ht
to write another. "Certainly," replied that officer; "my letters to his
excellency, as you say, might not have been delivered, for I have had no
report absolutely made to me that they had ever reached his hands: but I
will take care this time there shall be no mistake in the delivery, for
you shall see me attach my communication to a cannonball, the report of
which I can testify to my government; and, as my gunner is a sure shot,
his excellency _will_ (Glascock was an Irishman) have my epistle
delivered into his hand." This intimation produced at once the desired
effect of a satisfactory reply and apology.

Captain Glascock was one of the inspectors under the Poor Relief Act in
Ireland. He died in 1847.

No. 24 Alexander Square is the residence of Mr. George Godwin, the editor
of the 'Builder,' and one of the honorary secretaries of the Art
Union,--an association which has exercised an important influence upon
the progress of the fine arts in England. Mr. Godwin is likewise
favourably known to the public as the author of several essays which
evince considerable professional knowledge, antiquarian research, and a
fertile fancy.

The bend of the Fulham Road terminates at

THE ADMIRAL KEPPEL

[Picture: The old Admiral Keppel] public-house, from whence the road
proceeds in a straight line to Little Chelsea; Marlborough Road and
Keppel Street, leading to Chelsea, branching off at each side of the
tavern. Since this sketch was taken, the old building has been pulled
down (1856), and a large hotel erected on the same spot, by B. Watts,
where, in addition to the usual comforts of an inn, hot and cold baths
may be had.

In 1818 the Admiral Keppel courted the custom of passing travellers by a
poetical appeal to the feelings of both man and beast:--

"Stop, brave boys, and quench your thirst;
If you won't drink, your horses murst."

There was something rural in this: the distich was painted in very rude
white letters on a small black board; and when Keppel's portrait, which
swung in air, like England's flag, braving

"The battle and the breeze,"

was unhinged and placed against the front of the house, this board was
appended as its motto. Both, however, were displaced by the march of
public-house improvement; the weather-beaten sign of the gallant
admiral's head was transferred to a wall of the back premises, where its
"faded form" might, until recently, have been recogni