Shillibeer, George, i. 290–92 Taylor, Isaac, of Shrewsbury, ii. 215, 216, 307 Teather, Edward, of Carlisle, ii. 238 Tubb, J., i. 283–5 Waddell, of Birmingham, ii. 238 Ward, Charles, ii. 313–15 Waterhouse, William, of the “Swan with Two Necks,” Lad Lane, ii. 196 Webb, Frederic, of Bolton, ii. 238 Wetherald, J. & Co., of Manchester, ii. 238, 278 Whitchurch, Best & Wilkins, of Brighton, i. 312–15 Willans, Wm., of the “Bull and Mouth,” St. Martin’s-le-Grand, ii. 227 Worcester, Marquis of (afterwards 7th Duke of Beaufort), ii. 101 Coach travelling, on the roof, described by Moritz, 1782, i. 99–102; by mail, 1798, described by Boulton, i. 179; passengers booked in advance, i. 321; miseries of early morning, i. 325–32; about 1750, described in _Roderick Random_, i. 333; courtesies to ladies, 1714, i. 335; romance of, i. 336; severe test of a gentleman, i. 337; humours of coach-dinners, i. 337–47; coach-breakfasts, i. 347–51; social gulf between inside and outside passengers, i. 351; described by De Quincey, i. 351–3; humour in, i. 353; adventures described, i. 355; savage idea of humour, i. 356–8; practical joking, i. 357; outside the most desirable place in summer, ii. 67; in 1772, ii. 48–65; in 1830, ii. 66–95; miseries of, in winter, ii. 155–8, 169 “Comet” coaches, begin about 1811, i. 304–8 Commercial travellers, known successively as “riders,” “bagmen,” “travellers,” “commercial gentlemen,” “ambassadors of commerce,” and “representatives,” i. 56; come into existence about 1730, i. 118; adventure of a, ii. 328 “Common stage-waggons,” a term specified by General Turnpike Act of 1766, i. 204 Cornets-à-piston, popular with guards, i. 280 Cresset, John, denounces stage-coaches, 1662, i. 26, 70–74 Darwin, Dr. Erasmus, prophesies railways and balloons, ii. 260, 282 “Derby Dilly,” the, i. 289 Dickens, Charles, on coach booking-offices, i. 322; on miseries of early morning travelling, i. 325–32; on coaching prints, ii. 110; Christmas stories, ii. 162; at the “Bull,” Whitechapel, ii. 234 Diligences, a species of Light Post-Coach, i. 160, 287–92; originally fast, and carried three inside passengers only, i. 287; became slow, i. 288–90; Shillibeer’s Brighton Diligence, i. 290–92 “Double Horse,” the, i. 53 Eliot, George, foreshadows tube railways, ii. 282–5 Elizabeth, Queen, suffers from riding in carriage, i. 5; prefers riding horseback, i. 5