MR. HARVEY LEWISasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether there is any objection to allow the Volunteers to drill in the northern division of Hyde Park when the same is not required for official parades or inspections?
§ MR. AYRTON, in reply, said, there was every desire on the part of the authorities to afford facilities to the Volunteers to drill themselves in Hyde Park; but that it had been considered quite inconsistent with the enjoyment of the Park by the public that in the afternoon, when they chiefly resorted to it, it should be given up for the purposes of drill. To meet the convenience of the Volunteers, the space railed in in front of Knightsbridge Barracks had been permitted to be used to a very considerable extent, and it was found quite sufficient for the purpose.