North-Riding
of
YORKSHIRE}
to wit,

At the General QUarter-Sessions of the Peace of the Lord the King, holden for the
North-Riding of the County of York at Northallerton , in and for the said Riding,
on Tuesday in the first Week after the clause of Easter, to wit, the second Day of
April, in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the
Third, King of Great-Britain, and so forth, before William Chaytor< no role > , Esq . Chairman ,
Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard< no role > , Bart . Sir William Foulis< no role > , Bart . Robert Crowe< no role > , William
Dent< no role > , William Marwood< no role > , John Carr< no role > , Turner Van Straubenzie< no role > , Esquires ; John
Robinson,< no role > William Dealtry< no role > , George Markham< no role > , John Ellis< no role > , Benjamin Walker< no role > , and
Thomas Wilson Morley< 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 deter-
mine divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanors, committed within the
Riding aforesaid.

BY Virtue of a late Act of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for the better repairing and amending
the Highways, and for the settling the Rate for the Carriage of Goods," his Majesty< no role > 's Justices
of the Peace, at the said Quarter-Sessions assembled, do assess and rate the Price of all Land
Carriage of Goods whatsoever (except Gold and Silver Plate, Jewels, and Monies) to be brought
[..] or carried from, any Place or Places within this Riding, (except between York and Whitby , the Rate of
Carriage between these respective Places having been ascertained and set at 6d. per Stone) by any Common
Waggoner or Carrier, from the Date hereof untill the next General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace to be holden
[..] Easter next for the said Riding, at the respective Rates and Prices following. viz.

From London to Richmond, being Two Hundred and Thirty Post Miles, or to any other Place whatsoever
within the said Riding, not exceeding [..] Distance from London that Richmond is, the Sum of One Shilling
and Three pence per Stone; and for every odd Pound above a Stone, or any Number of Stones, One Penny,
and no more; and for every Parcel or Packet, the Sum of One Shilling. And in like Manner for the Reverse
[..] Richmond , Etc. to London, the like Rates.

From London to any Part of the said Riding, at a greater Distance than London is, not exceeding Ten
Miles, One Penny more; and so in Proportion for any greater Distance within the said Riding.

From York, Leeds, Manchester , Newcastle, or any other Place out of this Riding, to any Place within this
Riding , and from any one Place to another within this Riding, (except from York and Whitby ) the Sum of
One Penny per Stone for every Ten Miles, and so in Proportion for any greater or lesser Distance; and for
very odd Pound, over or under Half a Stone, One Farthing; and the like for the Reverse.

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< no role > of the City of London , and to the respective Clerks of the Peace for
the Counties of Middlesex and Surrey , and the City and Liberty of Westminster ; and shall also be sent to
the Lord Mayor< no role > 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 are 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

Thomas Ewbank,
DEPUTY CLERK of the PEACE for the said Riding.