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told him that there was an a .nation before Parliament
to work 200 hackney ea • es, Mr. Fitzroy adding that
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they had made arrange ents so that ,the licenses could
be had, and that the capital employed would be im-
mense. He (Mr. Hider) said, "So much the better, for
they would want it." (Laughter.) Mr. Fitzroy said,
"The feeling of the house will be against you," and the
member present, whose name he did not know, added,
that he had intended to vote for them, but would
go against them . now, solely because of their con-
duct, as he had seen too much of combinations.
Mr. Fitzroy referred-him to the important meeting of
Monday, and to his reception of them then, as a fact
which should have kept them from adopting the step
which they had taken. But he told that gentleman that
he bad not promised to alter the act this year, and he
admitted that he had not because he could not com-
mit the Government ; and yet it might be inferred from
his statement in the house that he had given a distinct
promise. (Hear.) He told Mr. Fitzroy that it was not
the object of the proprietors to withdraw their property
from the streets, as they wished to pursue their business,
but he thought the concessions were the very least they
could ask for ; and if tbpse concessions were diminished
one iota it would be impossible to carry on business.
(Cheers.) Mr. Gamble (one of the deputation) told Mr.
Fitzroy that the omnibus interest were considering whe-
ther, under the circumstances of the bill, they should
take the same step as the cab proprietors had done,
when Sir It. Mayne said that no class of men should be
permitted to ,set themselves up above the law, and asked,
"Is there no law to prevent this ?" (Laughter.) A
voice, " Is there no law to prevent a shopkeeper front
shutting up his shop ?") Mr. Fitzroy told them to ex-
pect nothing further than the concessions to whiclt he
had consented, and to which Parliament would assent.
He replied that it would not be sufficient for the trade.
Mr. Fitzroy did not exactly ask him whether they would
go to work again, but it was evident he wished to know,
for be said the railways had made arrangements to bring
up conveyances from the country, and, as for members
of Parliament, they would rather ride in carts than sub-
mit to the conduct of the cab proprietors. (Hear, hear,
and laughter.) He replied that he should be sorry to
see members riding in carts, and that such a proceeding
might be easily prevented by agreeing to all they re-
quested. Mr. Fitzroy repeated that it was perfectly
Fitzroy tock him aside, and told him he was quite sure
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and Sir R. Mayne finished up by saying, "Go to
ttimihieeplaill, with his amendments, would answer their pur-
pose,

i PRICE SD.

THE CAB STRIKE.

Yesterday it was expected that the inconvenience to
which the public had been put by the withdrawal of the
cabs would be carried to its height by the withdrawal of
the omnibuses, the proprietors of which held a meeting
on Wednesday to determine upon the expediency of
adopting that step, but are understood to have deter-
mined to refrain from such a proceeding at present, and
their vehicles, therefore, so far at least as the hackney
cabs are concerned, were yesterday in full efficiency, to
the great disgust of a large proportion of the cab frater-
nity, who expected to paralyse the metropolis by the
entire withdrawal from its streets of all hack convey-
ances.

The cabs, as on Wednesday, were kept off the stands,
and the streets consequently presented a repetition of
Wednesday's semi-desolation ; but the void was in some
degree supplied by the appearance of private vehicles
and hired flys, which appeared in more than ordinary
numbers. One striking fact in connection with the cab
strike is the little effect which it appears to have pro-
duced in increasing the traffic by omnibus, as the num-
ber of passengers carried in that manner during the last
wo days, so far from exceeding the average, seems to
have fallen below it, showing, evidently, that the classes
of riders usually patronising the two modes of convey-
ance referred to are so widely distinct as to render om-
nibuses useless to cab riders, or, on the other hand, that
the public resent the rise from threepenny to fourpenuy
fares which has within the last few days taken place on
some of the main omnibus routes.

At the various railway stations large bodies of police
were again kept on duty throughout the day, but, with
the exception of the little emeute which occurred on
Wednesday morning at King's-cross, r..nd in which a re•
fractory driver had the panels of his carriage smashed
by his indignant brethren of the whip, we believe no
disturbance has taken place among the drivers, wh,
fact, assembled at their various points of rendezv'
smaller numbers than on the previous day, the oi
eiateralit'afijkaring in iritite inevisiirelOThaveira;
and the question of " ways and means" having
forced itself upon the attention of a portion

drivers as to induce them to spread themselves in vai.
directions, with a view to supply the deficit arising from
the cessation of their ordinary avocations. Large num-
bers also retreated to the " privacy of the tap-room,"
to canvass the opinions so freely expressed by the
various daily papers upon the motives and prospects of
the movement ; and it was somewhat amusing to wit-
ness the hearty way in which they "d —d the eyes"
of all who dared to condemn the • Revolt of Cabdotn."
Within the railway stations the inconvenience of
Wednesday was somewhat lessened, owing to the ener-
getic measures taken by the various companies, a larger
supply of vehicles of all descriptions being in attend-
ance than the unexpected event at first enabled them
to command. Livery stable keepers and costermongers
were alike put under contribution, the motto of the
day being, " Scraps thankfully received ;" and pas-
sengers arriving from the country had a choice
of conveyance for themselves and luggage, ranging
from the chariot to the costermonger's barrow,
while numerous strange looking porters of the amateur
class beset the gates, anxious to pounce upon any indivi-
dual who emerged from within, luggage in hand. Some
of the newly arrived, however, from their dress appa-
rently belonging to the respectable classes, resolutely.re-
fused all offers of assistance, and went staggering along
under heavy loadewhich, under ordinary circumstances,
they would probably scorn to touch, but which they now
preferred to carry rather than become the victims of the
cab conspiracy. Altogether, upon the arrival of a train,
the disgorgement of its freight presented outside the sta-
tion a tout ensemble well worthy the inspection of the
curious observer of men and manners in times of diffi-
culty.
The Commissioners of Inland Revenue have sanctioned
the employment of any description of vehicle at the dif-
ferent terminii without the necessity of a previous
license ; and extra omnibuses and flys are provided by
several of the companies, who also undertake the transit
of luggage to and from the stations at moderate charges.
These are no doubt only the first steps to wider measures
of retaliation on the part of the public, which may make
the cab proprietors repent the folly of their present
conduct.

Among cabmen the on dit is, that the strike will, at
least, be kept for a fortnight, should not their demands
be granted, and liable to renewal, according to circum-
stances. They insist, at the same time, upon the reason-
able nature of their demands, and only wonder how Mr.
Fitzroy and the Parliament can refuse to grant them.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAB PROPRIETORS.

The Committee of the United Hackney Carriage Pro-
prietors met at the Cranbourne Hotel to consider the
best mode of carrying into effect the resolutions agreed
to by the meeting held at the National-hall on Wednes-
day, and, after a long discussion, agreed to draw up a
memorial embodying those resolutions for presentation
to the Home-office. A deputation was then appointed,
and proceeded at once with the memorial to the Home-
office for the purpose of obtaining an interview with
Mr. Fitzroy. They presented their demands in the
form of the following provisions, which the cab-owners
desired to have enacted :

vho, in I-work, men !go to work." (A Voice—" Yes, and be
voile in pulled up next day !") So the question stood, and the ./1, ,:
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so far another attempt to get the shilling for the firms-hiring,
of the but the meeting finally resolved to keep as they were
various rather than make any further appeal to the Home-office.
ig from The meeting pledged itself to keep all their cabs at
e num- home to-morrow (this day), and separated apparently
room," with a full determination to have "the bill, the whole
by the bill and nothing but the bill," as drawn by themselves.
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