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Our Weekly Budget.
remarks were well received , and that the speeches of the other ministers , Mr . Or . Hardy , Mr . Ward Hunt and . others were applauded by both sides . The Premier ' s exposition was very simple , but his record of tbe past year was highly
satisfactoiy . Some mistakes may have been made by Government in the management of public business , bnt they seem to be immaterial , and the country generally appears to be satisfied with the working of the Ministry thus far .
Next week will be the festival of St . Grouse , and we look forward to hearing shortly of wonderful bags in different parts of the country . We trust the season Avill be considerably bettter than those of the last year or two . There has been time for the disease to die out , and reports are favourable as to the state of the birds .
The annual meeting at Shoeburyness of the National Artillery Association attracts far less notice than its sister institution at Wimbledon . There are many reasons why this should be so . Shoeburyness is not within walking distance of the West End . There are no International
matches to watch , and , more important still , perhaps , individual skill and precision do not stand out so prominently in handling a cannon as in the rise of firearms . But there is good steady work done by our Volunteer Artillerists , and
this year , at least , if the work is harder , they can boast of having had finer weather than the Rifles . The principal prizes have yet to be shot for , but we note that the 1 st detatehment of the 1 st Cinque Ports has won the Prince of Wales ' s prize .
Following the grand banquet at the Mansion House to the foreign Mayors , burgomasters and others , who have come over to London to honour the Lord Mayor with their presence , and to which we referred last week , we note that on last Friday there was an International Municipal Ball ,
and that on Saturday there was a grand meet of all these very illustrious personages at the Alexandra Palace , there being a considerable number of people present , a somewhat indifferent concert to listen to , and a guard of honour from the Honourable Artillery Company to look at and admire .
The day passed off most agreeably , and ia the evening there was a reception at the Mansion House , at which everybody saw everybody enjoying himself or trying to do so . We vastly admire the hospitality of the present Lord Mayor , who every week seems to find out some new batch of guests to entertain .
Monday was a Bank Holiday , and the clerk of the weather must have thought he had spoiled sufficient of our outdoor pleasure this year to justify him in being somewhat more favourably disposed on this occasion to the seekers after pleasure . Accordingly , those for whom the holiday was
not intended came out in their noisy thousands , making every green spot within a few miles of Chaining Cross ring again with their very over-boisterous merriment . The Alexandra Palace secured the patronage of some sevent y thousand , while over fifty thousand favoured the older
palace at Sydenham . Hampstead Heath was , of course , thronged , while numerous excursion trains to Margate , Ramsgate , Dover , Brighton , and other well known watering places , accessible in two or three hours from London , carried off whole multitudes besides . The day , in fact , was one of
unbroken pleasure , albeit rough generally , and at times uproarious . As for the bank clerks , & c , for whose behoof these holidays were chiefly intended , they had a day ' s rest from labour , no doubt , but unless they got away into some quiet country lanes , far from the tumult of Park and Palace , we question if they found much " pleasure . "
The Cricket Week at Canterbury appears , thus far , to have been a great success . The first match , All England v . Kent and Gloucestershire , ended in a victory for the latter by six wickets . In their first attempt , England amassed 220 runs , the principal contributors being Messrs ,
A . J . Webbe ( 30 ) , I . D . Walker ( 38 ) , A . Greenwood ( 54 ) , R . H . A . Mitchell ( 22 ) , and A . Ridley ( 13 ) , withE . Pooley not out ( 31 ) . In their second innings , however , they collapsed for 68 ; A . Shaw ( 21 ) , E . Pooley ( 14 ) , and Mr . I . D . Walker ( 15 ) being the chief scorers . For the allied
counties , Mr . W . G Grace made 19 and not out 12 , Lord Harvi ! - ( 38 ) , Mr . G . F . Grace ( 10 ) , Mr . Yardley ( 51 ) , F . Pen ; ( 48 and 0 ) , and Mr . H . Renny-Tailyour ( 54 and not oui 6 ) . The second match M . C . C v . Kent is , at the time oi ¦
writing , yet unfinished , but the latter , so far , has the best of it , having made 262—W . Penn ( 39 ) , W . Yardley ( 28 ) , Lord Harris ( 53 ) , and F . Penn . ( 101 ) . M . C . C . were all out for 103 in their first inningSj and have lost five wickets for 161 runs in their second essay . The " leviathan . "
Our Weekly Budget.
made 0 in his first , and 35 in his second innings , Mr . Wyatt ( 13 and 17 ) , Mr . I . D . Walker ( 31 and 21 ) , and Mr . Fryer ( 18 and not out 37 ) , being the other principal contributors . It will be noticed that Mr . Gilbert Grace has , this year , made fewer three figure scores than in previous years , and
this will , doubtless , affect his average . As a bowler , however , he appears to have been even more successful than formerly . There is little else to record in the way of cricket . Indeed , August is the close of the legitimate
season , and there remains now only a few important county matches to play . Yachting , however , is in full swing . The Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta has been held this week , while those of the Royal Victoria Y . C . and Royal Albert Y . C . will follow next week and the week after .
Brighton Race Meeting passed off pleasantly , and , so too , the International Polo and Pigeon Meeting , held at the same place . The death of Hans Christian Andersen , the great Danish writer , is not only a loss to the country of which he
was so conspicuous a literary ornament , but to the whole civilised world . Aa a writer of tales for the young of all ages , we shall be puzzled to find his equal . We have said " young of all ages " advisedly , for though his tales are
designed especially for the young , they are almost aa delightful to adults . We have devoted many a leisure hour to Andersen , and we can conscientiously say that we have never risen from such brief studies of his pages without feeling the most profound delight .
Ireland is now in the thick of the O'Connell Centenary celebration . Dublin especially is in a grand fever of excitement , all parties vieing with each other in doing honour to the mighty dead . Nor is the Lord Mayor behind his fellow countrymen . The first of a series of banquets to be
held m connection with this fete was given in the King ' s Room , at the Mansion House , on Thursday , and must have been a grand success . Among the most distinguished guests were Cardinal Cullen , Prince Radzivil , the Earl of Granard , and a considerable number of Roman Catholic
prelates , both Irish and foreign . The toast " to the memory of O'Connell , " was drunk in solemn silence , the other leading toasts being the healths of the Pope , the Queen , and the Prince and Princess of Wales . There was held , on the same evening , a grand concert , at which Mr . D . F ,
McCarthy ' s National Ode , composed for the occasion , and giving a sketch of O'ConnelPs life , was read amid many expressions of pleasure . The songs that were sung were chiefly selected from Moore ' s Melodies , and were received most enthusiastically .
We allude to the trial of Colonel Baker , only for the purpose of expressing our surprise that any of the female sex , whom the papers think may rightly be described as " ladies , " should have shown anxiety to be present . We have read of two ladies having forced an entrance to the
Court through the windows . It is only a sense of decency which can exclude women from a public court of justice , and it is among ladies that we expect to find the sense of decency most developed . Such is our view , at least , though it may , perhaps , be an absurdly old-fashioned one .
We suppose the evidence was expected to be somewhat of what is commonly called a " spicier " kind than usual , and the " ladies " went accordingly ; but we should bo sorry to number any such among our female , much less among our lady , acquaintances .
What is a vegetable ? Our readers will look , perhaps , with amazement at our propounding so absurd a question . Yet certain articles have lately been described as vegetables which , within our experience , at least , have never been so described before . Two gentlemen , Messrs . W . J .
Huvlstone and j . 7 iuirjis . amateur comedians , very kindly agreed to give tiicr sorv res in a farce on the occasion of the benefit of the acting manager of the Greenwich Theatre , Mr . Crjfton . When they appeared on the stage , however , tlier were saluted , from the neighbourhood of tho
boxef MI i dress circle , with , firstly , a cauliflower , which strut .: ! - ; Mr . Hurlstone on the shoulder , and then with a -ho-.-ur of " other vegetables , " these " other vegetables " < :.. ;' ug out to be pigs' trotters and saveloys , ono of vhich struck Mr . Francis on the right foot . This = eems to us to be a most unfortunate confusion between
certain highly respectable representatives of the animal and vegetable worlds , and has led us to ask tho question , in all sober seriousness , " What is a vegetable ? " Saveloys are popularly supposed to be made of—well , we must not be too ready to describe the several component parts of these , attractive " vegetables , " As iov
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Our Weekly Budget.
remarks were well received , and that the speeches of the other ministers , Mr . Or . Hardy , Mr . Ward Hunt and . others were applauded by both sides . The Premier ' s exposition was very simple , but his record of tbe past year was highly
satisfactoiy . Some mistakes may have been made by Government in the management of public business , bnt they seem to be immaterial , and the country generally appears to be satisfied with the working of the Ministry thus far .
Next week will be the festival of St . Grouse , and we look forward to hearing shortly of wonderful bags in different parts of the country . We trust the season Avill be considerably bettter than those of the last year or two . There has been time for the disease to die out , and reports are favourable as to the state of the birds .
The annual meeting at Shoeburyness of the National Artillery Association attracts far less notice than its sister institution at Wimbledon . There are many reasons why this should be so . Shoeburyness is not within walking distance of the West End . There are no International
matches to watch , and , more important still , perhaps , individual skill and precision do not stand out so prominently in handling a cannon as in the rise of firearms . But there is good steady work done by our Volunteer Artillerists , and
this year , at least , if the work is harder , they can boast of having had finer weather than the Rifles . The principal prizes have yet to be shot for , but we note that the 1 st detatehment of the 1 st Cinque Ports has won the Prince of Wales ' s prize .
Following the grand banquet at the Mansion House to the foreign Mayors , burgomasters and others , who have come over to London to honour the Lord Mayor with their presence , and to which we referred last week , we note that on last Friday there was an International Municipal Ball ,
and that on Saturday there was a grand meet of all these very illustrious personages at the Alexandra Palace , there being a considerable number of people present , a somewhat indifferent concert to listen to , and a guard of honour from the Honourable Artillery Company to look at and admire .
The day passed off most agreeably , and ia the evening there was a reception at the Mansion House , at which everybody saw everybody enjoying himself or trying to do so . We vastly admire the hospitality of the present Lord Mayor , who every week seems to find out some new batch of guests to entertain .
Monday was a Bank Holiday , and the clerk of the weather must have thought he had spoiled sufficient of our outdoor pleasure this year to justify him in being somewhat more favourably disposed on this occasion to the seekers after pleasure . Accordingly , those for whom the holiday was
not intended came out in their noisy thousands , making every green spot within a few miles of Chaining Cross ring again with their very over-boisterous merriment . The Alexandra Palace secured the patronage of some sevent y thousand , while over fifty thousand favoured the older
palace at Sydenham . Hampstead Heath was , of course , thronged , while numerous excursion trains to Margate , Ramsgate , Dover , Brighton , and other well known watering places , accessible in two or three hours from London , carried off whole multitudes besides . The day , in fact , was one of
unbroken pleasure , albeit rough generally , and at times uproarious . As for the bank clerks , & c , for whose behoof these holidays were chiefly intended , they had a day ' s rest from labour , no doubt , but unless they got away into some quiet country lanes , far from the tumult of Park and Palace , we question if they found much " pleasure . "
The Cricket Week at Canterbury appears , thus far , to have been a great success . The first match , All England v . Kent and Gloucestershire , ended in a victory for the latter by six wickets . In their first attempt , England amassed 220 runs , the principal contributors being Messrs ,
A . J . Webbe ( 30 ) , I . D . Walker ( 38 ) , A . Greenwood ( 54 ) , R . H . A . Mitchell ( 22 ) , and A . Ridley ( 13 ) , withE . Pooley not out ( 31 ) . In their second innings , however , they collapsed for 68 ; A . Shaw ( 21 ) , E . Pooley ( 14 ) , and Mr . I . D . Walker ( 15 ) being the chief scorers . For the allied
counties , Mr . W . G Grace made 19 and not out 12 , Lord Harvi ! - ( 38 ) , Mr . G . F . Grace ( 10 ) , Mr . Yardley ( 51 ) , F . Pen ; ( 48 and 0 ) , and Mr . H . Renny-Tailyour ( 54 and not oui 6 ) . The second match M . C . C v . Kent is , at the time oi ¦
writing , yet unfinished , but the latter , so far , has the best of it , having made 262—W . Penn ( 39 ) , W . Yardley ( 28 ) , Lord Harris ( 53 ) , and F . Penn . ( 101 ) . M . C . C . were all out for 103 in their first inningSj and have lost five wickets for 161 runs in their second essay . The " leviathan . "
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made 0 in his first , and 35 in his second innings , Mr . Wyatt ( 13 and 17 ) , Mr . I . D . Walker ( 31 and 21 ) , and Mr . Fryer ( 18 and not out 37 ) , being the other principal contributors . It will be noticed that Mr . Gilbert Grace has , this year , made fewer three figure scores than in previous years , and
this will , doubtless , affect his average . As a bowler , however , he appears to have been even more successful than formerly . There is little else to record in the way of cricket . Indeed , August is the close of the legitimate
season , and there remains now only a few important county matches to play . Yachting , however , is in full swing . The Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta has been held this week , while those of the Royal Victoria Y . C . and Royal Albert Y . C . will follow next week and the week after .
Brighton Race Meeting passed off pleasantly , and , so too , the International Polo and Pigeon Meeting , held at the same place . The death of Hans Christian Andersen , the great Danish writer , is not only a loss to the country of which he
was so conspicuous a literary ornament , but to the whole civilised world . Aa a writer of tales for the young of all ages , we shall be puzzled to find his equal . We have said " young of all ages " advisedly , for though his tales are
designed especially for the young , they are almost aa delightful to adults . We have devoted many a leisure hour to Andersen , and we can conscientiously say that we have never risen from such brief studies of his pages without feeling the most profound delight .
Ireland is now in the thick of the O'Connell Centenary celebration . Dublin especially is in a grand fever of excitement , all parties vieing with each other in doing honour to the mighty dead . Nor is the Lord Mayor behind his fellow countrymen . The first of a series of banquets to be
held m connection with this fete was given in the King ' s Room , at the Mansion House , on Thursday , and must have been a grand success . Among the most distinguished guests were Cardinal Cullen , Prince Radzivil , the Earl of Granard , and a considerable number of Roman Catholic
prelates , both Irish and foreign . The toast " to the memory of O'Connell , " was drunk in solemn silence , the other leading toasts being the healths of the Pope , the Queen , and the Prince and Princess of Wales . There was held , on the same evening , a grand concert , at which Mr . D . F ,
McCarthy ' s National Ode , composed for the occasion , and giving a sketch of O'ConnelPs life , was read amid many expressions of pleasure . The songs that were sung were chiefly selected from Moore ' s Melodies , and were received most enthusiastically .
We allude to the trial of Colonel Baker , only for the purpose of expressing our surprise that any of the female sex , whom the papers think may rightly be described as " ladies , " should have shown anxiety to be present . We have read of two ladies having forced an entrance to the
Court through the windows . It is only a sense of decency which can exclude women from a public court of justice , and it is among ladies that we expect to find the sense of decency most developed . Such is our view , at least , though it may , perhaps , be an absurdly old-fashioned one .
We suppose the evidence was expected to be somewhat of what is commonly called a " spicier " kind than usual , and the " ladies " went accordingly ; but we should bo sorry to number any such among our female , much less among our lady , acquaintances .
What is a vegetable ? Our readers will look , perhaps , with amazement at our propounding so absurd a question . Yet certain articles have lately been described as vegetables which , within our experience , at least , have never been so described before . Two gentlemen , Messrs . W . J .
Huvlstone and j . 7 iuirjis . amateur comedians , very kindly agreed to give tiicr sorv res in a farce on the occasion of the benefit of the acting manager of the Greenwich Theatre , Mr . Crjfton . When they appeared on the stage , however , tlier were saluted , from the neighbourhood of tho
boxef MI i dress circle , with , firstly , a cauliflower , which strut .: ! - ; Mr . Hurlstone on the shoulder , and then with a -ho-.-ur of " other vegetables , " these " other vegetables " < :.. ;' ug out to be pigs' trotters and saveloys , ono of vhich struck Mr . Francis on the right foot . This = eems to us to be a most unfortunate confusion between
certain highly respectable representatives of the animal and vegetable worlds , and has led us to ask tho question , in all sober seriousness , " What is a vegetable ? " Saveloys are popularly supposed to be made of—well , we must not be too ready to describe the several component parts of these , attractive " vegetables , " As iov