The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-14 00:00:00

THE BAND IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.

DEPUTATION TO SIR BENJAMIN BALL.
Yesterday a deputation from the "West London
Benda, Rut Asereistton " w.it•ol sloe ill, Lehi Noe. Sir
Benjamin Ball, Bar:., at the Moe of Pabhe Winks, White-
hall place, f r the rupees of errs, the discontinuance of
the pirformeace of the mil toy band, in Heasington
gerdess, os Sands, events" lho deputation eanitisted of
&r John H. these, But., Mr. A. Haldeoe, Mr. IL H.
Hce-
weed, Mr J. W. Whiteside,, Mr. A. Ciewlord, Mr. W.
Taylor, Mr. D. Routh, &a
Mr. et ALDUIS misted th• obluteof the deputatlea, eddies
that the g slimes pewee representrd es ear Modes whisk
semi late @Mottoes in IMO, fir dale! the Pon- See es
Seadsee, sad villa had I.tety bees Teemed to prevent the
creakg of the Crystal Pabee, etts , on Buds/8, sad else to
weave the abolition of the suits in Heaeingtemgardeae
en theft sywalagt
tint BIINJAIIIN HALL, in reply to these sued other state-
mints and mogul etts of the deputation duriag the inter-
view, said : Toe r p pest that $ loge somber of as) e
'Wields are pp. no to the band playing, sad that I shall
lose thole support at the next *le cti a if 1 do not prohibit it.
Defies 20 eters that I a resealed Merylebore the closing
of the Post-oMee sus Bono sy was the only 'object of impor•
tun es which I d•ffered with cry se nos of my toesutit
wits. No sooner was the Po t-. Moe eio ed, than many of
tr Oaf oho were most earnest that I shoal& have voted ea
their side of the question, came to me urging me to do what
I amid to get the vote of the house resdnded on amount of
the general injery and inconvenienal entailed apes
the community. From the day the ewe was u-
naided metil now no member of the house had teetered
in his plisse Ia parliament to move that the PascoMes he
*gala Mooed. I montiNs this, beestue it *poems trot the
drretudea rep/meats the tame society much originated
the lauday post abolition movement. What I want to
knew Is, " How is the band t lying a deseention of the
Sabbath." Military bend• play on fleadeys is the moot-
yard e f the Regent's-pook Bat rocks, the colour-wart of Bt.
James's, os the
native town of Newport, as well as is every garriton town
thraughast the kingdom. Vele sit con be shown thee in
%hos distriete the p ople us worse Chriitiann or worse
subjects, this Is other places, you eta Mike out
se sem, What are the fasts ? On tome emantoes about
76,000 pima' attend Kessington-gander to beer the bead
• Sendays Their aoudad mad demesnes, ore excellent,
not a looter is rocked, or a throb destroyed. I want die
Usetly to eadentead who the deputation and thaw who
net with them ems to do. If you wish to deprive the people
of every Wool of reeree,ioe os the Sunday, say so. • mem-
ber f the depotalon hoe observed hat eltertist riots took
plate mute rem ego at Newport, sad that the minimise
ate said to be demoralised. But when the riots took place
them was so regiment stationed there, sad no militaty
nisei° ; ao that could not he the mass of the outemeek.
The deputation have referred to the objectioserldch prevails
in Glasgow end Ediaborck to the beads playing ea a
ilesdey. Is Edinharyth sad Glasgow Sudsy is observed
very 'trimly. Bat then is more draakennets la
ham rase 5, in consperiioo with population, then is
Loudon or soy of Met was lathe kingdom. 6,me of the
pretlemes present, I And, °lieu not oily to Kew-gorders
being opts es a Sunday, but to liampten-port Palace,
where as many as 30,000 peruse mil tint which I eon-
eider insoceat rsereattes. You also tunas the bead to
Kusiarea-gardene as evattary to the fullep of the
Fe ore, end pen whilst on ordinary cseeseione the largest
somber of visitors to the gardens is 7,000 or 8,000, on the
Sundays on which the band play they amount to from
70.000 to 80,000. Do the deputstioa look upon skating on
a Sunday ss a dereeraties of the Sabbath, and theta who
go to look at them ea primpatere in Use deeeeraties
Mr. WAYLAnD answered that they did look spa It as
very improper.
Sir Bzwrouns Hays,—Then you eight, is scasisteasy,te
have some aced mixed me to stop Bundy skating Lathe parks.
Mr. HAW:taws—lt 'alpha not be policy to late:fent with
that which has hem so long Is @Mame.
Sir Binamsur Itimi—Whibt I give the gentlemen of
the deputation credit far the purityt 1' their motive*, I think
the mine towns which lead ye t e urge the abolition of the
Siniday mum ought to lead y its to ask for the abolition of
Sunday Astir g. If not, it looks as if 1 may wick at • dew-
'ratios of the Bebbeth, which eheady exists, bet mut tot
order one. AU I eta say is, that I eannot do marking to
close Hampton tout er Haw-aerione ea a Sunday; and
with respect to the hand is Kenetagtos-gerdens, I can rive
no esterase* that It shall not play. snide, as some of the
depetatiee fear, it leads to revelry, when I shall weeder it
may be my duty to Utile that it be stopped.
The damnation this withdrew.