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Lord Robert hohert Grosvenor has taken fright, and with-
drawn his bill, " letting I dare not wait upon I would ;"
but lie has not consigned the abomination to the limbo
of abdrtiOns without much whimpering and whiniug over
its character; which he. says has been cruelly traduced.
He especially hoped that Parliament and the public
would bear in mind that the measure was not a measure
for the better observance of the Sabbath, inasmuch as
it was a measure interfering with no man's recreation
and with no man's religious convictions. Thus his lord-
ship plainly implies that measures for the better observ-
ance of the Sabbath must have the two evil effects which
he denies to have been fairly ascribable to his bill.
But we cannot assent to the assertion that the better
ohoarvance of the Sabbath would involve the `conse-
quences imputed. The better observance would be a
more cheerful observance, an, observance not only of
religions duties, but of the rights of labour to re-
creation. Something has been taken from the Sunday
which ought to be restored to it—something which be-
longed to it when our country bore the name of 'merry
England, in place of which gloom and sadness have been
introduced, the detestable refuge against which is the
excitement of drink.

Having thus enlightened the house as to what his bill
was not, and cleared it from the imputation of tending
to the better observance of the Sabbath, his lordship
proceeded to reveal what it was, and proclaimed it a
measure for maximising the holiday. This astounding
discovery is Lord Robert's revenge. See what the pub-
lic has lost. Little did the theughtless mob in Hyde-
park suspect that they were raising their voices against
a larger share of holiday, and getting their heads
broken in opposition to a measure purely for their
pleasure. But perhaps their notions of a holiday
may have differed somewhat from that of Lord Robert
Grosvenor ; and a poor man who was far from sure
of the opportunity of purchasing the materials for a
meal within the prescribed hours, may have thought
that going without his dinner on Sunday would not be
holiday entertainment. The interdict of shaving, or of
buying a newspaper after a certain hour, may also not
have appeared holiday regulations, but to savour more
of the character of a fast. The fact seems to be that
Lord Robert Grosvenor has made the mistake of pre-
ferring the interests of the few to those of the many.
Certain tradesmen ministering to the wants of the poor
would be very glad to be relieved from their occupatimte
on Sunday, provided they can he thoroughly secured,
against loss of profits. . They will trade against scruples
of conscience rather than be losers by shutting up: and
letting the custom go to rivals ; but they say to Lord Ro-
bert Grosvenor and the Legislature, " Make it the same
thing to us as regards the till, and we will be devout.
We are for serving God, provided we can do so without
breaking with Mammon. Make it broad as it is long,
the Bible and the ledger square, and we will shut up
and go to church. Let us bring ourselves round with
Mammon on Monday, nothing lost meanwhile, and
Heaven shall have our devotion on the Sabbath."
We may be told to be satisfied with the withdrawal
of the bill, as "all's well that ends well," but the ques-
tion is whether we have got to a good ending or to a
bad beginning. The example of the triumph of a mob
over the Legislature is a very ugly one, and may have
grave consequences ; and why did not the Government
avert it ? Ministers did not, forsooth, foresee the hos-
tile feelings which the proposed measure has roused ;
and what do they ever foresee ? And far what are cer-
tain men placed in her Majesty's counsels, if they have
not the sagacity to anticipate consequences which every
one of common sense and common knowledge of the
public mind must have pretty plainly foreknown ? The
Beer Act had filled the people brimful with discontent,
and it was certain that another drop of gall would make
the cup overflow. Yet Government took no part upon
Lord R. Grosvenor's Bill, and indeed Sir G. Grey coun-
tenanced and supported it. And hence the dangerous
example which it was the duty of a prudent Govern-
ment to have averted. A Minister worthy of his
position and his trust would have opposed the bill as a
dangerous provocation to the people, whose comforts
and pleasures it threatened, and would have warned its
officious author that the peace of the country would not
bear such vexatious meddling with popular habits. But
it is the peculiarity of our State pilots that they never
look ahead, and like the Irish skipper, they made ac-
quaintance with the rocks by striking on them. "Who'd
have thought it !" is the standing word with them from
Sebastopol to Hyde Park, from a Crimean campaign to
a Sunday riot. When a man goes into high office he
seems to take lehve of all knowledge of the world, and to
become in a marvellous degree unprepared for all the work-
ings of opinion. The mind appears to be narrowed to the
four walls of Parliament, and to lose sight of the external
world. The eye becomes for ever fixed on the weather.
cock of the representation, and is never directed to the
sky, wheie the presage of the coming change and gale is
to be read. It sees which way the wind blows, but not
which way the wind will blow, which is to be weather-
wise.

As if to make up for the want of common foresight,
which might have served for prevention, by getting rid
of the cause of discontent, much rigour, miscalled vigour,
has been exercised in suppressing the disturbances in
Hyde-park. The police were probably out of humour at
being put on extra duty on Sunday, for which they had
primarily to thank Lord Robert Grosvenor ; and they
had moreover, perhaps, some hint that a little severity
would not be unacceptable at head-quarters. Certain it
is that, to say the least, they did not display their usual
forbearance and discrimination. Blackguards and ruf-
fians of course there were in so large an assemblage, and
their outrages may have excited wrath, which discharged
itself, not on the offender, but the first that came to
hand, like the retributive justice we mark in pantomimes,
where the thumps and buffets due to one are always
misdelivered to another.
In the punishment of the offences at the Police Court
we are also struck with a severity which seems dispropor-
tioned to the circumstances ; especially remembering, as
we well do, the lenity with which the assaults on the
police were treated on the memorable 10th of April:
There was some fright then, and possibly there is some
anger now, to account for the difference.
The delay in bringing up the prisoners for examina-
tion is another circumstance from which inferences of
spiteful intention have been drawn, and far from satis-
factory was Sir G. Grey's explanation that counsel hav-
ing been engaged for the accused, it became necessary
to employ also counsel for the prosecution, barristers
not being so rare and difficult to find in this town, as to
require nearly a whole day to catch one. And it was
nearly five o'clock on Monday afternoon before the first
ease was heard. A day of unnecessary confinement at
this season is a punishment in itself ; and besides, to a
poor man it is the loss of a day's wages, perhaps of his
employment atlogether. Considering the whole con-
duct of the police on this occasion, people are beginning
to ask whether the Mayne Police Law has any connec-
tion or sympathy with the Maine Liquor Law.
We had written thus far when the statements of Mr.
Roebuck and Mr. T. Duncombe in the House of Com-
mons appeared, and have gone far towards establishing
a case of wanton and savage violence against the police.
That this misconduct is at variance with the general cha-
racter of the force we readily admit, but that very fact
makes inquiry the more necessary and proper, for there
must have been some very extraordinary cause for the
deviation from the customary temper and moderation of
the police. Sir G. Grey is for dealing with special oases,
but the right course is to trace up the special cases to
the special causes. What orders had the men, or had
they any intimations that extraordinary zeal (for that is
the word, the sense of which is well understood) would
be acceptable to authorities in high places. The mob
were bestirring themselves to defeat a measure sanctioned
and supported by the Home Minister, under whom are
the police, and did that circumstance inflame the parti-
zanship or servile zeal of the directors of the force, and
put the truncheons in motion, as alleged, with savage
and indiscrimfnate violence t_

Sir G. Grey says that if outrages have been committed
there is the legal remedy ; but supposing the poor could
afford the recourse to law, which they cannot, there is
something more to be considered than the redress of
individual wrongs. The discipline and conduct of the
police are concerned. It is of the highest importance to
maintain the character of the force for temper and for-
and
bearance, and promptly to check any tendency to fero-
city that may be discovered in it. Signs of a bad spirit
should be watched with a most jealous vigilance, and
strict inquiry should be made into the causes that have
introduced such a spirit, in order that they may bo re-
moved, and the organisation restored to its usual healthy
state. The efficiency of the police depends on the opin-
ion of its conduct in the minds of the peoPley to
pass over any misconduct in it is to impair its character,
and with that its efficiency. Important as is the disci-
pline of the army, still more important. is that of the
police ; and if it ever loses public respect and confidence,
misconduct.—Examine and contracts popular hatred, not
.. thrice the force will
suffice for the peace of the metropolis. Sir G. Grey has
a graver responsibility than_ke niece ems to be sensible of,
and a serious and lasting rn.iscnief may be done to a
valuable institution by screening

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CO CHURCH INTERDICTED ET THE
BISHOP °F. LONDON.—For some time past a concert of
vocal and instrumental sacred music has been announced
to tale place in the church of the united parishes of St.
nnceTdblyN Barracks
A.
Mary, Somerset, and St. Mary Mounthaw, Thames-
street, in the ward of Queenhithe ; the public were to
be adna;tted on payment of ls. and 2e., and the funds
thus raised were to be devoted to the school charities
and repairs of the organ. Yesterday, however, the
Bishop of London interdicted the performance, on the
ground of the indecency of making any charge for ad-
mission to an edifice devoted to divine worship according
to the forms of the Established Church.

GENERAL SimrsoN.-11/0 see and hear the question
frequently asked, since the last few days have brought
notice, as Commander-in-Chief of the British army—who
is General Simpson ? In answer to this we beg to state
that General Simpson is a native of Roxburghshire, and
was, until lately, the proprietor of the pretty little estate
of Teviotbank, near Hawick, as also was his late father.
His grandfather was minister of the parish of Wilton ;
and many will remember his uncle, the colleague of the
late Dr. Brunton, of the Tron Church, Edinburgh. He
is married to a daughter of the late Sir Robert Dundas,
of Duneira • and our member of Parliament, A. Elliott
Lockhart, of Borthwickbrae, Esq., is married to another.
Two other sisters were married, one to the late R. Wig-
ham, Esq., advocate, and another to Mr. Davidson,
Sheriff a AberdeenshireovZorder Acivolint.

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