The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

TIIE HYDE-PARK DEIVONSITATION.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN.

Snt,—lVlr. ieadon, the magistrate at Marlborough-
street, having indulged in some very severe, and, as it
appears to me, extra-judicial remarks, on the promoters
of an agitation against the Conspiracy Bill, of whom X
am one, I should feel extremely obliged by the insertion
of the enclosed letter.

I am, air, your obedient servant,
Feb, 24, 1858. ALFRED B. RICHARDS

Mr. Richards presents his compliments to Police-
magistrate Beadon, and bgs to offer two or three'
observations upon his extra-magisterial remarks a'
Marlbo7ough-street on Monday, reflecting upon the
conduct and character of those concerned in organising
the intended Hyde-park demonstration on Sunday last.
Mr. Beadon is reported to have said, after disposing,
of four cases of pelting, pocket-picking. and disorder y
conduct, which occurred in the crowd in Hyde-park on
Sunday, that those who drew the mob together—mean-
ing thereby the committee of the Freemason's Tavern
meeting against the Conspiracy Bill—were, in his,
Police-magistrate Beadon's opinion, " morally equaLy
guilty" with those brought before him, and "a disgrace
to society. ' Now, if "society," according to Mr.
Beadon, comprehend only political enslavement, wretcbt d
servility, and an abnegation of all that w:tich our fore-
fathers held sacred, Mr. Richards is quite content, in
Mr. Beadon's eyes to disgrace it. He would merely
suggest to Mr. Beadon the- there is such a thing as bei, g
a disgrace to country, ci,izenship, and manhood.
Mr, Richards is as much a liver of order as Police-
magistrate Beadon himself can be ; but most assuredly
were he on the maeieterial bench, he would consult his
own dignity by not appearing either as the advocate- r.f
submielon to foreign dictation, or the champion of
governmental truckling to it, however despotical might
be his views and narrow his prejudices. Not only does
Mr. Richards consider that there is a national insuli
conveyed in Mr. Beadon's remarks, but he sees in them
a self-recommendation official authority, which in his
opinion is a " disgrace" to the magisterial bench.
Mr. Richards would suggest to P lice-magistrate
Beadon for the future to content himelf, in the genial
atmosphere of the court where he presides, with dispen-
sing petty justice according to the light vouchsafed to
him, and not to deliver any turtber censures upon gen-
tlemen whose motives and actions are far ah,ve his
appreciation, as well as to refrain from laying down the
law upon the political rights and privileges of English-

men.
In conclusion, Mr Richards b!tgs to express his
gratification a the paucity of•the off,,,lces isommitted in
the Park on Sunday, and to tell Mr. Beadon his opinion,
which be ventures to say is also the opinion of tote
majority of
,Englishmen, that the authors of the dis-
graceful Conspiracy Bill are the persons morally guilty
of being the cause of the disturbances—such as they
were in the Park. Mr. Richards would also ask Police-
magistrate Beadon whether he thinks the Dean of
Westminster morally answerable for a pocket being
picked on the occasion of his preaching ?
Feb. 24, 1858.