The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-26 00:00:00

DEATH OF JOHN GILLYATT

BOOTH, ESQ.
The remains of this much respected gentleman
were yesterday interred in the vaults of Hornsey
Church, having been conveyed thither from Clare-
mont-place, North Brixton. Out of respect to the
memory of the deceased, the shops were all closed as
the mournful procession passed through the village,
and business was entirely suspended, Mr. Booth
having resided at Hornsey for more than
half a century, and having expended a
very large sum in beautifying the grounds of
his late residence, at Crouch end. Mr. John
Booth was, for a number of years a partner in the
firm of Booth and Co., the eminent distillers, and was
the only surviving brother of the present Sir Felix
Booth, Bart., well known for his liberality in fitting
out an expdition under the conduct of Sir John
Ross, for the exploration of the Arctic Regions. He
was the second son of Philip Booth, Esq., who may be
regarded as the founder of the family. From a
very humble station Philip Booth raised himself by
his intelligence and industry to he head of the dis-
tillery in Cow Cross-street, and, by the business of a
rectifier alone, accumulated a considerable fortune.
After his death his three sons took the extensive
malt distillery in Brentford, and carried on the.two
establishments together. For a short time the late
Mr. J. Booth was the proprietor of both concerns, and
in one year paid a higher duty than had ever been
paid by any distiller before, and realised in the twelve
months a nett profit of 30,0001. Mr. John Booth,
during the time he remained in business, was unre-
mitting in his attention to its details. Strict himself,
he required punctuality in others ; yet his natural
kindness of heart was so great that one of his oldest
clerks has stated that, though he know Mr. Booth
38 years, during the greater portion of which time
that gentleman was his principal, he had never known
him to speak an angry or harsh word to any person
in his employment. This kindness of disposition
was, indeed, his peculiar characteristic. Though
engaged in the most extensive transactions of life,
his simplicity of heart was never corrupted. Per-
fectly free from deceit himself, he was perfectly un-
suspicious of it in others, and never suffered his faith
in the goodness of humanity to be shaken by partial
instances of wrong and ingratitude. His generosity,
when he conceived a firm attachment, was un-
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limited, and the ancient sentiment was firmly en-
grafted in his heart, that it was better not to leave
enough money to raise a stone for remembrance than
to leave a living friend in want. With great liveli-
ness of manners he combined the utmost modesty of
spirit. The title of an honest man was all he ever
coveted, and when he found himself regarded with
affection, with respect, and almost with reverence, he
referred those qualities to amiability in the persons
who entertained them, ratherthan to the virtues in him-
self which had called them forth. Kindness and bene-
volence were indeed so deeply rooted in his nature as to
be inexhaustible ; those who knew him best loved him
most, and even they were continually surprised by
some new instance of his consideration and fore-
thought. In his last painful illness this disposition
was as conspicuous as in his previous life. He never
complained, though often wrung by cruel pain, and
he never received the most ordinary attention paid to
the sick without some expression of gratitude and
thankfulness. His whole nature was so entirely
truthful that he was absolutely incapable of believ-
ing in falsehood; he had the innocence of the dove,
but nothing of the guile of the serpent. It is
seldom that the purest minds rise to the highest
places. Mr. Booth was not of a character to attain
worldly honours. Lengthened proceedings in Chan-
cery, and other accidents, tended in some degree
to impair the prosperity and peace of his later years,
but his cheerfulness and good humour never deserted
him. The beatitudes of the Christian character were
all his own. During the winter he was attacked with
paralysis, but the natural vigour of his constitution
sustained him, and his friends had the strongest
hopes of his recovery. Other maladies, however,
developed themselves, the seeds of which had been
sown during his laborious attention to business, in
comparatively early life, and he expired on the 16th
inst., after a severe illness of seven days, in which
he was attended by Dr. Babington and by Mr.
Cock, surgeon of Guy's Hospital. He married a
daughter and co-heiress of the late Mr. Williamson,
the wealthy maltster, and has left three sons, neither
of whom has issue.—Post.

ENORMOUS Fmr.—A few days since an extraordi-
narily large trout, weighing 151e5., was caught in the
river Stour by an eel stage fixed near the bay fronting
Bryanstone House, the seat of Lord Portman. Much
curiosity was excited at the appearance of this aristo-
cratic monster, and efforts were made to keep it alive,
but the bruises occasioned by its capture rendered this
impossible. It may be remarked that the fish became
quite blind before its death, and took no nourishment
after its capture.

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