The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-04 00:00:00

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ANI)REW BAIN, M. D.
To praise 'lay various worth, he,ignant BAIN,
Needs no recourse to old poetic lore,
ESCULAVIVS, nanki of rove
That Greece has fahltil of her Healing trail::
Snide Trwlf can jtestif the plausive strain,
While nuiohers oft their grateful hmkla:te pour,
TO thee whose potent skill can health restore,
And 4errtie manners south severest
If Fortune, always deeed to Merit Wind,
Wete so to t hr e, and Sickness esll'd for aid,
A ferli,ig heart would irrove thee still more kind,
For ;hen, aloof from gain as from parade,
Thy ready zeal its noblest weed would find
In gen'rons actions, by themselves repaid.

'IHE 1 up,ATitE.

110 you know who did? Tell me as a matter ef
personal favour?", His answer se is, " As God
is my Judee, and. us you sire my witneq4, these opliftett hands were never stained with the blood
of either Mr Mid or his servant. I ha e
sespic my
ion, busseitemort presentiy !''
The two Reverend Gentlemen %sere with him a
ernisoletable put of the morning, and left an
finally his cdl, a little nefore 11, ro as • orn-
parry the Sheriff in Isis carriage to the place of ex-
eeution. They paid the utmost at ent ion to ilia
wishes and Ilia feelings during t!ie whole ot flitqr
melancholy attendance. At a (par er before: I he
fatal I,Yaggon tvtiich wa% to convey him to fie place
of execution arrive h tore the prison dam toles
lowed by several coostabita and !teet) roughs on
bor%ebaek.and attended Ott each side by the Sheriff's
javelin men. Great crowds bad collect ea in King-
street, het the inmost order and decorum prat ail-
ed. The prison bell began to toll, and the wretch-
ed culprit was ordered to prepare. As eleven
o'clock struck, the clanking of closing was beard,
and the unfortunate man was led forth to
be placed on the waggon. The grislier !poem-
ad a horse, with a black rOd in his hand, and
joined the peace-dlficers behind the waggon._..
All eyes were turned on the nolottonate man, wilt,
seemed to observe nothing. His dress was neatly
the same es on his trial : a Mark coat and waist-
COat and grey pantaloons ; but his person, his fea-
tures, and general appearance, were so altered,
that he could scarcely he recognised as the same
person, and instead of supposing him, as he was
represented to have been, resigned, one would have
coaciiVed that his frame had been shaken by some
dreadful bodily or mental malady.' He rept for•
Ward with w feeble and tottering gait, and appeared
scarcely able to support his chains. His pale,
haggard, and emaciated countenance seemed to
have been a prey to the troubles of years, instead
of the anxieties of three days ; his eye was stink
and glassy, his lips celondess and parched, his
strength prostrate, his person neglected, and be
appeared altogether like a man just recovering
front, or falling into, a fainting fit. From the state
of feebleness and dejection into which he had
sunk, it was likely that a few days more in pri-
son would have termiented his sufferings, with-
out the assistance of the executioner. His arms
were pinioned, the cord With 'which he seas to be
suspended was slung around him, and his neck.
was open, without a handkerchief. He ascended
the waggon with considerable difficulty, but
with no symptom of reluctance. The mete-
flouter Sat close by his side, and the two turn-
keys of the debtors and criminals' gaols took
their plecrs opposite to him, with loaded
blunder busses. His arms, thought pinioned, ado
mitred of his holding a small tract in his hand,
which was entitled " The Visitation for the
Prisoners." At this book he gaz.d with a kind
of vacant stare, occitsionally shutting his eyes,
as if to reflect on the passage he 'bud read; but
as he appeared wily to look at one place, it may
he supposed that it Ives rather intended to pre.
vent his eye from wandering on the immcase
crowd by which lie was surroueder4 than to
topics of religions meditation. H never loekeii
to the right or the left, and seemed td pay no nutri-
tion to any visibleathject. Sciercely.was he placed
in the waggon 'when the solemq psnceeoeis
began, and his toteatenaince and erame became
more feeble and ghastly than before: His confi-
deuce and firmness while in pr son forsook' him,
mid be appeared to fall into a lethargic stupor, in
which we were only remintted that be was alive
by -the quivering of his lips, the raising of his
eyelashes, or the mutretnig of a suppressed ejacu-
lation. The distance between the gaol and the
place of execution is upwards of a mile, and dur-
ing all the time he seemed, so far as he had no
sense or feeling, to be labouring under the most
abject and indescribable anguish. Whet) be
had arrived near the place of execution, >a friend
of his in the crowd, anxious to bid him fare.
well, culled out his name " Charles"' once or twice
distinctly. Hussey did not raise his bead, his
mouth appeared quite thy, and his lips parched.
An apple was offered him, but he refused it. The
crowd was immense on the Heath and !wind the
gallows, but the most perfect order prevailed.—
The procession arrived about a clearer betore 12
o'clock. When turning towards the fatal spot,
the unhappy man, as if by an involuntary instinct,
cast one look on the apparatus of eat-melon, and
again closed his eyes. - His appearance showed
a perfect decay and desolation of nature.—
file two clergymen, :Viessrs Argles and Hedge,
who had presionsly arrived in the carria e or Mr.
Delmar, the Under-Slieliti, now ascended the
waggon, anti proceeded to rein the appropriate
prayers. To each of them Hussey, on les knees,
with a sign of oppression and rtgony, nrononneed
distinctly,"±llrArgles, after these
devotional exercises were concluded, for tuft i ist
time- asked biro, "du you know who dal too
deed ?". to which he replied wit cagernesi, 't
10, I do." Mr. Midge then prayed with - him,