The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-28 00:00:00

FICA [JD. PR E VENT ED.

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East and 'West India Articles, Army and Navy, Scc.,&c. b
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terms the most moderate, for prompt payment.

EXECUTION
OF ANN-BAiIFORD AND WILLLINI GRAY.

(Front The fraruichshire General Advert iNcr

Yesterday Ain Bamford and William. Gray, %vl►o
wet e convicted at our last Assizes of passing
forged Notes, underwent the dreadful sewence of
the law", on the New Drop, in the front of the
County Gaol, in this Borough.

At an early hour they were visited by the Chaplain in their
cells, and engaged with hint religious duties for a consider-.
ablelength of time. At ten-o'clock they attended Divine.
Service in the Chapel, where they heard a discOurse most.ad-
mir'ably adapted to the melancholy occasion. They received
khe Sacranient, and, perhaps, stronger devotion, or firmer re;..
signation, was-(lever shown •by any criminals during the ad-
ministration of that solemn rite.

During their progress to the scene of their fate, they conti-
nued iii prayer, and 'frequently expressed the happy state of
mind which, they enjoyed. On passing through the cdnits
they slrook hands with their felloiw prisoners, and exhorted
them to take warning by their untimely and ignominious
end ; exhorted them inStantly to quit their vicious courses of
life, and direct their attention to that source from whence
true happiness could alone proceed.
On reaching the seaffOld, they fully actnowledged the clime
for which they were about to suffer—expressed much confi-
dence in the mercy of their Creator through the Redeemer,
and after remaining a few moments in fervent prayer, the
fatal signal was given, and they were launched into an awful
eternity.

Gray, who had only reached his twenty-second year, it is'
supposed, had been entrapped :into the commission of the
'crime for which he suffered; and there is every reasen to be-
lieve, that he had nut been engaged in the horrid traffic
which brought him to an ignominious end inure than a few
months. But his unhappy companion had
sheen deeply and
extensively conc„trned in it for more than 15 years. She had
reared up the whole of her 6rinily in the guilty practice, and•
scarcely an Assize fur this county passed, but some of her
connexions fella victim to their guilt, and her artifices. Her
husband was, ft few years ago, convicted of passing base
coin—her own son and sister were transported for life, for
passing forged Bank "f England notes; three brothers-in-law
were convicted of having forged notes in their possession,
and sentenced, two to 14 years' transportation, and one to 7
years; another of her children, acquitted at the last Assizes,
on alike charge, has been twice imprisoned in the gaol of this
county, for uttering base coin. This unfortunate woman and
her husband were; at. one period of their lives,• Dissenters;
but afterwards became the must dissolute and abandoned
members of the horrid gang which had so lung infested the
town and neighbourhood of Birmingham. She was between
50 and 60 years of age. •
On the day previous to his execution, Gray oat visited in
his cell, by his wife, his brother, and two of his sisters. The
scene between him_aiid his unhappy wife was truly heart-
rending ; and it was With difficulty that, the separation be-
tween them could be effected. The situation of this interest-
ing, unhappy woman, the offspring of respectable parents, is
truly afflicting ; she had scarcely attained her twentieth year,
has been married but 14 months, ant! is now in the hist stage
of pregnancy.
Considerairle interest,, we understand, had been made to
save the.life of Gray, by the friends of his wire, who was the
dartghter of the late Colonel Bann, whose loyalty, patriotism,
and private worth, are well known in this county.
There are,• perhaps, few examples of such piety,lortitude,
and resignation, as this unhappy man displayed hem the time
of his conviction up to the moment of his sufferine•
sentence- of the law. tt enbioin, with r tcasere, the copy of
letri., adds esseu oy the Divine who attended biro in leis last
moments, to the Minister of Harborne (where it is thought
his remains will-he interred), in which he bears testimony to
his exemplary conduct :
" \Vat-Wick, April 24th, 1818.
" REVERYND Sre,Understanding that Wm. ray is to
be interred in your churchlard, at Hgrborne, I have great
pleasure iin giving testimony to the excellent conduct of the
nofortunate young man. From the hour of his conviction,
until he suffered the dreadful sentence ofthe law, he labour-
ed incessantly-to make his peace with the living God. Ile
freely acknowledged his manifold offences, as well as the
particular crime for which he forfeited his life. He, applied
to the Throne of Grace for forgiveness "in the name and
thrOugh the powerful mediation of the everlasting Son, and
he died in charity with all men. Indeed, iii the long course
of my ministry, as chaplain of the county gaol, I never met
with more delightful instance of patient submission to the
Divine will, and of humble confidence in the Divine mercy
and gooduess. • I am, Sir,
" H. LAUGHARNE."

The bodies of these unfortunate cri►uinals; after hanging
tim usual time, were cut down, and this morning deli►ered
over to their'friends for interment.

The crowd
.assembled to witness the awful ceremony, not-
Withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, was con-
siderable.

It was stated in some of the London Papers a few days back,
that the above-convicts, together with William Stewart .etios
Dickens, .Ifmepli Latchford and Rebecca !Lodges, were exe-
cuted on the 17th inst. It is. expected that the t.iitences of
the four last mentioned criminals will be commuted to trans-
portatioU forlifr.;

W. Knighton, who .stands charged with having
adtninistered poison to three of his relations and
a boy,•at Arketulaie, near Knaresborough, with
an intent of destroying them, has been taken and
coomitted to York Castle for trial.

Thii Morning,theCOtirtwas crowded to excess,'
to hear the LORD CUANCELLOR'S IndgMent in the
import►►nt case of TEMrEST versus. Lady ANTRIM;
when his Lordship, after going.through the whole
of the proceedings, advised the case to be referred
• ,
to the MASTER, and Lady ANTRIM in the mean
time to be reszrained trop► hariugatiy communi-
cation with her daughter, Lady FRANCES.

COURT OF KING's Apnic C 7.

ESQ. V. GONE, ESA..

It will be recollected that this was an action
for alihel, bronglrt by Dr. Thorpe, late one of
the Judges of Upper Canada,, against General
Gore, the Governor of that Settlement, and was
tiled in- the SittitigS lit Wesyninster after last
Tom, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff.
In the beginning of the Term, Mr. Seijeant COl,.
LEY moved on behalf of the defendant- for a new:
trial, on the ground that'there was not. sufficient
proof of the publication of the libel ; hut the
Learned Set jeant had permission to mention the
case again., under a hope that in the mean time
the matter might be otherwise seiled. The
Learned Seiicant now came into .Court, • and
having stated that the hope of accominodation
had ceased, he obtained a Rule Nisi f6r a new
Irial.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST yRING MEETING, .1818.
MONDAY, APtql. 27.

Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. for five-yr-olds and upwards.
B.C.
Mr. Vever's Lady Byron, 7st. 91h. ...
Ld Darlington's BeMlle, B't. 211),
Mr. Wytlham's
.Wandeter,, Est. GUS.
Mr. Rush's Discord, 7st. 121 h. . . •
Mr. Sionehewer's Castrella, Bst. 71h.... 5

D. of Rutland's Fandango, Bst. 516 pd
10 to 1 agst Lady Byron-7 to 4 aLt.st Belville—:"; to 1 agst
• . Wanderer-7 to 2 agst Troubadoar..
•

Mr. Stonehewer's Manfreda, Bst. beat Mr. Shakespeare's_
Milton, Sst. 71h. T.Y.C. 100 gs.— 13 to S agst Manfreda.
• Mr. Wilson's Carlton, Bst. ith. beat Mr. Calley's Osman,
Sat. 71h. D.M. bogs, h. to 4 an Carbon.
Mr. Watson';-Fitz Orville, Bst. 6111. beat Mr. Stonehewer's
Manfred, Sst 71b. T.M.M. 20ogs.=-7 to 4on 'Fitz Orville.
The innipor Stakes of 1 00gs each, haft. for the produce of
mares covered .in 1814 by Juniper; colts, Bst.4lb. fillies,
Bst. R.M.
D. of Grafton's f. Carrots, ont of Vanity rec.
Gen. Grosvenor's f. out of Cinderella.. withdraws her stake
Mr. Watsim's c. (died the day of foaling,) out of Pentagon..
Sweepstakes of 200 gs each,' h. ft. for fillies, Sat, Sib.
D. of Itutland's sister to Fandango 1.. , rec.
Two pd. ft.

[From a Correspondent.]

A report (untrue no doubt) haying appeared in
the Newspapers, 4‘ that all the timber of the Navy
Dock-yards is to be put into sea-water, to prevent
its having the dry rot,"—it is only requisite, to
obsierve, that. if such a plan is followed, the wet rot,
a much worse thing than the.dty rot, will ensue.
Thetimber in the Duck-yards has always small
pieces of wood to support them clear of each other,
so that the air may pass freely between each to
dry them. What state, therefore, must timber be
in, if left to soak in the sea-water ?• Will se,t-
wAter al me preserve bodies from putrefaction
The late Dr. WATsoN, Bishop of Landatf, in his
Chemistry, says, " that all vegetable and animal.
Eibdies become sooner decayed and putrid in sea-
water than freSh ; because the
.small quantity of
salt accelerates decay : whereas a greater quantity
of salt preserves every thing from putrescence or
decay." It is a fact, that vessels coastanily em-
ployed for sixteen years successively, on the
fishery of Netvfoundla►ttl, from having their planks
and timbers well pickled (with salt fish in bulk),
have beer) preserved perfectly sound. At present,
oak trees are felled when the sap ascends.stiffi-
eiently to strip off the bark about Midsummer,
and this, bark is everywhere too valuable to,be
lost. The'sap is then in the wood, which must
in consequence have a premature dens►-
pickled with stroni, ► r“ we, the only presetva-
.:., 'yet discovered. Bark may therefore be said
to be the evil ; because if oak trees are cut down
in the winter, before the sap rises, although that)
bark must be sacrificed as_useless, yet the timber
will thereby be saved, and last for many years
without decay.

Yesterday as 'a Gentleman -from the cvntry
was about to enter TATTERSALL'S repository for
horses, ht Hyde Park-corner, a friend cautioned.
him to take care of his poekets2; the Gentletnatt
instantly discovered that his pGcket•book,contain..,
ing notes and bills to the amount of about 30001.,,
was missing : be recollected that the last time he
had it was in.a hackney-coach, and that he had
put it on the seat of the coach. He had discharged.
the coach at the end of Piccadilly, but did not
know the number of it : he ran hack to Piccadilly.
with all•possible speed, but could find no trace of
the coach ; he pursued his endeavours, but in
vain, for a considerable time. At length he went
to Bow-street office to give information ot
great loss. It was then 4 o'clock ; and ADKINS,
the Officer, started to use his exertions for tie re-
covery of the treasure, and was so fortunateas to
have the pocket book, with the whole of the va-
luable contents, in his possession at aquarler be-
f6re 5 o'clock. On the Officer presenting the lost
property to the owner, his joy must be more ea-
sily conrefved than described ; and he'at the same
iiine expressed his actin:ration of the exertions of
the Officer. It does not appear Whether he gave
him an adequate reward. •

LITERARY Rp.VIEW.

RE! TGIO` CLERIC!,; A CuuIiCHMAN'S ErisTLE;

Thrse went about in quest of 10011, whom they had the art
to turn into madmen; an art which is not to be reckoned

auicaig the fleper-,ita."

i ultr I N•

MGjiRAY, R i S.—Second Edition, corrected.

If testimony could be wa►►ted to the merit of a
poem, whicli speaks ably Cm itself, nothing
coup{, convey. t „more, stronglyjlian the staodey,
. •

. . •
tts, malignant, and. unchristian attack upon it
vitielt has already been poured forth, (without a
Moment's loss of time), from that vehicle of fana.4
.ticieni, the 'Eclectic Reriew,—from that Review;
which, no less wisely than humanely, pronounced
that thousands are now Tormented in bell for the
atrocious crime of reading Shakspeare! These
autirible Reviewers, having stigv,ested every moi,t
unworthy motive for the production of the -poem,
and attributed to the author dispositions which
front their apparent knowledge of him, they must
know to be quite fa:seht imputed, still maintain
the cant of Christian charity, and reproach •the
author with having viotsted its precepts, while,
they are acting themselves in most gross viol :Hon
of them. They, are so blinded by their wrath,
that they cannot see even the merit of the style
and versification, which the greatest dolt, not so
niust perceive ; and think that they prove
theme( lees at once witty and indulgent, by hoping
that the author, " while he imitates Dryden, is as
much, better a man than Dryden as he is a worse
poet;" Otos adroitly slandering at once both the
dead and the living poet. " Peace to all such I."
there be -a,.crit ic who can distinguish merit
either iq style.or-sentiment, that critic,, we are well
assured, willas touch commend the poem as those
,sapient persons have abused it ; and as Much
,raise the author as jAey have laboured to vilify
p

'This We say without reserve though the poet,
in decrying and satirizing Bible Societies, has
joined with one division of- his clerical brethren
against another;. and has thus lent his aid ro widen
a schism within the Church which Persons of
more experience and considera►ion ardently wish
to'see.re-united. Yet .-when he aims his satire
against the abuses of these institutions, the pa-
Sade and quackery of public speechifying, the offi-
cious intrusion of peony subscriptions, to gain
influence over the poor, then assuredly, many of
the. best friends to those societies will heartily join
with him, and lament that " such
.things are',"
though without changing their opinion 'of the
general design.
The Eclectics are particularly angry with the
author for stating the case of a poor man, driven
to despair in his last moments by some fiery bi-
got, who has assured him, that for the frailties of
'Which
.he cannot but accuse himself, he cannot
have a hope of pardon. They deny that the poet
could.have known such a case. Now the case hap-
pens to be almost exactly the same as one which
another more established poet has recorded in
print, as happening under his own eye, and in his.
own parish, namely, at Bremhill. near Caine, in
Wilts where the tracts written upon. the subject
may at any time be procured, and we believe also
at Mr. Hatchard's, Piccadilly: To let our
Readers see the nature of these cases, it is proper
here to insert the passage from the- Religio Clerici:

Oh Were this all ! did juggles such as these
Alone-inform us of our sore disease,
Folly, like heady beer, must find -a vent,
And heat, we know, by nature will feiment.
But would you see what heavier ills abound,
Walk with a pa►ish priest his daily round.
'ln yonder gar:et, whose abode of pain.. . .
By four steep eights of winding steps you gain ;"!--
In a word (to shorten the quotation), in the
abode of age, penury, and approaching death,
the poor victim of these united evils had thought
of his own imperfections-with penitence and faith,
and with an humble hope of mercy, but is found
by his visitor in the agony of despair

" Yet 'tit not now the fever's flush which speaks
In signs of living fiama upon his cheeks;
'Tis not the bodily disease which ploughs
Convulsive furrows on his thrObbity, brows.
!- the soul's worse agiiny, which tries
His bosom strings, and (lashes from his eyes,
And clenches fast his hands, as he would strisa
With fancied fiends, who-drag him down alive.
Some fierce and gloomy zealot has been there,
And clogg'd his feeble spirit with despair;
With garbled Gospel, and perverted :text, ,
And Scripture strangely to his turn perplext,
Chang'd into threats the tidings 'of great joy,
And taught the Sayiour came-but to destroy-;
l'e!l'd out perdition phenzied ears,.
And made his heart the very hull he-fears.
Oh ! it mb re yet be time, some hobo convey,
-Ere yet his tortur'd soul shall.pass away;
H,'av'n will be merciful to faults like thine;
Think upon Ciud—'.lle dies, and makes no Sign.'

In all but .the melancholy catastrophe,, the real
narrative above alluded to (probably unknown to
the Writer of this Poem) is exactly parallel. But,
in that case, the consoling Pastor happily came iu
time ; and the poor sufferer died with thoughts of
his Redeemer and himself, as much more com-
fortable as they were more just anti true.
From the above passage, and what we will next
quote, the virulence of the serious Reviewers will
easily be accounted for :

s, With what presumption this empiric tribe
All disagree, and yet mast all prescribe!
So body quacks delude the gaping throng,
Right lmut in calling one another wrong.
Truth is but one, the focus of the mind,
Heat, flame, and radiance, in a point combin'd ;
But error, glittering with unsteady blaze, •
Splits the diverging beam ten thousand ways.
'Each sect, united 'gainst the Church alone,
Deals some specific nostrum of its own :
Varies time mixture and the dose at will,
And thews how many ways there are—to kill. •
On strong digestions one professor tries
Fumes which transport, and gas which mystifies.
Or, for a valetudinarian soul,
Warm cordial drops, which cherish and console;
Sermons for saints whose fervour needs repose,
And glowing hymns to waken such as doze."
We will not deem so ill of .our Readers as, to
think it necessary to tell them that this is good
writing : and if they wish to judge of the cha-
racier of the young Writer, without the stained
glass spectacles of the very prejudiced Reviewers„.
lei them read the character which he has drawn
- (p. 21 to 23), and which almost every Reader
will at once apply, of a preacher and a man, to
feel whose excellence- is one good step maile, in
early life, towards tire attainment of a- similar
character.

PARLTA MENT.

nOUSE OF LORDS, MUNDAY, APRIL. 27.

'The House proceeded in Appeals. The bearing
Queensbury.Cases was. eonclu!!ed. •.
'Mr.lloa, train t Treasury, presented an
Account of the Nition:il Debt in each. year, from
1786 to 1818 —Ordered !o be•prinred.
The-Watt.'loo Bridge Bill, s4nelocal and pri-
Ole Bills, wt re brought up from the House of
Com Mons; by Mr. Swaim, Sir Win. Guise,- Mr.
Lowndcs,- and Other Members, and read a first
:ime, ,

The,Glass Duties 'Bill passed through a Com-
mittee', and as reported Without Amendment.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this doy).