The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

THIS EVENING, JULY 29,

And during the week, the Performances will commence Wilt
THE BATTLE t.,F WATERLOO, with all Its or g,inal Mjitary
effects.
To be followed by lir. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, intro-
ducing talent unprecedented, among whom will be found the great
Arabian Wonder, 3lalamnet Ben Said.
To conclude with the successful Flippo Drama of THE CHASE ' •
or, LIFE ON THE TURF, in which a real Fox Chase will take
place.
Doors open at Half-past Six. Cox-office open daily from Eleven
to Four. Stage Slanager, Sir. IV. i% eat.

ItOYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

THIS EVENING; JCLY 29,

PANORAMIC VIEW of CflIJ N, Splendid and Interesting
mENAGEME.

GODFREY'S univalled VTLITARY BAND. 1T,,C,1 d Instrumental
Concert. Various amus'ng novelties, concludiw with the ext. air.
Unary spectacle of THE FEAT OF LAN fER and a grand
display of FIR WORKS, and EXPLOSION of cHINLsr, FIRE
RAFTS. Admission Is.

V;ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

''Ff' DAY —NTorni!lg 0 rain. after 8 r.voning 29 8
To-A kk ow—Moruing, 3 min. after 9 Evelli7l... 36 ;niti.3fL 9

THE WEATEIER.—SmI 01,71C13, JuLY 29.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
72—highest since noon yesterday.
58---lowest this morning and during the night.
70---this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.
WIND, S.W. to W.—Light, pleasant breeze, and fine
weather.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1853.

Anything so disgraceful as the Cab Strike must
not be tolerated by the Legislature. It cannot
be allowed to pass by with impunity. Under any
circumstances, the public may rest confident of
this that Ministers will guard against any possible
repetition of these proceedings. It has already
been announced, indeed, by the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Home
Department, that either some additional clause
will forthwith be interpolated in the old bill, or
some entirely new measure will be brought at once
before Parliament. Whichever course be pursued
by him at the present emergency, we may feel
perfectly satisfied as to the consequence. Mr.
FITZROY is altogether too sagacious a reformer

to overlook the advantages derivable from
the passing opportunity. He will act nei-
ther harshly nor timorously. He will neither
yield to this most flagrant attempt at
intimidation, nor permit his judgment to be
warped by the influence of acts so peculiarly pro-
vocative of indignation. Whatever may have
been inadvertently calculated to injure the cab
fraternity in the reformatory enactment recently
brought into operation will, as a matter of course,
be modified in obedience to the dictates of fair-
play—so soon as the necessity for any such modi-
fication be clearly demonstrated. Beyond which,
however, care will be taken that the inhabitants
of London shall not speedily be subjected to the
repetition of this intolerable display of self-in-
juring spitefulness on the part of those old offend-
ers the Cab Proprietors. Directly, it might be
difficult to subject these men to anything at all ap-
proximating to what would alone be regarded as
adequate punishment. Nevertheless, while
they are unquestionably, to a considerable extent,
beyond the reach of the law, in reference to
the Past—they are, happily, in reference to the
Future, within easy grasp of the violated, or, at
any rate evaded, authority of the Legislature.
Judging from their recent proceedings, it would
actually appear as though the Cab-proprietors had
entirely overlooked this circumstance. They be-
tray an absolutely pitiable ignorance of the weak-
ness of their position, in their extravagant attempt
to struggle against the power possessed by an Act
of Parliament. They forget, apparently, that the
system of licensing may be altered at any moment,
at the pleasure of the national representatives.
That system, in fact, will indubitably, on the
pressure of the existing grievance, be so adapted
to the emergency as effectually to preclude the
Cabmen and their employers from the chance of
conspiring again with impunity to wreak their
little vulgar spleen upon the community by sud-
denly withdrawing themselves and their vehicles
from the public thoroughfares. It will be thus
perceived, speedily enough, how important in
every respect has been this endeavour of the
Cab-drivers and the Cab-proprietors to gratify the
petty rancour excited amongst them by that
enactment which tardily, but effectually, put an
end the other day to their most intolerable nui-
sance—a nuisance emanating from a twofold sys-
tem of habitual insolence and ormised extortion.
A hope was yesterday expressed by one of our
contemporaries that the present withdrawal of
the cabs from the streets of London, might
lead to the fattening up of the unfortunate hacks
during their holidays, and to the highly desirable
renovation and purification of the ricketty old
vehicles themselves. For our part, we must ac-
knowledge that our -
hopes in the matter point in
quite an opposite direction. We trust that, ac-
cordingly as the old licenses expire, the authori-
ties entrusted with the responsibility of granting
new ones will avail themselves of the opportunity
of weeding out the less respectable members
of the offending fraternity. Meanwhile, the
House of Commons might readily provide secu-
rity for the good conduct of those by whom these
more flagrant culprits would be speedily replaced.
Licenses could be granted only on the condition
that their acceptance entailed upon the recipient
certain easily definable duties. Foremost among
all requisites in the applicant should be that
of a good, sober, and respectable character. It
should be rendered necessary, moreover, both on
the part of the Cab-driver and the Cab-proprie-
tor, that no vehicle during the period for which
it had been licensed as a public conveyance, should
be altogether withdrawn from the t t s ree s under
a certain reasonable notice, without Causin-
g the
offender to become liable to the pleasant alterna-
tive of fine or imprisonment. Protected by such
vel and rational regulations aa theac, the
public would have
somewhat less of the into. 1
lence of Cab-drivers, and of the petulance of
cab-proprietors, being guarded g a ainst their com-