The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-23 00:00:00

TTIZ STATESNIAN.

COMMON COUNCIL.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.
These Sessions commenced yesterday, when
&askew, fruiterer, Of Covent-garden market? stale
indicted for assaulting J. Davis, an elderly woman, in
her own house, on the Ist of. February. The De-
fendant bad called at the house of the Plaintiff, on
the day in question, for the purpose of seeing her
husband, who happening to be from home, the Plain-
tiff sent out for some rum, with which she treated
him. The effects of this beverage were so powerful,
however, that he totally forgot the respect he owed
to his hostess, avid, in attempting to take liberties
which she did not approve, the assault was corn.
bitted.
Mr. ALLEY, for the Defendant, acknowledged
that he had been guilty of an act of impropriety,
and that a verdict of guilty must be given against
him ; he felt it his duty, however, to state, that the
Defendant had acted under the influence of intoxice-
tion, and conscious of his error, called at the house
next day, and apologised for his conduct. With
this apology, both the Plaintiff and her husband
were satisfied ; but the matter having been put into
the hands of an Attorney, the Defendant was re-
ferred to him to settle the matter. The attorney,
however, was desirous of making it a source of pro-
fit to himself, and demanded 14 guineas to quash the
business. The Defendant refused to give more than
seven ; and thus the matter was brought into a Court
of Justice, not by the Plaintiff herself, but by the
attorney.
The Jury having returned a verdict of guilty, the
Defendant was fined 51. and discharged.
Mr. John Moberly and W Dean, the former a re-
spectable attorney, and the latter a entombi ti
indicted for assaulting Elizabeth Tavleli, on t
of May last. '
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Mr. ALLEY, in opening the case, bore testimony
to the general character of Mr. Maherly until
the commission of the offence with which he now stood'
charged, which he could not help pronouncing to be'
of a most aggravated description. The Counsel then
proceeded to. state, that the Prosecutrix (who was a
young and interesting looking woman) was, on the
day stated in the indictment, servant to Mrs. Conyer,
who lived at N 0.4, Park-lane. About font o'clock,
during the absence of her mistress, who had just
gone- out to take an airing in her carriage, the
two Defendants, in company with four other
men, came to the house, and Mr. Maberly de-
manded that' certain pictures, which were in the
room, should be delivered into his possession, for
Mr. Conyer, the husband of the Lady in whose
house the Plaintiff lived. Mr. Alley here stated,
that a separation had taken place between Mr. and
Mrs. Conyer, and that they kept separate esta-
blishments ; but Mr. Conyer having some fancy !
for the pictures alluded to, had sent his Atteruey
to demand them in the manner he h'ad mentioned.—
The Prosecutrix, having no knowledge of the De-
fendants, or of Mr. Conyer, said she did not feel 1
herself authorised to deliver any property under her
care to any person, until the return of her mistress,
whom she expected every moment; and to expedite'
whose arrival, she sent another servant girl, who'
was in the house. Mr. M. however, insisted upon
taking the pictures, and was proceeding to enter the
room in which they were, when the Prosecutrix
shut the door, locked it, and kept the key in her
hand. Mr. M. then sent for a carpenter, to force
the door; but his patience being exhausted before
his arrival, he said it would be easier and better to
take the key from the woman, and immediately
Dean seized her by the wrist, and Mr. M. wrenched
the key from her hand, in doing which he severely
injured her fingers, which bled profusely ; her arm
and side were also much bruised. The pictures were
then carried off, and the Prosecutrix was left to make
the best of her tale to her mistress.

Yesterday there was a tolerthly full attendance of
the Members of the Court of Common Council, in:
the Council Chaniber,• in Guildhall ; but though the
Court continued to sit till near four o'clock, uo be-
Siam of public interest was transacted.
LORI) MAYOR ELECT.
Shortly after the assembling of the Court, there
was read a Letter from the Lord Mayor Elect
(Alderman Scholey), stating to the Court,- that he
had been given to understand, that he had been
chosen to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the ettsu-
log yenr, and, as such was the case, he should ex-
ert himself to falfil the duties of that arduous and
honourable office to the utmost of his power, as he
should he anxious to prove to his fellow:citizens,
. how sensible he was of the honour that had been
heaped upon him by the favourable opinion which
had guided their electida of Chief Magistrate of the
City of London,
Mr. Dixos then rose and observed, that a state-
ment was about to he laid before the Court from their
Chamberlain ; and as it materially interested them-
' selves only, he thought it was very right that they
• Mould have it to themselves wily, for on such an oc-
ea.inu they might do'very well without the presence
of sfAsegers.—( Mar !)
Strangers were then ordered to withdraW.
EAST LONDON MILITIA.
On re-entering the Court we found the Clerk
resdii:g certain Correspondence between the Lord
flavor and Colonel Torrans, the Duke of York't
Secretary, respecting the detachments of East Lou:
don Mnitin, now encamped at Wormwood Scrubs—
to make proper provision for them, as well as for the
due defence of. the City, being its tendency-
VIE ANNIVERSARY SERMON.
On the motion ,of some Member, the Titania of the
CoUrt were voted to hisiLordihies-Chaplain,••for his
very excellent Sermon pr cited on thel9th of Sep-
tember ; and it eras ordered to be printed and distri-
buted to the Stembers.:
'MOORFIELDS'IMPROVEMENTS.
A Petition was presented to the Court from an
Inv:n('lse number of inhabitants in. and near Moor-
fields, 'reipeeting the• improvements projected, and
now-actually going on at that place. The Petitioners,
stated, that they had observed with, great concetnt,
the erection of certaln`psderof "deMarkation foi..the
regulation of the projected improvements; from
-which it appeared, that there would be no grand
learlieg road from the ICOrth side. of the fields. In
consequence of this detect-in the arrangement, the
ancient road would not only be blocked up, but the
Qty and the Metropolis in general would be de-
prived of a road, which, from promoting a free cur-
rent of air would t4ootrlbute very materially to the
health of the inhabitants of London !---[Some
laughter.)—They hoped this defect would be re-
steeled.

The Petition %%RS ordered to be laid before the
Conitnittee for carrying on itnprovementa in the
City.
RECFIVPR OF BROKERS' RENTS.

Mr. Deputy Otto moved, that a Requisition be
presented to the Lord Mayor, to desire him to call an
early Court, for the purpose of filling up the vccaney
in the Office of Receiver of Brokers' Rents, iu the
room of Mr. Aldridge, deceased.
From this Gentleman's statement, and from the

•bservations of other Members, it appeared, that the
Committee of City Lands had filled up the vacancy,
by electing a Mr. West : a Mr. Brown, previously
elected, having been dismissed ; and that immediate-
ly after such election, a Member declared that the
Committee had not the power to make such appoint-
ment, that it rested in the Court. It was declared
that the Committee had before made similar appoint-
ments, by virtue of the power vested .in them by the
Court. _ _

Mr. FAVELL would not deny that the power not
only emanated from hut was actually in the Court,
yet he could not but think that it would he a hard
visitation to invalidate an election with which no
fault had been found—which had nut concluded in
favour of Mr. West by the exertion of any unfair
means. In justice to all parties, he thought the elec-
tion of Mr. West ought to be confirmed, but he
should wish that a like complaint might be prevented
in future. Mr. F. by way of amendment, moved,
that the Court confirm fee dismissal of Mr. Brown,
and the appointment of Mr. West, in his stead, by
the Committee of City Lands—but that any future
appointment rest in the Court.
Mr. Diatom was sornewhatsurprised at theamend-
ment, for it was saying to the Court, and that too
by those who were always for supporting rights; pri-
vi!eges, and laws—" Oh ! the Court has the un-
&witted right of electing this officer—it ought to
rest with them only—but let us be satisfied this time
—let us continue Mr. West and you may elect in
future !"—(.Sows laughter.) . .
After a variety of obseivatiens from Mr. Davies,
Mr. Bell, Mr. Quin, Mr. Dornford, and other
Alembers, a division took place. The number"
were
For the Aniendsoiat
Against it
Majority io favour of Mr. Fartin Asiembieet
The Court then adjourned.

These facts were proved by the evidence of the
Prosecutrix herself, and of Eleanor Tunstan who
witnessed the transaction.

Mr. REYNOLDS, for the Defendant, contended,
that no assault had been committed; that Mr. M.
was acting under the authority of Mr. Conyer,
legally given ; and that the Prosecutria, in refusing
to give up the property, was acting in an unjustifi-
able manner, inasmuch as all the property in the
house was, in fact, the property of Mr. Conyer.
Mr. ALLOY argued the contrary; and the Court
holding a similar opinion, the Defendants were
found Guilty.
Mr. Justice MAlNivAnswn sentenced them to pay
the moderate tine of 3s. 4d. each. The Court were
not desirous of passing a very heavy judgment upon
the Defendants, but simply of marking their sense
of the impropriety of Mr. M.'s conduct, who seemed
to have acted under mistake of the law, rather than
from any intention to act improperly.

A singular marriage took plass lately, near the
Old Ilead, in Caithness, between a woman of 100
years of age and a man of 70, being her third bus-
baud. It is somewhat remarkable, Aston sluesante
night she was married to her first husband, her se-
cond was burn.
Last week were committed to 'fork Castle, Gco.
Mellor, of Longwood Bridge, in Quarmby, in the
West 'tiding, cloth-dresser, charged upon the oath
iof Joseph Mellor, and others, with being strongly
It has been suggested by sa Correspondent, that [ suspected of having, on the '2l3th day of April lasts
iloseom-s9aare would, not be a bad name to give the i fired at, and shot, Mr. William Boreal!, of Mars-
new 'leave which is proposed to be erected its the I den, in the said Riding, merchant, deceased, upon
contemplated improvemeuts opposite Carlton-house ;1 the King's highway. Also, James Tarley, of Leek...l
as the destruction of houses will be almost as great I wood, in the West Itiding,-cloth-dresser, charged
in carrying this plan into execution, as at the late 1 upon the oath of John Bates, with having, on the
lamentable coefiagration of the ancient capital of night of Whitsun Monday lag, with divers, other
Russia. persons, unlawfully assembled at Gib-lane-end, and
Lint week, a number of persons entered the house , feloniously stolen and carried away divers guns, the
of Mr. llamsden' of flighfield, near Halifax, about ! property of William Newton, of Hagswood Hill,
midnight, and plundered it of upwards of a hundred '• in the said Riding.
guineas in gold. And on the same night, the houses ; On the 16th inst. two favourite beagles, belonging
of Mr. Isaac Illingworth and Mr. Wm. Illingworth, [ to Mr. T. Woodhams, of Alfriston, Sussex, followed
near the same place, were plundered by the same , a rabbit into her burrow, to an extent from which
gaug, of .a small sum of money, and some articles they could not extricate themselves, and in cense-
of plate. I oversee there remained buried, Until the. following
Oe Tuesday se'nnight, a fine child six years of age, Sunday, when their yelping. attracted theFetteutims
rattled Sarah Simpson, daughter of George Sitnpson, • of a boy who was tending hogs nigh to **borrow ;
fisherman, of Frieston wasburnt in such a manner he soon discovered their situation, and lost no time
as to occasion its death, in couseneonce of herclothes in making the circumstance known be his neater, by
having caught fire. The mother had left it but for a ,`whose order the imprisoned animall, Oren speedily
eked time, and on her return feitud her child a shock- ' liberated, by help of the spade. Whits. deg sot, they
I,ng spectacle ; it however lingered until Wednesday, I were in a very weakly state, bat care being takes' dt
iheattetih put Id MI tells leafier. them, they:svon recovered their thirgth.

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POLICE.
he haviag put on those m its '''''''
IROST IMPORTANT RTISARDING TI Saturday morSnii -
1.1.--asse---EcisioN
I return of her husband from The il
,Itille e- '' "'tr.'
--ams-ianur.
FARMING AND AGRICULTURAL INTEREST. LE I bridge, Dkatulaet.,
Mentmosounnoienzer. -We gave a report of a case at this
Office, on Weduesdnyl wereadittat in die kitchen,
'of the house. A close purs.tit was imeently miutaie 55,.,,1•44w;
last, where Mr. Sheppurd, a farmer in
Lane and others, Nei-Kingsbridge ; sad, rosl 21
ley'. Ins it....,:i/ ;'•
and 1 battle that the vitiate had taken a route a `Sit tarrt-Ir it
Ilerts, and a dealer in London, bad hiasiwidagiagond,erlautidietnefwtibthe 1 c 0... es of cit. room II
dung, mopped at Wbetstime-turopike,
waggoner paying the demand, two horses were detained,
Information wasadloter , roomed the %bole of tbe.yultlie-housftare ..t9t44414;' '''
Mr. Sheppard ultimately paid ea. Os. lid. for over-weight. The i ele.;:teda„t,i,°' 1;;;,111.outh' The toostables of 'PI' -'. -1 P. •
tthtahtealortl4daid zit! ' -6-'' '----- 1M eV, were she on the alertlll"', ons .•
consist of rtung I,tairtgthdavoilingthbeegetsroluirloytehad
a part of the load. The Sitting aLigistratee gave it as their opi- effect. , Sca.c. au Sitin.ity • •
, ic,
Mon, dint the Act of last Session did not alter a clause in the 1 On Mondnymorming; however, althnatas it et „ ~,
Act of the 14th of the present King, which exempted dun„e from. ! menfttlueis gale, Mr. Lane crowed the New Pa, ew
-ri!‘r.
being weighed. Much inconvenience has arisen to the farnter ' mouth wielt, avid seized tlm nitilderer ir. thi• P 4.31.
ec, near l'::
and agriculturist relative to the construction of these Acts, :tad the fr,ite side, at Torpoint, pir paring 0 go .loPt2""•. i...
since the last decision of the Maistrates, over-weight has been lie h. then on the clothes of the hashatet Ll' Teicie --seser"l'l
demanded, and taken in inure than one instance, by virtue of sweaty confessed the fart, aril was rereeuisetias •ee” - lll
the recent Act. An information was on Thursday beard at this pedeArian who had been in the hahit ot • a orl!kiia
rupply mg the •I
Office, at the suit of Mr. Dyson, a farmer and stable-k repel, .
Is of Demo met Cornwall with Kaneda lc ,s c. outdo
wh waggon, laen with dung, was stopped at the Islington- He said that be approached the anus: in it Withthe er, .A
gate,on the 15th intant, and 281495. fid. demanded for over lived, and having aemrtained the wh=ence of the e d--
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weight, a tilt or cloth to prevent a load becoming wet bent tered the kitchen, found the ,A c•um 0 hesilvemple, "d:'", 1,:,,,,.
thereon. The Toll-taker, of the name of F.vo, went the length err. knocked her down with a Itriteni:ctirk-, u-471, about de
of detaining two horses for the exuction, which were sent ta •liitek witch he stuck into her neck, arid Znisaid for up itb'bc.
Repository, and sold for 361. . cutting her throat tv itlsa pruning knife. Ile then huiluectt,
Much discussion took place on the snbject.-Mr. Arson/ems her pocket, and 0 euing a drawer, took nut the c°11•1:hu• Ilis;
for the Defendant, argued, as on a former day, that the lost Aci husband and put them on, Instep: his own oa mese:ls ~;(4u- .
of Parliainent was mule to reconcile the ambiguities of different Being strongly suspected of the horrible inuriter'of V.
former Acts, and by that Act it was enacted, that no waggon Puxtable, of Dadbrook, be declined aieweritte iti lam,
laden with don, &C. of wheels of six inches breadth iu the put to him ; sent, he knew titat he should he hue. e 4/13'6%64
filliis, should be allowed to carry more than three tons weight e had any confessions to make, he bad time un ~ In. t.... 1,
Ltie rt...d, ate
of dung in the winter, and two tons and a half in the summer. should...have sotneconvereation with the' officers.
The Learned Counsel contended, that the Act of the but Session n Betere he quitted Plymouth Dock, lie was remedied h,
.w
the Act of the fourteenth of the King, which gave °jell.' as having been sentenced to me year; ietpristi 'all,
unlimited weight in dung; and the Preamble itself strength: 'tied Filet& in the year 1/409, for attempting to viola e anduumeut -
trio
Cie latter Act. Mr. Andrews argeed on the different Acts et a °ILL
consider° le length; and be also contended, that taking t''ee The similarity of this latter ease, with the lierrinde ' t.,.
hones was mot taking money for toll. If the Collector had done. stance, attendant on the rape and weeder of theenitferturumier:
wrong in that relied, 'he would be liable to an action, but mick fun Ilustable, rewire. it a matter of eteeiderishle prshabiekZ
Was notcogothab e before the Magistrates. . that this vile wretch is the perpetrator of tletiter cry& 4
Mr. Bute,. M. P. dwelt with moidi farce upon the construe- 1 . a_...„-___V.....---Liata.md • •
tint. of the severel Acts of Parliament, and combated Mr. A. .
drew's arguments. He stated'his servant had once been charged The French Papers notice an extraordittury he.
with over-weight, because he had not eaten the whole of eh; Provisateue, named Armani, who
• has lately ap.
bread and butter he bad purchased for dinner, but the Cellecsor peered at Gatti. lie is said to possess vast erudition
woodefeated in this instance, and it was within the meaning of l
the Act of the 14th that a tilt could only be consPered as a the- Joined to great poetical excellence.• lie declaims ii:
ieegi7 covering
gto hay, &c„ and could no more be dispensed different tongues, and with so much raaiditv, that ho
w than the ung.tbrk or shovel. The farmers must rein sin at
1a stand-still if the dung was to be weighed. The recent Act, the aepeaes 'to be reading a poem instead of 'eomreine
Worthy Member observed, took boo consideration the wheels of it. Its ordinary rate of composition. 'is 12 smile :'
ft:Niers' carts, and omitted altogether those of waggons, stithat upon as • dtf a,
, many i ereit subjects, in 12 minutes, with
. former might carry more than the latter. It was unfortunate
that the word .54 gravure for the improvement of laud was in the terminating word of each line furnished le. toe
the Act of the lids, which made a basket liable to a charge of auditors.
over-weight. Mr. Byng_ Irepeated that it was his intention to set ' .
the matter at rest when Parliament met. . he building speculations at Somers T P
own, et.
Mr. CONANT deliveredhis opinion at !AMC length. lie ob. ;,eras, &c. have beets carried to such en extent, that
served, that ta.ing the horses was to all intent and purpose Mk- i they have involved many of those engaged therein in
lag MIL The Magistrate was in hopes this was a charge for I
over-weight in a mere load of dung; hut he, nevertheless, : rain. Tile annual rents of the Ile* houses on tits
was of opinion, the tilt was a Decestaty part of the wag- ! Bedford estate have lately,f •• ' from' the,' increase of
goat, and not of the load. The recent Act was to relieve the ' b ild-
u Imp in that quarter, been lowered from 10 toe,
aissiety of gardeners, and he was of opinion it did not go to re- •
peal in aoywi-e the Act of the 14Cs, whirls relieved the dung per cent. . .
waggon from over-weight. . i In a paper lately read. before the
••Royal Society,
Mr. Ilmoexws hearing this much of Mr. Conant's decision, ,
! stated, he would rather the case (which was not exactly the one •i t it •, by Mr. S. A. Ktitgt , is stated that creeplag plane
he wished argued at the Sessions), be adjuied by returning back . and tendrils of vines invariablyrecede
to Mr. Dyson his hones, dm, placing him in wan quo. The Ma- . .
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gistrate oaserved, he had ne objection for the Defendant to de- stronger light, and attach theniselves to objects in the
Clarea non process to the conviction, and get his property re- shade ; or if no other object piesenti itself, to the
: turned. This was agreed to by both parties, which sets the Wl"' : dark sideof theirparent stems, Hence
Non at rest until Parliament meets, that dusug alone is not in-
titled to be charged for over-weight. i concludes,that the action of light on the tendrils can.
GVILDRALL.—a baker, of the name of Broomfield, residi I tracts the vessels on the sides exposed to.it, and or.-
is Panoier's-alley, Paternoster-row, was an Thursday charged 1 casinos not only the•s •• ut convolution, but also chit
ky theakatteesee of the loquest of the Ward of Farringdon I tendency not
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only
to fix on obscured or shaded objects.. Ca
Within, with having is his shop,' exposed b sale, a number of i •
,talf-quartern loaves, deficient in weight. The visitation had : this principle the curious instinct-like motions •of
I net been made in the course of the ordinary rounds of the In-,: young tendrils ate all'accounted for. •
I quest, but in consequence of an inform:dies which they had re- .
I eeived that Morning, that a quartern loaf of Wednestairs i CURIOUS ELOraIIEICT.—A young women of Perth
! baking had, in the course of the morning, been purchased -at t having become enamoured of a rudely
countenanced
i the shop, which *as three ounces short of the standard weight.
I The number of loaves complained of, as deficient of weight, ! cobler,who plied his awl in a neighbouring tenetutoe,
' wad twenty-eight, all (except the loaf which gave rise' to the courted him for a period of eight years, and at bet
latahnation) talneitartera loaves, and the total deficiency o_ s
prevailed upon him to hare their names proclaimed
amouared to 59 Winces.
The Worthy Alderman (Sir M. Becm) said, this was a in the church. It happened, however, that the dater
moat grievous ;tad aberininable offence, mid yet, he knew, there sel fell desperately in lore with a soldier iftite Ren-
were persons who, after committing it, could hold it their
heads, and think they had done no wrong. The Act of Partite. frewshire militia, who was learnitte to march mei
meet imposed, as a punishment for this offence, a tine of be for countermarch before her window : she communicated
every ounce of deficiency .of weight, allowing to the Magistrate toa the ardent regard she had for i•m and
the it
e power of reducing , according to circumstances, to le. an
I the soldier
ounce. If there bad been only one loaf deficient in weight, he he with astonishing courtesy accompanied her intim-
shoale-have thugght nothing ait : but here the person came diately to a ratifier of covenants between man sod
forward with VS sins, all staring him in the face at once. lie woman who united them at the moment the cooler
. wished all suds persons to be made an example of, and should . t
be happy Bich' names could be advertised In the public papers, had listened to the proclamation of their nan•es in
-41 e should always, therefore, be inclined to exact the fine too the church. When he discovered the faithlesseess of
the full extent. This, probably, was the first time the indivi- fair
dual now before bint'had bees complained of, acid, as there was his one, he got•into a terrible fit of at e, to 01
also a forfeiture of the bread, he Should restrict the penalty to no S
nor-half in this instance. I .
The baker ateordingly paid the fin., amounting to 61. 17s. ,
and orhadistaissed-tbe bread being to be distributed among the '
Sheriff. In the mean
mall. amusement of the neighbourhood, and ire
! mediately.commenced a process of damages before-the
time the lady having beccae
1 pOor hf the Ward of Farrlngdon Within. I tired of the embraces of the soldier,*ripproached the
I stall of the cobler barefoot, with her locks disorder-
.
The following paragraph is extracted from the ' ed, and made an unconditional surrender of her
West Briton:— . whole .person Monday morning se'unight. Her
" Mary I nke, committed for refusing to declare the father of old paramour was so delighted with her return, that
her bastard eh"' tSen in Kresge pariah, was remanded, she ho immediately took coach with her to FAlinburgh,
still persisting in her refusal to declar,,the father. ens IlAft
Il
to procure a dissolution of her marriage with the in-
aa, In !MOON IMIIIILT TAW YEARS:
4 I shall not suppose that this unhappy woman, this terloping soldier, or else to endeavour to lire !erne-
Mary Luke, is a young creature, who has fallen • ly without it.
through the arts of some matured seducer, and I OnTuestlay, the 6th inst. a coal-pit at Shiney.roir,
whose conduct before her fall was decorous and county of Barham, suddenly took fire by explosion
praiseworthy, though consequence of whicit
this may have been the fact.— of the inflammable air, in •
But allowing that she may have been an unthinking , one man and six boys were severely scorched. Their.
and a wanton woman, and that she deliberately corn- are all, however, in a fair way of recovery, twin.;
mitted the crime for which.ahe is now suffering, still the advantage of very proper medical treatment.
there is something in her behaviour which, in my Bitt upon the Saturday following (Oct. 10), about
opinion„ Barrington Mill Pit, dieme
calls -for sympathy and even respect. In- , half past one p. In. the
tor 300 yard,.
stead of screening her betrayer, as too many have from the above-mentioned pit about ,
which four mei
done before, by naming an innocent person as the : also took fire, most suddenly, by
pier
father of her child, she 'suffers all the horrors of a•, and 19 boys were killed upon the spot, and ,
protracted confinement, rather t an, ring reproach people
h b • , •severely wounded and burnt: two boys bra
,upon the man who gained her affection, though he still missing. This dreadful catastrophe was site.
.bf fire-
-appears, in thus abandoning
.her to such a .fate, to i eriseoccasiotted by the tipietste
haya added meanness to his other' offence. The Jas..; The writer of this article vhited the melauchmy
tic's may call her firmness obstinacy, insolence, and , scene of distress, and had the particulars from thuo
. seas
sei
a thousand other names, which little minds have ever I who were in the pit at the time of the exisioetaa,
.••
ready at command : but the fact is, that Mary Luke, likewise from those pitmen who went to the ssbor.
whatever may have been her faults, plainly sitews 1 ance of the sufferers. They ail concur that n
that she possesses, in an eminent degree, the virtue : these mines were well conducted upon the presea.
ftlf Ilte
of fortitude; and if she has been induced to make a ' plan ; and that it wad by 46 fair working" t.
nut,
promise of secrecy to the partner of her guilt, she j explosions took place; that these mines weee.ters'
adds to this noble quality the higher merit of fide- I hitherto, subject to the fire-damp ;• that the pi_ :
of atmoselen.!
lity. [enjoyed, at all times, a proper supply
• t of the,i.
'4 Taking it, however, forgmtited, that this ill-fated air. But such is the very toirertatt state
female is both vicious and obstinate, has she not al- men in general, when at work in the mines. that.
ances (is I.'
ready sufficiently expiated her offence:by an impri- I even under the mostsfavourablecircumst e
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sonmetit of NCARLY THRIL 'ream !—Do these Core the above instance) they -know not how soeit
ti'l
nish Magistrates mean to shut up the woman for life?l may he visited by. such a.dreadful calamity ; and a '
Have they the power to do this ?If so, we had bet-I arises from the very insecure methods lines ".,
' t in the ruim!s. e
ter not talk of the humanity of the British laws, or ° in use for affording them lip
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sneer at the tender mercies of the Inquisition. 1 searching for the two boys who are mosi, „. e
voele: which uai
.6 Among the gentlemen thus-dressed up in "a, in clearing out the-mine., lifter the ha
Wile
little brief authority," which they appear to me toltnaile in the workings, &c. the pitmen wereemet,...:,,
use so improperly I see that there are two gentlemen steel-mills ; but independently of the very. ittle.4..
Ithese mills are if
of the cloth—Clergymen, I suppose of the Church of light which a piece of flint affordA,
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England,—orthodox followers of the meek and lowly no means safe instruments ; for the steel ,fills
t,_
Jesus. If they were not in the minority on this frequently.ignited ilie Are-damp, and. therefor.
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committal of Mary Lake, I heartily pity them. The superiority over a candle is oily comparative: n: i,,
Founder of their Faith as we are told, acted a very such frequent and shocking accidents of this tie
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i ' kite had ft
different part,' ,it is time that more' effectual shou
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The unserviceable arms and accoutrements of the course to for their prevention. _
detachments at Cantettury,
,have been delivered up
to the OrdtianceStetes, in. order that they may be
forwarded ate tin Tower 44 London. •

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