Leaving the enticing subject of these new beverages, we find that in May 1657 there appeared a weekly paper which assumed the title of the _Public Advertiser_, the first number being dated 19th to 26th May. It was printed for Newcombe, in Thames Street, and consisted almost wholly of advertisements, including the arrivals and departures of ships, and books to be printed. Soon other papers also commenced to insert more and more advertisements, sometimes stuck in the middle of political items, and announcements of marine disasters, murders, marriages, births, and deaths. Most of the notices at this period related to runaway apprentices and black boys, fairs and cockfights, burglaries and highway robberies, stolen horses, lost dogs, swords, and scent-bottles, and the departure of coaches on long journeys into the provinces, and sometimes even as far as Edinburgh. These announcements are not devoid of interest and curiosity for us who live in the days of railways and fast steamers; and so we quote the following from the _Mercurius Politicus_ of April 1, 1658:-- FROM the 26th day of April 1658, there will continue to go Stage Coaches from the _George_ Inn, without Aldersgate, _London_, unto the several Cities and Towns, for the Rates and at the times hereafter mentioned and declared. _Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday._ To _Salisbury_ in two days for xxs. To _Blandford_ and _Dorchester_ in two days and half for xxxs. To _Burport_ in three days for xxxs. To _Exmaster_, _Hunnington_, and _Exeter_ in four days for xls. To _Stamford_ in two days for xxs. To _Newark_ in two days and a half for xxvs. To _Bawtry_ in three days for xxxs. To _Doncaster_ and _Ferribridge_ for xxxvs. To _York_ in four days for xls. _Mondays_ and _Wednesdays_ to _Ockinton_ and _Plimouth_ for ls. Every _Monday_ to _Helperby_ and _Northallerton_ for xlvs. To _Darneton_ and _Ferryhil_ for ls. To _Durham_ for lvs. To _Newcastle_ for iii£. Once every fortnight to _Edinburgh_ for iv£ a peece--_Mondays_. Every _Friday_, to _Wakefield_ in four days, xls. All persons who desire to travel unto the Cities, Towns, and Roads herein hereafter mentioned and expressed, namely--to _Coventry_, _Litchfield_, _Stone_, _Namptwich_, _Chester_, _Warrington_, _Wiggan_, _Chorley_, _Preston_, _Gastang_, _Lancaster_ and _Kendal_; and also to _Stamford_, _Grantham_, _Newark_, _Tuxford_, _Bawtrey_, _Doncaster_, _Ferriebridge_, _York_, _Helperby_, _Northallerton_, _Darneton_, _Ferryhill_, _Durham_, and _Newcastle_, _Wakefield_, _Leeds_, and _Halifax_; and also to _Salisbury_, _Blandford_, _Dorchester_, _Burput_, _Exmaster_, _Hunnington_, and _Exeter_, _Ockinton_, _Plimouth_, and _Cornwal_; let them repair to the _George_ Inn, at _Holborn Bridge, London_, and thence they shall be in good Coaches with good Horses, upon every _Monday_, _Wednesday_, and _Fridays_, at and for reasonable Rates.