The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-26 00:00:00

OMNIBUS PROGRESS.

The flat instalment of the improvements promised
to the public by the Leaden General Omaibes Company is
to be paid forthwith. The company are about to put es
lines of osurbuses fry short distances, starting free the
Flower Pot, Biskopegatrstreet, or some Geer conveatest
place fir correspondence with Charlatans.; thus rarer
tag the whole of the eastern with the western sod of Lone
don. The fares epon these lines will be reduced, and the
vehicles of a much linger deerription than those la regent
us. The additon of tree Bass to their prosiest naffs
'sables the repay to lairodates a desirable novelty Ia the
systen of seadiactiog, without dispraise old servants, the
ears of whom interests they kad arepted Is par
chasing the property of the old proprietors. The Loudon
General Omnibus Company farad to loafer the 'typist-
meats of endures to them manner (worth on an
smogs Me. a week) as Crimean soldiers, tar not disabled
tallish, bat worded in the service of the clouttry, and
rebel pensiord off or discharged from their rinser.
with geed skerscten. With this intent the directors of the
etomplay lave lately bad several iaterviews with the Army
sad Navy Possicsers' Ihsployiseat &Wel, from uhws list
they ere tasking a Deludes, so well as with sows of the
highest military anthoritiesorho have Graced mar grafi&
ester at the projected arrangement. Sergeant Price, el
the Sere Feeilisi Gains, whereon through the Crimean
campaign, and whom Lectures to the militia have been r-
oguishly erred is the arepapers, his received the tint
appolotiort is Inspector to the Load** General Guaira
Company, at a sorry of 100/. per rare.
The new style of maths's' foe the new nano M of meg-
silicone ressannee sad capacity. They are now berg
built by Mr. Massie., of Edinburgh. The etempany have
also gives orders to ara, of the first erriegrbuildere is
London to bend three or four omnibuses for them, with the
improvemers severally suggested in order that each may
be originally tested. The mar receipts of the company
are improving, the retorts of the tt t tat serniogs" for the
resist week are seat Is at 6,6391. 13s. 64., an range
of 171. 15s. Id. per emnittem. ea 374 omnibuses
at work, or at the rate of 1144. per mile. The
total number of omnibuses now Is reeession of the err
p soy Is over 400, Wag erectly one-bslf of the whole preen
proemial Gaffe of the greet isetroFoli. Sines the last
return 7 outnibtsee, with 't Use " sad stock, ban bees
purchased of Ide Mersin, brag from Claptoa both. Bank,
and Chelsea and !tether-Irmo, and Crier and Moira,
and Shorediteh and Bow. The pasesseirm of these us an
ueryortest, as it places the crompeay in safe poestweir of
the line. Iron Chelsea to Bethosltgrer sad from Chilies
to Horton, and also of the Clayton and Hackney line,
with the eareptioe of ore solitary comnibas. To vindicate
the sturdiness of the English character, fear of the Iron.
ditch aid Bow omnibus proprietors rare to sell. The
Leaden Oeueral Omnibus Company is the merwhile
wisely reline to eater spot an enmities sad leave the
dkeentlents to come in at their own time.

CRYSTAL PALACL—Otis SMILING DAT, MAIM
26.—Ainincas as main, 4,344; data by man ban,
437; total, 4,761.