The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-02 00:00:00

WITHDRAWAL OF THE SUNDAY TRADING

BILL.

On the return of the SPEAKER from the House of
Lords,
Lord GODERICH rose to put a question to the
noble lord the member for Middlesex (Lord R. Grosve-
nor) as to whether it was his intention to proceed with
the Sunday Trading Bill. (Hear.)
Lord R. GROSVENOR said he was rather in an
awkward predicament. (A laugh.) Nobody liked to
be mobbed and bullied out of a measure—(hear,
hear)—which was introduced with the intention of
having effects so totally dissimilar from those attri-
buted to this measure. He hoped the house and the
country would remember that this was a measure which
was not intended to enforce the better observance of the
Sunday ; it was a measure which interfered with no
man's weekly labour—with no man's religious opi-
nions, but was a measure intended to procure
as large an amount of holiday for the over-taxed
artisans of this country as possible. But considering it
was one of those measures peculiarly liable to misrepre-
sentation and ridicule, and that misrepresentation and
ridicule had been most unsparingly exercised towards
it, and considering also the late period of the session at
which we had arrived, and the formidable opposition
with which this measure was threatened, he (lid not
think it right to keep up the existing irritation for the
bare chance of passing the measure this session. (Hear.)
He begged, therefore, to move that the order of the day
for the third reading of the bill, which stood for Wed-
nesday next, be now discharged. (Loud cries of hear.)
The order of the day for the third reading of the Sun-
day Trading Bill was then discharged.
Mr. OTWAY congratulated the noble lord on the de.
termination he had now arrived at. At the same time
he could not but express his sincere regret that the noble
lord did not on a former occasion, when an appeal was
made to him, withdraw that bill. He (Mr. Otway)
wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home De.
partment whether, in consequence
yode
fpakther,which h
proceedingse
that bad taken place yesterday in H
believed to be attributable mainly to the vacillation of
the Home Secretary—(cries of oh, and hear)—and to
the fact that the Government had entirely abdicated their
functions, and that both the noble lord at the head of the
Government and the Home Secretary had expressed them.
selves with respect to this bill in a most flippant manner
and had acted with the greatest vacillation—he believed
it was to that that the tumult in Hyde-park yesterday
was owing, and to which was 'also to be attributed the 1
fact that 104 persons were confined in the gaols of the
metropolis--he wished to ask the Secretary of State
for the Home Department whether it was his intention
to take any steps to procure the liberation of those 104
persons who were now in gaol for having assembled he
(Mr. Otway) believed, legally and properly, in Hyde-park
yesterday, and whether he would lay upon the table a
copy of the instructions that had been issued on that oc-
casion to the police ? (Hear, hear.)
Sir G. GREY considered the hon. member for Staf-
ford had no grounds for charging him with vacillation
in this matter, seeing that he (Mr. Otway) took no part
in the discussion of this bill when in committee. (Mr.
OTWAY—I voted against the second reading.) He (Sir
G. Grey) expressed his opinion at the time the bill was
in committee on various clauses, and he was prepared to
express them again on the third reading of the bill, and he
did not consider he could bej us tly charged with vacillation.
It was not a Government bill, but introduced by the
noble lord the member for Middlesex, and supported by
the majority of the metropolitan members. (Hear.)
He was informed by the police in the course of the week
that 11 or 12 notices had been issued calling on the
people to assemble in Hyde-park on Sunday last, which
it was feared would lead to some disorder, and there
could not have been a greater dereliction of
duty on his part than his permitting such a
monster meeting to be held at all on the
Sunday, which was an interference with that free
enjoyment of these parka by the public, and a privilege
which the people of this country possessed, scarcely
equalled by any other city or town on the continent.
(Hear.) In accordance with his directions notices were i
issued stating the illegality of the meeting, and a large
body of police stationed there in the event of any out-
break, and it was not until the carriage way had been
obstructed, and the noise and hooting cau-ed some of
the horses in carriages and others that were ridden to run
away at the imminent risk of the lives of the persons
in the carriages and on horseback that the police at-
tempted to clear the road to allow the public to exercise
that right of enjoyment in the park which they ail were
entitled to. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member had asked
him it it was his intention to order the liberat on of
those persons who had been taken into custody in con-
sequence of what occurred yesterday. In the first place
of the 104 persons said to have been taken into custody,
74 only were reported as having been apprehended for
assaults on the police, or riotous or disorderly conduct—
(hear)—the remainder being composed of pick-pockets,
a class of persons who generally frequent such places.
Surely the latter wag not a class to whom the bon.
member would wish to have the prerogative of the
Crown extended, and with regard to the former, the
offenders were undergoing an examination before the
magistrates, and he did not consider himself ju-tified in
interfering to prevent the ends of justice being carried
out. (Hear.)
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not object to the with-
drawal of the bill, a course which he recommended when 1
the second reading was moved, when he and his col-
league
the member for Lambeth protested against it ;
and they were the-only two metropolitan members who
opposed the measure in its early stages. (Hear.) He
was glad, although perhaps rather late, the bill having
been withdrawn, to see hon. gentlemen coming to their li
rescue ; and, seeing the Home Secretary in his
place, he wished to present a petition to the house,
and ask him a question upon it. The petition
was from Mr. Edward Medley, a constituent of his, who
states he saw many women and children struck down
the previous day in Hyde-park by the bludgeons of the
police, they being quietly and peaceably conducting them-
selves there, whilst other persons were taken into cus-
tody and shamefully treated by the police without any
cause, and the petitioner asked that an inquiry be made
into the conduct of the police on that occasion. (Hear,
hear.) The question he wished to put was whether
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
had receive' any report from the police magistrates with
regard to these disturbances, and if so, whether he bad
any objection to lay it on the table. He (Mr. Duncombe)
was creditably informed by persons who were in the park
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subjects of this kind. introducedWhenthearnigeehrleoflelredgislating on
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of trading in the different districts
lord had visited—(perhaps these were thekpetrheeonsnowbhioe
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returned his visit last Sunday in H de-
-were they to increase the policeYforePear
pre.Tuedrast;:fr the
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)—(laughter)
purpose of gratifying the bigotry and
Sabbatarians, and to support the police have the mili-
tary under arms, as was the case yesterday. (ie , .)
It was a disgraceful state of things for the 'Govern 'l.'
and that house to entertain such legislation and bring
t
about such consequences as those of yesterday. (Hear.)
He should at all times oppose such measures as this, al-
though he Lad been toll by some of his constituents who
dissented from him that, if they had the opportunity, be
would be ducked for his opposition (not like the noble
lord, in the Serpentine), but the reverse of water, which'
he would not name, and probably by some of the noble
lord's friends. (Laughter.)
Mr. WILKINSON expressed his dissent at bills of
this kind being brought forward by private members of
the house, instead of by the Governent—(bear)—and
his
disapprobation at the cond rnuct of the police yesterday.
Mr. AV. J. FOX was of opinion some inquiry should
be made into • the conduct of the police yesterday in
Hyde Park. From all he could learn the conduct
of the police appeared to have been atrociously
brutal ; and had
it not been for their inter-
position no
violence need have occurred. The people
assembled to protest against what they considered an
liberties,
outrage on their rights and and he thought
perfect right to do so in an orderly and
they had a
He thought a very rigid in-
quirypeaceable manner.be
instituted into the conduct of the
should
A tH er hear.) The string had been
police yesterday. N e, ?
Pulled too tight, and rl the people would not bear any
restriction on their freedom of action, as this bill
right in reinon-
contemplated. The people quitewere
their liberties, and
%treeing against the encroachment of .
and
they intended to do only in a legal, peaceable,
orderly manner. In that manner their resistance would
have
been expresseder. yesterday, had it not been for the
manifold provocation- • n by the police. (Hear.)
give .
After some f the matter was dropped,
but a severe
bee
discussion
for the
course they hee ure was passed upon the police
adopted
THE DEA.,m •
op LORD RAGLAN.
Lord PALMERsTox
Majesty, callingpresented n
widow of Lord Ragle upoe the, Commons to provide for the
into consideration the greatstating that her Majesty taking
Lord Raglan in the Crimea"Ziees performed by the late
i of his merit to.confee some ma
,rakemoious in consequence
Lady Raglan and her son, an f -her favour nixie
he trusted her faithful

ditto.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIG-EIV V/.

The steam-transport Indiana arrived at Spithead on
Saturday morning from the Crimea. She left Malta on
tile 14th ult. with Major Bell, Captain Kirk, Ensign
Furlong, and Lieut. Ey-naud, of the Royal Malta Fen-
cibles, on leave, Dr. O'fiagan, of her Majesty's steamer
Firebrand, 77 invalids from various regiments, and seve-
ral ladies, servants, &sc. She steamed into Portsmouth
harbour on Saturday afternoon to land the invalids, after
which she left yesterday for Southampton. The Julia,
nailing transport, No. 111, embarked the troops enume-
rated in The Sun of Saturday from Portsmouth dock-
yard on that afternoon for passage to join their several
regiments in the Crimea, and she went out of harbour
in the afternoon, anchored at Spithead for the night,
and sailed thence yesterday at noon. Orders were re-
ceived at Portsmouth dockyard on Saturday to prepare
the fittings for the embarkation of 30 horses, which will
be sent from the cavalry depot at Maidstone. The
.zEolus, 42-gun frigate, converted to a shell depot ship for
the Baltic, and commanded by Mr. W. Browne, Master,
R.N., left Spithead for the Nore on Saturday. The
Myrmidon, 4, iron steam-vessel, Lieut. Maunsell,
Commander, hauled out of the fitting basin at Ports-
mouth on Saturday, and went into the harbour to swing
for the adjustment of her compasses. Her Majesty's
yachts Fairy, Master-Commander Welch, and Elfin,
Master-Commander Balliston, hauled out of dock at
Portsmouth on Saturday, having been re-embellished for
the Queen's summer service.

Tao news of the death of Lord Raglan created an ex-
traordinary sensation in Portsmouth garrison.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-trans-
port Candia, Capt. Field, arrived at Southampton on
Saturday evening from Portsmouth, having landed about
30 invalids from the Crimea. She is ordered to prepare
immediately for the conveyance of cavalry to the East.
Tue screw steam-ship Norman, Capt. Vallans, will em-
bark at Southampton this day 4 officers, 60 horses, and
45 men of the 6th Drazoon Guards, and will leave direct
for Balakiava. During the week small bodies of troops
passed through Southampton for Parkhurst barracks,
Late of Wight. The Governraent steam-tug Comet con-
veyed a large number from that port to Cowes.
The Calypso, 18, Captain Arthur Forbes, which, with
the paddle-wheel steam-vessel Kite, 3, was towed out of
Bermuda on the 25th of May, by the steam-sloop De-
vastation, arrived at Plymouth with the Kite in tow on
Saturday morning. Spoke on the 17th of June, in lat.
45 1 N., long. 32 7 W., the outward-bound clipper bark
Warhawk, wind S.S.W., and pas;ed, on Wednesday
evening, a frigate-built ship with a red ensign, beating
up Channel against an easterly wind. The Calypso has
been four years on the North American and West Indian
stations, where her crew have been very healthy. Three
deaths have, however, occurred among the officers ; Sur-
geon Rae died of fever, and was buried at La Guayra
First-Lieutenant Lock, Royal Marines, was buried at
the same place, and his successor, Lieutenant Gell,
died at Jamaica before joining. Lieutenant Bazal-
gette, who joined in September, 1853, continues in
command of the Marines. The Calypso has an excel-
lent and well-disciplined crew, few punishments have
been inflicted, and there were none on the black list
when she entered the Sound.
The screw steam-ship Brunswick, 80, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Saturday from Pembroke, and went into
llamoaze to be dismantled.
The Calcutta, 84, Captain James J. Stopford, on
Friday and Saturday last, received through the post
office at Sheerness mails for the Baltic fleet weighing
more than one ton and a quarter. This is the largest
mail that has left Sheerness in any sailing ship during the
present year. She got under way at 10 a.m. on Saturday, j
and left for the Baltic with a flue fresh breeze from the
south-west.

A fine schooner sailing yacht (the Wildfire) left Sheer-
ness at the same time, and it is reported for the Baltic.
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant G. R. Miall to the
Royal Albeit ; Lieutenants G. Tryon and J. D'Arcy,
to the Royal Albert, for disposal.
The following medical appointments were also settled
on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Edward
Inspe..tor of Hospitals at Bermuda Hospital, to be In-
spector of Hospitals at Plymouth Hospital ; John Rees,.
surgeon, to be Deputy Inspector at Bermuda, vice Hil-
ditch ; Alexander Nishett, M.D., Deputy-Inspector at
Greenwich Hospital, to be Inspector at Hasler, vice Sir
Juhn Richard,on ; J. G. Stewart, M.D., Deputy-In-
,.pector at Malta, to be Deputy-Inspector at Greenwich
Hospital, vice Nisbett ; Alexander Bryson, Deputy-
Inspector of the Fisgard, to he Inspector, to be borne
on the books of the Fisgard; T. W. Macdonald, Deputy-
Inspector at Yarmouth Hospital, to be Deputy-Inspector
at Hasler; F. Mansell, M.D., Surgeon at Haulbowline
Hospital, to be Deputy-Inspector at Yarmouth Hospital,
vice Macdonald; John Salmon, Surgeon of the Excel-
lent, to be Deputy-Inspector at Malta, vice Stewart;
William Bruce, M.D., Staff-Surgeon at Deptford, y) be
Staff-Surgeon at Chatham, vice Sather ; John Robert-
son, M.D., Surgeon of the Saturn, to be Staff-Sur-
geon at Deptford yard, vice Bruce ; A. S. Allen,
M.D., Staff-Surgeon and Medical Storekeeper at Ply-
mouth Hospital, to be Staff Surgeon at Portsmouth
yard, vice Henderson ; George Mackay, M.D., Surgeon
to the Agamemnon, to be Staff-Surgeon and Medical
Storekeeper at Plymouth Hospital, vice Allen ; William
Gunn, M.D., Staff-Surgeon and Medical Storekeeper at
Deptford victualling-yard, to be Staff Surgeon at Sheer-
nt,ioetsoslko;eceTkpyheaorrrnadta,
Thomas Frazer,
Wilson ; William Graham, M.D.
Surgeone of the Vengeance, to be Staff-Surgeon and
lyfguak,hdeinca,ltSotbereskteeft;per at Deptford Victualling-yard, vice
MaFlrtaazetio.,
beSts,tffa-aS.tsirugregoenonaantdpeAnliebirliockael
I
Royal George, toerbjSe;
yard, vice Jones
ni:rh:ri..eroMln.e.ouanre.nrd.o,
MedicalD . , S
Storekeeperu rge o n
t
Malta, vice Frazer
at Scott,Haui
hoS,uvriigie,eonof'
Hospital,the
tviiicee.vl%ileatnosreyl:
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lexander xau° er Muirhead, Surgeon of
Beard of Ordnance had been abolished Surgeon at Greenwich Hospital, vice
Ternan.
ehebdeen made since the
The following appointments h
CrveiLD
Colonel F. ICEP::;I2:yENWiTSimOt to be Super-
Lieutenant-
intendent of Royal Gun Factories.
Captain A. Vandeleur to be Ca • ptain Instructor of
Gun Factories.
Carr
Co
iageloneFactoriel A. Tulloh to be Superintendent
of Royal
s.

Captain H. Clerk to be Captain Instructor of ditto.
Captain E. M. Boxer to be Superintendent of Royal
Laboratories.
Captain A. S. Orr to be Captain Instrador of ditto.
Captain W. M. Dickson to be Superintendent of Royal
Small Arm Factories.

Captain T. P. Warlow to be Captain Instructor of

Lieut.• Colonel W. H. Askwith to be Superintendent
of Royal Powder Factories.
Major J. F. Baddeley to be Captain Instructor of
ditto.

Colonel J. Bloomfield has been appointed Superinten-
dent of Drills and Inspector of Recruits ; Colonel W.
C. Andei,on, to be Colonel Commanding Field Batteries
at Wooiwich ; Colonel C. W. Wingfield, to be Inspec-
tor. and Purchaser of Horses for the Artillery service.
Captain J. M. D. C tlder'n company, 9th battalion
Ruyal Artillery (N. field-battery), at present stationed
at Bristol, is under orders for the Crimea,