The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-15 00:00:00

THE LATE MR. J. C. NEILATHE

MISER.
-es We duly chronicled in our last the death of that ec
1-,oentrie and parsimonious millionnaire, Mr. Neild, late o.
s Chelsea. Ilia remains were removed on Thursday last
to Buckinghamshire, where they were interred in the
neighbourhood of Aylesbury. There was a large con-
course of persons assembled, both at Chelsea, and at the,
place of interment. The two executors, Dr.,Tattan antij
,J. Stevens, Esq., with the clergyman and other gentle-1
men, attended. The penurious character of the deceased.
r, was well known by his friends and tenants, as was evi-
denced at the funeral, when one of the inhabitants of
Aylesbury remarked, " that credit was due to the exe-'
,-,cutors for the manner in which they had discharged their
duty, but had Mr. Neild ;known while living that se
, much would have been spent on his funeral he would have
"- come down into Buckinghamshire to die, in order to save
the expense." From what we are informed, we have not •
the least doubt that such would have been the course
4 adopted ;by the deceased. Many stories are current
Sof his conduct while living, but they are mostly of such •
a character that credence could hardly be given to them.
‘. were it not that they are derived principally from a.
source that can be fully relied upon. We will give one
or two instances. When about to leave his house on a
visit he would place his housekeeper upon board wages, t
at a SUM which he considered extravagantly high—
.eightpence per day. The same miserable meagreness'`
' pervaded the whole of his transactions ; the very furni-
ture of the garret in which he died, consisting of an old
, stump bedstead, &c., was considered scarcely worth es.
His principal companion in his life-time was a favourite 4
black cat, and puss was present when her master ceased s
co exist. And so we might go on detailing his evenciousness ; but enough--the very relation of the s
cidents of such a life of unmixed misanthropy and
parsimoniousness is sickening in the extreme; it
was a blank void—noon, without the golden rays
„aed invigorating inflames, of the sun to tint e
the horizon with its grandeur, and to give to humanity
,its status—a conception of right and wrong. To the
unfortunate subject of this notice the world possessed noP
'charms other than those that contributed to his insatiatell
desire fur aggrandisement—the mind no intellectuality
—nature no beauty or endearments—pevsrty no claims
upon his generosity! All was chaos—a frigid, spiritless
specimen of humanity. As ho lived, so he died—a
friend to no one. Possessed of abundance, but without
the least drop of the milk of human kindness pervading
,his system, he selfishly hoarded up what might have
been rendered available in materially diminishing the
penury existing around him, and of spreading happiness 51)
and comfort in every direction. It is to be hoped that
the vast sum he was the means of accumulating may yet
be applied to a proper and legitimate purpose—the be-
nefit of mankind. With this wish we would fain draw
la curtain over the faults and failings of one who did
not possess the spirit to exercise the faculties with
which he had been endowed either to the advancefi
-
meta of his species or the glory of his God.—Kentish
Gazette.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—An enter-'
tainment of a highly amusing character has just been com-;
menced by Mr. George Buckland, assisted by Miss Blanche,
sYouug, RA., designated " Musical Varieties." In the
course of his subject he gave a most humourous description
of the nightmare, illustrated with highly amusing songs de-I
scriptive of the misery attendant on the visits of this night:
hag. The lecture was concluded by allusions to the tales of]
childhood, fairies, &c., illustrated by a medley, entitled
"6 Little Red Ridinghood," which was given with great hu-
mour and judgment, eliciting loud and continued applause.
Miss Young's able assistance greatly enhanced the:enter-
tainment by her excellent and well-judged execution of the
;various illustrations committed to her charge, more partial.
larly in one of Donnizetti's favourite airs.
MR. WORRELL'S BENEFIT. - This useful and
esteemed actor takes his annual benefit at the Haymarket.
ITheatre on to-morrow (Thursday) evening, when Jack
Sheppard and Paul Pry will be played by the full strength
of the Adelphi company. Mr. Worrell is a brother of the
Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, and those of,
;the Mystic Tie will not of course neglect to rally round him
on the occasion.

TRAVELLING IN 1852.--The improvements effected
1 , in rail and steam communication with the continent have
rendered it peifectly easy at the present day to breakfast at
a seasonable hour in London, to judge of the skill of a French
chefde
London sineat
in
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timee
bearlyfndrinanneerviennilnagbepllaertFyr,annlclen,nanodnetoand
the
i day, and with little more fatigue than would be ex-
,
p luter the ordinary twelve hours' avocations. This,
egeraiienn c samei
ne
LI
may be accomplished, not on one particular day of the,
month only, but every day, by taking advantage of the'a,
Dovei express train from the London-bridge terminus
.8.10 A.M. This train arrives in Dover at 10.35
'half an hour afterwards a fast steamer sails for C
lands her passengers on the French soil at about a
one o'clock. The steamer returns at a quarter-past SL three.
Upwards of two hours can therefore be spent
be-
sides two in Dover on the homeward-bound iloue
the traveller will be again at the London-ebvreng.
ten r.m., having left Dover at half-past•
and regular communication between
can-
not fail to be appreciated b
'the man of pleasure.
1
both by the man •A 3-1;, andnnd
Calais, limey, and yet
London-bridge terminus at
Such speedy
quartera Calais,
t°
thes two countries
of business and
MAIL STEAMERS.
in the management of the
pang, preparatory to the
Peninsular
ctainvdityoiriseenxtahlibcnitrned.
311,ieaanr. andrrneAustraliank
the Ripon, and convey
mailhas
been commencementii
contract, at the beginning of next
ordered to take the place ofM.
out the Indian mail of the 20th inst.,"'"
rwhich will be
home from Constantinople''
f ext month, is to be dispatched to India
!:satnedami,herorittliedsrhaeLis to proceed to India. The new screw-4
on
afterwards. The company have now nearly a 4
on the stocks, and their fleet will amount 4
dozen new
l!itinhembeedgiieitienliyng
earner, which is now ~4.
building for the at Cowes, is company owes, is one of the vessels in-
the India, Chins,
and Australian mails be-
tended to convey.
to nearly 50stsetaemamerears. The Medina steamer, • .
be-
tween Malta and Marseilles,