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and yearly almost 800,000 i. The Hansom Patent
Cab Company possess about eighty vehicles, built on
the patented principle Severl other large proprietors
hold as many as fifty cabs each. With regard to
omnibuses, it has been calculated that their total num-
ber does not exceed 2,000 running in the metropolis.
Messrs. Wilson, of Islington, are said to run daily
as many as 87 omnibuses, and stable, nearly 1,000
horses. The London Conveyance Company are similarly
large proprietors of omnibuses. Theirs pursue the
Holborn and Oxford-street route ; while Messrs. Wil-
son's (well known as the "Favourites") pursue a route
from north to south and south-west. The total number
of omnibuses running to and from Paddington and the
Bank is 250. The other great omnibus routes are from
Hammersmith and Kensington to the Bank ; Putney
and Brompton to the Bank ; Chelsea to the Bank ;
Blackwall and Whitechapel ; Clapham, Peckham, and
Walworth, to the Bank ; Kingsland to the Batik ; Far-
ringdon-street to the Marble Arch ; Ilungerford-market
to the Edgware-road ; ditto to Camden To wn ; Kenning-
ton to the Bank, &c. To cover these several routes
each company roust possess at least 30 omnibuses and
six times as many horses.

FRANCE.

There is an utter absence of news in the Paris puPer6
relative to the Eastern Question, upon which auY reli
ance can be placed. As a proof of this, we may mention
that yesterday, the Siècle had a very warlike announce'
meat, which bad for authority according to that journal,
some dispatches from London to the English
dor, who, on the receipt of them, was stated to have 1.)r,3,
a conference with the Minister for Foreign Affalth;
whereas it turns out that Lord Cowley was not ait
the
time in Paris, but on the road from England. °
te other hand, very pacific news was stated by priva
tele-
graphic dispach to have been brought from Constanti.nt:,
ple, under date of the 20th, by the Caradoc to Marseille.
and there is reason to believe that the Caradoc left the
am bas sad
Turkish capital several days before the 20th. 11311,1:
even been true that the Caradoc did leave so recently,
it is very improbable that the news said to have bee,
brought by her should have been first known at Coss
stantinople. We should have received it several (Iss.
before from Vienna. st
A great number of Spaniards of distinction a 4,,
present in Paris. Amongst them may be cited Al." 'd
tinez de la Rosa, M. Manuel Cortina, ex-Minister, 33.
General La Hera. M. Liorente, who was said to ha'.
left Madrid to proceed to Constantinople, was als°
cently in Paris, and has gone to London ; but he is 'I",
as has been stated, charged with any diplomatic 1111'
sion.
•
The Emperor of the French has just named knlhts
g ,
of the Legion of Honour, Dr. Frederick Thomastf
i;
New Orleans, and Dr. Th4odore Gaillardet, of the
Havanna, two French medical men, for the fearless au
devoted manner in which they have exposed their lives
during the last year in attending on their countryslen
when attacked by yellow fever in those two places' and
Vice-Admiral de la Susse, on resigning the con3o-rif
of the fleet in Besika Bay, issued the following order "
the day :--
"Crews—ln quitting the command of the squscir'.
it is agreeable to me to congratulate you on your diecnia
pline, your instruction, and your fine appearance, Lail
to thank you for the devoted co-operation you f,tar
given me during two years. Confident of your aruvia,
and your patriotism, I should have been happy to 0) a
mand you on the day of combat. Be always zealous $112,,
well-disciplined, and you will then deserve the sYII3PsI
thies of my successor, as you have acquired mine' .
will do honour to France. Officers of the squadrc'hie
terminate a career which I have actively devoted t'
service of my country ; my efforts united to those
several officers, my contemporaries, have had the Pnilre
gress of our navy for their constant object. I veutill
to say that they have not been stcrile, and that WY,
serve to prepare success, which from the bottom o'
heart I wish you. May the career which only just e°,
mences for most, amongst you be happy and glori(nlho
but, whatever may be your fortune, do not forget tipst
the sentiment of duty accomplished is the ewes,
recompense. " BARON DE LA Susug..4
At the Bourse yesterday a favourable reaction tu're
place in Rentes from the fall experienced, and they °l.e,
now pretty much the same as they were on the daY pfd
ceding. The rise in value of the Three per Cents.
tir
cash is 15c., and for the account 20c. ; in the
and-a-Half per Cents. for cash, 10c. ; while the Foot
and-a-Half per Cents., for the account has lost theme
vance of sc. Bank Stock, has again risen 251. 'a.,
last-quoted prices are :—For cash : Three per C°ll;ac,
78f. 65c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103f..ar.
For the account : Three per Cents., 78f 55c. ' -'a°4ol,
and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 40c. ; Bank Stock, '2,°:pd,
Shares of the Bank f Credit Foncier are unclianrdi
but those of Credit Mobilier have fallen 4f. TheYbn,,gf,
stand :—Credit Foncier, 740 f. ; Credit Mobilier,
The Railway Share Market has been unsteady 7,"0
dull, Paris and Orleans being the only line that
shown firmness, having again advanced 7f. Norte
have recovered the fall 2f. ; Paris and Strasbourg 1°,0.,
given way. 4f. ; Paris and Lyons, lf. ; Paris and Ries,
sf. ; and Lyons to the Mediterranean, 2f. ; while `l,.
terns remain unchanged. The following were the.4.o
tations at the close of business :—Northern, 880 f. ;
and Orleans, 1,153 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg,
Paris and Lyons, 934 f. 25c. ; Paris and Rouen,
Lyons to the Mediterranean, 763 f. ; Western of Fran
7401.

(From the Times.)

This morning, if we are to judge from a resolution of
the Committee at the Cranbourne Hotel, the 3,000 cabs
of London are to reappear on their stands. The pro-
prietors profess to be softened by the amendments pro-
posed in the Commons on Thursday, and are willing to
give Parliament a little more grace. Indeed, there is not
much at issue between Mr. Fitzroy and the proprietors,
the only serious difference being that the latter continue
to stipulate for nothing under a shilling fare, with two
miles for it. As that is now the question, we will ad-
dress ourselves to it. There is something, of course, in
" being taken off the stand," which, to a cabman appears
to cost as much effort as breaking up a pleasant party,
or getting out of bed in a cold winter's morning.
There are, too, a vast number of cab journeys under a
mile, and at a shilling they must be a very ea.s7 and
very gainful traffic to the cabman. But, if the public is
called on to consider the case of the cabman, let cab
proprietors consider the case of the public, which may
happen eventually to be the case of the cabman also.
There is an endless variety of cases in which it is rather
hard that a man should be called on to pay a shilling
when lie really only wants the worth of a sixpence,
and it cannot be the interest of any party that a
class of traffic convenient to one side and profit-
able to another should be forbidden. A bachelor
walking to dinner finds himself five minutes be-
hind his time, or growing warmer than suits his
complexion or his shirt collar—why must he pay a
shilling for a cab just the length of Eaton•square ?
Two or three ladies want to be ferried over as many
dirty crossings—why must they pay a shilling for it ?
Two branches of a family live at the different ends of
one street, or the opposite corners of one square, and
occasionally drop in on one another of an evening—
why must they pay the invariable shilling for five hun-
dred yards' locomotion ? We admit there are cases
which tell the other way. If a cabman has sacrificed an
hour in waiting for a train at a railway station, it must
be rather aggravating to be hired to take a stout couple
and their luggage from Euston-square station to Hol-
born, and only receive 6d. But grievances are no
answer to grievances the other way, and, instead of
setting grievance against grievance, the wiser course
would be to devise means of satisfying all parties.
The contest has been brief, and hitherto has lain be-
tween a palpable Under-Secretary and an impalpable
cab interest, which is something like the warfare of an
eighteen-pounder with a swarm of flies. But there have
been some considerable results not only in the sharpen-
ing of wits, and the discovery of new ways and means,
but also in bringing out the leading points of the con-
troversy. Take the great shilling question. The cab
proprietors stood out for their "splendid shilling "
a very pretty coin, doubtless, immortalised in the poem
of Phiilipps, perpetuated by Prince Albert on his
florin, and much respected by all nations accus-
tomed to slender francs or debased thalers. But, on
the other hand, there is a growing reluctance to
pay a shilling for less than a shilling's worth,—for merely
hailing a cab as it passes your door, and occupying it
for the length of your street. We are quarrelling, then,
about the price of 'a short trip. We confine ourselves
to one class of vehicle, and then we carry our differences
so far that one side demands twice as much as the other
will give. Why should not a greater variety of conditions
be admitted into the negotiation ? In Paris you have
your choice of three descriptions of vehicles, the lowest
of which is cheap enough, and the best a comfortable,
handsome equipage, in which a nobleman need not
be ashamed to go to court. Nothing can be more
various than the purposes for which cabs are required
in this metropolis. A messenger is sent with a
parcel, two ladies are going "in full fly " to an
evening party, four journeymen butchers are going
from Whitechapel to Smithfield, a nurse and child
are going to the nearest patch of grass and the nearest
whiff of fresh air, an Eton lad is crossing with his lug-
gage from station to station, a large family party is
going to take the water at London-bridge ; yet for one,
or for half a dozen—for silks and satins, or for greasy
blouses, for fresh air, or for desperate speed, for a pugi-
-I?st on his way to a fight, or a girl on her way to an hos-
pital for consumption—it is all the same. We have one
cab for all, and at one price. It is possible, indeed, to make
a selection. There are few things in which people distrust
their own judgment more than in the, choice of a cab.
You call from the stand a specious vehicle, which turns
out to be nothing but a wooden box, so ill-frauano
ill-hung as to be in pieces with its own motion. Such
a vehicle would do to carry a lawyer's brief from
Chancery-lane to Westminster-hall, but not to take an
invalid lady to Hampstead, or a party to the Princess's.
So, why not have two or three different classes of cabs,
with known marks of distinction and different charges—
say sixpence, ninepence, and a shilling a trifle ?
It appears that, after all, we have not such an im-
palpable body to deal with. It can act simultaneously,
strike, return to business, negotiate with an Under-
Secretary, meet, pars resolutions, and issue manifestoes.
Then, why does not the Hackney Carriage Association
t
tiono
assemble occasionally for some other purpose th
raise fares, and try to meet the public wants rather more
fully and exactly ? If cab proprietors have an organisa-
tion of their own, we ought not to hear of it now
for the first time. Under the pressure of the
crisis, they are proposing to charge m llore for ar.soms,
on the ground that those vehicles are restricted by their
limited capacity from the means of increased fares opened
to other cabs. But it is not everybody who wants a
Hansom or will ride in one ; and it certainly is not the
vehicle either for a party to the Opera or for a family
excursion to the suburbs. With a variety of vehicles,
we shall get over the Englishman's prejudice in favour
of a round sum in one showy coin. We throw this
out to those whom it may concern, and are certain
that we represent the wishes of the middie class,
the cabman's principal customer. As to the modifica-
tions proposed in the new act, they seem unexception-
able. It certainly is hard that a cabman may be taken
off the stones, down the " Green Lanes," to Hornsey
itself; or to Woodford, or to Dulwich—across the river
Lea, on one side, and the Brent on the other, with only
3s. for five and a-half miles ; and no more chance of a
fare back than if he found himself in the back woods of
America. This is to be set right with a shilling
a-mile beyond a new four-mile circle round Charles
the First's statue at Charing-cross. With these mo-
difications, agreed upon before the strike, and with the
vehicles actually once more plying for custom, we may
soon expect to see the quarrel easily and amicably set-
tled. But we certainly are of opinion that so great an
inconvenience and so dire a portent as the sudden and
treacherous withdrawal of all our public carriages, ex-
cept our omnibuses, ought not to pass without some
good coming out of it. It is our business to act as um-
pire between contending parties in the strike, and the
advice we give is, that all sides will set about consider-
ing, not themselves, but the public„ and how it may be
best served for the future.

TURKEY AND RUSSIA. the
Intelligence from Constantinople announces that erg
Porte and the Representative& of the Foreign P0„0
have accepted the propositions of M. de Bruck, a"'
lating the evacuation of the Principalities.
ye
It is asserted that the note which is to terminate
00
differences between Turkey and Russia is to be signedo-r
the same day on which the Russian troops shall he
dered to evacuate the Principalities. rt
There are no indications of any intention on the 1/133eit
of the ambassadors of the great Powers to take t cog
usual summer holidays. They are engaged in conferee i•
with Count Buol, and it would appear that the pr%ers•
tions for a mediation have as much success at St. Pets
burgh as at Constantinople.
The Porte has given orders that no vessels frointicg
Black Sea shall enter the Bosphorus by night, exeltbe
such as have cargoes of wood. The commanders e!essel
batteries have been ordered to fire upon any ro.
which may attempt the passage in defiance of tbiO regO'
hibltion. The Austrian Internuncio has opened °I, of
tiations for the purpose of obtaining a modification
this order, at least in the case of bad weather. four
- —A letter from Vienna of the 24th in the Gernio
nat of Frankfort, says :—"We understand
that theglo
nature of the note which, it is thought, will ternlv,ote
the Turco-Russian difference and the order to evae"
lt
the Principalities will take place on the same day, of
remains to be seen if Russia will approve of the moile.co
settlement now proposed. A subject of converOtio
here is the arrests lately effected in
the Salzkatualergfor
It is understood that two secret societies had takento
base a religious reform, having for object to reject
au
e gch
rules laid down in religious matters both by the Ch
and by the State. The revolutionary party was
~to:
too glad to make use of such societies for their own !- of
poses. Amongst the persons arrested are two sonPoiti,
the Aulic Councillor Tromketti ; a son of M. Sa,lveryis
Councillor of the Empire ; and a son of M.
wholesale merchant at Trieste. These two last tam the
are exceedingly rieh. The persons arrested j11.40i•
Salzkammergut, had, beyond any doubt, formed 0,j1,0
cal projects, mixed up with religious matters. io
club extended to Gosau, and likewise to Auseecetthio
Styria. It was said at first that the discovery °;:scbl,
company had decided the Emperor not to go to .
but this news is inexact."
The Union says :—" The last accounts from BeYrloeth
inform us that some new disputes have taken Pro.
between the Christians and Mussulmans in the 1)03•
The courier from Damascus to Beyrouth has be of
sassinated by the Druses. He was the bearer of a seal;o,
50,000 f., half of which belonged to the Turkish G°3rtitb,
merit, and the remainder to merchants of Beyroie,
Letters from Jaffa state that the Christians of Eatubeeo
village situated on the road to Jerusalem, have
or
obliged to leave the country in consequence of the 1. the
tions and menaces of the Turks. The monks ° The
Latin convent of Rarnl6 have retired to Jaffa. ea•
Pacha governor of Beyrouth has taken some ;01
sures. Patrols are sent out in the town ore.
environs in the night. All persons who `loe
sent themselves at the gates of the town to
disarmed, and the arms are only given up cir
them when they leave. The Pacha has sent a
too
cular to all the consuls, informing them of the agits;4
which prevails amongst the Christian populatione,b
requesting them to use their influence to diminisatit
He adds that lie will not fail to punish the 00'0
whether Christians or Mussulmans. Already haves,fir
r
of the latter been put in prison for insulting the
`-'-the
tians. A French vessel of war was expected intee'
roadstead of Beyrouth to afford assistance and Pr°sAr
tion to the Christians ; but as it did not arrive the yo
dinian consul thought right to ask for one froni
government, e the
A letter from St. Petersburgh of the 12th, 113 dsof
Trieste. Gazette says :—" The quotations of all klTioglf
securities in the money market here are excetted'
high. Large purchases of tallow have been el'—ptir
At Odessa, a very large quantity of wheat has beeiliiter
chased. This fact proves that strong hopes are f.or
tamed of the maintenance of peace, and of the con
tion of the navigation."

THE LONDON SUMMER POULTRY Snow.—The London
summer poultry show finally closed last evening, after
having been witnessed by many thousands of persons,
and "it is admitted on all hands that it was the finest
collection of poultry ever witnessed, and the great asto-
nishment appeared to be, the actual prices which some
of the specimens realised. Indeed, in many instances,
specimens were purchased at sums marked in the cata-
logue, supposed to be prohibitory ; and, although at the
, even in the
auction held on Thursday, there was not that brisk com-
petition which was found at the winter poultry show,
m stillo more
ethe
common prices
classrealised o
of fowls,
in mostNl,e instances, st
remarkable.ane So fare
as attendance was concerned, the show was not on the
whole so successful as was anticipated, or as its merits
deserved.
COriAro MINING COMPANY.—The annual general
was he yesterday at the meeting held. offices, 2, New
Broad-street ; Mr. John Labouchere in the chair.
Voluminous accounts were submitted to the meeting
and unanimously passed. The expenditure for the
year ending 30th of June,
stated that • past
the shipments
by Buenos Ayrean were 10 000/ , by Eengensenheid
17,0001., bar silver 1,0001, '.
making
a total of 28,0001.
The expenditure amounted.to 23,0001., which left a
profit of 5,000/. Mr. L
meeting on th Labouchere congratulated the
e success of the company, and the pro-
mising indications of their
property, wnich as rapidly
improving and increasin SPAIN.
gin value and impel-Ince. The
mineral riches of Tres of Prei
Puntas are becoming immense, The Madrid journals of the 24th, like those
..i. ot o
and although discovered only four years since, have ceding days, are destitute of political news. ILIA; dir
produced a profit of 4 000 000 dollars, but notwith- ; the principal political personagesand of the corpd the
standing the improved''-,
, prospect, the directors thought lomatique
. will reception
, had left Madrid for La Granja, to attehr..to of
it adviseable to
make a call o-per share, which will _ 1/.
be suffi •
cient to enable the company to be freed from the . Queen Christina. o '
The Nacion and the Di4l,,s has,
debt, and carryon their A
of thanks then •
was given to the chairman and directors, it is said, drawn u bill •certain r' -
p a for effecting _ coo
and the meeting separated. with respect to the Stock Exch e. and another.d
ie
an,,,e,
f engineers of hrl'rie
KING 8
NG S COLLEGE, LoNnon—Yesterday afternoon a taming regulations for the corps o
_. 3.i.
or
special meeting of the council and friends of the pupils and roadsg A Seville •
.. journal states Queenthat.fit,
lion,/ 0
took place in the council-chamber, for the purpose of Ai • '
nehe, widow of King Louis Philippe, is s ,he Dul,
distributing the prizes to the successful competitors, and I pected in that city • ' visit for a month to ~. 9toci
for hearing the 'recitations delivered by the scholars ;de Mont en • °Till a Sunday the
p sier. The 24th being
Sir' Robert H. Ing,lis, Bart., M.P., presided on the
occasion, supported by Lord Radstock and a most ' - ........... .
_ --A
numerous company. The chairman having briefly ,-, July 22' he
stated the object for which the meeting had been called I vOURT-MARTIAL AT MALTA.—IVIALTA,
~, to
general court martial will assemble to-morin, to Of
together, several recitations from classical and other
composed of six field officers and nine eaPtal7, ~ablie
authors were delivered, at the conclusion cf which the Capt. Eyre, 47th Reeiment, for embezzlement
.I_tinery,
chairman presented the prizes awarded to the successful ' money. A. private of Buffs, and another ot:il-ar to the
competitors. The following are the names of the both fell down and died on Wednesday, ow.iirloted the
prizemen for the various .essays and verses :—Prize for a
excessive heat of the weather, which am:oe
Latin essay (given by the council), King Smith ;prize
under which they laboured. t gr"
for Greek lambics (given by the council), Henry Robert ; diseases •nstan / r
BIRTH EZTRAORDINAut —On the 14th le , a '
poor
Anderson ; prize for Latin verse (given by the princi- '
pal), King Smith and Samuel L. Warren, equal ; prize e Lathangue, surgeon, of Shadwell, delivered
Sterhelii
for English verse (given by the head master), King ; woman, named Watson, of 14, Dorset-street, ,_o.,s, ast
Smith ; prize for an English essay (given by the Literary causeway, of three fine children, a girl and d " J
well.
Union), King Smith. A vote of thanks to the chair- lof whom are healthy, and appear alike to ? esting
inter te .
man concluded the proceedings,and the meeting '
sepa. . •
is to be regretted that the parents of this „co CI
unexr
rated,l family are very poor, and unable to meet this
I demand upon them.

ITALY.
We read in the Pi'esse :—" We have already °POI
of numerous arrests having taken place at Vie°lriff
Ischl. It appears that there had been an el":iotay
conspiracy, in which several persons of the highesvo
lies are compromised." The same journal says fable;
last accounts from the Roman States are del;"°ihtfai
Assassinations in the provinces increase in a frith
or
manner. Four were committed in the sace of "i one
six days, namely, two at Faenza, one at Imola, and', the
at Castel-Bolognese. One of the victims is 4:1°,,1„, ac'
others are much wounded, but will recovor. rJ-17130.
count of serious disturbances having taken place 3„f the,
logna, Forli, Rimini, Ravenna, &c., on account of
rise in the price of corn is confirmed, and it is
that the Secretary of the little Republic of San .Iq3rl
has been assassinated."

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