§ MR. CROOKSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the police seized a box into which the public were throwing money for the unemployed in Hyde Park on Monday evening; and whether the box and its contents will be restored to the men.
§ MR. GLADSTONEYes, Sir; a collection of money was being made in contravention of the Park Regulations, which forbid such collections being made without the leave of the Commissioners of Works. As the collectors persisted after warning by the police, the latter, in the execution of their duty, siezed the box. A case is pending in Court in connection with this incident, and the magistrate dealing with it will be asked to give 'instructions as to the disposal of the money, which amounts to 9s. 4d.