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25th May 1837

Phrenological Lecture

On Wednesday Dr.Epps gave his fifth lecture on Phrenology, which was attended by as numerous and respectable an audience as any of his preceding lectures, to all of whom it afforded the highest gratification. Dr.Epps is singularly felicitous in his mode of lecturing, for he makes which would in other hands appear to the unscientific hearer a very dry and difficult subject, one of amusement as well as of instruction. His manner is exceedingly pleasing, his methods of explanation very simple and clear, and his numerous but well timed anecdotes, all tend to make him highly and deservedly popular. The next, and we believe the last of this series of lectures, will be given by the Doctor on Wednesday next, when we anticipate a very crowded auditory, especially from the fact that a portion of the discourse will refer to the phrenological examination of the head of Greenacre, the murderer.

Winkfield Agricultural Association

The annual ploughing match of this association took place near Swinley Lodge, on Wednesday last, when nearly 30 ploughs competed for the prizes. The ploughing was excellent; and at its conclusion about 60 members of the association sat down to dinner at the Wells Inn, Sunninghall, provided in the very best style by Mr.Dilly, the landlord, the Marquis of Downshire in the chair. Among the company were also Lord Hawarden, Sir C.Hulse, Bart., Sir W.H.Rooke, Bart., &c., &c.. A variety of toasts were given, and some very good speeches were made in support of institutions similar to this, and pointing out the benefit they confer upon the labouring classes. The company separated highly gratified with the proceedings of the day.

Cricket

As announced in our last number, the Windsor and Eton Junior Cricket Club played a friendly match in the Bachelor's Acre on Wednesday; the ground was very fully attended during the day, and the sides were chosen by Messrs. Cleave and Kellner. In the first innings, Mr.Cleave's side scored 48; second 89; Mr.Kellner's, first innings 71; second 53; terminating in favour of the former by 13 runs. An excellent dinner was served up in the field by Mrs.Lillywhite, of which about 30 members partook, and at the close of the day they adjourned to the Swan Inn. The play on the part of some of the club was good, but several of the best men did not turn out on the occasion.




Uxbridge, May 19.
Princess Victoria's Birth Day

This morning a public meeting was held at the Public-rooms in this town, for the purpose of considering the propriety of agreeing to an address to Her Royal Highness, the Princess Victoria, upon the occasion of Her Royal Highness coming of age on Wednesday next. The meeting was well attended, and the address, which was unanimously agreed to, was immediately signed by a great many persons. It still lies for further signatures. It was also resolved at the meeting that a public dinner should take place on the 24th to commemorate the auspicious event, and a committee was formed for carrying out that object into effect. A number of the inhabitants have also determined on illuminating their houses on the evening of that day.




Fire and Loss of Life

On Thursday about noon a fire broke out in a small cottage on Coldham-green, Hillingdon, inhabited by an aged blind woman, and her son (which latter is gardener to the Dean of Carlisle, and was away from home when the fire broke out). Assistance was speedily rendered by persons living in the neighbourhood, but the flames could not be subdued until the cottage was completely destroyed, when the remains of the poor old creature were discovered near the fire place, burnt in a most shocking manner, scarcely a piece of flesh remaining unburnt about her bones. It is conjectured that she had been doing something so near the fire that her clothes caught, and being to infirm to give any alarm, or to escape out of the place, she fell victim as above stated to the flames. The remains of the body were removed to the workhouse to await the decision of a coroners inquest.




Stoke Poges, May 19

On Whit-Monday, the Friendly Club, or Benefit Society (established in 1833, and enrolled according to Act of Parliament), for the mutual support of each other in the event of sickness, and providing a fund to meet the expenses of funerals of members and their wives, held their third anniversary, when the balance sheet exhibited the flourishing condition of the funds, by a sum amounting to �140 and upwards being invested in the Windsor Savings Bank. The members assembled at nine o'clock in the morning at the Dog and Pot Inn, at West End, where they hold their monthly meetings, and a deputation was formed for the purpose of waiting on the Hon.Mrs.Osborne, to express to her their grateful thanks for her kind present of a handsome flag, on which is inscribed the name, object, and date of establishment of the institution; the address was delivered by - Gregory, gamekeeper to Granville Penn, Esq., in a very respectful and appropriate manner. At half past ten, all the members, preceded by a band of music, arrived at the Vicarage, and being joined by Granville John Penn, and George Howard Vyse, Esqrs., the Rev.Messrs. Grover and Evans, and Major Bent, Mr.W.Thompson, Churchwardens, and others. The procession proceeded to the Church, where the service was read by Mr.Evans; two psalms were sung by the Club, and an excellent sermon preached by the Hon and Rev.S.Godolphin Osborne from chap 10, verse 5, Proverbs - "He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame." The church was full, and it was a very gratifying sight to see the number of persons that were assembled in the field, both before and after the service to view the procession, which afterwards visited the principal houses in the neighbourhood, and at three o'clock returned to the Inn, and partook in an excellent dinner. The afternoon was passed in a most happy and cheerful manner, and the party broke up and returned to their homes in perfect order.
We cannot too strongly recommend the formation of similar societies in parishes in the neighbourhood, satisfied as we are of their beneficial effects, and we feel convinced the giving of encouragement to persons to become depositors in the Savings Bank, the establishment of coal funds, clothing funds, and extending the allotment system, will be doing more good to the honest industrious labourer than the promiscuous giving to persons but little known (common beggars, or bearers of petitions, obtained from persons accustomed to write them for a share in the sum collected), of ten times the amount, and with tenfold satisfaction to the giver, from the knowledge of having made a proper distributing of alms to the wants of the poor.
The Members of the Club, we understand, have earnestly solicited the Hon and Rev.Clergyman to have his sermon published, in order that they might each possess a copy.




Egham, May 19.
Shocking Accident

On Tuesday afternoon, as the Egham and Staines coach was passing through Hammersmith, a little girl, named Sarah Goddard, 22 months old, was crossing the road to her mother who had just preceded her, when the horses knocked her down, and before the coachman could stop the vehicle the wheels passed over her body. She was taken up dreadfully crushed, and carried to the surgery of Messrs.Bowling and Sons, where she died in a few minutes. On Tuesday an interesting single-wicket match was played on Englefield Green, between Mr.H.Watts, of Egham, and Mr.W.Forder, a noted player in Hampshire, which was won by the former, he having got, in the two innings seven, while his opponent did not obtain even one. At the commencement of the play the Hampshire man was the favourite.