4 DECEMBER 1886, Page 3

The decision of the Beaumont Trustees not to close the

East- End Palace during the Sundays, except at certain hours, was a very wise, and even necessary one. Hal they decided otherwise, half the sympathy which the wish to brighten the lives of the poorest of the poor has excited, would have been quenched, for Sunday is the only day which it is easy to make much brighter for the hard-working population of the East End. Whether the decision not to apply for a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquors is equally wise, we are not quite so sure, though we are disposed to think it the right decision. The greater number of sober and temperate working men and women would prefer a Palace where there was no temptation to drink, to a Palace where they would have had to rely on their own firmness and virtuous resolution if they would escape a fall. Is not that final?