The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-08
ADJUSTMENTS ON SUNDAY.
RATIONAL RECRE1TION FOR THE
TOILFRS or THE WEEK
How the Lords Day IN Ob-crved In London |
Dukes House Thrown Open 60 Artisans |
Cricket. Lectures, and Eaupstrinhtsm.

Dukes House Thrown Open TO rtisans
Cricket. Lectures, and REPRESENTATIONS.
Pom ne Cincinnati COmDsrudL
LONDON, Sept 2.--The Duke of West
minister has thrown GrOsyenor House open to
artisans on Sundavs. Tickets have been sent
around to the workingmeus clubs and unions
To be distributed, without money aud without
price. and the people are ty9iling Themselves of
House Is III itself "a museum. IL has grand pic
tute galleries. every example of decoration. and
many antiuutties IL the Duke OF " estminstnr
were Deepen tent for bis seat ~ Parliament upon
tine zoe pOpli it - very dountful n the work
ing class would ever see the inside OF Grosvenor
house on SUNDAY No cOmmOner would dare
similarly to fly In the face of all the PAL sons ana
petists Of his constituency.
do not know but one orthodox nOn-confOr-
mist preacher in London who T. actively mt
SAD uatarian; that Is the Rev. Mr.. PictOn, though
there are a number II others who xpress tue
same Opinions IN private. Mr.. Picton Is the
ablcst preacher among the Congregatiu nalists in
London, but his indepeudcnce has thinned his
congregation tn a mere handful. On the other
hand there are scores OF Engilsn Churcn Clergy
men who DEFY popular opinion on this and other
subjects. They get thor hvings and hold
them quite irres pecdve ot their congregations.
There Is not a dissenting preacher In the land
who would dare to follow the course ~ the
bishop of Manchester, In rejoicing that lI,WO
people had gone to the Theatre there to see lty-
ihgs Hdiatet in that city. the Rev. Mr. Symonds
hall, IN London Oh sunday. Four clergymen
ana one bishop have iectured from BradlauGn's
platform. The Rev. Charles Kingsley used
to play cricket on Sunday afternoons, with
the villagers OF EyeIsiey. Here ia the
T.
lar cergJmen Of London, who has just
been given thanks In his church at the
steady entertainments on ibbatWanisn, and
talks IN this way Paul blamed tho GalA ians
for observing Jewish II vs. $. Cyril, ljsh y of
jerusalem. babe his converts henceiurth reject
all Observance ct SHbb u.s. John Knox
visiting Calvin, found shat holy man plnying at
bowls on SUNDAY " The law OF tue sabbath
was never authoritatively tr 4nsferrcd to sun
day =" The museums and illeres u Dublin
aud birmingham are open, tue arOoreum at
finn IA lana .F.aAt 40 sl
Hospitdl-all these are open, and what harm
has come Of itf' Z" he acts Of Parliament
whiCn regulate the Observance OF Sunday are
most dissolute of English monarchs. Charles H.,
the other m tue reiSn Of that dear stupid,
bigOted old King, George lll.-1nd what Is the
Use Of either Of themI'
The other day "a Gaze was tried in one Of our
courts which the High sheriff Of Leicester
shire. Sir Alexander Dixie gained, the dispute
being about hunter. The horse was named
" The Professor ana Lady Florence Dixie gave
evidence that ITS qualities were Tried on "A sun
QueeDsburg, assisting. Asked about another
horse named the Butcher Boy, Lady Florence
sad he Uhe horse) was not there on tho sun
day morning. he might have gone to church,"
Al this tue Court laughed, aud the laugh
may remind one OF the smile winch used to y 50
between two soothsayers In Kome shortly DO
fOie It's downfall. But sunday uas long been In
England a " hOrsey day, aad nearly all the ex-
aninations Of horses awaiting sale at attorsal'5
take place on SUNDAY. | called with friend ON
a recent afternoon OF sunday at tnUse palati 4
htaOes. ana eNory West-end groom seemed to
be tnere, a. well as many OF the chief person
ages of kensington and other fashionable suO-
utbs. n arge number Of ladies' were thorc, with
their artrtOcratlC m lie relatives, picking out the
horses they would Ike to have for the park and
Rotten Row. Inc Sunday evening amusement
OF the upper clgsses IS billiards, and while ho
day, the great clubs of Pail Mail uaYe their two
score tables going all the time.