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Bank Holiday.
brightest , and the attractions of the sea-side resorts have not yet had time to become stale and unprofitable . Thus , as we said at the outset , each of the four Bank Holidays has its special recommendations , while , to speak generally , Rank Holiday , without reference to differences of season ,
may be looked upon as being almost as sacred in the eyes of loyal Britons as Magna Charta or the Bill of Rights . No wonder , under these circumstances , that those who cater for the convenience or entertainment of the public should lay themselves out to meet the varied tastes and
requirements of their patrons . On thiB occasion the Rail , way Companies , as usual , provided any number of excursion trains , at cheap rates , to all parts of the country . Steamboat Companies followed their example , while the programme set forth by the theatres left nothing to be desired .
The weather , if not exactly the brightest and sunshiniest we have had this year , was extremely pleasant , and from a very early hour the principal railway termini were crowded with people who , like famed John Giknn , " on p leasure bent , " had resolved on taking that pleasPe either
by the " sad sea waves , " or at some quiet pleasure-resort inland . Thus , very heavy complements of holiday folk travelled by the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railways to Brighton , Hastings , Eastbourne , Portsmouth , Southampton , Isle of Wight , and other favourite seaside
towns , while some , making shorter stages on the same lines , were content with roaming among the Surrey Hills , & c . The South Eastern and London , Chatham , and Dover Companies were under the necessity of putting their best legs forward in order to keep pace with the well-nigh
overwhelming demands made on their resources by those who think Margate and Ramsgate are the only places of their kind which offer the reqnisite quantum of pleasure . The Great Northern not only despatched a heavy load of excursionists to St . Albans , where there was an additional
attraction to the nice country round about in the shape of a combined Foresters' and Odd Fellows' Fete , but conveyed some 2 , 000 visitors from Cambridge , Hitchin , and other stations on its line to the Alexandra Palace ; via the London , Chatham , and Dover to the Palace of Crystal .
The London and North Western , notwithstanding the heavy demands on their resources , found means to dispatch sundry excursions to Harrow , Sudbury , Wembly Hill ( all of them great favourites with holiday-seeking folk ) , St . Albans , to which we have referred in connection with
another line , and Watford , & c . All this traffic was so arranged that it did not in the slightest degree interfere with the regular traffic of tbe Company—a feature in railway management on which the Directorate is to be congratulated . Tbe Midland ran a cheap train to Bedford ,
where there was a fire brigade competition ; and the Great Western , besides dividing with the South Western the onus of filling Royal Windsor to an overflow with excursionists , bent either on enjoying a stroll on the banks of the Thames , or iu the beautiful country round about , or
visiting the State Apartments at the Castle , despatched an early aud heavily-laden train to Swindon , Bath , Bristol ; and a somewhat late , but equally well-filled one to Reading , Pangbourne , & c , & c . The Great Eastern did a heavy passenger traffic , not only in close proximity to Epping Forest , but to the remoter centres of resort with which it
is connected—Walton-on-the-Naze , Clacton-on-Sea , Harwich , Dovercourt . The London , Tilbury , aud Southend » ne , though it had its power severely taxed , was fully equal to the occasion , and by its means thousands of breadwinners with their families spent a happy day at
Rosher-™ le , Gravesend , or Southend . The Steamboat Companies also had a good time of it , and did their part in the oay s traffic , by conveying some thousands to Margate and Kamsgate , Gravesend , Sonthend , and Sbeerness , or up river
toKew , Richmond , and Hampton Court . "o attempt anything like a full and particular descriptor of fcne- entertainments provided for these multitudes would be out of the question , even if the space at our disposal were more considerable . Those resorts which are
cessible all the year round cannot complain they had aot their share of the public patronage . Kew Gardens , with its rare botanical collection , had some 40 , 000 visitors , . .. Jv / & 8 large a number made or renewedacauaintance
th V lionB of R ° y Hampton . The British Museum , ae Zoological Gardens , South Kensington Museum , and e Koyal Horticultural Gardens , one and all were more aboT , ? rowdecl with holiday folk , while others gravitated oJJ l thei Tower of London and saw the lions—not your
Bank Holiday.
real live F . Zeones , such as were to bo seen there half a century since , but the Regalia , the Horse Armoury , the axe and block , Traitors' Gate , & c , & c . As for such vastopen spaces such as Hampstead Heath , they , we may be sure , were not neglected . Some 50 , 000 to 60 , 000 visited
the Heath we specified , the only drawback to their enjoyment being tbe intrusiou of the Solvation Army . As to the Alexandra Palace and Crystal Palace , the enterprising management had in each case good reason to congratulate themselves on the grand programme they had
prepared for the occasion . Thousands upon thousands of people sought admission at one or other of these abodes of pleasure , and enjoyed themselves till further enjoyment had become well nigh impossible . Moreover , as the railway arrangements in connection with the two Palaces were
admirably regulated and controlled , these said thousands upon thousands were conveyed thither and homo again , expeditiously under the circumstances , and without misadventure of any kind that we have heard of since . Lastly , those who returned early to town , or
being in town as visitors , were not making homewards till the night was well advanced had something still to fall back on to make their day ' s pleasure , if possible , still more complete , that something being the theatres
and music halls , the Christy and Mohawk minstrels , & c , which , one and all , made abundance of hay of a kind that is never disappointing long after the sun of their August Bank Holiday of this year of Grace 1882 had disappeared below the horizon .
Organ Recital.
ORGAN RECITAL .
ON Saturday the 29 th . ulfc . Bro . Dr . Spark , the borough Organist , assisted by the Yorkshire St . Cecilia Quartet , gave his last free organ recital for the present season in the Leeds Town Hall , which was crowded bv an overflowing audience . This was the fiftieth organ recital the Doctor had given since 3 rd January , besides having played at six other meetings of a different character . In the course of those recitals tvro new pieces have on ad average
been introduced at eaoh recital , so that the frequenters have bad brought under their notice the beat current music of the day . It is calculated that no fewer than 60000 persons have attended the recitals , and listened to about 400 of the best compositions of living and dead authors , including excerpts from Herald , Mozart , Schubert , Bach , Guilmanfc , Wely , Lemmena , the Wesleys , Romberg , Handel ,
Wagner , Mendelssohn , Marandi , Spark , Dassek , Merkel , the Hepworths , and others . From this it will be seen that the Music-loving people of Leeds have had exceptional opportunities of making the acquaintance of the composers of mnsic for the king of instruments , including not a few of the organist ' s efforts . That Dr . Spark has thoroughly gauged the tastes of his audience has been proved by
tho attentive heariug he has always received , and the unstinted marks of appreciation tbat have rewarded his efforts . He has rarely played before a larger or more appreciative audience than that oi Saturday evening , and the programme selected for his final appearance this session was one calculated both to please his hearers and to show off to the best the capabilities of the magnificient organ of
which he has so Jong been the able onstodian . Auber , Rossini , Merkel , Gounod , and Romberg , had each been , drawn upon to provide music fitting the occasion , aud the selections must in every way have commended themselves to the audience . The vocal part of the entertainment included "The soldier ' s love , " "Banish , oh maiden , " "The dance , " and "The three chafers , " compositions
which it is needless to say were rendered in an admirable manner by the quartet who had so kindly volunteered their assistance . The Rev . Canon Ormsby , of St . Patrick's Cathedral , who is at present officiating at St . Martin ' s Chnroh , Potternewton , felicitionsly proposed a vote of thanks to Dr . Spark for tbe musical treats he has from time to time provided to his heaters . The rev . gentleman expressed the per .
sonal enjoyment he had received from the recitals he had been enabled to attend , and said that they must be doing a great deal to educate the musical taste of the people of the town . He congratulated the people of Leeds on having such a ball , and such a splendid organ . Their thanks were due to the Corporation for providing suoh a means of education , but principally and chiefly were their thanks due to Dr . Spark , to whom be had pleasure
in moving a vote of thanks , which he called upon the audience to accord in true Yorkshire fashion . The vote having been carried with acclamation , it was briefly acknowledged by Dr . Spark , who said that so long as he lived he should devote himself to the organ for the edification of the people . He hoped to resume his tree concerts on the second Saturday in September , which he trusted would be the beginning of an equally successful session as the one which was now over . —Yorkshire Post .
Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal , P . G . Chaplain , Canon of Winchester , Rector of Bcirghclevc , and Chaplain to Bro . the Pro Grand Master , has written a letter to the Guardian in favour of Home Missions of the Church of England .
Bro . tho Earl of Mount Edgcnmbe , Prov . Grand Master for Corn , wall , was present at the annual distribntion of prizes on board the Mount Edgcnmbe training ship , at Plymouth , on Wednesday last , held under the presidency of Admiral Sir Houston Stewart ,
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Bank Holiday.
brightest , and the attractions of the sea-side resorts have not yet had time to become stale and unprofitable . Thus , as we said at the outset , each of the four Bank Holidays has its special recommendations , while , to speak generally , Rank Holiday , without reference to differences of season ,
may be looked upon as being almost as sacred in the eyes of loyal Britons as Magna Charta or the Bill of Rights . No wonder , under these circumstances , that those who cater for the convenience or entertainment of the public should lay themselves out to meet the varied tastes and
requirements of their patrons . On thiB occasion the Rail , way Companies , as usual , provided any number of excursion trains , at cheap rates , to all parts of the country . Steamboat Companies followed their example , while the programme set forth by the theatres left nothing to be desired .
The weather , if not exactly the brightest and sunshiniest we have had this year , was extremely pleasant , and from a very early hour the principal railway termini were crowded with people who , like famed John Giknn , " on p leasure bent , " had resolved on taking that pleasPe either
by the " sad sea waves , " or at some quiet pleasure-resort inland . Thus , very heavy complements of holiday folk travelled by the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railways to Brighton , Hastings , Eastbourne , Portsmouth , Southampton , Isle of Wight , and other favourite seaside
towns , while some , making shorter stages on the same lines , were content with roaming among the Surrey Hills , & c . The South Eastern and London , Chatham , and Dover Companies were under the necessity of putting their best legs forward in order to keep pace with the well-nigh
overwhelming demands made on their resources by those who think Margate and Ramsgate are the only places of their kind which offer the reqnisite quantum of pleasure . The Great Northern not only despatched a heavy load of excursionists to St . Albans , where there was an additional
attraction to the nice country round about in the shape of a combined Foresters' and Odd Fellows' Fete , but conveyed some 2 , 000 visitors from Cambridge , Hitchin , and other stations on its line to the Alexandra Palace ; via the London , Chatham , and Dover to the Palace of Crystal .
The London and North Western , notwithstanding the heavy demands on their resources , found means to dispatch sundry excursions to Harrow , Sudbury , Wembly Hill ( all of them great favourites with holiday-seeking folk ) , St . Albans , to which we have referred in connection with
another line , and Watford , & c . All this traffic was so arranged that it did not in the slightest degree interfere with the regular traffic of tbe Company—a feature in railway management on which the Directorate is to be congratulated . Tbe Midland ran a cheap train to Bedford ,
where there was a fire brigade competition ; and the Great Western , besides dividing with the South Western the onus of filling Royal Windsor to an overflow with excursionists , bent either on enjoying a stroll on the banks of the Thames , or iu the beautiful country round about , or
visiting the State Apartments at the Castle , despatched an early aud heavily-laden train to Swindon , Bath , Bristol ; and a somewhat late , but equally well-filled one to Reading , Pangbourne , & c , & c . The Great Eastern did a heavy passenger traffic , not only in close proximity to Epping Forest , but to the remoter centres of resort with which it
is connected—Walton-on-the-Naze , Clacton-on-Sea , Harwich , Dovercourt . The London , Tilbury , aud Southend » ne , though it had its power severely taxed , was fully equal to the occasion , and by its means thousands of breadwinners with their families spent a happy day at
Rosher-™ le , Gravesend , or Southend . The Steamboat Companies also had a good time of it , and did their part in the oay s traffic , by conveying some thousands to Margate and Kamsgate , Gravesend , Sonthend , and Sbeerness , or up river
toKew , Richmond , and Hampton Court . "o attempt anything like a full and particular descriptor of fcne- entertainments provided for these multitudes would be out of the question , even if the space at our disposal were more considerable . Those resorts which are
cessible all the year round cannot complain they had aot their share of the public patronage . Kew Gardens , with its rare botanical collection , had some 40 , 000 visitors , . .. Jv / & 8 large a number made or renewedacauaintance
th V lionB of R ° y Hampton . The British Museum , ae Zoological Gardens , South Kensington Museum , and e Koyal Horticultural Gardens , one and all were more aboT , ? rowdecl with holiday folk , while others gravitated oJJ l thei Tower of London and saw the lions—not your
Bank Holiday.
real live F . Zeones , such as were to bo seen there half a century since , but the Regalia , the Horse Armoury , the axe and block , Traitors' Gate , & c , & c . As for such vastopen spaces such as Hampstead Heath , they , we may be sure , were not neglected . Some 50 , 000 to 60 , 000 visited
the Heath we specified , the only drawback to their enjoyment being tbe intrusiou of the Solvation Army . As to the Alexandra Palace and Crystal Palace , the enterprising management had in each case good reason to congratulate themselves on the grand programme they had
prepared for the occasion . Thousands upon thousands of people sought admission at one or other of these abodes of pleasure , and enjoyed themselves till further enjoyment had become well nigh impossible . Moreover , as the railway arrangements in connection with the two Palaces were
admirably regulated and controlled , these said thousands upon thousands were conveyed thither and homo again , expeditiously under the circumstances , and without misadventure of any kind that we have heard of since . Lastly , those who returned early to town , or
being in town as visitors , were not making homewards till the night was well advanced had something still to fall back on to make their day ' s pleasure , if possible , still more complete , that something being the theatres
and music halls , the Christy and Mohawk minstrels , & c , which , one and all , made abundance of hay of a kind that is never disappointing long after the sun of their August Bank Holiday of this year of Grace 1882 had disappeared below the horizon .
Organ Recital.
ORGAN RECITAL .
ON Saturday the 29 th . ulfc . Bro . Dr . Spark , the borough Organist , assisted by the Yorkshire St . Cecilia Quartet , gave his last free organ recital for the present season in the Leeds Town Hall , which was crowded bv an overflowing audience . This was the fiftieth organ recital the Doctor had given since 3 rd January , besides having played at six other meetings of a different character . In the course of those recitals tvro new pieces have on ad average
been introduced at eaoh recital , so that the frequenters have bad brought under their notice the beat current music of the day . It is calculated that no fewer than 60000 persons have attended the recitals , and listened to about 400 of the best compositions of living and dead authors , including excerpts from Herald , Mozart , Schubert , Bach , Guilmanfc , Wely , Lemmena , the Wesleys , Romberg , Handel ,
Wagner , Mendelssohn , Marandi , Spark , Dassek , Merkel , the Hepworths , and others . From this it will be seen that the Music-loving people of Leeds have had exceptional opportunities of making the acquaintance of the composers of mnsic for the king of instruments , including not a few of the organist ' s efforts . That Dr . Spark has thoroughly gauged the tastes of his audience has been proved by
tho attentive heariug he has always received , and the unstinted marks of appreciation tbat have rewarded his efforts . He has rarely played before a larger or more appreciative audience than that oi Saturday evening , and the programme selected for his final appearance this session was one calculated both to please his hearers and to show off to the best the capabilities of the magnificient organ of
which he has so Jong been the able onstodian . Auber , Rossini , Merkel , Gounod , and Romberg , had each been , drawn upon to provide music fitting the occasion , aud the selections must in every way have commended themselves to the audience . The vocal part of the entertainment included "The soldier ' s love , " "Banish , oh maiden , " "The dance , " and "The three chafers , " compositions
which it is needless to say were rendered in an admirable manner by the quartet who had so kindly volunteered their assistance . The Rev . Canon Ormsby , of St . Patrick's Cathedral , who is at present officiating at St . Martin ' s Chnroh , Potternewton , felicitionsly proposed a vote of thanks to Dr . Spark for tbe musical treats he has from time to time provided to his heaters . The rev . gentleman expressed the per .
sonal enjoyment he had received from the recitals he had been enabled to attend , and said that they must be doing a great deal to educate the musical taste of the people of the town . He congratulated the people of Leeds on having such a ball , and such a splendid organ . Their thanks were due to the Corporation for providing suoh a means of education , but principally and chiefly were their thanks due to Dr . Spark , to whom be had pleasure
in moving a vote of thanks , which he called upon the audience to accord in true Yorkshire fashion . The vote having been carried with acclamation , it was briefly acknowledged by Dr . Spark , who said that so long as he lived he should devote himself to the organ for the edification of the people . He hoped to resume his tree concerts on the second Saturday in September , which he trusted would be the beginning of an equally successful session as the one which was now over . —Yorkshire Post .
Bro . Rev . G . R . Portal , P . G . Chaplain , Canon of Winchester , Rector of Bcirghclevc , and Chaplain to Bro . the Pro Grand Master , has written a letter to the Guardian in favour of Home Missions of the Church of England .
Bro . tho Earl of Mount Edgcnmbe , Prov . Grand Master for Corn , wall , was present at the annual distribntion of prizes on board the Mount Edgcnmbe training ship , at Plymouth , on Wednesday last , held under the presidency of Admiral Sir Houston Stewart ,