Star.
London, England, 1824-01-12 00:00:00

• Thrrepottedly said to• several of tbose "h.(); visited
hiirr in prison; that Goals, very lastnight.b,e entered a•
itniurhoUse in the.snetropolis, saisl• to be .kept by a
person of the name of43eunet, and in which, he had pre-
viously lost some money, that that.. individual, at his
,departure, presented him with a 1:50 note, saying,
rfake this, numll;. pray ,don't come here again •
you ate not the man wewani.;" and he never entered' I
;lie house aftexwards. , Wben.walking in,tbe yard with,
.4k fellow-prisoners,•he was in the Imbit of eutertaiuiiii
them with any, story of 'his life whicki.ivhilst, itsmithr
drew his mind from reflection, prevented theseiroutici.
fiim, if they were so disposed' (which rar.elzitccarteciA,
introducing any , subject that was ealciflated
embarrass him.
This desperate man had .evidently a .dtilarnsit4y
turn of mind, and some taste for elocutiOp,`bni it'was
oeither correct nor well cultivated ; he was fond, it
would seem of display, and had filled his memory. with
:quetations.irona plays, and .volumes of speeches. Re:
bad no literary aßquirements. "although he was ambi-
tious to disperse such gatheritt&s; as ate above alluded'
to among his -convivial companions. This..cle,sire for
effect was a ruling. principle, which clung to him to the.
'last. On the day which intervened between his con,'
dimnation and execution, he seemed most .itaiouS to
know what impression his address bad- made upon the.
Public, and particularly solicitous to see a Newspaper.
pile was shown. to bun,. which he read attentively, aud.
said, that in what' he thouht his best :passes; the'
'words did not run 'on well,theY did not read .as he
spoke thew ; and so inteut was he ppon correcting what
he felt to be the errors °Elbe repiat.L.that on the morn-
ing of liis execution, the lasi !eller ere wr;nte to a Gen-
tleman in London consisted of half a dozen lines,we;tten
mith a firm hand, and trail- mittingaliiichn•inirisind: •
Via you be kind enough to get my defence put into one of.the
pipers as I simte it 1. lam happy. GOD bless you. • •
" Your unfortunate friend, : . •
" JOilN T11U1lTE1.1."
The following fact may be relied upon :—On the
Friday evening upon which the murder of Mr. Weare
took place, the card of the murdered man was left at
Lord Egremont's, -at Petworth. This card was, we
have no doubt, left there .by one of the parties whose
name has been much connected with the late proceed-
ings, and who was missed from London on that day.
The intention clearly was, that if the murderers could
have concealed the body, and avoided suspicion of the
murder, it should be supposed that as the last place at
which Mr. Weare was heard of, would, from the cit.
cumstance of the card, be said to have been Petworth,
it might have been conjectured he had gone on to
Brighton, and from thence to the Continent, If .the
whole truth rand the whole intentions of thensorderers
should beavoeted by either of them, we think that it
:will'. be fouud.thltt the sack and cord taken down to
Gill's-hill were not for the purpose for which they were
eventually Used, andfor which the short sack was clearly
inapplicable, but for the purpose of destroying their
victim by -strangulatiwt-,-the sack to bethrowu over
Weares head, ais prevent much resistance and noise, ansi
?the cord to destroy life. -'
Thiwtell's body arrived at Si. Bartholomew's Hospital
-on -Friday night from:Hertford, having first undergone
what is technically called the Crusian incision. There
have beeti many applications .to see it,
.which have
hitherto met with a decided refusal. It will be open to
the inspection of the pupils ofthe hospital to-day, and be'
dissected by 'Mr. Abernethy and assistants to non-low:
casts will be taken of the whole head- .When,thelandy:.
reached the hospital, or shortly alter it was.degosited
there, it was found that ore of this augers had been• cut
off, doubtless for the use of tome person whose interest
in the deceased surmounted the disgust which would
oppose the selection of such a relic. The body will un-..
dergo minute dissection, and it is intended that the
more su'ostantial parts shall be preserved. •
Hunt entertained an opinion that he was to suffer on
Friday morning with Tkurtell, and under that impres-
sion, he, on Thursday afternoon, wrote an affectiwg.let-
ter to his mother, which:he sent by the post, inclosed in
the following letter to his attorney :
" shall feel grateful if you will forward this to etly• an•
fortunate mother, as I do nut know where she lives.
" Yom's respectfully, " J. Ii OM".
The letter to his mother is as follows :
• " Hertford Jail, Jan.-Bth, 18414.
" My Tlemcen IVlirittk—This you must consider as the last
acknowledgment of my duty and gratitude to you, for the uniform
affection I have experienced at your harids, and the kindness you
have manifested during my unhappy situation. I have been, from
my birth, the child of misfortune, but the termination of my un-
toward life is, indeed, dreadful to contemplate. It is, however,
now too late to reflect on the past; and it has pliased the At;
MIGHTY that I must be prematurely cut off from society, I hope I
shall be able to meet my fate with confidence and fortitude, and
.that I shall meet with forgiveness In the next world, although •I.'
cannot receive it from mankind in this. only regret I feel, is
its the disgraceful death I must, undergo, because
•fear t will
render more wretched those whom Heave behind. :lint des not, I
beg of yuu, my beloved parent, destroy your peace of Mind by
fretting at my misfortune, but pray to Gon for my forgiieness
when I appeal before that great Judge our Stresteaus %mu. •
" I 'depart this life in peace with all mankind; and trust-that
Gon will Forgive all those who are my enemies, as freely as I do.
" Front what passed when I first made my confession, I did ex,
pect my life would be spared; but I am happy to say that I have,
no:withstanding; devoted the whole of my time, since my appro.
hensiuti, to my Goo, nut merely becattse'l 'was a guilty man, hut
because I felt I had long neglected that duty which bught to be per-
formed by every good Christian., •.• ••
" Remember me kindly and affecitioaately to all those I leave
behind ; and that the blessing of ALMIGHTY Goo may be with ye%
and my unhappy wife, my dearest brothers, and sisters, is the' mutt
fervent prayer of your unhappy son, "JOSEPH HUNT".
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The Pt ivy Cotineil have determined, after a great
deal of discussion, in which Mr.:Justice PARK tock the
lead, not to carry the sentence of:death on Hunt into
execution. It is supposed that hq, will be transported
for life.

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• Among the late arrivals from Spain, is Don T. AI-
GALIANO, the eloquent leader of the most liberal party in
the Cortes.

We learn by a letter from Babia;datedsthe 11th Nov.
last, that the Emperor of the Brazils had in contempla-
tion to dispatch a flying squadron of his Navy, imme•
diately under the orders of Captain John Taylor, of
the Netherhoy, to capture the Portuguese East Indian
settlements. The Emperor was so highly pleased with
Captain Taylor's exertions in capturing and destroying
Seventeen sail of the Portuguese fleet, though (index do
protection of a line of battle ship, two frigates, and- a
corvette, that he had conferred upon him the an of. a
Captain of a line of battle ship, and the tiignity; of
K.C.B. of the Emperor's hew order of the ‘e Cruizero,4l
or Cross.—The order is a star upon the breast, with A
-medal affixed to a button hole of the coat. Lord Coch.
cane (now Marquis of Maranharn) it was understood at
Bahia, had returned to Rio Janeiro. .The crew of dm
Netherhoy gave Captain Taylor (who is, a tiativ‘tliff
Portsmouth) three cheers, -on his receiving these,4iP,.
tinctiuns. 'The Netherhoy did not return toport
she was without provisions and had -only QIIC oak of
water on boat d. •