The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-09 00:00:00

JUBILEE AT ELTHAM.

The village of Eltham, Kent, was on Thursday
the scene of a festival of rare occurrence, namely,
the celebration of the fiftieth year of the residence
of the clergyman. It appears that the Rev. Mr.
John Ken ward Shaw Brooke, the present vicar,
had been appointed to the living when he had at-
tained the age of twenty-five, and on Thursday (the
sth of September) he had completed the fiftieth
year of his charge, and the 75th year of his age.
He had always been highly esteemed, and be gained
on the esteem of his parishioners in proportion to
the term of his residence. The consequence was,
the determination to commemorate his worth by a
jubilee, to be defrayed by public subscription. On
entering the town we observed at every place indi-
cations of preparation ; garlands of flowers were
erected on lofty poles, and flags and banners waving
in every direction, with the word "Jubilee" and
emblematical devices. The shops were all shut up
—there was an entire suspension of business. The
immediate scene of celebration was in a field close
by the village, on the left leaving London, called the
Parson's Field. There was an extensive square,
or perhaps more properly speaking, we might say
a continuation of marquees, under which were the
tables and benches set to accommodate those who
were to dine. In the centre was stationed a band
of music, leaving space for a promenade. The
main booth, and that intended for the chairman,
Richard Mills, Esq., was surmounted with a grand
device, painted in transparency.
There were upwards of twenty marquees erected
for lounges and retreats. Every person entitled to
sit down to dinner had been provided with a card,
stating the object of the meeting—the commemo-
ration of the Rev. Gentleman's 50th year in the
vicarage, and the cards were elegantly executed
that they might be worthy of preservation as a
relict. The curate, the Rev. Mr. Myers, pro-
nounced the grace ; and the vast assemblage were
plentifully supplied with a capital dinner from cold
joints and plum-pudding, having an unlimited supply
of beer. Every individual was then served with a
glass of generous port, and the Chairman gave as
the first toast,—" The health of John Kenward
Shaw Brooke, fifty years vicar of the parish, and
may he still be spared many years in the enjoyment
of health and happiness." Although only 1,400
sat down to dinner, more than 5,000 were present
in all. Here closes the first part of the grand fes-
tival, all that was solid and substantial and sober.
The band played quadrilles, and the green sward
was beautiful to dance upon. In addition to the
sweets of the scenery and the daughters of the Terp-
sichore, there had been circulated the following
placard :

" AMUSEMENTS TO TAKE PLACE AT T/IE ELTIIAM

JUBILEE, SEPTEMBER, 5, 1833.
" No. 1, gingling match ; all persons to be pro-
perly attired.—No. 2, scrambling for penny-pieces;
candidates not allowed to fall down.—No. 3, flog-
ging the ball out of the hole; no unfair whipping,
and not to cut his neigbour too close.—No. 4, eat-
ing rolls and treacle; boys to come with clean faces.
—No. 5, dipping for marbles; no candidate to
wear hair-powder.--No. 6, dipping for oranges ; no
boys to wear night-caps, and their mouths not to
exceed six inches.—No. 7, climbing the pole; no
candidate to come with bird iitrle, no objection to
chaff.--No. 8, jumping in sacks; no person will be
admitted with a wooden leg.—No. 9, hurdle stakes;
short-sighted persons need not apply.—No. 10,
carter's best !nattier woof, and best crack of the
whip; no dumb person to offer himself candidate.
Under the management of the Sub-Committee,
Messrs. Smith, Lekeux, and Robert. The whole
to conclude with a grand display of fireworks."
Preparations were made for all these things, and
completed the seria nzirta jocis of the day. The
clergyman, good old man, did not remain to witness
the games, but many of his admirers did.

CHOLERA BLOWN AWAY.—The cholera,
which, as we stated last week, had visibly begun to de-
cline, has undergone a more unequivocal diminution within
the last six or eight days than during any former period
since the commencement of its present irruption. We are
glad to find by the Bills of Mortality that the deaths from
cholera have diminished to sixty-nine in the week, the
number a fortnight ago having been nearly two hundred.
In fact, the late sudden reduction of temperature, and the
change in the atmosphere effected by the late heavy gales,
seem to have had a beneficial influence on the epidemic.
If this improvement should continue, the preservation of
life on shore may be set against the melancholy losses at
sea, and the old adage still remain true, that " it is an ill
wind that blows nobody good.".••Msdical Gazette.

AVOTHER IMPRISONMENT !OR MtNisrEas' STIPENEG
—Mr. Simpson, a wealthy poulterer in the market, was
yesterday escorted to jail by a number of persons bearing
flags, banners, &c., with a band of music. This parade
seemed to attract much notice. At one o'clock the pro-
cession returned from jail, and we were surprised to see
Mr. Simla ,n in front. We have just heard that Mr.
Simpson alleges he was imprisoned for a sum, part of
which he bad previously paid, that his law agent paid the
full sum claimed, under protest, and staf,:i that an ac-
tion of damages for wrongeus imprisonment would imme-
diately follow.
Royal Adelaide steam ship arrived in Leith harbour
early this morning. This powerful vessel has no.
.only
been able to encounter the late northerly gales with per-
fect safety, but has been tl.e means'of assisting others in
distress. In the course of her passage from London, she
saw several vessels wrecked on the coast and in the river
and many more in a disabled state, one of which, the
Marquis of Huntly, she towed from near the Shipwash-
sand to the entrance of Harwich.

THE ARDINCAPLE STEAM PACKET...m.IIms very gene-
rally rumoured yesterday that this vessel, on her passage
from Leith to Newcastle, had met with some serious die..
aster at sea. Upon the arrival of the Newcastle coaches
last night we made every inquiry, and what appeared to
us the most authentic account was this:—That the vessel
was weathering the gale of Sunday, when off Bambornugis
Castle, one of the paddles went wrong, and that the
captain and two of the crew, baying lowered the vessel's
boat, went in it for the purpose of examining into the
cause of the paddle not working, when unfortunately the
rope by which the boat was attached to the vessel broke
or gave way, and that the boat immediately upset, and
those on board perished. The vessel, howeva, was after-
warps towed into Shields by a sloop, and the numerous
passengers and the remaining part of the crew were
landed in safety. So imperfect are the accounts received
that we merely give the above as we have received it,
without vouching for its accuracy.
STEWARTON.—A very melancholy occurrence took
place here lately. About mid-day, a lady and gentleman
drove up in a gig to Mrs. Chapman's inn ; and before
alighting, the lady handed to Mrs. Chapman an infant
which she carried in her arms. Mrs. Chapman carried it
into the kitchen, and sat down before the fire to warm it;
but on uncovering its bands and feet, she felt them so very
cold as to alarm her and the mother of the child for its
safety. A surgeon was instantly sent for, who, on ex-
amining the child, declared that it had been dead for some
time. Mothers when travelling in open carriages with
children, ought to be very cautious bow they wrap them
up with clothing, or place them in their arms, so as not
to expose them to the strong current of air formed when
carrLases ore driven rapidly along the road.—EdinburgTs
Evening Courant.

MEETING IN EDINBURGH IN BEIIALF OF TILE
Pomrs.—On Tuoday night a highly respectable meeting
was held in Rose street Chapel, for the purpose of afford-
ing relief to the suffering _poles ; the Rev. Dr. Ritchie in
the chair. Poland (he said) Lad been the asylum of those
who, in former times, had been banished for lighting up
the torch of civil and religious libery before the empire
over which their infernal persecutor reigned bad been
cradled into existence.—(Great applause.) That despot,
not content with slaughtering her patriots, with extirpat-
ing the young and old who could not bear arms, wreaked
his vengeance on the infant in the cradle, and sent ten
thousand females into Siberia, with such a scanty supply of
provisions, that their drivers left many of them to perish
on the way—indeed the path might have been traced by
the corses ! He suppressed the University, knowing full
well that knowledge and tyranny could not dwell together ;
he had even enacted that it is an unpardonable crime to
teach their native language—to speak the Polish tongue
upon the Polish soil ! This was a cause which must find
an advocate in every human heart. Several gentlemen,
among whom were two Poles addressed the meeting, after
which a liberal subscription was entered into for the relief
of the Polish refugees.

The house of Mr. Thomas Sharman, called
Swayfield Lodge, near Corby, was attempted to be entered
on Monday morning last, but without success. In the
evening a stack of straw, the property of Mr. Sharman,
was set on fire by some incendiaries, which communicated
with a wheat hovel, containing eight acres of wheat, and
the whole was destroyed in a very short time. The loss is
estimated at 2001.—Lincolnshire Chronicle.

ANECDOTE OF A RUSSIAN.—A Russian of'
my acquaintance visited England, with a small portman-
teau, about two years ago. Good heavens ! how he
abused us! Never was so rude, cruel, suspicious, bar-
baric people! I saw him a few months since, having
just paid us a second visit—be was in raptures with all
lie saw—never was a people so improved ; his table was
crowded with cards—how hospitable we were! The
master of the hotel had displaced an English family to
accommodate him—what a refined consideration for a
stranger ! Whence arose this difference in the Russian's
estimate of us ? His uncle was dead—he had come into
a great property. In neither case had our good people
looked at the foreigner; they had looked the first time at
the small portmanteau, and the second tims at the three
carriages and four !—Bulwer's England and the English.

DOWN FEN.—In consequence of the gale on
Saturday, and an unusually strong spring tide, the sluice
and tunnel on the West bank of the river Ouze, recently
laid down about midway between Downharn and Stow
Bridges, were blown up about eight that evening. The
breach was 30 feet wide, and such was the immense body
and impetuosity of the water, chat in a few hours upwards
of 1,500 acres of land (out of a district of from 1,600 to
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lost, and many head (f cattle drowned. A small farm in
the fen, occupie by a Mr. Page, is cotnpietely insulated
by three feet water. Two other breaches of banks of the
said river happened the same night between Downham-
bridge and Salters'-lodge, which overflowed the turnpike
road, and rendered it for two or three days impassable;
by which inundation Mr. James Houghton, of Downhatn
Market, farmer, had a valuable mare drowned in the stable.
The damage sustained by this lamentable event has not
yet been ascertained, but it is much to be feared that it
is to a considerable extent, nor is there any prospect that
the water can be got off before next spring.—Cambridge
Chronicle.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND MURDER.—On
the .Ilst ult., at midnight, a robbery and murder of the
most diabolical kind was discovered to have been corn-
enitted in the township of Newton, near this town, on the
body of a man narued Joseph Cash, the keeper of a public-
house, The Cotton Tree, in the same place. The
greatest excitement has prevailed throughout the neigh-
bourhood ever since the melancholy affair has transpired,
and the most unremitting exertions have been used by.
Messrs. Chorlton and Hibhert, the Clerks to the Magis-
trates in that neighbourhood, aided by Mr. Birch, the
Special High Cwnstable of the district, to discover the
assassins, but for the present all their efforts have been un-
availing. On Monday last an inquest was held on the
body, before John Hollins, Esq., Coroner, at the house of
Mr. Fleming, the Shoulder of Mutton, in Newton, when
a mo,t respectable jury was empannelled. The inquiry
commenced at ten o'clock in the morning, and continued
until twelve at night, when, after the most patient exami-
nation of the witnesses, during which much contradiction
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and discrepancy in the testimony appeared, the
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