The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-01 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT READING.

For the following additional particulars respecting the
men executed at Reading on Saturday se'nnight we are in-
debted to a Country Friend:—
On the Friday, the day preceding the execution, Burnett
was amusing himself by standing en his head, iu the entail.
yard attached to his cell. His indecorous conduct was ob-
served upon by one of the prisoners appointed to watch
him, when he very carelessly remarked, "Aye, I'm stand-
ing on my head now, and to-morrow I shall be dancing on
nothing !" His father was at the gaol on Saturday, and;
stated that his eon had been absent from him nearly seven
years ; and the first intimation he heard about him was the
intelligence in the newspapers that he was left for execution !
Thirteen guineas were offered for Lis body, but very pro-
perly refused.
The grief of Field's father was so intense, that he was
under the necessity of calling at every public-house on the
road for the purpose of quenching it ! His first stop was
at the Marquis of Granby, and there he and his male and
female companion indulged their sorrows till they could
scarcely stand ! The next paroxysm was at the Pheasant,
where they replenished the sluices of their tears plentifully,
and although Oakinghani was only seven miles from hence
they were three hours and a half reaching that town. Of
course they could not well proceed without a farther liqui-
dation of their distress, and in order to show to the public
the trouble into which he was plunged, the afflicted father
ascended the cart, each hand occupied with "a flowing
cup," and getting astride on the coffin, roared out,—
" There he lies—he was a rare 'un ; I told him
to fear nothing, and he did so, and died as
hard as a brick !!" The melancholy proceesion—
the horse whirls drew the cart being the only animal
of the party that did not exhibit outward sympten3s of
mournful indulgence,—then moved on towards Old Wind-
sor—but Sunninghill, the scene of Field's exploits, must
not be passed without another libation to the " sea of
trouble" already poured but. A halt was therefore called,
and the coffin being opened the party drank to each other ;
even the corpse was not forgotten, for the bereaved parent
approaching it, unshrouded the body, and applying some
ale or gin to its pale and livid lips, called upon it to " take
a sup with him !!" * But we will not dis-
gust our readers and degrade humanity by a further detail
of one of the most sickening instances of total abstraction
of feeling that ever fell within our recollection. Suffice
it, then, to say, that we have heard the corpse did actually
arrive at its destination some time in the course of Satur-
day night, or early on Sunday morning, but whether it
has been buried, remains yet to be ascertained.--Berk-
shire Chronicle.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

COUNTRY DTA RY.7-THTIRSDAY, APRIL 3.

Borrow, J.,Stockport—Palace, Manchester 9
Denman, W., Bangor—Clarendon, Liverpool l2
Hacker, S., Canterbury—Guildhall, Canterbury
Harling, J., Lancastei—King's Arms, Lancaster ll
Harrison, W., Manchester—Clarendon, Liverpool l2
Hodson, T., Pendleton—White's, Manchester g
Hollins, J., Nether Knutsford—Star, Manchester 9
Hunt, 11.,Rochdale—Dewhurst and Co., Preston ll
Lawton, S., Saddleworth—White's, Manchester ll
Molineux, J., Brighton—Old Ship, Brighton ll
Stonehouse, J., Bishopwearmouth—Ca.stle, Stockton

INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED,
COUNTRY..—At the Court-house, at Huntingdon. April 3,
at Ten o'clock.
Robson, Henry, Hnntingdon, music-master
Chandler, Peter, St. Neot's, draper
Edmonds, John, Leighton, butcher
Whitney, William, Woodhurst, fanner
Swannell, William, Earith, corn-merchant
Humphrey, William, Earith, cordv.'ainer
Cade, John, Abbottsley, shoemaker

THE LORD HIGII ADNIIRAL'S VISIT TO
IRELAND.-We can state upon unquestionable authority,
that it is the intention of his Royal Highness the Lord
High Admiral to visit this country in the latter part of
July next. Arrangements of the most splendid descrip-
tion fur his reception are in progress at Rostellan, the seat
of the Marquess of THONIOND. His Royal Highness also
intends to honour Michelstown, the residence of Earl
KINGSTON, by a visit; and after sojourning there for a
few (lays, the Royal Duke means to procee' to Carton, on
a visit to the Duke of LEnisrEa.—DoUin Evening Mail.
RE-ELECTION OF LORD FORBES FOR TUE
COUNTY OF LONISFORD.-On Thursday an election Was
held in Longford to return a Member for the present Par-
liament in the room of the Right Hon. Viscount FORBES.
His Lordship was unanimously re-elected.--Dublin
Morning Register.
They talk, in the neighbourhood of the
Theatres, of a dramatic disappearance, which has left a
awg(a)rintlsity.in\l‘u,settinisoitnaliikiea hat ops o
present
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toi co ens
ntaonlfightes, ilp
but
it is said that the deficits of the absentee are upwards of
30,000/. —News.

Among the animals to be seen at present at
Exeter 'Change is a female elephant, which, at the command
of the keeper, capers about i❑ a very amusing manner.

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NOMINAL EPITAPII.—Dr. WALKER wrote
a work on the English particles, which obtained for him
the short and pithy epitaph :
" Here lies Walker't, particles."—Mirror.