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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1851.

In the House of Lords last evening,
The Earl of DERBY moved that the papers laid be-
fore the 13,use during the present and last session re-
specting the representative institutions granted to the
Cape be referred to a Selee, Committee. The Noble
Earl, although he censured the course which had been.
pursued by the Colonial Secretary, denied that be was
actuated by party or personal hostility in bringing for-
ward this motion; his only object being to aid the Go-
vernment in escaping from a great difficulty by legis-

lation.
Earl GREY defended the policy which the Govern-
ment had pursued at the Cape of Good Hope, de-
precated any attempt at interference on the part of
eurliament es calculated to weaken the authority of the
Crown in the colony, and &Oar. d that it was impos-
sible to imagine what could have induced the Noble Earl
to bring tereard such a motion, except a desire to
secure a party toornr,h.
Toe Furl ni MALSIESBURY and Lord LYNDHURST
supported ih • m-eion, ,vetch was ot'p seed by Lord
CRANwoRTH awl the LORD CHANCELLOR.
Ttos Duke of ARGYLE
ta,
lextpi,,ree evint hiMiiai approval of
of
and
N,,,,
conduct of the .
n d the motion, ma One calculated to invalidate tre
:,,i'utrptih:(se, ericryr,;,,,tnt.ne mother country and impair the powers
Lord WEIARNCLIFFE thought it inexpedient to refer
suoh questioes :o a select Committee.
Tat, Duke of NEWCASTLE would abstain from support-
ing the motion it h,, tnought it involved a vote of cen-
sure on the Government.
The E trl of DERBY r, plied, and
The House divided—Contents, 68; non-contents, 74 ;
maj,,ri y in favour of Ministers, 6.
In the House of Commons, at the morning sitting,
The Harwich Election Committee reported that Mr.
It. W. CRAWFoRD had not been duly elected, and that
the last election tor that borough was a void election.
Tee House was occupied in Committee with the , etail
of the Couety Courts further Extension Bill during the
whole sitting.
At the evening sitting,
Mr. EwART moved certain resolutions, the objects of
which were to reduce the Lumber of Members and im-
prove the composition of Select (public) Committees of
the House, and to prescribe three instead of five as a sut-
cient quorum of Members for a Select Committee.
The motion was, after a short debate, withdrawn, upon
an intimation from Lord J. RusseLL that he would not
oppose the appointment of a Select Committee next ses-
sion to consider the subject.
Lord NAAS moved a resolution, pledging the House
to rt solve itself into a Committee on a future day to
consider the present state of the milling interest in Ire-
land.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the effect of agreeing to
the motion would be to revive the corn-laws; fur Eng-
lish millers would demand the same protection that was
given to Irish millers, and the protection that was given
to the millers could not be refused to the tarmers.
Mr. J. STUART and Mr. ANSTEY supported the mo-
tion, which was opposed by Mr. ROCHE.
Mr. NEWDEGATE, in supporting the motion, made an
attack upon the principles of free trade generally, and
was replied to by Mr. J. WILSON.
Colonel DUNNE would have every interest in Ireland
protected.
Lord NAAS having replied, the House divided, when
the motion was negatived by 128 against 93.
Certain Bills were advanced a stage, and the other
orders being di-posed of, the House adjourned at a
Q.larter to One o'cl, ck.

Majorities have latterly become so scarce with her
MAJESTY'S Ministers, that even the trivial one of six,
obtained last evening in the House of Lords, is really
to them a matter of serious congratulation. It will
be observed from the discussion provoked upon this
occasion by the Earl of DERBY'S motion condemna-
tory of the policy of the Colonial Secretary, that
against the almost despairing weakness of the
Cabinet was brought to bear all the spite, the
virulence, and the audacity of a resolute and factious
Opie sitiou. These considerations should not be over-
looked by the people, if it is desiredlthat justice should
be done by them to the latest and not least remark-
able of the few triumphs achieved by the Govern-
ment. In the instance Apecified it was the unpopular
head of the Colonial Department of the Administra-
tio❑ bgainst whom the whole fury of the attack was
directed. Coustquently the danger impending over
Ministers was proportiona!aly greater than that
formerly originating in the attack upon the popular
chieftain of the Furtign Department, as the Earl
GRLY'S diminutive corps of supporters is eclipsed by
the " troops of friends" ever attendant in such
emergencies on Viscount PALMERSTON. Added to
the violent hostility evinced throughout last night's
deb.ite by the Earl of DERBY, the originator of the
discussion, was the deliberate enmity of Lord LYND.•
BURST ; the indirect support accorded to the argue
ne-nts of both those Peers by the Duke of NEW-
CASTLE ; and the earnest encouragement of the assault
by the Earl of MALMESBURY. Mean while it must be
rememb( red that Lord Caaewoatet insisted strongly
upon the legality of Earl GREY'S proceedings as Colo•
nial Secretary; that this opinion was, moreover, most
cordially coincided in by the LORD CHANCELLOR
himself ; that the Duke of ARGYLL objected to the
motion as to one altogether without signification; and
that it was with equal emphasis deprecated as ill-
timed by Lord NV HA ItNCLIFFE. Such were the
Peers who participated in the discussion of yesterday,
besides the Noble Statesman who himself endea-
voured to ward off the deadly blows of his antago-
nists by a maturely-considered and explicit
counter statement. From the arguments ad-
vanced upon both sides it may be perceived
what is really the situation of affairs in the Cape
Colony, and how far the head of the Colonial Depart-
ment of the Government is responsible for the diffi-
culties which have stood in the way of establishing
representative institutions in that quarter of our
trans-marine possessions. Every feature of the sub-
ject was yesterday closely examined into by the one
or other of the different speakers. So that no doubt
can any longer remain in the public mind upon the
position of political matters in Cape Tow❑ after last
night's debate in the Upper House of the Imperia:
14, gi- lafure.

Referring to the convict question, to the secession
of the four councillors, to the acceptance of their with•
drawals by the Governor, and to the dispatches of the
Colonial Secretary, the Earl of DERBY contrived to
make out a very plausible case against her MAJESTY'S
Government—plausible, we mean, to all those indivi-
duals who have not scrupulously exatnin,:d into the
rights of the matter themselves. Legoinuch was this
the case, that we find some among our contemporaries
designating the speech of the Noble Lord as one cha-
raccerised by its exceeding fairness, although in reality
than it no Inure party speech was ever delivered
within the wails of the British Parliament. Other-
wise than for factious purposes—otherwise than to
further the cause of the Opposition—otherwise than
to encourage the hopes and foster the interests of the
various aspirants for the good things of office, the
motion of the Earl of DERBY cannot but be regarded
US altogether idle and objectless—as was, indeed,
observed pleasingly enough in the very ten-
Bible commentaries uttered by his Grace the
Duke
of ARGYLL. According to the opinion of the
last-mentioned Peer, such a motion as the one intro-
duced by the Earl of DERBY wes calculated not
merely to impair the authority of the Crown in the
colony, but must, if carried, necessitate the addition
of two or three months to the session for the purpose
of enabling Parliament to supply the Cape with
alto ter constitution. Recognising and appreciating
these things, it is impossible not to regard both the
speech and the motion of the Noble Earl the leader
of the Protectionists as of a most factious and disin-
genuous character. !therefore it is that we rejoice the
more cordially in the success obtained by her
MAJESTY'S Ministers over their antagonists, a success
the more deserved from the integrity of the policy
pursued, in this inslance, throughout by the Now,
Lord the Principal Secretary in the Colonial Depart-
ment. His defence, last evt.-ning, of his own adminis-
tration, in regard to the Cape colonists, must be re-
garded as, perhaps, the most bfillisnt evidence of his
abilities yet afforded since the formation of the plc-
sent Government.

le cab.extortinn nuisance continues to flourish,
we apprehend, in comprehensive and vigorous vitality.
It was only the other day that the Chief COMMIS..
sioner of the Metropolitan Police, Mr. MAYNE him-
self, had to summon an unjust Jehu before the ma-
gisterial tribunal; and the columns of the daily prints
are perpetually furnishing instances of the tyrannous
exactions of CAbdorn on the street travelling Cote•

munity. We have known ourselves where, on a very
recent occasion, a party was refu=frd to he conveyed
from Sloane-square to the foot of Westminster-bridge,
on the Surrey side, for a less fare than three shil-
lings, being one shilling more than the fare from
Chelsea Hospital to the Waterloo Station, as given,
of course correctly according, to admeasurement, in
the tables published by the South-Western :Railway.
We may be sure that the cases of overcharge which
meet the public eye constitute a very small portion
of the " highway robberies" which actually occur.
Between unwillingness, on the part of some, to lose
time in taking out a summons and appearing against
a delinquent, and timidity on that of others, who
cower before the thundercloud of charioteering
slang, ever prompt to burst in volleys on the
head of him or her who recalcitrates against
" bleeding freely," these pests of the metropolis,
nine times out of ten, get off scot free with the spoils
of their audacity, laughing the unhappy grumbler to
scorn. If the piratical lord of the whip have a smat-
tering of classic lore, he may with much self•com-
placency apply to himself the flittering unction which
the miser in Horacq layeth to his soul,
"Populus me sibtint, at mihi plaudn,
Ipse domi, bimul ac nummos cuntemplor in lasi"

Sh“uld any yokel take it into his head, that in a
city enjoying such a large and efficient police as the
capital undoubtedly does, he will be taken per cab
any aistance required, with an adherence to the
printed tariff of fares, let him, at the end of his ride,
tender ti,e precise amount, or hold out some larger
coin in the expectation of the accurate balance being
handed over, which, not forthcoming, he may gently
hint at a rightful settlement of accounts ; and if
NEMESIS does not descend upon him in the form of a
shower of courteous and complimentary expressions,
he must assuredly have fallen upon a phenomenon
among the fraternity.
We have seen several suggestions promulgated on
this sutject, especially in the columns of a morning
contemporary, who gave two or three powerful
hits at the system ; but the iniquity is too compact
and mighty to be overthrown by desultory attacks.
One remedy might, in our opinion, be ap-
plied with a considerable degree of advantage,

and that is an alteration of the existing fares. Who
ever dreams of offering " eightpence-," or " one-and-
fourpence," or such fractional parts of " the whole
hog ?" Let the fare be simply at the rate of sixpence
a mile, throwing half miles altogether out of account.
Many a person wishing to ride a mile would wil-
lingly take a sixpenny worth where he is now unwil-
ling to spend a shilling for the purpose. The present
shilling fare would be, under this sy stem, a shilling
still ; one-and fourpence would be superseded by a
shilling; one. and- eigbtpence and two shillings by one
and sixpence ; two-and-fourpence aid two-and-eight-
pence by two shillings, and so on. Mode-
rate fares, paid thus in what we term
round sums, would increase the number of

cab-patronizers very considerably, and we firmly be-
lieve prove in the long run a source of increased emo•
lumeut to the proprietors and drivers themselves. We
would not have a man compelled to overweight bis
vehicle, or anything like it. The above proposition
does not go beyond the freight of a cargo of two
adults and a child on the knee. Any additional in-
dividual ought to be charged extra, say at the rate of
sixpence not exceeding two miles, and a shilling if
above that distance. Moreover, as those who love
"to fly by night," when other people are in
their quiet beds, should bethink them that night-work
constitutes a large ingredient in the wear and
tear of man and horse, let midnight revellers,
even as many of them are prone to see double, be
taken as counting double, and a double fare be charge-
able between twelve at night and five or six o'clock
in the morning. If some such sort of regulations
as these we have thrown out were uniformly adopted,
and strictly enforced on the terminal cabstands at
Euston-square, King's-cross, Shoreditch, London-
bridge, Waterloo-road, and Paddington, by the
several railway companies, the root of the present
crying evil of overcharge would be struck at, and a
substantial convenience and comfort rendered to the
community.

THE A DELPHL—MISS Wfinl gar Will take her bene-
fit at the Adelphi to-night (Wednesday ). The pieces se-
ected are such as will thoroughly display the great vesatility
of her talent. In Holcrott'a Road to Ruin she will represent
the artless Sophia ; she will be the simple Tom Crop in the
School for Tigers. and she will shine forth as the audacious
daring young lover iu the operetta of Good Night, Signor
Pautalon.

PLAIS.—In drawing attention to Mr.
Aliicheli's benefit, announced fur his evening, we glacly
avail ourselves of the occasion to bear testimony to the h gh
claims which that gentleman has to the support of the pub-
lic, tor whose amusement be has fur many years catered with
a degree of .pirit and liberality which must rather have as.
vanced his tame than his interests. The bil is a must at•
tractive on., and consists of Les Horuces, a little one-act
piece b, Pons.rd. which has had great success in Paris,
celled Horace et Lydie and II fuut qu'une Porte soft Ouverte
ou Ferolee.-1 Imes.

VAUXHALL.—The gardens of Vauxhall were yes
terday devoted to the benevolent purpose of aiding the funds
tor the relief of the suffers by famine in the Western High-
lands and Islands of Scotland. The fate was under the
patronage of the Highland Society of London, and the ar-
rangements were made hy Mr. Wardell, proprietor of
the place. Everything was satisfactory. During the day
Highland pipers, Highland dancers, and Highland athletes
contended in their respective vocations for prizes, and af-
fOided c nsidersble amusement. The boys and girls of the
Royal Caledonian As) lum sere present, and the juvenile
band pl yed many national tunes in the best style. Iu ad-
dition to these attractions, the usual entertainments in the
circus and other parts of the gardens were di-played. The
appearance of the grounds was altogether gratit)ing, and
the number of the company assembled promis d an increase
to the funds, which cannot tail of being acceptable. The
younger visitors enjoyed the various sights with great satis-
fact.uu•

BALL IN AID OF THE WARD SCHOOLS AND
ISPENSA RIES 07 TIIZ CITY OF LONDON.—The ball in aid
of the funds of the Ward 6cliouls and Dispensaries of the
city of London takes place this evening at the Guildhall,
which will be fitted up precisely as it was on the occasion of
her ilajesty's visit. W e cannot doubt but that the ball will
be a very crowded one, for, independently of the e,'cellence
of its object, there can be no doubt but the many who were
unable to get a glimp,eof the fittings up and decorations on
the occasion ~f her .Majesty's visit will eagerly embrace this
opportunity of gratifying their curiosity.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The following degrees
were yesterday conferred: Master of Arts—Branch
I.—
Classics—Edward Aldam Leathern, University College.
Branch 111. Logic, moral philosophy, ptulos.phy ot the
mind, political philosophy, political economy—Philip Chap.
man Barker, Spring-hill College, Bachelor of Laws. First
Division—Alfred Wills, University College. Second Divi-
sion—Samuel Bruce, University °liege ; John Gotch Hep-
burn, University College; Patrick O'Donovan, St. Patrick'a
College, Carlow ; Hamilto:, Charles Palmer, University Col-
lege. Examination for amours—Principles ot Legislation—
Alfred ills (scholarship), University College ; Samuel
Bruce John Gotch Hepburn, and Hamilton Charles Palmer
(equal), University College.

ROMISH TOLERATION.—"I he Government of Aus-
tria has published a decree prohibiting the use, in public and
other schools, of any books that have been written by Pro-
testants.

THE METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY COMMITTEE.
Yesterday this Committee, Sir James Graham in the
chair, met for about its 15th time. Dr. Challis, Mr. Day,
brewer, 13trinondsey ; Mr. J. L Tabberner, and Mr. Yates
Freebody, C.E., were examined in support of the ratepayers'
case, and amusingly cross-examined by Mr. James. The
Hon. Chairman expressed an opinion, in the course of the
proceedings, that the evidence adduced did nut tend to sup.
port the case on behalf of which it was adduced, and that if
there were no further evidence to be brought forward by Mr.
Vaughan to-day, it should be understood that Mr. Sergea t
Wralignam should open the case of the companies generally
on Tnursday. Upon this understanding the Committee ad-
journed to this day, the Learned Counsel representing the
companies observing that they were very an ions to proceed
with their case, as the cost of their opposition to the Bill
could not be less than 1,0 01. a day.

THE GREAT EXUlRlTlON.—Yesterday the unpre.
cedentedly large numLer of 74,122 persons visited the Cry&
tal Palace, and 3,51:91 Bs. was taken in shillings at the (lows.

ASODU REHAB& HOUSE.— His Excellency Baron
Brunnow g4ve an entertainment on Monday night to the Rus-
sian merchants and fabric owners who have come over to
this country as contributors or visitors to the Great Exhibi-
tion of all nations.

REPRESENTATION or ilAnwicu.—lt will be seen
by our Parliamentary report that Mr. Crawford has been
unseated upon petition of Mr. Prinstp, and that the election
has been declared a void one.

We understand that Lieut.-General the Right
Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.8., wilt receive the appoint-
ment of Governor of Malta, tog, they with the command of
the troops stationed in that island. Sir Frederick served
many years in the Medi. erranean, with the army in Sicily,
and subs, quently, as Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands from which he was removed upon his appointment
to the Madras Presidency in 1832.—Chronicle.
LOSS ,OF A COLLIER AND MOST OF HER CREW.—
PLYMOUTH, DIONDAY.—The Joe Anderson collier, Holton
master, belonging to the Coal Association at this port, was
lost in the Bristol Chanrel, off Weston-super-Mare, on Sun-
day morn it,g— all hands perishing except a man named
Philip,, Crapp, and a boy named Sweet, who were saved by
clinging to a spar, by which they remained seven hours.
THE STEPNEY ABDUCTION CASE.—It will be re-
collected that, at the May sessions of the Central Criminal
Court, a vom g man named William Dry was convicted,
under the Bish, pof Oxford's Act, of the abduction of a
young woman named Harriet Newman, whose statement
was a very extraordinary one. He was sentenced to twelve
months' bard labour; but since the conviction took place, a
statement of facts has been laid before Sir George Grey,
through the exertiot,s of Mr. Field, of the Society for the
Protection of Young Females, and the Right Hon. Baronet.
after taking them into consideration, advised her Majesty to
grant the frieoner a free pardon. Re is now at liberty-