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VOL. V.—NO. 105.] WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1889. [ONE PENNY.

THE PALACE JOURNAL will be sent post free as soon as published to any address in the United Kingdom for 6/- a year, or 1/6 a quarter. Sub­ IFlotes of tbc Meeft* scriptions must be prepaid. VOLUME III. IS now ready, neatly bound in cloth, 4/6. Covers for binding, 1/6. HE air is full of strikes. Some are just finished, some T are beginning, some are in full blast, some are NOTICE. threatened. The working men are, of course, quite within their rights to strike if they please. Every man may take • CLASS TICKETS are issued every day in the Schools Office any lawful means to improve his condition, and surely there until 9 p.m. can be no way more simple than to say, " My price is so BY payment of an additional fee of sixpence per quarter, much; pay me that or you won't have me at all." At the Students will have the privilege of attending the Concerts and same time, a strike is a wasteful way of settling a dispute. Entertainments arranged expressly for them in the Queen's Hall on One would rather see the case referred to arbitration Wednesday evenings. with the exhibition of open books. I suppose, however, THE TIME TABLE is now ready, and may be had by applying that the reading about so many strikes was the cause of my at the offices, which are now open each evening till nine, to issue getting a queer vision or dream, which came like the following. class tickets. AN EFFICIENT COOKERY SCHOOL is now available; Evening I THOUGHT that everybody had struck, and that everybody Lessons on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays ; Day had been successful. The bakers' wages had been doubled Lessons, Monday and Thursday afternoons. Full particulars at and their time halved : the dockers had got a shilling an hour the Schools Office. extra: the lightermen had settled the night job business to their own complete satisfaction: the shoemakers, tailors, carpenters—everybody, had succeeded in getting (Coming Events. increased pay after long and weary strikes, in which the women and children, worn and wasted with privation, 1 had dropped by hundreds, and typhoid fever had carried THURSDAY, Nov. 14th.—Library open from 10 to 5 and from off thousands. That, in fact, wages had risen all along the 6 to 10, free.—Newspapers may be seen from 8 a.m. line, so that strikers were jubilant. Then I perceived that in FRIDAY, Nov. 15th.—Library open from 10 to 5 and from 6 to 10, spite of their joy there were murmurs that the new condition free.—Newspapers may be seen from 8 a.m. Military of things was worse than the old. For, first of all, the price Band Practice, at 7.45. Choral Society.—Rehearsal, at 8. of everything was gone up: bread was doubled: boots, • SATURDAY, Nov. 16th.—Library open from 10 to 5 and from C clothes, furniture, rent (in consequence of the dearness of to 10, free.—Newspapers may be seen from 8 a.m. provisions), coals, every necessary of life, had increased in Junior Harriers.—Run. Ramblers' Club.—To the Temple. price a hundred per cent. Why? Because, if increased Concert in Queen's Hall, at 8. Technical Schools' wages have to be paid an increased charge must be Rambling Club. — To Ilford. Chess Club. — Dr. Hunt's made. Master bakers, it seems, refused to produce Simultaneous Exhibition. Choral Society.—Social Evening. bread at a loss : master tailors refused to go on, unless Technical Schools' Harriers.—Run. Orchestral Society. they could make a profit. Also, the value of capital having —Rehearsal, at 5. Junior Football Club.—Match with Fairfield Road School. immensely gone down in consequence of decreased dividends, there was not half the bulk of trade at home. And, since SUNDAY, Nov. 17th.—Organ Recitals, at 12.30, 4, and 8. things could no longer be produced at home at the same price Library open from 3 till 10, free. as that charged by foreign houses, the whole of the export MONDAY, Nov. 18th.—Library open from 10 to 5 and from 6 to trade was lost. Therefore very few workmen were wanted 10, free.—Newspapers may be seen from 8 a.m. Sketching —and those who were employed were no better off Club.—General Meeting at Essex House, at 7.45. than before because prices had all gone up. The trade of TUESDAY, Nov. 19th.—Library open from 10 to 5 and from 6 London Port had all gone to Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, to 10, free. — Newspapers may be seen from 8 a.m. Newcastle, Hamburg, and Antwerp, because the ships could Choral Society.—Rehearsal, at 7.30. Orchestral Society. no longer pay the increased dock dues. Then angry voices —Rehearsal, at 8. Chess Club.—Usual Practice, at 7, in rose, and this and that, and other reasons were alleged for - East Ante-room of Queen's Hall. the public misfortunes. But 110 one dared to tell the truth, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20th.—Library open from 10 to 5 and from which was that the men and their employers had treated each 6 to 10, free.—Newspapers may be seen from 8 a.m. other like enemies instead of friends, and when the cry for Students' Dance in Exhibition Building, at 8. Entertainment higher wages arose the masters did not meet the men with in Queen's Hall, at 8 p.m. Evening Students admitted from open books, which showed they were making no more than a 7; General Public from 7.30. fair percentage on their capital and their own labour : and the men did not begin by demanding such a day's pay as would leave the masters that fair percentage. More I saw in my dream : how the masters had now ceased to regard the ©roan IRedtals, men as anything more than machines for work : how at the docks, instead of taking all in turn, they picked out the On SUNDAY NEXT, NOVEMBER 17th, 1889. strongest and would not employ the others : and in all kinds IN THE QUEEN'S HALL, AT 12.30, 4, AND 8 O'CLOCK. of work they thought of nothing but how to get the most out of the men by driving work. ORGANIST—MR. B. JACKSON, F.C.O., I DO not pretend to a knowledge of political economy, but Organist to the People's Palace. I confess that this dream startled me. In America, I am told, the relations of man and employer are habitually those of At 4 o'clock, Organ Recital and Sacred Songs. two natural enemies. This has never been the case in this country, even in the bad old days when Trades' Unions were regarded as criminal conspiracies. Always there has been, ADMISSION PEEE. save under very exceptional circumstances, or some loyalty of The Palace Journal Nov. 13, 1889. Nov. 13, 1889. The Palace Journal. 3 man to master, some kindliness of master to man. Nay, it bullrushes shaken by the wind : they are submarine forests: seems to me that society cannot continue, that a conntry is it is impossible to say what they are: but they possess a doomed to destruction or to revolution, when this kindly feel­ weird and wonderful beauty. And they show the connection palace IRotes. Society anfc (Tint) IRotcs. ing can no longer exist. Therefore, I distrust above all things between form and sound. the formation of companies in the place of firms, because a HE advent of the Phonograph in the People's Palace last company is governed by Board, and a Board knows nothing Wednesday was a tremendous success. Between three Club announcements should reach the Sub-Editor, if possible, early on of its employes. THIS, to my mind, is more wonderful than the pictures Tand four thousand were present, and every one went away Monday morning. Those which arrive later are liable to crowding out. themselves. Beauty of form, of sound, of thought, then, is Monday evening is the very latest time for their receipt with any proba­ delighted. It was feared that a crush might take place, so bility of publication in the following issue.] not a mere dream of the artist: it is a real created quality hundreds were turned away when it was considered that the WE were talking last week about the new African Com­ to be grasped by the senses. A lady who has a lovely voice audience had reached fairly large proportions. These un­ pany. Since then terrible news—more terrible than any­ sings, and lo! we are carried away: a piece of music is fortunates, however, need not despair, as it has been arranged thing that has ever come from Africa, has arrived. Emin played, and our hearts fly upwards: this lady sings into for Mr. Lewis Young to visit us again with Edison's wonder­ PEOPLE'S PALACE CRICKET CLUB. Pasha is entirely defeated, and is a fugitive. Dr. Peters is a tube, and behold ! her lovely notes are translated into dead : the whole of Central Africa is handed over to the ful instrument 011 the 8th January next. This is a date which curves, lines, and involutions of the most wonderful, the should be made a note of. President—SIR EDMUND HAY CURRIE. most fanatic Mohammedans in the world, and to the slaves. most amazing beauty. I know not yet what will come of this Now the horrible slave-trade will begin again with all its discovery, but I think that great and unexpected things may TO-NIGHT we have a first-rate selection of humorous The Smoking Concerts in connection with the above club, which terrors of villages massacred, women and children driven be a consequence. down to the shore, slaves packed like sardines in the cruel recitals, by Mr. Harland Lemon, a gentleman who has had were a great success last winter, were resumed on Saturday last, in dhows and carried across to Arabia, there to be sold and the honour of delivering what we shall hear before royalty. the swimming bath. The attendance of students was not very dispersed about the realms of Mohammed the Prophet. What There are not so many first-class reciters about that we can large, the attractions in the Queen's Hall, perhaps, accounting for THE Lord Mayor's Show is over, and I did not see it. this. The following gentlemen did everything they could to make are we to do? We cannot sit down and do nothing. I afford to miss an opportunity like this, and I quite anticipate Pity, because it was the 700th anniversary of the London a large gathering. There will be intervals of music. the evening enjoyable : Messrs. Horace Hawkins, Arnold, Esmond, suppose we shall have to send out a fleet of fifty swift armed mayoralty. Exactly seven hundred years ago, in the year Notley, Enwood, C. A. Bowman, Turtle, and others. Mr. Tomlin's steamers and blockade the shore, so that when the slavers 1189, Henry Fitz Alwyn was made Mayor—not Lord Mayor, piano solo, " Love Dreamland's Waltz," was much appreciated, come down with their slaves they will not be able to embark if you please—there were no Lord Mayors until the first year NEXT Wednesday, Professor Andre will give us a very and Mr. Constable's presiding at the piano, added greatly to the them. But what will happen then to the miserable slaves ? of Edward III., and perhaps the title was not regularly novel and amusing entertainment of magic and music. evening's enjoyment. There is going to be trouble, very considerable trouble. adopted until the time of Richard III., that is the year 1482, It is proposed to hold the next Concert on Saturday week, in or nearly three hundred years later. Dick Whittington was THE following extracts from Miss James's report for the swimming bath, when ladies are kindly invited. No smoking will be permitted. Those ladies and gentlemen who intend giving IF it were not for the horrors practised by the slave- not Lord Mayor, but only Mayor of London. Gresham, how­ October, to the Library Committee, will be read with some hunters we might let things go on, because a slave in Turkey their services would greatly oblige by bringing their music. ever, was Lord Mayor. There was no show for many interest:— T. G. CARTER, Hon. Sec. or Persia is not in the least like a slave in the United States hundreds of years. One Sir John Norman first began the "The Library re-opened 011 Saturday, the 28th September, before the war. He is not despised on account of his black show, which was a water pageant, and no doubt very fine in and has been well attended since that date, excepting in the O skin and his wool: he is treated as one of the family : if he the days when the Thames was the real thoroughfare of the early morning, when very few persons avail themselves of the is liable to be flogged, so is his master : he is simply a mem­ city. When the water pageant ceased, the real spirit went privilege of access to the paper stands. T his being the case, PEOPLE'S PALACE RAMBLING CLUB. ber of the household who cannot leave it. out of the Lord Mayor's show. If I were an Alderman, I it has been found expedient to alter the hour of opening to A General Meeting will be held this (Wednesday) evening, would send a deputation of showmen to Belgium to report the public from 7.30 to 8 o'clock a.m. 13th inst., at 8.30 p.m., in the Lecture Hall, and will be followed by 44 The number of persons admitted through the turnstiles a Committee Meeting. VERY different is the lot of the negro in the Land of Free­ upon the way they do the thing there, then we might get up a show worth looking at. has been 38,265, from October 1st to 31st. The number of Students of the Palace desirous of joining the club are dom. He is no longer a slave: that is true: nobody there­ books out during that time was 5,897, not including books out requested to bring their vouchers, and old members are also fore looks after him any longer. He is not allowed to go to in boys' room on Sundays. The number of readers entered invited to attend. a white man's hotel: he is not allowed to take a place in the Two most important dinners have been given this week on the register has been 947. There has been a steady in­ Saturday next, i6th„we visit Knight Templar's Hall, and Temple theatre, except in the gallery: in the churches he is not —so important that they have been chronicled in all the crease in the attendance of ticket-holders, as the following Church, meeting at the Fleet Street end of Chancery Lane, at allowed to take the Sacrament: in the Young Men's Christian papers: so important that they have stood side by side, in 3 p.m. totals will show: first week, 1,162; second week, 1,219; third A. MCKENZIE, Hon. Sec. Associations even, he is not allowed to become a member: big type, with such news as the Massacre of Peters, the Flight week, 1,318; fourth week, 1,442. The average Sunday atten­ and now they are proposing to take from him his vote. He of Emin, and the great tilings which shake the world. One dance of ticket-holders has been 999. The books presented is no longer to be considered a man at all. Everybody may of them was given in honour of a shop which has sold soap to the Library during the month numbered 204. vote in the States: the newly-arrived Italian, German, or for a hundred years.— Dear me! How very remarkable !— 44 Two more tables for readers have been added to the PEOPLE S PALACE CHESS CLUB. Irishman, but not the educated negro. This is a queer out­ The other was given in honour of a showman,—Barnum by Library, owing to the great crush in the evenings." Subscription:—3s. per annum, or is. per quarter ; member5 come of the Civil War of 1861-65, which was waged almost name—a person who has, for purposes of profit, been running meet on Tuesday and Saturday, from 7 p.m., in the East Ante­ entirely on behalf of the negro. Sometimes I am inclined to room ; entrance through the Library. circuses, shows, dwarfs, and giants about his native country THE St. John Ambulance Course of Lectures for Women thank Heaven that I am a Briton. Certainly, like Mr. John for fifty years. They put a real live Lord in the chair, and On Saturday next, Dr. Hunt will play twenty games simul­ Money, I am ready to swear that I am " dead against" will begin on Tuesday next, November 19th, at 8 o'clock, in taneously. Play to commence at 8 o'clock. We hope to see a his Lordship, or some other speaker at this Banquet, was the Lecture Hall, and the tickets for the whole course are to interfering with our institution of a limited sovereignty, where good enough to refer to Barnum the showman as one of good muster on that occasion. Visitors are invited. cost only a shilling. we have a figurehead who reigns but does not rule, who leads America's most distinguished sons. Really! What has Entries for the Handicap Tourney will close on 16th inst. E. J. SMITH, Hon. Sec. but does not command, and who is not changed at the cost America done of late that she should be thus treated? of five millions' sterling every year, once in four years; and One of her most distinguished sons ! And a showman ! One THE second of the Student's Monthly Dances will take o where a negro is not continually reviled and ill-treated on of the most distinguished children of the greatest Republic place next Wednesday, and, of course, will be a splendid account of his colour. success. This being so, I would draw special and particular STUDENTS' MONTHLY DANCES. that the world has ever seen! Play up for the showman, 44 America's most distinguished son! Play up, Pandasn Pipes attention to Mr. Marshall's notice under Club Notes." Of The next Dance will be held next Wednesday, 20th inst., course everybody benefitting by these pleasant festivities commence at 8 p.m. sharp. Admittance by class ticket only. A and drum! HUNDKED years ago the crysanthemum was brought to should be prepared to afford the thing some little practical Though 300 Students took advantage of the dance last month, only EDITOR. these shores. It was really a hundred and twenty-five years support. 92 bought programmes, so that instead of paying for itself the ago, but we are now celebrating the centenary ot this most dance showed a deficit. As the Trustees have no funds at their beautiful flower. It was called crysanthemum from the golden disposal to bear the loss on these dances, it is absolutely necessary, colour 01 its flowers—but what are they now ? Gold, red, IRo^alt? on tbe Stage. IT will be noticed from the announcement of the Choral if they are to be continued, that those who take advantage of the Society, under " Club Notes," that the repetition of the dance should, in common fairness, purchase a programme. Some pink, every conceivable colour. They are of all colours and 44 of all sizes. They turn the autumn into summer. They give recent performance of the Woman of Samaria " will take scores of the Students find amusement by watching, and to them I T may surprise some to learn that members of the English the lie to the old talk about autumn's pale blossoms. Of all place on Sunday, the 1st of December, at four o'clock. On would suggest the value of supporting the dance by buying a list of royal family have publicly taken part in a stage play. modern flowers they have been the most successfully culti­ I Saturday, the 23rd of November, Mr. Hollins' Benefit dances. I am compelled to mention, that unless the dances are The play — Addison's Cato— was performed at Leicester vated. 1 here are now actually seven hundred varieties, and Concert will be given. self-supporting the scries will be discontinued, and with it, of House on January 4th, 1748, the characters of Portius, Juba, course, the Christmas dances in the Queen's Hall. I hope no the flower grows very well in London gardens, almost as well SUB-EDITOR. as the hollyhock and the sunflower. Marcia, and Lucia being played by the Prince of Wales, Student will forget the dance next Wednesday, 8 till 11, in the Prince Edward, Princess Augusta, and Princess Elizabeth. Exhibition Buildings. The programmes will be threepence each, The training of the young performers, and the conduct of Co Cop\> front Common 3nh. and can be obtained from the Stewards the same evening. WALTER MARSHALL, Hon. Sec. IT is a long time—twelve years—twenty years—since the the rehearsals were undertaken by the famous Quin, who discovery was made that sound and form have a correspon- was afterwards pensioned by the King. We do not know NY common black ink or writing fluid can be made into o dence—in other words that form can be produced by sound. what success attended the performance, but the contem­ good copying ink by adding some sugar or other plated production of Lady Jane Grey did not take place. A PEOPLE S PALACE CHORAL SOCIETY. Take a sheet of glass: sprinkle sand lightly over this: saccharine matter to it. W e ,ow over the Quin was elated at the honours conferred upon him, and To prepare it, dissolve an ounce of lump sugar in one iiolt A -uL J . strings of a violin close to the when the King effectively delivered his first speech from the *•V1* ?n 1S set up and the sound arranges itself pint and a half of writing fluid. Within five or six hours Conductor—MR. ORTON BRADLEY. T patterns. They are geometrical for the most throne, he exclaimed, "Ay, I taught the boy to speak." after writing letters or other documents with this prepared an scc tlons of Quin gained a great deal by royalty's favours, and his u 1 circles as might be expected. ink, they can be copied by pressure on damp unsized paper. The first Social Evening of the season will be held on Saturday Say BC EN KNOWN FOR A salary during the last season at Covent Garden Theatre was If old writing be wet with a weak solution of sulphate of iron, • u A t ' ^ ; long time. But now go to £1,000—a large income then for an actor. next, November 16th, in the Exhibition Buildings, when the gentle­ wifl P tS Exhibition at the New Gallery and you to which a small portion of sugar syrup has been added, a men of the Orchestral Society will join us. A small charge will be Will see a much more wonderful thing. A lady gifted with a faint reproduction can be taken with firm pressure upon made for programmes to defray expenses. tuK nnn11 VOiCe Produces Pictures by singing through a ON a sign, over a store in a New England village, the following unsized paper, with the result of rendering the original much We meet as usual on Friday at 8 o'clock, and on Tuesday, ladies bevond all I prepa.red ""/face. These pictures are simply was painted : " Dry Goods ; by John Bagster; Who Wishes to get paler than before, as this process simply dissolves the original at 7.30, and gentlemen at 8.45. dn!" expression. Art cannot touch them: no pencil Married. This sign drew all kinds of customers. The single ink used and transfers it. Each member is requested to take a copy of the music in J l CCi ': "° ush could in'itate them. They ladies went as a matter of course, and the married men told their To copy printing ink, damp the surface with a weak preparation, or, if they do not, to let Mr. Thomas know, otherwise are shells and serpents and flowers: they are groups of wives to go, under the impression that they could easily get good they are held responsible for it. Members are also requested to bargains out of such a great fool. solution of acetate of iron and press on any paper of an absorbent nature. return any other music they may have. Nov. 13, 1889. 4 The Palace Journal. Nov. 13, 1889. The Palace Journal.

We shall repeat our performances of the " Woman of Samaria," Distractful doubt, and desperation, on Sunday, December 1st, at 4 o'clock. people's palace 3umor Section. 111 become the Chosen Nation, PUBLIC NOTICE.—We shall have vacancies for contraltos, Chosen by the great I AM, tenors, and basses, and are now studying " Samson," " Stabat The Lord of Hosts, who, still the same, JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB. PROGRAMME OF CONCERT Mater," Glees, &c. We trust will give attentive ear TO BE GIVEN A. W. COURSE, Hon. Sec. Match with Broad Street, Ratcliff, Football Club. We played To the sincerity of pray'r. J. H. THOMAS, Librarian. the above club on our ground last Saturday afternoon, the result ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 1889, being a victory for the visitors by 4 goals to 2. AIR.—Israelitish Woman. o Team : Hardwick (goal); Turpin and Louden (backs); Morton AT EIGHT O CLOCK. Clement, Latilla (half-backs) ; Newport, Stevens, McCardle, Lake- Pious orgies, pious airs, man, Gurr (forwards). Next Saturday, we play Fairfield Road Decent sorrow, decent pray'rs, PEOPLE'S PALACE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS' Board School. Will to the Lord ascenn, and move RAMBLING CLUB. L. G. L. HANDEL'S ORATORIO, His pity, and regain his love.

VISIT TO THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW JUNIOR RAMBLERS. CHORUS. Our ramble on Saturday was to the Old Roman Bath in the 0 Father, whose Almighty pow'r Strand. Meeting at the Bank, we proceeded by way of Queenhithe The heav'ns, and earth, and seas adore, Left turn! forward! Were the words of command given to and Temple Lane to the Strand, going this way to avoid the JUDAS MACCABEUS, The hearts of Judah, Thy delight, twenty-eight of our Ramblers, accompanied by six of the Harriers, crowds of people that thronged the streets to see the Lord Mayor's In one defensive band unite, who had lined up two deep at the top of the stairs at Fenchurch TO BE GIVEN BY And grant a leader bold and brave, Street Station. Although the streets were crowded, the boys Show. On reaching the Strand, we were taken at once to our If not to conquer, born to save. managed to keep their line fairly well; occasionally it was broken destination. The bath is supposed to be of enormous age, into, but from no fault of the bo}s. We marched down Fenchurch and was discovered by the Earl of Essex, before whose time it had The Popular Musical Union, Street, Lombard Street, and across to the Mansion House, up been used as a boathouse. The water that fills it comes direct RECIT. ACCOMPANIED.—Simon. from Hampstead Heights, not through any pipes, but simply President—THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G. Cheapside, and on entering Newgate Street, we saw a procession 1 feel the Deity within, with banners and flags crossing at the end ; thinking this was part through the earth: it is built of curious Roman bricks, 14^ inches Vice-President—H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF FIFE. long, 9.V wide, and is some 5 feet deep. Clore to it is a plunge Who, the bright Cherubin between, of the show and that we were late, the order to " double " was Hon. Musical Director—LEO F. SCHUSTER, Esq. His radiant glory erst display'd. given, this frightened a few nervous people, who thought a panic bath, built of white marble, which was formerly used by Queen Elizabeth, and having in our own days been patronised by Charles To Israel's distressful pray'r had taken place, a d resulted in their making way for us. It inay He hath vouchsaf'd a gracious ear, have been that they thought we were part of the piocession ; let Dickens. This proved a most interesting ramble, and we should advise those who have not seen it to lose no time in doing so. VOCALISTS : And points out Maccaba?us to their aid. that be as it may, we gained a good sight of what was to be seen, Judas shall set the captive free, which we four.d out afterwards was only a few going to join the L. G. L. Miss MARGARET HOARE. MISS BAYLEY. And lead us on to victory. others at the Guildhall. We next followed a part of the route, and were much amused and interested at the sight of the shop windows, MISS FLORENCE HOSKINS. MR. CHARLES WADE. usually stored with goods, now crowded with ladies dressed in all a SDumm\> Hrrestefc. AIR. colours of the rainbow. We finally took our stand opposite St. MR. BERTRAM LATTER. Arm, arm, ye brave; a noble cause, Paul's, on the kerb stone of the pavement, where we resolutely The cause of Heav'n, your zeal demands ; stood and resisted all attacks from the surging mob. Feeling N " Recollections of Paul Bedford," we are told that during CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF THE POPULAR In defence of your nation, religion, and laws, hungry we dispatched two boys for food, and shortly afterwards I a provincial tour of the celebrated Adelphi company in MUSICAL UNION. The Almighty Jehovah will strengthen your hands. each of the thirty four boys was busily devouring a bun and a jam '' Jack Sheppard," the cast of which included Mrs. Keeley, tart. While waiting nearly au hour, much fun was seen, but Mr. Yates, Wright, Paul Bedford, etc., a very ludicrous CONDUCTOR - - MR. W. HENRY THOMAS. CHORUS. more was in store, as the show was sighted, and the solution of the incident happened en route. They used to play, as a We come, we come in bright array, difficult problem had begun, of how the immense crowds in the 44 Judah, thy sceptre to obey. middle of the road could be cleared to allow the proceision to pass. curtain-raiser," a farce entitled " Deeds of Dreadful Note," and in the piece a dummy performed—in dumb show, of Three mounted police led the way, ore in the centre to split Musical Director to the People's Palace, Mr. ORTON BRADLEY, M.A. the crowd, and one on either side, advancing sideways, their course—a prominent part. This dummy was life-size, and to RECIT.—Judas. conceal it from curious observation, it was enclosed in a horse's heads turned to the centre, wedging the people to the sides, O 'Tis well, my friends; with transport I behold capacious bag that entirely extinguished the figure. But just as a double road sweeping machine with the brushes at The spirit of our fathers, famed of old an angle sweeps the mud into the gutter. This would have hindered once in the hurry of packing at Newcastle, the bag was mis­ For their exploits in war;—Oh, may their fire our view, only fortunately the curb of the pavement was high. The laid, and the only substitute at hand was a potato sack, ARGUMENT. With active courage you, their sons, inspire ; chief features in the procession which interested the boys were the which just reached the neck of the figure, leaving the head Lamentations for the death of Mattathias (the father of Judas As when the mighty Joshua fought, groups illustrating the sports and pastimes of Old England. The exposed to view, and in that state it was deposited in the Maccabasus and Simon), by whom the Jewish people had been And those amazing wonders wrought, hawking party, keepers bearing hawks on perches, followed by luggage van. The company had to change trains between roused to resist the cruelties and oppressions of Antiochus Stood still, obedient to his voice, the sun, ladies and gentlemen dressed in Old English costume, shooting at Epiphanes, the Syrian King, in his attempt to suppress their Till kings he had destroy'd, and kingdoms won. the butts, archers practising with crossbows, lilting at the ring, the Newcastle and York, and as the York train was about to start, our anxious manager inquired if the luggage was all religion and liberties.—The divine favour revoked.-Tudas recog­ May tree decked with flowers, the Queen of Beauty and her maids nised as leader—Appeal to the patriotism of the people, and their of honour, ladies and gentlemen with spears going "pig sticking,"' right, adding, "Where is the Victim ? " and looking into the AIR. van, found that the dummy had disappeared. In his despair, response.—The value of liberty.—Preparations for war.—Pious the Lord of Misrule, the King of Wisdom, a bevy of jesters with trust in God, and heroic resolve to conquer or die.—Celebration of Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul, and dare baubles and bladders, and the bagpipes, all of which the boys he instructed Lyon to rush to the other train and endeavour the victories gained over the armies of Appolonius the Governor of The conflict of unequal war : thoroughly enjoyed. Then came the procession of the Sheriffs, to recover the lost one. Lyon succeeded, and throwing the Samaria, and Seron, the Deputy-Governor of Caslesyria; and the Great is the glory of the conquering sword Aldermen, City Marshall, and lastly, the Right Hon. the Lord sack across his shoulder, trotted along the platform, to the That triumphs in sweet liberty restor'd. Mayor, in the state carriage, attended by his chaplain, sword and valour of Judas. great horror and dismay of the passengers, whose heads were Renewal of war by a division of the Syrian army from Egypt, mace bearers. Having seen the procession, which took a little thrust out of the carriage windows in wonder and amaze­ under Gorgias, and the despondency it occasions amongst the DUET. over half-an-hour to pass us, we proceeded homeward through the ment ; for, be it understood, the head of the " Victim " hung Israelites.—Judas again arouses the failing courage of his people, crowded streets. We found it necessary, in order to keep our party [Come ever-smiling Liberty, behind the figure of Lyon, and at every step the agile bearer and they set out to meet the enemy.—Those who remain behind together, not only to link arms as we had done before, but also to And with thee bring thy jocund train utter their detestation of the Heathen Idolatries, by which the catch hold of the coat tails of those in front, thus making it im­ took, the head of the figure wobbled up and down ; conse­ For thee we pant and sigh, for thee Sanctuary at Jerusalem had been desecrated, and their determina­ possible to lose the leader if all kept their hold. Notwithstanding quently, the lookers-on took the actors for a gang of body- With whom eternal pleasures reign.] tion only to worship the God of Israel.—Feast of the dedication at these ingenious devices, three or four managed to lose themselves, snatchers. Arrived at York, they housed at Eld ridge's Royal Hotel, Jerusalem, after Judas and his followers had recovered and restored or at anyrate to get detached from the main body.—Next week we CHORUS. propose visiting Ilforo, and seeing over some paper mills, and and during dinner the waiter entered in consternation and the Sanctuary, and re-established the liberties of his country.— Return of Judah from his final victory over Nicanor and his con­ the Britannia Dry Plate Works. whispered something in the ear of the chief, who said : "Tell Lead on, lead on, Judah disdains federates.—Celebration of peace, and national thanksgiving. A deputation from the Members waited on the Committee, and him to come in." The galling load of hostile chains. asked for printed rules and a cird of membership. The Committee In he came. It was the Chief Inspector of Police, and stated that they would put their request on the Agenda for the he displayed in his right hand a paper, and said : RECIT.—Judas. next Committee Meeting, when it should have their full and careful " Gentleman, I don't wish to be unpleasant, but when you So will'd my Father, now at rest consideration, and if the Committee met it favourably they would PART I. have done dining I must ask you to accompany me. This is In the eternal mansions of the blest : draw up the same, to be submitted for their (the Members) approval. my warrant from the Lord Mayor to arrest you as a set of OVERTURE. " Can ye behold," said he, "the miseries " In which the long-insulted Judah lies? A. Fryer has been elected on the Committee in place of W. body-snatchers." A roar of laughter greeted this speech of the " man in SCENE.—Modin. " Can ye behold their dire distress, Wallis. who has resigned, being unable to attend the meetings The " And not, at least, attempt redress ? " following new Members have been enrolled this week T Eve blue." The dummy was sent for, and was duly and formally ISRAELITES, Men and Women lamenting the death of MATTATHIAS, Then faintly, with expiring breath, Father of JUDAS MACCABEUS. A. W. Wild, J. Cairns, G. Mitchell, A. Welsh, F. W. Taylor F* introduced to the constable, who of course joined in the " Resolve, my Sons, on liberty or death." Dalton, Higgins, Castagnola, H. Pattison, Sawle. general hilarity, and offered all sorts of apologies; and after CHORUS. A. W. B. being invited to take a glass of wine, the emissary of the Accompanied. Lord Mayor withdrew. Mourn, ye afflicted children, the remains o Of captive Judah, mourn in solemn strains; We come, O see, thy sons prepare Your sanguine hopes of liberty, give o'er ; The rough habiliments of war, SKETCHING CLUB. A MAN who keeps a livery-stable had a mule for sale, and With hearts intrepid and revengeful hands, hearing that a friend in town wanted to buy one, he sent him the Your hero, friend, and father is no more. A General Meeting of the old and new Sketching Clubs is to be To execute, O Sire, thy dread commands. following, written on a post-card: "Dear Friend,—If you are RECIT.—Simon. held at Essex House on Monday next, November 18th, at 7.45, to looking for an Ai mule, don't forget me.—Yours," etc. consider the question of amalgamation, and arrange as to the Not vain is all this storm of grief, JUDGE : "If, as you say, you found this woman so violent and SEMI-CHORUS. To vent our sorrows gives relief. winding up of the old club. Members of both the old and new headstrong even during the engagement, why did you marry her? " clubs are requested to attend. Wretched indeed; but let not Judah's race Disdainful of danger, we'll rush on the foe, Abused Husband (meekly): " I—I didn't marry her. She married That thy pow'r, O Jehovah, all nations may know ARTHUR LEGGE, Art Master. me." , Their ruin, with desponding arms, embrace; 6 The Palace Journal Nov. 13, 1889. Nov. 13, 1889. The Palace Journal 1

RECIT.—Judas. AIR. AIR. AT4.-ORGAN RECITAL & SACRED CONCERT Haste we, my brethren, haste we to the field, The Lord worketh wonders So shall the lute and harp awake, ORGANIST - MR. B. JACKSON, F.C.O., Dependant on the Lord, our strength and shield. His glory to raise, And sprightly voice sweet descant run, And still as he thunders, Seraphic melody to make, Organist to the People's Palace. Is fearful in praise. In the pure strains of Jesse's Son. CHORUS. VOCALISTS : Hear us, O Lord, on thee we call, Miss AMANDA IRA ALDRIDGE. RECIT.—Judas. Resolv'd on conquest, or a glorious fall. R#ECIT.—Israelitish Messenger. MR. JOHN AMBROSE. My arms! against this Gorgias will I go. [From Capnarsalama, on eagle wings I fly, SCENE.—The same. The Idumean Governor shall know With tidings of impetuous joy ! How vain, how ineffective his design, Came Lysias, with his host array'd LARGHETTO in B flat .. Merkel. The ISRAELITES celebrating the return of JUDAS from the victories While rage his leader, and Jehovah mine. over APPOLLONIUS and SEROX. In coat of mail; their massy shields Of gold and brass flash'd lightning o'er the fields, AIR .. .. " Honour and Arms " Ilandel. AIR. While the huge tow'r-back'd elephant display'd MR. JOHN AMBROSE. CHORUS. A horrid front; but Judas, undismay'd, Fall'n is the foe ; so fall thy foes, O Lord, Sound an alarm—your silver trumpets sound, Met, fought, and vanquished all the rageful train. Honour and arms, scorn such a foe, Where warlike Judas wiejds his righteous sword. And call the brave, and only brave around. Yet more, Nicanor lays with thousands slain ; Tho' I could end thee at a blow, Who listeth, follow—to the field again— The blasphemous Nicanor, who defied Poor victory to conquer thee, Justice, with courage, is a thousand men. The living God, and in his wanton pride Or glory in thy overthrow. RECIT.—Israelitish Woman. A public monument ordained Vanquish a slave that is half slain ? So mean a triumph I disdain. Well may we hope our freedom to receive, Of victories yet ungaincd. CHORUS. But lo 1 the conqueror comes; and on his spear, Such sweet transporting joys thy actions give. Honour and arms, scorn such a foe, We hear, we hear the pleasing dreadful call; To dissipate all fear, Tho' I could end thee at a blow, And follow thee to conquest—if to fall, lie bears the vaunter's head and hand. DUET AND CHORUS. Poor victory to conquer thee, For laws, religion, liberty, we fall. That threaten'd desolation to the land.] Or glory in thy overthrow. Sion now her head shall raise, [Exit Jiulas with the Army. Silas. Tune your harps to songs of praise. 3. FANTASIA RECIT.—Israelitish Man. 4. AIR " O though that tellest " (Messiah) Handel. RECIT.—Israelitish Woman. Miss AMANDA IRA ALDRIDGE. [Ye worshippers of God ! SCENE—Near Jerusalem. O let eternal honours crown his name, Down, down with the polluted altars, down ; Recit. Judas, first Worthy in the rolls of fame; Hurl Jupiter Olympus from his throne, ISRAELITISH YOUTHS AND MAIDENS meeting JUDAS on his return Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall ca'l Say, " He put on the breast-plate as a giant, Nor reverence Bacchus with his ivy crown from the victory over NICADOR. His name Emmanuel; God with us. " And girt his warlike harness about him. And ivy wreathed rod ! Air. " In his acts he was like a lion, Our fathers never knew him, or his hated crew, SEMI-CHORUS. " And like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey." Or, knowing, scorn'd such idle vanities.] O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the See the conquering hero comes, high mountain. AIR. Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; , O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice Israelitish Woman. with strength ! Lift it up, be not afraid. Say unto the cities of From mighty kings he took the spoil, Sports prepare, the laurels bring, Judah, behold your God. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion. And with his acts made Judah smile. No more in Sion let the virgin throng, Songs of triumph to him sing. arise ; shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen Judah rejoiceth in his name, Wild with delusion, pay their nightly song See the godlike youth advance, And triumphs in her hero's fame. To Ashtoreth, yclep'd the Queen of Heaven ; Breathe the flutes, and lead the dance : upon thee. Hence to Phoenicia be the goddess driv'n ; Myrtle wreaths and roses twine, POSTLUDE.. Tours To deck the hero's brow divine. DUET AND CHORUS. Or be she, with her priests and pageants, hurl'd Rossini. To the remotest corner of the world ; ARIA " Pro Peccatis " Hail, hail, Judea, happy land ! Ne'er to delude us more with pious lies. CHORUS. MR. JOHN AMBROSE. Salvation prospers in his hand. See the conquering hero comes, Pro Peccatis suae gentis AIR. Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; Vidit Jesum in tormentis, Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive you Sports prepare, the laurels bring, Et flagellis subditum. With their vain mysterious art; Songs of triumph to him sing. Vidit suum dulcem natum PART II. Magic charms can ne'er relieve you, Morientem desolatum Nor can heal the wounded heart. Dum emicit spiritum. But true wisdom can relieve you, A MARCH. PASTORALE irr/v RECIT.—Judas. Godlike wisdom from above; [Thanks to my brethren : but look up to Heav'n ' This alone can ne'er deceive you, SOLO AND CHORUS. AIR .. " God shall wipe away all tears " Sullivan To Heav'n let all glory all praise be giv'n; This alone all pains remove. (The light of the world) Sing unto God, and high affections raise, T o Heav n give your applause, nor add the second cause Miss AMANDA IRA ALDRIDGE. As once your fathers did in Midian, To crown this conquest with unmeasur'd praise. DUET.—Israelitish Woman. Saying, " The sword of God and Gideon." The Lord is risen ; He will dwell with men, and they shall It was the Lord that for his Israel fought, O never, never bow we down be His people! . And this our wonderful salvation wrought.] To the rude stock, orsculptur'd stone: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. But ever worship Israel's God, There shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, AIR. Ever obedient to his awful nod. neither shall there be any more pain. For the former things are passed away. [How vain is man who boasts in fight Behold I make all things new, saith the Lord. The valour of gigantic might, CHORUS. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 1889. And dreams not that a hand unseen 9. MARCH (OP. 145) Merkel. Directs and guides this weak machine.] We never, never will bow down To the rude stock, or sculptur'd stone ENTER AN Israelitish Messenger. We worship God, and God alone.

RECIT.—Messenger. SCENE—Mount Sion. AT 12.30.-ORGAN RECITAL. O Judas, O my brethren ! AT 8.-ORGAN RECITAL. New scenes of bloody war ISRAELITISH PRIESTS, etc., having recovered the Sanctuary. ORGANIST - MR. B. JACKSON, F.C.O., In all their horrors rise. Organist to the People's Palace. ORGANIST - MR. B. JACKSON, F.C.O. Prepare, prepare, AIR.—Priest. Organist to the People's Palace. Or soon we fall a sacrifice rom th 1f ' Egyptian coast Father of Heav'n, from thy eternal throne, (Where Ptolomy hath Memphis and Pelusium lost) Look with an eye of blessing down, 1. Allegretto in B minor Guilmant. Handel. He sends the valiant Gorgias, and commands While we prepare, with holy rites, Concerto, No. 6 Wis proud victorious bands To solemnize the Feast of Lights. 2. Fantasie and Finale (Sonata, No. 10.) . Rheinberger. The Righteous shall enter (from Oratorio " Death To root out Israel's strength, and to erase And thus our grateful hearts employ, Gounod. l^v ry memorial of the sacred place. And in thy praise and Life ") Handel. This altar raise 3. " Angels ever bright and fair " .. Postlude in E flat Wely. RECIT.—Simon. With carols of triumphant joy. Spinney, Spinney. Be comforted—Nor think these plagues are sent 4. Berceuse Vesper Bells For your destruction, but for chastisement. RECIT.—Israelitish Woman. Toccata in F Bach. Heav n oft in mercy punisheth, that sin c. Marche Triomphale A rcher. May feel its own demerits from within, God shall wipe away all tears (from the " Light of O grant it, Heav'n, that our long woes may ceasc, Sullivan. And urge not utter ruin—Turn to God, And Judah's daughters taste the calm of peace ; • 6. Prayer " Temple ouvre-toi" Gounod. the World ") And draw a blessing from his iron rod. Sons, brothers, husband, to bewail no more, Scot son Clark. Tortur'd at home, or havock'd in the war. 7. Organ Piece on " Ite missa est". Lemmens. March The Palace Journal. Nov 13, 1889. Nov. 13, 1889. The Palace Journal. 9 and ruined souls with whom their superstition peopled the NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. forms that had ever trodden on any more solid footing than a to put on masques, and play the fool. Fhe men of whom often like the chorus of a jolly catch, closing with a roar of we speak, after losing the heart's fresh gaiety, imagined a laughter. Who but the fiend, and his bondslaves, the crew o purple and golden cloud. One was a youth in glistening apparel, with a scarf of the rainbow pattern crosswise on his wild philosophy of pleasure, and came hither to act out then- of Merry Mount, had thus disturbed them ? In due time, a There is an admirable foundation for a philosophic romance, in the breast. His right hand held a gilded staff, the ensign of high latest day-dream. They gathered followers from all that feud arose, stern and bitter on one side, and as serious on the curious history of the early settlement of Mount Wollaston, or dignity among the revellers, and his left grasped the slender giddy tribe, whose whole life is like the festal days of soberer other as anything could be among such light spirits as had Morry Mount. In the slight sketch here attempted, the facts fingers of a fair maiden, not less gaily decorated than himself. men. In their train were minstrels, not unknown in London sworn allegiance to the May-pole. The future complexion of recorded on the grave pages of our New England annalists, have Bright roses glowed in contrast with the dark and glossy curls streets ; wandering players, whose theatres had been the New England was involved in this important quarrel. wrought themselves, almost spontaneously, into a sort of alle­ of each, and were scattered round their feet, or had sprung halls of noblemen; mummers, rope-dancers, and mounte­ Should the grisly saints establish their jurisdiction over the gory. The masques, mummeries, and festive customs, described up spontaneously there. Behind this lightsome couple, so close banks, who would long be missed at wakes, church-ales, and gay sinners, then would their spirits darken all the clime, and in the text, are in accordance with the manners of the age. to the May-pole that its boughs shaded his jovial face, stood fairs; in a word, mirthmakers of every sort, such as make it a land of clouded visages, of hard toil, of sermon and Authority on these points may be found in Strutt's Book of abounded in that age, but now began to be discountenanced psalm for ever. But should the banner-staff of Merrv Mount " English Sports and Pastimes." the figure of an English priest, cauonically dressed, yet decked with flowers, in heathen fashion, and wearing a chaplet of by the rapid growth of Puritanism. Light had their foot­ be fortunate, sunshine would break upon the hills, and RIGHT were the days at Merry Mount when the May­ the native vine leaves. By the riot of his rolling eye, and steps been on land, and as lightly they came across the sea. flowers would beautify the forest, and late posterity do B pole was the banner-staff of that gay colony! They the pagan decorations of his holy garb, he seemed the wildest Many had been maddened by their previous troubles into a homage to the May-pole. who reared it, should their banner be triumphant, were to monster there, and the very Comus of the crew. gay despair ; others were as madly gay in the flush of youth, After these authentic passages from history, we return to pour sunshine over New England's rugged hills, and scatter " Votaries of the May-pole," cried the flower-decked like the May Lord and his Lady ; but whatever might be the the nuptials of the Lord and Lady of the May. Alas! we flower-seeds throughout the soil. Jollity and gloom were con­ priest; 44 merrily, all day long, have the woods echoed to your quality of their mirth, old and young were gay at Merry have delayed too long, and must darken our tale too tending for an empire. Midsummer eve had come, bringing mirth. But be this your merriest hour, my hearts ! Lo, here Mount. The young deemed themselves happy. The elder suddenly. As we glance again at the May-pole, a solitary deep verdure to the forest, and roses in her lap, of a more stand the Lord and Lady of the May, whom I, a clerk of spirits, if they knew that mirth was but the counterfeit of sunbeam is fading from the summit, and leaves only a faint vivid hue than the tender buds of spring. But May, or her Oxford, and high priest of Merry Mount, am presently to join happiness, yet followed the false shadow wilfully, because at golden tinge, blended with the hues of the rainbow banner. Ev'en that dim light is now withdrawn, relinquishing the mirthful spirit, dwelt all the year round at Merry Mount, in holy matrimony. Up with your nimble spirits, ye morris least her garments glittered brightest. Sworn trifiers of a sporting with the summer months, and revelling with autumn, dancers, green men, and glee maidens, bears and wolves, and lifetime, they would not venture among the sober truths of whole domain of Merry Mount to the evening gloom which has rushed so instantaneously from the black surrounding and basking in the glow of winter's fireside. Through a world horned gentlemen ! Come, a chorus now, rich with the old life, not even to be truly blest. woods. But some of these black shadows have rushed forth of toil and care, she fleeted with a dreamlike smile, and came mirth of merry England, and the wilder glee of this fresh All the hereditary pastimes of Old England were trans­ hither to find a home among the lightsome hearts of Merry forest; and then a dance, to show the youthful pair what life planted hither. The King of Christmas was duly crowned, in human shape. Yes, with the setting sun, the last day of mirth had Mount. is made of, and how airily they should go through it! All ye and the Lord of Misrule bore potent sway. On the eve of Never had the May-pole been so gaily decked as at sunset Saint John, they felled whole acres of the forest to make passed from Merry Mount. The ring of gay masquers was that love the May-pole, lend your voices to the nuptial song disordered and broken; the stag lowered his antlers in dis­ on midsummer eve. This venerated emblem was a pine tree, of the Lord and Lady of the May! " bonfires, and danced by the blaze all night, crowned with which had preserved the slender grace of youth, while it garlands, and throwing flowers into the flame. At harvest may ; the wolf grew weaker than a lamb ; the bells of the This wedlock was more serious than most affairs of Merry morris dancers tinkled with tremulous affright. The equalled the loftiest height of the old wood monarchs. From Mount, where jest and delusion, trick and fantasy, kept up a time, though their crop was of the smallest, they made an its top streamed a silken banner, coloured like the rainbow. image of the sheaves of Indian corn, and wreathed it with Puritans had played a characteristic part in the Maypole continual carnival. The Lord and Lady of the May, though mummeries. Their darksome figures were intermixed with Down nearly to the ground the pole was dressed their titles must be laid down at sunset, were really and truly autumnal garlands, and bore it home triumphantly. But with birchen boughs, and others of the liveliest green, what chiefly characterised the colonists of Merry Mount, was the wild shapes of their foes, and made the scene a picture to be partners for the dance of life, beginning the measure of the moment, when waking thoughts start up amid the and some with silvery leaves, fastened by ribands that same bright eve. The wreath of roses, that hung from their veneration for the May-pole. It has made their true that fluttered in fantastic knots of twenty different history a poet's tale. Spring decked the hallowed emblem scattered fantasies of a dream. The leader of the hostile the lowest green bough of the May-pole, had been twined for party stood in the centre of the circle, while the rout of colours, but no sad ones. Garden flowers and blossoms of them, and would be thrown over both their heads, in symbol with young blossoms and fresh green boughs, Summer the wilderness, laughed gladly forth amid the verdure, so brought roses of the deepest blush, and the perfected foliage monsters cowered around him, like evil spirits in the presence of their flowery union. When the priest had spoken, there­ of a dread magician. No fantastic foolery could look him in fresh and dewy, that they must have grown by magic on that fore, a riotous uproar burst from the rout of monstrous of the forest; Autumn enriched it with that red and yellow happy pine tree. Where this green and flowery splendour gorgeousness, which converts each wildwood leaf into a the face. So stern was the energy of his aspect, that the figures. whole man, visage, frame, and soul, seemed wrought of iron, terminated, the shaft of the May-pole was stained with the " Begin you the stave, reverend sir," cried they all; " and painted flower; and Winter silvered it with sleet, and hung seven brilliant hues of the banner at its top. On the lowest it round with icicles, till it flashed in the could sunshine, gifted with life and thought, yet all of one substance with his never did the woods ring to such a merry peal, as we of the headpiece and breastplate. It was the Puritan of Puritans ; green bough hung an abundant wreath of roses, some that May-pole shall send up!" itself a frozen sunbeam. Thus each alternate season did it was Endicott himself! had been gathered in the sunniest spots of the forest, and Immediately a prelude of pipe, cittern, and viol, touched homage to the May-pole, and paid it a tribute of its own others, of still richer blush, which the colonists had reared richest splendour. Its votaries danced round it once at " Stand off, priest of Baal," said he, with a grim frown, with practised minstrelsy, began to play from a neighbouring and laying no reverent hand upon the surplice. " I know from English seed. Oh, people of the golden age, the chief thicket, in such a mirthful cadence, that the boughs of the least in every month; sometimes they called it their reli­ of your husbandry was to raise flowers! gion, or their altar; but always, it was the banner-staff of thee, Blackstone ! * Thou art the man who couldst not abide May-pole quivered to the sound. But the May Lord, he of the rule even of thine own corrupted church, and hast come But what was the wild throng that stood hand in hand the gilded staff, chancing to look into his lady's eyes, was Merry Mount. about the May-pole ? It could not be that the fauns and Unfortunately there were men in the new world, of a hither to preach iniquity, and to give example of it in thy wonderstruck at the almost pensive glance that met his own. life. But now shall it be seen that the Lord has sanctified nymphs, when driven from their classic groves and homes of "Edith, sweet Lady of the May," whispered he, reproach­ sterner faith than these May-pole worshippers. Not far from ancient fable had sought refuge, as all the persecuted did, in Merry Mount was a settlement of Puritans, most dismal this wilderness for his peculiar people. Woe unto them that fully; " is yon wreath of roses a garland to hang above our would defile it! And first for this flower-decked abomina­ the fresh woods of the West. These were Gothic monsters, graves, that you look so sad ? Oh, Edith, this is our golden wretches, who said their prayers before daylight, and then though perhaps of Grecian ancestry. On the shoulders of a wrought in the forest or the corn-field, till evening made it tion, the altar of thy worship ! " time ! Tarnish it not by any pensive shadow of the mind ; And with his keen sword Endicott assaulted the hallowed comely youth uprose the head and branching antlers of a for it may be, that nothing of futurity will be brighter than prayer-time again. Their weapons were always at hand, to stag, a second, human in all other points, had the grim visage shoot down the straggling savage. When they met in con­ May-pole. Nor long did it resist his arm. It groaned with the mere remembrance of what is now passing." a dismal sound; it showered leaves and rosebuds upon the of a wolf; a third, still with the trunk and limbs of a mortal " That was the very thought that saddened me! How clave, it was never to keep up the old English mirth, but to man, showed the beard and horns of a venerable he-goat. hear sermons three hours long, or to proclaim bounties 011 remorseless enthusiast; and finally, with all its green boughs, came it in your mind too ? " said Edith, in a still lower tone and ribands, and flowers, symbolic of departed pleasures, There was the likeness of a bear erect, brute in all but his hind than he ; for it was high treason to be sad at Merry Mount. the heads of wolves and the scalps of Indians. Their legs, which were adorned with pink silk stockings. And here festivals were fast-days, and their chief pastime the singing down fell the banner-staff of Merry Mount. As it sank, " Therefore do I sigh amid this festive music. And besides, tradition says, the evening sky grew darker, and the woods again, almost as wondrous, stood a real bear of the dark dear Edgar, I struggle as with a dream, and fancy that these of psalms. Woe to the youth or maiden who did but dream forest, lending each of his forepaws to the grasp of a human of a dance ! The selectman nodded to the constable ; and threw forth a more sombre shadow. shapes of our jovial friends are visionary, and their mirth 44 hand, and as ready for the dance as any in that circle. His there sat the light-heeled reprobate in the stocks; or, if he There," cried Endicott, looking triumphantly on his unreal, and that we are no true Lord and Lady of the May. work, " there lies the only May-pole in New England ! The inferior nature rose half way, to meet his companions as they What is the mystery in my heart ? " danced, it was round the whipping-post, which might be stooped. Other faces wore the similitude of man or woman, termed the Puritan May-pole. thought is strong within me, that, by its fall, is shadowed Just then, as if a spell had loosened them, down came a forth the fate of light and idle mirthmakers, amongst us and but distorted or extravagant, with red noses pendulous before little shower of withering rose leaves from the May-pole. A party of these grim Puritans, toiling through the diffi­ their mouths, which seemed of an awful depth, and stretched cult woods, each with a horse-load of iron armour to burthen our posterity. Amen, saith John Endicott." Alas, for the young lovers! No sooner had their hearts " Amen !" echoed his followers. from ear to ear in an eternal fit of laughter. Here might be glowed with real passion, then they were sensible of some­ his footsteps, would sometimes draw near the sunny precincts seen the salvage man, well known in heraldry, hairy as a of Merry Mount. There were the silken colonists, sporting But the votaries of the May-pole gave one groan for their thing vague and unsubstantial in their former pleasures, baboon, and girdled with green leaves. By his side, a nobler round their May-pole ; perhaps teaching a bear to dance, or idol. At the sound, the Puritan leader glanced at the crew and felt a dreary presentiment of inevitable change. From of Comus, each a figure of broad mirth, yet, at this moment, figure, but still a counterfeit, appeared an Indian hunter, with the moment that they truly loved, they had subjected them­ .striving to communicate their mirth to the grave Indian ; or feathery crest and wampum belt. Manv of this strange com­ masquerading in the skins ot deer and wolves, which they strangely expressive of sorrow and dismay. selves to earth's doom of care and sorrow, and troubled joy, "Valiant captain," quoth Peter Palfrey, the Ancient of pany wore fool's caps, and had little bells appended to their and had no more a home at Merry Mount. That was Edith's had hunted for that especial purpose. Often, the whole garments, tinkling with a silvery sound, responsive to the colony were playing at blind man's buff, magistrates and all the band, " what order shall be taken with the prisoners ? " mystery. Now leave we the priest to marry them, and the 44 inaudible music of their gleesome spirits. Some youths and with their eyes bandaged, except a single scapegoat, whom 1 thought not to repent me of cutting down a May­ masquers to sport round the May-pole, till the last sunbeam 44 maidenslwere of soberer garb, yet well maintained their places pole," replied Endicott, yet now I could find in my heart be withdrawn from its summit, and the shadows of the the blinded sinners pursued by the tinkling of the bells at his in the irregular throng, by the expression of wild revelry upon garments. Once, it is said, they were seen following a flower- to plant it again, and give each of these bestial pagans one forest mingle gloomily in the dance. Meanwhile, we may other dance round their idol. It would have served rarely their features. Such were the colonists of Merry Mount, as discover who these gay people were. decked corpse, with merriment and festive music, to his grave. But did the dead man laugh? In their quietest for a whipping post! " May pole " 6 of Slinset round their venerated Two hundred years ago, and more, the old world and its 44 But there are pine-trees enow," suggested the lieutenant. times, they sang ballads and told tales, for the edification of 44 44 a w inhabitants became mutually weary of each other. Men True, good Ancient," said the leader. Wherefore, . anderer, bewildered in the melancholy forest, voyaged by thousands to the West; some to barter gla<»s their pious visitors; or perplexed them with juggling tricks; heard heir mirth, and stolen a half-affrighted glance, he or grinned at them through horse-collars; and when sport bind the heathen crew, and bestow on them a small matter might have fancied them the crew of Comus; some already beads, and such like jewels, for the furs of the Indian hun­ of stripes a-piece, as earnest of our future justice. Set some ter ; some to conquer virgin empires; and one stern band itself grew wearisome, they made game of their own n?l J !>™te8.'some midway between man and beast, stupidity, and began a yawning match. At the very least of of the rogues in the stocks to rest themselves, so soon as to pray. But none of these motives had much weight with Providence shall bring us to one cf our well-ordered settle- chanee Bn? that foreran the the colonists of Merry Mount. Their leaders were men who these enormities, the men of iron shook their heads^ and a band of frowned so darkly, that the revellers looked up, imagining , Puritans, who watched the scene, had sported so long with life, that when Thought and • Did Governor Endicott speak less positively, wc should suspect a mistake invisible themselves, compared the masques to those devils that a momentary cloud had overcast the sunshine, which here. The Rev. Mr. Blackstone, though an eccentric, is not known to have l>cun Wisdom came, even these unwelcome guests were led astray was to be perpetual there. On the other hand, the Puritans an immoral man. VVc rather doubt his identity with the priest of Merry Mount. TREDEGAR DAIRY East London Cycle Supply Stores, ESTABLISHED 180''. 264, COMMERCIAL ROAD, E. Nov. 13, 1889. JOHN T. CHAMBERS, ments, where such accommodations may be found. Further was wreathed of the brightest roses that had grown there, so, Clearance Sale of 1889 Stock, Dairy Farmer & Cowkeeper, penalties, such as branding and cropping of ears, shall be in the tie that united them, were intertwined all the purest 25 per Cant, off List Prices. WHOLESALE—TREDEGAR SQUARE AND thought of hereafter." and best of their early joys. They went heavenward, sup­ FORD ST., ROMAN RD., BOW. " How many stripes for the priest ? " inquired Ancient porting each other along the difficult path which it was their O — Palfrey. SECONDHAND MACHINES TO BE SOLD AT PRICES NEVER BEFORE RETAIL—COBORN ROAD, GLOBE BRIDGE DAIRY, AND lot to tread, and never wasted one regretful thought on the HARROW ROAD, LEYTONSTONE. "None as yet," answered Endicott, bending his iron frown vanities of Merry Mount. HEARD OK. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIRS. upon the culprit. '• It must be for the Great and General We have the Largest and Best Stock to Hire Milk delivered twice daily. Absolute purity and finest quality guaranteed, Court to determine, whether stripes and long imprisonment, in the East End. being the produce of 200 Cows kept at the above establishments. and other grievous penalty, may atone for his transgressions. <5aUe\> Slaves, Let him look to himself! Fpr such as violate our civil order, o it may be permitted us to show mercy; but woe to the wretch E. C. PHILLIPS & CO.'S A. DAVIS, that troubleth our religion! " HE galley, a long, low, narrow vessel of war, having sails, W. WRIGHT, FIRST CLASS "And this dancing bear," resumed the officer. "Must T but chiefly propelled by rows of oars on each side, was People's Palace Oil Stores, he share the stripes of his fellows ? " used as a part of the fleet of all maritime nations from the Pianofortes $ Organs 28 1, earliest historic times down to nearly the close of the lPbotoorapber. " Shoot him through the head!" said the energetic For CASH or on EASY TERMS, Puritan. " I suspect witchcraft in the beast." eighteenth century. Thc vessel drew but little water, and MILE END ROAD, From XO/O Month. 44 Here be a couple of shining ones," continued Peter was especially convenient for coast service; but the advance- NEW STUDIOS: * [Corner of Grafton St. Pallrey, pointing his weapon at the Lord and Lady of the ment in the art of navigation, and especially the improve­ A Liberal Discount for Cash. ments in gunnery, at last put an end to this class of ships, May. "They seem to be of high station among these mis- EXTENSIVE SHOWROOMS I Orders by Post or otherwise doers. Methiuks their dignity will not be fitted with less than which, it was said, 44 had dominated the maritime world for 422, MILE END ROAD. punctually attended to. a double share of stripes." over three thousand years." 415, WARE STREET, HACKNEY. ALL GOODS SUPPLIED AT Endicott rested on his sword, and closely surveyed the In the most ancient times, to row in the galleys was con­ Opposite People's Palace. Pianofortes Tuncil ami Repaired equal to new at Moderate Charges. Estimates Free. LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. dress and aspect of the hapless pair. There they stood, sidered honourable; but as the work was very laborious, and pale, downcast, and apprehensive. Yet there was an air of it was difficult to procure voluntary recruits for it, the ancient mutual support, and of pure affection, seeking aid and giving nations used to put their prisoners of war to this service. THE ALDGATE it, that showed them to be man and wife, with the sanction Then it became customary to condemn criminals to the For Overcoats and ot a priest upon their love. The youth, in the peril of the work. TURKISl^ BATHS. ALAN RAPER moment, had dropped his gilded staff, aud thrown his arm In the Middle Ages the galley rowers were convicts and Winter Clothing & ZHI. l^EYILL. about the Lady of the May, who leaned against his breast, infidel prisoners, who were chained to the benches. The too lightly to burthen him, but with weight enough to express : Turks retaliated, and put captured Christians to the same OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MILE END ROAD. that their destinies were linked together, for good or evil. I labour. GO TO Gentlemen—44, High St., Whitechapel. They looked first at each other, and then into the grim In France, Spain, and the Italian Republics, during the Watches, Clocks captain's face. There they stood, in the first hour of wedlock, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the galleys were used as Ladies—7, Commercial Road. AND while the idle pleasures, ot which their companions were the the means of punishment for all criminals; even those who had W. J. KINC (Next door to Gardiner's.) emblems, had given place to the sternest cares of life, per­ committed capital crimes were thus utilised. Heretics were 2s. 6d. before 6 ; Is. 6d. after 6 p.m. Jewellery. sonified by the dark Puritans; but never had their youthful particularly sought out for this purpose; and in France flDercbant Sailor And at London Bridge and Charing Cross. The Largest and Best Assort­ beauty seemed so pure and high as when its glow was vagrants, beggars, poachers, etc., were employed, and, as AND ment in the East of London, at chastened by adversity. even all these did not suffice to man the benches, slaves Store Prices. 44 Youth," said Endicott, 44 ye stand in an evil case, thou were bought from the Turks, negroes were brought from JUVENILE OUTFITTER, JARRETT & GOUDGE'S and thy maiden wife. Make ready presently; for I am Guinea, and Indians were kidnapped in the New World. Celebrated Full Trichord, Iron-Framed. Check Action DIAMONDS minded that ye shall both have a token to remember your Galley slaves were subjected to the greatest indignities 16 & 18, Green St., And other Precious Stones wedding day! " and cruelties. Their heads and faces were shaved, they PIANOFORTES. 44 MOUNTED or RE-SET Stern man," cried the May Lord, " how can I move were always chained to their benches, and they rowed BETHNAL GREEN, E. From 10/6 per Month. thee ? Were the means at hand, I would resist to the death. entirely naked, being only allowed to wear clothing when In g, 15, or iS-carat Gold, Being powerless, I entreat! Do with me as thou wilt; but in port. They were seldom released, even when their time A Guarantee with every Instrument. IN ANY STYLE. let Edith go untouched ! " Overcoats from - - 14/6 Unsurpassed for Quality of Tone. of service was accomplished. Henry IV. ordered the captains Macnifcent Instruments at Manufacturers " Not so," replied the immitigable zealot. " We are not of all galleys to retain prisoners for six years, even although Men's Strong Tweed J'riccs for Cash, or by Easy Terms. Repairs, Re-Plating & Re-Gilding wont to show an idle courtesy to that sex, which requireth condemned for a shorter time ; and under Louis XIV., galley City Warehouse: 6, NEW BROAD ST., E.C of every description. the stricter discipline. What sayest thou, maid ? Shall thy slaves sentenced for only two or three years were often Trousers from - 5/6 EAST END SHOW ROOM: Money liberally advanced upon every silken bridegroom suffer thy share of the penalty, besides retained for fifteen years, and more. Criminals preferred 308, MILE END ROAD, E. description of valuable property his own ? " mutilation, and even death, to labour in the galleys. The Closed on Sundays. Steam Works: Triangle Rd., Hackney, E. " Be it death," said Edith, 44 and lay it all on me ! " galleys in France were abolished in 1748. They had been Iruly, as Endicott had said, the poor lovers stood in a gradually going out of use in that and other countries for Loss of Teeth is Loss of Health. Foff HIQHi try some years. JOSEPH TOBINS, woeful case. Their foes were triumphant, their friends TEETH FITTED WITHOUT PAIN. captive and abased, their home desolate, the benighted CHARLES DAWE, MTutcbmalter & Jftfoclltr, wilderness around them, and a rigorous destiny, in the shape Teeth, 2s. 6d. ©Ijcesentmtflc* & guttcrmcxu, of the Puritan leader, their only guide. Yet the deepening to £1 Is. 382, Zbe H>a\> of flD.ip.'s Hbroab. Ordinary Extrac­ twilight could not altogether conceal that the iron man was E tions, is.; Painless 159, MILE END ROAD (BE&JMONT SQ.)> MILE END ROAD, E softened: he smiled at the fair spectacle of early love: he Extractions, 5s. almost sighed for the inevitable blight of early hopes. OM E curious statistics have just been published concerning Sets, £1 Is. to Also 32, CABLE ST., E. the salaries given to members of Parliament by various All kinds of Watches, Clocks, Jewel " lhe troubles of life have come hastily on this young S £10 10s. Noted for Devonshire Pork and Poultry, Ostend and Wild Rabbits lery, Musical Boxes, Spectacles, &c. couple ' observed Endicott. "We will see how they comport foreign nations. To begin with France; the senators and (fresh three times a week). Our Special Leading Article—Finest Cleaned, Repaired, and Re Plated at Trade Prices. themselves under their present trials, ere we burthen them deputies receive the same remuneration—namely, £1 sterling MR. W. FAIRS, Brittany Butter, 1/2 per lb. Irish and Wiltshire Bacon and Hams a day. In Belgium, each member of the Chamber of We call for ami return jobs daily. with greater. If, among the spoil, there be any garments of Rental gnvQCOxti of the Finest Quality. All our Butters are guaranteed pure. a more decent fashion, let them be put upon this May Lord Representatives gets a month. In Denmark the mem­ Shops Supplied. Families waited upon Daily. PLEASE SEND POST-CARD ONLY. and his Lady, instead of their glistening vanities. Look to bers of the Landsthing are paid about 15s. per day. In 586, Old Ford Road, E. it, some of you." !!W I>eers and Commons are given an equal sum, Bow and Bromley Funeral which is £67 a year. In Sweden the members of the Diet Boots! Boots! Boots! 0 ir And, not. the y°uth's hair be cut ? " asked Peter Establishment. 1 alfrey, looking with abhorrence at the love-sick and long receive £66 for a session of four months, but they have to BUY OF THE MAKER, W. S. CROKER, FOR CHEAP AND RESPECTABLE glossy curls of the young man. refund a fine of 12s. for every day's absence. That is not a C\?cle Manufacturer, FUNERALS WITHOUT EXTRAS. " Crop it forthwith and that in the true pumpkin-shell bad idea. In Switzerland the members of the National W. H. ELLIS, Until recently trading as an swere 44 Council get 10s. per diem, and those of the Council of State ST"' . f even in our AND the members of the Cortes are also unpaid, but they enjoy Note Address : Opposite entrance to May pole! " ' who missPend it in dancing round a 26, High Bromley, E. many advantages and immunities. In Greece the Senators Stratford Market Station, G.E.R. 2, St. Stephen's Road, BOW. E. St., BRING YOUR REPAIRS. And Endicott, the severest Puritan of all who laid the get £20 a month, and the deputies £10. In Germany the lock foundation of New England, lifted the wreath of roses representatives receive an average of 10s. a day. In Austria a 1S he ^n\i f irUim °i Ma)'-pole, and threw it, with his own , P y * same as in France, £1 a day. England is the only country where members of Parliament are entirely fhp v II °ier ith? heads of the Lord and Lady of of fhl 11WaS a prophecy. As the moral gloom unpaid and have no special immunities of a valuable nature. Nntirpl HARRY ERSKINE.theGreatHatter. of the world overpowers all systematic gaiety, even so was their home of wild mirth made desolate amid the sad forest IN a certain town the following placard is affixed to the shutters llUlluUi NOW OPEN the New B!ue-HatWarehouse, y letuilied to it 110 more. IJul, as their flowery garland of a watchmaker who has decamped, leaving his creditors minus: Wound up, and thc mainspring broke." 131, WHITECHAPEL ROAD, i-ondo^Hospitai ROGERS' "NURSERY" THE MESSRS HAIR LOTION TROUSERS Destroys all Nits SCOTTISH Made to Measure. C.C.&T, MOORE and Parasites in Respoctfullv announce the dates . of their old established f^A *f\ children's heads, Sanitary Xaun&rp, rtl [.I land immediately periodical Sales I" HU I /allays the irrita­ 131, OK tion. Perfectly harmless. MILE END ROAD. Prepared only by W. ROGERS, Chemist, Ben Jonson Road, ESTATES Stepney, E. Bottles yd. and is. Speciality AND HOUSE PROPERTY, Of all Chemists and Perfumers. (Held for upwards of 50 years) which Special Bottles, post free from obser­ Shirt and Collar Dressing. are appointed to take place at vation, 15 Stamps. THE AUCTION MART, TOKENHOUSE YARD, The Greatest Luxury in Coffee ! ON TUB MJ Second & Fourth Thursdays 1/- MYORA per lb. Usual Retail Price, 10/6 of the Month. Should be tried by every judge of good Coffee. F. HANSTNC, Careful attention given to Rent Col­ lecting and the entire Management of 179 & 181, Cable Street House Property. F0RW00DS & COMPANY, 49, Green St., Bethnal Green, Auction ^ Survey Offices: 351 & 353, 2*6, New Kent Road, S.E. 144, MILE END RD., E. COMMERCIAL EOAD. 9, Deptford Bridp-e, S.E. THURG00D, T. J. RIX, J HOSIER, C. C. TAYLOR & SON, Practical Watch Maker, 10 &12, MILE END RD., E. MANUFACTURING Glover & Shirtmaker, JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, 446, 448 & 450, SALES BY AUCTION of Every Description of Property. ETC., ETC. VALUATIONS & SURVEYS FOR ALL PURPOSES. 480, Bethnal Green Road, E. BETHNALJ5REEN ROAD, RENTS COLLECTED AND HOUSE PROPERTY MANAGED. Repairs, Plating 8c Gilding NOTED FOR TIES, SHIRTS, AND CARDIGAN JACKETS. Insurances Effected in the Phoenix Fire, London and done for the Trade on the Premises Shirts made to Order. General Plate Glass, British Empire Mutual Life, and ESTABLISHED 1862. Fancy Drapery Department next door. the Accident Insurance Companies. Closed on Thursdays at Five o'clock.

CARMAN BROS., rOAVCD'C (J.V. ROCKLEYA E. RICHARDSON, Wholesale, Retail and UllU I £L i\ O v Proprietor, ) Photographic Chemists 150, The Grove,) connected by (26, Woodgrange Ed., MILE END RD., 278, ROMAN ROAD, STEATF0ED, f Telephone 1 F0EEST GATE. BOW.E. ®after& pastrycook. Proprietors of Garman Bros.' Bride Cakes made to order. BEST LIVER PILLS, PIANOS ON EASY TERMS o CO A TED-TASTELESS. o Whole Meal and Vienna Bread. 7id., 1/1* 0 2/9 Per Box. No Deposit or Security required, and no charge for Carriage or OF MOST CHEMISTS. First Year's Tuning. FAMILIES WAITED ON DAILY. For Good and Cheap DORSET HOUSE. EST. 1850. J. H. SHIPMAN, H. TURTLE, 5 O O T S wbveiia atxb W. PRINCE r-p-rp -rr- 244, MILE END ROAD, piamtfachirsr, (Opposite Globe Road.) Umbrellas Repaired & Recovered FRESH BUTTERS. J. SMITH, on the Shortest Notice. The Best Fresh x/6 213, Salmon's Lane, The Best Brittany 1/4 SHIRT MAKER, Sticks Dressed & Mounted. Paris Fresh x/2 AND LIMEHOUSE. (Usually sold as Brittany.) Good Ladies' Button or Lace 510a, BOW RD., E. SALT BUTTERS. General Draper, Corner of Canal Road. The Very Best Dorset .. .. 1/4 Boots from 2/11$; Gentleman's Good Mild or Salt 1/2 Lace or Side Spring Boots. 4/11 Ladies' and Gladstone Bags. An excellent Butter .. .. 1/0 158 & 160, GREEN ST., Dress Boots or Shoes at equally SATCHELS & RUG STRAPS. Pure Irish 0/10 Low Prices. Note the Address. N.B.—All our Butters are warranted BETHNAL GREEN. Athletic Appliances to Order. absolutely pure. THE BEST HOUSE IN THE ESTIMATES FREE. TRADE for WILLIAM FOX & SONS, Calicos, Hosiery, ~WILC END P1WTECHNICON Shirtings, Lace, ALLAR3 BROS Sheetings, Blankets, MILEEKD 109 & 111, BETHNAL GKEEN BOAD, Linens, Counterpanes, AND Flannels, Underclothing, 72, BRIDPORT PLACE, HOXTON. Prints, Embroideries, o -o- All Prescriptions, Family Recipes, and Hospital Letters dispensed WEEKLY PAYMENTS TAKEN. with accuracy and at Low Prices. O Elastic Stockings, Enemas, Chest Protectors, Trusses, and all N.B. No Parcel separated, or kept Personal Superintendence. Surgical Appliances. longer than three months. Closed 2 o'clock Thursdays. MILE END AUCTION MART 330 & 332, MILE END ROAD. The Gun Stores, Messrs. W. UPTON & CO. 599, COMMERCIAL ROAD. Sell by Auction every Tuesday Evening, at 7. a quantity of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and EFFECTS. Noted for Good Tea and Coffee. Freehold and Leasehold Houses and Land sold by auction and privately BEFTS COLLECTED. TRY 2/- BLEND. Printed by THOMAS POULTER & SONS, LIMITED, for the TRUSTEES OK THE BEAUMONT TRUST, People's Palace Mile End E at their Works, The Globe Printing and Paper Works, Rupert Street, E. Office : 0, Arthur Street West, E.C.—Wednesday, Nov.'13/1889.