The National Register. — London, England, 1815-11-12 00:00:00

7`26 fined or he should destroy himself and his wife"—if they in sist upon his sanity when he made these entreaties and decla ration—that thew, by so doing, fix upon him the horrible im putation of purposing, in his right mind, the perpetration of the greatest crime in the power of man to commit, but which no intelligent reader, from the perusal of the workoull infer to be there in any way charged upon Mr. Robert G. Turner. Attack upon the private character of Mr. Turner's family is in no respect the object of the publication ; it has nothing to do with them at-their conduct- but as the Prosecutors .of the unfortunate Elizabeth .Penning. Notwithstanding the• horrible reports entertained by them against the unhappy girl, ne retaliation has been sought by impugning their repu tation. As the Thirteen Certificants, therefore, will not find throughout the work the least impeachment of Mr. Robert Gregson Turner's " modesty and chastity," or any other of the virtues they ascribe to him, they have not to support those virtues against the publication. In short, notwith standing the certificate is written in a style that Dr. Solomon himself may despair of excelling, yet as it blinks the main fact, the extraordinary scene at Messrs. Corbyn's, and as I know some of the Thirteen Certificants have not read the publication, the character of Mr. Robert Gregson Turner does not seem to have benefited by their. handling. Why do these Thirteen Certificants address what they call their infor mation to the UNWARY ? 55, Fleet Street, Nov. 9. am, Sir, Yours respectfully, WILLIAM HONE. ELIZ. FENNING'S CORRESPONDENCE. We extract the following interesting letters of this un fortunate girl, written a few hours before her execution, from the work published on , her trial by Dr. Watkins : Filon's side, Nergate, 21, (22) July, 1815. Dear and affectionate Parents, With heart-rending sighs and tears, I for the'last time, and ever last time, write these solemn lines to you, hoping and trusting the Almighty to give you strength and fortitude to bear the distressigg„awful, and dreadful scene, that is about to take place. Believe me, cruel and pitiable is my unfortunate mad affecting situation ; but God's will be done : and with bumble resignation I must bear my untiniely fate : but what pleasing consolation within my tortured breast, to suffer inno- , cent ! Dear parents, Ido solemnly declare, was I never to enter the heavenly mansion of heavenly lest, I .am murdered! `Yes, dear father and mother, believe I am your only child, that speaks the sentiments of a bieaking heart. Don't let me distress your breaking heart, l wish to comfort you, dearest of parents : he happy : pray take comfort': let me entreat of goo to be reconciled, and I will be happy in heaven, and with my dear sisters and brothers, and will meet you by and by: pray read the blessed Bible, and turn your hearts, and live a religious and holy life, and then we shall be where sorrow and troubles will be flo more ; I grieve more to think I had an opportunity sooner, and did not make use of it : yet there's time. though short, to pray to my heavenly Father, to forgive me all my sins and offt.nces in my life past : only she passage of death that I have to go through, which, I 'hope and trust, will soon be over. Oh my blest and beloved parents, think what are my present and distressed feelings, to part from you who gave me my being, and nourished me at that 'breast; and was my sole comfort, and nursed me in my belp!ess and infant yoars, and was atways my directors, to keep toe in [the] sacred path of virtue, which 1 have strictly kept, gs gw a ;awavim , g'•4lll' , Womm~letal STER. and will be one sin less to answer for, as a spotless flame will be acceptable in the eyes of God. I mention this, as I let you all [know] I have not done amiss. Oh, dear parents, what an affecting scene, to part from you, which must be endured by the laws of justice! but justice has not been shown at [the] bar. Man judges man : God will judge u all, who knows the secrets of hearts, and those who swore my life will never enter with me into rest. God bless you both, and may you live happy I Adieu from your injured and unhappy child. Keep these few lines in remembrance of me, as that is all [the] comfort I can afford, with my imperfect prayers. Adieu, dear parents, God bless you both ! ELIZA FENNING, aged 21 years. 23 July, 1815, A/rind& My dear Friend, Ou tof love and respect I write these last and solemn lines to bid you an everlasting and eternal farewel in this world of sorrow and woe. I have but a few hours before I leave this vale of tears to enter the heavenly mansion of rest, but yet I never shall die happy till I communicate any secret that my dying heart contains-1 die innocent of the crime lam to sur for such an ignomi , sinis death . for. Pray tell my dear parents not to put a bit of black about me, as it will be a token of in noccnce. A very few leave this world a pure virgin : and when led to the gallows, I shall be led as a shepherd leadeth lamb to the slaughter, or as a bride to her heavenly bride groom, and there to be united at the altar of God—and rest on the bosom of my heavenly Father, where parting shall be no more. Dear friend, pray lead a religious and holy life, and then I shall meet you in heaven with my dear parents, and enjoy everlasting felicity, with blessed saints and angeli above. Please to grant me one request, if you possibly can, to see my body laid in the mouldering earth, in the early prime of youth : but I only go a little time • before you all : we must all die, then why should I repine ? It would be wicked to fly in the face of the Almighty, for God's will be done: the Lord gave and the Lord bath taken away, and blessed is the name of God. May God bless you, and all that may be yours in this world, and all your dear friends. Bless you once more, i; my dying prayer—speak comfort to my poor unhappy p - rents, who will soon not have a single child to console them in the hour of distress, in their few remaining year s of old age. I once more bless you, and bid you an eternal farewel. EL(ZA FENSING, aged 21 years. It is reported, that although there is no actual and direct recall of the" Earl of Moira from . the Government, of India, vet that an ofliCial letter has been sent out by the Court of Directors, sanctioned by the Board of Control, commenting very pointedly on the bad policy of the war a t iainst the Napaulese ; this letter, it is thought, may have such an effect on the mind of the Noble Lord, as to determine hi'm to give in his resignation of his own impulse. Lord•GorManiton humanely offered two hundred guineas to six gallant fellows to rescue the crew of the Mary, of Glas gow, which was stranded near Balbrignan, in Scotland, on Sa•urday week. The unfortunate seamen, on the vessel fill ing, haled themselves in the shrouds, and every attempt to relieve them proved ineffectual, from the heavy swell and surf, until the above men, on Monday morning, put off in a stout boat, and brought the whole crew, at the great hazard of their own lives, on shore, though alniost in! Malaga state. Mr. Filgate. of Lowther Lodge, added 20 guineas to his Lordship's handsome reward. • THE NATIONAL NOV. 12• !Isoteg