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.. SPAIN . ( From the Times . ) In addition to the Madrid journals and correspondence jnst referred to , -we have received by express thoseof the 26 th . and 27 th ult . Our readers will observe ¦ with paia , from the particulars to -which we are about to refer , that the crisis in the affairs of Spain , which it was long since ai oici ^ BCea w 6 u ; d compel foreign intervention between the parties engaged in the mil war in that Tinhappy ' conntry , has armed . The masjacre of 180 of the cavalry soldiers taken by the monster Cabrera haA stjggeslei to the savages of the opposite si do similar ^ atrocities , which were in some places actually perpetrsrted , and in otbew ' merely wmponed .
The intelligence receivedm Madrid from Valencia ( dated the 24 th nit ) was of the most ominous character . The irritation exsi ted . in that city by the confirmation of lie bntehery of the prisoners of Maella , by order of Cabrera , had been followed by deplorable consequences . On receipt of advices , announcing the rate of the nnh&ppy prisoners , the people tumnltuonsly assembled , Tittering cries of death , and clamorously called for the lieads of the Carlists confined inthe < dty jjaoL * Ine Captain , I > on Froilan MendpzVigOj opposed these erael demands . He traversed the streets endeavouring to allay tie popular eflferrescence . Inviting the inhabitant ^ to return to tlieir respective homes , and promising that justice should be done , but in a legal manner .
Several groups had already dispersed at the entreaty of the General , and it was "h oped that tranqmlKty would be gpeeofly restored , when , arriving in front of an assemblage of men , dressed in those coarse woollen garments called mania * in the country , the G enc-ral was fired at and shot dead on the spot The command of the place was then offered to Colonel Cashnirb Valdez , who at first declined , but was ultimately obliged by the people to accept it . Efficacious measure * - were immediately adopted by the authorities . and * an inquiry instituted by their orders into the nature of the ofltences imputed to the unhappy Qarlist prisoners , thirteen of whom were marked for execution , bronght out , and slaughtered . ¦ - . . ' . ""
This effbsion of blood allayed in some degree-tie passions of the people , who returned to their duty , whenthe mailleft Valencia was tranqnil , bnt it appears that Government had received , by express , accounts from die military authorities , which proved that the tranqniHitr it enjoyed had been merely apparent . Colonel Yaldez had declined becoming the docil ? instrument of the ' party who had taken the Goternment into its hands , and resigned his commaad . The National Guard wished him to decree the removal of the political chief , the establishment
of an insurrectionary junta , the resort to energetic zneasores , and to urge the Government of the Queen to adopt a more determined and progressive policy ( ener na y jjrogeso . ) Colonel Valdez , however , peremptorily refused compliance . Brigadier Xarciso Loprz , a - well-known exaltado , was appointed in his place . That officer had subsequently addressed a report to the GovemmeBt on these " occurrences , from which it appeared , that in order to prevent tresh misfortunes he had been compelled to consent to the execution on the 25 th of twenty other Carlist prisoners .
GeneralMendez Vigo was universally regretted , even by those whose hands he fell . He leaves-a joung widow , the daughter of General Oraa , and an infant child . The Government was apprehensive that similar scenes wosld occnr at Saragossa . where the prisons weTe lull of Carlist prisoners , of whom nearly oiX ) wer * priests . The Madrid Gazelle of the 2 / th contains the following Kuyal decree : — *• Her . Majesty the Queen , considering that the enemies of her august daughter ; are conspiring
, ¦ under shelter ^ of tie laws , against her constitutional throne , and desirons to recur to extraordinary measures to defeat their odious machinations , issued the aui . esed decree , after taking the advice of her Council of . Ministers r" * i = t *—The wives and children under age of persons iu the service of Don Carlos shall leave Madrid aiiU : u > environs , and proceed to a distance of ei ght Lnitn .-s fromu , within the period -of eight days , ; uiu presrnt themselves before the authorities of the place llicy may have selected i 3 r their residence , and there rema . ; ii under thfir surveillance .
*¦ " 2 . All correspondence ^ feven of the most familiar ^ . ature , with persons now- in the service of Don Carlos is forbidden , under penalty of death . "" 3 . All acts oj espionage or connivance with the enemies , all aid or succour -which may be afforded them in any shape -whatever , shall subject the deiinq ^ Knis to be tried bv conrt ^ martiaL " -Madrid . Oct . 26 , 183 s . '" Brigadier Kogueras , the murderer of Cabrera ' s mother , had been superseded in the command of La ilaacha , Ciudad Heal , and Toledo , in consequence of the weakness and incapacity he had evinced in the discharge of bis functions . Brigadier AxnarHlas , tne commander of a brigade of the army of reserve , bad been sent to replace him . The Madrid Gazelle of the 26 th ult . publishes a Royal decree , conferring the Grand Cross of San Fernando on General Narvaez .
ln ; eiligencefrom Malaga of the 20 fh ult . stares , thai the individuals implicated in the late disturbances , and who had been shipped without trial for the presidio of Alhucemas . on the coast of Africa , had been bronght back to Malaga , in consequence of an order of the Qneen . The events of Valencia had brought down the 5 percent * , to 159-16 . We shall add to these particulars the following from tie Courier Francuis : — " Letters from Arragon represent the exasperation of the inhabitants of Saraeossa as having been
roused to the highest pitch , by the Teceipt of Cabrera ' s account ~ of the affair of ilaella , in which he admits that , to avenge the death of 15 of his horsemen massacred at the beginning of the action , he had ordered 181 cavalry soldiers , picked out from among his prisoners , to be shot . The junta of reprL-als , silting in Saragossa , . had , it appears , lesoiycd on sacrificing 6 b * Carlist sergeants and corporal then confined in that city , to be put to death in retaliation 5 but Cabrera threatened , in case those men were made to suffer , io exterminate all the Christmo prisoners detained in Cantavieia and Morella . " "
Onr Pan * letter of Saturday ( for which we have not ro ?> m ) remarks the extraordinary fact , that in the presence of these frightful occurrences , and of others sriil more dreadful " that appear menacing , the Spanish funds rose on the Paris Bourse on Saturday . _ Uur correspondent assures us , that the Spanish civil war was , independently of the abovementioiied incidents , about to assume a new and distinct phase . " - ' ¦ military insurrection or revolt , " says our correspondent , ^ will very shortly take place in the Queen ' s army . It is now in process of organiz : tien
by i ' ue three great parties to the qpadrnpfe alliance —jhe . British , French , and Spanish Governments . Kins Ixrtiis Philippe has proposed to General Tacon to place hiaisfelf at the head of that movement , and besought his allies to concur with him in entreating the ( ient-ral ' s acceptance of the mission , but the latier positively refused , as well that command , as the Presidency of ike Spanish Cabinet , which -was to accompany it . His friends advised him io wait for bener rimes , and he acquiesced . The choice of a dictator will , in consequence , lie betweenEspartero and Narvaez .
"" Iii recommending this measure , the French Gov ernment aad its allies desire to take the affair out of tiie bands of the populace , into which it is likely to fall ; but events may precipitate matters , and defeat ; Ms notable project . '
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The Journal de Commerce publishes news of tie C 5 rca .-siau war in letters from Odessa . The latest is dated the 10 th ult ., aud relates that 300 Cossacks had deserted from the Russians , and , in conduction with the Abascians , had attacked the Russians commanded by Col . Poltyninej posted before Soodjouk-Kaie . The Russian division under General IJengurn had marched from Soudjouk-lvale to their succour . The Cossacks and Abascian ? were repulsed , but the Russians lost 800 soldiers , with twenty-five ' officers killed , aud 500 wounded . The Cossacks who desert ^ were those bordering on the Black Sea , aot at ail so well affecied to Russia as tho-e « f the Don .
let these are also said to be disccntentedj from the Government having deprived thtm of the right of fisting . The Augsburg Gazelle has a letter from the . Russian General Fesi , dated Chunzaeh , September 3 . His first expedition in Slay was against the Kuiule , who resisted in an action of five days and nights . He then prosecuted the war in the nei ghbourhood of Kuba , and was , when he wrote , waiting for orders in Chunzaeh .
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^ ExTR-iORDrs- AUT Suicide .- On Saturday aitemoon , we hear , several of the railway men were discharged from tbeir employment , amorigst the rest was an Irishman , who was about coming with then-am to Sheffield , but be refuged to pay for a a ticket for a woman who was with him , and with Whom , it 13 said , he had cohabited for the ^ last two years . As it seemed he wished to part from her , the poor woman applied to those iu authority for a free passage . This was , of course , refused , when she said she would drown berself . Soon after she threw herseli from the "Wooden-bridge into the river ; there being a ireFh in the water at the time every attempt to i * ave fc . er althongh numbers were witness to the rash act , was of no avail . One man courageously leaped into the water to swim to her rescue , but the current was so strong thai his" own life was placed in great jeopardy . "We understand the body of the woman has not yet been found .
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S"L ( vrd Pa ^ mtjre has most generously contributed £ 1 , 000 towards the relief of the poor of Aberdeen . At "Blackburn P ^ izifu Church , on Snnd ^ ylast , the Hev . P . Maniand administered the rite of baptism to no less than fourteen childrenthe issue only of seven births . - An Actiox hi * been commenced against Mr . "William Davis , of the Lyceum Vaults , Liverpool , for sending afictitious account of a marriage to one of the newspapers in that town . A "Valuable Mine of fine sea coal has been discovered at a place called Glen Crossack , the Isle of Man , which is now being worked by the Isle of Man / Company , with a prospect of a rich harvest . — Mann ' s Herald . ^^ KKK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . ^^ T ^^ TT ^ T ^
The Belgian Journals mention the explosion of some powder mills in the neighbourhood of Mons . " Eleven persons were killed . The onantity of powder exploded exceeded twenty tons . The Treasurer to the Institution for the Indigent Blind , has received a legacy of forty pounds , { free of duty ) bequeathed to that Institution by the late Mr . Manning . Sis Culling Eabdltt Smith , Bart ., haa been presiding at a tee-total meeting , in Lincoln . The Honourable Baronet said , "He should yet live to see the day when dissenting ministers of all denominations would be called upon to preach in the cathedral , as well as the clergy of tie established church . "
The Parish Church of Alderton , Gloucestershire , was broken open on Sunday se ' nmght and a plain silver sacramental cup , with a lid , a pewter plate , and a pewter flagon , stolen therefrom . The cup was not marked . A reward has been offered for the apprehension of the thief . Taxes . — Carriages drawn by Asses . — "We are authorised to state , that the surveyors of taxes have been instructed that it is the Board ' s desire that no steps be taken for bringing into charge any carriage dravn : by an ass or asses . —London Paper . -N ' atiokal Eent . —The Reformers of "Walsall have transmitted their first collection of £ 5 . to Messrs . Grote aud Co .
. Messrs . Curling and Young , of Limehouse , who built the British Queen , have a steam vessel now upon the stocks of two ' thousand tons burthen , being one hundred more than that of the noble shi p just named . The model has been materially varied ; for , though not so long , she will be much wider . It is expected that the Gheat North or . England Railway will be ready for traffic in rhe spring of 1840 , simultaneously with the York and North Midland , the North M ' idland , and the Midland Counties , Railways—thus at once givins the public in the north " a direct Railway communication with the metropolis . —Ruilway Times .
Buonaparte MSS . —A number of letters and other documents , written by Buonaparte when between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one have been found in Corsica by M . Blanqui . * They contain much curious matter , and are likely to be published . —Literary Gazette . A Clerical Trifle . —Eaglet "Wood . —On Monday a poor woman of Kenninston applied to the Rev . N . Dodson and Barrett , Esq ., magistrates , at Abingdon , for a summons against Job Cook , the lindeT-woodman of Sr . John ' s College , for assault aai battery . She statec , with particulars of time and place , that Job Cook had inflicted h
vioknt blow upon her breast , after having struck at ber twice without effect ; and that she was prepared to corroborate her statement by the testimony of three respectable eye wimessw . * The Rex . Justice Dodson , however , refused a summons , alleging that the affair wa- a mere tr / fl " , that the woman had no business in Bagley Wood , and that the impatience of Job wa- perfectl y orthodox . The Justices' clerk ' s clerk , who , we suppose , has not long breathed the atino .-phere of the court , here ventured to suggest tliut it might be time enough to pronounce the affair a tr : fle aftt-r hearing the proofs of the complainant and the answer of the defendant ; but to no purpose ; the Rev . Mr . Dodson had made up his masnanimous
nund long ago . In vain , too , did the poor woman urge that her life was in danger , and that Job was alread y bound in a beavy bond to keep his hands off his friends . It appears , however , thatall magistrates are not quite so scrupulous on this subject , for Jame- Morreli . E > q . has granted summonses for a batch of six persons , men , women , and children . To be sure the charge agaiDst them is no trifle ; it is nothing ] t ~ a than that of cruell y , wantonl y , and maliciously cutting their own underwood in Bagley Gommon , to the damage of the great Fellows of St . John ' s college , and our Soverei gn Lady the Queen ; and unless the oath of the immaculate Job Cook has lost its virtue they will be convicted , and punished . — Oxford Chronicle .
DnEAEFCL Fire at Tamworth . —Six Lives Lost . —It ha * seldom fall-ii to our lot to communicate a more painful calamity than that which we are about to rtlate . On Friday morning , the 2 nd inst . about two o ' clock , the inmates of the Castle Hotel , Tamworit , retired to rest after the fatigues of two publre dinners held on the "Wednesday a . nd Thursday preceding . The family consisted ' of Mr . "Webb , occupier of the hotel , Mrs . Webb , who was very far advanced in pregnancy ; Mrs . Sedgley , Mr . Webb ' s mother , wbo had come from DncchurCh to be with her daughter during her confinement ; Mr . Henry Cato ,. late of Licnfield , who was a guest at the
time ; and six female servants , including Miss Smith , the bar-maid , whose family reside at Whittiugton . Shortl y before two o ' clock , Mrs . Sed g ley was alarmed by the eracklrng of burning timber and the fracture of a looking-glass placed in her bedroom y and immediately she perceived tie peril to which she wa < = exposed she ran to the window of the room which she threw up , and in the alarm of the moment she attempted to get into the street by mean' ; of a lamp-iron which projected from the wall directl y under the window of the room in which f = he slept . In a short time she was rescued from her
perilous Situation . B y this time the alarm had spread , and a number of person ? were on the spot . Atthis moment Mrs . "Webb was perceived at a front window , and it was with the utmost difficulty that Mr . "Webb could prevent her from throwing herself into tbe street . In a lew minutes a ladder was procured by means of which she descended in safety , f illewed by Mr . "W ebb . They were received into the hou ? e of Mr . Pipe , a neighbouring mercer , and sr : eh means resorted to as their painful circumstance ? demanded . Ulr . Cato occupied a room at the back of rie hou ^ e , and was tbe last whose rescue was effected . Shonlv after four o ' clock he awoke under
great oppression and difficulty of breathing . Not aware , of the jeopardy in which he was p laced , he went to the window acd raised the blind , but his sense of hearing not being remarkably acute , the Eoi . se- in the front of the house did not attract his attention . He was about to retire to bed , when he felt an unusual heat , and conceiving that all was not right , he opened the door , when a volume of den ? e smoke entered . He instantly closed the door and made towards the window , which he opened , and the beat bec-aimiiij insufferable , he-placed his feet on the window-sill and got out as far as he could to inhale the fresh air . Providentiall y he was
observed by a friend , and a ladder was quickly procured , by which he was rescued from the jaws of death . The cry then became general , "Where are tbe servants ? " The ostler ' s son then got a ladder and ascended to the window of their room , which he forced in and called them by name ; but as the room was full of smoke be could see no person , and no answer was given to his repeated calls . Conjecturing that they might have left the room , and have taken refuge either in a neighbouring house or iu the stable ? , he descended , it being impossible to enter the room . The Tamworth aud Fazely engines were now on the spot , and the river being very near , an
ample supply of water was procured , and before six o ' clock the names were entirely brought under . On searching the bouse , Miss Smith , tbe barmaid , was found on the first landing literally burnt to a cinder , and presenting a frightful spectacle . On proceeding to the attics five unfortunate young women , the servants of the house , were found quire dead . They had been evidently suffocated , as the fire had not reached the rooms in which they had slept . They appeared to have made au effort to eseape , as they were partly dressed , and found on the floor . Oue of tie unfortunate sufferers had only entered upon her situation the previous night to supply the place of one who was to have left on the morning of . the
dreadful occurrence . It is conjectured that the fire originated in a beam in the flee of the bar , the firep lace-having taken fire first , and it is supposed had been smouldering one if not two days previously . In tie course ef the day Mrs . Webb , we are happy to say , wa 3 considerably recovered from the fright . Mr . Webb had been but a short time in the occupation of tbe hotel . We understand that he is insured to the amount of his loss . The Lichfield engine , under the superintendence of Mr . Preston , arrived in"an incredibly short space of time from that city ; but happily the fire was then subdued . The town , as may easily be conceived , has been in a constant state of excitement since the lamentable occurrence took place .
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A Man named Jordan has been ' ctmimitttd for manslaughter , for killing his brother-in , law in a fight . -. . ., . __ The qualified Electors in the parish of u pton W arren with Grafton Manor , in the eastern division of this county , stand disfranchised in the present yeaT ' s registration , from the omission of the overseer to make the required return of their names , &c , to the High Constable , and consequently to the < -ierk of the Peace , in order to its receiving the sanction of the Revising Barristers . The number of electors in the parish and manor , upon former registrations , was , we believe , between twenty and thirty . .: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B ^ K ^^^^^^^^^ ^ / f / ff ^/ fff ^/^^^ f ^ g / ggg ^ ^^ iJ' ^^^^ . ^^ m ^ hr
Fire . —A wretch who had deserted his wife and family to live with another woman , at Charlerdi in Bel gium , lately assassinated his wife , mother ' -inlaw , and three children the eldest of whom was only ny e years of age . After appropriating to himself all the money ia the possession of his unfortunate wife , he set fire to the residence of his victims , and then made his escape . He has since been arrested , and is now in prison at NiveHes . - Stack -Burning . —On Thursday morning week , a barley mow was discovered to be on fire in a field near Martook , mills , the property of Mr . James Jp Hlmanv It was estimated to contain about 150 bushels . We are sorry to add , that before any assistance could be rendered , the greater part was destroyed ; £ 20 reward is offered od conviction of the offender or offenders . —Sherbornz Journal .
Kirxintiloch . —A meeting of the . inhabitants was held here , last Monday evening , to form an Association in connection with the Glasgow Universal Suffrage one ; which , after being addressed bv Messrs . Purdie ^ Wilson , Moir , M'Gavin , and Tait , unanimousl y resolved to exert themselves to their utmost m the obtaining the" rights and privileges to which they are by nature entitled . Over the whole west of Scotland the best and noblest spirit prevail * —a spirit which must either succeed in the attainment of the object sought for , or be quenched , in blood . —True Scotsman .
' Unintentional Suicidk . —An inquest was held a few days ago at the Crown and Anihor , lnames-street , Windsor on the body of William Bnner , aged 26 years , late a musician in the S 6 ots-Jhisileer Guards , stationed in that town , who met bis death under extraordinary " circumstances . . It seemed that his wife having observed him holcj convtrse with two immoral females , reproached him with it ; when he to fri ghten her went away to pretend to drown himself—got over the rails on London Bridge , and let himself down to one of the buttresses ; endeavouring to return , . his foot slipped and he fell into the water and was arowued . The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " The deceased wa * interred with the usual military honours . The Colonel of the battalion and several other officers were present .
Fire . —On the morning of the 22 d of October a singular and mysterious fire was observed to have taken place in the hollow of a gigantic oak-tree , situate on Sheffield-greeu , belonging to the Earl ol Sheffield . The venerable " monarch of the wood was 22 feet in circumference , and its branches spread far and wide . His lordship ' s steward having discovered the fire immediatel y obtained assistance ,, and by means of the Park engines , after six hours labour ,
succeeded in extinguishing the flames , which at one time presented not only an awful but maguificent appearance . While the fire raged most furiously the trunk of the tree presented the appearance of a hu ^ e pillar of ignited coal . Curious , however , to say , the tree did not fall , but still retains its perpendicular position , and the bark and branches remain uninjured . No clue has been obtained as to the origin of the fire , but it is not supposed to have been a wilful and malicious act . —Sussex Eatress . '
The Poor Law . Fanny Box , a married woman was charged b y the Master of the Bath Union Workhouse , with clandestinely taking away several articles of wearing apparel , the property o " f the Guardians of the Union , valued . at two shillings . She and her husband had been taken into the houss as able-bodied paupers ; and on the 23 rd of October she "absconded" with the clothes on her , and on the following morningsheseutthHm to the workhouse , accompanied with a note , which was received by the master . She had previousl y applied to he . allowed to
leave , and asked for her own clothes for thatpnrpose ; hut was refused in both ea . « eg on the ground of a certain regulation contained in the orders issued bv the Poor Law Commissioners , by which no pauper could quit the workhouse without giving three hours ' notice , and that no able-bodied pauper having his family with him could leavewithout taking the whole with him , nor could the wife be allowed without the husband . On bearing this , stated by Mr . Brown , the clerk of the Union , the Mayor expressed his astonishment , and seemed rather incredulous . of the fact that the workhouse was as he said thus made a
prison . The Magistrates desired the book to be brought , in whii ' h the order was contained , which was accordingly done , and the rule referred to . It wa . * still doubted , however , that a woman in order to leave should be compelled to take her husband with her ; but Mr . Brown produced a letter received by the Guardians from the Commissioners , deciding it to be so understood and acted on . From the cireumstances in the case of the woman appl ying for her clothes , on giving notice to leave , and the refusal to give them to her , the case was dismissed . John
Diment , a man about sixty , was next charged with a similar offence , having " absconded" on the 5 th September with the workhouse clothes on , and leaving his wife chargeable to the parish of Waleot , by her being in the workhouse when he left it . He gave no notice of leaving , and being tired of remaining out , he applied on Saturday for admission again , which was readily granted in order that he might be brou ght up on tbe present charge . He had all the clothes on but the Blockings , which he said he had worn out . Committed to the house of correction for
one month . Murder . —The neighbourhood of Milk-street , Birmingham , was last week thrown iuto a state of considerable excitement , in consequenge of the death of a y oung woman , named Evans , under extraordinary circumstances . It appeared the deceased was courted by a young man named Abraham Hollyoaks , a file-cutter . On Tuesday evening they met at the house of the mother of the deceased , where they remained until one o ' clock in the' morning . They then left , and in an hour after the unfortunate girl was taken out of the . canal at Gieat Barr-street bridge . The body was removed to the Sailor ' s
Return , where an inquest was held , in whieh were detailed the whole of the facts connected with the case , from which it appeared that one of the night constables , being on duty about half-past two o ' clock in the rrrorning of the 31 st of October , heard a cry as of a man in distress near the Canal Bridge , and going to the place found the prisoner dripping wet and covered with mud as he had emerged from the canal . The prisoner seemed stupified , but the policeman could not say whether from drink or the effects of the water . He stated in answer to the inquiries of the constable and others , that the deceased and he having made up their minds to die
together m consequence of some difference with her mother , he went into the water and she followed him , but he being able to swim got out again , while she perished . It seemed that the matter of offence was the mother ' s desiring himtogohome from her house a littleafter one o ' clock , behaving sat up with the daughter till then , and threatening to charge the watchman with him on his refusal . Several witnesses were examined , and their evidence all tended to the confirmation of these facts . The examination lasted two days . The coroner then said , he understood there were no other witnesses to be examined , and it would then be their duty to give the
moit patient attention to the evidence . He should go through the whole of it very carefully , and from the . attention they had already bestowed upon the examination , he had no doubt they would weigh it well . Jt was a case , not only of a peculiar nature , but one vitally affecting the prisoner . He should first tell them what was the law of the case , and it would then be for them to eansider how far the evidence in the present case subjected the prisoner to its operation . If two persons agreed to commit suicide , and , in accordance with that agreement , one of them actually put an end to his or her existence , and the other escaped from deaththe
, survivor was guilty of murder . There had been two cases tried in other courts , which , in their nature , were very like the present ease , and " so clearly decidedthe law , that he should read them as reported . He then read two cases where the parties had agreed to commit suicide , and in each of which it had been held , that the law was as he had described . . There had been only two cases of the sort in the kingdom , prior to the present case , but in no other eases had the law been more clearly defined . read the of the in
He ^ hen over whole evidence a most deliberate manner , commenting upon it with great clearness . The jury consulted , and after a short time , returned a verdict of " Wilful murder " " against the prisoner . The coroner briefly addressed him , after which he was conveyed te the prison in Moor-street , thence to be taken to Warwick . The deceased worked in Mr . James James ' s screw manufactory , Bradford-street , and bore a good character . The secret of the mischief appears to have been an ardent attachment on her part to" the prisoner .
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,. GR ^ NwicH KAILWAV .-It is said that this line will be opened thi whole way toGreenwich in the curse of the present month .. General Evans , who is now in Spain , holds out £ hope of an immediate settlement of the claims of the surviving officers and men of the ill-used British Legion . The Assistant Commissioners are now occupiedm inquiring at Belfast into the condition of me hand-loom weavers I of the north of Ireiand . Ihe evidence exhibits a mass of misery and suffering . ¦ J ' ^^^^^^^^^^ ; " - " "' "
One Pound Notes AoAiN .- ^ The Lieutenant-^ TfTf # " e' - sle of Man has granted a license to tne Manx Bank to issue one-pound notes , which * 7 > n extensive circulated in that island .-Mona ' s Herald . ¦ Radicalism . - ^ Ten pounds have been already sent by the inhabitan ts of New Mills , in Scotland , i ? \« i ? ational rent - A town containing- only about 2 , 000 inhabitants . To our fellow Radicals . throughout Great Britain , we would say , go aad do likewise . ¦ " Meetings hate been held at Lambeth , Brentford and other places during the past week to support the National Petition , and to appoint collectors for the National Rent . The Universal spirit pervaded them thoroughly ; all was done in a brisk , cheerful , and business-like manner .
Informers and Bakers . —Several bakers were convicted at Hatton-gardeft on informations preferred by ^ Stowell arid his gang , for selling penny loaves on a Suiaday morning ; some of the aforesaid gang acting ^ as traps , by presenting themselves at the doors ot bakers' shop , and stating that they were dying of hunger . The magistrate rery unwillingly convicted the defendants . Singular Accident on the Ar ' broath
and Forpar Railway . —A melancholy accident ocurred on the railway in the afternoon of Wednesday . Afine young boy , about seven years of age , fell before one of the waggons , when one of the wheels went over his right arm , and took it clean off a little below the shoulder . The little sufferer bore his misfortune with great fortitude , crying out , " Where is my arm ? " He is in a very fair way . He is a . son of John Grindlay , a . currier . —Dundee Advertiser .
Folkstone Workhouse . —r-The Folkstone workhouse was sold b y auction by Mr . Boxer , on the 20 th ult ., for £ 325 . Mr .. S . Marjqribanks was declared the purchaser , aud he intends following up the laudable purpose of appropriating the building for a school on the national principle , which he was instrumental in establishing a short time since . This is the true spirit of philanthropy . —Kent Herald . Melancholy Case . —Worship-street . - ^ Mar } " Ann Howes , a young female of great personal attractions , was placed , at the bar oa the following charge : —It -appeared from the evidence that on the night before a policeman was called to quell a disturbance at the house of a gentleman
whose name aid not transpire , but who resided in the Hackney-road . Oh proceeding thither , he found the prisoner conducting herself in the most violent manner , and a gentleman , who represented himself to be her master , told him that she had attempted to stab him with a knife , but he had received the thrust in his han'l , in which a . deep gash had been inflicted , from which the blood was flowiri" profusely . He added that she had acted in the capacity of housekeeper to him , but certain reasons had induced him to di spense with her further services , but she refused to leave the house , and , on being urged to do so , committed the outrage complained of . Further iuquir . es , however , had been made into the
matter , and there was every reason to believe that a" closer connection than that of servant and master had subsisted between them , and that the desperate conduct of which she had been guilty had been occasioned b y her being suddenly turned adrift . She was conveyed to the . station-house , and on her arrival there , she declared that she had made up her mind to deprive her master of life as he had deprived her of innocence . The pri-soner was questioned by Mr . Codd , but it was impossible to elicit any thing Irom her . She was in a dreadful state of
excitement , which inert-used at length to such a degree that she fell back in a viulent fit of hysterics . The policeman in reply to a question from Mr . Codd , stated that the girl ' s master was not in attendance . Her lather , however , was present , and he begged the magistrate to give her up to him , and he would take good care that she never again annoyed her late master , or went near his hou < e . U pon receiving this promise , Mr . Codd discharged the unfortunate trirl , who was supported out of the office b y her 1 ' riendiJ .
Serious Affray at Hanwell . —On Saturday forenoon Hanwell , on the borders of which the Great Western Railway passes , was the scene of much alarm , in consequence of a * desperate affrny , arising from a quarrel between some excavators and labourers employed on the works . It appears that a party of the workmen , accompanied by several females , went into the Coach and Horses publichouse and called for something to drink , when a dixpute ' arose , and a glass was broken . The landlord , on going into the room to demand payment for the glass , was ordered our , and afterwards , on the female servant sto pping a shilling for the glass out of half-a-crovvn gi , ven ill some payment of some
liquor , the whole parity threatened to murder her , and commenced breaking the windows . Two of the mounted patrol , stationed in the village , were immediately sent for , but on their arrival , with other constables , they were attacked with great violence , both the ' men and women using pickaxes and shovels , and , had it not been for the inhabitants coining to their assistance , there is no doubt but several lives must have been lost . Ultimately order was restored , and nine prisoners taken into custody . In the course of the , day they underwent examination before the Rev . Dr . Wrtlmesleyand Mr . Geo . Baillie , two of the local i magistrates , when their various names were stated to be Daniel Heal y , Morris Corking , \ Villiam Murphy , William Hall , " Cornelius Harrigan , Jeremiah Welch . Mary Lines , Bridget Long , and Julia Lines . Mr ^ 'Cocfcerill gave
evidence to the above effect , and Muttell and Denton identified the prisoners Harragan and Welch , and Julia Lines , a « having knocked them down and bsaten them with pickaxe-handles and shovels ; and a number of inhabitants who had witnessed the affray deposed , that not less than eight or ten fellows were atone time on the officers , who presented evident marks of ill-usage . They also identified the other two female prisoners ' , and Murphy and Hill , as having been most active in the affray . The Bench discharged Healey and Corking , and fined Murphy 30 s . or twenty-one days' imprisonment ; Hill , Harragan , and Welch , 4 O . s . each , or one month ; Julia Lines , 40 s . or twenty-one days ; and Mary Lines and Bridget Long , 20 s . each , " or fourteen days . Thes prisoners immediately paid tbe money , and were discharged , thanking the magistrates for their leniency .
I . MPKOVEMEXT IN BlUSS INSTRUMENTS . —We . 'have lately seen and heard some brass instruments constructed on a principle which promises to enlarge their powers and extend their usefulness to a much greater degree than " auy former , attempts have been able to accomplish . The limited scale of the trumpet and horn have materially circumscribed their employment in modern orchestral writing . ; and the impossibility of their following a composer rapidly from key to key has still further limited their agency . In . the time . , of-Pure-hell and Handel , the trumpet was a . prominent orchestral and solo instrument ; but this characfer it has wholly lost . Several attempts have been mad ( 2 i to overcome this defect'by
the employment of keys and valves ^ but these have all changed the tone of the instruments to which they were applied , and deprived the trumpet of its martial and spirit-stirring character . — The present invention' may be described as a method of instantly shortening or lengthening the tube of the trumpet , horn ^ and trombone , or any other brass instrument . The mechanism is beautiful and simple ; and the first impression on seeing it is that of Estonishment that it Bhould have escaped all former inventors . When ' applied to the trumpet , it enables the performer ta produce every semitone from the bottom to the top of the . instrument in rapid succession , with all the freedom and fnWss
of tone of the common trumpet ; the key of the instrument being as completely changed as if a crook was put on or off . The same remarks equally apply to the horn ; in which the notes out of the scale are now produced by inserting the hand into the bell of the instrument , and thus , of necessity , changing and injuring its tone . In the improved horn , all these notes are easily produced , and a perfect equality and ' ¦' richness of tone secured . To the performer on the trombone this invention is invaluable , as it will give to his execution both precision and rapidity unattainable on the common
siiae-trombone . It is obvious that a discovery so important will effect a considerable change and extension of the employment of brass instruments in orchestras , as ; weU : as nnlitary bands . The improved instruments have been tried , and their immediate adoption decided on , by the Queen ' s Private Band , and by nearly all the bands of the Household Brigade . The inventor of this beautiful piece of mechanism is a Mr . John Shaw , of " Glossop , m Derbyshire ; and we are induced to give it all the publicity in pur power , not only for its intrinsic importance , but because of the modest and unpretending manner in which it was introduced to our notice .
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Suicide from Gaming . —A few evenings ago an inquest Wiw held iti Evans ' s Piazza Coffee-house Coyent Garden , on the body . of Robert Warrant , aged 23 , who committed suicide by shooting Himself with a pistol , in the course of the previons night . He had lost large sums at several gambling houses , which preyed upon his mind , and induced the melancboly act . Thejury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of "Deceased died by his own hand while abounng uudertemporary insanity ; " accompanying their verdict
through their foreman , Mr . Clarke with the following declaration : — "That while expressing their unqualified abhorrence of the vice of gambling , the jury do very strongly feel that the parish authorities of St . Martin'g-ih-the-Fielda and M . James s , do not make the proper exertions , nor take the necessary > teps , to put down those nests of yiee the Gaming Houses ; for though they sometimes institute proceedings against the proprietors of those dens of infamy , they do not prosecute with effect . 1 ne j ury beg to record their unanimous opinionthat it is the bounden duty of the narish anrWU ;**
effectively to put down places which lead to such disastrous and destructive results . " The jury it is Tight to remark , in addition to this Tecord of their feelings in their collective capacity , respecting the cul pable negligence of-the parish authorities of St . Martin ' s arid St . James ' s , in not putting down the swarms of Gaming Houses which exist in those parishes , individually expressed themselves in the strongest terms of condemnation of the conduct of these authorities in allowing such dens of infamy and destruction to exist .
Discussion of Socialism . ——The discussion between the Rev . John Bowes and Mr . John Green , on the principles of Socialism , as advocated by Robert Owen ,. Esq ., commenced on Tuesday last , at the Queen ' s Theatre , R . G . White , Esq ., in the chair . The house was completely crammed in every part , and hundreds crowded on the stairs arid in the lobbies , unable to gain admission . After three speeches from Mr . Bowes and two from Mr . Green Mr . Green attempted ta reply , when a geueral disturbance took place . A person in the pit attempted to strike Mr . Greeu with his stick , but , fortunatel y , the front of the platform , against which the stick was broken , prevented the blow from taking effect ; the individual , however , was not to be deterrea irohi
his purpose by tni * accident , for he threw a part of the stick at Mr . Green . The policemen were introduced , some of the gas-lights put out , and amidst a general uproar and cries of " Go it , Christians , " "You ' re a set ot humbugging fanatics , " "Chair , chair , " " Hear Green , " &c , the meeting was adjourned till the following evening . —On "Wednesda y evening the discussion was resumed , and was conducted again in the same uproarious manner . The Liverpool Mercury enclosing the two nights' discussion has these observations : — " In bringing this necessarily brief report to a close , we woald remark , Without any allusion to the principles in dispute , that had the friends of Mr . Bowes exhibited less furious zeal during the discussion it would have been more
to their own credit , and as beneficial to the cause they thought they were supporting . " We have seldom attended more disorderl y or outrageous meetings , and never witnessed more unfairness than that displayed towards Mr . Green . With all due deference to Mr . Bowes ( who stated on Wednesday evening that Mr . Green had been fairly heard ) we beg distinctly to state that he had not a fair hearing ; that he _ was subjected to the grossest insults from the audience ; and that , with the exception of his first and last speeches , the half of his time was taken up by interruptions .
j \ oblB Humanity . —On Saturday last , Joseph "VV ray , and a fellow labourer , named Samuel Turner , obtained leave of their master for half a day in order to deepen Wray ' s well , at his cottage at BishopV Hatfield . As Turner was working at the bottom of the well the water began to now in fast , and he thought it prudent to give notice to the chain to be lowered , which he fixed round his body , and at the moment they were drawing him up the sides of the
well fell in upon him , covering him completely from si ght , and almost immediately afterwards several large masses of earth fell into the chasm ; the alarm wsis immediately given and men dispatched in all directions for assistai . ee . Wray ' s niece , a youiig g irl , was hastening to Mr . Webb ' s farm , Birchvvood , a few fields oft . On . her journey thither , fortunately for the poor suffertT , the- g irl ' s cries and sofo ' a attracted the notice of the Marquis of Salisbury , who was shontinsi within a field of the dismal soetie
on learning the cause of so much distress , he instantly ran to the spot , and , after viewifig tliis well , immediately decided on riding over to West End for his own chalk drawt-rs . Some persons standing by informed his Lordshi p that a company of men were drawing chalk on a farm at Cromer Hyde , belonging to Mr . Itobards . With great promptitude and without saying one word , he galloped off at full speed , and fortunately- succeeded in procuring assistance . Such was his Lordshi p ' s anxiety that he disencumbered the men of the large rope " which they were bringing , and coiled it round himself and horse , that the men might arrive more speedilv ; and
with evident anxiety reached the deplorable spot . The men , perceiving " the example set by the Noble Marquis , set to work . At this ' moinimt a fortunate occurrence took place ; some persons endeavoured to draw up the chain ; by so doing a brick that pressed hard upon the poor sufferer ' s lips , as almost to stop respiration , was removed , and at the . fame time he was heard to call out to thoj « above him not to pull the chain . The work of deliverance , on finding him alive , went on with renovated vigour . Notwithstanding torrents of rain were falling , the Noble Marquis did not flinch a jot from his post . As the evening was setting in , he drew from his purse money , and gave to a parochial officer a sum
sufficient to purchase candles as well as refreshm ent for the workmen , when all was straightforward again , and he had the satisfaction to know that his generous efforts were likely to be crowned with success . His Lordship then returned home , completely saturated with rain . After his departure the business went on with ardour and devotedness which none but Englishmen know how to cherish . The UDfortunate man was at length heard to talk , and soon his head was uncovered , which was much lacerated , although no wounds of a se . ious nature were observable . He asked for some tobacco , which being given him , he inquired if his situation had been
communicated to his poor sickly wife at Roegreen ; upon being assured that it had not , he seemed composed , and the moment his hands were set at liberty , he assisted in filling the tubs in furtherance of his own deliverance . The most persevering exertions were used , and about half-past 10 o ' clock Turner was safely landed on terra firm it , to the great joy of a numerous assemblage . A surgeon dressed his wounds , which were but slight , and he was put to bed in Wray ' s cottage . The preservation of this poor man from a dreadful death is mainly owing to the noble example of the Marquis of Salisbury . — Herts County Press .
Dreadful Murder at Glossop . —On Wednesday morning last , two men were proceeding to their work , on the Sheffield and Glossop road , when oh arriving about a mile and a half from the Royal Oak Inn , they found a man lying upon the road , with his face to the ground , quite dead . His throat was cut in a shocking manner , and when raised from the place a portion of his brains protruded from his skull . He had evidently been struck with a s ' one which was found near him with hair upon it
about the weight of five pounds . From the clothes he wore , he had the appearance of a mason , quarryman , or brickmaker . Nothing was found upon him to lead to' any knowledge what countryman he was , or from whence be came j he Was brought into an outbuilding : belonging to the Royal Oak Inn , to await the coroner ' s inquest . When the murdered man was about being removed from the place where he was discovered , a person passed by , of whom enquiry was made whether he met any : person upon the road . He said he had encountered a man
running , with a pair of shoes under his . arm ; and that he himself had left Sheffield about seven o ' clock the night before , having been at the opening of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway . ¦ He was observed to have a : couple of black eyes ; and when asked How he came by them , he said he had been righting at a public-house near Sheffield ( called the Twelve o'Clock public-house . ) before he set out on his was- home . He stated himself to be a mason , and
that he had a wife and five children at Dukinneld , near Ashton-under-Lyne . Suspicion attaching to his character he was taken into custody , and a constable went to Sheffield , by the first coach , to make enquiry as to the truth of his statement . It is supposed that the murdered man struggled hard with his assassin previous to the fatal blow being struck , as the knuckles of one hand were quite black . He appears to be about twenty-five years of agp , dark complexion , and of a middle stature . . ¦ ¦
Fire Arms . —The Society of Friends in New England have published an earnest appeal to merchants and others trading to the Islands of the Pacific , to abstain from the introduction of firearms munitions of war , and especialljr of ardent spirits , among the natives of these Islands . It is justly remarked , that among savages , who feel not the restraints of civilized society and the Christian religion , the evils occasioned by war and intemperance must be more frightful and extensive than in Europe aud America ,
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A tHlBF ,- ^ AtDudley , on Friday ,- Mn | Ev kin ? , formerly a schoolmaster , and how possessed oTfrom £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 , wa « Held to ^^ £ 400 to take his trial at the next sessions , for steal * ing about two yards of cloth from an auction-room in that town . — Worcester Journal . Triai , by Jtjky . — - —last evening , a numerou * party of Radical Reformers dined together at Radley ' s Hotel , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , for the purpose of celebrating the forry-fonrthiuiniversary . of the acquittal of Thomas Hardy , John Hdrne looke , John Thelwall , and others , from a . charge ot high treason . —Mornittg Chronicle of Tuesday . HO
. ™ , C ^ "C CHAPEl AT WORKSOP .-On * . ? 9 th of . October , the foundation stone was laid of a new Catholic Chapel , at Worksop . It is to l % r l n * % the exPense ¦ " # ) s G ^ e the Duke °£ r > f , r ? ^ , ™ ibus to the ceremony , his Grace ' s chaplain , the Rev . ^ Jamee Jones , addressrd to the congregation assembled in the old chapel , a suitable instruction explanatory-of the imposing ^ rite A Gull in Derbyshire '—About ' eleven o clock on Tuesday morning last , in the vieiaity of Chesterfield ,, a fine . sea-gull was seen majestieallT sailing through the air ; its course ' . was towards the south , and it was attended by two daws who seemed very much inclined to dash at it , but were evidently alarmed by its superior size . Is it not rather uncommon to see-a gull so far inland , especially at thia time of the year ? —North Derbyshire Chronicle .
Ftre . —On Tuesday , a fire took place in the Old Kent-road , which , in a very short time , consumed property to " the extent of R 2 , 000 or £ 3 , 000 . It commenced on the premises of Mr . T . Grimes , hoot and shoe maker , No . 6 , Northampton-place , which was totally consumed . Several houses adjoining are also greatly damaged . \ ¦¦ ; ¦ A Moneymongering Brute . — - —A xascal named Wicks , a broker , at Kennington , was taken to gaol from Union Hall station-office on Monday , in default of payment of a penalty of £ 5 forassaulting and ill-treating a poor helpless young female , whom he haU inveigled from her home in Devonshire , under promise of marriage , and having settled her in lodgings in London , treated her in the most brutal manner . The brute has a wife and a largei family . The magistrates offered to let the warrant
remain open seven days , to afibrdhim an opportunity of paying . £ 1 5 s . for her passage home , which he insolently refused . He was then ordered to pay the peualty of £ 5 , and to find two sureties to keep the peace , and give 24 hours ' notice of bail ; and in default was taken off to gaol . The Late Hurricane . —In the county of Hertford vast" numbers of trees have been torn up b y the roots , and carried in some instances to a considerable' distance . There are but few parks or estates in which the mischief is not very considerable . In the town of Hertford the people were rocked in their beds ; many tiles were removed from the rooft , a quantity of window panes broken , many shutters
blown down and torn off , and a considerable degree ef alarm created . ' The mail was obliged to come round by Hertingfordbury , in consequence © f a tree falling across the road by the Sele Farm , just as the mail came up . Very fortunately no accident took place . At St . Alban ' s many houses were partially unroofed , and many stacks of chimneys blown down . At Harpenden a poor man was killed in his bed b y the falling down of a stack of chimneys . The topg of many stacks of wheat have been entirely carried away . The effects of the storm were very severely felt iu W atford and its neighbourhood . About three o ' clock one of the boxes placed upon the London and Birmingham railway , for the use of the policemen , and into which one of the policemen , named
Frederick Dra $ water , had retired from the inclemency of the weather , was blown completely over , and , with the man in it , hurled down the bank to the cround , a distance of twenty-four feet . The box fell with . the entrance downwards , and the policeman , who was very much bruised and injured by the fallj lay in this condition until daylight , whenhe was found bleeding and insensible . * Ia the Earl of Clarendon ' s park , the Grove , a great many fine trees were blowa down , and one large fir-tree , with a remarkable heavy top , was torn out of the ground by the roots , and dashed over a fence four feet high iuto the road , where it was broken into two pieces . At Tottenham , Middlesex , a larpe factory , nearly in a state of completion , was entirely blown down . — Hertford lieformer .
Moke Blessings of the New Poor Law . —The Tunes of Tuesday contains a letter from Mr , John Day " , a honest Guardian , from which we take the following-sample , of the working of the Devils ' act . — Ann . Bowry was residing a short time since in Kent-street , and had lost her husband by death , shortly after the ' birth of her child . At the time of his death they were very badly offy and living in furnished lodgings . Thus was she left completely destitute with her infant child . Under such circumstances , though an iridustrieus person , she was compelled to bring her mind to a workhouse , but her parish was far off— Datchett , near Windsor , arid therefore , iri order to get advice as to how she nhould
act , she applied to Her former master , with whom she had lived previous to her marriage . This kindhearted tradesman immediately offered to take her and her child in his cart to Datchet , in order ' to prevent the difficulties and delay of getting passed . X <> delay took place ; he took them ' : down at once , and got them housed for a few nights at the dwelling of her father-in-law , a poor labouring man , unable to assist her , from having a family to keep out of 1-2 h . a-week . This poor man took care of them both until the meeting of the Guardians , which did not take place till several days after her arrival . She then made application to these gentlemen , with her infant in her arms . It seems her settlement waa admitted ,. from her mother-in-law being known , who
accompanied her to the board . She was also provided with a certificate of her marriage . The administrators of this law of humanity and benevovolence refused to take her in or relieve her , and coolly told her , ¦ 'She must go back to St . George's parish , and get regularly passed . " Poor creature ! She then asked if they would assist her with a trifle to pay her - carriage , or to supply the wants of herself and her infant on the road , whilst travelling the ? 0 miles-she had to get back . This would have been contrary to the spirit of the devils' Jaw , which requires the poor to abide by their own resources and was therefore of course refused ; and but for the little effort again made by the poor labourer to assist her to town , she might have perished with her infant on the road .
Committal for concealing a Birth . — A woman named Carter , was commirteel on . a Coroner ' s inquisition , at Lambeth , on Monday last , for concealing the birth of her deceased daughter ' s infant child , still-born . It seemed that the mother and daughter had been both anxious to conceal the fact of the daughter ' spregnancy , attributing the alteration of her shape to dropsy in the chest . A constable named Weaver having received information on
Saturday , that the woman was dead under suspicious circumstances , repaired to the house and found the door locked ; the mother returnin g shortly he obtained admittance , and found , the daughter dead on the floor ; searching the room he found in a box the body of a newborn infant wrapped up in an old petticoat . He placed it back in the box , and then went to Dunn , one of the parish beadle . * , who returned with him to the hoose . They then made a further examination of the infant and found that it
had not been washed , and that the umbilical cord had not been tied . There was every appearance that no accoucheur nor any skilful person had attended on the occasion . There were no marks of violence either on the mother or child , but he had no doubt that the mother had expiredin giving birth to the child . Mr . Smyth , a surgeon , who was subsequently called in gave it as his opinion that she died from want of proper medical aid . The mother of the deceased told witness that she knew nothing about the birth of the infant , nor of the death of either it or its mother . She waa not aware of any of the circumstances until the infant was produced . She afterwards admitted that she had been in and
out of the room several times during the night , and that the . - things" were in thebutt in the warehouse , where they were found . The surgeon testified that in his opinion the child was not born alive , hut that if propeE medical aid had been had the lives of both mother and child might have been saved . He would not here prove the opinion that the mother ' s decease was dropsy . Verdict— " That the deceased child was still-born , and that the mother died from natural causes , and that the mother of the deceased womanjs greatly blameable in not calling medical aid and that she concealed the birth of the female infant . " The coroner then gave directions that she should be immediately apprehended . Weaver , the constable ; according to the direction of the coroner ,
proceeded to the residence , No . 8 , Tyer-street , to app rehend the mother . A great crowd had collected , composed chiefly of females , when , as Weaver was fearful from the excitement that some violence would be used towards her , he obtained the assistance of some policemen . Upon the appearance of the woman loud shouts of execration reaped from the crowd , which amounted to some honoreds . The voices , of the women were predominant , who exclaimed' "Let us have her , we will show her what law she ought to have . " With great difficulty the police escorted her along the street to the stationhouse Church-street , Lambeth , where she was safely lodged .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 10, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1031/page/3/
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