25 AUGUST 1838, Page 2

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Mr. Harvey is said to have been appointed Registrar of Hackney Carriages for the Metropolis under Alderman Wood's new act. We hope that the Member for Southwark has bargained for perfect inde. pendence, otherwise it would be well for him to resign his seat at once. But whatever the understanding may be, be will be hampered in the performance of his Parliamentary duties and for what a miserable matter ! We wonder who he was, of all the officials, that undertook the modest offer of an employment so unworthy of the talents of man immeasurably superior to nine-tenths of the squad.