gton conductors; who frequently vary one
hundred per cent. from the morning to the afternoon in their claims on
the pockets of passengers. We can compare the fluctuations of the
Kensington fares to nothing but the daily changes in the price of fish
or other perishable commodities. On the day of the Cab strike the
Kensington and other Bus-men brought out their fares at much higher
quotations; but the public kept aloof, and very few passengers were
"done" at the increased prices. It is some satisfaction to feel that
after October these "tricks upon travellers" by the savage Bus-men of
the West will be impossible, as the Police Commissioners will fix the
fares, and one may then leave home in the morning with some confidence
that after having paid a fair price to go into town, it will not be
necessary to pay double the sum to get back again by the same
conveyance.

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A COOL DOG.

GENERAL FOX complains to the _Times_ that the Great Northern refused to
forward a setter, which he wished to send to Newcastle-on-Tyne, unless
the dog was packed in a hamper. This precautionary stipulation, though
rather vexatious, was not unreasonable, perhaps, in the dog-days: but
when the Company required that the dog should be packed in a hamper,
they might as well have also insisted on having him packed in ice.

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PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.--The Cab Strike was no joke, although it
was all WALKER.

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THE NEW CAB ACT.

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MADE FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF PERSONS WHO RIDE IN CABS, AND FOR THE
BETTER PROTECTION OF THOSE WHO DRIVE THEM.

(_Being the kind of Act that Cabmen would wish to have._)

This Bill will shortly be printed. The following are some of its most
important provisions:--

The Cabman shall have the option of accepting a fare or not, just as he
pleases, and he may charge, either by time or distance, precisely as he
likes. If he has travelled a long distance, then he is to have the power
of charging according to the number of miles, but if he has only been a
short journey, and he has taken a long time in going over it, in that
case the Cabman is to be allowed the privilege of charging by the hour.

Any Cabman, fancying he has gone quite far enough--and Cabmen know best
for themselves how far they can go--may suddenly stop, and insist upon
his fare alighting, no matter at what dista