The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-12-19

all round and covered with leather. ornamcut"d
with bright mails and red wheels. The coach
man took his seat upon the box covered with Il
hanner-cloth. The seat was really box and
Il tnlnS ior necessary Use, TOR in i were carried
hammer, nails, pincers, rope, and other articles
wherewith to repair the coach in case of acct
dent and, the hammer-cloth was devised 10 con
| Ceal these necessary remedies for broken wheels
and shivered panes-accident> common in day>
| of bad paving and worse lighting; when sewers
were left open when undergoing repairs. with
no light but farthinS candle in dirty lantern
to give notice of danger to the hurrying chario-
teer
The establishment of hackney y-coache> led To-
that of stage-coacheS and Mr.. Marlland, in hi~
valuable papers from the diary OF MI. Nm.
Dugdae says that they were in Use aS early
| 1853; for under May I'd, i'll that year, Sir vii.
| liam writes. ~ set forward towards London hy
| Coventry coach; he also notes various othry
! Journeys performed by the same means up -
| 1850. And from the diary Of q Yorkshire
| clergy man. also quoted by the same author, we
ind that in the winter Of 1852 journey from
| Nottingham, los miles, to London in stage
| coach occupied four whole days. Wood tells H.
| that the journey between Oxford and London,
! % miles, occupied two days but conveyance,
| Mr.. Markland tells US. was afterwards invent
| ed called the FLYING Coach which completed
| the same journey in thirteen successive hours
| The old fashioned objection to these convey
| ances still continued, and Il writer declares that
| these coaches and caravans are at the
| greatest evils that hath happened OF late wears
| to the kingdom; mschiev0uS to the public, de
| Structive 10 trade and prejudcial to lands
| First. by destroying the breed OF good hOy>e~,
| the strength of the nation, and making men
! careless of attaining to good horseman>hip,,l
| thing SO useful and commendable to a gentle
men, Secondly, by hnderinG the breed OF W.
| te"men, who are the nursery for >ramcn. aud
| they the buiwark of the kingdom. Thirdly. lay
| lessenlng his maeSty's revenues.
The carriage IN Use by the upper CLASSES ~
| this period were unlike those of the days ui
1 h I,ntI NIlfI. h..,l
| the uncomfortable iOlting If the passenger, was
| saved they passed over the rudeiY paved
| streets of London. 1t is provided with il boot
| These boots are often alluded to by Satiri>t-
/ lhuS Taylor says oil the coach. Like a pcrpct-
uai Cheaee, it wears two boots and nn -pur-.
| sometimes having two pair of legs in one bopt.
| auI otenImeS makes fair ladies Wear tht boot,
and i! you note. they are carried back ~ back.
| like people surprised by pirates To- " ticl 1u
| that miserable manner, and thrown luto the
| sea"
The small narrow carriage "ji,. 4 ,r,!au"
mentioned by D'AVenant, OF Il better r1~~. IuI
| constructed for State occasions, may Dr seen 1i
| Penshur>j. in Kent, where il j. shown As thu
| carriage given bY Mary Queen Of ~rOls tl l.old
| DarnlcY. Nothing can exceed the finish tlI
beauty of the decorations. The hinges h.n.
| projecting ornaments, Terminating ut hu-l> ..
! the Roman EmperOr>, and the earn in4 iud uthr;
| ornaments have 4 finish that cOud net br rN-
| celied although AN Improvement i'm >hHpp IuI
| SIZE is here and there visible. there j. an over
| ruling ciumsint>S about the whole thIus " ut. H
| contrasts Very lorcibiy with the modern ru..i
| About the commencement of the l-th rrntur,
| there was marked Improvement i'll ,a.rllst.--
| but they were still Of that heavy clumsy rIa--
| used bV the antieut>. The road, Wcr. Iluiu-t
! impossible in l7Wi When Prince trro. ot Den
mark. set out 10 meet the KIM vi SPAN FOO
| Windsor. hls secretary sent Il rnttrirr i'm oh.
vance to have the people on the ilgh roads ,,h.
| knew the ip1rs and ,lougliS) out in force to ut.I
his Craze with long poles and ,lb,I Iuin.ll,ut-
! to hgIT lin on hi- way | am thar.inIt. la. Inn .
| to think that our light airy rulrh,- at th,. ,r,
| ent day would hardly have an erred ih. Uu.-
! poses Of that time. The family ctrtIie, b. f5.-
| 11th century was indeed Il .,rrtt affair: tn,.
were built To suit the Whim~ Of the nob,lir, .l,f
men of wealth. and remained in 4 family ior I
| age aud wcr. new covered from time in tim.
| Browne Willis uh. .trrentrj,1antItItl.v lH9i ,,n.,
! thn> described: Tie chariot ni Mir MiUy-W.,
50 singular that from ii ne a, Is called LIrn.r.I
| Old Chariot. IL was hi wedding ,iI..i.ni .,l.l
| had ht> arms ON hrI-- ntate- about il not uunLr
| Il coffin, and painted plain Black" fL, t.-
| qualnlunce Or Darrau humoyou>Iy >tt,ri,,.i
| il in one eianI. OF IAN excellent ballad to Ii,..
| tune of Chevy Chase" intended ,t~ g, nooJ-u..-