The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

possession of the castle. The superintendent at Liverpool
accordingly sent off an inspector at ten o'clock at night to
warn the authorities at Chester. Tho Secretary of State,
on receiving information of this, at once put the general
commanding the district and the Mayor of Chester in
communication, and authorised the latter if he thought it
necessary to send for an additional company of the 54th
Regiment from Preston. In the course of yesterday it
appeared that the number of strangers collected at
Chester had increased to between 1,500 and 1,600, and that
they were bent on carrying out the design attributed to
them. Thereupon the mayor wrote to say that additional
troops were required, and requested authority to send for
them to Manchester and Preston. It was, however, the
opinion of the commander-in-chief that it was undesirable
to weaken the force at these places, and that if additional
troops were required, a battalion of Guards should b 3 sent
down. That was telegraphed early last evening to the
Mayor of Chester, and in the meantime directions were
given to have a train ready to convey 500 men. At ten
o'clock last night a telegram was received from the mayor
stating that it was necessary that the troops should be sent,
and they accordingly left London at one o'clock this morn-
ing, arriving in Chester a few hours afterwards. Up to the
present time the Government have heard noticing more,
but I have seen a private telegram from Lord Grosvenor
(who has gone down to command the yeomanry) to Lord
Elcho, in which it is stated that the aspect of matters had
been very serious, and that the town of Chester had only
been saved 1)3 the timely precautions taken.

TRAFFIC REGULATION METROPOLIS BILL.
The Earl of BELMORE moved the second reading of
this bill, the object of which was, he said, to regulate the
traffic of the metropolis. It was proposed to prohibit the
cleaning and scavengering of the streets after ten o'clock
in the morning; to forbid the loading and unloading of
coals and casks between ten o'clock in the morning and
seven o'clock in the evening; to prevent persons loading
or unloading goods on the pavement or leaving them there
any longer than is necessary for the purpose of their being
conveyed into a house or warehouse from the vehicles in
which they are brought; to prohibit the driving of cattle
through the streets after ton o'clock in the morning ; to pro-
vide that vehicles carrying iron girders, long ladders, or
articles of that ;description shall not be driven through the
streets between ten o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock
in the evening; that omnibuses and cabs shall put down
passengers as near the kerbstone as may be ; and that
placards shall not be carried through the streets. There
are also clauses in the bill enabling the authorities to make
special rules for the regulation of the traffic in narrow and
crowded thoroughfares, such as Cheapside and other streets.
By the portion of the bill relating to hackney carriages it
is provided that every person taking a cab off the stand
shall be bound to pay the driver at least a shilling, and
that, on the other hand, the cabman shall be bound to have
a lamp in the inside of his vehicle. Under other clauses
an encouragement is hold out to cab proprietors to place a
superior class of vehicles than at present on the streets, for
which they will be authorised to charge a higher fare. At
present there is a great difficulty as to the removal of snow
from the streets, but this bill will make it the duty of the
local authority to remove the snow both from the footway
and the roadway; and on their failure to do so they may
be summoned by any one before a magistrate. Under ano-
ther clause stray dogs wandering about the streets may be
seized by the police, and if not claimed within three days
they may be destroyed or sold. The bill will apply to the
district within a radius of four miles from Charing-cross.
In reply to Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY,

The Earl of BEL3IORE said that he was perfectly wil-
ling to refer the bill to a select committee, if this course
was thought desirable. The fare of ls. to bo paid on hiring
a cab would cover a drive of two miles.

After a brief conversation, in which the Marquis of
WESTMEATH and the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH took part,
the bill was read a second time.

The house adjourned at a quarter before 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. —LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took tho chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Sir. J. B. KARSLAKE took the oath and his seat for
Andover.

A petition was presented from Sir Fitzroy Kelly pray-
ing that before the publication of certain letters concerning
private character, which contain a number of false charges,
the house would institute a searching inquiry into the
whole of the circumstances connected therewith.