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London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

and Forests, under whose control the parks were placed.
That permission had been given for the Shakspere Cele-
bration, and under all the circumstances, as there had been
already one large meeting, he frankly confessed he regretted
the police had not allowed the meeting in question to pro-
ceed, which he had no doubt, from what he had heard,
would have passed off in the most peaceable way. He had
been told there was no violence either on the part of the
police or the people, and this was the first time he had
heard of any violence on the part cf the police. If any per-
sons present had been assaulted by the police they could
summon them before a magistrate for the offence.
Mr. BEALEs —Then, supposing the committee call another
meeting at the same place on Saturday next, would it also
be stopped by the police on the ground of Primrose-hill
being a park ?

Sir G. GREY—The police, under the instructions I have
alluded to, would have the power of stopping the meeting,
unless the consent of Mr Cowper to hold the meeting had
previously been obtained.

Mr BEALES—Then those orders, the legality of which I
dispute, virtually prohibit all open-air meetings of the people
unless sanctioned by the Government, which is, I contend,
a most dangerous principle, and one subversive of the con-
stitutional right of Englishmen. To hold a meeting in the
open air the people of London must go into the country—to
Blackheath, or Hampstead-heath, and even there only by
the sufferance of the police.
Sir G. GREY—I cannot argue the question of right.
It must be settled by an action at law.
Messrs. Nicholay, Taylor, Applegarth, and Medlard
having confirmed the statement cf the chairman as to the
violence of the police,
Mr lIARTWELL said that at the very time the police in-
terfered with the Garibaldi meeting there were temperance
preachers, " Cheap Jacks," " Aunt Sallys," and gambling
all over the hill, all surrounded by several hundred people.
They were left unnoticed by the police, who said they in-
terfered with the Garibaldi meeting held on the crest of
the hill because it interrupted the highway, whereas if any
such interruption could have possibly taken place on the
hill, it must have arisen from the other assemblages he had
alluded to. Under the present police law, which he hoped
was not to be taken as legal, any public meeting in the
open air could be suppressed at the caprice of a petty officer
of police.
Mr SnAw, as one of the persons violently attacked and
assaulted by the police, the numbers of whom he knew, said
he should act on the suggestion of the hon, baronet and
take out a summons.

Sir GEORGE GREY could only repeat his regret that the
meeting had not been allowed to proceed. He had full con-
fidence in the love of order among the working classes.

The deputation then retired.

Working Men's Garibaldi Committee,

A general meeting of this committee was held last night,
at the Whittington Club, to receive the report of the depu-
tation appointed to wait upon Sir George Grey in relation
to the suppression of the meeting on Saturday last on
Primrose-hill. Thera was a very full attendance. Mr.
Nieass (plasterer) occupied the chair.
The Secretary reported the result of the interview of the
deputation with Sir G. Grey, who had made nearly the
same statement to them as ha had made in the House of
Commons. Neither ho nor Sir R. Mayne had given any
special instructions to the police regarding the meeting,
which had been suppressed by that body under their ge-
neral orders relating to meetings in the Park, Sir G, Grey
had declined to discuss the legality of those orders with the
deputation, who, if they wished, must take an opportunity
of deciding the point by a legal action. He thought this
explanation of Sir George Grey only made matters worse.
It would be bad enough to have their meetings suppreseed
by the Home Secretary or the Police Commissioner; but,
at any rate, there was a certain amount of responsibility
attached to those gentlemen. It now appeared that the
liberty of public meetings in the open air, so much
prized by Englishmen, depended simply upon the caprice
of some petty police officer. (Hear.) He hoped Sir George
Grey's suggestion would be acted upon, and the legality of
Sir R. Mayne's ukase tested.

Considerable discussion followed, the prevailing opinion
being that another meeting should be held upon Primrose-
hill on Saturday week, when, if the police again interfered,
sufficient resistance should be made by the chairman or some
members of the committee to warrant the police taking
them into custody, in order that the question might come
fairly before a court of law as to whether the orders of Sir
R. Mayne were justified by an Act of Parliament. With
this understanding the following resolutfon was agreed to
unanimously, on the motion of Mr. Howell, bricklayer,
seconded by Mr. Osborne, plasterer :—" That this commit-
tee is of opinion that the adjourned Garibaldi meeting
should be held at an early date, and that at such meeting
the legality of the interference of the police with orderly
open-air public meetings in the parks or elsewhere be tested;
that a sub-committee of 12 be appointed to confer with the
city sub-committee, with full power to convene such meet-
ing, which shall be held, no positive Act of Parliament
existing to the contrary, on Primrose-hill, on Saturday
evening week, at 6 o'clock.
The sub-committee having been appointed, the committee
adjourned. Subscriptions in aid of the expenses to be in-
curred in testing Sir R.Mayne's order,and protesting against
police interference with the liberty of public meeting, are
incited to be sent in to the treasurers of the Garibaldi Re-
ception Committee.
Naval and Military Intelligence.

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THE NAVY.

VALETTA, April 23 ;—Her Majesty's screw iron-
clad frigate Resistance, 16, Capt. W. C. Chamber-
lain, arrived here on the evening of the 21st inst.
from the Piimas and Corfu, She brought down a
company of Royal Engineers, under the command
of Capt, Bland. Mr. W. E. Veale, paymaster Royal
Navy, nominated as secretary to Rear,Admiral the
Hon. J. Denman, and Mr J. Lewis, paymaster,
invalided,aleo arrived in her,and left for Southamp-
ton in the packet Ceylon to-day. The Resistance
Taft at Corfu oti the 19th inst. the Orlando, 46,
Capt. G. G. Randolph, and the steam tender
Growler. The Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland,
arrived at Corfu on the 15th inst. from Saute, and
left on the 19 h to return there. The Trident, 3,
Commander C. J. Balfour, was at Patras by the
latest reports, and was expected to be ordered to
Malta shortly. The Revenge, 73 (flagship of Rear-
Admiral H, R. Yelverton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon.
F. A. Foley ; the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. J. C. Prevost
and the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte,'
were at the Elm as when the Resister ce left.
The screw atoreship Dromedary, 2, Master-Com-
mander A. Brown, arrived from Corfu on Monday
with stores, The screw gunboat Foxhound, 4,
Commander W. H. Anderson, arrived the same day
from Corfu, having called at Benghazi to embark
Mr. Richard Read, her Mijesty's Vice-Consul there,
who has been appointed to Scutari as Consul. The
Caradoc, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Lieut.-
Commander E. Wilkinson, left Malta on Monday
for Messina, the Pyrwas, Smyrna, and Constan-
tinople, having on board as passengers Dr. Trower,
Bishop of Gibraltar, and suite. The Icarus, 11,
Acting-Commander H, T. Boger, left on Tuesday
for England, to be paid off. The Liffey, 35, Capt.
G. Parker, the Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Army-
tags, and the Foxhound are refitting in Malta har-
bour. There are also here the following vessels
ready for sea :—The Marlborough, 121 (flagship of
Vice-Admiral R. Smart, K.H.), Capt. C. Fellowes ;
the Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, Capt. F. A. Campbell;
the Meanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodeboase; the Pelican,
17, Commander W. Comber; and the Psyche, 2,
despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander R. Sterne. The
Marlborough gave a ball on the 21st., at which the
Governor and 500 or 600 guests were present. The
Phoebe and Chanticleer remain on the coast of
Syria, the Racoon and Procris at Gibraltar, and
the Weser and Cockatrice on the Danube. Colonel
Woods, Bth Regiment ; Dr. Griffen, 25th Regi-
ment ; Dr. Welsh, 22d Regiment ; Ensign M. G.
Cole, Bth Regiment; and Ensign E. Williams, Bth
Regiment, have returned from Corfu. There is
nothing certain about the removal of all the troops
from Corfu. The last report is that they will not
leave till the end of Jane. The Fox, transport, is
entering port from the lonian Islands.
Vice-Admiral Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., and Rear-
Admiral Sir Charles Frederick, accompanied by
Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy,
were engaged on Tuesday and part of Monday in
inspecting the vessels building and under repair
and conversion in Portsmouth dockyard.
Lieut. John Wills (half-pay) has been appointed
Retired Commander.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander W. H. Annesley, to
be Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice
Commander Robinson, deceased ; Lieut. C. Alder,
to the Rattlesnake; W. S. Cunningham, master, to
the Indus, for the Cordelia ; Henry Aguilar, master,
to the Fisgard, for the Enterprise ; Adolphus Sut-
ton, master, to the Fisgard, for the Wolverine ;
Gerald Molloy, assist.-surg., to the Indus ; Alfred
Whiffen, assist.-paymaster, to the Formidable ; J.
Petts, assist.-engineer, to the Royal George ; J.
Crawford, assist.-engineer, to the Irresistible; and
E. Lauder, assist.-clerk, to the Fisgard.