Sentence:  [T]he attention of the Board in New-street, Spring-gardens, was in vain called to the petinacious obstinacy of these justices, until, wearied with official correspondence, and "having no reasonable expectation," they state, "that any steps would be taken by the committee of visiting justices to the remedy of the manifest defects," upon which they had <WSD>animadverted</WSD>, they inform us that they had recourse to the "dernier ressort"—an appeal to the Secretary of State ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.