Part 38

Bermondsey Church 1 6 Charter-House Square 1 6 Catherine Street, Strand 2 0 City Lying-in Hospital 1 6 Chancery Lane 1 6 King’s Bench 1 6 Haymarket 3 0

_Bishopsgate Street Without to_

Bethnall Green 1 6 Hatton Garden 1 6 Charing Cross 3 0 Haymarket 3 0 Leicester Square 3 0

_Clerkenwell to_

Hyde Park Corner 4 0 Mile-End Gate 3 6 Ratcliffe 4 0 Shoreditch Church 3 0 Tyburn Gate 3 6 Union Street, Borough 3 0

_Foundling Hospital to_

Hyde Park Corner 3 6 India House 3 0 Mile-End Gate 4 0 Ratcliffe 5 6 Shoreditch Church 4 0 Tower 3 6 Tyburn Gate 3 0 Union Street, Borough 3 6

_Guildhall to_

Haymarket 3 0 Hyde Park Corner 4 0 Islington Church 3 0 Piccadilly 3 0 Pantheon, Oxford Street 3 0 Tyburn 3 6

_Hyde Park Corner to_

Islington Church 5 6 India House 4 0 Lincoln’s Inn (west side) 3 0 Mile-End Gate 6 0 Newgate 3 6 Obelisk, Fleet Street 3 0 Ratcliffe Cross 6 6 St. Paul’s (west end) 3 6 Shoreditch Church 5 6 Temple 3 0 Tower 4 6 Union Street, Borough 4 6

_Islington Church to_

India House 3 6 Lincoln’s Inn (west side) 3 0 Mile-End Gate 4 6 Piccadilly 4 0 Haymarket 4 0 Pantheon, Oxford Street 3 6 Ratcliffe Cross 5 6 Temple Bar 3 6 Tower 4 0 Tyburn Gate 4 6 Union Street, Borough 4 0

_India House to_

Piccadilly 3 6 Haymarket 3 6 Pantheon 3 6 Tyburn 4 0

_Mile-End Turnpike to_

Newgate 3 0 Obelisk, Fleet Street 3 0 Piccadilly 4 6 Haymarket 4 6 Pantheon 4 6 Temple Bar 3 0 Tyburn 6 6 Union Street, Borough 3 0

_Ratcliffe Cross to_

St. Paul’s (west end) 3 6 Shoreditch Church 3 6 Temple Bar 4 0 Tyburn 6 6 Union Street, Borough 3 0

_St. Ann’s Church, Dean St. to_

Ratcliffe 4 6 Shoreditch Church 3 6 Bank 3 0 Whitechapel 3 0 India House 3 0 Islington Church 4 0 Mile-End Gate 4 6 Guildhall 3 0 Union Street, Borough 3 0 Somerset House 1 6 Westminster Hall 1 0 Temple Bar 1 0 St. Paul’s 1 9 Stones-End, Borough 3 0 Tyburn Gate 1 0 Hyde Park 1 6 Grosvenor Gate 1 6 Horse Guards 1 0 Marsh Gate 1 6

_From Paddington to_

St. Paul’s 3 6 Bank 4 0 Westminster Hall 2 0 India House 4 6 Islington Church 3 0 Somerset House 3 0 Union Street 4 6 Foundling 3 0 Temple Bar 3 0 Horse Guards 2 0 Ratcliffe 5 6 Tower 5 6 Aldersgate 3 0

_Fares to the Opera House, Drury Lane, and Covent Garden Theatres._

| _Opera |_Drury Lane|_Cov. Gar. From | House._ | Theatre._ | Theatre._ +---------+-----------+---------- | _s. d._ | _s. d._ | _s. d._ Aldersgate Street | 3 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 Bishopsgate Street within | 3 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 Bishopsgate Street without | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Blackman Street, over London Bridge | 3 6 | 3 0 | 3 0 Ditto, over Blackfriars | 3 6 | 3 0 | 3 0 Ditto, over Westminster | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Bloomsbury Square | 1 6 | 1 0 | 1 0 Buckingham Gate | 1 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 Charing Cross | 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 Cheapside, Foster Lane end | 2 0 | 1 6 | 1 6 Cheapside, end of King Street | 2 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Chelsea College | 3 0 | 3 6 | 3 0 Cornhill | 3 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 Fenchurch Street | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Fleet Street, Obelisk | 1 6 | 1 0 | 1 0 Gracechurch Street | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Hackney Church | 5 6 | 5 0 | 5 0 Holborn, end of Leather Lane | 1 6 | 1 0 | 1 0 Hyde Park Corner | 1 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 Islington | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Knightsbridge | 2 0 | 2 6 | 2 6 Mile-End Turnpike | 3 6 | 3 0 | 3 6 Minories | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Moorfields | 3 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 Oxford Street, Pantheon | 1 0 | 1 6 | 1 6 Oxford Street, end of Orchard Street | 1 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 Palace Yard and St. Margaret’s Church| 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 Ratcliffe Cross | 5 0 | 3 6 | 4 0 St. Anne’s Church, Soho | 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 St. James’s Palace Gate | 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 St. Paul’s Church Yard | 2 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 Shoreditch Church | 3 6 | 3 0 | 3 0 Smithfield | 2 0 | 1 6 | 1 6 Temple Bar | 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 Tottenham Ct. Road, end of Goodge St.| 1 6 | 1 0 | 1 0 Tower Gate | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Union Street, end of the Borough | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Whitechapel Bars. | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0

_Fares to Vauxhall, Sadler’s Well’s, Astley’s, and the Circus._

From |_Vauxhall._|_Sad. Wells._|_Astley’s._|_Circus._ +-----------+-------------+-----------+--------- | _s. d._ | _s. d._ | _s. d._ | _s. d._ Aldersgate Street | 3 6 | 1 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 Arundel Street, Strand | 3 0 | 2 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Bedford Street, Covent Garden| 3 0 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Bishopsgate Street within | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 2 0 Blackman Street, Borough | 2 0 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 1 0 Bloomsbury Square | 3 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 Bond Street, Piccadilly | 3 0 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Buckingham Gate | 3 0 | 3 6 | 1 6 | 2 0 Charles Street, Covent Garden| 3 0 | 2 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Cheapside, end of Foster Lane| 3 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 | 1 6 Chelsea College | 4 6 | 5 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Cornhill, Freeman’s Court | 3 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 Fleet Street Obelisk | 3 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 | 1 6 Gracechurch Street | 3 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 Haymarket, Piccadilly end | 4 6 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Holborn, end of King Street | 3 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 Hyde-park Corner | 5 0 | 3 6 | 2 0 | 3 0 Islington | 5 0 | 1 0 | 3 6 | 3 0 Leicester Square | 3 0 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Mile-End Turnpike | 4 6 | 3 0 | 3 6 | 3 6 Minories | 3 6 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Moorfields | 4 6 | 1 0 | 3 0 | 2 0 Newgate | 3 6 | 1 0 | 2 0 | 1 6 Oxford Street, end of Charles| Street | 3 6 | 3 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 Oxford Street, Pantheon | 3 6 | 3 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 Oxford Street, Bond Street | 3 6 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 Ditto, Orchard Street | 4 0 | 3 6 | 3 0 | 3 6 Palace Yard, & St. Margaret’s| Church | 3 0 | 3 6 | 1 0 | 1 6 Ratcliffe Cross | 5 6 | 3 6 | 4 6 | 3 6 St. Ann’s Church, Soho | 3 0 | 5 0 | 1 6 | 3 0 St. James’s Palace | 3 0 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 3 0 St. Paul’s Church Yard | 3 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 1 6 Shoreditch Church | 4 6 | 2 0 | 3 6 | 3 0 Smithfield | 3 6 | 1 0 | 3 0 | 2 0 Strand, Catherine Street | 3 0 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 Temple Bar | 3 6 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 Tottenham-Court Road, | Goodge St. | 4 6 | 3 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 Tower Gate | 4 6 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 2 0 Union Street, Borough | 2 0 | 3 0 | 1 6 | 1 0 Whitechapel Bars | 4 0 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 2 0

_Number of Passengers._—Coaches are not compellable to take more than four adults in the inside, and a servant out; but if the coachman agree to take more, the fare will be 1s. for each extra person, of whatever age he or she may be, not being a child in arms, or less; and if taken in the country, 1s. for going, and 1s. for returning.—Chariots are not compellable to take more than two adults or grown up persons, and children in arms or less, but if the coachman should agree to carry, or should actually carry, above that number, he shall be paid at the same rate as in the preceding article respecting coaches.

_Abusive Language._—The drivers of coaches and carriers of chairs, on demanding more than their fare, or giving abusive language, are to forfeit not more than 5l., and in default of the payment, they are to be sent to the house of correction seven days.

_Extortion._—Coachmen refusing to go on, or extorting more than their fare, are to forfeit not more than 3l., nor less than 10s. Not only commissioners, but also justices, may determine offences, and inflict punishments.

_Returning from the Country._—Coaches hired to go into the country, in the day-time, are to have for their return empty, for ten miles 5s.; eight miles 4s.; six miles 3s.; and for four miles 2s.; but there is no allowance for less than four miles.

_Obligation to go on._—They shall be compellable on every day, and at any hour of the night (unless they shall have been out twelve hours, or have other reasonable excuse), to go upon all turnpike roads, any where within two miles and a half from the end of the carriage-way pavement.

_Tickets or Certificates._—By 54 Geo. III. c. 147, before any driver of a coach or chariot shall be entitled to receive the amount of his fare, he shall deliver as many tickets marked on some “one shilling,” and on others “one shilling and sixpence,” (and having his Majesty’s arms, with the words “Hackney-Coach Office,” the number of his coach and chariot, and dated,) as shall by the sums printed thereon, in the aggregate, make the full amount of such fare.

_Option of Fares or Distance._—Fares to be calculated for time or distance, at the option of the coachman, and not by the day, as heretofore.

_Time of Sunset._—As the period of sunset has been found constantly liable to dispute, it is therefore now regulated that the sunset hours shall be after eight in the evening between Lady-day and Michaelmas, and after five in the evening between Michaelmas and Lady-day; and the back-carriage after such hours shall be taken to the carriage-way pavement, or next standing beyond which the coach was hired from, (if hired at any stand off the pavement) at the full fare back to either, at the option of the party discharging.

_Articles left in a Coach._—By a late Act, all parcels, &c. left in a hackney coach are to be taken to the Hackney-Coach Office, on pain of paying 20l.; to be recovered on application to the commissioners or a justice.

The coachman can demand his fare from the place he is taken from, either for time, if he be kept waiting, or for distance. He is to take the shortest way, and to charge accordingly; but if he, from choice or ignorance, does otherwise, he can make no extra charge.

The coachman may refuse to take heavy luggage, unless he be paid something more than the fare; but he must object to it before it be put into the coach; he cannot, however, object to take small trunks, or parcels that may be carried in the hand.

If a coach be drawn off the stand to the side of the pavement, the coachman may be made to go with you, if not hired, or if he refuses, he is liable to be fined.

_Note_—When a coach is intended to be kept waiting, notice should be taken of the time when it is called, in order to prevent disputes; and the coachman may demand a deposit.

Always take the number of the coach you hire, that, in case any thing be left in it, or the coachman conduct himself improperly, he may be summoned.

LAWS RESPECTING SEDAN CHAIRS.

By 7 Geo. III. 44, the following rates of fares are allowed to be taken by licensed hackney chairs; viz. _s. d._ For One Mile ................. 1 0 For One Mile and Four Furlongs 1 6 For every Four Furlongs further 0 6

By the time, for every hour one shilling and sixpence, and for every half hour after sixpence.

LAWS RESPECTING PORTERAGE.

By 39 Geo. 3. c. 58, no more shall be taken for the porterage of packages, _not exceeding 56 lbs._ for any distance _not exceeding half a mile_ from the end of the carriage-way pavement of the streets, than the rates following:

_d._ Not exceeding 1 quarter of a mile 3 Above 1 quarter, and not exceeding half a mile 4 ————— half a mile, and not exceeding one mile 6 ————— 1 mile, and not exceeding 1 mile and a half 8 ————— 1 mile and a half, and not exceeding 2 miles 10 And for every other half mile 3

On pain of a fine of not more than _20s._ nor less than _5s._

Tickets are to be delivered from the inn with the name of the porter and charge for porterage, on pain of a fine of not more than _40s._ nor less than _5s._ Porters not bringing tickets, or altering the same, forfeit _40s._ For demanding or receiving more than marked, _20s._ Parcels brought by coaches, are to be sent from the inn within six hours after their arrival, unless between four and seven in the evening; and then within six hours after such hours in the morning; on pain of a fine not exceeding _20s._ nor less than _10s._

Parcels brought by waggon, are to be delivered within twenty hours, under a like penalty.

Parcels directed to be left till called for, are to be delivered on the payment of the carriage and warehouse room, of _2d._ for the first week, and _1d._ for every subsequent week, on pain of a fine not exceeding _20s._ nor less than _10s._

Parcels not directed to be left till called for, shall be delivered to the party, if sent for, at the same charge, under the like penalty.

Porters, employed in porterage, guilty of misbehaviour, may be brought by a warrant before any justice, and fined a sum not exceeding _20s._ nor less than _10s._

Persons refusing to pay Porterage may be brought by warrant before any justice, and compelled.

FARES OF WATERMEN.

FROM LONDON BRIDGE, WESTWARD.

The following distances are chargeable: for

Oars 6d.—Sculler 3d.

From London Bridge to Paul’s Wharf, or Mason’s Stairs. Alhallow Stairs to Blackfriars’ Bridge, either side. Three Cranes to Temple, or Old Barge House. Paul’s Wharf to Arundel Stairs. Blackfriars’ Bridge, Somerset House, or Cupar’s either side to Bridge. Temple to Whitehall, or King’s Arms Stairs. Strand Lane to Westminster Bridge. Westminster Bridge, either side to Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry. Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry to Vauxhall, or Feathers’ Stairs.

Oars 8d.—Sculler 4d.

From London Bridge to Temple, or Old Barge House. Three Cranes to Strand Lane, or Surrey Stairs. Queenhithe to Somerset Stairs, or Cupar’s Bridge. Paul’s Wharf to Adelphi. Blackfriars’ Bridge to Whitehall, or King’s Arms Stairs. Temple to Westminster Bridge. Hungerford to Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry. Lambeth Stairs to Nine Elms.

Oars 1s.—Sculler 6d.

From London Bridge to Westminster Bridge, or Wooden Bridge. Blackfriars’ Bridge to Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry. Strand Lane to Vauxhall, or Feathers’ Stairs. Hungerford to Nine Elms. Nine Elms to Chelsea Bridge.

Oars 1s. 6d.—Sculler 9d.

From London Bridge to Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry. Allhallows to Vauxhall, or Feathers’ Stairs. Paul’s Wharf to Nine Elms. Westminster Bridge to Chelsea Bridge.

Oars 2s.—Sculler 1s.

From London Bridge to Nine Elms. Temple to Chelsea Bridge.

Oars 2s. 6d.—Sculler 1s. 3d.

From London Bridge to Chelsea Bridge.

_With Company._ _From London Bridge, on either side above._ _Oars._ _Each Person._

_s. d._ _s. d._ To Chelsea Bridge 2 6 0 4 To Wandsworth 3 0 0 6 To Putney, Fulham, or Barn Elms 4 0 0 8 To Hammersmith, or Chiswick 5 0 0 9 To Barnes, or Mortlake 6 0 1 0 To Brentford 7 0 1 3 To Twickenham, or Tide End Town 9 0 1 6 To Hampton Court, or Hampton Town 12 0 1 9 To Sunbury, or Walton upon Thames 13 0 1 9 To Shepperton, Weybridge, Chertsey, Laylem 15 0 2 0 To Staines 18 0 2 6 To Datchet, or Windsor 21 0 3 0

FROM LONDON BRIDGE, EASTWARD.

Oars 6d.—Sculler 3d.

From London Bridge to St. Catherine’s, or George’s Stairs. Somer’s Quay Stairs to Union Stairs, or East Lane Stairs. Iron Gate to Wapping New Stairs, Rotherhithe Stairs, or King’s Stairs. Hermitage Stairs to Church Stairs, King Edward Stairs, or Hanover Stairs. Wapping Old Stairs to New Crane Stairs, or King James’s Stairs. Wapping New Stairs to Shadwell Dock Stairs. Execution Dock to Bell Wharf, or King and Queen St. Church Stairs to Great Stone Stairs. New Crane Stairs to Ratcliffe Cross, or Globe Stairs. Shadwell Dock Stairs to Duke Shore Stairs, or Pageants.

Oars 8d.—Sculler 4d.

From London Bridge to Union Stairs, or East Lane Stairs. Somer’s Quay Stairs to Wapping Old Stairs, or Fountain Stairs. Tower Stairs to Wapping New Stairs, Rotherhithe Stairs, or King’s Stairs. Iron Gate to Execution Dock, Prince’s Stairs, or Elephant Stairs. St. Catherine’s to Church Stairs, King Edward Stairs, or Hanover Stairs. Hermitage Stairs to New Crane Stairs, or King James’s Stairs. Union Stairs to Shadwell Dock Stairs. Wapping Old Stairs to Bell Wharf, or King and Queen St. Wapping New Stairs to Ratcliffe Cross, or Globe Stairs. New Crane Stairs to Duke Shore Stairs, or Pageants.

Over the water directly to the opposite shore, from any place between Windsor and Greenwich, with a sculler, two-pence, or a penny for each person, if more than one.

The waterman may demand payment at the rate of three-pence (sculler,) and six-pence (oars,) for every half hour, _in lieu_ of the above fares, when detained by passengers on his way to the place at which they choose ultimately to be set down. For detention after having set down his company, he is paid three-pence (sculler,) and six-pence (oars,) for every half hour after the first, in addition to the above fares.

Note.—Oars in all cases are double the scullers’ fare.

POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.

GENERAL POST.

Letters, to go the same day, must be put into the Post-offices at the west end of the town before five, and at the General Post Office, in Lombard Street, before seven o’clock; but those put into the General Post Office before half-past seven, will go that evening, paying 6d. with each.

The West-India and America packet is made up the first Wednesday in every month; and the Leeward-Island packet, the first and third Wednesday in every month.

The packet for Calais is made up every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

For Ostend, Holland, and Cuxhaven, every Tuesday and Friday. For Sweden, every Friday. For Lisbon, every Tuesday. For the Mediterranean and the Brazils, first Tuesday in every month.

For Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, the first Tuesday in each month. For Madeira and Brazils, ditto.

All foreign letters must be paid for, except those for the British West Indies.