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the road. One gentleman attempted to jump 

 off; he fell upon his face, and the coach fell 

 upon him, and on the coachman. They re- 

 mained nearly a quarter of an hour in that 

 position, and when extricated the passenger 

 was quite dead, and the coachman severely 

 injured, one shoulder being dislocated, and 

 his head and body much cut and injured. 

 Of the male passengers four had their shoulders 

 dislocated. 



In the month of February, 1807, as the 

 Liverpool mail coach was changing horses at 

 the inn at Monk's Heath, between Congleton 

 and Newcastle-under-Lyne, the horses which 

 had performed the stage from Congleton having 

 just been taken off, and separated, hearing Sir 

 Peter Warberton's foxhounds in full cry, im- 

 mediately started after them with their harness 

 on, and kept up the chase to the last. One 

 of them, a blood mare, kept the track with 

 the whipper-in, and gallantly followed him for 

 about two hours, over every leap he took, 

 until the fox, who was a cowardly rogue, 

 had led them round in a ring fence, and ran 

 to ground. The sportsmen who witnessed the 

 feats of this sfallant animal were Sir Harrv 

 Main waring, Messrs. Cholmondeley, Layford 



