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London, England, 1812-05-18 00:00:00

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3. REPORTS, ESTI \4P TES, and TREATIOES, em-
bracing the tieverdi Stibjetts Carihis, Navig.itrte
flar.oo,,rs. Picts, lqges, Draining, gothinking, Lig,it.
houses, Aloehinery of v.aricus. Descriptions; inducting tirz
Engines, 2,1i115, .ore. &c. wi,h other. lkscelLinei.is -
perb ; drawn up in the Coitrse of his Employment as a.( i.
vil i Bv the late Mr. lohn
,bineaton, F. R.S. ll-
iustrAvd with k'fates. Printeil chiefly froM his Aholitscripts,
under the Diretion, ct a Selett ConAittee of Civil .Ert;.;i-
neers. •lo three
4, SPE 1,. CIiES of the Is: Right IThit. V/11.1.1.14t
W I N t)IIA N.l; with a
to the ilveors of his Thoinas Amyot.
Es .•Iti three voltunrs, t;
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S. ,An. ACCOUNT 0/ the. PR ,:s I,N i' STA 4'.g. of -the
COL U GOA ST of AFR ICA. In one volume, netivu.
G. QM N LANA, in two volumes, foolscap i..clave, By
R. Sout;icy. .

7, POEVIS and TRANSIATION9. 73y RL-,7,nald lle.
ber, M. A. cont4initig turope, ft C. 'Routs
volume, tools‘.ap ot4vo.

It isstated in, some of :he public prints, that Lord
CASTLEEEAGH tendered the resignation of his office
On Saturday last, and that the PRINCE REGENT itn-
lnecjiately sent for the Marquis WELLESLEY. Our
Reiders may rest assured, that whenever any defi-
nitive arrangement takes place we shall lose no time
in commuoieating it,to them.

We 11.317 C this day devoted a considerable portion
of our Paper to an account of the Execution of
Bellingitani, and of some very interesting, circum-
stances which preceded it. Our Readers may rely
upon the accuracy of the account,as it was furnished
by two Gentlemen who were present :during the
whole time. •

'rtmsoa, "MAY 16.—Tbe E.,ri of AYLESFORD
has been on a visit to the QUEEN for a few days,
and took leave of ticr MAJESTY yesterday for
London.

Princesses AUGUSTA and SoPHIA rode on horse-
back, accompanied by Lady C. ONSLOW, Generil
GAIVNNE, and Colonel TAYLOR.

Thursday the Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES
arrived here, on a visit to the QUEEN, and re-
mained here till this morning, when she returned
to London.

Saturday the LORD CHANCELLOR and.the Earl of
LIVERPOOL had 6adienaes of the PRINCE REGENT
at Carlton4louse. The Dukes of YORK, Cum-
BRRLAND, and CA,MBRIDGE., viiitl,l his Royal High-
_
;less.

.Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR bad an audi-
ence Of the PRINCE Re.osbri,
,as had the above
Royal Dukes.
The Marchioneiss of HERTFORD'S intended.splen-
did assembly was A:at held in Manchester-square,
owing to (he untimely death of our late excellent
Premier ; it was intended for ,Friday night last.—
Upwards of 1000 cards, containing an apology, were
circulated Ainong our leading fashionables.
Some erroneous statements concerning the Fune-
ral of Mr. PERCEVAL having appeared in the Public
Papers, we think it right to give the following more
corre& account :—The family
,having consid,:red the
_very numerous applications which had been made
to them for permission to attend., found themselves
under the necessity of making the funeral as private
as possible, and of testriaing the attendance to the
near Relations of the deceased ; excepting only the
LORD CHANCELLOR, •the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the
Earl of HARRowEY, and the Right Hon. RICHARD
RYDERy.who represented the Cabinet, and ailed as
Pall-Bearers on the occasion ; and Mr. HEERIES,
Mr. BROOKSEANK, Mr. ROSENHAGEN, and Mr.
STRIDE, Who had held such confidential situationt
-under Mr. PERCEVAL, as to be coisidered as a pars
of his family.—The Light Horse Volunteers, under
Colonel HURRIES, had earnestly solicited permission
to pay the last duties to their lamented fellow sol-
di, r (for Mr. PERCEVAL had formerly been one of
the most aaive and z-alous Members of that Corps,
when its services were so particularly useful to the
safety of the metropolis), and in consideration of
the entire privacy which the friends of the deceased
bad determined to maintain on this melancholy oc-
casion, they only received the funeral procession•at
the gate of the church-yard, where it passed through
their ranks.

As. Natural History is the first of all sciences the.
Public must feel, a pleasure tri encouraging the
indefatigable exertions of the celebrated Mr. POLITO,
at the Royal Menagerie, Exeter 'Change,
,where
the most extraordinary Anitwils in .nature are td be
seen, in. as fine health and condition as if they were
in their. wild state; principally owing to the partico-
Jar care and cleanliness there observed, and the
growth of the young Animals in the Menagerie is
remarked with wonder and astonishment, wrtictr-
larlv he Rhinoceros, thick is supposed to be fully
double the size it was when it arrived in July, 18 10,
being now computed 'at two torts w!..; ht ; with the
most scientific Elephant (that performed forty,nights
at the Theatre Royal Covent-garden), also the
Tapur,' or Hippopotamus of America. The young
Lion ond.Tiger are, also improved in a most prodi-
gious manner; in short, no person can form any idea
of the,.improvement of this grand. einpOreum with-
out being an eye witness of it.
The fortunate Share-Holders of the undermen-
tioned Tickets, drawn Prizes in the Lottitty that
tiitkhed an Thur'sclaY last, are. desired to'bring them
fn Payment to Br-,H's Offices, 4, cornhill, or 9,
(,"Baring Cross, or to Exchange them for Tickets or
Siures in the Lottery to be drawn the 4th of Next
Month. *

No. 5,433 A Prize-of . 474.c00
B,hoo

97
2.5;8
1.1,369
9,002
8,402
oio
856
6,856

The Drawing of the State Lottery took place on
Thursday, the Guth ult. at Coopers' Hall—the fol-
lowing Capital Prizes were Sold and Shared at
Messrs. HAZARD, BURNE, and WARNER'S Office,
Royal Exchange :
No. 7,205 . a Prize of • ,C 15,000
2,860
9,722 I OOO
3,722. . . . • •
1,268
4,66,
2,873 -
The Vestry of St. Mary-le-bonne, we understand
from a friend, has presented an Address to the
Prince, Regent, through the Secretary of State, on
the atrocious nw.rder cal the Right Hanovrable Spelt-
= PexeTal.

I,ckoo
Soo

E,WCUTION OF.JOHY BELLINGHAM.

The crowd assemNed to.%Lels the execution of

this unfortunate man was by no means so great as
has been collected on former -occasions. The wet-
ness of the morning, and the recollthion of the
dreadful catastrophe that_ happened at the execution
of Holloway 'and Haggerty, were the reasons why
the number of speHatoys were comparatively so
fe.w. -Very. soon after seven o'clock the Loab
MAYOR • and Sheriffs • arrived at the Sessions'
House, in the Old Bailey, where Lord &Er-
TON, ,Mr. BERKELEY CRAVEN, and' about twen-
ty Gentlemen were, acsenahhd. At twenty minutes
after seven the Loan -Mak.ybtt and SHERIFFS went
from the Sessions House'to the prison to see the
sentence of the law put in .execution. At half past
seven the prisoner, accompanied by the Rev. Dr.
FORD, came down from his cell to have his irons
knocked off. He walked up to the 'block which
was prepared for that purpose, with a quick but firm
step.- Upon coming out, he looked up, apparently to
see the state of .the weather, and immediately laid
his foot on the block with-great composure,and while
the man was knocking off the irons he desired him
to keep them steady to prevent their shaking or
jarring his leg. .He was dressed in a brown great-
coat; the same that he wore al- his trial, a striped
kerseymere waistcoat, light pantaloons, and his shoes
down at the heels. As soon as his irons were off, he
went, accompanied by DoElor Pont), the Lord
Mayor and Sheriff's, and two or three Gentlemen
to a room !adjoining the Press-yaid, to wait until
' the proper time for proceeding to the. scaffold.—
During the time that he remained there, he talked
to the Sheriffs with great ease ,and composure ; he
repeated shortly what be had said at the trial, re-
,seeding the wrongs which he conceived himself .to
have suffered,i and added, that if he could have
presented his Petition to the' House' of 'Commons,
the event for which he was then about to
die would not -have happened ; expressing, at
the , same time, , a hope that some regulation
would be Made upon the subjeEt of petitions in fu-
ture. Mr. Sheriff HEYGATE then addressed him,
and said he hoped that at this awful moment he felt
;due and deep contrition for the dreadful aEt which
he bad perpetrated. He replied, ' I hope -I feel 'all
that a man ought to feel." The Sheriff then said,
as he was about to appear in the presence of
God, he trusted 'that' all feelings of resentment
or revenge were eradicated from his mind.—
He said, yes,—that no man could feel more sincere,
ly for the situation of Mrs. PERCEVAL than he
did—that he was aware he was about to appear in
the presence of_God--that it was vain for any hu-
man being to hope to appeir in that presence free
from guilt—that map was but corruption.—Mr.
Sheriff BIRCH said, you hope for mercy from your
repentance and through the melits and intercession of
your Redeemer ? He said, Yes ; he was conscious of
the nature of the aa he had committed, and added,
you know it is forbidden in scripture. Mr. Sheriff
HEYGATE said, he was glad to find he was in that
temper of mind, and asked if he wished tbhave his
sentiments made known. 'Bellingham answered,
(` Yes, certainly; I wish most earnestly to have them
made known," The Sheriff then asked him if there
,was --any thing further he wished to say ? or 'arty
communication be had to make to his family, or
to any person, he replied, no; with respe& to
himself, he said,; .his cares were of course over;
that all his
.concern was for his family, which?
he added, consisted of . his wife anti three chil-
dren, all sons, and that he was most anxious
that they should be_ provided for. The Sheriff
then reminded him that a gentleman had been
there yesterday from 'Liverpool, ,who had_ pro-
mised him that his family should be taken care
of. He expressed his satisfaEtion, 'and again re-
peated, that the only arietj', he now felt Was for
his family, and for. their future provision. Mr.
Sheriff HEYGATE then addressed him,. and asked
him if he still adhered to his former declaration,
that he had not perpetrated this aft from any
concert or communication with any other person,
and that he was proMpted to commit it merely
from a mistaken sense 'of the wrongs which he
conceived himself individually to have suffered.
He immediately answered with peculiar earnest-'
ness that he had not aEted in concert or in corn-
munication with .any human being, and he wish
'ed that his last words upon, this 'subjea should
be made known. He then turned round to a
table on which the ropes • for biUding his hands
and arms, and the one with which he was to be
executed, were lying, and said, " Gentlemen, I am
quite ready." 'The 'hour being nearly arrived at
which he was to suffer, one of the attendants pro-
ceeded to fasten his wrists together: he turned up
the sleeves of his coat, and clasping his Ands to-
gether, presented them to the man who held the
cord,,and said, " So,?" when they were fastened, he
desired the attendant to pull down , his sleeves so as
to cover the cord. The officer then proceeded
to sew(' his ' gras by 'a rope behind him:

when the man. had 'finished, he moved his
hands upwards, as if to ascertain whether lie could
reach. his neck, and asked whether they thought his
arms were sutfitiently fastened, saying that he might
possibly struggle, and that he wished to be so se-
cured as to prevent any inconvenience arising from
it, and requested that the rope might be tightened
a little, which was accordingly done. During
the whole of this awful scene he appeared per-.
leafy composed and colleaed; his voice never
faultered but just before he left the room to
proceed to the place of execution, he stooped down
his head and appeared to wipe off a tear. He was
then condu&ed by the Lord 'Mayor, heriffs,. Un-
der-Sheriffs, and Officers, (Doaor FORD walk-
ing with him) from the room in which he had
remained from the time his irons were taken off,'
through the Press-yard and the.'Prißon, to the fatal
spot. He walked very firmly, 'and appeared even
.rnore composed than many of the persons who were
present at this awful scene.
Alter Bellingham's, irons were taken off, and he
had returned to the room adjoining the Press-yard,
he put on a pair of Hessian boots. He did not ap,.
pear to be at all emaciated.

The procession, which moved trickly along; was
followed' by about two dozen Gentlemen.' The
Sheriffs and' some of the Offieers. first went out. of
the Debtor's door upon a part of the scaffold, 'be.:
teen the door and the place of execution, a little
lower in situation, covered over from 'the min. Here
they stood with only their own officers, the Lord
Mayor, and about six Gentlemen; the others being
left inside the door, in the prison. Belling-
ham ascended the scaffold accompanied by Dr.
Foal), the Ordinary, the executioner, and one or
two officers who kept rather back, the Ordinary and,
executioner alone going forward with hitm

He ascended the scaffold with rather a light step,
a -cheer ful countenance; and a confident> a
,calm, but,
not 'aCall an exulting air; he looked abdut him a little
l'ghtly and rapidly, which seems. to have been his
usual manner and gesture ; but he had no.air 'of
triumph, nor disposition to pay attention to the
mob. On his appearance, a confused noise .ato,e
among the mob, from the desire and attempts of
some to huzza him, connteraeted by a, far greater
number who called " Silence !" He took to no-
tice of this, bat subMitted quietly, and with a
dis-
position to accommodate, in having the rope .fas-
tened round his neck, nor did he seem to notice
any thing whatever that passed in the mob, or to
be any way gratified by the friendly disposition
some manifested towards hi m.

Before the cap was 'put over his lace, Dr. FORD
asked if had any last communication to snake, or
any thing in particular to say ? He was again pro-
ceeding about Russia and his family, when Dr..
'FORD stopped him, calling'hic attention to the eter-
nity into which he was et eering,-and praying, Bel-
lingham, praying .fervently also.
The last thing the Clergyman said to him, was
asking him how he 'fell To which he answered
calmly and colle6titely, saying, " he thanked GOD
" for having enabled him to meet his fate with so
" much fortitude and resignation."
When 'the Executioner proceeded to put the cap
over his face, Bellingham objealed to it, and ex-
pressed. a /strong wish the business could be done
without it ; but Dr. FORD said that 'was impossible.
White the cap was putting on, and fastening, (i;
being tied round the lower part of the face by a
white handkerchief) and just when he was, tied up,
about a store pers'ons in the mob set up a loud and
reiterated cry of " God bless you ! God bless you!".
This cry latecl,while the cap was fastening on, and
though those who set it up were loud and daring, it
was joined in but by a very .few. The Ordinary
asked.Bellinghant if he heard what the mob were
saying ? He said he heard them crying egat somee,
thing, but he did not unders!and what it was, and
inquired What ? The.cry havingby this lime ceased,
the Clergyman•did not inform him what it was.—
The fastening On of the cap being accomplished, the
Executiooei retired. A perfect silence ensued.—
The crowd evidently expeeled he would be turned
off instantly, but Dr. 'Form contibeed praying with
him for .about a minute, while the Executioner
went below the seaOld,...and. preparations were
made to strike away its, supporters. The clock
struck eight, and while it was striking the seventh
'time, the Clergyman ape' Bellingham both fervently.
praying, the supporters of the internal square of the
scaffold Were struck away; and Bellingham dropped',
and he then remained only visible down to his
knees. The Clergyman was left standing on the,
outer frame of the scaffold. When Bellingham
sunk, the most perfect and awful silence prevailed,
not even the slightest attempt at a huzza or noise
of any kind was made. lie did not struggle at first-,
and but very httld afterwards, the Executioners be-
ing below pulling his legs, that. he might die quick-
ly; they were concealed in the inclosore from the
sight of the populace. As Bellingham dropped, the
Clergyman retired from the scaf'f'old, and in ten
minutes afterwards the mob, which was not great,
began to retire.

The body turt,-; till nine o",clock, ani aC soon is
it was 'cut down, was placed in a cart, aid co-
vered with a sack. The 2ssistant of tit; executiot4ers
and a boy, got into Ole cart, and, preceded by the.
City Marshal, the body was conveyed ,up the Old
B.tiley, along Newgate-street. The. popullce fol-
lowed -the cart close and as the windows were
thronged with speMastars, the executioner two or ;
three times removed the sack from the body th,lt.it
might be seen. The cart turned down Si.- Martiti's•
le-Grand, up Little 'Britain, and the- body was de-
livered at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in Bell-ystil
The populace then dispersed..
From the time 'of his condemnation tilt that of his.
execution, no person was admitted to see him bot
the two gaolers who remained in the aparitnent
him, and Dr. FORD, the Clergyinan. If any per-
sons properly entitled' to see him had applied, ti'c'
Sheriffs were ready to have given them a mantel'
Order to bare dene‘ so, without whictt, no pile'
could see him. Mr. I\4;noLsotl, -who applied la
see him
.so .earnestly on Saturday, is, we undt'"
stand, a Methodist unacquainted with' the deceasi'd,
who certainly was of the Church . of Ettglatil-'
He, took the sacrament this morning with great
devotion, making the responses Most correa'Y'
and she wing he was well used to the praatice °
the Church of England. ,When this was (Wei,
seemed much relieved, and thanked GOD Iza vvali
now on the point of having an end put to 0'
troubles, in which he had been constantly 4)1;0
for the last,3o j'ears:

He was allowed only bread and water after I'lo
condemnation so far froth conp:aining of 11°'
he seemed- pleased, with it, observing, he thougitt

such diet preserved his health and spirits better.'
In his cell he lay tuo.stry on his bed, no dojrs'''.
tables being allowyd ; and, he Slept a great dot'''.
He slept.'rernarkably sound last night, and until
time when he vs as called on to prepare for e4e°'''
,
,lion. With all his exclamations about his 4411'n-
.4
on account Russia, and his 13mentations „
hiS family, we could
,fill our Pap -r ; but the'
stance of them is already accurately 'given In
1, re'
preceding accounts. He firtniy sand uniforto
MC:
fused to express contrition for
hivitl4
PERCEVAL'S (*ale, and he as steadily dente"

any accomplices. i
. .
p
. . Great praise is due to Mes3rs.s.iietiffs 'BOO :
HEyGATE for the pains thf..y-.twitc iflre,iut../ti:'i; 'II
- •
mode of execution, and to Dr.'-roaD for bis'cl'it
r**l4
sel and exhortations to the .prison ~:::", Tile 7e- 4
or platform of execution tvas well, L.-.17:7(1ed '4le,',
eeditional wooden and iron f-nces, non:: blit Fel'''.
officers being in view, or indeed I,v4l)in ti) (;'''''