[posted] Posted(#62197, Parsons)

[David Price]

A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, by Benjamin Parsons  62197
   [Subtitle: on the cruelty and injustice of opening the Crystal Palace
              on the Sabbath]
   [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/1/9/62197 ]
   [Files: 62197-0.txt; 62197-h.htm]



For those wishing to know: in 1852 the Earl of Derby was the Prime 
Minister of England and the Crystal Palace had opened to great crowds in 
south London.  In proposing to open the Crystal Palace on Sunday 
afternoons for the poorer folk who were unable to see it, the Earl was 
attacked by the religious folk, and this pamphlet is a typical example. 
Rev. Parsons insists he only cares about the welfare of people, and says 
Sunday opening is terrible.  However, at the end he says that middle-class 
people won't go to churches in the morning, but would take a day of 
pleasure and rest instead.  Perhaps that was really the reason as he 
didn't seem to care much about the welfare of folk in the rest of his 
life.

All the best,
David,
Very windy England