The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, Y 7, 1867.

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THE REFORM MEETING IN HYDE
PORK.

There was no obstruction to the Reform League
demonstration in Hyde-park yesterday, and con-
sequently the whole passed off without disturb-
ance. During the morning and afternoon the in-
habitants of the suburbs of the metropolis were sur-
prised by immense van loads of policemen proceeding
in the direction of the West-end ; the neighbour-
hoods of the vestry-halls were edified by the pre-
parations made for the swearing in of special
constables ; and the young ladies in the vicinity of
the chief barracks were blessed with the marching
past their,. wa, 'ndoe-sk"of searsrat: fresh troops trona
Windsor ntiti`OseWbet Seeiintte as?, must 'havebeen
the prospect:Wrbieli diiybiealqtesented to these gal-'
last p'atriots, sunset brought them the mortifying
reflection that their occupation was gone. The
special constables particularly deserve the sympa-
thies of an appreciative public. Extensive prepa-
rations were made for the enthusiastic crowds of
middle-class patriots who were expected to besiege
the vestry-halls and police courts in order to be
duly enrolled as protectors of the public peace. At
Clerkenwell, however, not a solitary person ap-
pearedof the court, and only about
a dozenaattttehnedeodp
eanfing
terwards. At the Thames police-
court, although the worthy magistrate entered
upon the duties of his office at the early hour of
nine o'clock, no Would-be constables claimed his at-
tention. At Wandsworth the chief incident ap-
peared to have been the application of a bricklayer's
labourer to be admitted as one of the " specials,"
but as his leading idea of the duties of the office
was that there was a shilling to be received and
a supper to be eaten, his offer was for the time
declined with thanks. It is said, however, that
hundreds of special constables were actually
sworn, but it is certain that the number fell far
short of what the public had been led to expect.
The impression of many of these volunteers was that
they were to be led in a body to Hyde-park to im-
mortalize themselves Japan. open attack upon the
members of .the• Morin -League ; but when they
found that the extent of their duties would be the
preservation of their own shops and thoroughfares
while the constable " on the beat " was drafted off
to duty in the park, and that instead of a varnished
truncheon with a small crown at the end, they were
to be armed with a short length from a broomstick,
their patriotism fell to zero.
The best regulated band of specials, however,
were those of St: Paul's, Covent-garden. Here
nearly 300 were sworn in, and divided into six com-
panies, under the command of Mr. Lewin, Mr.
Bocking, Mr Barringer, Mr Thomas, Mr. E. Lewis,
and Mr. Henry4o, New, the latter gentleman's corps
numbering
and consisting entirely of
working men. It was a particularly enthusiastic
company, and previous to their dismissal they
signed a petition to the Earl of Derby in favour of
1r
law and order. The entire body remained under
orders of Captain Corseardea until past eleven at
night, when they were relieved from duty and
quitted their quarters, after having spent a very
pleasant evening together whilst waiting for the
anticipated sacking of London.
The chief thing that would attract :the attention
of any one entering Hyde-park yesterday afternoon
would be the absence of the ordinary policemen.
Many persons went there at an early hour to see
the large detachments of military of which the
morning papers had spoken, but no troops were
visible. The park looked very quiet and very
beautiful in its fresh spring dress. Towards four
and five the visitors increased, and then they kept
on increasing. Enterprising costermongers, all the
way from the east end, on hawking cares intent,
essayed to enter the gates, but in most instances
they were refused admittance, and sent back be-
wailing their hard fate. A few, however, effected
an entrance, and almost before they had commenced
business a question was being asked respecting them
in the House of Commons. The itinerant vendor
of fluid and compound abominations found no diffi-
culty in displaying his tray of wares to the thirsty
and hungry ; and the ballad singer, much to his
own surprise, was not ejected when he struck up a
new song in honour of the Reform League. At 5
o'clock the park looked gay with its thousands of
men and women, and its wealth of sunshine. On
the whole the assemblage was the most respectable
in appearance and manner that we have sedn at any
of the reform demonstrations. The usual occu-
pants of the Ladies' Mile forsook their accustomed
haunts, and ventured into the more open drives,
where they had a fine opportunity of eye-
glassing the British public, and awing the
common people with their grandeur. Young
gentlemen of the type superfine strolled
about at a safe distance watching the habits and
customs of working folks. Working folks amused
themselves by returning the compliment. There
were to be seen upon the grass in various portions
of the park considerable numbers of the evil-eyed,
prison-cropped community termed " roughs." They
were looking out for a harvest which never came.
Various games were indulged in by the light-hearted.
Several men, apparently politicians unattached, be-
guiled the time in making speeches on their own
account, generally upon matters quite foreign to
the Reform Bill. One painfully modest-looking
individual offered for sale a pamphlet, entitled " My
Vote, and why I want it, by a member of the Na-
tional Reform League." At the end of the book
the following notice was considered necessary :
" Friends who may not fully comprehend the prin-
ciples contained in this little tract are requested to
question the author in writing, enclosing a few
stamps for reply." The groups of young men lying
on the sward hero and there were so frank in the
expression of theiropinions that the passer-by could
not avoid having the benefit of them. Now the
subject of debate would be the tailors' strike, now
the political situation, and one man we heard re-
peating to his companions the curse recently uttered
by a Fenian prisoner upon his informer. Occasion-
ally groups might be seen listening to music, vocal
or instrumental. The appearance in the distance of
an unusually large,concourse at first set people
L talking and thinking of police and soldiers, but the

continued absence of either, and the immunity
which all enjoyed, at length inspired entire conti-
diefie:,;.

Shortly after E•ix o'clock the first body of known
rcfortncrs appeared, walking iu twos and threes, but
without any distinguishing mark. They were at once
recognised, faintly cheered,. and largely followed to
the trees in the centre, where they halted. Gradually
the miscellaneous groups broke up, and moved
off towards the trees to swell the audience. No
hindrance was offered now or on any subsequent occa-
sion to the Leaguers taking up their positions.
Shortly before half-past six Mr. Beales, The
O'Donoghue, and Colonel Dickson passed into the
park, and were immediately surrounded by a dense
crowd who escorted them over the turf. They were
loudly cheered. Shortly after this the " platforms"
were occupied, the platform being simply the park
seats. The League had never intended to erect an
actual platform in the grounds. There were ten of
these speaking places, each distinguished by annul-
ber, and the name of the speaker was in some in-
stances written upon his hat. Number one plat-
form was in the centre, and was occupied by the
president, The O'Donoghue, &a. This was the great
centre of attraction, and here the crowd numbered
some thousands. Very little speaking could be
heard beyond a few yards of the speaker ; in fact
only sufficient of his voice to lead one to lament the
fearful strain upon it which the circumstance neces-
sitated. The principal feature of this part of the
proceedings was the hearty and unanimous cheering
that echoed from one to the other section. The
speeches were of the usuatkind, and can be literally
more easily imagined than described. The turret
and foundation-stone of course was hostile criticism
of the Reform Bill and its authors. The Govern-
ment were denounced in unsparing terms, and
although the speakers had been expressly requested
to abstain from any exultant references to " the
conduct and position of the Government with regard
to the llyde-park question," the sound of triumph
was heard more than once when the speakers had
warmed to their work. The audiences were indulgent
and good humoured, and although sometimes they
evinced more curiosity than decided interest, they
did not in any instance attempt to interrupt the
proceedings. The audiences varied much in size,
one of the sections being so little patronised
that the appointed leaders had to move off to a new
position. •By far the greater number of the people
in the park avoide4 the platforms, and promenaded
'on. thelritss and Under the trees, or joined in 'what:
ever.,:linusements were being protnoted. All this
intiae‘tip a very striking scene, such as has,not been
seen in Hy-de-park for many years; and will pro-
bably not be seeti for many years again. Dozens
of men, seemingly of high respectability,. as well as'
the roughs, were heard uttering one feeling in com-
mon—a feeling of disappointment, if nothing
stronger, that after all they had come out to see a
peaceful gathering instead of the riot and tumult
they had expected and would have preferred. The
arrangements as to the speaking were materially the
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one of the groups was the harangue of a woman in
a sailor's hat. She vigorously asserted woman's
rights, and, indeed, so far as could be gathered, the
rights of everybody to everything. The resolution
proposed and carried without opposition by the ten
sections were the following :
" That this meeting, while still adhering to registered
and residential manhood suffrage, protected by the ballot
as the only really sufficient measure of Reform in the re-
presentation of the people, hail with satisfaction the with-
drawal last Thursday evening of Lord Grosvenor's pro-
posed amendment, and the majority of 81 on the same
eve9ing against the 'two years' residence clauses in the
GoVernment Bill, and earnestly call upon the House of
Commons to make that bill a more full and honest measuro
for the extension of the franchise by expunging from it
the ratepaying clauses, equalising the borough and county
franchise on the principle of household suffrage, and in-
troducing a provision for giving a vote to lodgers, or else
to reject that bill altogether."
While the Government was meeting its supporters
in Downing-street yesterday, and hearing what the
Premier had to say upon the course of the Govern-
ment respecting the demonstration, other and
humbler meetings were being held elsewhere with a
similar object. The executive council met at the
League-rooms to make their final arrangements. Mr.
Beales,: the O'Donoghue, M.P., Mr. Hughes, M.P.,
Mr. Taylor, M.P., and Mr. Whalley; M.P. The
decision of the law officers of the Crown which had
appeared in one of the papers was the subject of
long discussion, and its reservation for so long a
period was severely condemned. The resolution
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to make the demon-
stration as inoffensive as possible, had clearly deter-
mined to have no flags, no bands, and no " fancy
dresses" of any kind, and to conclude the proceed-
ings within half an hour. The prohibition of banners
and music had offended the Clerkenwell branch,
who sent a deputation of one man to the League in
the morning to confer with the council upon the
subject. No concession resulting, the Clerkenwell
members held a second meeting in the afternoon,
and determined to act in defiance of the League
council. Accordingly, after the speaking had been
in progress some time, a band was heard in the di-
rection of the Marble Arch, and a procession was
seen approaching, headed by a blood-red banner,
from the staff of which dangle,' the cap of liberty.
This procession marched through the park to their
position to the strains of the Marseillaise Hymn.
Mr. Beales and his friends set the excellent example
of breaking up by about a quarter past seven, and
the President, with the O'Donoghue and Colonel
Dickson, were escorted out of the park by a crowd
so dense that their safety was at one time very
much a matter 0 doubt. The broad shoulders of
the O'Donoghue and the tall stature of the gallant
colonel gave them an advantage which Mr. Beales
did not possess, and nothing but almost superhuman
exertions prevented that gentleman from being for-
Cibly separated from his colleagues. The remaining
nine sections were slow to follow their leaders, and
with that love of prolonged speech•which has ren-
dered so many of their meetings tiresome kept on
talking untill dusk. This was what the council had
anxiously wished to avoid, knowing that when day-
light had gone there could be no guarantee for order
with such a miscellaneous crowd. Fortunately,
however, the park was cleared without any dis-
turbance or accident. The members of the Reform
League carried out their determination to keep and
preserve order ; the Government carried out what it
is presumed was its determination, not to interfere ;
and the sum total was that the Hyde-park demon-
stration of the nth of May was a gigantic out-door
holiday for large numbers of the working classes.
The numbers present in the park have been vari-
ously estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000, and pro-
bably the, last mentioned figure would be nearer the
truth. In the absence of official information, and
the assumed or real ignorance of the police officials,
it is impossible to do more than repeat rumour re-
garding the arrangements made by the authorities.
There were at any rate numerous bodies of troops
and police kept carefully out or sight in Hyde-park
Barracks, in the chief cavalry barracks, and in some
of the livery stables near the Park. A statement
made as to artillery preparations and military works
within the park must be accepted as part and parcel
of the many absurd things spoken of in connexion
with the demonstration. had there been a disturb-
ance it is pretty certain it would have been promptly
dealt with, but, as has been stated before, no occa-
sion arose for testing the efficiency of the "reserves."
The only approach to a disturbance we saw was when
a couple of policemen arrested a pickpocket and po-
litely showed a too enterprising costermonger the