The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1844.

MEETING of the UNITED PARISHES
OF ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK, AND ST.
BENET, SHEREHOG.—(THIS DAY.)
A crowded meeting of the most influential rate-payers
of the above parishes took place this day in the vestry-
tc"xi of St. Stephen's, to take into consideration a letter
addressed to Messrs. Rock and Flight, the church-
Wardens.
The Rev. Dr. CROLY was called to the chair.
Mr. ROCK said, that before proceeding to the proper
business of the meeting, he would take the liberty of
calling their attention to a: most singular account of a
meeting said to be held yesterday in that room. The
account appeared in the Times of that morning. Ile
Was sure, that every one who had read it, would with
nro, express his surprise at the impudence of the person
'T oo could send such a report to the Times ; and ho
(Mr. Rock) was sure that every well-thinking man in
I"that parish must disclaim any connection with it.
'le was utterly at a loss to conceive how any friend or
enemy of Mr. Alderman Gibbs could have sent
such a statement. He was sure that any gentleman there
would shudder at making the charges against the late
churchwarden that that report did, and he hoped
that all in the meeting would repudiate in the strongest
terms any participation in such a disgraceful transaction.
le did it, for one ; and he thought that all ought to ex-
press their disapprobation of suclra procedure. Their
cause was best served by truth and moderation, not by
111 c injurious modes like that he had alluded to.
Mr. How= could not help thinking that Mr. Rock
!as taking this matter much too seriously. It bore upon
the face of it the character of a hoax, and he should be
%lite as ready to disclaim any of the articles which had
itPPeared in Punch as that under consideration. They
,
Zere of the same family—(A laugh)—and had, he
sliought, been richly deserved by the individual to whom
lucY had immediate reference.
Mr. Itocx—l trust you had nothing to do with it.
Mr. HowerT—No, on my honour ; but yet I think the
lebject of it has richly merited it.
br. CROLY.—It is right to disclaim it at all events,
sad now I hope the Chairman will open the business.
Mr. FLIGHT said that he had received the letter he
'rid in his hand from their Rector, Dr. Croly, and he
Immediately determined to call a meeting on the subject,
its he considered that its weighty purport deserved the
Intention of the united parishes, and that its importance
Vs° required that attention immediately. He would
"ow read the letter
Gentlemen,—As in the course of this month two
Years of my income as afternoon lecturer of this parish
be due, will you have the goodness to let me know
wnell the arrears will be paid.—l am yours faithfully,
" G. CIIOLY, LL.D."
Now he said, that as regarded these two pairs of arrears
Ttheir hands were completely tied as churchwardens.
he question of law in which they were engaged was not
Yeths settled, and would not probably be heard till Christ-
Although Mr. Rock' and himself were willing to
ye
t,. nee any moneys, yet they were restricted from
'lng so by the very peculiar circumstances in which
L 'eY were placed. Their self-elected churchwarden had
Zeeived all the revenue, but shut his breeches pocket
fast that none was refunded ; and therefore it was
Zthat he (Mr. Flight) had written to Mr. Rock for his
."I'aent that that meeting should be held, to confer as to
111 e best mode of acting in such an emergency. He had
4
doubt that any difficulty in which they were placed
°old be overcome by the united exertions of the meet-
-gg•--(Hear, hear.)
/dr. TIPPITTS, of St. Benets, was at a loss to under-
Itarad why the parish to which he belonged should be in-
reested in this matter.
hfir. CROLY would at once explain the reason. They,
° Parish of St. Stephen's, were not allowed to go to a
I:gher expense than 51. in the repairing of the church,
`th the consent of the other parish ; and on the pre-
Icat
ko occasion the reason why both parishes was sum-
plied was to take into consideration, among other
atters the dilapidated state of that edifice. There
has nothing more painful to himself than to come for-
thacti on any personal subject, but still they were aware
rgkt when a duty was done it should also be paid for.—
ear.) He was not speaking merely for himself, he
:1s also speaking for others. The arrears 'of the
at,Oist were now five quarters, for in that time he had
been once paid. The sextoness was six quarters in
e,r—(Cries of " Shame.")—and he, therefore, spoke
ot,:oeir conjoint names. These were things that con-
-11.44 themselves with the services of the church, and
101 he humbly conceived called for immediate attention.
thecce were other duties also, but to those he would not
tgsn advert. Let them suppose, however, that those
tiO7ties would not be paid for five years to come, he did
say that they should not be ; but supposing the
organist unpaid for that time, why the services of the
kgpist would cease. The sextoness would also cease,
consequently the parish service would be seriously
atranged, and, therefore, it was he called upon them
h 'lake a rate in order to overcome the difficulty. He
:Llazd that his observations would that day be calm and
eirPrate as they had always been. Ho hoped that in
his remarks he would maintain a dispassionate bear-
wt and above all, he also trusted that the speakers
tikuld not in any way conneet the business of their
~,ting that day with any external matter in the City.
hair ear.) He disclaimed all possible connection of the
,alrs of that parish with things out of the parish. For
kLatnber of years it was well known that no account
tj been given of the expenditure or receipts of the pa-
t,' Ile made no remark on that subject, but it so hap-
Fke4",ed that the dilapidation of the church was observed,
s in 1842 it was represented to the Archdeacon by the
dtt est,
Y of St. Stephen's. Last year the wretched con-
-44,1,°n of the church was again brought under his notice,
a joint meeting of the parishes was called, and the
nu
se."ll quence was, that a demand was made to know what
1;11:(ri done
with the parish money, and to know ge-
-1 all)3 bow the state of affairs stood. At that time the
1e churchwarden came forward, and requested that
tome should be given. He (Dr. Croly) was not at
44 meeting, but from his position in the parish he
took the chair at the next meeting that was
tilled, Ile then begged that the parish would give the
hale required by the churchwarden to bring forward
accounts, and time was accordingly given. He had
tltd but few words himself, but he had sufficiently ex-
onged his opinion that everything should be done with
euneration—that the greatest possible consideration
()Illd be paid to that gentleman ; and that the incon-
to,:genee to which he might be subjected by a demand
qoeteady money, should be allowed for. At a subse-
ti4t,day a deputation waited upon him with a request
(14 ne would give up his accounts to the period in
Cation. They came away and said that they saw, in-
th7, not the accounts, but a portion of them, which
1,,3; deemed quite unsatisfactory. Afterwards an
t;hiteation was made to the Lord Mayor to
<Pei the production of the accounts, and
that again, the state of affairs had
it,nle so gloomy that a bill was filed in Chancery by a
tkr,2tanan well known among them, and who had been
(D dinghy useful in the parish.—(Hear, hear.) He
t 4„," Croly) was one of the select vestry, but all that he
is,' of the accounts could be very briefly recounted. Notice
147„ given him the day before the meeting of the vestry
Boat if he called upon Alderman Gibbs at his residence,
he shown
the hours of eleven and one, the accounts should
4.140 an to him. These were the accounts of nineteen
c hic% and as he (Dr. Croly) was not infallible, as he
i '4 not boast a mind of railway power—(A laugh)—
th declined to look over them. They were aware of
tellrikPainful circumstances of that next -day's meeting—
of he Policeman placed at the door of the sacred edifice—
a „e system of espionage pursued—of the bolts and
Rai bars that were undrawn before admittance could be
ctned to the vestry-room. They were aware that he
te„l,• Croly) was in the chir at that meetin, and he
d tell them that if a motion had been brought in to
the accounts he should not have put it.—(Hear.)
7,
't Was they were ordered to be printed. There were
to Vouchers for the transactions in those accounts, but
gentlemen appointed by the churchwarden himself
ttee to audit thens.—(Hear, hear.) He said that no
14(31Ints should be received from the parish unless they
tl,tc compared with the proper vouchers. Well, from
401thlished accounts, it appeared that when Alderman
tit.'" took the office of churchwarden, some nineteen
big twenty years ago, there was a balance in
hands. From that account, also, it appeared
teat for twelve years he had raised no rates
th meet the difficulties of the parish, but at the end of
c,,-`„Period he charged the parish with a debt of 1,8001.
tilear, hear.) lie now came to the condition of the
ki,"reh itself. Their church was now in a state of elis-
4Zoful squalidness. He himself had seen the rain
ti 'ding through the roof, and if any one had curiosity
e,„"agh to look behind the pulpit, they could trace the
141? of the water there.—(Hear.) A portion of the
to-frw of the tower had fallen down, and it was owing
te„,"'o merciful providence of God that it did not crush
the of the persons in the street. One of the finest of
tii" architectural structures in their country was thus
tl,ll miserable state of ruin, and they were standing
trt,:4i without a shilling.—(Hear.) Yes, there they
with a dilapidated church—with no revenues—
arrear to the servants of the parish.—(Hear.)
14 defence had been attempted for the late church-
tuen • he (Dr. Croly) had examined that defence
,
se," a calm and temperate mind, and he could only
tj,-"e to the conclusion that it was mere declama-
l'h"' and did not disprove a single fact.—(Hear, hear.)
oilie,question now was, what was to be done ? That he
lie(t heave with themselves, and he hoped they would
4irlabled to provide the parish, the country, and him-
-1)44 seedy remedy.—(Hear, hear.)
14 CUNLIFFE wished to know what difficulties stood
h" Way of their making a rate there ? (Mr. Rock
Ve" going to answer.) He (Mr. Cunliffe) wished the
il.rYselerk to answer his question.
pith, re Jones, Vestry-clerk of St. Benet's, said that their
if
ow he
would be willing to bear theft. share of the rate
owie churchwardens of St. Stephen's could get their
Portion of it raised.
CUNLIFFE thought that was getting over the diffi-
el4l) but he should have wished that their own Vestry-
fe had answered his question.
frees" VESTRY•CLERK of St. Stephen's said it was
lie" no want of respect to Mr. Cun-
ql4,°tliat he did not at first answer. The
Wag out of which the present difficulty arose
tlitij`nPly this, who were de jure the churchwardens at
time? The matter was depending in the higher
tl)o-tta, and if a rate were attempted to be levied before
Ni4e,ttienaent of that question Messrs. Rock and Flight
4', find themselves in a situation of considerable
lead-11,4Y. The attempt to enforce a rate then would only
th '0 useless litigation and therefore it was that he
%gilt
it best avoided.
CUNLIFFE said, that if they went on in that way,
the
Wwoerueldthbeeni.n the same situation seven years hence as
teed ' ROCK said there were many disadvantages to con-
tev,„agailist in making a rate. It appeared that their
thEtii"ue was enough to pay their expences, and more
for thell'ngli, and it would seem a most unjudicious thing
Was 1' Persons whose right to the church-wardenship
Yearsquestioned, to attempt for the first time in twelve
nigh Call en the parish for a rate which those persons
no right to impose. , ,Heihad endeavoured to

guard against the difficulty at the time the decree which
was some time ags made, was established, by a special
agreement being entered into between Mr. Alderman
Gibbs's counsel and his own counsel, that during the liti-
gation the rents of the parish should be applied to the
purposes of the parish. About a month or two ago Mr.
Alderman Gibbs's solicitor wrote to his (Mr.
Rock's) solicitor, expressing the intenton of Mr.
Alderman Gibbs 80 to apply the money. It,
however, appeared by the subsequent answer
of Mr. Alderman Gibbs in the Court of Chancery, that
since that time there had been an accumulation in his
hands of 21 71., which was quite enough, as far as he was
aware of, to quit any claim that was outstanding against
the parish. It was quite enough to pay the lecturer,
the sexton, the organist, and all current expenses of
the parish.

Mr. CUNLIFFE—Not the poor.
Mr. Roci: continued. He therefore thought that by
making a rate as suggested by Mr. Cunliffe, they would
only be seeking litigation with every individual in the
parish; and they would thereby plunge their unhappy
district into fresh troubles. He disclaimed anything
like a wish to make this a municipal question. No
longer ago than yesterday he told Mr. Alderman Gibbs's
solicitor, that if Mr. Gibbs would show a fair and honest
account, he (Mr. Rock) would make every allowance for
the difficulty of producing the accounts. He would do
more if Mr. Gibbs would show an honest account ; he
(Mr. Rock) would do all in his power to support the
Alderman's claim to the civic chair, rather than endea-
vour to keep him from it.—(Hear, hear.) Ho merely
wanted him to produce a clear account to the parish. If
he would do this, they (the churchwardens) would sit from
day to day until they had gone through it. Would not
the simple verdict of that vestry, that the accounts were
correct, do snore for Alderman Gibbs than he could
ever do or say for himself.—(Hoar, hear.) He (Mr.
Rock) therefore implored him to take this course. In
the meantime it remained for them to consider what they
were to do in this matter. It seemed to him that there
was one of two courses open for their adoption, to call
upon Mr. Alderman Gibbs to do that which he had
promised, namely, to pay over the 2471. which he had
in hand, or else for them to open a subscription, which
he (Mr. Rock) would be very happy, as far as his
humble means went, to support.
Dr. CROLY—I object to a subscription.
Mr. ROCK said he meant a subscription to defray the
salaries of the subordinate officers of the church.

Mr. BOWETT said, whatever was their disposition to-
wards Alderman Gibbs, that nothing but censure could
issue from that room against a man who had paid so little
attention to the affairs of their parish. Why should they
try to assist a man who obstinately refused to assist
himself.

Several voices—He has had enough of censure already.
- - - - - - - - - -

Mr. TIBBETTS suggested that Mr. Alderman Gibbs
and Mr. Whittaker, and Mr. Rock and Mr. Flight,
should jointly call a vestry, and levy a rate, irrespective
to the question at issue with respect to the church-
wardenship.

Mr. HOWETT said that had been proposed before, but
it was considered a degradation on the part of the
parish to hold any communication with Alderman Gibbs.
Mr. JONES thought they ought not to let the church
fall down because they were involved in litigation. That
would be a degradation. Let them make a rate and re-
pair the church, and then they could afterwards decide
as to the claims to the churchwardenship.
Mr. TIBBETTS said he had no doubt that Mr. Alder-
man Gibbs would concur in the arrangement which he
(Mr. Tibbetts) had suggested.
Mr. JONES said that the parish of St. Benet Sherehog
would willingly pay their quota.
Mr. TIBBETTS thought a vestry of St. Stephen should
be called for eleven o'clock on some day, and a vestry of
St. Benet at twelve, and they then could decide upon the
rate that should be levied.

Mr. FLIGUT said that unquestionably there were ample
funds for the support of that church, and for the carrying
out of their religious worship in a respectable manner.
He had looked over the very voluminous accounts which
had been submitted, for he was perfectly ignorant of the
duties of churchwarden when then they did him the
honour to elect him, and he was anxious to ascertain
what were the ordinary expenses of the parish ; and to
his astonishment he found that an enormous amount of
expenses were put down, for a period of nineteen years,
for the maintenance of the religious worship in the
church. He went to other churches, in order to make
a comparison. He went to several City parishes, and
he crossed over into Lambeth, to the populous parishes
of that district, and he fouud that in no oneparish were the
expenses two-thirds-of those in St. Stephen's Walbrook,
and the majority of them were not one-half. He meant the
expenses of maintaining the worship in the church. In
many of the churches, which were larger than St. Ste-
phen's, the expenses were less than one-half what they
were in Walbrook. He had documents in his pocket to
show this. He had got his friends to make inquiries,
and they discovered that in no parish were the expenses
more than two-thirds of what they were in Walbrook ;
at least, as they appeared in the accounts.—(Cries of
" Oh, oh !" and laughter.) He would remind the vestry,
too, that the property of the parish, if properly ma-
naged, would produce one-third more than it did at pre-
sent.—(Hear, hear.) Now if they reduced their ex-
penses one-third, and augmented their income one-third,
there would be ample income to support the church,
without calling on any gentleman for a single item of rate.
Mr. ROCK thought it was desirable that Mr. Flight
and himself should endeavour to induce Mr. Gibbs and
Mr. Whittaker, jointly, to call a vestry meeting, in order
to raise a rate, without prejudice to the conflicting claims
of the two parties to the churchwardenship. This, he
thought, was the sense of the meeting.
Mr. HOWETT thoughtlthat Mr. Alderman Gibbs ought
to be called upon to pay over the money which he had
received since the litigation, towards the payment of the
claims which now existed, that money to be applied to
the purposes of the parish.
Mr. Roex said this, of course, would be done. The
rate would be made in order that the parish of St. Benet
Sherehog should bear its quota.
A resolution was then comp to, that Mr. Alderman
Gibbs and Mr. Whittaker should be requested to call
a select vestry, jointly with Mr. Flight and Mr. Rock.
Mr.tFLIGIIT, iu very complimentary terms, proposed
a vote of thanks to Dr. Croly, for his able and impartial
conduct in the chair.
Mr. HowETT seconded the motion. _ _

Dr: CROLY returned thanks, and in doing so, said that
he had been actuated solely by a desire to see justice done
to all parties in the course he had taken. He did not
feel the slightest to any person whatever.
The vestry then adjourned.

THE PARISH OF WALBROOK.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—We beg to inform you that the statement re-
lative to the parish of Walbrook, which has been impu-
dently imposed on the Times of this morning, is a forgery,
no meeting whatever having been held in the church
yesterday.
We remain, Sir, your most obedient servants,
THOS. FLIGHT,
WM. F. ROCK,
Churchwardens of St. Stephen's.
Walbrook, Sept. 19, 1844.

avROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.—
Owing to the absence from town of several members of
the council, the monthly meetings have been discon-
tinued until the 6th of November next, when the re-
gular session will commence. In the meantime prepara-
tions are going on for the next annual country meeting
of the society, which has been appointed to take place at
Shrewsbury, and which it is predicted will be highly at-
tractive, from the great interest which the leading agri-
culturists and breeders of stock in that part of the coun-
try take in the exhibition.
PORTSOKEN WARD.—THE ALDERMANIC GOWN.—
The precept for the election of an alderman to represent
the ward Portsoken in the Court of Aldermen, has been
issued by the Lord Mayor, who has appointed Wednes-
day, the 25th inst., as the day of nomination, when, in
case of a contest, of which there is no doubt, the two fol-
lowing days will be occupied in taking the votes of the
electors of the ward.
THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WlNDSOR.—Lieute-
nant Richard Nantes, on half-pay of the 65th Regiment
of Foot, has just been appointed one of the Military
Knights of Windsor, in the room of the late Major
Anderson, who died in the early part of last month.
Lieutenant Nantes, who was engaged during the Penin-
sular war, entered the army in 1809, serving in the 7th
Royal Fusiliers, and has been on half-pay since 1814.
The number of applications to Sir James Graham, the
Home Secretary, in whom the appointment is vested,
subject to the approval of her Majesty, for the situation,
was upwards of two hundred. Yesterday morning, at
the conclusion of Divine worship at St. George's Chapel,
Windsor, the statutes of Queen Elizabeth, for the go-
vernance of the Military Knights, were read over in the
Chapter-room by Mr. Thomas Batchelder, the newly-
appointed Chapter Clerk, in the presence of the Hon.
and Rev. the Dean, and the whole of the Knights in
residence. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests
have just determined that no public sale by auction shall
be suffered to take place, for the future, at the resi-
dences of the Military Knights, upon the decease of a
member of that body. This new regulation has just been
communicated to the executors of the late Major Ander-
son ; the reason assigned being the alleged injury which
would be done to the house, by the numbers of persons
who generally attend public auctions within the pre-
cincts of the Castle. According to the existing regula-
tions, the residence of a Military Knight must be vacated
within one month after his decease.

TOULON, SEPT. 13.—The brig of war L'Aigle, Capt.
Martin, recently arrived from Cherbourg, sails to-mor-
row for Cadiz with dispatches, and from thence to Mo-
gadore, to join the blockade squadron. The following
is the ceremony to be observed on the arrival of the gal-
lant Prince de Joinville :—The instant the vessel com-
manded by the Prince anchors in the roads, all the men
of war are to hoist their colours, and fire three salutes ;
the crew are to man the yards, and shout seven times
" \rive Ia Roi." On leaving the vessel, he will bo es-
corted on his right by the maritime prefect in his boat
with the Royal standard, and on his left by the major. gene-
ral and his staff. The boats of the commissary-general the
director of naval construct ions, the harbour master, are to
follow. The Prince will land at the arsenal, and proceed
from thence to the hotel of the prefecture. A guard of
honour, of 100 men, commanded by a field officer, is to be
given to him. The road on either side is to be lined by
the military from the arsenal to the prefecture. The
garrison is to be under arms.
Berwick Castle is to be levelled with the ground,
in order to allow space for the terminus of the railway
forming between that town and Edinburgh.
A CRIMINAL LUNATIC.--It will be remembered
that at Monkwearmouth, during the election of 1841,
Lord was fired at by a man named Edward Lid-
dell. This individual has been admitted to the asylum
of Mr. Kent, Sheriff Hill, his state of mind having been
lately such as to render it improper for him to be at
liberty.—Tyne Mercury.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
We regret to state that some serious accidents oc-
curred at a soldier's funeral in this town (Liverpool)
on Monday last, which, but for the timely assistance
rendered by the military and police, might have been
at tonded with fatal consequences. About three o'clock
on that afternoon the. funeral was passing along St.
Anne-street, from the barracks in Soho-street, to-
wards St. James's Cemetery. It was preceded by
Jollifre's band and a party of soldiers, with their fire-
locks reversed, and it was followed by the chief
mourners, another large party of soldiers, the officers
in command of the detachment, and a considerable
crowd of the lower classes of the town.

The novelty of the scene in Liv;rpool, together with
the music in the " Dead March in Saul," induced
immense numbers of spectators to stand upon the
is!eps of most of the hall-doors in St. Anne-street;
with the view of obtaining a more distinct view of
NS hat was passing ; and it was while the funeral pro-
cession was moving in the order described, and the
street was in this state, that the accident happened.
It seems that a horse and whitechapel, belonging
to Mr. Alcock, tallow-chandler, of Islington, were
either standing or going along the middle of the way,
when the sound of the music frightened the animal,
and caused him to plunge and rear in such a manner
as to cause the utmost apprehension for the lives of
the bystanders. He foamed at the mouth----threw up
his forelegs—became altogether unmanageable, and,
at last, rushed upon the footpath and up the steps of a
hall-door, crowded with spectators at the time, and
which is situate close to a house occupied by the
Licensed Victuallers' Society, not far distant from the
judge's lodgings.
The women and children, who were upon the steps,
screamed terrifically, and for a while the utmost con-
sternation prevailed. At this period the band ceased li
to play, the procession halted, and the soldiers broke
from their ranks and ran with many others to seize
the infuriated animal. They failed, however, in ac-
complishing this laudable object until after he had
knocked down and injured several of the persons on
the steps.
Amongst others, one of the wheels passed over the
body of a lad 14 years of age, named John Couch.
He was immediately attended by Dr. Burgess, of
Queen Anne-street, who stated that he was internally
injured, but not, we believe, fatally.
One of the wheels also passed over the body of an
elderly woman, named Bridget Steekes, who was re-
moved to the Northern Hospital, and received the
promptest medical assistance. She complained of her
side; and it was believed that one of her ribs had
been broken.

The others received bruises and contusions, not,
however, of any serious consequence; and a few were
bleeding from wounds received in various parts of the
body. Most of them were conveyed at once to their
respective homes.
When the horse had been secured and led off, and
the necessary assistance had been rendered to the
wounded, the procession was re-formed, the band re-
commenced the march, and the funeral moved unin-
terruptedly towards the place of interment.—Liver-
pool paper.

THE SAFETY BEACON ON THE
GOODWIN SANDS.

The following extract from a private letter, dated
Deal, Sept. 17, written by a gentleman who was an
eye-witness to the late operations on the Goodwins,
and who has taken a deep interest in the success of
the safety beacon, may be interesting to our readers :
—" Captain Bullock has just completed the replace-
ment of his safety beacon on the Goodwin Sands,
which was run down by a careless Dutchman some
weeks ago. It now stands erect on those dangerous
sands, the record of a simple design, which has led to
attempts of a similar humane and praiseworthy cha-
racter, but of a more elaborate and costly description.
It is affixed upon the same principle, as at first, with
an improvement in its base. This is now composed
of iron instead of wood ; and it consequently pene-
trates further into the sand than the former. From
the stability of the materials of which it is composed
there is no doubt, ' barring accidents' of a similar na-
ture to the last, it will last for years. A proof thus
far has been obtained that beacons of refuge may now
be placed upon any sand. The honour of having
led the way to these useful undertakings (even after
this simple contrivance shall have been eclipsed, by
the substitution of beacons of a more durable de-
scription) is duo to Captain Bullock. There is no
doubt that the first beacon of refuge has been the
happy means of saving both life and property, answer-
ing the double purpose of a warning and a refuge. It
has cautioned the unwary of the proximity to danger,
and has been a guide even to those who were aware
of its erection in the constant communication between
Dover and Ostend. During my visit to the Good-
wins, while the beacon was in the course of re-erec-
tion, my attention was particularly drawn to the fact,
that the foundation of the former beacon remained
unmoved and unabsorbed. Day after day I walked
upon the mass of chalk deposited by Captain Bullock,
now four years ago. In consequence of this circum-
stance I perceive that Captain Bullock has resorted to
his former plan by throwing upon the same founda-
tion between SO and 60 tons of concrete blocks,
chalk, and shingle, all of which have stood un-
changed during the continuance of the late calm
weather. The tide, so strong as it passes the shallow,
has had no visible effect upon the mass, around which
the sand had accumulated nearly two feet in height,
and it now remains as the result of a most interesting
and successful experiment. The present gale (while
I am writing) from the southward will prove whether
it will eventually stand against the ' boiling surf,' by
which it will be surrounded and assailed. I have
myself very little fear for the heavy concrete blocks
which constitute the base of the cone ; but I think it
very likely that the upper portions of the undefended
and loose shingle may be disarranged, and the cone
somewhat flattened down. It is, however, but an
experiment, and the problem will probably be demon-
strated that human skill and ingenuity cannot over-
come the formidable Goodwins with small means, and
that man cannot successfully wage a little war' with
such a foe. However, I must say, from all I have
heard, that the Lords of the Admiralty have behaved
in the most kind and handsome manner to Captain
Bullock, in enabling him to possess thus far every
facility for carrying out his humane and highly
praiseworthy undertaking."

APTURE OF FIVE HUNDRED WHALES..-.. On
Thursday an immease shoal of whales, amounting to up-
wards of 500, came in off the mouth of Sandvoe, in the
immediate vicinity of Sandsting-manse, Zetland. The
attention of the inhabitants was immediately roused by
the sudden visit of these monsters of the deep. The ‘,
herd was surrounded, and with some difficulty nearly
all of them were captured. The carcasses were sold at
an average of 21. ss. each, which will prove a seasonable
relief to many.— Scotch paper.
DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS.—Yesterday Mr. T.
Wakley held an inquest at the sign of the Black Lion,
Church-street, King's-road, Chelsea, on the body of Mr.
Benjamin Davis, the brother of the landlord of the above
public-house. It appeared from the evidence that the
deceased had, until very recently, been in partnership
with his brother. During the last two years he had
habituated himself to excessive drinking, and was, in
fact, but seldom sober. On the night of Thursday last
the deceased was suddenly taken very ill, and Mr. Gar- .
dener, surgeon, of Cheyne-road, being called in about
half-past twelve o'clock on Friday morning, found him
vomiting bilious matter, with great tremor and a rapid
pulse. Ile again saw him the next morning and again
in the evening, when he was sent for and found him up in
his room and dressed. Deceased he was told had been
out and was evidently labouring under delusions. After-
wards he became so violent that assistance was procured,
and the deceased placed in a strait waistcoat. The next
morning the deceased died in the same violent state.
Mr. Gardener stated that he supposed the cause of death
to have been delirium tremens, the effects of intoxicat-
ing liquors. The deceased never slept from the time of
his being seized with the attack. The jury returned a
verdict of " Died from delirium tremens," caused by the
effects of intoxicating liquors.
THE LATE EXTENSIVE SEIZURE AT MESSRS.
SMITH'S DISTILLERY, WHITECHAPEL.—Monday after-
noon the Excise-yard, in Old Broad-street, presented a
bustling appearance, by the arrival of four waggons be-
longing to Messrs. Smith and Co., the eminent distillers,
of Whitechapel, and the attention of the passers through
that crowded thoroughfare was arrested by numerous in-
quiries made into the circumstance. It may be in the
recollection of the public that some months since the
officers of Excise made an extensive seizure of between
two and three thousand gallons of pure spirit, and which
was deposited in the Excise stores in twenty-ono casks.
The offence alleged against this respectable firm was
that it was " permitted" out to the rectifiers at a strength
above that represented in the written permits. Since the
seizure a correspondence has been carried on between the
Board of Excise and Messrs. Smith, which has resulted
in that firm having yesterday returned to them, in com-
pliance with an order of her Majesty's Revenue Commis-
sioners, fifteen casks, with their contents, nearly two
thousand gallons, and the same were removed to the
Messrs. Smith's distillery last evening. The remaining
six casks are still in the custody of the Excise, awaiting
the adjudication of the Commissioners at their next
sittings.
MR. CHARLES KESIBLE.—A circumstance in refer-
ence to this gentleman has come to our knowledge,
which we have much pleasure in recording, and which
reflects highly on his liberality. On being presented
last Saturday evening, by the Directors of the Athe-
na:um, with a cheque fur the amount of his readings,
Mr. Kemble very liberally returned the sum of 10L,
which he desired might be applied for the benefit of the
Institution, in such a znanner as to the Directors might best
seem fit. We understand that it is the intention of the
Directors to avail themselves of this spontaneous act of
liberality by purchasing a valuable standard work for the
library, which, apart from its intrinsic merits, will here-
after possess a double value, as having been the gift of
one of the Kemble family.—Manchester Guardian.l
CRICKET.—KINGSTON U. DITTON.—Th return
match between two elevens selected from the eastern
district of Surrey, was played at Kingston, on Tuesday,
and was decided in favour of Ditton, ilho won by six
wickets.

An inunenso quantity of the new coin, half-
farthings, has been from the Dint.

PER2I7OxORn,ELLoInQdoUn
LITERATURE.
,E 158.443. T7°ls.
We have here a republication, in three small, cheap,
neatly printed duodecimo volumes, of Bishop Percy 's
well-known " Reliques of Ancient English Poetry "
—a fascinating collection of old songs, odes, and
ballads, which first gave an impulse to the youthful
genius of Southey and Scott, and produced a greater
effect on the mind of the last generation than any
work of that time on record. It is not a little curious
that in the decline of his life, when be had attained
rank and wealth in the Church, Dr. Percy professed
to be ashamed of his " Reliques," and was not best
pleased when the subject was alluded to in his pre-
sence. Yet it is by this despised work—and by this
only—that his name is now honourably known among
us ; as Bishop of Dromore, he is long since forgotten;
but as long as a taste for genuine national poetry
survives among us, so long will " Percy's Reliques '
retain a high place in our imaginative literature.

EOTHEN. 011ivier, London, 1844.
The author of this volume of travels has given it
the quaint appellation of Eothen, from the circum-
stance of the word, which is of Greek origin, signi-
fying " from the early dawn"—that is to say, from
the East, in which quarter chiefly he prosecuted his
travels. He should have explained this matter in the
title-page--or, rather, he should not have given such
a title to his work at all, for it must be caviare to the
majority of his readers, and even those who are ac-
quainted with the meaning of the term " Eothen,"
will not be best pleased with the pedantry that sug-
gested it. But, however, it may be with the title,
there is nothing of pedantry in the volume itself,
which is penned in an easy and amusing style, and is
by no means devoid of the requisite variety of matter.
Starting from Belgrade on the Danube—an important
post well known in the Turkish wars with Austria and
Itussia—the author set out for Constantinople, which
he reached after a long harassing journey, and then
rambled over the Troad—which he describes, by the
bye, in a very slight and superficial manner; visited
Lady Hester Stanhope in her mountain fastness on
the edge of the Syrian desert ; thence passed on to
the Holy Land, taking a peep at the river Jordan
and the Dead Sea on his route ; and having seen all
that was worthy of note in this hallowed district, he
passed into Egypt, and reached Cairo at the very time
when the plague was daily making the most destruc-
tive ravages in that devoted city. The chapter in
which he describes the aspect of Cairo at this appal-
ling season ; the incessant alarms of its inhabitants ;
the sight of the numerous funerals passing through
the streets ; the zealous system of isolation kept up
in many of the principal houses ; and his own course
of daily proceeding during the height of the visita-
tion ;—this chapter is written by the author in his
most spirited and circumstantial manner, and is, in
fact, by far the most entertaining in the volume. The
work is of an exceedingly slight and superficial cha-
racter, and not unfrequently, in the author's wish to
be smart and lively, he degenerates into mere flip-
pancy. We quote an interesting passage from his
chapter on the plague at Cairo :
" Going out one morning, I met unexpectedly the
scorching breath of the Kliamseen wind, and fearing
that I should faint under the horrible sensations which
it caused, I returned to my rooms. Reflecting, however,
that I might have to encounter this wind in the desert,
where there would be no possibility of avoiding it, I
thought it would be better to brave it once more in the
city, and to try whether I could bear it or not. I there-
fore mounted my ass, and rode to old Cairo, and along
the gardens by the banks of the Nile. The wind was
hot to the touch as though it came from a furnace ; it
blew strongly, but yet with such perfect steadiness, that
the trees bending under its force remained fixed in the
same curves without perceptibly waving ; the whole sky
was obscured by a veil of yellowish gray, which shut
out the face of the sun. The streets were utterly silent,
being indeed almost entirely deserted, and not without_
cause, for the scorching blast, whilst it fevers the blood,
closes up the pores of the skin, and is terribly distress-
ing, therefore, to every animal that encounters it. I
returned to my rooms dreadfully ill. My head ached-
with a burning pain, and my pulse bounded quick, and
fitfully, but perhaps (as in the instance of the poor Le-
vantine, whose death I was mentioning), the fear, and
excitement which I felt in trying my own wrist, may
have made my blood flutter the faster.
" It is a thoroughly well believed theory, that during
the continuance of the plague, you can't be ill of any
other febrile malady ; an unpleasant privilege that! for
ill I was, and ill of fever, and I anxiously wished that the
ailment might turn out to be anything rather than plague.
I had some right to surmise that my illness may have
been merely the effect of the hot wind, and this notion
was encouraged by the elasticity of my spirits, and by
a strong forefeeling that much of my destined life in
this world was yet to come, and yet to be fulfilled.
That was my instinctive belief, but when I carefully
weighed the probabilities on the one side and on the
other, I could not help seeing that the strength of argu-
ment was all against me. There was a strong antece-
dent likelihood in favour of my being struck by the same
blow as the rest of the people who had been dying around
me. Besides, it occurred to me, that after all, the uni-
versal opinion of the Europeans upon a medical ques-
tion, such as that of contagion might probably be cor-
rect, and if it were, I was so thoroughly ' compromised,'
and especially by the touch, and breath of the dying Me-
dico, that I had no right to expect any other fate than
that which now seemed to have overtaken me. Ba-
lancing as well as I could all the considerations which
hope and fear suggested, I slowly, and reluctantly came
to the conclusion that according to all merely reasonable
probability the plague had come upon me.
" You wou!d suppose that this conviction would have
induced me to write a few farewell lines to those who
were dearest, and that having done that, I should have
turned my thoughts towards the world to come. Such,
however, was not the case ; I believe that the prospect
of death often brings with it strong anxieties about mat-
ters of comparatively trivial import, and certainly with
me the whole energy of the mind was directed towards
the one petty object of concealing my illness until the
latest possible moment—until the delirious stage. I
did not believe that either Mysseri, or Dthemetri, who
had served me so faithfully in all trials, would have
deserted me (as most Europeans are wont to do) when
they knew that I was stricken by plague, but I shrank
from the idea of putting them to this test, and I dreaded
the consternation which the knowledge of my illness
would be sure to occasion.

" I was very ill indeed at the moment when my din-
ner was served, and my soul sickened at the sight of the
food, but I had luckily the habit of dispensing with the
attendance of servants during my meal, and as soon aS
was left alone, I made a melancholy calculation of the
quantity of food which I should have eaten if I had been
in my usual health, and filled my plates accordingly,
and gave myself salt, and so on, as though I were going
to dine ; I then transferred the viands to a piece of the
omnipresent 7 Imes newspaper, and hid them away in a
cupboard, for it was not yet night, and I dared not throw
the food into the street until darkness came. I did not at
all relish this process of fictitious dining, but at length
the cloth was removed, and I gladly reclined on my
divan (I. would not lie down), with the Arabian
Nights' in my hand.
" I had a feeling that tea would be a capital thing for
me, but I would not order it till the usual hour. When
at last the time came, I drank deep draughts from the
fragrant cup. The effect was almost instantaneous. A
plenteous sweat burst through my skin, and watered my
clothes through and through. I kept myself thickly
covered. The hot, tormenting weight which had been
loading my brain was slowly heaved away. The fever
was extinguished. I felt a new buoyancy of spirits, and
an unusual activity of mind. I went into my bed
under a load of thick covering, and when the morning
came, and I asked myself how I was, I found that I was
thoroughly well."

METROPOLITAN MORTALITY.--The number of
deaths within the bills of mortality in the week ending
on Saturday last presents a very favourable contrast with
the average either of the last five seasons or of the last
five years, the numbers being respectively 843, 900, and
946. Still, however, the number of deaths from epide-
mic diseases is considerably greater than the average,
there having died last week of diseases comprised under
this class no less than 236 persons, the average at this
season *not being higher than 191. In diseases of the
brain, of the lungs, and of the stomach, there is a percep-
tible decrease ; but the ratio of mortality from small-pox
is still greater than ordinary, the deaths last week being
37, while the average mortality is not higher than 11.
In both hooping-cough and typhus there is also a consi-
derable increase. The greatest elevation to which the
mercury of the thermometer at Greenwich attained in the
sun was on Sunday, September 8, when it reached 95.4
deg. ; the lowest on the grass at the same place was on
Tuesday, September 10, when it fell to 34. The mean
temperature for the week was in the sun 86.2 ; on the
grass, 46.6.

FATAL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, the 31st
ult., as the Lord Lovat coach, from Peterhead to Banff,
was changing horses about ten miles from the latter
place, the fresh horses which had just been put to, from
some unknown cause, were startled, and set off at full
speed, without guard or coachman. Mr. Macduie, per-
fumer, Banff, who, was an outside passenger, unfortu-
nately leaped from the top, and, although ho alighted
upon his feet, fell back from the recoil before one of the
hind wheels, which passed over his chest, and caused
death in a few minutes. Mr. Macduie had only com-
menced business at Whit Sunday last, and was in a fair
way of establishing an excellent trade, when thus sud-
denly cut off. The other passengers, two ladies, who
wore inside, were more or less injured, the coach having
been upset about two miles from where the horses started.
—Elgin Courant.

PARISH CONSTABLES.—OH the 29th of July last,
an Act came into operation to extend the powers of the
Act for the appointment and payment of parish con-
stables, There are five sections in the statute, and by
the third it is enacte,:t that no toll shall be demandedor
taken on any turnpike-road or bridge for any horse or
police van, carrAge, or cart, passing along such road or
bridge in thc, service of a superintendent constable, ap-
pointed I.:iniler the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 109, for the
appoin,*ment and payment of parish constables, provided
that the superintendent constable shall produce a certi-
fcate of his appointment, signed by the clerk of the
peace, or shall have his dress according to the regulation
of the said county, at the time of claiming the exemp-
tion ; and every person who shall fraudulently claim or
take the benefit, shall for every offence be liable to a
penalty of not exceeding 51., and in all such cases the
proof of exemption shall be upon the party claiming the
same

HER MAJESTY at BLAIR ATHOL.

BL AIR ATHOL, TUESDAY, SEPT. 17.

Her Majesty continues in the enjoyment of excel-
lent health and spirits, and her complexion has already
begun to glow under the rude hand of health, whose
established dwelling-place is in the hills and glens of
Scotland. Her Majesty left the shores of England
like a second Galatea—but constant exposure to the
weather and the fresh air, which streams through "the
land of mountain and of flood," have substituted a
healthful ruddiness, for the pale cast of thought with
which her Majesty's countenance has been sicklied
over since her recent confinement. Prince Albertand
the Princess Royal also begin to show ' the beneficial
effects of their residence here. The Princess Royal,
mounted on a Shetland pony, and attended by a groom
and servant, always accompanies her Majesty and the
Prince in their morning walk through the grounds,
and the royal parents are frequently seen to stop and
listen with alternations of interest and amusement to
the naffs observations of the youthful Princess on the
novelty of the objects which meet her view at every
instant.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle
shortly after luncheon, and proceeded to the hills im-
mediately in the front of the Castle, to have some
grouse shooting. His Royal Highness was accom-
panied by his noble host, who merely went with the
Prince to point out the most probable places for find-
ing the game. The Prince had some excellent sport,
considering the short period which he remained on
the hill. His Royal Highness shot eight brace of
grouse, a snipe, and a golden plover, and returned
to the Castle shortly after three, to accompany her
Majesty in her drive. Lord Liverpool, who was
grouse shooting in a different part of the hill-side,
shot six brace of grouse during the course of the
afternoon. Lord Glenlyon did not shoot, and re-
spectfully declined the courteous entreaties of his
royal guest to partake of the sport. During the
morning Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir E. Bowater,
and the llon. Mr. Anson, mounted on shooting ponies,
scampered up the hill at the back of the Castle, and
enjoyed the fine view and extensive prospect, the
clearness of the atmosphere rendering every object
in the distance distinctly visible.
At half-past three in the afternoon, her Majesty
and the Prince left the Castle in a pony phaeton with
outriders to inspect the falls of Bruar, which are
about three miles distant from Blair Athol, on the
high road to Inverness. Lord Glenlyon and Lord
Charles Wellesley, the chieftain being as usual
attired in the Highland costume, rode on either side
of the phaeton. On arriving at the cottage of an
antique Highland Naid, the presiding deity, or,
rather, demon of these falls, her Majesty alighted,
and ascended the gravel walk leaning on the arm of
Prince Albert, the beauties of the fall being pointed
out by the noble cicerone. Her Majesty was struck
with the beauty of the scene, and declared that each
succeeding object which met her view surpassed its
predecessor in beauty and interest. The falls were
seen to great advantage, and the roaring of the waters
through the craggy moss-grown chasm was
considerably increased by the heavy rains
which had fallen during the preceding day ;
in ascending some of the steeper acclivities
which lead to the topmost portion of the falls, her
Majesty entered her garden chair, which was
drawn by two servants in plain liveries, and had been
previously sent on foot for the use of her Majesty.
the effect arising from the wild grandeur of the
scene at these falls is, however, to a certain extent,
marred by the neatly, well-rolled gravel walk
which was along the side of the chasm, giving to
nature a starched, prim appearance and making this
beautiful waterfall appear rather like trim gardens
where retired leisure might take its pleasure. The
trees which were planted on the banks by the late
Duke of Athol, in compliance with Burns's celebrated
poetical petition, in some degree had this defect,
which, however, it must be acknowledged, materially
affects the comforts of visitors, and makes much more
facilis the ascensus and descensus of tourists.
The royal party did not return to the Castle until a
late hour. Covers are laid for sixteen in the evening.
The dinner party consists of Lord and Lady Glen-
lyon, Miss Murray, Oswald of Dunnikier, and Small
Kier of Kindroggan, the officers of her Majesty's
guard of Athol Highlanders, with the members of
her Majesty's suite.
Lady Glenlyon drove up the Glen Tilt during the
afternoon, to make some addition in the furniture of
the forester's lodge, which is situated about eight
miles up the glen, in case Prince Albert might take
shelter there during his shooting excursions. Vast
numbers of the "bothies"—the small stone huts for
concealing the deerstalkers from their antlered prey
—are being built up and repaired along the banks of
the burn, called the " Water of Tilt," which tears
through the rocks at the bottom of this magnificent
glen. His Royal Highness and Lord Glenlyon will
take their station in one of these " bothies," and get
a shot at the herd as they descend from their rocky
acclivities on the precipitous summits of the adjoining
mountains. " The wild herd which never needs a
fold" always ascend the hills to cool themselves during
the heat of the day, and come down to slake their
thirst in the burns and mountain-springs at sunset.
Myriads of them may be seen at nightfall in the
valley of Glen Tilt, eating the sweet grass and
drinking the crystal stream, but at the appraach of a
human being they scamper off to their rocky fast-
nesses. The deer which were killed by his Royal
Highness, on Saturday, were three harts, which
weighed respectively fifteen stone, twelve stone, and
eleven stone.

Her Majesty took her accustomed walk in the
grounds this morning, accompanied by Prince Albert
and the Princess Royal. Her Majesty will drive out
during the afternoon, but her destination is not yet
definitively determined. Gravel walks are being laid
down and carefully rolled along the banks at the pass
of Killiecrankie, for her Majesty has expressed her
intention of paying a second visit to the sublime
scenery at the bottom of the pass during her sojourn
at Blair Athol.

Prince Albert and Lord Glenlyon, both attired in
shooting jackets and caps, have just left the Castle in
his Lordship's phaeton, to try some moors in a distant
part of the Athol estates ; the Prince will, however,
return to the Castle to accompany her Majesty in her
afternoon drive. _

The weather is as propitious as could be desired,
which enables her Majesty and the Prince to pass a
great portion of their time in the open air. Several
excursions are spoken of, but nothing has as yet been
definitively arranged.—Post.