+------+--------------+-----------+ |Miles.| Places. | Due. | | +--------------+-----------+ | 12 | Hounslow | 9.8 p.m.| | 19 | Staines | 9.48 ” | | 29 | Bagshot | 10.47 ” | | 67 | Andover | 2.20 a.m.| | 80 | Amesbury | 3.39 ” | | 90 | Deptford Inn | 4.34 ” | | 97 | Chicklade | 5.15 a.m.| | 125 | Ilchester | 7.50 ” | | 137 | Ilminster | 8.58 ” | | 154 | Honiton | 11.0 ” | | 170 | Exeter | 12.34 p.m.| +------+--------------+-----------+ | Time: 16 hours 34 minutes. | +---------------------------------+ The complete official time-bill for the whole distance is appended:-- TIME-BILL, LONDON, EXETER AND DEVONPORT (“QUICKSILVER”) MAIL, 1837. +---------+---------+-------+--------+-------------------------------+ |Contrac- |Number of| | | | | tors’ | Passen- | | Time |Despatched from the General | | Names. | gers. |Stages.|Allowed.| Post Office, the of , | +---------+----+----+-------+--------+ 1837 at 8 p.m. | | |In. |Out.| M. F. | H. M. |Coach No. {With timepiece | | | | | | | sent out {safe, No. to .| | | | | | |Arrived at the Gloucester | | | | | | | Coffee-House at . | | | | | | | | | | | |{12 2 |} |Hounslow. | | Chaplin | | |{ 7 1 |} 2 47 |Staines. | | | | |{ 9 7 |} |Bagshot. Arrived 10.47 p.m. | | | | | | | | | | | |{ 9 1 |} |Hartford Bridge. | | Company | | |{10 1 |} 2 54 |Basingstoke. | | | | |{ 8 0 |} |Overton. | | | | |{ 3 5 |} |Whitchurch. Arrived 1.41 a.m. | | | | | | | | | Broad | | |{ 6 7 | 0 39 |Andover. Arrived 2.20 a.m. | | | | |{13 7 | 1 19 |Amesbury. Arrived 3.39 a.m. | | | | | | | | | Ward | | | 9 5 | 0 55 |Deptford Inn. Arrived 4.34 a.m.| | Davis | | |{ 0 5 |} |Wiley. | | | | |{ 6 5 |} 0 41 |Chicklade. Arrived 5.15 a.m. | | | | | | |(Bags dropped for Hindon, 1 | | | | | | | mile distant.) | | | | |{ 6 6 |} |Mere. | | Whitmash| | |{ 7 0 |} 2 59 |Wincanton. | | | | |{13 4 |} |Ilchester. |
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