Mise. CXXlr. fol. fi. No. 85 



ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AT LONDON. 



The cathedral church of St. Paul, which 

 we see here represented from the side of the 

 Thames, is one of the most beautiful buil- 

 dings of modern architecture. It stands in 

 the centre of the great metropolis of the 

 british empire, being reared in the place 

 of an ancient gothic cathedral, that was 

 almost entirely destroyed by the terrible 

 fire of 1666. The celebrated Architect, Sir 

 Christopher Wren, formed his plan of it partly 

 ©n the Model of St. Peter's Church at. Rome 

 This immense edifice was reared in 35 years, 

 the foundation being laid on the 21 s *. of June 

 1675 and the building completed in 1710, at 

 the expence of 4,420,5 12 dollars of Saxony. 



This Cathedral is in the form of a cross. 

 The outiide is adorned with three magnificent 

 entrances and two ranges of pilastres. Abo- 

 ve the principal entrance stand two steeples; 

 the chief ornament, however, is the sta- 

 tely dome, rising in the centre. The 



dome rests on 3a columns supporting a gal- 

 lery surrounded by a balustrade, the ascent 

 to which from the bottom is by 53^ steps. 

 Over the gallery rises the magnificent cupo- 

 la with a second gallery, on the top of 

 which stands a little turret or lanthorn 

 terminating in a gilded ball and cross. — 

 The inside of St. Paul's is so far from cor- 

 responding in beauty with its exterior that 

 it is only decorated with conquered ship's 

 flags and two statues and monuments erec- 

 ted in honour of Johnson and Howard. 



The annexed view exhibits likewise a 

 remarkable procession consisting of the 

 Lord Mayor's going by water to Westmin- 

 ster-hall, with great pomp, in barges splen- 

 didly decorated. This procession takes pla- 

 ce annually on the 9th. of November, being 

 the day on which the new chief magistrate 

 enters upon the duties of his office. 



