A young lady not twenty, who will have 60001. a
year when she is of age, eloped from Brighton on Wednesday, with the son of an apothe- cary, also a minor. The runaway was intrusted to the care of a governess.
Mr. Graham was to have ascended in his balloon from Leicester on Wednesday week, but could not, or at any rate did not, procure a suf- ficient supply of gas. This irritated the populace; but they were told that the ascent would take place the next day, and committed no out- rage on the Wednesday. Mr. Graham, however, packed up his bal- loon and departed; which made the mob so angry that they went to the cricket-ground, from which the balloon was to have ascended, and burnt the chairs, benches, barrels,;and all the combustibles intended for making the gas. It was not without difficulty that they were dispersed by the Mayor and constables, whom theyspelted with stones. One of the rioters, while driving in the top of a cask of vitriol, forced some of the liquid into his eyes, arid will be blinded for life.
' On Monday morning last, some daring miscreant had the impudence to walk into the watchhouse, take down the key of the black-hole, and liberate a prisoner confined there on a charge of theft ; after which he as deliberately hung it up again, and walked off.—Taunton Courier. LIfthe Dogberries of Taunton put the key of their black-hole within reach of anybody who may have an affection for persons in durance, they must not be surprised at the escape of the latter by the aid of "daring miscreants."]
The workmen at some of the manufactories in the Potteries, during the disputes about wages with their employers, played the latter a se- rious trick. They mixed up quick-lime with the clay ; and the conse- quence was, that when water was put into the earthenware jugs and barons, they fell to pieces. The manufacturers have been compelled of course to replace them by sound articles ; but we hope they will be able to discover and punish the guilty workmen.
A duel was fought at Red Post, near Newton, on Thursday the Gth instant, between the son of a wealthy banker and a.young limb of the law at Totness. The dispute arose from rivalry in a love affair. The banker's son was unaccompanied by a second : he received his adver- sary's fire in the right side, so the ball passed through, scarring the ribs, and out at the back. He is expected to do well.
The innocence of Galley, the man who was found guilty of the murder at Moreton with Oliver, since hanged, has been fully proved. An alibi in his favour was established by witnesses, who swore posi- tively that they saw him in Kent the day of the murder in Devonshire. There can be no doubt that the witnesses are right, as they picked Galley out from among a crowd of convicts, all dressed alike at the Hulks.
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