The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-14 00:00:00

Mr. Alderman WOOD said he had had such a clause
in his Bill of last year, but it had been generally disapproved
of by the House.
Mr. HAWES said he should object to the five shil-
lings license contained in the clause, and he would divide the
House upon it.
The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none
took place.
On our return ye found
Colonel SIBTHORP moving his amendment with re-
gard to the badge or ticket to be worn by cabmen.
Captain BOLDERO said that he had once been driven
by a cabman who asked him if lie knew the Hon. Member
for Lincoln, informing him at the same time that he and
others had conspired and agreed if ever they caught the
Gallant Colonel in a cab they would upset him and break
his neck, by taking out the linch-pin.—(Laughter.) He
(Captain Boldero) asked him why he did not d,o it? And
the cabman replied that he thought hiv,own neck was as
valuable as the Gallant Colonel's ; and, moreover, the
Colonel once gave him seventeen shillings for driving him
three hours.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
Ayes ... . ..
Noes
Majority
On our return to the Gallery,
Colonel PERCEVAL was enforcing the propriety of
obliging the drivers to wear badges, as it could then be seen
who were the drivers that misconducted themselves ; it
would not be looked on by the men themselves as a
degradation.
After a short consultation the Gallery was again cleared
for a division. None however took place.
Mr. WAKLEY maintained that the duty to be paid by
drivers should be reduced to one shilling, in place of five.
On this point the House divided, when there appeared
for the original clause—
Ayes
Noes
Majority ..
Colonel SIBTHORP proposed that drivers should no
be under sixteen years of age, which was agreed to.
On the question that the clause, as amended, stand par
of the Bill,
Mr. WAKLEY insisted on dividing the House.
The House then divided, when the numbers were—
Ayes 33
Noes 25

Majority 8
, Clauses up to 17 were subsequently agreed to.
Clause 18, which provided that no "roken door, win-
dow, or step " should be allowed, or " unfit horse," or " car-
riage in unclean condition," be permitted, was withdrawn.
Clause 19, which tegulates the number of passengers in
public conveyances, and fixes them at eighteen, being pro-
posed,

Mr. :WA RBURTON said he should move as an amend-
ment, that the words " drawn by horses " should be inserted,
as the terms might apply to steam carriages capable of car-
rying 180.
Dr. BO WRING thought that the matter should be left
to be regulated according to public convenience, and said
he should divide the House for the omission of the clause.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the clause
For the amendment l7
Majority —2
The clause was then passed.
On clause 20 being proposed,
Mr. WAK LEY said that the law ought to be made to
apply just as much to the rich as to the poor—to gentle-
men's carriages and hackney carriages. He would move a
proviso to the effect that a plate should be placed in a con-
spicuous part of the inside and outside of all carriages, le-
gibly inscribed with the name and address of the owner, :in-
der a penalty for omission of 40s. He contended that the con-
duct of the coachmen of private gentlemen, especially at
large parties, where the streets were completely thronged,
was far more atrocious than the conduct of the drivers of
public vehicles. Almost every man's life was in danger ;
he was sure to meet with insult at least, and if he asked for
' the name of the owner of the carriage the only answer he
could obtain was " I wish you may get it," if not something
more severe. He should divide the House on it.
An HoN. MEMBER moved that the House be counted,
and there being only 39 Members present the House ad-
journed at Thirty-five Minutes past Seven o'Clock.

We hear that the Marquis of Hertford intends to
close his splendid fetes at his villa in the Regent's-park by
shortly giving a grand dejeuner a la fourchette, at which her
Majesty and other members of the Royal family are expected
to be present.
Farmers begin to be apprehensive of a second year's
failure in the turnip crop—a circumstance which has been
rarely known to occur.

MANCHESTER.—Trade, in this town, and in the
district surrounding it, is in a most prosperous condition.
On all sides are to be seen new mills and cottages, some
just completed, and others in course of erection. Several
additional factories are nearly built in Ashton, Duckinfield,
Staley-bridge, Rochdale, Bury, and Bolton ; and in the vil-
lage of Heywood, which only a short time ago was an insig-
nificant place, four hundred cottages will be built in the pre-
sent summer, with one or two very large factories, an inn, and
a church..—Manchester Tines.

The Stain!) Office arrangements for the transaction
of business under the new Stamp system are in a state of com-
pletion. Thirty persons are added to the usual number in the
stamping-rooms, and additional rooms are appropriated, in
expectation of a large increase of circulation.
BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.—Yesterday a requi-
sition was presented to the High Bailiff of the Borough of
Southwark, requesting him to convene a public meeting to
consider the subject of the anticipated resignation of Mr. D.
W. Harvey. The High Bailiff said it would be impossible
for him to give an answer until to-morrow (Thursday).

Mr. WYNN was astonished to hear such a charge called
a trumpery one by an Hon. Member of that House. A
Member of the House had been charged with foul and cor-
rupt conduct, and such a charge was called trumpery.—
(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member who thus designated it,
at the same time alluded to other charges against other
Hon. Gentlemen. If the reports were well founded, it was
the bounden duty of the Hon. Member to bring them be-
fore the House, even to the exclusion of important public
business. It was important to the performance of public
business that the character of those by whom it was trans-
acted should be unimpeachable.—(Hear, hear.) If such
charges were suffered to be passed by, it would be a sort of
Parliamentary acknowledgment that they could be made
with impunity.—( Hear, hear.) It would be almost admitt-
ing that the conduct so imputed was not shameful. If there
were foundation for those charges, the guilty should be
punished ; if there were no foundation, those should be
punished who brought them forward. Mr. W. Cundy
should be ordered to attend the House, the subject should
be inquired into, and it would be found—as all who knew
the Hon. Baronet were perfectly convinced—that the charge
was a most unfounded one.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord A. LENNOX, in seconding the proposition, was
satisfied that no member of the Committee would render
himself liable to such a charge, and least of all the Hon.
Baronet.

Mr. HAWES thought it was incumbent on the Hon.
and Gallant Member for Brighton, in reference to what he
had said of the tampering with the Committee, to give some
explanation, and not thus to throw out a general imputation.
Captain PECHELL had never intended to throw any
imputation. He merely alluded to the circumstance to show
what little weight should be attached to these rumours, and
how little they were worthy of being brought before the
House. He again repeated that he never intended in the
slightest degree to insinuate that the Committee had been
tampered with.
On the motion being put that Mr. Wilcox Cundy be or-
dered to attend the House on Monday next,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that as the character of an
Hon. Member was involved he should have no objection.
HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL.
On the proposal of the Order of the Day for going into
Committee on this Bill,
Mr. WARBURTON said the question had been so
often discussed in Committee upon other Bills, the details
of which were similar, that he should move that it be com-
mitted on this day six months.
Mr. Ald. WOOD thought his Hon. Friend had better
let the Bill go into Committee as the clauses which were
objected to on a former occasion were omitted. His Hon.
Friend had always crotchets of his own, to which he stuck
so closely that he imagined no person but himself was fit to
carry them out.—(A laugh.) One of his crotchets had
collected together all the surgeons, undertakers, grave-dig-
gers, and parish clerks—all that was connected with death
and burial—in the metropolis.—(Renewed laughter.) If,
as was expected, the Police Act should expire soon, the car-
rying of this Bill would be doubly necessary.
Mr. ANGERSTEIN was understood to say that many
of his constituents objected to the Bill.
Mr. H A WES said that when the Police Act was re-
newed, better provisions would be made with regard to
hackney carriages than those proposed by the Bill, and he
therefore hoped the Hon. Member would consent to post-
, pone the Bill.
Mr. WILKS thought the Bill a very necessary one, and
hoped the House would consent to go into Committee
upon it.
Mr. F.':MULE expressed a similar opinion.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the Committee llB
Against it... ..
Majority
The House then went into Committee, and clauses 1 and
2 were agreed to.
On the 3d clause being- proposed,
Col. SIBTHORP said he should move that the drivers
of cabriolets should wear a badge or ticket, to distinguish
them.