When Cabby drove up, judging from the appearance of the prince that he was "the fare," he said, "Are you the chap that sent for a cab ?" And, being answered with an affirmative smile, he said, "Well, get in; I guess I'm the gentleman that's to drive you." The next means of conveyance to be spoken of is the omnibus.

I was told by a friend who had made inquiries on the subject, that there were upwards of a thousand, and that they pay twenty-two per cent.

They are infinitely better than ours, simply because they are broader: the most rotund embodiment of an alderman after a turtle-soup dinner, even if he had--to use the emphatic language of Mr.Weller--been "swellin' wisibly," could pass up the centre without inconvenience to the passengers on either side; and as a good dividend is a thing not to be despised, they do not employ a "cad" behind.

The door shuts by a strap running along the roof, with a noose in the end, which Jehu puts on his foot.

Any one wishing to alight pulls the strap; Jehu stops; and, poking his nose to a pigeon-hole place in the roof, takes the silver fare; and, slipping the noose, the door is open to the human "fare." Doubtless, this effects a very great saving, and, dispensing with a cad in this country might enable the fares to be lowered; but I question if there be not very many objections to our adopting the plan; and I should miss very much that personification of pertness and civility, with his inquisitive eye, and the eccentric and perpetual gyrations of his fore finger, which ever and anon stiffens in a skyward point, as though under the magic influence of some unseen electro-biologist whose decree had gone forth--"You can't move your finger, sir, you can't; no, you can't." I have only one grudge against the omnibuses in New York--and that is, their monopoly of Broadway, which would really have a very fine and imposing appearance were it not for them: they destroy all the effect, and you gradually begin to think it is the Strand grown wider, despite of the magnificent palaces, hotels, &c., which adorn it on each side.
[Illustration: A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.] The last means of conveyance to be mentioned is the railway carriage, which--the city being built on a perfect flat--is admirably adapted for locomotion.