West-Riding
Of
YORKSHIRE.}

To wit.}
At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the Lord the King, holden at Pon-
tefract , in and for the West-Riding of the County of YORK , on Monday in the first whole Week after the Close of
Easter, (to wit) the Nineteenth Day of April, in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE
the Third, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith Etc. Be-
fore the Reverend Timothy Lee< no role > , Doctor in Divinity, Sir Rowland Winn< no role > , Baronet, Stanhope Harvey< no role > , Charles
Slingsby Duncombe< no role > , Bacon Frank< no role > , Henry Wickham< no role > , Joshua Horton< no role > , Pemberton Milnes< no role > , Esquries, James Wil-
kinson< no role > , and Henry Zouch< no role > , Clerks , Justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the Peace of our said Lord the
King, in the said Riding; and also to hear and determine divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanors committed
within the Riding aforesaid, It is ordered us follows, Viz.

By Virtue of a late Act of Parliament, Intitled, "An Act for the better
"Repairing and Amending the Highways, and for settling the Rates for Carriage of Goods, " His Majesty's
Justices of the Peace at the said Quarter-Sessions assembled, do Assess and Rate the Prices of all Land
Carriage of Goods whatsoever, (except Gold and Silver Plate, Jewels and Money) to be brought to, or
carried from, any Place or Places within this Riding, by any Common Waggoner or Carrier, at the re-
spective Rates and Prices following, Viz.

From London to Doncaster , Rotherham , Sheffield , Barnsley , Pontefract , Wakefield , Leeds , or any other Place within this
Riding, as far distant from London, as Leeds is, from the Nineteenth Day of April, 1773, until the next General
Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden or the said Riding, at Pontefract, after Easter next, Ten-pence per Stone;
and for every odd Pound above a Stone, or any Number of Pounds, Three Farthings, and no more, and after that
Rate; and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling; and in like Manner for the Reverse from Doncaster,
Etc. to London, the like Rates.

To Halifax , Huddersfield , Bradford , and other Places of greater Distance from London than Wakefield, One Shilling
per Stone.

From London to Boroughbridge , Eleven-pence Three Farthings per Stone, during all the same Time; and for every
odd Pound above a Stone, One Penny; and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling, and no more;
and the same for the Reverse.

From London to Settle , Thirteen-pence Half-penny per Stone, during all the same Time; and for every odd Pound
above a Stone, Five Farthings; and for [..] Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling, and no more; and the
like for the Reverse.

From London, to any Place within this Riding, that is distant from London Twenty Miles further than Leeds is,
(except the particular Places before mentioned) Twelve-pence per Stone during all the same Time, and proportionably
for a greater or lesser Distance; and for every odd Pound above a Stone, or any Number of Pounds, One Penny, and
no more; and for every Parcel or Packet under a Stone, One Shilling, and the like for the Reverse.

From [..] that is Twenty [..]
per Stone during all the same Time, and proportionably for a greater or lesser Distance; and for every odd Pound,
One Farthing; and the like for the Reverse.

From Pontefract to Newcastle-upon-Tyne , or any other Place within this Riding to ditto, of equal Distance, Seven-
pence per Stone. From Sheffield to Wakefield, Two-pence per Stone. From Skipton to Leeds, Two-pence per Stone.
From Skipton to Tadcaster , Three-pence per Stone. From Leed to Sheffield, Three-pence per Stone. From Sheffield
to Pontefract, Two-pence Half-penny per Stone. From Pontefract to York , Two-Pence per Stone.

From any Place out of this Riding, to any Place of Twenty Miles Distance in this Riding, and from any one
Place to another, of the same Distance within this Riding, Two-pence per Stone, and proportionably for a greater
or lesser Distance; and for every odd Pound, One Farthing; and the like for the Reverse.

A Horse Pack is Six-
teen Stone, at 14
Pound per Stone.

From Leeds or Wakefield to Selby or Turnbridge, and from any other Market-Town or Place within this Riding, to
Selby or Turnbridge, as far distant from the same respectively as Leeds is, and so for the Reverse; a Truss, containing
four Horse Packs, and proportionably more or less from May-Day to Michaelmas, Six Shillings; from Michaelmas
to Christmas, Eight Shillings; from Christmas to May-Day, Ten Shillings and Six-pence; and proportionably for
a greater or lesser Distance.

A Tun is ten Horse
Packs.

From Selby or Turnbridge to Leeds or Wakefield, or any other Market-Town or Place within this Riding, as far dis-
tant from Selby or Turnbridge as Leeds is; and so for the Reverse, from May-Day to Michaelmas, Twelve Shillings
per Ton; from Michaelmas to Christmas, Sixteen Shillings per Ton; from Christmas to May-Day, Twenty Shillings
per Ton; and proportionably more or less for a greater or lesser Distance.

And it is ordered by this Court, "That these Rates be printed, and immediately certified by the Clerk of the Peace ,
" for this Riding, to the Lord-Mayor of the City of London , and to the respective Clerks of the Peace for the Counties
" of Middlesex and Surry, and the City and Liberty of Westminster ; and shall also be sent to the Lord-Mayor of the
" City of York , and the Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and to the several Mayors and other chief Officers, of each
" respective Market-Town within this Riding, to be hung up in some public Place, in every such Market-Town, to
" which all Persons may resort for their Information: And to the End that no common Waggoner or Carrier may
" be ignorant of the Law, They may hereby take Notice, That none of them is to take for Carriage of Goods and
" Merchandize, above the Rates and Prices hereby set, upon Pain to forfeit for every such Offence, the Sum of Five
" Pounds, to be levied by Distress and Sale of his or their Goods, by Warrant of any two Justices of the Peace , where
" such Waggoner or Carrier shall reside, in Manner as by the said Act is appointed, to the Use of the Party grieved."

By the COURT,
RICHARD FENTON< no role > ,
Clerk of the Peace for the said Riding .