In no case is the fare to have the power of appeal against the Magistrate's decision. There are several minor clauses, but we think we have shown enough of the New Cab Act to prove that if only one-half of it is carried out, we shall have not only the Cabmen better protected, but also a better and more respectable class of riders in cabs. * * * * * THE CABALISTIC NUMBER.--This number is 6, with a small "_d_" placed on the right hand side, over the top of it; meaning that the price for riding in a Cab is now Sixpence a mile. * * * * * LATEST FROM THE CAPE.--A proposal has been under consideration in the magnetic circles here, to form an expedition for the purpose of moving Table Bay. * * * * * OUR MUDDY METROPOLIS. LORD PALMERSTON at a recent City dinner good-humouredly twitted the Corporation on their dirt, and playfully threw the Thames in the face of the citizens. The Home Secretary, with a pleasant mixture of urbanity and satire, entreated the aid of the Londoners in consuming their own smoke, and absorbing their own mud, with a view to the filtration of their own river. We suppose his Lordship fancied the City Corporation might correct the City dirt; as one poison is said to dispel another, on the principle of _similia similibus_. We fear the Home Secretary fails to see with his usual clearness when he looks at the Thames as a sort of mirror which is only labouring under a temporary obfuscation, but which is capable of being restored to that translucent state which, according to the poets, formerly belonged to it. The Thames is one of those enormities which none of us can ever hope to see the bottom of. * * * * * BEWARE! BEWARE! BEWARE! (_Being the Experience of a very Old Man._) Beware of listening to a man who says he "will not detain you five minutes." Beware of purchasing wine at an auction, which is described as "late the property of a nobleman who has gone to live upon the Continent." Beware, if you are in a hurry, of getting into an empty omnibus. Beware of a shop that deals in "AWFUL FAILURES!" Beware of mentioning the name of Ireland in the presence of an Irishman. Beware of interfering in any quarrel--more particularly a matrimonial one. Beware of marrying a woman who has "great expectations." Beware of short cuts, when you are travelling; of playing with a man who knows a trick or two at cards; of buying a horse of a friend; of living near a firework-gallery; above all, beware of putting your name on a stamped piece of paper, as much as you would beware of steel-traps and spring guns, or of putting your fingers in the fire. * * * * * ROSES OF SHARON FOR AUSTRALIA.