: The Eve of All-Hallows; Or Adelaide of Tyrconnel v. 3 of 3 by Hartstonge Matthew Weld - Fiction

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ANCIENT CHARIOTEERS--CELEBRATED WHIPS--INTRODUCTION OF CARRIAGES INTO ENGLAND--MR. CRESSET'S PAMPHLET--THE STATE OF THE ROADS IN 1739--DANGEROUS CONVEYANCES--THE FLYING COACH OF 1669--DEAN SWIFT'S POETICAL LINES ON HIS JOURNEY TO CHESTER--DISCOMFORTS OF INSIDE TRAVELLING--TRAVELLING IN BYGONE DAYS 1

DANGERS OF TRAVELLING--ANECDOTES OF HIGHWAYMEN--INNKEEPERS AND HIGHWAYMEN--STAGE-COACH ROBBERIES--A 'CUTE LADY--A JOURNEY TO LONDON UNDER DIFFICULTIES--TRAVELLING IN 1770--VANBRUGH'S DESCRIPTION OF AN M.P.'S JOURNEY--SYDNEY SMITH ON MODERN IMPROVEMENT 25

SLOW COACHES--FAST COACHES--"THE WONDER" AND "BLENHEIM"--PUBLIC DINNERS TO THE DRIVERS--PRESENTATION OF A SILVER CUP TO A DRIVER OF "THE BLENHEIM"--THE YOUNG OXONIANS FAIRLY TAKEN IN--NIMROD ON THE SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER "HIGHFLYER"--BANEFUL EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS ON THE ROAD--"THE DESERTED VILLAGE"--WONDERFUL FEAT OF LOCOMOTION 49

JOURNEY TO BATH IN THE PALMY DAYS OF COACHING--A DRIVING GIOVANNI--"PARSON DENNIS"--CONTRAST TO THE ABOVE--TENNANT'S DESCRIPTION--THE OLD BRIGHTON ROAD--MODERN IMPROVEMENTS--A SQUIRE OF 1638 67

"MOVING ACCIDENTS" BY RAIL AND COACH--SHORT TIME FOR THE ISSUE OF RAILWAY TICKETS--RECKLESS DRIVERS--AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR--ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON 101

TRAVELLING IN IRELAND--BIANCONI'S CARS--JOURNEY FROM CORK TO DUBLIN IN A POST-CHAISE--IRISH WIT--A POOR-LAW COMMISSIONER--MR. PEABODY--SIR WALTER SCOTT AND A GENUINE PADDY--MR. CHARLES BIANCONI--IRISH CAR DRIVERS 115

COACH ACCIDENTS--ACCIDENT FROM RACING--ACTIONS AT LAW--MAIL ROBBERIES--ROBBERY BY CONVICTS--A DANGEROUS START--A DRUNKEN DRIVER 127

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE--COACH ACCIDENTS--DANGER ATTENDING PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK'S VISIT TO PETWORTH--THE MAILS STOPPED BY SEVERE SNOWSTORMS--SLEDGES USED FOR THE MAILS--DEATH FROM INCLEMENCY OF WEATHER--DREADFUL STORMS--FLOODS IN SCOTLAND IN 1829--ACCIDENT TO THE BATH AND DEVONPORT MAILS--MAIL ROBBERIES IN 1839--COACHING IN AUSTRALIA 143

COACHING ACQUAINTANCES--STAGE-COACHMEN OF BYGONE AND MODERN DAYS--AMATEUR DRIVERS--REQUISITES FOR DRIVING--CRACK DRIVERS--A POPULAR DRAGSMAN--HIS PRIVILEGES--HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS 169

THE TURNPIKE GATE AT HYDE PARK CORNER--SUBURBAN AND PROVINCIAL TURNPIKE-MEN--THEIR REFLECTIONS--PANORAMA OF THE ROAD--THE "OLD WHITE HORSE CELLAR," PICCADILLY--GROUPS OF ITS FREQUENTERS 181

AMATEUR DRAGSMEN--THE LATE FITZROY STANHOPE--THE OLD DRIVING CLUB OF 1808--THE HON. LINCOLN STANHOPE--THE WHIP CLUB--DESCRIPTION OF THE CARRIAGES--SONG OF THE WHIP CLUB--OUTR?E DRESS OF THE DRIVERS RIDICULED BY CHARLES MATHEWS AND JOE GRIMALDI--FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB OF THE PRESENT DAY 195

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE MEN--ADVENTURE ON THE FAR-FAMED "TANTIVY" COACH--GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE GUARD--MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT DRIVING--JEM REVELL OF "THE PELICAN"--MY UPSET--TANDEM DRIVING--THE OSTLER--COUNTRY INNS--HOTEL CHARGES 209

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