The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-26 00:00:00

TILE IPP:ATHER.

lAddition to the meland'uoly list of events mea-
sion;d by the eXtraord-: :ry heat of the weather in
the neighbourhood its Hall, given 'in a former
Imittbet ot this Paper :—The woman whom. we
: mentioned as reported to have died near Ridge-
! mont, in Holdernegi, Wai ao elderly person of
Bustwick, of the _name of Mary Hord ;, she was
making hay for Mr. Stickbey, Of Ryehili, and fail-
, Mg sick, was cal ried under an haycock. Finding
hers& considerably better, .ber companions left her
fur about ten uttiutes, and on their return found her
a corpse. Au old marl, named Ralph Norton, of-
Keyin-,,b,tin, in Hoiciertiess, was raked ill in the _
field; And died before he cotnu be got home Three
soldiers in the Culuberland Militia fell down While
in the ranks : two of them soon recovered ; the
third was apparently Ma lifeless sate for aconsi-
derable' time, but is now 'restored.—Mrs. Tindall;'
wife o: Mr. Joseph Tindall, of Nfel:v bald, butither; '
having- recovered slowly from her lyih2,-in,took a .
ride out on the abOve day, but Vk as compelled to re-
turn, and dyed in a very.short time. Several pigq,
sheep, &:. in different parts •of tile-neighbourhood,
. also died iti 6itisequenee of the heat.. At Ever-
therpe, near North Cave, some sawyers, white at
dinner, saw a great smoke arise out tit the saw-pit,
and found, on goi6g thither, that the chips, shay--
hip, tire. were in tiatn .s. Attributing this to the
nat of some unlucky toys, they put out the fire, and
returned into the house; but in a few minutes their
assistance was again required. As it was ascertained .
that no person had been near the place, the tire is •
supposed to have been caused by the reflection of the
Sun's rays from the saw, which had been left up in a
curved state against one of the sides of the saw-pit.—
(Hull Advertiser.)
,

iihring the heavy storm of rain on Sunday,, as a
large party ‘were going through Chelsea-reach, the
four Gentlemen who were rowing rose up suddenly
to put on -their clothes, and the Ladies shifting their
seats at the same time, two of the Gentlemen fell
overboard ; one was immediately picked up, but 'the
other was drowned, and the body was nut found till
yesterday morning.
The LORD MAYOR yesterday gave a "magnificent
entertainment, at the Mansion-house, to iheir Royal
Highnesses the Dukes of KENT, CUMBERLAND,
CAMBRIDGE, anal GtOUCKSTER, the Cabinet Mt.
nisters, the Deputies from Seville, Asturias, and
Galicia, the Portuguese Ambassador, and several
Noblemen and Gentlemen of the first distinction.
BREAD.—To-day there was no Court of Alder-
men held : the LORD MAYOR, after inspeeting the
returns, ordered the present prices to continue.
Mrs. SWOONS has been tor some time upon a
visit' to Lord and Lady HARCOURT, at Nuneham,
Oxfordshire. Mr. KEsi3LR remains with Lord
GUILDFORD, at WI OXIOD.

The interesting drama of The Blind Boy was
represented last night at the Haymarket, before a
very numerous audience, and was so well received
that it' will. probably be repeated. Mrs. CHARLES
KEMBER performed the part of Edniondi,in which
she displayed all that excellence'which afforded so
much pleasure during the run of the piece at Covent
Garden Theatre. Tnis very pleasing produati(.in
was preceded by The .Pranzatsst, of which FA w CE7'T
was the hero, and acquitted himself ably as Vapid,
and was followed by-the popular and diverting farce
of Plot and Counterplot.

It is a tolerable specimen of the impudence of
Maiter
,JOSEPH BUONAPARTE, the late King of
NAPLES, to leave the Kingdom, and yet prescribe to
the people the form of Government which they are
to adopt when he has no longer any connection with
them. Perhaps, however, he begins to think that
there is little chalice of his reigning in Spain, and
theyetbre he wishes that the new constitution may
be put into action by the time he returns, and he
be relieved from tha trouble and odium of enforcing
it in the first.instance.

EXECUTION OV JAMES .01-LCIIIIIST.

•GLASGOW, I.—This unferttinate, man
died, as he lived, solemnly declaring his innocence
of: the crime for which he was to stiller. Soon after
one-o'clock he was attet +(led in his room by the Rev.
Mr. M‘Lean; of Gorbals, Mr. Brodie, of Dovehill,
and Mr. MgDonald, of cEdinburgh. They conversed
with him for some this( ; • in the course of which he
repeated his declaration of innocenee..in the.strong-.
eSt terms. Taking up clue oft he books lying beside
Mai' on the belch on 4vlliCh he sat, and holding it
before Mr.,M' Lean, be: said, "I am as innocent of
the crime for which I at n to suffer as that book is :"
then rising from his seat, and going to the window
of the room, he poured,out some beer or porter from
a bottle into a tumbler, t Ind turning round before he
drank it, he said, "I t ever did any injury my
life to any man." This gave Mr. l‘l'Leati occasion
toobserVe that such a i leclaration would certainly
not bear an unqualified irsterpretation; for
.we might
unintentionally and unkttowingly injure our neigh-
bour; every thing wrong; in our oehaviour gave
him a bad precedent—and, we might'thus injure him
by our bad example. He; then explained, and said,:
that lay injury. he meant "violence.
Just as Mr. M`Lean held finisi*d prayer, Mr.
Gardner, the Jailor, came Intl) tlie room to
tell
James that it was ,the time, and it was an unplea-
Sant part, of his duty to add,Sthat Jatnes-would allow
himself tO be bound. Het expresSed his ready ac-
quiescence', and,beforeleavtog the room, requested
that in any foture devotions moue, of the Clergy.:
men should say any thing that looked tike suspicion
of his guilt, or dOubt of his vi'traCity in declaring his
innocence.. This seemed to, .refer.to a sentence in
Mr. M‘Lean's ersver; ,in wbich he had alluded to
the
.embarrassmem and, perplOcityvhica the most
candid mind must feel in cons,';deriag the judgment.
of an upright Court, as set in eppositioo to his oosir,
live and continued declaration Of iiinocetice. The
Clergymen gently hinted to him Mat, it was no'
their province to decide oh the one oS- the other, but
to take thetnpreeisely as they stood.
What passed in the hall 'nay be summed up in a
few words. After part ;'saltu was sung, James
asked for a glass.of wine limo Mr. Gardner. When
the first
.prayer, was finished, be requested the atten-
tion of all present, and in a clear audible voice, " call-
ing the Lord Provost, and all who heard him, to
witness at the tribunal of God that he was innocent
,of the crime for which he was to suffer." After
the Second prayer, the Lord Provost told him he
might still have a little time longer.. He replied,.
"1 ignorant of. the rules of this place--I am
teaci go as a sheep to the slaughter." The Lord
Provost then suggested that Mr. M`Donald might
pray with him. James expressed his satisfaction._
The third prayer brine- over,, Mr. AV Lean requested
James would excuse him from going to the scaffold, .
to which he readily consented. Before leaving the
hall, he r ,
epeatedly declared his innocence.. His last
words to the Lord Provost were, "My LOrd,.you are
parting with an innocent wan."
He appeared on the seaffold at a quarter past three
preeiseiy, decently dressed in black. There he ael-
ed just as he had done in the hall, calling attention
and declaring his innocence almost in the same
words. - Indeed, before he left the hall, he said, he
thought it was his 'duty to do so, as it might be the
means of 'saving some other innocent man; and ask,
ed permission from the Lord Provost to speak to this
effeet ; after singing two portions. of the 51st and
iogd.psalms, both seleaeo by James himself, and
Whieb he sung: with a clear and steady voice, he,
with the most astonishin firmness and coniposnre,
mounted the platform, and at et) minutes past'thrce
Was tanoched. into eternity. After hanging about
Half an hoUr lie was cut down, and his body sent to
the Professor of AnittOmy for disseaion.
The im,nense multitude assembled to witness this
sad and awful Spe6tacle, poyverfully •aemonstrates
the mildness and benignity of the laws of this happy
land.. While in many countries, capital punishments
are so ffequent as-seal Cely to attract the attention of
tfze passing traveller or by -stander, they so rarely
occur in thisequarter. of the globe, as universally to
gather the inhabitants far and near.. Such was the
case yesterday. To. the east, south and west, as far
almost as the eye could reach, the streets and win-
dows were lined ,Vifh all ranks, sexes, and ages.-,
Never indeed do we recoiled observing a greater
concourse of people assembled on any similar occa-