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eUr i'oru)on orrtsponbtnt. the Olympic crowds shed
Orphans ; ' at the Charing Croa.
Thompson and Lionel Brongh di
. two deem it right to state that we do not at all Waal "Blue Beard;" at the Prince of V In IWilton intends to oot in "Macbeth with •
identify ourselves with our eorrespolideut'b opluionsj
Lyceum the great sensation is the appearance of Mr. tors
Henry Irving in " Hamlet." Thus the London J. N
Lord Mayor Stone, our new chief magistrate, pro-
theatrical managers endeavour to provide for all jer,
misee, in his forthcoming annual show, to revive the tastes—the grave, the gay, the lively, and the severe. She
ancient glories of the 9th of November. Not, how- fore
ever, in their entirety, for that it is impossible. Time ser
was when, instead of going to Westminster by land, a DR. CARPENTER ON GEOLOGY. of
grand civic pageant proceeded thither by way of the
Thames, the Lord Mayor using the splendid State In the theatre of the Birkbeck Institution, London, }
barge. But this has long been abandoned; the barge lasteowrdu
therla LT; evening, and
everyan d
ar beforet,bain.
araudienceenter tgavehat r
has given way to the State-coach; the Thames is the second of a series of twelve lectures on geology,
superseded by Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, and the which are provided by the trustees of the British
Strand. Instead of the civic authorities going up "the Museum, free to the public. The main purpose of
silent highway" to Westminster in boats, they wend the lecture was to discredit the old geological hypo-
their stately way through crowded thoroughfares, in thesis oas nf
ccvniTiennuti
tcyoonrifilftnn,
the
dot:
fproverom tthhaetotil,rer,
which the multitude is so dense that the shops have to °
times to the present, and that where any gap as
be closed, the traffic di% ested, and business entirely • . Ipeered to exist in the succession, a change in t
suspended. There thee 6,1 in long procession, the continuity of strata, that change was simply alo
Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, in magnificent carriages, the one, and that continuity would be found to be c•
Aldermen and Common Councilmen, the numerous plete in other parts of the globe. He began
host of city dignitaries, the array of ancient guilds commenting on the interesting feature in ths
teresta of geological science, that the little i
originally formed for the encouragement and protec- Great Britain—which was the home of the et
tion of the various trades and handicrafts, military presented an epitome of the whole geological suer
bands, firm upright squadrons of hussars, and of strata. Referring to a table of the btr•
queerly dreseed watermen to remind the surging their regular order, he said that there was sea
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throng of the departed days when this high rock in that or any part of the world which has
f equivalent here. In Russia, on the other ban
festival was held upon the river. Some years
was nothing later than the equivalent of th•
ago when Alderman Sir Robert Carden was Lord sandstone, which there formed immense Hat a
Mayor, he introduced a new feature into his they came to the newer tertiaries. That bus
display, - namely, a troop of knights in armour, probability
h,,le of the long
had n‘evesrsibeonello
The grotesque appearance of these fellows, and the
during
series rg,ef depositsi hail taken herr
indifferent way in which they reined their prancing that at certain periods there had been a
steeds, excited roars of laughter amongst the unfeeling of all the animals then existing, and that
gazers, and the knights were given up. I should lapse of time a new set of animals ha
explain that the object of going to Westminster —and their existence, was not one which any nu
the route covers a distance not far short of three miles wouldulitoywo f sal lifcestiwon..
fuArne;suitiu7,yallti s
contin- -is that the new Lora Mayor may pay his respects to plorationinwhiehhe hadbeenengaged. '
her Majeety's judges, and be sworn in before the ring on in the bed of the North Atlas
Barons of the Court of Exchequer. There are many in every essential particular with ts
persons who declaim against the Lord Mayor's show wi period, showing that there had bee
a relic of barbarism, object to an important part of Lintreyboefddoefpx.itaocferoanm tatoperito .Iht
London being disturbed for hours by the presence of a the area of Western Is!urope a sw,
vast mob, and emphatically want to know why his deposits above the chalks. The wl
lordship, if he wishes to proceed to Westminster at been dredged up by hundredweie
all, doesn't go as a private gentleman without* all this depth of three miles, when tested'
fuss. But the thought of abolishing the Lord Mayor's had been found to correspond to
Show, if seriously entertained, would almost drive characteristics. It was to the
form oranimal life that the prof'
the Londoners into insurrection. I am not exag- strata was due ; the limestone es
gerating when I say that to hundreds of thousands of earliest periods, being probably
the population it is the only spectacular display which Having shown highly mare
they witness in the entire twelve months. They are 88 the different species of foray
delighted with it as a child in a country town is at the riiiicedfir;mthevarious dc•
visit of a circus, or at an exhibition of wild beasts. of mi
tehge todisC provery. of carggins tfeogit
ge
For my own part I confess that I should not like date than had ever before I
to see it swept away. Pass through Cheapeide, the serpentine limestone r
Ludgate-ill, Fleet-street, and the Strand on any Canada. From the geoloe
other working day in the year, and you will see 90,000 feet below the Can
nothiag but rushing traffic, hurrying crowds, and istowmasuerw
eartreorvthan ed thatyry
anxious faces, the possenfore whereof persistently die- lapse between the two is
regard the injunction to lay up no treasure upon earth. ception, being compare
But on the 9th of November there is a change—miles told them of the theta,
of closed shops—miles of merry, good tempered faces, stars, whose light was,
el
The pemle come out to enjoy themselves, and no one of centuries tart:
doubts that they succeed. There id, it must be ad- that he felt at seeis
mitted, a little occasional horseplay. You might, for him,
instance, suddenly find your hat knocked off, and
sportively turned into a football ; and the more dis- CLOSING OF
concerted you become, the more immoderately the
spectators laugh. But this, after all, is a trifle, and if •
men are wise, they don't venture into such crowds Withsl'ut,xtriT
wearing good hats. And they are doubly wise if they
Attedgay evenly
eau keep their tempers in the midst of jeering chaff, only, but, ace°,
There is one thing in a Ninth of Nevember crowd an indefinite pc•
which it gives me great pleasure to record. lam weak a seriee of thee
enough to confess that I always go and see theshow, for their tinancia'
it is a break in the monotony of life, and I have never mettin,,,,g‘rttl(
failed to notice how strong men and lusty women give nu!: onjotp`ria
the best positions to the children. The little one stand- with a inoy
tug near them is the veriest stranger, and when the fourth yea
precession has gone by they possibly may never meet recurring
again; but while the grandees are sweeping past, the the numb'
children are taken up by thousands of stranger arms, compareding bo
and held aloft so that tbey may mire nothing of the goner..
spectacle which the Lord Mayor of London has sup- —by se,
plied. a total,
p
The School Board for the metropolis evidently has the aclowing
all its work to do. The Regietrar-General tells tis Seaso
that there are in our grett capital more than a 'million of 47:
children under fifteen years of age. The Board esti. the u
mates that by April, MK it may be able to provide
schwa accommodation for 610,000 of these, leaving, es :tun!
will be seen, even then a very considerable margin. Of wc
the entire number of children under fifteen. 413,000 are Ty
classed as scholars, 617,000 as of no occupation, and p
51,000 of both, sexes in specific employments. It is
evident that a large number' of 'the vast total should
have been at schooh Contrast London for a moment
with Lancashire. In that populous county there were, '
at the tart census, 301,000 children between the ages
of ten and fifteen, and of these 116,000 were employed
in factories, and 142,000 were at school. Juvenile labon
is therefore brought into requisition to a much large
extent in Lancashire than in London.
There have been many attempts to put a better el
of cab upon our stands, but hitherto not much suet
has attended these efforts. There are many who s
that a better class of cabmen would also be desire
lait I believe that the average cabmen is an honey
fair-dealing man, and that, when candidly quest
he will tell you the truth. He will tell ,ye
the regulation price ot his labour is not suff
remunerative, and that he reckons his ov
• ments as is part of his legitimate income.
he ask you half-a-crown when his prope
two ehillings, he will reply to year exi
• by saying that if he always got his
his children would have no butter on I
He tells you that when you place yourse
vehicle, you trust your life in his hands.
steering, he urges, through the labyrit
omnibuses, tradesmen's carts, hand
Pickford's waggons; mid if you are
through a five-mile journey of this de
he ludo, can you begrudge such skilled
dixpen ft.? Naturally this depends ear
number If sixpences you may hay
but a cabmen who puts his case befo
is more likely to have his request •
were to impudently ask for a great
Thanks to the efforts of the C
the study ••f Chess has lately '
• popularized amongst us to an exs
known. We have now chess c•
• sf the lighter class, and problee
as eagerly studied as were the'
neronties which were such fa
There seems to be a sort of f
devotees of chess which is
Go. into one of the cafés in
and you will see the Eng
communard, the Polhill exi
• lerman. At times eager
come difficult position o
rule, amity and politenr
the match. The chew
legitimate republic wh
:ts far as rank is conces
that of skill is recog
Pereian origin, but s
game has isescr been
As the recess goer
ome fewer. In fa
London papers st-
ance. People at
enough of the Ca,
January; awl t'
Session's histor
" Parliament
" Public Mer
"Politics in
paper, "Fate
had almost e
big forwar
Ministers n
mid severe
Disraeli
nntieipat
quet, wt
sit Gulls
As an
r" little •
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cony
goer
the
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the Olympic crowds ehed
Orphans;' at the Charing Cross
Thompson and Lionel Brough draw is
"Blue Beard;" at the Prince of Wales L
Wilton intends to act in "Macbeth;"
Lyceum the great sensation is the appear.ace of Mr.
Henry Irving in " Hamlet." Thus the London
theatrical managers endeavour to provide for all
tastes—the grave, the gay, the lively, and the severe.