The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-14
The Sunday Amusement Question in
London.

The museum and art galleries are
| locked against the poor ON the only day
of the week ON which they might enjoy
| them; they are dcbarrpd entrance into
the geological and botanical gardens,
and every effort 20 procure Sunday
afternoon admission for them is met
with stormy opposition, based upon the
quantity OF Sunday labor that would
be involved. Yetno Sabhatarian dreams
OF irving To- close the great clubs OF
Pail Mall i'm each Of which % corps Of
cooks, guards, and livcriod servants is
kept Ut work all day Sunday more than
sufficiently to attend % museum visited
by thousands. And the geological and
botanical gardens are open ON Sunday
to those wealthy enough 20 bp subscrib.
crs. The late Sir Joshua Wulmslcv re-
lated that, after he had yaiulv cudcav-
ored 10 secure from Parliament admis-
sion for tho public 10 the geological
gardens ON Sunday. hc met ou the fol-
lowing Sunday member of Parliament
who had bitterly opposed his measure,
coming out Of these gardens with his
son. Sir Joshua exclaimed, Why,
how is this / thought you were oppos-
ed to the opening Of these mrdDus on
Sunday - Oh :" replied 'ho NJ. p,
L ann uut opposed 90 % tor people like
ourselves, but IL will never do for the
lower classc8-it would never do :" Mr.
MOrrell, the Secretary of the Free
Sunday league, told me that when his
league had secured from the govern
mCut, against suCn clerical opposition
and predictions of disorder, the privi-
lcgc Of having q band perform music in
Regent park ON Sunday afternoon, hc
observed a bishop drive mp ON one occa-
sion, In his fine carriuCc, when he
alghted and walked around, observing
the great crowd. One ut the Sunday
league spoke to him, saying, Your
lOTdship secs that there is mo- disorder. 30
a" No. replied the bishop, "thcrc is
none but il is sad 90 witness the viola
tion of the Sabbath" whDrcupOn the
bishop rc-cutCTCl his carriagc and drove
with his family tp the adjacent botaui-
cal gardens. where Mr.. Muucll after
ward saw him and his family, enjoying
the delights from which the poor nrD
dchHrrcd by the surtiiy of the Sab.
bath These Inconsistencies du not
pass uuoticgd 10y the poor, and the
loud d,clumaiioug hv the clergy against
the employment OF the poor iu Sunday
labor ~ museums have reused such re-
plicatipus as tu their own Sunday en-
iOymouts thai the Lords rest day asso-
ciatiou have ut last felt that th,y can
not, under such circumstance, hope
much longer 90 resist the siege ut the
doors of the public gulIcrirs So they
have just been on Il dcpututiun 90 the
bishop of London to represent 10 him
that their great difficulty I'M the strug-
gle was the fact that the preachers did
net hesitate 10 employ their carriages,
cabs, etc, To go to h IN Eevcrul churches.
The bishop received the drputatiuu
kindly, aud said IT, was great evil.
thereby, The ussocintion
suggested that his lurdship should
preach q sermon on the subject ut 50.
Puul's cathedral. The bishop was not
10 that suggestion. But
then tho dcpututiun hiutyd that it would
be but consistent, and lend impressive
ness to the coming discourse, If the
bishop, instead of driving from his pal
ace, about five miles away. 90 81. pml's
On Sunday morning, a8 usual, rhuuld
sleep. on the Saturday night previous,
lt the Chapter house, and walk across
.he street 10 the cathedral ON Sunday
At this suggestion The bishop
looked blue. Then hc looked red.
Unable to reply TO the paulyzing sug-
gcstiou for % moment, lac guzcd upon
.hc dopuiutiou TO see if thgy were in
earnest Finding that they were, the
bishop gasprd ont the words" But
i've at Fulham From that moment his
ordship saw immense dillicultirs in tho
way OF any alteration of the Sunday
habits of the country, ana could make
no promises.