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THE PHAETON.

The lofty, light, and elegant vehicle, which tookits name from the ambitious charioteer of antiquity,is now almost discarded; and, in its stead, thestage coach form and character is adopted; inwhich the closest resemblance, in all its accompa-niments of guard, coachman, and passengers, isrigidly observed. The close inspector (if indeedany one can inspect closely that which moves atthe rate of twelve miles an hour) may detect asmall coronet and arms upon the well-varnishedpannel, and not be led into a mistake similar tothe one which we are about to mention.

A female of genteel appearance having failed tosecure a place in one of the stages that run be-tween Brentford and London, hailed one of theseperfect imitations : it stopped at her bidding ; andinquiries being made as to what part of London she