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vulgar members of the cloth, fit only 

 for an ignorant generation ; and another 

 and more accomplished race of men had 

 sprung up, with the improved or new- 

 invented carriages, faster pace, and better 

 accommodation, that the changed circum- 

 stances of the nation, from war to peace, 

 and the consequent improvement in trade, 

 manufacture, and commerce, had put in 

 requisition. 



In most parts of the country, and on 

 roads of 100 miles and more in extent, 

 which led principally to manufacturing 

 towns and districts, innkeepers were the 

 principal proprietors ; and the employ- 

 ment falling mostly in the night, the 

 drivers were generally selected from their 

 own stable-yards ; and it was considered 

 a promotion to put a postilion on the 

 mail, who was afterwards advanced to 

 one or other of the coaches on the same 

 line of road. 



