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that few can equal, and none, not even Peer himself, or 

 Bill Williams, can excel this great artist. It is quite 

 a treat to compare his perfect ease and elegant attitude 

 on his box in turning out of the " Spread Eagle" yard, 

 in Gracechurch Street, with the uncouth feature, and 

 awkward catchinofs and clawingfs of some of his brethren, 

 his own man, Ned Russell, for instance. Ned, however, 

 once started over London Bridge, is not worse than 

 some of his neighbours. 



' Gray, on the " Regent," is a very fair, steady coach- 

 man. I remember him, fourteen or fifteen years ago, 

 on a very seedy concern, called the " Princess of Wales," 

 through Horsham ; and having had my eye a good deal 

 on him since that period, I have no hesitation in pro- 

 nouncing him a very efficient coachman, and a most ex- 

 cellent servant in every respect. Mosely too, who used 

 to be against him on the same road on the " Duke of 

 Norfolk," and is now at work on Goodman's " Midday 

 Times," is nothing less than a very capital performer. 



' Of Mr. Stevenson, as I have never seen enough of 

 him at work to enable me to judge, 1 shall of course say 

 nothing ; but he has the reputation of being a good 

 coachman, and I wish him success. He is warmly 

 patronised by the public ; which, I am sorry to say, has 

 had the effect of creating a good deal of illiberality and 

 jealousy against him with some of the other coachmen ; 

 and I took the liberty of giving one of them, with whom 

 I was travelling the other day, a good jawbation for his 

 selfishness and impertinence. 



' As I hold all safety patents about coaches exceed- 



