The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-27 00:00:00

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ROYAL PRLNICESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tion. Such, heretofore, without any shadow of a
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kern.
shade of exaggeration, has been the average
THIS EVENING, Juvr 27. specimen of a Cab in London.
Will he performed TIIE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup-
NT ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy, ow, a Fiacre in Paris has long been, and is
After Which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS. , still, up to this moment, the reverse of all this
Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean.
To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters diametrically ! Instead of a wretched instance
by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. of what might, some twenty years before, have
been an example of the skill of the coachbuilder,
Ia good and substantial vehicle is your Paris
Fiacre. Instead of a fellow reeking of gin, with
the bowl of a blackened dudheen sticking out of
his waistcoat pocket, a straw-wisp as a hat-band
in winter, and himself in his shirt-sleeves during
the dog-days—the driver of your fiacre is a re-
spectable citizen enough, sober as a judge and
civil as an engineer, not merely labelled with the
badge of his licence, but dressed in a decent livery
marking the nature of his occupation. As to
your fare, the amount of that has long since been
placed altogether beyond the reach of dispute. As to
your property, that also is secured in a manner
the most simple and the most effectual—the
driver of the fiacre handing you a ticket giving
his number thus in sufficientlylegible characters :

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Jr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, JULY 27,

Will be performed GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Ben.
Webster, A. Wigan, Leigh Murray, Keeley, Parselle, Pan] Bedford,
Cullenford, Woolgar, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Madame Celeste
nd Mrs. Keeley.
After which, will be presented SARDANAPALITS.
To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBEAM.
To conclude with JOHN JONES.

ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
Great success of the New Drama.
THIS EVENING, JULY 27,
Will be performed the New Drama entitled THE TIMES. Charac-
ters by Messrs. Farren, T. Mead, H. Marston, William Farren,
G. Cooke, and Shalders; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Tur-
ner, and Bartlett.
After which, an tirely New Burleue, Francis Talfourd,
Esq., entitled SHYLenOCK, or, THE MEsqRCHAby NT OF " VENICE
PRESERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson.
To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags,
Mr. F. Robson.

6 5 8.

Conservez ce numero en cas

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Now under the Direction and Management of Mr. W. Cooke.
The tide of success has fairly set in to this favourite Establishment.
No greater test can be given than the crowded state of the Theatre
nightly to witness the ever-memorable Battle of Waterloo, with
is marches, encounters, and brilliant tableaux.
New and splendid Scenes in the CIRCLE, by Artistes of known
talent—introducing a new engagement, M HOMET BEN SAID,
tke Arabian Groteeque, from the Cirque Royal, St. Petersburgh, by
Permission of the Emperor.

de reclamation.

Everything, in fine, is as decent, as orderly, as
clean, as reputable in all essential particulars,
as could well be in the conduct of the
public vehicles of this class throughout the
whole of the French metropolis. Indeed, decency,
order, cleanliness, and respectability constitute
the rule with the Fiacres of Paris, and not the
exception.
It was in consequence of the lamentable and
even disgraceful contrast presented in these re-
spects between the London Cab and the Paris
Fiacre that the recent reformatory bill was at
length passed into a law by Parliament. Yet
now that that enactment of the Supreme Legis-
lature has been contrived—an enactment framed not
so much for the public convenience merely, as for
its security henceforth from habitual insolence and
organised extortion—now that that enactment has
been contrived, we say, the cab-proprietors of our
metropolis have capped the climax of their mis-
doings, if not by an open violation of the law, at
any rate by a flagrant and most unjustifiable act
of evasion. Smarting under the effects of
the tardy, but, at last, decisive interference
of Parliament, the cab fraternity resolved
to withdraw the whole of their vehicles from the
streets of the metropolis. This morning, mop-
over, they actually carried that resolution into
effect. For once London has been deserted by its
cabs plying for hire, or waiting at the stands, or
hovering about the theatres and the railways.
Whatever inconvenience may have resulted to the
public generally from this sudden and unlooked-
for proceeding, we can, at any rate, vouch for
one fact, that the streets have seldom had so in-
disputable an air of respectability.
Another fact in connexion with this strike, on
the part of the Cabmen, is worthy of considera-
tion. It is wholly and exclusively suicidal in its
character. Deprived of their cabs, the public
can at least walk—they can employ the aid of
the omnibus, and, in cases of great emergency, of
the brougham and the clarence from the nearest
livery-stables. So that the cabmen alone will be
the sufferers from their new and crowning miscon-
duct—a consideration, so far at least, satisfactory.
Yet another and a very different consideration is
forced upon us by this eccentric climax of the Cab
Nuisance—the consideration to which we gave
utterance at the outset of these remarks, namely,
that something must be adventured upon, in addi-
tion to the recent enactment, by the " wisdom "
of the Imperial Legislature.
Happily we have not had long to wait before receiv-
ing a substantial guarantee of this legislative inter-
position. It will be perceived from our report (given
elsewhere) of this day's proceedings in the House
of Commons, that Mr. FITZROY, in answer to
inquiries made by Sir R. H. brcaas, and en-
forced by those of Mr. WALPOLE, announced this
afternoon his intention to introduce a new bill, or
under any circumstances to propose a new clause
calculated to prevent the repetition of this annoy-
ing proceeding on the part of the cab proprietors.
So that under the conduct of that able and ever•

63D NIGHT OF LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase.
N.B.—Miss Emily Cooke is re-engaged, and wilt appear at this
Theatre at the conclusion of her Continental professional trip.

THIS EVENING, JULY 27,

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And during the week, the Performance.; will commence with
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, with all its or ginal military
effects.

To be followed by Ifr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, intro-
ducing talent unprecedented, among whom will be found the great
Arabian Wonder, 3fahomet Ben Said.
To conclude with the successful Ilinpo Drama of THE CHASE ;
or, LIFE ON THE TURF, in which a real Fox Chase will take
place.

Doors open at Half-past Six. Box-office open daily from Eleven
to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. ,N est.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. -
THIS EVENING, JOLT 27, '
PANORAMIC VIEW of CHUS.tN, Splendid and Interesting
ENAGER lE.
GODFREY's unrivalled MILITARY
.BAND. Vocal and Instrumental
Concert. Various amusing novelties, concluding with the extraor-
dinary spectacle of 'filE FEAT OF LANTERNS, and a grand
display of Filtr,'WORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHIN-EsE FinE
RAFTS. Admission Is.

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getie reformer we may hope before long to hear
indeed " the last " of this intolerable Cab Nui-

san ce.

The Government of India Bill has passed
through committee. To-morrow evening the re-
port will be brought up, and the third reading will
be taken on Friday. So far the Government have
had it all their own way. Every amendment
brought forward by an independent Member has
been rejected seriatim with one solitary exception.
Ministers, however, signalised their triumph by
one graceful concession to public opinion, for which
Indian reformers should be truly grateful ! And
their gratitude should be materially enhanced by
the fact, that the boon was altogether unsolicited
—that no application had been preferred, no peti-
tions presented, to induce their consent to this
most beneficial alteration. It is true that the

party in charge of the bill did not himself initiate

the proposition. So far a distinction is perceptible
between the course adopted in reference to the
stamps on newspaper supplements and that pur-
sued on the present occasion, but we yielded with-
out remonstrance on the first summons. The
suggestion was eagerly grasped at, and Sir
CHARLES Woon concealed his blushes while Lord
PALMERSTON signified the cordial acquiescence of
the Government in the proposition of the Right
Hon. Gentleman the Member for Northampton.
Yes ; let grateful India rejoice ! Let its unnum-
bered myriads express their exultation without
restraint or moderation ! Let its injured Princes
believe that there is at length a prospect of ob-
taining ample redress for their manifold griev-
ances, for the wrongs they have sustained, the
unmerited sufferings they have endured ! Pro-
! claim it throughout the length and breadth
of Hindostan. Let it resound through the
different Presidencies, and be re-echoed
from the tributary, the protected and allied
States, that Sir CHARLES WOOD, the efficient !
the experienced ! ! the eloquent !! ! Presi-
dent of the Board of Control, is to receive an
additional ONE THOUSAND POUNDS PER ANNUM.
That which was considered ample remuneration
for GLENELG, for ELLENBOROUGH, • for HOBHOUSE,
FITZGERALD, RIPON, and HERRIES, was clearly
inadequate for the inappreciable services of our
own Sir CHARLES ! There it is, that he had pre-
viously received double the salary paid in the be-
ginning of the century, and in a paper currency,
when the purchasing power of the pound note was
less than half of that belonging to the gold sove-
reign of the present day, to CASTLEREAGH, to
MINTO, and GRENVILLE, and TIERNEY, and HAR-
ROWBY, and MELVILLE. But what had that to
say to the question ? Making due allowance
for his extraordinary powers, it would have
been an act of gross injustice, if he were not
placed in as good a position as any ever occupied
by a Minister—on the same footing as GEORGE
CANNING and with salary equal to that enjoyed
by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, or any of the Principal Secre-
taries of State.
That was the very least that could
be expected,
and, indeed, the matter was placed
in that point of view by the Right Hon. mover
of the new clause, whose proposition was, that the
salary should in no case be less than that paid to
one of the Principal Secretaries of State. There
may, therefore, be hope as to the further exten-
sion of the boon to British India, Possibly of a
few thousands more being paid to the Right
Hon. Baronet when lie shall have merited
the addition by another five-hours Speech
in praise of the Court of Directors, and in
opposition to any real improvement in the ad-
ministration of the affairs of the Anglo-Indian
Empire.
There was another branch of the proposition of
Mr. VERNON SMITH which was responded to with
almost equal cordiality by the Home Secretary,
Sir CHARLES WOOD being still too modest to ad-
dress the House. It is that, in place of two po-
litical Secretaries of the India Board, eligible to
sit in Parliament as at present,. one is to hold
()Lace permanently, not changing with the Minis-

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