The Kensington Gazette, No. 2, December 14, 1853

Transcribed from the 14 December 1853 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
For Kensington , Hammersmith , Bayswater , Notting Hill , Shepherd’s Bush , &c. &c.
No. 2 . Guaranteed Gratuitous Circulation, Four Thousand.—Published every Wednesday. Dec. 14, 1853
TERMS .— PREPAYMENT .
A Reduction on a Series of Advertisements .
A Lecture will be delivered in the Assembly Rooms, King’s Arms, High-street, Kensington, on Friday Evening, Dec. 16, by Sam. Sidney, Esq., on Hints, Anecdotes, and Axioms for Emigrants.—Tickets at the Doors, One Shilling each. The Lecture commences at half-past eight o’clock.
illustrated by eminent artists.—Price 1d. Sold at Strutt’s Printing-office, 16, Church-street Kensington.
“Mr. Gough is a well-adjusted mixture of the poet, orator, and dramatist: in fact, an English Gavazzi”.—British Banner. “His audience were at one time excited to tears, and at another convulsed with laughter.”—Leeds Mercury. “His descriptions are lost upon paper: he must be heard to be appreciated.”—Ladies’ Companion.
Who needs a good Great Coat to keep him warm, From wet protected,—free from Winter’s storm,— Who such a needful want desires to buy, So cheap it can all bargains defy, Should join, at once, the throngs who weekly go To get their suits at Befford’s cheap Depot; First-rate materials—first-rate work as well, To all who doubt, delighted buyers tell— In High-street, Kensington, but once enquire, Where you can purchase Befford’s best attire; Whose clothes fit easy, and are worn with grace, Prompt comes the answer, Four, in Mayfield-place. Let Befford once your patronage obtain, He feels assured that you will call again.
The Cheapest & Best Great Coats, Over Coats, Shooting Coats, and every description of Coat made to measure, at W. BEFFORD’S, 4, Mayfield-place, High-street Kensington.—Fit and workmanship warranted. Repairs and alterations cheap.
In all its branches, by J. E. OLIVER, (son of the late R. Oliver, in the same trade nearly half a century,) Locksmith, Bell-hanger, and Stove and Range maker, 16, Orchard-street, Holland-street, Kensington.