The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-21 00:00:00

New City Traffic Regulations.

Yesterday the magistrates of the City of London,
with the Lord Mayor at their head, at a meeting at
Guildhall, were engaged in considering a code of
bylaws for the fature regulation of the traffic within
their jurisdiction, under the provisions of the Act
of Parliament of last session, which applies ex-
clusively to the City, and which was passed
at the express instance of the Court of Common
Council. The Act empowers the Court of Aldermen
to make from time to time such regulations for faci-
litating the traffic as they may think necessary, and
these are to apply to three principal subjects. First,
they may prescribe the routes to be followed and the
particular streets or parts of streets to be used by
omnibuses, cabs, and vans ; secondly the height and
width to which the heavier vehicles for the convey-
ance of merchandise using the streets of the city
between nine in the morning and six in the even-
ing may be laden ; and, thirdly, the period of the
day or night during which carts and waggons,
wholly or partially laden with timber, metal, and
the like, may be allowed to pass or be prohibited
from passing. It is but due to the Aldermen to
state that, alive to the pressing necessity of the mat-
ter, they have, with creditable alacrity, assumed the
functions which the Act devolves upon them, having
at their very first meeting after its passing taken
steps for putting it in force. This was the more in-
cumbent upon them, inasmuch as fully two months
must, according to the statute, elapse before any by-
laws they might propound could come into prac-
tical operation, for such bylaws are not to take effect
until, first, ono month after their approval by one of
her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and
again, until another month shall have followed a
pablic notification of the intention to apply for that
I approval. Originally, a Court of Aldermen em-
powered a committee of their body to devise a code
of regulations, with the assistance of the law officers
of the corporation, and this they had under their
consideration and eventually adopted yesterday.
Of this document we now present a summary.
The first and principal regulation makes it obliga-
tory upon the driver of every omnibus and cab
going eastwards through St. Paul's-churchyard, the
destination of which is London-bridge or any place
beyond the bridge to pass along Cannon-street, and
to taws the same route in making the reverse
journey. The effect of this rule will be greatly to
relieve the traffic of Cheapside and the narrow gorge
of the Poultry. Again, between 9in the morning
and 6 in the evening no one is to drive a vehicle
through the streets so heavily laden as to require
more than four horses to draw it, nor laden with
merchandise to a greater height than 16ft. from the
ground, or a greater width than 7ft. or the breadth
between the outsides of the wheels of which shall be
greater than 7ft., except a vehicle of such breadth
shall have been in use before the 28th of July last.
Between 6 in the morning and 10 at night the con-
ducting of any kind of locomotive propelled by
steam, except a steam fire engine actually going to
or returning from a fire, is strictly prohibited ; as
is also the driving, between 9 in the morning and 6
in the evening, of any cart or waggon wholly or
partially laden with timber or any other material
exceeding 25ft. in length or Bft. Gin. in breadth.
No coals, beer, wine, or other liquid in casks, con-
veyed in carts, waggons, or vans, will be allowed to
be delivered in 24 of the principal streets of the city
between 9 sae, and 5 p.m—viz., Gracechurch-street,
Bishopsgate-street -within, Threadneedle-street,
Cornhill, Lombard-street, Leadenhall-street, Fen-
chnrch-street, Tower-street, Eastcheap, Cannon-
street, King William-street, Upper or Lower
Thames-street, Fleet-street, Ludgate-gill, Ludgate-
street, Newgate-street, Cheapside, Poultry, Gresham-
street, Princes-street, Loth bury, Throgmor ton -
street, or Old Broad-street. The sale of vegetables,
fruit, fish, or other articles carried upon any truck
or vehicle is prohibited between 9 in the morning
and 6 in the evening in the same streets, and on
London and Blackfriars bridges. Every waggon,
van, and the like is to be placed with its side
parallel with the foot pavement when being
loaded or unloaded, or stopped for any other
purpose. Uptvards of 700 principal places are in-
dicated at which in the whole 88 shoe-blacks may
Ply their calling. At by far the greater num-
ber of places one shoeblack will be stationed, and in
',"13! two; but at the Royal Exchange, by the
"oeu_kee's statue, there will be six, and in front of the
coiltarttlP.ost-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, four. The
principal re
the ptailil°ner of the City Police is empowered for
num-
ber o
lugs the_""enience to alter or increase the stand-
ings BtlZinintonber of shoeblacks, so that the num-
number of shoti&laoes does not exceed 150, and the
hibiting the obstrnatti"B
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griks 300 in the whole. These are
persons with various eir of
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streets and footways by
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the bylaws, when somata:age- By the Act each
ne4 by the Secretary of
State, may be enforced
alternative of a term
40s. for each offence,' with
elate the
of imprisonment.
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clause was not I •ne 'eded empowering the Court of
Aldermen to recognise the corps of Commissionaires,
a useful and meritorious body of men with a dis-
tinct organisation and with many guarantees for
fidelity and good behaviour. In the city espe-
cially they are subjected daily to many inconveni-
ences and annoyances. Worth less and disreputable
men in some cases copy their distinctive dress, with
just So little variation as to prove their own con-

ning and deceive casual observers. These people
hang about the Bank of England, the Stock Es-
change, and all the principal mercantile quarters
of the city, and, sailing under false colours, often
filch the emoluments which would otherwise fall to
the share of the real Commissionaires and of private
messengers of good repute. The City Solicitor has
taken power, in the regulations under consideration
for the Commissioner of Police to discountenance
and drive away unaccredited shoeblacks, but none to
prevent people obstructing the thoroughfares who
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Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
VALETTA,
Oct. 16.—There is very little naval and
military news to report. Her Majesty's ship Revenge, 73,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H, R, Yelverton, C. 8.,
Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, left port at noon on the 12th
inst., under steam and sail, for Toulon, to form part of the
squadron which is to escort the King of the Greeks to
Athens. The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Capt. G. J.
Napier, which arrived here on the 10th from Missolonghi,
got under way on the 14th for Gibraltar, there to await
orders which it is expected will send her to England. In
quitting the dockyard creek she grounded on Fort St.
Angelo point, but was got off in a few hours without
damage. She left on the following day for her destination.
The Trident, 3, iron paddlewheel sloop, Commander C. J.
Balfour, proceeded yesterday morning, after the arrival of
the Marseilles mail for Athens, with despatches for the
Commander-in-Chief and a mail for the English squadron
now in Greek waters. Her Majesty's ships at Malta
are—the Hibernia, flagship of Rear-Admiral EL T. Austin,
C.B. ; the Phcebe, 35; the Chanticleer, 17 ; the Psyche,
2; the Medina, surveying ship; and the Growler,
tender. Major-General W. J. Ridley arrived here
yesterday in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Vectis from Marseilles, and assumed the com-
mand of the Ist Brigade in this garrison, in the place of
Major-Gen. B. Wood, C.B. Capt. Bowden, Scots Fusilier
Guards, aide-de-camp to Gen. Ridley, also arrived in the
same packet. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Ellora, arrived this morning from Alexandria for
Southampton, has on board 65 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 6th Dragoons to give evidence in the case of
Col. Crawley.
The Vulture, paddle steamer, 1,190 tons, with 4704101138
power engine, and fitted to carry six guns on her upper deck,
left Portsmouth yesterday in tow of the Victor,
steamtug,
for the Thames. She has been purchased by a private firm
in London from the Admiralty for £4,500. The sale of this
vessel is one of the necessary consequences of the paddle
being superseded by the screw and wood by iron in the con-
struction of our ships of war. The sale, although apparently
made at an "alarming sacrifice," was in reality the only
sensible course left for the Admiralty under the circum-
stances, and is one which it will be true economy to repeat
until the whole of such useless stock is cleared out of our
harbours, and the space they now occupy rendered
available
for really serviceable ships. As it is one ship the less crowds
Portsmouth harbour, and an additional pair of moorings
may by a little management be added to those kept for the
service of ships in commission. The Vulture was built at
Pembroke, from the desiges of Sir W. Symonds, in 1813,
and is therefore not a very old ship. If she is broken up by
her new owners, the copper on her bottom, her metal fasten-
ings and fittings, with the timber of her hull, will cover her
purchase-money from the Admiralty. This will leave her
machinery as a net profit on the transaction, and its value
cannot be less than £lO,OOO.
The Hornet and Atalanta, hired sailing
transports, ar-
rived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Thames, and were
berthed alongside the transport jetty of the dockyard, where
they were surveyed by the military and medical authorities
of the garrison. The heavy baggage of the 76th Regt. was
afterwards shipped on board the two vessels. The regiment
will arrive at Portsmouth this morning by special train from
Aldershot and immediately embark, under the superin-
tendence of the Qoartermaster•Generars Department and
the embarkation officer to the Hon. Council for:lndia, for
conveyance to Madras. Both vessels will sail this evening
or early to-motrow morning.
The line-of-battle ship launch, which has been fitted by
the steam factory department of Portsmouth Dockyard with
a pair of small engines, driving two four-bladed screws,
realised on her recent preliminary trial at the measured
mile in Stokes Bay a speed of 6f knots,
and was found to
possess the same power of turning upon her own centre that
has been exhibited by larger vessels in recent trials of twin
screws on the Thames. A more complete trial of the boat's
capabilities will be made shortly.
By Admiralty circular, dated the 12th of October, it is
directed that in future "engineer boys"
in the steam facto-
ries of her Majesty's dockyards shall be termed "engineer
students," Candidates for entry (by public competition)
must be between 15 and 10 years of age. Examinations
will be held in January and June, when the subjects and
maximum number of marks for each will be as follows :
Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractions, square
and cube roots, 250; orthography, 100; handwriting, 100;
grammar and English composition, 200; geography, 100 ;
translation of French into English, 100 ; Euclid, first six
books, 200 ; and algebra, including quadratic equations,
200; the total number being 1,250. Candidates passing
will be selected for entry in the dockyards according to the
number of their passing marks. Failing to pass they will
be allowed a second examination if not over age. The terra
of service is six years.
The Dauntless steam frigate, Capt. J. B. Dickson, having
Spithead, sailed again yesterday
completed the exchange of a portion of her armament at
morning for her moorings
in Southampton water.
The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, Capt. Boys, which
left Plymouth on Thursday last, the 15th inst., for the East
Indies and China, put back yesterday morning, having
been on fire in the Bay of Biscay. It appears that on
Saturday last at 5 15 p.m., when she was 320 miles south-
west half west of the Lizard Point, the chief engineer, Mr
James W. Steil, reported to the captain that the foremost
starboard boiler was red-hot, and that the felt over it was
on fire. That part of the maindeck immediately contiguous
Was at once scuttled in two places, to as to allow water to pass
on and behind the boiler, and, a plentiful supply being sent
down from the pumps and by buckets from over the side,
the boiler was completely cooled by 9 a.m. One of the
stokers first discovered the accident by the smell from the
burning felt. The crowns of the furnaces have dropped,
and the boiler is so much injured that it must be removed.
All the boats were lowered, and every other arrangement
made for the safety of the crew, lest it should become feces.
nary to abandon the Pelorus. During the fire a full-rigged
ship was observed five miles distant on the port tack, outward
bound. Three distress guns were fired, and rockets and blue
lights were exhibited, but with no response excepting from
the report of a single gun. The stranger continued her
Course. It is supposed that she was a Federal ship, and
that she mistook the Pelorus for a Confederate ship of war.
The liingston valves of the corvette are damaged. She
returned under canvas, but used steam when entering the
Sound. On Sunday, at o a.m., she observed a large screw
that her machinery was damaged; she appeared to be one
steamship under all sail, homeward bound; which signalised
of the mail ships on the Peninsular and Oriental line. The
powder and shell will be at once removed from the Pelorus,
and she will be placed in Keyham steamyard to receive the
necessary repairs.
The screw steam gunvessel Speedwell, 4, Commander
Cottam, from Sheerness, arrived at Plymouth on Monday
evening, and is now in the Sound receiving coal preparatory
to her departure for the West Coast of Africa.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Narcissus, Captain
Joseph S. Bickford, had been appointed at the date of the
last mail from the Cape to leave Simon's Bay shortly for a
cruise, and Admiral Sir B. Walker was to hoist his flag on
board the paddlewheel steam frigate Valorous, 16, Captain
Charles C. Forsyth. The screw steam gunvessei Penguin,
5, Lieut. John G. G. M‘ Hardy, sailed from Simon's Bay on
the 22d August for the Mozambique. The iron screw steam
troopship Himalaya, from Portsmouth, with the 25th Re-
giment,arrived at Cape Town on the 28th of August, and
sailed on the sth of September for Ceylon. The screw
steam corvette Esk, 21, Capt. John Hamilton, from Rio for
Australia •
arrived on the 4th of September
the 12th. , and sailed on

It was yesterday stated in Chatham Dockyard that Capt.
E. G. Fanshawe, the superintendent of that establishment—
who is the senior Captain for promotion to the active list
of Rear-Admirals—will be retained as superintendent at
Chatham until the completion of his five years' period of
service in that capacity. This arrangement, although con-
trary to the recognised regulations, which would oblige him
on promotion to flag rank to give up his present appoint-
ment, has, it is understood, been decided upon by the Ad-
miralty in consequence of the inconvenience which would be
likely to ensue from any change occurring just now in the
superintendence of the naval establishments at Chatham.
Lieut. Georgo Wm. Frederick Snell (eldest son of the
late Commander George Snell, Royal Navy), has been ap-
pointed Captain in her Majesty's 38th Regiment, without
purchase.

The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty :—Commander G. H. Parkin to the Falcon ; Lieut.
G. H. Mansell to the Cornwallis; Sydney Morgan Puddi-
combe, nominated to a naval cadetship; John G. Shepherd,
Paymaster, to the Falcon ; E. P. Sear, a.,sist.-
Pa6dymaster, to the Royal Adelaide; Walmisley A. Danger-
arY' a"ist.-payrnaster to the Rattlesnake, as supernume-
- ;
Ir, P. Thompson, first-class assist-engineer, to
the Rattlesnake; John 11. Willis, assist.-engineer, to the
Cumberland, supernUmerary • Thomas C. Russell, clerk,
to the Falcon; and Charles H. Baker, clerk, to the Edgar.

_ _ _
Full benefit reduced duty obtained by pur-
chasing norniman'a pure Tea, very choice at 3s. 4d. and
4. " High Standard "at 4a. 4d. (formerly 48. Bd.), is the
strongest and moat delicious imported. ,Ageuts in every
town supply it in packets.