day, they might consider it as so much money invested. He and other Christian ministers, while they were anxious that the Sabbath should be kept from desecration, would desire that the people should enjoy themselves. He wished that there were more means for public recreation for the working classes, and hoped the time was not far distant when they would have a Saturday half-holiday and four great national holidays in the year. If the war had continued, they would have been subjected to very heavy taxation, and surely it was a cause for rejoicing that it was ended. He thought the 29th would not be a suitable day, as many would like to see the rejoicings in London as well as those at home. He would suggest the 4th of June, a celebrated day in good old George's time. - Mr. W. Ransom said that though he agreed in the main with the previous speaker, he thought if the peace was worth commemorating, it deserved a more permanent memorial; he would therefore move as an amendment "That a committee be appointed to enquire into the probable cost of an illuminated clock on the open space between York Buildings and Robertson street." First impressions were often of great importance; and they could not too much for that part of the town to make it attractive to visitors when they first alighted. The amendment was negatived and the original motion was carried by 48 to 5. A committee was then formed, who immediately sat for business, the Rev. J. A. Hatchard being one to proffer his services in making arrangements.
The day thus fixed for the local celebration enabled the writer of these notes to go to London, there to see the magnificent fireworks from a most advantageous position on the roof of a new mansion, which commanded a view of all the places where they were exhibited, and certainly the sight was exceedingly grand. The display on Primrose Hill could only be seen by a sideway glance, but in the Green Park, Hyde Park and St. James's Parks, the view was complete and uninterrupted from that elevated position. And then, the illuminations in the principal thoroughfares were simply gorgeous.
The Local Celebration - The 4th of June came in its natural course and the peace celebration came with it. A report of the fête appeared in the St. Leonards Gazette, but as the file from April to September, with one solitary exception, hs been lost, the following account is condensed from the Hastings News[a]:- "Hastings does possess en-
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