Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
An Eng g.i5hman on Am erica.
From Col forney's Special Correspondence Of
the Philadelphia Pres-
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From Col. forney's Special Correspondence OF
The Philadelphia Press.
LoSDOS, Oct. 10. 1874.
have at last had the experience OF see
ing representative body uf English peu-
pie listening 10 one OF their iAvorte ora
tors. On Wednesday evening. October
!, IN company with Paymaslcr GeueI al j.
%. Bradford, OF thu navy, now stationed
here, | walked to rOttcnham Cpurt-ruad
Chapel, where, according to the news
papers, the Rev. Llewriyn ID, Beyan was
10 lecture on the subject, What SAN
aud Head IN America This chapel Is
Que "i the oldest In London. aud has a
history iuli OF interest to Americans
benjamin Franklin aud George Whitehead
met frequently IN Philadelphia 10 years
ago. George W Nhltelied. you will ren.en
| Der, preached to immense crowds in th,.
neighborhood ofyour city. 'Ou Thursday
last, says Frankliu in MS PENNSYLVANIA
paper OF May, l1i0, 'Whiteiicld left this
/ city, and was accoinpaulei 1 To Chester by
! LOO horsemen, and preached there to about
| 100 people. On Friday he preached at
/ ilIulngtou to about 5000; on saturday
at New Castle TO about U0O: the same
evening, at Christiana, lie preached 10
| about 1900; on Sunday, at Whiteciay
/ Greek, nc preached twice. resting an hour
| between the sermons, 10 5000. OF whom
! 300, it Is computed, came Oh horseback
IL rained most OF the time, yet they stood
/ IN the opeu air. Fraukln had difrr-
ence with WhItelieid with regard To the
| iouhdatlon oil The orphans house in
Georsetown, which Franklin advised
should be placed in Philadelphia, because
| Georgetown was destitute of workmeu
aud supplies. His advice being rejected.
he determined not 10 subscribe, Il hap
| pened. says Franklin. coon AFTER to at
| tend one ot MS sermoas, In the course OF
4 which | discovered he intended 10 hulsh
with a collection aud silently resolved
that he should get nothing from me. |
\ had IN my pocket handful OF copp-r
/ money, three or tour silver dollars and
| Two OF three gold ptsto!eS. A. he proceed
| ed | was sUttened, aud concluded to give
| the copper; another shake oil his oTaLory
made iIe ashamed OF lhat, and uettrmiu-
| ed To give the silver, aud the finish was so
admirable that | emptled my pocket Who'll
| ly into the collectors dish-gold and all
| On one occasion | had the curiosity to
see how Tar he could be heard when he
was preaching in Main Street by retiring
! backwards down the sIeet towards the
| river, and found his voice distinct till
came near Front street. when some noises
| Ia the street obscured it. Imagining then
/ - VI w iilCu suDuIu
| be the radius, and that il was filed with
auditors, To each of whom | allowed two
| square feet, computed that he mgat be
well heard by more than 10000. This rec
| oncilcd me To the accounts OF his having
| preached To $1,000 people in the fields. and
| To the history OF Generals harranguins
whole armies. the accuracy of which had
| sometimes duub.el' On Whil eheld's see
ond arrn al in America. he wrote to Frank
lin. asked him TO secure lodgings fornim in
Philadelphia. He replied: you know
my house If you can shift with its
scanty accommodations on will be most
heartily welcomed wnitefield replied:
! III you make that offer for Christ's sake
| you will not miss reward Franklin re-
| joined: DO not let me be misunderstood;
II was not for Ckrist's sake. but tor yours
Ii was this great man, Whitefield, who
| founded the church in which Mr.. Bevan
| spoke last Wednesday evening, and you
may rest assured studied it well. 1t is
called a Chapel and is one of the head
| quarters of the Dissenters. exceedingly
comfortable, with an organ behind the
| pulpit, cushioned seats. an admirable place
to speak in. and thoroughly ventilated.
Ii stands back from the street or road.
paid lee Of sixpence on entrance and
another sixpennce for a reserved seat. Mr.
| DcNaH WIZ uau OLiy just Telufueu, was
warmely welcomed by very large audi
ence. composed of well and even elegant
ly-dressed people. amongst them many la
dies. man about forty, with very
handsome presence, fine expressive face
his head set square on broad shoulders
with something of the look of Anthony J..
Drexel, though younger, flexible tenor
voice, with not much of the English yet a
good deal OF the Welsh dialect, he read
rapidly from notes, which he frequently
lett for admirable extempore comment.
He was very full of his subject. paving
much attention to the good ship Scotia in
which he went out from Liverpool. evil
identity all of which was new to his audi
ence, the greater part of which had prob
ably never seen an ocean steamer. He was
charmed with Boston-especially at the
first-class hotel at which he stOpped-with
the politeness of the negro and Irish wal
ters, the exquisite cleanliness of the halls
and corridors. and the cordiality of the
man In the Office. who seeing his name on
the register. Immediately addressed him
} IS ''Mr. Bevan,' and after that ''he was as
intimate with me as If he he had known
all my relations; aud SO with all the Other
hotel clerks met In America" His de
J scription of an American bill of fare con
vulsed his audience with laughter; III
length, variety. the excellences Of thu
cooking, aud the manner in which he an(