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• FEBRUARY 25, 1832

AT the village of Lavendon, Bucks, on Wed- nesday week, some females, with a view to the performance of a supposed love-charm, pro- cured a cat, and attempted to sever the head from the body; but owing to the inexpertness of its executioners, the poor animal escaped. It was pursued and retaken, and-its heart, while yet warm, '!taken out and Toasted in a candle." One of the parties was a married woman.— Northampton Mercury.. [What is the school- master about? or—which is a question as ger- mane to the matter—what is the clergyman of Lavendon about? Are they both abroad?]