumbent effigy. In the churchyard were interred, the places unmarked, Shakspere's brother, Edmond; John Fletcher, the dramatist; his brother-dramatist Philip Massinger, called on the register "a stranger."

ST. STEPHEN'S, Walbrook, near the Mansion House, City, is concealed by houses, but the interior is a celebrated work of Wren, the chief feature being a dome supported on Corinthian columns. The Grocers' Company is patron of the living, and was at the cost of the wainscoting and the stained glass of the east window. Notice the rich pulpit; and West's painting of the Martyrdom of St. Stephen. Pendleton, the vicar of Bray,

whose happy facility of agreeing with the dominant party has passed into a proverb, was rector here. Dr. Croly, the author of several poems and romances, was the last rector. Sir John Vanbrugh, the play-writer, and architect of Blenheim (the subject of the epigram

"Lie heavy on him, earth, for he

Laid many a heavy load on thee.")

was interred in the family vault under this church.

ST. STEPHEN'S, Westminster, stands in Rochester Row, Tothill Fields. It was built in 1847 by Miss Burdett Coutts, from the designs of B. Ferrey, and is a good example of modern Gothic. The late Duke of Wellington gave the altar-cloth,

CHAPELS.

As to the places of meeting of religious bodies not connected with the Established Church, we have only space to give a very summary account. The Independents possess about 120 chapels, the Baptists 100, the Wesleyans 80, the Roman Catholics 30, the Calvinists 10, the English Presbyterians 10, the Quakers 7, the Jews 10, and other sects have from 1 to 5 each,

INDEPENDENTS' CHURCHES.

The principal Independent chapels are Weigh House Chapel, King William Street, City (Rev. Dr. Binney's); James Street, Westminster (Rev. Samuel Martin's); Surrey Chapel (Rev. Newman Hall).

SCOTTISH CHURCHES.

NATIONAL SCOTCH CHURCH, Crown Court, Covent Garden (Rev. Dr. Cumming's).

CROSS STREET, Hatton Garden,

SWALLOW STREET, Piccadilly.

SCOTTISH FREE CHURCH, Regent Square, where (before it became the property of the present congregation) Irving preached and the unknown tongues were heard (Rev. Dr. James Hamilton's).

WESLEYAN CHAPELS.

THE CHAPEL IN THE CITY ROAD, opposite the Burnhill Fields burial-ground. The first stone was laid by Wesley in 1777. On his death in 1791, his body "lay in a kind of state becom

ing the person" in this chapel, and he was interred in a vault which he had prepared for himself,

WESLEYAN MODEL CHAPEL, East India Road, Poplar, built in 1848 on an improved plan; style decorated, with traceried windows. The Wesleyans have many other chapels in London. In 1839 this body erected a centenary hall and mission-house in Bishopsgate Street, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its foundation.

CALVINISTIC METHODISTS.

WHITFIELD'S TABERNACLE, Tottenham Court Road, was begun in 1756 from the designs of George Whitfield, the founder of Methodism. He preached the opening sermon, and when he died in New England, Wesley preached his funeral sermon here. The chapel is 126 feet long by 76 feet, and it will hold 7000 persons. It contains monuments to Whitfield, Toplady, and Bacon the sculptor. The Tabernacle, Finsbury, and the Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars' Road, where Rowland Hill preached for fifty years, are also places of meeting for members of this persuasion.

BAPTISTS.

METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE (Spurgeon's), Newington Butts, near the Elephant and Castle, a large building erected for the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, and chiefly by his exertions. It is built of Kentish rag, with a handsome sextile portico, and cost upwards of £31,000, which sum was subscribed by the Baptists, one individual contributing £5000. The total external length is 208 feet, and its width is 106 feet. The internal height from the basement floor to the lantern light of the roof is 89 feet. There are two tiers of galleries within the chapel, which will hold about 7000 persons. Such is the preacher's popularity that it is always filled. Admission to the seats is obtained by tickets, which are sold at the booksellers, or at the vestry, the charge being 5s. a quarter each sitting.

BLOOMSBURY CHAPEL, Bloomsbury Street, New Oxford Street (Rev. Mr. Brock's), opened in 1848. The principal front has a gable pediment, and large wheel window flanked by two tall spires.

FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSES.

The Friends or Quakers have several places of meeting in

London. The principal one is Devonshire House, Houndsditch, in the City, where the yearly meeting takes place in May.

IRVINGITE.

The followers of Edward Irving, the preacher in unknown tongues, have erected a handsome church, which they call the Catholic Apostolic Church, in Gordon Square. Brandon designed it in the early Gothic style. It is 180 feet long, and the plan is cruciform.

UNITARIAN.

The chief place of meeting for the Unitarians is at Essex Street Chapel, Strand, which was built on part of the site of Essex House. There are other chapels in Stamford Street, Blackfriars; and Carter Lane, Doctors Commons.

SWEDENBORGIAN.

The followers of Emmanuel Swedenborg have a church in Argyle Square, King's Cross, opened in 1844. It is a neat edifice, in the Anglo-Norman style, with towers and spires 70 feet high.

FOREIGN PROTESTANT CHURCHES.

FRENCH.-Bloomsbury Street, New Oxford Street, a Gothic edifice built in 1845.

FRENCH.-St. Martin's-le-Grand, opposite the General PostOffice, opened in 1842. It was founded by King Edward VI. FRENCH.-Dutch Church, Austin Friars', City, founded by Edward VI.

GERMAN LUTHERAN.-St. James' Palace.

GERMAN LUTHERAN.-Savoy, Strand, near the church of St. Mary-le-Savoy belonging to the establishment.

SWEDISH.-Prince's Square, Ratcliffe Highway. Emmanuel Swedenborg was interred here in 1772.

SWISS.-Moor Street, Soho.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.

The Roman Catholic population of London is very large. It probably amounts to 250,000, for whom there are about sixty churches and chapels, as well as several religious houses. In the principal churches the service is performed with the music of the great masters, in the execution of which the first singers in

London are engaged. High mass usually takes place at eleven on Sundays. Cardinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster, is the Pope's representative in this country. His residence is at 35 Golden Square, where he is "at home" on certain days each week.

ST. GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL, St. George's Road, Southwark, is the largest building for Roman Catholic worship erected in this country since the Reformation. It is of yellow brick and Caen stone, in the decorated style of the time of Edward III., and was designed by the late celebrated architect Augustus Welby Pugin to hold about 3000 persons. The cost so far has been about £38,000, and it is still unfinished, though opened for service in July 1848. It is 235 feet long, and the spire, when completed, is intended to be 320 feet high. The stained glass of the chancel window was given by John Earl of Shrewsbury. Notice the high altar with its bas-reliefs and superb furniture, the elaborately carved stone reredos behind the altar, the pulpit, Cardinal Wiseman's throne, the font in the baptistry, and the perpendicular chantry outside the church, erected to the memory of the late Hon. E. Peter, where mass is daily performed for the repose of Adjoining the cathedral are a convent, priests' houses,

his soul.

and schools.

ST. MARY'S CHAPEL, Bloomfield Street, Finsbury Circus.Pope Pius VII. presented the sacramental plate. Here lay the remains of Weber the composer until they were removed to Dresden.

CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Farm Street, Berkeley Square, was designed by Scoles, and opened in 1849. It was built by the Jesuits, and was the first church possessed by the order in London. The high altar was designed by Pugin for the donor, Miss Monicia Preston, and the cost was nearly £1000.

BAVARIAN CHAPEL, Warwick Street, Golden Square, stands on the site of a chapel destroyed in Lord George Gordon's riots of 1780.

FRENCH CHAPEL, Little George Street, King Street, Portman Square. French preachers of celebrity are sometimes heard here.

SARDINIAN CHAPEL, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, the oldest of the existing Roman Catholic places of worship. It was built in 1648, and for many years the only entrance to it was through the Sardinian ambassador's house. It was partly demolished in the riots of 1780, but was afterwards restored and