The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-01 00:00:00

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ELY, Friday Yoon.—At .nine o'clock .this morn-
intf, the °Minors, (the Bey. Mr. Gann:Frr») per,
formed. his last reli,;zi!oss wakes in. the gaol with
the prisukierS under sviliew•e of, deatni„and about
half am hour after the 'great bell of. St. Mary.'s
tolled ihet„igual,, when John .I)ownes, GoorEe
Crow, William Bonds the, eltkr, Tholudg South the
younger, and Isao tlurtey,. »tele brought Ont with
white caps on , their heads, ,black
bons, 'Hod ascended:a cart with elevated seats on
each side, covered
,wit 4 cloth, ,to be con-
vects, to the usual prnee of execution., Several
or the Magistrates atteudenl iri, per.son, accompa-
nied by nut less than three.lnmelred of the most
respectable inhabitants of the,hlee!ne,horsehack,
with white wands. All ;the peace inlic9rs, ,with
additional ones sworn in speeial oo:t4lkeeasion,
headed by Mr. EDWARD, and three other Chief
Constables, with their stalls of office covered
,with
black crape., forming a large body, ',reef...elect
and b
followed the melancholy processiou, wh;e
was. conducted without the necessity o(aisy mili-
tary aid.
The unhappy sufferers demonstrated the, most
sincere contrition, and signed an acknoWledgment
of the justice of their sentence, which they gave
to the Ordinary before they .left the prison, hop-
ing, that their late would prove an example to the
country, and deter others from the perpetration
of such crimes for which they %veil: about to die,
and particularly their, confederates., who had so
mercifully escaped being made partakers In their
sufferings.
The procession reached the place of execution
about eleven o'clock, Where a platform was erect-
eel, with a drop, which they ascended ;- The
spectacle Was aqui and impressive on the sur-'
rounding multitude. When they reached the plat-
form they knelt down severally, and prayed fel-
%Tinty for a considerable time; the Orditutry then
went up
,to theM and assisted them in their last
devotions ; after this John Dennis addressed
the spectatom• and declared, that they all cons
fessed the crimes for -which they were about
to suffer ; he then, with a loud voice, said, " he
hoped all who heard him would take example
by their fate, and particularly exhorted them
to shun dronkcnness, swearing, and Sahbaoh•
breaking, which had brought them all to that MI-
. timely. end." The whole then prayed for sonic
time, when, on a signal given,.the drop kn.- and'
they were launched into eternity almost without
a struggle. . .
.After hanging the usual time, the bodies were
put into coffins, and given to their respective
friend's yor interment in St. Mary's Church-yard
to-morrow.

The following is an athentic copy of their de-
clination :

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4(4We your poor unfortunate, anfrering fellow-Creatures heg
leave tppresent the pohlie with this our last dying, acknow-
ledgment the justice of that seAtyence, which has ciindemn-
ed us to die for the violent outroeiswehave -committed. and
hope it will be a warning to 41, who .may.see, or hear of no,
to avoid the like course. We acknoWlqge and confess our.
sins in general, and we most sincerely hew of God to pardon.
our sins; fervently lupine and trnstiog 01;4 God Almighty
will, for the sake of the all•attming merits of the Redeemer,
ecuire nor precious and immortal tools into his favour,
though we have delayed their interests to this, late hour;
moil earnestly entreating that the Almighty may.grant.us all
our sufferings in this would, and none in the neat. • We most
sincerely warn you all to avoid those sins, which have been
the cause of Whip:Jul/us here.

el,Ay all means avoid irre4ion and rice of every kind, ear.
ticularly that of swearing, drunkenness, Sabbath breaktm.T.
and I hst of a shamefill neglect of the means of grace, the only
man.. through the merit of Christ, of oar soul's salvation.
We sincerely recommend to yin!, that yon attend the public
worship of God, particularly on the Lord's day, and most sine
cerely pray that ail our frlestls awl relations will nut put off
their repentance to a death bed, lest that God, whom they
hare neglected to serve while in health and strength, sitiiald
say onto them nt last, as he does to every nrgleetor of salve-
liecatuse 1., have called, and ye refused, I have
stretched out my bands and no man regarded; but ye have
set at nought all my counsel, and wonid none of toy reproof,
l'also will laugh dt your calamity, anti mock when your fear
came DENNIS.
W,ItEAMN.

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The Nlarlis of " GEORGE CROW.•
" ISAAC HARLEY." >ll
in the presence of BENJ. ChWer•
A trtie'eop,y,
H. IL Donr.ti*,
LAW*
Acting Magistrates for the Isle of Ely.