The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-23 00:00:00

THE NEW WATERMEN'S FARES.

Yesterday John Drinkald, Esq., was sworn in
before the Court of Aldermen, as Master of the'
Watermen and Lightermen's Company, and An-
thony Lyon, Esq., was sworn in as Senior Warden;
John Jackson, Robert Thompson, and Joseph Turn-
Esqrs., were sworn in as. Junior Wardens.
These gentlemen will have the duty of putting into
operation the now scale of fares, and also of enforc-
irig obedience to the new code of bye-laws which
be put in force on the Ist of August next.
For the purpose of making them public, the
Watermen's Company have had upwards of 5,000
eopies painted for distribution. Placards have
been posted at each of the stairs to give the
,watermen notice of the event. The latter have,
however, received the regulations with an ex-
tremely disgraceful spirit. They have very gene-
l'4llY torn down the placards, or defaced them with
mud, as they erroneously suppose it to be most to
eh' interest that there should he no regulations
Whatever, and that they should continue at liberty in
"eh Instance to wrangle and extort as much as they
Can. This practice and others rendered the water-
men almost as great blackguards as the cads to the
short stages, and it is well known prevented a large
Portion of the public, females especially, from resort-
' ing to that mode of conveyance. The new remu-
lat,iions, it is expected, will promote better order,
and take from the watermenany apparent motives to
be uncivil. The new fares are extremely liberal,
and
Place the watermen on a better footing than the
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""e'rney-coachmen and cabriolet-drivers, when the
great expenditure of capital, risk, and wear and
tear of stock to which the latter are liable is taken
the account. The watermen's business, like
every other, is overstocked, and the most furious
courts took place for fares, in which contests the
nc,llll and desperate prevailed, and the old and the
the respectable, who were the weakest, went to
an Wall. The public suffered in these contests,
tc: in the cases of the steam-boat passengers life
i constantly endangered. To remedy this
wkt, it i 9 provided by the new bye-laws, that the
rairve elmen at each stairs shall ply in turn. No boats
—towed to lie before the stairs, but as fares ar-
The lb
ey
b are to be embarked, one boat at a time.—
th:"Rh only one man at a time is allowed to ply,
stie Public may, if they think proper, reject him, and
krk other whom they may whose, see at the stairs, in
ol • they may have greater confidence. Other re-
lit
.atie%
are to be enforced to secure order and good
Itr, and the Watermen's Company ompany
have de-
ed to employ inspectors to visit the stairs and
g
: the laws
enforced. It is hoped that a better
.the n fee
of the labour will be effected; and that
inoidivabit of the public to resort to this mode of
[ince will be increased by enforcing such order
eyo
behaviour as the interests of the waterrnen ought
Dave taught them to meintam.
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Society for the Improvemet of Ireland
Presented ,an Address to the LORD LIEUTENANT,
INgratulathis__ckim upon the improved state of the Whit) his his Exesuantcy returned a flattering and
'uitable reply.

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a‘ LILIVERPOOL REGATTA._A grand Regatta
VERPOOLbeen given on the Mersey, at Liverpool, which excited
1L44 interest throughout the neighbourhood. The at-
wa-4411ce of fashion anti beauty was very striking, but the
oeoAer, fur a time, was not propitious to the amusement.
per,
whale, however, it went off with eclat.
t,OT RACE.—The long-expected foot race
AirrcaLTE and BROWN, the celebrated runners,
,cornli sovereigns, took place on the road between Scotch
l'h- d and Catterick Bridge, on Friday, the 11th inst.
►,dak4tance, three miles, was performed in 14. minutes
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-"n keconds, and the race, which was exceedingly well
,cLb4it4l won by AIRTCALFfi by about a yard. MET-
t,4umb4 ball run 106 races, and has won 104 out of that
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