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On the health of Lord Kintore being drunk, the Chairman read the follow- 

 ing letter from him, which he had that morning received :— 



« Chester Hall, June 30, 1835. 

 " Mr. Treses and Gentlemen, — Having but just recovered from a severe ill- 

 ness, I regret exceedingly that it will not be in my power to preside, and present 

 to Messrs. Barclay and Watson, on the 1st instant, a small token of our satis- 

 action to those gentlemen, who at such a considerable personal risk, and in such 

 a public spirited manner, have come forward, and have established the best 

 coach of the day now in Scotland. Gentlemen, looking back hardly to days 

 of ' lang syne.' — I allude to < Ca awa Robie's' days, — and I think I see him yet 

 coming out of Lawrencekirk, with a 'long and short tommy,' at the rate of six 

 miles an hour. I repeat, looking back to the days of the Old Telegraph, and 

 contrasting her with the well-hor&ed, well appointed, London-built drag of the 

 present day, with, though last, not least, the general deportment and demeanour 

 of the servants appointed by those gentlemen to this coach, — I do say, that not 

 only we, the subscribers, but that the public in general, are exceedingly indebted 

 to those sentlemen for such an establishment ; and I, as one individual, through 

 you, beg to tender them my best thanks for the same, and to express my hearty 

 wish, in the language of < Bob Snow/ that until you go the ^journey Ion g,^ yoxxW. 

 continue to ride with The Captain and his partner. 



" I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, 



" Yours obediently and faithfully, 

 " Kintore." 

 ''To the Preses and Gentlemen Subsciibers to the Plate." 



As notwithstanding the introduction of railroads, coaching to a certain 

 extent must still go on; and as it should always be well done when done 

 at all, I think it worth while for the benefit of those who may try a 

 similar experiment on other ground, to state a few of the leading features 



