The Express. — London, England, 1859-01-25 00:00:00

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IFlNiss. el 1000;11 ON NORMA Lad !OFF ON CHRIOTIAN EVIDIFIFCIB. ►aateest4 Wilk& IL NI ON Till HINFORY OF 11111.1010 UN wountr. NS ON Till HAMM COSI ITUTION. ed. Looks: Jabs W. ►luter sod llon. Wirt Waal TVA. IA II oroTa Om. Mth mom mho Ihmobm I of TH B M INISTE RS WOOING. Ty Mew Author IL IL Brows, Au of Ord. Tam'. be orotbmod Moothlr ; Y mut,. I t. ready oo th. mu MM. Trim mommil by MI bomMollan la Mara sad couatry. Tomerma Low. Poo. aod Ltolimoblil. R 1809 • LETTS'S DIARIES, ALMANACS, ea, &holed le 0014 p. Preentleme, !Moe eleve 04 meals. et .WW hem al tem bar sle 14 *Mho ebbe, as eel am esertiebre lskeele, gra" am be steeled at say biebieller% la the ktereAL WM Ora. t, Zed lam. PIANOFORTE MUSIC by .u..—Tr Masa la IL ; reellas Ass,. b. ; t y the do. Itteliesh Toast leendt. teaseenbed. b.; Mel ear pis. .kb bibtless ;We Melee. OMEN 1.; bobby et has voteases ; ta. hobo Notionse. 3. the hes reelasee. ; Abaft resseee, ; the Mike* may . 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New Ibutostesketzest. rebellion to Qs 41••••• Jr mblisare. 11.... d 14•1• ed Ilellied cede at. ee ee plea Ise Tartan EIR:OUS DE BILIT If iIi MbONSTITUTIONAL WZAK/tEtte: es bay se Opematonba 6 : ettli rffiliali ea tbe Vee dUr lakeeseede If Ye et at Wee le a Parma,. 116. 4 " Zdee. ammAtigfros• !WWI iamb. d the weeleel preto dea tike look et ow pan peeetkel madleaw, le addend to lie 1. demo a mom •Iro dee trees dr. tadeae Madden 1a garbitio. - is Id page we be keine Y. mode which I se ......., obi guseer dldeli WSW Ikea teesenee. &ad the =Tar adopted klar=d i re. TRI he le deatea &Tat. ; .. Hew I. 34. 11 ii Will le Itive taw; dad :Waller Viet. nortmea sal -Itemedenrat . wetted rah he etearlde addid, leaeseity.eadt a ot draw date of lawmen ittaloada Wm* Sae Weems eteteessoe d . well-reedeeei weed at We. Lawlor : J. ANIL 3N Wardee-dset Pedlefeateareer ; Marc p, 0.0.1.0.11: aim it. Oseistul; Ugess, /11. Loirporerses ; mai ell Imehrews. Dg, M. IL CULVERWELL, Brother and sole 1 to err Se dollop L .l. Cuiver•OL iI.D . with *Mee pit caw Marereleme le ins eammied It 14 ma; gm W 1 en of 'Plaid. 0.P .... ...b. ANON% AMY) woeusereir blo W cob roP.3sibibtl—bo O M .. --- efILLS 111111.1010[1011f1lin 111, lempels r. A. MOO OA to samMad. Cheaulla , 11999 1909 Inn II 800 jam 101104rol. U loom li 99•191. WM. OM 1611,61191 TY. 9. L massumis 00111111111. 10. IL OS IMMATO I c2r ..... 0ine Isz i k. MOM= Ore ihsr. De. OVA Illtat 2•11 . el Os ilar . Odlito 01 Ownoos. Os.. ow AP wig 9 919 U. &Kir sr AN AMAIN ill Boman-mos.—Mr. Ullman kw tads prsierstass far *as of tbs mist ssesedas ea I. the stauseleast hoe over hams la Ws eeestry. has coejtmetien *tat Kr. Dann the Bowe theatre fora y period, sad Inn r t“ mos, bast, &c., allay Natr York. Us Is Is Mity with Meted to ar = l re Italia& playa aad All is leat a leseelesi m* Goma acesioay. All the ambled Waves Is Uds seiratry eed Ragbag see dem IS bit somionems beau, god ray el this MI sagsg sad ed. r7y!llme gib • sari soft "-11••••• sad PeesfilVi r linen sad WSPONtril li =rom. SISIIISe.. we Irk hid. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1859. MUSIC. POPULAR CONCERTS, ST. JAMES'S-HALL. Tbe concert of last night was good of its kind— priekar esnigh, eertainly, for the most popular audience. It being Kasen Vimetiot's ern appearance this season, we ex pected from this great performer something distingu, an air from La atttttli.:o di Tiro being one of the things ret down Ice her in the programme. But the fair singer, it would miss, bad been persuaded that Mozart was too good— ie perhaps not good enough—for the occasion ; end so Mozart was thrown aside to mike room foe Pacies hackneyed bravura, .11 soave e bel contento," a nd for another thing, Still more frivolous, which was Indeed a mere string of unmeaning roulade' and nourishes. This was not precisely what we could have expected from a lady who is certainly one of the most accomplished artiste In Europe. However, she received abundance of ►pplause, though we doubt if she telt greatly flattered by it. Mr. Sims Reeves was the hero of the evening. He tang two ballads Freak Movire "Tell me, oh tell me," and Hatton** "Good-bye, sweetheart;" and, them being encored, he sang two others, "The hat mead summer," and a ballad of Balls's. His efforts were rewarded by the most vehement and vociferous applause. Then we had, as usual, the Swedish singers, who have now taken to singing their ditties with English words ; and Mims Bytes (who hap a very pretty ming and Ogre Leeched sang seen eof the meet thread hen shu sad duple of Verdi sad Donizetti. Signor Re peal Payed a solo on the concertina; • comp:aid= of no peat merit, but admirably executed. Itegondi has squired such • mastery of this ungrateful Instrument, and does such wonders with it, that we elwsye regret when we Leer him that he hes not devoted his talents to the violin or the pianoforte, on either of which he would certainly have been one of the greatest perfordiers of the day. Mr. Maley Richards played • pianoforte fsntesia on "Wards Last Waltz." How this melody came to be so called we know ad, for It le certainly not Weber's; but it is very pretty, and served Mr. Richards am the subject of a masterly plies, mishit he performed with remarkable bellies/3y mad peat appi•ses. The ball was toll ; and certainly Uwe coaresee, If they me of small importance in an artistic view, amen plisla at lead the object of getting money. DRAMA. ADELPHI. A new piece, The Borgia .Ring, was produced last night at this theatre. It bar one good situation and • chance el two good effects, but of the latter no nae is made, and the piece oast be described as dull and ineffective. Mr. Webster sad Mre. Mellon did their beet with their respective characters, end were honoured with a recall at the 611 of the certain. So was the author, who, whatever may be his shortcomings as • dramatist, most sorely be an estimable men la private life, for the theatre last night was creamed with his frhads—ao paid claque, but well-►ppointd geslse, who laailtel at what he intended for jokes, ap pleaded at his woks, and sang triumphal passe in We boarar la the =dace STEAM BOAT .ACOOMMODATION AT LONDON BRIDOZ Yesterday, a special Court of Common Council was held for the purpose of considering several letters from Sir Jahn Rennie in relation to works in progress at London =ander the direction of the Thames conservancy oom . There was a very large attendaucce of members of the court as well es of wharengers, lighterusen, and othete oennerted with property on the south-east end mouth-west Abe of the hi idge. lb Deputy Town Clerk read the following lettere " Spring-garden*, London, Dec. 2; 1858. " comptroller of the Bridge-house estate, I beg leave to °all your nentedotte attention to the proosedings which ere now taking place and are, I hear, contemplated at the south west and south-eta lending s tain of London-Midge. A steam bust landing and embarking pier was established I her. some ',ewe knee. It emulated pertly of fixed and pertly • Meeting materials. This pier was indicted ea a memo, end obstruction to the navigation by Mesas. Feinting, the proprietors of the wharf immediately below the bridge. The MUM woe tried at Kingston nearly four years ago, end the above pier wee declared to be a nuisance and obstruction to the navigation and in contravention of the act of parliament under which London Bridge was built, and the greater portion was directed to be removed. The pier has since coop tinned chiefly as • floating bindinrstage on the upper or sat side of the bridge, but even in its present state it is the cause of considerable obstruction to the navigation and of injury to the bridge, because the numerous steamboats ply ing_ there frequently lie under the south or shore arch of the bridge with the tops of their funnels within a few inches of the des Bend mane of the arch atones, sad emit large columns of time and heated smoke spinet the stone, by which it Is very liable to be splintered off in large pieces, by which means greet injury and detriment, or even danger, may arise to the bridge. This nuisance, therefore, ought to be abated imusedlately, for it Is impomible to say how far the injury may extend. lam now credibly informed that it le intended to construct • permanent fixed landing pier here immediately in front of both the south-west and south-east leading stare of the bridge, to a much greater extent then what wee declared to be illegal at the above mentioned trial at Kingston. The pier is proposed to extend about 34 fest into the river beyond the face of the abutment, so that ad mitten that two steam-boats are permitted to remain along side the pier at one time, nearly half the navigable of the south arch will be obstructed aid rendered unavailable for the general navigation of the river ; and If It be tree also, as I have heard stated, that im • slier pier is to be erected in front of the mat and wait landing stairs of the north end of the bridge, the navigation will be deprived of • similar extent of waterway, so that the available waterway for the general navigation river will of the will be reduced to 560 feet, or an abridgment of one-fourth nearly, instead of being 690 feet, as strictly enjoined by the act of parliament. This would be a most serious detriment to the navigation, the more so as the inner portions of the two side or shore aches are chiefly need for bargee and other vessels going to and coming from the wharves for a con adorable distance both above and below the bridge. It is mat sementisi, therefore, that these arches should be elm of every obstruction as far as peactl eekla the proposed piers will greatly ob stinate the free admission and discharge of the tidal semi had waters which are absolutely and indispen m* neommeary fur the conservation and maintenance eff nevipthon of the river Thames and the healthy die =s, of the drainage of the metropolis and the adjacent end which was one of the principal object& of incur ring such a large expenditure in removing the old and in building the present bridge, and will be in a greet measure debated if ouch etructures as those proposal are permitted to be erected. The waterway of London-bridge, after very great minsideration, was fixed at 690 feet se the minimum gauge ender the eircemetances, for the admission and discharge of the fresh and tidal waters and for the navigation. Any diminution of thie, or thane/Lion, will therefore be attended with corresponding injurious effects to the river and naviga tion both above and below London-bridge, and ought apes no account to be permitted. The great Mimesis at membe are too important to be trifled with. The dredg ing and piling operations of the proposed piers will be injurious in other respects. If it be necessary that steamboat; pusengers should be accommodated, let this be done by constructing landing piers at mach • distance from the bridge, and in such a wanner that the seams mils above contemplated cannot take place and there are situa tions equally if not more convenient in the vicinity where this can be done, and thus the most important interests of drainage, navigation, and conservancy of the Thames will not be interfered with, whilst the public will at the same time obtain the desired accommodation, " I shall feel mach obliged by your bringing this letter before the proper authorities as early as possible, in order that the requisite measures may be taken to prevent the con struction of the proposed works, and when the subject Is properly exploitive and understood, I feel confident that they will not be persisted in.—l am, sir, your meet humble servant, "F. limed, Req.""Joan Rearms "Spring-gardens, Dec. 24, 1128. "St n,-10 reply to your letter of the 23rd Met., acknow ledging the receipt of mine of the same date, I beg leave to my that I regret thee it was net in my power to bring the writer referred to in mine of the 23rd before the Common Council earlier, aa I only received tne desired information on the 22nd inst., but I had that they have already begun to dredge clue to the stairs on the south-west end of the bridge, the tendency of which is extremely injurious and ought to be stopped • immediately, together with the other proceedings mentioned in my letter of yeeterday, and I hope that no delay vrill tak place—l am, sir, your mod Mashie servant, Brand e , Esq." " done Rutrus. " Spring-gardens, Jen. 7, 1869. " Sir,— I beg leave to inform you that I have again examined the operations carrying on on the south-west land ing-stairs of London-bridge, mentioned in my letter to you of the 23rd uhiteo, and find that they are adll proceeding to the detriment of the bridge. They sbould be stopped imme diately ; and I hope that you will excuse ins again drawing your attention to this important subject —I am, sir, your humble servant, "JOHN MINNIE. " F. Brand, Bsq , Comptroller of the Bridge-house Ertates, Mr. JAMES Low presented • petition from wharlingms and occupiers of property on the north and south sides of the Thames spinet the erection of the pier and works now in p under the arch of London-bridge. Mr. W. BARNES presented a petition to the same effect, signed by 600 weternien and llghtermen of the River l'hamen. In answer to question, put by the court, Mr. FLEMING and Mr. Near, petitioners, stated that they had neither wade any communication themselves, nor were they aware of any having been made to Sir J. Rennie, with • view of in clueing him to write the letters above given. Mr. Pr REINS, the late Chairman of the Bridge-borne Committee, said—He had felt it his duty to Inform the Con servators of the Thames of the danger likely to arise to the bridge, which bad cost the corporation upwards of a million sterling, if the proposed work. were carried into execution, that being the opinion of Sir J. Rennie, who had superin tended its construction throughout. ANDERTON—WiII Sir J. Rennie employed by the committee to Inspect these works lately Mr. Pzanires—No, be use not. Mr. ANDIITON—To the knowledge of the committee has Sir J. Rennie been employed by any other person connected with the court t Mr. Pees ties—No, as far as the Bridge-house committee are concerned, it was a voluntary act on his part. (Hear.) Mr. An DERTON—IIe ia the ant engineer then who ever did such • teem!. The LOUD MATOI3.-1 can may of my own knowledge that Sir J. Rennie, on one or two occasions, when he thought the bridge . ..ea endangered by reason of storks being done, thought it his duty to write to the committee, of which I was a mem ber, and that hie commit:deadens pr oceeding from a desire to profit the structure, have always been received with courtesy. Mr. Low said that as London-bridge had been built by all Corporation under the Bridge House committee and was held by them in trust, it was their bounden duty to watch over It with the greatest possible care, and to see that its stability was not endangered. (Rear, hear.) They were told by Sir J. Rennie, who was better acquainted with the construction of the bridge than any one elm, that the effect of the proposed pier and works will be to deprive the public of one-fourth of the present waterway. It had been declared in a court of law that the erection of a pier of smaller dimen sions than the present was a public nuisance, and it was ordered to be removed ; and why, after this verdict, enC r oid7 should proceed to erect a pier and other works on a scale he was at a total lose to imagine. He watched the movements of the Thames Conservancy Commissioners with a great (lest of anxiety, lest those gentlemen should arbitra rily exercise the powers given them by the legislature. In the opinion of Sir J. Rennie, and other persons well quali fied to speak upon the subject, the proposed works would greatly endanger the stability of the fourth abutment of the bridge. He therefore moved that the letters of Sir J. Rennie, and the petition, be referred to the Bridge-house Committee, and that the committee have authority to con sult engineers thereon, and to report to that court. Mr. BAHNES seconded the motion. Mr. THOUP—The oonyervators believe that the projected pier will tend greatly to the public convenience, and they are satisfied, from the information of pawns well-qualified to give an opinion that it will cams very slight, if any, obstruc tion to those engaged in commerce or otherwise on the firer. Mr. ANDERTOX hoped that the pier would be erected. Considerable discussion having taken ;Ism the motion was then put and carried, and, open ablation being taken, there appeared 38 fur the affirmative sad 38 for the negative. The Lord Mayor then gave his emoting vote against the motion, which was consequently lost, amid much cheering. The coat adjourned. SouTH lintingoTon MtleElTY.—During the week ending January 22,1859, the visitors base been as faltered, . On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, by days, 3.874 ,• cm !donday and Tuesday. free evenings, 2,819. On the three students' days (admission to the public 6d.), 780; one students' evening, Wednesday. 430 ; total, 8,903. From the opening of the museum, 7621611, MA LATE EXAMINATION AT WILLIS'S ROOMS. At Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's enure, en examination of candidates for eight vacancies in the clam of the Secretary of State for India commenced an Tomley, the 18th inst., and terminated on Thursd►y, the 20th. This examination wu open to all natural-horn sub- Jells of hr llejesty, who, on the first day of examination, inn net lake 16 nor above 26 ears of age. Of 700 persona who solid for permission to attend the examination, only MO, we bairn, wire present on the last day. The smogs xeents made to, the examination, and the manner In which it was studneted throughout, left nothing to be desired. At the emaciusion, the Examiner, at the request of the Civil dent,. Commissioners, expnwired their sallefectlas with the orderly behaviour which had been observed. Three cheers were given for the Examiner, who stated that candidates would be idbrmed of the result of the examination in about • fortnight's tins, and that although, as there were but eight meads', oily eight candidates could be successful in the prow moss of the word, yet he trusted that others also would not regret having offered themselves for examination. The salaries are at first 801., and increase till they reach 200 f. per annum, but, from the outsot, the.. incomes may be rude larger by extra diligenos. We believe this examination was the first of its kind, but have no doubt so good an example will soon be followed by others, and that, in a short time, Junior situations under ggoovernment will be given only to them who acquit themselves beet in competitive OXIMIRS doom. LORD MAYOR'S-DAY EXPENSLe.-ON the 9th of November, 1855, when Mr. Alderman Salmons took the civic chair for the year ensuieg, the expenses of the procee d= and banquet amounted to 3,0651. ; of this gross total the dinner cost 1,1751. This, however,does not include wine, which amounted to 4061. 17e. 7d. Chansperns makes the largest items among the wines, the charge being 1271. 16e. 98. for 405 bottles. The illmainatioss cost 2021. to. mac ' including pay to Cokletreame, quadrille band, vocalists, and trumpeters, 931. Ile. Furniture, fit- tings, and upholstery are eat down at 7201. 90. ltd., and under this had, Sage, banners, wands ' illuminated fruit trees, evergreens, and armour are entered. The printing of tickets, programmes, bills of fare, and MiAC•1111•11011.11 sta tionery amount to 2441. 18s. 2d. ; the two peinelpal items being 601. for 100 bills of fern, printed on white - sada-that is 10a. each ; and 721. far dinner tickets, which are peer things to what they need to be a century ego. The proem. sloe figures for 461. 7.., and the only item of any amount In this department is WI. 10e. for an escort of light dragoons, "military" (of which met we are not informed) wet the for midable sum of 255. ' and mounted police 30.., • "general expenditure" makes atotal of 1681. 13a. Ild. And in this list thin are some curious items-namely, perfumery, 61. 17s. ; Lord Mayers beadle, 21.2 a. ; four men en roof of Guildhall, 21.2 a. ; man bringing up broken viettisle, 1/. ; Mr. Harker, tesstmeater, 21. 21. ; seven bottlemeo, 31. 7s. al. ; bottle nem for members of the committee, 28 at 12e. Si. each, 171. 10a. ; "cab hire of loving top," 25.; soda writer, 61. 13s. The gross 'mount of 3,0561 wee apportioned for payments follows : -Lord Mayor, 1,4274 10s.; Mr. Alder man and (then) Sheriff Kennedy. 7131. 16e.; Mr. Alderman and (then) Sheriff Rom, 7131. 15s. The City Lands Com mittee contributed cash 2001., and thus the feast wee paid fee. It is a popular idea that the " city "-that is, the corporation-pays far all the civic festivities; but that idea should, by every good citizen, be as speedily as possible proclaimed • soy.-f..`ity . Press. HILARY Cl ar a, 1869.-Public Examination of the Students of the Inns of Come, held at Lincoln's-inn-hall, on the 7th, Bth and 10th days of January, 1859.-The Council of Legal Education have awarded to Montague Hughes Cookson, Eeq., student of Lincoln's-inn, a studentship of fifty guineas per annum. to continue for a period of three pare ; James Anstie, Esq., student of Lincoln's-inn, and William Ambrose, Esq., student of Lincoln ' s -ms, oertitcates of honour of the first dam; Geteward Coleridp Davis, Esq., student of the Inner Temple, J. W. Hume Williams, Esq., student of the Middle Temple, Frederick Clifford, EN , student of the Middle Temple, Joseph Fenwick, Ent., stu cleat of the Inner Temple, and Eyre Lloyd, Earl , st ud ent of the Inner Temple, certificates that they have eatisfactorily pared a public examination.-By order of the Comma, (Signed) RICHARD BITHELL, Chairman. DESPERATE CONFLICT WITH I'OACIIERB.-Early on Friday roman lest a desperate encounter took plats be tween some pros watchers sad pombers, end in which one of the keepers was so dangerously wounded that he lies in a very preoarloaa state, and his recovery is not at all certain. It appears that between two and three o'clock two watchers named Stobart and Norfolk, on the estate of Mr. William , Smith, of High Ooaforth, were upon the look-out in the park, when they maw three men having guns, and with their hoes blackened. There was a bright moon, and the keepers hod • perfect view of the men, who as the keepers approached them exclaimed, " Stand back." The watchers did not think it prudent, looking to the odds against them, to attempt to capture the men, and therefore allowed theta to retire fres the perk. In the meantime however, they celled np the keeper, and keeping upon the track of the men, the watchers, now reinforced by the keeper, overtook the three ear coa the road. As the poachers were neared, they drew pas from their pocket' ; one of them, who aubsequently turned out to be a pitmen named Potter, discharged his gee at the keeper's party, but fortunately the contents did Not take ;effect. Om of the poachers then took to Ids bob and no of. The other two then drew stones frees ask afi.dhearetw them hen , , several hitting Matthe i w nd ß it ap, the otter telt; his gu ir tiberrel from the stock, losed with the w e s truc e k heee Stobart severs! blows on the head with it. His head was fearfully bruised, but the watchers succeeded in capturing Potter and his re maining companion, who also turned out to be a pitmen. The prisoners were handed over to P. C. Lough, Eillingworth, who brought them before the magistrate. at the Moot-tuill, Newcastle, on the same day. They were remanded till Thursday, to give time for the recovery of the keeper. The guns earned by the prisoners are said to be of the roughest constructice. The stocks have been chopped out of a ptt drop. and they have mils for higgers. The locks war., fee toed on with twiate.-antvattlf (Amide. (Stamped id. Additional.) [T WOPENC E. 2111 CAB 8111 7 .103 OF LOA 4: 1 ° 14 -.-- On Tuesday evening there was a martini of the fellows of the Statistical &clay, Colonel gran, . P., in the ,hair , to hear a paper which Mr. Chadwick bad lL Min Invited to mad on the principle of " Competition for the Field." Poe Ilia moot part it was a more full development el ths principles stated by him in a letter on "Omnibus Compete ion." We r mad the following portion of his paper, as supplementary to the statements which have been previously putllatied on the omnibus traffic of London • —Whilst I was acting so one of the committee of the Society of Arts inquiring into the improvements in Paris some pro ceedings were initiated for applying to the service of cabrio lota the principle of administrative consolidation which lad been applied to the mimice of conveyance by omnibuses; but I then expressed my apprehension that obstacles would be presented In the difficulty of disposing of the surplus bands whose labour would be saved by consolidation. The diffi culty of dealing with the water-carriers, ohms labour would be superseded, has long impeded the distribution of water into the houses of Paris by mesas of pipes and engine power. An attempt to introduce an improved system of cleansing, which would have Interfere d with the labour of chiffoniers or rubbish collectore, was once made the OCCIWOD of riots, which were attempted to be turned to party political ac count. In truth, the labour market in Pails te not so ab sorbeat as it is in London. No material improvement has yet, however, been effected in the service of the smeller means of public conveyance in Paris. But the present con dition of the cab service of London is one which Nemeses to me to be so prominently illustrative of the evils of the com petition of multiplied small and poor capitals within the fieleLoe 113.14 j, . against the opposite principle which in my view is the only tiredly° preventive, that 1 beg leave to ad vert to them. The number of cabs now licensed in London 154,600; each common cab and the two horses with the appoint meats requisite to work it are estimated to cost not more than 601., so that the capital engaged is in round numbers upwards of 270,0001., provided by upwards of 1,800 owners. The waste of the capital committed by this com petition within the field of supply Is visible to he eye, at all times and all weathers, in fall stands, or long files waiting hour after hour, and in the numbers crawling about the streets looking oat for fares. The coat of the keep of each horse Is estimated at 16e. 4d. pee week—the depreciation of horse stock la put down at 2e. 6d. per week each, and of the Talkiest Be. pre weak. Tete market veins of the labour of such *man se the driver of a cab may bit set down in Lon don at 4s. per diem. The stable rant is, at hest, 10s. per week, per cab and horses, so that the capital Invested for =ern ore , end vehicle may be est down at mom than o per hour lost during every hour of the twelve that cabs are kept unemployed. On every cab stand where In foul weather as well as fair • dozen cabs are seen oonstantly un employed, the administrative economist may see capital evaporating In worse than waste 'at a rate of 12s. per hour 71. de. per diem, or eta raleof between two and three thooaaod If g per annum, to be charged on some one, i.a. the public. ees employed, as the usual rate of driving is mix miles per hour, they must be each employed at least four hours per diem to pay fur their keep. If, however, the cabs were con stantly employed daily at least throe horses must be em ployed, which would augment the charge by that of an additional hone at the rate of 4d. per hour. A large pro portion of the cabs are employed during the whole 24 hours ,• but there are then two men, a night man and a day man, en d three Donee. It is probably greatly below the tact to state that at least one-third of the cabs are, the week through, unemployed—that is to say, one-third of the capital invested is wasted, a service for two capitals being competed for by three, to the inevitable destruction of one. As in other came of competition within the field, efforts are male by violent manifeatations of discontent at the legal fare, by mendacity, and by various modes of extortion, to charge upon the publi: the expense of the wasted capital. Sometimes it is in the form of a piteous appeal that the driver or the competitor has been out all day and has not before had " one single blessed fare." And yet the legal charge for the frequently wretched service of the man, home, and vehicle is, when taken by the hone nearly doub ts, and by the mile needy treble—when only t wo horses per diem are used—its actual prime cost, which is, when driving at little more than six miles an hour, 2d. or M. per mile, and when waiting Is. 4d. per hour. But them Is now a cry from the cab proprietors that this charge of double the prime cost does not pay, ea it probably does not under sloth • ruinous system, and an appeal is proposed to parliament for an augmentation of the fares; but such augmentations under this prin ciple of competition within the field would only aggro,- vats the evil, for it would lead to an increased number of competitors, and instead of there being a competition of three to do the work of two, there would be • competition of two or more to do the work of one—that is, a greater waste of capital to be paid for by some one. Since the reduction of the fares In 1862, the number of cabs in the metropolis, insteatrof being reduced, has been hutment from 8,297 to 4,607 in 1857. If there were no legislative restraints of extortion, the extor• none under the system of competition within the field would reach each a height as to go for to extinguish the service alto . , or cooties it to caws of extreme neceesi and very sr mean, of payment. My friend Mr. Harney A ahwortb, of ton in an amount of his travels In America. gives an illaanition of this state of things. Speaking of New York, he says "They have their coach-stand—coaches with two horses each, such as we formerly kept on late, and the fares appear to be discretional, or according to bargain. Upon a rainy day the sum of two dollars, or 99. 4d., was demanded as the fare for half-an-boor. I offered onethalf the sum and it was declined. I then pointed the attention of the driver to the string of twenty other carriages all waiting to be em ployed, and remarked upon the uncertainty of his making say money at all within the next half-hour. He very coolly replied The rein is falling very feet, and I I'll spec. it.' He prsherod to speculate upon es m ehances which might offer, and so left him. r . 4 1see .itu res of competitions within the field perfectly ones by law are presented amongst the boatmen on the coast when a baged traveller hurries from Loudon, and pre emie himself to half a dozen—or a dozen, say—of Deal boatmen, to be put on board a vessel just out of hail, and on the point of starting. They see that unless the " fors" is put on board he will hoe his pommy-money and his voyage, sad instances have occurred where not one boat was to be had finless than five pounds or more to put him on board, or perform a service for which, at the rate of wages of men In regular employment, of the clews of the boatmen, as many shillings would be a moot liberal, not to Pay exorbitant, remuneration. At Liver pce where emigrant passengers are frequently belated, ships being delayed so long beyond their time that it is believed they are sot going for days, when they suddenly do go, carrying a wife sad family away, and leav ing a husband on shins, who sots the ship turning the rock, there the boatmen's charges have risen to such a height ea to bring into competition the steam tugs. The execution of the laws for the reunion= of the fern of the Thames watermen having been relaxed or fallen into desuetude, their charges have so augmented beyond the legal rate as almost to extinguish the habitual use of boats on those parts of the Alva Thames Mete occupied by steamboats or the larger craft, where ocaveyance by bat, would he con venient or pleasurable, if the chaster were reasonable. At Richmond the boatmen require 2s. and Is. 6d. per hour (sometimes however accepting le. 6d. for the second hour) which at full work, of ten or twelve hour,. would give a re muneration of 16s. or 18e. per diem, to labourers of adzes to whom five or six shillings would for regular employment be high wages. Double and treble the legal faros do not, how ever, satisfy the competitors, who charge their anxieties and discontent,, as well as their losses, upon the public. For, with all these extortions upon the public, the condition o those engaged in such service is a wretched one. In the conflict of three men for the scram of two, or of two for the service of one, anti-social feelings of the most malignant character era engendered; and the necessity under which such people consider themselves to be placed, of compensating themselves for the waste of their time and the risks of the competition, produce what I have characterised as feelings of a wolfish rapacity to prey upon the neon litied of all of the public who are exposed to them. The criminal returns afford melancholy indications of their moral condition to these conversant with penal statistics. Thug, in the police returns we find, under the head of " Coach and cabmen"—but it is stated by the police to be chiefly of oabinen— a very heavy list of offences. In the year 1864 it was 652; in the year before that, 777. The recurring crimes are thus demoted : Apprehensions for Offences against the Hackney Carriage 1863. 186 e. Act Simple laceoies Other larcenies Common assaults 64 42 as dwpoiloa 24 .. 11 Cruelty to animas Disorderly characters Drunk and disorderly characters Druckenneers Furious driving 24 ~ 3 Is respect to this—esevics of cabs—the analysed charges and statistics show that by a oepco n d uo t e d competition by adequate capital for the who l e fi e ld—for which, in my view, the chief police or local administrative authorities ought, as servants of the public, to la made responsible—service equal d_ to the present might be obtained at 3d. or 4d. per mile ; mat the present legal fare of sixpence per mile, a service sp= tug in condition to that of private carriage', might be out of the waste which now wars. hlitc.binee have been in vented, which are stated to be convenient and not expensive, which, I em assured, measure time and distanoe, and deter mine for the pawner the fame to be paid, and register the earnings due to the proprietors. Under a system of compe tition for the field, such securities might be introduced. Hitherto isolated attempts to introduce such machinery into cabs, even in Pais, has been uniformly defeated by tb.,, whole body of the drivers. It has been nr.u. clously broken or spoiled by the drivers of othe r vehicles than those in which it was Introduced, There are moral elements Involved in the question, which maybe referred to the moralist, who will agree thee! the waste commonly involved sin, malignity, demerelieeree n , suffering. In this instance, the Toffee-4 is extended to the animas who minister to out tourenience. The condition of . ,the cab-hones which are driven mercilessly, and then r• 10692 belted 10 tiltif *tend, there to remain for hours sapmed to oold and wet, and which indeed often only have variations of suffering, when taken to the foul, confined stables of the small owners, which I well know are the seats &nue and comp only amongst the inhabithnts of the :=,lt ti arm points of the outburst of epidemics. The existence of the nib-horses Is soon worn out. The tiataof the men are commonly _of • piece with those of lt gl erses. Whilst waste is triad, it is a deep conviction from my own observation, that sin by the infliction of animal as wellaa human suffering, is in such cases criminally wasteful Hence economical science will be found to be a more power ftd aid of sure beneficence than is commonly supposed. Mr. Bisnconl, the great manager of horses in Ireland, re ceived roach applause from religious communities for only perrai:ting those animate under his charge to work six days, that thi7 might rest on the seventh day, but at our section on economic science, at the meeting of the British Association held at Dublin, he frankly disclaimed any other motive than his own interest, which was answered by a saving from the imp ieved practice of eleven per cent of his outlay for horses. My friend, Mr. Whitworth, who has paid much attention to horses, declares that it is more economical to use up two light vehicles, as gigs, and one horse, than two berme and one vehicle. There can be no doubt that good, wen - veatilated, and warm stabling for the horses, and better shelter and care during the day, would be economical of capital, as good sani tary dwellings would be to the men. BM this could only be ensured by the application of large capital. On a compila tion forte field, improvements would no doubt be made in the practice which prevails at Paris, whew only the bead of one bone appears from beneath a shelter, where it stands ready harnessed, and others are In proper stables behind, ready to be harnessed s• fast as the demand. The consideration of the traffic of a populous district, and of the condition of those engaged in It, would reader it de sirable to encourage locomotion by steam; and the use of tramweya through the attests. But judging from expo- rience in Paris and elsewhere, there appears to be no proba bility of much diminution of the demand for horse power for the minor traffic of conveyance in populous districts. There are large elementary distinctions, which I will men tion here ' but which I must avail myself on some other op portunity of displaying fully, between charges and payments as for services, and charges on and payments proportioned to the preemies of necemities. Payments as for service Imply responsibilities to render that service in a proper manner, and those responsibilities are best brought about, as I may show mote fully, by my principle of competition for the fleid ; whilst charges made on tommities and on estimates of the premieres and means of payi ng them, are elle* tabled by monopolies, which are incident, and almost amentiell to the practice of what is called fres competition within the field of service. In the case of the New York hackney coachman mentioned by Mr. Ashworth, the coachman, by the agreement with hb knows on the stand, had virtually an irresponsible monopoly of the service, giving him the power to exact payment ac cording to his estimate of the traveller' necessities and means. In the cam of a water supply, the actual met of water for the supply of a water closet would be Gd. per annum if paid fur as a service; but u a charge upon moralities or convenience the =upsides levy 10s. each per annum, which forms a serious obstruction to the sanitary Improvementof towns, And so with the Deal batmen; and the cha racter of the monopoly is similar, whether It be by the three cabs or the three omnibuses, to do what, under compe tition for the field, might be the service of conveyance of pas mopes by two ; or by two or three competing lines of rail way, the London and North Western do what might be a responsible service for one by two, or by the seven originally competing establishments for the distribution of water, a servos which might be beet rendered by one; or by nume rous establishments of undertakers for the conveyance of the dead, a service which might best and moat economically and responsibly be rendered by one. The result is a common effort and necessity to charge the waste upon the public, the creation of virtual multiform monopolies, and high charges for bad service. ALARMING ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS 7)141N. A serious accident occurred on Sunday evening on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway to the Great Northern comma train, which left London at 6 p.m., for Sheffield and Manchester. The train consisted of two guards' vans and three first and second class carriages, and when at a curve between tho Kiveton-park and Wood house junction station., about eight miles before it reached Sheffield, it can off the line. It afterwards proceeded about 100 yards, the wheels of one side being between the two rails on:which the train had been running, and the other wheel. being on the foot"—via., the space between the up and the down lines. While so running the train turned first raffia one rail and then *genet the other, tearing up and breaking the rails and jolting the parings» in a frightful manner. The rails at this point Sr. laid upon • somewhat high embankment, and it is considered most fortunate that the train did not run off the rule towards the side of the embankment, as in that case the conacquences must have been most disastrous. As it was the engine did eventually roll over, lodging on the side neer the top of the embankment. In the fall the coupling chains were broken. The carriages, with the aneptice of the last van, all fell over, and remaining linked together, were thrown in a very carious shape, one being =On the line of rails and the other on the edge of the embankment. Immediately the train stopped the guard on the bet van returned to the Hiveton-parkaation to pre vent any other trains coming up, while one of the least In jured of the passengers walked forward to the station at Woodhouse Junction end gave information to the station muter there, who at once telegraphed to Sheffield for mist imes. An engine and carriages, with porter, &c., were promptly despatched thence to the scene of disaster. In the meantime the passengers had succeeded in extricet ing themselves from their uncomfortable poeition, some of there having been under the necemity of kicking out the windows to get out of the carriages. The heed guard, those name is Bradley, was found to be very severely cut and bruised, and TM taken to an adjoining hotel, where he was attended by Mr. Leta, a neighbouring surgeon. On Mon day morning he was, at his own request, conveyed back to London, where he resides, in a tint-elase carriage, the surgeon being of opinion that the journey would cot do him any harm. The remainder of the company's Permeate nod ell the passengers were brought forward to Sheffield, where they arrived between 11 and 12 o'clock. the passengers numbered about fourteen, and three of them, who were most injured, got off at She ffi eld, and were conveyed to the Bleck Swan Hotel. The remainder were able to proceed forward to their homes at Manches ter and elsewhere. The names of the gentlemen who remained at Sheffield are Mr. Cmupbell, of Felwood-park, weer Liverpool; Captain Collicgridge and Mr. Mill grove, of London. Mr. Campbell, who has Buff mined severe cuts and injuries about the head, wee insensible for some hours, but rallied during the night, and though confined. to bed, Is expected to recover . The other two gentlemen are severely but not dangerously injured, both having received severe bruiser about the heed and elsewhere. All three have been attended by Mr. Haxworth, surgeon. William Mills and William Spriggs, of Peterborough, the driver and stoker, were taken to the Tunnel Hotel, Sheffield, and attended by Mr. Parker, surgeon. They are severely injured internrdly, and have also received some rather foul external beanies, but, like the rest, are expected to recover. The cause of the accident has not yet been popirively secertained, but the matter is undergoing a searchieg investigation by the company's officiate. SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN WEST SMITIIFIELD.-i Last night a singular accident occurred about ten o'cleek, within three or four doors of the Smithfield polies-station, under the following circumstances: —The house num bered 11, in West Smithfield, is in the occupation of Mr. George Williams, a fruiterer, and at the hour named the whole of the pavement fronting the hones, to the herb of the footway, and the adjoining b Juges on either side fell in, causing en opening full 12 feet More, and not lees then 7 feet in depth. The out 'intent, and before any one understood the nature of the wide nt, a respectably dressed female, with an infant in her arms, fell into the opening, when the Impactor Of pairs (Mr. Reeding) on duty at the Smithfield avian/eel depot, hearing the noise, rushed out, and by his presence of mind eared two men, who would, otherwise have Oland the same fete. !Lashed= ...e wan instantly rendered by the police, and ropes and ladders were brought from the station without delay . The poor woman and her child were brought upauffair toto work to g much from fright, but upon being taken thehospital was declared to be in nowise seriously le ered, and wan afterwards sent home to their residence. riming that '..iteadjoining house., which are not leas than two central, a old, might fall, workmen were immediately set shore them up, under the eruperintendenee of Itlr. Painter. the inspector of pavements. That officer attended and . alreerintended the necessary shoring wake, the police havu.g put up barriers round the opening so as to prevent UV,' further aoddents. From an investigation of the place it appears that the pavement or footway shout this spot has formerly been need either as a subterranean way or for the rr.rpoess of a bakery. No entrance to it wee connected with 8 Mr. Williams'. premises, there having been • bark wall between thebuilding and theme of the shop. This has fallen, and probably this be been the caws of the accident. ' SINGULAR DEATH OP A Hoasa.— -0 n Wednesday afternoon a carriage belonging to the Earl of Winchilses, and containing the countess and a gentleman at present stay ing at the noble cierl'e, was entering North.street, Ashford, from High-street, when one of a fine pair of bones which were draw .ift the carriage suddenly sprang up. and, as the coachman aa4d, ° Gave a loud any like a Christian," and then fell down dead. The animal had ruptured • blood • vessel. It was stated to to wails • hundred pounds.