HACKNEY COACHES.-We conti...
The Times, 1824-10-21T00:00:00

HACKNEY COAciiES.-WVe continue to receive every day numerous letters on the subject of hackney-coaches. It appears to us, -hat much of the cvil complaine( of might be remedied, if the act of Parliatnent now in foree were properly executed hy those whose duty it is to see it exe- cuted. For instanice, if a coach i5 dirty, ur vith broken glass, or badly horsedl, or otherwise unfit for the comfort- able accommodation of the public, the inspector ought to be fined, wlho receives a considerable salary for the sole pur- pose of seeing that tle hackney-coaches are in a fit condi- tion. Let the Commissioners issue strict injunctions to these persons to do their (luty, and let themtt fine or deprive those who neglect it. On1 the point of excessive charge, a correspondent suggests, that the remedy shouldi be so ma- naged as to prevent trouble to the fare. It is an abuse that a person shoul(d pay one or two shillings inore than his fiare; but it is a still greater one if he cannot get redress without the loss of several hours and the delay of several days. Let every coachman, then, be obliged to give to every passenger a printed card with his name and number: let the passenger in his presence mark the dlistane he hlas been driven, and the surm he bas been charged : let this card (in all dlisputed cases) be sent to the Hackney-coach Office in a letter, the postage of which is to be paid by th3 onie of the two parties who shall ttirn out to be wrong: if the coachman is wrong, let him be ordered to return the Money in person to the fare if he is right, let him keep it: but in no instance let tbe fare be called upon to waste his time, till it shall be ascer- tained that he was clearly wrong in hir. resistance of the charge, in whichl case ihe Commissioners may have the power of seniling for him, anad making him compensate the coachman's loss of titne. FAU. FAINTLEROY.-The Sheriffs of Middlesex are said to be not less disposetd than the Magistrates have al. ready been to allow MIr. Fauntleroya reasonable measure of acconmiodation, as far as this can be granted consistently with the regulations of the gaol of Newgate, and the cir- cumstances of his situation. They have directed Mr. Wontner, the governor, to have him placed iiJ one of the roomns usuially occupied by a principal turnkey; it is be- twen n2Uand 30 feet inilength, anid abouit 12 feet wide, on the first floor, quite in the interior part of the prison, and is a place of perfect security. It is supposed that persons will be appointed to reinain constantly with him, as was the case at the hlouse ef Correction. The mnotiye for adopting suchl a course of vigilanee cannot be misunder- stood; but it is said that those who have been in the habit of conversing with him, andl of observing his conduct and state of miid since Iiis confinement, have come to the con- ehluion that there is little ground( for apprehending the oc- carrence of that which is so cautiously guarded against, if even opportunity were aff'orded. Htis own immediate frienrds are decidedly of the same opision. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East In- dia-house, when Captain Clarence Dalrymple was sworn into the command of the ship Vansittart, consigned to Bombay and China. Amnong other now projects, the formation of a Joint Stock Iron Foundry Company is announced, to be estrblished in Edinburgh, with a capital ot 100,0001. Her Royal Highness the Countess of Chinchon, infanta of 5pain, widow of the famous Godoy, Prince oF Peace, and sister of the late Cardinal tie Bourboni, Regent of Spain duritng the ca- tivity of Ferdinand, left Brunet's hotel on Sunday last for Brussels Durmog her sojourn here, her Royal Highncss preserved thestrictevt incognito: she, however, visited most of the public establishments of the capital. WVe understand that 13is Majesty, with that polite. nesswvhich tliscingushes himn, sent. the Royal stranger an invits- tion to partalie of the hoapitalitie of Windsor Castle.-Aloreing popcz . FOREIGN LOANS.-In a late summary of the foreigni loans raised in Eingland, taken trom the list published by Mr. Secretan, that of Spain, including the money raised in the years 1821 and 1829, was stated at 3,000,0001. only. This error was corrected in a subsequent list, which we find makes the loan of 1821, in itself, in consequence of the terms of the contract, svhib sllowcd an almost indefinite increase, amount to above 10,000,0001. The nominal amount of stocl crcated by the Constitutional Government is about 16,000,0001., including the loan nlegotiated by IUessrs. Laffitte at Paris. SMODERN GnsEece.-'There is considerable confusion in the accounts ftrom Greece, arising partly from the want of good maps, and partlv from the difrerence betweien thc names given by the Greeks and those given by Europeans to the same pLaces: for instance, Napoli di Romania, the Grrel:s call Naraplton: Napoli di Malvoisin, Mor...-n7bas7ia, Patras, Mopatra. The celebrated island which we have been in the habit of calling lpsara, the Greeks call Psarra, and the inhabitants Psarriars (not Ipsariots); and Spezzia, Petza, the inhabitants Ictzotee. In a number of minor instances the differences are muclh more pnzzliog- A communication from Redlear, inserted in our last, mentioned the loss of the ship Friends, at tlhe entrance of the Tees' mouth,and an apprehension was expressed that thecrew lhad perished. Ve are happv to learn, however, that notwithstanding the severity of the gale, they were all saved. 'I'he coast presents a scene of dreadful havoc, and it is feared that many valuable lives have been lost.-Evceing pappr. The Editors of the Gla.sgow Ierald and Free Press have been fined in small sums by the Justice of Peace Coart in Glasgow, for publishing the letter by Alr. Hume, and the weavers' reply tolMr. Hmme'sletter; a paragraph inthatreplybeing founded on as a contempt of their court. A part of another artiLe which ap- peared in the Free Prcss was held to be a second contempt of court, and the editor was again fined.-Sco-ans7. According to accounts recently printed by order of the House of Commons, there have been imported into England and Scotland the following quantities of grain and floar In the years specified :_ Corn anfi Grain. mea annd Flour. Ywoareniding eet. 10o 1st.9 i,6n5a,o qrs.. :15,14: 5 ei:te 1820 ..1.254,488 --. 1968,64 1821.. 1,2.419 .. . 355,322 1822 ..1,089.270 . .. 345.-598 1823 1,242,093 . . . . . 510,382 And in the halr-year ending the Bth of April, 1824-665,787 quw.t ters and 152,S68 cdvt. There have been exported from Englandand Scotand to Iroland:_ corn and Grain. IMeal anid Flour- Year ending Oct. 1O,li i o l,S54 qrs.. 3,235s Crt. 1820 4, 76 .4.7 . . l,478 1821 8,630 ...... 344 182 386 309 ...... 62,945 1823 1 ,653 ..... 405 And In the half-year ending the (tlt of April, 1924-31,398 quarters &nd d42 ewts.