His Majesty has graciously granted a free pardon to all
the surviving men, who, together with Jeremiah Brandreth, were condemned at a special assizes held in Derby during the reign of tenor of Castlereagh. It will be recollected these men were seduced into crime by the in- famous spy Oliver, and then sentenced to death by his still more in- famous employers. It is thought there are ten of these unhappy men still alive. Such an act of grace cannot fail to endear our beloved So- vereign to the heart of every Briton.—Derby Reporter. [If the King acts in this instance on the recommendation of Lord Duneannon, it will tend to endear the Minister to his fellow-countrymen, quite as much as the Monarch to his subjects.] At an early hour on Monday morning, the inhabitants of the toil n of Ilockerill, near Atterbury, in Essex, were thrown into alarm, by.mi assemblage of the farmers' labourers belonging to Hockerill and its vicinity, who had discontinued working, on account of a determination which the principal part of the farmers in the vicinity of Hockerill and Atterbury had come to, to reduce the labourers' wages one shilling per week, viz, those men who were married and had families, received one shillings per week ; single men, sia shillings. Immediately that the determination of the farmers to reduce their men's wages was known, large mobs of the peasantry assembled, and proceeded to where men were at woik in the fields ploughing, and compelled them to discon- tinue labour, leaving the ploughs and horses in the fields. It was the intention of the farmers to call a public meeting, to adopt some means to stay the great excitement that existed in the town and vicinity of Bockerill.— True Sun.
Upwards of a hundred prisoners were brought before the Manchester Magistrates on Monday ; and though none of the charges involved any serioas offence against the laws, a melancholy exhibition of drunkenness and disorderly conduct on the Sabbath-day was presented. Mr. Thomas, the Deputy- Constable, reported to the Magistrates, that such was the increase of dissipation on the Sunday, that all the officers of the Maliehester establishment were inadequate to the task of keeping the peace, and clearing the streets of drunkards. The bench accordingly expressed a determination to treat such offenders with the utmost rigour; and a great number were forthwith fined 10s., or committed, in default of payment, to the House of Correction for six days.—Liverpool Paper. At Wolverhampton Police-office, on Monday last, ten of the in- habitants of Willenhall entered into recognizances to appear at the Stssions on a charge of misdemeanour for baiting two bulls in the streets of that town. It appeared that more than the usual cruelty was displayed on this occasion, as one of the bulls died in the night after being baited. His carcass was purchased by a butcher for :10s., who boiled it for his pigs, ten of which died after eating it.— Wolverhampton chronicle.
It is stated in the North Devon Journal, that a large mow of hay on the farm of Mr. George, in the parish of Parkam, was destroyed by fire last week. A man who was formerly a servant on the farm, and and who has just been discharged from gaol for robbing his master, has been examined before the Magistrates at Bideford, and remanded. Further disclosures are likely to be made relative to the murder of Mr. Ashton by the Unionists. At the next Assizes, several other par- ties impFeated in it, besides Schofield, will be placed at the bar for trial. —Manchester Courier.
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