excellent band was present to enliven the proceedings. The whole company having sung grace, no time was lost in putting to a practical test the qualities of several roast and boiled meats, plum puddings, mince pies, tarts, fruits, etc, which, as already intimated, were provided by Mr. Verney of Hastings. Ample justice having been done to the viands, the cloths were removed, and Mr. J.E. Butter was called to the chair. This gentleman said he need not tell them how happy he was to meet them on that festive winding up of the Temperance year, which had been a great success, not only in the ordinary Temperance movement, but also with the institute connected with the Hall, more particularly the classes, lectures, concerts and other arrangements which had been made for the instruction, amusement and well being of its members. He stated the circumstances connected with the offer of prizes by the committee for the best essays on given subjects, and gave an outline of the evenings proceedings, explaining that in lieu of toasts that were usually given at convivial meetings, they would propose votes of thanks to such of the persons present as had rendered services to Total Abstinence. This was done, and
many of the propositions as well as the responses, were accompanied by good, practical, and in some cases, eloquent remarks. The entertainment concluded with the National Anthem and a round of cheers for the Queen.
The Musical Entertainments have been described under the head of concerts, and the lectures, with other movements of the Temperance party will now be briefly recorded.
Richard Noah Bailey, the reformed pugilist, as the Londoners delighted to call him, met with a hearty reception at the Temperance Hall on the 19th of January, when in the presence of a crammed house he delivered an address on The Struggles of Early life. In this address the speaker's own experience, both as a professor of fistiana and as a teltotaller was given in a forcible and amusing manner.
A Juvenile Panorama. The entertainment at the Temperance Hall on the evenings of the 27th and 28th of January consisted of a cleverly got up panorama by Masters Philip Tree and Arthur Butler. The subject was "Masterman Ready" and was accompanied by verbal descriptions and music.
The Permissive Bill was the subject of an explanatory discourse on the 24th of February by Mr. Roper, parliamentary agent of the united Kingdom Alliance. Other speakers were W. D. Lucas Shadwell, Esq., Mr. Ranger, Rev. W. N. Tilson Marsh, and Mr. Warr. [See page 226].
A Shadow Entertainment. There being at the time a craving for the supernatural with a prevailing taste for the comic, it had an opportunity of having its desires satisfied to some extent at a Shadow Entertainment exhibited in the Temperance Hall by a local Phantom Troupe. A white screen had been stretched across the platform and a strong light placed at the extreme back of it, whilst the other part of the room was kept in darkness, consequently, the -
