[91a] This organ is now stowed away as lumber, in one of the rooms of the Royal Pavilion.
[91b] Although, to many persons, the thus associating of a public-house with the parish church may be considered somewhat out of character, the annexed copy of manuscripts in the possession of the writer of this book, will not only convince them that there is in some measure an affinity, but it will in a degree stagger modern advocates of temperance, not so much that men of the dates recorded indulged in their potations, but that the Vestry Meetings of the time permitted the expenditure out of the Church-rates. Copy:—
“White Hart, Russell Street, Brighton.
1824. The Honourable Churchwardens of Brighton.
To Phinehas Jupp.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| March 25th.—61 Pots of Beer | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| 1 Pint do. | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| June 25th.—74 Pots of Beer | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Sept. 29th.—89 Pots of Beer | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Decr. 25th.—82 Pots of Beer | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| £7 | 13 | 3 |
Jany. 21, 1825.
Received of the Churchwardens, the sum of seven pounds 13s 3d, as per bill, for Beer for workmen at the Parish Church.
£7 13s 3d. Phinehas Jupp.”
Whether the recipients were permitted to indulge in their libations. ad libitum, is not on record.
[93] A Narrative of Transactions relative to a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Brighton, August 18th, 1793, by Vicesimus Knox, D.D. London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1794.
[95] In a note, the Doctor says:—“I have since been informed, that in some pews, where a few of the military and their acquaintance were seated, impatience was shewn by such whisperings as this: ‘Will the fellow never have done?’ A titter was also affected to conceal the choleric affections; and fans played with motions as rapid as the tail of an angry cat. But I was unconscious of these symptoms of stifled rage.”
[109] Ancient name of Newhaven.
[110a] The rock is still there, and is well known to mariners.