The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-19 00:00:00

E00;1011, with the original clause 13, which allows Is. per
mile beyond the four mile circle, it loot all its interest and
meaning, and the attendance was therefore extremely thin.
The CHAIRMAN having stated these facts, mid that they
stultified any further proceedings on the part of the com-
mittee, who had ever since the 22nd of April been ware-
mieing in watching over the interests of the trade, and
enlightening the public and the members of the legislature
on what they considered obnoxious in the recent measure.
Mr. Gladstone had received the deputation that waited nn
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him with gnat courtesy, and had at once usented to the
granting of six-day and seven•day licenses, so as at once to
satisfy the conscience and the purse of the different pro-
prietors. Sir It. Mayne had al.o very kindly promised that
a policeman should take home cabs to the proprietors which
had been condemned to the green-yerd, where the cabs had
the names and addresses of the proprietors marked upon
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them. However, he thought that the drivers of cabs were
very harshly dealt with by the recent act, and he thought
that no respectable man should drive at all. (Hear.) He
did not think that they ought to be hedged and ticketed
more than any other class of men. (Hear.) Free trade in To
hackney carriages was as essertial as free trade in broad
cloth, and it was the duty of Richard Cobden, as a free 111
trader, to have opposed the recent act. (Hoar, hear.) If at
the police, the press, and the public had not been so hard Vi
upon poor " cabby," he would not be so bad a man. (Hear.) ff
Ile hoped that they would be able to obtain some modifl- st.
cation of the recent restrictions next session. (Hear, hoar.) 19
The public would then be better served, because services 10
willingly performed were always better performed than XX
services that were forced. ft

Mr. BIADLU moved a resolution to the effect that the 15
meeting having learned that the original clause 13 had been is
restored to the bill, the cause of alarm which they expo. u
neared by the proceedings in the House of Lords on Mon- SI
day no longer existed. The recent proceeding of the
hackney carriage proprietors had been called an ill-advised
stop. He did not so consider it, because they had recourse to sz I
them only aft eeever y other constitutional mean, of obtaining es.
redress had been exhausted. All persons were agreed that 10
theirs was a perfectly model strike, and he did not believe
eft.
that any one kept his things away from fear of the cense- et-
(ponces. The owners of flys, of omnibuses, and of wheel-
barrows said that they came to work too soon. It might Bt,
he too soon for them ; but, in his opinion, they et,
came back in the right time. (Hear, hear.) That was his et
opinion at least. On the first day, the absence of the cabs ff
war greatly felt. On the second day it was less's*: and on r
the third d, still less. (" Question, question.") Some
persons cried" question," believing that it was hurtful to 194
show their weakness, but he believed it was necessary that is
they should understand one another. He thought that 90
they should have, above all things, the right of appeal. pi
(Hear, hear.) The cabmen of Dahlia possessed that right.
Even these who exposed indecent pictures in their windows Bt,
had it, and whhould it be refused to the cabmen and cab ill
proprietors of London? Why should theyalone be deemed to
guilty, till they bad proved themselves innocent, contrary M.
to the maxim that every man was to be deemed innocent re
till he was proved guilty. (Hear, hear.) An °Meer of the is
groernment had recently said, that "concessions" had eg
'been made to them, and he believed that next session this et.,
further concession of the right of appeal would be made to
them. (Hear, hear.) et.
se.
Mr. CRAWFIRLD seconded the resolution, which was COX-
ried, after which the meeting separated. r,

(131' ELECTRIC TELZOR.tPIII

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 10.30 A.x.

Wind S.E., moderate, and fine.
Arrived.—Taurus, steamer, Waterloo, and North
America, from; New York; Perseverance and Clin-
ton, from New Orleans; Waterwitch, steamer, from
Oporto; Hemisphere and Britannia, from Quebec;
John and Lucy, from St. John's, New Brunswick ;
Eclipse and Dora Alfonso, from Montreal; Wilhel-
mins, from Cuxhaven ; Titbit, from Lisbon ; Dove,
from Memel; Lubeck, from Trieste; Castor, from
Malts. _ _ _ _ - -

Off.—Washington and Lady Franklin, from New
York; Kent, from Bombay ; Jamaica, from Jamaica;
Elizabeth Archer, from Arica,
DEAL, FRIDAY, 9.17 A.m.
Wind S. S. W., moderate, and cloudy.
Passed.—Sir Robert Peel, from New York, for
London. in tnw of steams; Empire. from Calcutta,
for London, in tow of steamer ; Ascendant, from
Calcutta, for London; Taymar, from Sydney, for
London.
Sailed.—Admiral Van Hemskirk, for Sydney ;
and Persia, for Port Philip.

TUE NEw ACT FOR MANNING THE ROYAL NAVY.— gi„
Yesterday the new act to make better provision concerning 12
the entry and service of seamen, and otherwise to amend et
the laws concerniag her Majesty's navy, was issued. The
act has immediate operation, and its object is to extend the
service of men and boys, and otherwise to amend the law 84
concerning the manning and discipline of the Navy, Is
Former provisions, amended, are extended to men entering R.
for ten years, or for any other term of continuous end
general service. Boys under 18 entering are liable to servo ri
21, and when 18 or upwards to serve ter ten years and 100
so on. Entry pay is to be granted to men detained after
the expiration of the period of service, in cues of ewer fi
-
racy. Persons entering the Navy are to be entitled to in
such bounty as may be fixed by royal proclamation. The 111
act is not to affect the right of the Admiralty to enter
seamen for any period, and to discharge them. Men ewer. 30
lag for continuous and general service, and boys, are to be 80
Sledded to pay while in sick quarters, under certain regu-
ktions. Spirituous liquors are not to be brought on board
bar Majesty's ships without the commander's consent.
Men absent for 48 hours without leave are to forfeit theih In
pay daring absence. Power is given to try and punier
wensatarily persons guilty of desertion. Imprisonment, under
111111610“ of naval courts, may be either with or without
MA labour. It is provided, that persons making fraudit- se
lest representations, on entering the Navy, may be punished
as rogues and vagabonds. Railway companies are, by this
act, required to convey navel forces upon the same terms
as the military and police forces.
Sir Frederick Thesiger and family, Major Cross, UL
Rev. Ellis Walford and family, Lieut.-Colonel Arney, and la
Mr. L. Percival, embarked yesterday at noon, on the Gene-
ral Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Ravensbourne,
for Antwerp, en route to the Rhine. Si
NARROW ESCAPE OF FIVE YOUTHS FROM DROWN-
INO.—Last Tuesday evening, the boat Mermaid was pro-
ceeding down the river Orwell, having on board Arthur
Salvor (son of Sir Thomas Beevor), John and Jeremiah
Head (sons of Jeremiah Read, Esq.), Charles Cuhitt,
engineer (nephew of Sir W. Cubitt), and Charles Che-
valier (a relative of John Chevalier Cobbold,
M.P.), when near Hog Island the boat fell in with the
Orwell steamer returning from London; the swell she
produced was so great, that it soon filled the Mermaid,
and she split open at the stern post. Mr. Cubitt instantly
jumped into the river, and swam to the shore on the
Hog Island side. The boat now turned over, and preci-
pitated the ethers into the water; some caught hold of the
oars and others clung to the aide of the boat, and floated
down with the tide to the point. Their cries for help were
extremely painful It happened that just at the moment,
Mr. Owen Rowe, carrel and gilder, was passing in a boat
with a lady, within a short distance of the sufferers, who
called to him for assistance; but he proceeeed to the bard'
and landed himself and his friend. Edward Wo-rell, a
boiler maker, belonging to the Orwell Works, who was re-
turning from a gip's,' party, being on the hard, imme-
diately
took charge of the boat, and, with the waterman,
promptl7 rowed to the rescue of the youths, and arrived
just in time to save them from a watery grave. Worrell is
entitled to all praise for his laudable exertions.—lpswich
Express.
NAPOLEON'S TIIUNDERSTORIL—The passage of the
Niemen by the French army, and its consequent entry on
Russian territory, may be said to have been Napoleon's
first step towards defeat and rain. A terrible thunderstorm
occurred on that occasion, according to M. Sgur's account
of the Russian campaign. When Napoleon commenced
the retreat, by which he yielded all the country beyond the .
Elbe (and which, therefore, may be reckoned a second step
towards his downfall), it was accompanied by a thunder-
storm, more remarkable from occurring at such a season.
Odelben says C'etait une phenomena Bien extraordi-
naire dans on pareil Raison, et avec le froid qu'on venait
d'eprouver," &c.—Odelben, Camp de 1813, vol. i., p. 289.
The first step towards his second downfall, or third towards
complete ruin, was his advance upon the British force at
Guatre-Bras, June 17, 1815. This also was accompanied by
an awful thunder storm, which (although gathering all the
forenoon) commenced at the very moment he made his
attack oc the British rear guard (about 2 p.m.), when the
first gun fired was instantaneously responded to by a tremen-
dous peal of thunder. Thunder, to Welligton, was the pre-
cursor of victory and triumph. Witness the above-men-
tioned introduction to the victory of Waterloo ; the terrible
thunder, that scattered the horses of the dragoons, the eve
of Salamanca; also, the night preceding Sabugal. And
perhaps some of the Doke's old companions in arms may be
able to add to the category.—A. C. M.—Frons " Notes and
Queries."