_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.