[Sidenote: _THE MAILS_] The accompanying official time-bills of the London and Carlisle and the Carlisle and Glasgow mails, as run in 1837, will prove interesting: GENERAL POST OFFICE-THE EARL OF LICHFIELD. HER MAJESTY’s POSTMASTER-GENERAL. _Time Bill, London and Carlisle Mail._ +------------+---------+--------+-------------------------------------+ |Contractors’| Miles | Time | | | Names. | and |allowed.| | | |furlongs.| | | +------------+---------+--------+-------------------------------------+ | | | |Despatched from the General Post | | | | | Office the of 183 , at 8 p.m.| | | | | |Coach No. sent out. | | | | | | | | | H. M. | | | | | |With timepiece safe No. | | | | |to . | |Sherman | 11 2 | 1 18 |Arrived at Barnet, 9.18 | | | 8 4 | |Hatfield. | | | 5 4 | 1 28 |Arrived at Welwyn, 10.46. | | | | | | |W. & G. | 6 3 | |Stevenage. | | Wright | 5 7 | 1 20 |Arrived at Baldock, 12.6. | | | 7 5 | |Biggleswade. | | | 1 4 | 0 56 |Arrived at Caldecot, 1.2 a.m. | | | 8 4 | 0 53 |Arrived at Eaton Socon, 1.55. | | | | | | |Arnold | 5 4 | |Buckden. | | | 5 1 | 1 4 |Arrived at Alconbury, 2.59. | | | | | | |Coveney | 9 2 | 0 57 |Arrived at Stilton, 3.56. | | | | | | |T. Whincup | 8 5 | |Wansford. | | | 6 0 | 1 32 |Arrived at Stamford, 5.28. | | | | | | |H. Whincup | 8 0 | 0 50 |Arrived at Stretton, 6.18. | | | | | | |Burbidge | 5 1 | |Colsterworth. | | | 8 1 | 1 22 |Arrived at Grantham, 7.40. | | | | | by timepiece, by clock. | | | | | |