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By John Evans, Ll, D., Excursion to Brighton A EXCURSION TO BRIGHTON A VISIT TO TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND A TRIP TO SOUTHEND BY JOHN EVANS, LL, D. INTRODUCTION. Brighton I thou loveliest neighbour of the wave, Whose stately cliffs the rolling surges lave, " Where roseate Health amid the breezes plays, Whose gentle breathings cool the fervid rays Of scorching summer " pleasing, gay retreat, JBeauty and Fashions ever favourite seat; Where splendour lays its cumbrous pomp aside. Content in softer, simpler paths to glide. Where in succession various pastimes sport, WhereNATURE's grand and simple beauties court " Where every taste may find a charm to please. If fond of the sublime" rthe surging Seas, Their vast floods rolling on the sounding shores. When the bold wind unfolds the billowy stores. Will lift, with solemn awe, the wondering soul To Him who bade those mighty waters roll : Or if in simpler scenes thou findst delight. The Country round thy devious steps invite. To mount the uplands, or the daisied plains. To trace and list, while birds their melting strains, Of youthful day enamour'd, sweetly trill. While snowy flocks adorn the fragrant hill ! How sweet the seagirt shore to pace along. What time the lark begins her matin song, When the mild moon her regency declines. And to the glorious sun the reign resigns. While the blue waves, rejoicing in the light. Reflect the golden smiles that chase away the night ! Brighton, a Poem, by nfary Lloyd, N. B. The Frontispiece, taken from a Draw- ing made on the spot for this work, is engraved by Mr. Adlard, a young and promising Artist, with neatness and fidelity. AN EXCURSION TO BRIGHTON. LETTER E A breath of iinadnltcratcd air. The ilimpge of a green pajslure " how thej cheer Tiie CtflZEM" and bmee hU latiguid f mine I C0lPA£R. " V DEAK FRIEND, A TEACHER of youth, like a caged bird escaping from confiaemenl, balls tlie appro aching vacation ai the source of no incomiderable enjoyment. He needsj no less than hi& pupils, some degree of recreation. But he wishes to vary the mode of gratification by exploring the interior of his native land, or in frequenting the ahores of bis beloved Islej girt hy tbe waves of tlve ocean" constituting an impenetrable barrier agatnat tbe enetnj. Brighton was this summer tbe object of our destiuation. Tbe mode rate distance of this water- iug-ptace from the metropolis " the d Rightfulness of its situation " the variety of its amusements" aud being tbe not unfrequent residence of bis Majesty 4 AN EXCURSION. George the FourtH; A" are its recommendations. Hence it is visited every revolving season by re- ipectable as well as fashionable company. Distant from London little more than fifty miks, the Excursion forms an easy day's journey. And though the appearance of the country through which you pass be not particularly fascinating yet it presents spots of rural beauty on which the eye dwells with satisfaction " The Common .overgrowD with fern, and rough With pridily gorse, that shapeless and deformed. And dangerous to the touch, has yet its blpom And decks itself with ornaments of gold, Yields no unpleasing ramble" -then the turf Smells fresh and rich in odoriferous herbs, ¢ And fungous fruits of earth regale the sense With luxury of-" unexpected sweets! COWPBR. Quitting Islington after breakfast, we set off in a bafouche, accompanied by our sons and pupils < " all right merrily disposed for our withdrawment into the country. Passing over Blackfriar's Bridge, we soon reached Kbnnington. This village has been enlarged, and undergone many improvements. Its Common, now more usually appropriated to the game of cricket, was, in former days, devoted to the execution of criminals for the .county of Surrey Many a poor wretch has been drawn hither from the county prison alon the noisy and populous borough of Southwark, xfollowed by an immense multitude of every description. These scenes are jiow wfiU dispensed ith " the victims being exe? . TO BRIGHTON. 6 cQted over the front of the gaol! MandeviUe (author oA£ the Fable of the Bees) reprohates these public executioDS, when the criminal was dragged along through Holborn and Oxford Street to Tyburn, as only tending to brutalize the manners of the people, and incite them to acts of ferocity. Capital punishments thus conducted are found to deterio- rate rather than to amend the community. Nor will I here suppress my opinion, that these pic- nishments, except for murder, should be abolish- ed. Other offences, however aggravated, would be better visited by those pains and penalties which promote individual reformation, aid yield some reparation. ta society But Kenninoton Common will never be forgotten in the History of England. On this spot was immolated a hecatomb of political victims to ' the avenging justice of their country ! The rebel- lion of 1745 for nine long months convulsed the British empire. Prince Charles landed in the Western Isles during July; took Edinburgh in September, which was followed by his victory at -Preston Pans, where Colonel Gardiner fell; pene- trated England in November, taking Carlisle by the way, and reached Derby, thcJ centre of the king- dom ; within a hundred miles of London ! Here, from an infatuation, the career of the Rebels south- wards terminated. Divided in their councils they retraced th steps to Scotland. Having laid Glasgow under contribution, they were again victo- rious at Falkirk, January, 1746, when the Royal AN ECURSIOM 4.11MY fled, with precipitation, to Edinbargh. InA" /stead of pursuing this advantage, they consumed their ammunition in bombarding, to np purpose, Stirling Caile, a fortress of great strength and tiquity. By this tinie THE DuKfi of CuMBBr IAiD had arrived from the Continent, and made his appearance at Edinburgh, with an augmented force, to attack th enemy. H both parties met, the Ptretender and his followers were so flushed with success, that they might have gained a decisive advtage But they stole away into the igbT lands, where they awaited the Royal Duke, who }n one fatol hour laid their hopes prostrate in the dust! The IUKE OF Cumberland moved nprthr ward, when the weather allowed him and his army Jo march with any comfort to themselves, or ad- yantage to their country. We soon And him at Aberdeen, where he'was detained for weeks by the overflowing of the river Spey. This obstacle being removed, his Royal Highness proceeded by the 8tpm coast, crossing the Spey, the Rebels negr lecting to dispute its passage, which they migh have done with success. But they were bent oa their own destruction. The hostile armies ipet 6n the ensanguined plain of Culloben, near Inver- ness, Wednesday, April 16, 1746, and after a very brief but furious contest, the Rebels fled in every (Section, leaving immense numbers dead on the field of battle ! The prisoners, who were numerous, were shipped off for London. Four Lords, ;T0 BRIGHTON, Balmerino, Kiltnaniock, Derwentwater, and Lovat, were beheaded on Tower Hill; whilst the ordinary culprits having been tried at St. Margaret's Town Hall, Southwark, were hung on Kennington Common ! Such is a summary of the Rebellion 1745, which agitated every part of the kingdom. The following anecdote will illustrate, though rather ludicrously, the general consternation. It is tran-r scribed from an interesting quarto volume, just pubr lished, entitled, " Memoirsof the Rebellion, 1745 xA 1746, by the Chevalier de Johnstone, Aid-de- camp to Lord George Murray, (jreneral of the Rebel Alrmy, Assistant Aid-dcrcamp to Prico Charles Edward, Ac, . One of my seijeants, named Dickson, whom I had enlisted from among the prisoners of war at Oladsmuir, or Preston Pans, a young Scotsman, as brave and intrepid as a lion, and very much attached to my interest, informed me, at Preston, that he had been beating up for recruits all day without getting one; and that he was the more chagrined at this as the other seijeants had had better success. He therefore came to ask my perr mission, to get a day's march ahead of the army, by setting out inunediately for Manchester, a very considerable town of England, containing 40,000 inhabitants, in order to make sure of some recruits, before the arrival of the army. I re- proved him sharply for entertaining so wild jA extravagant a project, which exposed him to the danger of being taken and hanged; and I ordered 8 AN EXCURSION him back to his company Having much confi- dence in him, I had given him a horse, and en- trusted him with my portmanteau, that I might have it always with me. On entering my quarters in the evening, my landlady informed me that my servant had called and taken away my portmanteau and blunderbuss. I immediately bethought myself of his extravagant project; and his situation gave me much uneasiness. But on our arrival at Man- Chester y the evening of the following day, Dicks6n brought me about one hundred and eighty reeniiis, whom he had enlisted for my company ! He had quitted Preston in tfie evening with his mistress and my drummer ; and having marched all night, he arrived next morning at Manchester, which is about twenty miles distant from Preston, and immediately began to beat up for recruits, for ' the yellow-haired laddie/ The populace at first did not interrupt him, conceiving our army to be near the town; but as soon as ihey knew that it would not arrive till the evening, they surrounded him in a tumultuous manner, with the intention of taking him prisoner, alive or dead. Dickson pre- sented his blunderbuss, which was charged with slugs, threatening to blow out the brains of those who first dared to lay hands on himself, or the two who had accompanied him, and by turning round continually, facing, in all directions, and behaving like a lion, he soon enlarged the circle which a crowd of people formed round them.
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