The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-24 00:00:00

THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE PROCESSION.

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To-day has been long announced as the chosen one
en which Mr. Cochrane was to present his petition against
the poor-law, accomyanied by some hundred thousand
persons with placards, having the words " No %stiles" in
their hats. About eleven, Mr. Cochrane sent men with
boards having placards, requesting all honest men would
as the police in the preservation of order, and others,
requesting them when they had passed by White-
hall, to proceed over Westminster-bridge. Liege bodice of
Police were stationed in Trafalgar. square RIKI tile vicinity.
Soon alter one o'cLeck, a van, having the pictures to repre-
sent, as was said, the horrors of the Poor-Law, pawed round
by Cockspur-street, tied he front of the National Gallery. An
attempt was made by the driver to turndown to Charing-cross,
but was prevented by the police, and the machine had to travel
along the Strand. Abniit holnpast one Mr. Cochrane ar-
rived in a harouche, and spoke a few words to the people, of
whom there might be 400 or 500 present, but they could not
he heard ; and he went to the Home-office without many of
the crowd being allowed to follow. The police, as usual, got
hooted by many of the vagabonds who were mixed up with
the crowd.
Along Whitehall, and in the neighbourhood of the New
Treasury buildings, the only apparent preparations made by
the authorities to preserve the peace consisted of about
sixty or seventy of the D division of police, who were
employed from about eleven o'clock in patrolling
up and down the street, together with a solitary member of
the mounted police, tame d with cutlass and pistols, whose
duty appeared to be to keep the roadway clear from ob-
struction.
At about half-post, one, tho arrival of halta-dozon police-
men, staves to hand, who took up the it position as a guard at
the entrance of the Home-office' and an occasicaal shout
from the neighbourhood of Trafalgar square, announced
the approach of the promised " demonstration," which in a
few minutes made its appearance in the guise of an open
carriage, drawn by a pair of horses, in which were seated Mr.
Cochrane and two ot his friends, followed by some four score
of the lower orders' that is the pickpockets and blackguards
of the metropolis. by whom tho occupants of the carriage
were occasionally foully cheered. Of the working classes,
there were few, if any present. On arriving at the door of the
home-office, Mr. Cochrane and his two friends alighted, and,
on entering, were informed by a messenger, in answer to
their inquiries, that Sir George Grey could not then see
the deputation, and that he would be engaged for
at least half an hour, upon which, having first
deposited the petition in the hands of the messenger, they
retired to the steps outside the office-door, where they re-
mained for some minutes, apparently in doubt whether they
should wait for the chance of seeing Sir G. Grey, or return to
the place from which they came. Ultimately they decided on
the latter course, and baring informed those assembled
outside of what theyl had done, they re-entered the carriage
and drove oil in the direction of Charing-cross, amid the
shouts of their body guard.

EnnAzum.—ln the list of bankrupts published in
this paper on Saturday last, oopied from Friday's Gaunt,
appear the names of Henry Alonzo Hart, of Devonshire.
street, Queen's-square, and Joeelalt Ingham. of Red Lion-
street, Holborn, as bankrupts. D.lr. Ingham has not been
declared a bankrupt.