The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1853.

peared satisfactory. There was an item of 24,3731. due
from carriers and the Post-office ; he wished to know
how much was due by the Post-office. He had sug-
gested on former occasions that a map of the railway
and branches should be hung up in the room during
meetings of the shareholders, as it would enable them to
understand the relative position of their lines, and other
matters connected with them.
Mr. ROTES, the auditor, said, the amount due from
the Post-office was 3,6401., from the Peninsular Company
over 5,0001. on the day's traffic at the end of the half-
year 3,700/. and the remainder from the carriers.
Mr. HERAPATH said, it was a gratifying matter that
they bad an increase of between 27,0001. and 28,0001.
in their traffic, and an increased cost in working ex-
penses of only 6,0001. in round numbers, or about 21
per cent. This formed a striking contrast with the ma-
nagement of the Brighton Company, where the increased
traffic caused an increase in the expenditure of 50 per
cent. instead of 21 per cent. in the South-Western, or 20
per cent. according to what he (Mr. Herapath) bad esti-
mated from an investigation of the subject that it ought
to be. With regard to the extension line, he wished
that the Great Western had gone hand in baud with
them, but as they had determined otherwise, he did not
see that the South-Western Company could do anything
else than what they proposed.
Mr. ADDISON complained of the way in which the
traffic was conducted on the line, particularly at the
Richmond and Putney stations, and the danger he had
experienced himself while entering a carriage with a boy
in his arms, the train went on without any notice, and
he narrowly escaped a serious accident. He recom-
mended the appointment of a responsible traffic manager,
and proceeded to read, amid noise and confusion, a para-
graph confirming his statement, and describing the de-
fective state of the traffic arrangements at Chertsey. He
contended that proper accommodation for the traffic on
the line was a matter of considerable importance to the
shareholders, and recommended them to travel to various
stations on the line and judge for themselves as to the
mode in which the business was conducted.

Mr. PUNCHER and another proprietor also com-
plained of the arrangements on the line for conducting
the traffic, particularly at Chertsey, or rather of the
want of proper arrangements for conducting it with
safety to the public, and satisfaction to the passengers.
The Hon. F. SCOTT, M.P. the chairman of the com-
pany, then took the chair, and said they were very much
obliged to gentlemen who took the trouble to inform
them of anything wrong. He was aware that some
irregularity had occurred in conducting the traffic at cer-
tain points ; he believed their officers were also fully
aware of it, and they were entitled to great credit for the
exertions they had made to meet the difficulty. It had
also caused the directors great anxiety, and the fact
was that the rolling stock of the company was
inadequate to accommodate the large amount of
traffic that had suddenly come on a certain portion
of their line. There were great practical difficulties ;
but, amid it all, it was very gratifying to him
to receive from Lord Hardinge a letter of thanks
for the conveyance of the troops, notwithstanding
the very invidious remarks that had appeared in a pub-
lic journal, and in which very harsh observations were
made. The board had made preparations for Sunday
traffic, with a view to enable the porters; clerks, station-
masters, and others, to have a day of rest like other per-
sons, on Sunday ; but the excessive amount of traffic
had at present frustrated the relief they had contem-
plated to give their servants. They were now adding
to their staff with a due regard to economy, so as to
enable them to afford that relief on Sundays to the ser-
vants on the railway which was enjoyed by other per-
sons. He thought all complaints with regard to the
traffic should be made to the secretary, or directors, and
they would do their best to remedy any defect.
Captain MOORSOM said that something had been
stated about losing excursion traffic that could not be
accommodated on Sunday, he would recommend that
the system be extended to Monday as there was a great
number of working people who would avail themselves
of excursions on the Monday if facilities were afforded.

Mr. HADLEY thought their shareholders ought to
have a larger dividend out of the increased traffic.
After some further observations, the report was re-
ceived and adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 31 per
cent. per annum for the half-year, was declared.
The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution authorising the
directors to apply for power to make a line from Dor-
chester to Exeter, and to take all necessary steps to
carry the pledges they had given into practical
effect, and to make a double line from Southampton to
Exeter.

Mr. TrrE said, he hoped they would gather from the
past a lesson for the future, and that the shareholders
would unite with the directors in carrying out a prudent
and wise policy, in future, with regard to the accommo-
dation of the various districts connected with their un-
dertaking, and not to wait until other parties came into
the field and drove them to considerable expense.
The resolution was then carried unanimous, and a vote
of thanks given to the chairman and directors.
The meeting of the South-Western Steam-packet Com-
pany was then held, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum for the half-year ending 30th of June
was declared, and the meeting separated.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.--WEDNESDAY.

WROTTESLET STAKES of 10 sore, each, with 30 added ;
2-yr-olds, fist 121 b ; 3 yrs, 9st 21b. Penalties and al-
lowances. Straight half mile. (7 subs.)
Mr. C. Blanton's Vaultress, by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs,
9st 31b, including 31b extra (G. E. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Meeson's Laycock (sister to Stafford), 2 yrs,
6st 101 b (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. G. Taylor's Czarina, Est 101 b (Ashmall) 3
Mr. Shelmerdine's b g by Gabbier, dam Lady
Mayoress, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (G. White) 4
The weights for this race were according to the condi-
tions published originally in the Book Calendar, and not
according to the conditions in the Sheet Calendar, the
alteration in the latter having been made without the
consent of the subscribers.

Betting-5 to 2on Van ltress, 4to 1 agst Laycock,
and 5 to 1 sot Czarina.

Laycock, Vaultress, and Czarina ran together to the
distance, where Vaultress went ahead, and won in a
canter by two lengths. Same distance between second
and third. Gabbier gelding got badly off, and finished
several lengths in the rear.

FOAL STAKES of 10 sovs, each, with 20 added ; for 3-yr-
olds. Once round. (5 subs.)
Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone by Heron, Bst 91b, including
31b extra (Whitehouse), walked over.
The HOLYOAXE STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, and
and only 5 if declared, &c., with a purse of 50 sovs.
added. Second horse to save his stake. Twice round
and a distance. (21 subs, 13 of whom declared.)
Mr. J. Osborne's The Alp by The Provost, aged,
Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 1
Mr. Saxon's Blsck Doctor, 5 yrs, Bst 51b,
_ _

- (Whitehouse) 2
Mr. Land's Massaroni. 3 yrs, 6st 91b ...(Land, jun.) 3
Mr. R. Hesseltines's Lough Bawn, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ‘ .

G. E. Sharpe) 4
Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star, 4 yrs, 75t.51.!3.

(Aldcroft) 0
Betting--2 to 1 agst Black Dootor, sto 2 agst Morn-
ing Star, 3 to 1 sgat Alp, 5 to 1 agst Massaroni (offd.)
Alp made nearly all the running. On turning into the
Straight, Black Doctor and Massaroni joined issue. At
the distance Masktroni was disposed of. Black Doctor
made a vigorous effort to reach Alp, but after a good
race in, was beaten by a length, the second beating the
third two lengths. Lough Bawn was a bad fourth.
While running, Morning Star struck into Massaroni's
heels and fell. His jockey was unseated, but not
injured.
THEATRE STAKES of 5 sous. each, with 40 added, 3 ft.
Three-quarters of a mile. 12 subs.
Mr. C. 131anton's Vaultress, by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs,
7st 51b (G. E. Sharpe) 1
Mr. J. Goding's Mayday, by Venison, syrs, 7st 21b

(Ashmall) 2
Mr. It. Hesse Woe's Lough Bawn, 5 yrs, Bst 51b

_
(Osborne) 3
Mr. W. Jones's Exchange, 3 yrs, Est 41b ... (Wilson) 4
The following also ran :—Mayday, Defiance, Sinina,
Lord .Albemarle, Whittington, c. by Fitzallen.
Betting—Even on Vaultress, 3 to 1 agst Defiance,
5 to 1 agst Mayday, by Venison.
Won easily by a length, same distance between second
and third, a head between third and fourth, Defiance a
bad fifth.

The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sovs. did not fill.

READING RACES-WEDNESDAY.

The EASTRAMPSTEAD PARK STAKES of 5 sovs. each,
with 25 added by the Marquis of Downshire, and 10
from the fund for the second horse. Three-yr-olds,
7st 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 21b.
Certain penalties and allowances. The winner to be
sold for 150 sovs., if demanded., &c. Once round and
a distance. 5 subs.
Mr. Spencer's Prevention, by Verulam, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b

(J. Goater) 1
Mr. Powell's Anne Page, 3 yrs, Est 101 b. ..(Crouch) 2
Mr. Maxwell's Tame, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Wakefield) 3
Mr. J. Brown's Economy, 5 yrs, Bst 61b......(f50we) 4
Mr. Moreton's Miriam, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b (Esling) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst Prevention-3 to 1, bar one.

Tame made the running to the half distance, where
Prevention, who had been lying off, drew forward,
and, obtaining the lead, in a few strides further, she
went on, and won very cleverly by a length ; the se-
cond beating the third by a head. Miriam, who was
last nearly all the way, walked in, and did not pass
the post.
The winner was claimed by Mr. Stevens.
The ABBEY STAKES of 10 sovs, each, h ft, with 50
added ; for 2 yrs-old, 7st ; three, 98t ; fillies and
geldings allowed 31b.—Straight run in, about three-
quarters of a mile. 16 subs.
Mr. Drewe's Vixen, by The Tartar, 2 yrs,_6st 111 b

(Kendall) 1
Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert, 3 yrs, 9st (Yates) 2
Mr. Drinkald's Brother to Grey Tommy, 3 yrs, 9st

(A. Day) 3
Mr. Liley's Victorine, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b (Carman) 4
Mr. King's Roebuck, 2 yrs, 7st (J. Goater) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Vixen, 7to 4 agst Ethelbert.
Nothing else backed.
The first three ran together until they had accom-
plished half the distance, when Vixen parted company,
went en with the lead, and won very easily by two
lengths, same between second and third, Victorine was
fourth, Roebuck a long way behind.
THE BERKSHIRE STAKES of 20 soya, each, h'ft, and only 5
declared, &c., with 50 added, the owner of the second
horse to receive back his stake. The winner of a han-
dicap of 100 sovs. in value or upwards after the decla-
ration of the weights, 71b extra. Two miles. 35 subs,
21 of whom pay 5 sovs, each.
Mr. Waller's Octa.via, by Orlando, 4 yrs, Bst 21b

. - -(Crouch) 1
Mr. I. Day's Waterfall, 5 yrs, 7st 111b...(Wakefield) 2
The following also ran :—Wilinont, Corybantes, Hy-
bla, Inder.

The highest weight accepting being fist 81b, it was
raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Corybantes-4 to 1 agst Wil-
mont--5 to 1 agst Waterfall.
After the first hundred yards, Octavia went away
with a lead of several lengths, followed by Corybantes,
between whom aEd the next there was a similar inter-
val, until they rounded the bottom turn, when they be-
gan to take close quarters. At the stand, Waterfall
came with a powtrful rush, but was beaten by a head.
Corybantes was a pretty good third, with the others in
close attendance.

Ireland's Eye was struck out to-day at 3.20 p.m., his
owner not being aware, until the last moment, that
there were 71bs extra to carry. It then transpired
that the handicap was made before the horse ran for'
the Craven Stakes at Goodwood, but no public an-
nouncement of it appeared until the week afterwards.
THE LADIES' PLATE of 30 soya., added to a Sweep-
stakes of 3 sous. each ; for two-yrs-old and upwards ;
optional selling weights ; straight run in ; about three-
quarters of a mile. 12 subs.
Mr. G. Drewe's Shipwreck, by Birdcatcher, (301.)
Gat 131 b .......................................... (Kendall) 1
Capt. Barnett's Mtyfly, 3 yrs (50/.), 7st 31b (Preece) 2
Mr. J. Mellish's Woodyates, 2 yrs (301.) sst 21b
(Cresswell) 3
The following also ran :—llaresfoot, Anxiety, La
J uvEconomy, Arlette, and Batty Darling.
Betting-3
ing
5 to 1 agst Arlette.
1 agst Shipwreck, 4 to 1 agst Mayfly,
i ee —3t

Shipwreck sailed away with the lead, Arlette and
Mayfly lying second and third to the distance, where
Arlette was beaten ; Shipwreck maintained the lead
throughout, and won very easily by three lengths. A
neck between second and third. La Juive was fourth,
the others scattered.

The winner was sold by auction for 54 guineas, and
Mayfly was claimed, according to the Newmarket rule,
by Mr. Drewe.
Plate was won in two heats by Mr.
ecilia, 2-yrs-old, beating Mr. T. Smith's
Jones's
c obTyehTse'scuYßc:hrilsotnougngech, out of Epilogue, 2 yrs, Mr. Reeve's
Lady Isabel, and six others.
Mr. Death's Prevarication went to the 'post, but she
jumped and kicked whilst they were getting ready to
start, and young Sherwood her jockey, was thrown over
her head, his left foot caught in the stirrup iron, and as
he swung round a fatal accident seemed inevitable.
Happily, however, he escaped with little injury.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
EBOR HANDICAP.
7 to I and 6 to 1 agst Catspaw (taken).
ST. LEGER.
6to son West Australian (taken).
9 to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken).
CESAREWITCH STAKES.

1000 to 15 each agst Friday, Rosalba, Leopold,
Trickstress, Defiance, Nancy, Muscovite, and New-
minster (taken).

DERRY.
1000 to 50 apt King Torn (taken).
1250 to 50 agst Ruby (taken).
2000 to 50 agst colt by Iletman Platoff out of Infidely
(taken).

YARMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Yarmouth Handicap was won by Conmore, beat-
ing Scandal easily. Only the two ran.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RACES.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HANDICAP.

Haricot
Candlewick
Event

1
2
3

Won by a head.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853.
The figures within parenthesis denote the, number of
day's racing.
AUGITST.

Wolverhampton (3) 8
Yarmouth (2)
Reading (2) lO
North Staffordshire (21 10
York (3) 17
Canterbury lB
Tonbridge (1) 18
Radcliffe (3) 99

Egham (2) 23
Liverpool Hunt; Cup (2) 24
Derby (2) 25
liereford (2) 29
Eccles (3)
Lichfield (2) 29
Chelmsford (2) 30

SEPTE:

Lincoln (2) 1
Warwick (2) 6
Doncaster (4) 13
Weston Zoyland and
Bridgwater (1) 12
Dover 15
Pontefract (2)

NOVE:

Worcester (2)
Epsom Autumn (2) 3
Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES AS
WHEAT EXPORTING COUNTRIES.

The following statement from the Canada Journal
shows the United States exports of breadstuffs since
1831. The statement comprises, under the name of
wheat, both wheat and flour :

Bushels. Value,
9,441,090 10,461,715
4,407,899 4,974,123
4,811,061 5,642,602
4,213,708 4,560,379
3,944,742 4,446,182
2,529,062 3,574,561
1,610,898 3,014,415
2,207,496 3,617,724
3,712,080 7,069,361
11,198,365 11,779,098
8,447,670 8,582,527
7,237,968 8,292,308
4,519,055 4,027,182
7,751,587 7,232,898
6,365,866 5,735,372
13,061,175 13,300,644
22,314,431 32,183,161
12,631,679 15,863,284
12,067,599 13,037,430
7,535,901 7,742,315
11,028,397 11,543,063

The increase in the exports of 1851 over those of 1831,
are very trifling ; being 11,028,397 against 9,441,090
bushels ; or an increase in 21 years of 1,687,307 bushels.
In the quantity groWn there has unquestionably been a
great augmentation ; but it has nearly all been absorbed
by the home consumption ; and as that consumption
has so nearly kept pace with the production for a period
of 21 years, during which the wheat-growing region of
the north-west has been brought under cultivation,
there is no reason to conclude that the exports will, for
the next twenty years, show any considerable increase
over their present amount. In the fluctuations which
the United States exports exhibit, during the last 21
years, there is evidence of an ability to furnish larger
than the ordinary supplies on some great emer-
gency, or on the temptation of famine prices. The year
1846 witnessed a great increase, occasioned by the free
admission of bread-stuffs into the English market, under
the operation of Peel's free trade measures. The famine
year of 1847 doubled the ordinary exports of breadstuffs
from the United States. They rose to 22,000,000
bushels of wheat ; but the subsequent falling off in every
succeeding year to one-half that amount shows that the
large exportation of 1847 was a convulsive effort, which
in ordinary times, and at ordinary prices, cannot be sus-
tained. It seems .a safe conclusion then, that the ex-
ports of breadstuffs from the United States have reached
something like their maximum point; and that in ordi-
nary times there is not likely to be much increase in
future. The increase of domestic manufactures there
creates a home consumption equal to the increased pro-
duction of breadstuffs, and thus prevents an augmented
exportation.

While the United States' exports of breadstuffs ap-
pear to have reached something like their highest point,
the exports of these articles from Canada are doubling
every few years, and now are about one-half as ranch as
those of the United States. Reducing the flour to
bushels, at the rate of five bushels to the barrel—the
same rule adopted in the case of American flour in the
above table—the exports of Canadian wheat from 1838
to 1852, both inclusive, have been as follows :

1838
1839..
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852

Wheat.— Bushels.
296,020
249,471
1,730,119
2,313,836
1,678,103
1,193,918
2,350,018
2,597,392
3,312,757
3,883,156
2,248,016
3,645,320
4,547,224
4,275,896
5,496,718

It appears by the above statement that our exports of
wheat in 1852 were about eighteen times as great as
they were in 183& They have doubled four times
in fifteen years, or more than once in every four
years for the last fifteen years. They are now
one-half as much as the exports of wheat from
the United States ; and at the present ratio of increase
—doubling in every four years—our exports of wheat
will, in 1856, be equal to those of the United States.
There is no known reason why our exports of wheat
should not continue, at their present ratio, for some
time. There have recently seen opened some of the
finest wheat-growing tracts, in the country. These set-
tlements are fast passing that stage when they witness
a consumption greater than the production ; and will in
future make large additions to our exports. Other new
settlements will shortly be opened ; but there is no rea-
son to suppose that they will, in aeir early stage, cause
any such increased consumption am to curtail the amount
of exports ; and in a few years every new settlement
must add its quota to the exports of the country. Be-
sides the extension of settlements,., there is another source
of increased production now beginning to be per-
ceptible : we allude to the 'immures taken in some
of the older settlements to .increase the produc-
tions of a given area of land. Whatever the
general average yield of wheat may be through-
out the province, it is a matter of individual observation
that lands which used to yield about 20 bushels of
wheat to the acre now yield 40 and even 50 bushels.
The improved methods of farming which brings about
these increased productions are silently making their
way in many of the older settlements, and must make
their effects apparent in the incrn ase of our exports of
breadstuffs. From all the circul istances it is obvious
that Canada is destined to become, in al few years, the
greatest wheat exporting countr:7 on the continent of
America.

STATE OF I'EADE.

(From the Manchester Gum atian of yesterday.)

MANCHESTER, Aug. 9.—The Joss of strength which
our market sustained from the m iddle to the end of last
week, mainly in consequence of tile apparently increased
imminence of war, has been regained to-day, chiely
through a diminished apprehension on that.score. The
decidedly fine weather, which appears now to have fairly
set in, has also exercisela favourable influence upon the
business of the . day. pinners have, therefore, again
become decidedly firm at the late highest rates ; indeed,
a hardening tendency is perceptible in some yarns.
Pincops for domestics form an exception to this extent,
however, they may be had ad. per lb below quotations
which were so extreme at the scarcest moment as to be
rarely realisable. Spinnings for India are rather more
inquired after, though still dull. For some other foreign
markets there is rather more doing, and also for home
consumption ; but the day's transactions have not ex-
ceeded a moderate amount ; indeed, the degree in which
producers are engaged would prevent its being other-
wise. In goods, prices are exceedingly firm.
HUDDERSFIELD, AllgliSt 9.—There is still a good de-
mand for suitable goods, and rather more has been done
in the hall this morning, having had a few buyers in the
town both from London and the north; but the trans-
actions in the cloth hall are scarcely an index of the
market, the makers being employed so well to order
keeps the various stalls very bare, the goods being nearly
invariably delivered direct from the mill to the merchant's
warehouse. On the whole, there has been a fair market
for the time of year, an d the rather favourable news from
the East has given an increased firmness to the market.
HALIFAX, August 6..--We have had a very dull day
in our piece hall. Th e sales of all sorts of worsted
goods are very limited, and prices are far from satis-
factory. With regar 4to yarn the stocks are not
heavy, either here or of i:the continent ; and there would
be every prospect, of a t !nod trade were it not that the
near approach of a crisis in the affairs of the East induces
the merchants to act wt tit increased caution. The wool
market is not active, st.nd the staplers are unable to
realise prices equal to tl tose demanded by the growers.

INTREPIDITY OF THE , HAWK.—One instance of the
daring intrepidity of the awk, when pressed by hunger,
occurred at the parochial school-house at Maderty, one
day last week. It happened while a favourite canary
was enlivening his auditor s with his native song, that a
hawk darted with the spa of lightning through a pane
of glass in the kitchen w indow, to the dismay of three
tailors, who were busily plying their avocation in close
proximity. The bold inlz uder, however, missed his aim,
and with the broken glass, .fell with a sudden clash into a
tailor's lap. It would be difi icult to determine whether the
hawk or the tailors were Cot it surprised by this unexpected
occurrence. One of the. tailors in an instant sprang to
his feet with that elastic ity for which his fraternity is
remarkable, while anothei - gave utterance to certain un-
earthly sounds, indicative of expiring nature ; the third
had scarcely time to un plait his legs when the noise
reached the ears of other domestics in an adjoing apart-
ment, which caused them to rush to the scene of action,
and who, when they behe; id the uproarious confusion, at
once concluded it to be ' `the de'il among the tailors,"
until the cause of their :citement was discovered en-
deavouring to retrace a 3 way through the shattered
window. He was, howe'n ar, speedily secured, but not
until he had broken 'other' two panes of glass in attempt-
ing to make his escape. —1 'erth Courier.
CURIOUS SITUATIONS 'F.( )R THE NESTS OF BIRDS.—
In one of the flower• baskets on my lawn (the
bark having cracked and become partially separated
from the wood), a blue, ti. tmouse has profited by the
opening ; and, passing, bin ~ough a passage of some
length behind the bark, has Sound sufficient room for its
nest, and is rearing its ycong successfully. In the
neighbouring church of Du tterni ere a wren has filled one of
the divisions of a window with its cosey domicile, and is
sitting on its eggs at a dis tance of not more than 2 feet
from the elbow of the pre: ',cher when in his pulpit. But
the most curious situation for a nest is the following :
In the garden of a neighln 'ur, a lady had placed a flower-
pot over a patch of sweet peas ; and on removing it, to
ascertain the progress of t he flowers, was surprised by
the sudden escape of a biz d from within. It appeared
that a titmouse (the Pem' major, Toe Bent, or Ox-eye)
had entered through the hole at the top of the
inverted flower-pot ; had foi Ined a nest on the ground ;
and was then sitting on -tea eggs ! The bird subse-
quently became accustom ,ed to visitors, and would
allow the flower-pot to be tilted, so that she might ba
seen on her eggs within. Tb e nest is now filled with eight
or nine little tits ; and it R -ould be a matter of curiosity
to watch how, in the fir: it instance, they will escape
from their confinerneo at some skill and accuracy of
movement must be rkeseg try in order to pass through
the only outlet, the sniall he, .le, which is some nine or ten
inches above, and which is of
just large enough for the
passage of the parent.— /G 4 Journal from Nature.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDITAL L. —Thomas Hughes, a, proprie;:or driving
his own cab, was summoned for refusing to go with Mr.
Charles Watson, a stockbroker, of 10, Warnford-courti
City.

kr. Watson stated, that on Friday last he saw the
defendant, 30-)out 5 o'clock in the afternoon, driving a
Hansom cab in King-street, Cheapside. He hailed de-
fendant, but he appeared to take no notice, and drove
on at a rapid pace. Complainant ran after defendant,
and asked him why he did not stop, and he replied that
he had done work for the day and was going home, and
did not intend to take any more fares. Complainant
asked him for his number, and he referred him to the
stamp-office plate at the back of the cab, but complainant
insisted upon having the number of his badge, which
defendant prevented him from obtaining for some time.
The defendant said, he had gone 15 miles that day,
and earned 10s., and, it being his custom to work his
horses only from 7 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon,
he was returning home when he was hailed by the com-
plainant. He (defendant) was not on a stand, neither
was he plying for hire, and he thought under those cir-
cumstances it was not compulsory on him to take a fare
against his inclination.
Alderman Moon said the defendant had acted wrongly
and was very uncivil in not letting complainant have his
number. Really, the cabmen were becoming most in-
corrigible, and it was his duty to protect the public
from their impositions and insults.
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The complinant admitted that the defendant was not
plying for hire, and the defendant said he paid a great
deal of money for his horses, and was therefore obliged
to be careful that he did not overwork them, for the
reduced fares would not pay him if he injured a horse in
so doing.
The defendant was then fined 10s., which, after a
good deal of demurring, he paid, and the complainant
gave the costs, 35., to the poor-box.

BOW-STREET.—John, ilinton Daniel, who keeps a
loan-office in Thanet-place, Strand, in the name of Cap-
tain Daniel, was summoned before Mr. Jardine for as-
saulting and threatening Edwin John Baker, the secre-
tary to the "company."
The same parties were before Mr. Hall on Monday,
when the complainant in the present case was charged
with embezzling the monyes of the defendant, his em-
ployer. On that occasion it was contended that Baker
was not a servant, but a partner, and therefore as much
entitled to receive and pocket the payments made at tbe
office as Daniel himself; and a covenant of agreement
having been put in to show that Baker was only re-
quired to give an account once a-year, Mr. Hall dis-
missed the charge. On getting back to the loan office,
it appeared that Daniel, Baker, and a groom, who was
claimed as the servant of both, each asserted his right
to the cash box. An altercation ensued, the groom was
turned out of doors by Baker. while the latter was
threatened with expulsion by Daniel—the result being a
second appeal to the police-court. Daniel asstred his
worship that the complainant was merely his clerk, and
had been paid a salary of a guinea a-week; but lately, to
give him an interest in the office, he had been allowed a
fourth of the profits as his remuneration—there being a
special proviso in the covenant that he was not to be
regarded as a partner. A Mr. Govett, who said he was
a solicitor. of 30 years' standing, referred to the agree-
ment, which was drawn up by himself, as a proof that
Baker, his client, was liable to pay a fourth of the liabi-
lities also, and was, therefore, to all intents, a partner ;
but Mr. Jardine observed that he never saw such an un-
intelligible document as the said " agreement," and he
he could not have supposed that it was ever drawn by a
solicitor. Eventually,
Mr. Jardine ordered the defendant Daniel to enter
into his own recognisances in 101. to keep the peace
towards the complainant for two months.

For some weeks past the legitimate business of the
Coi;rt has been constantly interrupted, and the passages
and waiting-rooms rendered almost inaccessible, by the
arrival at short intervals of large bodies of recruits, des-
tined for the militia service, who are brought before the
magistrate to be attested, some of them frequently in a
state of drunkenness. The time consumed by the for-
mal process of taking a long declaration on oath from
each man causes the greatest possible inconvenience to
the numerous persons of both sexes who have to attend
as witnesses or complainants, and are kept waiting for
hours together in company by no means agreeable, and
in an atmosphere still more unpleasant. Gentlemen
who arrive in a hurry to settle disputes with extortionate
cabmen are driven in despair to make the best bargain
they can with "cabby," who escapes inquiry, and blesses
the volunteer men for his impunity. It is due to the
public who have business at police-courts to draw the
attention of the military authorities to this serious and
growing nuisance, which might easily be avoided by
securing the occasional attendance of a county magis-
trate (probably a captain in the army) to swear in the
recruits at head-quarters.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.

ALICANTE, Aug. vessels bound to this coast from
a British port are subjected to three days' quarantine, in
consequence of the cholera morbus having broken out in
Copenhagen, which city is in constant communication
with the United Kingdom.