The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

THE OMNIBUS MONOPOLY.

The omnibus monopoly is becoming a perfect
nuisance to the public. A French company has
got possession of every route through the nrietr
polis, upon the distinct promises that there should
be decided improvement in the canines, civility on
the part of the servants, and punctuality in the
performance of the journey—not one of which has
been fu'filled. Not only live they retained all the
old and warn-out carriages, but the servants have
heroine proverbial for their incivility ; and when
once a poor unfortunate passenger has been shoved
head foremost into the dirty frowsy interior, he
has no assurance that he will ever get to the end of
his journey, and most certainly if he has made ,an
appointment he will have no chance of keeping it.
But this is not all. The company, being in posses-
sion of every line, has resolved there shall be no
competition. Any private proprietor who has the
hardihood to venture upon sending out an omnibus
may rest satisfied that no peace will be al owed him,
and that not a passenger will be permitted to enter
his conveyance, if it be possible to prevent it. The
oldsystent,.as it is called, of " nursing" has been
revived, which means that two omnibuses belonging
to the company are put on immediately, the one to
precede, and the other to follow, the opposition
vehicle,
and to so great an extent has this
species
of intolerable tyranny proceeded that the
driver is allowed no rest whatever. If he goes
to the stables to put up his horses, the rival om-
nibuses accompany him. As soon as he starts they
are after and upon him, whilst he is loaded with
a torrent of that language which is unfortunately
so familiar to the ears of the travellers in omni-
buses, andis not unfrequently of such a character;
that ladies dare scarcely venturine,tieoectir,ahvaeil Itirmetlsiyesse.
proScoeefdaer), that we have it on
public
tem ofco“nnvuelysainngce,s.
the assurance of a most trustworthy correspon-
dent, that the omnibus which has. been Put on the
Holloway-road by the Me
the tnbitz
tropo.tSarailziaCom-
pany, at the request of
required a slight alteration in the springs, was
driven the other day to a respectable
i coachmakerts
in Drury-lane, and although this s out of the
route of any omnibus, was followed thither by
one of the London Company's carriages, which
stopped till it started, and followed it wherever it
went. The driver I eing expostulated with declared
that he had no alternative, for if he did not
" nurse" his rival, he would be sure to be turned
out of his situation.

Such conduct as this is decidedly in utter con-
travention of the law, no less than against the very
sprit of fair and honest dealing. It is had enough
fur the pu+•lic to have nothing but wretched ac-
commodation from this monopoly ; but such a
course of conduct as that we have described is al-
together intolerable.--Morning paper.

Handicap Plate of 50 soya each, for 3 yr-olds and up-
wards. A.F. .(1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards.)
Mr. R. E. Cooper's Claude Lorraine, 3 yes, Set 9th
(Dear) 1
Mr. Raxworthy's Knight of Avon, 4 yrs, 7st Blb
(Hughes) 2
Lord Exeter's NoiPette, aged, Bst (Norman) 3
The following also ran.:—Tyre, Uzella, Druid, Tame
Deer, Bracken, Laura Selina, c by Sotterley, Tam
O'Shanter, and Admiral of the White.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Claude Lorraine, 6 to 1 agst
Bra, ker, 7 to 1 each agst Tame Deer and Druid, 8 to 1
each agst Noisette and Knight of Avon. Won by a
neck ; bad third ; Druid, Bracken, and Admiral of the
White passed the post close together, about four lengths
behind Noisette ; Laura Selina was last.

Sweepstakes of 50 soya each for r-olds ; colts, 84 71b;
fillies, Bst 4tb; not engaged in the Column Stakes ;
those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a
winner allowed 4lb ; only one allowance. D.M. (7
fur. 201 yards.) 8 subs.
Sir It. Bolkeley's 8,1 ETeranza Bst 41b (Barnby) 1
Mr. Chambers's Hegira, 84 41b (S. Rogers) 2
Captain White's Moose, Bst 71b (E. Sharpe) 3
General Peel's Messenger, 84 3'b (Eiernan) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Bel Esperanzs, 2 to 1 agst He-
gira, 4 to 1 each agst Moose and Messenger (at first 2 to
1 was taken about Messenger). Ware made the running
with Bel Esperanza second, the other two lying together.
_On entering the cords Bel Eiperanzo took the lead and
won by a length and a half ; half a length between the
second and third ; Messenger, who pulled up lame; was
beaten five lengths from the third.

Sweemtakes Plate of 50 cove; 3 yr•cicle, Est 1216; four,
84 71b; five, 94; six and aged, 9st 31b; the winner to
be sold tor 300 sove, if demanded, &c. D.M. •
Mr. Byrn's Stnrmail, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Snowden) 1
Lord Euter's Beechnut, 3 yrta, 6st 121 h (Fordharn) 2
Mr. Bayley's Bird-in-Hand, 4 yrs, Bst 7113 (Flatman) 3
Refreshment and 2Ethon also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 asst Stormsail, 2to 1 aget Bird-in-
Hand, 3to 1 apt Beechnut, Won, after a good race
in, by a head, the second beating the third by a length ;
bad fourth. 2Ethon broke a bloolvessel, and was
• topped after going !waif way.
The Column Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies Bst 41b ; those by stallions or out
of mares that never produced a winner allowed 31b ;

. if both, 51b. R.M. (1 milel7 yards.) Eighteen subs.,
Lord Portsmouth's Ayacanora, by Irish Birdcatcher,
Bst 41h
Mr. R. E. Cooper's King of the Forest, 71b,
(Flattnan) 2
Mr. J. Merry's Special Licence, Bst 41b (Kendall) 3
Church Langton and Dundas also ran.

Betting-7 to 4on Ayacanora, 4to 1 agat King of the
Forest, 10 to 1 agst Special Licence. Dundas made play,
followed by Church Langton and King of the Forest
second and third. Aftergoing about half way, Ayacanora,
who bad been pulling double, took up the running, and
Dundas dropped back. The favourite was not after-
wards headed and won easily by a length ; the second
beating the third by a head ; bad fourth. Dundas was
beaten off..

LATEST BETTING.
GREAT NORTHERN.
.4
to I offered on the field
7to 1 aget Skirmisher (off)
CHESTER CUP.
13 to 1 aget Mineepie
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
9 to 2 apt Vedette
6to 1 agst Kent (offered)
6to 1 agst Loyola
15 to 2 agst Anton
Anton in force; 1,000 even that he is one of the first
,hree (taken)

DERBY.

25 to 1 agst Anton
45 to 1 agst Chevalier d'lndustrie

. DURHAM RACES.—TUESDAY.
(ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.)
The Scurry Handicap Stakes of 3 cove each,. with 20
added. T.Y.C.. .Five subs.
Mr. Allen's Sulpitia, by Vatican, 3 yrs, fist 12,
(Cballoner) 1
Mr. Wanlass's Lady Durham, 5 yrs, 7st 10tb (Evans) 2
Mr. Henderson's Phaedra, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Wilberforce) 3
The following also ran :—Keolar, and Potboy.
Betting.—Even on Sulpitia, 2 to 1 agst Potboy, 3 to 1
agst any other. Won by two lengths; a length between
the second and third.
The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25
added, for two.yr.olds. T.Y.C. Five subs.
Mr. J. Osborne's Spider, by Woolwich, 7st 31b (251.)
(Challoner) 1
Mr. J. Bell's Queen of Trumps, Est 13lb (251.) (Ducker) 2
Mr. Harrison's Hadji, Bst 2IF. (601 ) - (Bates) 3
The following also ran :—C,,luinbia, and Busy Bee.
Betting.—Even on Queen of Trumps, 2 to 1 agst Co-
lumbia, 3 to 1 apt Spider. Won cleverly by half a length.
There was no bid fd,r the winner.
The Hunt Cup, value 50 go, by subscriptionof 5 gs each,
with 20 added for horses that have been regularly
bunted, &c. ; llst 41b each ; thoroughbred horses,
• 10113 extra; gentlemen riders. (Two miles) Six out.
Mr. Deighton's The. Emperor (late Radcliffe Hero„
aged, 12st . (0 .ner) 1
Mr. Curry's Phoenix, 6 yrs, 121 (Mr. Corm) 2
Captain Spoor's Cavendish, aged, 12st (Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Rifleman, and Polka.
Betting. -7 to 4 agot Cavendish, 2 to 1 apt Phenix,
4to 1 each agst Rifleman and The Emperor. Won by
three lengths, the same distance between the second and
third.
The New Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for two
and three-yr-olds ; allowances and penalties ; the se-
mud to save his stake. T.Y.C. 6 subs.
Capt. Grey's Duneany, 2 yrs, bat 111 b ...(J. Forster) 1
Mr. Dawson's Gorse Hill, 2 yrs, 7st (Bullock) 1
Mr. Jackson's Spread Egle9 2 yrs, let (Challoner) 3
Bet Ling-5 to 4on Spread Eagle, 2to 1 agst Gorse
Hill, 7 tat agst Duneany. Won by a neck ; bad third.
The North Durham Handicap Stakes of 5 soya. each,
with 50, added ; the second to save his stake. (One
mile.) 13 subs.
Mr. J. Osborne's Walhalla, 3 yrs, sst 10lb (Challoner) 1
Mr-. Davidson's Baroda, 5 yrs, 6st 131b....(J. Forster) 2
Mr. Dawson's The Little Cob, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Bullock) 3
The follo wing also ran-Cardsbarper, Plausible, Coona7
burland Stathesmon, and Blarney.
Betting-4 to 2 agst Cardsharper, 3to 1 agst Plea-
sible, 4 to 1 agst Baroda, 9to 2 'agst Walhalla. Won
by a head ; a length between the second and third, and
a neck between the third and fourth ; Plausible was a
good fifth. •
The Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 20 added ; the
second to save his stakes. (One mile and a quarter.)
6 subs..
Mr. Allen's Sulpitia, 3 yrs, sst 4lb (301.) (Challoner). 1
Mr. Barron's Honesty, 4 yrs, let 41t, (501 ) (Ducker) 2
Mr. Stewart's Potboy, 3 yrs, 785 (50/.) (Bullock) 3
The fi 110 wing also ran—Young Napoleon and Angelo.
Betting-2 to lon Sulpitia. Won by half a length;
good third The winner was Nought in for 33 guineas.

CATTERICK-BRIDGE RACES—WEDNESDAY.
Craven Handicap. (About one mile.)

admiral Lyons
Martlet
Ba.roda

[Nine ran. Won easy.
Nir,o Easby Triennial Produce Stakes for two-ye Ar-olds.
Straight run in.

Meta.
Night Ranger
Kelpie

Eight ran.
The Brough Handicap. (Two milep.)

Norton..
Gaudy
Greencastle

Six ran.
Eighth Easby Triennial Stakes for three-year-olds.
Sir Colin
•8
Peto

CHESTER SPR
Acceptances for the

NG MEETING.
)heshire Welter Cup.

Age at lb
Prince of Orange.. 4 10 9
December
Odd Trick
Torn Thumb
Acceptances for tl
Age at lb
Stork
Maid of Derwent 4 8 0
Prince of Orange 4 7 8
Imogene 5 7 4
Brack en 6 7 0
Hartley Luck 5 7 0
Alma 4 7 0
St. Giles 3 7 0
Rubble . 4 6 8

Age st to
The Sbadow
Gunboat 3 9 7
Sir Colin
Codrington
e Cheshire Stakes

Age st lb
c by Touchstone
out of Diphthong 3 6 7
c by Orlando, out
of Ma Mie 3 6 7
Old Torn 4 6 6
Gre)ling 3 5 11
Special Licence 3 5 11
Gilliver
Kenerdy 3 5 0

YORK RACES.—See London Racing Indicator Circular
for probable winners, on Saturday. By Chifncy, price
thirteen:-pence. Last week's circular named thirteen
winners ■p to Wednesday night. 1, Savof-hill, Strand,
London.

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Tl,e Albreda Convention, though relatirg to a
subject of no great magnitude, is credito.bleto the
good sense and moderation both of the French and
of the English Government. It settles tiro con.
troversies which hare been ever and anon busting
cut iu a small way fort the last forty yea..s,'arid
which any indiscretion of local officers mightat any
time have ri} ened into a very unpleasant
By this Convention Fi ante transfers to Begand a
small factory called Albreda, which she his per-
siSted in regarding as national property, rp the
'river Gambia on the western coast of Africa ; while
England formally abandons certain righti of trad-
ing in the Bay of Portendic, which her meiclaiits
have not, we believe, exercised for the last twelve
or fifteen years. By the cession of Albreds Eng-
land become,, in point of fact, what she his long
been in point of law, complete mistress of tae im-
poeant river Gambia. By England's cession of
a right to trade at POrtendic; France • hopes at last
to gain what it has long been an object of her
national policy to secure, a complete monopoly of
the trade in Gum Senegal, and the concentration of
that trade iu her own settlements on the river
Senegal.
On the abandonment of that right, the Trazar
Moors, who collect the sum iu the forests which
border ou the great Sahara,' will lose all chance
of inolocinL English, traders again to enter into
competition with the Rrenchl'or theiliirchase of
that commodity ; and aq, in all human probability,
the French will not go to the trouble, inconve-
nience, and expense of appearing in the Bay of Port-
endic as buyers; the Moors will be compelled to
carry their gum for sale, to St.. Louis, on the Sene-
gal. But by this change England will not be any
loser, and.the Moors, let us trust, will in some re-
spects be gainers. e shall not lose ; for, since-
our merchants were, some twenty years ago, driven
by Lord Aberdeen's lathes out of the Portendic
trade, the progress of chemical science . has econo-
mically superseded the use of gum by starch in
our manufactures. Gradually, therefore, the Eng-
lish Government has (very wisely as it now turns
out) diminished the relations which it once assidu-
ously cultivated with the Trazar Moors. It was in

the habit, down to within the last few years, of
making them considerable annual presents. These
have, however, latterly been discontinued ; and
though the Moors lately offered to renew the trade

in gum on the coast on receipt of one-half-their ac-
customed presents, the houses engaged iii the Afri-
can trade felt no disposition to renew a commerce
which, owing to the mismanagement" of Lord
Aberdeen, had formerly. involved them in such
seriouslosses. At bes t the trade in itsmost profitable
times was full of inconveniences. The coat of the
Bay of Portendic is a desert, and the Moors coin=
ing down laden with their gum had to be fedirom
ou board ship ; a compulsoryhcspitality which pro-

tracted the trade and au
gmented the cost of the ven-
ture. Henceforward we shall get the little gum we.
use, as in point of fact we have latterly done, from
France. We lose nothing, then, by this surrender
of our right to trade on the gum coast.
Our former competition with the French for the
gum collected in the Sahara forests might, perhaps,
in some degree have raised the price to the Moors ;
but it brought, we fear, greater evils than benefits
on • the Trozars. For not only did the French

Government contest our right to trade in the Bay
of Portendic, but whenever we began seriously to
assert that right, the French local authorities were
sure to pick a quarrel with the Moors, declare war
against them, and then institute a blockade of the
coast. Out of a proceeding of this kind arose the
celebrated POtendic claims (so zealously asserted
by LardtPalmerstou' and so shabbily abandoned by
Lord Aberdeen), involving as immense mass of angry
controversy with Louis Philippe's Government. And
down to the present time these attempts to coerce the
gum trade have constantly led to wars between the
Trazar Moors and the French at Senegal, which the
secure possession of the commerce under the conven-

tion of London will, we venture do hope, completely
terminate. At all events, while we lose nothing by
the surrender of the right, France gains a long-
cherished object of her national policy. in Western
Africa.

The cession of Albreda- by the French to the
English Government ism however, in every way a
very substantial. gain to England_ In the first
place, it is the surrender of a national factory,
which it is plain to all who have f Mowed the di,-
cussion or studied the question, France had uo right
to possess in the river Gambia, the sovereignty of
which even the French Government in Louis
Philippe's time admitted to be in England. It was
by very gross neglect; after the peace of 'lBl5, that
the English authorities permitted a French private
estahlishinent at A►breda to assume a national cha-

ratter. It is true that by the treaties of 1814 and
1815 we restored to France her African settlements,
of which we had deprived her during the war, but
Albreda was not a settlement within the scope of
those treaties. Nevertheless, the French perse-
vered in treating this little comptoir as a French
settlement, entit!ed to hoist the French flag and to
receive French protection. The possession 'of this
small factory in a grew, British river was used by
the French under Louis Philippe in a manner cal-
culated te (five serious offence to the Colonial au-
thorities of St. Mary's, Bathurst, and annoyance to
the English Government. In December, 1842, the
Prince de Joinville, it will not be forgotten, forced
his way up the Gambia to Albreda, and refused, in
passing, to salute the British flag 4t St. Mary's
This act of discourtesy produced a correspondence
between the two Governments ; and on the 21st of
March, 1843, M. Guizot was compelled to express,
the disapprobation of the French Government of
an act in which the son of his sovereign had been a
promim nt party.
It is not, however, in the temptation which the
possession of Alhreda offered to breache; of inter-
national etiquette that its chief inconvenience as a
French factory consisted. As the factory was
limited to the ground on which it stood, so far as
the import trade of the Gambia was concerned, it
was to all int,mti and purposes a smuggling depot,
and set at defiance those English customs duties
and regulations whichc offered the rest of the river.
The trade of the Gambia is on the increase ; and as
it is a stream navigable for large vessels much
higher up the river than Albreda (as far, we believe,
as Maearthy's Island, 2011 miles .up), Albreda had
beeline a great practical nuisance bo:h to the Ordoz
Dial authorities 'and the British traders in that

river. On the ground, then, of fical and commer-
cial, as well as political considerations, its cession
is a measure of very considerable local Importance.
To have spoken in Louis Philippe's reign of such a
cession to England would have, produced a shout
of unreasoning disapprobation throughout France ;
but now, when the relations of the two countries
have been placed on a rational foundation, the
abandonment of this claim will receive the applause
of every reasonable Frenchman. It removes ,a
source of irritation and simplifies the possessions of
the two countries. —Daily News.