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INDEX 



coaching age, by reduction of duties, i. 218-20 ; begin to name 

 their coaches, i. 282 ; indisposed to adopt " safety " coaches, 

 1805, i. 309 ; obliged by public opinion to do so, 1819, i. 311- 

 16 ; hazardous business of, from 1824, ii. 173 ; cut fares in 

 competition, 1834, ii. 187 ; bitter rivalry among, i. 283, ii. 215- 

 18 ; of short stages, ii. 187 ; business of, described, ii. 194- 

 238 ; spirited struggle of, against railways, ii. 273-8 ; misled by 

 irresponsible newspaper talk, ii. 274-7 

 Coach-proprietors : — 



Alexander, Israel, ii. 102 



Batchelor, James, of Lewes, i- 283-5 



Brawne, 8., i. 283 



Bretherton, of Liverpool, ii. 238 



Capps, Thomas Ward, of Brighton, ii. 253 



Carter, of Shrewsbury, i. 109 



Chaplin, William, of the " Swan with Two Necks," Lad Lane> 



ii. 34, 141, 173-5, 195-210, 212, 228, 238, 312 

 Chaplin, William Augustus, ii. 210 

 Chaplin it Home, ii. 209 

 Coopei', Thomas, of Thatcham, ii. 173 

 Costar <k Waddell, of Oxford, ii. 186 

 Cripps, William, of Brighton, ii. 251 



Cross, John, of the " Golden Cross," Charing Cross, ii. 300 

 Fagg, Thomas, of the " Bell and Ci'own," Holborn, ii. 235 

 Gilbert, William, of the " Blossoms " Inn, Lawrence Lane, ii. 237 

 Goodman, S., of Brighton, ii. 102-5 

 Grey, Robert, of the " Bolt-in-Tun," Fleet Street, ii. 237 

 Hearn, Joseph, of the " King's Arms," Snow Hill, ii. 237 

 Hine, — , of Brighton, ii. 181 

 Home, Benjamin Worthy, of the " Golden Cross," Charing Cross, 



ii. 15, 141, 208, 210-25 

 Home, Henry, ii. 223 



„ William, ii. 210-13, 215 

 Jobson, J., of Shrewsljury, ii. 215, 307 

 Mountain, Mrs. Sarah Ann, of the " Saracen's Head," Snow Hill, 



ii. 214, 236 

 Nelson, Mrs. Ann, of the " Bull " Inn, Whitechai)el, i. 300 ; ii. 



227, 232-5, 236 ; ii- 313, 343 

 Nelson, John, ii. 235 



„ Robert, of the " Belle Sauvagc," Ludgate Hill, ii. 215, 



229-35 

 Roberts, — , of the "White Hor.se," Fetter Lane, ii. 213 

 Rothwell, Nicholas, of Warwick, i. 80-85 

 Sherman, Edward, of the "Bull and Mouth," St. Martin's-le- 



Grand, ii. 186, 207, 215, 216, 217, 226-8, 229, 231, 273-8 

 Shillibeer, George, i. 290-92 



