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the head, the brain not being 

 protected by any bony matter, 

 but merely covered by a mem- 

 brane. Woodger, a midwife, con- 

 ceiving that it was not likely to 

 h?e, formed the design of putting 

 a period to its existence, which 

 was accomplished by drowning it 

 in an earthen vessel. It was then 

 buried, but was taken up again 

 on the 17th of March, for the pur- 

 pose of the coroner's inquest. 

 The surgeon who examined the 

 body, stated, that the child was 

 perfectly formed, except his head, 

 which was deficient in the superior 

 part an inch and a half Any 

 pressure upon it must have pro- 

 duced dangerous consequences ; 

 and he did not think it possible 

 that the child could have survived 

 more than a few hours. The pri- 

 soners used no concealment, and 

 it was clear that they acted under 

 mistaken apprehensions as to the 

 law, and thought they were jus- 

 tified in what they did. Several 

 ladies gave the prisoners a most 

 excellent character for humanity. 

 The evidence having been gone 

 through, his lordship in his address 

 to the jury, said — " I think this 

 prosecution may be of great use 

 to the public, in removing an 

 erroneous opinion, that the law 

 allows the right of deliberately 

 taking away the life of a human 

 being under any circumstances 

 whatever. It is therefore highly 

 nece.«sary that the contrary should 

 be known." The jury found the 

 prisoners guilt)', but recommended 

 them to mercy, on account of the 

 mistaken notion under which they 

 ncted. His lordship said he should 

 not pass sentence npon the prison- 

 ers, but should write by that 

 night's post to tiie secretary of 

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stale, to make a representation of 

 the case to the Prince Regent. 



22. On this d,»y General Wel- 

 lington gained a complete victory 

 over the French army command- 

 ed by marshal Marmont, near Sa- 

 lamanca. 



York, July 26. — The business 

 on the crown side finished yester- 

 day afternoon. Only one prisoner 

 received sentence of death, and 

 that sentence will be commuted to 

 imprisonment. Mr. Justice Bailey 

 said, he should not finally dis- 

 charge either the grand or petit 

 juries, as their services might pos- 

 sibly be vvanted again. It was the 

 intention of the judges to continue 

 the assizes by adjournment, that, 

 if the state of the county should 

 require it, they might resume the 

 assizes, and try such persons as 

 should be committed ; but he 

 trusted there would be no occasion 

 for this. Several of the rioters 

 have been tried, and some of them 

 found guilty. The York Herald, 

 to a report of the trials, has sub- 

 joined the following paragraph:— 



" It may be proper here to add, 

 that the most perfect order and de« 

 coram prevailed in the court during 

 the whole of the trials for rioting ; 

 and there is in the city no military 

 parade, nor any thing to indicate 

 that the county is not in a state of 

 the most profound tranquillity and 

 security. 



27. A master of languages, 

 named Dandon, died lately at I3er- 

 lin, literally from denying himself 

 the necessaries of life. It appears 

 that he gave instructions to his 

 pupils during the day, and solicited 

 alms at night. Under the floor of 

 his ap.'.rtment were found con- 

 cealed 20,000 crowns in specie. 

 He had no other heir than his 



H brother, 



