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London, England, 1809-08-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTEL LIVE NCE.

• YOR,K AUGUST MEETING,
. WEbNESDA, AyaUST 23.
depst4es of ioogs each, h. ft.-6 Subscribers.
Mr. clifton's b. c Poulton - - t

Mr. Wilson's b. c. by Hainbletriiiian - - - - 2
3 to i on theminner—tvon very easy.
Sweepstakes of scgs. each h. ft.- 5 Subscrilieri.
Sir Ti. Smith's gr. c. by HambliEtonian - - .
Mr. E. Phillips's b. c. Sir Thomas Teazle -
Drike of Leeds'sch.'c. Fancy . - a
6 to 4 on the Winner.—A- fine race, wan by half a head.
Fifty Pottids given by the City of YOrk:
Ld Fitiwilliarn's b., rn. Paulina - -
Mr. Clifton's b. c. Poulton, 4 yrs old -
Lti Darlington's b. h. Archduke
Poulton favourite --A very, fine tact.

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111 r. COLMAN has prOmised an occasional Address
for the opening •of the neW sTheatre, in Coveni.--
Garden, and his spirited and elegant Muse may wen
be expe6ted to prodUce something Worthy of the
o6casion.

KEMBLE'S journey to
_lreland, though alloyed by
a fit of the gdut, which 'disabled him from perform-
ing a short time, was in general so beneficial to
him, that he has returned in better health than he
has enjoyed for some years.
The Duke of BRUNSWiCK, rendered not less dear
to us by the merits of his personal charaeler, than
by the misfortunes of his family and the depression
of his hcvnse, has„ in an hour of il`yr.'re 1 ressure and

unexampled calamity, sought an asylum for himself
atßibis bravelolloA,vers in this land, the last, but the

sure refuge, of the miserable; and having, cleared
his way anet cut his path with his sword, he has
brought with bun nothing but the' partners in his
sad tOrtunes, his arms, and his honour.---.M.iy the
balm of comfort be pouted into his vvounded spirit !
His family have not been oppressors of tkir people,
or' invaders of their rights: • They have not been
violators of public law. 'They have not been hurlea
from t hit seat of pcmer, and driven from their dvni:-
pions into banishment and exile,, in poterty and
wretcheshiess,as victims of their public crimes, their
lawless ambition, 'or unjust domination.
surely not. ; But, in the convulsions of Europe, they
have fallen a lamentable ~acrifice to their /exertions
in a nobtb struggle preserve.or redeem the inde-
pendence of the State's-and Nations on the Conti-
nent Irom the usurpatibn and tyrtinny of one des-
potic Chief. 'We are sure that the English people
will feel it to be their duty to give the hero a hos-
pitable receptiori.'
The very gracious and eloquent manner in which
his Royal Highness. the Prince of WALEs introduced
the health of the' Duke- of BRUNSWICK,' who sat
next to hint at the 'Dike of CLARENcE's-table at
-Bushy Park ou his bit.; ii-day:, charmed the eyes and
61's of if; pre-§erit: Ibis Rtiyal ifighneqs said; be
Was proud: of being s-) nearly allied to him, and that
if the other Princess of Europe had aced as bravely
and magnanimOusly..as he had dune, the Continent
would not at this time have presented so melan-
tholy a piClure. The Doke was *extremely affected
.at the kind manner in which the Prince spoke of
him, and. returned his thanks with emotions of
teal and gratitude, that skewed his feelings on the
occasion.

The 'remains of the late Sir \VILLIAM JERNING-
11AM were deposited on Tuesday last in a new Gothic
Chapel near- Norwich. A more amiable and hene,
volent charaeteT never existed ; and the example he
left. to his family may be considered as no inconsi-
derable part o (heir inheritance,.

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A mart *he was recently charged with two others,
with ane.t'terript to take a ring from the landlady of
a cotfee-house in the city, alleged before the Ma-
gistrafe,
that Ire had been talking politics, and reading
ConEarT at a heighbottring. house,---li is by no
'Means surprising that if he had beEn studying the
works of the Writer alluded to he shbuld he capable
of any wit:shier.
On Monday last tras married, at Bath, --,-; HART-
LEY, Esq. just come of age, and into possession of
from 6 to 80001., pet ;innum, landed propertve to a
Miss WATTs, the daughter of the Parish Clerk of St.
Michael's, who'se celebrity as' a culler stands unri-
valled. The young man has:settled 3001. per annum •
on his father-in-law, and 6001, per annum on his
Wife. The ceremony commenced at,eight o'clock,
the bridegroom had. no sooner given hiS troth, than
he was taken with fainting fits, and it was tot till
half past eleven the service was renewed. Shortly
after the uncle arrived to 16rbid the, marriage. On
leaving the church they were greeted by the po-
pulace.
The plan -Adapted by the French at the •battle of
Talavera, of directing the whole of their force against ~
the British, was not without precedent.At the Ltt-.
tle olMinden, fifty years. ago, they paid the same de-
ference to the valour of our connirymen. Upon
that mentor: bye occasion, six British regiments, of
iWantry, the 12th, .20th, 23d, ;35th, 37th, and 51st
regiartuiS sustained the, attack of the entire French,
army, while the troops of our allies were in a great
degree left 'unmolested. .
A Gentleman, named WILSON, residing at High-
gate, undertook, for a wager of 50 'guineas, to rat
35 timei up, and the same number of times down
'Highgate Hill, on Tuesday last, in twelve hours.—
The distance was coniputed: at about forty-e:ight
miles, which, on a level ground, could have beep
performed without difficulty. The only chances,
therefore, against the performance of the task, were
the disadvantages of _running up the hill, and the
shaking that , mast necessarily be experienced in
runnieg down again'. The calculations against the
,perforinance, however, were erroneous, as Mr.
WILSON accomplished his ohjea in ten hours and 15
miuutes, with apparent ease.
Thursday, a soldier belonging to the Tower Ham-
Jets Militia, who had been stintenced to eunshment
by a Court Martial, drew a knifa out of tkis pocket
and stabbed himself in the side in a dangerous man-
ner, he was irkinitdiately taken to the hospital. - -

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J.ll A C zi I'ERS

. T • • l)
5uLy.2.2.4.-INTl)4ther
Minister exceetleci the limits Of hiS•alltlioriyy in .the

late partial arrangement .wh lob' he effe4ted:4it
United Stites,, we do not, nor can we at pre:: nt;kiciv
But if the fa& be .as stated by litr. 'Catnitiga
House of 'Commons, Mr. Erskine 1s 'perhaps ;not
more blamable than our' own Cabinet„, The. mods
Of managing diplomatic negocia,ions
for each of the High contratig P.,rtiea.tOexchaeg'e
credentials with theother. Now, although Mr. E.,
may have misunderstood the import of I)is licrity,
is it not singulir that it should have d•ic,;p'ed.thi: Sa.•
gacity of our Cabinets that he might be Cxm.ri'sin
an unauthorised agency ? But if, on the other hind,
our Cabinet hid not the curiosity to peep into Mr.
Erskine'S instru6lioos, and he impOSed upon their
credulity by the_ 'assumption of an authority riot de-
legated by his Government, then he has 06101 witf)
the most reprehensible perfidy, and our Cabinet with
the most pernicious folly. But if all hive been done
in honour here, and it is the oblique policy of the
reigning Ministry in Britain to disavow the
mate ants of her Euvoy, 'then; indeed, she has pro:-..
fatted her ancient honour, and Will ‘ttaiid convided
of the most barefaced instatiee of punic faith which
Modern Europe has recorded.,—(Palladit fit.)
,BOSTOW, JULY 25:—By the recent arrival of the
Beverley from France, our intelligence from that na-
tion is nearly tWo mouths subseqUent to the arrival._
of the pacific propositions of our Government, by
the Dispath Ship Mentor; and yet we cannot disc
coVer that they have received the least auttition from
Btionapalie. We are probably to be attended
when he ceases to be ambitiuus when;his arai-
tion ceases to find food in Europe: He can a; his .
,head-quarters find time for any. negociations but
for thoie with Aivierica.—(Bosiurt Gct.'tet:te)

RALEIGH, JULY 1847—8 y the dispatch of Mr.
PUrviance, it appears that the American property in.
France is in the saint' situMion as heretofore, and no
vessel can clear out from Frauce without giving •
bonds to an enormous amount not to vioime BU4,lia-
pa'rte's Berlin and Milan Decrees.—The
.ulster, it is said, is in. favour, as far as he dare be, of
a relaxation of the De.creepr, btit Buonaparte would
net hear it mentioned.—(ldcm)
Same date.—The ,Free /American, with Mr. Par=
viance, the Messenger, has returned frone Fra'tice.'
By this vessel we learn, that the ships captured nn-
der the Berlin and Milan Decrees are still detained
in Prance. How diffei-ently are French vessels
treated here. They are perMitted to come freely
into all our ports. With all our cringing abil:meatt
servility to Buonaparte, he still treats us dfigraciiius=
ly, and with the must ereign contempt. The
dispatch of Mr. l'urviance affords us no cOnsulation
for our hospitality, in admitting French vessel§ into •
our ports.

NEW YORK, JULY 01.—We shall neither attempt
to 'conceal our disappoinimett Or regret at this uo:-
pleasant intelligence, but %Ke have heard alarrns ek-
presied, which, unwelcome 'as this news is, do not
appear to be justified by the faEts before O. The
British Minister declares that Mr. Erskine has ex-
ceeded his powers., Until we can produce some
evidence to the contrary, we have no night to dis-
credit the assertion. That being the' aSe; the Go-
vermneut does not hold itself bound to ratify his ael:
But are Ameritaus than to be territite'd to haz.rd
their' property abroad, and then to stitl--er for their
• misplaced confidence ? No such thitrr. on the con-'
.trary, we have the assurance of Mr. Canning, that
ns the stipulations of Mr: Erskine were confided in
by our Government and people, they should nor
suffer for this error—that speculati'obs entered into
by AMerican merchants,. and thk shipments should

have their course unmolested, or the 'adventurers be
Indemnified until .tlie'realVcs of his Mi3e*AV could
•be coautiunicated to our Governinent. Then our

trade frill go on; subje6t to the operation of the
Order of April last; issued in amelioration of those
of a previous.date, unless some new arrangement is
made. That is, 'out trade will have the s::me
tude it was to enjoy by Mr. Erskine's arrangement;
and as qualified by our own laws, except Holland
and French Italy.—(lWw York Gazelle)

Muaniza.--e-Thursday evening an inquisition waft
taken at the Royal Mortar Tavern,. at Woolwie')
before JOSEPH MARTY.R, Esq. one'of the Coroners
for the county of Kent, on view of the body of Tho-
mas Jones,, a conviOted•tnutineer, who was confined
on board the Rettabdtion hulk. It appeared,•oh the ••
investigation, that one of the convicts, who. was•em.
ployed with others in Unloading bricks from a barge, ,
had thrown part of a brick at the overseer who was
attending them, and struck him on the beck part ofr
his head. The overseer could not tell which of the
-convids had thrown the brickeand the Convicts '
fused to disclose who was the guilty person, and•in• ,
consequenCe of such refusal; the convids v' ere de- •
prived. of some iudulgencies they had been acct=s-
.termed to ; and Captain Reed having; on Monday,
obtained information that Williarn Coleman, aeiititer •
conviCled mutineer; was the person who threw thee
brick, he had C:oiernan put into heavy. ; end
Coleman .haVing taken it into his head that 'I: heeed
-Jones was the person whoihad infOrthed against lerte,.
although ;One's had.not done so, and Was' his inti
mate friend, Coleman. in the evening appeared
much- enraged, and said he would do some mischief
that night-; that he knew his man, and would have
the life of two or three before the morning : not ha •
drank some porter with Jones, and they appeared
very good friends, when Coleman Wenn° bed ; bue
during the night he was seen to get up, and go-to -a
seat belonging to one of the comic:is, who was a shoe'-
maker,' from whence he took a round peinted
'the sitarpness of which he tried with his teurnb ; he
then with that knife broke open a tittle nose ,frogs
which he took a sharp pointed knife;and said" this
will do for him." He next went to a table,,on which
a lamp was burning, and tried the point of the kntr•e:
upon the table. He then .turned to Jone.a's ham- .
mock, which hung near, and raising his timid
the knife in it stabbed Jones in the neck wilt sdelt
' violence as to penetrate nearly • to the blade bone.;
the blood gushed frotn'the wound with gieat foicei
and in a few minutes Jones died. Tee J3ry, with-
()lit hesitation, gaVe a verdict of IT Murder
against Coleman, who was committed to iNfaidee,a,;
gaol for trial at the next Assizes. A great number of
witnesses were examined, and the investigation was
not finished until it o'clock.

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MEMOIRS OF
MATTRETV BoutroN, Eq. F. R. S.

To say mere i that the subje tell- the pr:t-;ent Me-
moir was an ingenious mane would convey to ithe
public mind bet a very slight idea of-his- rare, .and
we may say, unrivalled talents. If we wish to see
him to his proper colours, we must leek upon him
as a man who has rendered the most important ser-
vices to his country ; whose happy improvements
have made-his name' justly famous throughout
,the
civilized world ; and who vv ill. be transmitted to
posterity, as one of the most worthy supporters of
the commercial interests- of this country.
Matthew Stitikati, sou of Matthew Boniton, by.
Chrihtia:,, daughter of Mr. Peer., .of Chester, was-
born at Birmingham on the-3d "September, (0. S.)
17Q8, and was principally educated at a private
Grammar School, kept by the Rev. Mr. Ansiedo,
who officiated at St. John's Chapel, Deritend. He
learned drawing under Worledge, • and mathematics
under Cooper, &c.- .He was :above the .middle
stature, andewell built; was exceedingly encourag-
ing to mettere Merit, and fascinating in_ his manner
Lid conversation.
So eerly, us the-year 3745 w Mr, Boulton invented
aed brought to great perfection the inlaid steel
bnCkles, buttons, watch-chains, &c.. Great "quan-
tities of these were exported w France, from. whence
they were repurchased with aviditye by the English,
as the offspring of French ingenuity. •
Mr. Boulton's manutactory at Birmingham being
i,;eidequate to his' extensive improvements eed
ftirther experiments, he in 126.2, purchased a lease
of the Soho, at Hand-worth, in the •county of Staf,
ford, distant about two miles ; at that litne„a barren
heath, on the bleak summit of, which stood a naked"
hut, the habitation of a vvarretier. These extensive
trees of conniton were converted by Mr. B. 'into,
the present superb manuteeturar, which was finished
in 1765,, at the expense of 80001. and ju the year
1794, he purchased the fee-simple of Suho, and
much of the other adjoining lands.
Impelled by an ardent attachment to the arts, and
by the patriotic arnhiabn of bringing his laourite
Soho to the highest perfection, the ingenious 'pro-
prietor soon essaolished a seminary of. artists for
drawing and modelling ; and mein of genius were
sought for; and liberally t atroniZedi which shortly
led to the successful 'establishnent of an extensive
manutaetory of oreameets, in what the French call
61-1.-moLU ; and these orn metals not only found their
-way into the apartments of his Maje,ty, but also in-
to thcAe ut the mobility and curious of thiskiegdom,
France, and the greatest part of Europe. .
.Finding that the mill which he had ereaed fed
infinitely shorn; even with the aid ut toses, of the
force which was necessary for the completion of
his vast designs, ,Mr. B. in 1767, had recourse to
that master-piece of human insenuity, tee steam en-
gine: This wonderful machine• was ) eten its in,
fancy, and did not at first answer the expectations
that haft-beet, formed
,of it. In 1769, Mi. James
Watt, of Gla-gow, obtained_a patent for a prodi-
giOus imeroveo:ent in the steam •eagitie.
This induced Mr. B.' to form conneetions with
Mr. Watt; and he itivited 'him to settle at S,nio, to
which the latter consented. In 1775, parliament
granted a proiengation of the potent for twenty-five
'eat-5, and ,Messrs. 4oulton and Watt entering into a
partnership, established a very extensive maiitaladory
of these engines at Soho, whence most of the great
'ines and inanufaaories in England continue to be
fiopiiiied, and they are now aspired in almost every
mechanical purpose where great power is requisite.
Amongst- the 'various applications of the steam-
engine, that of coiniog Seems to be of considerable
importance, as by its powers all the operations are
coact ntered on the same spot. It works a number
of coining machines with greater rapidity and exact-
.ness, by a few boys from 12 to 14 years, of age, than
could be dune by a great number of strong men,
without endangering their fingers, as the machine
itself lays the blanks upon the die. perfectly conceit-
ttal with it, and, when struck, disPlaces,one piece,
and repLces another..
The coining-mill, which' was .ereaed in 1788,
and has sits ze been greatly ipproved, is adapted to
work eight machines, and each is capable of -strik-
ing tri'An 60 to 100 piecies'a money per' ntinete, the
size of a guinea, which is equal to bet Ween 30,000
aid 413,000 per hour*, and at the sauce brow, which_
strikes tire' facteand- the reverse, .the edge of the•
piece 'is also struck, either plain or *Mean inscrip'-
tion. _ _

The whole of this expensive and magnifi-
cent apparitus_(-ays Dr. Darwin) moves. with such
sni erior (X.Ctliqflce and cheapin of workman-
shilt, as vita as with µ orks. of such powerful ma-
chinery,
~as must totally .preyent clandestine imita-
tions, and in consequatrce save .mahy lives.frorn the
bands of the executioner 'a, circumstance worthy
the attention o!` a gieat Minister. • .If,a et% is crown
v./Ws:lit-en in Rowe for preserving the life of wiz&
ciii'zen, Mr. Boulton should be covered with a gar-
land of
About .thc year 1773, the ingenious art of copying
pktures in oil C:)iont-, by a mechaoical process, Was
invented at Sohu, ai.d'under the patronage of the

at uve proprit,t)r, was brought to such a degree of
periettion, a 3 to be taken for originals by the must
experienced s:c.iiino,sseors. This art was brotaght to
per tei:tion under tile matiogvment of. the late Inge.
nions Eginton, wh(?was nciless celebrated for
leis paintings on
lu 1783, Mr. Boulton struck a piece of. gold, the
size of a guinea,
,as a pattern, the letters of wnich
wetelnidented instead of. a relief; and the h&tct and

other, des ices, tilt:10110i it: reliel,,were proietied Irom
wear . by a flat border, an.l,lro:ii the, perfect' rotuti-
ci), ot shape, &c, with the aid at ii-s;eel gauge, it
great ease aid ceriainiy, by ascertainuig its
avity, be distinguished from any base
metal.

rrilvious to Mr. Boulton's engagement to supply
Gwernment ‘A/ tit Copper pence, in order to bring his
apparatus to p. riuellOrl, he cMITISed' it in c.utning
silver mum y tur Sierra Leone, and use Atrican Coin-
pony and copitcr tut- the East India Company and
P.e_qtllU.;a.

*** It is justly obser•exi by Mr. Shaw, in his History of
SIOu tool..ie, that such a ,(40,11;g 1111i1, eteeted in the na-
tion.lt,Huht, rt, oukt, 11, Lases oteinerge,i,y, tie able to ‘oiti all
the the hatik,at a Shut notax, with ut the neces-
bity ut putLlitt;Aioildini of outer t,.reibn c..ut Ihtu Luc ulat Jun.

Various beautiful me,',lll, of superior workman-
ship ro any of the Hinder,' money of this country,
of our celebrated naval and other offic..rs, have,
trout iiine to tune, been stri:ck here by Mr. Boui-
ton, for the purpose of employing and encouraging
inkenious!artists to revive that branch of scUlptu're.•
Sitnl! Ihn demise of the late Empress Catherine,
Mr. &Itlton presented her.successor, the late Em-
peror. Ril. I. with some of the curious articles of his
mai-MIK-tor-V., and in lei urn received a polite letter
of thanks and approbation, together with a splendid
coiledion of medals, minerals from. Siberia, and
specimens of all the modern money of. Russia:—
Among Ore medals, _which, for elegance of design
and beauty of execution, have never yet been equal-
led in this or any other country, is a massy one of
gold, impressed.watih a str,king likeness, it is said,
of that Monarch. Our, readers will be surprised,
when they are told that this unrivalled piece_was
struck from a die engraved by the present Empress
Dowager, who lias- from her youth taken great de-
light the-art of engraving onoteel.
Wilt a View of still further improving and facili-
tating the manufactory of "steam-engines, Messrs.
Boollon and Watt have lately, in conjunction wish
their sorts, established a toundery at Smeth wick, a
Short distance front Soho. Here that powerful agent
is employed,,as it were, to multiply_ itself, and its
various partsiarefabricated and adapted together with
the same tegularity,-neat tress, and expedition, which
distinguish all the operationi rat their manufactory.
•Those engines are•afterwardS distributed in all parts
of the kiogdoM by the Birmingham canal, which
commumcates 'with a wet dock_ belonging to the
foundry. •
In a national view, Mr. Boulton's undertakings
'are highly valuable and important. By coliecting
around him artist,s of various .descriPtions,
talent& have been called forth ; and, •by suceessive
-competition, have been multiplied to 4n extent high-
ly beneficial to the public. A barren heath has
been covered with plenty and population ; and these
works, which in' their infancy were hide known
and attended to, now cover several acres, giye ems
ployment to many more boo posti'', dud are
indubitably the first ;or their kind in Europe. a
No expetice has been spared to render there
:works uniform and handsome in arcoite.lure, as
wk It as neat and commodiiius. The I,artir: liberal
spirit and taste has the great' and worthy pa)prietor
gradually exercised towards adjoining g•:rdens and-
pleasure grounds, whictr, at the.,s.ime time that they.
form an agreeable separation from his mkat residence,
render Sotto a much admired scene of picturesque
beauty.
The house, which was before much too small fort'
the -hospitable purposes of its generous owner, has
late ly beer, considerably enlarged'.
To cOmment upon the privatecharkier of a Gen-
tleman in Mr. Boulton's situation, .would be a use'-i,
less. task, we shall therefore only observe,' that as
his great and .expanded mind formed and brought
to pertedion the woudelful, works w_e have briefly
endeavoured to describe, so he felt no
.greater feli-
city; than that of diffusing happineSs to around

Mr. Boohoo was not only a FellOw of the Royal
SoCieties of London and, Edinburgh, but bitewise
of that Which bearsi,e ltni-jeral title of the Free
and Economical at St. Petersburg!), and many other
"Foreign Institutions of the highest celebrity it Eu-
rope. . .• —‘

_For a long time previous to his decease,. he hod
.been-confined to his-loom by illness, .and his disso-
lution daily expthed. His memory will ever 're-
main dear to British nation, whose 'glory was ad-
vanced in proportion to his own fame. While' we
commemorate those great men who have sought
their conntris honour-in the fields of war, we ought
not to omit raying a just tribwe of applause to those
who have promoted arts, industry, and commerce,
and difinsed plenty and comfort through the realm;
by cultivating science, and applying it to the useful
arts of peace.

yesterday his R. H. the Duke of lonic left town
for ()glands.

On Friday morning, abotit half past 11 o'clock,
Patrick Wickham, convided at the late Assizes for
Warwick-shire, for shooting Mr. Avern in January
last, on Stank-hill, near Warwick, and also for
robbing Mr. Gardner, between Warn ick and Long-
bridge turnpike; and Susannah Grant, for having
in her possession an edger or instrument for mark-
ing seven-shillings pieces round the edges, were ex-
ecuted over the door of the county gaol.
Wickhatn,_ although a young man, had been con-
cerned in several robberies, besides those for which
he suffered. He had, since condemnation, been
penitent • and 'resigned ; and, being a Roman Ca-
tholic, was attended by a Gentleman of that per-
sna,ion, whose spiritual admonitions appeared to•
have had their intended influence upon his mind.--
He did not make any confession, publicly. When
he was tied up, and just before
,the Cap was drawn
over his face, he said---" God forgive my prose-
cutori, (Or I am innocent of what I suffer for !"
He was a-Serjeant of the 103 d font, and only 21
years of age.
Susannah Grant was far advanced in years, being
64 Years of age, She acknowledged...that she well
knew that bate tripney was concealed in her house,
having let out one of her rooms for that express pur-
pose : but she -positively denied having taken Any
part in the coining of the money, or that money tV3S
ever made in that hOuse With regard us- the in-
strument which was found in her house, she pre-
tended to have nO 'knowledge of its being there;
neither, she said, was she aware that the coliceal--
ment Of such" an'instrument in ber,house was a capi-
tal'otience. She was firm and colleted, and confi-
dent-in the hope _of forgiveness. She-expressed her
,warmest gratitude, to the Chaplain who attended her,
.and prayed incessantly. The executioner perform-
ed thelast sad office, and they were both launched
into eternity, in the presence of a large concourse of
speCiators.