BRISTOL COACHING INNS. 353 



vans : Start from Bristol at two o'clock, afternoons ; arriving at 

 the Bull and Mouth, St. Martin's-le-Grand, London, in twenty-eight 

 hours. Start from the Bull and Mouth, evenings, at seven o'clock ; 

 arriving in Bristol the following night at eleven o'clock. 



Birmingham Fly Van — every afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, 

 to Haine's and Bland's Van OflBce, Moor Street, Birmingham, in 

 twenty-eight hours. Leaves Birmingham, every afternoon, at 

 half-past seven o'clock, in connection with the Grand Junction 

 Eailways, for goods to all parts of the north. 



Gloucester and Cheltenham Van — every afternoon, at four 

 o'clock, to Haine's Coach and Van OflSce, High Street, Cheltenham, 

 in thirteen hours. Leaves Cheltenham, every afternoon, at four 

 o'clock. 



Oxford Van — every afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, to 

 Beeseley's Office, Jesus College Lane, in one day. 



Manchester and Liverpool, and all parts of the north, at twelve 

 o'clock. 



Spring vans and waggons may be always engaged for the 

 removal of furniture and luggage to any part of the kingdom. 



Mourning-coaches, hearses, etc. 



JOHN BLAND, 



Proprietor. 



One of tlie fly vans in the above list to London, 

 it will be seen, went to the Bull and Mouth, kept by 

 Sherman ; and an old sharing account shows what was 

 the rate of earnings per mile in one of these concerns. 

 It will be sufficient to quote the totals without setting 

 out in detail the daily earnings up and down. 



The name of Bland does not appear in the account, 

 but that of Lush — well-known as a carrier in the 

 West of England in a large way of business — does. It 



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