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of Governor of the County Gaol , after a period of efficient service of nearly thirty years , was deemed by some of his friends a fit opportunity for testifying their respect for him . It was accordingly resolved to invite Mr . Brutton to a public dinner , which took place at the Swan Hotel , Stafford , and it must have been very gratifying to Mr . Brutton to find himself surrounded not only by a number of his more immediate friends and neighbours , and the inhabitants of Stafford and the vicinity ,
hut by the Mayor of a neighbouring city , and several gentlemen from distant parts of the county . The Mayor , J . Turnock , Esq ., occupied the chair , and the duties of vice-president were discharged by J . Griffin , Esq . Among the gentlemen present were J . P . Dyott , jun ., Esq ., Mayor of Lichfield ; R . Hanbury , Esq ., Milford ; R . W . Hand , Esq ., G . Spilsbury , Esq ., J . Cliff , Esq . ; Aldermen Lloyd , Boulton , and Morgan ; Councillors Elley , Masfen , and Mort ; and Messrs . J . Dickenson , J . Kenderdine , J . Smith , Dawson , Wells , Hay , & c . The table was abundantly supplied with fish , flesh , and game , and the dessert and wines were of a superior description .
THE ALFRED JUBILEE . —A grand jubilee , in honour of the one thousandth anniversary of the birth of King Alfred , who , according to antiquarian calculation , was born in 849 , was celebrated at Wantage , on the 25 th October , 1849 . The town was decorated for the occasion , the shops closed , and business , except in the hotels , which were crowded , generally suspended . Many visitors thronged into the place , and at one o ' clock a procession was formed to King Alfred ' s Well , about a quarter of a mile from the townand supposed to be the site of the ancient stronghold of
, the Saxon kings . Some old English games and festivities were performed in the afternoon , and at three o ' clock a body of distinguished guests sat down to a banquet in the Alfred ' s Head Inn , C . Eyston , Esq ., occupying the chair . Among the company present were P . Pusey , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir Robert Throckmorton ; Temple Bowdoin , Esq . ; E . M . Atkins , Esq . ; W . Goodwin , Esq . ; Rev . Dr . Whittingham ; John Britton , Esq ., the celebrated antiquary ; Dr . Waddilove ; W . J . Evelyn ,
Esq ., M . P . for Surrey ; Martin J . Tupper , Esq ., the author of " Proverbial Philosophy ; " and the Rev . C . L . Richmond , from the United States . After dinner , a proposal to found a fund , in honour of the jubilee , for reviving and enlarging the old grammar school at Wantage , under the name of King Alfred's College , was unanimously adopted . A medal , struck in honour of King Alfred , was also exhibited , and has been published .
PREMATURE BURIAL . —Here I must take occasion to speak somewhat . There be many now-a-days very hasty to bury their friends , yea , sometimes before they be well dead . I heard say once that a young woman was sick and fell in a swoon ; her friends which were with her by-and-b y made ber ready to be buried ; and when they went with the corse and were coming into the churchyard , the corse stirred , and the vicar commanded them that bare her to set her down , and so finally the woman
recovered . I tell this tale , to the end to give you warning not to be too hasty with sick folks . I have read in St . Augustine , that there was once a man which lay seven days speechless ; neither seeing nor hearing , nor yet receiving any sustenance , except some liquor , which they poured in his throat with a quill . Now that same man , after seven days , spake again , and the first word that he spake was this— " What is the clock ? " He thought he had lain but a little while . Now , if his friends had been
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of Governor of the County Gaol , after a period of efficient service of nearly thirty years , was deemed by some of his friends a fit opportunity for testifying their respect for him . It was accordingly resolved to invite Mr . Brutton to a public dinner , which took place at the Swan Hotel , Stafford , and it must have been very gratifying to Mr . Brutton to find himself surrounded not only by a number of his more immediate friends and neighbours , and the inhabitants of Stafford and the vicinity ,
hut by the Mayor of a neighbouring city , and several gentlemen from distant parts of the county . The Mayor , J . Turnock , Esq ., occupied the chair , and the duties of vice-president were discharged by J . Griffin , Esq . Among the gentlemen present were J . P . Dyott , jun ., Esq ., Mayor of Lichfield ; R . Hanbury , Esq ., Milford ; R . W . Hand , Esq ., G . Spilsbury , Esq ., J . Cliff , Esq . ; Aldermen Lloyd , Boulton , and Morgan ; Councillors Elley , Masfen , and Mort ; and Messrs . J . Dickenson , J . Kenderdine , J . Smith , Dawson , Wells , Hay , & c . The table was abundantly supplied with fish , flesh , and game , and the dessert and wines were of a superior description .
THE ALFRED JUBILEE . —A grand jubilee , in honour of the one thousandth anniversary of the birth of King Alfred , who , according to antiquarian calculation , was born in 849 , was celebrated at Wantage , on the 25 th October , 1849 . The town was decorated for the occasion , the shops closed , and business , except in the hotels , which were crowded , generally suspended . Many visitors thronged into the place , and at one o ' clock a procession was formed to King Alfred ' s Well , about a quarter of a mile from the townand supposed to be the site of the ancient stronghold of
, the Saxon kings . Some old English games and festivities were performed in the afternoon , and at three o ' clock a body of distinguished guests sat down to a banquet in the Alfred ' s Head Inn , C . Eyston , Esq ., occupying the chair . Among the company present were P . Pusey , Esq ., M . P . ; Sir Robert Throckmorton ; Temple Bowdoin , Esq . ; E . M . Atkins , Esq . ; W . Goodwin , Esq . ; Rev . Dr . Whittingham ; John Britton , Esq ., the celebrated antiquary ; Dr . Waddilove ; W . J . Evelyn ,
Esq ., M . P . for Surrey ; Martin J . Tupper , Esq ., the author of " Proverbial Philosophy ; " and the Rev . C . L . Richmond , from the United States . After dinner , a proposal to found a fund , in honour of the jubilee , for reviving and enlarging the old grammar school at Wantage , under the name of King Alfred's College , was unanimously adopted . A medal , struck in honour of King Alfred , was also exhibited , and has been published .
PREMATURE BURIAL . —Here I must take occasion to speak somewhat . There be many now-a-days very hasty to bury their friends , yea , sometimes before they be well dead . I heard say once that a young woman was sick and fell in a swoon ; her friends which were with her by-and-b y made ber ready to be buried ; and when they went with the corse and were coming into the churchyard , the corse stirred , and the vicar commanded them that bare her to set her down , and so finally the woman
recovered . I tell this tale , to the end to give you warning not to be too hasty with sick folks . I have read in St . Augustine , that there was once a man which lay seven days speechless ; neither seeing nor hearing , nor yet receiving any sustenance , except some liquor , which they poured in his throat with a quill . Now that same man , after seven days , spake again , and the first word that he spake was this— " What is the clock ? " He thought he had lain but a little while . Now , if his friends had been