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through his ears. The next day he 
feit a crash in each ear, and ever 
since his hearing has been perfeétly 
restored 
On Thursday se’nnight a blind 
man undertook, for a small wager, 
to run against the mail coach, be- 
tween Halifax and Bradford, a dis- 
tance of near eight miles: he ar- 
rived at Bradford twelve mivutes be- 
fore the coach, having been allowed 
to sét off five minutes before it. On 
his arrival at Bradiord, a bye- 
stander would have it that he could 
see. In order to convince hin that 
he was totally blind, he gave leave 
for his eyes to be covered with a 
plaister, and said he would run the 
other wan back again to Halifax, 
but he refused the blind man’s chal. 
lenge. 
13th. The fall of snow was so 
heavy in Kent, that the Dover coach 
was yesterday greatly retarded in 
its progress to town. On its arrival 
at Barham Downs a complete stop 
took place, the snow being there of 
the amazing depth of ten feet. The 
mail was taken out of the coach, 
and forwarded by a messenger, on 
horseback, to town, where it did 
not arrive till two o’clock. <A great 
number of men were collected on 
Barham Downs, who cut a passage 
throngh the snow for the coach, and 
enabled it to continue its journey. 
Tt did not arrive in London till six 
at night. 
14th. A poney, the property of 
Mr. J. Moore, of Mildenhall, in 
Suffolk, fora trifling wager, galloped 
from the above place to Bury, and 
back again, (a distance of 25 miles, ) 
in 1 hour and 29 minutes. He was 
allowed two hours, but performed it 
31 minutes within the time. The 
weight of the poney is only 25 stone, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1866. 
its height under 13 hands, and the 
rider weighed 11 stone. 
16th. The parish church of St. 
Peter, at St. Alban’s, which had 
been a long time under repair, for 
the re-building, the centre tower, 
and contracting the chancel, was 
opened with two appropriate ser- 
mons, by the vicar, Mr. Roberts ; 
that in the morning from Eph. iv. 4. 
that in the evening from Matthew 
Xxvili. 20. 
i9th. This morning between one 
and two, a large mass of the vene- 
rable remains of the ancient wall of 
Rochester castle gave. way with a 
dreadful crash, and falling on a shed 
occupied by Mr. Butcher, coach. 
maker, entirely destroyed the same, 
and damaged several chaises, &c. 
which were standing under, and near 
it. Tho mass which fell was thirty 
feet high, and above twenty in 
width, and it is supposed to have 
been occasioned by the moisture 
sapping the foundation of it, 
20th. Joseph Gardam, an old man, 
aged 70 years, was, by a strong 
gust of wind, blown into a tub of 
boiling glew, at Hull, by which 
he was so severely scalded that he 
died. 
A brawn (a cross of the Bark= 
shire and Hampshire breed) was 
killed afew days since by Mr. Jones, 
of Brymbo, near Wrexham, which 
weighed, after cleaning, 760 pounds, 
and the fat on the back was five 
inches thick. ‘The sire of this ani- 
mal was killed about two years ago, 
which weighed 21 score. 
21st. A person who worked at 
thé brewery in Fast Smithfield, late 
the king’s brewhouse, having come 
into the possession of some property, 
a friend called on him to congratu. 
late him, and they adjourned toa 
public. 
