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daily in the old style. The route is through 

 Stockport, Macclesfield, Congleton, NcAvcastle, 

 Wolverhamptou, Birmingham, Coventry, Dun- 

 church, Towcester, Stony Stratford, Erickhill, 

 Dunstahle, and St. Alhans, heing the most level 

 line of country, avoiding the danger of the steep 

 hills through Derhyshire. 



" Performed by the j^nhlic's obedient servants, 



" Robert Nelson, London ; 



" F. Clare, Stony Stratford ; 



" Robert Hadley & Co., Manchester." 



Sherman's rebuilt " Bull and Mouth " inn, 

 or " Queen's Hotel," to give it its later name, 

 long remained a feature of St. Martin's-le-Grand, 

 many years after the last coach had been with- 

 drawn ; and the old stables in Bull and Mouth 

 Street, Avhich had not been included in the re- 

 building of 1830, remained, a grim and grimy 

 landmark, put to use, as usually the case Avitli 

 the old coach offices, as a receiving office for the 

 Goods Department of one of the great railways. 

 In later years the " Queen's Hotel " became the 

 property of that very thick-and-thin supporter 

 of and believer in the Tichborne Claimant, Mr. 

 Quartermaine East ; but the groAvth of Post Office 

 business made the site an exceedingly desirable 

 one for an extension, and in 1887 the house was 

 closed and demolished, and in the fulness of 

 time the gigantic block of buildings officially 

 known as " G.P.O. North " arose. Not only 

 >vere the sites of hotel and stables thus occupied. 



