The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-22 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1856.

SIR B. BALL AND THE SUNDAY BANDS.

Last evening a meeting, convened by the church-
Wardell§ in compliance with a requieition. wU Id in
Hell's Riohig.chool, Albsayirreet, for the patios@ of
elioiting an ritornelli"' of peblie opinion en the recent atop-
. ape or the Sends? bands—Mr. J. A. NICHOL&Y presided.
To• CHAIRMAN having Intitly opener the prieeedinge,
Mr. P. tiaamam proposed a fileoletion exordia,' the
repot of the meeting at the imeasesion made by ihe P line
Minoiter to the views of a party, sad in oppAition to hie
oma conviction,. .

Mr. OTEkTOK stranded the resolution, which was farther
supported by L rd Rarebits sad Mr. D'lff.aptr.
Bt B. HALL, who was loudly ebeered, said that as the
repreatatstsv. of hiaryleb me he felt it due tl his consti-
tuents to come before then and Wats, expressly and telly,
the eirestastenose under which he had era. red the bands to

play on the Suaday Otero° in. His grit sot after accepting
, Mee was to we how far he is:uld benefit these who had
placed each entire coeildenee in him. (Hear, hear)
sr long reprresir-d the great borough of blarytebone,
he lilt that he ir,uld judge of the want. at the people. la
entering the bands to pl.y on Sicadays he (lc that he wee
gain/ a boos to the working men, and doer g good t
many, while at the ease tii• he did sot triad his Maker.
It tire Saadi, bends were se bad, and pee so such
office*, why was be not found fault with in the Howe of
Commove? (Hear, hear.) No swam had he granted a
bead to Victoria sad liergest'opark, than be was waned ,
ef
had
aa impaishe polka, est waa further meet
that had ha stalked tbei band to ffensimates Gad. ni he
would sot have bees interfered with. Hie (Sir B. Halt's)
reply wee, that if the bands mere stopped in the li-gitat's
sad Victoria-parks, there should be no cassia Ia Hewitt-
too gardens. (C 1..,..) H. wiled sot say at word.although
he lute, a great dal—about how tee various petit,oos
were got lap. (Hear, hear.) The prayers of some of the
memorials called for the closing tee Pateoltrae, the park
ga.s. and that the traits sad steamboats .bald cease to
run. Not sates, with this at home, they actually wined
that the same policy should be isesiested in all foreign
matting, to whisk wisest woredited make's. Mr. Baines
—(nis.e.)—was a sass of great hiatus, bat before he at.
tempted to interfere with the bands in the London parks,
he should look at home. Why did be sot sae the mighty
sagas he had at his disposal, the Lode Mowery, in patting
a atop to the numerous trans which par through Leeds ?
(Hear, best) It had been said that the working men o uld
have baads on the Saturday afternoon, bet he (3 r B. Hall)
telt that, were such a proposal carried out. it would, is
stay eases, attract the .a, with has ways is hie
pocket; and it might so happen that the ha-
band would would aot reach bows is time for the wife
to go to market; Man. she and her family would neer
much intionvesiente. (Hear, hear) litAft.TOT, up to the
present time the Saturday hallholiday was mot goiters],
and even if it were it wea sot the gaieties at bele. Had
the people misconducted themselves, this indeed some wa-
pitis' might have been made. He (Sir B. Hall) had Silted
the parks on the 11th init., and be never felt more satisfied
with any sat of his life that he did ea that day. ( Hear.
hear.) In order to ascertain beyoad all doubt if torte had
has any disorder which might have soaped him, ha bad
addressed a letter to Mr. Broughtoa, the police magistrate,
sad he was happy to say that the magistrate had replied,
that be had rot bed one charge of disorderly conduit on
the day f illowing the assembling of the 258.000 yr.ona in
the park. If the string. of Puritanism wen tithed too
tight God alone knew what would be the result.
(Chan.) One word of advice he would give to the
people of the great ssetropolim—lt was to be patient
sad centaur the same orderly conduct which had hitherto
marked their proceedings. (Hear, hear.) It was to be
regrrted that their opponents were so ouch • le sa to
designate those who differed from them se hearties, but it
wee a fortunate thing that all goodness sad Christianity is
this a ,untry were not costaimed in Beater Hail. (Chan.)
Bet if the Exeter Hell irritators would throw ern tbst por-
tals of that vast building, he (Sir B. Hall) would be ready
to meet any numb., of hie opponent., and ezplaio ant
defind the course be had takea—a sours which, after the
repression • f public , piniaa us St. Pancras, end that of the
vast assemblage before him, he had seiteinly no cane to
regret. (Cheers.) The Aght hos. basoast resumed his
seat amidst deafening cheers.
Mr. Fatuities intimated his desire to move an amend-
ment, sad afar many feeble attempts to obtain a bearing,
reto ed amidst Mass end cries of "No Baster Hail."

Th. resolution was put and serried amidst load applause,
a few heads only being held up against ft.
A resolution appointing • depatatime to trait on t' •
Prime Minister to urge stoat Mtn tb• propriety of rev .kiog
the order for diseontisishig the band% was alto adopted.
and • petition to the Quoit haying bona agreed to, the
proceedings terminated.