12 AUGUST 1871, Page 3

The statute holiday on Monday was only partly observed. The

,clerks went out of town, but the workmen stopped there, which, considering that our long-absent friend the sun has reappeared, glowing with his long holiday, is a pity. The Telegraph thinks the reason is the want of a name for the new holiday, and suggests Lammas, Loaf-mass, which would do very well, only the people south of the Humber have foregotten the word. Why not talk modern English, and call it Harvest Monday ?