Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-03-13
RICHMOND WING.
SABBATH IN ENGLAND.
FSo~ Lo-do- Tia. Of 2sd F.S.

81 FSo~ LS~doH 7iAass Of 2sd Fs6.
lies years ago popular preacher inveghing
srsn-t Sabbath Dissertation every possible shape Not
stitch OF work must be done that day, FOO,
moved except To church. not tongue wagsed except h-
ride drive in the Park, which, by the BY, i
not quite general crime the Sabbasrisns
imagine. utterly forbidden. lt made not only the
coaehmsn and the foctmsn but the poor beasts,
break the Sabbath. While the preacher -ss harangung
inside the chspel there stood outside between 2o AMI 81
carriages waiting for his deeply impressed bearers The
fotuen assembled the door OF the adjoining pub
lie house and whole ncighboarhooi in upros
hor-cs aud the number OF breaking the
Sabb,th In the most h,grant style. Had anybody
red suggest the preacher to keep his congrcga
tioa In order he put down all the world he would
PROBABLY have replied that he knsw his own bust
ness AMI wanted nobcdys advice. Obvious and indccu
sibe this Inconsistency seem. is universal
Everybody tor hying down Just those rules and admit
ting iu.t hos notifications that his own
The principal banc OF this il that ends in pu-c
IL negative system What this world aud. in particular
this metropolis wants, j. somebody 10 tell il what
Co do. for every stupid fellow can tell IL what 1t
oaght do. There many thousand artisans
living within a mile Of St Pauls and good di>-
from anything Ia call garden green held ~
these at least nineteen out OF twenty TO place OF
worship Sunday, don't emerge rom their musiy deus
till the middle OF the day, occasional visit to the
ginshop aud so Sit suk, saunter about during the
rest Of the day For part have frequently urged
on the Legislature the duty of providing places Of inuo
cent recreation for these peope-parks walks and plea
suregroundsbut that is just what Parliament will not
n
cult anxious, responsible affair attended With cost, aud
followed by occasional failures 1t will only forbid what it
conceives be harm, for what is and cheap Ii
like the parent who nevsr gave five minutes serious
thAght what TO do with his child who had
word il OF improving tendency and very sell
dom OF cheering one and who confines the exercise of
his pa,erna dominion to scoling. beating, snuhhug
hwartmg siencing and all the other forms Of ntedc
ton No doubt parent who never does good will hay.
occasion enough to forbid what Is wrong II 'ot~
not SOW good his fields he will have weeds enough
tn root up And to submit that the reason
why the British Legislature is overasked with the
Of crime to be punished and depravy to be
reformed is that will do anything instruct aud ell
eyae those whom it ultimately has reform clastisc
the particular question and the particular decision
of last night in the Commons, have nothing siy
against them The British Museum as il and the Ma
tioua Gallery is don't quite the places Tor SUNDAY
edifcaon recreation. OF the former spoke yescr
day aud contented ourselves with advising country
friends not expect rest in it, ha-mle OF galees
As the National Galley, it obviously never design.
ed for Sunday exhibition. Gods and gsddesses myro-
logical stories and nude figures of all ate
proper subjects OF contemplation holy day More.
over the gallery il so small and stuffy that rec
hundred people make IL ntOlerablc. But We must he
permitted deprccatc aud denoLnce the hypocrisy with
which member after member last night spoke a.
Wa made good and the day made holy, by shutting up
places, and As FIT was enough 70 tell people
some things which they ought not to do Moreover,
deprecate this continual comparison OF our metopO
Tan population with that OF the continental capital hat
IN th. world do Legislators Of the London artisan
ON the Sunday know Of his aud notions, and
hi. h,nuts and resorts on that days We tell them
shat he dues not spend the day in the bosom O his
family He does not take his wife on his arm and lead
his children procession totake walk III the fields
she river side there fields riverside, thanks
20 the obstinate indifference OF Parliament to these public
benefits The London artisan does not spend the SUNDAY
in psansinging in prayer, or IN reading the Bible
Gentlemen who GO abroad in the autumn, and investigate
the suburbs Of Paris and Munich, aud Vienna WILL OF
course see great deal OF had taste and bad
morality buff they would take tour this year through
Bethnal green, Spitaheds, BermondSey, Lambeth, Or
even the neighborhood of the Royal establishments at
Chelsea Greenwich Deptford aud Wool"ieh 50 as they
use their ewes and properly they would observe
good deal that is in keeping with sacred day o.
even any day Not all the prohibive laws in the void
l make people good they only stop certain outward
form. nd particular developments OF evil They leave
the man himself unchanged But, whatever the bushes,
i the legislator aud whether or not ii be MS duty to O.
hibt and nothing more, We have certainly ourselves a
much larger, more comprehensive anu hore generous
Office perform
We should be sorry to see any Book Of Sports
but We wish the $40 who last nigh put their
gative Sir j. WalnSeys motion "Olld Just INFORM tie
Jusc how they spend their Sunday III the country We
believe il a uniform process. Between -erv
ces or after the afternoon service, they round ihcI
domains with their visitors they measure the shoots oi
their Young plantations they indicate improvements
made or intended they visit the farm, look at the cattle
aud pigs thence TO the stables where they discuss e
re.poe.ivo tla sla"k occupants point the
yariou. new lodges for supplying the animals
hay aud then the kennel and set the dogs o
ALL aud sizes in full cry; stop here aud there 10 EN-
10Y the prospect, mark good situation for house
the girth aud guess the OF the trees ihen
turn into the Strawberries aud discussion OF Droiira
and Norfolk Island pine. then just look into the con
srrvatary ecs caceoarias. and other long
plants perhaps visit to the potry-yard or lie
scent into the wine-cear may conclude day. Shol
the visitor fall into the hands Of the children thrr,
is Master Cnarleys Aotia OF boats be review
ed, the rabit-hutch to be inspected, the eEpe
rimental garden he admired. Should th'
weather permit a the lake, immersion
H. thought Inconsistent with the sancty OF the day
Should the visitor request the schools doubtless L
will be complied with and il he should absent hiel
from the company spend the afternoon in private dcvO
lions. he will enjoy perfect federation. But the visible
observance Of Sunday generally such have desert
bed The evening IL sOlemnized with quiet talk abou
affairs in general aud pieces OF music which, occurring
In oratoiOs, are, OF course, sacred II hon member
would confess the honest truth, this is fair
their Sabbatca Obseryance AMI above the service
Of the Church What them 10 do is 50 enable
artisan enjoy the like serenity the same holy calm tn
same contemplation of natural and agreeable objects III
easy transition from living picture TO another,
if il possible, the air aud scenery, the sam
lawns gardens, woods, meadows, and running streams;
mot least green field aud mouthil OF fresh air.
they will do this it will be a more Christian work. an
will do good, than all the prohOitory Laws that wct
ever made IL will draw the working man from the gin
shop instead OF driving him To it, which j. the natural
suit OF present Sunday legislation.
DEArH OF ! GEENAN AtTHOR.-The celebrated Gcuna
writer Heinrich Heine, died at Paris Monday nigh
Feb 18th after illness of nearly eight year,. II
funeral took place the 10Th. Among those who after
ded NM Alexander Dumas 1hcophc Gluter, vi.
Paul de It. Victor. AieNandere WE'LL &c. gtei
number Of German writers aud journalists present.
The deceased considered the greatest Of German poe