The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

BONNER'S FIELDS.

Mr. G. THOMPSON wished to put a question to the
Right Hon. Baronet, of which he had given him notice.
He prayed the attention of the House for one or two
moments, in order that he might be enabled distinctly to
state the reasons which had induced him to ask the
question which he should presently propound to the
Right Hon. Baronet.
The SPEAKER intimated to the Hon. Member that
he must confine himself entirely to the question which he
intended to put.

Mr. G. THOMPSON—The nature of the question
was this he had to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whe-
ther he was in pcAsession, from any quarter,, of
information alleging that on Sunday last, the 4th
instant, certain outrages had been inflicted by
the police upon peaceable, loyal, and well-
conditioned individuals living in the neighbourhood of
the Tower Hamlets.—(Hear, hear, and partial laughter.)
He put the question because he held the testimony in his
hand of 60 witnesses, all of whom he had reason to
believe were respectable persons, following decent occu-
pations—many of them are respecable inhabitants, and
shopkeepers in the Tower Hamlets. Their testimony
was consistent and concurrent, and agreed in this, that
the most brutal outrages were committed by the police,
not only in Bishop Bonner's Fields, but even more than
a mile from the scene where the Chartist outrages took
place; and they stated, that unless the Government
instituted a searching inquiry into all the facts of the
case, and adopt means to prevent the recurrence
of similar outrages for the future, that great
dissatisfaction would continue to exist in ;that
neighbourhood in putting this question to the 'Hon-
ourable Baronet, he begged to assure him and the House
that he had no sympathy with violent language and
disaffection. He simply asked the question, at the re-
quest of his constituents, who had placed an amount
Of evidence in. his hands, which deserved 'the
serious consideration of the Government, and he
was. sure the Government would be of his
opinion when they were in possession of the facts
which stated that, in h's opinion but one feeling
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to that which he had just read, and which showed clearly
what were the nature of the meetings held in in Vic-
toria park and other places in the neighbourhood,—
(Cheers.) Meetings of this nature had been held pre-
viously to last Sunday, which had given rise to great
disturbances and to the stoppage of trade in various dis-
tricts; and information having come to their know-
ledge that similar meetings were to be held
last Sunday in the neighbourhood
of the
Tower Hamlets, the Commissioners of Police,
under his directions, stationed an additional force
in the vicinity of the places of meeting. The
instructions given to the police were, that they must
be prepared to act immediately, but that they were not
to interfere with the meeting so long es they
remained orderly, and so long as their pro-
ceedings were conducted in a peaceable manner.
The Commissioners had previously issued a notice that
these meetings were illegal it they were continued after
dark, and the police had instructions to disperse them if
that rule were violated. He now held in his hand
the report of the inspector under whose immediate
charge the police acted, and from this report it would
appear that a meeting of the Irish confederates
at three o'clock on Sunday, and anothsr meeting of the
Chartists was held at five o'clock the same day. In-
spector Waller was stationed with a body of men out
of the public view, in the St. James's Church district.
An inspector who made the report was in attendance
at the different points where the meeting were collected
throughout the entire day. The inspector stated that
at the latter meeting no less than 3,000 persons of all

descriptions had assembled, who remained orderly until
25 minutes past seven o'clock, when the meeting
broke up, and then between 400 and 500 pro-
ceeded to the church, and broke nearly all the
windows, and when the inspector passed he was received
with the shouts and execrations of the mob, many of
them pelting him with stones. The people were called
upon to disperse quietly, but the intimation was an-
swered by another shower of stones, and the police
were therefore compelled to interfere. One sergeant
and seven police-constables were severely
F injured, and
several had been rendered unfit for duty. The
inspector stated, in addition, that several per-
sons who witnessed the proceedings were ready
to corroborate the statements in his report. He
(Sir G. Grey) had received a letter from a Mr. Houghton,
complaining, not of the interference of the police, but
showing the great danger which might have resulted from
their not interfering earlier, and therefore more effectually.
That letter concluded by the writer complaining that
the rate-payers of the parish should be subjected
to the annoyance, insult, and injury to life and property
which these meetings were calculated to bring about.
He (Sir George Grey) held in his hand 81
letters from different inhabitants of the dis-
trict, concurring in the statement with respect to
the inconvenience of those meetings, and as to the
forbearance with which the police had acted; and
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tion to uphold the Crown, the Government, and the law.
He had also read a memorial from the inhabitants of
the neighbourhood of Victorir-park, stating the occurence
that had taken place in the neighbourhood on Sunday
last, and expressing
their hope that the Government would
immediately adopt some course to suppress such meeting
and thereby remove the alarm and danger that existed.
He would only say with respect to the statements which
the Hon. Member had made against the police, that
the parties making them had the same means of
proving their truth as the police had of justifying
their conduct.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") A tribunal
had been sitting to hear any complaints on either side,
but he was not aware that any had been made
against the police.—(Hear, hear.( He could assure
the Honourable Member that there was no
disposition on the part of the Government to interfere
with meetings of a legitimate character—(Hear, hear)
—but he thought all would admit that the
meetings that had lately taken place in the
metropolis were anything but of such a description.
The police had orders from the Government to afford
every protection to persona and property, and to
put down such illegal and improper meetings,
and he was sure from the course they had hitherto
adopted, they would not hesitate to do tnat which the
safety to the property and life of her Majesty's subjects
imperatively demanded.—(Hear, hear.)
NAVIGATION LAWS—ADJOURNED DEBATE.

Sir JOHN WALSH. then resumed the adjourned
debate on the Navigation-laws.
[LEFT SPEARING].

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

On Tuesday a Court was held fur the dispatch o
business.

THE DISTURBANCES IN THE METROPOLIS.

Alderman WILSON wished to be informed by the
Lord Mayor whether the special constables appointed
previously to the 10th of April to act in the event of a
distutbauce, were authorised to act if any contingency
should arise at the present time, as it was understood
by many that the power would in a few days be at an
end.

Sir PETER LAURIE begged to say a few words. He
considered the Chartist proceedings to be a sort or
guerilla warfare. They went entirely upon a system
of annoyance. They were in this place to-day and
in that place to-morrow, and their object was
to; derive advantage from harassing society.—(Hear,
hear.) He considered that the police were quite
able to keep down the guerilla spirit which was in
operation. It was very easy for a number of people to
mention a day of meeting and call together multitudes,
but the police were strong enough to prevent mischief.
The LORD MANOR said that he was watching with
anxiety the course of events, and that his brother ma-
gistrates and his fellow-citizens most cordially joined
with him in the feeling that union and co-operation
were most necessary under the existing state of
things for the protection of the tranquillity of the
City.—(flear, hear.) He had been waited upon by
several of the leading men of the ward of Farringdou
Without, that morning, on the subject of the great
annoyances to which the citizens were subjected by
the meetings and processions which had so frequently li
taken place. The deputation stated that the inhabitants
were most desirous of rendering the most efficient. aid
either under the authority of the Police Commissioner, or
in any other way which might appear eligible for the ,
purpose of preserving the public peace.—(Hear.)
,It
gave him great satisfaction to state that there existed a
strong unanimous feeling amongst his fellow•-citizens on
the subject, and he had every reliance upon them. The
Commissioner of the City Police, who urged the necessity
of employing special constables, had embodied his views
upon the subject in a report which would probably give
satisfaction to the court, aui. 1.1.3 a egulati,
mended in which could be carried out without difficulty.
—(Hear, hear.) He had the utmost reliance upon the
conduct of his fellow•citizens.—(Cheers.)
Alderman COPELAND said the Lord Mayor might de-
pend upon the zealous co-operation of his brother ma-
gistrates. _ _

Some conversation took place, we understand, upon
the exclusion of strangers, on the subject of the ex-
penses incurred by the preparations for meeting the
emergency of the 10th of April, and the Court was
counted out before the most important business fur the
day was entered upon.

FASHIONS FOR JUNE.
(From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of
Fashion.)
Materials of slight texture are now much i❑ demand.
Mousselines de suie of every colour, baregas, palmy-
riennes, and a new material partaking of the poil de
chevre, with jaconots and organdys in Persian
patterns; silk dresses of fancy stripes of the
palest colours are made with three flounces en
biais, the upper one rounded off, rises gradually,
diminishing to the waist, and is continued on the cor-
sage, forming double revers. For demi toilette, the
form of the corsage varies but little, they are generally
open with revers or chide, the sleeve moderately
wide, particularly at the bottom, drooping on the
arm, or admitting the under sleeve of clear muslin ;
the skirts with very deep flounces. It is only when
required for carriage wear or dejeuners that the
dresses are ornamented by coquilles, ruches, &c. ; if
ribbon, all are made of a length to give freedom to
the feet ; barege dresses are ornamented with deep
biais flounces, edged with small gimp, or tucks
of graduated size to the waist. Redingotes
are still made a la Puritaine, ornamented
by gimp trimmings ; dresses of thin materials
have the corsages made full ; many redingotes
are made with corsages a la I)ubarry. The
bonnets of this season are of moderate size, demievasee,
close at the ears, with round crowns ; very pretty ones
are made of paiile de riz, with the capote crown of taf-
fetas glace, and some are trimmed with ruches of taffetas,
so delicately pinked as to imitate moss, in pink, white,
or blue, encircling the edge bavolet ; it also forms trim
mings on the crown.
The ribbons used this season are very rich ; pretty
open straws are with bands of taffetas or gauze, and
straw alternately, lined with taffetas or glace and wand,
with large pink rose at the side. Many of the capotes
of tulle bouillonef, or rich blond, are simply trimmed
with ribbon, and merely ornamented inside by bunches
of delicate flowers ; sometimes a lace lappet forms the
trimming.

Capotes of crape, gauze, or linon, are, with Toilettes
of the same, pink, blue, or white, confined by a wreath
of ribbon toques. The mantelets and pardessus are
made of taffetas glace of every colour, of figured tulle,
trimmed with lace or frills of the same, pinked or em-
broidered, they are also made of embroidered muslin ;
black lace shawls, both single and double, continue in
fashion ; and many mantelets are made matching the
dress.