Aberystwith, Mail Coach,77Addresses, Quaint,223,224African War, P.O. Volunteers,172Aldhelm, Bishop,205Allen, Col.,48,49Allen, Ralph, Cross Posts,25Honoured,46,47Medal,49,50Allen, Richard, P.M.G.,3Almondsbury, Penny Post,154American MailsviaPlymouth,164-167Anabaptist Opinions,6Anderson, James, Bush Inn,98Lamb Inn,100Arlington, Lord, Letters Delayed,23Arno's Vale Turnpike,115Arrowsmith, Mr. J.W., Publisher,147Asher, Mr., Speech,215Avon Motor Co.,91Avonmouth Dock, New,161Baptist College,7Bear Inn, Devizes,102Beaufort, Dukes of,102,108Benevolent Society, P.O., Banquet at Bristol,199Bennett, Mr. E., Speech,215,218Birmingham, Coach,24,64,66George and Rose Inn,65Rose Inn,66Bishop of Bristol, Speech,202,206Bisshopp, Henry, Farmer of Posts,22Blatchford, Rev. A.N., Speech,206Boar's Head Inn,64Botting, Mr., Speech,214Brewham, Foot post to,2Brightstowe, Plan of,177Brighton Coach,66Brill, Mail Coach Inspector,88Bristol Cathedral,93Copper Co.,12Mail Coach robberies,119-122,124,126,127Rejuvenated,160Turnpike Gates,117Water Works Co.,12,15Broadmead Chapel Records,7Broad Street,102Brooks, Thos., & Co.,65Browne, Letter of year 1671,6-7Brunswick, Duke of, at White Lion,102Bull and Mouth Inn, London,72,73,87Burglaries, Post Office,134-136Burnett, Mail Coachman, killed,88,89Bush, Mr. J. Paul, C.M.G., in Africa,173P.O. Medical Officer,174Bush Inn, Bristol,9,26,63,64,66,68,71,79,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,101Canadian Mail Service,163Cann Family,178-180,183Carriers warned,30Cathedral, Bristol,93"Cavilears" threatening Postmaster Teig,5Chamber of Commerce,163Chamberlain, Mr. Austen,75,76Chaplin, Coach proprietor,105Charles I.,2Charles II.,4,8,192,193Chatham, Lord, friend of Allen,48Cheltenham Coach,71Chichester Mail Coach,75,79,81Chimney-piece, Old Elton,191Chronometer, London Coach,69City Chamberlain's account,1,2City Chambers Co.,10Clevedon Mail Cart accident,155,157,158Clift, Pratt & Co.,70Coach accident, Kennet Hill,34Coaches, Better equipment wanted,43Coach and Horses Inn, Southampton,66Coach, Long, Portsmouth,79Coachman fined for giving up reins,88Musical,90Warminster, drunk,84Coach Service to Bristol,28,31,33Coggan, Mrs. Varnam,238Coin secreted in Parcel,226Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,107Colston, Edward,192Columbia Stamping Machine,198Commons, P.M. of House of,237Constantine, Duke, of Russia, Visits the White Lion,102Copper Co., Bristol,12Cornishman, G.W.R. Train,148,149Corn Street, 1663,6Coronation Poem, Mrs. Varnam-Coggan,239Procession projected,240Cornwallis Coach,65,66Admiral,66Coutts, Thos.,96Cranford Bridge, Postboy robbed,127Creswick Family, Mansion of,14Cross Posts,24,41Crown Inn, Portsmouth,79Cumberland, Duke of,50Curious Incidents,226,227,229,230,231Dean of Bristol's Signature,224,225Devizes, Bear Inn,102Devon Coach,69Devonport Mail snowed up,86Diligence Mail,31,33Disastrous Gale and the Telegraphs,3,159Ditton, Antony, Marlboro' Mayor,21Doddington, Barth.,21Dolphin Inn,6-7Street, Bristol,106Duchess of St. Albans,96Duke of Beaufort, Horses burnt,103Brunswick visits White Lion,102Gloster Sloop,100Electric Light Fails,220-222Elizabeth, Queen,220-222Her Progress,16,17Elton Family,179,180,184,185,186,187Mansion,177,179-181,183,188,190Emerald Post Coach,104Exchange Avenue,9,85Express Posts,26Exquisite Coach,105Extension of Post Office,14Fairfax, Lord,3Feecham, Mail Guard,86Fifth Clause Post,152Fish, conveyance declined,70Fittler, James, Engraver,51Flying Machine, Bath,21Folwell, Mail Guard,84Foot Post, The,1,2Francombe, Mr., Speech,200,201Freeling, Miss Edith,59,60Sir Francis, Birthplace,51In London,53On his mettle,55Death of his wife,55His death,56Obituary notice,57Relics,58-60,79-80Sir G.H.,60Freeman and Brass Co.,10,11Thorough Post,2Fylton Hay, The Rodney,100Niblett's Farm,106Open Post,154Gascoigne, lays a Post,18Court Postmaster,19Extraordinary Post,20,21George IV., King,60George, Philip, Dep. Town Clerk, Bath,40Gloucester Mail Coach,73Gore, Thomas, of Barrow,8Gosport Mail,61,80Grand Hotel, Bristol,106Griffiths, Richard, Mail Guard,89His Post Horn,90G.W.R. and P.O. Arbitration,150In construction,146In contemplation,141Night Mail Train,143Service,147Hare and Hounds,88Harford & Co., Iron Merchants,12Harper, Mr. C.G.,111Hatton Garden Robbery,133Hellier, Mr., receives letter in 1663,6Henty, G., "The Road",128Hereford Coach,71Hero, Birmingham Coach,68Hicks, James, Roads Clerk,22Hill, Rowland,40Hobhouse, Lt.-Col., Speech,213,214Holyhead Coach,65Hope, Weston Coach,72Hopton, Lord,3Horne & Sherman, Coach proprietors,105Horton Post Office,152Huton, William, 1475,175Humphries, Mr. Sidney, Speech,206-210Hungerford, Sir Hy.,175Inland Revenue Dept.,13Jamaica, Bristol Mail Service to,45,162James I., King,2Johnston, C., Supt. of Mail Coaches,67,84Joyce, Herbert, C.B.,54Karstadt, G.F.,141Kennet Hill, Coach Accident,34Kent, Luke, Mail Guard,81Kerans, Mr., P.M., Bath,46King, Address to the,241King of Syria's letter,211Knowle Turnpike,111"La France" Engine,147Lansdown, Mr. F.P.,171Lavars, Messrs., Lithographers,107Lawrence, Sir Thos.,102Lawford's Gate Turnpike,116Letter Woman,29Lewis Levy, Turnpike Contractor,112Lifeboats and Telegraph,158Lloyd's Bank,101London and Plymouth, Mail Coach Race,63Londonderry, Marquis of,45,46,234,235,237Longleat, Queen Elizabeth at,17Louis, Mr.,146Luce, Thomas, Innkeeper,103,105Maberley, Lt.-Col.,145"Magnet," Weston Coach,72Maidenhead Turnpike Abolished,118Mail Coaches,62Mail Coaches Exempt from Toll,111Mail Coach, First,27Mail Coach Robbers Hanged,123Mail Coach System,26Manchester and Liverpool Railway,140,144Marlborough Post,31May, Mr.,39McAdam, Mr., Roads,67,68Mercury, Light Motor Van,92Morley, Arnold, Address to,232,234Motor Cars,77Motor Cycle Accident,219Motor Van, Avon,93Mount Pleasant P.O., London,74Moysey, A.,40Muniment Room, P.O.,169Musical Coachman,90Nash, Bill, Mail Robber,131Nevill, Mail Guard, Frozen to Death,86New Buildings,13Newick, R.C.,130New London Inn, Exeter,62New Passage, Ice Shoals,85New Royal Mail Coach,104Niblett, Isaac,106Niblett, Isaac, Innkeeper, Coach Proprietor,104,105Nobbs, M.J., Mail Guard,73Norwich—London Coach,89Old Passage,63,64Osborne, John, and Jere, Messrs.,114Oxford Mail,67Packer, the foot post,2Pack Horse, Packmen,21Palace, Bishop's,204Palmer, Col.,49Palmer, Death of,44Palmer, John, Coach system,27Palmer, John, honoured,46,47Palmer's Mail Coach system:—Attacked,36,38Enlarged,32Extended,41Pitt's approbation,40Success,42Thanks—Memorials,39Troubles,33Vindicated,37,38Passengers Coach, Protection of,34Paul, J., Mail Coachman, killed,86Penny Posts,153Pickwick, Moses, Coaching Notice,132Pike, E.W., Mr.,237,238"Pike" Keepers,112Pine, Henry, Postmaster,9Pitt, Rt. Hon. W.,39,40"Plume of Feathers," Wine Street,69Plymouth Coach,71,72"Port Antonio," R.M.S.,161Porter, George, Innkeeper,103"Port Kingston," R.M.S.,162"Port Royal," R.M.S.,162Portsmouth Coach overturned,82Portsmouth Coaches,84,85Portsmouth, Crown Inn,79Portsmouth Mail,73,79,81Portsmouth Railway, projected,75,76Postages,21Postage Stamps, King Edward Issue,238Post Boys,23Postboy robbed,80Post Bridge Turnpike,81Posts, Cross,24Post, Express,26Post, Extraordinary,19,20Post House,22Post House, The Bristol,8,9Post, King's Special,4Postman's Knock,228Postmaster-General, Deputation to,75,77Postmaster-General, Lord Stanley of Alderley,10Postmaster Henry Pine,9of Bristol, Speech,210-213Post Office Buildings,14,15All Saints' Lane,9,10Bristol,10,11Post, Queen Elizabeth's,17Running,3The Foot,1-2Thorough,2Pratt, J.J.,40Prideaux, Master of Posts,3Primitive Post Office,151Prince and Princess of Wales,160,162Prudent Man's Fund Receipt Note,231Quaint Addresses,223,224Randolph, Master of Posts,18Ralph Allen, Cross Posts,21Redland Post Office,170Red Rover Coach,105Regent Coach,68Registered Letters Stolen,133Rennison, Sarah, Stokes Croft Baths,113Roads,21,23Robertson, George, Painter,51Rocket, Holyhead Coach,68Romans, The,67Rose Inn, Birmingham,66Royal Livery, Coachman and Guard wear,35Rummer Tavern, Bristol,31Running Post,3Salisbury Mail, Late,38Postboy Robbed,80Saltford Turnpike,115Savage, the foot post,1Severn, Ice Shoals,85Shamrock, London Coach,69"Ship Letters",153,167,168Shuter, Chris., Councillor,187Small Street, Bristol,9,10,11,12,13,15,102,175,176,177,189,194Southampton Coach,65,67Coach and Horses Inn,66Sovereign Coach,72Sports, P.O.,218Sproule, Verger,93St. Albans, Duchess of,96St. Giles' Gate,175St. Leonard's Lane,15,193St. Martin's-le-Grand,37St. Michael's Hill Turnpike,117St. Werburgh, Parish of,11,15,193Stage Coaches,22,24,25Stanley, Lord,Frontispiecein Africa,173of Alderley,10Statistics—Bristol P.O.,163Stealing Letters, Capital Offence,121Stokes Croft Turnpike,114Stop Gate, Horfield,117Streamer, Richard, 1680,178Stretch, Matthew, Bush Inn,98Swan Inn,31,66Swan with Two Necks Inn, London,31Symons, Thomas,42Teig or Teague, Anabaptist Postmaster, in peril,4,5,6,7Telegraphs, Lifeboats, and Gales,159Telephones, Trunk P.O.,195,196,197Thatched Post Office,152Thornbury, Fifth Clause Post,154Thorough Post,2Three Tuns, Bath,31,41Terrill, Mr., letter of, 1671,7Tewkesbury,71Time Bill, Old Portsmouth,82Tipsy M.P.,91Todd, Anthony,30,35,36,38,128Tokens, Mail Coach,51Toll Gates,110,111,112,113,114,115,116Townsend, John—Charles, Bush Inn,98Tracks Unenclosed,2Traveller, Exeter Coach,70Turner, Mail Coachman, killed,87Turnpike Trusts,110,111,112Turpin and Langdon, Book Binders,11Tyndale, William,152Tyson, Mayor, 1660,6Uniform, Royal, introduced,31Union Post Coach,63,64Value of Tolls,114Vidler, Mr., Mail Contractor,54,55Waggons, Quaint,25Water Works Company, Bristol,12Water Works Premises,177,190Weaver, Hon. John,4Weeks, John,26,79,93Boniface,94Coach Monopoly,99Mural Tablet,92Sloop Master,100Weeks, Poston & Co.,104Wellington, Som.,1Werburgh, St., Parish,11,15Westbury-on-Trym P.O. burgled,136,137,138,139,140Westons, Mail Robbers,129,130Whitchurch Turnpike,115White Hart Inn, Bristol,63,64,80,103,104,107White Horse Cellars, London,72White Lion, Bristol,73,85,101,102,103,104,107White's, Mr. Stanley, Coach,108Motor Car,108Wimborne Minster,1Wilton, Queen Elizabeth at,17,21Withering, Thomas,3Wood's Office, Bristol,66Young, John, Knighted,16