The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-29 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN OMNIBUS-SERVANTS'

PAOYIDENT SOCIETY.

Yesterday the first stout meeting of this society
took pl the at Es ter Hall.
J. WYLD, Eaq M P., to.k the chair, and is noticing
the at - ndance obs'ervisei that whoa be rangiest. d that a
large holy of the mai ii. is and working clone were travellers
by omnibus, he did not wonder that they took an interest
in a meeting of Vis kind. This moiety had three object, in
view, first, the formation of a ford to Geist the disabled and
lindens, their wido es, and orphan; areondly, the ereetim of
an asylum 1.4 the aged and feeble ; and thirdly, the ninth
fishmeal' of a ec,toOt for the children of members, and to
adopt some maseans be which the members might be
enaided to improve th• soaves mentally, n orally, and us
ligiouely. They had now 6001. in hand. In the COUTes of
neat week there mind be detailed necmots of the society
laid before the swab n. This was one of theme societies
w •tch .prisng oat of the peculiar habits of Englishmen. We
bad at this time in the metropalh nearly 2,000 omeihners,
each of which travelled nearly 60 miles daily. Tone was a
million of pecple every yen travellior by these °miniboom,
including Sundays, as t *tibia the last two or ten • yeah
there had been an amount of eivilky, perseverance, and care
fill mead= on the part of the drivers and conductors suck
as had not before been manifested. In New Y-rit they had
similar carriages, but nothing like the nee, attention, or
civility whisk was manifested here. But the pre•ent
object was to cell the attentioc of the public to other pert-
ciders relating to this • object. The perm.. driving oast
buses were subject to ill health, and the avenge lire of the
conductors of public v. Akin was not more then 42 veers et'
age. Bines they bad last met he had had as interview Leith
Sir George Grey and Mr. Cornwall Lewis, and he stated to
them, that in spite of ell their endeavours to make the con-
duct's and drivers resp•cteble, the went of power over those
who granted the licensee frustrated their •'forts; for at
present it was only a meaty for a preprietor to give a
letter to any men to my tbat le employed him,
and upon the receipt of this letter be went to the registrar
and obtained a license. There was then fore tar, large a pro.
potion of very bad dancers. In cossequence of the PO
airy not pooneisig control ova the granting of these
linnet many unfit men were enrolled. That would be pre-
vented by the granting of lice:neon the conductors and drivers
being under the eontrei of the Metropolitan Commissioners.
The manuat and hi-Itself bad wetted or Me. Masse, and
stated the sells, and a.ked him to remedy them, mid be
hied!, mid, that it an the intention of the C monitions, a f
P.liee to ez-rein a stringent and proper control over the
grouter of the., bemuses.
Mr. PaoCraa read leren from Mr. Mayas and others who
bad been unehie to attend the mi eine.

Mr. SCULLY described the laborious occupation of the
eurlottors and drivers, who were generally °tripled,
sesree'y ►arks, time to take 'bele meek, from sight la the
nier.elor till eleven or to. !vest riot.
The Rev. Dr. BURN E moved "that this Meeting, gratified
by the success which h d Attended the eff.,ra of this society,
and eneoursged by its steely advanriag t rotors, desired
most alai .ally the es.ensiou of its instrumentality., and to
the end pledged iterlr in every possible way to and La the es.
lamement of its fund•."

Th. maim& was seessaded by Mr. 01111 AT, and supporttd
by Mr J. PATI46, and the ateettrir, alter the usu.l sppuiat-
oss..t of allays, separated.