To _Stamford_ in two days for xx_s._ To _Newark_ in two days and a half for xxv_s._ To _Bawtrey_ in three days for xxx_s._ To _Doncaster_ and _Ferribridge_ for xxxv_s._ To _York_ in four days for xl_s._ _Mondays_ and _Wednesdays_ to _Ockinton_ and _Plymouth_ for l_s._ Every _Monday_ to _Helperby_ and _Northallerton_ for xlv_s._ To _Darneton_ and _Ferryhil_ for l_s._ To Durham for lv_s._ To _Newcastle_ for iii_l._ Once every fortnight to _Edinburgh_ for iv_l._ a peece--_Mondays_. Every _Friday_ to _Wakefield_ in four days, xl_s._ 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_, _Helperly_, _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.--_Mercurius Politicus_, April 1, 1658. Other announcements about the same time prove that the Great Western road was equally provided, as well as the Dover route to the continent. It is not a little singular, however, that regularly-appointed coaches, starting at stated intervals, should have preceded what might be considered the simpler arrangement of the horse service. That the development of the postal system into a means of forwarding single travellers did not take place until some time afterwards, would appear from the following:-- _The Postmasters on_ Chester _Road, petitioning, have received Order, and do accordingly publish the following advertisement_:--