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      npHE general movement for a rise of remunera-X tion Has come to the door of Parliament in the shape of the Cab movement , and of the strike of workmen at the Palace iii which that august assembly sits . And it is quite possible , that , if the working-classes , on box or foot , in uniform or out of uniform , be not treated with greater frankness and consideration than they appear likely to receive from some distinguished parties , the

      movement may take a more serious turn than it has yet assumed . This is quite independently of the feeling 6 f . the working-classes ; whose general moderation has been admitted on all sides , ever since the-movement began . Practically ^ tbe&ondon ;| jj rt | i $ |^ tiou b £ ;!^ a ^^ wtf ' --r « i ^^ i ^ kd ei ^^ d / ' -yeft ' ¦ '¦ it-. - "is obvious that to reduce the income of the proprietors is also to

      reduce the allowance of the working-cabman Parliament has passed an Act fixing the price at which the London cabman must sell his wares to the public—6 d . a-mile . There are , however , regulations also vexatious to the cabmen ; but we discuss these in a separate paper . The grand fact here to state is , that substantially the Under Secretary for the Home-Department refuses to make such regulations as the cab people require , or to relax the Parliamentary reduction of fare and wages . This reduction has been made in the face of a

      general rise in wages throughout the country ; * nd although the Stockport people are still refused the 10 per cent , which they have demanded , their Wasters have offered a rise to some extent ; even thus recognising the general advance . Nor is it ° nly in wages that the working-classes are now claiming concessions . The Tyne mariners have « xed the proportion of men and boys for coal Vessels of different sizes , and the ship-owners have generally assented . The Nottingham

      carpenters and joiners have refused to , "fix" any wood prepared by steam except floor-boards , "his we regard as an erroneous decision ; since tliero is nothing more conducive to the general ^ terests of the working-classes than an adaptation of machinery to the ruder employments . If they wanted proofs , they mig ht have two gigantic Proofs , in the high rate of wages earned by the passes working machinery as compared with rude "ibour ; and still more recently the rise of wages * M expansion of employment in the agricultural

      districts since improvements and machinery have been introduced . Nevertheless the fact is an example of the independence newly acquired by the working classes . The miners of South Shields and Hartlepool have resolved not to sail in ships where there are less than three quarters of the crew British . These men resolved to consider

      Americans as British , and the hearty cheer with which that determination was received by the assemblage will let our friends on the other side of the Atlantic understand something of the feeling entertained towards them by the body of the English people . The Hull police are carrying on a demand for a rise of 3 s . a-week : successes

      having been obtained already in South Shields , Manchester , and other places . These are but recent specimens of the rise which it has been our duty , as it is bur pleasure , to describe in all parts qftjie cduntry . How then is it to be expected ili ^ il the officials can keep down the wages of the London police , or reduce the wages of the cabmen?—it is an endeavour to resist facts by acts of Parliament .

      In order to man the . Navyi Government , itself , is obliged to raise the wages of the seamen , and it makes , truly , a magnificent offer—2 d . a day ! The blue jackets arc to " rule the waves" for 2 d . a day additional ! In truth , the claims of labour are not yet understood , in all their force , either in the House of Commons or in Scotland-yard , or in the Admiralty , or in the City .

      But our officials are running a great risk , in thus endeavouring to resist both facts and people . The strike of the cabmen , for several days , has been sufficiently disagreeable to the employing and professional classes—but a wholesale strike of the policemen , which is talked of , would be alarming , as well as disagreeable , especially if it were to happen in conjunction with other strikes , like that of the cabmen , of the building trades , the porters ,

      and various other stout members of society , whom the presence of a strong police has been one means of keeping down . It appears to us far better to make the police force an example of good wages , orderly conduct and contentment , than to -forco it into a position where it would be a great model force of just discontent and natural disaffection .

      We shall have the soldiers strike next . The debate , on the Cab case , in the House of Commons , on Wcdncsdaiy , and again on Thursday night , was not creditable . Members of the House of Commons seem to think it necessary , for the dignity of that assemblage , that it should enter into a contest with the cabmen .

      The most remarkable Parliamentary event this week has been the reappearance of Mr . Gladstone with his financial scheme , in order to get it modified in accordance with the circumstances of the day . When he first proposed it , Consols were at a premium ; the prospects of the harvests were good ; the * profound peace" of which our public men habitually boasted was unbroken . Since he propounded it , the Turkish question has broken out , to say nothing of Denmark and

      various other little affairs ; the summer has been more remarkable for moisture than for heat ; Consols have fallen to 98 ^ - ; and , although the favourable opinion of Mr . Gladstone ' s commutation project , in the abstract , has not altered , the market is certainly unfavourable to the proceeding . He now modifies his plan in three ways . The former alternative ^ , —a Three-and-a-half per Cent , stock , a Two-and-a-half per Cent , stock , payment in cash , and Exchequer Bonds , —still remain ; but a fifth alternative is added : those who decline

      either of the other commutations are now offered a stock at Thre ^ e-and-a-quarter per Cent , on such terms as may be agreed upon between the Treasury and the tenderers . Parliament also authorizes a resolution , which will empower to certain persons , who are now technically disqualified from assenting to commutation , but who are supposed to be inclined to accept it , if they can ; and , thirdly , the South Sea Company is authorized to commute its capital stock . It is well known , as

      Mr . Gladstone says , that the original function of the company , or even the shadow of a function which remained to it , has expired ; and it now contemplates entering upon a new line of business . It appears likely to become a great public company , possessing a vast guarantee fund , in order to undertake trusteeships , at a moderate per centagc , probably one per cent . This would be a great convenience in innumerable cases , and may account for the indisposition of the company to place its capital nt the disposal of the Chancellor of the

      Exchequer . Mr . Disraeli endeavoured to raise an opposition against Mr . Gladstone , by making the most of his non-success , and he endeavoured , by destroying the confidence of the House , to debar Mr . Gladstone from obtaining additional powers , and thus to bind him down to the scheme no longer practicable : in short , he wished to prevent Mr . Gladstone from mitigating the loss which the turn of public affairs entails upon his operations ; and some Liberal members , with crotchets , swelled the murmur of captious discontent , which was raised by Mr . Disraeli . The division , yesterday ,

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      VOL . IV . No . 175 . T SATURDAY , JULY 30 , 1853 . [ Price Sixpence . j - ¦ . . ¦ _ . ¦ —

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      " The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men By prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of religion . Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spuitual nature . "—Humboldt'e Cosmos .

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      MPWS OF THE WEEK— * AGB The Great Cab Strike . 729 A Winter Session , 734 THE ARTSmi * TB-ooir in T ><» . 1 iViYwmf 79 ? Eights of Conscience 730 The Eussian Incorporation of Mol- German Plays : Othello 740 ^ ISS S ; S 725 ¦¦? Eailway Reform 730 davia and Wallachia 735 Sardanapalus at the Adelphi 741 XT S d ^ ChobW "" 726 Distressing Elopement 730 Cabbee ' s Case 735 A Last Look at the Koyal Academy Chronicles of Chobham ,... 726 Criminal Eecord . 730 "A Stranger" in Parliament .... 736 Exhibition ........ 741 L&Sw-piis ::: ; ::::::::::::::::::: ; - wS workmen and wages . z 731 whoisthecuiPrit ? ... .... 737 Continental Notes .. ; .. 727 Miscellaneous :........... ... 731 OPEN T COUNCIL— Healthof London during the Week ... « ¦ ¦ ¦^^ f ^^ l ^ r- ' m : : "S ! $£ 2 SZ « -x <* . . » ^^ t ™^ °° ™ «*» - « - ! - American Notes 728 The Cabless Streets . 733 LITERATURE— COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCuba still Violates the Slave-Trade Eussian Coup D'Etat in Denmark ... 733 Browne ' s History of latin Iatera- Citv InteUirrence Markets Adver-Treaty 729 Honourable Subserviency to Dis- ture 738 City Intelligence , Markets , Aave * Crystal Palace Extension . .. 729 honour . 734 Two Novels .... 739 tisements , &c . ..... .. 742-744

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 30, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1997/page/1/