The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1876, Page 3

NEW Yuss H#KALD, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1876,-TRIPLE SHEET.. THD PRINCE OF WALES. His Royal and Imperial Highness in England. A MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION. The Serapis Convoyed to Port by a Squadron of iron-Clads. “WELCOME HOME.” Benedict's Hymn Rendered by Two Hundred Voices. LONDON IN ALL ITS GLORY. Recognizing Old Acquaintances and Saluted by the Populace. Received by His Mother, His Wife and Children. : SKETCH OF THE TOUR IN INDIA. {ePmcIAL, DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.) Lonpon, May 11, 1976. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived in i Engiand, from India, to-day, having come by way of | Gibraltar, Madrid and Lisbon, He left Lisbon on the 8th inst. and landed at Portamouth, from Her ‘Majesty's war ship Serapis, Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, R.N., Commander, which was placed at his service ‘when he set ont on his tour. The Serapis, together with the royal yacht Os. borne and the steam frigate Raleigh, passed Hurst Castle at ten minutes to eleven o’clock in the morn- fag. ‘THE PRINCESS GOES OUT TO MEET HIM. ‘The yacht Alberta, on board of which was the Princess of Wales and the royal children, met the Prince in the Solent, and all the vessels proceeded to Portsmouth, where a landing was effected and a ‘public reception given to the Prince. AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. Hus reception Was grandly enthusiastic at Ports- Mouth and in London. Tens of thousands of peo- Ple assembled on Southsea Common to witness the spectatle of his landing. 4 MAGNIFICENT CONVOY. ‘The Serapis was convoyed to port by the splendid ‘tron-clads Sultan, Warrior and Hector, which fired @alutes in his honor. THE WELCOME, ‘The Prince, on landing, received a cordial wel- come from the Mayor and Corporation of Porta- mouth. THE HYMN. ‘The musical arrangements on the occasion were ‘very imposing. Sir Julius Benedict had written a ational song, with chorus, entitled “WELCOME HOME.” "It was performed under the leadership of the dis- ‘dnguished composer, The solos were sung by an amateur tenor, Mr. C. E. McCheane, and the chorus ‘Was rendered by a choir of 200 voices, A grand march, entitled “Hail to Our Prince,” had been written expressly for the occasion by Mr. J. Winter- bottom, the conductor of the Royal Marine Artillery Band, and was performed by a full orchestra under ‘the direction of the composer. A spacious orches- tra had been erected in the Dockyard for the accom- modation of the vocalists and military bands. IN THE STREETS. — ‘The streets through which the cortége drove were lined with soldiers, who presented arms as the Prince passed. There ‘were thousands and thou- sands of spectators. THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. Seven thousand school children paraded. The Corporation of Portsmouth gave to each of them a medal commemorative of the event of the return of the Prince. 5 Such were the chief features of His Royal High- Ress’ reception at Portsmouth. pty LONDON—A) MILLION OF PROPLE OUT. A million of Londoners had gathered in the streets Defore five o'clock in the afternoon awaiting the Prince's arrival. TUE ROUTE. The foute of the Prince’s cortége was from the Victoria Railway station to Grosvenor place, through Piccadilly, St. James’ street, Pall Mall and Marlborough Gate to Buckingham Palace. HIS MOTHER, WIPE AND CHILDREN. At Buckingham Palace Her Majesty the Queen re- @elved the Prince before his going to his home at Marlborough House. AT HOME, ‘The Prince arrived home at Mariborough House at half-past seven o'clock in the eventhg. In the car- Tiage were the Princess of Wales and two of the Prince's children. HIS APPEARANCE, ‘The Prince is slightly bronzed by the sea and sun, ‘but he looked very well. RECOGNITION OF OLD FRIENDS. ‘When passing through the streets of London he bowed to the people and was continually recogniz- Ing his old acquaintances as they saluted him from thé windows of the various clubs. THE PROPLE JOYOUS. ‘The dwellings and places of business in the streets through which he travelled were picturesquely @ecorated with gags and banners. The balconies Were filled with ladies waving handkerchiefs. Fleet street was deserted. PROUD OP THE PRINCE HUNTER. ‘The welcome in the metropolis was indeed in- the Prince of Wales, who returns to them with ail the fame of his elephant and tiger hanting exploits fall upon him, besides a halo of the mysterious splendors of the Orient which it ts pleasant for Eng- lishmen to think of. DETAILS OF THE ROYAL TOUR—A RETROSPKCT. Now that His Royal Highness the Prince of Waics has ianded safely in England, amid salvos of artillery and tho grectings of the municipalities and people, as described in our special cable telegram trom London, it i somewhat curieus to look back to the gipomy fore- bodings of the pexsimists, who, when the voyage to jain assassination. And yet, how erroneous the event has own their forecast to have been, For m tha the bas mingicd freely with the native poten- teonsely enthusiastic. The Londoners are proud of | lodia was Grst proposed, were inclined to predict cer- | independent rulers, He has shared in their sports and pastimes and sat among them at their own tables as guest, He has constantly been in their midst diplaying to one and all that urbanity and thougbtfal politeness which is so characteristic of him. No doubt he bas been carefully watched over and guarded, every human precaution, of course, was taken against treach- ery, andyet the military gaard was almost invariably comparatively slight, and on many occasions would have been totally inadequate as a means of protection had unfortunate cireumstances rendered such means necessary. There havo been a hundred opportunities for the swiftand easy uso of the assassin’s knife; for tt mast be borne in mind that against the blade of the Oriental fanatic there is absolutely no certain protection. ‘His victim once selected, the fauatic’s whole mind, his whole life is devoted to the acomplishment of his task, and sooner. or later bis moment must come. The patience with which gnuch a map, heaven inszired avenger as he generally considers hiwself, will watch for his opportunity 18 incredible save to those who understand the Oriental character. The thought of bis own immediately ensuing death as the consequence of his deed in nowise deters the murderer. He cares nothing for his own life so long as he makes sure of taking that of bis victim. This was exemplitied in the case of Lord Mayo at thetime of his disastrous visi, ot inspection to the Andaman Islands, inthe Buy of Bengal, the penal settlement for Indian criminals, One of the convicts had made a vow to kill the frst prominent white man whoshould bappen to come there. Unfortunately for himselt and for his country LonD MAYO was that man. Armed with a knite, the assassin waited in the deepening twilight of evening behind a rock, sprang likes tiger on the Viceroy’s back as he passed, surrounded by his guite, and stabbed him with the rapidity of lightning. Having thos performed bis vow, the murderer never even attempted tu escape and remained to the last perfectly indifferent to his fate, having, as he thought, earned a blessed immortality by the destruction of one of a hated and alien race. It may be tmagined, thon, what risks the Prince of Wales must have ran, If a viceroy nad been so easily de- stroyed, what an object for destruction must have becn the “Shah-za-dah,”” the heir of tho Empire of Hin- dostan. The prophets of evil, indeed, thought, and with apparent reason, that frem the moment when every military station and fort in India thun- dered out a simultancous royal salute upon bis arrival to the moment of his re-embarkation for home the Prince would carry his life im his hand, So far, how- ever, from his life ever having been attempted, the na- tive population, high and low, of all castes, have evinced the utmost enthusiasm and leyalty in greeting him, A GREAT CHANGE. ‘This must be regarded as one of the most extraor- dinary circumstances connected with tho history of British rule in India, apd as an exempliication of the great change which can be wrought in a subject people in the short space of twenty years by the oxorcise of that judicious clemency und forbearance which has increasingly characterized the conduct of the rulers of the. Indian peninsula since the terrible lesson taught them by'the mutiny of 1857. A INCIDENT OF THE MUTINY. While upon this subject it is interesting to narrate a story told by an old Anglo-Indian officer while in con” versation upon the Prince’s tour. This officer was an intimate friend of Scindia. Speaking about the dis- proportion between the teeming millions of the native population and the handful of Europeans who control their destinieg, Scindia remarked to the officer:—-‘‘Ah, yes! I have often had in my mind a fittle calculation upon this disproportion, and, according to my estl- mate, if all ‘the feringhees (Europeans) in India were cooked and served up on toast we natives should mot by-any means have one mouthiul each’’—a cannibal- istic method of calculation which waseminently ex- pressive of the existing state of things. Bat, of course, the officer could on!y iaugh and acquiesce! ‘HE MODERN EVETT. ‘When the histery of the “Victorian age” comes to be written by tue chroniclers of tho future, this ROYAL PROGRESS, for such {t was, through the lands erst of the great Mopul, will figare conspicuously in the history of the British Oriental Empire. Thewhole journey, although the sporting eloment was largely predominant through- out, has been one continuous series of magnificent pageants, receptions and fétes, with which the West cannot vie, LANDING AT BOMBAY on the 8th of November, 1875, amid the greatest ex- citement of the she news of the arrival of the Prince in the I port of Hindostan was telegraphed to every-station and fort in India, and the length and breadth of the peninsula echoed with a simultaneous cannonade of welcome. ' RLEPUANTA, one of the wonders of the Indian world, woke up toa new sensation. The Hevi of the West invaded its solemn mysteries, and the rock-cut temples of pagun superstition resounded witb the laughter of an alicn race, Champagne corks popped under the very nose of the grand and majestic triform figure of the supreme god of the Hindoo, The sacred and mysterious TOWER OF SILENCE also knew an unaccustomed presence, and the Prince witnessed the dead carried to its platforms and laid out, the unresisting prey of the carrion birds, before whose attacks the last semblance of humanity soon vanished. AT BARODA, the recent scene of British interference and bungling, His Royal Highness met with a magnificent reception from the young Guicowar who has succeeded, under English auspices, to the throne recently occupied by the gentleman who developed such a startling propen- sity for secret poisoning. The wild SORNES OF THE ARENA, the struggle of beast with beast snd the putting of the superior skillof mankind against brute force were here displayed to the Prince; and sporting excursions, among them “‘pig sticking,’’ which Is the Anglo-In- dian slang term for the exceedingly dangerous sport ot boar spearing on horseback, was indulged in for the first time. The pork butchers of this country heard with astonishment that the Prince hi yuck his frat pig. Re-embarking on his gigantic yacht Serapis, the heir apparent next visited the ancient Portuguese settle- ment of Goa, whose scattered ruins testified to its former splendor and importance, and, abandoning the project of land. ing at Beypore and crossing tho peninsula to Madras, owing to tho prevalence of cholera, he went on to cRYLoy, that beautifal and valuable tropical island “draped with forests of perennial green,” whore, although in- terfered with by torreutial rains, the Prince roughed it among the wild elephants. Here, too, he met with his first mishap, being pitched into aditeh out of his car. riage when returning from hunting, @roceeding thence by Trinchinopoly and Madras, he aivived at the metropolis, Calcutta, where the great mnt was the holding ofthe CHAPTER OF THE STaR OF INDIA. in which several native princes were invested with the dignities of that Order, although to the Maha rajah Puttiala, who appeared with $500,000 worth of the Empress Eagenic’s diamonds on his person, the glittering imsignia could have added but little addi- tional outward glory. This pageant was, it ts said, one of the most magnificent ever witnessed, in India, BESARES, the sacred city of the Hindoos, the centre of their re- ligion, was next visited, and the future monarch of the East passed safely through the seat of tanatical Brausinism. Then Lucknow was reached, the scene of some of the most herore and stirring events ofthe mutiny, and bere the dashing Lord Carringtoa broke his collar bone and was relegated for @ time w the tender mercies of the ladies. peumt. | | | At Delhi a very splendid review of the troops took | place, which afforded to the correspondents of the London journals infinite material jor description of costumes, behavior, kc, of the troops The founda- tion stone was here laid by the Prince of a memorial which Lord Northbrook ts erecting to the memory of the PAITAFCL SEPOYS who fell in defence of the Presidency, The native sur- vivors. were presented to His Royal Highness, The loyalty of these native troops contributed not u little to the saiety of the British dominion in India im those dark days of 1857. * Lanore was the next point, and here Albert Edward drove through the camp of the native warriors, in the de- scription of which the London 2mes’ correspondent waxes exceedingly enthusiastic, thus:—“Never was ‘anything more beautifui; the very spirit of chivairy grand, stately chiefs making obeisances, the roll of the drum, the blare of the trumpets and the clang and Outburst of strange mstruments, Masters of lance, falcbion and shield, fenced in by this extraordinary pageantry, stood or squatted motionless."" GR, with its matchless mausoleum, was lingered over long, as may be imaged, and hero the Prince Louis ot Battenburg (of whom we heard rumors as the proposed Fuitor of the Princess Beatrice), broke nis collar bone, and at Jeypore the Prince, from the safe cover of a hunting lodge, killed ‘MIS FIRST TIGKR, thas inaugurating the numerous sporting exploits which, from this point to the end of his journey, occupied al ‘most his entire attention. THR TERAI OF NEFAUL. This region harbors not only feline tigers, but occasionally humen beasts of prey. There is no doubt that the arch-flend Nana Sabib, after the matiny, found here 9 safo asylum until his days were ended. It was the natural place of refuge of crime and rebellion during the dreadtul days of the mutiny, although the chief enemies to be fearod there now are fever und cholera, Into this Tegion, however, the Prince, ardent sportsman that he is, penetrated and was rewarded by some of THR VINRST SPORT it bas ever fallen to hunters’ lot to enjoy, so far at teast a8 the quantity {s concerned, but the sportsmen of Bombay, who are accusiomed to ‘walk up’ tigers as in England men do partridges, look down upon shoot- ing from the comparatively safo position of the ele- phant’s back. A NEW HINDOO DEITY. An amusing inciaent connected with the sporting feats of tho illustrious Nimrod occurred in Ceylon, where an elephant camp was established for the bant- | ingof this “big game,” The Prince very speedily won, the regard of the Cingalese as a sportsman, for he has the keen eye and aure hand of a crack shot, but this Was not enough for the native mind. Before the hunt ing excursion was well over rumors spread throughout the population that the “Shazadah"” was gifted with supernatural powers. A glance of his eye was suficiont to lay out dead any animal upon which it was directed, or, according to anuther version, the wild beasts of the forest instantly lost their savage nature and became tame and docile the moment they came near the Shaz- adah’s person, This onPnEus needed not to produce music to conquer the beasts of the forests; thoy were awed and subdued by the mere ex- istence of the divinity that heaged in the royal person. ‘THR ELEPHANT. But this isnotall. The Prince bad killed am im- mense elephant; but when the beaters ran up toward the place where it had fallen, lo and behold! there was no sign of the carcass. The jungle was beaten down by the huge feet of the monster, but the monster had dis- Appeared. The priests only could solve this starting problem, and to their priosts the natives went, The solution was easy. ava, the great god, had contemplated with his three eyes tho deed, and with his five heads had held council with himself and his two great brothers, Brahma and Visbnu. They had come to the eonclusion that it ‘would be an outrage to al) the principles of the Pan- theon to permit an animal slain by such tilustrious hands to undergo the indignity of skinning, and it was resolved, nem. com., to transport the MAPPY ELEPHANT, skin and all, to heaven. It follows, of course, that if such honors were accorded to tho slain still greater must be given to tho slayer, and of course the future Emperor of Hindostan will be elevated to the Pantheon, to take his place with the three great. gods, and no doubt his translated victim will be destined, in the colestial regions, to carry upon his back his illustrious immolater ! ‘THE ROYAL MENAGERIE. ‘The Prince is bringing back with him a perfect menag- erie of the fauna of India, containing, It is said, nearly 150 mammals and birds, among them four elephants, five tigers, two bears, seven deer, and a very fine series of Himalayan pheasants. Among the rarer animals are the Indian manis and the Himalayan chamois, neither of which have before been introduced alive into Eng- land. -Workmen have for sometime been employed in the Zoological Gardens inthe Regent Park, building a large temporary house and yard forthe reception of the royal collection, which, although “felis loo” is not to be found in it, will be in the aggregate a “ lion” of the London season. KAUTCH GIRLS, ‘The witnessing by the Prince in the course of his tour of the performances of the Indian nautch girls, the ladies of the Eastern ballet, you may remember excited the iro ofa certain Scotch divine, who could not reconcile with bis ideas of settifig a good example tothe poor heathen the attendance of the Prince at such exhibitions. No doubt much of the reverend mntieman’s choler arose from the popular ideaas to these dances, which, in common with other half-in- formea people, he had imbibed from pictures and poetry descriptive of Eastern life. No doubt such persons imagice that the Indian girls go through all kinds of fascinating and alluring movements, attired in the scantiest possible raiment. It would surprise them to see for themselves how very much mistaken they are. The dances are ‘slow’ in | both wenses of the word, being indeed nothing but a mere graceless shuffling about the floor in a manner certainly not reconciling poetry with mo- tion; while, as for clothing, these Eastern ballet girls | are literally wrapped up from the crown of the head to the ankies, so that evon their lazy style of dancing must entail in that climate no little discomfort An i evening paper at the time, sarcastically and humor- | ously, invited the reverend cavilier’s attention to the “NAUTCH GIRLS OF EUR: and points out that he would nete ral curious dif- ferences between the ballet of India and that, for in- | stance, of any London theatre. Firstly, he would have ample opportunity of observing the different color of the skin of the Western nautch girls; and, secondly, he could note the fact that, unlike their Eastern rivals, | the ballet girls of cilviized regions do lif their feet ligh uy! ‘ ALL POWERFUL Sir Jung Bahadoor, on taking leave of His Royal Highnegs, asked the interpreter to tell him that “from now and forever all we have 1 his—our men, our money, our lives."’ Oriental hyperbole and Joyalty are proba- bly equally mixed in this remarkable declaration, bat | the words seem really to sum up, in briet, the results of the whole visit, which, In its satisfactory feature has far transcended the expectation of oven the mot sanguine Knglishman. THE PRINCH’S RETCRN—AT MALTA. The Prince of Wales having bid fareweil to his friends in India embarked on board the Serapis at Bombay on he 13th of March, and sailed immediately from the | port for home. He landed at Alexandria, Egypt, and was received by the Khedive, and from thence went to Malta, Gibraltar, France, Spain and Portugal, embark- ing, a# stated in our especial telegram from Lisbon, for England. His Royal Highness enjoyed a grand recep- tion from King Alfonso in Madrid. ‘THE GREATEST TRAVELLER OF THR DAY, The Prinee has tn seventeen weeks traversed 7,000 _ miles of land, 2,300 of ocean, seen more of the country than apy other man living, and knows more chiets thau all the Viceroys and Governors together. | SUICIDE OF AN OLD BOSTON | EXPRESSMAN. Rostox, May 11, 1876. Mr. Nathaniel 8. Lillie, @ man about forty-seven years of age, who has been employed us money delivery messenger of the American Express Company in this city for over twenty years, committed suicide in the bath rooms connected with the Quincy House barber on to-day, by taking sulphuric ether. It e asked for & bath and was given a tut e door, removed his clothing and too! tutal dose of ether. FLIGHT OF A DEFAULTER, } Caicaco, May 11, 1876. | City Collector George Von Holiern left this city last | night for Europe, vin Canada He had confessed to friends that he isa defaulter Im tne sum of $100,000, and this conféssion is verified by an examination of his accounts. A great totthisamoant has been used w pay gambling det which, 1 is said, bo was con- stantly contracting. MORMON MURDERERS BAILED. Sac? Lace Crry, U. T., May 11, 1876. In the Mountain Meadow massacre case, at Beaver, Judge Boreman to-day admitted Lee to bail in $25,000 and Daine in $20,000. The case was continued until the 1s wf the Bast, both vassals oC the British oréwn and | hovered over those martial faces and noble forme—the | first Monday im Auqust, | Sumptuous clubs of Pall Mall and St, James were then | beyond the old walls of London and the limits of | ter closes the door, a .deavor first to explain the Parliamentary regulations | tormer of the | as to the lighting of cabs and the indications by which LONDON CABS. A Perfect System and Cheap Fares in the English Capital, A Drive of Two Miles for Twenty-Five Cents. FIFTY CENTS AN_ HOUR. Admirable Regulations and Strict Police Management. PaaS is HINTS FOR NEW YORK “ CABBIES.” Loxpox, April 25, 1876, Fifty years ago, w 1826, London was considered 0 vast a place as to be a wonder of the world, The population was then about 1,000,000, What are now the aristocratic sites of Belgravia, the wealthy mer- chants’ quarter, Tyburnia, Trafalgar square and the murshes, market gardens, meadows or outlying siums and “rookeries” of the metropolis, The continuous growth and expansion in all directions of the eity, far Westminster, and the absorption of many of the suburban towns and villages, naturally produced a de- mand for greater locomotive facilities, the demand keeping pace year by year with the gradual imcrease of the metropolis, ‘Thus a history of public vehicles of | Londen and the passenger traffic of its streets forms an important corollary to the later history of the piace itself, I'say the “later” history, for, previous to the Elizabethan age Lonaoners of the wealthier classes rode on horseback, or went by boat ap and down what was then the silvery Thames to their destination, while the | poorer classes trudged through the wiry streets, But at the period which I have chosen for the commence- ment of this BRIRF MSTORY OF THE LONDON CABS Stephenson had mildly suggested that a train on rails might safely bo propellea by steam at a rate of twenty miles an hour, and would make its way notwithstand- ing the obstructive ‘“‘coo;”? and rapid locomotion was beginning to be felt as one of the necessities of the day. Yet people turued from George Stephenson and his railroad projects with scorn, preferring to point with complacency to His Majosty’s mails, perfectly appointed drivers aod guards in scarlet and gold, and spanking ‘teams of bob-tailed horses, as the perfection of loco- motion, And, indeed, to do the age justice, His Majesty's mail coaches were far from undeserving of this pride as they assembled every evening in front of the General Post Office to receive the few passengers and the limited correspondence of the day. People in those days were not often ina hurry, and when they were wore not particular as to the mode of conveyance, The “hackney carriage,” however, made its appearance in obedience to the want of the popula tion, the namo being derived, it is said, from THR SUBURB OF HACKNRY, once a fashionable resort of the Londoners. This vehicle was generally a second-hand, patched-up out- cast from the coach house of some nobleman or even once bore upon its panels the royal arms, The drivers | Of these antiquated coaches were called ‘Jarvies,” and were chiefly distinguished, as we may learn from the satires of the time, by their beery appearance and the myriad flounced capes of their top coats, The race is not yet extinct, But London outgrew tho hackney coach and its Joho Jarvey. Better locomotion was still the cry. One Bell met the domand by inventing a one- horse vehicle, a kind of hooded chaise, to which he ‘adapted the French name “cabriolet,’’ speedily con- tracted by John Bull into “cab,’’ Quite unlike the modern “four-wheeler” and “bansom” were theso | eurly caba, At first the driver sat inside along with his fare; but this arrangement not proving satisfactory Jehu wag fabsequently ousted and placed in alittle | Pereh po the rightiof the vehicle, thus making room sop. peraans inside. Them camo an omnibus-like vance, which Was entered at the back, the two | persons facing each other and the driver im front, The direct ancestor of the four-wheeled cab was the | “brougham,’’ from which are descended the 4,261 “GROWLERS” OR “CRAWLERS”? which ply in the metropolis, Filty years ago Birming- ham and Liverpool possessed certain street vehicles called one-horse cars; but until 1837 the private one- horse covered carriage named after Lord Brougham was quite cuknown. Rapidly extending in use over the whole of civilized Europe, the brougham soon found its way into the streets asa public conveyance and gavo the death blow to the old pair-horse coaches. The chief function of the four-wheeler is the conveyance of ladies and familes to and from stations, the railway The uncomplimentary epithets by which this useful adjunct of modern locomotion have been greeted have arisen from the dreadful rat. tling of its windows and the funereal pace at which it | travels, drawn by its one sorry nug. The “roof can be utilized for the baggage and impedimenta of travellers, which are kept in place vy iron rails, which can be | raised for the purpose, but lie flat when not required. There is much room for improvement in the ‘‘four- itis ill constructed, racketty, and in its in- ternal arrangements very far trom pertection, WaNSOM Cans. Having traced the descent of the four-whecler, we will now progeed to do the same with regard to the hansom, which takes its name from the inventor of tho light two-wheeled carriage now in use, the most popu- lar veliicle in Loudon. The idea i# said to have come originally from Naples, although there can be no doubt that the credit is due to Ireland for having taught us by her jaunting cars what a single horse can do when at- tached to a light, well arranged, well balanced vehicle. The class of Londoners which makes use of hansoms | was amusingly described some years ago inawell | known periodical :— | | { | There is a very large clas of riding London which, while not sufficiently rich to keep its private carriage, holds omaibus conveyance ip contempt and scorn, soathex fys and pins its vehicular faith on cabs alone. To this class belong lawyers’ clerks, of whom, red bug holding and perspiration covered, there are always two or three at the Holborn end of Chancery lane, flinging themselves into hansums and being Whirled off to Guidhall or Westminster; to it belong newspaper re- orters, with their notebooks in their breast pockets Rurrying up trom Pariiament debates to t there to turn their mystic hieroglypiies into phrases it belong stock brokers gains” to transact, editors hunting up “copy” from re- | calcitrant contributors, artists burrying to be in ime with their pictures ere the stern exhibition gallery por- |, Pointing to the clock, says, young gentlemen going to or coming | and uil people who have to catch ning | nature, have, in old_jadies’ phraseology, ‘Ahing to the ast.’ Toxach people a han: rimary matter of faith, ‘thus brietly glanced at the origin and | history of the two kinds of vevicles known as “four- wheelers” and ‘“hansoms,” I will proceed to ¢ technical and important points of the subject, which control THE WORKING OF THE CAB SYSTEM of the metropolis, Cabs, in all their relations, are un- der the immediate superintendence of the Commission- erot Police, to whom is intrasted the carrying out and enforcing of the provisions of the two acts of Par- liament entitled “The Metropolitan Streets act’ and “The Public Carriage act.” For the convenience and | safety of passengers and of the general pubiic the acts contains the following directions it may be known whether the vehicle is Gt for use:— Daring such portion of time between sunset and sunrise as may be bxed by the Commissioner of Police Of the mettopolis from time to time no driver of any hackney carriage shall ply for hire unless the hackney carriage under bis charge be provided with at least one lamp properly trimmed and lighted, to be xed outsiae tbe carriage in such manner position as may be directed by the Commissioner of Ponce of the me- tropons, Avy driver plying for bire in contravention of this enactment shail be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings ($10, The portion of time so fixed by thesaid Commissioner shall ve made known by notice posted up atevery standing for Lackney Carriages in such conspicuous joeayonge | as may be directed by the said Commiamsoner, Ot 1m ANY proceedings for eulorcing the foregoing reg- ulation ax to lamps it shall not be necessary to prove that such notice was given. ‘The Commussioner of Pulice of the metrapolle may. from time to time, cause to be aflixea sacu pie or mark iu such position as he thinks expediedt to any hackney carriage certified by him to be in a fit con- dition for public use, and may cause to be removed Buch plate or mark whenever such carriage bas, atier notice to the owner thereol, been determiued by him to be in & condition unfit jor public use. If any plate or mark ado) by the said Commission of Police of the metropolis for distinguishing hackney carriages that aro (it for public use is affixed to any hackney carriage without his authority, or if avy place or mark counterfeiting or resembling such authorized plate or mark is affixed to auy hackney carriage the owner uf the carriage and also the driver (unless such owner or driver proves that he was ignorant of the plato or mark being aflixed to the carriage in contra- Vention of this section) shall be liable tor each oifence to w penalty not exceeding forty shulings ($10), The second of these acts of Parliament containg the most comprehensive and minute provisions as to the licensing of cabs and drivers, pemaities on the use of unlicensed carriages, regulations of the number of per- sous to be carried, the standing places of the carringes, the rates or fares, the power given to the potice to superiniond the condition of the eabs and generally to assist in the carrying ous of the statute, ery of property accidentally left in these carriages, TUE LONDON CAB PARES. There are two scales of cab fares im the metropolis, Within what is called the “Four-Sile Circle”—1, @., a “eirele of which the ceutre is Charing Cross, and the circumfercnce is dezeribed by a radius of four miles” — the following are the legal charges, according to an order made by the Sceretary of State in pursuagce of the act of 1869: — By disianee—(whether the carrisge be two-wheeled or four-whceled) i! the distance does not execed two miles, for the whole distance, 25 cents. 11 the distance exceeds'two miles, 12}; cents for each mile of the whole distance. For any part of a mile over and above any number of miles completed, 1244 cents, * Toyether with such extra payments (if any) as the driver may under this order be entitled te charze, Where the hiring is by time the fare shall be (if the time does not exceed one hour), for the whole time, for « four-whecied carriage, 5) cents; for a two- wheeled carriage, 6245 cents, If the time exceeds one hour, for each quarter of an hour of the whole time, for a toar-wheeled carriage, 1244 cents; for a two-wheeled carriaue, 16 cents For any period of jess than fitteen minntes whien is over anil above any nuimber of pertod# of lifteen minutes compieted, for a four-wlieeled carriage, 12's cents; for a two-wheeled carriage, 16 cents, Together with such extra payments (if driver may under this order be entitled to ch The tare for the hiring of a hackney carriage hired without the four-mile circle shall (whether such car- riaj 18 @tour-wheled carriage or « two-wheeled car- riage, and whether the discharge take place within or withont the four-mile circte) be regulated as fol- jows :— Where the hiring is by distance the fare shall be— {f the distance does not excoed one mile—for the whole exceeds oue mile, for each mile of , 25 cents, ttle over and above any number of miles completed, 26 cents. Together with such extra payments (If auy) as tho driver may under this order be entitied to charge Where the hiring ts by time the fare shall be (if the time does not excoed one hour), for the whoie time, 624g cents. Tf the time exceeds one hour, for each quarter of an hour of the whole time, 16 cents, For any period of less than Ofteen minutes which is over and above any number of periods of fifteen minutes completed, 16 cents Together with such extra payments (if any) as the driver may under this order bo entitied iv charge. ‘Tnofare for the hiring of a hackney carriage which ts hired within, but discharged without, the four-mile circle shall be regulated as foliows : When the hiring is by distance, then, whether the hackney carriage is 1 four-whevled carriage or a two- wheeled carr! the tare shull be (if the distance does Bot exceed one mile) for the whole distance 25 cents, If the distance xceeds one mile, for each mile ended within the four-mile cirele, 1245 cents, For each inile ended without the four-mtle circle, j 25 cents. For any part of a mile ended without the four-mile cirele, over and above any.number of miles completed, 25 conts, together with such extra payments (if any) as the driver may, under this order, be entitled to charge. Where the hiring is by time the fare shall be the same as if the backney carriage had been hired without the four-mile circle, Whether the hiring be by distance or by time, the driver shall be cntitied to charge, in addition to what is due to him for distance or (tine, as the case may be, the following extra payments in the following cuses ro: spectively :— If any luggage ta carried outsiae the hackney carriage, he shall be entitled to am extra payment of 4 cents for every package carried outside, whatever may be the number of persons carried. If ft any time during the hiring more than two per- sons are carried together, ho shall be entitled to an | extra payment of 124; cents for every persun above two persons 80 carried. Provided, that two children under the age of tem years shall count for one person, und that for apy one such child when carried together with two or moro persons the extra payment shall be 64 cente, and no more. Yea hackney carriage is hired by distance, and in the course ol the hiring is, at the request of the hirer, made to wait, the driver vhall be entitled to charge (in addi- thon to what is due to him for distapee) av extra pay- meat as follows:—For each period of fifteen.minutes completed, whether in ove stoppage or in several stoppages, for a four-wheeled carriage hired within the four-mile circle, 1244 cents; for a two-wheeled carriage hired within or for any carriage hired without the four-mile circle, 16 cents. The driver shail not be entitled to any oxtra payinent for waiting any less period than ffieen minutes (whether such less poriod be completed in one stoppage or in several stoppages), which ts over and above any number of completed periods of fifteen minutes. The driver shall not be entitied to receive yment for waiting, if such waiting has not fr" the whole to fifteen minutes. Aariver if hired by distance shall not be compelled to drive more than six miles; aud, if hired by ume, shall not be compelled to drive tor more than one hour, A driver of a hackney curriage who, for any hiring, shall charge or take wore than the fare. shall be acemed to have committed a h of this order. ‘The driver shall deliver to the hirer on entering the | hackney carriage « ticket of the following form :— e 81D) wT (1) The num. cinta ber mentioned a.) If hired and dischared within Four/in the License, Mile Cire! (L) If by distance Not exceeding two miles, 25e, Exceeding two miles— For each mile or part of a mile... (2) If by wmoe— Hackssy Caxniage (1) ] Pexsoxs, (2) In the For one bour of leag (2) 500, {case of a two Above one nour— wheeled car- For every 16 minates (3) 124¢e. friage, 62 4c. For anv less period (4)... 13gc. | (3) Ditto, 160, (b.) If hired withoat the Four (4) Latte, l6e, Mile Cirele wherever discharged : 250, Exceeding ove mile— For each mile or part of MLMUW .s65 osbn00h600s (2) If by time— For one hour of less,... 623¢0. Above ono hoar— For every 15 minutes... 160. Bee 4. | 250, N i (¢) If bired within bat dis charged without Four Mile Circle: (1.) If by distance— Not exceeding one mile. Exceeding one nile— mile ended 2. IBKe. For cach within circlo....... For cach mile end without circle ge For any part of a mil over. i (2) If by time ment ae abe ad ge hired without circle. | For any jess period, Pay 25e. Extaa PayMests, (a.) Whether lured by distance or by time: Luggage— For cach package carried outride... Extra person ; For each person above 2 12ige. | For each child onder 10 6c. By distance—Waiting For every 15 mi ph ted wh If hired w.thin e:reie (5) 12446. | 7 If hired without circle, . Wie, —E— — | over the affair bas run b: ply for hire elvewhere than at some standing or place appointed for that purpose. ‘be proprietor of « Lackney carriage shall keep 6 and all its furniture and appointinenws, and the harpess of the horse or horses drawing the same, in pertces order and repair; and if, with regard to any carriage whilst it is plying tor tire, there i# detect in any of these particulars, the proprietor shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this order. CAB RYGULATIONS, The following are among the most important regula tions as to licensing aud otherwise :— A license sbalj, if not revoked or suspended, be im force for one year, and there shall be paid iu respect thereof to the Receiver of the Metropoiltan Police, te be carried to the account of the Metropolitan Police fund, such uniform sum, not exceeding $10 50, as the Secretary of State muy prescribe. If any unlicensed hackney or stage carriage plies for hire, the owner of such carriage shall be liable tow penalty not exceeding $25 for every day during which such apheensed carriage plies, And if any up- licensed hackney carriage is found on any staud withio | the limits of this vet, the owner of such carriage sball | be hable to a penalty not exceeding $25 for cach tume | itis so found. ‘Tbe driver also shall in every sueb | cuse be lable toa lke penalty toless he proves that he f the fuct of the carriage being an un ie. prictor ot a public carriage shall not kaow- ingly peruuit his public carriage to be used for any | iegal purpose; shall at all times, when required, pro- | duce his license to the Commissioner; shall at ail | Teasonable times allow to all persons appointed by the puMissioner, and producing a special order from the Commissiouer, iree ace 1o his premises for the pur- pose of inspecting the public carriage to whieh the license relates, the horses used for drawing the same and their harness The Commissioners of Police may within their dis- trict appoint standings for huckuey carriages, or alter | the same trom tine to time at their discretion, and may thake regulations coucerping the boundaries of the same and the pumber of carriages to be allowed at cach standing, and the tines daring whieo the hack- ney carriages way stand or ply for hire, and also make regulations for enforcing order at every standing and ‘tor removing any persons who shail unnecessarily Joiter or rewsam at or about any standing. Tee Commissioners of Police may order the water rates and expenses of iaying on water at such stand ings or places to be paid, A driver of a hackney carriage may ply, if heensed, and if standing or plying for tire on Sundays shall be compellabie to drive on that day. No ‘iriver is compellable to hire his carriage for @ fare according to time at any time after eight o'clock in the evening aud betore sis sek th the morning. LADY BURDETT-COUTTS’ PHILANTHROPY, Perhaps among the many acts of kindness and phil- anthropy which are tobe placed to the credit of Lady Burdett-Coutts, the extent of whose purse is only equalled by the largeness of her heart, none was more thoroughly needed or appreciated than the recent suc cessfal offort to amehorate the condition of cabmen and to afford them some source of comfort and reliet froin the hardships necessarily entailed by the life of exposure which they lead and the constant perils of the streets which they have to brave in all weathers, The heart of this charjtable lady was touched by the consideration of the sufferings of such necessary ser- vants of the community as our cabmen are, and out of the fullness of her m he applied berself to find « o | remedy tor what bas long been felt to bea barasbip to a class of mi well deservin; sympathy of the public. The tangible resuit of this beneficent lady's eforts was the establish: tof the Orst CAUMEN’S SHELTER, Numbers of these wooden erections now exist ip the pritcipal highways of the metropolis, and they cousti- tute an inexpressible boon to the men for whose benefit they were erected. Each shelter is in the vicinity of & permanent cab stand, und is provided with seats t¢ accommodate ten or twelve cabmeu, whose coufor is further secured by a cuisine of rather a rough nature, but a very satisfactory ono to those for whost benefit tt is intended. In those shelters, coffee a4 libitum is supplied to their frequenters, day and nigh for a very small charge, and they are also provid with a stove, wherson, for the charge of two penca any “cabby” may his dinner, consisting of choy or steak, cooked, while he is all the time within ear shot of any person who may. require his services, These “shelters” uro now under the management of ‘8 regularly constituted soci be a prime means of reforming ublic 8 ints who have at present by no meansa igh place in the estimution of the community, SAD AFFAIR AT NEWPORT. 4 LiDY PREYED UPON BY A BITTER MEMORY DRIVEN INTO INSANITY AND SUICIDE. ‘ Newronrr, R. 1, May 11, 1874, A sad tragedy occurred in this city this morning which 1s the result of a recent attempt to commit an outrage, It will be remembered that in January last Timothy Sullivan attempted to outrage the wife of Alexander H. Carson, of this city, while the latier was on ber way home. Since that time the lady, who was very proud spirited, has been melancholy, and at times bas shown unmistakable signs of insanity. She has bardly been able io care for her interesting family. Her neighbors and friends bave done ali they could to cheer ber up, but tonoavail, The publicity of the affair has so preyed on her mind that after rising this morning aud partially dressing she took a Smith & Wesson’s revolver and SHOT. HERSELP. TWICK near the left breast. Tho news of her death caused 80 little excitement, and it was well for her assailant that he was in jail awaiting trial, bis bondsmen having given, bim up we weeks ago. His bail was $5,000, and his trial tal place this month. SEATEMENT OF THE HUSBAND, The busbana makes the following statement:—I went to Pro Since the assault upon | my wite T was always in the habit of carrying a re volver, but did not take it with me yesterday. [loft it in the bureau drawer, unloaded.” A few cartridges were hid iu the drawer yesterday, She saw my son | cleaning another pistol, und this doubtless was what brought her attention to the other one. Of late I have had iron bars against ber windows, and always locked her bedroom door for tear’ she would got out before I got up. 1 sieep im an adjoining room and it was ny Custom overy morning, ut four o'clock, to go to her room to+ec how she was, Before her usual tine for waking this morning she called to n 1 told her | would come to her suon. I then went b: to bed again, It was always ber habit to get up and try to open the door, This morning 1 noticed she did notget up. Ab a quarter to five o'clock. while | was dressing, I heard a loud noise; thought it was a shutter slamming; alterward heard a groan; thought my wife } was Irightened at the slamming of the shutter; calied out and asked her if she wanted to get up; heard uo reply; beard her grown again an | went in to seo what the matter was; tound her | on the floor, and thought her in a fit; putting my arm | under her to lift her into bed 1 saw blood trickling down her neck, and, to my horror, I saw that she had shot herself, ‘Lite’ was not extinet, but she died in a tew mouents afterward without a struggie, Carson turther | stated that on Sunday last she got. on the roof and in- | formed her children that she went thereto pray. He suys that Sullivan is responsible for her deatn, and atup to the time of the assault she was of an un- wally cheerful temper, All her friends are also of this opinion. A TERRIBLE SCENR. Althoogh it was five hours after the shooting @ coroner's jury bad not been summoned, She lay om the front side of the bed on the floor, Ber garments overed with clotted blood, and her neck and breast were reeking with gore. Her beautiful face ‘oom during the night by force. ded her to let him lock the door, e atonce. Tho neighbors say that since the assault he has been very kind to her and has done all he could t¢ have ner forget the past. DISGRACEFUL POLICE DOINGS, WHAT SORT OF OFFICERS GUARD LIFE ANB PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF ROGER WILLIAMS, Provipexce, May 11, 1876. ‘The Mayor and Board of Aldermen to-day resclved themselves into a comunttes of inquiry to investigate the charges made by the Providence Sun, a weekly paper, against the Volice Department, Important and Startling accusations were made two weeks ago to the efiect that the different police stations im the city have been ased as houses of assigmation by the police captains: and sergeants; that lewd women have been arrested by subordinates at tho instigation of Supervisors; that one woman was outraged Ly several officers, in a cell, and died from the effects thereof; that a captain com- mitted an assault opon a woman in a lane running from North Main street; that women taken inte custody have been indecently assaulted and exposed; that pris. onets have been robbed uf money and valuables; that ot the. ‘Mayor,’ and. that to officers guilty of drunken. and of g Tespectable women on duty, These charges are sapposed been preferred vy ex-policemen. Excitement for several days, and om port, whieh phy an unt . community. Many persons demai The daily papers made no allusioa matter, and until a few days ago no notice was taken of it by the city goverament, although 1t ‘s claimed the Mi w the urticles before they wero The Cena eee ae of oyna rs retors of the paper refused eoap! Qi t the publisher, 1. aod Mr, ae 1 RS. eee #38 ’ #3 = 3 Fe x 218 2% 5 & | were sammoned to the.