1 OCTOBER 1932, Page 13

A Hundred Years Ago

THE " SPEcrAroa," SEPTEMBER 29TH, 1832.

The master butchers of the metropolis have formed themselves into a society, for the purpose of procuring a law for the general suspension of all trade and labour on Sunday. They deserve the highest credit for the example they have shown. To say nothing of religion, common sense loudly calls for the strict and universal observance of the Sunday's rest. The labouring classes are especially interested in it ; and for their sakes especially, we hope the attempt to enforce it will be judiciously made, as in that case it can hardly

fail to be successful. * s • *