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possible to low persons, and disturljiiig the genteel 

 reflections of the insides. Let us pity the sorrows 

 of those superior travellers, unwillingly conscious 

 of those stamping, noisy, low-down creatures on 

 the roof ! 



The revulsion of those sensitive persons led to 

 the establishment of a superior class of coach, 

 carrying insides only ; and accordingly, we find the 

 original improvement of seats on the roof bringing 

 far-reaching consequences in its train. While 

 democratising coaches, it at the same time 

 necessitated another class, and thus directly 

 brought about a numerical increase. The ex- 

 clusive were thus enabled to keep their exclusive- 

 ness by going in such conveyances as that 

 announced in the advertising columns of the 

 high-class papers : — 



For Portsmouth. 



A New Carriage on Springs, 



called 



THE LAND FRIGATE, 



gets out from the 'Bell Savage, Ludgate Hill, to the 

 'Bjd Lyon at Portsmouth, every Tuesday and 

 Saturday, at 6 a.m. Fare, i 5^. each Passenger. Ladies 

 and Gentlemen are requested to Observe that the 

 Frigate is elegantly sashed all round, and in order to 

 preserve the gentility and respectability of the vehicle, 

 no outside passengers are carried. 



The period now under consideration was in 

 other ways a very great and progressive one. In 



