The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-11 00:00:00

THE SALOON OMNIBUS.

TO TOO 7DITOR 07 TOO SITIIOIII.
fint,—As you have always advocated social, as
well aa political, advancement, I trust this communication
will not be deemed Intrusive from one who was the first to
introduce the " ocaxibos " into Logue in 1829, and has
beet a close observer of Its progress ever slaw.
I admit, in accordance with the generally expressed
opiates of the public, 'hat the pretest mislabels is miserably
I deadest it aceommodatinn ud comfort, and I may add
safety, as regards the outside sinew. It was therefore with
mash satisfaction that yesterday, for the first time, I
minutely inspected the patina esloon omnibus, now ex.
bibitiag for public approval at Hnsgerford Hall, and I have
no hesitation fa saying that if this conveyance were adopted
the omnibus would not much lacier continue to be the
opprobrium of this aientifie age. The saloon omnibus is
entirely different in its interior aspect, and the arrangement
of louden sad exterior mate, from that at present in see
I and without encroaching on your columns by a leagthened
I description, affix it to state that perfect ventilation, com-
fort without crowding, and easy areas to both inside sad
outside seats, ire amply named. I am, and have boon a
long time, unconnected with omnibuses, cad h vs no letterset
hot the public &dement, and the natural pride I take in
seeing the vehicle I first introduced, if not quite perfected,
at all events 'sally improved.
The Freneh-London Omalbas Company have failed to
Introduce the 'speed leprovemesta in the constractioe of
the omnibus: Indeed from the ant it weld hardly be asp-
posed that the directors, being the old prop, Won, wedded
as they are te the am improvement system, would, after
assiuneging their present crazy vehicles for French gold, be
very asks la advancing the public comfort or convenience.
Na see at to imputed that the French promoters of the
Puss optealaties should be very attentive to the wants
of the add* pales, sines they and that the omnibus trade
here is epos Is pulsate csapetitioe, and net, as in Pads, eon-
bawl to sottain cashes for each rotate.
The Vim* Meshes Company cannot, of tonne, be
settallbed to break up all the pabliely eondsmned
width the directors eel Rangers hays been parodists, of
themeless; for eves ass Credit Kolarr must have !ladle
to he MITOSIS& Bet 1 de hope, sew that the requiseseste
to mesh seeded in seelltes eseshestiee as be ea=
that eseepasy wit% Bridal mph& may to speedily
for Introdnetteg upon every metropediton route the sakes
omnibus. If this were dee% and prostisal INS esseeml he
the who
wirieraludisserly Mood to the Worsts el
the mad the neskeetests, no dada a
&Used he Attlee& kr the eherehelksh
—1 es, GIORGI 811ILLIBUIL
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THE SILK MANtir•CTUEIL—To use an American
phrase, hi must have been • "smart" men who med. the
first discovery of the silk manufacture, for of all egrCultu-
ral produote this is the most singular; and, es it is to
Englishmen the least known of all agricultural occupations,
I will try to describe it. The silk-worm is a caterpillu
which, after gorging itself during the finest par. of the
summer en the leaves of the mulberry tree, climb., in its
natural stets, Into the branches, and there weaves round
itself, and from itself, a cover which, when completed, is
about the site and shape of a pigeon's egg, comp din
the middle. Within this shell, es it may be termed.
It remains dormant in the state of chrysalis
Marisa the winter, and eats Itself out as a
butterfly when the warm weather returns, when,
after depositing as innumerable quantity of eggs, a few
days terminate its existence. There is not much here one
would think to originate an important trade, and yet the
ingenuity of man bas turned the habits and instincts of this
apparently insignifimint worm tr astonishing results. Atter
weaving themselves into their mintsr cover, the worms
which are kept for breeding are carefully protected! during
the winter, and soon as the eggs are hid in spring, them are
pissed on tables is large no where they soon change
into silents worms not thicker than a thread. To thine
worms the tender mulberry leaf is supplied, and for
forty days during May and Jane they are constantly fed
upon it, The great art is to preserve an airy at-
Biosphere of the most uniform temperature and a
fall supply of fresh mulberry leaves. By the end of
the feeding time all the mulberry trees in the
country are stripped of their first haves, and the thread-
like worm has grown nearly as thick as the top of one's
little finger. He has now gorged himself snd is soprcaeh-
lug his destiny. Branches of Uwe see placed about the
room, into which he climbs and begins to weave himself
into his tomb. When that is ecoompli•hed the living but
dormant animal is completely encased in its cover, called
the mom. In this state these form an article of com-
ments, and ere sold to the manalaerarers in the towns and
villages where the net of the process is completed.
That Dream is nothing more than to unwind by art
the silken sorer within which the worm is encased.
For this purpose a handful of cocoa at a time are
thrown into warm water and kept In constant
motion by a brash, which detach. a the ends of the slight
silken threads, several of which are spun off together round
a wheel, and in one minute the cocoon is unwound, sod the
dead worm inside is brushed away. The silken coat with
which he bad so carefully covered himself is thin trans-
formed into the fabric from which is fashioned the silken
dress of a lady, and which engages so large a portion of the
manufacturing industry and capital of Itch sod France. It
is a trade which is emistantly increasing, as the land within
the range of the climate in which it can be (Abased is exten-
sive, and not yet newly OCCUPied. in Ir.ll, it yields an
annual value estimated at upwards of 10,000,0001. sterling.—
Correspcesdeuf of rises
COMMERCIAL GAS COMPANY. The haltitarly
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Butler, IS hP
of the direcons stated that & considerable loos bad been sus-
tained by the company through an accident which occurred
at the entrance-pates of the West Indi s
Of May led, by which the main supplying DoeksthiAeole of th 6th
D-gs
was fractured. The supply of gas to the district bad been
n e e.l.diny"thteerha rt t hTah
e report
continued by a temporary main laid across the bridge ; the
eouneotios of whisk, having to he aostinuell broken to
' eil w the estrum* et vessel+, had entailed a heavy vest on
the wisgemy. TM report added, that not withstandini tins
depteMeglin fa the market value et coke and other products,
the deestaes ttlaswlvee justified to proposing the eon-
: tin
if
tke.alahmiestrn itaissemalaideuedtivrat.de:Tet.ea titethehtet fort 6
tte6i per
companycro re cent. per
t ito ..n
I missd the reyst_easeat. The gas natal for the half year
bad bon 411.61181.. Ind* thawed an Menus* of 8001. over
11W elomPalbe WOK et 1856. After a lengthened
ilesimissis imam of beak the report was untimely,
ids Oiling es Massa* weed to.