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t:j.t.l the frame ; that he fixed his shoulder against the'windoW-stool,
stidsteuckftlf&frame three ..vio)ant.blows_ with a piece of iron, which
broke the tinkers and needlei all to pieces. Witness while this was
roi.itz op, flang:dnvin the tongs, and placed one foot on the, frame-side
*milk other .on the bed, te-seelrkho he was, which she was enabled to
do-by die ligrt of a great fire, abd'recollecting his teatimes in the day
Olie,. and: rioin. having heart} him sing in company the preceding
Christmas. Being asked whit was meant by a colt, The said she was
one, for she had not worked seven years at the trade. On her cross-ex-
arnination,she admitted she had been accused of stealing lace ; that she
eisi not know whether it was five miles.or one. mile from Eastwood to
He nor ; that the knew no more of the prisoner than that of having
heard him,siog in eon:Tang at Christmas, and having seen his face (one
side of which was besmeared with something of a dark colour,) in an
oblique direction aS he was breakinap the frame ; and that she had no
exptctation of gaining 401. by his cotroiction. She further stated, that
she aid not knOw what part of the room the bed Wa3 in-; how long the
window was, nor what time of the night it was when she sz.er the pri-

inner.,
Hannah 'Wild, mother of the last witness, being sworn, said she re.
membered a'waafaon load of frames passing thraugh Eastwood, guarded
by soldiers; knew tot - the persowwith whom her daughter conversed
on the day mentioned in the indictment ;• heard the • noise at the door,
and the scratching of . the' thorns ar the window ; called her daughter,
and heard voice aik if any colts were there; had a curtain by the side
of the bed ;•ettre mischief -was done in a moment; at three strokes ; yet
ti .cin recollectioa cannot form any opinion of the length of time the mat
oc •upitd in breaking the frame.
Vincent Wild, brother of the first witness, remembered the noise at
kis mother's door cni the sth of
.February at night; had the repart of
a gun or of a pistol:* heard the knocking at the wall; heard the Nyiniiow
aaatsh; heard three stroke Fa and went out. at twenty tnintstas before.
eleven o'clock, but all 'was over.
Wltliatt Howitt„ of Tighill, depostd that he knew Hannah Wild ,•
that hr saw the frame in cute •tion at .her house on the 6th of February;
that the frame was not broken, but was only damaged a little in the
sinkers and needles, as if a man had drawn his fingers across them ; and
stoat elved that five or six shillings would repair all the damage. Fie had
known the prisoner twenty years, and he and his parents bore good cha-
racters. This witness dropped some curious observations respecting
the'formaitat and altering a stocking-frame, which caused the Calmsel
for the. Crown to call in the evidence of Ml. Alexander Madden, hosier,
to give,a-talsre 'correct account of that machine. •
aeveralother witnesses were examined, and after a long investigation,
the Alloy weit diyided in opinion ; but after being locked up three hours,
they returbed a verdict of Nut Guilty. ..
.8 egimatinfiancock; aged 21, charged with frame-breaking at Sutton-
iti-Ashfielfla.on the 13th of November, 1811, was next brought to the
bar; ' •
Sarah Bettawat the first witness called. She deposed, that on the
day above•vaated,-she Saw about a thousand persons, 14 on abreast,
sarae armed with guns, assembled in Sutton; that4he bolted her door •
tor saftfty;. bin 'that the hammer-men advanced and broke'thepannels
insOtees. ~.
:Lobo% lieliarery young, was next brought forward as a witness;
ma% haaa iiatiffitirc.mOb at Sutton, on the day alluded to in the indict- '
tilt-PClOSgettirw as asked if he saw the prisoner there, he beaitY
takaOeta : . erly. After his passion had a little stibsicied, he 5a11,,1
I• viiktePthoner there with a light coloured bat on and gun in his
;limn Richards was working for Mr. Betts on the 13th of Novem-
bitii saw the tirisOntil." in the, front of th niob with a gun In his hand.
'WA cOnaeroation, Which he Said, took place between hint and the pri-
soner,he stated, that the latter said the ttob consisted of two thousand'
wen ;,that they had had ape man shot a Bulwell, and another wounded
in the Aand. ,A man came and told the prisoner that they had brokeni
ail 'the frames- before them; at which he swore bitterly, charged his piece 1,
aaaone the taoh, and swore he had a Wind to shoot any of his men who
had broke n a narrow frame.. •He then called frit- a pilot tb lead them
Iron., Mr. 13att's new building to his-old one.' ' -11
fr: ane is Betts being slearna said, he shoild rem:a:abet tit, 13th-of
Isiovcmlier to the latesrhaur.'a( his life, for that li. had property. de-
stroyeci that, day woatli;:ithl: - - •
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A IV rnher of respectable petAtnif.t 01;01tt to the c , reader of Tl,areock ;•
but the Judge, in" his address to the jury. assutetl tharn, as he' haat'thiee
on the preceding cases analet. the charge of fame- breaking, 'Oft
clatricter4ettglit not, in tbe smallest degree', so sairay thent in their. W4l-
- " ' Ppr," bait!' be, " Mit eime baa 'not that degree of mcitll
turp.tude attached to It as other clines have, witch, •in ate eye' of. file
law, Fail for a sintitar punishment. With, the wort ni cranes, which
rnerL. »ligi. Punishment,lt is equally dangeyous to the avell-baltig of
society, yet it bears no proportion •to 'them iti .moral gnat. ':a:--
" Flame-breaking." continued his Lordship,.'" is not. a ['Teach of the'.
'reit Cournandmeats, though it baeaki -dowel 'the. la.trriera of peace
and fell. icy, and 'as such, paust be punished Wiah 'the utmost rigout' of
the law."
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The Jury found Hancock Guilty, and his Lorddhip sentenced him-td
Fourteen rears Transportation.
Gervas Marshall, aged 17, and George Green, the two neiisitiskigii •
that were tried, received excellent Fharacterl ; 'but theiMaliotlt
fogad .Go4liy tor being citoncerntld in the Etitton-ln- 4

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is Unnecessary to detail their trials, as the riots in that town have been
"already sufficiently dwelt upon.—They were each sentenced to Seven
rcars Pans ',oration.

HEBDOMADAL? Y;
OR, EPHEMERIS FOR THE WEEK.

MARCH. •
22. Pent Sunday. Epist. Phi!. 2. 5. Gospel, St. Matt. 27. 1. This
Sunday is so railed nonythe very ancient custom, still kept up in Ro.
man Catholic .churches, of bearing palips, or branches of other trees,
in proces,don in the morning, before the high mass, in remembrance
of the triumphal entry of our Saviour into the city of Jerusalem, when,
to show that his reign and kingdom were not of this world, but from
above., and in contradistinction with the pageantry of heathen triumphs,
he rode, according to prophecies, the humblest animal of burden,
whilst the people strewed his way with palm and olive branches, and
spread garments before him, crying " Hosannah." Those trees being
not natives of this country, at first boughs of box or yew _were
snbitituted for them ; and even now, .although the religion of
the ceremony is gone by, and tbe sense of it hardy understood,
country petTle make parties to go, as they call it, Palming, and bring
home the budding branches of ozier or willow tree. In these excur-
sions love takes often the place of, religion, and young lovers find it a
pleasing opportunity to breathe, in the morning, their vows to each
other, in the verdant fields. Adhelm, Bishop of the East Saxons, men.
tions this ceremony in 809, as not being nuvel.-1740. Portobello sur.
renders to Admiral Vernon.
The Sun rises'at 3 h. 54 min. sets at 6 h. 6 min.
23. rd'onday. St. Epaphroditus, Bishop and Confessor. He was sent
by the Philippians, to carry money to the Apostle Paul, then in bonds
at Rome. When he went back he carried. a letter from St. Paul to
them.-1301. Sudden death of the Emperor Paul of Russia.
The Sun rises at 5 h. 5 . min. Sets at 6 h. 8 min.
24.• Tueslay, St. Theodulus, Priest and Confessor.-1603. England
had to lament for the loss of one of her best sovereigns, Queen Ea.
zabeth, who died after a reign of 44 years, 4 months, and 7 days.
She was burn at Greenwich in Kent, in 1553, and died at Richmon‘in
Surrey.
The Sun rises at 5 h.. 50 mitt: sets at 6 h. 10 min.
• 25. Wednesday, Lady Day. The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
This festival is said to have been instituted in the middle of the fourth
century, -about the Year 150, in commemoration of the appearance of
the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin, when'he announced to her, that she
should be the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ; a 'Circumstance which
began the great work of our redemption. See Luke 1. 30.—This day
begins the office called Tenebrir, in Roman Catholic churches, where
three appropriate Lesso: s from Jeremiah's Lamentations are sung with
great snlemnity.—This is • also called Quarter Day, for the paying of
annual rent's' 8Cc.—T7413. Afire broke out in Eich'ange-Alley, Cornhill,
which-proved nearly as'disaitrous as that in 1666.
The SIM rises at '5 h.. 40 Mtn. Sets at 6 h. 11 min.
26. Thirsday, St. Theodore, and his companions, suffered martyr-
doin. This is called Mautieloy Thiirselky, being the anniversary of the
day Oil which, to give a memorable exampie of humility, our Saviour
washed-the Ica Of his, disciples, 'and commanded them to do the same,
as a token of boerpitidity and friendihip--the. Pi-amide!, being a
corruption, of tile latip evotaare to ere. anse, or maitdare to command.
This practice hap been .folloWed.by EinperOrs and Kings, who, on the
same day, vraSheA,the .feet of. twelve poor trien, or child 1p that being
the number ofThe Apostles, ,Thicerembny was followcT 4)/ a dona-
tion of alms ; aad those dittribUtiel.at St. lames's, .acid Whitehall, are a
carmtinaussanacefoorfntityi4sarrerck!par,nitedtate. "As-on 644 day the riestused to read
liable that ihe.etythology,d.tite 4:l464l'466.9ntltlri‘titildes. originated)idaiilin; iftroin;
solemn, Ceremony.-4756.-Viailkof Wens a pious writert
of greatlibilities. . • ••
The:Sun risep. at 41. m. 1.4; 444
V. Goad Paablir.sofficess: dud kept as a fast in
carymcmoras.isn oft the, safigtingit af Christ far the 'sins of tbe world.
Tlie.R.Ocruvt filazhelic.fitti.toof Oat day. rho/ inliintin and expres ;ire
of 'tin; pasion of. oer Saviour-i-and-the etspensonyeof the ,6 adoration of
the Cross,” attended, tu. with great 'devotion. '.The sermon preached
on the occasion, in every chapelbelongineto' that persuasion, is gene-
rally.explicitiv e. of the_rnotives •ot. this .affeclbig practice, and in order
to vindicate •it .ftoni. accusations of idolatry. his festival• is one of
:the most,ancient. in the Christian churcht and'. ip, is kept :generally in
all towns, with few. exceptions, which arisei,see.hope; rather from
a bent:towaccis originality,. than areal sense of disbelier,m the Author
,tt Qur religion.-1625. Dea of James 1.-111051.,:•Articles of Peace
were signed between England and France,_ at:Amiens in Piccardy.
• Ilse Sun rises at sh. 45 mina Sets at 61.. 15 min: •
Moon at 12 night. . . .
28. Saturday, The vigil 011ie Passolter, end 'the first time when
11 Allehslist" BUT in Roman' Catholic chnrOeS; since the Septuage-
sima Simdlty.—A. xyatn• Pope und Confessor.lsBs. Tobacco brow,,ht
to En'gland.for Or first time.-1677. Expired, Wenzel Hullar, born at
?ratite in Bohemia; his repotatioh and little of enghwitiE can never be

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