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i• rdTE OF THE CHILDREN EMPLOYEVIN MANUFACTORIES. ' "mins INICEN Btr' , Nie; A tiIaCKV.T COIIINUTTEZ Or rig HAIM Or ColetllONS. G to. • Lim AN Turint M.D. called in and examined. You are by profession a physician ?—lan. And . your experience is very extensive ?—lt is: Supposing children employed in manufactories • • from twelve to fourteen hours per day, at the early ages from 7 to 10, do you conceive that they would • sustain no injury in their constitutions ?—I think they would 'sustain injury ; but I am not In the habit of attending any manufactory. What is your opinion as to the effect of confining children to such occupations in'close rooms, from sir years old to ten .or twelve, for 15, or 15 hours ?-- I think it would be prejudicial. . I Would it he des , rable; in your opinion, that chil dren so confined during the week, should be calk:El l to religious or moral instruction on the Sabbath-day ? A. far as their health is concerned, I think that they had better be employed in the open air in exercise. And take their education in the week time ?—And take their education in the week time: Does not your opinion, in answer to the last clues don, depend in some measure on the state of the Imams, and the number ofchildren in each? Certainly. It die lumber - of children be not . great, and they • should be confined• Only two or three hours on the Sunday, would that materially affect their health , I think not. Do you think the proportion between the cubic feet of air in a room. and• the number of persons ploved in it, has an important influence on their • health ?—Wry .neat. Do you think 'Cis important to the health of chil dren and others, that the temperature of the rooms In which they are . employed snould be comfortable, and nearly uniform, consistently with being properly ventilated I—l* think it is important, because one of the diseases particulirly incident to children in to3nu • hi s tories is scrophula, a disqase benefited by warmth. .In a factory, the number in which being, in 1811, ..-. 873, and the deaths only three ; the number em ployed. in 1812, being 891, and the deaths only two ; • • and the number employed in 1813 being 879, and the deaths only two ; do such facts indicate the r tn plo•yment to be. healthy,, or otherwise I—l think the .number of deaths to be.. very small in proportion to • the numhers•employed; but I should not continue • thdt no injury had been done to the health by the confinement. • . ,lot if for a series of yeart. 4. similar number of deaths occurred, would •not that be evidence of the healthiness of the employment ?—Provided they were employtd in' the manufactory to a late period of life, certainly ; 1 mean that the confinemeq, althougn it did not produce death during .4 short period of years, might lay the foundation- of chsease a s .by which life snight be shortened. • Would not you think that,. %Wilier, in town or in the country, such a propottion-4 deadis. Issawo nut o ) eight or nine hundred, would be inconsiderable ?-r --.Very small certainly. -- - • • • Do you think that a room in a factory.,. one hun. drei feet long, five and thirty- feet .wide, and eight feet high, containing eight: and twenty persons, the • temperature of the air being •from sixty to sixty sir degrees of the thermonitter, would bi a degree of closeness injurious to health 1.-I should think the . height of the room' insnfficient.. The room ventilated I—l think it would not be in.. jurious to health. • -Have you had any practical experience of the of.. facts on the health of children employed in onanufae toriesd—l haves not. . • From yonc general arid extensive observation amongst the lower classes , of people, the labouring classes, have you eves bad tenon to observe a want • of affection and tenderness on the part of parents towards their children ?•-a hate occasionally had much reason to observe it. I have known a case, 'in • which the parents refused to inoculate their children,. or to have them vaccinated, because they hoped they • might take the disease, and die of it.. • • Do. not you know, that there prevails in a great part of die kingdom an opinion, that it is contrary to the principles , of religion to convey to any child the • smallipox by artificial means ?—There are tndividuali . nolo have that opinion. • • Does it net extend over a great part of the king dom I—Not to al knowledge. Do you mean to extend the want of feeling and af fection. on the part , of parents to their child, beyond the single case you have mentioned of inoculation or vaccination I—l did not mean to say that there pre vails a general disinclination in parents, by any means, towards their children. From the. general tenonr of your experience, which. has been str.extentive, what has been the general im • pression -on your mind, of the feelings of the lower sardels towards their children I—l think they are ge nerally affectionate.• • •• Do you conceive that the employment of persona In rooms where the proportion between each indivi • dual employed; to the size of the room, is as 12 feet square and It feet high to one person, there being 1440 cubic feetof respirable air in such rooms for each person, is likely to•injure the health of such pertens, the rooms being ventilated properly by means of win dows open opposite to each other?—l should think that a well-constructed room, certainly. Do yob think that employment in such rooms such proportions existing between the number of feet of air and the numbei of person, employed, would be more 9r less healthy than employment in the rooms where people work who are engaged to inferior tradesmen, such as shoe-makers, tailors, - and people of that de: etription 1.-Many inferior tradeintien are engaged in small rooms, and therefore it is more prejudicial. Have you at any period of your life had an °poor . tunity. of . practising-in any manufacturing coontry ? I never practised in-hay manufacturing country. Or been in the habit of attending any poor-houses or manufactories in the metropolis have not: the • greatest - opportunity I have had of seeing children as been in conserence of . my 'being physician to the -Westminster Hospital. • .4kilowing sise manufactories to be regulated in the • becrmanner you haveever met with or heard of, do you think that•the number olchildren brought op in them from an 'early age, and employed is the mu , i ll ations dodo • usually followtd, for ten or twelve litaas pet, day, would generally be found, when arri -. . wed as the age of.maturity, to.bepusbeavoi of as much . toddy Worts indaosidnem of ceastitstion es .the I children brought ep in the apitnteritt which those of , 1 the peasantry of this ebootry sootily are ?—Certainly not. You have mentioned the strophula as a-disease pe• 1 culiarly incident to children employed in manufacto ries : what is your ground for being of that opiainn, and to what.cause du you conceive it, to be owing ? --I conceive it to be owing to the confined air . in whicns they have been kept, to the labour in which they are, waged, to the want of proper exercise, and to the impediments that these afford to: healthful digestion. • r., you think that a room in which the machines' , employed in Manufactories are continually at work, and the usual 'quantity of dust which follows from the working of those machines is constantly found, is to' be compared, in point of salubrity, with one in which only the same number of persons should be, and none of the circumstances attending upon the manufacture should' be found ?—I have no experience from which I can answer that question.. From your general knowledge of the effect of such a circumstance upon the human frame, do you think that the confinement in a room, under such circusn 'stances, is as healthful as confinement in a room in 1 which they are not to bi found ?—I do not think that ii iust Opinion can be formed wig out experience. Sir G. BLANC, Ban. M.D. called in aad exarined. You are by profession a physician ?-1 am. It is well known you have had much experience in your profeuicn ?—I have. . Supposing that children are employed in close rooms regularly day by day, f0r.13 hours and a halt, one hour and - a half beino occupied in meals, is it your opinion that the children so employed, at the early age et from six to twelve, would receive no in jury in their health i—lt is necessary I should pre mise, I have no experience as to manufactories ' • and therefore my answer must depend on general ana logy. Fo.m what I have observed in the course of my experience, for the last thirty-three years, in all ranks, and from being twelve years physician to one of the largest hospitals in London, I certainly should say, it was greatly too much for the health of children. My grounds of inference with regard to 1 the health of children is founded on the natural ap petency of all young creatures to locomotive exercise and the open air; limn what I have witnessed in the lower eiders, and particularly from the bills of mor. tality in this town, in whichl. have observed in the course of the last century, the mortality diminished from one in twenty to one in thirty-eight; and upon casting my eyes 'lrma the differentperiods of life, I find that the great difference has arisen from the di- • minished*mortality of children; and this diminished mortality, I apprehend, has wisest front children being broight up in purer air, with more cleanliness, and greater warmth ; that cleanliness. warmth, and ventilation, are the great cause of the health of young persons and to which the great dimipution of morta lity iu this metropolis has been chiefly owing. The dimmiitiqn of mentality in grown persons has been Owing chiefly to the same causes preventing the ge neration and propagation of infections fevers. If children at a very early age were to be confined from fourteen to sixteen hours each day, though an immediate indisposition might not take place, do not you concei've that they would be prevented acquiring ,their toll growth and strength when arrived at main sky I—l am assuredly .of that opinion ; for the cosi. sequence of confinement is to produce two or three diseases, vihich are particuldtly produced by confine. ment and want of eiercise—l mean rickets and me. sentei io obsuuctionsi weakness of body and imbecility of mind. Those disorders are to be pirticularly apprehended in children from seven to ten years of age?—Cer tainly that is the period of life-1 would say, from birth to ten. - Have you had any opportunity of seeing tlfe cone dition of children in any of the manufacturing towels, either lately or at an earlier period of life ?--I was about twenty years in Buckinghamshire, and saw the lace manufactories, which evidently havean injurious effect o 4 the health of child-en. • You conceive the employment of , children, under ten years of age, from twelve to fourteen hours aday, is particularly likely to produce those complaints, and general 4 to be disadvantagious to their condition ? Most assuredly. there is great length of time . in the day I should conceive to be highly injurious. To.what number of hours do you mean to refer, when you speak of that great length of confinement? 1 think any thing above ten hours at that early age. Do yon happen to know what number of children in the lace manufactories were employed ?—I did not enter into the detail; I was merely on a visit. -Did you observe from their appearance that they had sallow countenances and other indications of ill health ?—I certainly did. What was the apparent age of them ?—From seven Of eight to fifteen. • Did it occur to you to make any remark upon what yoil conceived to be the cause of that sickly appear. ante of the children I—l should say, it was confine ment in bad air. Are you acquainted with the general state of the stature of the people in that County ?—They are, not the most robust, according to My observation. . PrObably then you know, 'that by Act of Parlia ment they are allowed to takeinto the militia persqns udder the standard of any other county in England ? —I accounted for the stunted • growth and bad health of both young and old in that county by the walla of fuel ; and I have observed in the counties where fuel abotinds they are most perfectly formed. Then in fact the sicldy state of such persons does not arise out of the nature of the work or their hours, but from the want of that proper temperature neces sary to health ?—Not only temperature, but purity; they exclude the air for want of warmth, and by that the place becomes fool. . - Does 'not the heat of fire contribute essentially to the purity of the air ?--Most essentially; it affords , both genial 'warmth and purification of the air. Have you bad any practical knowledge of the state of health of manufactories ?-None. You never visijed any manufactories in London, or in the immediate vicinity of London, in which children are employed ?—No. Have not the improveptents of ventilation intro duced info the Navy bad a most beneficial effect in promoting the health of people in his Majesty's navy t—The effect would appeal almost incredible; cleanliness. and ventilation go beyond caloulation ; the wot bitdly spoor -seed 'le to this Cgtiti gaup & ‘,ltrlclatill Mention to the same, principles', in the , be likely to be attended with the sallte.bintricial consequences?—There is not s dopbt of iv, to counteract the effect•of the confinement and want of exercise. • • • • .Is not these children being kept.in a state of nit** lion, by walking backwaihis and forwards, likely to be less prejudicial to health than if they wen! in a sedentary state ?—.Mast-assuredly ; that exerciiie caU ed loco•motive exercise is peculiarly. siaotary to young people. • . • •• • From your great • experience and practice,. the, Committee would wish•to ask yea what is your opi nion as to the feelings of affection and tenderness on the part of the lower *lasses towards their oispring ? —I have seen a great deal of all orders, and I never saw a want of *fraction on the part of .mothers; I have seen hardhearted fathers. - . • . Is there not, generally; a masked tenderness and affection, that would induce parents tospurn the idea of employing their children in any work likely to be, prejudicial to their health ?-41 area clearly of that opinion, as far as the knowledge. of . parents, goes. They may not know what is salutary. May it not happen, by those children beifig kept employed not in hard labour, but in that kind •of gentle occupation that gives exercise - without superin• during too great fatigue, for 12 hours in a day, in factories, where the air was pure and salutirY That is a question that, from my want of knowing in detail whit is the nature of the employment, I cannot answer; if -it was • not sedentary, but loc.*, motive, 10 hours would not be too much. Must not 1 great deal of the power of performance on the part of children depend on the nourishment and clothing which they receive ?—Not • the least doubt much must depend upon the quantity and quality of food. • May not, both in met and: animals, an increased degree of maturity be attained in:consequence of the food that they receive?—No doubt of it ; but diem is a greater latitude in the human specie; than in any other: a man, so speaking, is more • an animal of mixed food than any other. • • May not a child of 10 years of age, by being better fed and better taken care of, be capable- of ,doing more work, without injury..to his health, of the same age could have done 20 years•ago am clearly of that opinitift, front - the 'habits of life; which I have watched with great In referring to the powers of childmila. 44 we net to refer, not to what they were; but to whae-they wally are, from the improvements that hate made t —No doubt of it. - •• %••-• Has it ever occgired to you, In crotemplite what has been the increased.consamptionixif• animal food within the last 50 years f4.--I•hasiefietteetlyetttended to it, and I think with advantage to piinkind - parti. culatly to the young. Is not the increase of 'animillon4 to-young and' old, ten times whatit was -501 ears ago I—lt, -hap; certainly increased, bin I *odd think that was too high a ratio ; klieg been incleased,' tin the benefit of all aged persons, patticularly to the young. In your observations, has not the consumption of animal food greatly increased wain the _last s tO years ?—"lt has greatly increased. • Has it pot greatly increased within tjws....last 20 1 years ?—Certainly, according to my qbserv,atidn., . And that has had $ material influence en ape strength sail health of the people ?-4 saprtse . that that has had some share in the decreased, mortality which apprars. _ • Elisabeth Ward, the girl who receieed.sintence death at the late York Asiizes„ and has. since been twice reprieved, is to be transported to Botany Bay for life. William Hodgson, the youth who refeisied sentence of death about twelve months ago at .York, for a rape, and whose sentence was -iskalwards Commuted for military service, has been allowed purclusi out' of the army, and is working for his kirwiec master at Leeds. . . . . • Monday seven male ftwicts aceresemoved (rim Bury Gaol, to be put on board the hulks at Ports mouth, viz. Jaw; Glee', Jame, Eightree; William Sim/t -om; and Robert Simfteoe, to. be transported for seven years ; and George Tome, George Faisvards,- any) flat= Pleasant: (the boy conflicted of setting-fire to Mr. BRADLEY'S premises at to be transported • for life. Wednesday se'nnigri7thi- following dreadful cident happened at lnverury ; , -,A shopkeeper, after selling a girl some gunpowder,had just. put•it into a Bask, while he most imprudently smoked a pipe' . of tobacco, when a spark. from k conuflunieaterh with the powder, which instantly. ,expioded, carrying up two of the joists from the floor above, where a turret of powder was placed, which also blew up,.carrying off ,the roof of the house. The poor man and the girl are both so .touch injurtd, that they are not ex. pcctedto recover. • A BAROARODS ASSAULT. - 11 few even?iigs ago, IC young lady named Orton, whb resides at Limehouse, upon returning home between eight and nine o'clock from a visitto her friends.inWhitechapel; was as united by a man of respect able appearance in Auk neighbourhood. - She wit passirig through _Suffolk street, when she observed a person in an obscure part of it. who seemed to be waiting fior . son?e acquaintance. I She was under rio alarm in conseqtrence of the time. of the night and the respeCtable dress of the :teak' er,-. and accordingly did not hesitate to proceed towards Liatehouse. • Wise man looked ether. as she plialsl, and said, 6. Are not you Saralt Orlon PP Before ad' bad time to reply, he seized her and threw her to the ground. She was unable to tall tor assistance. Her assailant was not satisfied with what he had 'done & be made several plunges u:t her side with a sharp instrustept, and lett her in a ~state of insensi bility. The sufferer reached ,fier , house mid% great difficulty, and having occasion for pro.* fessional mistimes, u.pargeou was sent 'for, who found that three :hind: had been afflicted acrou'the, ribs, one of wAlch was. very near tieing fatal. Some danger-was apprehended, but the patient is no* re 'covering.. She suspect ,i) . tat . the : assault pr o ceeded from revenge, but it chavyiced"tht rot bery wa s in die' contemplatioh of Ipukerha. ccampitted it, for she had money in - heelletre. at the 'tape, and a silk' umbrella in .her hand , - and site Test none' of her pro perty, She also suspects 'edit; thehatisirian was, but refuses to mention a same, in. the appreheneon that the imputation anigltt.fall upon - an innocent pess`an. g„FREct4 The ',Cowin( fit a fuller *canon of the attedtpt it Tontbridge-Walla than that gitro in the Ivrait hill of assault, $t andgi had ;- It will he eecollected Isar Readers, d ie Report of the Kent July Quarter Sessions, we the particulars of a case 3,l2inst Bob:mice . ," by which it iprears, Boniface., who rented a house next el ' or to Inn, liinhiltige Wells. beionging to Mr. Be am , a spirit merchaht, residing in Lornlon, w as f's guilty of an assault nn the latter, and after Fat trifling fi ne, v.eis discharged on sureties. Mr. E e t well, besides the house above.mentianed, has a li .„ d p e n. r i :b u l d e p ti r l o e p N er e t w y in 'i'unbridgc on ewz_. day, he would receive his retie, Item hi t etver ? nants. From the dreadful oecuirence wh ic ;; taken place; it appears, that tile thirst for had been long rankling in the breast of and that day was fixed on by him to glut the , passion, by the destruction of Bramwell. H e ; cullingl y, on the day. appointed (Saturdays. r quested the favour of an inhalaitant to accomp ar i hit• to the New Inn, as a witness to his pa l i ng . rent. saying, that it would be a great satisfacti ca , him, to preveat any subsequent misunderstanding equivocation, which, .from the animosity i mam existing between him and his landlord, might possit arise. Under a promise that he would not, any disturbance, or do any thing unpleasant on part t the friend consented to the request of and between four and five o'clock in the 41 they together entered the room in which Mr. B e , well was. The latter was sitting at a table with w ; and fruit before him. In the room were also therGentleman; and Mr. Soper, the landlord at , Intl. Mr. Boniface said, " I am ceme to p a y i rent ;" and laid the amount down, near Mr. Bee Well, who taking up the notes, passed to him a s i of wino, and then proceeded to count over the sot At this time, Boniface was standing opposit e M Bramwell, he drew a pace or two back (- by the perspi trreheut), and after exclaiming, si,%, Mr. Bramteill, you have taken a false oath - me," he drew a horse pistol from under hit frock, and fired it at the head of his victim. Oa ing Mr. Dram well fall on the floor, Bn ii ii ac; another pistol through the window into Ile conceiving (as it is supposed) that the bast she, . . completed., his .purpose._ Mr. Etern ell, on Pi teken lig:Ckhibited every appearance est being ,lorived - of !Wei the *coniebas of the instrutneet et I having meta tidar lies fight eye ; but medical ; siseahce.' beiea inteneidiattilty. preieuted, even in the power of stiild. was, ueed, and the wound„ are happy toleaen, was found not to te! merie,4 ll wretclied•man who bid committed the desperate; sat hinsselfschaWil in a chiiiivith great apparent, posute, we sey apparent, for we CA mint imagine the-gratificetion of the demoniac rpitit ui , even if kbat gratification had been ovtrirte be death of iti . ohjeCt, could have deadened tee. to the pangs of guilt. He exptessed teem failing in his purpc,se, nor did he make ant ar to escape.e.bur surrendered himself with the • readiness, though ,in the ,dreadful contusion ensued, his escape amid not have been ditlicult. was alien before a Magistrate, who, after a , 'elaminatiOn; folly committed him to Islaidstone te-talte fiis triStal the nes: March Assizes. We glad to Ids.' that Me- Bramwell is consikeed .of : danger., ..WANTON A4ICKEDNICab. —Mosidity es emit= premiee boys at Ridgeway, near Plyritouth, &cried up one of their companions in a mariner,'went about that nefghbourhood knockeg the doodbf the inhabitants, for the purpose of ing whoever might come out to them. In the cise of this dangerous frolic, thej4way.laid we I Ann Gaude, aged ,17, a parish apprentice to Fe. Litpton; as she was going from Underwood how her master's, at Colebrodk, at a spa' v. here to piss near Plympton-Mary Church, wheat octal; party came up. and cried out to her to take ;eel the Devil was over there. The poor girl thinking harm, went on, when just as she came par church.yard, the monster in disguise suddenly, his appearattee, sprung ar, and caught her by shoulders. The ,dreadt ul consequence was, that ,sbock overcame her, and she instantly fell alongt road .in.A. violent fit, while the perpetrators tilt der4 ran tiff, le aving her to her fate. Here she iesi 'scantly found, to the state described by a labautingr returning from his work, and being joined by two( casual passengets, they took the sufferer and. her back to Underwcied, wheie she remained, eight o'clock iii the evening till four o'clock the' morning, in the most violent convulsions. She became a little composed, and as her reason r she gave an account of what had passed, as • in an hour or. two she suffered a severe relapses has continued, though ceder medical care, e 1 ingly ill ever since, the fits returning at intere.lll every three or four hours, so that she is stalk' danger. tr • MIK On the 9tb inetant, at Latairisialaule, die Lady el Hawker, of a daughter. 1)11311, September 2r., at Horton, La Ms 87th year, Sir . Robsit ning, Bart. K. B. September 30, at !minim* House, Hants, aged nig ward Hulse, Bart. Sunday, in little Dean's-yard, In the 85tk year of MI Bev. Witham 8e1.,t D.D. one of the Prebendaries of die state Church of Westminster. At Lanark, on the 85th ultimo, aged 16, Thonr.l, son of Mr. Lamb, writer. As Kiloyth, in the StA year of his age, Dr. Thomas " Ac Brighten, on the 7th instant, in her sr..i year, eldest 'of Joirph Marryatt, - .4. M.P. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. per Cent. Rid. I India Bonds 6 10 pt Ditto d0n...61111 69 Imp. s per• Cent.- rifper Oka.. -- Exchequer Bilk 2 let• pfr Cont. Navy 921iiii Cone. for act. 61 et Leas Jusanidrs-4 • Lottery Tickets ‘23.1% 3hirntrisl.o MARKET, ockOtig 1 1. Beef 41 01 to 5s 0: I Veal as 94 ul 6 : Mutton 4s Od to 5s O t Part as 04 to Si . Beasts 760--Sbeep and Lambs 6,1140 —Calves 150-4 V' HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Meadow Hay- 41 O• to 51 5a j Clover 51 Os to 71 10. Straw 11 161 to al es. HIGH WATER TO MORROW AT LONDOiI 0 1411; ' 44 1 Morning .. a - Si ruin. suer S Afternoon • . . . 58 ...:. ...A . : . ::% $ • j.0N11514; Prlinal by Liv at. Paw r, litekerritit* . Yuslisbeil dine r and M the otavjeger,Trisp is Pig' 1 . • P e d, t tha t th e , , te 11.441 f• ;c-*IPP 'at rttati cli , Bram.. UM Fit/re ••• ..• egvost Ilia fed the New lon, • as the pine sse-r. e, on S et t he would receive his reee, from hi : tug ., s. From the dreadful occurrence n place; it appears, that tile thirst for rote ; been long rankling in the breast of b o o° ov that day was fixed on by him to glet the h, ion, by the destruction of Bramwell. ~,e ling! y, on the day. appointed (Saturday% r loco led the favour of an inhalaitant to acc on l i si to the New Tnn, as a witness to his • • r" t . t saying, that it would be a great satisfactito A , to preve4t any substquent misunderstanding ivocation, which, .from the animosity lc, Ling between him and his landlord, might met, e. Under a promise that he would not n ee VI disturbance, or do any thing unpleasant et. r e the friend consented to the request of &, if , between four and five o'clock in the 41 „ r together entered the room in which Mr. Be n ' 1 was. The latter was sitting at a tabh. with I fruit before him. .In the room were also err r . Gentleman; and Mr. Soper, the Landlord e A Mr. Boniface said, " I am ceme to p 3l t;" and laid the amount down, near Mr. B ee ' who taking up the notes, passed to him aB4 Ae wino, and then proceeded to count over usen et PI this time, Boniface was standing opp os i te 1 4 unwell, he drew a 'pace or two hack (mimic. the persymo present), and after exclaimiegoiNe / • Bramtrill, you have taken a false oath's ," he drew va horse pistol from under hisses I ck, And fired it at the head of his victim. Oa* 5 4 i ; Mr. Bramwell fall on the floor, Brailfae ~ tuber .pistol through the window ii,to d,e au. areiving (as it is supposed) that the first aka, "r mpletech lore .purpose. - Mr. Er: , rn is on ',; • ten 'up, eanuateu every appearance of being fat i'ved - of !Wei the *conieins of the instrameit opt ,D ving entered OSA( his right eye ; but medial tune.' being, inteniscliatAy. procured, evert ei, the power , of 441. wee used, ani the v:ound, e happy tolearn, was found not to te! retched•man who bad committed the desperate t hinuelfscleWil in a chiiiivith great apparent lune, we sty apparent, for we C:inoot imagine e-gratificeticei.of the demoniac rpirit of rev :en if grati fi cation had been oereelete by • . !ath of ft.;ohjeet. could have deadened leek. 3 the - pangs of guilt. He exptessed tere iling in his purpese, nor did he make any Pee, • I escape.:bur surrendered himself with the glee ~ artiness, though ,in. the dreadful coniusioo isued his escape amid not have been ditficuk. as taken before a Magi'strate, who, after a :amination; folly committed him to MaidstoneG • . -take fats tridt *al the nes: March Assizes. We lad to 'Mai Abet. Me- Bramwell is consiAered r : dangere, WANTON V. r 1 even i nt use rentice boys at Rlcleesvay, near Plymouth, WA ierAed up one of their companions in a frighth ianner i Nent about that nefghbourhood hosing dooribl the inhabitants, for the purpose of tetO ag whoever might come out to them. la the ise of this dangerous frolic, thel b way.laidou Lon Gaude, aged ,17, a parish apprentice to F : ailpton; as she was going from Underwood howl er master's, at Colebrodk, at a spefahere stet; a piss near Plympton-Mary Church, whea ocean arty came up, ,and.cried out to her to take ;mil he Devil was °Vet there. The poor girl thinkinga • iarm, went on, when just as she came oar • burch.yard, the monster in disguise suddenly cal lie •appearattee, sprung ar, and caught her by boulders. The .dreadl ul consequence was, that¶t. bock overcame her, and she instantly fell along* ..in.,.a. violent fit, while the perpetrators trli teed ran Of, leasing her to her fate. Here she WA ;Wally found, io the state described by a labouring - .eturning from his work, and being joined by two .• :anal passengers, they took the sufferer and c aer back to Underwciod, whele she reniiinedis right o'clock in the evening till four o'clock the morning, in the most violent convulsions. She became a little composed, and as her reason! she gave an account of what had passed, as a• in an hour or two she suffered a severe relaptes has continued, though ceder medical care, e ingly ill ever since, the fits returning at iniertalt every three or four hours, so that she is still it. danger. BIRTH. On the 9th inetant, at Longparish -House, die Lady of :‘.• Hawker, of a daughter. DIED. September 20, at Horton, to Ms 87th year, Sivßabin nine, Bart. K.B. • September 30, at Breamore House, Hants, aged 7r, Sk ward Hulse, Ban. . Sunday, in little Dean's-yard, In the 85th year of !shirt Rev. D.D. one of the Prebendaries a Oil ' elate Church of Wedmonster. • At Lanark, on the 35th ultimo, aged 16, Tholun, son of Mr. Lamb, writer. At Kileyth, in the stA year of Ms age, Dr. Thomas 14- " Ac Brighton, on the 7th instant, in her VA year, 6 eldac,gaegluerof Joseph Marry att, Esq. M.P. PRICE OF nom YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Rid. India Bonds e 10 pt. Ditto Cons. 61f,11 69 I Imp. $ per•Cento- -4 per Clots.— I Exchequer Bills 2 SP S Bplor Cent. 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