The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1853.

NEW EDITION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S LIFE OF
WILLIAM LORD RUSSELL.
On Friday, the 22d instant, will be published, in post Bvo , with
Portrait,
THE LIFE of WILLIAM LORD RUSSELL.
By the Right Hon Lord JOHN RUSSELL, M P.
A New Edition, complete in One Volume.
Uniform with the above, preparing Sro Publication,
A New Edition of the LETTERS of RACHEL LADY RUSSELL,
i►►clu ling several hitherto unpublished.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman!.

"THE EASTERN QUESTION." See
HE PRESS" of this day, Saturday, July 16th.
" The Influx of Gold." Its Phenomena in France. See " THE
PRESS" of this day, Saturday, July 16th.
"Coalition Coffee." See "THE PRESS" of this day, Saturday
July 16th.
"The Quarter's Revenue Accounts." See "THE PRESS" of this
day. Saturday, Jaly 16th.
"Transportation an Open Question." See "THE PRESS" of this
day, Saturday, July 16th.
For a second notice of Sir Hudson Lowe's Napoleon at St. Helena,
see " THE PREss" of this day, Saturday, July 16th.
" The Relations between England and France under Lord Derby's
Administration." For a metnorandum on this head, see "THE
Pass" of this day, Saturday, July 16th.
"Letters from a' Silent Member,' " (No. 4.) See "THE PRESS"
of this day, Saturday, July 16th.
"1 he :ttate of the Government's Health." See "THE Paws "
of this day, Saturday, July 16th.
" THE Puns" is published every Saturday, price Gd., and is In all
respects a first-class weekly newspaper. An early edition for the
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for subscriptions. sent direct to the office, to be made payable to Mr.
Alfred Iye. "THE Pans" may be had of all newsmen, and at the
railway stations. Office, No. 110, Strand.

AZTEC LILLIPUTIANS.—Patronised by her
MAJESTY the QUEEN.—AZTECS at the HANOVER-
SQUARE ROOMS.—Unparalleled success and extraordinary excite-
ment I The guardians of the Aztec Lilliputians avail themselves of
this—the first opportunity—to return thanks to the nobility and
public for the unexpected success with which they have been
honoured. The fact of upwards of 3,000 persons having visited
these strange end beautiful creatures in two days sufficiently attests
their popularity.
On MONDAY, from 2 till 5 p.m., and from 8 till 10 p.m.
Admission : Reserved Seats and Promenade, 55.; Second Seats,
2s. 6d. Children—Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Second Beats,ls. 6d.
An Illustrated History of the Aztecs, Is.

GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPE'S
DEAD ALLEY, 19,CORNIIILL, LONDON,
(nearly opposite the South Entrance to the Royal Exchange), being
determined to supply the Public with the very best WINES and
SPIRITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to submit the tot-
lowing list for their consideration:—

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15.

The Encounter, 14, Captain O'Callaghan, left this
morning at 4 o'clock in search of the Duke of Welling-
ton, and to order her back to Spfthead by the 28th inst.;
but owing to the violence of the weather she put back
to St. Helen's roads this afternoon. The fleet at Spit-
head, owing to the gale, struck topgallantmasts and
royal yards this afternoon at 4 O'clock.
The Vivid steam packet, Master Commander Smithett,
having landed a portion of the Russian Royal family at
Torquay, returned through Spithead on her way to Dover
this morning.

Captain A. C. Key took temporary command of the
Amphion, 34, to-day, during the continuance of the ill-
ness of aptain Patey, from hislate accident while on
duty.
The Rollo, 6, naval apprentices instruction brig, Lieu-
tenant Fenwick, of the Victory, in charge, returned to
harbour to-day from a cruise to the westward.
ROYAL MARINES.
The sentence of a general court-martial held on First
Lieutenant William Hutchinson of the Royal Marines,
for passing his commandant, Colonel Coryton, in a con-
temptuous manner, and not saluting him, on the plea
that he was not his commanding- officer, he (the lieu-
tenant) being at that time embarked in her Majesty's
ship St. Jean d'Acre, has been promulgated. He is
sentenced to be cashiered.

This promotes Second Lieutenant George Naylor, of
the Portsmouth division, to be First Lieutenant.

Captain Haliday, of the Artillery Companies, and
Captain Forbes, have proceeded on two months' leave of
absence, as have Captain Schoenberg, First Lieutenant
and Adjutant Cooke, and First Lieutenant and Adjutant
Barnard.

PLYMOUTIE; JULY 15.

Her Majesty's steam sloop Vulture, 6, Captain H. IL
Glasse, steamed from Hamoaze into the Sound yesterday
morning, and took in her powder and shell.
The Brisk steam-vessel is to go out of harbour on
Saturday.

THE SLAVE TRADE. Captain Cospatrick Baillie
Hamilton, late of the Vestal, 24, in the West Indies ;
Captain Schoenberg, who was in Lord Dundonald's
flag-ship in the West Indies ; and Commander Nolloth,
late of the Plumper, screw, when in the West Indies,
have been summoned to give evidence before the Parlia-
mentary select committee at present making inquiries
into the slave trade, as carried on between the coast of
Africa and Havannah.
PRIZE MONEY FOR BORNEO.—Hallett and Robinson
have given notice to the officers and companies of her
Majesty's ship undermentioned, viz. :—Agincourt, Iris,
Hazard, Ringdove, Spiteful, Royalist, and lion. Com-
pany's steamer Phlegethon, who were present, under
the command of Admiral Sir Thos. Cochrane, at an
attack made upon the forts of the island of Borneo, on
the Bth and 10th July, 1846, that a distribution of the
proceeds of sundry brass guns then captured, and given
up by her Majesty-to the captors, will be made on Fri-
day, the 29th inst., at No. 14, Great George-street,
Westminster, where the unclaimed shares will be re-
called for three months. Flag-share, 901. 75. sd. ; cap-
tains, 421. 7s. 3d. ; commanders, 211. Bs. 7d. ; first class
51. Bs. 2d. ' • second, 3/. 4s. lOd. ; third, 1/. 12s. sd. ;
fourth, 11. Is. 7d.; fifth, 10s. 9d.; sixth, 7s. 2d.; seventh,
3s. 7d.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTII, JULY 15.

The 7th Regiment Royal Fusiliers, in command of
Col. Yea, which has for some time been stationed in
this citadel, left this morning, at 5.45, by the South
Devon Railway, for Chobham. The, train consisted of
17 second and two first class carriages, drawn by the
engines Comet, Meteor, and Priam, in charge of Mr.
Cockshott, the company's traffic superintendent, and
conveyed 31 officers, 818 men, 11 women, and 3 children.
Among these was a detachment of 30 men and the
Quartermaster of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment, sta-
tioned at Devonport, who are gone on to Chobham to
take up the camp equipment for head-quarters,
which leaves early to-morrow morning, under com-
mand of Colonel Fraser. Brigade-Major Wetherall
superintended the departure of the 7th Regiment, which
is appointed to arrive at Slough at 2.30 p.m., whence
the men will have a nine miles' march on a good road to
the encampment. The 93d Highlanders, under Colonel
Rothe, from Chobham, is expected here to-day ; they
will be stationed at Devonport. The 50th Queen's Own,
under Colonel de Burgh Sidley, will arrive to-morrow,
and take up their quarters in Plymouth citadel.
The 50th Regiment, which broke up from camp at
Chobham, at 2 o'clock this morning, left Slough at half-
past 6 a.m., Bristol at 2 p.m., Exeter at half-past 6, and
arrived here at half-past 10. The train consisted of 21
carriages. A second train, with the 93d Regiment from
Chobham, is now at Plympton, distant five miles.

REMOVAL OF TROOPS FROM THE CAPE.—We have
been for some time past aware that it was intended by
the authorities to order the removal of some of the
troops from the Cape of Good Hope on the cessation of
the war in Kafirland, and it is now decided that the fol-
lowing changes will immediately take place :—The Ist
battalion of the Rifle Brigade, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel George Buller, who left England for
the Cape on the 2d of Jan., 1852, are to return to Eng-
land ; the 12th Prince of Wales Royal Lancers, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Pole, who
left England for India on the sth of July, 1851, but
were detained on their arrival at the Cape of Good
Hope for service against the Kafirs, are now to proceed
to India to relieve the 15th (King's Light Dragoons
(Hussars), under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
George Wm.t Key, the regiment having been on service
in India since 1839.

THE NEW CAB ACT.

(Erom the Morning Advertiser.)

It will be observed that, during the week, the police-
offices have had considerable business on hand, in con-
sequence of the new Cab Act, which came into opera-
tion on Monday last. Complaints have been preferred
against the drivers by the fares, and against the fares
by the drivers. There is evidently a wish on the part of
the public to get the full advantage of the act which
has Just come into operation, and, on the part of the
drivers, there is a determination, equally natural, to
make the. most of the new arrangement. It is very
probable that a better understanding of the act will
show both parties that the new arrangement, if properly
carried out, will distribute its benefits so as to leave
them pretty much as they were before the act came into
operation.

-We observe that some gentlemen, not satisfied with
the advantage derivable from the reduction of fares,
have been unmindful of the new enactment relative to
the time a cab may be kept waiting for them after it has
been hired. At the present reduced fares, considering
tl a rate at which the drivers pay for their cabs and
horses, it is said to be necessary, in order to secure a
fair profit, that the cab should be employed all day. If
there be an hour lost in waiting for a fare, the returns
will not be sufficient to pay the driver for his risk. If
this should be an exaggerated statement, it is still very
evident that a driver cannot afford to take his fare a t
sixpence a mile, and also to lose a considerable time in
waiting for that fare to get ready. In one of the cases
presented to the Marlborough-street magistrate for an
immediate decision, a gentleman, it appears, had kept
the cab waiting for an hour and a quarter, for which he
had to pay two shillings and sixpence in addition to his
fare.

It will be seen that the rate charged for time under
the now act, is higher than formerly, and the drivers
finding themselves subject to a large reduction in their
charges for distance, will endeavour to make up for the
loss by charging for time. We think a proper under-
standing of the act will be advantageous for all parties.
While it will keep the drivers from extortionate charges,
it will at the same time assist them in making up the
necessary receipts for the day, by preventing the loss of
time in waiting on their hirers. On the other hand, if
the public complain of the charge of sixpence for every
quarter of an hour, in which they keep the driver wait-
ing, they will have their relief in the reduction of fare,
and being duly apprised of the new arrangement, they
can avoid the charge by not unnecessarily consuming
the time of the cabman.

The new act evidently has respect to the proper
value of time to the driver, and we think as the ict comes
to be appreciated, a good deal of the dissatisfaction
which was at first felt on the ranks will cease. If by
the gradual working of the new act the demand for cabs
should greatly increase, time will be of more value to
the driver than under the old regulation, and he will
find a considerable advantage in the provision which has
been made for him by the increased price set on this
valuable article. To the cabmen, as well as to other
people, hours are the stuff that life is made of; and we
suppose that he will find the rate at which his hours are
valued, such as to make a cabman's life worth something,
notwithstanding the alarm which has been during the
week so loudly expressed.
We foresee considerable disagreement between par-
ties, and the ground of much dissatisfaction in set-
tling about the first quarter of an hour of waiting after
a cab has been called. If a cab has been kept waiting
for fourteen minutes, the driver is not entitled to
charge for time ; but if he should be kept one minute
more, he is entitled to his sixpence. If gentlemen are
disposed to take advantage of the strict letter of the
law, they may escape by being just within the quarter
of an hour, to their own great satisfaction, and the great
annoyance of the cabman. We can see that in the
working of the act some change may soon become re-
quisite on this point. We would suggest that for any
time the cab may be kept waiting at the commence-
ment of the journey, or for any intervals, the driver
should be at liberty to charge at the rate of two shillings
an hour. If the provision relative to tune be just in
principle it should be carried out in detail, and then
there would be the avoidance of irritation and loss to
the driver, and those who hire his cab would understand
that they were liable to pay for every minute they kept
the cab waiting at their doors.

We call attention at the same time to the very ex-
cellent manner in which the worthy magistrate of Bow-
street has interpreted the clause respecting the convey-
ance of luggage. " When more than two persons shall
be carried inside, with more luggage than can be car-
ried inside the carriage, a further sum of 2d. for every
package outside shall be paid by the hirer, in addition
to the fare." At the same time the cab is not to be
converted into a market cart, even though but one per-
son should ride therein, and his luggage should consist
of that delicious and fragrant fruit, the pine apple. We
recommend that the act shall be fairly expounded, and
that all parties shall assist in having it fairly tried, and
we hope it will yet be found fraught with less evil and
more good than has been anticipated on both sides.