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THE HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUARY & NATURALIST. 



ST. JAMES'S STREET CHAPEL, NEWPORT. 

 The following, engrossed on parchment, was 

 enclosed in a bottle, and placed in the foundation 

 stone ot St. James's Street Chapel, Newport, Isle of 

 Wight. 



JOHN DORE. 



The Foundation Stone of this Chapel, built for the use 

 of the oldest Society of Protestant Dissenters in the Isle 

 of Wight, was laid May 30, 1848, by the Rev. Edward 

 Giles, the Pastor of the Church. 



Trustees. 



Mr. James Wavell, Mr. John Hollis, 



,, John Adams, John Adams, jun., 



,, James Kirkpatrick, Richard Gibbs, 



,, Edward Upward, ,, Richard Aldridge. 



Thomas Hellyer, Esq., Architect. 

 Mr. Richard Aldridge, Builder. 



John Dore, Scripsit. 



spoken of as being the owner, but some legal pro- 

 ceedings took place, and a Canal Company was said 

 to exist. JAS. W. BATCHELOR. 



THE HAMPSHIRE INDEPENDENT, August 16, 18 



"WHERE IS THE CANAL?" 

 Mr. George Parker puts the above query as a foot 

 note to his cuttings from the London Magazine 

 of February 14, 1778, which cutting demonstrates 

 the foolish obstructiveness as far as the wish was 

 concerned of the Reading people, who stultified 

 themselves by " unanimously resolving to oppose the 

 movement " for making the said Canal, though, how 

 the watery way could be detrimental to their inter- 

 ests, I am unable to imagine. The Canal is in 

 existence, from the wharf at the bottom ot Wote- 

 street, Basingstoke, to its juncture with the river 

 Wey, not far from the increasing village of Wey- 

 bridee. From its western point, upwards to London, 

 it passes through the grounds (ruins) of Basing 

 House, leaving the village on its left ; goes under 

 Greywell Hill, very near the residence of the late 

 Lord Dorchester, touches the town of Odiham 

 where was once a considerable wharf; skirts a large 

 portion of Dogmersfield Park, via Crookham to Farn- 

 borough (North Camp) ; on to Woking and to Wey- 

 bridge. Portions of the Canal are still used London 

 to Farnborough Basingstoke to Odiham but many 

 parts are full of mud and weeds, while the water 

 as the late Robert Hall would say stands still for 

 people to drown themselves therein. To show that 

 the Canal is utilised for pleasure as well as busi- 

 ness, the Fleet Rowing Club announce a regatta 

 to take place there on the igth inst., when valuable 

 silver cups and other prizes will be competed for. 

 The Times recently published an interesting account 

 of the various canals of the country, and doubtless 

 the one in question appears in the list. The specula- 

 tion was a most unfortunate cne ; the bondholders got 

 no dividend, while the original shareholders got less, 

 if possible. To whom the property belongs I cannot 

 say. I remember about ten years ago a Mr. St. 

 Aubin repaired the Greywell Hill tunnel, and he was 



WEATHER REPORT FOR THE WEEK. 



From the meteorological register, made at the Ordnance 

 Survey Office, Southampton, under the direction of Col. Sir 

 Chas. Wilson, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S., R.E. Lat. 50* 

 54' 50" N. ; long. i 24' o" W. ; height above sea, 84 feet. 

 Observer Mr. J. T. Cook. 



t Black bulb in vacuo. 



HAMPSHIRE CRICKET IN 1777. 

 A correspondent has forwarded us a copy of a hand- 

 bill giving the score of a celebrated match played in 

 1777, between Hants and England. The following 

 is a reprint : 



A List of the 

 Gentlemen Cricketers 



who played 

 On Sevenoaks Vine, June 20, 1777, 



For one thousand guineas, 

 Hampshire, with the Right Hon. Earl Tankerville, against 



all England ! 



With the state of the game. 

 HANTS. 



First innings. 



Lord Tankerville 3 b Wood. 



Brett 9 



Small 33 c White. 



Francis 260 Wood. 



Nyren 37 b Lump. 



Sutler 46 b Wood. 



Lear 7 b Wood. 



Aylward 167 



Veck 16 b Lumpy. 



Taylor 32 c Bullin. 



Curry 22 c Minshall. 



Bies 5 



Total 403 



