“When Charles ye great was nothing but a breath,
  This valiant soul stept between him and death.”

Here is also a memorial to Phoebe Hessel, who fought as a private in the fifth regiment of foot at the Battle of Fontenoy and died here aged 108.

There are several fine churches which have been built during recent years, including St. Paul’s in West Street; every excursionist knows this, and to thousands it is the only church in Brighton, being on the direct route from the station to the sea.  St. Martin’s and St. Bartholomew’s are open all day and are well worth a visit.  Trinity Chapel was the scene for six years of the incumbency of F.W.  Robertson, and another preacher of more recent fame, R.J.  Campbell, was for a time the Minister of Union Street Congregational Church.

[Illustration:  ST. NICHOLAS, BRIGHTON.]

The old Chain Pier was, next to the Pavilion, the most distinctive feature of the town; built in 1823 and paved with stone, it was historic as the first pleasure pier.  Swept away by a storm on the night of December 4, 1896, old Brightonians must have felt that something had gone from their lives when they looked from their windows next morning.

One of the “institutions” of Brighton is the Aquarium; it contains a very good collection of Marine exhibits, not as much appreciated as they should be.  Of late years extra attractions have had to be added and concerts and other entertainments help to keep the glass tanks and their occupants popular.

Kemp Town, named after its speculative builder, has been but briefly alluded to; it is to many the most attractive part of the great town, rising at the east end to a respectable height above the sea and with fine views of the Channel.  Unlike its parent it has no “history” whatever.  King Edward, during the last years of his life, took a liking to this part of Brighton, and in his honour the district was officially renamed “King’s Cliff,” but the new style does not seem to have become popular.  On the other hand Hove, with its “Lawns” and imposing squares, has a past; the following note appears in the Gentleman’s Magazine dated 1792:  “Hoove, by some spelled Hove or Hova, lies on the road between Brighthelmstone and New Shoreham, about two miles from the former and four from the latter.  It was one of the many lordships in the county of Sussex which the Conqueror’s survey records to have been the estate of Godwin Earl of Kent, in Edward the Confessor’s time, and which after his death passed to his eldest son Harold, who being afterwards King, was slain by the Norman Duke, who seized his lands and gave them to his followers.  Long after this time, this place was as large and as considerable a village as the county could boast; but it is reduced, by the encroachment of the sea at different times, to about a dozen dwellings.  This place gives title to a prebend in the cathedral of Chichester; and the living, which is a vicarage