The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-05-19 00:00:00

DISTRES.FRD Si I .4IPE OF OUR .114INU- F-10,11 . RUIZS. • - TO THE 110NOVRAT.E Till'. COMMONS, EfC. TUE WCW. tics rtvatiox Or THE UNDEIIitONED WEAVERS AND "OTVER WDRILIND MA:curie - runt:Rs OP TliE TOWN OF CHOWDENT, AND tiE N LION SO iIKOOD THEREOF. SHEWIITIt, That your Ntitioners have been for n !nog time 'shouting under a state of unezaaaples! distress, at your Honourable .llnii%e will easily conceive, on be. ing informed that, : , 3-11, , reat the price of the neeessa ries of life has hero neatly doubled slats the cam elenrk !recut of hosti:it)rs tsitb Frew, in the year! 1793, the wig.% of your Petitioner's are reduced three-rpurtb.. LP . ling circumstances, (be feelitv scv That in these a ~i ; _ reqt was - with him ui rt :tine• •••••••. --- -ii air of triumph, nor disposition. l 4 pay atantion &the mph . — O n .the Ordinary of Newgate, of your Petitiop:Ts r.re greatly aggravated by tkeir when Dr. Feed e a at l in it i tZ d ata 1 his appearance, a confused anise arose aniseg the b tu , *-- th n in fo the ro morning till twelve, knowledge, that whilst their utmost - exertions is to ask te er uTt h s o ol . s i o i t e n d e t o buzza him, colieteene:cd by a fat e a i.qnarter b r efor r e gi n e i e ne at' e ight, ltulfe a r / e r et g l e Y w i i rayed 1 ht"'' About a • tiesirem i ld ium a " Silelle.'!" He took no nob f labour cannot save them from SlDlTinfp vast UMWnate an Mr. Davis (one grea t er bat this, submitted quietly, and with a disposition to ac re u the public Money are bestowed ti lof the head termite's) came to him, . . on individuals, air health s and enquitei as to his date, in having the rope fastened round 1 • k didermme th ?to which he made answer, that he was very we ll , and mince , nor lie seem to notice any thing whatever that passed in lb • sn ob, the salaries of sinecure places—that is to say -- , of i - , would soon be out of his troubles. Ile was e sa •iorto be any up, and way gratified by the trier ell ' ** y disposition which tso4te manifctlesi places, the holders of which receive wages without ' appeared perfectly resigned to his awful sin: ll e:L i t. , towards him. 1 4at . On Sunday night, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Newman went Before the cap was put o • his Dr. Forfasked if he performing any 'work. ' t he cell with Mr. Botterworth the glad t respectable bookseller . had any last communicatital over face, That in proof Of their assertion that vast sums o f .of Fleet-street, whom he was very ' .. rn t, : . i l ls no e . , it or i t u ty ,i t a iii t ig a im e r . :tc f ular i to a rio nc r, he requested of Mr. Newman o let te him . have Ou pee,t's" oven say Ile was again proce , ..dl! the public are thus bestowed, seleetin; a few"ling his attention to inc et or'n l 4 When Ford s t o pped him, cal ins/antes out of a great number of the same nature, for Kif. e ll'ii which ter a•ortlrlinrirozi t i t sed c to bring when he re t u rn ed i nto e ferven tl y b at h e ! was entering, and prayin g , Bellin g ham praying with Mr. Butterworth, he eatere'd onurrielfgithe time be spent • • they beg leave to remind your Hon. house (hat the • an u ujointed out two or thri • Plaeus In Sc r i pture, rwhiehh.ettuaurl ' h The last thing the clergyman said to him, was acting him how Right lionourableGEOßGE ROSE holds the sinecure . eon ~e i t i ' lt i Tli e lhich he_ answ erer) 'calm!. and collectively, saying, effice of Clerk of the Parliament , with a salary of te in a b " et i t l e k r il ;:o t country than hours more, - he should (Oil f ur h 4 in ,ftt e n o n al i. lo.l him to meet his fate with 3,`.2731. per annum -3 that the Right lion. CuAttt.cs ' Mr. Butterworth then asked him To " was we a r m o ise ne ra q h u le pibee'—he so mach fortitude nod res 4 Theo, . Bellingham the executioner proceeded to put the cap over his face, Gzettat Leird ARISYN hold the sinecure offices of l i t i li d u io " . l o g r i d t i ell ?, r a on any thing you wish to know.''— e t ties l in4s ivu :ul i d i r t d ed o ne t u slih u a rld „ f l'ts.ll;ilt;7lgra strong said that Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, and of corned with yon in u L'e m urder iteum t e ir ° l l llr. P:reev rson lir)Lerr" eon- impasible. While the cap was putting o'a, a, and e hl uiteni • ri t g w :l s t Registrar of the High Court of Appeals for Prizes, : du most nt. solemnly declare there Is not."—" Pray, * Sir, t io N w o iia l t tied d rh os un t d v tk e e lt i i , :er part of Use t i me by a white handker laulptelil,d "a ti t u gir l . B r e e cke b . r i e tleih t°"l"—" I kmark"tiem on chicle for which he receives, clear of deductions, 12,3541, • c las ,eu tied up , cc a or , m , . i j e o r d of persons in the and went, Mr. Butter A v i rort ße h thanked - -,------ . ow.) Set up j a loud e and per untie* i Itsid that the Marquis Of 4' Illegthitem - , him for this information, wan ble f ir 4 s n i c o a l i t I lied the sineetw.ortes ,vig. of titat:rtird_ to for his ...edits : , dod : 1 171 l mu go c ird ro lit yr of t t: , tleee yen !" — Thi s cry lasted while cry o f cap and the "EallCAssueN holdlet t er la Gut b e awh° net it up alters loud a" "ring, it was friend, m in c y i l le a a tt r e i r vi w % o , Mr , Se i ewoaa caine to the cell for his " Teller's of the'Etehequer, for whicheitaeeute offices for if be beard what y the mph l'he . Ordinary asked Betlingbam , a crust of bread, and laid down wad slept about an then buouin were inn? Ile said he heard ,hem they vet else the former 23,0031. the lottot 23 1171 I • [bit hand inhis r pocket, and gave the last ' • W alker iput•• crying out something, (a s i :lll4tht to Mr. I and enquired w h a t tl' litiitet cry did not understand what it was, per annum; .. • I said he wished it wa s a gui!lime ceased, the attention: he then Clergyman did not inform . bu m a ss y l i sat ng i h t y vvas tb . is - ' That your Petitieners have, from time to time, I lay morn inued sleeping till about alquatirdtcr m,i /ester- ,of the cap being accomplished, the ezemitio;;re h t7rt iueten A ing nn paid .day ng. When he was let out of the cell ' per been lnfdrmed of large sums of money btlitg . yam herequested to tut his . Imo the Pres.- feet sileac ve Loots on and wash himself , he eensued.—The crowd evidently expected he would be oat of the public !suite to distressed foreigners, on : then 'coutinued - • a alktag, and appeared perfectly resigned to his turned of instantly . but Dr. Ford continued praying faith hero oat about a minute, while the executioner went below kuu 'which head, Oassing by the sums paid as subsidies ; fat e. Last Sunday night he wrote letter to his wife, of which the fold, nerd preparations were made t " strike "" a • ow. the wat 'to the Portuguese and Sicilian Courts, to the Duke :following is a literal copy : The cluck struck ei g ht, and while it was strill g tts splwirters. the seventh ' time, the clergyman and Bellingham both fervent ! praying, Duchess of BRUNSWICK, and divers other Ger- ~ Mr aLzsiszo MART, i loPpertert of - the internal square of the 'll the wall° were struck " It rejoiced me beyond measure to hear you are lik e ly . to b• • *may, and Bell' • man refugees, they beg leave to tall to the recollec- . well provided for. lam sore the public at large will partials iLa Z9 e do Bellingha m dropped, and lie thee reinaitiell only tion of your Hon. House the sums paid to the ex- : pate in, and mitigate your I . assure you, my love , my :'the outer ant: his o knees . — n T o he Clergyman was left standing on endeavours haveeverbe sorrows ;lf Id. When Bellingham sunk, the fled Catholic Clergy and Laity of France which i s incerest been directed to your welfare .-,.1 France, , As we shall not meet any more in this world , I sincerely ho i most perfect and awful silence prevailed, pot es en the slightes t *mounted in the year we shall deco in the world to come. - P ° I ,attempt at a buzza or noise of any Lied was ntade.— lle dud m, 1791 to 5E99.3111 76 ' 1198 t 0,8161,333 7 0 "My blessing to the boys, with kind remembrance ti struggle at first, and bat very little afterwards the F. • - .cct 'Heelers 1795 to 196,89 U 0 0 1199 t o 1117,186 10 11 Stevens, for whom have the reatest regard I tos-38 ' bein g below Pullin his le " . thath•' •in consequence of were concealed in Ac incllu' re emlghtdie quickly; Lucy from the sight of the populace. 3796 to 199,8'0 0 0 IMO to 114,719 5 1 her uniform attention for them. With the purestof . intentions it As Bellingham dropped , the Clergym an 1797 to 177,450 9 7 11011 i to M 772 0 0 i has always been my misfortune to be thwarted, misrepresented, fold , and to teU rtites afterwards retired from the teal. and ilt-used in life ; but, ho • %sever, we feel a happy prospect of ' the mob, which was not That though your Petitioners • ' presume to be opt- com p ensation , in a speedy translation to life eternal. ft, Patti began to retire. • 1 hien, that in the season of there. distress they have hours _ Nothing, perhaps canin k more strongly the frightfdl dicier_ as strong * elaim upon the public fan& of the mt. i more will waft me to those happy shores where bliss is without tion of tee' nan'an:iiiil that` the following Your's ever affectionate; note written on Sun lion as any foreigner whatsoever ; end though ' ' alloy. they 1 .JOHN BELLINGHAM. ' lay . night, at' twelve o'clock, and %%tech is in his owaltaud- ' are apprised that the precedent of the specie l distri. i " suada - Sunday Night. Eleven &Clack. • writing : i " Twelve o'Clock • bution in the year 1801 of 24,2881. to the parishes " Dr. Ford will forward you n s watch, prayer-book, with I lost my snit solely through the improper conduct of ra . ; guinea and note. Once more, Go i tf he with you , my swet Mary. a " where the weaving of silk is (tarried on in London ' —The public sympathise much for me, but 1 have been caned Attorney and C , oinisel, Mr. Alley, ill nut bringing my a itnesse 7 s forward (of s t oica there were more than tweet i) , in cense- ' would jestify them in applying to your Henourabl ; e , upon to play au anxious card in life." 1 quence, . the Judge took advantage of the circum'starke and 1 House for direct peCuniary relief, they deem it I THE EXECUTION. Weill of [on] the dt•teace si ithout having brougat forwar d ii si ISOM becoming . 'them, as Englishmen, to declare . gle friend—otherwise I must inevitably have been acuitted. 11- • " J. BELLINGHAM." to . your Honourable House that they , would far pre. fee to to the receipt of any extraordinary assistance, The following is a Copy alba better to the Magistrates of how-- street, alluded to by Bellingham, in his defence:— a dependance upon their own Unimpeded industry— cc TO THEIR WORSIIIPS TIIE POLICE KiGISTRATES and . th at, they, therefore, .do respectfully, but ear nestly call upon the Members of your Honourable OF THE PUBLIC OFFICE , to BOW-STREET. " SIPS,-1 much regret its being say lot to have to app ly to House, well to (Resider the premises, and by the your Worships, under most peculiar and novel drew . ' st ances. oreetion of thwisouters vested- by flee Constitution to 'Fur th e particulars of the case, I refer to the inclosed I `i t ite - Secretary Ryder, the americana:Litwin . air. Pereterid,. ... Above six o'clock on Monday morning, Bellingham rose and dressed himseit with great cone,oture, and read for half an hour in the Prayer-book. Dr. Ford, the Ordinary of Ness gate, be ing then announced, the Prison^r stook hint most cordially by the hand, and left his cell fur the room allotted for the coudenin ed criminals. Ile repeated the declaration whicb he had fre quently before made, that his nand eat perfectly calm and com posed, and that he was perfectly prepared to meet his fate with resignation. After a few aniuutes spent in prayer, the sacra ment was administered to him : during the whole of which cere mony, be seemed to be deeel; trianoted with the great truths of the Christian religion, and repeatedly uttered some pious eja culations. After this religious ceremony was ended, and bush he and Dr. Ford had prayed fervently, the Prisoner wa. in formed that the Shedd" were ready . Ile answered in a firm tune—" lam perfectly ready also. " The Sheriffs and Under- Sheriffs, and the tientletnen who had been admitted as their friends into the Prison, then proceeded to what is called the Press-yard, and immediately afterwards the Prisoner was brought out. He descended into the yard with a firni awl intre pid pace, and looking up, he observed with great coolness— Ah ! it rains heavily !" He then, by desire of one of the Turnkeys, placed his toot firmly upon an anvil, In order to have his irons struck off, which were uncommonly heavy. While the man was striking the bolts out, he repeatedly said —" mind, mind—take care, take care," as if feeling pain from the blows of the hammer. Frequently he looked up to the sky. la knocking off his irons, the man a ho performed that office, at one time experienced much difficulty in driving the rlvetted belts thmeeb one of the rings which encircled Ins feet, upon which Helliughten, with the greatest composure, said to him— " strike In the centre, and more firmly, and then you will ate teimplish it."--- pile this aas doing, he several times eyed the Nobhasten and Gentlemen who were steadies round, with great steadiness, and something like a dignified air. His face possessed the same character and colour as on Priday during his trial—no emotions of fear or compunction were visible. Ilk dreg was altogether not so neat: on this awful occation he wore a coat *bids very much resembled that p odaced iu Court as the one in which Ile assassinated Mr. Percival, and most likely it was the same. After he was liberated frpm his fetters, be returned quickly, but not at all hurriedly, into the room, when most of the spectators in the Press-yard retired into aaother adjoining, at the re q uest of the Lord Mayor, who with the Sheriffs and five or six other persons, west into the room, when the follow lag commtreicaiion with the Prisoner took place, upon the perfect accuracy o which the public may rely : lIIS DYING DECLARATION. Mr. Sheriff lance addressed Bellingham in a very splint priate manner epeeists awful situation, and after sonic previous remarks applicable to it, said—" The public mind, Mr. Belling ham, requires to be satisfied upon a most important point, whether any ether person was in any degree connected with you in this dreadful deed, and whether it was per r etratcd on any public ground Bellingham, who stood very firmly, and who with an anal-. tered countenance attentively and respeettally Bitched to what' was said, replied in a firm tone of voice—" Certainly dot." Sberiff Then it was your own afiair—it waif • from personal resentment."—Bellingliam appeared hurt at the At Gloucester Aatisse, oe Friday, the 3d ult. the trial cons- latter expression; and after repeating the words—" personal, Ilidalled of PI Brae:vale, a sweep, for the murder of his ap- resentment," wlthan indignant. ce rather dignified tone, said,, prentiee, aged 1.). The bey had not away from his master; and " 1 harem* resentment to Mr. Pereeval as a man—and as a man , ea the alat of afarch last, on theNevrent road, near Gloacester, a lam sorry far his fate. I was referred from Minister to elinlse! witness depteed that he saw the prisoner driving the boy before ter, front °thee to (Hike, and at length refused redress for my tam, who pin into the canal, and clun g to the hedge . The boy grievances. It was my own sufferings that caused the melee 'Pate/Yin" P °ll.l brat OW, master , " 'The Prisoner d it choly event, and 1 hope it will be a warning to furire Ministers ifitil e and called him a reseal: Ahem asked "if he was going to attend to the applieations and prayers of those alio sutler by .1 /rowa the hoz?' to setae% the Pri s on er an s w ered, •• you are oppression. Had my Petitiou been brought into Parliarnen:, 1.1 "Ahl liar• ITii•wv. aid, "if you don't pull the bus out this catastrophe would not have happened. lam sorry for the nitar %neer, he Will he drowned." Th e Prisoner pulled him , sufferings I have ceased to alrePercevah• family ankfaiende . ' Batt; the boy hal a :cry large' cloth over his shoulders, and Mr. Sheriff Hera ten.—•• It Would be rich. they should tblok wits cold. Wit :ass Ned. " I'll have a warrant and take know you feel so much regret." you era —1 d d him, and wanted him to fight.— lleuescnest.---" You way communicate it-1 wisb them to e tiwiliwor witness tart the Prisoner cod the deceesed at night ; the • know it." boy window:: on bit hands and knees in the road ; Prisoner said Sheriff II • " I hope you feel deep contrition for the the boy w,ss.drook ; put his stick to ban, and said. " you ras. ' deed." ma get lip." The boy sate, " lann't heat me ; I'll never run ' Upon which the Prisoner, (assuming an attitude of consider ham en, more." Witness got off histone, and attempted to able dignity) aid—" / Ave Sir, fc.144, bialt sda . 4lei t., it..." rai eibc;)oY, but he fell on hi% band and knees. Prisoner said, Sheriff Heveetee—" it On know, that to take essay tat life " Von ra g o along!" mid gave the boy a kick s and kick- of a man pnlawfolly is a heinous crime." el him down. rae tiny cried," I'll never run from you wean." Beetestexam.—" The Scriptures, you know, Sir, say thud." Prisoner threw the :my aeries his shoulder with his bead hanging Stieeiff trnATE.—" I hope you have male your peace a ith down. A no.her witness stated that he saw the Prisoner in the God, and that by your repentance you will weet the Al:nigh:) , lTollhouse:at Over, at nine o'clock. He asked "If the tire was with a pore soul: . at leisure; wane." an veered, t• Yes." He brought the boy on s2sl.llVaLtal.—" No one can presume to du that, She Np_ his shouelers, as he motill a dead Calf t his head hanging down mortal can he pure lu his sieht; only our Sasiour went from this the Priso n er 's hark, Witness asked him bow ie. could carry the world into his presence with a pure spirit." Here he seemed ism? in that manner ? To which the Prisoner replied, " the rag - desirous of quitting the room to meet his fate, and tensing to f ran away into the stitch. and I have carronl him so three the Sherifs, with a mild hut firm tone, said " Gantlet:lieu, l am mice" Witness saw th e hay gasp un c r an d n o more ; and oh - quite reedy;' U Ordinary Upon which the of Neagete looked at saved to the Pri s on e r; he teat was 'dead. Prisoner said," there his watch, and said " we have ten minutes more." The snalething the netecr; ami then rubbed his thighs and limbs ientioners then proceeded to bind Lis hands and Odeon h:s meek bY Me fire, and trie.lseeem! Jena!" Witness said, " It is no duties which he tamed to one of them and said, " du every eto CAl.f , rr Ilwlssa iodeed."— Mr. Freeman, a drug:ist, Mr. thing properly, t h at I agly not suffer more thee necessary." — DeWitt, a ceeinise, mei Jr. Luther, surgeon.alt of Gloucester. To which the inanwaswelvd, he would take care to dote. He . were eminabled ta • te e er wits of opiniou, that the boy diedin i examined the rope, sal 'aid he thought it was too 511'441M AO eon eequenee of i:1 taimfriccee The Jury pronosmcee the Pri- was soared that it iths of tbss mesa proper ',lee; and be said thee sneer Guilty, stne he was to. demised ; but in consequence' of Was althe desired, sis it eaglet lo bestrew cough to bear his some peculiar eiremortauces in his favour, MN reprieved.. weight. After his bale and at bat& been fas - 4eat.dwbost a your Honourable House, to check and restrain the extravagant elpenditure of the public money ; by occasioning the imposition of enormous taxes, increases the price of the necessaries of life—and to compel his Majesty's Ministers to adopt a tine of policy,.,which, by conciliating neutral nations, may effect the revival of trade, ►chich alone, by renewing the strength of the nation, can under the Divine Pro. vidence, secure to it the blessing of an honourable and luting peace. digued by about t 890 persons. and Inv Petition to Parliament, together with the printed papers herewith. The affair requires no farther &mark, than wait I consider his Mujesty's Goverutnent to have comp l etely endea. %toured to close the dour of justice, in declining to have, or even to permit, my grievances to Le brought before Pullin .went for redress, *hien privilege is the birthright of every iota vidital. '• The purport of the present is, therefore, once more to so licit his Majesty's Ministers, through your medium, to let what is right and proper be done in my instance, vs lich is all 1 re quire, Should this rcasonahlc request he tinnily denied, I shall then feel jestitied in executing justice niyself—in which case I shall be ready to argue the merits of so reluctant a measure with his Majesty s Attorney-tiener.d, wherever and whenever I may be called upon so to do. Iu the bo r es of averting so ab horrent but compulsive an alternative, " 1 have the honour to be, birs, " Your vary bumble and obedient Servant, •, JOHN 13ELLINGIIANI. " No. 9, NewMillman-street, March Id, 1V.2." NAVAL INTBLLIGENCR. PORtS3iOVTii. NAV 18. hisMojesty's ship Misietoeot ;tit a coorby for flueidary garage, fut. Quebec, with di:to ; Voinet, far Newfoundland; Warspae. for the Dow oat and the Narciwes, for Lisbon. The A sengrr is this day appointed to L...te the trausperts under eon_ soy fur Quebec, Nora Scotia. N. B. The Quebec couvoy cannot get further than Cowes Roads. The Liverpool Mercury, of Friday last, contains the follow- We have seen a Gentleman, is bo was formerly acquainted with Bellingham, at Archangel. At the time our Correspondent knew him (which was the latter end of the year 1801), he had just arrived at Archangel, 4n consequence at the failure of a sereamile house in that place, of whore bti nest he had the management, and in which he was a partner. Sono after his arrival, he was ordered to attend the Commissioners to answer some questions respecting the affairs of that bonne, which, how ever, be refuses' to do, unless they discharged souse china be set up against this estate. Ile was committed to prison till such time as he should :innate more tramabl,!, but notwithstanding the representations of his friends, who were sees to him to convince bins of the folly of his conduct, ne still remained obstinate. " It was afterwards thoiight proper to brir.g him before the Commissioners, and then he behaved so disrespectfully, that the Governor threatened to seed him to Siberia, and proladsly he , would have so done, had it not beau fur the interference of b;s friends, who re ; .resented that he knew not what he said. " While he was in prison. Bellingimin wrote a long Petition, . eating his. grievances. which be sent direct by post to the Em peror. The Postmaster, fearful of the consequences, .at first nefused ,to receive the ietter, but at length agreed, though no wittingly, to forisard it, nu coalition dint I/AH.IOAM signed a paper, acknowledging himself to be the author of it. Cif ibis 9.-tition, how's.% er, it did not api.etr that any notice was taken. . From the w hole of his com(ict in this bitiness, it was the gene= ral opinion of the people that he was parti.illy deranged. After he had bred in prison about ttct lie wouths. the Cdnwtin,iohers in vain endeavouring to make him submit. he el e cted his escape front Archangel, and it was generally believed through their con nivance. Brltiagbam was a pleasias and innocent compunion; but when hi Lid disputed accounts in business, sciiirh was often the ease, he then sbewed his obstinate and un) irldlng disposi tion." DEAL, MAT 18. Sailed this csorniag, thts wklle of homeward-!:otitid East In -I.arnen, for the 'riser; the hvi Domingo man of war, for off Iluthing ; and the Attack. ;;;,::1-tr'g. fur off Dunkirk. Arrived the Tickler gutt-trig; ft non off the Scheldt. P1.Y1017111, Mtn. 17. Arrived several transports from l'orbmantb, to take cony f'r Povtugal. Sailed the Jane, Alexander, f the coast of Africa. F 11,110 L'Tii, !Snit 1& Arrived he Windsor C.atle. packet, with a Mail from Sari gran, lu four weeks. • 'The Mary packet; with 51Lils Car Jamaica, lax gime into the ! Roods. . His :%lajesty3sdrooser Alphea, being obliged le wait for 1110- fler 2143, did not will as reported, last nielt. STATtsmAii. BELLINGHAM. Mowing s a more pimiento. accoadt or the beta / lour • e r 't' • ,Juloi k . riday eveoiot, ca the boar of kb execution, than what was in our last:— Saturday inhroing, ntmine 6'elock, Bellingham was in hod, and seemed perfectly. composed' about a quarter before tea, there was a loaf of bread brought him, with two quarts °lli ring aai fir : he was still in.h r. Neittniau caused the cell door to be left open, thatlll6ll l / 4 ht *alit in the adjdittlett images which he did tisicelb e ti rie of the day, attended by MO two persons appoi t at purpose. He ate some of the bread, drank oft aftnt Heise:id he felt mach obliged' tbr the lenity slieleb hint In permitting him to walk in the cell passage. He asked one 'a the persons with him to reads, chapter (rain the New Testament, whi c h was i mmtd i ate l y 1 complied with. lie seemed perfectly entombed, and resigned to his saying fute, that he should suou be with hi s H eaven ly Fa ther, and released from all trouble, :tad svished for the time of , 1 his final exit to come. }l asked one of tne per so n s w i t h hi m ,'' Whether be could be arctunmodated with a jelly, as he felt vuy ? but tbe r suest was not inadeaieund iii - Dr. Ford, minute or bred, Itellinfiam observed that be MU not fastened tight enough, umi begged the Executioner to draw the cords tighter, Observing, " 1 ;OSA not to haVe the power of offring auv residanee."—The Esecutiumer then Illitseurd his cravat it Mile. to eitpedite the final remmal of it when -ha stionttl reach the scatfold, the cause of which being etiplained,. be said; " Cer tainly do so, it is perfectly right." • The procession, watch moved quickly along, wits followed 1t) :Mont two dozen Noblemen and Gentlemen. Toe Sheriffs . 1 Sad some of the Officers first went out of the Debtors' door *poll a pan of the scalrald, between the door add the place of , *venetian, a little lower in situaiiou, covered over from the rain. Here they stood with only their awn Officers, the Lord Mayor, and about six Getttleinen, the others baing left inside ; the dour in the prison. Beilinghn nt aseaulcd the scalfald ac- ' eorttpanied by 1)r. Ford. the Ordinary, the Electstiener, and one or two Officers, who kept rather nack, the Ordinary and Executioner alone going farwarsl wit i him. He ascended the scailold with ruder a light step, a cheerful countenance, and a confident, a caw, but not at all an exul,ing air; he looked a out him a little lightly and rapidly, which seems to have li-s usual el2,nacr and gesture; but I. had uo 'cot' • '.l . . • .. 4.Y.VASSIN4II'IO N. The very recent instance Which ha's occurred in this country, in the case of Mr. Peacavat, and the symptoms which have appeared in some of our pro aiucial towns, of the existence of individuals who do not entertain a just abhorrence of this, almost hi therto, unheattl of Crime, has rendered the consi dmearantlioso d O eep f th ly is in s v u o b i j v e e c d t : i be n h w i l i dc s h i -tutuhteiolinf and o ever a n k ry what it may, of the most se r ious linportance. We recollect the period when the' Word Assassination could not be uttered without exciting fee:iligs of the utmost horrorin all who heard it; and the idea of any individual, living in Great _Britain, who could be thought capable of so unnatural and Monstrous a crime, was as distant float the minds of it/ inhabi tants, as the customs and habits of those who people the shoo',, co. who dwell on a part .of the earth as yet undiscovered. in those tithes "eA!.:lssiti ; if his existence was really believed, was understood to be a being far removed from this quarter of the globe; insensible of the blessings of society—a mi santhrope, who, nithout any accountable motive, entertained a deadly hate against all mankind,. and who was feared and avoided by all the human race besides. This, at the period to which we allude, was the idea the unlettered entertained of the advo cates and perpetrators of those deeds of darkness, while the better-informed were well aware that they existed is Europe, at no great distance from these comparatively happy Isles. in Itaty, once so famed for its civilization, its encouragement of the arts, and the purity of its laws ;, so pure that we, who boast of being possessed of the best judicial code in the universe, borrowed our legal maxims from her. It, Italy, we say, which, at one period, was considered the source of every thing great and honourable, As sassination was not only practised for centuries, but . had actually, for many years, been followed as a lawful profession, by which numbers of infatuated beings contrived to gain a subsistence. Wile has not heard of the Bravos of Venice—of those men who, on all occasions, and at a feW minutes' notice, might be procured in almost every State of Italy, even in Rome itself, when the, Sovereign Pontiff was. in the plenitude of his power, that were ssady to gratify •the revenge of auy man able to re ward them, by plunging a poniard into the heart of those he considered obnoxious to him, or who stood it. the way of the accomplishment of his views ?—This i execrable practice might have remained confined to ' the [(alien territories, and Great Britain might, at this hour, have had' no occasion to mourn either the loss of her Statesmen or her citizens, had we not, by a most infatuated policy, connected ourselves with the Continental Powers, who attempted, at the be ginning of the. French Revolution, to counteract the endeavours of the Gallic nation to rescue themselves . from aa- arbitrary despotism. Bet .no -those who guided the helm of our State were too much enrap tured with the." Divine Rights of Kings," to per mit any people whatever to assert their legitimate privileges. Coalitions with other Cabinets of Eu rope, that entertained similar views, created an inter course, which has ever since entailed on this. coon try all the vices, and all the 7 crimes of these Courts. From Italy, in particular, .the Ministers of Great Britain, and the other States whose alliance she i courted, seem to have imbibed the fatal propensity of getting rid of their adversaries by other means than those hitherto regarded as lakul and honourable among nations ; and though this disgraceful change in the state of our political system, has beet. industriously 'attempted to be concealed and favourable constructions endeavoured to be put on certain transactious not very creditable to our na tional fame, yet circumstances have transpired, in the course of the warfare against France, to place this fact beyond all doubt. That what the Allies . - could not accomplish in the field, they calculated on effecting by the dagger of the Assassin. A remark ! able instance of this occurred it. the year Ina, shortly after the battle of Aboukir,' in which the ; gallant NELSON destroyed nearly the whole of the French navy. At that time a new coalition was I • forming against France. BONAPARTE was in Egypt, whither he bad been sent by the Directory, after his ''first conquest of Italy. To induce the subjects of his gamete!' MAJESTY to' oin this league against the Repilbß6 3 FADER PIGNATELLt addressed a letter • :I from ISepJes, on the 2d of October, to the Sardi nian Mioister, in which he represented that the hour was come when the Cause of Kings should no longer be blighted by the rude hand of capricious fortune; that the energies of Europe ought to be awakened • We understand that a . abscription is about to be; b y the 'signal naval victory obtained over the corn commenced for the laid of the widow. and the three ; ' mon enemy ; and that, by employing prudence and children of the uttfortunate Baeuxonass• I courage ,. " the dowufal of that ,Regicide Govern- The following .fact may afford much subject mat- merit the scourge of Kings, and, the oppressor of ter for spectsletieu. A few years age, the most gal taut Admiral .of a nation, long f arau „, f or naut i c al NationsP Might be effected. If prudence and cou heroes, gained imatortallaurels, by fighting iu the ; rage, as they are rightly understood, had been ens cause of his country. - against Spain; by a Spanish ployed• by the coalesced powers on this occasion, shot he lost his c;m ; by a Spanish shot,. the boast, ! there cannot remain a doubt that their exeriotts the g lor y 9f it'd" , fell I —in the very a c i t of saint- i would have cbunteracted those of France. But hilating the Sp.:niih Beat, our Nelson trued l And a capons. cf a .very %different kited were recom yet, ore . that war itewhich we were /Ilea curced fix i' w closed--are teo u l r ,e3s_ ua y., thousands o r our 4ravii mended. This ..scepolttan Prince, after stating that countrymen,' in the cause; the 64 eowet - f‘il Empire' cf. Russia, the Ottoman of Split the cause of that rely coeptry whiclq.Porte, 'and all AA: strength tiff Great Breain," might robbed us of our here, the high price Raicrfor the moss , be reli*lse, lees on to recommend the Piedmon decisive. victory which. the annals of th e' ocean hevlatt tes e cOntirrue to dig in silence the grave of the recorded. • • Freasah, ." Lest, however, these expressions might pn Wednesday.,last, Mr. lliene Weer' Beres ' appeared ratite Liverpool Theatre, for the first o ne ; be* lonsiderfl dubious, h e remarks, 44 We know these seven years, in his faroerite . part of, 'kernel its I here, that the Members of his SARDINIAN MAJLS. Da:tarps*. , 3 t i T Y'S Couffcil, who, are cirfumspect even to timidity, • ' 4 , fr t , r-. , • f 4 yl ! , . • vl 11111 i i ~ -i~ II I i • 1 I