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gas-lighting of, proposed, ii. 186 ; Glasgow and Paisley- 

 coaches lit V)y gas 1827, ii. 186 ; increased comfort and 

 elegance of, ii. 186 ; "short stages," the, ii. 187-93 ; threatened 

 by railways, ii. 208; rivalry, 1830-36, ii. 215-17 ; threatened 

 by steam-carriages, 1824-38, ii. 260-68 ; run off by rail- 

 ways, ii. 269-74 ; long survived on branch routes, ii. 281 ; 

 ended generally 1848, ii. 292. 

 Stage-coaches (mentioned at length) : — 

 Age, Brighton, ii. 247, 252 

 Amersham and Wendover stage, ii. 281 

 Bath Flying Machine, 1667, i. 68 

 Bedford Times, i. 2 

 Beehive, Manchester, ii. 162, 229-31 

 Birmingham Flying Coach, 1742, i. 92 



„ Improved Flying Coach, 1758, i. 92 



„ and Shrewsbury Long Coach, 1753, in 4 days, i. 95 



„ stage, 1697, by Banbury, i. 77 ; in 2^ days, 1731, i. 80 



Chesham stage, ii. 281 

 Chester stage, 1657, in 4 days, i. 60 ; in 5 days, i. 62 ; in 6 days, 



1710, i. 73 

 Coburg, Brighton, ii. 97 



„ Edinburgh and Perth, ii. 108 

 Comet, Brighton, established 1815, i. 305-8, 312 



„ Southampton, ii. 207 

 " Confatharrat," Norwich, 1695, i. 80, 282 

 Coronet, Brighton, ii. 251 

 Criterion, Brighton, ii. 105 

 Defiance, Exeter, ii. 235 



„ ^Manchester, ii. 207, 22S 

 Derby Dilly, the, i. 239 

 Duke of Beaufort, Brighton, ii. 101 

 Edinburgh stage, once a fortnight, 1658, i. 61 ; in 10 days summer, 



12 winter, 1754, i. 89 ; once a month, in 12 days, 1763, i. 90 

 Emerald, Bristol, ii. 207 

 Estafette, Manchester, ii. 186 



Everlasting, Wolverhampton and Worcester, i. 238-40 

 Exeter Fly, in 6 days, 1700, i. 80 



„ Flying Stage, 1739, generally 6 days, i. 90 

 „ Fast Coach, 1752, every Monday, in 3^ days summer, 6 

 winter, i. 91 

 Exeter stage, in 4 days, 1658, i. 61 ; in 8 days summer, 10 winter 



1673, i. 74 

 Expedition, Norwich, ii. 150 

 Fowler's Shrewsbury stage, 1753, in 3i days, i. 95 

 (Glasgow and Edinburgh stage, 1678, in 3 days, i. 76 ; 1743, i. 76 

 „ „ „ Caravan, 1749, in 2 days, i. 77 



