repaired in 1808 by Rigaud), the pictorial walls, and the marble floor. The portraits are placed in seniority of rank, and the historical paintings arranged according to the date of action. Here are also statues of those great naval commanders-Nelson, Howe, Duncan, and St. Vincent; as also Sir Sidney Smith, Viscount Exmouth, and Lord de Saumerez.

The Chapel is approached by an octangular vestibule, in which are four niches, containing statues of Faith, Hope, Charity, and Meekness. From this vestibule the visitor ascends, by fourteen steps, to the interior of the chapel, which is one hundred and eleven feet long and twenty-five feet broad, and capable of conveniently accommodating fourteen hundred pensioners, nurses, and boys, exclusive of pews for the directors and the several officers. It is a most beautiful specimen of Grecian architecture, and is from the designs of James Stuart, Esq., the well known Author of the "Antiquities of Athens." It was first opened for Divine service on the 30th September, 1789; the former edifice having been destroyed by fire on the 2nd January, 1770.

The hospital gates open at sunrise. The Painted Hall and Chapel are open every week-day from ten till seven during the summer months, and from ten till three in the winter; and on Sundays after Divine service in the morning. On Mondays and Fridays they are open free to the public, and on other days on payment of 4d. Soldiers and sailors are admitted free at all times. Clarke's Handbook Guide, 3d.

CHELSEA HOSPITAL.

Go with old Thames, view Chelsea's glorious pile,
And ask the shattered hero whence his smile;
Go view the splendid domes of Greenwich-go
And own what raptures from reflection flow

Hail! noblest structures, imaged in the wave,
A nation's grateful tribute to the brave.
Hail! blest retreats from war and shipwreck hail!
That oft arrest the wandering stranger's sail.
Long have ye heard the narratives of age,
The battle's havoc and the tempest's rage:
Long have ye known reflection's genial ray

Gild the calm close of valour's various day.-Rogers.

The Royal Hospital for invalids in the land service was begun by Charles II., and finished during the reign of William and Mary. It is a noble structure, forming three sides of a quadrangle, and built after the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. The number of in-pensioners is three hundred and thirty-six, who must, except under special circumstances, be sixty years of age, and have passed twenty years in her Majesty's service, before it is possible to admit them. They wear a uniform dress of red lined with blue, are lodged and fed, and receive an allowance of eightpence per week. The out-pensioners form an unlimited number, and are dispersed all over the three kingdoms, with liberty to exercise their various occupations, though liable to be called upon for garrison duty in time of war. In the Chapel are preserved the eagles of Napoleon, captured at Barossa, Talavera, and Waterloo. In the Dining Hall remain the fragments of the standards won at Blenheim from the proud Louis XIV., surnamed "the Great," besides flags of all nations down to the Chinese, with the Dragon banners.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL,

On the east side of Smithfield, seems to have been the first establishment of the kind in London for relieving the diseased and maimed poor. It owes much to the munificence of Henry VIII., who endowed it, at the

Reformation, with an annual revenue; and profits largely at times by the liberality of private benefactors. Persons hurt by accident are admitted at any hour of the day or night, without previous recommendation, which it is indispensable, however, for applicants in all other cases to procure, before they can be examined or received.

St. George's Fields. For the cure of lunatics. Erected in 1815, on its present site, in consequence of the improvements in Moorfields, by which its removal was demanded. The edifice presents a grand front, five hundred and eighty feet long, composed of two wings and a noble portico, formed by a lofty range of Ionic pillars, supporting a handsome pediment, with a tympa

num, containing in its centre the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom. The whole is crowned by a lofty dome. Visitors are not admitted without tickets, signed by one of the governors.

Old Street.

Originally established in 1732, by voluntary contributions, at a place called Windmill Hill, on the north side of Upper Moorfields. The present edifice is a stone and brick building, four hundred and ninetythree feet in length, having three stories exclusive of the basement story. It was commenced in 1751, but was not completed until 1786, at a cost of £55,000. On each side in all the stories are long spacious galleries, having rooms on both sides; the western galleries are for the