The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-25 00:00:00

THE NEW HACKNEY-CARRIAGE ACT.

On Saturday the new Hackney-carriage Act was taken
into consideration in the committee of aldermen, held at
Guildhall, The commissioner of the City police having
been requested by the committee, at a meeting held on
the 9th inst., to state the best means of carrying out
such parts of the act as devolved on the City magistrates,
sent in a report upon the subject. The following is the
substance :

The first step proposed is the publication of a well-
arranged and defined table of fares and distances, to be
enforced by the City magistrates, according to the ex-
isting law, and irrespective of the act under consideration.
The commissioner announces that, aided by a plan of
a,dmeasurement, made at the instance of the direceors of
the Bank, by some of the police-officers of the City, with
a view to its exhibition in conspicuous places within the
City, he will be able in the course of the ensuing week
to produce a complete table of distances and fares, con-
taining several hundred districts, and accurately defined
measurements from the Bank of England, and from each
hackney .carriage stand within the City to the best
known place within- six miles, which list of distances
and fares, with other useful information, he proposes to
publish, by boards conspicuously placed, and books, and,
further to protect the public from imposition, and to
guard the drivers of hackney carriages from the trouble
and loss of time occasioned by appeals upon facts capable
of being immediately decided upon, and to keep order at
the stands, he proposes that a sufficient number of fit
men be appointed, provided with the tables, to whom all
differences of obvious interpretation may be referred.
He thinks that for the present the appointment of six
persons will be an adequate regulation.
With respect to the financial branch of the subject, it
would devolve upon the City authorities to appoint suit-
able persons to keep order at the several stands,
and Mr. Harvey says he has been readily aided by the
principal proprietors of the omnibuses in the plan he
suggests to the magistracy. At the present time there
are seven authorised stands, at which 12 time-keepers
are placed, who are appointed by the Court of Alder-
men, and paid by the proprietors of the metropolitan
carriages, and the commissioner proposes that the du-
ties of the timekeepers be performed by the same
officers, and that the same plan be adopted as is ob-
served between the directors of railways and the pro-
prietors of omnibuses, the men to be appointed to be
under the exclusive control of the Commissioners of the
City police.

The
arrangements thus suggested by the commis-
sioner impose a considerable annual expenditure upon
the corporation, but he considers that it will be amply
justified by the improved order and increased facilities
to be given to the enormously advancing traffic of the
City. He also suggests the propriety of appointing a
superior officer to see that the duties are properly dis-
charged, and to report directly to the commissioner
everything of interest in the working of the new act.
The committee, after having conferred with the com-
missioner upon the various points mentioned in his re-
port, decided, we understand, upon giving him power
to act upon the suggestions contained in it immediately,
and independently of any other authority whatever.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENOE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHT ON THE COAST OF SPAIN.

1. Revolving Light on Cape Finisterre.—Coast of Gali-
cia, Atlantic. On the Ist of June next, a revolving light
will be shown on the South Point of Cape Finisterre, in
lat. 42 52 45 N., and 92014 W. of Greenwich. This light
will appear every half minute, at an elevation of 474 feet
above the mean level of the sea, and may be seen at the
distance of 24 miles, in clear weather.
2. Red fixed light on the Sisargas Islets, Coast of Gali-
cia, Atlantic,

On the 20th July next, a fixed red light will appear on
the northernmost projecting peak of Isla Mayor, which is
the largest of the Sisargas Islets. The tower stands in
32 21 50 N., and 8 55 9 W. of Greenwich, and the light
being of the fourth order, but having an elevation of 363
feet, will be visible at the distance of three-and-a-half
leagues. _

3.
Flashing Light on Cape Creux (Coast of Catalonia,
Mediterranean).—On the 20th July next, a light, varied
by flashes every three minutes, will be established on Cape
Creux, on the site of an ancient tower, which has been
removed, in 42 18 4 N., and 3 14 21 E. of Greenwich.
Its distance from the sea shore, due east of it, is 550
yards, and 903 yards from that shore, on the same bearing,
lies the small island called Masa de Oro. The distance of
the light from the sea to the northward is 516 yards, and
535 yards from the southern shore. The light will stand
289 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen five
leagues. It is the last or easternmost light on the coast of
Spain.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 22.
ENTERED INWARDS. The Vida, from Dram ; Berge,
Lenort ; Incbneumon, Havannah ; Scandia, Alexandria, ;
Salvatore, Tarragona ; Seine, Boulogne ; Margaretha
Alida, Inhanserseil ; Saxon, Marseilles ; Aurora, Ger-
gente ; Prince Albert, Odessa ; Polute, Alexandria ; Anne
Catherine, Stralsund ; Inechaine, Alexandria • Gertruda,
Malta ; Durode Genoa, Constantinople ; hilberforce,
Tonningen ; Jeanne Louisa and Fanny, Caen ; Vigilante,
St. John's, N.B. ; Osto, Stralsund ; Bargernesta, Mathu-
sea ' • Dublin, Daga ; Reward, Guernsey ;Falstaff, Trini-
dad de Cuba ; Frederic°, Gergente ; Ystawat, Fredericks-
haven ; Geerdina, Rustergersive ; Twee Ynsters, Worcum ;
Prince of Wales, Rouen ; Mulion, Guernsey ; Trionfo,
Serata • Owen, Aarhuus ; Inakona, Ballgich ; Globe, Ka-
ramante ; Panther, Ostend ; Africa, Helsing,fors ; Caen,
do. ; Kneed, Nice ; Ernesto, Galati ; Penelope, Leghorn.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Sarah, for
Antwerp ; Brilliant, Mogadore ; Swanley, Port Adelaide ;
Isabel, Valencia ; Emanset, Copenhagen ; Lord John Rus-
sell, Harlingen.

CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Jane, Maria,
Robert, and Baron Osy, all for Antwerp ; Richard,
Stettin ; Margaret Evans, New- York ; Albion, Boulogne ;
Earl of -Auckland, Rotterdam ; Batavier, do. ; Konizen
Von Prussien, Rio; Mercury, Naples ; Laura and'Adele,
Hobart Town ; Cecilia, Copenhagen ; Minerva, Stettin ;
Immanet, Hamburgh ; Melpomene, Melbourne ; Harriet,
Havre ; Vimiera, Sydney ; Soho steamer, Havre ; Lord
John Russell steamer, Harlingen ; City of Rotterdam
steamer, Dunkirk; Express, Havre; Diana; Amsterdam.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Tapley, from Africa for Liverpool, June 19, in lat.
10 N., long. 24 W.

The Banker's Daughter, from Liverpool for Geelong,
Juno 11, in lat. 7 N., long. 21 W.
The Duchess of Sutherland, for Sydney, July 17, in lat.
47 N., long. 8 W.
The G. H. Seaman, from Liverpool for Port Philip,
Feb. 21, in let. 30 S., long. 10 W.
The Hercules, from Liverpool for Australia, June 15, in
let. 15 N., long. 22 W.
The Holland, of Amsterdam, from Liverpool for Syd-
ney, July 10, in lat. 42 N., long. 14 W.
The Jane Anderson, from Liverpool for Melbourne,
April 28, in lat. 37 S., long. 20 E.

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The North Atlantic, from Liverpool for Australia, May
11, in lat. 12. S., long. 30 W.
The Star of the East, from Liverpool for Sydney, July
12, in let. 45 N., long. 12 W.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY BY A POLICEMAN. —A
police constable named Alfred King, belonging to the
Wilts constabulary, has been privately examined before
the magistrates, and committed to take his trial at the
forthcoming Devizes assizes, for breakieg and entering
the dwelling-house of Mr. Fulford, grocer and draper,
Bardford, near the Shaftesbury and Hindon roads, and
stealing therefrom the sum of 16/. 2s. It appears that
on Sunday evening last Mr. Fulford and his family at-
tended divine service, leaving a quantity of gold in a
cashbox and some silver in
.a bowel in a drawer in
an upstairs room, and on their return it was discovered
that the house had been entered and the money
stolen. Mr. Fulford sent for a policeman (the
prisoner), and, informing him of the circumstance,
desired him to use his best endeavours to detect the
perpetrator of the robbery. The premises were examined
and the prisoner intimated that the entrance must
have been effected at the window of the upper storey, by
means of a ladder from the court below. The prosecutor,
before the policeman had entered the room with him.
had observed a footmark on the floor of the room
whence the money was taken, and found that a nail in
one of the, rows was missing. He covered the impres-
sion over with a a tray, and, pursuing the investiga-
tion, further marks of the same description were found
upon the front stirs. The premises were searched to
see if any one was concealed on them, and the pri-
soner manifested considerable interest in the examination,
remarking that if he were not successful in detecting the
thief, he should be dismissed the force, or reduced to a
second-class situation, and on the prosecutor inquiring,
whether he had observed any one near the premises dur-
ing church time, he said be had seen a man named Par-
fitt in the road about 7 o'clock. By Mr. Fulford's desire
the prisoner went to Parfitt's house, ostensibly to make
inquiries, and on his return remarked, "He is clear
enough." Next day the inspector arrived, and in thecourse
of his inquiries was told by Parfitt that he saw the police-
man come out of the yard belonging to Mr. Fulford's pre-
mises during the time of divine service. He made a remark
to Parfitt about the windows being open, and said he
wondered whether the whole of the inmates were gone
to church. Parfitt said he did not know, and the police-
man went and tried the doors and looked over the pre-
mises. During the morning it was noticed that the
footmarks of the prisoner
exactly corresponded with
those found in the room where the money was stolen,
one of the nails being missing. On this the prosecutor
insisted upon the apprehension of the policeman, and
upon searching his box the sum of 161. 25., the exact
amount lost by Mr. Fulford, was discovered. King
was fully committed for trial.
SALE OF O'CONNELL'S HOUSE IN MERRION-SQUARE.
—The house, No. 30, Merrion-square South, the man-
sion of the late Liberator, and property by inheritance
of his son, the late Mr. Maurice O'Connell, was sold on
on Friday by private contract under the Incumbered
Estates Act, the Commissioners having confirmed the
sale on Saturday. The title sold was a lease for the
term of 139 years from 1790, or in other words, for 82
years unexpired, subject to 1051. head rent, it was
purchased for 2501. by John O'Farrell, Esq., barrister-
at-law, son of the late Commissioner of Bankruptcy.
It was stated that a sum of at least 1,000/. would be
necessary to put the house in thorough repair. The late
Mr. O'Connell took the house on the 7th day of
July, 1809.
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