...the year 1754, a Flying Coach was advertized, and promised in the following words, that " How" ever incredible it may appear, this coach will " actually...in London, " in four days and a half, after leaving Man " Chester"!! The mail coaches now constantly travel that distance in thirty hours ; and on the...

...promised in the following words, that " How-^ *' ever incredible it may appear, this coach will fe actually (barring accidents) arrive in London, *' in four days and a half, after leaving Man(< Chester" !! The mail coaches now constantly travel that distance in thirty hours ; and on the...

...destination. In the year 1754, a fying coach was advertised, and promised, in the following words, that " However incredible it may appear, this coach...in four days and a half after leaving Manchester." This exploit is now regularly performed by the mail coaches in about thirty hours ; and the same distance...

...miles an hour ! The proprietors, at the commencement, issued the following remarkable prospectus : ' However incredible it may appear, this coach will...in four days and a half after leaving Manchester.' Three years afterwards, the Liverpool merchants established another of these ' flying machines on steel...

...passengers from their town to London as early as' 1 754 ; and they gave out, by public advertismemt, before the enterprise began, that " however incredible...was ever fulfilled. Still the impulse was given from both quarters, and i'ts rebound extended to many others. Thus we find that, in 1766, John Scott, afterwards...

...flying coach was advertised to run between Manchester and London, and promised, in the following words, that, "however incredible it may appear, this coach...London in four days and a half after leaving Manchester !" The distance is now daily accomplished in less than six hours.— Ed. CR voL. rv. 3s ness and public...

...classed with projectors of the Mimcliausen kind, they heralded their enterprise with this statement : " However incredible it may appear, this coach will...London in four days and a half after leaving Manchester ! " Fast coaches were also established on other of the northern roads, though not with very extraordinary...

...following prospectus : ' However incredible it may appear, this coach will actually (barring accidente) arrive in London in four days and a half after leaving Manchester.' It is no wonder that about this time a Fly received its name on account of its supposed rapid travelling....

...on the trunk line of mail conveyance into Scotland, with the following remarkable prospectus : — " However incredible it may appear, this coach will...days and a half after leaving Manchester." In the same year a new coach was brought out in Edinburgh, but the speed at which it travelled was no improvement...

...for pleasure. In 1754 the town of Manchester advertised a flying coach, stating in their notice, " that, however incredible it may appear, this coach...in four days and a half after leaving Manchester." The late Lord Chancellor wrote : — "When I B 2 20 THE PLEASURES OF TRAVEL. first reached London (this...