New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-17

HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS PRRsEsr-THs
BEST OF ORDER PREVALENT
From Our Special Correspondent
LONDON July 81. 1865
think the Reform demonstrations OF last night in tins
CITY and especially the larger one, at the Agreuturn
Hail Islngton, worthy Of particular letter 70 lhh
TRIBUNE and write it accordingly. None oil tne iePo'S
in the daily papers do exact justice to II aecofu"e
impr ss5ns) some exaggerate Others falsiy 49,
73e Times having evidently taken the pans u w
latter with an amount of ability, unSoruf 49,
mock oandoT which is wonderfully cnsi'' 80
which might command admiration as Work Oh
at sna,t from its moral perversy. Having been present
8, The meeting and circulated pretty freely about 'he
o,onos both before and after it, accept the testimony
of an unbiased looker-on:
There were certainly some apprehensons- OF uaneei q"
the occasion-some dread of worse collision between
Iwlcss authority and an indignant popuiaee 'n'"
had occurred in Hyde Park. 1t is by 'n'' ''-'
generally admitted that the eleventh-hour CON
cesson Of the Goyernment-or rather oil MI VA
pols-apropos Of the Reform League ana 'no
meeting on Wednesday evening last prevented pioou!
not The people in anything Dqt sO.tt u H..
,gberever YOU went among the multitude When the suosS
NFas talked Of you heard btter eNeeW"ltVus 60
p1icc-and no wonder In eonple oil snau eaN,.V j
gbt rows on the Surrey side Of the waer-Ohe near 'hv
Vatcrloo-road one in the New Gut saw - rougns
avail themselves of the opportunity 10 throw s,oncs o.
single policemen who conducted themselves WIN AZ s
Tomartable good humOr arrested nobody anu seemeu "
srous of being conspicuous as possiDe my ssDt
decision of the League, not to attempt 10 hou 'ne'
mo in HYDE Park but in the largest building III LONDON le
d onc OF The dread of renewal Of the scenes of last
Monday and Tuesday in that locality winch mas ever ?o
been disgraced by snail With
NV The authorities in order to discredl tue Neoineis
lie blame of i but il was felt that thc OCCASION Was I"
tcklsh one and the prospect OF an immense mas me-
in in populous suburb, with large populations mach-
,n in procession through the streets rom almost every
o1rt of the metropolis, might perhaps would, lhNo'e
rot Near the intended locality Of the assemOlase, on
sunday night heard the adysabhty OF closing shutters
am Monday afternoon debated by publcans ana shop
keepers Not that they distusted the Reiorners e pN
of whom it allowed would constitute tle demons
lion TO which they affected dislike the shopkeepeTs OF
London mainly possessing the fanchise are Iathef sen
,shly Indifferent toward extending u than anything es
but everybody knows that IN city OF 5VV'gyT
ants there must be an amount OF ruinansn NIalHS anu
general savagery always ready to take advantage OF uh OF
porunity for mischief, and horribly dangerous Wnen ies
Loose What does Carlyle say OF the rams MOD ann 'uV
nassacres of Sepembef-the ailuslon is apostle heu
Zoo there were unpleasant IumOs abroad as TO me incu
ons or the Tory Government; t was SAID thar theroop
sbridrc barracks had been largely reeniorced
,b. Horse Guards and carabinees ordered mp rom Alder
shot buckingham and st. james Palace hled wltn sol
diers. artillery concealed in the immediate NciI! OF
HYDE and Victoria Parks and lslngtoni ana inc
vs,ous notice statons-espccaly that at kng OrOss
crowded with Sir Richard Maynes reserves OF mouG I
and foot constabes; most OF when reports may uuIi
are pretty universally believed at tins moment ana naye
vet 10 receive the first contradiction Ind me Goyeh-
inept mean rcpresSioni putting COVE osy vi Hlolu-!
ovennes meetings particularly the outoi-door ones or
cnnne the PROFESSIONS under the petext that they III
teered with the traffic Of the streets an thls ana more
WIS very freely discussed throughout Saturday SUNDAY
mud MONDAY with am bound to say, the worst mpeS,
sjons as to the course Of conduct 10 De expected
from Lord Derby and his eGaaVi o.a ind bUH
of heart as manifested in his emouon on re-
reying the League dcputation amer the HYDE FaIh
RIOS has quite condOned his ohelses IN popular esha
t,,n1 had the people good word. They were Torres,
With frequent adectivearefxed 10 thot rounnDSlah-
t;veLTores Of the Old Castercagh and Sdmouh order
1cf fhoir Yogr or 49,
wolves who had discarded htT sleeps clothing seldom,
think has there been such sudden accession OF acI,
mony in political feeling in sngaa,y patent ana
ana very distinct resolution 70 attend one or the Ohr OF
the meetings the majority of course ineh1ng TO Agrl-
cultural Hall. League pacards were posted every Ehere;
inviting attendance and asking the assistance oil al
working men preserving oTdeT also counter paeAIus
one Announcing a Great Darkey Show, in ausiOn 10
former uses of the buldng when seveIa animals noted
far their length of ears and loudness Of bay would ad
dress their fellows And thus, with good deal OF ex
notation apprehension, and more curiosity, INK
-oning awaited, huge London humming aud simmer
iIg as usual
md p. IN. in whatever part Of the metropolis yo
m ht be- IL quite evdent-it would have been so 10
stranger that something OF unusual interest was ranspir
ing. had occasion 10 ride on an OmBlbustop from b'
northwest 10 the southeast quarter and could not bn
observe how the human tide setting Islngton-ward
Most of the vehicles going in that direction were as
crowded as those coming from the city which at that
period of the day always thonged by clerks, trades
pope and employees in general returning from their daily
fYS,ness 10 their suburban homes Not these alone but
knots of pedestrians by threes, sXes and dozens were an
streaming in the direction Generally deceny dressed
and Enthusiastically working men; they seemed IN very
good emper-ke encouraged at the sight OF their
own numbers and stTengh-incHed to laugh and ebah as
Isndoners always are but quite IN earnest HUdh ior
Reform cried the bystandeTs encouragngl N more man
one instance the men rudgod onward, and, once.
few bows raised q shrl Down with the Tories T" The
sight of many persons-hey seemed TO increase every
five minates-all tocking toward quarter, reminded
me of what commonly only behods IN London on the
morning of an execution only instead OF The awful oughs
ID Rama affr ID hv n
respectable a crowd would desire 20 see. declare
saw not one BLACKBOARD oaer among them But for
their comparative exclusively masculine character they
might have been gSpg on an P ~ Ia
or 70 islingOn-the driver hardly waiting Tor the dlrec
ton.
Aaong the road the concourse waxed apace insomuch
that cabby preferred to take through bysreets which,
though further less Crowded. proceeding robbng
OF tho sight of one OF the processlon though heard
its band PLAYING the Marselase most Vigorously When
we got TO Isngton, the "meTTy suburb resembed
an Immense far-NewY the Fourth Of July, barring
the reworksthe city on the occasion Of the Prince
of Wales enrance-I know not what to compare II to-
There certainly the most enormous crowd ever WIT
messed in the Agricultural Hall and the large space IN front
Of 1.-THE main entrance being VIDE open, allowing the
people TO ock in al pleasure and The interior 10 be plainly
visible IL is as have intmated the largest building
England said 10 hold $1,000 persons. am not good at
estimating crowds but should think that more than that
lumber contriyed TO find standing sitting room in the
rapacous great galleries. the tiers Of seats in the
brchestra-the generally. Outside there must have
soen twice 25O0 Highst, the Liverpool Road srahan
Terrace King Edward-st, all the tborougbfares OF the
vicinity black with human beings Down as lar as
Che Angel the cabs and buses were all but stopped.
had to aght there II an immense human sea- which
oyerfoved everywhere and sent up living spray 10 the
roofs and windows not 10 mention tie iron girders,
bmcngs and supports of the building proper, and every
possible coign Of vantage" And 1t hummed and Vi
brsted like the sea- making grand sound There was
not q single policeman-fa uR5orps-yisible.
II is not my intention 10 report the proceedings those
YOU will find in the newspapers; neither they i'm
in The Times perfectly