The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-10 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10.

ANOTHER death under the wheels of an omnibus
has taken place, and the coroner's jury, though they
have absolved the drivers and the owners from
blame in this particular instance, have thought it
right to append to their verdict a strong remon-
strance against the practice of " nursing," which
they declare on their personal knowledge to be
still in full force in frequented thoroughfares. So
it would seem that the horrible spectacle of last
August, when in one of our chief streets a heap
of bloody sawdust marked the spot where a victim
hadbeen slaughtered, has, ere September was out,
ceased to act as a warning. The death of one
female BLONDIN sufficed to stop the sacrifice of
more lives in that particular form of sensational
effect, but the death of an omnibus conductor is
too trivial an item to prevent persistence in the
sensation race of the omnibus, where the immediate
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prize is a few extra copper!, and the ultimate ambi-
tion the forcing a rival off the road. So be it.
We must adapt our remedies to the evil, and as

it would seem that omnibus owners are
not to be restrained by sentiments of decency
or of regard for the public safety, we must try
to find out some other means of reaching their
feelings. We know not whether in the scattered
and voluminous police regulations of the metropolis
there is any power to prohibit a practice which is
the most dangerous that can be carried on in its
crowded streets, and the great case of the Saloon
Company against the General Omnibus Company,
• few years ago, served only to show that if an
indictment for conspiracy would lie, it was scarcely
capable of proof. But if the law in this respect is
inefficient, it moat be altered. We cannot continue
to allow the greedy competition of those who pro-
fess to serve us to make our streets as perilous as
• battle-field. Racing and " nursing" are amuse-
ments for which there can never be apology. They
are not fair competition. Neither a new candidate,
nor an old servant, has a right to damage his
rival in that way. The public cannot gain by it,
for its only object is to put an end to that fair
competition by which alone cheapness and conve-
nience are to be attained. Thus there is neither
reason nor sympathy on the side of those who
choose to indulge in so perilous and iniquitous a
means of raising themselves by crushing a
competitor. It is, therefore, a fitting case,
if any can be conceived, for intervention of
the police to put the practice down. Let them,
if they have not the power, be armed with the
power of summoning eve'," driver who is seen
racing, and the owners of every omnibus which is
seen "nursing," and let sharp personal penalties
in both cases put an end to a system which makes
the traversing of our streets as dangerous as the
walking in a fog along a railway line. In the
matter of racing both parties are equally guilty ; in
the matter of " nursing " there can be seldom any
difficulty in discovering the real culprit; sad if in
the former case it may be only the driven who
are to blame, it must in the latter be alined
always the owners. The apportionment of the
penalty which we have indicated is, therefore, the
fittest to reach the root of the evil, and there can
be no doubt it ought to be strictly exacted. The
liberty of the subject is carried a little too far
when it is made to include the liberty of slaughter-
ing, and the name of free trade is abused when it
is applied to proceedings whose object is at any
hazard to maintain a monopoly.
It would, indeed, be well if the immediate

penalties of the police court could in other
instances be substituted for the cumbrous and
haphazard operation of a civil action for damages,
as a restraint upon dangerous driving in the
streets. At present there is no inte-ferenos with
the cab or the heavy van which turns the corner at
speed, unless an unlucky foot-passenger is killed
or seriously damaged. And so, clever is the
driving, and so preternaturally acute are the senses
of the Londoner, that these accidents happen in an
infinitely small proportion of the occasions on
which they might reasonably be expected to
result. The consequence of this comparative
infrequency is carelessness, • and the accidents
which do occur are generally traceable to the
carelessness which is bred by the rarity of the
penalty. But the accidents would become very
much fewer than they are if power were
given to the police to take note of those who are
acting in such s way as to make them probable.
This would be a constant and steady check ;
the fear of an indictment for manslaughter,
or an action for damages, is too remote
to be practically effective. The rule by
which police cautions, or summonses, would be
guided, need not be different from that which re-
gulates civil liability. It is laid down by the
judges that on approaching a crossing it is the
duty of the drivers of carriages to look out for the
foot-passengers, but at every other place it is the
duty of the foot-passengers when eroming the
street to take ears of themselves. There is reason
and good sense in the distinction, and it poinA out
a way of securing safety without inconveniently
diminishing the speed of vehicles. To require
that every driver should slacken his pace on ap-
proaching a corner or a crossing, so as to be able
to pull up instantly on the appearance of any one
in front of him, will not materially diminish the
rate of our progress through the streets, and this
is a Me which the police might very well be
charged with enforcing. We must, indeed, consent
to a certain amount of police regulation when
we cease to be wanderers in the desert or
herdsmen on the hills, and crowd together three
millions of souls in one huge city. Acts harmless
enough elsewhere become full of peril w►en done
amongst a multitude. But prevention is better
than punishmect, and a few slight fines or admo-
nitions inflicted every week for dangerous practices

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(ZZOTZIeII TZIAGIAMS.)
AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 10.

The Royal Mail steamship Arabia, from Boston
on the 30th ult. and Halifax on the 2nd inst., ar-
rived here at 5.30 a.m. She brings 87 pawners
and 52,000 dollars in specie. She landed the mails,
consisting of 117 sacks, and 8 passengers, and pro-
ceeded at 6.10 a.m., all well.

0011YERCLIL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, BUT. 29, Envoi].

NEW YORK, Ocr. 1, Emma.
(By tolographto Halifax.)

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1863.

THE POSITION OF GENERAL ROSEORANS.
THE RUSSIANS AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Sim 29, Emma.
(Per the Arabia.)
No fighting has taken place in Tennessee since
the 21st inst. Unauthenticated rumours un-
favourable to Rosecrans and Burnside are current
at Washington.
Burnside was still at Knoxville on the 24th inst.
It is reported that his resignation has been ac-
cepted, and that Hooker supersedes him.
News from Charleston to the 25th inst. states that
preparations for the bombardment were progressing.
Meade's and Lee's armies were quiet.
10,000 Confederates are reported to have concen-
trated at Mount Jackson for a raid into the She-
nandoah Valley.
The Albany court appears decided that green-
backs are legal tenders.
The correspondent of the New York Herald
asserts that it is impossible for Bragg to dislodge
Rosecrans from his position at Chattanooga by
direct advances. General Rosecrans could only be
dislodged by a campaign in force against his com-
munications. General Grant is unable through
sickness to resume active duty.
The Federal troops repulsed at Sabine Pass are
proceeding to Texas as rapidly as possible overland.
The Confederates have been defeated in two engage-
, manta in the Indian territory.
Female bread riots are reported to have occurred
at Mobile. The women threatened to burn the
city unless relieved, and were eventually pacified.
A considerable amount of government cotton is
arriving at Vicksburg.
Great popular sympathy is evinced towards the
officers and men of the Russian fleet, which, it is
reported, will remain at New York many months.
A dinner has been given to the Russian admiral at
the Metropolitan Hotel. The admiral made a
speech in which, referring to Rues* he expressed
a hope that present circumstances would end peace-
fully. The Russians, however, were ready for any
sacrifice, and as Moscow was burned so they would
not shrink from burning St. Petersburg if necessary.
If foreign nations were for peace, the Russians
would receive it on honourable terms, and bless
God for peace. The admiral's speech produced a
great sensation. A speaker named Wallridge
observed that Russia, in sending a fleet to New
York, wished to have it where, at a given signal, it
could sweep English and French commerce from
' the seas.

Preparations are being made for *ball and public
reception.

The New York weekly bank statement shows a
decrease of 1,000,000 dollars in gold.
The blockade runners Alice Vivian, Fox, Ala-
bama, and Montgomery have been captured in the
Gulf of Mexico.

Money easy ; gold, 43/ per cent. premium. Ex-
change on Loudon, 156 k. Stocks steady : New
York Centrals. 135 ; Illinois, 126/ ; Six per Cent.
United States Bonds, 107.

A large advance has taken place in cotton. It is
still firm and advancing. Middling upland is
quoted 83c. to 85c.

No movement bas taken place on the Rapidan.
General Rosecrana remained on the 30th ult, in
a defensive position, the Confederates confronting
him.

In the battle of the 20th, General Bragg claims
to have captured 7,000 prisoners, 30 cannons, 25
colours, and 5,000 small arms. General Hood
waa not killed as reported.
A plot has been discover-A in St. Louis to
destroy all the Federal vessels on the western
waters.

The republican ratification meeting held at New
York was largely attended. A conciliation policy
was announced (1 denounced). Vice-President
Hamlin said he did not believe that peace worth
having ➢aid in any other direction than through
force of arms. Some want the constitution as it is,
and the uoiou as it was, but this they can never
have.

A public reception and a congratulatory address
were given to the Russians to-day. One division
of the National Guard escorted the procession up
Broadway, which was lined by enthusiastic crowds.
Admiral Leetgski rode in a carriage drawn by six
horses, and was accompanied by Alderman Fro•
meat.

Yesterday the Russians visited the forte in New
York harbour.

At s banquet on board the steamer Admiral
Paulding made s speech in which he expressed a
hope that whenever it became necessary for America
to fight foreign enemies, Russians would be found
shoulder to shoulder with Americana.

The British frigates Nile and Immattaliti, and
the French frigates Guerra aud Belone, have
arrived at New York Admiral Milne officially
visited Mayor Opdyke.
The Morning Post alluded enthusiastically to the
admiral's visit to the mayor, and observes that the
reception given to the Russians will not be extended
to the officers of any other nation.
The Russian war sloop Norvitch has been wrecked
at the entrance of San Francisco. The officers
report that the Japanese batteries at Vagoirinia
had repulsed the British fleet.
Mobile despatches of the 26th assert that the
New Orleans Era mentions a Federal disaster in
Louisiana, confirming the rumour current in
Mobile that General Weitzel was defeated and
killed at Napoleon, Louisiana.