Transcribed from the 14 December 1853 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Cover] THE KENSINGTON GAZETTE, And GENERAL ADVERTISER, For Kensington, Hammersmith, Bayswater, Notting Hill, Shepherd’s Bush, &c. &c. * * * * * No. 2. Guaranteed Gratuitous Circulation, FOUR THOUSAND.—Published every Wednesday. Dec. 14, 1853 * * * * * ADVERTISEMENTS. TERMS.—PREPAYMENT. Single Column, per line 3d. Double Column, per line 6d. A Reduction on a Series of Advertisements. KENSINGTON PAROCHIAL INSTITUTE. 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. GOUGH’S ORATIONS, 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. WINTER CLOTHING. 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. GAS FITTING DONE 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. _Jobbing in all its branches_. New Writing Paper.