The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-09-05 00:00:00

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0.1 Tucaul,y inorning oe' tttt ight, on tle2 turnkey's
Opening the cell door, in Horsham Gaol, of IVil-
hum Treble, one of unhappy convicts ten-
t-riced to (dank at our last Assiieo, he discovered
bun apparently in a kneeling posture near his bed-
side :oo his asialii.ig the convict good inn g,
and receivino no answer, lie approached him, and
was greatly shocked to tiod that he was suspend-
ed by a sort of rope made of his handkerchief
and neckcloth, which he bad tied to the grating 1
of his window, and that he was quite dead and still!
—Treble was convicted at the Asieees in Mnrch
last, of having mitred a forged note of the Ford-
ingbridge Batik, value 101. at Worthing, hut his
statelier was respited, for the opinion of the
twelve Judges.—A number of letters were found
in the pocket of the decease:l, of which the fo:-
lowiug are copies and extract« :
(Copy) TREBLE vu HIE Se4,l„
" Mitt Tost—Before I quit this life, which lain
now upon the brink of doing, and when you receive
this shall be no more in this world ; cud in the next,
God only knows ! I want to say a great deal to
you, but as fast us One P.-a comes into my mind,
another is gone. What I feel at this moment ever-
pays years of elijoyment, and what I hope and
trust you will never fie:! What I wish to impress
on you with my last breath, is, to love Honour and
Virtue ; never deviate from the true principles
with which you have began life, and you will lie
happy. I have til:en notice of, and admired se-
veral of your ado, wherein you have pleased me
much ; but beware of flattery. Let every transac-
tion of life be atrictly honest, and you need
fear no one ; never let companions, nor any one else,
persuade ycu to what you think wrong yourself;
your own emiscicnce will dictate to you, fur no
men ever did a had action, lout something within
told him lie was &Eng wrong. Avoid gaining and
drunkenness in every stage; but as I have wrote
to you before on 'Anse spirt:as, shall only say, re-
meinher it was your futher'o destruction ! I think
you at present know no games. therefore rever
learn any ; you may always Mel pastime mud'
more agreeable thou gaming. When at leisure,
read that hook I have copied for you, and the rest.
with attention, and you will find mach entertain-
ment in it ; it will improve you in your religious
duties ; on no account ever grow inattentive to
religion ; for all sin springs front a neglect of that ;
to my theme and sorrow I know it.
Love your poor mother, sisters, and brother,
and the Lord will bless yeah Make them as com-
fortable as you CAD : never mind little diffl-ulties ;
keep yourself jest and honest, an 1 tou will surely
be happy. God of his infinite goodness blest and
protect von, and all my dear faauly ! What little
money 1 have telt, Mr. S. the keerr of this place,
with whatever belongs to nit, oili make up in a
parcel, and direct them for your mother, to the
care of your nude. Whenever you want advice
app!y to him, for he is a sincere henil, and will
ustri,e von for the hest. May the Almighty pro-
sper him and all his family ! There to some money
of min: ia the hands of Mr. Lame, of Arundel, if
I could get it for your poor mother, it would be of
great use to you all ; 'its nearly fifty pounds ; I
shall write to him shout it, inTid hope fur your
sakes he will return it. Shall write the particulars
to your 11113Cie. who I know will advise your mo-
ther fur the het. Forget not my last advice to you,
and never attempt to vindicate my conduct in any
shape, as the further the inquiry goes, the more
will be your trouble. May the Almighty God
bless you and protect you, is the fervent prayer of
your wicked and miserable fathers
" Horshain. Aug. :17, 1810. W. TtIBLIt."

(Copy) Tars TO 11111

U MY EVER DEAR WIRE,

" For the last time I shall ever call you by that
endearing name, forgive this act, end accept my
prayers for the happiness and prosperity of you
and my dear family. May Almighty God bless,
protect, ansl be a 'father to the widow and father-
less, and guide you all in the paths of righteous-
: and, oh ! may my errors be a warning to you
all, out to neglect your religious duties ; from that
evil has sprung all my misery : careless about God,
I have ran from one sin to another, till I have
brought destruction upon myself, and all yoy that
are innocent ! Could I carry away with me all the
iufeiny I have attached to my dear family, my last
moments would be much happier tlmu they are;
as it is, I hope God will provide for you all ! My
fate is what I have expected, therefore has not the
effect it otherwise would have. You, my dear,
have thought. when at times I have been front
home, I onsenjoying myself; hut oh! sad reverse !
God will forgive me every sin 1 have committed ;
my only grief is parting from you and my deer
family. We must, nowever, have parted ; for in
this world no true hAppniess is to be found ! God
be praised that tins dreadful mi-fartittie did not
happen earlier io ury life; th, y will feel the trot,-
hles acrd disgrace more *cutely, but will be better
able to hear them than whets younger this is a
consolation in the midst of my troubles. Mr. S.
the keeper of this gaol, will take care to send you
whatever lwlongs to toe, for which he has my sin-
cere thanks. I have given orders for my funeral,
• winch he will see done in a decent manner. Re-
ceive this as my particular desire, that neither you,
nor any of the family, attempt to come to llorshain.
If there is money left after every thing is paid,
Mr. S. will send it with my (sloth's. 1 heg you
will attend to this my request, and ott no consi-
deration go lobo mourning, as I wish to be forgot-
ten with my trouble*. I have nothing. my dear, to
leave, but what you will dispose of as you think fit.
Vie then mentions the money at Arundel, as in
preceding letter.)—.I know not what I say, or write;
a lone life of affluence is purchased at a dear rate,
let the end we have the trouble and misery I now
feel. lam now looking at eternity—oh ! dread
bourn !—lt must not, cannot be tin I 1 cannot. will
not, be dragged to an execution ! Oh! God forgive
me; if there is pardon for the crime of Judas, pray
grant it me. Oh God! the thought of never meet-
ing again those l lyre, i• not to be borne. and I
tris.t to • dreadful alternative !—Death by my own
haunts I—The Lord have taercy upon usysoul !"

Thin follows a •err tender and istlectionme let-
ter to his eldest dangler, *lone; with a letter to
1:1: wife's brother. Mr. iirmirn.

Auuther epiatie i$ athlreased to a clergyman,