PAGE 42 Lazy Boys Pascall 238 Light Weights Lockjaw, Death from.. London City Mission Lubbock, Death of Sir J. W. Lucifers -Narrow Escape of Sir John & Lady 217 Magistrates Clerks Office .. 143 6 28, 81, 87 iii. .. .. 161 106 Pleasures of an American Editor Poaching Poetry: Comfort for the despairing 11, Stop not the path 30, Another (parody on the soldier's tear) 30, Farewell to the Mountain 30, The envy of the World 30, To the Memory of W. S. Shuttleworth 31, The Crow and the Farmer 42, Lines on the Inundation of Sheffield 43, Grandmother's Grumble 52, Tercentenary of Shakespeare 52, Hope and the Rose 76, Martin's Hill 87, Christmas Prayer 126, The Postman 176, Herd Laddie 180 Poetry, a few words about Popular Parochial Lectures Porter, Robbery at Mrs. Potatoe Disease Poultry Breeding -Farm Poverty and Riches Printer's Errors Proclamation 98 107 Punch, Extracts from. .. 134 Questions 201 Racing.. 10 Railway Bridge at Battersea 214 -Grievances Newell Testimonial to Rev. J. E. Notes of the Month 11, 21, 33, 43, 55, 65, 77, -Intelligence 14, 21, 27, 29, 39, 43, -Fire at .. iv. 72 Toll Gate. Tonic Sol Fa. 41 Town Hall 89, 113, 183, 193, 213, 226 70 .. -Narrow Escape at 20, 23 Violent Conduct. 207 Voters, Revised list of. Volunteer Review, Brighton -Chatham 60 8 104 173 193 South Eastern Industrial Exhibition 207, 217, Weight of People. Statistical Society 222, 234, Steeple Chases Stidolph's Nursery St. Mary Cray Building Society Wesleyan Sunday School 193 West Kent Agricultural Association 105, 114, 49 214, 223 -Members -Quarter Sessions -Yeomanry 6 -Educational Institute -Malicious Outrages 153 85 Winter 62, 71 19, 85 21, 111 47, 74, 162 Widmore, Robbery at -Working Men's Club at Williams, Testimonial to Dr. What an old Goose!. is it all about? 75 -Women say about Men . 177 . 161 OUR FOURTH VOLUME. In accordance with custom, we would bespeak by a few words of kindly introduction, the good will of our readers for the forthcoming volume. We are also prompted by a feeling of duty to acknowledge the extensive patronage bestowed on us hitherto, and which is steadily increasing. We cannot boast of any great merit, beyond labouring honestly to advance the well-being and well-doing of our town and townsmen, and to share in the prosperity we might be the humble means of promoting; to be recorders of facts of interest in town and adjacent villages, for which we are anxious to secure the assistance of the residents. We are, not killjoy inclined, therefore we would prefer any VOL IV. little incidents that may create innocent mirth. Nevertheless, facts duly authenticated, however unpleasant, must have place. If our correspondents would send their communications earlier in the month than they usually do, and be more particular in writing names legibly, and taking care to give dates correctly, they would save us much labour, and if they would wish to prevent our cutting and pruning, they must do it themselves, as there are very few who can write off a paragraph that could not be improved by writing it over again. Blowing our own trumpet is anything but pleasant to ourselves, and believing it to be as uninteresting to our readers, we shall forbear from further boring them, only adding we shall continue to do our best to merit their favours,and now wish them all a HAPPY NEW YEAR. Kentish Worthies. ANNE BOLEYN. The coronation over and the proclamation issued, apparently, all "went merry as a marriage bell" with Henry and Anne? and when, some three months afterwards, on the 13th of September, 1833, she gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, afterwards Queen of England,-altho' disappointed in not having a son, Henry's attachment to his lovely wife seems to have reached its culminating point. Then again flowed wine from the city conduits: then were held jousts and tournaments in honour of the joyful event-nought but mirth and revelry prevailed within the precincts of the royal court. Princess and the probability of an increasing issue, when a male heir might be given to the throne, stimulated the Pope in the tardy process of the divorce, so that early in the following year, 1534, he pronounced his decree; declaring the King's marriage with Katherine of Arragon, to be "good valid, and effectual, to all intents and purposes," pronouncing her "his true and lawful wife and Queen," commanding him under pain of ex-communication, "to take But this birth of a B her to bed and to board," and to cease "his adulterous cohabitations with Anne, whom he had unlawfully wedded, and whose issue, already or hereafter, during the life time of this said Katherine to be born, he declared to be illegitimate." On the publication of this decree which resounded throughout Europe, Henry became furious, and swore that he would now throw off all allegiance to the Holy See. To this end he summoned a Parliament, which met at Westminster on the 3rd of November, 1534, and immediately passed an Act (26 Henry. VIII. cap. 1.) whereby it was declared "That the King, our sovereign lord, his heirs and successors, Kings of this realm, shall be taken, accepted, and reputed the only supreme Head in earth of the Church of England, called Anglicana Ecclesia and зhall have and enjoy annexed, and united to the imperial Crown of this realm, as well the title, and style thereof, as all honours, dignities, pre-eminences, jurisdictions, privileges, authorities, immunities, profits, and commodities, to the said dignity of Supreme Head of the same Church belonging and appertaining." In this memorable Act the Parliament granted him power, or rather acknowledged his inherent power, "to visit and repress, redress, reform, order, correct, restrain, or amend, all errors, heresies, abuses, offences, contempts, and enormities, which fell under any spiritual authority or jurisdiction." They also declared it treason "to attempt, imagine, or speak evil against the King or his heirs, or to endeavour depriving them of their dignities or titles." They gave him a right to all the annates and tithes of benefices which had formerly been paid to the Court of Rome. They granted him a subsidy and a fifteenth. They attainted Moore and I isher for misprision of Treason, and committed them to the Tower. The violence of changing so suddenly the whole system of Government, and making it treason to deny what, during many years, it had been heresy to assert, plunged the nation into an almost total anarchy Many Priors and Ecclesiastics lost their lives for denying the King's supremacy, and the most sanguinary measures were resorted to for the purpose of Anne coercing the people. To such a height was this cruelty carried that even the stern and unrelenting mind of Henry was at once shocked, and he went so far as to change his garb and dress, pretending sorrow for the necessity by which he was pushed to such extremities. Two violent factions were now embittered against each other with the deadliest animosity. The old church party supported the interests of Katherine, whilst the new church party attached itself to Anne, who, in the hope of flattering Henry, had zealously espoused his Theological dogmas. Even his council was divided, and so great was the ferment created, that Cranmer judged it prudent to retire to his seat at Croydon. was persuaded that Fisher and Moore were her secret and bitterest enemies, and she soon inveigled the King into the belief that they retarded the progress of his innovating measures; although Henry bore as great personal affection towards the Chancellor as his imperious mind the sport of passions-was susceptible of, towards a man who, in any degree, was honest enough to oppose his violent inclinations. But More could never be prevailed upon to acknowledge any opinion so contrary to his principles as that of the King's supremacy, and as yet there was no law obliging any one to take an oath to that effect. Rich, the Solicitor General, was sent to confer with the Chancellor, then a prisoner in the Tower, but the latter preserved a cautious silence, merely saying, that any question in regard to the law which established such a prerogative, was a two-edged sword:-"if a person answer one way, it will confound his soul, if another, it will destroy his body." No more was wanted to found an indictment for High Treason, and these words were at once interpreted as a denial of the King's supremacy. Trials were mere formalities during this reign; and the jury pronounced sentence against More. After their verdict he underwent the most rigorous treatment; they took away his books, the only consolation he had in the midst of those horrors which surrounded him; but they could never take from him that tranquility of soul which sustained him throughout his disgrace. His friends " exerted every endeavour to persuade him to yield, by representing that he ought not to be of a different opinion to the great council of England. "I have on my side," answerd he, "the whole churc,h which is the Great Council of Christians." His wife conjuring him to obey the King and preserve his life for the consolation of his children!" How many years," said he, "do you think I can live? More than twenty," answered she. "Ah! my dear wife," replied More, "Do you wish then, that I should exchange eternity for twenty years?" Having been condemned to perish by the severest punishment, they came to tell him that the King had mitigated the decree of death for treason, by drawing and quartering, then recorded against him, to the penalty of simple decapitation :-"I pray God," answered he, "to preserve all my friends from a like clemency." When at the foot of the scaffold, he called a man, to whom he said My good friend, I pray you to assist me in mounting, so that you may boast of having rendered me the last living service." Having placed his head upon the block, perceiving that his beard, which was very long, was so spread out that the executioner would have cut it with his axe, he desired him to adjust it so that it might be pre served. How comes it," said the executioner, "that you trouble yourself about your beard when your head is going to be cut off." "That is of little importance' replied More, "but it is on your account that I speak; do you wish to be accused of not knowing your business, since they have ordered you to cut off my head and not my beard?" He died with all the tranquillity of a christian, and the serenity of a philosopher. Sir Thos. More was beheaded on the 6th of July, 1585, in the 53rd year of his age. Fisher the aged and venerable Bishop of Rochester had been executed on the 22nd of June previously. To be continued. BROMLEY LITERARY INSTITUTE. A LECTURE by Geo. Grossmith, Esq., on "English notions of American Character," in aid of the funds of the Bromley Literary Institute, was delivered on Friday evering 11th ult., at the White Hart Assembly Room, and was tolerably well attended. The "notions" the lecturer considered were in many instances very partial- the authors who honoured the western continent with their "History of America," being either parties who had money in England and not satisfied, went out there in the hopes of making more, or else those, who, having no money in England hoped to obtain it more quickly there, both classes imbibing the same error of not falling into the habits and customs of the country, and when, as a matter of course, they were unsuccessful, came home and endeavoured to reimburse themselves by giving their ideas of America. Author asserts that the Americans are a gambling people and coolly instances how they stay from congress for the pleasures of the turf, omitting to remember that that is really one case where brother Jonathat does strikingly rememble John Bull, for every Englishman knows that as sure as each session comes, some learned M.P. One moves the adjournment of the house next Wednesday, as that is the Derby day. Contrasted with our own uncommunicativeness they certainly are rather inquisitive. Their gallantry is undoubted, the Americans always making way for the ladies and giving up the best seats both by rail and coach, where the lecturer presumed they again contrasted with us, and gave an amusing anecdote of an old English gentleman who determining to have a good seat, got into the coach some time before it started, and when politely told by the corded to ladies, coachman that was the seat usually ac"didn't see why he should give it up to them he'd paid for it and he man without saying any more, put the meant to have it," whereupon the coachhorses to another coach, so allowing the for, but without the slightest chance of ungallant to retain the seat he had paid the coach going an inch out of the hotel yard. The American women would not be called servants, they were "helps,” and when they wanted to go out, did not scruple to ask for their mistresses wearing apparel, which, though rather curious, is preferable to the English practice, where the servants are in the habit of wearing their mistresses clothes without asking their leave at all. The spirit of barter is |