Xbe Opettator
DECEMBER 7, 1833 A RIOT took place at Cambridge on Monday evening. it appears that some poor man had died, not in the workhouse, but, having received parochial relief, a coffin was prepared for the body; and there was every appearance that it would be interred with due religious ceremony. A discovery, however, took place, that it had been conveyed to the Anatomy Schools. The Overseers of Trinity parish were charged with this violation of their duty; they defended them- selves in a parish meeting, at which the disposal of the body for dissection Was declared illegal. On Monday night, the mob assembled, forced the Anatomy Schools, broke the windows, and destroyed some of the skeletons, models, and preparations. Several were taken into custody, chiefly by the young men of the University; and nineteen, .we believe, committed.
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