... under which, in consideration of payment of 3d. a mile, five inn-holders one belonging to London, one to Thatcham, one to Marlborough, and two to Bath—undertook to provide the horses, and on ... persons more anxious for its success. It would be very imprudent, therefore, to run the least hazard of disturbing it. I beg you'll not imagine I am the least displeased at what you have done. ... represent to the Contractors that the Mails must be carried by more reliable coaches. "The Comptroller-General," he wrote to one Contractor, "has to complain not only of the horses...