The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx, The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, but prices were not changed, except for New American, from 61d. to 7id. per lb., which appeared in some quantity, and was pressed for sale, at a decline of at least id. per lb. The sales were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham, 51d. to 6d. ; 300 Egyptian, 6d. to 90. ; and 300 Surat, 31d. to 40. per lb. In the Railway Share Market there was a consider able improvement observable in the value of the leading stocks at the Exchange. Accounts from Paris and Vienna Bourses report great buoyancy and improvement on the former, and a continued fall in public and private securities on the latter. The French 3 per cent. Rentes rose yesterday as much as 35 centimes, and the 41 stock 75c. Money was easy, and there is no doubt that the improvement will continue. Railway Shares rose from 5 to 10fr., and shares of the Credit Mo biller were bought at an advance of 17f. 50c. The international society, for the adoption of uniform weights, measures, and moneys, through out Europe, terminated their extraordinary meet ing, at the Palace of Industry, Paris, very satis factorily. The association is now considered to be fully organised, and will continue to propagate in formation on this important question until they succeed in effecting some measure approximating to the objects in view. It has been decided that the central committee will be established in Paris, and be in regular communication with local committees appointed in the principal cities of Europe. Al ready these have been formed in London, Madrid, Lisbon, and Vienna, and at Berlin and some cities of the Zollverein matters are in progress. • Advices from French Guiana to the 17th Octo ber have arrived, wherein it is announced that gold has been discovered in that colony, on the river Approuagece. The discoverer, Felix Coney, states that he has dug up and washed about 150 grammes weight, amongst which is a nugget weighing 57 grammes (about 2 ounces), and that the other portion consists of 3 and 4 grammes. In his observations he states that there is every indication of the colony proving to be rich In auriferous deposits, from the similarity of 40, geological structure to the gold regions of Califor nia. Already a company has been formed to work out the discovery on an extensive scale, which Rill have the advantage of proceeding in their operations upon the experiences of gold miners from California. The official Gazette of Cayenne publishes the fact with authority, and looks for ward to the beneficial results which will accrue to the colony from the discovery. In consequence of the instalment of 10 per cent. on the English Loan having to be paid yesterday an active demand for money existed, and in most cases the Bank of England minimum rate was ex ceeded. No difficulty, however, was experienced, and this liability, amounting to 1,600,0001., having been discharged, rather an easier feeling will, no doubt, prevail. Rumours have been freely circu lated to the effect that the Government has made some arrangement which will relieve the position of the Bauk of England, and an early extension of the note circulation is generally expected. It was stated yesterday afternoon that power will be given for the additional issue of 3,000,0001. of totes. The rates current for three months' bills on the various cities of the Continent yesterday afternoon were mostly rather weaker. The English Funds have scarcely supported the latest prices current yesterday after the regular hours of business, but the market nevertheless presents a steady appearance. Such an advance as occurred yesterday, namely, 1 per cent., will, no doubt, tempt a few sales, but with the rise on the Paris Bourse, and the expec tation there as well as here that some financial movement is near at hand, they will not have much effect unless some untoward event occurs. Consols for money after being 881 to 89 have declined to 881 to 881. For time the quota tions have been 87k and 882 to 88k. The New 3 per Cents. have been 881 to 881, and the Re duced 871 to 88. F.Tchequer Bills have been heavy *at 12s. and Bs. discount. Speculation is very inert in the Foreign market, and up to the present hour none of the South - American securities have been dealt in. Turkish Bonds are firm at 80/ to 81k, and the New Scrip at 31 to 31 discount. Dutch 4 per Cents. have risen namely, to 93. French 3 per Cents. are 66 25, with the exchange at 25 25. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7 ; Mexican, 19k ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three Per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 94 to 96 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88; Spanish New Deferred, 191 to 20; ditto Three per Cents., 3 81 to ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 4i ; ditto Pas sive, 6 to 6f. Railway Shares generally tend upwards, and a Moderate amount of business is being transacted. The Great Northern have risen about 1, Great Western, to 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; North- Western, 4to ; and the others in propor tion. The Foreign lines continue very dull. Great Western of Canada shares are rather dearer. Mining and Banking Shares attract scarcely any attention, and the miscellaneous undertakings are remarkably dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING FitleF S. Nrom the Officiat List. , 10• • Bank Stock ..... . 3 ~ o r cont. Reduced Annuities._ . 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities B9 88 '9B 83 A I New 3 per Cent. Annuities L•Ang Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 31 India Bonds, £lO-00 Ditto, under £lOOO Consols ;or Account 894 8i Exchequer Bills, 28 d. £1000 £ 5 OO 8 7 d Small 3 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DA Y. Equador Bonds Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the account. 45 Rusainn Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ 5t..... 96 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 381 • Turkish Ronde, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account BlB 80i Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the account 3l Div,dends on the above payable in L0n.,,, Frenclißentes, 44 per Cent 9lf 50c Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Scrip 2nd Loan of 1835 1 , 4 Ditch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Cull Ditto 4 per Cens. Curtifieates • 933 3 THREE O'CLOGR. Consol 3 Ditto foc Account Dec. 6 MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to - d a y' s market was very limited, and chiefly composed of Monday's un s ol d sam p les, all kinds met a slew sale, but we have no change to notice ta the quotations. We had a very dull inquiry for foreign wheat—the sup ply of which was small, at Monday's currencie s. Floating cargoes of grain' wore firm, and held for more money. The barley trade was steady, at extreme quotations. Malt was quite as dear as last week. There was a fair demand for oats, at full quotations. Beans and peas were firm ; but flour met a dull inquiry. Wheat. ILnelah .. 1,390 Irish .... Foreign i I ' l4o 1 ARRIVALS THIS WIER. Barley. f Malt. 3,020 ) I 040 Oats. Flour . 750 ss 17 , 450 —brls I BOROUGH HOP. The old duty having been declared at 393,6351., the de mand for all kinds of hops is heavy, and prices are barely supported. WHITECHA.PEL. About an average business was transacted to-d:►y, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 6d ; mutton, 3s 44 to 49 6d; veal, 3s 13d to 4s 10,1 ; pork, 3s 6(1 to 5s 2d per 81ba by the carcase. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days 10 'Cending , Saturday, Nov. 17 ; —Number admitted, i❑clud- 5 ing season ticket holders, 7.683 ; alnount received for la' ad uissions, 289/. lls. Oue Shilling Day, Tuesday, Nov. 25 2 0 —Admissions on payment, 473 ; ditto by season 2 5 -tickets, 99 ; total visitors, 572 ; corresponding day last year, 1,480. t Intlie SSW, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER CI, 1.115: ei vobn it • 0 this day. 87i i 6i i 71 !MI i SO 49/ i 6i pm 754 91 4 41 1 4 1 31 4 131 i 211 2 li 6i 55 4 631 3 34 481 3 37 391 I 53i i iltrt t r w tit ke) g SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Disturbance in Hyde park on the Ist July. TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty,—We, the commissioners appointed by your Majesty's letters patent under the great seal bearing date the 14th of July in the nineteenth year of your reign, and commanded to inquire into an alleged disturbance of the public peace on Sunday the Ist of July, 1855, in Hyde-park and the adjoining streets, and into all the circumstances thereof and all matters connected there with, and particularly into the conduct of the officers and constables of the Metropolitan police in connection with the same, and into the truth of all and singular the com plaints of the conduct of them or any of them upon that occ ision which might be brought under our investigation ; Humbly report, that on the receipt of your Majesty's commission we gave notice by letter to several persons who had sent written complaints to your Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, and also gave general notice in the public newspapers of our intention to bold an inquiry into the matters submitted to us by your Ma t jesty's said commission, on Tuesday the 17th day of July, 185 in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and at the time and place so ap pointed we commenced our sittings. In the outset of the inquiry we were met by a difficulty as to obtaining evidence. Most of the persons who con sidered themselves aggrieved by the conduct of the police on the day in question were strangers to each other, and no combined arrangement had been made for the purpose of bringing their several complaints before us. Some of them could not afford to procure professional assistance, and perhaps felt unequal to speak for themselves. In fact, with one exception, no individual appeared to be prepared to make any statement or give evidence before us with re ference to the matters into which we had met to inquire. It happened that Mr. Mitchell, a respectable and intelli gent attorney, who had attended at the police court on behalf of a client taken into custody in Hyde-park on the Ist of July, also appeared before us on behalf of the same client to complain of the conduct of the police. In order to discharge this duty for his client, Mr. Mitchell le d made himself acquainted generally with the occurrences which were to become the subjects of our inquiry. Under these circumstances we felt ourselves warranted in re questing Mr. Mitchell to give his assistance to any of the complainants who might be willing to avail themselves of it in bringing their several complaints before us. To this proposal Mr. Mitchell assented. The complainants wil lingly availed themselves of his assistance, and entrusted their cases to his management. To him, and also to Mr. Ellis, the attorney who conducted the case on behalf of the police, we are much indebted for their able assistance in eliciting the facts and discussing the points brought before us in the course of our inquiry. We continued our sittings in the Court of Exchequer from day to day until Thursday the 2d of August, when, after hearing Mm'rMitehell and Mr. Ellis on behalf of their respective clients, and repeating the statement which we had on several previous occasions publicly made, that if there were still any persons who had complaints to prefer we were ready to hear them, and receiving no answer to this invitation, we closed the investigation, having sat 15 days, and examined upon oath 86 witnesses on the part of the complainants, and 94 on the part of the police, a full report of whose evidence is annexed. The scenes in Hyde-park which gave rise to this inquiry seem to have had their origin chiefly in popular feeling against a. bill introduced into the Commons House of Par liament by Lord Robert Grosvenor, to prevent trading on Sunday within the Metropolitan police district and City of London, and commonly called the Sunday Trading Bill. Prior to Sunday 24th of June, a handbill was printed and circulated referring to this measure as the New Sun day Bill, and stating that an open-air meeting, to see how religiously the aristocracy observe the Sabbath, would be held in Hyde-park cu Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock, on the right bank of the Serpentine looking towards Ken sington-gardens. Accordingly, between three and four o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday the 14th of June, a large multitude assembled in Hyde park on the spot indicated on the north back o le fltratthe Serpentine.cail carriages, and a There g the crowdde suchshouted, noises hooted,asto and frighten the horses in the drive, to the annoyance and dan ger of those on horseback or in carriages. This interrup tion naturally caused alarm, and prevented many carriages driving in-that direction. An attempt was also made by some persons to organise a meeting, and address the crowd, but they were required to desist, and stopped, by the police. In the course of the following week handbills were dis tributed and placards exhibited calculated to attract peo ple to Hyde-park on the next Sunday. It was stated in one of these at " Hyde-park the open-air fete and monster concert would be repeated on Sunday next." In another, " Let us go to church with Lord Robert Grosvenor next Sunday morning. We can attend his lordship in Park lane at half-past ten, go to church with him, then go home to dinner, and be back in time to see our friends in Hyde park." The police superintendents of various districts also reported that large numbers of people were likely to attend the meeting in Hyde-park on Sunday the Ist of July. Under these circumstances, on Friday the 29th of Juno, Sir Richard Mayne communicated with the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and prepared a notice cautioning and requesting well-disposed persons to abstain from joining or attending the meeting announced to be held in Hyde-park, and stating that all necessary measures would he token to prevent such meeting and to preserve the public peace. On Saturday. the 30th of June, this notice was published in the morning newspapers, and also posted at the entrances of the park in the afternoon. Sir Richard Mayne on the same day also issued orders for Superintendent O'Brien to take up a station with a party of police iu the neighbourhood of Lord Robert Grosvenor's house on Sunday, and for four superintendents and 2SO men to assemble in Hyde-park et 2 p.m. Other parties were also directed to be in reserve at Stanhope gate, the Triumphal-arch, the Marble-arch, and Walton-street, Low ndes-square. On Sunday morning the Ist of July, owing to the illness and consequent absence of Superintenderit May, the general direction of the police in Hyde-park leas given to Super intendent Hughes, Sir Richard Mayne remaining during the day at the head office in Scotland-yard. The police constables, before they took up their stations in Hyde-park, were made acquainted with a written order of Sir R. Mayne, that the directions in the printed notices were to be firmly enforced, and that any persons com mencing a meeting or assemblage, or shouting, or making any noise, or acting in any way calculated to cause dis - turbance or frighten horses in carriages, were to be cau tioned as to the consequences, and required to desist ; and that if they did not immediately do so they were to be removed, and, if necessary, taken into custody, and sent to the Police-station at Vine-street. Directions were given verbally to - the men to sit or lie down quietly on the grass, and not to interfere, unless interference became absolutely necessary. Up to half-past two o'clock few persons arrived; those few were orderly, and the Park was quiet. Between half past two and three o'clock the concourse of people in the Park increased, and dense masses collected on the north side of the Serpentine, especially near the Humane So ciety's Receiving -house. The multitude assembled con sisted of various classes. A vast number of persons of all ranks were there, simply for the ordinary and legitimate purposes of exercise and recreation, to which the Park is specially dedicated ; others came led by curiosity to watch the proceedings of the day ; others with a view of expressing by their presence their disapproval of the Sunday Treding Bill ; a large number also, chiefly lads and young men, with a view of giving expression to their disapprobation by shouts, cries, and noises along the drive. There was also a mixture of thieves, pickpockets, and other reckless and disorderly persons, bent on plunder and mis chief, and seeking to effect their purposes under the shield of popular excitement. Soon after three o'clock noisy and riotous proceedings like those on the precedin.. Sunday were commenced by some of the crowd who lined the rails of the drive along the Serpentine. Carriages and riders in passing were met by shouts of " Go to church" and other cries, yelling, hoot ing, whistling, and discordant noises. Missiles were occa sionally thrown at them. One man, who was afterwards fined for the offence, was taken into custody for flinging part of a hurdle at a gentleman on horseback. A boy ran before a cariiage, and repeatedly struck at the horse's nose with his cap, and the crowd cheered him. The horses in an open britska, in which an officer and his daughter were seated, became frightened, and plunged ; a clod of earth or other missile passed over the carriage, and had it not been for the police, who prevented the people from getting in front of the horses, the consequence might have been seri ous. Other vehicles experienced a similar reception, were pelted with stones, and narrowly escaped injury. At the suggestion of the police some carriages tunic(' back from the drive ; and eventually those vehicles which did pass were chiefly filled with persons who shared and sympa thised with the excitement of the crowd ou the subjact of Sunday legislation. . - About half-past three the danger to vehicles was greatly increased by the throng in the drive, where it was most easy to alarm the horses. It was observed that many of the most disorderly characters were collected in front of the rails on the south side of the drive near the Receiv ing -house. Superintendent Hughes consulted with Su perintendent Martin, and thought that the time was come to use more vigorous measures to clear the carriage-way, and also, pursuant to directions from Sir Richard Mayne, to clear the crowd back to some distance from the railings, and he accordingly gave orders to the police to clear the road and the rails, and to use their staves. In order to execute these orders the police advanced with tlitir truncheon., drawn along the carriage road of the drive, clearing it of the people; some of whom, not readily yielding or quitting the road, were pushed, struck, or roughly handled. The policemen also passed along the drive, striking on the rails, and brandishing their staves over the heads of the crowd there, and in some instances striking at them, in order to compel them to fall back. Parties of police also passed with drawn staves on to the footpath between the drive and the Serpentine River near the Receiving house, and drove the people back from the rails, arid iu an eastward direction along the bank of the Serpentine. This movement, owing to the crowd and the narrow space, was attended with great alarm and confusion, and some of the people, including well-dressed woman, were forced ankle deep into the water ; others were struck with the staves. Parties of the police also passed behind the rails on the north side of the drive, and drove hack the people 30 or 40 yards, and in some cases further on to the grass. After these movements the police did not ocenpy or keep a line along the cleared space, so as to prevent the return of the people, conse quently crowds collected along the rails again, and were again driven back repeatedly, with more or loss violence and confusion. These proceedings produced or increased irritation and ill feeling on the part of the people assetn bled ; offensive expressions were used to annoy the police, some stones were thrown at them, and frequent collisions took place. The complaints brought before us for unnecessary vio lence and misconduct on the part of the police chiefly refer to transactions which took place during these efforts to clear the carriage-way and to remove the crowd to a dis tance from the rails Some of the complaints we consider well founded, but postpone the particular consideration of the several charges, our present object being simply to give a general summary and outline of the incidents of the day. From half-past three until half-past five o'clock a state of tumult and disturbance prevailed, especially along the drive from the east end of the Serpentine to the Humane Society's Receiving-house. Tho police were, engaged in endeavours to prevent sho tiug and stone-throwing, and iin clearing the crowd out of the drive and away from the rails. Many persons were taken into custody for riotous conduct and throwing atones. SOlll9 were taken in cabs or on foot to Vine•street Police Station, and the yard of the dairy lodge near the receiving house was used se a temporary place of custody for prisoners. The police hav ing been ste orgly reiuforeed in the course of this period, the ccm notion began gradually to subside, and at 6 o'clock the disturbance was effectually subdued in the neighbour hood of the drive. At various times, and especially between six and seven o'clock, many groups of people collected in Open parts cf the park, and collisions took place dining attempts made by the police rushing forward to disperse them or to arrest those who had thrown atomic. Seine of the complaints made to us arose out of those collisions. Soon after seven o'clock some young soldiers of the Guards who had mingled with a portion of the crowd seemed disposed to take part in the tumult. Information of this was brought to Superintendent Hughes, who sent to the Ma„ealine Barracks, and a serjeaut was despatched with a picket to bring in .the soldiers. Some stones were thrown by the crowd at the serjeant and his party whilst engaged in the performance of this duty, and the crowd followed after the soldiers to the barracks, and remained there throwing stoker. The acrjeant in command then sent in his turn to the police for assistance, which was promptly rendered. One of the offenders who had hit a soldier with a stone was given into custody, and after wards fined, and this crowd was dispersed without any unnecessary violence. About nine o'clock in the evening the park was cleared by Superintendent Hughes, with a body of about a hun dred nolicernon, formed in open line, with two or three yards between each man, extending northwards from the Serpentine, and advancing eastwards towards Hyde-park Coiner and Stanhope-gate. This operation seems to have been effected successfully. It has been stated that a party of the police had been stationed by way of erecaution neer Lord R. Grosvenor's house. About six o'clock in the evening a large mass of people set out from Hyde -park towards Grosvenor-gate and Park-street, with cries of" Now to Lord Grosvenor's.'! Soon afterwards a crowd, variously estimated by the wit- nesses at two, three, four hundred, or more in number, was collected before Lord R. Grosvenor's house in Park street. No actual vi o l ence, b eyond t h row i ng a stone at Lord R. Gro venor's messenger, was committed by them ; but their number a n d c l amour wore alarm i ng. T he crowd ger, yelled and groaned, calling " Chuck him out," and using other expressions of hostility to Lord R. Grosvenor, and their aspect and proceedings were sufficiently menacing to excite the fears of the inmates of the house, though some of the cries were of a jocular character. In the meantime, Superintendent O'Brien, who was stationed with a reserve of fifty men at Stanhope Gate, had received information of the- movement from Hyde park, and brought forward his party with all despatch into the south end of Park-street. Ho there formed the men in a column of sections of ten, having a front of five men, and marched them up the street, in order that the crowd might see them coining, and have time to move off. A smaller body of police had previously mingled with the ere led, and endeavoured by persuasion to induce them to disperse, but without effect. On the approach of Superintendent O'Brien's party, some of the crowd retired ; but a large body remained, and received the police with a yell. On entering the crowd, Superintendent O'Brien called on them in a loud voice to disperse. Just at that moment ho was tripped up, fell, and hurt his knee The police who were following him rushed forward with their staves drawn. Though there was no serious resistance, some of them, whilst dispersing and pursuing the crowd, used their staves, and otherwise acted with violence, inflicting severe injuries on several persons who were not shown to have been guilty of any violence, but who refused to move off when requested so to do, or who, being inoffensively .there, ran or stood still when the police came up the street. This conduct on the part of the police was complained of, and will be consi dered hereafter. _ SuperintendentO'Brien states that he gave no orders to remove the crowd by force, but that he should have thought it his duty to do so if the crowd had disregarded his summons to disperse. He expresses his opinion that in the confusion when he fell, and was prevented from advancing along with his party, the men mistook his call on the people to disperse for an order to themselves to disperse the crowd at once. One person only, the witness Lewis Frankland, was taken into custody in Park-street. During the afternoon 71 persons in Hyde -park and one person in Park-street were removed, pursuant to the order, to Vine-street Police-station. Ten of these were charged with felony, and the rest with riotous conduct, or assaults on the police. Great complaints were preferred before us of the insuf ficiency and unfitness of the cells in Vine street for con fining so large a number, and of the suffering e x p er i ence d by those conned in them during the Sunday night, and in some instances on Monday night also. We visited and inspected these cells. Though they may perhaps bo suffi cient for the purpose of receiving the ordinary number of prisoners daily brought there, they certainly were unfit to confine such large numbers as were placed in them on this occasion. Even after 31 prisoners had been removed by direction of Sir R. Mayne and of the superintendent in charge to the Maryleboue and Edgeware-road Stations, the heat and closeness of the cells caused very great suffering, and seriaus risk to the health of those who remained. Seve ral, indeed, stated that their health had been affected in consequence of their confinement. Many of those taken into custody offered to procure bail, but the application was postponed by the inspector in charge of the station, and finally rejected, after a reference to Sir Richard Blayne. This refusal was made the subject of complaint before us. It appears that under the 2d and 3d Vict. the inspector on duty r-t any police station has a discretionary authority to take bail on all charges which might bo summarily disposed of by a magistrate ; but in this case the charge against most of the prisoners was for riotous conduct, and the inspector doubted whether he ought to take bail, and" requested instructions from Sir Richard Mayne. The instruction given was, that no bail should be taken for those charged with riotous conduct or aetuod disorder in .Idio Park , and i s the result, though hall was often offered for certain prisoners, it was uniformly refused. Complaint wee also made of delay in bringing the per sons in custody before the magistrate. None were in fact brought before the sitting magistrate at Marlborough street until between four and five o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, the 2d July, and the consideration of many of the charges was postponed until Tuesday, causing deten tion in s rine instances during another night in Vine street, although bail was taken on Monday evening for all charged with misdemeanour who could procure it. The investigation before the magistrate led to the fol lowing results. Ten had been apprehended as thieves and pickpockets; of these, five were committed for trial, two remanded, one was committed for a month, and two wore discharged. Twenty four were charged with riot or throw ing stones; all of them were convicted, and fined, some 10s., with the alternative of imprisonment of seven days, others 55., others half a crown. Twenty were charged with riot or assaults on the police. Of these, four were fined 10s., three 55., one committed for fourteen days, two for seven days, five were discharged (ei their own recog nisance to keep the peace, and four were discharged un conditionally. Eighteen were charged with obstructing the police in the ex ecu ti on o f their duty. Five of these were discharged on their own recognisances to keep the peace, and thirteen were discharged unconditionally. According to the police return, forty-nine policemen were reported as assaulted and hurt; of these twenty seven were struck with stones, thirteen with sticks or pieces of hurdles, seven kicked and knocked down, and one thrown down and his knee slightly hurt. In entering on the consideration of the violence and in juries imputed to the police, we may remark, that there has been no evidence before us of any loss of life or bone broken, of any limb seriously hurt, or perman ent injury of any kind inflicted. S ee i ng that such f orm idable weapons, as the truncheons of the police undoubtedly are, were used on the occasion, we think there has been some exaggeration in the evidence which describes them as having been used with the utmost violence, and 30 indiscriminately that neither age nor sex was spared. Many witnesses deposed that on various occasions women and children were struck, yet no woman or child appeared before us to complain,nor was the name of any such sufferer ascertained ; and we are led to conclude that if such cases did occur they were less numerous and less serious than some of the witnesses re present. The accusing witnesses were numerous ; but there were also many witesses who came forward, impelled, as they said, by a sense of justice, and bore testimony to the good conduct of the police in all that fell under their observa tion in the course of the transactions in question. Not a few of the complainants accompanied their accusations as to the incidents on this day by stating that the conduct of the police on the let of July was at variance with all their former experience, freely admitting that the general cha racter of the police stood high for moderation and for bearance, and that many policemen on the let of July showed great self-control in the execution of their duty. On the other hand, it is satisfactory to find that none of the crowd came armed in any manner, and that no vio lence seems to have been contemplated by , the general mass even of those who conducted themselves in a disorderly or riotous manner. Their intention seems to have been, to limit their interference to shouts and petty annoyances to those riding or driving in tho Park. Nevertheless, we con sider that the crowd contained a sprinkling of bad and dangerous persons, who required the control of the police, and who, but for such control, might have led the way and been followed by the thoughtless and inconsiderate to mischief and damage to property, the extent of which would only have been limited by the resistance met with. Whatever view may be taken of the conduct of the police, their presence and acts on the let of Julyhad the effect of preventing any such result. After the proceedings in Hyde-park on Sunday the 24th of June it was fit and proper tha t measures should be taken toi secure to all classes the undisturbed exercise of their right to ride or drive in the Park. The arrangements for this purpose seem to have devolved on the First Coin misioner, Sir Richard Mayne, according to the distribu tion of duty sanctioned by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. With the prospect of a recurrence on the Ist of July of the tumults of the 24th of June, it was right to issue some warning to the public, and to apprise the unwary that such proceedings were illegal, and would be checked by the police. The police notice which was advertised, and also printed and placarded, had in view these objects, and also (as we understand it) the prevention of a public meet ing in the Park, at which it was anticipated the subject of the Sunday Trading Bill would be discussed, and the as " sembled multitude addressed by speakers, with the usual forms. An attempt to hold such a meeting had been foiled by the police on the 24th of June. It seems to us that meet ings of this nature might properly be interdicted and sup pressed, as novel, and not sanctioned by usage, or the re gulations of Hyde-park. To make Hyde-park an arena for , the discussion of popular and exciting topics would be in consistent with the chief purposes for which it is thrown open to and used by the public. Whether the holding any such meeting was contemplated it is difficult to say ; but it is certain that the police , notice was understood by many, not as prohibiting a meeting in this limited sense, but as interdicting and prohibiting any meeting or a ssem bl y of large numbers of persons in Hyde-park on the Ist of July. i This construction induced many to go to the park to assert a right which they imagined to be impugned by the notice of the Police Commissioners. The language of the notice, and especially the use of the term " mee ti ng " i n a sense not clearly defined, seems to have given some ground for this construction. The notice, however, produced a good effect, by inducing many to abstain from going to the park in carriage , : or on horseback. SUPERINTENDENT HUGHES, The appointment of; Superintendent H ug h es, a l t h oug h accidental, seems to have been warranted by his e xp er i ence of nearly twenty-five years, at Erma, Ascot, the opening of Parliament, and other occasions whore large crowds are congregated, on which he hal directed the police with ge neral approval. The first object which the police had to effect, in order to protect persona using the - drive, was to keep the car riageway clear. When it is considered th a t an o p en i ron railing, extending for several hundrad yards on both sides of the way, was lined with a dense multitude, any one of whom could pass with ease in a moment under the rail, end that many of the foremost were disorderly, to balk the p o li ce , and cheke the road, the moment they were nol, rest ra i ne d, it w ill b e easily-understood that this was a tick of groa t difficulty. and eager The next object was to check shunts, noises, and other proceedings whi c h m i g ht b y a l arm i ng horses endanger the saf ty of those seeking health and recreation in the drive. Owing to the exeitatnent of the crowd, and the disposition of ninny to give noisy expression to their sentiments, it was impossible to effect this object completely. The at ' tempt was harassing to the police, andleading, as it did, to arrest of individuals, produced irritation in the crowd. The measure most likely to be effectual was to remove • and keep the people back at some distance from the rails, so that the noises and gestures of the crowd might produce less effect, and the drive be kept clear. Sir 'Richard Mayne, anticinating that this course might become advi sable, mentioned it verbally in the forenoon'to Superin tendent Hughes, and at 5 p.m. directed it in his written instructions. It was, however, an operation requiring judicious management, not t be attempted without ado gusto force, and every precaution which tact and temper in dealing with a crowd could stipply. The conduct of Supezintentendent Hughes, in his en deavours to surmount these difficulties, has been impugned on several grounds. He has been accused of undue .excite ment, of using improper language, of having been per , sonally guilty of many assaults with his horsewhip, and with issuing to the police, without sufficient grounds, orders to use their staves, and with failing to control many excesses ou the part of the police under his command. It is impossible to reconcile the evidence as to the super intendent's personal acts of violence. Several witnesses assert that they saw his horsewhip used, and men and women struck with it. Superintendent Hughes most dis tinctly denies having struck any person, but says that he cut the air with his whip, with action which might mis lead some of the witnesses. His evidence is corroborated by several witnesses. If women had been struck, as re presented, we think it highly probable that we should have had souse woman o her companion as a witness. No such testimony, however, was laid before us • neither was the name of any woman or other person alleged to have been so struck ascertained. On this state of the case we consider that, whatever suspicion may arise on the evi dence, we might do Su,e'iatendent Hushes injustice if we were to hold this imputation to be proved. As to excitement, the evidence is again conflicting. Superintendent Hughes says be gave his orders with deci sion, and showed himself promiuent in order to encourage his men. Assuming that there were moments when he did not, in giving his orders, or addressing the bystanders, preserve that coolness of language and manner which is always desirable, yet, under the difficulties with which he was beset, wo think allowance ought to be made, and that this charge affecting his dumeanour and language, as distinct from his acts, may be passed over. In offering au opinion now as to the orders given, we ate sensible how much easier it is in such cases to criticise the past than to choose the right course of action at the moment. Superintendent Hughes states that at about 10 minutes past three or 20 minutes to four in the afternoon he ordered the men to use their staves ; meaning that they were to be moderately. used. This order was given on his own responsibility. He states that he gave it considerie ,, that the critical moment was come when, unless controlled, ° the dangerous elements in the crowd would become un manageable, and serious mischief ensue. The road was then much obstructed, the rough people in the carriage way and at the railings were obstinate, and some stones were thrown at himself and Superintendent Martin. Weighing all the evidence, however, we think this resort to violence was not warranted. No attack had been made by the people, no combined or serious resistance had been made to the police, the carriages and riders passing were few; and, considering how many inoffensive individuals were mixed up with the disorderly portion of the crowd, the execution of such orders would of necessity be dangerous, and attended with unjustifiable violence. If the order to use the staves had been strictly limited to the clearance of the road we might have considered it justifiable. There was an obvious propriety in clearing the carriage-way, and we think there should be little sym pathy for those who at such a time refused or delayed to quit the road, expecting the police to enter into discths'on as to their right of way, or to make exceptions in their favour. But there was not the same necessity to drive the crowd from the railings, and still less to clear the space between the rails and the water of the Serpentine, to which object it is clear the order extended, and it was in the course of executing it that the witnesses Vassie, Maxwell, and others were struck. It also appears that, after orders issued by Superinten dent Hughes, staves were used by the policemen, who ' passed under the rails to drive the crowd back, and who rushed upon the people from time to time, driving them back thirty or forty yards over the grass on the north side of the drive. In the course of these proceedings the wit nesses Woodward, Martin, and others were struck with staves. The object of these movements were frequently unintelligible to the people, and consequently the acts of the police had the appearance of wanton outrage. If the attempt had been made by an adequate force it seems to us that the people might have been moved with out resorting to the use of staves, and a line might have been formed and kept at a suitable distance from the rail; but the attempts made . with inadequate force pro duced much ef the violence which cannot be justified. It might indeed be difficult to know, before the experiment was made, how far it would be practicable to remove and keep back the crowd from the rail ; but prudence required that this experiment should have been abandoned imme diately the collisions attending it were perceived. But these charges or rushes of the police on the people were numerous, and continued for a considerable space of time. Again, up to a late hour in the evening, when groups were collected even at a distance from the olive, parties of the police came rushing forwards, and used their staves to disperse them. The witness George Jennings and others were hurt on these occasions. We do not know on what principle such dispersions by violence can be justified, as it dOOO not appear that any riotous or other illegal proceed ings were going on in these groups. some of the witnesses remarked that the conduct of the police posted along the drive from the oast end of the Ser pentine to the statue of Achilles contrasted favourably with the conduct of those more immediately under Super intendent Hughes, and the complaints made before us seem to support this view ; but it must be considered thet Superintendent Hughes had the chief post of disturbance alone. the line from the east end of the Serpertine to the Dairy Lodge. Ou a review of all the facts in evidence we think that Superintendent Hughes, in en leavouring to discharge a difficult and embarrassing duty, gave too much sanction to the use of the staves, and exercised less control over his men than a due regard for the safety of unoffenditig indi viduals required. We believe that by a more calm and forbearing course on his part much angry excitement at the time, and complaint afterwards, would have been Upon such an occasion of expected tumult it appears to us that the presence of a superior officer on the scene of action would have been desirable, and preferable to any attempt to direst the proceedings from a distance. SUPERINTENDENT O'BRIEN. For the excesses committed on the part of the police in Hyde-park some extenuation may be pleaded from the annoyance to which the police were subjected by the crowd; but the case was different in Park-street, as the police called in' o action there had remained at Stanhope-gate, and had not previously been in the presence of the people, yet seve ral cases of serious injury to unoffendiug individuals there prove a discreditable exercise of violence. We have no hesitati , n in expressing this opinion, though we have found it impossible, except in two instances, to fix on the offending parties. As to Superintendent O'Brien, who led the police here, an injury which befell him at the moment of collision seems to have incapacitated hint from command and control at the time. After full inquiry into the complaints submitted to our consideration, we have deemed it our duty to report mis conduct on the part of various members of the police ; a result the more to be regretted on account of the high character of that body; but if excesses were shown to have been committed by some, ample testimony was also borne to the moderation and forbearance of other mem bers of the same body ou the same occasion; and what ever blame ma y a tt ac h to individuals, it was through the exertions of the police that accidents were prevented in the park, and property in that vicinity protected from damage. When the events of the day are properly appreciated,. we think they will not be found to afford any ground for les sening the confidence of the public—a confidence founded on the experience of six-and-twenty years—in the general good conduct and efficiency of the Metropolitan Police. All which we humbly submit to your Majesty's most gracious consideration. 10th November, 1855. (L. S.) JAMES STUART WORTLEY. (li. S.) ROBERT BAYNES ARMSTRONG. (L. S.) GILBERT HENDERSON. ----- COPY OF A LETTER TO SIR RICHARD MAYNE, K.C.8., COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS. ^ Whitehall, November 13, 1855. to I anl directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to transmit you a copy of the Report of the Commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the disturbance of the public pcaoe in Hyde -park on Sunday, the Ist July, and into tlao con duct of the Metropolitan Police on that occasion. This Report, which was delivered to Sir George Grey on the 10th instant, has received his serious attention. From the description given by the Commissioners of the nature and character of the assemblage in the park on the day in question, of the noisy and riotous proceedings which took pace, and of the danger caused by them to persons in carriages and on horseback, as well as from the statement of the Commissioners that the crowd contained a sprinkling of bad and dangerous parsons who required the cont ro l o f th e po li ce, and who, but for such control, might have led the way and been followed by the thought less and inconsiderate to mis :hid and damage to property, the extent of which would only have been limited by the resistance they met with, there can be no doubt that the interference of the police was indispensably necessary; and Sir George Grey is happy to find that, in the opinion of the Commissioners, the presence and acts of the police on the Ist July hail the effect of preventing any such result, and that it was through their exertions that accidents were prevented in tho park, and property in that vicinity pro tected from damage. It is also satisfactory to know that there was no evidence before the Commissioners of any loss of life or bone brokex, or of any limb seriously hurt, or permanent injury of any kind inflicted. It is, however, with great regret that Sir George Grey finds that the result of the inquiry has been to establish, in the opinion of the Commissioners, charges of serious misconduct on the part of some members of the force, while they report that ample testimony was borne to the moderation and for bearance of other members of the body on the same occa sion, and that when the events of the day are properly appreciated, they would not, in their judgment, be found to afford any jest grounds for lessening tha confidence of the public in the general good conduct and efficiency of the Metropolitan Police. This high character which the force has acquired, and which is highly creditable to it as a bandy, and to those under whose immediate directiona it has been placed, renders it the more important that every precaution should bo taken to prevent its reputation being compromised and its efficiency impaired by misconduct on the part of any of its members. With this view I am to call your p arti cular attention both to the general statements of rliaiscon. duct contained in this Rert, and to the particular in stances in which the Commissioners have r eel ' opinion that such misconduct has been•preveel against ea their in dividual members of the police force. The with ructahs first sesar in are not numer ou s, and nay s .oporly dealt be The first to which Sir George Gray advert is, the case of Superintendent Hughes,.whoH was feels it his dnty to n m y p a r o s charged with the general Commissioners state him park on the Ist July. The.•using . direction of the police in yde to have been accused of h u s n e d u l par language, of r l s l o n e e y e n g t guilty , of m saults • with his horsewhip , of issuing to the p olice without sutficient grounds orders to use their staves, and of failing to control many excesses on the part of the police under his command. Tao evidence in support of the first three of these charges was insufficient to satisfy the Commission ers of th&r being well founded; but even after making allowance for the circumstances in which he was placed, for the obstruction of the road, for the obstinacy of what they teens the "rough people" in the carriage -way and at the railings, and the fact of stones being thrown at himself en d Superintendent Martin, the Commissioners think that Superintendent Hughes was not warranted in the order be gate the well to use their leaves at the time that order was eiveie and that, although if the use of the staves had been strictly limited to the clearance of the carriage -road, they might have considered it justifiable, there was not the same necessity to drive the crowd from the railings, and still less to clear the space between the tedls and the water of the Serpentine. They also think that prudence required that the euperiment of removing and keeping back tho crowd from the rail should have been abandoned immedi ately the collisions attending it wore perceived. The Com missioners further advert in this part of their Report to the conduct of parties of the police in dispersing at a late hour in the evening groups collected at &distance from the drive, though it does not appear that any riotous or other illegal proceedings were going on in these groups. , They do not, however, state that these parties of police were under the immediate orders of Superintendent Hughes. The opinion of the Commissioners with regard to him, on a review of all facts in evidence, is, that in endeavour ing to discharge a difficult and embarrassing duty he gave too much sanetion.to the use of the staves, and exercised less control over his men than a due regard for the safety of unoffending individuals required ; and they believe that by a more calm and forbearing course on his part, much angry excitement at the time and complaint afterwards would have been avoided. It is right, how ever, to notice the opinion of the Commissioners that, to remove and keep the people back at some distance from the rails, so that the noises and guestures of the crowd might produce less effect, was the measure most likely to be effectual for the protection of persons using the drive, and keeping the carriage-way clear, and that it was expressly directed by you, though under the circumstances detailed in the report, they state it to have been a task of great difficulty. They intimate, wormer, that it was attempted with an inadequate force, and that to this cause is to be attributed much of the violence which cannot be justified. Sir George Grey presumes that Superintendent Hughes was not reponsible for the amount of the force at first employed, which must have been determined by the Commissioners of Police, and that the strong reinforcements which arrived between halt-past 3 and half-past 5 o'clock were sent upon his application. With respect to the order for the use of the staves, Superintendent Hughes says that he gave it on his own responsibility, and that he gave it considering that the critical moment was come when, unless controlled, the dangerous elements of the crowd would become un manageeble, and serious mischief ensue. There can be no question but that calmnessandforbear ance aro as essential as firmness and resolution in an officer place I in command of a body of men engaged in preserv ing the public peace, and that a marked or habitual ab sence of these qualities would render a man wholly unfit for such a position. Sir George Grey has carefully consi dered the facts of the case as stated in the report, and the opinion of the Commissioners, in order to determine whe ther the conduct of Superintendent Hughes, under the circumstances in which he was placed on the let of July, was such as to disqualify him from holding the office of a Superintendent of Police. After taking into account all the circumstances as detailed by the Commissioners, and after considering the lon , service of Superintendent Hughes in the force, and the general approval with which ho had during such service discharged duties requiring great judgment and discretion, Sir George Grey is of opi nion that while it is necessary to mark with censure the conduct which the Commissioners have thought justly liable to blame, his dismissal from his office would be harsh and uncalled for. You will convey to him the disapproval of the Secretary of State of his want of forbearance and judgment on this occasion, and enjoin upon him, in the strongest terms, the necessity of maintaining perfect self-control in the perform ance of his highly responsible duties, and of checking, both by his example and his orders, any unnecessary vio lence on the part of those under his command. In connection with this part of the report, I am to direct your attention to the recommendation of the Commis sioners, in which Sir G. Grey entirely concurs, that on oc casions similar to that of the Ist July, a superior officer of the police ought to be on the spot. He is aware that this course has been adopted on the occasions on which, since the Ist of July, the attendance cf large numbers of polies has been required for the preservation of the peace, and it obviously one which ought in all such cases to bo taken. Sir G. Grey has also already directed you to ensure on all such occasions the presence of a force fully adequate for the duty it may be called on to perform. The amount of force requisite for any particular duty must be decided by the judgment and experience of the Commissioners of Police. But it is obvious that the presence of an adequate force at any spot which is likely to be the scene of tumult or disorder, is not only the best precaution against a breach of the public peace, but the surest means for the prompt and effectual suppression of any outbreak which may oc cur. He is happy to know that the amount of force em ployed by you, and the measures taken for its distribution and employment on the recant occasions on which the ex traordinary services of police have been required, have been such as completely to effect the object in view. I am next to advert to the particular instances of misconduct specified by the Commissioners in which they have named individual constables against whom, in their judgment, charges of such misconduct have been estab lished. Sir George Grey has felt some difficulty in decid ing on the course which it is his duty to take in these cases. The misconduct imputed in most, if not in all of those, amounts to an indictable offence, and it has been a matter for consideration whether indictments should not be preferred against all of these policemen for their alleged illegal conduct ; but considering the length of time which has elapsed between the occurrences in clues - ion and the date of the report, the probability that some of the wit nesses who appeared before the Commissioners may not now be forthcoming, and the fact that in some of these e tees the persona alleged to have been injured or aggrieved were not known or ascertained, it appears to Sir George Grey that the better course is to leave the majority of these cases to be dealt with upon the report by the exer cise of the power vested by law in the Commissioners of Police. The cases themselves are few in number, and Sir George Grey is of opinion that, with the exceptions to be presently mentioned, `•the ends of justice and the object with which the inquiry was instituted, can be satisfac torily obtained by this means. The policemen against whom the Commissioners have especially reported are:-- 393 A, since ascertained to be William Gearing, charged with the apprehension, without sufficient ground, of J. J. White, and of inexcusable violence to him while in custody. George Thorpe, 363 A, charged with the unjustifiable apprehension of Henry Austin. ‘Viliiam Bewlay, 20 D, charged with unnecessary violence towards William Fioyd and James Vassie. Charles Leach, 147 A, cbatged with unnecessary and reckless violence towards John Thomas King. Charles Madgett, 84 C, charged with taking part in illegal violence against William Stephens. James Teasdale, 375 A, and Thomas Wade, 385 A, charged with violence towards persons who were not known or examined. Arid Sergeant Vincent Gummer, 21 C, charged with unjustifiable violence i❑ dispersing the crowd in Park street. .;Of these men Sir G. Grey is informed that all are still serving in the police, with the exception of Charles Leach, who quitted the force in August last, and is therefore no longer subject to the authority of the Commissioners of Police. With regard to all these cases, with the excep tion of those of Wm. Gearing, Wm. Bewley, and Charles Madgett, I am to desire that you will take into considera tion the facts stated in the report, as affecting each of the policemen, and the finding of the Commissioners, and that in the exorcise of the power vested in you by law, you will award iu each case such punishment, either by suspension or dismissal, as you shall think right, having regard to the ordinary course adopted by the Commissioners in the case of constables who are proved to have committed illegal or unjustifiable acts in the performance of their duty. In the three cases, however, of Gearing, Bewley, and Madgett, the acts of violence deposed to before the Commissioners appear to have been so gross and unprovoked, that if they are satisfactorily proved, the mere dismissal from the force would be an inadequate punishment for the offence ; and as the description of the witnesses against them renders it probable that the same evidence which was given before the Commissioners will be available on a trial, Sir George Grey thinks it right that an indictment should be pre ferred against each of these men. Sir George Grey has not included Policeman Joseph Butcher, 109 B, in the list of those against whom the Commissioners have re ported, because, although they record their opinion that the arrest of James Bousted, who was taken into custody by him and other policemen who are not named, was not warranted by anything he had done, the constable appears to have acted in obedience to the orders of Superintendent Hughes, and no complaint is made against Butcher per sonally. The apprehension, moreover, of Bousted, after the caution he is said to have received, may reasonably bo supposed to have been sanctioned by your written order, quoted in the report (p. 7) directing that any persons shouting or making any noise, or acting in any way cal culated to cause disturbance or frighten horses, were to be cautioned as to the consequences and required to desist, and that if they did not immediately do so they were to be removed, and, if necessary, taken into custody. Iu addition to these cases, in which the policemen were identified, there are others of a similar character, in seine of which no evidence affecting particular constables waos given, while in others the evidence of identity wr but t satisfactory. Some ef those occurred in Hyde - Park' that in Park-street especially the Commissioners state that there were several cases of serious injury to u% ( 1 , 1 0e individuals, - which proved a discreditable e xerci I viu knee. s of the charac- It is impossible not to regret that tar described by the Columissioner P s e h r i! h is s tated in the mixed up with a crowd such as that: . :Irk, and at a later onuld have been report to have been collected in 11Y hour in front of Lord Robert GrostveenoPi's house in Park distinguish between street, as it cannot be always Ykatocogcidentally or without part in its illegal persons mingling in such a crowtcd. any bad intention, and t? t es h i ssioners, however, have not proceedings. The .sculties with which the police been unmindful of t C he " Ci d ifll e Hyde park they say the police were Lad to contend. engaged in efforts to Onctiecli disorder and tumult during i d to annoyance -and insult, and often several hours, P of duty, and although surrounded obliged to act uexdorselcirciunstances where it was difficult received little or no support in to discover the enact by a vast multitude,to they maintain order. Tho Con • their exertions miss - loners opinion, therefore , on the several cases th ey have detailed is untitled the greater weight, as having b een f ormed c ircumstances int o account, and I am to to a ft e r taking a direct your particular attention to it, and to desire that injunctions may bo given to all th e o ffi cers of the police to exerc i se a strict control over their men, and carefully to restrain them from any acts of needless violence. The police will receive the full support of the Government in the execution of the important duties they have to per form, but those duties can only he usefully or efficiently performed by a cautious abstinence fromany abuse of power, and from all acts which, if not strictly illegal, indi cate a want of the temper and discretion which are pecu liarly requisite in persons charged with the preservation of the public peace, and which Sir George Grey is happy to know generally characterise the Metropolitan police. I have now to turn to some other portions of the report , affecting some o f th e general arrangements connected with the occurrences of the let of July. The first relates to the confinement of the persons taken into custody at the 171,9e streefstation. Th e remarks of the Commissioners "u defective na t ure of the arrangements with regar d to the numbers sent to that station, and the inadequireaprovi sion made for their accommodation, Grey to be fully warranted by the facatr; ear has been informed that the want of enzp and vi hfoourgh send inghe a portion of the prisoners, in th s e v fi ing t instance, to other g a r n e y at ly exceeded stations, arose from the number t aro of satisfactory what was anticipated, lie is no been removed from reason for a larger number not aware Vine-street to other stations after the insufficiency of_ the acco m modation in Vine-street bad been ascertained. From comtaunloatlons, hawsvtr, whloh he has b u t w i t h 3 , 4% sinoe these occurrences took place, he is glad to know that arrangements have been made by your directions for pre venting, en any future occasion, the recurrence of mi.- menagement attended with such serious results. Another subject very properly noticed by the Commis- Jeers is, the delay in brieeing the persons in custody before the magistrate. The utmost diligence ought undoubtedly to ho used in taking before a magistrate persons arrested without the authority of a warrant ; but as the delay in this instance was inquired into at the time, and its cause explained, and es directions have been given which tviel prevent the oceurreuce of any such delay on any future occasion, it is unnecessary further to advert to it here. Sir George Grey does not understand the Commissioners to impute blame in any quarter owing to the refusal to admit the prisoners to bail. With regard, indeed, to those at ch the charged with station w riot,as notthauthorised ntoried correctlys bylaw to t state that takhee bail,e that e yen could tot properly have advised him to trans gress the limit of his legal authority. With regard to the others, although the Commissioners think that they might have been lawfully admitted to bail by tho constable ia charge of the station, if application fur that purpose had been made, they decline to censure the advice given not to exercise the power, and the refusal to do so, and they alto gether acquit you of any blame for not having personally interfered for the purpose as was suggested. There is one other remark of the Commissioners which Sir George Grey thinks it right to notice. They advert to the difficulty of identifying policemen, and they give the statement of several witnesses, that the scroll or border of the number round the letter on the coat confused their sight, and was a great impediment in ascertaining the number. Sir George Grey is not aware that any better means of identification can be provided than the use of the numbers and divisional letters, but these ought to be made as distinct as po,sible ; and I am to desire that you will consider whether any alteration can be made in the Man• ner of affixing these numbers and letters in order to afford greater facility for prompt and easy identification. — I am, &c., (Signed) W. ALASSEY. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) The following appointments were male at the Admi ralty this day : SHARE MARKETS. (TIIIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 'rtA mw.7*- Ciasinq this day. 22 - 3 • , 4.tabg. tiottr:g.Borit and Basta. Junet talfast. Wolve rh Stour 4irk e Ahd. Lanoal cfheehire June v. Chesil, de Birk £5O and £25 0,,n, Do., £2O ,Iyth & Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £4: , tristoi and Bzetni ..... 31 - 33 71 - 7i 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 80 -- 85 56 - 1;6. `arm. and Ca, digat ,heater St Holy11.:(4 , ork and Bandon ,ork, Black, At Paw t 3Prn wal Do. A Do. 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The Provoked Husband was revived at this theatre last night, the two principal characters being sustained by Miss Cushman and Mr. Howe. We do not remem ber when this once popular comedy was last performed in the metropolis, but some five-and-twenty years ago it was acted with great excellence at Covent Garden, dur ing the period of Miss Fanny Kemble's earliest dramatic experiences. That it has not been more frequently re presented is a matter of little surprise, for although as a picture of the fashionable and domestic manners of the last century it enjoys a high reputation, it has ceased to be the type of anything of which a modern audience has cognisance ; and hence it now awakens but a compara• tively small degree of interest. Actresses of the highest rank have from time to time essayed the part of the restless and infatuated Lady Townley. That Miss Cushman would analyse the elements of the character with shrewdness and ability we were sure ; but an intelligent survey of a part like this is not, at all times, realised by a successful erubeliment ; and here was an instance. Miss Cushman is not by any means a happy ex ponent of she gay and reckless trifler, whose love of pleasure and the excitements of the gaming-table so well suggest the lineaments of the frivolous and capricious woman of the olden school. The delineation of the scenes which precede the crisis wanted, as might have been expected, the geniality and finesse of high comedy, and grievously failed in the estimation of those who could remember former portrayals. But in the last act, when Lord Townley, chafing at the discreditable collision of his wife with a clamorous creditor, openly admonishes her, and by the severity of his reproof not only humbies her instinct of resistance, but touches her better nature, Miss Cushman was all that could be wished ; and to the painful force of the address, in which she confesses her humiliation in words of the deepest remorse and contri tion, the audience was far from being indifferent. Mr. Howe, always sensible and manly, played the amiable Lord Townley with his usual propriety ; and in the clos ing scene, when he details his provocations, asserts per emptorily his authority, but yields to the symptoms of penitence and amendment, was impressively effective. We need specify no further, excepting to praise Mr. Rogers for the zest and heartiness which he threw into his portraiture of the unsophisticated John Moody ; and to observe that Mr. Compton and Miss Ellen Chaplin, 1% . 3 the wilful and audacious children of the rustic baronet, diverted the spectators immensely by their practical escapades. (Front tke Morning Post.) The style in which the Provoked Husband was per formed last evening deserves great praise. Mr. Howe, as Lord Townley, is gaining fresh laurels as he proceeds, and evidently increases in means in proportion to the difficulty of the situation. Tbo Mr. Manly, by Mr. W. Farrel), was a very satisfactory effort. Sir Francis Wronghead, by Mr. Chippendale, was exactly what it ought to be ; Joh❑ Moody found a very judicious and natural representative i❑ Mr. Rogers ; and Squire Richard and Miss Jenny, in the hands of Mr. Compton and Miss Eden Chaplin, furnished the necessary breadth of humour to the piece. The Lady Grace of Miss Swanborough was by far the very best of her dramatis efforts ; an , 1 in Lady Townley Miss Cushman, if she dis played a little too much gesticulation in the earlier scenes, by the pure and effective performance of the last compensated far all. The sympathies of the audience were fairly subdued by the simple earnestness of her last appeal to her offended husband, and their tears were a just tribute to the consummate skill of the actress. (Front the Daily News.) The Provoked Husband was revived last night. The performance was careful, and on the whole good. Miss Cushman essayed the part of Lady Townley, and was injudicious in doing so. This lady, with all her merit in her own line, ought to have known that Lady Townley is entirely out of it. She has neither the face, person, voice, nor manner belonging to the grace ful, elegant, gay, frivolous, high-bred woman of fashion. It was only in the last scene, which approaches to tra gedy in its display of passion —the scene of Lady Town ley's sudden penitence and reconciliation with her hus band—a scene, by the way, out of keeping with the inveterate levity of the character —that Miss Cushman made anything like a strong impression. That scene was warmly and deservedly applauded. Mr. Howe and Mr. Farren made as much of Lord Townley and Mr. Manly as could be expected. Miss Swaaborough was a graceful Lady G race. S he acted the part " soberly, : and at the same time pl easant l y. Th e " W rong h e ad' scenes went off with spirit, and caused much amusement. Chippendale was the Old Squire, Compton was Spur! Richard, Miss Ellen Chaplin was Miss Jenny, . and Rogue was John Moody. All excellent, especially seeingas now acted. Compton a n d Mi ss Ch ap li n . Th e play is worth HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK- ( Front the I?egistrar-Generard Report.) The rate of mortali t y in last week was rather higher than it had been in October, but was still c ons id era b ly below that whic h commonly prevails at this a d vanced period of the y ear, though the health of old persons hat probably suffe red already from the col d and f og of No vember. . In the week that ended on Saturd a y 975 o f females, were registered in Lo n deaths, of w hich 527 were those of n, males, a t h an the average mortality of correspondingrtio weeks proporti on in the years 18 45.54 , if raised in ntoin crease of popu lation. Diseases of the eyrnotie class are in the aggregate lest fatal than usual ; the mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs is nearer the ordinary amount, and shows a slow but constant increase. Fatal cases included in the latter class rose above 100 in the last week of September ; i n the last six weeks they were 110, 114, 122, 140, 157, and 171. Of these 171 nearly a half is referred to bronchitis. Phthisis carried off 123 persons, of whom 52 were from 20 to 40 years of age, and 43 be tween the ages of 40 and 60 years. Of diseases from which children principally suffer, scarlatina prevails most at present. Sixty five d" were caused by it in the week ;3 in St. John, t, Padding ton, 7 in St. John, Westminster (besides 4 frore i le t f 6 in the district of Pancras, 9 in the two sub-di eet :L in . of Lambeth Church. At a house in Georg,:_ets fry ,„ 2 sc ar. beth, a family lost three children in two dal Latina i s aga i n latina ; and the registrar states that th The d e e and typhus very prevalent in that locality. and that of the John, Westminster, reports that sear 3 a prevail to some extent in his district , rr_ erdZiestrar of St. in one locality, Pon. ale° one in Ponsonby. There o f scurvy on d so e l a lb th y s p f l r a o c m e, t i‘ h i e il f i , b ) a rm uk er . , 4 h oc r r Wa ed s the 9th and terrace. Three Lacea r rs odfthe Dreadnctight hospital -ship. 855 boys and 785 girls, in all registered in Lotelou. In the ten 10 L th a N st o w y e e e n k lb t e h r e o b n ir b t 1,640 children, we r e e k s of the years 1 84b5-54 the average corresponding number the Royal 1,391 weeks. Greenwich, the barometer At t rose to 30.13 in. by noon on Friday. The mean reading Was a b o ve 30 in. in five days, an d t h e mean of the week ass 30.006 in. On Sunday (the 11th) the thermometer rose to 57 deg., and en that day the mean temperature was 5.6 deg. above the average; after Tuesday the air was cold, and on several days fogs prevailed. On Thurs day and Friday the thermometer fell so low as 28.5 deg. and 25.7 deg. ; and on th ose days the mean was about deg. below the average. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 41.4 deg., while that of the wat7 o the Thames was 46.7 deg. The fog was thickest_o the Thursday and on the morning of Friday ;,!,',.n 3 " w „ was former day the lowest temperature of th_e. h i e u air. The 16.7 deg. above the lowest temperature o f the difference between the dew-point te , 4: h P e er wind blew ge. air temperature was only 2.7 de.q . _ .air was for the lost nerally from the north-east, but t h e and the part calm. MY, t is, turn last ) - ?, 50 i . .. - ... , 50 50 !lies the llBe can • on rial the for tss the )is- 'ide to vla the bat lief on for I if on )ps of vas ate till ar- FOR ICkN. lIM