Star.
London, England, 1821-12-26 00:00:00

HOW TO GET A CHEAP RIDE!

John Kilburn, a person well known on du
a list seller, Etc. being at a town in Bedfoze,l
Summer, and, according to a turf phrase. qui.e
down, and it being the week before I:ichniond
near which place he wa. born, to arrive
time, hit on the following expedient :—He
to a blacksmith of his acquaintance to stamp
padlock the word's 64 Richmond Jail," whi
the chain, was fixed to one of his le, s, and
posedly went into a corn held to sleep. A,
pected, he was soon apprehended, and taken f
Magistrate, who, after some delitieratkn, arch
constables to guard him in a carriage to tut
no time being to be lost, Kilburn saying, he
been tried, and hoping they would not let hir
another Assizes. The constables 1,11 their
the jail accosted the keeper with--" Sir, do you know
this man?" ,1 Yes, very well : it is Kilburn; I have
known him many years." 44 We suppose that he hav
broken out of your jail, as he had a chain and pad,
lock on with your mark?" " A prisoner! I never
heard any harm of him in my lite." " Nat.," says
Kilburn, " have these Gentlemen, Sir. They have
been so good as to bring me out of Redfordsliii e, and
I will not give them any farther trouble. I have got
the key of the padlock, and not trouble 'Lem to
I unlock it; I thank them for their good u,age." The
distance he thus travelled was about 170 miles.

ILCIIESTER JAlL—Since the burning down of the
factory of this jail, on the night of the 15th of No.
vember, the buildings have been twice discoverel to
be on fire. On Saturday night, the Bth i r dis.. a fire
occurred in the wash-house of the prison, which for.
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tunately was extinguished without doing any further
' mischief than merely destroying COOS; do able Tian.
city of linen, belonging to Mr. Harms-, the nev. I:e2-er.
On Saturday night, the 15th instant, soon after the
prisoners were locked up, flame, were discovered to
he ascending from the wa -1-house to the laundry; the
vigilance•of the task-master, and the other officers of
the jail, as well as that of Mr. HARDY, had been very
actively exerted in consequence of the two fu: merited.
dents happening in such quick succession ; therefore
the flames were discovered in time to afford prompt
and vigorous application of a quantity of e ate: which
happened providentially to be near at ha:,,; ; by this
means the fire was speedily extinguished, without
doing any serious injury. In a few minutes more
the whole of the wash-house, -laundry, bake-house,
store-rooms, and offices belonging to the Keefer,
would have been in flames, which offices are attached
to those of Mr. Tosou, a respectable attorney, of
Northover, the adjoining village ; and the va.flagra.
tion must have been much more de.tructive C:citha
which happened in the factory, if it had not torts-
nately been discovered when it was. The two female
prisoners, through whose carelessness these accidents
have occurred, will be prevented from doing further
mischief in this way, while they remain in jail, as
they are safely locked up in their wards, where they
will remain to the time of their liberation, which sill
soon expire. Since the 10th of November, when the
new Keeper entered upon his office, the jail has bees
three times inundated by the floods. On Sunda) last,
when the post left Ilchester, the whole surrounding
country was overflown, and the post-boy, in return-
ing to Yeovil, had to ride his horse neatly three-
quarters of a mile through the water, up to the skirts
of his saddle. The water was so high that no cue
could approach the jail, without being on horseback
or in a boat ; it was seven inches deep in the turnkey's
parlour, in the front lodge ; eight inches deep in the
kitchen occupied by the debtors ; and six inches deep
all over the other parts of the jail.

BIRTH.
Dec. 17, at Limerick, the Lady of V. H. ILdris, Esq. 6tl
Dragoon Guards, of a son,