GENERAL RULES FOR The Regulation of Hackney Coaches, Fares, &c. For one mile Distance. For every distance not exceeding half a mile further 0 s. d.. 0 6. 0 For a day (not to exceed twelve hours) and before 12 o'clock at night, and not to exceed 20 miles 18 Abstracts of the Acts of Parliament relating to Hack ney Coaches. 7 0 EVERY Hackney Coachman is obliged, (unless he shall have been out twelve hours.) to go to any place within ten miles, in case he shall have time to return by sunset, or the fare shall undertake to return in the coach. And at any hour of the night (unless he shall have been out twelve hours,) to go upon all public turnpike roads, that shall be lighted up, any where within the distance of two miles and an half from the ends or extreme parts of the several carriage-way pavements of the cities of London and Westminster, or the suburbs thereof, where a regular continuation of carriage-way pavement doth extend. All the space betwixt the stand and the taking up of the fare is to be reckoned into the fare; and the coachman at liberty to take either for the length of ground or time, but not for both. By an act of Parliament in June, 1802, 100 additional coaches were allowed, the wh le number amounting to 1100. Night Fares. Every coach hired between twelve o'clock at night and six in the morning, is intitled to demand sixpence on every shilling in addition to the established rates; no fraction less than sixpence, either for ground or time, to be reckoned, but any coach taken between the hours of ten and twelve at night, is not intitled to the said hali fare, even if not dis charged till after twelve, except the fare shall exeed Two Shillings. Coaches taken out of Town. Every coach driven into the country, and discharged at such period of time as will prevent its return before sun-set, to the nearest stones end orgo the out stand from which it may have been taken, at the rate of five miles in the hour, in such case to be allowed sixpence per mile for euch ground he may have to return before sun-set, and full fare for such remaining ground as remains after sun-set, computing the full fare into one ground or distance, as if the fare returned in the coach; but if the sun is set at the time of discharge, in such case full fare for the whole ground. FARES REGULATED BY THE PRICE OF OATS. When the average price of outs, computed according to 31 Gen. 3. c. 30. shall exceed 255. per quarter, the commissioners may cause an addition to be made to the Fares: viz. Upon every fare amounting to two shillings, the additional sum of sixpence. Upon every fare amounting to four shillings, the addi· tional sum of one shilling. And so upon every increase of two shillings, the addi tional sum of sixpence. But such additional fare is not to be payable unless the coach be taken the full distance, or kept in waiting the full period for which the original fare is allowed, and the commissioners are to publish notice of the increase in the Gazette; which increase may be continued till thirty days. after the average price of oats shall be reduced to one guinea per quarter. When the average price of oats are reduced to one guinea per quarter, the following deductions must be made on all the fares; Above Two Shillings, and under Five Shillings, Sixpence; Five Shillings, and under Seven Shillings and Sixpence, One Shilling; Seven Shillings and Sixpence, and under Ten Shillings, One Shilling and Sixpence; Ten Shiflings and upwards, Two Shillings. Of which reduction the commissioners are to give notice in the London Gazette. Hackney Coachmen offending. All coachmen who ply for hire at the theatres, or other places of pubic resort, or who shall place their coaches at the side of the street, or in any situation where they do not usually ply, shall be considered liable to be hired and taken, as if on a stand. And on complaint being made to the commissioners, will be fined for refusal, unless such coach man shall produce positive proof of being actually hired at the time: and if such proof shall be really brought forward, in such case the com missioners have power to award to such coachtman a reasonable compen sation for loss of time on being summoned. If any coachman shall refuse to go at these rates, or exact more, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 31. nor under 10s. and on misbehaviour, by abusive language, or otherwise, the commissioners may revoke his licence, or inflict a penalty; and, on non-payment, he shall be commit ted to Bridewell, and be kept to hard labour for thirty days.-The Commissioners Office is at Somerset Place. N. B. Persons complaining of imposition or ill treatment, are always heard with attention by the Commissioners or Magistrates, before whom they may with great ease present their complaint. The Commissioners List for regulating the Price and Measurement of One Shitting, Eighteenpenny, and Two Shilling Fares, according to the late Act of Parliament. ONE SHILLING FARES.. The Distance not exceeding One Mile. Palace-yard, Westminster. First coach to the end of Catharine-street, Strand Ditto, to Derby-court, Piccadilly Whitchull. The centre of the Horse Guards, to Palsgraye-head-court, Ditto, to Berkeley-street, Piccadilly Charing-cross. The Golden-cross, to White-horse-street, Piccadilly Strand. Catharine-street, to Watling-street, St. Paul's Temple-bar. To the second Scotland-yard, Whitehall Bridge-street, Fleet-street. The first coach to St. Peter's Church, Cornhill St. Paul's Church-yard. The first coach to Beaufort-buildings, Strand Cheapside. Gutter-lane, to Featherstone-buildings, Holborn Cornhill. The centre of the Royal-exchange to Great-garden-street, Ditto, to Water-lane, Fleet-street Ditto, to Hatton-garden, Holborn Whitechapel. First coach next the Three Nuns, to Cheapside-conduit Ditto, to the Old-Change, Cheapside King's-road, Gray's-inn-Lane, First coach to Cheapside-conduit Ditto, to Rathbone-place, Oxford-road Holborn. The end of Hatton-garden, to the Royal-exchange Ditto to Denmark-street, St. Giles's The end of Southampton buildings, to Bedford-street Ditto, to King-street, Cheapside The end of Red-lion-street, to Buckingham-street, Strand' M.F. P. 7 28 Oxford-street, The end of Rathbone-place, to Orchard-street The end of Bond-street, to Vine street, St. Giles's The Golden-lion, to Oxendon-street, Coventry-street The end of St. James's-street, to Cecil-street, Strand Tower. The first coach to Paul's-chain, St. Paul's church King street, Cheapside. Cateaton-street, to St. Dunstan's church, Fleet-street Clerkenwell. Opposite the Close, to Bread-street, Cheapside Buckingham-gale. Opposite the gate, to the Treasury, Whitehall EIGHTEEN-PENNY FARES. The Distance not exeeding One Mile and a Half. First coach, to Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street Ditto, to White-horse-street, Piccadilly Whitehall. The centre of the Horse Guards, to the Old Bailey, Ludgate-hill Charing-cross, The Golden-cross, to the end of Grosvenor-place, Hyde-park Corner Ditto, to Watling-street, St. Paul's Church-yard Strand. Catharine-street, to Bank-street, Cornhill Temple-bar. Bridge-street, Fleet-street. To Little Abingdon-buildings, Westminster Ditto, to Downing-street, Parliament-street St. Paul's Church-yard. The first coach, to Somerset-street, Whitechapel The first coach, to the end of Pall-Mall, Cock pur-street Gutter-lane, to Dyot-street, St. Giles's Cheapside. Ditto, to Whitechapel Workhouse Cornhill. The centre of the Royal Exchange, to Dog-row, Mile-end M. F. P. The centre of the Royal Exchange, to Somerset-place, Strand I Whitechapel. First coach next the Three Nuns, to Ely-place, Holborn King's-road, Gray's-inn-lane. First coach to St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill Ditto, to Holles-street, Oxford-street The end of Hatton-garden, to Hound ditch, Whitechapel The end of Red-lion-street, to Downing-street, Westminster Oxford-road. The end of Rathbone-place, to St. George's Burying-ground 1he end of Bond-street, to Brownlow-street, Holborn I 3 26 3 26 "Ihe end of Park-street to opposite the Coal-yard, High-Holborn 1 3 30 Piccadilly. The Golden Lion, to Adam-street, Strand Ditto, to the centre of Whitehall Chapel The end of St. James's-street, to Temple-lane, Fleet-street Tower. The first coach, to Fetter-lane, Fleet-street Kings-street, Cheapside. Cateaton-street, to Burleigh-street, Strand Clerkenwell. Opposite the Close, to opposite Leadenhall-market Buckingham-gate. Opposite the Gate, to Bedford-street, Strand TWO SHILLING FARES. The Distance not exceeding Two Miles. Palace-yard, Westminster. First coach tothe end of Watling-street, St. Paul's Church-yard 17 32 Ditto, to opposite the Horse-guards at Knightsbridge. Whitehall. Centre of the Horse Guards, to Mercer's Chapel, Cheapside Charing-cross, The Golden-cross, to Smith's Manufactory, Knightsbridge Strand. ftharine-street, to Foor Jewry, Aldgate £ 725 1 7 28 1 7.28 I 7 4 1 7 27 1.7 30 |