The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-22 00:00:00

CONDEMNED SERMON.

Yesterday morning a sermon was reached in the Chapel of
Newgate, by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, in consequence of the approach-
ing extteu. ion of Joseph Harwood, on Thursday next. Duncit
the whole of Saturday, the most persereering endeavours 16t1..
made to obtain a ticket for admission to the Chapel, as it was the:,
expected that the fate of Mr. Fauntlcroy would have been derided.
A great number made application to Mr. iVontner, the Ooverno:,
but that gentlemar. gave a direct refusal, even to his own friernb„
and referred them to the Sheriffs, as the only medium througb
which their wishes were likely to be gratified. It was stated that
the worthy Sheriffs hail issued more orders than would fill ti
gallery; hence, yesterday morning, before the commencement et.
service, even the turnkeys were precluded from admitting
friend. It turned out, however, that very few orders wer
presented, therefore a number of the public were admitted, s
that the north gallery was crowded ; but it was quite evident that,
owing to the absence of .Me. Fauntleroy„ several of them were mu '•
disappointed, as to them lie was the paint of ',traction, rather eh .•:
the commiseration of die fate of the unfortunate youth brio,:
them, who was soon to expiate his crimes by the forfeiture of f:
life. The lower part, and southern gallery of the Chapel, were eon -
pletely crowded with prisoners. Those who remain to he reportr.l
entered last, and took their seats in the condemned pew,
by the unhappy Harwood, who was accompanied by Mr. liaLr
that fientl.mian having been engaged with hint in prime acne,:
of devotion. The congregation immediately sang the blur . e•••
Hymn, after which the Reverend Ordinary read the Ritual of tCt
Church in a most impressive manner, in which be was joined
rh: miserable youth, whose appearance exhibited tokens of Oils
and resignation; indeed he appeared to be completely abstrat,:,t
from the world.

The Reverend Ordinary delivered an appropriate discnurse I,:t.
the !look of Job, chap. six. ter. '2l. " Dave pity upon me, l a.••
pity upon are, 0 ! ye. my friends, for the hand of the Lend its; !
touched me." The Reverent., Divine csik oceasion to reina-k. tun. •
it often fell to the lot of the must upright and pious to endure t.v,ii ..
afflictions in this world, which were permitted by God for “: . i
purposes ; on the other hand, the affliction and distrtss into a .v.
the ungodly were plunged, arose helm their pursuit in the pat:. : :
vice, and therefore t-ould not he viewed as merciful visitations. U.,.
as chastisements, consequent on a breach of the Divine Law. Ti
Reverend Gentleman then alluded to the offence with whiei ft:,
prisoner had been charged and convicted, and for which the is.: a -
• ful penalty of the law awaited him. lie directed his discwv- t.-.
I him in the most path?tie manner, and lamented to see one LI t! i.
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bloom 01 youth then about to be cut ofd in the midst of his yea .
•• P.lllf youth," said he, " I pity you from my very soul !' Pi -
exhoeted hint to look up to that Divine Goodness, wh,, 1,,.;
pity in store for the truly penitent believer. He enjoined hots : .
remember the grace and merry displayed by the Saviour in tit, ...i•
of the dying thief ; and reminded him, that God was the ‘a.:. - I
merciful and beneficent Being as form, ay. and that he had stt,e ...
by himself that he would rather the wicked should turn to him A..,
live titan die in their iniquity.
In conclusion, the Iter.l Military addressed hirnse/f to the rev:•••• .
and exhorted those who sit lately had the prospect of a spoc,i ,
solution before them, to be grateful to him who had " rcii..-.• - •• .
them from death, and enabled them to walk in the land ..: , ,
living." He also, in foredile language, exhorted the spr,•,-0 ,
to take warning by the unhappy late of the voting man before toy • •.
and remember that it was only the r.-straining hand of God s , •• •
made their situations different. Ile hoped that while they eh'. ,'..1 . '
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the crime, and endeavoured to avoid sinful practices, they •t,,,;,
hearken to the request contained in the text, and pity the of1;•,.tl•r.
At the conclusion of the service the unhappy youth appe,,-.....
a most exhausted condition, hut he sin recovered throw::: t'...
aasistance of restoratives. and was ermined to retire to the vc",•..
where he was immediately attended by both the Sherifli, v' •
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had been present at the solemn service. He expressed hum d.. ,
perfeetle resigned to his impending fate, and said be would pt,t, •
death to a relapse into his former dissolute habits of life.
The a-orilty Sheri& have made every inquiry relative to his e ... •,
but nothing appeartal calculated to invalidate the evidence att1.:11,.,
on the trial.

The fight between lithkon and CAnnun will take
to-morrow on ‘Varwick. Have-course.

Another battle i% expected between O'Neale and IS -
win. The match will probably be made on TLursday,t,•~;,
at the Fives Ucurt.

The Shrewsbury paper insists that Ned Turner's y
is entirely owing to his drinking the salubrious waters :)!..
Llandritialothl.

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LAW lIVTFLUGENCS.

COURT OF CHANCERY, BATUZDAT, Nov• 20.

111 HE THE Presenting CHAMT.
The petition in this Charity was originally presented before the
Mauer of the Rolls in 11120, for the purpose of ascertaining with
certainty what were the objects of the will of Lady Puckerape. This
lady died in the parish of Hartley as long ago as in the rel,,tn Of
Queen Elizabeth, leaving by her will the real property vested in
ti oven, to be made applicable to two charitable objects ; tint, the
relief of nom. widows ; and second, the maintenance and support
o.l'w children. The petition was presented under the Sid Itio
111 c. 1011, which enacts that " it shell be lawful fur the Lord
Cbunreller, Lord Keeper and Commissioners for the custody of the
litcat Seal, and for the Master of the Rolls of the Court of Exche-
sleet, tied they are hereby required to hear such petition in a sum-
mary way. and upon affidavits, or such other evidence rim shall be
p toduccil on inch hearing, to determine the same, and to make such
order therein, and with respect to the costs of such applications, as
to him or them shall seem just." The Master of the Rolls, on the
hearing of the petition, directed a reference to the Master, and the
Master bail reported that the accounts of the trustees had been
reeulerly kept and entered. The Master was then directed to re-
view his report, and to inquire further as to the ob;eets of the testa-
trix's bounty, whether it was her intention to aniline the purpose*
of her charity to the pariah in which she died, or aliundr. The
Master reported that the testatrix's Intention was to extend her cha-
ritable purpose, beyond the parish in which she died. Before this
report the Master of the Rolls made an order ; and from that order
the present appeal was presented.
Before the merits of the ease were discussed. Me.
(Counsel with Mr. Heald against the appeal), took a prelim'.
nary objection to the jurisdiction of the Conn, founded upon the
Ac: 82 Oeo. 111. upon which the petition had been originally pre-
sented. B By this Act, it was necessary that an appeal from an order
.t the Mater of the Rolls should be brought beture the expiration
of two years; and in the present case a north longer pened than
twe_rpies had elapsed.
The Loin CHANCE LLon said he would look into the Act be-
tween this and Monday, and when he cattle into Court he woulu
give his opinion upon the objection. It was certainly to him quite
a new point. M ith respect to the Act :04(1 Geo. 111. it was cer-
tainly said to he an Act giving a summary mode of relief, Lut he
very much doubted whether the original proceeding by hill did lint,
after all, save both time and ezpease to the partite.
:Or. HALT and Mr. MANE were then heard upon the merits of
the petition, and the further arguments were postponed.
His 140111DEHIP promised to give judgment tin Monday in the
cases or Farquharson and Seaton, Garrick and Lord Camden, and
some other rases. Ilia Lordship rose at twelve o'clock, to attend
the Council, as we understand, on the subject of the Recorder's
Report.