THE ROAD. 
bury, from Hay- Gate to Nescliff, in a manner that 
deserves to be spoken of. The stages are ten and 
eight, and for these he has a team of bays, a team of 
greys, and two teams of chestnuts, that can shew with 
England.* Let us look to another coach out of this 
town at the period we have been speaking of "the 
Shrewsbury and Chester Highflyer ! " This coach 
started from Shrewsbury at eight o'clock in the morning, 
and arrived at Chester about the same time in the 
evening distance, forty miles. This was always a good 
hard road for wheels, and rather favourable for draught ; 
and how then could all these hours be accounted for ? 
Why, if a "commercial gentleman" had a little business 
at Ellesmere, there was plenty of time for that. If a 
"real gentleman" wanted to pay a morning visit on the 
road, there could be no objection to that. In the pork- 
pie season, half an hour was generally consumed in 
consuming one of them; for Mr. Williams, the coach- 
man, was a wonderful favourite with the farmers' wives 
and daughters all along the road. The coach dined at 
Wrexham; for coaches lived well in those days, they 
now live upon air : and Wrexham church was to be 
seen a fine specimen of the florid Gothic, and one of 
the wonders of Wales ! Then Wrexham was also famous 
for ale no public breweries in those days in Wales 
and, above all, the inn belonged to Sir Watkin ! -j- 
* It is a well-known fact, that this mail has not varied five minutes in 
or out of Shrewsbury during the last eighteen months. 
+ Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. 
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