Star.
London, England, 1831-09-29 00:00:00

COURT NEWS.

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At five minutes past one o'clock yesterday hie Majesty,
accompanied by Lord A. Minimum*, arrived at his Palace,
St. lasses'e, escorted by a party of Light =
Rase. Arrange-
meats were then made for the % Investiture
of do Order of the Bath. The Om& Crosses and
Commanders who were to receives assembled in
the Lift Room.
The Knights and Officers appmodssd die Sovereign, mak-
ing their obeisance, Sir George Nayler. Genealogist. carry-
ing a Crilneon velvet cushion, on which were the different
ribands and badges.

THE CHOLERA IfORBUS.
Extract of a Otter from an officer at Madras to his Friend
in London, dated the 2d of April, 1831.
Dear Sir—lt is with much regret I bear the Cholera is
making rapid strides over Europe. I sincerely hope our
little favoured island will be pe:ierved from ao contagiJus a
disease. Should it visit England, follow the advice I re-
ceived from a Greek, which I will relate to you as briefly
as possible, and be assured it will never assail you, however
prevalent it may be.
In the early part of May. 1818, while on board the Jose-
phine, weancitorA J
on the Manilla Road,Phillippine 'anda,
and a few days after the Cholera showed itself on board ;
four dour aew died within six hours arta the stack.
It happened there was a Greek on board, who was coati-
nually smoking his amber mounted pipe, and frequently
visited the sick.

lie assured our commander and officers that if they would
smoke us amber pipes, of which he had plenty on board,
and suffer the crew alai; to do the same, all would be saved ;
that he had lived in a contagious country from his child.
hood, and never knew the effects of the disease.
The experiment was tried, and with happy effect • fir
within eight days, all recovered, with the exception ofnize
semen ad two officers, who fell victims to the disease
wltbla twelve hours after the attack.
As a earthsr proof of the effect of smoking through air. -
bee, a awn& gentleman has assured me, while in Alepp',
in the year 1522, the Cholera was very prevalent. He te-
tired, in enuesquence of advice, to a Lazaretto, along with
the Frey* maul, and about 200 other individuals,eonsistt:ig
not only ankropeans, who were snore or less habituated to the
climasta, bet also of several natives, who made use of the Tehi.
he wee width is a plain Turkish cherry tub; with an Amber
maubliwah—that during their stay of six weeks in it c
Lommithe. sot one person was sick. Whereas, in the course
of ewentysilve days, the Cholera swept off 3,000 persons ua
the town, principally consisting of females, and persons u,,-
ii:eused to smoke.
Military duty having called me to Madras in the year
1827, and finding persons on all sides falling victims to sit:
disease, I had recourse to smoking through Amber,
although 1 have frequently bad to bid a last adieu to a de-
parting friend, 1 never had an attack.
In 1829, the house of Inderwick sent out a case of p'pes
to a merchant of this city ; they were eager merits
bought up on
their arrival, and valued according to their erits.
Some of our Physicians are of opinion, that if smoking
is not a certain preventive, it tends to change the nature of
the disease, and If the Amber could be used among the
troops it would be as beneficial to Cholera, as vaccination
from the cowpox has proved itself against the baneful
disease of the smallpox; and it is their intention to forward
their opinion to the East India Company. Trusting, my
dear Sir, my advice may be beneficial to my friends and
country, I remain,
Dear Sir, your sincere friend,
THOMAS JAS. COATES.

FURTHER ACCOUNT
OF BARBADOES HURRICANE.

Frew the Barbados, .11trostry.
On Wednesday evening, the 10. h instant, about
seven o'clock, the wind very fresh at north, the
clouds began to collect in thick masses in the S.E.
passing away in scuds as fast as they collected
with a rapidity of motion almost incredible, and
they continued to do so until about nine o'clock,
when the sly became bright, and almost a perfect
calm succeeded. At about half-past ten o'clock,
the same fatal night, the wind again began to
spring ud, blowing pretty fresh from S.W. shifting
backwards and forwards from this point to N.W.
and increasing in violence every instant, and conti-
nued until about five o'clock the following morning,
(by which time the work of destruction had been corn-
plead) when it again shifted to the S.E.and blew ex-
ceedingly strong until about half-past eight, when
it somewhat abated in violence, and gradually died
away, leaving the whole island one unvaried and
general scene of desolation and distres.. In
Bridge Town there is scarcely a house which has
escaped injury—hundreds have been razed to the
pound, and many of their inhabitants buried
under the ruins—others unroofed and partially
thrown down, so as to be completely union ratable
Trees of immense size and strength either uplifted
by the roots or bereft of their branches. All the
vessels in Carlisle Bay were driven from their
moorings and thrown on shoe. At the Out
Ports—in Speight's, the Hole, and Clistin's
Towns, every house has been either thrown
down nr rendered untenantable many of
their inhabitants sharing the fate of the num-
berless victims who have been crushed to death. la
the country the whole face of nature is completely
changed—on the plantations, without almost a
single exception, the buildings, mills, and negro
houses are destroyed, and many of them suffered
materially in slaves and cattle, The provisions
which had been housed, as well as the standing
corn and canes in the fields, have been so com-
pletely destroyed, as scarcely to leave a vestige
behind—and to add to the heart-rending and dis-
tressing picture,at this moment many of the estates
are without a single article of food of any kind.
The interval of time between Thursday morning
and the present has been employed by the living
in burying the dead. The bodies, which have been
as yet discovered, have been borne through the
streets to their silent and narrow homes in coffins,
boxes, and whatever else could be obtained for
them. Amidst numberless other distressing cases
of this kind, deputy-assistant Commissary-general
Flanner, svi:h his sife, four children, his niece,
and his two servants, were all buried under the
ruins of their dwellings on Wednesday night, and
from which they were not taken till the following
morning—the unhappy wife and two of the children
only having su rived. At St. Ann's, many of his
Majesty's troops have been killed, and upwards of
one hundred wounded by the falling of the barracks.
During the storm of Wednesday night, which
lasted eight hours only, the most remarkable phe-
nomenon was, t'.e sudden gusts of wind which, jo-
stead of thunder, invariably accompanied the most
vivid lashes of lightning, and w bids came
with a force no• to be withstood. Ho low
subterranrous notes were also heard, and
svme imagine we were also visited dining
the night with earthquak :s —this, however, we do
not vouch for, as we were not sensible of them.
The loss of seamen, we are happy to say, was com.
paratively very small, but the troops of the garrison
suffered very materially. Of the 35th. regiment,
seven privates and the serjeant-major were killed ;
of the 36th, it is rot possible to calculate accurately,
as a number of the privates are at this time missing,
who, in addition to those discovered as yet, it is
supposed are buried under the, ruins bf the fallen
barracks. Such of the churches as 'll/1" standing
throughout the island, although suigierred, have
been thrown open to the blameless and. minuet.,
the maimed and wounded.

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THE NEW HACKNEY-COACH ACT.
CAP. XXII.-/In Aft t d thc tars tent:in.? to
Markus. Canisters, and to Weapon. Carts. and Drays
used in Ike Me/repo/is 4 mid it place the Collection of
Pie Duties en 'lack: en Cerriales, and on Hawkers
and Pedlars in En • land ready. the Commissioners of
Slonsps. Passed 92d &member., 1831.
Whereas It is expedient to repeal the laws relating to the
registering and numbering of waggons, carts, and. drays need
in the metropolis. and to make other regulations in lieu
thereof; be it therefore enacted. that the several Acts 'and
part of acts herein-after mentioned. or en much and such part
and parts thereof as are now in force, shall respectively re-
main and continue in force until and upon the fifth day of
January, in the ye:crone thousand eight httnered and thirty.
two, and shall from thenceforth respecthely cease, deter.
mine, and be repealed ; '(that is to say),
!I Ann. c. 23. as. 1 to 22. 11 a. 3. c. 24.
10 Ann. c. 19. is. 158 & 159. 11 G. 3 e. 28•
12 Ann. c. 15. 12 G. 3. c. 49.
1 G. 1. c. 57. ss. 1 to 5. 24 G. 3. c. 27.
3 G. 1. c. 7. s. 1. 26 G. 3. c. 72.
12 G. 1. c. 12, sa. 13, 14,32 G. 3. c. 47.
and 15. 19 and 40 G. 3. c. 47.
16 A. 2. c. 26. as. 3 and 4. 42 G. 3. c. 78.
18 G. 2. c. 33. 44 G. 3. c. 88.
30 G. 2. c. 22. ss. 1 and 2. 48 G. 3. c. 87.
33 G. 2. c. 25. 34 G. 3. C. 147.
4 G. 3. c. 36. P. 2. 35 G. 3. c. 159.
7 G. 3. c: 44. ss. 9 to 21. 57 G. 3. c. 125.
10 G. 3. C. 44. SP. 4 to 9.
11. Former licences to cease, and the plates to be deli.
%fret' up to the Commissioners of Stamps.
11T. That horn and after the commencement of this set
tin re shall be raised, levied. and naid unto and for the use
of his Majesty, his heirs and SUCK*" for and in respest of
every licence and every hackney carriage mentioned and de-
scribed as under :

DUTIES IMPOSED BY THIS ACT.
For and•upon every licence to keep, use, employ,
and let to hire any hackney carriage within the
di.tance of five miles from the General Poet
Office in the City of London
And for and in respect of every such licence •as
ator said, weekly and every week during the
continuance thereof, the sum of ....0 10 0
IV. DEFINITION OF A HACKNEY Cannianie.-..That
P. ;cry carriage with two or more wheels which shall be used
flr the purpose of standing or plying for hire in any public
street or road at any place within the distance of five miles
from the General Post Office in the City of London, what.
r may he the form or construction of such carriage, or the
oimiher of persons which the same shall be calculated to
convey, or the number of horses.by which the same shall be
drawn, shall be deemed and taken so be a hackney carriage
within the meaning of thieact ; and in all proceedings at
law or otherwise, and upon all occasions whatsoever. it shall
he sufficient to describe any such carriage as aforesaid by the
term " hackney carriage," without further or otherwise de-
scribing the same : Provided always, that nothing in this
Act contained shall emend to any stage coach used for the
purpose of standing or plying for passengers to becarried
for hire at separate fares, and being duly licensed by the
Commissionen of Stamps for that purpose, and having
thereon the proper numbered plates required by law to be
placed on cinch stage coaches.
V. That the duties granted byan act passed in the fourth
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the
Fourth. intituled An act to repeal the duties on horses let
to hire for the purpose of travelling in Great Britain, and to
grant other duties in lieu thereof, and to provide for letting
the same to farm, shall not be deemed to attach upon or be
payable in respect of any horse used In drawing any hackney
carriage which shall be duly licensed under the provisions of
this act, where the same shall be used to go no greater die-
tame° than ten miles from the general post office in the city
of London, provided such hackney carriage shall be regu- '
lady and constantly used for the purpose of standing and
plying for hire 14 the public streets or roads within the dia.
lance of five miles from the said general post office.
VI. That it shall not be lawful for any person to keep,
use, employ, or let to hire any hackney cartbage at any
place within the distance of five miles from the general past
office in the city of London, unless such person shall have a.
licence in home so to do under the hands of two of the com-
missioners of stamps, or Wider 'the hand of some puma
duly authorised by the said commissioners to grant sash
cence, nor unless there shall be fixed on such hackney sow
riage, in the mannar herein-after mentioned, the numbered
plate herein-after directed to be delivered with every such
licence.

Z. 16 a.

... 5 0 0

VII. Licences to be granted by the commissioners of 1
stamps or their Officers.
VIII. That until the fifth day of January one thousand '
eight hundred and thirty-three the number of !lances so I
be granted by the commissioners of stamps or their au.
tisoriaed officer which shall be in force et one and thusame
time shall not at any time exceed twelve hundred, and. that
in the granting of such Iteene,es u aforesaid the sairLcomr
missioners shall first give preference to the applications 'of
such persona as shall be possessed of licences granted under
any former act to keep hackney &aches, chariots, or two.
wheeled carriages, and in force at the time of or at any time
witblo one calendar month next 'preceding the commence- I
melte of %bisect, and who, at any time within one calendar
timid' nest preceding or before the expiration of one ellen-
dar month next following the said commencement, shall
ahply for Itrencei under this act. •
IX. That from* and after the fifth day of January one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three the said corn..
missionera or their authorised officer shall grant to .any
person or prisons who shall apply for the same any such
licence or licences as aforesaid under the authority of this
act, without regard to the number of such licences which at ;
the time of such :application may have been granted or may
be then in force. 1
X. Persons possessed of licences at the commencement of
this act, to be entitled to new licences, without payment of
Om duty of 51.
XI. Petsrms applying for licences to sign a requisition
for the same,
XII. Inditates what shall be specl6td in the licences.
*XIII. Notice to be given by proprietors of hackney carri-
ages of any change of abode. Penalty 40s.
XIV. Names and places of abode of the proprietors of
hackney carriages and the numbers of the places, to he regis-
tered at the Guildhall, in London. Penalty 40s.
XV. Explains in what manner duties are to be paid.
Xl'l. Mode of discontinuing licences.
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XVII. Plates to be delivered up on the discontinuance
or revocation of such licenses. Penalty 101.
XVIII. Carriages, horses, harness, &c. liable to duties
and penalties.
XIX. Duties recoverable by distress.
XX. Numbered plates to be placed on hackney carriages.
Penalty of I. for concealing plates, or preventing persons
inspecting and taking the number thereof.
XXI. Commissioners may change plates When a plate
has been t►iltuliy obliterated, a new• licence shall be taken
out.

XXII. Penalty of 101. for using, &c. a hackney carriage
without licence, or without plates, or for not delivering up
recalled plates. .!
XXIII. Penalty on the driver of a carriage plying for
hire without plates, 5!. If the awner, 101.
XXIV. Carriages having theron, plates provided under
this act to be deemed hackney carriages.
XXV. Forgery, &c. of the titamp-ofEce plate, a mistle.
meanour.
XXVI. Proprietors of hackney carriages to be summoned
to appear and produce the drivers. Penalty 40s.—On ne-
glect on second summons justices may proceed.
XXVII. and XXVIII. Penelties it not paid by drivers
to be levied on proprietors; who shall be entitled to reco%er
from the drivers.

XXIX. Drivers.—That in case of any dispute between ,
the proprietor of any hackney carriage and the driver thereof, I
then upon complaint made before any justice of the peace by I
such proprietor spinal such ilrieer, t r uy such driver against •
such proprietor, such justice i5:%,11 inquire into and deter-
mine the Berne, and. and shall award and crdet such com-
pensation to be made to either I arty as ts such justice shall
seem proper ; and in case ct the nen-payment of such con:.
pensation, such jus:ice shall cause the wile to be leviiii by
distress end sale of the gocds of the party refusing or ne-
glecting to make payment thereof; and for wart of suffi-
cient distress such justice shall commit the said party to
the common Gaol or House of Correction, there to remain
for any time not exceeding two calendar months, unless the
same shall be sooner paid.
• XXX. That Withal' be lawful,(er any two of the Comniis-
siestas of stamps to grant licensee under their hamls to such
persons as they,shall think fit d proper to act to waterinen
os assistants to the drivel...Pt hackney carriages at the stand-
ings or places of rem, where hackney colliers usually
stand or ply feehire:Whfelt said licences shall be granted in
• such form as thodataLtosamisaielers shall think tit.
Badges to be worn.hy. wa•cr•ror.