The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

0/11711011 BATE CetiKUTATION

After our report left yesterday,
The house divided—
Par the ancendniest
Against (10-100
The second reeding ire consequently lost.
BANE NOTES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Sir J. HAY moved the second reading of the Beak
ScNotes otland) Bill, the object of which was to afford a-
bstains accommodation by authorising newly-
established banks in Scotland to issue notes spinet rad.
Mr. BLACK contsoded that the rat a% inetitutioir
supplied abundant banking facilities, end that the measure
was umseosesary. He moved, as an amendment, that the
bill be reed a mooed time on that day six months.
Mr. FLNLA Y supported the second maim, ea the
ground that the bill was framed io accordance with the
principle of free trade in raking.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the
motion, althongh he wasnot inveterately horde to the
principle of the bill, which was by no mars unsound, so far'
r it concerned the issue of notes against gold ; but he
thought the Error wee premature, and that It would ant
be wee to consider the question of the &orb banks, whir
be admitted were possessed of peculiar privileges, without
canadering the much larger question of the entire banking
system of the United Kingdom.
The discussion re continued by Mr. Dualop, Sir E.
Colebrook*, Mr. Hodpos, Mr. Blichassai, Mr. Kier/rd.
Mr. Gram, and Mr. H. Bare, and emanated in the
witkidniwal of the bilL

of the Therm (Ireland) Bill led to a
l dissuasion, bet so program was made.
agIaYRIEILLY opposed the measure. It made a great
any birds and an pee which were not legally pine
at parent ; sad it established a DOW class of offenose—for
stealing the egp of wild birds. (Hear, hear.)
ene boa. member was still spears( when a quarter to
six arrived, and the Speaker left the *Mir amidst the
laughter of the home and re cheers of the opposers of
the tall
FISH TRINES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This bill was Ter a third time sod passed.
BEAT OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE.
Mr. MASSEY brought op the report of the committee on
this subjer, who declared their opinion to be that the seat
of
re Under Secretary al State last appointed bad set been
vested.
The house adiourned at 10 Wares to 6 o'clock.

WI POLICE AND THE PRIMROSE HILL MEET
INQ.-DEPUTATION TO SIR GEORGE GREY.

Yesterday afternoon, at 5 o'clock, the joint depu-
Islam@ from the City and Working filsa's Garibaldi Cow
suttees, waited woe Sir George Grey, at hi lionse-odSoe,
for the purpose of bringing nailer his polio, the ecedurs of
the police in suppressing the Garibaldi public mooting on
Prizszose•bill. on Saturday evening last, and to saternUn
upon what conditions, if any, the public are allowed to hold
mestinp. *ems. Beals. J. A. liicholia'Sia-
might, sal J. R. Taylor, ated from the , sad
Moors. Hartwell HoreeLy, Midlands, Applegarth, w,
Pother bridge, and Cottony, Awn the Working Men's Com-
mittee.

&r G. Garr mid he had bat little to add to what he
bad elated in perliament. No orders respecting the meet-
ing had been given either by himself or !kr B. Mayne, but
he had no doubt the police hed acted in pereasees of their
geoeral instructions to provost all assemblages in the ahrips
of ensidiap in the parka, se an interference with the reuse.-
tine of the people. This order had been Weed upon the
disturbances in Hyde-park some two years tack. He was
sot there to argue the question of the right of Um people
to meet la Ikons:kn. If tlie deputation disputed the right
of the arithorines to enforce the prehilitirm in question they
well knew hew the quoitioa might be knight to en issue.
Primrose-bill was considered one of the perks, and no
swung could be held es it without the consent of Mr.
Gower, the Commissioner of Woods and Forests, wider

whose control the puts were placed. That permimiksa bad
been given for the flhakeepeure Celabratient, and under
all the circumstances, as there had been already one large
misting, be frankly watered he regretted the police had
MA allowed the meeting is question to proceed, which he
bad no doubt would have pared off in the roost peaceatd•
manner. if, had been told there wee no violates, either es
the part of the police or the people, and this wee the first
time he had beard of any ViOiebe• on the part of the;forraer.
If any parson present bad been assaulted by the police be
could summoas them before a magistrate for the offence.
Mr. Butas—T7aen reopening the committee call another
Stapp at therms place on Saturday neat, would it also he
by the pollee oa the ground of Primmee.hill being a
ill 7
Sir G. Garr—The polio*, under the Instructions I have al-
luded to, *odd have the power of stopping the meeting
sakes the coanset of Mr. Cowper to hold it had pre.
Acutely beset obtained.
Mr. Baas—Theo these Orden, the legality of which I
dispute, virtually prohibit all open air meetings of the peo-
ple unless sanctioned by the government, which M. I
contend, a mast dangerous scat, and one subversive of
the ooruititutional rights of en. To hold meeting
ta the open air the people London must go into the
country, to Blackheath or Hampstead Heath, and eves
thee only by the sufferance of the police.
Sir G. Gm—l cannot argue the question of right ; that
most be settled by an action at law.

Masers. Nichoisy, Taylor, Applegarth, sod kledland,
heeling confirmed the ststemente of the chairman as to the
violence of the police,
Mr. llanrwm.l. said that at the very time the police in-
terfered with the Garibaldi martini there were importer*
preachers " cheap Jacks," " Aunt Sallya," and gambling
tables, tinaosnectsd with the Shakespeare mestiag, all
over the hill, surrounded by several hundred people.
MIN were left unmolested by the
.police, who said they in-
terfered with the Garibaldi meets* held cm the met of
the hill, because it interrupted the highway, wharves if any
inch interruption could have possibly taken place on the
hill it meat have arisen from the other assesiblsees he had
alluded to,

files 01101L011 Gear amid oaly repeal his regret that the
meeting had not been allowed to proceed. He had fall
omifidenes in the lore of order antoorpt the working classes.
The deputation thee retired.
In the evening a mention of the Working Men's Geri.
baldi Committee was held at the Whittiagtoe Club, Mr.
Hirai in the chair, when the secretary reported the result
of the interview with 191, George Grey. A &casks arose
in the course of which a tiros' opinion was esteemed that
a meeting should be called for Saturday week on Prim-
rose-hill, when, if the police again interfered, ettMcisat
resistance should be made by the chairman or some stew
hen of the committee to warraut the polies lain them
tato custody, in order that the question might come fairly
into • court of law, as to whether the orders of Sir H.
Mayo. wereejustibediby any act of parliameat. With this
understandier the following resolution wee agreed to %mol-
ars:sly on the motion of Mr. Howell. asixedsd by Mr.
Osborne :—" That this committee is of opinion that the ad.
*trued Garibaldi meeting should be held at an early date,
and that at sock meeting the legality of the interference of
the police with orderly open air public moieties' in the
parka or elsewhere be tested. That a subcommittee of 12
be appointed to confer with the City snb'committee, with
fall powers to soartats neck meeting, and which shall be
hold, no poaitite act of parliament existing to the contrary,
ea on Stitarday evening seat, at 6 o'clock."
The nub-committee haying been appoiated, the committee
adjourned.