Vie 6pettator, aprit 30tb, 1833 Lord Palmerston received at his
residence in Carlton Gardens, on Monday, a deputation of working men, accompanied by the Reverend S. T. Bayley, Secretary of the Lord's Day Observance Society; who presented a memorial against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Lord Palmerston told the deputation, that as they bad been fair and just with him, he would be frank with them. He could not see how the opening of this pleasure-ground could be productive of the amount of evil ,which had been described—but that was his private opinion. He must confess that he had frequently taken a ferry across the river on Sundays, and had also taken a row himself, and had seen persons on the banks taking a breath of fresh air; but he did not see any harm in that. He thought the opening of the Crystal Palace would draw people away from public-houses. However, he promised, of course, to " consider," etc.
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