The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-25 00:00:00

PROVINCIALS.
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In the evening of Sunday sennight, when, the London Mail
tad proceeded within five miles of Colchester, the coachman
being in liquor, grew very sleepy, and though repeatedly warned
of such impropriety. at length soddenly fell headlong between
the wheel horses. The horses. set off at full speed, hut by the
great exertions of Mr. H. :-:t. John, at tjle most imminent dan-
ger of his own life, they were so far stopped, as to enable the
guard to run and seize the leader's heads, we are happy to say
without any further accident. The guard and Mr. St. John
were lett in charge of the coach by the other passengers., who
went in searchot the coachman, whom they tound on the road
upwards of half a mile behind, his head shockingly cut, bleed-
ing profusely, and one of hilt legs above the ancle broken to
pieces.
DARIN° AT-rrNtrr.—Friday evening, at seven o'clock, the
prisoners confined iu Reading Caol, consisting of five transports,
and six for trial at the c.suing March Assizes, attempted to

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make their escape in the most resolute and formidable way: the
turnkeys having proceeded to the ward where they were secured
in the day, opened the door to remove them one at a time to
the close cells for the night, when one came forward and was
locked up. They then proceeded for the second; immediately
the door was opened eight of them rushed out, seized the turn-
keys, and fastenedthem into the close cells adjoining their ward.
The keeper's wife,- who was sitting in the kitchen with a
debtor, ran to secure the door which led into the keeper's house,
to prevent their approach, but W.i.S not in time; they entered
it, seamed her, and forcing the debtor on the floor, dragged
them both out, and bolted them into a solitary cell. The
keeper, who was writing in the Magistrates' room up shirrs,
seeing them drag out his wife, immediately descended, fastened
the door of the house, ran up stairs into the room he had previ-
ously left, and collected his fire-arms in the window. The
whole of the prisoners were now in a body trying to force the
door, calling_ out in menacing language for the keeper, who an-
swered, " Here I am, and will shoot every one of you," and .
pulled the trigger of one of his pistols at a transport, who stoups
ing his head, the balls missed him, and they all then ran .to.
ward their wards, with fury, swearing, but again collected
themselves to attack him; when he quickly opened the door of
his house, with his fire-arms, Which were very formidable, cone
sisting of three brace of pistols, and a musket with a fixed bayo-
net, and drove them into the ward, where they hid themselves
in the best manner they could. The keeper now
.releasetl the
• two turnkeys, his wife, two debtors, and three women whom
they had shut up In the. close cells, as before described. The
keeper's wife, immediately after he: release, brought four debt-
ors through the house to his assistance, hut he had previously
rushed into the ward, and, presenting' his fire arms at thi
threatened to shoot the first malt that resisted going to his
nightly abode; they oh:yed, and with the assistance he had now
procured, he was enabled to secure every one with extra irons,
Ara fasten them down to the floor of their respective cells.
Upon an apricot tree at Standen, h'.sex, 6570 apricots we e
taken off, a short time since, t) thin rite tree for the proper
quamity to remain as fruit. . -
At Newbury races on Tuesday, the SO% plate was won by
Mr. Dundas's Romeo, heating Mr. Hallett's Lev ant—Wul-
neiday, the town plate' of .101. was won, at two heats, by Mr.
Wttherall's Fuscott, beating Mr. Hallett's I,evant. 57.01te day,
the wigs. stakes for 3 year olds, was won, at two beats, re
first being a dead heat), by Mr. 13Iggs'a Clohanna beating Ir.
Dundas's Philadelphia. Mr. Hallett and Mr. C. Craven are ap-
pointed stewards for the ensuing year.