COACHING 



morning did not reach London until Tuesday night, 

 having been dug out of the snow twelve times. 

 It was the first coach from Manchester of the 

 same day that arrived in town. The guard attri- 

 butes his success to the exertions of four sailors, 

 outside passengers, who lent a hand at every 

 casualty.* 



* A gentleman who left Sheffield by the Hope 

 coach of Sunday week reports that the coach did 

 not complete its journey until Saturday afternoon. 

 Between Nottingham and Mansfield, close to the 

 Forest, they came upon three coaches blocked in 

 the snow, which was lying 9 feet deep. The Hope 

 left Mansfield with eight horses and was driven 

 into Nottingham with ten. They picked up a poor 

 boy nearly perished with cold. The boy was got 

 by a gentleman jumping down while the coach was 

 in motion, for the coachman declared that if he came 

 to a dead stop he would not be able to get the wheels 

 in motion again.' {BelPs Life, 8th January 1837). 



Highway robbery was still practised at this time, 

 but the armed horseman with crape mask and 

 pistols had gone out of fashion, and thefts were 

 accomplished by craft. 



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