The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-03 00:00:00

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On Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock, the legislative Body met, for the important purpose of making its official declaration of the number of votes given on th e pl e bi sc it e f or re-establishing the Empire in France. The tribunes were crowded, T 41 (1 all the persons occupying them apparently be- Ned to the higher classes of society. The num ber of deputies present was 240, and all wore their bard official costume. A solemn silence took Place when M. Billault, the President, preceded by the messengers of state and the ushers, and ac.,- "mPanied by the Vice-Presidents and Secretaries, *iltered - the house. The President, after having " Ik ell his seat, proceeded to read the official de ,e,laration of th e L eg i s l a ti ve B o dy, t o the effect that the French people had, by an immense majority, called Louis N a p o l eon t o b e E m peror of th e F rench. Scarcely had M. Billault terminated ' e auing the declaration of the Legislative Body, When cries of " Vive l'Empereur" burst out from ev i erY part of the Chamber, tribunes and all. The l i l° l e assembly then rose, and again shouted " Vive n pereur !" The following is the official docu- Ment read by M. Billault "DECLARATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODT. c ‘ The Legislative Body,— "Raving taken into consideration the Senatus-Con aultum of Nov. 7, 1852 • "Raving considered' the decree of the same day, calling on th e F renc h p eo pl e t o vote on the acceptance or rejection of the plebiscite proposed by the Senate ; "Lo o ki ng at t h e d ecree o f N ov. 7 , 18 5 2, convo ki ng the Legislative Body for the purpose of verifying the A l ' e golarity of the votes, of summing them up, and of ‘ieclaring the result ; ‘,"After having examined and verified in the sittings .After bureaux of Nov. 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, and of 1, the proces-verbaux of the votes given in the eighty-six departments and Algeria, and by the land and sea force s • - I -, After having heard, in its sittings of Nov. 30 and 1, the reports made to it in the name of its bureaux, rod. having confirmed by a vote after each of these re ports the regularity and exactitude of the figures ex iced, such as they are set down in the table annexed to thespresent delaration ; " Considering that, in the presence of the immense majority o f vo t es a l rea dy ascer t a i ne d t o b e g i ven i n for of th e p l e bi sc it e , th ere i s no necess ity f or waiting lor th e few proces-verbaux drawn up in distant localities, t a l n d of which th e verification will be made hereafter, and oat it is fitti ng , i n or d er t o com ply w ith th e na ti ona l rill, to proclaim without delay the great event which uxes the destinies of France ; " Declares : lst. That the operations of the vote have been every freely and regularly accomplished ; ," 2d. That the general summing-up of votes given on plaiscite has given : Seven millions eight hundred and twenty-four thou b~4 one h un d re d an d e i g h ty - n i ne (7,824,189) b u ll et i ns !'itig the word ;' 1 - I ‘' Two hundred and fifty-three thousand one hundred forty-fiv e (253,145) bulletins bearing the word a • And sixty-three thousand three hundred and twenty bulletins null ; lo consequence the Legislative Body declares : " That the French people, convoked to vote in its Ccoaiti a , on the 21st and 22d of Nov., 1852, has accepted e following plebiscite " 'The French people wills the re-establishment of the 1;e or Imperial di gn it y i n t h e person o f L ou i s N apoleon Bona parte, with success i on t o hi s di rec t d escen d ants , legiti adopted, and gives him the right to regulate !he order o f success i on to the throne in the Bonaparte :41 18Y52 l i l , as is set f or th i n th e S ena t us -C onsu lt um o f N ov . this A unanimou s cry o f Vive l'Empereur,' greeted ,b declaration, and the Legislative Body decided Y acclamation that it would proceed the same + eve ning, at eight o ' c l oc k, t o th e P a lace of St. Cl ou d present to his Majesty the Emperor the result of the votessof the French people. "Give n at the Palace of the Legislative Body, in Public sitting, this Ist day of December, 1852. BILLAULT, " President of the Legislative Body, " DALLOZ, the DUKE DE TARENTE, BARON ESCHASSERIEUX, DIMAS, Secretaries." The President left the Chamber with the same the beputies, who proceeded to take their places ' ll carriages ready in the Court of Honour, to take them to St. Cloud. T The cortege advanced in the following order. U shers, the M e s se ngers of State, the carriage the President, then those containing the seven 1 -C r ofter s of the bu reaux , namely, MM. Bavoux, Behn , and F o L e roux ' l)e laraarre (Creuse), Reveil, Lemercier, ontet auguer , - • the V . e Presidents ; D t he Sec re t ar i es ; the Questors ; and lastly, the eputies. Th e whole number of carriages was Ywards of 100, and a long line of torch-bearers a c c ompanied them on b o th sides. The regiment the 7th Lancers served as escort to the Deputies. th The cortege passed along the rue de l'Universite, T Esplanade des Invalides, the Quai d'Orsay, - 2"ss3r, Auteuil, Boulogne, and St. Cloud. A con- Zerable crowd was collected along the line of pro ii;,s,El3i°ll. At Auteuil, the Maine was illuminated, four eagles of fire, with the words " Vive Na eon 111 r above, decorated the front. At Bou- Ze many of the houses were illuminated, as was i rg avenue from Auteuil to Boulogne: St. of t r was even more brilliant than the other parts 11( e route, and a vast crowd was collected in the Ihbourho o d o f th e pa l ace. 1 4 -1 • 11 e dep u ti es arr i ved at St. Cloud at e i g h t o ' c l oc k , Ite v ing bee n prece d e d on l y a f ew m i nutes b y t h e T h tabers of the Senate, and of the Council of State. e. L egislative Body was shown into the Salon de C o , —, the Senate into the Salon de Venus, and the I cia Zeil of State into that of Diana. After a short ' Count Bacciocchi, Grand Master of the • th e e Tonies, assisted by M. Feuillet de Corches, th e pity'-master, introduced the senators into ", a llerY of Apollo, one of the finest in Europe, 114e -1-resident Mesnard, Troplong, General Count Ue,, a ,, gll _ 4 Y-d'Hilliers, the Grand Referendary, tr o ;" 41 Count d'Hautpoul, and Baron de La- Th,, se 3 the Secretary, marched at its head. Cardinals, Marshals, Admirals, and the rlaechhishop of Paris were with the Senate, the on inhere of which immediately took their places at ti, -(e right of the throne erected for the solemnity too,;`e,end of the gallery. The Legislative Body op t neir places on the left, the two bodies sitting c, l l 3° site each o th er . Th e C ounc il o f St a t e next kk er ed, conducted by, the Presidents of section, 4 . 11: Reuher, de Parieu, Bonjean, Gen era l Th - u'ru., Vice-Admiral Leblanc, and M. Boudet. ki d e Y were seated _opposite each other along the on es . ; Baroche, being a member of the Coun t:, ° „ 1 misters, sat immediately behind them, close 1 1 t he throne. The Procureur-General Delangle, ' • de Iv to Royer, Baron Brenier, M. Heurtier, Gene and ~.allraas, M. Greterin, M. de Sibert Cornillon, M. Darricau, were seated amongst the Conn- P Tef State. h e master of the ceremonies having informed 1 4 .i;tee Louis Napoleon, who was at the time in his St at . at e, apartment, that the great bodies of the with' au his arrived, entered the gallery of Apollo, Ba ec his household, military and civil. Count a nd + chi and M. Feuillet de C o nches led the w ay ; hen followed the orderly officers, Captain Ex- Tolda4B, Commandant Lepic, Commandant de te va : slgeon, Commandant Fave, Captain de Men ton,. C aptain de Berkeim, Captain Petit, Cap e,,Zanibriels, Captain Tascher de la Pagerie, and ,1 11 ant de La Tour d'Auvergne ; M. Mocquart, of li a ' °llll ., eau, and M. C. Bure, intendant-general eol o : , household ; then came the aides-de-camp, aen e - ,„ ei s Fleury, Edgar Ney, de Beville • and ,teb e p7„, Vaudrey, Espinasse, de Lourmel, de ' Mon- •tto et. de Goyon, de Cotte, Canrobert, and ~visl o rom e -- e° 3 : l 111, in the uniform of a general of •kin next entered, having on his right the ex- Napoleon Bonaparte, in the uniform to ll : 1 ' 8 41 of France ; on his left Prince Jerome the Att r te, in coloured clothes ; and behind him ti res —La w ister of State, Ministers, M. Baroche, Vice pr..° ent of the Council of State, and M. Berger, p 7 , 1, et of the Seine. W°ent Louis Nap o l eon appeared he was ten,. with. loud acclamations of " Vive l'Empe tie every saluted person. present rising at his entrance. Proc eed the various bodies of the State, and then ham ). ed. on to the throne, which he ascended, 41. 0 4 t he exKing Jerome on his right, and Prince ata bdi s en his left. Louis Napoleon remained The Alin e e$ placed them se l ves behind the three nistthe c e s , a!icl. the aidesde-camp, orderly officers and nousehold at the bottom after the rai , ad va President of the Legislative Body, the f a ll _ , w and, in a firm and emphatic voice, read s.re wing speech Ivaaatifffuerelfl Presuii_:--.4lre bring to your Majesty the solemn ex the national will. In the midst of the !iastall;ol7Bhhich were decreed to you by popular enthu owed no anxiety to assume a crown, which 9?n on all sides, but wished that France '`, l 3pr eme tune for reflexion ; you wished that that se i lsion by which a people, master of itself, ereignt of its destiny, should only be :taken °o,lly, andv.ou n.entire liberty t l3 h eer e et ' a n t a w c i P s e h n' toSire' is accomplished accomplished ; a ballot free, !c. (7 4t es h t a a s b i l s isciie all , has been loyally e . xaminF.d . under vote eY ; e + a o,f an • \via gives to,thsumi sum ming up in one, eight millions of ss collected for ceia.eagintimacy of your government the y government in the world was From the day when six millions of Y called you by the government itself which , 41- t of th e e ,r l oll t to replace, depositd in your hands the 4dditiontilZ France, new balht, mark.c;,l „t!,conftd e „__ ons of voted the continued increase of i r :`" in you. Without as within her com lier fe'ts rats in her vo t es , everyw h ere her 3 2 21 I 1 St St a 61 Tog Ili 33 041 1 1 i 1 vi i# I i # 431 i 2i 3,i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1852. feelings have burst forth ; from one end of the country to the other, flocking on your steps, hastening from all parts, to salute the man of their hopes and of their faith, our people have sufficiently made known to the world that you were their Emperor, the Emperor chosen by the people ; and that you have with you that national spirit which, on the day marked out by Providence, crowns new dynasties and seats them in the place of those which it no longer animates. " Taking shelter under an immense souvenir of glory, under what it holds most precious—its honour abroad, its security at home, and those immortal principles of 1789, the firm basis f the new French society so power fully organised by the Emperor, your uncle—our nation again raises up with proud love that dynasty of the Bonapartes, which sprung from him, and which was not overthrown by French hands. But while preserv ing a proud remembrance of the great events of war, it hopes to find from you the great things of peace. Hav ing already seen you at work, it expects from you a re solute, prompt, and fruitful government. In order to aid you in it, it surrounds you with all its sympathies, it delivers itself wholly up to you ; take then, Sire, take from the hands of France, that glorious Crown which she offers to you ; never has a royal brow worn one more legitimate or more popular." The words of the honourable president were frequently interrupted by applause, and followed by cries of " Vive Napoleon III.," and " Vive l'Empereur." M. Billa,ult afterwards handed to his Majesty the declaration of the Legislative Body with the result of the votes. M. Mesnard, Vice-President of the Senate, ad vancing to the right of the Emperor, addressed to him the following speech : " Sire—The Legislative Body has made known the sovereign will of France. "In re-establishing the Imperial dignity in the person and in the family of your Majesty, in giving you the crown which she placed half-a-century ago on the brow of the conqueror of Marengo, France loudly expresses what are her wishes, and how, in connecting the present with the past, she mixes up her hopes with her souvenirs. " This throne on which your Majesty is about to seat yourself, by whatever force and whatever splen dour it may be surrounded, finds in the power of public opinion its most solid foundation. " L'Empire, c'est la paix, said your Majesty on a memorable occasion. The voice of the country adds: The Empire is the maintenance of international relations in all the dignity of amicable reciprocity ; it is religion honoured as it deserves to be ; it is the condition of the working and suffering classes become the object of con stant solicitude ; it is discipline in the army, and in the heart of every soldier the ardent sentiment of honour and of national independence ; it is commerce and manufac tures developing themselves and fertilising public pros perity ; in fine, it is the pacification of parties ; it is a wide and free scope given to all capacities and to all in telligences, from whom it will now be only asked whither they go, and no longer whence they come. "This, Sire, is why so many millions of votes present to you that imperial crown promised to your birth, re conquered by your merit, and rendered to your name by the most solemn act of the sovereicrnty of the people. "We beg your Majesty to receive with kindness the homage and congratulations of the Senate." Cries of " Vive l'Empereur ! " followed the speech of M. Mesnard. These having subsided, it was amidst the most profound silence that the Emperor, in a firm voice, replied as follows to the two great bodies of the State : " Gentlemen,—The new reign which you, this day, inaugurate, derives not its origin—as so many others recorded in history have done—from vio lence, from conquest, or from fraud. It is, you have just declared it, the legal result of the will of a whole people, who consolidate in calm that which they had founded in the midst of agitations. " I am penetrated with gratitude towards the nation which, three Mimes in four years, has sus tained me by its suffrages ' and each time has only augmented its majority to increase my power. But the more that power increases in extent and in vital force, the more does it need en lightened men, such as those who every day surround me independent men, such as those whom I address—to guide me by their counsel, to bring back my authority within just limits, if it could ever quit them. " I take, from this day, with the Crown, the name of Napoleon 111., because the logic of the people has bestowed it upon me in their acclama tions ; because the Senate has legally proposed it ; and because the whole nation has ratified it. " Is it, then, to be inferred that in accepting this title I fall into the error imputed to the Prince who, returning from exile, declared null and void all that had been done in his absence ? Far from me be such a wild mistake. Not only do I recognise the Govern ments which have preceded me, but I inherit in some manner all that they have accomplished of good and evil; for Governments which succeed one to another are, notwithstanding different origin, liable for their predecessors. But the more completely that I ac cept all that, for fifty years, history transmits to us with her inflexible authority, the less it is permit ted to me to pass in silence over the glorious reign of the head of my family, and the regular, though ephemeral, title of his son, whom the two Cham bers proclaimed in the last burst of vanquished pa triotism. " Thus, then, the title of Napoleon 111., is not one of those dynastic and superannuated preten sions which seem to be an insult to good sense and to truth. It is the homage of a Government which was legitimate, and to which we owe the brightest pages of our modern history. My reign does not date from 1815—it dates from this very moment when you have announced to me the suffrages of the nation. " Receive, then, my thanks, Messieurs les De putes, for the éclat that you have given to the manifestation of the national will by rendering it more evident by your supervision, more imposing by your declaration. " I thank you also, Messieurs les Senateurs, for having been the first to address congratulations to me, as you were the first to give expression to the popular wish. " Aid me, all of you, to set firm in this land, up set by so many revolutions, a stable Government, which shall have for its bases religion, probity, and love for the suffering classes. " Receive here my oath, that no sacrifice shall be wanting on my part to insure the prosperity of my country ; and that, whilst I maintain peace, I will yield in nothing which may touch the honour or the dignity of France." His Majesty, after several times bowing to the persons assembled, withdrew with the same cere mony as he entered. The members of the Senate and of the Legisla tive Body returned to Paris at 10 o'clock. A series of decrees appears in the Moniteur, which now bears the second title of Journal Officiel de l'Empire Francais. The decrees which are headed—" Napoleon, by the Grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the French—to all pre sent and to come greeting,"—are as follows :- 1. A decree proclaiming Louis Napoleon Bona parte as Emperor of the French, by the title of Napoleon 111. 2. A decree, elevating Generals de St. Arnaud, Magnan, and de Castellane, to the dignity of Mar shals of France. 3. A decree determining the form for the pro mulgation of laws, judgments, and proceedings of courts of justice. Each is to be preceded by the words above quoted. 4. A decree declaring that in future the Cour d'Apel shall be called Cour Imperial. 5. A decree, granting a pardon to all persons found guilty of offences of the press, and declaring all past avertissements null. 6. A decree pardoning members of the National Guard convicted by the Councils of Discipline. 7. A decree re-establishing the second section of the general staff of the army. 8. A decree relative to the retirement of general officers, and declaring that general officers nomi nated senators can be employed though beyond the legal age, - The - Moniteur announces that a day's pay is granted to all the subalterns, corporals, and soldiers of the army and navy, on the occasion of the empire. Two hundred and ninety of the political convicts have been pardoned. The seal - of the Emperor is to be a crowned Im perial Eagle reposing on thunder (reposant sur la foudre). All official seals are to be after the same model. LATEST FROM PARIS. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEVEN O'CLOCK. -- --- The proceedings of this memorable day com menced with the promulgation of the Empire at the Hotel de Ville, by the Prefect of the Seine. Three battalions of infantry, and the 13th Bat talion of National Guards occupied one side of the square, while the other was filled with deputations from different classes of workmen, or tradin g cor porations, bearing appropriate banners. The m ass of the people stood on the quay : and when M. Berger, surrounded by the municipal body, read the decree proclaiming the Empire, a loud shout of " Vive l'Empereur ' pierced the fog in a very gallant style. As soon as the ceremony was over, the troops and National Guards marched towards the Champs Elysees to unite with their comrades in giving a worthy reception to the Emperor. The Arch of Triumph was the grand feature of the whole. The wide circle in which the Arch stands wa s li ne d w ith so ldi ers an d N a ti on al Guards, while in the centre of the Arch itself were grouped a mass of generals in the old Imperial costume — green coats, white breeches, and boots above the 1 711 2 e ; and, w i t h their aide-de-uamps made a bril liant group. By this time the whole of the Champs, des Elysees and the N en illy roa d, as f ar as th e Bois de Boulog ne: were lined on one side with soldiers and on the other with National Guards. In front of the Arch, down the Champs Elysees, tho Lancers were ranged ready to lead the proces sion, as soon as the Emperor's arrivalshould be an nounced. Towards one o'clock the avant guard, composed of some sqadrons of Dragoons were seen to advance at a rapid pace, their horses smoking, and without stopping they dashed right through the triumphal arch, raising their swords and shouting " Vive l'Empereur Napoleon III." The effect was some thing magical. In a few minutes other squadrous came up more slowly marching througb until the Emperor himself appeared, surrounded by ministers, marshais, and magnificently attired host. His Majesty wore the uniform of a general officer, was superbly mounted, and looked very well. It is needless to say that he was loudly cheered by the army, the National Guards, and the people. After an exchange of salutations with the generals wait ing, he proceeded onward, and as the cavalry poured through, the Cuirassiers in their steel coats, and the Carabineers in brass, the effect produced in the may of military spectacle, was as fine as it wes uniuue. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Assistant-Surgeons.—Henry French (1846) and Tho mas Wilson (1852), to the Winchester, 50, flag-ship, East Indies. _ Master's Assistant. —C. M. Ross, to the Leander, 50, Portsmouth. Carpenter.--Edward W. Vincent, to the Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Portsmouth. Fire Queen, steam-tender, Master Commander Paul, arrived at Devonport, on Tuesday night, with marine artillery for the Magicienne and Vulture, steam-frigates. Avon, steam-tender, Master Commander Veitch, re turned from Portsmouth to Devonport on Wednesday morning. Magicienne, 14, steam-frigate, Captain Fisher, was taken into No. 5 Dock on Wednesday morning, to have her bottom cleaned. She was to come out again yester day. Mr. Thomas Baldock, late store-keeper of the Devon port Dockyard, died on Sunday last, at his residence, No. 5, St. Mary's-terrace, Paddington-green. The Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, at Woolwich, will not be completed before February next. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2 Her Majesty's steam-vessels Avon, Master Com mander A. Veitch, and the Fire Queen, Master Com mander Paul, arrived yesterday from Portsmouth. The Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Parker, went up harbour on Tuesday for the purpose of being dismantled, and to return stores. Her crew will pro bably be paid off on Friday. The steam-frigate Magicienne, Captain Thos. Fisher, was placed in dock yesterday to have her copper examined and repaired, The Dido, 18, Captain Morshead, was warped to her sailing moorings on Wednesday. The Madagascar, 44, was taken out of dock yesterday. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2 The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw three-decker, shipped one of the massive iron flooring joists for the support of her ponderous machinery yesterday. The other portions are expected daily from the Clyde. The Leander, 50, Captain King, has been brought alongside the jetty to-day to be docked. The Pallas, Russian frigate, 50, has been supplied with one of Grant's improved cooking and distilling galleys, and will come out of dock to-morrow. The Edward hired convict-ship, arrived on Tuesday at Spithead, to embark convicts for transportaion ; 22 were shipped on board her from this depot to-day for Bermuda. The Egyptian steam-yacht Kassid Kheir, the property of Said Pasha, has been at length converted from a screw steamer into a sailing yacht, and was undocked yesterday. The Gladiator, 6, paddle-frigate, was docked yester day for repairs. WOOLWICH, DEC. 1 The Terrible, steam-frigate, has been taken out of dock, and placed in the basin under the shears for the purpose of having her boilers put on board. The work required to be done on board the Terrible will require at least ten weeks from this time to complete it, and she will not be out of the hands of the engineer department before the 15th of February next. The work on board the Cormorant steam-sloop, at present in the east dock, is discontinued, and she is ordered to be broken up. The Cruiser steam-sloop will be ready for trial down the river on the 11th of the present month, and it is expected she will be commissioned immediately. The Imperieuse, 50, recently launched at Deptford, and to be fitted with a screw propeller and engines of 350-horse power by John Penn and Son, is in so ad vanced a state that she will be out of the engineers' hands on the 23d inst. The work on the Jackal iron paddle-wheel steam vessel, of 150-horse power, and on the Janus paddle wheel steam-vessel, of 220-horse power, is suspended for the present. The distilling galleys for the Cruiser being completed, and the galleys for the Brisk steam-sloop nearly ready, the workmen are under orders to proceed to Portsmouth when the galleys for the latter are completed. One of the Marine Artillery serving in the Rosamund fell overboard from that vessel on the evening of Sunday last, and was rescued from a watery grave by one of the sailors jumping overboard and saving him. The Second Master of the Rosamund is at present on board the Waterloo flag-ship at Sheerness, where a court-martial is being held upon him, for, it is said, neglect of duty since the arrival of the vessel at this port. Several of the officers here went to Sheerness yesterday to be pre sent at the court-martial. —......... ~.... _ The Garland, Dover mail steam-packet, having under gone a thorough repair, left Woolwich to-day, under Lieutenant-Commander Wylde, to resume her duties as a mail-packet on that station. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The front building of Billingsgate Market, next to Thames-street, is now drawing towards completion. It presents five archways towards the street, each archway being sufficiently broad to admit a large-sized waggon. On the top of these archways, one story of a warehouse, intended for depositing dried fish, is now erected. The walls of the building, like the front facing the river, are substantially built with granite and brickwork. The stands or forms for the wholesalesmen and factors have not yet made their appearance ; when erected, however, it is said they are to be regular fixtures, and composed of marble slabs on top, or thick glass. This idea will certainly be a decided improvement as regards appear ance, and will be much easier washed than boards, as they are at present. There still seems to be a great want of system as re gards the method of keeping the market properly clean, which attention ought to be drawn to. Recently whilst walking by the market, I was attracted by a noise from the water falling from the fountain into the basin that stands in the middle of the market. Think ing to see a dozen or more men busily engaged scrubbing and washing down the market in a regular ship-shape way, I turned in to view their operations. The engine below being industriously at work, the fountain was playing most beautifully, emptying a large stream of water into the basin, which was overflowing ; the water running out in streams from the mouths of 12 dol phins' heads (fitted round the brim of the basin) had a very pleasing effect. I was rather disappointed, how ever, at seeing such a poor display at what I will term washing decks. Two men and a lad were all that I saw going on with the operation of cleansing the market. One was using a broom sweeping the loose straw and garbage into a shovel held by another, whilst the lad was running about, first to the fountain for a bucket of water, and then carrying it to some part of the market, heaving it down without apparent skill how a ship's decks ought to be washed. Being an old sailor myself, and knowing that there can be nothing done well on shipboard unless proper discipline and system is the order of the day, an idea readily occurred to me that that was not the way Billingsgate Market ought to be cleansed out, especially now there are such faci lities made for supplying an abundance of water. All disciplined mariners are aware, when a regu lar system is adopted to wash a ship's decks, the operation is simple and effective. When the boat swain of a ship turns up all hands to wash decks, his first order is to "sweep down" the loose particles being swept away. The next order given is to "wet the decks." Water is now hove indiscriminately about the decks un til they are wet all over. The next order given is to "scrub the decks." Each man now takes a scrubbing brush in hand and scrubs the part of deck allotted to him. Scrubbing finished, the next order given is "wash down the decks." All hands now stand in a line from the place where water is to be had and hand the buckets from one to another, until they reach the party whose duty it is to heave the water on the deck or on the bul warks, or where he sees fit. On board of small vessels this duty is invariably performed by the mate. On board of large vessels, either the junior or petty officers are appointed to slash about the water. Whilst the water is being hove on deck to wash down, one or two brooms follow to facilitate the operation. The decks being now thoroughly washed, the next order is to "swab down the decks." The operation of swabbing is to dry them down. On board of men-of-war and well regulated ships, the whole operation of sweeping, wetting, scrub bing, washing down, and swabbing the decks is all per formed in about an hour. By establishing a proper system for washing a ship's decks or a market place, the operation is done quicker and much more effectually than if it is not gone regularly about. The same system that is adopted to wash a ship's decks ought to be employed for cleansing out Billingsgate. In fact, even swabbing out the market ought not to be omitted ; particularly the lower part of it where it is so level. Pools of water will always lodge about there unless it be very dry swept or swabbed up. Another suggestion worthy to be noticed is, all the paint work about the market within the height of a man's body, ought to be scrubbed with warm water and soap at least once a month. Just now much of the paint work where persons hands and clothes touch, is about one-eighth of an inch thick with fish scales—not very agreeable for well-dressed visitors to be leaning up against. The railings that surround the sky light of the subterranean shell fish market already re quires, not only scrubbing and washing, but scraping nd fresh painting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. No. CCCLVI. The Steeplechases at Crewe on Wednesday attracted a larger number of the principal members of the ring than has been seen at any of the steeplechase gatherings this season. The fields, in two instances out of three, were good, but the day did not pass off without one or two unpleasantries. Frank, the favourite for the Eddleston Stakes, and, to all app earance , th e w inner at the time of his mishap, had his chance disposed of by a fall early in the race. The Emperor, in the principal steeplechase, met with so severe an accident that it was found neces sary to destroy him on the spot. Abd-el-Kader, an immense " pot' for the same race, after being kept up to fever heat in the betting by certain parties, was not allowed to run, and, consequently, the public were put in the hole most extensively. It was said by some that he was to be kept for the Liverpool Grand National ; while others asserted he was lame, or, at least, not in proper trim for running. This rumour, however, I have good reasons for believing not to be authentic. Frank by his fall, it was afterwards perceived, was lamed pro tem. Ten came to the post for the Eddleston Stakes, Fal con going off with the lead, all the rest well up, and making the running for some distance, Frank being, as before stated, put hors de combat early by a fall, his rider, Treen, receiving a severe bruise on the shoulder. When half the distance had been compassed, Yorkshireman took the lead, and, with a batch of four in single file following him, carri e d it on t o th e thi r d f ence p as t th e Nantwic road, where he refused. Jenny Jones imme diately supplanted him, and, with Falcon, Gulnare, and Crabbs in attendance, went on to the finish, Jenny winning by a pod couple of lengths from Falcon, Gul nare a bad third, Crabbs fourth, everything else beaten off. It is perhaps worthy of remark, that the winner was the outsider in the betting, and, except by her im mediate friends, was not backed, I believe, for anything. Nine came to the post for the Grand Annual Steeple chase ; and as soon as Abd-el-Kader was known to be out of the fray, the Emperor was invested with the pre miership in the odds, and backed to win a considerable stake. His mishap, however, not only settled his backers' hopes, but his own existence. I believe the winner was not backed for a farthing in town, and only twice upon the course. Clatterbox and the Emperor were the first two off—the former having a lead of a couple of lengths—the rest all tolerably well together. They were soon separated, Clatterbox and several others having fallen, which gave Widow Machree the lead, which she maintained for two-thirds of the distance, Benedict sticking close to her. Soon after passing the Nantwich road, where the accident befel the Emperor, the Screw pulled up, and Janus went down. Little re mains to be told. Widow Machree, having nearly fallen, gave Benedict the lead, which he kept to the end, winning with great ease by several lengths ; Clatterbox scrambling into the second place, Johnnie Barrie being some half-a-dozen lengths in his rear. The rest were all scattered here, there, and everywhere. The Hatherton Stakes was a very uninteresting race in heats; which said heats ought to be abolished, if any thing more in steeplechasing than in flat racing. This race calls for no remark. There is a strong disposition in town to back Nancy and Muscovite for the Chester Cup, 50 to 1 being the extreme laying figure about each. Victim (City).—Victress, I believe, was left in to the last; but for positive information, apply to Mr. Frail, clerk of the course, Shrewsbury. SPIRIT OF THE TURF. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. Business was confined to the following transactions on the Chester Cup : CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 5 agst Mr. Greville's Muscovite (t). 1,000 to 15 Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage (taken several times). 1,000 to 15 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow (t). 1,000 to 15 Mr. Brown's Nancy (t). 1,000 to 15 Mr. J. Osborne's Merry Bird (t). 1,000 to 15 Mr. Howard's Little Harry (t). 1,000 to 10 Mr. Barber's Woolwich (t). 1,000 to 10 Mr. Austin's Madeline (t). 1,000 to 10 Mr. Hesseltine's Unity (t). 1,000 to 10 Mr. Merry's Hobbie Noble (0. 1,000 to 10 Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster (t). WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASES, &c. Acceptances for the Steeplechase Handicap. Yrs st 1131 Yrs st lb Sir Peter Lauri e ... a 11 4 1 Bourton Half-and-Ha1f...... a 10 7 Heroine a 9 12 Abd-el-Kader a 10 6 1 Tout Vainhope Carrig The General Peter Simple Acceptances for the Hurdle Race Yrs st lb Yrs st lb a 11 0 Victress a 9 12 a 10 12 Maria Bennett 0 9 9 5 10 9 Gaylad alO 8 Slang 0 9 7 410 8 Don John filly 4 9 6 5 10 5 Jack of all Trades a 9 0 a 10 3,Gerard 3 8 9 Half-and-Half Caurire Warwick Little Queen Oldham Tomboy Bourton EPSOM SPRING Nominations for the Gil Kate, 4 yrs Bell Tinker, 3 yrs Benita 4 yrs Prevention, 3 yrs B. f. by Mebourne, out of Gaiety, 3 yrs Pantomime 3 yrs Lucio, 4 yrs Maria, 4 yrs Tickton, 3 yrs Weathergage, 4 yrs Bardolph, 4 yrs Contentment, 3 yrs Cariboo, 6 yrs Corybantes, 3 yrs The Dandy, 3 yrs Follow Me Lads, 5 yrs Isabella, 4 yrs Happy Joe, 4 yrs The King of Troy, 4 y rs Auchinleek, 3 yrs Charley, 3 yrs Ninnyhammer, 3 yrs Catspaw, 3 yrs Now-or-never, aged Madeline, 4 yrs Lady Harriett, 4 yrs Terpsichore, 5 yrs Joe Miller, 4 yrs B. f. by Venison, out 0 . Wedding-day, 4 yr s by Cotherstone, out o MEETING, 1853. at Metropolitan Stakes. Sister to Batteraway, 5 yrs Rosalba 3 yrs Tobolski, 3 yrs Defiance, 3 yrs Lampedo, 3 yrs King of Trumps, 4 yrs B. c. by Melbourne out of Sally Warfoot, 4 yrs Cleveland, 4 yrs Hatchet, 3 yrs Burndale, 4 yrs Peggy, 3 yrs Lindrick, 4 yrs Newminster, 5 yrs Ammonia, 4 yrs Ethelbert, 3 yrs Butterfly, 4 yrs Merry Bird, 4 yrs Little Davie, 4 yrs Alp, aged Grapeshot, 3 yrs Lord Fauconberg, 3 yrs Colsterdale, 5 yrs Allegro, 4 yrs Grey Tommy, 4 yrs Bro. to Grey Tommy, 3 yrs Mr. Moon, 4 yrs Br. g. by Paragone, out of Pauline, h. b., 3 yrs Madame Landeau, 3 yrs Deerhound, 3 yrs Abdallah, 5 yrs Miss May, 4 yrs Leopold, 4 yrs B. c. by Theon, out of Re- Wedlock, 3 yrs . Llanforda, 3 yrs Y. Beverlac, 3 yrs Saint George, 6 yrs Katty Darling, 3 yrs The Prime Minister, 5 y rs Tavistock, 3 yrs Goldfinder, 5 yrs Michaelmas Maid, 3 yrs Trifle (h. b.), 4 yrs Candlewick, 6 yrs The Lady Amyott, 4 yr s Exact, 3 yrs Lambton, 3 yrs Valour, 3 yrs Br. c. by Sir Hercules out' of Dextrous, 3 yrs Le Juif, 5 yrs Lady Vernon, 3 yrs Florist, 3 yrs Little Harry, 4 yrs Helen, 3 yrs Psaltery, 3 yrs Ireland's Eye, 3 yrs Belewstown, 5 yrs Redmond O'Hanlon, 4 y rs Snowdon Dunhill, 3 yrs Homebrewed, 4 yrs William Rufus, 3 yrs Chief Baron Nicholson, 4 yr s Sextus, 3 yrs Richmad, 3 yrs Weights to be published o declarations of forfeit Januai becca, 4 yrs Pug Orrock, 3 yrs Poodle, 4 yrs Termagant, 4 yrs Pelion, 3 yrs Feramorz, 3 yrs Molasses, 3 yrs Muscovite, 4 yrs Galvanism, 4 yrs Shropshire Lass, 3 yrs Attack, 4 yrs Nerva, 3 yrs The Carrier, 4 yrs Fiann Macoal, 3 yrs Hirsuta, 4 yrs Cotton Lady, 4 yrs Knight of the Shire, 4 yrs Brocket, 3 yrs Frantic, 4 yrs Adine, 4 yrs Br. c. by Alarm, out of Al kali, 3 yrs Kingston, 4 yrs Hungerford, 5 yrs Timid Fawn, 4 yrs The Bishop, 4 yrs Charming Woman, 3 yrs Hobby Horse, 3 yrs Locket, 3 yrs m the 20th of December, and °l,' 1 , 1853. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY. The Puppy Stakes. Mr. Bagge's Trafalgar beat Mr. Dobede's Damietta. Mr. Hill's Hurry Scurry beat Mr. Fyson's Fairy. Lord Stradbroke's Maud beat Mr. Dobede's Dulcet. Mr. Jardine's Malice beat Mr. Thorp's Briton. Mr. Martin's Martha beat Mr. Lawrence's Ludovic. Mr. Minton's Madcap beat Mr. Secreton's Sandy Girl. Mr. Bagge's Thyme beat Mr. Jardine's Mangonel. Mr. Pertwee's Kate beat Mr. Hill's Hecuba. The All -aged Dog Stakes. Mr. Jardine's Motley beat Mr. Lawrence's Lopez. Mr. Fyson's Freeman beat Mr. Secreton's Saveall. Mr. Baggd's Tendresse beat Mr. Hill's Holyoake. Mr. Dobede's Dunkeld beat Mr. Jardine's Marionette. Mr. Reid's Rushlight beat Mr. Secreton's Hester. Mr. Elvey's Bolado beat Mr. Reid's Gl auca. Mr- Elvey's British Tar beat Mr. Dobede's Dot. Mr. Gillett's General beat Mr. Pertwee's Kavanagh. Mr. Dobede's D e oNverabea7Mtr.PDobe uPPY Stak es. de's Miss Kitty. Lord Stradbroke's Moral beat Mr. Hill's Harkaway. Mr. Bagge's Tube Rose beat Mr. Lawrence's Lufra. Mr. Swinburne's Elfin beat Mr. Reid's Rapid. The Chippenham All-aged Dog Stakes.. Mr. Morant's Merryman beat Mr. Jardine's Mason. Mr. Fyson's Frank beat Mr. Hill's Honeydew. Mr. Dobede's Damson beat Mr. Morant's Madam. Mr. Elvey's Steam-engine beat Mr. Hill's Highland Lass. WEDNESDAY, The Puppy Stakes.—First Ties. Malice beat Martha. Trafalgar beat Kate. Thyne beat Hurry Scurry. Maud beat Madcap. The All-aged Dog Stakes.—First Ties. British Tar beat General. I Rushlight beat Motley. Tendresse beat Dunkeld. Bona Dea beat Freeman. The Newmarket Puppy Stakes.—First Ties. Dove beat Moral. I Tube Ro se beat Elfin. The Chippenham Stakes for All-aged Dogs.—First Ties Steam-engine beat Frank. I Damson beat Merryman. The Rutland Puppy Stakes. Mr. Jardine's Maugonel beat Mr. Elvey's Matrinlony. Mr. Dobede's Deception beat Mr. Elvey's Skyrocket. Mr. Dobede's Dulcet beat Mr. Jardine's Music-master, Mr, Bagge's Tomahawk beat Mr, Elvey's Blue Bell, The Exning All-aged Stakes. Mr. Hill's Hollyoaks beat Mr. Morant's Magic. Mr. Dobede's Delight beat Mr. Morant's Madame. Mr. King's Redwing beat Lord Stradbroke's Mozart Mr. Reid's Glauca beat Mr. Blenkiron's Sportsman. THURSDAY. Second Ties for the Puppy Stakes. Trafalgar beat Malice I Thyme beat Maud. The All-aged Stakes.—Second Ties. Bona Dea beat Rusfilight. I Tendresse beat British Tar. The Newmarket Puppy Stakes.—Deciding Course. Mr. R. Bagge's Tube Rose beat Mr. Dobede's Dove, and won the stakes. The Chippenham All-aged Stakes.—Deciding Course. Mr. Elvey's Steam-engine beat Mr. Dobede's Damson, and won the stakes. The Rutland Puppy Stakes.—First Ties. Mangonel beat Deception. I Tomahawk beat Dulcet, The Exning All-aged Dog Stakes. Delight beat Redwing. 1 Glauca beat Holyoake. The Allington-hill Puppy Stakes. Mr. Dobede's Damietta beat Mr. Fryson's Fairy. Mr. Minton's Madcap beat Mr. Hill's Harkaway. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG HOUNDS Her Majesty's Hon. F. Petre's—Monday, High Easter ; Thursday, Pleshy Mount, half-past eleven ; Bath ; Tuesday, Clutton ; Friday, Corsham, half-past eleven. THE RAILWAY CAB QUESTION. Yesterday the important public question—whether railway companies can have at their stations selected cabs for the accommodation of their passengers and the convenience and security of the property of the latter, without subjecting themselves to fines and penalties, was brought on before Mr. Long, of the Marylebone Police Court. Several magistrates' decisions have recently been given on the question, but we are not aware that the matter has been so fully gone into as it was yesterday ; and as the interests involved in the right of railway companies to call in cabs and marshal them at their ter mini are not those of railway companies merely, but of the public, we give the case somewhat in detail. The case came before the magistrate on a summons granted to Mr. James Barringer, of Sussex-fields, Ber mondsey, against John Charles Walmesley, the driver of cab 2,125, for having, on the 16th of November last, unlawfully plied for hire elsewhere than at some stand ing or place appointed for the purpose—to wit, in the London and North-Western station-yard, Euston-square, contrary to the statute. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the company ; and Mr. Bruyeres, the company's general superintendent of traffic, and Mr. Dawson, one of whose duties is the superin tendence of the working of the cabs at the Euston-square terminus, and to whose vigilance the present perfection of the system is to be ascribed, were in attendance. Mr. Long inquired whether the company admitted the fact of the defendant plying for hire ? Mr. Humphreys s:iid they admitted that the defen dant was at the station and employed by the company — that he was there for the purpose of conveying from the terminus any of the officers of the company or any of the company's customers—viz., passengers ; but not that he, the defendant, was there for the purpose of being hired by the public, because the terminus was the private pro perty of the company, and the public could not come into the place and engage the defendant. James Barringer was then sworn, and deposed that on the 16th ult. he had been travelling by the railway, and that the defendant, who was within the terminus, held up his finger, and said "Do you want a cab ?" He answered " Yes," and took the defendant and his cab to Drummond-street, and paid him ]s. as his fare. There were twenty or thirty persons on the platform at the time. When he paid the fare he asked the defendant to drink. The defendant had something to drink at his (plaintiff's) expense. He then told defendant that he should summon him for illegally plying for hire on a piece of ground not appointed as a cab-stand by the commissioners of police. He told the defendant that he did not think that it would make any difference to him whether he was fined or not, as the only object he (plain tiff) had was to see if he could not get into the Euston square terminus with his cab as well as any other (i.e. the privileged) cabs. He told the defendant he would not be the sufferer by the summons, and that he (plaintiff) was in a position to hold him harmless in the matter. Mr. Humphreys.—Did you tell him that it was no matter what he was fined, as the fine would be paid for him ? Witness.—l told him I was in a position to hold him harmless. I did not say whether lor somebody else would pay it. Mr. Humphreys.—But that you could find somebody that would ? Witness.—l could do so. Mr. Humphreys.—How many cabs have you ? Witness.—Ten or twelve. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Humphreys then addressed the magistrate on be half of the London and North-Western Company. He said this was not the first case that had come before Mr. Long. He (Mr. Humphrey) had the honour about nine years since to appear before him as the solicitor for a defendant in a similar case. Mr. Long.—The decision I then gave will not in fluence me on this occasion. Mr. Humphreys was sure the decision would be most impartially given, but he felt the worthy magistrate would excuse him in directing attention to what took place in 1843—the date to which he alluded. The case then heard was similar to the one now under considera tion, and he (Mr. Humphreys) was fortified in the co gency of the arguments he used on that occasion by a decision which had then been come to at Bow-street on a like case. The summons heard by him (Mr. Long) was founded on the allegation of unlawfully plying for hire with a hackney carriage elsewhere than in a place appointed—viz., the terminus of the London and Bir mingham Railway. Mr. Long inquired the name of the magistrate before whom the case was heard at Bow-street. Mr. Humphreys did not recollect. The summons was granted on the 12th September, and the case was gone into on the 16th of that month. The magistrate took time to consider, and on the 20th gave his decision that the employment of cabs within a railway station was not plying for hire within the meaning of the act. There was another case heard, he believed, before Mr. Bing ham, the particulars of which had just been put into his hands. That was heard on the 28th of September, 1843 —the very same day on which he (Mr. Long) heard the case already adverted to. Mr. Bingham gave judgment in favour of the defendant. The judgment was a long one, and was given in writing. He would now address himself more immediately to the case before the court. The 4th section of the last act enabled the Police Com missioners to appoint a cab stand in any street, tho roughfare, or place of public resort within the metropo litan district, and from time to time to make regulations concerning the boundaries of the same, and the number of carriages to be allowed at any standing, and the times during which they might stand and apply for hire at such places, and also authorised them from time to time to make regulations, &c. Mr. Long.—That act ha' been passel since the de cisions referred to were given. Mr. Humphreys.—Yes' as late as Motet 1850. But the offence was created by the 6th and 7th :Vic., chap. 86, sec. 33. He would take the liberty of saying a few words on the clause of the act referred to. The com missioners were, by it, to have the power of doing all this in any street, or thoroughfare, or place of public resort ; but if the nature and extent of those powers conferred were considered, it would be impossible to conceive that the Legislature intended they should be ex ercised elsewhere than in some street, thoroughfare, or place of public resort. But the terminus of the London and North-Western Railway was not a place of public resort. Mr. Long.—lt would be rather difficult to maintain that. Mr. Humphreys would qualify his observation. The London and North-Western terminus at Euston square was a place' of accommodation to the public —that was, to get into the trains which took them into the country, and for their convenience when they eame up from the country. The stations of the railways were used for those purposes, and those purposes only. Every person who went or came there was a customer of the company—he was a custo mer of the company for the journey, and had no right inside of the station, except as a traveller, unless by the permission of the railway authorities. A railway ter minus could not, therefore, be a place of public resort, which meant a spot to which all the public might go of right. He, therefore, contended that a railway terminus was a private place for the private accommodation of that portion of the public who resorted to the railway for special accommodation, and that it was not a pla ce of public resort within the broad meaning of the term. A public-house, for instance, was aplace of public resort, because all the public had a right to go there ; the doors could not be shut against any one of the public, except during particular hours, and even during those hour s travellers could gain admission to it. But the gates of the cab side of the Euston-square terminus were closed, except when the up trains arrived, and it was only then that any person was allowed to go into it. To show the real nature of the advantages derived by the public at large from the admirable cab regulations of the London and North-Western Company, he would state two or three sim ple facts. He had in his hand a list of the property that had been restored by the cabmen employed at the terminus. The number of articles restored in 1842 was 314 ; in 1843 it was 250 ; in 1844 the number was 203 ; in 1845 it was 262 ' • in 1846 it was 359 ; in 1847 it was 386 ; i n 1848 it was 356 ; in 1849 it was 381 ; in 1850 it was 423 ; and in 1851 it was 423. There was an instance within the last few days of a lady losing in a cab that she took from the London and North-Western terminus, a purse con taining between 61. and 71., and while she was inquiring at the office if the money had been found, the driver came in with the purse in his hand, for the purpose of delivering it over to the proper.officer. He maintained that the community at large would suffer severely if the cab regulations laid down by railway companies were done away with, and cab-drivers of all c haracters, and with cabs of every description, were allowed to ply for hire at railway stations. Supposing the police commis sioners to have the power, under the 4th section of the act, of exercising control at the London and North- Western terminus at Euston-square —were they to go there, and from time to time make regulations con cerning the boundaries to which the cab stand there was to be limited ? The commissioners might, if they had the power, define the boundaries in a way most incon venient a•A injurious to the public and the proprietors. No such thing as this could have been contemplated by the act. How, again, could the police commissioners know, if they were to have the power of limiting the number of carriages at a station, what amount of cab ac commodation would be sufficient for passengers arriving by light or heavy trains at all hours of the day. The commissioners, too, would have the regulations of the hours during which the cabs should ply for hire, and they might say, " You shall ply for hire from such an hour to such an hour ;" and those very hours might be when no trains came in. The commissioners were to make such regulations for enforcing order as they deemed necessary. But how could they go and do this on the private property of the company, where the public had no right to go except as customers of the com pany ? They had also the power of removing any per son who should be loitering on the stand. Surely the railway company had the power of doing this themselves, and could exclude any person who was not a passenger departing from, or arriving at, the terminus. So that, in fact, the police commissioners would be taking on themselves the guardianship and the regulation of the business of the terminus. Of course, this would inter fere seriously—supposing the commissioners to interfere arbitrarily—with the business which the company had to transact there. He now came to the thirty-third sec tion of the act, viz., that declaring that the driver should not apply elsewhere than at a place appointed by the police commissioners. He apprehended that the word " elsewhere" had a limited meaning—that it meant such places as the commissioners of police would have the power of authorising stands upon, and that the term was confined to that meaning—that was, any public street, thoroughfare, or other place of public resort. It had been suggested to him that, under such an interpretation as would make the cabs at railways subject to the control of the police, the Duke of Devonshire could not, without causing an infringement of the law, call into his court yard a number of cabs for the convenience of any guests who might not have their private carriages with them. His grace might tell Mr. Jones or Mr. Thompson to order fifty cabs to be in waiting at ten o'clock, and re main till they were wanted ; and would any one say that this could not be done without the interference of the police ? If the Duke of Devonshire could do this on his own private property, then a railway company had the power of making regulations for the employment of any number of cabs they chose for the use of the direc tors, officers, or passengers arriving at the terminus, and of allowing such cabs to remain on the private pro perty of the company till they were required. The public could not come into the station and hire a cab— this was not permitted. The advantage of the regula tions by which the cabs employed by the company were governed would be obvious, when he stated, that not only was great care taken in selecting good cabs and horses, and men of respectable character, but that every driver was obliged to make a return of the places to which he took his passengers. He might illustrate the advantages of this by the statement of a single fact. He had some time since to defend an action for the London and North-Western Company, and the principal point for him to make out was the identification by a cab driver of a man he had driven from Euston-square to Chelsea about twelve months before. The cab-driver was questioned on the subject, and it was on his evidence that the case turned. The present regulations of the railway companies were, as he had stated, of much benefit to the community ; but if the law was so strin gent as not to admit of a liberal construction, such as he had given it, the companies must bow to the law, how ever greatly it might, as it undoubtedly would, operate to the injury of the public at large. Mr. Long thought this one of the most important questions that had ever come before him for his decision. He had considered the matter fully, in order to arrive at a just conclusion. It was nothing to him that he had on the former occasion—when the case was not fully gone into—decided in a particular way. He was not in any degree bound by any former decision. He now thought it desirable to look into the history of the acts, and he found by the Ist and 2d Wm. IV., c. 22, that the plying for hire was in reference to any public street or road. The Ist and 2d Vic., c. 79, enlarged the definition to any place within the distance of ten miles from the Post-office, and by the 6th and 7th Vic., c. 86, the language was ply ing for hire in any place within the metropolitan district. Now, the 33d section, referred to by Mr, Humphreys, if it were to be construed strictly, would embrace the case before him. There could not be a doubt of that. The word " elsewhere," if taken in its widest sense, would bring the defendant within the penalty for having unlawfully plyed for hire. They must, however, look at the object which the Legislature must have had in view when these restrictions, with reference to plying for hire, were laid down. After referring, on the subject of hack ney-carriage stands, to the Hackney-carriage Act of Ist and 2d Wm. IV., cap. 22 ; the Ist and 2d Vic., cap. 79 ; the 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 86 ; and the 13th Vic., cap. 7, he said he could not help asking himself what the Legislature intended by having any hackney-carriage stands at all ? Certainly, that the public might know where to find accommodation. Again, a cab stand was considered a great inconvenience by those who resided in its immediate neighbourhood, and on the other hand, un less stands were appointed, the drivers would go where they thought proper, and the public would be unable to find them when they were wanted. As to plying for hire at a railway station, so far from having any of the inconvenience just alluded to attached to it, the thing was a great public convenience. He used the word convenience, but he might observe, that such a practice at railway termini was absolutely necessary for the proper working of the railway system ; and, if the companies were to be prevented doing this for the accom modation and security of their passengers, they would be obliged to apply to Parliament for power to do so. If they were not to have under their own control the supply of cabs for conveying their passengers from the stations, there would be a scene of confusion hardly to be described, and the inconvenience suffered by pas sengers arriving at a moment when cabs might be at the station, would be intolerable. But, if such was the law, he must decide accordingly. But was the law so ? He must confess that he could not think, looking at the purposes of the acts, and the clause stating the hackney carriages should not ply for hire elsewhere than at a stand appointed by the police commissioners, that it was the intention of the Legislature to interfere with private property. • He had read with considerable atten tion Mr. A'Beckett's decision, and had much respect for that gentleman's judgment ; but he could not go with him in this question. He (Mr. Long) thought that great inconvenience would result if such a decision could be maintained—inconvenience of such a character, that he hardly knew what limit could be placed to its applica tion. There could be no doubt that a railway terminus was private property. Railway travelling had now be come almost the only mode of transit, and the com panies had taken upon themselves the character of public carriers. They opened the doors of their term ini previous to the starting of a train, and after the tra vellers had secured their luggage and taken their depar ture, the gates were shut, or the companies had power to shut them. They could keep their gates closed at all times, except for the arrival and departure of passengers, who had no right to remain on the station longer than was necessary to see to the proper disposition of their luggage. Therefore a railway terminus was, to all intents and purposes, pri vate property, and any person not using it for the pur poses of travel would, by going there without the permission of the company, be as much trespassing as if he entered his (Mr. Long's) house without his sanc tion. Being private property, it was not inconsistent with the law (as the reporter understood) that the com panies should collect together cabs absolutely necessary to carry on their business. If the Police Com missioners were to appoint a railway station as a cab-stand, the public would have the right to walk in and hire the vehicles, and it might be, that at the mo ment a train came full of passengers there would not be one cab in attendance. If a railway company could not select cabs, and have them under their own control, other persons could not select them, and have them waiting upon their private property. The Db done at of Devonshire, if he had a party, could not do so ;it could not e one at Lord's Cricket-ground, or other places, unless each driver was specially hired. He could not think that the Legislature could have contemplated such a thing as this. If the Legislature had intended anything of this kind they would have expressed themselves more decidedly than they had done. It had been said that cab proprietors paid a large sum of money for their licences to work their vehicles, and that they ought all to have an equal chance of success. Yes ; if they all possessed good cabs and good horses, then let them all be treated alike ; but could any thing be more notorious than that there was the widest possible difference in the appearance and c l ean li ness o f cabs, and in the behaviour and character of the drivers. The railway companies selected the best of cabs and the most respectable drivers, and as far as his own experience went, he seldom had anything to find fault with, either as to the cabs or the men driving them. On the whole, he had no doubt it was a very great good that railway companies selected cabs of the best sort, and drivers civil in behaviour, and honest in their conduct. He was of opinion that the words in the act meant plying for hire in public places only, and that the Legislature did not in tend in any degree that the act should apply to or inter fere with private property, which railway stations were. The summons must be dismissed, as the plying for hire in this case was not plying for hire within the meaning of the act of Parliament. STATISTICS OF THE FRENCH The French army just now (in AlNBDs2)NcAovnirsis—ts of 6 marshals, 78 lieutenants-general, 152 majors-gene ral ; 539 officers of the generals ff, 21,491 gendarmes, while 13,698 are 7,793 of whom are foot soldiers, mounted gendarmes ; 100 e regiments of infantry, viz. : —75 regiments of the 31inbeattnadlie2e5e,ligeehethrebgairtaelnietsn, each regiment regiment consisting of companies, and each company has 1 25 men. Next come the Vincennes Rifles in 10 battalions of 8 companies each, each company of 100 men—making a total of 8,000 Vincennes Rifles. There are also three regiments of Zuaves, now in Africa, each regiment of 3 battalio ns , and each battalion of 9 companies ; and 3 battalions of Light African Infantry, and 12 fatigue companies. Be sides these, there is the Foreign Legion, in two regiments each, of 2,600 men. The cavalry consists of 2 regiments of Carabiniers, 10 regiments of Cuirassiers, 16 regiments of Lancers, 12 of Dragoons, 9 of Hussars, 4 of African Mounted Rifles, 3 regiments of Spahis, and 1 regiment of Guides. The artillery consists of 15 regiments, each of 16 batteries. There are three regiments of Engineers, each consisting of 2 battalions. The total is —foot, 275,000 ; horse, 60,000 ; artillerymen, 36,000 ; corps of Engineers, 10,000 men ; and 12,000 of the Foreign Legion and bands of Africans in the French service. The French fleet numbers 40 vessels of the line, 50 fri gates, 40 corvettes, 50 brigs, an d 18 t rans p or t s — a ll sail ing vessels. Add to this their brilliant and efficient steam navy of 10 frigates and 20 corvettes of from 320 to 400-horse power, and 70 small steamers. There are altogether 328 vessels, namely, 226 sailing vessels and 102 steamers—commanded by 2 admirals, 10 vice-ad mirals, 20 contre-admirals, 110 captains of vessels' of the line, 230 captains of frigates, 650 first, and 550 second lieutenants, and 300 cadets, and manned by 27,000 gunn.rs, auxin% and oailort.--KOhto Zoitting. ~r~ - \ ._ 4 - f* LITEBATUB The United Service commences 4- series of anecdotes of the Duke of Wellin on, some of which are original and interesting. The,everlasting discussion of fire-arms and projectile continues with unabated vigour. The first chap of the " Campaigns of Gustavus Adolphus in Gerliany," by C. E. Watson, 7th Royal Fusiliers, gives promise of an interesting and useful narrative. A " Memoir of Abd-el-Kader " contains the history of his early life, and a brief sketch of his romantic adventures ; but the description which the writer gives of the despicable character of the Moors of Algeria, is somewhat at variance with the devoted attachment which on every occasion they showed to their chief. The Sporting Review is embellished with two plates, entitled " The Thorn," and " Mor:.ally Wounded." The former represents a huntsman in the act of extracting a thorn from the foot of a hound, while the remainder of the pack are co ll ec t e d roun d him watching the operation. In the latter, a spaniel is in pursuit of a wounded bird. Besides the general sporting information of the month, and the usual light reading and sporting anecdotes, there is a chapter on " Hunting in Brittany," in which the race and antiquity of hounds, and how they were first introduced into France, has been carefully investigated. It appears, according to Monumetensis, an ancient writer, that after the destruction of Troy, 2Eneas, when he fled to Italy, first introduced hounds into that country, that his grandson Silvius was accidentally killed by his son Brutus while in pursuit of a stag, and that Brutus fled to Brittany, and established himself in that country. Hence the introduction of hounds into that province. The Gent/emu's Magazine.—The first article is entitled " A Hundred Years Ago," and contrasts the remarkable events which occupied public atten tion at that epoch with those now claiming atten tion. There is an interesting account of Abd-el- Kader, translated from the French, which is said to be written in a fair and generous spirit, differing from the usual style of that nation regarding the exploits of enemies. Some remarks are made on the letters of Richard Reynolds, which have been published, with a memoir of his life, by his grand daughter. It is truly observed that the spirit which actuated the writer of these letters is found wanting in our days. It is observed—" These letters are simple and sensible when matters of business are concerned—affectionate, earnest, and pious when higher themes employ his pen. He had no brilliancy, and a moderate amount of culti vation ; but the true wisdom was with him, the wis dom which, if it does not always expect a rich harvest from the most careful i twing, yet as suredly looks for no such result n'the absence of due religious cultivation. More and more do the generations of men seem to need reminding that whatever is good and great must be gained by painstaking, and that the Christians of an earlier day did not allow their children to take their chance about instruction, and yet hope well for their Christianity. Ours is a vague and relaxed age. We, in this question, too frequently put our logic in abeyance." Colburn's New Monthly.—There is a long article on " Ultramontaneism in France and England," which is extremely opposed to that sentiment. " Annie Lee " is a very melan choly tale ; indeed it is by the author of " Seven Years in the Wedded Life of a Roman Catholic." It describes a young and singularly lovely girl, who is taken from her peaceful home, in the repose of a country life, to endure all the toils, the miseries, and the annoyances of an apprenticeship to a Lon don fashionable dressmaker. In an evil hour .she met Captain Stanley, an unprincipled roue, who, struck by her beauty, formed an acquaintance which ended in ruin. She is left at last under the aus pices of an aunt, but her peace of mind was of course lost for ever. Painful as the story is, as a tale of fiction, it is ten times more painful to re flect that the reality takes place every day around. us. In " Female Novelists " there is a long ac count given of the works of Mrs. Crowe, in which hardly sufficient merit is accorded to her. It must be admitted by all that that she is a writer of great abilities, although they may be exemplified in a manner that all may not regard with unmixed admiration. " Young Tom Hall's Heartaches and Horses" is continued in two amusing chapters. " The late Earthquake" will be interesting to many. There are some beautiful lines by Mrs. Acton Tindal, entitled " The Eve of All Souls." "According to popular superstition, the souls of the departed are set free upon earth on the eve of all souls ; " the second part of the poem is here given : THE RISING OF THE CHILDREN. Light between the clouds was flowing, When the little children woke ; Dewy-eyed from slumber glowing, Through each dusky aisle they broke. Up they rose, each little dreamer, From the graveyard, aisle, and tide, Lo the busy throng was haunted By the wild dove's rapturous note. Lullabies their mothers chaunted, Down the night winds seemed to float Some in serge, and some in satin ; All earth's Rachels wept for these, E'en from vesper until matin ; Bending o'er their burdened knees ; Arrows of the giant taken By the angels in their flight ; Souls that scarcely stayed to waken In the bounds of day and night. lie who gives each mind its mission As it issues from His breast, Cancelled their unknown commission— Gathered them in love to rest. A PROJECT OF A PROPERTY TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-Though it cannot be admitted that there is equity in the principle of a graduated scale proportioned to the income of individuals, yet that, inasmuch, as it would require a double operation, viz., to tax the pro perty where found with reference to possession of pro perty elsewhere, would be inquisitorial, and in many cases impossible, the following scheme is submitted for consideration : Ist. That all real and funded property should be sub jected to a certain named duty, and that this duty should be paid by the parties in actual possession ; they having the right to claim from the real owners on a set tlement such sum, or sums, as such party should pay. 2d. That all recipients of income from Government, or from Church preferment under 2001. a-year, one per cent. ; and above 2001. a-year, three per cent. 3d. That all recipients of salary, whether from rail ways, insurance companies, bankers, merchants, clerks, and others, under 2001. a-year, one per cent., and above 2001. a-year, three per cent. 4th. It may be said that it would be unjust not to tax property engaged in trade, or income derived from trade, professions, &c. My answer is :—lf a spends all his profits or ca l n i ngs , h e p a y s axe indi rectly; and the community benefit s by s uch expenditure. t to If he save any portion, the n th a t p or tion en ables him ; enlarge his business, and so be ne fits the community or it becomes realised property, and as snuco h we c v o e n r t , rib th u e tes z.e to the state of the foll ow i ng year. could be no objection, and it certainly would appearance of fairness, that a tax should not upon the profits or incomes made t interest of ca. in trade, profes o be imposed have the sions, &c. ; but a per centage which pital would : and his capital in trade is damount to if it were &c.not engaged in trade, A publican takes a.n houset , , 3,0001. ; this sum would a t say /., his plant , 1501 . fa e a -year. This 150/. a-year five per cent. givel charged with a t ax of five per cent. would, therefore. Again : merch a nt is engaged in trade. His capital is say 20,0001 ~the in_ on I,oool.ytereNsthoiefhwhaitchfivisepercent, would be a yea r at five s at the same rate on the int eres t o f t h e perol. cen t., the tax A shopkeeper c apital engaged — a farmer, and e very other occupation the same, mines, shipping, &c., &c. There would be no inspection of private accounts or books—no investigation into profits in such a system ; and when we consider the enormous amount of property, by some estimated at five and even six thousand mil lions, there cannot be a doubt but that a very large revenue upon an equitable principle would be realised, and no interest would escape paying what is just (to permit any realised interest to escape is to encourage immorality), and that trade and general enterprise would be encouraged without being oppressive to any one, or without unduly encouraging speculation ; and though it would be unwise in the first instance to reduce ai.i taxa tion, yet it is confidently anticipated that not all interior taxes, such as the window tarmstalt andand paper tax—duties upon life and fire insurancesllmore or less charter parties, &c., all of which onerously upon parties who are d generally„ aw ay with upon com petent to bear them, might be n fall not e th xp ey eri m en ig c h e t o s f af t e h ly e productivenessbe repealed. done this plan proving Temple, 1849. THOMAS BANISTER. UNVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The committee have received notice of a legacy of 501. Three per Cent. Consols, bequeathed to this charity by the late Mrs. Alice Walls, of Paradise-row, Hammersmith. [ADVERTISEMENT.] --HOLLOWAY'S PILLS for Rheu matic Pains and the Tic Doloreux.—Mrs. Harriet O'Donnell, a lady of fortune, residing in Union-street, Plymouth, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated Nov. 10th, 1852, that she was afflicted, for nearly five years, with frequent attacks of tic-doloreux and rheumatic pains. Medical aid had no effect whatever in alleviating her sufferings. The attacks left her in a weak and debilitated condition, and her bodily health was very much impaired. 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