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St. James's Palace, where the coachmen and guards stood 

 up and loyally saluted their Sovereign. 



The last occasion on which the Mails thus formally 

 paraded was on May 17th, 1838, for even then the rail- 

 ways menaced their proud supremacy, and when the 

 next anniversary came round the very existence of the 

 coaches was threatened, and Londoners lost for ever a 

 majestic spedlacle which had been in existence for 36 

 years. 



