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evening at seven o'clock, being only thirteen 

 hours on the road. On that occasion he was 

 driven by four of the best coachmen he ever 

 saw. 



" Another instance of the reputation the 

 ' Wonder' had acquired was given him by his 

 friend Sir Henry Peyton, who had informed him 

 that he had frequently seen persons at St. Albans 

 regulating their watches by the ' Wonder' coach 

 as it came into that town. This was the only 

 instance he had ever heard of a coach resfu- 

 latino- the time. It was clear that the coach 

 could not have gained such a name for regularity 

 without good cattle and good coachmen, and 

 it was to the proprietors they were in- 

 debted." 



Charles Holmes, the driver of the "Blenheim" 

 coach was in the year 1835 presented with 

 a silver cup bearing the following inscrip- 

 tion, 



" Presented to Charles Holmes by Sir Henry 

 Peyton on behalf of himself and two hundred and 

 fifty subscribers, in testimony of their admiration 

 of his good conduct as driver of the ' Blen- 

 heim' coach for a period of upwards of twenty 

 years." 



