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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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On
the
night
of
the
5th
June
1804,
some
evil-disposed
persons
placed
a
gate
in
the
middle
of
the
turnpike
road
near
Welwyn
Green,
and
set
up
two
other
gates
at
the
entrance
of
Welwyn
Lane,
also
across
the
road,
with
the
view
of
obstructing
the
mail-coach
and
injuring
the
persons
of
the
passengers.
Early
on
the
morning
of
the
14th
April
1806,
the
mail-coach
was
obstructed,
in
coming
out
of
Dumfries,
by
some
evil-disposed
persons
placing
boughs
or
branches
of
trees
across
the
turnpike
road,
by
which
the
lives
of
the
passengers
were
put
in
peril
and
the
mail
much
delayed.
A
similar
outrage
was
committed
on
the
night
of
the
27th
August
1809,
when
a
large
gate
was
placed
in
the
middle
of
the
road
on
Ewenny
Bridge,
near
Bridgend,
in
Glamorganshire.
In
this
instance
the
horses
of
the
mail-coach
took
fright,
imperilling
the
lives
of
all
upon
the
coach;
for
it
is
very
likely
that
they
narrowly
escaped
being
thrown
over
the
bridge.
Again,
on
the
night
of
the
30th
April
1812,
some
persons
placed
eleven
gates
at
different
points
across
the
road
two
or
three
miles
out
of
Lancaster,
on
the
way
to
Burton-in-Kendal,
whereby
destruction
was
nearly
brought
upon
the
mail-coach
and
its
human
freight.
Between
Northwich
and
Warrington,
early
on
the
morning
of
the
19th
November
1815,
eight
or
ten
gates
and
a
door
were
placed
in
the
way
of
the
mail-coach,
and
further
on
a
broad-wheeled
cart,
with
the
view
of
wrecking
the
mail.
On
Sunday,
the
15th
June
1817,
the
horses
of
the
mail-coach
were
thrown
down
near
Newmarket,
and
much
injured,
by
stumbling
over
a
plough
and
harrow,
wickedly
placed
in
their
way
by
some
evil-doers.
These
are
but
a
few
of
the
cases
of
such
malicious
acts,
with
respect
to
which
rewards
were
offered
by
the
Postmaster-General
at
the
time,
for
the
discovery
of
the
offenders.
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