The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-11 00:00:00

Secand Sack Race.

1. J. Higgins, 93d.
Foot Steeplechase (One Mile) including Three Fences, a
Ditch, and a Pond. Open to the whole Camp.
1. Private Jamieson, S. F. G.
2. Private Lockwood, Royal Artillery.
3. Private J. Douglas, 93d.
4. Private Rooney, 38th.

The latest accounts from Chobham state that Colonel
Bentinck is now in a favourable way of recovery from
the effects of his Lamentable accident on Saturday. It
appears that after his horse fell with him the animal's
hind quarters rolled over, and for a moment rested
upon his gallant rider's chest. The internal injury is
confined to the racture of one rib, and not three, as
stated by the weekly papers.
Colonel Stanhope, of the Grenadier Guards, has been
appointed to fulfil the duties of Colonel Bentinck, as
commander of the brigade of Guards, pending that gal-
lant officer's recovery.

There will be a great day at Virginia Water to-mor-
row. Ihe pontoon bridge over the lake is to be recon-
structed, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
will order the Ist Life Guards, the 17th Lancers, and
the 13th Light Dragoons to march to the spot, and cross
over the bridge. _ __ _

The Horse Artillery, the 38th Regiment, and the 93d
Regiment will also march at the same hour.
The command of the whole force will be entrusted to
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.

'THE Nii7V EACZNEY OA 121214

Thiii day the new act comes into force, and every
driver of a hackney carriage (including cabs) within the
limits of the metropolitan and city police district is re-
quired, on each occasion when such carriage is hired, to
deliver to the hirer a card, on which must be printed
" Hackney carriage " and the number of the Stamp-
office plate, &c. When required, a driver is to produce
a book of fares. There is now no back carriage fare. For
any distance within, and not exceeding one mile, the
fare is 6d. ; and for any time within and not exceeding
one hour, 28. When more than two persons shall be
carried inside any hackney carriage one sum of 6d. is to
be paid for the whole hiring, in addition to the above
fares. Two children under 10 years of age are to be
counted as one adult person. Lamps are to be provided
for omnibuses, and to be kept lighted by the conductors.
The advertising van nuisance is entirely got rid of by
this act, as it is declared that it shall not be lawful for
such vehicles to be exhibited to the obstruction or
annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers within the
limits of the act.

The act extends to the entire limits of the metropolitan
districts and the city of London. This district is con-
stituted by the provisions of the two acts of Parliament,
10th Geo. IV., cap: 44, and 3d Vic., 3. 47, and con-
tains the whole of the county of Middlesex, and the
parishes in the counties of Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and
Bent, of which any part is within 12 miles of Char-
ing-cross, and those a'so of which any part is not more.
than 15 miles in a straight line from Charing-cross,
except the city of London. The consequence will be,
that the advantages of hackney carriages will be ex-
tended to all the suburbs of London, and persons will
be able to ride out of London in cabs at little more than
the expense of the omnibus. It is probable, therefore,
that :all the high roads round the metropolis will be
traversed by cabs as commonly as by omnibuses. Take,
for instance, the road to Kensington, Hammersmith,
Putney, Greenwich, Camberwel', and others. The fare
to Hammersmith from Hyde Park-corner will be but
is. 6d. The fare to Greenwich will be 35., and this will
be the same at any time of night,
It may be thought that the drivers of cabs will be in-
jured by being taken so far off at so small a sum, but
on the other hand, if traveling by such a conveyance
becomes genera', the cabman will soon obtain a fare
back to town, and a consta at succession of fares will
pay him bet;;er than wasting his time upon the stand.
The owners of cabs sill, of course, find that their horses
are tired in a shorter period, but the remedy for this
will be an increased number of horses for each carriage,
so that where a cabman now diives one horse to his cab
per day, he will be able to change his horse two or three
times, by which the profit vitt be increased and the cab
in constant use.

The material advantages that the public are certain to
derive from this act will be at once perceived. In the
first place the fare is reduced to those who are careful to
avoid extra passengers and short miles, otherwise the
expense will be as great, considering that there are to
be no half-mile fares, and an increased price for more
than two passengers. In the next place there will
be a safeguard against imposition, so that the most
timid female need not fear either oveecharges or
misconduct. She w,ll merely have to apply to the
policeman at the stand and desire him to put
herinto a cab and tell her how much to pay.
There are now hundreds of persons who. would rather
walk or submit to the inconvenience of an omnibus
than trust themselves to the mercies of a brutal cab-
driver.. These annoyances will now cease, and the cab-
men will soon perceive that civility and good behaviour
will secure them a very large increase of trade.
The. advantages of the new system might be still fur-
ther increased by the proprietors of cabs, for the con-
venience of the public and their own safety, by an
arrangement for sel'ing tickets to be used instead of
money. The policemen at the stands might be commis-
sioned to sell the tickets, and the cabman, when he
gives the card with his number to every hirer, as the
act requires, might be provided with cards, specUying
the amount of fare paid by the hirer in the nature of a re-
ceipt. A system might thus be introduced, under which
the cab owners might employ their drivers i
ata fixed
salarj, and secure themselves against imposition, nsteai
of letting their cabs by the day, to a lower class of men,
who might be induced to continue a system of extortion
for their own immediate emoluments, without caring for
the discredit the whole race of cab drivers would incur.

MR. HENRY J. B.tift,m, M.P.—We are sorry to, an-
nounce that Mr. Baillie; our county member, has been
for some time in bad health, and, in consequence, his
physicians have ordered him to, try the effect of theGer-
ma, baths.—lnvernessweEoLut:LerT:
GREAT SCULLERS' RACE.—Messrs. Schlotil and Die- he- fullOWing general Or-
ton, members of the Argonauts Club, contended at half- der, jr°esfeEPrelincTe EltoACticbis d
past seven on Saturday evening, for a va'uable silver published to the troops in
as " Head Quarters, Simla, lav:"---
3.—Major-General Sir
cup. Both gentlemen have earned much celebrity
Joshua Thackwell, G.C.8.,P May
scullery, and the match was looked forward to by boating
ine India, having held high
has completed his term of
men with considerable interest. The distance rowed eventful and valuable service
was from Hammenimith to Putney-bridge, and Mr. command with distinction in tll uponth Cabul ;in
Schlotil having won the chance of station, took the 1842, at the battle of Maharajpoa(e,anacend
azugahhor
htahve
Surrey side. After a few strokes, taken at great pale brilliant campaigns of the Sutlej andr Punj
by both, Mr. Schlotil went sl;ghtly in front, but his op- ing zealously and ably discharged the various.importani
ponent coming gallantly up, they fouled in the heat of duties devolving upon him since the re-establishment of
the race, about three hundred yards a...;er the start ; the Peace in India. The Commander-in-Chief is satisfied
umpire was appealed to as to whether it was not foul, that, in wishing Sir Joseph Thackwell a favourable pas-
under the laws of boat racing, but from hls position he sage home, and continued prosperity in his future military
was unable to decide it, and both gentlemen agreed to i career, he expres les the feelings, of the whole army of
start afresh, which they d;d. Mr. Schlotil with, of India, which has through a course of so many years been
witness to the zeal and efficiency of which Sir J. Thack-
course, the same station, took a slight lead, and was well has invariably given proof in forwarding the interest
closely waited upon by his opponent for half a mile ; but of the service and the well-being of the soldier. • .
_the water was hardly snio9th-enongh.fer Mr, Ditton, - - {Signed) "W. M. Gomk;
who finally gave in 200 yards from home. "Commander-in-Chief, East Indies."