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London, England, 1824-01-09 00:00:00

all the dead, both small and great, standing before Goo; the L.,„44
opened, and the dead judged out of the things written lu dose huoi„.
suppose you heard the respective sentences upon all mankind 11::
nounced by the mouth of CHRIST himself—' Come, ye biased of •.. •
Emma, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foutid,„l
tion of the world!' and ' Depart from me, ye cursed, into ever) y,
ing fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels !' Would not this,'
continued the Rev. Chaplain," be an appalling scene, and does net
the Gospel positively declare that it shall come to pais?" He asked
then, why was not that dreadful fact operative upon human con.
duct ? Why then such insensibility to human interests—why
the voice of conscience—why labour to drown its cries by the ..fi
and riot of worldly cares and pleasures? When the last trump,:
should be sounded, and aßtnankind summonedir:o the presence sf
the ALMIGHTY Goo, to witness the distribution of final reriaidsand
punishments, thetrwould the Christian who had neglected to act os,
the doctrine laid Jown in the text express unfeigned regret—thee
he would wish that the time which he m.:ia 'Unprofitably iu;ssia
this life were again to be passed by hint, but at that hour this regret
would be of no avail. After dwelling forcibly on this topic, th,
Reverend Gentleman exclaimed—" Let this precut season ot•
vent constrain us all to look carefully and steadily to our last 'glee
account; and seeing now, with our own eyes, the avb Int site
tacle before us, where human justice is about to vindicate the via.
lition of her laws, let u. lift up our hearts to higher views, and rtase
our thoughts from earth), to heavenly subjt•ers. Let us argue thus:
If the day of Goo's judgment be so dreadful at a diitance, that
can hardly now bear the very thought of it, hunt the recolit•cti.:n 0:-
my tins, how insopportable will the thought itself be, whs.a it col.
nally does come !" Lle, in conclusion, contrasted the times of :g.
norance of the heathen and the Chriatian world, and, as St. Pail
said, " the ignorance of the former GOD winked at. but now at
men were commanded tOrepent, because he bath appointed a day in
which he will judge the world. Oh, then, at once,' said the CI a;
lain, with great fervour and earnestness, " Repent !- Let the wit
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man h.. thoughts; and let :•;e.
turn unto theLonn,who ejll have mercy upon hint, and unto (mt. (;c:.
who will abundantly par.lon, through the merits and
Onus; our Loco and Savirma." He then endt•avvut,e;
convince the convicts, in eloquent and impressive !angst: g of
necessity of making the lust use of the few hairs still, left :o itieu:,
to be prepared fur the hour of tribulation. At the conclusian
the sermon, .we understand that the Reverend Chaplin turned
round to the prisoners under sentence of transportation, and said,
very einpNatic.•lly—." We have this day been taue.ht an 'input :44
lesson—we hdvt bean ought Ora t -.-rhe wages of tin is death.' "
Repefitejly, diming the (!4livery of the sermon, of
which the above only furnishes a brief and imperfect
abstract, the Chaplain was affected to tears. Taunt:lt
ai times evinced uncommon emotin-1 is manner was
extremely penitent:but his Cortitude was s:i.l maiutatuest,
and he awaits with conippsure his impending fat.
Ile hopes, he says, to meet it with the. ft morn of a
'ina;i, and the resignation of a Christian.
In the cool se of the service, the Chaplain read the
Litany, though out of order, very property jutlysing
there were parts in it more applicable to the ease of the
prisoners than occurred in the rest of the service.
When the following prayer was read, Hunt ieetred
'dreadfully affected. and his head dropped‘ upon the
front of the pew :
rr it may please They to defend and provVe
the fatherless children and widows, and all that are t.
solate and oppressed."
Thurtell still maintained that steady but respectful
•attention and composure which have distinguished h.m
during the whole of these proceedings.
At the conclusion of the service, the prisoners were re-
condutted to their rooms, and the Chaplain followed
Thurtell to his, where he had some private cons er-
sation, and we are happy to state, kund hint in that
frarbe of .filind which, in such a situation, above all
others, wq;s: tt desirable.

TiSCIISR.Ve Fmr.strio, Fns r.w.
It was originally, proposed to try the prisoners in
iron; hit Mr. J. Sidney Taylor, the barrister, repre-
sented to the High S).eriff the illegality of such a pro.
ceeding, and the intention was in cousequenceabandorte.'.
A Meeting of the Magistfates was held this mom-
ing, at which the place where, and t 1 time when, sen-
tence shall be executed upon Thiirtell, was taken nil
consideration. It was finalli resolved that the culprit
should be executed at twelve o'clocle• tei marrow, ;n
fiont of the centre door (which is callect tic "- Mill," or
" Tread-mill-door") of the jail, and not in the held or
gravel-pit, opposite the prison, where malefactors are
usually executed.
The workmen have been employed since half-past
two o'clock in making the neceslary In eparations for the
erection of a new gallows and drop. The mate' iah,
which are now lying at the prlion-door, shew that it is
,intended to erect a structure of considerable height and
extent. The country in the neighbourhood being, how-
Ater, very level, the view of the execution will be ne-
cessarily restricted to those who may have strength and
hardihood sufficient to force their way near the scaffold.
The whole posse comitatus have been summoned to at-
tend on this occasion ; but, to judge from the eouduct of
a portion of that body at the Court-house, they are more
likely to create disorder than to repress it. Still it is
the only legal disposable force which the Magistrates
can command; and everybody must approve of the
abandonment of an intention which, it is rumouredova;
once entertained—that of calling on the Yeomanry for
their assistance. The Magistrates have, with gteat pro-
priety, directed Bishop; Iluthven, and Upson, of the
Bow-street establishment, to remain until the behests of
the law have been complied with.
Hunt's execution has been fixed for this day fortnight,
if the application to the Crown, in behalf of the prisoner
should not prove successful. Fourteen days are, we
understand, allowed by law, to accessaries in cases of
murder ; and therefore the High Sheriff has named the
day which we have mentioned. Hunt is not aware of
this circum,taire. He believes that his fate is to be
•sealed in the morning, and he is preparing for death,
bat in a state of great agony and exhaustion. The con-
trast between him and Thurtell is extreme. The latter
is cool, manly, and firm, without any. intermixture of
thoughtlessness or levity : the former is timid, whining,
and pusillanimous.
All admission to the prison for the purpose of wit-
nessing the proceedings to-morrow morning, has been
most positively and peremptorily interdicted, except to
those who are immediately connected 'with those pro-
ceedings. Applications from persons of rank and con-
sideration have been negatived in the most decided and
unequivocal manner.
It will be recollected that Mr. Justice Park, on Tues-
day mot fling, censured the conduct of Mr. Fenton,
Thurtell's attorney,for not having been in Court at seven
o'clock. The reproof was somewhat hasty, since it was
given (without an inquiry into facts) on the supposition
that Mr. Fenton had neglected his duty, which was not
the case. Mr. Fenton was, at six o'clock in the morning,
attending at the door appropriated to the admittance
of barristers and attornies. He endeavoured, over and
over again, and in those endeavours he was absolutely
assisted by a banister, to gain admittance, but the door-
keepers effectually prevented his entrance.
• In the course of the evening, the Chaplain expressed A
wish (at Thurtell's desire) that Thurtell should be at:-
co:rimodated with 7'he.Tiere.s newspaper, that being the
paper which his father has been in the habit of reading►
for the purpose of seeing the manner in which Mr..lue
tice Park's commendation of his defence had bccii ic-
potted& It is unnecessary to state, that the request was
complitti with.

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