The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-26 00:00:00

THE MEETING ON PRIIIROSF,HILL

Mr. H. LEWIS ear.itcreifensocTel;il;et misting which
am held at Primrossehill so Saturday last, and which wee
dispersed in • very mammary manner, be wrote to the
Sarzetary for the Home Depattineat, giving him notice of
his intender' to ask a question on the sitting of the house
eo-day. He therefore now begged leave to sok him
whether be gave soy and what instractioes to disperse that
meeting, which was presided over by Mr. Edmund Beale,
and if he did not give such instructions whether he would
inquire into the circumstances and state the result of his
inquiries to the homes! (Haar, bear.)
Sir G. GREY said neither he nor any other member of
the Igo vernmeu t, our the commissioners of police, gave any
special instracticce to the police to interfere with the
meeting on Saturday Met. Is fact he did not know
that the meeting was to take place, and he did
not learn till yesterday morning that the meeting bed takes
place. The First Commissioner of Works bad given his
sanction to the holding of a meeting for the purpose of
planting a tree on Primrose.hill in commemoration of
Shakespeare on Saturday last, and at his saggestioa the
Commissioner of Polies, acting in °omen with the prounient ,
of the meeting, made arraugementi for the attiedscoe of a
number of the police to preserve order. After the meeting
was concluded a (optimal' wee moved into the chair, and
another perms stood en • bench in order to
make a speech, on which the inspector of polio.
went up to him and requested to be allowed to speak to
him. lieizemediately stopped, mad the inspector of polies
told him that the meeting could not be allowed to be held
at that place. A short conference took place, no forms or
violence was used, end after the confirmed the
people quietly dispersed. the meeting adjourning
to another time and place. He ought to state that ia cense-
queue* of the great disorders which took place in Hyde
park a few years ago a public notice was issued
stating that all meetings and assemblages for the purpose
of making speeches and discussing eacitiog publics topics
widish might lead to disorder, sod which were wholly Meal-
eistent with the purposes for which the public parks were
intended, could no longer be allowed. The inspector of
polies, therefore, acted on no particular instrudices, but was
sating under general instructions when he requested the
meeting to disperse. There was not the slightest appear.
awe of disorder ; and although, under thecireemstariem it
might have been as well to bare allowed thieves& to have
ooutiuued, yet the inspector acted on his general Metric.
hens not to allow the meeting to continue without special
authority.
GARIBALDI AND ADMIRAL MUNDY.
Mr. C. BENTINCK said be nee to make •
expleastioe. In the obeereatices which fall film=
other night on the motion of the bon. member for Lie.
keerd, he made a statement which might possibly do in-
justice to a distinguished and gallant *Meer, Admiral
Mundy. On that mask* be stated this if
Geared Garibaldi was to be believed his sue-
(111114 in Sicily was owing it, the material meirtame
which he received from Admiral Moody. That was stated
is the sewspaper report, and it was a fair illustration of
the argument that he used. However, as be bad since
ascertained that there was not • syllable of truth in the
assertion of General Garibaldi, it was only night thst be
should state his sincere conviction that Admiral Mundy
neither directly nor indirectly interfered so as to ixemeit a
breazh of neutrality, and that when he received Geseesl
Garibaldi on board his flag ship in the harbour
of Salerno, he did eo at the request of Gwe-
nt Laura, the royalist commuider. Afterwards
Admiral Mundy made prisoners of the Garibeldise pirates
who bed seized the Bntieh ship Orwell, and sent them to
Malta, where they were retained most illegally by the autho-
rities there.