"Whereas we, Richard Pickering and James Flower, went into the Rev. Mr. Whitfield's Chapel, in Tottenham Court Road, on Sunday, 19th instant, and did, without any provocation, disturb the congregation, for which a prosecution was intended against us; but on humbly asking their Pardon in this Publick Manner, they were Pleased to forgive us, For which we return them our Thanks, and publish this as a warning to others.

(Oct., 1760.)

CHALK FARM.

This House has been long known as a place of public entertainment, similar in character to the Adam and Eve and Bagnigge Wells. From its proximity to Hampstead, it was the usual resort of holiday folk on their return from the Heath. Being on the incline of Primrose Hill, the terrace on the front of the house was generally crowded to inconvenience, the prospect being charming, and the air invigorating. Semitheatrical entertainments were at times provided for the visitors; while at other times, balls, promenades, masquerades, and even prize-fighting and other brutal sports, were offered for their amusement. These latter sports, singularly enough, were principally the amusements for the Sunday. The fatal result of one such encounter, between John Stone and Joseph Parker, resulting in a severe investigation and ultimate verdict of manslaughter against Parker and the seconds on both sides, aided in a great measure to suppress this

brutal exhibition.

The tavern obtained also a sad notoriety from the many fatal duels that took place on its grounds. The

most noted was that between Colonel Montgomery and Captain Macnamara, in 1803, in which Colonel Montgomery was mortally wounded. He expired in a room of the tavern. Another fatal duel was fought here, Jan. 12, 1818, when Lieutenant Bailey was mortally wounded, and expired soon afterwards. His opponent, Mr. O'Callaghan, fled the country. A third we may name took place between John Scott, Esq., and Mr. Christie, in March, 1821, in which Mr. Scott was killed.

SMALL-POX HOSPITAL.

This institution was first erected September 23, 1746, at Battle Bridge, but the accommodation not being sufficient for the number of cases that sought admittance, it was decided to erect a new and larger building, and we find in an old paper of 1793 the following notice :

NEW BUILDING, SMALL-POX HOSPITAL.

The president, vice-presidents, and committee will meet at the hospital, at Pancras, on Thursday next, the 2nd of May, at two o'clock precisely, in order to assist at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the new building, by his Grace the Duke of Leeds; after which they will dine together at the New London Tavern, Cheapside. Gentlemen who design to favour them with their company are requested to send to the tavern on or before the preceding day, where tickets will be delivered at 7s. 6d. each.

There will be no collection.

A. HIGHMORE, Secretary.

In 1798, Dr. Jenner having made the discovery of vaccination, Dr. Woodville, the then physician to the hospital, cordially united with him in its working, and

which co-operation finally ended in its acceptation by the principal physicians and surgeons in London. This opened a new branch to this establishment, and it then received the name of the Small-Pox and Vaccination Hospital. It continued thus for upwards of fifty years, when, on the alterations attendant on building the Great Northern Railway, the establishment was removed to its present delightful situation on Highgate Hill.

DR. WILLIAM KITCHINER.

This gentleman, who resided in Warren Street, Fitzroy Square, was the only son of an eminent coal merchant in the Strand, one who carried on his business on a gigantic scale, supplying not only most of the Government offices, but most of the nobility of the day. He was the Rickett and Smith of the last century. On his death he bequeathed about £70,000 to his son, whose benevolence was great, his good humour unbounded, and his eccentricity amusing. Perhaps none ever better knew the town, and the proof is in the tact with which he selected the subjects on which he wrote. His "Cook's Oracle" will probably be the lasting Oracle of Cooks. "A plain eater will say there is too much of the gourmand in it; but, if gourmands will seek their savoury dishes, it is a benefit to have them in some measure regulated by an experienced physician. His 'Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life,''Pleasure of Making a Will,' and 'Traveller's Oracle and Horse and Carriage Keeper's Guide,' are all extremely useful publications. With his ample fortune, Dr. Kitchiner was still an economist, and those who purchase his Housekeeper's Ledger will enjoy a

laugh, as well as learn how to turn their means to the best advantage. His acquirements in astronomy were considerable, and his book on telescopes proves him to have been a master in the science of optics. In music he was a proficient; and several of his songs and duets in the opera of Ivanhoe evince the extent of his talents as a composer. In 1821, at the coronation, he put forth his collection of the National Songs of Great Britain, a folio volume, with a very splendid dedication plate to His Majesty. In 1823 he published, in quarto, a collection of the Sea Songs of Charles Dibdin, with a memoir of the writer prefixed. Dr. K.'s collection of music was particularly extensive and valuable. In short, whether as a philanthropist or an author; whether as a man of science or a man of the world; the death of Dr. Kitchiner must be considered a public loss.

"A love of music accompanied the doctor through life; and, to the last, he played and sang with considerable taste and feeling. Though always an epicure -fond of experiments in cookery, and exceedingly particular in the choice of his viands, and in their mode of preparation for the table—he was regular, and even abstemious in his general habits. His dinners, unless when he had parties, were comparatively plain and simple; served in an orderly manner-cooked according to his own maxims-and placed upon the table, invariably, within five minutes of the time announced. His usual hour was five. His supper was served at half-past nine; and at eleven he was accustomed to retire. His public dinners, as they may be termed, were things of much pomp, and ceremony, and etiquette : they were announced by notes of preparation, which could not fail of exciting the liveliest sensations in the epigastric regions of the highly favoured invités. One

of these notes is a curiosity in itself, and is well entitled to preservation :—

"Dear Sir,―The honour of your company is requested, to dine with the Committee of Taste, on Wednesday next, the 10th instant. "The specimens will be placed upon the table at five o'clock precisely, when the business of the day will immediately commence :I have the honour to be, your most obedient servant,

"W. KITCHINER, Secretary.

"August, 1825.-43, Warren Street,

"Fitzroy Square.

"At the last general meeting it was unanimously resolved, that— Ist. An invitation to ETA BETA PI must be answered in writing as soon as possible after it is received-within twenty-four hours at latest, reckoning from that on which it is dated ;-otherwise the secretary will have the profound regret to feel that the invitation has been definitely declined.

"2nd. The secretary having represented that the perfection of several of the preparations is so exquisitely evanescent, that the delay of one minute, after their arrival at the meridian of concoction, will render them no longer worthy of men of taste;

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"Therefore, to ensure the punctual attendance of those illustrious gastrophilists, who, on grand occasions, are invited to join this high tribunal of taste-for their own pleasure and the benefit of their country-it is irrevocably resolved, That the janitor be ordered. not to admit any visitor, of whatever eminence of appetite, after the hour at which the secretary shall have announced that the specimens are ready.'-By order of the Committee.

"WILLIAM KITCHINER, Secretary."

For the regulation of his evening conversazione he had a placard placed over his chimney-piece, inscribed— "Come at Seven, go at Eleven." He would not tolerate late hours.

The decease of this estimable man was both sudden and alarming. He had spent the evening at Mr. Braham's, where he exhibited more than his usual flow of spirits, when on returning home he was seized with one of those violent fits of palpitation of the heart which he always feared would end in his death. It