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

RESULT OF THE DEPUTATION.

Upon the return of the deputation,
Mr. HIDER, who had acted as its spokesman, reported
to the meeting that the deputation had had an interview
with Mr. Fitzroy at the House of Commons, in com-
pany with Sir R. Mayne, Sir J. Shelley, and another
Member of Parliament, whose name he did not know ;
but he was sorry to inform the meeting that their hopes,
if highly raised, would be disappointed. The first thing
which Mr. Fitzroy did was to express his regret at the
step which they had taken, as, however much he might
have been inclined to do for them on Monday, he was
not, through their subsequent conduct, in so g??d
ao-
sition to do it now. They then went into the consideration
of the conditions contained in the memorial. The first was
the demand of is. for a hiring under two miles. Mr. Fitz-
roy said he could not secede to it. It t unreasonable
to ask it, and quite impcble to do anything of the
sort. (" Oh, oh !") The n
exon t cdonthdietifoonurwtha:
and pma
ment of ls. for every mile bey
Fitzroy said be should that night propose a clause fixing
ourt —Charing-
mile beyond the f h •
the fare at is. for every
fourth—Charing-
cross to be the central point. (Cheers, and " That will
cl "1 In fact, upon looking into it, the clause was found
- • ,with their proposition. That was
to agree excellently
the first thing Mr. Fitzroy could glve them, and the next
was the 6d. which they required for every passenger be-
yond two ; and that Mr. Fitzroy was also willing to grant,
whether they carried three, four, or five passengers.
(Cheers.) The next point was the luggage. Mr. Fitzroy
admitted the reasonableness of their -request, and stated
so to Sir R. Mayne, but'decided that no such alteration
could be made. They next came to the time charged,
which Mr. Fitzroy insisted was in their favour ; but he
(the speaker) objected that all the seeming advantage
which it conferred upon them was more than counter-
balanced by the disagreeable feeling which it raised in
the minds of passengers. (Hear, hear.) They then
passed to the appeal, with which Mr. Fitzroy said he
could do nothing, as the clauses were to be introduced
into the Chancellor of the Exchequer's bill. (Oh, oh !)•
Mr. Fitzroy also admitted that the request with regard
to the Hansom cabs was a reasonable one ; but for the
same reason as the preceding demand, he could not do
it, inasmuch as it was a mere point of discipline, and
would render necessary the introduction of a new act.
(Oh, oh !) Mr. Fitzroy again alluded to the disagree-
able feeling caused by the strike, when he (the speaker)
said it would be exceedingly easy to do away with
that feeling by granting all the demands made.
(Hear, bear.) Mr. Fitzroy replied that Parliament
might have been in a position to do so, but their very
foolish movement had put it out of the question to do it
now, and they had themselves to thank for that.
(Laughter.) He replied to this, that he believed the
movement would never have been attempted had it not
been for that very unfortunate decision at Bow-street
about Phillips. (Hear, hear.) Sir R. Mayne said,
" Yes, yes ; that was very bad ;" but Mr. Fitzroy said,
" You ought not to come here and blame me for the
wrong decision of a magistrate," and yet Mr. Fitzroy
had the proper place to appeal. Sir J. Shelley also
blamed them for the step which they had taken, and
asked why they had not first brought the matter fully
before those who were so anxious to do them
hn
justicee
(laughter) ; and yet Sir J. Shelley had told him, when
asked to present their petition, that he was !
entirely
against them ; and he should have done very wrong to
go to him after that. (Hear, hear) Sir J, Shelley also