Almost every city iv the civilised world has its park or breathing space for citizens and the people generally. Auckland will follow tho example on Monday next by opening tho Western Park, and an an nouncement from the City Council, which wo hopo is unnecessary, invites the co operatiou of the public iv prevcuting any damage to trees and fences. The parkß in Loudon, Liverpool, and New York are largely frequented by the people, who esti mate their privileges iv not plucking flowciH nor destroying trees. When Sir William Molcsworth caused Kow Botanical Gardens to be opened publicly, and on Suud;iys, preachers preached and prophets predicted the destruction of trees and plants, aud suggested that a police-constable should bo posted nt every hundred yards all over those fine gardens in which Sir Joseph Banks aud Sir Wm. Hooker delighted. The police wero not called, but tho gardens were opened, and the people walked through tho grounds, admiring tho representative pro duction of all lands, without unduly inter fering with a flower or breaking a twig from a green tree. Tho samo decorum and care of privilege prevail in ovory town in England, Scotland, aud America. The beautiful parks of Regent and St. James', London ; the adjacent cemeteries, with tho loveliest of (lowers blossoming from the bosom of death, emblems ot immortality, aro rarely touched, even by the lower olas9es. Thesame order prevails in Phoenix Park, Dublin, and the noble parks of Manchester and Liverpool; but unfortun ately, the boys of Auckland, not it is to bo hoped through excess of education, are vaudalic in their frolicsome tendencies, and arc not generally respectful to trees and shrubs plautcd for tho benefit of the com munity ; and so, with a knowledge of the peculiarities of the exuberant human shoots of Auckland society, the Council have deemed it expedient to issue a notice call ing attention to tho bye-laws touching the Western Park, with its pleasant undula ting trees, sheltering fences, and grassy "knolls.
