The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-24 00:00:00

TIM KING OAK.

The follciwing Table exhit
OAK, which fell April 2,
the property of Sir Wm'

bits the Dimensions of the KING
!:), 1819, on HATFIELD FOREST,'
LIA3I BARRINGTON, Bart. Essex

Stein. Arm on Stem.
, Le It. Girth.
• Length. Girth. -Cubic
.....- Feet.
. Cubicect.
Feet. rect. Feet. Feet.
28 ~ 40 ~ 311 5 163 9 •
10 28} 56 8 11 7
4 22 13 12 133 15,
6 16 10.';
5 113 , 4 Arm on Stem 31
Stem 395 Stem - . 395,
-
i 26
, -
Loads 8 26 teei.
Arms.
L. Girth. L. L. Girth. Cubic L. Girth. Cubic
Feet. Feet. , Feet.
- - ----- --
Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet.
4' 9 2 5 6 1 12 7 4
11 121 111 13 93 8 10 8 4
15 93 9 11 9 6 15 73 51
5 8 2 19 9 103 10 74 33
15 7 5 5 6 1 LI 61 41
6 7 2 5 6 1 12 101 8
10 8 23 5 6 1 11 83 53
12 • 83 6 l 5 6 1 7, 8 3
3...:9 .it 5 6 1 8 7 23
5 1 6 1. 5 6 1 7 7
8- 6 7 6 1 ---
3 10 2 811 65 42
9 12 9 4 64 1 581
9 7 3' I 0 7- 3 433
••••••.......1.
, , .5 8 1
,431 Arms 144

Stem and Arm
Crippled Arni;

. Feet.
7., 42
144

Loads. Feet.
8 26
2 4,1

• • • otg T 1 •
N. B.—This Tree was sold tor £I2TO, with all its faults 20 ,
to
Mew. Redington; of Harlow.

The.ieputed value of the Tree, 11 Loads', 20 Feet,
at #;10 ?'.Load .! 4114 0 0
Top and Dark - • 30 0 0

Deduce Expencgi.-- Falling
Removing, &c.

£144 0 t?
£5 0 of)
10 0 l5 0 0

• 0
WILLrAII.I GENTRY'
Bailiff: 0

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.

The folloWing article appears in a Morning'
Piper of this daY,.but it seems so very impro-
bable, that we, are glad to find that the matter
Will undergo legal investigation that the real facts
of the case may be 'fully ascertained : •
" Ori'Sunday evening last the following extraordinary scene
took place in the-' Chureh-yard of St. John's Church, Tooley-
,
street, Southwark. The funeral of thechild of a Mr. Bacon,
Whols a cutler and hardiareman in Tooley-street, was ap-
-
pointed to take-place precisely at & quarter past five o'clock.—
Mr. Bacon, his wife, and the bearers proceeded in coaches with
the corpse before the time appointed, and arrived at the
chifrch , precisely three mjnntes after the time, according to
Mr. Butler's (the- undeitakeesy watch. The Rev. Mr. Abdy,
jun., who was to haVe performed the ceremony, had left the
ground. Mr: Butler, who is said to be a man of property and
of respectability, inveighed against the of Mr. Abdy.
Mr. Bacon, with his-family, the bearers, 'and the corpse re-
mained in the coaches until six o'clock, when Mr:Abdy, jun.
arrived, and instantly proceeded to the grave and commenced
•reading the burial-service.. The'family of Mr.. Bacon were not
out of the coach, nor was the corpse arrived at the grave, nor
the mourners, nor •Mr.. Bacon near it at the tithe the service
-commenced. It being usual for mourners, bearers, and the
'friends of the deceased on such occasions to be round the grave
during the reading of the funeral ceremony, Mr. Butler, who
Wished that Mr. Abdy should Wait till his company was out of
the coach and the corpse arrivedat the,grave, said to
Yon- ought to 'wait till my company is here, and the corpse is
in the grave." Mr. Abdy did not notice the observation of Mr.'
l3titler, but continued to read the service while the grave-digger
bbre the corpse to the grave, which was ten feet deep. The two
grave-diggers and Mr. Butler had their hats on while lowering
the Corpse, and during the time Mr. Abdy continued reading
the service. Mr. Abdy, seeing them, suddenly stopped, and ex-
claimed in a very abrupt manner, " Take that hat off," which
he repeated, while Mr. Butler was looking into the grave and
directing-the men. not to get the cords entangled. The Rev.
Gentleman took up his umbrella, and with it twice attempted
to knock off Mr. Butler's hat. Mr. Butler avoided the blows,
and as-Mr. Abdy turned round the walk from the ground, Mr.
Butler followed him and said, " Sir, did you refer to me when
you said, take that hat off ?' because if you did, I have a
name as well as you ; and why did you not address me by my
name? I am as good and as respectable a man as you are." Mr.
Bacon hearing-the altercation, went up to the parties, and
begged Mr. Abdy to proceed with the ceremony, as his wife
and family were greatly distressed at such a disgraceful scene.
The Reverend Mr. Abdy replied, " Sir, shall not proceed
with the ceremony after .such an insult, unless Mr. Butler
-makes me an apology." Mr. Bacon said, he had, not observed'
,any insult; and it was neither a fit place nor an occasion suita-
ble for demanding or receiving apologies; he never heard talk
of " an apology in a church-yard," and entreated Mr. Abdy
not to add further distress to his family, who had been waiting
nearly an hour, by his going away and leaving the corpse on
the ground, without. concluding the funeral service. The
Reverend Mr. Abdy replied, " I shall do it, Sir," and left
the ground. Mr. Butler 'followed Mr. Abdy, and, said to
him, " 'What do you mean by such behaviour? I request that
you will do your duty, and read the service." Mr. Abdy by
this time had got into the street, and his answer to Mr. Butler
,was " Begone.' Mr, Butler, evidently ,in a great Passion,
approached the-Rev. Gentleman again,-and said, " Will you
not finish the service? I should like to give you what you de-
serve." Mr. Abdy put out his hand, either to strike or only
to keep. Mr. Butler off; and Mr. Butler said, " I will give you
what you. deserve," and with his. fist struck the, Clergyman in
the face. By this time a great number of persons were collected
'in the street, and•some of them threatened to compel Mr. Abdy
to return
,to complete the ceremony,
he
and he
owehwasevieni:oaimreivdedansgaerer,
from the irritated feelings of theme')
at home without any injury, except from the .blow uri the face.
Mr. Bacon was about to get the corpse out of the grave, and
convey it to his house again, when the sexton locked the gates
of the church-yard, and sent off for the Rev. Mr. Abdy, sen. Mr.
Bacon and family, mourners, &c. waited at the church-yard in
coaches till near eight o'clock, when Mr. Ahily, sen. arrived,
and the funeral ceremony was performed. Some hundreds of
people were assembled round the Church, and, on witnessing
the distress of Mr. Bacon and family, did not fail to give vent
to' their feelings, and in language not very refiffed.—..M-r.Abdy,
jun., preached the same night in Cheapside, and to prevent any
insult or violence being offered to him by the snob, he was accom-
panied along Tooley-street by a patrole on his way to Church."

Means have been already discovered for evad-
ing the obnoxious clauses of the new Marriage Act.—The Ern—
peror Nero, the more effectually to entrap his subjects, had his
laws written in such diminutive characters, and placed at such
an altitude from the eye, as to render it difficult for a passenger
with the sharpest sight to read them. -The votaries of Hymen
have, in the publishing their names and residence in the
churches resorted to a like stratagem.