CHRONICLE. 
Truro. » About eight o’clock in 
the morning, one of the sons of 
Mr. Basset, of St. Enodar, a fine 
young man, but who has for a 
considerable time been subject to 
temporary derangements, and was 
formerly an inmate of the Devon 
Lunatic Asylum at Exeter, from 
which place he came out appa- 
rently restored to sanity, having 
been reproved by his mother, for 
some impropriety of conduct, flew 
into a violent passion, and threat 
ened to beat her with astick which 
he held in his hand; but being 
prevented from accomplishing his 
intention by the interference of 
two of his brothers, he, unper- 
ceived by any of the party, snatch- 
ed up a butcher’s knife which 
was lying near him, and in an in- 
stant stabbed the whole three. 
The knife entered Mrs. Basset’s 
stomach, which it is feared will 
prove fatal; one of the brothers 
received the weapon between the 
5th and 6th left ribs, and is like- 
wise in a very dangerous state: 
the other, though struck twice on 
the breast with considerable vio- 
lence, has sustained the least se- 
vere injury, and it is hoped may 
speedily recover. Immediately 
after the commission of these 
dreadful acts, the unhappy perpe- 
trator fled, but was pursued, and 
has since been taken and placed in 
strict. confinement, 
15.—The Gazette de France 
gives the following instance of 
the deep impression made by a 
theatrical representation :——A 
young woman, the mother of three 
children went with her husband 
to see the performance of The 
Guilty Mother,a play by Beaumar- 
chais; the situation and the re- 
morse of the heroine affected her 
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the more deeply, as she had a si- 
milar fault to reproach herself 
with: this recollection, which, for 
a long time she endeavoured to 
stifle without success, took such 
lively possession of her soul, that 
she could not support the heart- 
rending scenes in the fourth act. 
She was conveyed home in great 
agitation of mind, and the next 
day, after a long struggle of an- 
guish, she confessed to her hus- 
band a fault which he had never 
suspected, and which he pardon- 
ed. But the blow wasstruck, and 
she survived this confession three 
days only, in spite of the cares and 
assurances of tenderness which 
her husband lavished upon her. 
Wolverhamton, Nov. 15.—This 
town was thrown into considera- 
ble confusion on Monday by a 
number of miners, and men em- 
ployed in the iron-works, amount- 
ing to about 3 or 400, who came 
armed with bludgeons and sticks 
and seemed bent upon riot and 
depredation. Mr. Fereday, whom, 
it appears, they had followed from 
Bilston, addressed them from the 
window of the Swan hotel, and at 
the Angel inn, after which, by 
degrees, they dispersed, upon his 
engaging to meet them on the 
following morning. We hear that 
some of them were without. work, 
but thatthe greater part struck 
from a determination not to have 
their wages lowered. A number 
of special constables were sworn 
in on Monday night and two 
troops of the Staffordshire yeo- 
manry cavalry arived there yes- 
terday morning; we hope their 
interference will be unnecessary. 
The Staffordshire yeomanry ca- 
valry were, about three o'clock 
yesterday afternoon, called into the 
