The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-06 00:00:00

COURVOISIER.

Yesterday the Rev. Mr..Carrev, the Ordinary of
-NeWgate, preached what is called the condemned ser-
mon in the chapel of Newgate. The Sheriffs, in col,-
sequence of the innumerable,applications made to thrall
tor admission to the chapel, dtermined to open once
more tlp gallery which had been closed since the execu-
tion of Fauntleroy, and to issue carda. Although the
~,rvietrwas -not to
-aos commencetillotreha:foiaelsotelkOboy'etlochokst,.
the av,•n to the common door of entrance •to the'
prison, as well as to the door of-the Governor's houie,
were completely blocked up before
to whom the • Sheriffs had kindly •given the pr,,iiege.
Tim arrangements were, however, so judieMusiy. made
by the Sheriff; and the Governor that not the. slightest
inconvenience was sustained by the numerous congre-
gation, „
We observed amongst the congregation Lord 'Adol-
phus Fazclarence, Lard Coventry, Lord Paget, -Lord
Bruce, several Members of the House of Commons,
and a few !Oa, •
• Immediately before the service commenced Cour
volsier entered the chapel, attended • by two of th,
turnkeys,-and 'sat on -a -bench before the pulpit.
appeared to be quite aware of the situation in. which
he was placed, and never once raised- his eyes thiriny
the service. "In fact, his,looks denoted extreme serti:t
and contrition, and he seemed to suffer great inivarn
agitation when the Ordinary particularly aliuded to the
crime for the perpetration of which he Stands con-
demned. He was as attentive ai possible to the ser-
vice, and held the book, of Coitimon Prayer with a
steady hand. .
. .
The Ordinary took his
.text: from ,Job, chap. xxx.v
ver. 21, 22 :—" For his eyes are upon the ways of man.
• dud tie seeth all his goings. There is no darkne,s nor
shadow
.6f death whore .the workers of iniquity ma)
thceaselvezi;.' .
•'—ving are the passages which referred to 64
' -*lmre especially. The preceding
*"...trati?d, from the' Old ant:
^I God
illustrations

The tout.
wretched criminal
portions of the sermon. ii....
Nem Testaments, the omniscience ...
!` How awfully true must the lessons ain.. -.._.
of our text appear to one amongst us this morning,
"'"l.'
how fearfully and box dreadfully appropriate the adap-
tation of its language to his special and almost un-
Piraiclefl case. ( The eyes of the Omniscient were
indeed upon his ways,- and he saw all his goings.'
Thrre was no darkness-nor shadow of . death where be
could hide himself.
" Yes, and that Ppecial deed of darkness which I.vy
subjected you, the midnight assassin of an aged,
amiable, .and unoffending master, to prison . and to
death, has yet, and in a few hours too, to be judged of
by Him `whose eye is upon your heart (as well as upon
your ways), and who sees all ) our thoughts as he sa:t
all your goings.'
" In the solitude of your confinement, far more ap-
prop-late for serious reflection on your part, and profit-
able ministration on mine, than on this owning occasion,
before a large and public assembly—in that retired eel;
Witb other matters,
I have daily Endeavoured, in simplicity and fidelity;
as the minister of God, to prepare YOU to meet
abiding, abject, abundant sorrow, hotly sorrow for
your dreadful sin . which ignOnitniOusly closes • you
and necessity of penitence.
tlar.tbly. career, and -u-shas you to your etern I destiny.
.. 91 --' Yiitel elf, the sincerity
''. firl and st;'ryie,able;
for my own and the public salc s, I
slave ' -,.
• .. Prcs.ed upon you the necessity, as well as propri..ty,
in which 1 hate sought to he I..iii.h-
-• some •sniall •eompehsation, alai small indeed it is,. o
of your repentance, auti.ntakin"v
outrag,il seeie!-y,
by a voluntary, ample, and explict
"nre'l'i°" of .di the e,reutnstances eonoccted with Ltd,
unprecetfenti3l (iced of darkness.' The Nita-moo, cr.mi•-
- itself I,as been by you tardily, though; I trust, p, nited-
tHly, acknowledged ; but the evasions, ,uhteaugei,
and inconsistencies, which have appeared in your le-
' Corded verbal statements on minor details, have very
-naturally induced the fear that your ' heart is not right
in "ie. sight of God.' You had alialost reached tln•-
very ‘41114e Of a triumph that would have inciuded the
re
• ofcatcpest sorrow to the guiljegs at. almost the ele,entie
lour, 50 strong was the inipres,ion of your IllnoCellre.
from }our loni-esti,bliAied character for mildness and
prob'ty, that a mortal stab was about to he inflicted
upon the Putation
your fellow-domestics and other
intiocelif.
persons. You r,•posed in quiescunc security
of acquittal. At the critical juncture, God, in the
wonderfal workings of his providence, by a marvellous
chain of circumstantial evil cove, with unerring certainty
fixed upon
, -of
you the guilt of murdering one whom
every tie
religion
and morality booty] yOg to
love, reverence, and respect, yea, to peril your own life,
if neeessary,-to save that of your master from the as-
sassin's blow. All who rt fleet upon this wondrous
event cannot but exclata,--' Verity tlits is the finger
of God, verily there is a -GOtl' that'jtidgeth tbil rarth,'
Gad has vindicated his -attributes of omniScie-nee, jusr
rice, and mercy, and with an eloquent tongue speaks to

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