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THE SUN,-LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 27. 1854.

the strike of the London cabmen before it found
itself in a similar difficulty. For the last few days
the cabstands have been deserted, the proprietors
having taken off their vehicles in a fit of indigna-
tion, and to defy the new city commissioners.
These officials have had to revise the scale of cab
fares, and in consideration of the high price of
forage, have allowed double the old rates to be
charged ; this would have been submitted to the
more readily as any tariff is nominal only, and,
practically, the drivers charge what they please.
But the new scale of fares was coupled with an
order to place the number of each cab on the door-
panels, instead of its old place, the end of the
driver's box, where it could be conveniently
covered with a carelessly-hung coat, either to
elude identification or produce an impression
that the turn-out is a private one. Compliance
with this order involves the painting out of all
the shields, crests, lions, and griffins of heraldry
with which the doors of the vehicles are now
decorated, and in defence of these monsters the
cabmen have " struck" with a spirit worthy of the
old French noblesse resisting the advance of Repub-
licanism. On the first day of the strike the omni-
buses out of the city were loaded with emancipated
Jehus, enjoying the sensation of being driven ;
while the public was puzzled by the sudden disap-
pearance of the ordinary conveyances. The licenses
expired a day or two after the strike, and the city
commissioners refuse to grant any new ones unless
the order as to the numbering is complied with.
The Supreme Court will have to settle the dispute,
as the cab proprietors intend to apply for a manda-
mus to compel the commissioners to show cause
why they refuse to license a vehicle without a con-
dition that would degrade the nobility of its door-
panels.

Since the above was written the cab proprietors
have applied to the Supreme Court for a mandamus
calling on the city commissioners to issue a license
to one of the number. The court decided that the
mandamus must be granted, as, according to the
present act, the commissioners had no pawer to an-
nex any condition to the issue of a license if the
individual applying for it were of good character ;
any default of the licensee must be the ground for
an after prosecution. The commissioners might
make the place on which the numbers of the cabs
should be painted the subject of a clause in the
by-laws relating to carriages, but they were bound
to issue the license ministerially, without reference
to the position of the number. In consequence of
this decision the cabs are again placed on the
stands.

The following paragraphs are taken from the re-
view of colonial affairs for the past month given by
the Sydney Empire :
"The annual return of the revenue of the colony of New
South Wales gives the following results for the year 1853
as compared with the year 1852 :
The total amount for 1852 was £505,656 16 6
The total amount for 1853 was ..... 815,859 2 10

The gross increase for the year 1853
being £359,69513 4
From which deduct a
decrease of 49,493 7 0

The real increase for the year 1853
being £310,202 6 4
" The principal items in which this large in-
crease is observable are the revenue froth spirits and
the revenue from the sales of land. There having
been :

Year Gallons
Spirits imported
Ditto
s. .
Duty on spirits ...... ...... 1852
Ditto
" The territorial revenue exhibits the following
large additions:—
Proceeds from the sale of lands and
town allotments for 1852
For 18.53 158,837 2 7

Being an increase 0f..:R117,579 3 1

(Or nearly 3CO per cent.)
"With the sad exception of the crime of drunkenness,
the colony is at present very free from violence and dis-
order. The ample wages which all classes are able to ob-
tain and the general prosperity that prevails contribute as
much to this satisfactory condition as the large and expen-
sive police force which is kept up. The crimes that are
committed are nearly all of them traceable to the influence
of liquor.
" The harvest which is now being got in is generally very
good. In thg early part of the season great fears were enter-
tained from a long-continued drought. Some copious rains
at length fell, and resuscitated the crops in a most surprising
manner. Reports from the Hunter River district, the
Illawarra district, from Shoalhaven, and from the interior,
all concur in stating that the crop of wheat has been abun-
dant, and hay, of which an unusual breadth is laid down in
consequence of the enormous prices that this article has
realised, will also be a large crop,, In the Hunter River
district the crops are heavier than has been known for 36
years past. The clip of wool also is large • and, although
there is the usual complaint of want of labour for shearing.
it seems now to have settled down more into a question of
the price to be paid than absolute impossibility of procure
ing hands for the work.

The unprecedented abundance of money and the keen
competition introduced by new banking establishments had
the effect, a short time ago, of reducing discounts from 6 per
cent. to 21 per cent. But it was felt that this low rate could
not be sustained, and a rapid and decided rise has taken
place, as the very heavy importation and the sluggish state
of the markets are causing a large demand for money. The
savings-bank, which had placed a large amount of its de-
posits in the hands of the leading banking establishments,
has recently withdrawn 200,0001. and deposited it in the
Government vaults. There is still an immense amount of
capital lying unemployed, the high price of labour and the
general want of enterprise in the colony rendering its in-
vestment at a profit exceedingly difficult.
" The half-hearly meeting of the Great Nugget Vein
Company was held on the 16th of January. The report
stated that the Government had conceded to the company a
lease of the claims for 21 years. The machinery had scarcely
got to work, so that no result could be reported, but
sanguine expectations were held out. The balance of profit
on the sale of shares in England enabled the directors
to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half year. The
balance-sheet showed credits 229,491/. 14s. 7d., and debits
191,5791. 9s. Bd. The result of experiments made in this
claim showed that the average produce of the quartz
crushed was loz.l idwt. per ton, and of the alluvium washed
lldwt. per ton.
" A new settlement has been made in the northern dis-
trict at Port Curtis. A surveying party is at present em-
ployed there, and has marked out the site of a town, to be
called Gladstone. The country is described as auriferous
in its appearance and very fertile. The harbour is mag-
nificent. A large river has been discovered, and it is
named after the Governor-General ; it runs into the sea
about forty miles north of Port Curtis, and it is probable
that by its means the interior of that district will be
opened out.
"A larger amount of waste land has been taken into occu-
pation for farming purposes during the past year than in any
previous year; but still it is felt that, with a surplus of
500,0001. in the savings banks, and some millions in other
establishments, no more desirable means of investment
could be offered, if official difficulties and squatting privi-
legesslidziot stand in the way. Mr. Wentworth declared
his determined opposition to what he denominated ' the
picking out the eyes of the country ;' and it is to be feared
that the squatting interest generally look with extreme
jealousy on the occupation of the waste lands by small
settlers, as they must be aware that the increased value
thus given to the waste lands will interfere with their
monopoly."

SPORTING NOTES.

RUNNING REMARKS FROM YORK.

The Great Northern Handicap afforded another and
a convincing proof of the vast superiority of Virago.
From start to finish the race was not for an instant in
doubt. Lough Bawn took up the running soon after
quitting the post, Virago quietly " biding her time
until reaching the Knavesmare wood when she gradually
improved her position, took second place soon after
rounding the turn into the straight, passed Lough Bawn
at the distance, and won without the semblance of an
effort by a clear length. So great a certainty was her
success deemed that she was the only animal actually
backed for the race ; early in the morning even money was
eagerly betted on her against the field, but her partizans
hardening in confidence increased their investments until
they freely laid 2 to 1 and 7 to 4 on her. Although
there were seventeen runners 12 to 1 was currently
offered, bar one ;—a circumstance unparalleled in the
memory of the oldest turfite. The owner of Virago
was warmly congratulated on his success, and more
than once the question, " Why did you scratch her
for the Chester Cup ?" was put to him. In answer
to this query I heard him publicly declare that
he struck her out in a passion ! My " cockboat"
Lough Bawn satisfied me by his performance. Defi-
ance so ominously declined in the betting that I
scarcely know whether I am to consider his running
honest or not. Kingston showed prominently in the
van of the encounter until turning into the straight,
when he disappeared from the front. Had he been
persevered with he might have obtained a more forward
position at the finish. Heapy got badly off, but was
sixth past the winning post. John Scott, however, was
not a little " savage" at his jockey's indiscretion in "ex-
posing" the horse, and rated him soundly in consequence,
telling him that he ought to have known he had not an
earthly chance, and should have pulled up. Balrownie
was third—a performance certainly not insignificant, and
one that forcibly suggests the question " where would
West Australian have been ?"

Book-makers' With few exceptions, stood the field
,e like lambs." The Leviathan Book Maker, took odds
despite the warning which he received from " honest
John" in the morning. Principle, I suppose, would not
allow him to take advantage of the tip. Kingston's
party backed their horse, but they were scarcely san-
guine of success. " Good-bye, Bob," were the last
words of Mr. Morris to Basham as the latter quitted
the enclosure on Kingston. None but the owner was
seemingly sweet upon Jujube, and it was not his fault
if every one was not acquainted with his partiality.
My notes on the minor events must be brief. Orestes,
as I expected, won the Craven Stakes. Hospodar, a
much improved horse, belonging to Lord Zetland,
carried off the Spring St. Leger with admirable ease, and
was immediately backed somewhat spiritedly for the
Derby at 50 and 40 to 1. The Zetland Stakes occa-
sioned some heavy betting. Sicily was the favourite,
but she sorely disappointed her backers ; my "first
fancy " Bessie won, after an exciting race in with Mary,
by a head. Mary was backed with much spirit ; her
owner it is said investing about one thousand pounds on
her.

The weather was cold but not unfavourable to the
enjoyment of the sport. The attendance of general com-
pany was very large, but the muster of business men
and fashionable visitors perhaps fell short of expectation.
Still, the getters up of the meeting have cause to con-
gratulate themselves upon the satisfactory inauguration
of the First Great Northern Handicap. The efficiency
of the "executive department" was attested by the
punctuality and regularity with which the proceedings
were conducted. Mr. North, the clerk of the course,
as usual distinguished himself by his zeal for the proper
carrying out of the details of the management.
Before closing my communication I may refer, with
pardonable satisfaction, to my "notes and notions"
which were published in The Sun on Monday. After
stating my opinions at length respecting the Great Nor-
thern Handicap, I thus "summed up" the proba-
bilities :

" After her recent achievements at Epsom, it would be
seemingly sheer folly to desert Virago's colours ; still I am
compelled to confess that in Kingston, Vindex, and
Defiance she will meet her most dangerous antagonists,
and one of them may snatch the victory from her. I have
omitted West Australian from this summing up," be-
cause lam at present in doubt as to his starting. Should
he, however, go to the post, I shall not deem his chance a
forlorn one. Of the " extreme outsiders," I give the pre-
ference to Lough Bawn and Jujube. The former is cer-
tainly favourably weighted, and many shrewd judges in-
tend " to go for the off chance with him."

The scepticism which I entertained respecting Virago's
" flying qualities" is now removed.
The Craven Stakes I assigned to Orestes, the Zetland
Stakes to Bessie, and the Spring St. Leger to Barrel.
It will be seen, therefore, that I indicated the winner of
every race which I touched upon, except the last-men
tioned event, for which my "pick" from a field of ten
ran second.

INFERNAL MACHINES.—It is reported, whether truly
or not, that several Americans, headed by ex-Alderman
Wesley Smith, jun., of this city, accompanied by a
Russian officer, left in the Baltic on her last outward
trip, to engage in % contract with Russia to destroy
British and French ships of war that approach near
enough to Russian ports by means of Taylor's submarine
armor and Colt's submarine battery. They have also an
invention called the catapult, a vessel with double bows,
armed with long sharp iron beaks, to break the sides of
hostile ships. It will be propelled by steam, which
drives a wheel in her bottom. It is so arranged that
jets of scalding water are thrown from the vessel on all
attempting to board her.—New York Herald.
LAWYERS IN AUSTRALIA.—There has been a large
emigration of lawyers to Australia, and, from inquiries
continually being made by correspondents as to the regu-
lations for practice there, it would appear that many are
contemplating the same step. Let us give to such a timely
warning. There lies now before us a letter from ayoung
lawyer, who had -gone to the land of gold with the
fullest confidence that fortune was to be certainly and
easily secured. Bitter has been his disappointment.
He finds that lawyers are but little wanted there ;
that for such business as there is the competitors
are so numerous that no one can thrive. He has been
obliged to turn his hand to labours for which he had re-
ceived no previous training. The day-labourer was bet-
ter off by far than the barrister or the attorney. He
had seen gentlemen belonging to both branches of the
profession glad to earn a.rnaintenance as porters, ostlers,
and waggoners—even as domestic servants. Trade, too,
is overdone, and is not profitable, because everything is
so expensive. Let those of our readers who may have
entertained thoughts of emigration to Australia pause be-
fore they resolve ; and, if they go, it should not be as
lawyers, or with any hope to thrive by the law.—Law
Times.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

A FRESH MAN.

YORK SPRING MEETING.
CONCLUSION OF TUESDAY'S RACES.-ADDITIONAL
PARTICULARS.

THE GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP of 25 BOVS. each, 15
ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 300 added by the
licensed ♦ictuallers and their friends. Penalties for
certain winners ; the second horse in any handicap,
value 500 sous, 51b extra. No horse to carry more
than 10lb extra. The second horse to receive 100 sovs
out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake.
Two miles, over the old course. Two hundred and
ten subs, 129 of whom declared.
Mr. Howard's Virago, by Pyrrhus the First, 3 yrs,
6st 61b (including 10Ib extra) (Wells) 1
Mr. J. J. Hendersou's Lough Bawn, 6 yrs, 7st 21b
(G. Oates) 2
Mr. I'Anson's Balrownie, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Templeman) 3
The following also ran :
Mr. Morris's Kingston, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Basham) 0
Sir C. Monk's Vindex, 4 yrs, 7st 7lb ...(E. Harrison) 0
Air. T. Parr's Defiance, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Hiett) 0
Mr. W. M. E. Milner's Grapeshot, 4 yrs, 7st 3lb
_

REMOVAL OP SPIRITS BY RAILWAY.—IMPORTANT
NEW REGULATIONS.—The following order has been
issued by the Board of Inland Revenue, establishing
regulations for the removal of spirits from Scotland to
England by inland conveyance : —•' It is ordered that
the several officers of this rovenue take notice, for their
information and guidance, of the following regulations,
under which only such removal of spirits can legally be
made :—Foreign or British spirits removing under Cus-
toms bonds must be accompanied by an advice letter
signed by a Customs officer, containing a specification
of the packages and the quantity and description of
the spirits, and the casks or packages must be ad-
dressed
only to the officer of Customs at the port of
destination. Spirits upon which the full English duty
has been paid may also be removed from Scotland to
England, as at present, by inland carriage, and must be
accompanied by a warehousing permit, endorsed with a
specification of the spirits and a certificate that the full
duty has been paid. In order that the examination of
spirits removed by inland carriage may be properly at-
tended to, it is further ordered that the collectors in
whose collections railway termini and goods stations are
situate, immediately state what arrangements it may be
necessary to make for the efficient performance of this
duty. On the removal of spirits from the Customs
bonded premises the advice letter is t• be prepared by
the officers in duplicate, one copy to accompany the
goods in the same manner as a permit, and the other to
be forwarded by poet to the port of destination.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General. )

The return for the week that ended last Saturday dis-
covers an increase in the mortality. In the first and
second week of this month the deaths in London were re-
spectively 1,149 and 1,087; in the third—viz., last week,
they rose to 1,193. In the ten corresponding weeks of
the years 1844.53 the average number was 1,000, which,
if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes
1,100. The number of deaths registered last week is,
therefore, nearly 100 above the calculated amount.
In comparing the results of the last two weeks, it ap-
pears that the increase arises mainly from the epidemic
class of diseases. The following are the special heads
under which it is found :—Measles, which rose from 34
cases to 51 ; hoopingcough, which rose from 63 to 83 ;
and diarrhoea, which in the two weeks was fatal to 18
and 26. With regard to typhus and continued fever, the
cases were not so numerous in the latter as in the former
week. Two deaths from cholera were registered, which
occurred on the same day, the 13th of April, The fol-
lowing are the particulars :
In the sub-district of Amwell, at 3, Baynes-row, the
son of a builder, aged 2 years, died of " pertussis (two
weeks) cholera Anglica."
In the workhouse, Islington West, a female servant,
aged 24 years, died of " cholera, consecutive fever."
From smallpox the number of deaths registered is nine,
two of which occurred in the Smallpox Hospital. All
the persons who died were children, except a female ser-
vant from Old Quebec-street, who died in the above
hospital on the 20th of April, at the age of 34 years,
from " smallpox, distinct, modified (seven days) ; the
brain and nervous system much affected by the disease.
She had been vaccinated in infancy near Tonbridge
Wells ; two indifferent cicatrices."

(J. Osborne) 0
Lord Chesterfield's Typee, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ...(Ashmall) 0
Mr. H. Watters's Lord Fauconberg, 4 yrs, Est 131 b
(G. Waddington) 0
Mr. Surtees's Colsterdale, 6 yrs, Est 121 b (Carroll) 0
Mr. C. Spence's Catherine Parr, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb
(T. Cliff) 0
Mr. H. T. Thompson's Guicowar, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb
(J. Gill) 0
Mr. S. Murland's Ammonia, 5 yrs, Est 61b (T. Sher-
wood) 0
Mr. Harrison's Heapy, 4 yrs, Est 61b (carried Est 81b)
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(Chilman) 0
Mr. C. Peck's The Puritan, 5 yrs, 6st 61b...(Hayhoe) 0
Mr. Knapton's Merry Monk, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Bates) 0
Mr. E. R. Clark's Jujube, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Cresswell) 0
Betting—At one time 2 to 1 was betted on Virago,
but 7 to 4 was the closing price ; 100 to 8 each agst
Kingston and Defiance, 100 to 7 agst Vindex, 16 to
1 agst Typee ; 25 to 1 each agst Lough Bawn and
Heapy, 100 to 3 agst Catherine Parr, 40 to 1 agst
Jujube. Nothing backed for money except the fa-
vourite. Oliver, jun., weighed for Ann Eliza, but
she did not go to the post. On drawing together to
start, Merry Monk broke away and ran some dis-
tance out of the course to the right before he was
pulled up. Soon after being brought back the flags
were dropped, and away the high-mettled competitors
streamed. Puritan immediately went to the front, with
Lough Bawn in close attendance, Ammonia and Vindex
being third and fourth ; the favourite, Kingston, and
Balrownie lying about the middle of the ruck. Scarcely
had they proceeded a quarter of a mile when Lough
Bawn took up the running, and on passing Knavesmire
Wood he was seen in possession of a distinct lead, but
his chance was even then in palpable jeopardy, for the
favourite full of running, improved her position at every
stride, and showed that, barring an accident, the
victory was within her power. Nearing the straight,
leas and less was the interval between her and Lough
Bawn ; Kingston followed her round the turn, and
then gave way, Balrownie and Defiance taking
third and fourth places. At the distance the favourite
obtained the lead ; Lough Bawn made a vigorous
effort to regain it, but in vain ; the favourite defeated
him very easily by a length, the second beating the third
three lengths ; a length between third and fourth ; Lord
Fauconberg was fifth ; Heapy, who lost start, was sixth ;
and Colsterdale seventh. Puritan and Ammonia, in the
extreme rear, pulled up and walked in. Net amount of
the stakes, 2,1801.

Mr. Jorden, registrar of the Belgrave sub-district,
writes in his report for the quarter ending March 31 :
" Smallpox has been epidemic in this district this last
quarter. All the fatal cases were in persons unvacci-
nated. Parents are only driven to have their children
vaccinated at the eleventh hour, when smallpox has made
its appearance in the house or in some member of their
family." _ _

SELLING STAKES of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of
5 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Optional
selling weights, &c. One mile and a quarter. Four
subs.

In -the sub-district of Brompton, at 4, Sloane-place, on
the 20th of April, the daughter of a musician, aged 1 year,
died of " scarlatina maligna (six dayn)." The medical
attendant mentions that " two other children have died
of scarlatina in this house within the last two weeks ;
the drains are very offensive, and there is a cesspool in
front of No. 3, the smell from which is very bad."
At 87, Tower-hill, Aldgate, on the 14th and 15th of
April, two sons of a warehouseman, aged G and 3 years,
died of " scarlatina anginosa," one after seven days', the
other after 4 days' illness. Mr. Spencer, the registrar,
bays,—" The house in which these children lived is large,
well drained and ventilated."

Captain Reynard's Vinaigrette, by Bentley, 4 yrs,
7st lib (301.) (Kendall) 1
Mr. Wright's The Greek Slave, 3 yrs, Get (301.) (Bates) 2
Mr. G. S. Thompson's Shamrock, 4 yrs, let 71b (301.)
(Thompson) 3
Mr. John Thomas's Goldfringe, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb (301.)
(Barrett) 4
Betting-7 to 4on The Greek Slave, 3to 1 agst
Vinaigrette. Won cleverly by half a length. A length
and a half between the second and third.
ORDER OF RCINNING THIS DAY.
2. 0 Scramble.
2.30 Flying Dutchman's Handicap.
3. Eglinton Stakes.
3.45 Londesborough Cup.
4.15 Tyro Stakes.
4.45 City Plate.

In the sub-district of London-road, Southwark, at 9,
Smith's-place, Gibraltar-row, on the 21st of April, the
daughter of a carver and gilder, aged 3 years, died of
" scarletina, dropsy- (two weeks)." Mr. Hentsch, the
registrar, states that " there are a great number of cases
of scarlatina in this sub-district at the present time, but
it does not appear to be more fatal than usual."
In Islington West, at 32, Catherine-street, on the 20th
of April, a shirt-collar maker, aged 29 years, died of
" phthisis pulmonalis (six months)." The disease was
attributed to her receiving the linen from the warehouse
in a damp state.
Last week the births of 891 boys and 898 girls, in
all 1,789 children, were registered in London. In nine
corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average
number was 1,437.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.723 in. The
mean daily reading was above 30 in. on Sunday and
Monday. The reading was 30.14 in. at noon on Tues-
day. The mean temperature of the week was 52.6 deg.,
which is 5.8 deg. above the average of the same week
in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was above
the average on every day except Monday, when it was
0.8 deg. below it, and Saturday, when it was 2.1 deg.
below it. It rose from 45.5 deg. on Monday to 58.2 deg.
on Wednesday, 59.9 deg. on Thursday, and 58.2 deg.
on Friday. It again fell to 45.4 deg. on Saturday. The
highest temperature occurred on Thursday, and was
77.5 deg. ; the lowest on Sunday, and was 34'2 deg.,
showing a range of 43.3 deg. The dew-point tempera-
ture was 44'5 deg., the difference between this and the
air-temperature being 8•1 deg. The wind blew first
from east-north-east, then from east-south-east, after-
wards from the east, and at the end of the week from
the north-east. Of rain scarcely any fell till Saturday,
when the amount was 0.27 in. The whole that fell in
the week was 0.30 in.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854.
MAY.
Newmarket F S
Chester Spring 9 1 Lewes l9
Lothians& Edinburgh...ll ' Bath 23
Newmarket S S l6 1 Liverpool Hunt Spring ..24
Shrewsbury l3 I Epsom

Manchester
Ascot Heath 13
Newcastle-on-Tyne 20
Hampton 2l
Carlisle 26

Bibury 2B
Stockbridge ........ ,29
Ludlow 30
Winchester 3O

Jt
Newmarket
Worcester 4
Lancaster 6
Mansfield ll
Liverpool l2
Ipiwich 13
AUG
Brighton
Brighton Club 4
Wolverhampton
Yarmouth 8
Reading
Odiham 9
North Staffordshire 9
Wolverhampton l4

:4Y.
Stourbridge l7
Stamford 18
Nottingham '2o
Goodwood 25
Ripon 31

Egham
York 23
Hereford 24
Eccles
Chelmsford 29
Derby 29
Plymouth 3O
Lincoln .