Hackney-Coach Fares.
TO QTHB EDTT6iOT1F TIIE TI.liE Sir,-Yrom the very frequetnt ovtechargco made by backney- ach drivers, antd, unless quietly submnitted to-br tlhe paeaefully dnguose-, the unpleasant disputes wnd querrcllings witb coaclhmen, or thestili more unpleasant task of appearing in arrry against thent in a&.ublic court of justice, it kecsmee very desirable that sornc remedy should be applied to the evnl; and I anm glad to see it called to puIV)ic, no- tice by the letters lately inserted ini your paper. I cannot, however, but imarine the plan proposed by "An Invalid" to beaa very im. practicable one; an'd am disposed to tbink ilhey masitge these tllings better in France. In Paris, thefiac c or cabrlolet is taken by time ir by the" coarsr (a drive), at the choice of the taker. If takern bi tltstes the 1irst hour mnst bc paidf.ox, *whether.tlthcfl3cre or cabriolet ts discharged ulder-the time or not .but the time over the first hour is to be c6arged for according to the actual dur4tion of the engage. mont, coniputing the fractianal part- of an hour; and you ar,e of. course at libertv 'o stot) as frequtently as vats please.. But when takents by the coirs. thle engarement is termirrated vhenever yQo U stop. In this there can be no difference or dispute.- If t^ken by rime, your own watch giies you at once the amotit -of the fare; and if by thle cours, the determitnation of their numiiber can scarccly ever andmitof. controversy. Whereasr in lIondon, vou liave first to estimnate thse distance travelled, whica is no eaisy marter; andl,when that,is ascer tained. to find the amount of tbe charge by referenec to a cmniplexly constructed table of fares, which it is nio easy task to rentemtbr.. This very difficulty it is that the coacliditen take advtanage-of) arid until the manncrtof ewisating tbecoach-t.fres is put tz-anplanpmore plaitu and simple, and subiect to less doutit than thetpxeserit' 'gle sanse inconstotmence must remrnain The )?=is system aaswers every purpose thatscan be wished. Ifyou.intend. ti mak a lonig drive, 't make a distant call without stopping at goy intetfiedjae place, you will take a fiacre or cibriolet by the cop:e ; but ifyspu wiili to tnaki a nunmber of sh-ort calls, yqu.thienvwill take it by 'the time. I hayci myvelf fouud this regulation very convenient, 'attl nverril nt. svitb hpy attenmpt at overcharge ; and as that kintd cif buncst! or fgii- dealIng is not over-abundant amnong ou.r ueitchboiirs, I attriute i iiih this instahce more to the excellency of the reguLitioi Fthan the 01spb. sition of the cacl-drivers ; and I am sbo cnvinced that it would re. -.Av st. -vil comml;iinMs of here. that -I should be verv gtla So see it in(roduced. . __ Z.' 1HACKNEY-COACII FARES.