Chapter XIX: Appendix: Marketing Tables, (2)

If any person shall falsely personate any master or mistress, or
his or her representative, and shall either verbally or in writing,
give a false, forged, or counterfeit character to any person,
offering him or herself to be hired as a servant; or, if any
person shall pretend or assert, in writing, that any servant had
been hired for any period of time, or in any station whatsoever,
other than the true one, or that he was discharged, or left his
service; or that such servant had not been hired in any previous
service contrary to the truth.-Or, if any person shall offer him
or herself as a servant, pretending that he hath served in any
service, in which he hath not served; or with a false, forged, or
counterfeit certificate of character; or shall in anywise add to,
or alter, efface, or erase any word, date, matter, or thing, in any
certificate given to him by his last or former actual master, or
person authorized by him; or, if any person, having before been in
service, shall, when offering himself to hire, falsely pretend not
to have been hired in any former service; such person convicted of
any, or either, of these offences, by the oath of one witness, (the
informer to be deemed a competent witness,) before two justices,
shall forfeit 20_l._ one half to go to the informer, and the other
half to the poor of the parish, together with 10_s._ the costs of
conviction; or on failure, be committed to hard labour in the House
of Correction, for not less than one month, nor more than three,
or, till the penalty and costs be paid.

And, if any servant so offending, shall give information against
any accomplice, so that he be convicted, such servant shall be
acquitted.

_No Action will lie against a Master for a bad Character
unless it be maliciously given._

No action can be maintained by a servant against his former
master for a bad character, given either verbally or in writing,
unless it can be proved that the character given was not only
_false_ but _malicious_.

HACKNEY COACH FARES.

_General Rules for Distances._

_s. d._
Not exceeding one mile ... 1 0
One mile and a half ... 1 6
Two miles ... 2 0
Two miles and a half ... 3 0
Three miles ... 3 6
Three miles and a half ... 4 0
Four miles ... 4 6
Four miles and a half ... 5 6
Five miles ... 6 0
Five miles and a half ... 6 6
Six miles ... 7 0
Six miles and a half ... 8 0
Seven miles ... 8 6
Seven miles and a half ... 9 0
Eight miles ... 9 6
Eight miles and a half ... 10 6
Nine miles ... 11 0
Nine miles and a half ... 11 6
Ten miles ... 12 0
Ten miles and a half ... 13 0
Eleven miles ... 13 6
Eleven miles and a half ... 14 0
Twelve miles ... 15 0

And so on at the rate of 6d. for every half mile, and
an additional 6d. for every two miles completed.

_For Time._

_s. d._
Not exceeding thirty minutes ... 1 0
Forty-five minutes ... 1 6
One hour ... 2 0
One hour and twenty minutes ... 3 0
One hour and forty minutes ... 4 0
Two hours ... 5 0
Not exceeding two hours and twenty minutes ... 6 0
Two hours and forty minutes ... 7 0
Three hours ... 8 0
Three hours and twenty minutes ... 9 0
Three hours and forty minutes ... 10 0
Four hours ... 11 0

And so on at the rate of sixpence for every fifteen minutes
further time.

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_The Commissioners’ List for Regulating the Price and Measurement of
One Shilling, Eighteen-penny, and Two Shilling Fares, according to
the late Act of Parliament._

ONE SHILLING FARES.

The distance not exceeding one mile.

_Palace Yard, Westminster._ _m. f. p._

First coach, to the end of Catherine Street, Strand 0 7 28
Ditto, to Derby Court, Piccadilly 0 7 26

_Charing Cross._

The Golden Cross, to White Horse Street, Piccadilly 0 7 27
Ditto, to Serjeant’s Inn, Fleet Street 0 7 22

_Strand._

Catherine Street, to Watling Street, St. Paul’s 0 7 33

_Temple Bar._

To the second Scotland Yard, Whitehall 0 7 21
Ditto, to Mercer’s Chapel, Cheapside 0 7 30

_Bridge Street, Fleet Street._

First coach, to St. Peter’s Church, Cornhill 0 7 34
Ditto, to Newcastle Street, Strand 0 7 26

_St. Paul’s Church-yard._

First coach, to Beaufort Buildings, Strand 0 7 25
Ditto, to Billiter Lane, Leadenhall Street 0 7 26

_Cheapside._

Gutter Lane, to Featherstone Buildings, Holborn 0 7 29
Ditto, to Whitechapel Bars 0 7 30

_Cornhill._

The centre of the Royal Exchange, to Great Garden} 0 7 27
Street, Whitechapel }
Ditto, to Water Lane, Fleet Street 0 7 32
Ditto, to Hatton Garden, Holborn 0 7 33

_Whitechapel._

First coach, next the Three Nuns, to Cheapside conduit 0 7 28
Ditto, to the Old ’Change, Cheapside 0 7 22

_Holborn._

The end of Hatton Garden, to the Royal Exchange 0 7 33
The end of Red Lion Street, to Buckingham St., Strand 0 7 30

_Oxford Street._

The end of Rathbone Place, to Orchard Street 0 7 16
Ditto, to Gray’s Inn Gate, Holborn 0 7 20
The end of Park Street, to Dean Street, Holborn 0 7 26

_Piccadilly._

The Golden Lion, to Panton Street, Haymarket 0 7 32
The end of St. James’s Street, to Cecil Street, Strand 0 7 28

_King Street, Cheapside._

Gatestone Street, to St. Dunstan’s Church, Fleet Street 0 7 32

_Clerkenwell._

Opposite the Close, to Bread Street, Cheapside 0 7 29

_Buckingham Gate._

Opposite the Gate, to the Treasury, Whitehall 0 7 17

EIGHTEEN-PENNY FARES.

The distance not exceeding one mile and a half.

_Palace Yard, Westminster._ _m. f. p._

First coach, to Serjeant’s Inn, Fleet Street 1 3 15
Ditto, to White Horse Street, Piccadilly 1 3 21

_Charing Cross._

The Golden Cross, to the end of Grosvenor Place, Hyde}
Park Corner } 1 3 19
Ditto, to Watling Street, St. Paul’s Church Yard 1 3 28

_Strand._

Catherine Street, to Bank Street, Cornhill 1 3 30

_Temple Bar._

To Little Abingdon Buildings, Westminster 1 3 19
To Billiter Lane, Leadenhall Street 1 3 31

_Bridge Street, Fleet Street._

First coach, to Somerset Street, Whitechapel 1 3 27
Ditto, to Downing Street, Parliament Street 1 3 26

_St. Paul’s Church Yard._

First coach, to the end of Pall Mall, Cockspur Street 1 3 35
Ditto, Brick Lane, Whitechapel 1 3 31

_Cheapside._

Gutter Lane, to Dyot Street, St. Giles’s 1 3 29
Ditto, to Whitechapel Workhouse 1 3 27

_Cornhill._

The centre of the Royal Exchange, to Dog-row, Mile-end 1 3 21
The centre of the R. Exchange, to Somerset-place, Strand 1 3 26
Ditto, to the Bull and Gate, Holborn 1 3 26

_Whitechapel._

First coach, next the Three Nuns, to Ely Place, Holborn 1 3 31
Ditto, to Salisbury Court, Fleet Street 1 3 32

_Holborn._

The end of Hatton Garden, to Houndsditch, Whitechapel 1 3 28
The end of Southampton Buildings, to the Treasury,}
Whitehall } 1 3 28
Ditto, to St. Mary Axe, Leadenhall Street 1 3 27
The end of Red Lion St. to Downing St., Westminster 1 3 27

_Oxford Road._

The end of Bond Street, to Brownlow Street, Holborn 1 3 29
The end of Park Street, to opposite the Coal Yard,}
High Holborn } 1 3 30

_Piccadilly._

The Golden Lion, to Adam Street, Strand 1 3 29
Ditto, to Whitehall Chapel 1 3 20
The end of St. James’s St. to Temple Lane, Fleet St. 1 3 28

_Tower._

First coach, to Fetter Lane, Fleet Street 1 3 21

_King Street, Cheapside._

Cateaton Street, to Burleigh Street, Strand 1 3 22
Ditto, to Newton Street, Holborn 1 3 30

_Clerkenwell._

Opposite the Close, to opposite Leadenhall Market 1 3 31

_Buckingham Gate._

Opposite the Gate, to Bedford Street, Strand 1 3 2

TWO SHILLING FARES.

The distance not exceeding two miles.

_Palace Yard, Westminster._ _m. f. p._

First coach, to the end of Watling Street, St. Paul’s}
Church Yard } 1 7 32
Ditto, to opposite the Horse Guards at Knightsbridge 1 7 25

_Whitehall._

From the Horse Guards, to Mercer’s Chapel, Cheapside 1 7 28
Ditto, to Bear Court, Knightsbridge 1 7 28

_Charing Cross._

The Golden Cross, to Smith’s Manufactory, Knightsbridge 1 7 4
Ditto, to Bank Street, Cornhill 1 7 27

_Strand._

Catherine Street, to Poor Jewry, Aldgate 1 7 30

_Temple Bar._

To the end of Millbank Street, Westminster 1 6 13
To the Red Lion and Spread Eagle, Whitechapel 1 7 16

_Bridge Street, Fleet Street._

First coach, to New Road, Whitechapel Road 1 7 32
Ditto, to the turning to Queen Square, Westminster 1 7 33

_St. Paul’s Church Yard._

First coach, to St. James’s Palace Gate 1 6 25
Ditto, to the sign of the London Hospital 1 7 3

_Cheapside._

Gutter Lane, to the end of Poland Street, Oxford Street 1 7 34
Ditto, to the end of Mutton Lane, Mile-End Road 1 7 26

_Cornhill._

The centre of the Royal Exchange, to the Rose and}
Crown, Mile-End Road } 1 7 30
Ditto, to the end of St. Martin’s Lane, Strand 1 7 21
Ditto, to the end of Denmark Street, St. Giles’s 1 7 21

_Whitechapel._

First coach, next to the Three Nuns, to the Bull and}
Gate, Holborn } 1 7 33
First coach next to the Three Nuns, to Somerset House 1 7 33

_King’s Road, Gray’s Inn Lane._

First coach, to the Blue Bear, Whitechapel 1 7 20
Ditto, to Park Street, Oxford Road 1 7 27

_Holborn._

The end of Hatton Garden, to the end of Garden Street,}
Whitechapel Road } 1 7 25
Ditto, to the end of Duke Street, Oxford Road 1 7 31
The end of Red Lion Street, to the King’s Head, Lambeth}
Marsh } 1 7 33
The Vine Tavern, to the end of Poor Jewry, Aldgate 1 7 30

_Oxford Street._

The end of Rathbone Place, to the end of Bigg’s Lane,}
in the road to Bayswater } 1 7 19
Ditto, to the end of the Old Jewry, Poultry 1 7 31

The end of Bond Street, to the end of Cow Lane,}
Snow Hill } 1 7 26
The end of Park Street, to Gray’s Inn Gate, Holborn 1 7 25

_Piccadilly._

The Golden Lion, to Palsgrave Head Court, Temple Bar 1 7 28
Ditto, to the end of Wood Street, Millbank Street,}
Westminster } 1 7 33
End of St. James’s Street, to the first coach in}
St. Paul’s Church Yard } 1 7 28

_Tower._

To the centre of Exeter ’Change, Strand 1 7 31

_King Street, Cheapside._

Cateaton St. to the end of Suffolk Street, Cockspur St. 1 7 25
Ditto, to the Boar and Castle, Oxford Road 1 7 15

_Clerkenwell._

Opposite the Close, to the Talbot Inn, Whitechapel 1 7 29

_Buckingham Gate_.

Opposite the Gate, to the end of Essex Street, Strand 1 7 29

FARES FROM REMARKABLE PLACES.

_Admiralty to_
_s. d._
Islington Church 4 0
India House 3 0
Mile-End Turnpike 4 6
Ratcliffe 5 6
Shoreditch Church 4 0
Tower 3 6
Union Street, Borough 3 6

_Bank to_

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

_Berkeley Square to_

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

_Bishopsgate Street Within to_

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.

A clerk regularly attends at the Money Order Office from nine o’clock
in the morning till six in the evening, and guarantees the safe
conveyance of any sum, payable at sight by the Deputy Post Masters in
the country, Edinburgh, or Dublin; who will also receive any money,
and give an order at sight on the Money Order Office in London.

Allowances made for Surcharges from eleven to five o’clock.

N.B. Any person sending or conveying Letters, otherwise than by Post,
incurs a penalty of five pounds for every offence.

_Table of the Rates of Postage in Great Britain,
(From any Post Office in England or Wales)._

For any distance not exceeding 15 miles ... 4d.
Above 15, and not exceeding 20 ... 5d.
Above 20, ———— 30 ... 6d.
30, ———— 50 ... 7d.
50, ———— 80 ... 8d.
80, ———— 120 ... 9d.
120, ———— 170 ... 10d.
170, ———— 250 ... 11d.
250, ———— 300 ... 12d.

And so in proportion; the postage increasing progressively one penny
for a single letter for every excess of distance of 100 miles.

All double, treble, and other letters and packets whatever, pay in
proportion to the respective rates of single letters; but no letter
or packet to or from places within the kingdom of Great Britain,
together with the contents thereof, shall be charged more than as a
treble letter, unless the same shall weigh _an ounce_, in which case
it is to be rated as _four_ single letters, and so on in proportion
for every quarter of an ounce above that weight, reckoning each
quarter as a single letter.

A LIST OF MAIL COACHES,

_Which set out on the Week-days at Eight, and on Sundays at
Six o’Clock in the Evening._

BATH and BRISTOL, continued to Exeter, from Swan, Lad Lane.

BARTON, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and Spread Eagle,
Gracechurch Street.

BOSTON, from Bell and Crown, Holborn.

BRIGHTON, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross.

CAMBRIDGE, every night, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
to ST. IVES and WISBEACH, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and
White Horse, Fetter Lane.

CARLISLE, EDINBURGH, and GLASGOW, from Bull and Mouth, Bull and
Mouth Street.

CHESTER and HOLYHEAD, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross.

CARMARTHEN, MILFORD HAVEN, and HUBERSTONE, from Swan, Lad Lane.

DOVER, from Angel, behind St. Clement’s.

EXETER and FALMOUTH, from Swan, Lad Lane.

EDINBURGH, from Bull and Mouth, Bull and Mouth Street.

GLOUCESTER, CARMARTHEN, and MILFORD, from the Angel, behind St.
Clement’s Church, and Gloucester Coffee House, Piccadilly.

HOLYHEAD, from the Bull and Mouth, through BIRMINGHAM and
SHREWSBURY.

HARWICH, from Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street.

HULL, from Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street.

LEEDS, from Bull and Mouth.

LIVERPOOL, from Swan, Lad Lane.

MANCHESTER and CARLISLE, from Swan, Lad Lane.

NORWICH, by IPSWICH, from Swan, Lad Lane.

NORWICH, by NEWMARKET, from Swan, Lad Lane, and Golden Cross,
Charing Cross.

OXFORD, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and Angel, behind St.
Clement’s.

PORTSMOUTH, from Angel, behind St. Clement’s.

PLYMOUTH and FALMOUTH, from Swan, Lad Lane.

SOUTHAMPTON and POOLE, from Bell and Crown, Holborn.

SHREWSBURY, BIRMINGHAM, KIDDERMINSTER, and BEWDLEY, from Bull and
Mouth.

SWANSEA and NEATH, from Swan, Lad Lane.

WORCESTER and LUDLOW, from Golden Cross, Charing Cross, and Bull
and Mouth, Bull and Mouth Street.

YARMOUTH, from White Horse, Fetter Lane.

YORK, EDINBURGH, ABERDEEN, and INVERNESS, from Bull and Mouth.

TWO-PENNY POST.

There are _Two Principal Post Offices_, one in the _General
Post-Office Yard, Lombard-street_, and the other in _Gerrard-street,
Soho_. There are, besides, numerous Receiving Houses for Letters,
both in Town and Country.

There are SIX Collections and Deliveries of Letters, in Town daily,
(Sundays excepted) and there are two Dispatches _from_ and Three
Deliveries _at_ most places in the Country, within the Limits of this
Office.

The Hours by which Letters should be put into the Receiving Houses in
Town, for each delivery, are as follow:

FOR DELIVERY IN TOWN.

Delivery.
Over Night by 8 o’Clock for the First
Morning 8 ... Second
... 10 ... Third
... 12 ... Fourth
Afternoon 2 ... Fifth
... 5 ... Sixth

FOR DELIVERY IN THE COUNTRY.

Delivery.
The preceding Evening by 5 o’Clock for the First
Morning 8 ... Second
Afternoon 2 ... Third

But Letters, whether in Town or Country, may be put in at either of
the Two Principal Offices, an Hour later for each Dispatch.

Letters put in on Saturday Evening are delivered in the Country on
Sunday Morning.

The date Stamp, or, if there are Two, that having the latest Hour,
shews also the Time of Day by which the Letters were dispatched for
Delivery from the Principal Offices.

The Postage of a Letter from one part of the Town to another, both
being within the Delivery of the General Post Office, is Two pence;
and to and from parts beyond that Delivery, Three pence; and the
Postage of this Office on each Letter passing to or from the General
or Foreign Post-Offices, is Two pence.

The Two-penny Postage of all Letters, such as are for Parts out of
His Majesty’s Dominions excepted, may or may not be paid at putting
in, at the option of the senders.

No Two-penny Post Letter must weigh more than Four Ounces.

The Delivery of this Office extends to the following and intermediate
Places; viz.:—

In _KENT_—Woolwich; Plumstead; Shooter’s Hill; Eltham;
Mottingham; South End; Lewisham; Beckenham; and Sydenham.

In _SURREY_—Croydon; Beddington; Carshalton; Mitcham; Morden;
Merton; Wimbledon; Ham; Petersham; and Richmond.

In _MIDDLESEX_ and _HERTS_—Twickenham; Teddington; Hampton;
Hampton-Court; Hampton-Wick; Sunbury; Whitton; Isleworth;
Brentford; Ealing; Hamwell; Wembly; Willsdon; Kingsbury;
The Hyde; Mill-Hill; Highwood-Hill; Totteridge; Whetstone;
Friern-Barnet; East-Barnet; Southgate; Winchmore-Hill; and
Enfield.

In _ESSEX_—Chingford; Sewardstone; High-Beach; Loughton; Chigwell
and Row; Wanstead; Ilford; and Barking.

Cash, in Gold or Silver, or other articles of Value enclosed in
Letters (Notes or Drafts for Money excepted) to be mentioned to the
Office-keeper at putting in; but it is recommended that Bank Notes,
or others payable to Bearer, be cut in half and sent at twice,
the Second Part not to be sent till the Receipt of the First is
acknowledged. This Office however is not liable to make good the loss
of any Property sent by Post.

It is earnestly requested that Persons receiving Letters will not
detain the Letter-Carriers at their doors longer than can be avoided.

Letters for this Delivery are frequently by mistake put into the
General Post, by which they are unavoidably delayed; It is therefore
recommended that they be put into the Two-penny Post Offices or
Receiving Houses, in order that they may be regularly forwarded by
their proper conveyance.

BYE-POST. A Bye Post is established on each Road within the
Country-Delivery of this Office, by which Letter are transmitted from
one part to another of the same district, direct, and without coming
to London.

Any irregularity in the Delivery of Letters, communicated to the
Comptroller, will be duly attended to, and if the Covers bearing the
date Stamp are produced they will assist materially in discovering
where the fault lies.

_BAROMETER of TEMPERANCE & INTEMPERANCE._

TEMPERANCE.

70 -| Water } Health and Wealth.
| }
60 -| Milk and Water } Serenity of Mind.
| }
50 -| Small Beer } Reputation, long Life, & Happiness.
|
40 -| Cider and Perry }
| } Cheerfulness, Strength, and Nourishment,
30 -| Wine }
| } when taken after meals, and
20 -| Porter }
| } in moderate quantities.
10 -| Strong-Beer }
|
0 -|
| INTEMPERANCE.
| _Vices._ _Diseases._ _Punishments._
10 -| Punch } Idleness and { Sickness, Puking, }
| } Peevishness. { and Trembling } Debt;
| } {of the Hands in the}
| } { Morning; }
20 -| {Toddy and } { } Black Eyes;
| {Crank } Quarreling, { Bloatedness }
| } { Inflamed Eyes, } Rags;
| } and { Red Nose & Face; }
| } { } Hunger;
30 -| Grog } Fighting, { Sore and swelled }
| } { Legs; } Hospital;
| { } Lying, { }
40 -| Flip { } and { Jaundice, Pains } Jail;
| { } Swearing, { in the Limbs, and }
| } { burnings in the } Whipping;
| {Bitters } Obscenity; {palms of the hands,}
50 -| {infused in } { and the soles of }
| {Spirits } Swindling, { the feet; } The Hulks;
| } { }
| {Brandy, Rum, } Perjury, { Dropsy; }
60 -| {and Whiskey, in} { Epilepsy, Palsy; }
| {the morn^g. } Burglary, { Melancholy; } Botany Bay;
| } Murder, { Madness; }
| {D^o during the } and { Apoplexy; } The
70 -| {day and night. } Suicide. { DEATH. } Gallows.
⃝
————

The Footman should study the following Tables of Priority of Rank
among Persons of distinction,—a knowledge of which will enable him
to evince peculiar Tact in his situation, and save his Master or
Mistress much trouble in directing him, when waiting at Table.

_A Table of Precedency among Gentlemen,—who ought to
be served according to their respective Ranks._

1. King’s Sons.
2. King’s Brothers.
3. King’s Uncles.
4. King’s Grandsons.
5. King’s Nephews.
6. Archbishop of Canterbury.
7. Lord high Chancellor.
8. Archbishop of York.
9. Lord Treasurer.
10. Lord President of the Privy Council.
11. Lord Privy Seal.
12. Lord High Constable.
13. Lord Great Chamberlain of England.
14. Earl Marshall.
15. Lord High Admiral.
16. Lord Steward of the Household.
17. Dukes according to their Patents.
18. Marquesses.
19. Dukes’ eldest Sons.
20. Earls.
21. Marquesses’ eldest Sons.
22. Dukes’ younger Sons.
23. Viscounts.
24. Earls’ eldest Sons.
25. Marquesses’ eldest Sons.
26. Bishop of London.
27. Bishop of Durham.
28. Bishop of Winchester.
29. Bishops according to their seniority of consecration.
30. Barons.
31. Speaker of the House of Commons.
32. Viscounts’ eldest Sons.
33. Earls’ younger Sons.
34. Barons’ eldest Sons.
35. Knights of the Garter.
36. Privy Councillors.
37. Chancellor of the Exchequer.
38. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
39. Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.
40. The Master of the Rolls.
41. The Vice-Chancellor.
42. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
43. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
44. Judges and Barons of the Exchequer according to seniority.
45. Knights Bannerets royal.
46. Viscounts’ younger Sons.
47. Barons’ younger Sons.
48. Baronets.
49. Knights Bannerets.
50. Knights of the Bath Grand Crosses.
51. Knights Commanders of the Bath.
52. Knights Bachelors.
53. Eldest Sons of the eldest Sons of Peers.
54. Baronets’ eldest Sons.
55. Knights of the Garter’s eldest Sons.
56. Bannerets’ eldest Sons.
57. Knights of the Bath’s eldest Sons.
58. Knights’ eldest Sons.
59. Baronets’ younger Sons.
60. Sergeants at Law.
61. Doctors, Deans, and Chancellors.
62. Masters in Chancery.
63. Companions of the Bath.
64. Esquires of the King’s Body.
65. Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber.
66. Esquires of the Knights of the Bath.
67. Esquires by creation.
68. Esquires by office or commission.
69. Younger Sons of the Knights of the Garter.
70. Younger Sons of Bannerets.
71. Younger Sons of Knights of the Bath.
72. Younger Sons of Knights Bachelors.
73. Gentlemen entitled to bear arms.
74. Clergymen not dignitaries,
75. Barristers at Law.
76. Officers of the Navy.
77. Officers of the Army.
78. Citizens.
79. Burgesses.
80. Married Men and Widowers, before Single Men of the same rank.

_Precedency among Ladies._

1. Daughters of the King.
2. Wives of the King’s Sons.
3. Wives of the King’s Brothers.
4. Wives of the King’s Uncles.
5. Wives of the eldest Sons of Dukes of the blood royal.
6. Wives of the King’s Nephews.
7. Duchesses.
8. Marchionesses.
9. Wives of the eldest Sons of Dukes.
10. Daughters of Dukes.
11. Countesses.
12. Wives of the eldest Sons of Marquesses.
13. Daughters of Marquesses.
14. Wives of the younger Sons of Dukes.
15. Viscountesses.
16. Wives of the eldest Sons of Earls.
17. Daughters of Earls.
18. Wives of the younger Sons of Marquesses.
19. Wives of Archbishops.
20. Wives of Bishops.
21. Baronesses.
22. Wives of the eldest sons of Viscounts.
23. Daughters of Viscounts.
24. Wives of the younger Sons of Earls.
25. Wives of the Sons of Barons.
26. Maids of Honour.
27. Wives of the younger Sons of Viscounts.
28. Wives of the younger Sons of Barons.
29. Wives of Baronets.
30. Wives of the Knights of the Garter.
31. Wives of Bannerets.
32. Wives of Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath.
33. Wives of Knights Commanders of the Bath.
34. Wives of Knights Bachelors.
35. Wives of the eldest Sons of the younger Sons of Peers.
36. Wives of the eldest Sons of Baronets.
37. Daughters of Baronets.
38. Wives of the eldest Sons of Knights of the Garter.
39. Wives of the eldest Sons of Bannerets.
40. Daughters of Bannerets.
41. Wives of the eldest Sons of Knights of the Bath.
42. Daughters of Knights of the Bath.
43. Wives of the Eldest Sons of Knights Bachelors.
44. Daughters of Knights Bachelors.
45. Wives of the younger Sons of Baronets.
46. Daughters of Knights.
47. Wives of the Companions of the Order of the Bath.
48. Wives of the Esquires of the King’s Body.
49. Wives of the Esquires of the Knights of the Bath.
50. Wives of Esquires by creation.
51. Wives of Esquires by office.
52. Wives of younger Sons of Knights of the Garter.
53. Wives of the younger Sons of Bannerets.
54. Wives of the younger Sons of Knights of the Bath.
55. Wives of the younger Sons of Knights Bachelors.
56. Wives of Gentlemen entitled to bear arms.
57. Daughters of Esquires entitled to bear arms.
58. Daughters of Gentlemen entitled to bear arms.
59. Wives of Clergymen.
60. Wives of Barristers at Law.
61. Wives of Officers in the Navy.
62. Wives of Officers in the Army.
63. Wives of Citizens.
64. Wives of Burgesses.
65. Widows.
66. Daughters of Citizens.
67. Daughters of Burgesses.

_In Addition to the above Regulations, observe_:

1. That Preference is to be given to Persons of superior Age of
the same Rank.
2. That Ladies of all Ranks are to be served before their
Husbands.
3. That, among Ladies—Wives Rank first,—Widows next,—and
unmarried Ladies last.
4. That Strangers are, in all Cases, to be served first, and the
Young Ladies of your own Family last.

Note also,—That at Public Meetings in the Country, preference is
usually given to the Lady of the greatest Landholder.

_Modes of Address in Writing and Speaking._

TO THE ROYAL FAMILY.

To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty:—_Sire_, or _May it please your
Majesty_.

To his Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York:—_May it please your
Royal Highness_. And so to all the rest of the Royal Family, male and
female, changing their names and titles.

TO THE NOBILITY.

To His Grace the Duke of Wellington:—_My Lord Duke_—_Your Grace_. To
the most Noble The Marquis of B.:—_My Lord Marquis_—_Your Lordship_.
To the Rt. Hon. The Earl of D. To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount F. To
the Right Hon. Lord G.:—_My Lord_—_Your Lordship_.

Note.—Noblemen’s Wives are to be addressed in the same style.

Note also, that by courtesy of England, all the Sons of _Dukes_ and
_Marquesses_ and the _eldest Sons_ of Earls, have the titles of
_Lord_ and _Right Honourable_; and their _daughters_ have the title
of _Honourable_, but without any other addition. Every _gentleman_,
in any place of honour or trust, is styled _Honourable_.

The Members of His Majesty’s Privy Council, the Lord Mayors of
London, York, and Dublin, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, for the
time being, are styled _Right Honourable_.

Every considerable Servant to his Majesty, or any other of the Royal
Family, is, while on the _Civil_, _Naval_, or _Military List_,
distinguished by the title of Esquire.

Every Member of Parliament is an _Esquire_, but if he has a higher
title, remember always to address him and every Gentleman by his
highest title.

TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

To the Right Hon. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in the Imperial
Parliament of the United Kingdom, Assembled:—_My Lords_—_May it
please Your Lordships_.

TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

To the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, in the Imperial Parliament
of the United Kingdom, Assembled:—_Gentlemen_—_May it please Your
Honourable House_. To the Right Hon. Sir A. B. Speaker of the
Honourable House of Commons.—As he is generally a member of the Privy
Council—Right Honourable Sir.

TO THE CLERGY.

To the most Reverend Father in God, A. Lord Archbishop of C.:—_My
Lord_—_Your Grace_. To the Right Reverend Father in God, B. Lord
Bishop of L.:—_Right Reverend Sir_. To the very Reverend Mr. or Dr.
C. D. Dean of E. To the Reverend Mr. or Dr. F.
Chancellor of G. }
Archdeacon of H. }
Prebendary of I. } _Reverend Sir._
Rector of K. }
Vicar of L. }
Curate of M. }

Note.—All Clergymen are styled Reverend.

TO THE OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S HOUSEHOLD.

The Officers of His Majesty’s Household are generally addressed
according to their Quality, and sometimes according to their Office,
or both; as
To My Lord Steward.
My Lord Chamberlain.
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of B.
Lord Privy Seal—Lord President of the Council, &c. &c.—One of His
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, &c.—_My Lord_. To the Right
Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury—of the Admiralty,
&c. _My Lords_—_or May it please Your Lordships_. To the Honourable
the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Board of Customs—Excise, &c.:—_May
it please Your Honours_.

TO MILITARY OFFICERS.

To the Right Hon. The Earl of B. Captain of His Majesty’s first
Troop of Horse Guards, &c. To A. B. Esq. Lieut. General of ——,
Surveyor-General of the Ordnance.

TO NAVAL OFFICERS.

To His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence:—Lord High Admiral of
Great Britain:—_May it please Your Royal Highness_. To Vice-Admirals,
or Rear-Admirals:—_Sir_—or _Your Honour_—except they be Noblemen.

TO AMBASSADORS.

To His Excellency Sir A. B. Bart. Envoy Extraordinary from His
Britannic Majesty to ——; Ambassador to ——; Resident at, &c.:—_Your
Excellency_. To the Secretaries and Consuls:—_Sir_.

TO THE JUDGES AND LAWYERS.

To the Right Honourable A. Baron of B.—Lord High Chancellor—Lord
Chief Justice of the King’s-Bench, &c.:—_My Lord_—_Your Lordship_.

N.B.—All the other Judges, in their Official Capacities, are styled
_Lords_, &c. and every Barrister is styled _Esquire_. Private
Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace, Sheriffs and Recorders,
are also styled Esquires, with the appellation of _Worshipful_. But,
the Aldermen and Recorder of the City of London, and all Mayors of
Corporations, have the title of _Right Worshipful_.

Bodies Corporate are styled _Honourable_, and sometimes _Worshipful_.

_Abbreviations in Writing and Printing_

A.B. or B.A. Bachelor of Arts.
A.M. or M.A. Master of Arts.
A.M. _Anno Mundi._ In the year of the world.
A.D. _Anno Domini._ In the year of our Lord.
A. M. _Ante Meridiem._ Before noon.
Acc^{t}. Account.
Ann. _Annum._ Yearly. _Per Annum._ By the year.
Ans^{r}. Answer.
Abp. Archbishop.
Adm^{l}. Admiral.
Adm^{r}. Administrator.

B.V.M. Blessed Virgin Mary.
Bar^{t}. Baronet.

C.C.C. Corpus Christi College.
Ct. or _Cent._ An hundred.
Capt. Captain.
Col. Colonel.
Co. Company, County.
C.S. _Custos Sigili._ Keeper of the Seal.
Cr. Creditor.

Dr. Debtor. Doctor.
D.D. Doctor in Divinity.
D. Duke.
Do. _Ditto_, the same.

E.G. _exempli gratia._ For example.
E. Earl.
Esq^{r}. Esquire.
Ext^{r}. Executor.

F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal Society.
F.S.A. Fellow of the Society of Arts.

G.R. _Georgius Rex_, King George.
Gen^{l}. General.
Gent. Gentlemen.
Gov^{r}. Governor.

Hum. Humble.
Hon^{ble}. Honourable.

Imp. _Imprimis_, first.
Ins^{t}. Instant.
It. _Item_, also.
Id. _Idem_, Ibid. _Ibidem_, the same.
i.e. _id est_, that is.

J.H.S. _Jesus Hominum Salvator._ Jesus Saviour of Men.

K.G. Knight of the Garter.
K.B. Knight of the Bath.
Kn^{t}. Knight.

Ld. Lord.
Lp. Lordship.
LL.D. Doctor of Laws.
Lday. Lady-day.
Lieut. Lieutenant.
L.C.J. Lord Chief Justice.

M.D. Doctor in Medicine.
M.S. _Memoria Sacrum._ Sacred to the Memory.
M. Marquis.
M^{r}. Master.
M^{rs}. Mistress.
Mem. _Memento._ Remember.
Mich. Michaelmas.
Mids^{r}. Midsummer.
Mad^{m}. Madam.
Mess^{rs}. Masters, or Gentlemen.
Mons^{r}. Monsieur.
MS. Manuscript.
Math. Mathematics, or Mathematician.

N.B. _Nota Bene_, Mark well.
N.S. New Style.
N^{o}. _Numero._ Number.

O.S. Old Style.
Obed^{t}. Obedient.

P. M. _Post Meridiem_, Afternoon.
_Philo. Math._ Lover of Learning.
P^{d}. Paid.
_Per._ By.
_Penult._ Last except one.
P.S. Postscript.

Qty. Quantity.
Q.E.D. which is demonstrated.
q.d. _quasi dicat_, as much as to say.

_Rex._ King.
_Regina._ Queen.
R^{t}. Hon. Right Honourable.
R^{t}. Rev^{d}. Right Reverend.
R^{t}. Wpful. Right Worshipful.
Rec^{d}. Received.
Rec^{t}. Receipt.

St. _Saint_, Holy.
St. Street.
Serv^{t}. Servant.

Ult. _Ultimo._ Last.

Viz. _Videlicet_, Namely.

Wp. Worship.

Xmas. Christmas.

&c. _Et cetera_, and so forth.

_LIST of FRENCH and other FOREIGN WORDS and PHRASES in common
Use, with their Pronunciation and Explanation._

Aid-de-camp (_aid-di-cong_). Assistant to a general.
A-la-mode (_al-a-mode_). In the fashion.
Antique (_an-teek_). Ancient, or Antiquity.
A propos (_ap-ro-po_). To the purpose, Seasonably, or By the bye.
Auto da fe (_auto-da-fa_). Act of faith (burning of heretics).