Holiday journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1879-1879, 1879-12-17

called q ssring," the number generally
4 varying from five to dozen, which
last Is the greatest number that has yet
been hung in steeple. When, the
highest note--the. treble BELLS sound
ed first, and followed by the consecu-
tive notes until the deepestor "tenor''
bell is struck, the bells are said to be
rung in Grounds" The fascination
which this art has for its followers ia
shown by the fact that all the great
performances in ringing have been un-
dertaken solely for the honor accorded
to such feats. When peal Of five
Thousand changes is attempted, it is
considered of no account unless il is
. e'true." The requirements are some
what exacting. If the same change
should occur twice, through an error
of the composer, it is o "falseY peal
The ringing must Be completed with
out q stop or hitch and as at any time
during the three hours that will proba-
bly, be occupied, a ringer may lose his
way, and cause the others to be con-
fused, a 'jumble out'' will probably
ensue the conductor may miss "call, -
which is required to carry the changes
to the length, required, or may make
: one too many; man may miss bis rope
and send his bell oEee the balances or q
rope may break. Thus until the last
change Of peal is struck, it is never
safe for the ringers to congratulate
themselves upon its performance. n5l
Nowadays long peals are only con-
sidered as feats when the same mem
only one man to each beIl-ring through
out the peal. When peal of great
length Is attempted, there is, therefore,
cause to fear that at the last mcment
one of the men at the 'sheavy end" as
the bells near the tenor are called, may
knock up. For instance, in ringing
according to Stedman's principles
very complicated method, ON eleven
Deiis-fhs ps:sl of 1892 changes rung in
1913, in four hours and fifty-five min
utes, at st. Martins, Birmingham,
, where the tenor bell weighs thirty-nve'
hundredweight, continued the .slongest
Vn record" until 1851, when 1t Was
beaten by the College Youths, very
old established London society Of ring
srs, who rang 1924 changes in five hours
and twenty-four minutes, at St. Giles,
Cripplegate, where the tenor weighs
thirty-six hundredweight. The Cum
berland Youths, another old London
society, thereupon tried to beat this
performance, by ringing 1884 changes
at st, Michael's, Cornhill, the tenor of
which ring weighs forty-one hundred
weight. On the first occasion they
'tjumbled OUT" after ringing nearly six
thousand changes; and at subsequent
attempt rang six hours and two min
utes, but were then so knocked up that
they could not finish the peal, and were
compelled to stop when they had rung
7746 changes. Now, although this was
longer than the peal rung by the Col.
lege Youths, It was an incomplete per-
Torrance, not being continued until
the bells returned to the order of
rounds, which they would have done
at the s4s4th change. The Cripplegate
peal was at last beaten by peal of S44s
changes, rung in 1858, at Painswick,
in Gloucestershire. Although the tenor
of the ring Of twelve at Painswick only
weighs twenty-eight hundredweight,
the College Youths actually attempted
to beat this length at st. Saviour's,
Southwark, where the tenor weighs
fifty-two hundredweight. They were,
however, unsuccessful, as after ringing
over eight thousand changes in six
hours and half, they got into "jum-
ble," and thus most remarkable feat
was lost. and considered of no account.
when another half-hour would have