The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-22 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF SCHINDERHANNES,

We have often had ozcasion to
.record theont.,
rages of this notorious Chief of Banditti, who was
long the terror of the North ofGermany, and wltne
singular exploits and:flair-breadth escapes had im
pressed the peasantry with an idea that he was in.
debted for his SUCCeSSCs to infernal or supernatural
agency. „We hate now to describe the termination
of his career.

may.be reme 4bered That he was taken, with
:a great number of nia associates, by.a, body .of mi.
litary sent against ilia; in Jane t Soz. After twig
confined for is months in a dungeon at Mentz, he
wi,s brought to trial, and, together with 20 of his
associates, received se.itence of death.
. • lie heard the. awful. Sentence with the greatest
firmnesai and was much: satisgecl an learning that
his mistress,. Juliet, a handsome your girl, whom
he had oeduced, %vas not to shine his rate, she hay.
'ing been sentenced only to two years imprisonment.
He made a short address to.the President, to.whom
he recommended his father, his mistress, and child.

On observing immense crowds of people who hod
assemblek to gaze on him, he satitialy said,
4% Aye, pray look, for you will not see me much
longer." On the lrst of November he was led to
execution, previous- to which he was visited by A
Catholic Ptitst, to whom, on entering the dungeon,
he cheerfully observeci,-, You come me' give init
consolation ; but you should -rather go to my acs
complices, who arc much more in need of it ; for
hm resolved to meet my fate with firmness." He,
however, was induced to receive the Sacrament,
as he had not observed that ceremony for many
years.

About one o'clock the Procession moved under a
strong mslsiary escort, to an open space, on which
was erected a Guillotine :—twenty of his. aecom.
plicei followed in five waggons. All the house;
and streets which.led to'the scoffold were filled with
speaators, amongst which the females were most
numerous. The same fortitude which had charac-
terised him daring his imprisonment, supported him
at the place of execution : hi examined every pert
of the Guillotine with
.great minutenvis, and was
anxious to know whether. it really operated so easily
and expeditiously as was repinted:—on being an,
swered in the affirmative, he expressed his satisfAci.
skim, He then wished to know.whether the-execu.
tinncould no take place without the necessity of
binding him, but. on a slight remonstrance, he sub.
mitred with much sang fluid to' the usual method.
Every preparation being • made, '.he addressed the
multitude as, fdllows :

cg Citizens! I die justly;. but fen of my comrades
are innocent of the crime for which they suffer."--.
Ile then submitted himself to the evcutioncrs with
fortitude and composure.
This notorious', charader was formerly in the
Austrian service, front which he deserted, and en.
ticing.a huinber of vagabundi to join him, ill:), long
comMitted the most audacious ravages w„ith impu.
misty. He was .1 great enemy to the Frerelt Repub-
licans, whose str,tggling parties he frequently,mut.
tiered during.the late war ; and it was in consequence
of his cruelties to' these and to the Jews, that-hc
received the name of Schinderhannes, or 3.. ck the
Hangman. 111,4 real name was Buckler ; and his
countenance betr:tyed none of, those distinctive
marks of ferocity which charattcrize a ,Captain of
Robber .1.

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LONDON► DECEIIIEI? 22, 1803;

Tus ibmburgh Mail due on Sunday, arrived
this morning. It brings the following, which are
its roost important contents:

ItrIE‘NN.4 Dec. 3.—ln the night betiveen Wed-
nesday and Thursday, the Courier returned who
had been dispatched by our Court to its Envoy at
Magid), with instrudions to make strong repre-
sentations to Hie Eldloral Highness, relative to
the conduit of the Bavarian Troops towards the
Austrians att)berkinosen, and theocCupying of that.
place, which of right appertains to Austria. As the
at:swcr brought by this Courier appears to be very
pacific, all expeaations of War have since yester.
day entirely vanished, and we 'have not only 'the
certainty that all 'clifferenees with the Court of
Munich will be acconnuodaied,but that the an.
dent •friendship and good understanding between
that Court and Austria will be completely restored.
Frisey, NOV'. 2S.—Twelve fine horses froM the
lanoverian stud have arrived at Lugano ; six of them
are intended as a present to the. Vice-president of
the Italian Republic, Citizen MeLzt.
Some discussions have taken place between Russia,
and the little Republic of Ragusa, which have been
terminated by a letter from the Fostretton AL,EX-
ANDEk to the Senate of the Republic. The free
exercise of the Greek Religion will now be per.
mitted at Ragusa, under the prottetion of Russia.
Coavu, OCT. zB.--The z6th of Odobec will
will he distinguished in the annals of our Republic :
on that day the Legislative Body was installed ; the
benevolent views of AI.iXANDEIt I. the labours of
his excellent Ministers, and the wishes of the inha.
bitants of the seven Islands were fulfilled. His Ex.
cellency the Plenipotentiary, Count MOCtNIOO,
wished the pomp and solemnity of the Installation
to he suitable to the dignity of his exalted Sovereign
and the importance of the funaions of the first Legis.
failure of the Seven Islands. The Representatives of
the Nation, therefore, proceeded in their robes, ac-
.oompaoied by the Secretary of State, to the Palace in
the old Fortress. The brave Russian Troops sa.
luted them as they passed with military honours.
The respeetabl4 Chief of the Republic, Prince
THEOTIC.III, received thefts in the Hall in which
they were to hold their Sitting, and where he
xercised the fuedions of President, till one should
be eletted. He ascended a raised seat, and the
Members took their' places. The Plenipotentiary
of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias,
Count Moots/too, then appeared, accompanied by
the Generals of the Sea and Land Force, the, Staff
Officers of the Russian Auxiliary Troops, and de-
livered a suitable speech to the Assembly.
MALTA, OCT. 13.-1 c has hitherto been the CM.
tom here, when the SubjeCts of Neutral Powers have
been found on board the Merchant Ships taken under
the Flag of the Enemy, to liberate them on their
being claimed by their respeaive Consuls. The
English Naval Commandant has, however, within
tfiese few days begun. to ad on contrary principles,
and has refused to deliver up a DanishSitilor found on
hoard "a Dutch Prize, on his being reclaimed by the
Danish. Consul. The Commandant answered, that
Vice.Admirat Lord NEtioN, as Comm nick. in
Chief of the British Kiva' Force in the Mediter-
ranean, had given orders to send to England all
Subjeas of Neutral Powers found on board Ships
taken from the Enemy.

Ettusszi,s, ,Dic..4..—Agreat quantity of biscuit•
is baking hera for the Expeclition'agtinst,

146 thausAnd labourers are employed in entarg.
ing the Harbour of Boulogne, for the rzception of
a greater number of Ships.
he Gun•huat% .now have place, fitted up in
them for the conveyance of horses, and carry
fourteen days provisions, besides at1;11..1'660n and
warlike stores.

An Embargo is laid on all inland Merchant.ves_
which will be employed in the lixpedition
against England ; several cargoes which were ex_
petted at Brussels have. therefore not arrived. 'The
4th division of Vessels lies I)unkirk, ready to
aril fc)r Boulogne.
HA C,lll, Dec, 6•--Such preparations are, now
making in our Republic, that every thing will be
ready f,lr embarkation in the Tety...l, and at Flush.
ing, in the course of the ensuing week. The Mi.
niter at Witr,..PYMAN, has published a very circium
stantial regulation relative to the Eiyediiion, ad.
dressed to the:. Officers. 'of- the goco Batavian
Troops to be employed in it, in which he tle.

then cornpleat, must be immediately eomple4ed
from other Corps. The field-equipage for the In.
fantry is to consist of a bottle and a bread.bag, and
for the Cavalry, of a small water.barrel, As soon
as these Troops shall hvle arrived on the enemy's
coast, they will be treated in every respeet like
the French. A Serjeant will then leave in arrear
five stivers of his daily pay, Corporal three, and a
common man two, which, on their return, they
may receive in person. The Subalterns and Privates
may also give power of Attorney, disposing of these
arrears in favour of their wives, children; or pa-
rents; No Officers or Soldiers will be permitted
to embark.

The equipage of an Officer must consist only of
one cloak.bag.

The Commanding Officer of a Corps must only
take with him one carer. The Quarter-Master a
chest to keep his books and papers in, and the prin..
cipal Surgeon one Medicine Chest., No Soldier or
Artilleryman is to take with him more clothing than
may be contained in a knapsack or cloak.bag.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 6.—On she ad inst. the
First Division of the Gun-boats building here, 25
in number, proceeded by the way of Sparendam to
Flushing; a greater number will soon follow them.
BR taint, Dec. B.—The second Frigate sent fur
the Blockade of the Weser, 'was wrecked on the 3d
of December in the Made. Whether any of the crew
or property on board have been saved, is not yet
known here.

We are not enabled to say any thing more in
confirmation of the statement we gavey,esterday,
made by the Master of the §chuyt whic,h had or-
rived' at Bull from ilallaa, of the Troops in
that Country having refused to embark on the
Expedition against England, than that we tin.
derstand the Dutchman has made affidavit of the
fact before the Mayor of Hull ; at least this cir.
cumstance i 1 mentioned in. a Letter from a most
resPeElable house of that Town,: It is added, that
the Troops who had. refused to embark, had
marched into the interior. We shall leave it
to the judgment of our Readers to attach to
this statement what degree of credit they may think
it deserves. It cettainly is not unsupported by
probability ; but, an the other hand, it is asserted
that a Vessel left,Rouerdam on the :60, the Master
of which makes no mention of such an event. As this
last Vessel, however, brought Dutch Papers of the
3th only, we think there may be a mistake with re.
sped to the day of her departure from Holland ; and
the Dutch Papers of the. tlth being silent upon such
an event as a Mutiny, is no proof that it 'might not
have occurred on that day or the preceding.

Yesterday about one o'clock-, Ilis IVlAjes•ry ar.
rived at St. James's Palace from the Queen's House,
to hold a Levee. Soon after one o'clock the Levee
commenced, which was attended by the Bishop of
LONDON, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
Cnnimon Pleas, the Chief Baron, the CHANCELLOR
of the,' ExclieQusit, the Secretaries of State, the
First Lord of the Admiralty, the Treasurer of the
Navy, the olicitur General, the Judge Martial, and
Advocate General, and their Excellencies the Ito.
perial, Turkish, Americsn, Wirtetnberg, Neapoli.
tan, Russian, Spanish, and Bavarian Ambassadors ;
and,Sheriff tin Aw.
nukei—Batford, and Portland.

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earls—Sandwich, UxbridAe, St, Vincent,,C hatham, Ifarring.
ton, and Rossini.
Viscount Castlereagh.
Worliani, WAlsingham, Cranley, Whit.
worth, NortheA, Folkstone, G. Seyinuur. Wit.
,ioughby, Ilawkeihury, Hobart, and C. Somer.

bet.
Sirs-,-T. Metcalfe, C.,Poot, H. B. Neale, W. lames, IL
itrachey, I. M'lntosh, S„ Cotterell.
Generals Hulse, Burrard, Brownrig, 114iril, Stewart, Stan.
Sinei.nr, Lester, Calvert, Lake Kw.
ings, and Nlanpt.ll..
4Lows —Blake, and R. a insbot tom .
Cul,:er,./r—StAnley, De Cray, Greville, Head. 'lll4Quarrie,
Dawkins, Chester, O'Nunglilin, Coventry, Sheldon, Her-
ries, Hanson, and Calvert. !
Capmins.:Crotton, Maitland, Moore Barber, Jackson,"Mayo,
Greville, H. P. Hope, Ppwel, MAnners.
Messrs..— F,lgel, Hope, Corry, Hunt, Tierney, Addington,.
• Irby, Sargent, Paget, Lloyd, York, Windltakn, and King.
The fAlowing had the honour of being presented
to tits MAIRSTY : • . . •

his Grace the 'Duke of Bedford, on his marriage, by Lord
Willoughby ; his Grace wore an elegant new 'uniform of
the Whbunt Cavalry. • • I
Mr. M'lntosli, the •Ilarrister, by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, on being appointed Recorder of Bombay, on
which occasion he received, the honour of Knighthood.
The worthy Knight.,tlien took leave of His Majesty, pre-
vious to his Saills4l in a few days tbr the East Indies,
Colonel Coventry, of the Woroestei Volunteers, by tits
Lord in Waiting.
Lieutettant.Colonel Hansont. of the:Manchester Ritie Regi.
ment, by Colonel Stanley.
lord George Seytnour, tin • his being appointed td the nom.
mand of the Excise-Mice Corps, by the Lord in Waiting.
His Lordship then presented Captains lackstin, Mayo, and
G revi I le,of the same CorPs. •
Captain Henry
.Philip Hope, of the London Light; Horse; by
Colonel lietnes, the Commander 011ie Corps, ,
Lieittenant-Qeneral Hastings, on hls'promotion to that rank.
I ;ijrtr Blake and Captain l'ovvel of the St. Clement's Corps,
1, the Lord in Waiting. ' • -
Major kamabottorn and Captain Manners, of, the Chewer

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Volunteers; by General 114smers.
The !tight lion. ‘Vistilham, on his being appointed
to the etmittand of the fellbrig Volunteers, in Norfolk.
A Swedish Clentlonan. by the Swedish Minister,. on his boot
appointed Alinister to the Ottoman Pone.

After the Levee was over, fits tVl4SirsTv held a
Privy Cohnol

His WrititsTv then giive privitte attilienees to Mr.
A 110-1 N (ITO N, Mr. YOR.X.It ST. VINC
HOB A KT, Eifel C:l4 ATH 1-1 W.,I(C L 1.1
Sir CIE Alt Za MO W.G AN, Who lii‘i
of Coln 13 Martial before His Majtstv.
Soon after five o'clock, Hl3 MAJESTY left the l'et.
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