The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

HARVEST ROMES.

On Thursday, Sept. 3, the second annual celebration
of the Harvest Home, on that better principle which we
hope in time to seegeneraily adopted by all parishes, took
place in the village of Buxton, near Norwich, under
auspices far more favourable than the heavy rains of the
preceding day had led us to expect, and with a succes,
equal to that which attended the festivities of last year
on a similar occasion, having been honoured with the pre-
sence of the Lord Bishop of the diocese, who had ac-
cepted the invitation of the Rev. W. J. Stracey, vicar of
the parish. The sun gave its warmth and cheerfulness
to the scene, which was one of animation especially in the
grounds of the vicarage, where a capacious tent had
been gaily prepared for the entertainment of nearly 500
guests, and where a pretty triumphal arch was erected
over the entrance to the lawn. At 10 a.m. the large

assembly of labourers, with their wives and children, met
together at the Lodge Farm, where a procession was
formed, headed by a capital brass band provided by
Messrs. Collins, of Lamas, which was followed by a car,
bearing an ornamented wheat-sheaf, then came some of
the children belonging to the national school, and after
them the different companies attached to the farms in
the parishes of Buxton and Oxnead, each one preceded
by their chief, carrying a banner, on which was painted
a suitably motto. On entering the village church the
large concourse of people were conducted to their seats by
the churchwardeus, and we could not but admire the
simple, but tasteful decorations which had been
made—the screen entwined with corn, the pillars
wreathed with oak leaves and acorns, and the white
banners, on which, in red letters, were inscribed appro-
priate texts from Scripture, and were crowned with chap-
lets of wheat ears, arranged on either side of the whole
length of the church. As soon as the bells had ceased the
national anthem was well performed as the opening Vo-
luntary, while the officiating clergy, followed by the Lord
Bishop of the diocese, walked to their respective seats.
The daily morning prayer was read by the Vicar, the
musical porthm of theservice being sustained by the parish
choir, who in the. chorus "The Heavens are
taken from Haydn's Creation, exhibited such a precision
and skill as must rank them far superior to the etandarl
ordinarily attained by our country choirs. While the
100th Psalm was being sung the Bishop ascended the
pulpit, and at its conclusion proceeded to deliver, from
the text, Isaiah, 9th chapter, 31 verse, "They joy
before Thee according to the joy in harvest," a most
eloquent and impressive sermon, which was listened to
throughout with the deepest attention. His
Lordship, in addition to treating the subject with
special reference to the happy occasion, and setting
before his hearers the nature and cause of true Christian
thankfulness, concluded his most excellent discourse with
a percussive appeal in behalf of the two great Church
Missionary Societies, representing it to the congregation
as a moat fitting opportunity for rendering a thankoffer.
ing to the gracious Giver of a!1 our spiritual and temporal
blessinras. The appeal was liberally responded to by a
collection of upwards of 81., which was equally divided
between t! e Society for the Propagation of the Gosptl
and the Church Missionary Society. At the conclusion
of the service the young organist performed the Hallelu-
jah Chorus, and the merry peal again rang forth from
the old church tower, while the procession was refortned
as before, aed proceeded through the village to the vicar-
age lawn, where soon the ample supply of roast beef,
plum pudding, and ale vanished at the attack of
nearly 500 guests. When grace had been said by the
vicar at the end of the repast, " The Health of the
Queen" was given with three times three, and the choir
singing the National Anthem. The Rev. Win. Stracey
then proposed "Tim Health of the Bishop," to which his
lordship replied in terms which won the attention, as well
as the hearts, of all, assuring his hearers of the pleasures
he was experiencing on this the first occasion of his
presence at a harvest home of the kind, and conclud-
ing his remarks with the presentation of the first
two prizes on the list, a Bible arid a Prayer-book,
addressing the aged recipients in most kind and impres-
sive language. The next toast, given by Mr. John
Wright, who headed the table on the right of the vicar,
was "The Health of the Committee," to whose
praiseworthy efforts were mainly attributable the
arrangements and success of the day, and here, too,
the party constantly evidenced their pleasure by re-
peatedly cheering the warm and hearty expressions coming
from so old and respec!ecl a parishioner. A harvest song
was then sung by the choir, and thanks were briefly re-
turned by members of the committee. The last toast of
the day, which was admirably given by Mr. T. R Allen,
was " The Health of the Labourers and their Wives and
Families, to which a venerable parishioner of their own
class responded. The band, with its enlivening strains.,
now attracted the people outside the tent, and after
due time had been allowed for the indulgence of the
smokers, the sports began, consisting of foot-racing,
wheeling barrows blindfolded, jingling matches, throw-
ing weights, &c. ; to the winners in which prizes of
some value were distributed, such as agricultural im-
plements, gowns for their wives, waistcoats, &e. After
tea and buns had been partaken of, a very supe-
rior display of fireworks was exhibited by Mr.
Baiter, of Norwich, and this concluded the
festivities of the day, in which both high and low would
seem to have shared. The numerous party quietly se-
parated to their respective homes, after having given
three hearty cheers for their vicar ; and thus ended a
very happy day, blessed, we trust, by d, sanctioned
by the cordial support of the bishop of the diocese, and
profitable in many ways to the labouring poor.

A FRENCH VETERAN.—" Among the old soldiers who
have applied at the Chanceßorie of the Legion of Honour
for the Saint Helena medal," says the Cons
" was an old man named llarmond, resding at Li,
Chapelle St. Denis. This veteran, who is 107 years of
has a whiio beard which descends to his waist.
He still walks with a firm step, and with his head
upright."
A NOBLE REWARD.—Thomas lichens, the fisherman,
who was the means of saving the Extuouth, ninety gun
screw ship, when embayed among the rocks in a cove
near Kynance, in April la t, has been rewarded by the
Admiralty with the sum of Si. for saving an English
line-of-battle ship with a crew of 700 or 800 souls.
A LARGE FAILURE.—A letter from Prague of the sth,
in the IVanderer of Vienna, says :—" The house of Pol-
lack has declared itself bankrupt. Its assets amount to
100,000f15., and its liabilities to 340,000. Yesterday the
house of Kanders also failed with a deficit of 90,000fls."

The ceremony of the inauguration of the statues of the
poets Wieland, Schiller, and Goethe took place on the
4.h at Weimar, with great enthusiasm, in presence of a
numerous crowd. This feeling was excited by the ani-
mated speeches delivered by the Aulic Councillor Schoen
at the statue of Wieland, and by M. Heiland, director of
the Gympase, at those of Schiller and Goethe. The
Grand Duchess solemnised this fete by appropriating a
sum of 10,000 Orders for the foundation of a deaf and
dumb asylum.
THE AELFAST RlOTS.—Every evening since Sunday
there has been a continuance of the riot in Belfast. The
rabble broke the windows of several churches on Monday
and Tuesday night. Collectors were sent round among
the Roman Catholic popu!ation to gather subscription s
fcr the purpose of meeting the fines -imposed upon their
co-religionists by the magistrates. The town is now
quiet, however.
LIMERICK AND ENNIS RAILWAY.—The works on this
line are progres-ing satisfactorily. The embankments
are almost completed and the line railed in several parts.
The rails have been laid down permanently from the
junction of the line near the city termini to the it n
bridge which crosses the Shannon at Corbally. A
locomotive will be placed on the line in a few weeks.
It is expected that the line be opened to Newmarket-
on-Fergus, in the end of October.—Munster News.
ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW CLEANING. Yesterday
morning a frightful accident occurred to ayoung woman,
named Jane Frazer, servant at Milfoyle's, Barnsbury-
road, Islington. It seems the young woman was en-
gaged cleaning outside the second floor window, when
she fell on to the spikes of the area railings which entered
her thighs, and she bung suspended for a moment, when
the flesh tore away, and she then descended on to the
stone flags beneath, her skull being fractured. No hopes
are entertained that she can survive..
WAGES IN CANADA :--J3ricklayere, 7s to 8s 63 ; masons,
63 to 7s ; stone-cutters, 5s to 73; joiners, 5e to 74 ;
carpenters, 6e 3d to 73 6d ; tinsmiths, 5s to 5i 6•I ;
painters, 5e to 63 ; grainers, 64 to 7s ; batters, 6s to 7s • ,
printers (compositors), 63 to 7s ; do. (power-pressmen),
63 to 6s 84 ; tailors (male), 4e to. 5e ; do. (female), is to
2s ; shoemakers, 4s to 5s ; upholsterers, 53 to 6s ; coopers,
3e to 4s ; farm labourers (with board), 2e to 3 r ; day
labourers, 2s 3d to 33 9d : boys and girls, 12 to 18 (with
board), 91 to is 31 ; railway labourers, 44 to ss; needle-
women (with board), is 23 to 24 • dressmakers (with
board), le 31 to 2 ; servant maids (per month), 123 2.l
to 24s 4d ; servant boys, 12s 61 to 25s ; servant men,
30s to 50s.
THE WASTE GROUND OF NBW FAtRINGDON-STREET
—On Wednesday night, at a meeting of the board of
governera and directors of the united parishes of St.
Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the-Martyr, half at
the board room, Gray's-inn-lane, Mr, Hagger in the
chair, Mr. Watson moved a resolution: " That a
cnnnuittee be appointed to wait upon the Board of
Works for this district and f,e• tho district of Clerkere
ere% to urge upon them the necessity of their pressing
the c )ri o atisn of the ety of London to take active
measures to encourage the covering of this ssrsite ground
In Said!' on-hill, Saint Sepulchre, :and vicinity, as
speedily as possible." His reason for bringing for-
ward the resolution was the groat injury the neigh-
bourhood sustained from so many houses being
pulled down, and the gr 'mod allowed to lie wa3te
for such a long period, of which his neighbours dee;dy
complained. The probability of the Metropolitan Rail-
way Company requiring the ground was now at an end,
as the Great Northern Railway Company, on account
of the Redpath swindle, and the Great Western, on
count of the diminution cf their dividend, were unable
so ass st the Metropolitan Rail Nay Company in carrying
mai. their scheine. , From his experience of the torpor. -
Lion of London they were very slow coaches uuless
pushed on, The Act for making the new street was
passed 20 yeats ago, awl when the Clerkonwell commis-
sioners (weld not tinny it out it was transferred to the
c'ty, and a i additional tax hail upon coals to defray the
co.t, so that she corperetion were acting as trustees for
tee benefit of the public. It had been computed that
1,600 houses hal been pulled down for making the new
street, which, at an avernie cf leopers ens to a house,
mal 3 a population of 16,000 persons displaced to seek A
home elsewhere, but some had estimated the number of
person, living in these at four times that amount, and the
money they expended was very important to the neigh.
bourhoed. Tteie depopulation had caused a great increase
in the local taxation upon the remaining inhabitants,
There was the strongest necessity for pressing the cor-
porati ,n to sell the land ferbulnlolii:ge,otmopcieotmiopnle.teltihre irn-
provements for the benefit of the public, and put an end
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to the isnejcuornydesdu-sttilaeiniso
e.edblyution, its
which was unanimously
adopted.