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and tie eaftalcade arrived widths ititra Miles of IY,
minghani, they were met by the Constablei, Head-
borough, and Police Officers of that mem,. accom-
panied by a troop of Dragoons from the Csira,.6.
Here Matsell again partook of rd. ishment, ;as
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pin on and removed from a cciach into a cart
covere.l with istu:k cloth, wherein was his co/r,-,
i he was seated upon a board filed Jct.'s !lie
catriage. Soon after eleven o'clock, the s.ilenin
procession, accompanied by a g.e. t numb-r of
spectators, moved slowly on to yards the t•iwn, anl
afterwards priced through Deritend, 1) Oohs, i br.-
street, Bull-:treet, and arrived in 6noee. uf, tore
'lace of ex-cutinn, about half-oast twclve. An
elevatel staff old had been er.et.iti in the mJr,itic,
in that part if Snow-hill, where the too i is jo,,,,ett
by the ends of Great Charles-street, and Bath-
street, which Matsell ascended, accompanied by
the Rev. Mr. Langhorne, of Warwick, who prayed
by him, and took every pains to impress upon tl.e
mind of the convict the necessity of repentance.
About 20 minutes after one, the executioner pro-
ceeded to perform his office, by fastening the fatal
cord around his neck, and binding a handkerchief
over his eyes, and then being asked to give the rg.
nal when he was ready, the criminal immediateiy
exc'aimed, u Mere gets I" at the same time endea-
vouring to throw up a pocket handkerchief, he bell
in hi; hand, into the air, and was immediately
launched into eternity, amidst the lamentation:, aed •
within the sight of about forty thousand :pet/Horst
After hanging the usual time, the bon/ WAS cm
down, put into the coffin, and conveyed to the
dungeon; and in the course of the night was interred
in St. Philip's church-yard. Maui* was only 5j
years of age, was born at Yarmouth, and app ea-
ticed to a surgeon in London, from sirloin, it is said,
he ran away and went to sea, when only tifteen.—
The behaviour of the immense concourse of cpecta.
tors upon this awful occasion, was. to every reipet,
such as could be wished, and refieCh the legaest
credit upon the disposition of the•ii.habitants oft t
large and populous town. The most protound s-
lence prevailed, and every person fre• 11114 to retire
under an impression which, it is hop, d, unit tan;
be remembered. Happy would it have been, had
the malefaiilor discovered signs of deep repentance
and contrition for his various and flap ant (fences—
but no satisfactory information on this is; jeill could
be obtained.. Yet, whilit we would abstain Irons
refleftions upon the dead, vie ca-not withhold iron
the rising generation the cautions which nece.sarily
present themselves on this sol ima event. We 1-e1
it a dal to warts them against the smallest devia-
tions from the path of honesty and virtue; to re-
mind them how one sin lead: on to another, till the
mind, which mu before shocked at the very acme.
becomes is, hardened apt insensihle, as to be capa-
ble of committing the most port id and unnatural
crimes, without reviorse or compunetion ; and till
it becomes necessary for the security of society, that
they stoulel finish their career by an ignominious
and shameful death.

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MEETINGS OF CREDITURS AT GUILDHALL,
TO-1110111lOW- 1,4 I.
John Yielding. an William Vialke., late of I`,icholath
line. Lood-n, 0.40 s..d tuturane.,*n•Jkar. $ 10
Banker Chilfney, 'ate of losor.owl, Lancashire, and King.
street, Covent Loden, Ms4aileM/X, pr.e.,t-soap-usanua
fad urer . $lO
. .
Thomas Westlake, Ply mowh.dock, Devonshire, draper 3 11
/hilly sheetrJ, late cd Carnbr.dge, wine and li tn.r.
merchant . 310
. .
John Brotiite Du Bo'-,,, Hory.street, St Mare-axe, sod
Vineyard-gardens,Cletkenweil. MidtKrsex, raerchaut 0 10
Samuel HuObi, late of BAth, Soneosetahire, g,ocer 2 W
George M,euo, Dorking, Sums', try,olls,erer . 210
William Leith, uow or late of Koehrster, Kant, rove.
maker . . 210
. . .
Richard C.,le, late of Lambeth-road, Surrey, Woos-
Caber , . 110
. . . .
Hews Fell, 11.,.4seltall.street, London, llorrhouge-m,sn 111
Moles Fltiott, • :o,atham, Kent, sho...keen, . 210
George Perrott Matcolloch, late of East-cheap, London,
merchant . 411
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DIVIDENDS.
George Oliagan, it. of Buckingham, wine and liquor-
mercikant , 10
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Wriham Heron, Gosport, Southampton, draper . /0