The complete servant / Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tables

by servant Samuel Adams; Sarah Adams

Porters, employed in porterage, guilty of misbehaviour, may be brought by a warrant before any justice, and fined a sum not exceeding 20s. nor less than 10s.

Persons refusing to pay Porterage may be brought by warrant before any justice, and compelled.

FARES OF WATERMEN.
FROM LONDON BRIDGE, WESTWARD.
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The following distances are chargeable: for
Oars 6d.—Sculler 3d.
From	London Bridge	to	Paul’s Wharf, or Mason’s Stairs.
	Alhallow Stairs	to	Blackfriars’ Bridge, either side.
	Three Cranes	to	Temple, or Old Barge House.
	Paul’s Wharf	to	Arundel Stairs.
	Blackfriars’ Bridge, either side	to	Somerset House, or Cupar’s Bridge.
	Temple	to	Whitehall, or King’s Arms Stairs.
	Strand Lane	to	Westminster Bridge.
	Westminster Bridge, either side	to	Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry.
	Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry	to	Vauxhall, or Feathers’ Stairs.
Oars 8d.—Sculler 4d.
From	London Bridge	to	Temple, or Old Barge House.
	Three Cranes	to	Strand Lane, or Surrey Stairs.
	Queenhithe	to	Somerset Stairs, or Cupar’s Bridge.
	Paul’s Wharf	to	Adelphi.
	Blackfriars’ Bridge	to	Whitehall, or King’s Arms Stairs.
	Temple	to	Westminster Bridge.
	Hungerford	to	Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry.
	Lambeth Stairs	to	Nine Elms.
Oars 1s.—Sculler 6d.
From	London Bridge	to	Westminster Bridge, or Wooden Bridge.
	Blackfriars’ Bridge	to	Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry.
	Strand Lane	to	Vauxhall, or Feathers’ Stairs.
	Hungerford	to	Nine Elms.
	Nine Elms	to	Chelsea Bridge.
Oars 1s. 6d.—Sculler 9d.
From	London Bridge	to	Lambeth Stairs, or Horse Ferry.
	Allhallows	to	Vauxhall, or Feathers’ Stairs.
	Paul’s Wharf	to	Nine Elms.
	Westminster Bridge	to	Chelsea Bridge.
Oars 2s.—Sculler 1s.
From	London Bridge	to	Nine Elms.
	Temple	to	Chelsea Bridge.
Oars 2s. 6d.—Sculler 1s. 3d.
From	London Bridge	to	Chelsea Bridge.

		With Company.
From London Bridge, on either side above.	Oars.	Each Person.
	s. d.	s. d.
To Chelsea Bridge	2 6	0 4
To Wandsworth	3 0	0 6
To Putney, Fulham, or Barn Elms	4 0	0 8
To Hammersmith, or Chiswick	5 0	0 9
To Barnes, or Mortlake	6 0	1 0
To Brentford	7 0	1 3
To Twickenham, or Tide End Town	9 0	1 6
To Hampton Court, or Hampton Town	12 0	1 9
To Sunbury, or Walton upon Thames	13 0	1 9
To Shepperton, Weybridge, Chertsey, Laylem	15 0	2 0
To Staines	18 0	2 6
To Datchet, or Windsor	21 0	3 0

FROM LONDON BRIDGE, EASTWARD.
Oars 6d.—Sculler 3d.
From	London Bridge	to	St. Catherine’s, or George’s Stairs.
	Somer’s Quay Stairs	to	Union Stairs, or East Lane Stairs.
	Iron Gate	to	Wapping New Stairs, Rotherhithe Stairs, or King’s Stairs.
	Hermitage Stairs	to	Church Stairs, King Edward Stairs, or Hanover Stairs.
	Wapping Old Stairs	to	New Crane Stairs, or King James’s Stairs.
	Wapping New Stairs	to	Shadwell Dock Stairs.
	Execution Dock	to	Bell Wharf, or King and Queen St.
	Church Stairs	to	Great Stone Stairs.
	New Crane Stairs	to	Ratcliffe Cross, or Globe Stairs.
	Shadwell Dock Stairs	to	Duke Shore Stairs, or Pageants.
Oars 8d.—Sculler 4d.
From	London Bridge	to	Union Stairs, or East Lane Stairs.
	Somer’s Quay Stairs	to	Wapping Old Stairs, or Fountain Stairs.
	Tower Stairs	to	Wapping New Stairs, Rotherhithe Stairs, or King’s Stairs.
	Iron Gate	to	Execution Dock, Prince’s Stairs, or Elephant Stairs.
	St. Catherine’s	to	Church Stairs, King Edward Stairs, or Hanover Stairs.
	Hermitage Stairs	to	New Crane Stairs, or King James’s Stairs.
	Union Stairs	to	Shadwell Dock Stairs.
	Wapping Old Stairs	to	Bell Wharf, or King and Queen St.
	Wapping New Stairs	to	Ratcliffe Cross, or Globe Stairs.
	New Crane Stairs	to	Duke Shore Stairs, or Pageants.

Over the water directly to the opposite shore, from any place between Windsor and Greenwich, with a sculler, two-pence, or a penny for each person, if more than one.

The waterman may demand payment at the rate of three-pence (sculler,) and six-pence (oars,) for every half hour, in lieu of the above fares, when detained by passengers on his way to the place at which they choose ultimately to be set down. For detention after having set down his company, he is paid three-pence (sculler,) and six-pence (oars,) for every half hour after the first, in addition to the above fares.

Note.—Oars in all cases are double the scullers’ fare.

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