The Omnibus Strike in London ended on Satin-day, and on
Monday the men returned to work. They have secured the shorter hours, and the right of a day's holiday in the fortnight without pay, and a alight rise of wages, the drivers receiving 45s. Gd. for a week of seven days, and the conductors 35s. The horsekeepers, who were at the last thrown over, remain as before. As these rates are quite reasonable in the present state of the labour market, this is a satisfactory conclusion, though we wish it had been practicable to secure one rest-day a week. nobody ought to work on continuously, even if he is fool enough to wish it. The only bad feature in the strike, as the horses were regularly fed, is the fresh evidence it afforded of the improvidence of English workmen. It was perfectly well understood that the 'busmen, on the whole a, well-paid class, could not have held out for a month, from want of money. Frenchmen or Germans on the same wages would make themselves comparatively rich and independent men.
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