29 DECEMBER 1883, Page 13

THE LONG VACATION.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

Stn,—In considering the question of the Long Vacation, it should be borne in mind that there are other vacations when there is a total cessation of the sittings of the Courts, namely, twenty days at Christmas, twelve days at Easter, and ten days at Whitsuntide. In all cases, I have taken clear days, not in- cluding the last day of the sittings preceding, or the first day of the sittings following, each vacation ; six weeks in all ; add on the ten weeks of the reduced Long Vacation, making a total holiday of sixteen weeks in the year. Few Ten-to-Fours—or rather, in the case of her Majesty's Judges, 10.30 to 4—get such an amount of holiday.—I am, Sir, &c., A JUNIOR BARRISTER.