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in one at St. Germain, and a piece de circonstance 

 was got up at tbe Tb^itre Marais, entitled 

 *' L'Intrigiie des Carrosses a Cinq Sous." Strange 

 to say, when tbe fashionable Parisians ceased 

 to patronise tbe omnibus, it went completely 

 out of favour, as the poorer class declined to 

 travel in it. Hence tbe company failed. 



In 1827 a society entitled " Entreprise G^nerale 

 des Omnibus" again introduced tbe system, 

 which was thus alluded to in the newspapers 

 of 1829 :— 



" The omnibus is a long coach, carrying 

 fifteen or eighteen people, all inside. Of these 

 carriaofes there were about half-a-dozen some 

 months ago, and they have been augmented 

 since ; their profits are said to have repaid the 

 outlay within the first year; the proprietors, 

 among- whom is M. Lafitte, the banker, are 

 making a large revenue out of Parisian sous, 

 and speculation is still alive." 



During the struggle of the three days in 

 July, 1830, the accidental upsetting of one 

 of these vehicles suggested an idea that 

 barricades could be formed out of a number 

 of them ; and this plan was tried and followed 

 out. 



Shortly after the introduction of the omnibus 



