d public worship. In reality, the number is
less. Yet, perhaps, the returns show as much religious observance as we
could expect.

By way of contrast, let us see how the London world that is not religious
spends its Sabbaths. A very large and complicated organization would be
required to collect the statistics of the habits of the population of
London on a Sunday, but an attempt was made on August 16, of the present
year, to throw some light upon the subject by a few gentlemen accustomed
to observe and estimate large numbers of people. The outward
passenger-traffic by the railways during the morning appeared to be about
as follows:--

Great Western, by the 8 and 9 o'clock trains 1900
Ditto, by the afternoon trains 2400
South Western, by the two early excursion trains 2500
Ditto, parliamentary 2800
Ditto, afternoon train 5000
London and Brighton, with South-Eastern, North Kent, and
other lines at London-bridge:
By morning trains 10,500
Afternoon 6000
Great Northern:
Morning 1500
Afternoon 2000
Eastern Counties:
Morning 1800
Afternoon 4500
North Western:
Morning 1800
Afternoon 1000

The steam-boats above and below bridge were crowded, and the various
public gardens, &c, on the sides of the river, were also crowded. About
14,000 persons passed down the river, and about 6000 upwards, beyond the
ordinary river traffic. In Greenwich Park there were about 80,000
persons, and Gravesend and Woolwich were also crowded by visitors,
estimated at 10,000, including the patrons of Rosherville gardens, &c.
At 5 o'clock there were nearly 2000 persons in Cremorne Gardens, and at 8
o'clock fully four times that number. Hampton Court was scarcely as
crowded by visitors as on some previous days, but the numbers there and
the excursionists to Kew have been already estimated by the boat and
train. In the Regent's Park the numbers have n