That year witnessed the last of the old coaching days upon the Portsmouth Road, so far, at least, as ordinary travellers were concerned. Some few, particularly conservative, still elected to travel by road; and, as may be seen from the appended copy of a Post-office Time-Bill, the Postmaster-General put no trust in new-fangled methods of conveyance:-- GENERAL POST OFFICE. THE EARL OF LICHFIELD, HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL. London and Portsmouth Time-Bill. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Contractors'| | | | Time | | | Names. | | | |Allowed.| | |------------|--|---|-------|--------|--------------------------------| | |In|Out| M.F. | H.M. |Dispatched from the General Post| | | | | | |Office, the of , 184 , at| | | | | | |by time-piece, at by clock.| | | | | | |Coach No. { With time-piece| | | | | | |sent out { safe, | | | | | | | { No. to | | | | | | |Arrived at the Gloucester | | | | | | | Coffee-House at | | | | |{ 13.0 | 1.35 |Arrived at Kingston at | | | | |{ 4.0 }| |Esher | | | | |{ 3.4 }| |Cobham | |Chaplin and | | |{ 3.7 }| 1.25 |Arrived at Ripley at | | Gray | | |{ 6.1 }| |Guildford | | | | |{ 4.2 }| 1.18 |Arrived at Godalming at | | | | |{ 2.1 }| |Mousehill | | | | |{10.1 }| 1.32 |Arrived at Liphook at | | | | |{ 8.3 | 1.3 |Arrived at Petersfield at | | Wise | | | 7.4 | 57 |Arrived at Horndean at | | | | | 5.6 }| |Cosham | | Guy | | | 4.6 }| 1.20 |Arrived at the Post Office, | | | | | | |Portsmouth, the of , 184 ,| | | | | | |at by time-piece, at by | | | | | | |clock. | | | | | | | { Delivered time-piece| | | | | | |Coach No. { safe, No. | | | | | | |arrived { to | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ The time of working each stage, &c. Up-time allowed the same. By Command of the Postmaster-General. GEORGE STOW, Surveyor and Superintendent. [Sidenote: _HER MAJESTY'S MAILS_]