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St its mopeds, and the precarlouenele of earthly speula-
inwsmmattersot ouch nietoriety, that be was astomsbed
w easy man acquainted with the world could so flagrantly
disregard the duties which were laid down in the chapter
}Fes which be bad selected his text. How dilikrent was
the professed belief of Christians from that which their
conduct exhibited. Their profession was all perfection—•
their conduct was too frequently the reverse. If we were
to judge from the conduct and general deportment of
Christians, it would simmer that the hope of future rewards
was as inoperative as the fear of future punishments. The
description of everlasting torments and the terrors of hell
had been so often given, that It was not necessary for him
now to descant upon tba4 abject. The sober reflections of
reason werta themalel erfully strong and impressive ;
but they should not f also the period predicted by
mosE
the Apostle when " the trumpet should be sounded,
and all mankind • unmoved Into the presence of Almighty
God, to witness the distribution of final rewards and pu-
nishments." Theo would the Christian who neglected to
act upon the doctrine hid down in the text be willing to
express his regret—then would be wish that the time
which ,had been so unprofitably passed in this life were
again to be passed by him, but unhappily at that awful
hour such regret would beef no avail.
The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to impress upon
the minds of the convicts theinecessity of making the best
tree of the few hours atilt k* to them, in order that they
might be prepared for the:day, when they should render
An account of their defile in the flesh.
On concluding the discerner, the Rev. Chaplain turned
towards the prisoners under sentence of tramper:anon, and
said emphatically, " We bare been .this day taught an
important lesson,—we have been this day taught, that ' the
wages of sin are death?".
Hunt appeared. extremeillireeted during several parts
of the sermon, as, indeed, did' La Thurtell, whose
mein did not, lb sly inn betray the alights.=
instal
isemisent of the most cos -poseamies. ,•z. ;N....7ra
The following prayer, in tee course of the minks, evi-
-1 dently affected both prisoners)—" That it may please
thee to defend and provide fee the fatherless children and
widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed."
Although the deportment of both prooners was extreme-
ly correct, yet it was also extremely different. The de-
meanor of Thurtell excited a deep sympathy for his fate—
that of Hunt excited none. The former evinced a firmness
and resolution, which, if enlisted in a good cause, would
be invaluable qualities. utist appeared, both before and
after conviction, dull, insensible, and apathetic. He
seems a man paralysed with fear. A dread of punish-
ment might deter him from a had—a generous motive would
not stimulate'him to a good action.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

Stn,—l cannot permit ai---.'n'..--sontent to elapse without no-
ticing that part of Mr. Justice Park's address to the Jury,
in which he styles Hunt mauls:bent, and that I exerted
myself in procuring him to be accepted as an evidence for
the Crown. Such is contrary to facia. I never knew or
exchanged a word • ith Hunt prior to my examining him
at the request of Messrs. Clutterbuck and Mason, at Wat-
ford. Nor did I presume, " through ignorance," as stared
by Mr. Justice Park, to insure Hunt'a being received as
a witness for the Crown ; and I cannot better explain what
I did hold out to Hunt, than by a transcript of my words
, used iu the presence of the Magistrates, Clutterbuck and
Mason, at Watford, and the result.
" Mr. Hunt, a most foul and cruel murder has been
committed ; the Magistrates and myself, from the depo-
sitions taken before us, are at this moment of opinion, that
although you arc implicated in the murder, your band did
not commit the act. With such a feeling it will be for
you to judge how far it will be advisable for you to make
• voluntary, full, and candid confession of all you know of
the murder, with the promise that such confession, and the
circumstances attending it, shall be submitted to the proper
authorities, that you may derive every benefit that the
laws of your country hold out to an approver in a cue of
murder—such approver, although an accessary, not being
actually preient and assisting in the commission of the
deed."
Hunt was here about to interrupt me, when I stopped
him' and thus proceeded :
"Do not reply to me without giving,the matter due con-
sideration ; retire, a that byzjitt the idegistrates
auk/. L, sit sn hefra•-•11 fan 111•;
quire it, and wait your derision." ant retired without
uttering a syllable. I then addressed the Magistrate.; thus :
" Gentlemen, If you do not approve of the offer of mercy
now held out to Hunt, say an, and I will go to him.
Recollect, without the body is bum', notwithstanding the
strong evidence against one of the panics, we shall do
nothing;" and Mr. Cluttmintek and Mr. Mason gave us-
qualified approbation to my mode of examination, and of
the WE rof mercy held out to Hunt. In about ten minutes,
after, the officer entered, and said that Hunt wished to
see inc. I declined doing so, unless accotonanied in the
room by a third person. The officer went in with me to
Hunt, when the first assertion of Hunt was, " Sir, your
suspicions are true ; the person murdered is Mr. We're,
and I am ready to confess all I know; the only favour I
have to ask is, that during my confession I may not be
in any way interrupted by question or otherwise."
Without making any reply to Hunt, I returned to the
Magistrates, reported the Words of Hunt to them ; and
Hunt was then brought before us, and made " the con-
-ession." _ _ _

.
What motive Mesas. Clutterbuck and Mason could have
in so grusly misstating facia in their joint affidavit of the
ath instant, I shall leave to the judgment of an impartial
public.
The report in the public journals, and the officers of
Bow-street, Messrs. Ruthvan and Upson, who had charge
of Hunt, can vouch that I sever had any communication
with Hunt, but in the protium of the Magistrates, prior
to the proposed confession, und afterwards, only to receive
several facts omitted to be Oven by Hunt before the Ma-
gistrates. It is extraordinary that the learned Judge should
have overlooked that part, of Clutterbuck and Mason's
am affidavit, in which they ev say that they considered me
u acting solicitor for the pt tion, on the part of the re-
presentatives of the dece Mr. Ware. How, in God's
name, and from what e ' or adduced before his Lord-
ship,i
he could for a moo style Me the solicitor of the
prisoner Hunt, I cannot n. Having reeeiyed a
subpeena, I main hopes t re : had a public opportunity
of rebutting, on oath, the nice against me, and mis-
statements of a branch oft.. public press. If the affidavit
of Clutterbuck and Mason it to be received with the
slightest credit, in which they state " they did not
make the pledge given to Hunt," what then is to
become of the reporter's notes as published, and of the af-
fidavit of the respectable solicllor, Benjamin Rooke, Es,.
the Coroner for the county taNHertforti, in which he posi-
tively corroborates my of dtr& that at the inquest Mr.
Cluttaibuck assured Hunt thit there would be no breach
of faith in the promise made by him (Mr. Clutterbuck) at
Watford to Hunt.°

.. _.._.___....
Nothing more wee held out by me or the Magistrates to
Hunt to procure his confession, but that such confession
and the circumstances under which it was made, would be
submitted to the proper authorities, that he might receive
every benefit such authorities should consider the confes-
sion entitled to.
Your insertion of the foregoing will oblige,
Sir, your obedient humble Servant,
JOHN NOEL.
• See Mr. Rooker Alilark in our Paper of yesterday.

- - -
INQUElPT.—Nesterday a Coroner's Inquest
was held at the Pit's Head Inn, Rateliff, before J. W. Unwin
Eaq., Coroner, on the body of Hairy Dernson, late a lodger iu the
house of Mr. Bennet, whose premises were burned down on Tues-
day last, as stated in our Paper of yesterday. Verdict " Acct.
dorsally Barbed." •
FATAL ACCIDENT.--A melancholy accident kopened In Ply-
mouth Sound a few days since. A boat. having ma persons CIO
board. was upset by the shifting of a auk of wins. After the boat
was bottom u the poor fellows assured a seat, end awaited
modownwa At this moment a barge hors to, and threw tout &rope,
which was secured ; but hem some mismanagement of the barge,
the whole wzrentelygeti from die precarious place of temporary
safety, and We hope and trust, that whas bargemen
in future have a dance of rescuing from death their Maw-men,
they will put out a boat, and nay practise the dampens experiment
of throwing out the rope when under sail. In this ere the Inten-
d= was good, but the exsntent fstaL—Tostion Courier.
Early on Friday morn a man met with an untimely
death at Pollockshaws. gaup up two stairs in search of an
acquaintance; and wham on his return, he tack the wrong side of
the stair and fell to the bottom. The accident was not noticed for
fIOCO. time; but when the unfortunate man was you'd Oe had a
large fracture in the skull, behind the ear. A surgeon was instantly
get, who stated that be had been dead for some hours. --Glasgow