The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-03-16 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE, Maui IS.

His Majesty has been pleased, by a loyal rant
to the Master, Fellows, nod &helots of St. John's
College, in this University, to reasons the restriction
which prevented the election of NNW* than two rel.
lows from the same county into the Famoodrasa's
Fellowships. These Fellowships are wow open to
all candidates bong in any part of England or
Wales.

Witham Blackstone Benne Esq. B.A. Fellow
of King's College, is elected into one of the Tres
yelling Fellowships founded by the late William
Worts, Esq.
The candidates for the Gold Medals gives aa-
nuaNy by the Chancellor of this University to two
commencing Bachelors of Arts, who acquit them-
selves best 111 classical learning, were Messrs. H.
Waddington, T. P. Platt. and A. Barron. of
Trinity College. The examiners announced the
following decision on Friday :
We have derided that the two MINP•11610 will he Da.
Waildiegtoo sad W. Platt, bat we pompom she declaim as
is width will he Ant and which .woad, aatil M.aday, the
SS* ; sad we be,. agva7d. that 1)4. Barren baa pored a very
arsdliable eseaateasiew.

Her Wass Browne. Nadi: The eelireip for she pre-
'Set year ere, fee the Greek Odra
mpimarim,
Pie the Lelia Ode Ad Mervin= Qeetrews,
thrlda re Patella •ecipientees.
Ter Greek on :--leeeriptleas mum Alpe
le fiber vieserassek- Mde eimelege.
Fee the bole feigress:—.llsweoue efiegetrite.

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AYR, Mamas
In esosequence of contradictory rumours respect.
sag the election of • Member for tins County, wr
• am irapseried to state, that the elect*, is fined for
illeaday. ire Q7th instant.
•
. This being the day appeitteed Bie-tise execution
i.ef Willie.. 1116C1heer and Chen& BOWL- for boom-
illiscoksag end stouthrief, at the feria of Borlonakon
dilr ISM of December lain, *vent crowds of people
began to assemble very early .in the day, from the
semonauting coasstry. to witness the melancholy
mplhacle. Ott sectiont of the enormity of the
canto for which they *Offered. it seems to bow been
theiatention of he civil authorities to render the
scene es striking and imposing as possible, and ec.
cordingly there was • more numerous guard anti-
litary ordered to attend on the occasion them is
usual in such cases. or than appeared to be celled
for in consequence of any appreheasien of or at.
tempt at • rescue. The party of the Mb Hussars
stationed here, the 4th battalion of 'toys! Vetere**,
together with the Ayr Armed Asoociatiou, amount.
nog in all to about 500, were drawn op in close
column in front of the old gaol. The whole space
which wars not occupied with military within tight
of the scaffold, was closely crowded with aptctalora,
whose behaviour was solemn and suited to the imo
pressive scene which they went to witness. Their
number, es near as could he calculated. might
arnotwit to about 5,000. Maid Ave minutes be-
fore three the criminals were brought out, attended
by the Magistrates and other authorities of the
place. Britton went first. accompanied by the Rev.
Mr. Gordon, and M'Gheer followed. along with
the Rev. Nir. Cavan, both Roman Catholic Cler-
gymen. the former from Greenock, and the latter
from Paisley. who had come to administer to them
the last offices of religion. Both the prisoners had
on black coats, white vests bout.d with black, and
white trousers, at the lathe° of which hang II knot
of black ribbands. M'Gheer addressed the specta-
tors within hearing in a speech to the following
effect :
" Friend... 4 suppose yen will all be I. ef.pettatilia of
hearing a speech on this occasion; but for my part, thecae,
of my soul's eternal salvatiuu is what principally omelets
me. There is one thing, however, which I wish to state,
and that is, that the two men at present conflated is prison.
are completely innocent of the crime for wh.elli I ale oboes
In starers eit4l with respect to my owe Aare in it, It was
ty wholly of myself, sad not committed at the aridioMo of
my compaalaas, or, indeed, of say permit whatever. And
if there is to be any peblic notice of my coakoskie, t hope
it wilt be **traded tram whet I wow signor frees what I
shall hove behind me."--(Here his coanponimi, Britton,
lunched hiss, avid said," No more opeoeheal—bet Wflbeer
replied, " I wish still to soy a few worts; / earnestly re-
commenced to you, my Meads, to asoid caretelly all wicked
muses; had I atteeited probably to my father's iisanse.
moos, or to the precepts of the retigioe in which t was
bred, I need not have heels in the awful siteatioe is wilds I
now stand. Hutt forgive my enemies, and die in poste
with all men."

Owing to some bletuder of the executioner, it
was about a minute after 1111'Gheer gave the signal
before the platform was dropped, daring which
awful interval the clock struck three. They were
then almost immediately toured off, and exhibited
scarcely any signs of struggling or convulsion.
M•Gheer woo very pile, and his whole deportment
solemn and Irecoming. Britton, on the cootrory,
writ uncommonly Band, and apparently in high
health. 11111 eLIIIIIIICIIiIIiCC, as he looked
round on the spectators, as exureavioti of mingled
indignation and coutenopt.—(elyr and ifigeonaliire
Courier.)