The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-23 00:00:00

" RADICAL REFOIIIII.

MANCHESTER SESSIONS, Arm 21.

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; lying on the ground, both having been mutdered by ap, ar
wounds. The inquest found a verdict of Wilful Mur-
der" againt three natives, who are in custody.
CRUEL LOVE.—Being in the country, near
Working, Surrey, last week, I was witness to t:.e eurions
tact of a female sparrow killing her husbanf, not from
tither hatred or jealousy, but from love. The pair were
in search of a place for building their nest; and the male
bird, finding a tempting hole am,ng the tiles of the roof,
got into it: unfortunately, he became entangled in the
broken mortar, and could not force hia way back. The
,etuale saw his situation, and after flying backwards and
Forwards several times, twittering, and apparently in gi•eat
distress, she endeavoured to pull bine out. S,-vur hirls
were attracted by ti,e acciden•, and carne fluttering round,
but were beaten off by the female sparrow. She the!' re-
doubled her own efforts to extricate the male, and gettihg
hold of his beak, above the nostrils, in bar own be .k,
.he pulled it so hard that she killed him. She did not,
nowever, appear aware of the inialbr on, she bad dour, but
continued pulling at the dead body ot her unfortunate
tnale, with as much perseverance as she had done while he
continued alive. My man, who saw the whole tran.actino,
last drove her away, and with some difficulty extijeat,d
the dead bird. Its bead was dresdfuily mangled ; and the
beak of its mate bad evid-ntly penetrated the brain.
About an hour afterwards, I again passtal the pace, and
'taw a bird, which I supposed the female. sitting oh he
very spot where the accident happened, crouched together,
with her feathers all standing up, an a. to kite her the , p..
pearanee of a ball, and certainly looking the very image of
a disconsolate widow,... Correopendra of Lovoort's Met

Three turn-out colli.rfs, nairv..d Pennell, Evans. and
Fenelly. were convicted of a gross and violent
upon Thomea Ashton, a culler. in the etni,loyment of
11 asrs Joneb, Le<a, and Co., proprietors of coil-miner
at Oldham.

Mr. COURTENAY stated the case for the ptosecutioni
from which it appeared that in auober last the e.iiiiers itt
•lie service of Mews's. Jones, Lees, aid Co. turned Out
f.r wages. Consider •ble excitement eiosnd at the lithe,
amongst them, and those who chose to accept the terms
of Messrs. Jones and Co. were the obj-ct of revenge of
the turn nuts. The complainant wan one of those who
worked attire terms o, the teaster, and after leaving his iecrk
4111 the day named is the indictment, he war met by the
defendants near the canal at Chadderton, near 0 dream,
and after severely beating him, they threw him into the
canal, by which he was much injured.
The above frets were provd ny evioence, and the Chair.
mite (JoHN FitznEsicx FOSTER, Esq. ) after a suitable
-admonition as to their future conduct in int, rfering with
c:.ntented workmen, sentenced them to be imprisoned fl
two months, and to fifil sureties in 101. each of keep the
peace, and to enter into their own reconiz ince in
or to be imprisoned until such sure-ies were foun.l.

The Sessions terminated this day (Saturda),), the ca.
!ender was unusually light, and the cases generally were
entirely void of interest.

A Member of Parliament writes to tia as f 01..,
lows:—" I believe that neatly thirty of the suppot ter. of
Government have declared themselves adverse to tree Irish
Reform Bill ; hut it must pass—or the repeal."—D. blin
Mo►ning Register.
THE CHOLERA.—The cholera, it is stated,
has appeared in Rung-end, the state of which district was
referred to by Judge Jean in his address to the grand jury
at the commencement of the term. It was ruin mired
through town yesterday that a gentl-tman named RICHARD-
sore, attached to one of the laic• courts, had died of chotera.
—Dublin Morning Register.
TIGERS.—A party of gentlemen from 13oma
nay, one day visiting the stupendous caver❑ tetnire of
Elephant', discovered a tig r's whelp in one tit the ob-
cure recesses of the edifice. Desirous ot kistnapping the
cub, without encountering the fury of its dam, they ro tk
it up hastily and cautiously, and retreated. Bit left
entirely at liberty, and sztrernaly sill fed, the tug• r grew
rapidly, appeared taele, and fondling as a slog, and in evert.
respect entirely domesricated. At Ittrigth, when having
otained a vast size, and, notwith.tanding its apparent
eentleness, begun to inspire terror, lty i a tremendous
powers of doing mischief to a pisce of raw meat, driwprng►
tvith blood, which fell in its way. I is to b • ob-erveti th, t
0 ilia moment, it had been studiously kept from raw amoral
f tod. The instant, however, it had dipped its tongue in
loosl, something like madness seemed to have seized the
.nimal—a destructive principle, hitherto dormant, was
'wakened—it darted fiercely, and with glaring eyes, upia
its prey—tore it with fury to pieces, anti growling and
roaring in the most fearful manner, rushed off towards the
jungles.—Brown's Anecdotes.
RAPE.—The constables of Ecclesall, &c.,
are in pursuit of a young man, charged with committing
a rape upon the body of a child aged seven years. From
inquiries we have made, we learn the following portico-
I trs :—lt appears the man was drinking at the house of
Mr. BROWNELL, the sign of the Stag, in Carver street, on
Wednesday morning ; that about e.even o'clock he went
out of the house into the yard ; and while there he per-
ceived the child in question nursing an infint, who sat on
the skittle alley, and that he seized her and committed the
abominable crime. The little girl has been very seriously
injured by him. Such are the awful cffct. of intoli.,a-
-; it makes its victims commit acts at which they
would shudder, if they were not to affected. In the above
else, how reckless must have been tin; conduct of the fel-
low ! The yard is a thoroughfare, and overlooked by
shops ; but unfortunately, no one paced through or over-
saw bins at the time, and the girl was prevent, d front
giving any alarm, in consequence of the voLin stopping
nsr mouth.—Sheffield Mercury.
MURDER OF CAPTAIN THOMAS AND
MR. PA RKER. —The Tasmanian of Sept. 2-It, contains
an account of an Inquest held on the bodies of Captain
THOMAS and Mr. PARKER, who were murdered by the
aborigines of 'Van Ditmen's Land. It appeared that the
deceased gentlemen were at Port Sorrell, with four ser-
vants, when two natives came to their tent, wire kindly
received, and partook of food. Captain THOMAS asked
them if there were any more. They held up their fingers
and said, " Good many more." Captain THOMAS asked
him to take him to them, which they readily agreed to do.
Mr. PAnicEr. advised him not to go by himself; he said he
would, and went off with the natives. Mr. PARK ELL
walked at a short distance behind with a durable-barrelled
gun. They chd not return, and in about two hours the
servants gave the signal for leaving with the boa , a hich
was not answered. Some natives that came to the place
-aid the white men bad " tabbitty" (ran away.) The
party left Port Sorrel, and returned to George Town,
:row whence Mrs. PARKER sent parties in search of her
husband and Captain THOMAS. Their bodies were found