having lived some time in Hastings, I can bear testimony that his loss will be severely felt there, and that he will be followed by the regretful respect of all the town. The Volunteers of that town and other Cinque Ports will feel his loss deeply; for though only a captain of the Rifles, on him has fallen all the work of a field officer of the Cinque Ports Rifle Regiment (eight companies). He has performed all the duties of a colonel, and he had them under his command before the Queen in Hyde Park last year. In short, he has been the life and soul of the Volunteer movement here, and would certainly have taken a colonelcy (which was offered him) but for his new connection with Leslie* in your county. If you know Mr. Waldegrave I need hardly say that he performed the duties of squire to the Lord Warden with much grace and courtesy”.
- See page 42 for his marriage with the Countess of Rothes
Special Sermons.
£13 12s 9d at St. Clements, and £11 7s at All Saints were collected on Sunday, Feb. 8th after sermons by the Revs. J. Stoddart, H. L. M. Waters, F. J. Rawlins & W. Fawcett for the District Visiting Society
The Sussex Home Missions had sermons preached on their behalf at the Robertson street Congregational Chapel on Sunday, March 15th, by the Rev. Thomas Binney, of London, & the Rev. Mr. Campbell, & £26 was collected.
St. Mary’s Parochial Schools were benefited on Sunday, April 5th by 3 sermons preached on their behalf, which realised £69 18s 2d.
For the St. Clement’s and All Saints Schools, £15, £12 and £5 4s. were collected on April 12th, after sermons in the two parish churches.
For the Indian Famine Relief, appeals were made in the All Saints & St. Clement’s churches on May 10th, by the Revs. W. G. Mayne and J. W. Tottenham, which produced £18 6s. 9d., and £13 1s., respectively.
For the London Hibernian Society, collections were made on the 14th of July at St. Clement’s and All Saints, amounting to £5 5s. 5d. and £6 17s., respectively, and for St. John’s Foundation School, on the same day and at the same churches £11 10s. and £3 16s 3d.
A Farewell Sermon was preached in St. Clement’s church, on Sunday, July 21st, by the Rev. T. Nightingale, from Act. XX, 32, “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified” The affectionate address of Mr. Nightingale was listened to, with the deepest attention by a large congregation, and the feeling of regret at parting was evidently general.
“Farewell!”
“How oft it pains to speak that word
On which we ne’er can dwell
Yet even a whisper may be heard,
That bids a kind farewell<br/Then gently would I say to thee
On whom a thought may dwell
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