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ichneumon , zebus , deer , antelopes , monkeys , ostriches , and different kinds of fowl , pheasants , partridges , and pigeons , and a Cashmerian blackbird . Considering all things , Easter has passed away more agreeably than could have been expected . We ought ,
perhaps , to apologise to our readers for referring again this week to the weather , but unhappily , references of this kind are almost unavoidable , especially when there are holidays in the case . Thursday of last week was one of the dreariest and most miserable days conceivable , even in this
miserable climate of ours . The morning of Good Friday broke most inauspiciously , but as the clay advanced , the weather condescended to brighten somewhat , and the holiday folk were consequently not wholly deprived of their holiday . The Alexandra Palace offered as its
principal attraction a Grand Sacred Music Festival , with Mr . Sims Reeves as leading artiste , and over twenty thousand people flocked thither in tho hope of hearing tho great English tenor . Nor were they disappointed , Mr . Reeves was in excellent voice , and delighted the vast
audience , who redemanded his third and last song—an air from the Messiah . Previous to this concert the visitors were entertained with music , the bands of the Coldstream , Grenadier , and 2 nd Life Guards being present . In the evening a Second Concert of Sacred Music was given in
the concert room by the Welsh Choral Union and Band of Harps , under the direction of Mr . John Thomas , harpist to the Queen . After sunset the Palace was illuminated and presented a very animated appearance . The Crystal Palace offered similar attractions , and drew an equally large
attendance of visitors , the number of those who paid , over and above the season ticket holders , being close on twenty thousand . Here , too , a part of the musical entertainment was furnished by military bands , those of the Horse Guards , Artillery , and Scotch Fusilier Guards being present , in
addition to the full band of the company . Here , too , a Sacred Concert was provided , Mesdames Lemmens-Sherrington and Patey being the principal Soloists . At the Royal Albert Hall , Handel's Oratorio of the Messiah was given by the Royal Albert Choral Society , the
principal singers being Mesdames Lemmens-Sherrington and Patey and Mr . Edward Lloyd , Mr . Barnby conducting , and Mr . Willing presiding at the Organ . At Lillie Bridge , came off the Cumberland and Westmoreland Wrestling Society ' s Sports , formerly held at the Agricultural Hall .
There was quite an average attendance of spectators , though the sport is said not to have been up to the average of former years . A Wrestler named Atkinson , of Na-•worth , won the first prize both in the Light and Middle Weight Contests , and was very nearly securing the same
honour in the All Weights Contest , but his opponent Ivinson , of Baldeak , was far too heavy a man for him to cope with successfully . In addition there were some pole jumping , and a 440 yards handicap , run in heats , the
winner of the final being Cash ( 38 yards ) , time ol- !? -seconds . Easter Monday may also be written down a success . The weather was inviting enough to attract the holidaymakers out in their thousands and tens of thousands . The
Crystal Palace , with its Grand Spectacular Burlesque , drew over sixty thousand visitors , who fed and rejoiced themselves to their hearts' content tin- whole day long . The rival institution at Muswell Hill drew a still larger number to witness the Grand Easter Spectacle of Turco
the Teii'ible , the performances of the Jackley Troupe , Broeckraann ' s Circus from Berlin , and the other entertainments provided . Cremorne , North Woolwich , the Music Halls , and the other places of public amusement , each and every of them offered as varied and tempting a programme as
the resources of their several establishments would permit . In fact , all the world and his wife took advantage of the Bank Holiday and went pleasuring ; and all the world and his wife already show symptoms of recovery from the very severe ordeal in the way of eating , drinking , and
travelling , to which they were obliged to submit . The Volunteers , too , who went down to Tring and Lad a field-day and the usual march past , appear to have spent theii holiday very satisfactorily . It may be questioned if they are any wiser for the evolutions they performed , which .
according to all accounts , appear to have been distinguished by a considerable amount of blundering '; battalions tiring into each other at short range without rhyme or
reason , and the new formation being dispensed with in favour of the old system . Still the revival of this review marks an epoch in the history of volunteering , and we trust it may be repeated regularly , as of old , on future
Our Weekly Budget.
Easter Mondays . The credit of the revival is assigned by common consent to the zeal and energy of Lord Ranelagh , who commanded one of the brigades . Nor Avero these the only occurrences that marked Easter Monday . The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs went in State to Christ ' s Church ,
Newgate-street , for the purpose of hearing tho annual Spital Sermon , which this year was preached by tho Bishop of Exeter . In the evening the usual Easter banquet
was held at tho Mansion House , the Lord Mayor being specially honoured by the presence of H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , who returned thanks for the toast of tho Prince and Princess of Wales and tho other members of
the Royal Family . The banquet was served in the Egyptian Hall , and among tho two hundred and sixty guests present wero a number of the Aldermen and leading citizens of London , We may mention here that the
following day , the Christ Hospital Boys , according to ancient custom , went in procession to the Mansion House , where thoy were regaled by the Lord Mayor with buns and wine , each boy being presented with a coin of the realm , differing in value according to his rank in the school .
Outside London , Easter appears to have passed pleasantly enough , except in Limerick , where the Nationalists and the Home-rulers seem to havo devoted Monday to the national pastime of breaking heads . Messrs . Isaac Butt and O'Shaughuessey wero to havo addressed their
constituents on that day . Accordingly a procession , headed by a band , was formed , and proceeded to the O'Connell statue , where Mr . Butt and his colleague proposed to givo an account of their Parliamentary stewardship . But tho extreme Nationalists , the remnant of the Fenian
conspiracy , had determined otherwise . These are a small but resolute body , and having armed themselves with bludgeons and other objectionable weapons , met the procession ou its way , and at once made a tremendous attack on the band , who were well belaboured , while their instruments ,
especially the big drum , were damaged or destroyed , and the banners were torn and otherwise damaged . A considerable number of persons wero very seriously injured , but the Nationalists being outnumbered were at length driven from the ground , and the two members cssaved to address
the multitude , but their speeches were quite inaudible . A number of arrests have been made , among them a man named Daly , who has , on more than one occasion recently , proved himself an able organiser . Many of the wounded are in hospital , the injuries in several cases being reported
dangerous . Anticipating a renewal of the disturbance on Tuesday , the authorities , both military and civil , made tho necessary preparations . The soldiery were under arms all night , twenty rounds of ball cartridge being served out to each man . The constabulary also were fully armed , those
from the outlying districts being called in . No further disturbances arose , though the excitement throughout tho city was very great . This , and the march of Kenealy ' s " ragged rascals " to hold a demonstration in Hyde Park , are the only unseasonable events that have occurred this Eastertide .
Mr . Dion Boucicault , playwright and actor , is again bestirring himself about the Fenian prisoners . On Tuesday , in various parts of the metropolis , a number of printed bills , with a black or mourning border , appeared , with the signature at foot of " Dion Boucicault . " We have no
desire to say harsh things of the Fenians or any other misguided political individuals . But the country has all through endorsed the sentences passed on these disturbers of the public peace—two of them , it seems , were accessories to the murder of Sergeant Brett , at Manchester . We
commend to Mr . Boucicault ' s notice the old adage , " The cobbler to his last . " Let 3 iim stick to his acting , and leave politics to politicians . His present action is likel y to bring upon him the contempt of decent people , rather than fame . If lie is anxious to recruit a wauiw ; ' norm-.. ^ . ....
^ larity let him direct his sympathy to worthier objects . Heaven knows there arc many in all parts of tho country who sorely need it , and something more substantial besides . Let him leave treason-felons to ihe punishment that is their due .
The police have succeeded in tracing the murderer of tho Blackburn girl , Emily Hollands . A harbor of that town , named Fish , has been arrested , and a portion of tho unhappy girl ' s remains found in the chimney of his shop . Fish has since confessed that he committed the foul crime .
The tramp Taylor , arrested on suspicion , has been released from custody ' . Another mysterious death has occurred at Brompton . A lady by tho namo of Portis was found
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Our Weekly Budget.
ichneumon , zebus , deer , antelopes , monkeys , ostriches , and different kinds of fowl , pheasants , partridges , and pigeons , and a Cashmerian blackbird . Considering all things , Easter has passed away more agreeably than could have been expected . We ought ,
perhaps , to apologise to our readers for referring again this week to the weather , but unhappily , references of this kind are almost unavoidable , especially when there are holidays in the case . Thursday of last week was one of the dreariest and most miserable days conceivable , even in this
miserable climate of ours . The morning of Good Friday broke most inauspiciously , but as the clay advanced , the weather condescended to brighten somewhat , and the holiday folk were consequently not wholly deprived of their holiday . The Alexandra Palace offered as its
principal attraction a Grand Sacred Music Festival , with Mr . Sims Reeves as leading artiste , and over twenty thousand people flocked thither in tho hope of hearing tho great English tenor . Nor were they disappointed , Mr . Reeves was in excellent voice , and delighted the vast
audience , who redemanded his third and last song—an air from the Messiah . Previous to this concert the visitors were entertained with music , the bands of the Coldstream , Grenadier , and 2 nd Life Guards being present . In the evening a Second Concert of Sacred Music was given in
the concert room by the Welsh Choral Union and Band of Harps , under the direction of Mr . John Thomas , harpist to the Queen . After sunset the Palace was illuminated and presented a very animated appearance . The Crystal Palace offered similar attractions , and drew an equally large
attendance of visitors , the number of those who paid , over and above the season ticket holders , being close on twenty thousand . Here , too , a part of the musical entertainment was furnished by military bands , those of the Horse Guards , Artillery , and Scotch Fusilier Guards being present , in
addition to the full band of the company . Here , too , a Sacred Concert was provided , Mesdames Lemmens-Sherrington and Patey being the principal Soloists . At the Royal Albert Hall , Handel's Oratorio of the Messiah was given by the Royal Albert Choral Society , the
principal singers being Mesdames Lemmens-Sherrington and Patey and Mr . Edward Lloyd , Mr . Barnby conducting , and Mr . Willing presiding at the Organ . At Lillie Bridge , came off the Cumberland and Westmoreland Wrestling Society ' s Sports , formerly held at the Agricultural Hall .
There was quite an average attendance of spectators , though the sport is said not to have been up to the average of former years . A Wrestler named Atkinson , of Na-•worth , won the first prize both in the Light and Middle Weight Contests , and was very nearly securing the same
honour in the All Weights Contest , but his opponent Ivinson , of Baldeak , was far too heavy a man for him to cope with successfully . In addition there were some pole jumping , and a 440 yards handicap , run in heats , the
winner of the final being Cash ( 38 yards ) , time ol- !? -seconds . Easter Monday may also be written down a success . The weather was inviting enough to attract the holidaymakers out in their thousands and tens of thousands . The
Crystal Palace , with its Grand Spectacular Burlesque , drew over sixty thousand visitors , who fed and rejoiced themselves to their hearts' content tin- whole day long . The rival institution at Muswell Hill drew a still larger number to witness the Grand Easter Spectacle of Turco
the Teii'ible , the performances of the Jackley Troupe , Broeckraann ' s Circus from Berlin , and the other entertainments provided . Cremorne , North Woolwich , the Music Halls , and the other places of public amusement , each and every of them offered as varied and tempting a programme as
the resources of their several establishments would permit . In fact , all the world and his wife took advantage of the Bank Holiday and went pleasuring ; and all the world and his wife already show symptoms of recovery from the very severe ordeal in the way of eating , drinking , and
travelling , to which they were obliged to submit . The Volunteers , too , who went down to Tring and Lad a field-day and the usual march past , appear to have spent theii holiday very satisfactorily . It may be questioned if they are any wiser for the evolutions they performed , which .
according to all accounts , appear to have been distinguished by a considerable amount of blundering '; battalions tiring into each other at short range without rhyme or
reason , and the new formation being dispensed with in favour of the old system . Still the revival of this review marks an epoch in the history of volunteering , and we trust it may be repeated regularly , as of old , on future
Our Weekly Budget.
Easter Mondays . The credit of the revival is assigned by common consent to the zeal and energy of Lord Ranelagh , who commanded one of the brigades . Nor Avero these the only occurrences that marked Easter Monday . The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs went in State to Christ ' s Church ,
Newgate-street , for the purpose of hearing tho annual Spital Sermon , which this year was preached by tho Bishop of Exeter . In the evening the usual Easter banquet
was held at tho Mansion House , the Lord Mayor being specially honoured by the presence of H . R . H . the Duke of Edinburgh , who returned thanks for the toast of tho Prince and Princess of Wales and tho other members of
the Royal Family . The banquet was served in the Egyptian Hall , and among tho two hundred and sixty guests present wero a number of the Aldermen and leading citizens of London , We may mention here that the
following day , the Christ Hospital Boys , according to ancient custom , went in procession to the Mansion House , where thoy were regaled by the Lord Mayor with buns and wine , each boy being presented with a coin of the realm , differing in value according to his rank in the school .
Outside London , Easter appears to have passed pleasantly enough , except in Limerick , where the Nationalists and the Home-rulers seem to havo devoted Monday to the national pastime of breaking heads . Messrs . Isaac Butt and O'Shaughuessey wero to havo addressed their
constituents on that day . Accordingly a procession , headed by a band , was formed , and proceeded to the O'Connell statue , where Mr . Butt and his colleague proposed to givo an account of their Parliamentary stewardship . But tho extreme Nationalists , the remnant of the Fenian
conspiracy , had determined otherwise . These are a small but resolute body , and having armed themselves with bludgeons and other objectionable weapons , met the procession ou its way , and at once made a tremendous attack on the band , who were well belaboured , while their instruments ,
especially the big drum , were damaged or destroyed , and the banners were torn and otherwise damaged . A considerable number of persons wero very seriously injured , but the Nationalists being outnumbered were at length driven from the ground , and the two members cssaved to address
the multitude , but their speeches were quite inaudible . A number of arrests have been made , among them a man named Daly , who has , on more than one occasion recently , proved himself an able organiser . Many of the wounded are in hospital , the injuries in several cases being reported
dangerous . Anticipating a renewal of the disturbance on Tuesday , the authorities , both military and civil , made tho necessary preparations . The soldiery were under arms all night , twenty rounds of ball cartridge being served out to each man . The constabulary also were fully armed , those
from the outlying districts being called in . No further disturbances arose , though the excitement throughout tho city was very great . This , and the march of Kenealy ' s " ragged rascals " to hold a demonstration in Hyde Park , are the only unseasonable events that have occurred this Eastertide .
Mr . Dion Boucicault , playwright and actor , is again bestirring himself about the Fenian prisoners . On Tuesday , in various parts of the metropolis , a number of printed bills , with a black or mourning border , appeared , with the signature at foot of " Dion Boucicault . " We have no
desire to say harsh things of the Fenians or any other misguided political individuals . But the country has all through endorsed the sentences passed on these disturbers of the public peace—two of them , it seems , were accessories to the murder of Sergeant Brett , at Manchester . We
commend to Mr . Boucicault ' s notice the old adage , " The cobbler to his last . " Let 3 iim stick to his acting , and leave politics to politicians . His present action is likel y to bring upon him the contempt of decent people , rather than fame . If lie is anxious to recruit a wauiw ; ' norm-.. ^ . ....
^ larity let him direct his sympathy to worthier objects . Heaven knows there arc many in all parts of tho country who sorely need it , and something more substantial besides . Let him leave treason-felons to ihe punishment that is their due .
The police have succeeded in tracing the murderer of tho Blackburn girl , Emily Hollands . A harbor of that town , named Fish , has been arrested , and a portion of tho unhappy girl ' s remains found in the chimney of his shop . Fish has since confessed that he committed the foul crime .
The tramp Taylor , arrested on suspicion , has been released from custody ' . Another mysterious death has occurred at Brompton . A lady by tho namo of Portis was found