30 NOVEMBER 1867, Page 2

We hope Sir R. Mayne does not hate costermongers, for

they have been delivered wholly into his hands. Instead of repealing the 6th Clause of the Metropolitan Streets' Act, Mr. Hardy has repealed only the last proviso, thus allowing the costermongers to stand in the gutter, if Sir R. Mayne likes. We suppose he will like, but the power left to the ordinary policenuin is very great indeed, and may be very vexatiously exercised. Chaffing a policeman will henceforward be a dangerous amusement for the costermonger. However, the police must have some discretion, and the coster- mongers, under the protection of the publicans, will, as a body, get on fairly well.