The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-22 00:00:00

OPEN SPACES (METROPOLIS).

Mr. DOULTON rase to move for • select committee to
inquire into the beat means of preserving foe the public use
the torn* otriuncies, and open spaces is and round the
wistropolis. Ie order to prevent misapprehension el to
the object of this inquiry, be might state that it wee
sot with a view of enclosing those open spaces
and commons, and keeping them as neatly and
trimly laid out us the parks. He desired
rather that they should be preserved in their
present wildness and irregularity, which he be-
lieved to be their greatest charm, and that those by
whom thetroommoos bad bees used should have that f pm, us.
controlled, and be might almost say, boisterous enjoyment
which they could not have ie the parka.
Alderman ROSE said he rose to second the motion,
humor a movement was sow going on the importaaoe of
width was soargely rumpled.* the public at large or the
bows. It was intended to pastpone the bill for the enclo-
sure of Wimbledon-memos for a mooth ea accout of this
essmaittee, and if the committee were appointed be hoped
they would get snob information ea would prevent so great
• public =lnge as the enclosure of that common being
("Rear. hear," and cries of " Ob.") It wee
flat the noble born who was interested in the bill
wished to do a public benefit, but members of the house
lad an opportunity of judging for themselves of the public
Melt of the operation. If they rode from ilatteresa-park
Wandsworth-common they would see how the latter pleas
IMO Wog Oppropriated by the noble lord. Under his
eureership, there woo not a public right which bad pot ban
atratiasil, and cou
teeth to trary, as he thought, to law. The read-
may hem south wee too narrow for tulle, eed
there wag en footpath. A workhouse sad a burial posed
led Um p6whad at the emesisca, and a WTI Wan of Pam'
eseimM hy • railway eempasy, and apprise* for re

mrthls purper In dabs, all Mae et
haildines were sprites( gp eland which was formerlyl2ll;Cul:
lie ProPerty. This wee hew the noble lord showed his public
spirit ; and erten cons illeneen Weadswortbnommon he sow
whited to axing le Wlegision. He was Retailed that if
the ereunittee was wield May would be the means of
defeatiag the proposed enetroure of Whribledonnoninum.
Lard BURY said the lea. IDIOIket for Southampton had
been pared to stigmatise the hillier the enclosure of Who-
banks-m=lm se a public, outrage, but whatever redght
be the merits of that hill, it could mot be said that the °chi,
lord, who proposed to dedicate to the public right' which
were believed by his legal adviser. to be of considerable ex-
tent, perpetrated a public outrage when ha took the only
constitutional mode of mating that gift to the public.
(Hear. beer.) He believed that Lord Spencer's legal poi-
tics wee sad that be need see apply to the house for power
to do the things width the bill proposed, but whatever Ids
rights might be, be was 1/8811001 that they should be re-
(erred to the Wert committee sow moved for, and &-
owed by than. (Hem, hew.) He courted an open
and a fair inquiry. (l#em, hear.) If the mama»
was objected to by the oominit ,tee the noble
lard wouldthen rowdier whether he should not geodes
the power to enclose. At say sate the whole subject would
be ocsaldered by the contaiittes. and he motest
against, at improper lenges" the stigmatisingust pr a great
boos offered to the pablio as a public cottage. (Hoer,
hem.) His hos. friend behind him might well exclaim,
when, in beard his motion wooded in each terms," Save
me from my friends." la oonclusioa he would only ewer
• hope that the house would see S 3 to grant the committee.
Colonel NORTH did sot know aaything about Wands-
worth-common, but could not for a moment agree to what
bad bees and by the hoe. insenber for Southamptca as to
Wimbledon. It was hardly nessmary to defend Earl
Specoer's chiudeter, for everyone who knew him would
feel that what had been acid al him by the boa member
was perfectly untrue. He had himself property at Putney,
and however they might differ from Lord Spencer se to the
modo of carrying out his dell., no 008 mould have acted
more candidly, fairly, sad liberally. He (Colonel North) was
spinet the enclosure of the COlOlOOl4 Int then that was
only his individual opinion. The public had for years onfoied
Wimbledonnommon is all its natural wildness, end he
thought it should be continued in that stet* rather than be
converted into an ornamental park. The subject would,
however, be fully considered in the select committee.
Mr. Alderman ROSE hoped if he had exposed his
opinions in other thee the ordinary terms allowed La debate
be would be allowed to apologies. He felt strongly on the
subject, sad if be bad seed aaparliamentary terms be wadi
willingly withdraw them.
Goiania NORTH, as ace opposed to the inclosure of
Winibledoe-ooramon, was ready to admit that Loud
Sprecer's offer was • liberal one, and did sot deserve the
epithet applied to it by the hon. member for Southamptoo.
Mr. JACKSON expressed his apprehension that if the
committee were appoiated it would be bet the beginning of
a further &ergs upon the consolidated food.
Mr. LOCKE taunted Mr. Jooknie with being a follower
of Mr. Bastin* in his dislike to metropolitan improve.

meats.
Mr. G. P. BENTINCIE remarked that he did not object
to metropolitan int te, but to the execution d them
eat el the imperial
suiVaner.
Mr. TORRENS that it would be deeirable that
the boom should he armed to what ekteat it was pro.

i o entry the *shy.
Yr. COWPER approved al the appointment of a com-
mittee, but hinted that they would waste their time if they
dealt with the question to be referred to them in the =-
psi:sail= that the 'Missal lands would be available. On
the costrary, the real object was to asowthin how best the
funds of the metropolis itself mold be applied to the pre-
servation of the belt of conizoons 119/TOSO it.
P13.10001E2 stated that the Inhabitants of Wimble-
don denied that Earl SPIGOIt had say lawful right to in-

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ARMY RECRUITING.

/Ir. CYBEILLYsaiiii }resat mac of
recruiting for the army, sad mewed ter a sesmatimice to in-
quire into the subject, urging that the gams ought to be
pat on such a toothy as to make it Wits to supply the
army with men in time of war as well as in poser, where's
at present it wee doubtful whether it was possible ado.
quately to keep up the slimly for the peace establish-
ment. He argued that thi plan of enlistment touched
°ay the idlest or beet eligible assess, sad this la
spite of the pea improvement that had bikes lases is
the acidities ef the scaler. Ho unseated that the period
of limited aniirtnisnt should be 12 years instead of 10, aid
that the rectuitieg for regimente should be lasi, that those
restrosels which bad local names and reeneziass should be
recroita le the districts after wadi ? wore named.
He also suggested that men ahead rpm of their time
in She lime and the remainder is the mill teeniest of the
district with which their regiments in the army were cos-
sectern; the re woad be that way such man would be
as elielent recruiter in that district for his old tarps. An
ismer* et the pay of tenanted met might alma prove as

indeennant to ;sive.
After some remarks from Captain Carnegie, Colonel
North, sad Sir Ham Verity, in favour of the motion,
The Marquis at HARTOTON emphatically denied
the statement Nat recruiting was going oa badly, or that
the limited enlisteneat system had failed. He admitted
that she suggsetices of Mr. O'Reilly were valuable in
themeless ; but he did not think further inquiry was
neosesery, full information having been obtained on the
subject by commisnicen in 1860 sad 1861, while the matter
was kept Rader the consideration of the War Departrotat
Sir J. FEROUSSON centesded that there were great
apprehessioes la the minds of cams of the effect of the
retirement of the tea years' men as the efficiency of the
army, great ambers of the best soldiers constantly leaving
their regiments.
Mr. SCULLY said be thought that the same advice
might be gives to 11.11322411 about to enlist in the British
army that bad been given by Punch to " perms about to
marry"—namely, " Deal." Hs thought that to Irishman
ought ever to enlist is the Hrtt sh service. At the
siege !of Locknow there was a gunner who blew up
the powder magazine. His name was Bernard Scully-4
laugh)--end what reward did be get! Two of his children
were put into a prosidyt;aing esteldiahment, where, brine
mambos, they were being brought up in what was believed
to be the orthodox perimasioe. (Laughter.)
Mr. WHALLEY said there were one or two isolated
questions connected with this subject which might well
occupy the attention of the house. One question was this
—How far might Roma catholic members of the British
arm be relied upon in certain emergencies for their alle-
giance to the crown, in spite of that higher allegiance which
they were called upon to yield in religious matters to a
higher authority! The Duke of Wellington although he
wee the mesas of passing the Catholic Emancipation Act,
would not allow a single Roman catholic to be entered
upon that particular branch of the army which
was known as the artillery. (Cries of " No, no.")
But be wished to call the 'Unities of the house to this feat,
that while in the lest five years the number of cathalim and
protestant. in the army generally continued in the same
proportion—that re to say about half and half—the Roman
catholic soldiers in the artillery increased from 2,34:0 to
87700. (" Hear, hear," from lir. Scully). He thought it
right to all attention to this remarkable fact.
Major O'REILLY mid the hoe. gentleman who
had just sat down stated boldly and plainly that Roman
mtlzolic soldier, were not to be trusted in their allegiance.
He felt that he should be rely lowering himself if he were
to occupy the time of the house in answering such a
charge. He yielded to no was in his attachment
to his religion. He was a Roman catholic and he
yielded to no man in his truth to the oath of allegiancea
(Hear, hear.) He should on another occasion ask from ease
more competent authority than the hon. gentleman whether
any inch order as he referred to existed, namely, that Re.
man catholics were to be excluded from say branch of her
Majesty's service. (Hear, hear.) For himself he should
scorn any Roman catholic who entered any service in any
branch of which he was considered to be unworthy to serve.
(Hear, hear.) With regard to the motion itself, he did sot
intend to depreciate the effect of bounties to secure a larger
enlistment in time of war. His objection was to that system
which sought recruits in large tow.. only, and through the
attraction of the gin shops. He was ocovinced that time
would prove the value of the principle he contended for,
and with that coevietion be should withdraw the motion.
The motion was then withdraws.
ESTABLISHMENTS ON THE WEST COAST OF
AFRICA.

Mr. ADDERLEY. in moving for a select committee to
inquire into the British establishpients on the West Onset of
Attica, said that it was a country which was unit
for occupation by the !info-Saxon rase, and was de-
scribed as a hotbed of disease. It was dear that we mug
go forward or go back ; something more or less than had
bean heretofore done should be resolved on as the pulley
for the future. Either we must render our government
secure by the sending out of larger forces, the opening up
of the country, the making of roads, and the extending of
our power, or we must do much lam than fades* at preset,
and stead out of the way of the native ehisfs,who. if we ware
sot there, would have full control over their owe sub
The committee of 1842 led to the termites of four
oilicant governments, so small that it might have been ma -
cipated that they would have been *loos of each other,
and instead of co-operating to effect the great object in
view, were inclined rather to counteract each the operation
of the other. It was, he thought, worthy of inquiry whe-
ther the present state of things should loafer be allowed to
exist, whether the governments should not be ooncentrated,
and our engagements and responsibilities contracted. Oa
dues grounds, therefore, be asked the house to grant the
inquiry for which he sought, for the sake of the more am-
suet carrying out of the three peat objects to which be bed
alluded, namely, the auppre os of the slave trade, the
promotion of legitimate 00111111.011, sod the clvilisatioe of
the saliva ; he called on them to inquiet whether the pre-
Mei system of governmeat on the west onset of Africa wan
rocking satisfactorily. (Haar, hear.)
Mr. CAVE seconded the resolution.
Lord A. CHURCHILL said the right hon. gentleman
had amply shown the smonsity far inquiry Into the state of
affairs on the West Comet of Africa, and be felt, se he was
aura the home must feel, great satisteediee that the debt
has. gentleman bad redeemed so early is the semi= the
pledge be gave last year. (Hear, hear.) The nafortnnate
Aeliaotes war, which last year was the emus of so mush
pain in the house, weed Medi sisMoisell ground for a sem-
mattes, but there were other rises.. why ea *shy Awl&
be now wadertakeo.
Loud STANLEY nld the reel Imam ea tile einelei yes