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▼niawe, one of which was taken 

 and fixed on the top of the round- 

 house, or village prison, and there 

 left as a public spectacle, which 

 was seen by many. 



These things ave done almost 

 in the face of eight' officers fioni 

 Bow-street, an immense local po- 

 lice, and three regiments of sol- 

 diers. 



The last mentioned night 26 

 frames were demolislied at Cot- 

 grave, a village six miles south of 

 the Trent; and the depredators 

 again escaped across the water 

 without detection; and, notwith- 

 standing the number of men who 

 liave been taken up, it is the gene- 

 ral opinion, that not one real 

 frame-breaker has been taken; nor, 

 from the best information that can 

 be obtained, has any thing like 

 correct evidence been drawn from 

 any of the prisr.ners. 



Four prisoners were yesterday 

 brought in, with great parade, by 

 three several parties of military and 

 civil officers; two of whom are 

 persons vvlio have had frames 

 broken in their own houses, and 

 another is a well-known maniac 

 of the name of Waplington, who 

 is at the present time a pauper of 

 St. Mary's parish, in this town, 

 and who has for years been in the 

 habit of wandering about. It ex- 

 cited much laughter to see a Bow- 

 street officer, with this poor crea- 

 ture confined in a cart by his side, 

 drivi.ig furiously along the streets, 

 and guarded by about half a score 

 of Hussars. It is supposed the 

 maniac lias been caught in one of 

 his wandering excursions ; and, as 

 usual, refused to give an account 

 of himself. 



27. On Saturday week the shock 

 of an earthquake was felt in many 



places in Oxfordshire. In Tets- 

 worth, Islip, Blechingdon, Radley, 

 and Wolvercott, tlie windows were 

 much shaken. It was accompanied 

 by a deep rumbling noise, similar 

 to the sound of a distant discharge 

 of heavy ordnance. 



Un Monday last, that ancient 

 edifice, the tower of Christ Church, 

 Oxford, which contains Great 'I'oni, 

 was in imminent danger of being 

 destroyed by fire. A room adjoin- 

 ing this venerable structure, the 

 hearth-stone of which was laid on 

 a large oak beam, it is conjectured, 

 had taken fire, and been secretly 

 burning for two or three days be- 

 fore it was discovered. Alarm was 

 given, and assistance procured in 

 time to prevent the consequences 

 that must otherwise have ensued. 



Considerable discussion took 

 place at Lincoln, on Thursday, at 

 a meeting for the adop'.ion of the 

 system of national education, on 

 an amendment moved by Sir 

 R. Heron,_" That the plan of edu- 

 " cation adopted by the meeting, 

 " should be such as not to exclude 

 " the children of Christian dissent- 

 " ers from the advantage of the 

 "education proposed; and that 

 " those children should be per- 

 •' mitted to attend divine service 

 " at the respective places of their 

 " religious worship.'' A debate 

 arose on the principle, that it mili- 

 tated against the fundamental ob- 

 ject of the society. The speakers 

 were, in support of sir Robert 

 Heron's motion, Mr. Langton, Mr. 

 Mawer, and Mr. Diaper. In sup- 

 port of the original proposition, the 

 lord lieutenant, the dean of Lin- 

 coln, sir J. W. Gordon, the rev. 

 S. Turner, col. Ellison, the rev. 

 Mr.Hett. Mr. Turner, Mr. Dalton, 

 Mr. Cholmcley, Mr. Hare, Mr. F. 



Chaplin, 



