94 BRIGHTON ROAD. 



The Brighton road was the chief locale 

 for these distinguished ornaments of the 

 profession, and of printsellers' shops. They 

 have passed away their occupation has 

 become void ; and the swift torrent of 

 the rail has swept them from the public 

 view. Some returned to their patrimonial 

 estates, and exercised the office of magis- 

 trates in their own district, after having 

 subjected themselves to a similar tribunal 

 in others ; some finished their career be- 

 fore the devouring flood arrived ; and one 

 in particular Stephenson, Esq. who, from 

 necessity, made the profession his choice, 

 after being at the University, and who, 

 amidst all the profaneness of the calling, 

 preserved the character of a gentleman, 

 was cut short by the hand of death. But 

 the Brighton " Age" still lives in the me- 

 mory of his friends, and is transmitted to 

 posterity by the pencil of Herring. 



It was at the latter end of the summer 



