Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-10

number turned down Park-lane, and then
a scenee of Undesirable contus-
ion, which, as will be seen, resulted IN
the most lamentable consequences. Tit
great crowd of many thousand persons
came surging with irresistible force
against the ratings of the Park, and the
frail ratings gave way before the shock.
In a few instances the fall of the ratings
was accelerated by the active exertions
of individuals in the crowd, but in the
vast majority of cases the ratings gave
way simply before the pressure OF the
crowd, without any apparent Intention
on their part to cause such a result. AT
the same moment, some of the ratings to
the west of the Marble Arch gave way,
and the crowd came pouring IN at both
breaches. a great crowd pouring through
a comparatively narrow breach would,
even if left to itself, produce a serious
array of casualties, but this array was
swelled by the uuaccountably brutal con-
duct of certain persons among those
whose especial duty is was 10 preserve
the peace. Many persons were thrown
down BY the crowd, others had their legs
entangled BY iron ratings, and it was
hoped that the few policemen stationed
inside the ratings would assist in extrl-
eating the sufferers. But it appeared
these men had different ideas oftheir duty.
Without any provocation-without any
conceivable object, for they might rs well
| have tried to turn niagara from its
as to check the mighty crowd pouring
through the breaches-several policemen
began to belabor some of those who had
passed, or rather been swept into the
Park. The people, seemingly maddened
at the unnecessarily extreme measures in
dulged in bv the authorities, met the po-
lice by a thick Yolley of stones. and IN
| other WAYS Observation-Disclosures in
resisting the force brought to bear against
them. From this Up to 10 o'clock mi
lar scenes were over and over again re-
peated. The results were many serious
| wounds, and it is feared several deaths
It was next observed that the greater pOr-
ton of the railing in Park-lane was forced.
A rush of people from that side of the
| Park put the matter beyond doubt. The
entire roadway running from the Marble
Arch toward the Hyde Park corner end
was soon orammed with what was an I'M
mistakbly excited crowd. Banners waved
among them, and to a person looking
from the Marble Arch there seemed to be
every Indication of the iuterdicted meet
ing being about TO be held.
THE MILITARY on THE SCENE.
The great surging mass that had con-
gregated in front of the long lines of
mounted police were hardly firmly located
in their new quarters when the Life
Guards appearedin view. The scene now
presented was grand in the extreme.
First came the ungainly, lop sided, IN
comfortably-looking police force, on their
seemingly unmanageable chargers. I'M
mediately in front of them were what
was estimated at 100000 persons, intent
on remaining in E park which was, up to
some short time since, looked upon as pub
lie property, to assert their right to which
they had been obliged to have resource to
force; and from the distant perspective
came advancing as noble and fine looking
a body of men as any in existence, oblig-
ed to take part in amovement which must
have been distasteful TO n and all of
them, and which, no matter how victOri-
Gus, could not rebound much TO their
honor. The Life Guards came up in gal
liant style. They were greeted by the as
sembled multitude with as much hearty,
genuine enthusiasm, as the police force
had been all throughout the evening
treated to all sorts of derision and con-
tempt. Indeed, TO give the police their
due, they really, one and all, seemed to be
ashamed of the work they had in hand
The G~renadiers next arrived. They, also,
where loudly cheered by the people. The
Life Guards marched by several times,
arranged themselves in various positions,
charged up and down and orosswsys, and
secured the park, but not the people. The
Grenadiers drew their bayonets, marched
past, and went through several evolutions
thst looked very pretty. The Life Guards
went through the same formality again
: and again and the Grenadiers followed
suit. All their movements seemed to be
much admired by the people, and the fine
fellows themselves were greeted with re.
peated acclamations. Between the move
ments Of the military, the police would
occasionally show signs of life by rushing
among the people, and the latter's cheer;
were Immediately changed into Kisses, and
their actions into sanguinary stone-throw-
, ing. Meanwhile the park keepers lodge
/, by the side of the Marble Arch had be.
/, come quite g hospital, the greater portion
of the iamates having their heads ban.
daged up; and the Arch itself had been
converted into a prison, within the walls
of which had been hauled during the
, evening, about fifty boys and men. These
, displays IN the part of the people, the
military and police, continued till a late
, hour.
LATEST ETELLIGESCR.
Between twenty-five and thirty persons
were treated at St. Georges Hospital fol
) trivial injuries, end seven persons more
severely injured are now in the hospital
One of these is a policeman whose rib il
broken the other sufferers are persons
who were either thrown down and tram.
pied on or beaten by the police. At l:
o'clock the military left the park. A
that hour almost every one had left the
park, and at l o'clock all was quiet.
ME-. MILLS ON THE CLOSING OF HYDI
PARK.
The subject was brought up in Parlia
ment the ext day by Mr.. Bemal Osborne
and an excellent speech was made BY
John Stuart Mill, who thus sharply crit.
eized the action of the government:
I:have no intention of taking up much
of the time of the House, but l must say
that this is no ordinary occasion, and thai
it appears TO me that honorable members
opposite are by no means aware Of It's ex.
IRENE seriousness, or of the serious cOnse-
quences to which it may lead, if some
steps be not taken, of which at present
there appears no promise. 1 AM not 60
ing to enter into the question of the right
of the people to meet in Hyde Park. We
know that Her Majesty's Government
have got the opinions of lawyers in favor
of excluding the people; but lawyers are
not unanimous OF that question, and 1
could produce the opinions of other not
less distinguished lawyers who hold that
the people have a right to meet in that
place. However that may be, l MAIN
tam that if the people have not the right
now they ought to have it-[hear, hear I
and if for any reason unintelligible to
me it is thought necessary that they should
ask permission to exercise that right, then
1 say that permission ought to be granted
to them, and ten thousand times more so
under such circumstances as have been
described, when they believed they mad
the right and the denial of which was the
cause of keeping them in an excited state
of mind which was the very thing to
warn the right honorable gentleman OPP