railways, the scrupulous neatness of the public houses, the excellence of the articles presented at the tables, the respectful attendance of intelligent servants; and if the price demanded is in proportion, the one who partakes of such benefits should be willing to accord the remuneration. If he is not, he will be very likely to become so, after some experience of the hindrances and discomforts of continental travel.
In the old church of Kendal, á singular incident took place soon after those civil wars had subsided, which preceded the execution of Charles the First. A Westmoreland gentleman, by the name of Philipson, an adherent to the cause of the king, was on a visit to his brother, who had a pleasant residence on the principal island in the lake of Winandermere. While enjoying that quiet retirement, the house was besieged by some soldiers under the command of Colonel Briggs, a parliamentarian officer, who desired to get possession of a person supposed to be so obnoxious to the party in power. The arrival of unexpected forces obliged him to abandon his enterprise. Philipson being exceedingly spirited determined on retaliation. He advanced with a troop of horse to Kendal, where Colonel Briggs was, and hearing that he had gone to church repaired thither, and entering it on horseback rode entirely through it. The consternation of the assembled worshippers was great, and his profanation of the sacred edifice gained him nothing,
