INDEX 361 



Coacli-proprietors {continued) : — 



Taylor. Isaac, of Shrewsbury, ii. 21'i, 216, 307 



Teather, Edward, of Carlisle, ii. 23S 



Tubl., J., i. 283-.3 



^Vaddell, of Binningliani, ii. 238 



Ward, Charles, ii. 313-1.-) 



"Waterhouse, William, of the "Swan with Two Necks," Lad 



Lane, ii. 196 

 Webb, Frederic, of Bolton, ii. 238 

 Wetherald, J. ct Co., of Manchester, ii. 238, 278 

 Whitchurch, Best ct Wilkins, of Brighton, i. 312-I.t 

 Willans, Wni., of the " Bull and Mouth," St. Martin's-le-Grand, 



ii. 227 

 "Worcester, Marquis of (afterwards 7th Duke of Beaufort), ii. 101 



Coach travelling, on the roof, described by ^^loritz, 1782, i. 99-102; 

 by mail, 1798, described by Boulton, i. 179 ; passengers booked 

 in advance, i. 321 ; miseries of early morning, i. 325-32 ; about 

 1750, described in Roderick Random, i. 333 ; courtesies to ladies, 

 1714, i. 335 ; romance of, i. 336 ; severe test of a gentleman, 

 i. 337 ; humours of coach-dinners, i. 337-47 ; coach-breakfasts, 

 i. 347-51 ; social gulf between inside and outside passengers, 

 i. 351 ; described by De Quincey, i. 351-3 ; humour in, i. 353 ; 

 adventures described, i. 355; savage idea of humour, i. 356-8; 

 practical joking, i. 357 ; outside the most desirable place in 

 summer, ii. 67 ; in 1772, ii. 48-65 ; in 1830, ii. 66-95 ; miseries of, 

 in winter, ii. 155-8, 169 



"Comet" coaches, begin about 1811, i. 304-8 



Commercial travellers, known successively as "riders," "bagmen," 

 "travellers," "commercial gentlemen," " ambas.sadors of com- 

 merce," and "representatives," i. 56; come into existence about 

 1730, i. 118 ; adventure of a, ii. 328 



"Common stage-waggons," a term specified by General Turnpike 

 Act of 1766, i. 204 



Cornets-a-piston, popular with guards, i. 280 



Cresset, John, denounces stage-coaches, 1662, i. 26, 70-74 



Darwin, Dr. Erasmus, prophesies railways and balloons, ii. 260, 282 



" Derby Dilly," the, i. 289 



Dickens, Charles, on coach booking-offices, i. 322 ; on miseries ot 

 early morning travelling, i. 32.5-32; on coaching prints, ii. 110: 

 Christmas stories, ii. 162 ; at the " Bull," Whitechai)el, ii. 234 



Diligences, a species of Light Post-Coach, i. 16J, 287-92 ; originally 

 fast, and carried three inside passengers only, i. 287 ; became 

 slow, i. 288-90 ; Shillibeer's Brighton Diligence, i. 290-92 



•' Double Horse," the, i. 53 



