The obstruction offered t...
The obstruetion offered to passengers through Si- James's Parl:, on the plea. of some new official crder issued to the sentries, is becoming a grievance of no small mag.nitude. It appears that even if a gentleman has papers in his hand, Dr a la(ly that foolish but inmoxious arLicle, called a reticule, they are actually told by the Guards, that they " must not " go through the Park r" We challenge any hanger-on of the Horse Guards or the Palaces, to coiue forward and- con- fesshimself the autbor of sucb a regulation. It is utterly impossible, if E3igland be not turned upside down, that gn hindrance so offensive, so uselcF2, and so cliiidish, could bave cotne within the spirit of ari- order countenanced by any grown man or woman, vwho was duly empowvered to meddle with the management of these great public accomr modations, so long and peaeeably enjoyed by the inhabi- tants of London, and so necessary to their comfort and theiY I health. If a packet ef papers be inadmissible, then of- ficial papers tiel in parcels, or enclosed in boxes, miay be refused admittance;, for the sentry may not be "i scholar" enough to read, and m.ust not take the word of a messeu- ger whose person is unknown to him. Again-is an um- brella a prohibited article? or a lady's parasol? or a shawl carried in the hanrd on a hot day ? We have the charity to believe that the nuisance has arisen fromn misin- terpretation, by some blockhead, of the commands of his superior, if indeed persons of superior rank ever trouble themselves with matters of such pitiCul detail ; and tIrat now the impertionehec is made known through the news- papers, immedliate redress will be afforded. At all events, we have a right to ascertain who it is that has thus wan- tonly interfered with the innoceiit pleasures, and essen- tial communicattonis of our fellow-citizens.