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London, England, 1822-09-27 00:00:00

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Jahis Balfeele, aged 711, is a Massa* Of email
Barrisead, called Dovetot6hall. Some time.
things went against him; but to secure himself
flintily kom utter ruin, he got the name of
daughters inserted in the tack. All went
smoothly, till Miss Balfour got married to Adam
who eared less aboat the woman than he did
tack; and was alivays spurring his wife to
farm from her fathers Another cause of
was die old man not giving up a cow acd
rich they insisted he had promised them, but
which he declared he never did, as it was the only
mode of subsisting himself and his wife. On Wed-
desday afternoon die parties had some little spirits ;
they then adjourned homewards, but had scarcely
entered the threshold of the door, when the young
man began to use the most dreadful imprecations to.
wards his father-in-law, who in a serious manner
reproved him, telling him not to blaspheme the name
of the GOD of mercy, to whom alone they ought td
look for their present support and everlasting happi:
ness; but all return for this advice was a must furious-.
attack by his son-in-law, who afterwards dragged
him to his own house, which is adjacent, and them
seizing a poker, he struck at the old man, who, still
being of a powerful muscular make, made every
effort to save himself from the deadly weapon, but
he was ultimately overcome, and felled to the floor.
While in this defenceless state, his antagonist, with sa.
rage ferocity, struck him in a manner shocking to
humanity, inflicting twenty-six wounds, besides con-
tusions, on the face, arms, and legs. There are four.
teen wounds on the left arm, four' wounds on the.
face, the temporal bones on each side of his head
being fractured, four wounds on the left leg, five
wounds on the right leg, one of the bones being frac-
tured. The neighbours immediately sent fibr Dr.
COLQVUOUN, who came and found the old man
stretched on the floor in a state of insensibility, and
unable to speak. His. wounds were then dressed, and
his leg set, and he has since continued, by the unre-
mitting attention and skill of the able surgeon, and
the strength of his own excellent constitution, in a
very favouraule state, and is expected to recover.--.
When the Doctor questioned Wallace as to the cause
of the affray ? he said he called the old man a
Highland -, and the old man had replied by
calling him a beast. The Procurator kais.
ley immediate:y. took a precognition of the case.._
Wallace and wife have been lodged Us Paisley
jail.—Glasgow Chronicle.

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Edward 131b1, .tt*, due dallies ttire. beishrs.,• Wee Tat.'
aim, vied set. and ipearli Bent, uk fer.stiAleg a
:oho aged If, 'for stadia§ a tote, Ate. 'eke glinart, oiled Ur. jar
4s, ter steeling two coats; Rebecca flitch, aPe01.92, for dealing farm at B
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a beam' Bas. Doughty, aged 19, and Jolla time, aged U.
for stealing five mats ; and Samuel Maths, aged 1111, foe' steal- lyro thing
fog 2a. Id. &c. and his
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The following were acquitted, v one of his
Joseph Day, aged 22; Joseph Murrell,ie.
aged 24 *Mtn on -smooth
Bonner, aged 29 ; Samuel Midland, aged 64.;. George Man, Wallace.ged 2;; Patrick Maguire, aged 59; Dike Homey, aged 501 W
Thomas Waiter, aged 34; Davkl Hickey, aged 51 ; Michael about the
Homey, aged 14 ; Gilbert Kean, aged 30 ; Richard 11111, aged 14 take the
Wm. MiDonald, aged 17 ; James Hawkins, aged 44; Elisabeth quarrel w
Gibbs, aged 22-; David Aaron Philips, aged 22; George Cock-
air, whic
rant, aged 14; and Wm. Wade, aged 23.
which he