Star.
London, England, 1824-01-10 00:00:00

NAVAL IA7'ELLIGZNCE.

the dispatches for Bombay and China, by the ship
were closed at the &tat India House, and delivered
that ship.
~- the Duke of York.—Sir C. li. Chambers, one of
the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay ; Car,
•• 4th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant Wainwtight, Gf
; Ensign'. Lardnetslietrat Limes's/it Mandister,
of the 90th Infantry ; Rev. M. Davis,; Esq.
G. Rowley, C. Babington, 11. Aston, AL I.andon, W. Vardon; S.
K. Christopher, and A. Cobh', Cadets to. Bombay ;..kfc. H. Caul.;
Geld, toteylon ; Lally •Chanibeis ; 111rsltalolielliVitteriltiss 'Wife
Alias Pliiliptok; Ilia. Haiakins'e also detachments of his Majesty's
4th Light Pvagocns, and 40th and 47th Regiments of Infantry.
Lord Viscount Mstvu.se sniped at-Pytsmouth on Thursday,
from the Admiralty, and immediately 011g:ceded across to the Isla
' Wight. . : 1.
Arrouranerra..Lieatenant Janis APDpwar., to the Papirroot ;
Lieutenant EDWARD lIANDFIELD, to the PANSIDRIO ; MP. EDWARD
Master, to the Issrart ; Mr. Wit.trastWitl.ist,' Niger, to
the Sarno, to be employed in the Coast Blockade.
• The Coast Blockade, under the command and judicious manage.
meat of captain Warainas 31'cuttoco, of, .his Majesty's ship 114.
utt.tirs, has been found so far effectual in the prevention of smug.
gling within the ditrict to which it has hitherto beetreOnfined, that
it has been determined to extend it Etat and. West; to as to include
the whole of the Isle of Sheppey on one sidre and to the Westward
as far as Cnichester..which aldttional line of coast will, we are in.
formed, be divided into three districts, and be officered and manned
in the same manner as tte.three districts are at present, which will
call into that service about forty Lieutenaits;.three Sur.rcons,-at
Assistant-Surgeons, three Pursers, and nearly 1,900 Men, ru addition
to .he number of Officers aMV•inen..'aiready en Ari Ployed. • •
The Primmer, Is-gun sloop, has hirers *•.c.cirtimissioued at
mouth, to supply the place of the ARA grog the Irish station.
The Cattiors, Lieutenant Justice. arrived at Portsmouth on
Thursday, from Chatham, With a partyOf seamen to complete the
complement of the llussaa frigate, Captain f. theaik which ship
sails this day for Barlradoes and Jamaica. • . .t
FALuouru, JANUARY B.—Wind S.S.W. —Arrived-She kedina
and Agnes, from London. „
Ptvatourti, Jazoaar 9. Wind S.W. ---AfrOreirdiV
SPANGENSURO, from Archangel. •
PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 9.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived the Wood.
park, Eden, Alfred, and Underwood, from the Downs. .
Ships at Spithead—'l'he Huss.. it,,Jasrea, and •
1.1.60r5. in liar-
' hour QUICEN CH•RLOTER, AIIPIOW, JUPITER, ellitiGN, Twerp,
BANGUR, MENAI, PANDORA, GRASSHOPPER, ARAMS.; SPARSA:NIa
HAWK, ARROW, CYGNET, and Norge. • •
Dtar; JANUARY g.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived yenenhy evening
and sailed this morning for the River; the Circassian, WASS, from
Madras and 'Bengal; front India; Norfolk,
ANesß-
soa, front Dantzic ; Minerva, l'attzuousx, from Stockholm ; and
Malta, I'ARISER, from Seville.
•I.tvearont,• JANUARY 8.---The Duchess of Bedford, Ilawenrs,
' from Jamaica for London, was lost the 99th November, 'in the
Porto Bravo, near Ilavannah—crew saved; and if the weather was
moderate the runt was expected to be saved. The Margaret,
YOUNG, from Quebec to Liverpool, was driven on shore in Itolt,
Bay (Prince EdWatd's Island)'; she was abandoned by' the .crew,
and was to be sold by auction. The Creole, Ggonaroc,lnsia Ilavre
for Havannah, was lust on the Ist I)ecemher, in 014; %upset—
vessel and cargo totally lost. The True Briton, from Liverpoal,
arrived at Barbadoes and sailed for La Guyra the Ist December,
under convoy of his Majesty's ship lbscnrive. Arrived the !Mar.
ntion, PETRIZ, from Charleston ; Plato, Recess's, from Savannah ;
Frauklin, GRAHAM, from Baltimore; and Relief, Doun, front
Prince Edward's Island. Sailed the Loyal Sam, HUD, for Brazils;
John Wills, HARRIS, for New York ; Lancaster, for. Phil-
adelphia •' Hannah, Warritiatv, for Bahia.; arid Bob Roy, Coat:ism,
for ItioJaneiroi The Lapwing, for Oporto, sailed yesterday, has
put back with damage.
Gaaszsgato, JANUARY 9.—Sailed the Berwickshire, SHEPHERD,
for China:" • •
• CUSTOM-HOUSE, JANUAnY 9. •
Sutra ENTERRD Isrwaans—The Bee, a Iltliance nd Drake, front
Ilamburgh; General Elliot, Lord Natant, aturi.a. viola, front Got-
tenburgh; Carl Wilhelm, Aurora, Methilde, Ceres, and lidward,
from Memel ; Neptunus, and Dentate; &Duel/music ; Sally, and
Zealous, front Lisbon; Pyramus, from Madras; Drie Vriedeu,
from Rotterdam ; Cyrus, from the Cape of Good Hope; Nimrod,
front New York; William, X. Y. Z. and Courier, from
Amiable Eliza, from Dunkirk ; Ann, and "fiber, from Palau;
Orestes, from Petersburgh ; and Vittoria, from Jamaica..
Curannio.Ourwaan--The General Harris, for India ; I.ord Hon-
gerford, for Madras; Crawford, for alba& ; James, far Aleetndri
Aearrito—At Charleston, the Ilarrim, Thomas, horn f.ondor.;
Camilla, Crosby, front, Ilavre ; Franklin,ANlano, from Bremen;
'Hamborgh, Harvey. froM Illaniburth; Susan, Show, frau Gibral-
tar; and Alfred; Gordon,. fron`the 'Ord!: At the Hsvanoak,
Mexico, front liathburgh; Lord Rodney; from Jamaica; and II:.
milton, Iron's' Monte Video. ,At Gibraltar,. Omar; Quiller ; sod
Tryphena, Wooden, from lithia. • ,
UNIVERSIT'Y and CLERI4:4,4, iNTELLIGENCk
.ammitifefithamt• , ;. Of
•
CA II DAT DaLcd.fatNlMUY 9.• * • .
,
thicWitiherrittilk GOLlS.Mibrea.--The 'objects for the prawn
'year cue--For the- Greek Ode . • ,
11, maks. Vlva., rre,, • ,
Zhesikpitres worprlf. am/tapers:lSi.
'Maas, yviatiarawirs, trwitp sertennryialf. "• '
"LAent One.—Aleppo Urbs Syriac ten* foutulioditis
- _Ambient's indeed dssctirtuts--;

Sonday.sennight, the 'tisk% 9( Dirry.bald,r.an- Ordination, at
Which the. following :Gentlemen were fadiiiiiii4Tritii 'Holy Qiders:
Pruzirs.—LMessrs. licichardsoir and*Leiand; Armagh'; Mr. Oven,
angher ; Menrs. 'Fribch and Babinec, Dertyl2Dik.: Pew,
• ; Mr. any* Dablin". . . . •
Vewlii* sad Craig, Dory tVi•Vet SOrari
yid Usher, Ragboe.
yid
Rev. Mr.' brotiat his resigned the lAvlntlif
• .OIIPORD, JANUARY irk '-'•
The another:of Gentlemen to *loin, Taidmasionis foralplents
were grintad, bat who wercnot adnittnd aew. eitAaerA(Omp. 0480
61410114 Sigbillgimas Tetra,
.a.sitomited to 91.
nirrntiltsgar Patlhiett;ttatiPt tr:tP). 71trtYg heldenien;all °4-ef
dais University were admitted intoS bibly'Ordess:. . • ;L.— •
Dcarcons---Johia Langley*, &As, Magdalen colter; Menry,nockl,
St. Edmund Hall; Maximilisti Geneste..l4agen) COW-
. Patnrs—Henry Altera, U.A. Trinity College; GiEfge John
Trevor Spencer, li.A. ?InNersity"Crilkge &ward clksiNtir Ptie.
WA. Merton College p Peter French, L. Queen's ; Fal-
wand.Davis Slade. i 3. A. (been's College. ; • .
: • ECC LECH AST I CA-1. PRO 310 TI
The Rev. James Hartley •Dtiosford,,of Wadltarn College, OW.
and Vicar of Framptoss.opon.Severn, in the county of Gloucesttr,
has been appointed Domestic Clorplain to the Right Mon- the
of Suffolk and Berkshire. . • • • .
Rev. Frednick Browsing has been installed to .tberrelitlilv.eg_
Uffculmbe, Devon,. vacant by the death of his father, the hens
- • • •
Rey. Jg.Drierill.A; Curate of Cheirenhartn---ft the Vicarage
Panntley;ind ffrs Perpettial Curacy of Upleadon, Oloucestershile.
Rev. J. R Williams, Curate of Neatb, to the Liring,Of lant,st;
3Maiore with Linbrai, GbLoonorganshire, by the Dean d Chapter
iof Gloucester,
Rev.-Thomas Wilkinson, R A. of St. John's College, Cambridg:
-loappointed Domestic Chaplain toil,. I+itatqainot.l4gdonderry.
4.-The Rev. T. Salwey,-M.:A. Fellow of St. Joillse44/01rit
bas been presented to the Vicarage 4 tlairgamj,;(laisy.
liscant by the death of the Rev. J.- W. lloorko.„--...
f.• The Duke *I. lisickingherrrand Chemin-Imo nypollOggd,rhlt Rev
• Henry. WitickiwOrtk Simpson, M.-A. of Sr.-John's COeseg MANI.
bridge,-One of his Grom's.Domestic Chaplains. . •
The Heir. James' Harriman ifutton, has. been presented by tht
Reie James Cirtlet, Prebendary of the Prebend ol Lecliford,to dr?
Vicarage of. iLeckfard, vacant by the resignation of said Jn. Cutkv
Friday se'nnight, the Rev. James Clark-Ffrettch WAS . in 41100;
of-the Vicarage of I loiklessfield. • •

. I'The;l;Siven: Ages-of Man, the Seven. 'Cimorpions ci
Christendow tbe Seven Wonders °Luse World, the
Seven' Aarr1,1725. the Seven Stars, end the Sevin-Wig
11t0n.(4-0.1. East,,have all in tv;irt Comked'af4tifieeties;
but 'that
.wbicAi , now claims the -gigater .iliat.okiii,iblio
ittteotion, is-the fichentstoi the New Lottery, jiitC/I,4liCh
the Contractois hlsve : etstiodused Sevin Prizes -,
1.26,000 f -pi, 0,,,i,,,jpi. will Compierice on Vie 19th. 0:
w ViseuAtton :Wicks Pa.. the Tv'ollist,ttraiviVrt ires
*4l hbv e. It.:40,000 .disirey in addition, ittid.oO. whiefi 1.14!
: also-every Number Drsivon will be *Watt Thiiaecoullo
for the aiiidity'*ilh,,Whipi.---Mit.htitkeri 'So& to thg
Offices of 3. and .f..SlVitviiiii,itif4ll:(e.goinirractiitt,villere
success iu the Sale of Capit4s has become provet6iil.

MURDERERS OF *Lk: WEAR&

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In the STAR' of yeiterdsiy we gave as ample an as
count of the execution of John Thuttell, surd thf_eireihn:.
stancei'artending it, as the fate hour at whith it took
place would admit r we now fishish a more. 'detailed
narrative of the lasi moments of the wretched murderers
Of late years is • has:been ciastimutcy to eixectite cri-
minals in Hertford as eight o'cloek in the Imsiniiig, but
on *
on ocialcr `twel-ve seat the hdnr:fiXed.,
'the neerdeop eiatted givii- eirriOsitY, AtltOtigs.t the'
people of this Corot, .roost of whom had never wit-
nessed anything
..or ri kit d.; cause which led,to
it
its construction itaii
.e'ditstrOction of the Ilk 011Ows.
The machine was erected opposite to the centre door of
the jail, whichleads by a* short tomer to the chapel:.
Its dimensions appeared to be unusually late, beiflg
sheet thirty feet wideand fifteen deep.., The )leig4
was about seven feet; and by ten o'clock on. Thursday
night, the whole of the outer elevation was completed;
although the workmen tootinued.busy with their welt
till a late Hour.. The whole was...or :w.c4cl; tirsd-. paioteo
black, and, when erected, a couple of javelin men kept
watch before it throughout the night: The townspeople
continued to pay visits to the .Object or or. euritasity,_ll
the work proceeded, in. the course of the plea,: ....„.. ~,,-t•
The workmen. were closely watched: in their labours
by the curious populace, and the contrast between-the
aspect of the cheerful cloudless nighr,-itncr_dre disinal
associations. `connected with the toils of thatewhia .wet
preparing fur the jest sacrifice of a human victim, were
sufficiently striking toaccount for the awful interest they
. . .... :. .•
inspired it, the beholders. • • •
The seene'oppasite to the gaol could not fail
-
l to' tau.' et
the heart on any occasion : extensive meadoWs were in
the immediate view ; rising grounds coveted with woods
were dimly discerned in the distance—
,. The yellow moonlight slept on elltbe fields ;"
but at the gaol wall load and incessant ham Mering on
boards and stakes resounded thrinigh the. air. 2 The
sounds must have been distinctly audible to the re-
motest recess of that:gloomy building, and to one inmate
within its walls, they must have heed Very significant.
The Hey. Chaplain of the _Gaol, reinained with the
prisoner in his apartment until eleven o'clock on Thurs-
day night. Early in the evening, Thurtell expressed a
wish once more to sec !tint, atainst whom ' he had
ceased to feel. anything like hostility. Thitrwietchad
man was conveyed. front his own to the apartment of
his principal in
_guilt., On his entrance Thurtell - ap-
proached Bunt-shook hiiiiiatitionitely hi-the hand,
and said, 4, God blessaroi—you have been- my enemy,
but I freely forgive you. I hope you will.be reprieved,
•Joe." Hunt, who waemueh. more affected than Thurtell,
returned the preisnre of his hand, and was provided
paha seat...-At-the. request of Thurtell, Hunt was per-
mitted to spend the 'thole Of the night in the same
apattment witfilliT4';7 ..** 1::i . i:. ...
: .
So deeply iiirecteci'we.s 'iliornas- Thurtell at his last'
interview with his 'brother, on Thursday evening, that'it‘
became necessairt&eemove hint away by force 'John'
Tbertell, beckonitrg.to_the turnkeys, -said,-' 4(.l.Vcehim
away for God's sake, for, be unmans me; poor fellow,. 1
.wish he had not come at all.l, I Thurtell thesigettipleted
himself% Listening-Watt ithortatiOns of the climplaii,:
who teineined • with' barn 7ittitilsnine °Clock. ":',He then'
Wished twat Mr: Wilson's :On, 'Whose attention 'to him
.he uniformly acknowledged, should read to him Paley's
Sermon on Judgmeititpkd ntcasional extracts (rolls Di
Brewster's Sermiiii--.7-..:;
The manner ,;f" ',.. 4 bad become solemn, hut it
had not lost all the imPatience that, formed so promi-
nenta feature in: his etraracter. In .speaking; of his fa-
mily it Was'ilivays in terths Or 4wierm„almost romantic.
affection. To Ilis.rnother, in particular, he never alluded
without the strongeateminions He referred:to that part
of his sentence whictr ordered dissecting, and expressed
a hope that the-forreAty only. would be observed, and
that his body would be delivered to his friends.—" Let
illy poor tnother," said he; while k 'tear trembled in his
eye—diet my poor 'Mother :) stoi, -where she may find
X, er iiniesitunaft icin's*grave r, . pathis subject no pro-
mise was held-anti- but arkkevi reason to believe that
he thought his request in thit
.particular would be com-
plied with. Ilit, air..gon-:-..Aliat; instrument of . death
about which's& much has bee;csaid, he wished, as his
last request to the Spotlit; ythaulcl be delivered: to bia
father. How .far this-ciii,fle.a4eticled to we- Imo*: opt ;
we understand it, is. &dill ia-thu7possessipq prifishop of
Upson,: the osCers whinariestedltim.•...l. Ise :tst:,:s.s.*.)
Another sOjeet:otekpied-.4:tikkiiderable portion of
his attention. Afteriseutence oficleatichaci been passed
upotr.Thurtell on Wedaesday.ovening, Mr:.-..--- ape
proaaltd the Dock, 'and requested 'of the prisoner, on
the plti.; '4f.:;4;:._ _:......; to' permit ja caSt;tei his
Ilead4:to bi e.... his 11).twkeiticii!ilils.*#:PeA.4nPs
totals refused.: On Thursday evening she recuirred to
the subject.—" For In If self,". said Thurtell,"-Iftairi no=
thing scjtcther acastis taken of me 917 not : but' ••kttow,
that if a cast ti taken, a bust .would be-,m4 de from
it, and it woald.he .painful to every meniber. of nay fa-
mily, and to my lathe: in particular, if they 'were-met
by wolf a sight•otiony future occasicei.".... Theirlireoto
logical Society have applied;abrough one of their meari
hers, to be altowed to take a-cisr of the'barck pareof the
head Mile.;
.4aa "ni.ThtiTtegl otiectiod to a cast a '.. t b
face did not appearto.beat,ifpliogthis ithalitailiiii,tiii*
has been granted-hY,the..High Sheriff to ihake it. , .
While-the Rey. Chaptaitereinained with.thistiiriairs
WeiliieS4ay night, fifty *eye all iticessaralyrea'gigest.,in
prayer or other pious exercises. _ The Chaplain. alter.
nately exhorted smikeeS,ltillirs;pntiappy: charge, -who
listened :with die most
.Tenteroject attention; and .joined
in prayer with appatent; fervour. ,As far as the ago:-
'Using sense of his own het rible Situation would perinit,
Hunt pkticipared in the feelings: and manner 'of Tbur!
tell ; wOtti;the'tutdl wa4 Of eve4thing rite` resolution
draws a strong line of -.Astinctioo betseetiCeift*:.. glen
the four men who as idards wee placed over the pri-
toners, appeared edified by their cotiduct;and-pitied la-
prayer, or became Apetitive auditors, as tisi,itmarsioi
dentanded, ... ••.....i,;--, • 1?..- tki;1:01., ~...1: AS •'.
Thi Chaplain ..r.eircd: AT: /en o'clock4-immediately.
after which, ' at die le4iiest Of Than tell; M Wilson, km,
'son of the Governor. of the prism)). *camemsaiilo, and.
retuaioed with him usstilone.o.elock, the,:whole -of tile-
: interval beingemploied in the perforinUiter of: plods
and i el igioiii-dutiesl .-XT.Ai4os reaTie-iiiioliallf front
Use books already mentioned, aria portions of the Holy
Scriptures; Thurtell also, froni-a volume of retigkoos
tracts, and anoticier'nfernhns, feat, a good, atii. -'One
lertnon in Oil I tiCitilie. Ike read is/ the Atilt *affecting:Old
energetic znaspor;• ale :Ilagguage of which, as tepee-,
seated to us, wasosery-fines andots beauty tonsiderably
heighteiterrtif tbeCiariett .treli-v-ii;st'orrhirrtkit. At bike,
oclock yesterday.mOrning; hir,Vl ilsOn Idokleave`oftim•
Thurtell immediately after *cm ao bed,.aad having
taken off only his upper gitenients,- tell asleep; still hand-
isffcd and isitiiidiVer Heatless will recolleCt the story

Cold of the stirprilie eartrirced.uptu 6 ng the Earl s.
' Argyll in a sound sleep-on the morning appointed for
his execution, which'elftettnitance:has been made- th
subject-ofst finebiottnit, *thigh hasialoasbeensehgrattd.
In.lhectitne of His It Tre*.kom many 9fitbusi NOso hale
been frail* tirne to 064 Convicted for it have cltsplayeil
art entbassi,astic.pride,7a;liipli,' hoivever, ill rounded, his
contributed to their moral co swage; btu the rnanol.whaus
vet speak' could not have been upheld by any welt idea...,
At halhiaif 'yeaterdal Mantic* Mr; Wilson
Wel4 tP viskj.ll,4fkiiiarrsa :04 entering the
Thurtell, her-aysarstruck. by the deathlike silence that
pervaded it.. Minuet by 'the fire, the picturoof horror
and despair: -The aitetidaqrs' thOuth watchful, were
mutes Mr. WilissaiapproacliedThurtelribla.. !rho face
U
of the prisoner covered by the rug, and for some
moments after Mr. Wilson had reached his bedside, no
snund—not ear of breathing—indicated that the-un-
-4)li-innate' Min still pica. The rug was carefully re-
moved from his countenance, and Thurtell was found in
a tranquil sin:Tiber: subsequently his breathing became
more obvious, but he continued to sleep. Having waited
half an hour, Mr. Wilson (it:being then seven o'clock)
shook Thurtell gently by the shbulders; who was for
a short time unconscious *of. -his situation, so sound
had been tbesleep•froari which he was. wakened. At
length. he recognized Mr. Wilson, and paid him the
usual complirnents." Hort do you find yburself this
morning, Thurtell?" asked W. Wilton.-----To which he
replied, •' Very well?'—" You have slept well
Yeti and I yave had, some very curious.dreams."--
I. have often dreamt since my imprisonment ; yet, what
is very extraordinary, I never dreamt of anything con-
nected with this ea ir." He then rose, had some water
and soap, Washed, sat down, and partook slightly" of
breakfast (tea and bread arid butter). He had not much
appetite, but sucked an orange. He mentioned that, he
had written on the previous day to his father, and had
chine with all worldly concerns. The letter so written
was transmitted by the High Sheriff through the post,
under a frank-from Lord Cowper, who happened to be
in the gaol at the time. After breakfast he wrote two
letters, one addressed to his brother, Thomas Thurtell,
to the care of Mr. Wontner, keeper of Newgate ; the
other to his solicitor, Mr. Fenton, of Austin Friars ; both
sealed with black war.
„: At nine o'clock .the Reverend Chaplainarcitrect at the
prison, and, proceeded direct to the apartment of his
penitent charge, and fosind him in the same excellent
frame of
.mind in which he left him the preeeding night,
and which was everything his dearest friends could wish.
At II o'clock he was removed from .his apartment
into the Chapel, and before the removal, he shook Hunt
again by the hand* and repeated his assurance of for-
giveness; his sole anxiety at this moment seemed to re-
late to the shame and reproach which be had brought
upon. his -family ; he said that it was his lot to be one of
two favourite sons of a mother whom he tenderly loved;
and, bearing a deep sigh, he added, 44 one of them was
drowned, and the other is about to be blnged, But 1
know my Mother, nistWithstanding my faults, will seek
.my grave wherever it can be found ; and, if she can find
in any part of England a stone with the initials of her
aon's name upon it, she will drop a tear; on that ac
coma alone lam anxious that *family should know
where my remains are to be interred. As to thyself, I
know that the process of dissection can only happen
when all sensation is with me extinct. -The law, lam
told, requires it; but still, whea that is'cliiine; perhaps
what remains of me will be depoiited in a tomb, so that
the spot may be recognized by my family."
For three hours the pious and respectable Clergyman
remained with Thurtell, confirming him in those dispo-
sitions. which he himself had so mainly contributed to'
produce. These three hours passed almost impercep-
tibly, so completely absorbed were all by the religious
holiness in which they were engaged.
At the Chapel, Thurtell was attended by Mr. Nichol-
son, the %Under Sheriff, and Mr. Wilson. Hunt was
also present, and they all received• she SVlCraMent tog..
ther.. When introduced into the Chapel, he was in
`formed by Mr. Wilson, that in the awful stage whiCh
he had yet to pass, lie was anxious to avoid-doing any
thing which could discompose his mind : but that it
was necessary either that his arms should be tied, or
that the handcuffs which he then wore should remain,
leaving it to the option of the prisoner. Thurtell thanke:d
Mr. Wilsola, and said, " that as it was the same, he
thought he might as well retain the handcuffs." .11c
was then left alone in the Chapel with Mr. Wilson-nthe
Chaplain and attendants .having. for in instant retired.
Since the conviction f the wretched man valioult
attempts were made-to induce him to acknowledge hit
guilt* bat this he ca;refullfavoided ; and since the necesi,
'sky his fate.appeared.to blur in that. inevitable form
mihkh the final.seutence• Made it assume, he has not once
repeated those assertions of innocence which previously,
when his mind was not under the influence of so strong
iense of religion, he was much in the habit of making.
NiThen ..asked to snake an, acknowledgmenE of guiltb
he,was informed that it. was not necessary he should
express himself in• words—that a hint—an admission
by 4 nod or squeize of the hand, would be sit&
cleat to convey all that was necesiiiiy.. He unifgrmly,
within the last two or three days, spewed, when talked
to ou this subject; that he was, " perfectly satisfied.with
what had been done." He sometimes spoke with uzs
tied distiess of his iatnity, and appeared to revery
iinasons not .jo say or, do anything that might increase
the bitterness of the draught which he so unfortunately
prepared for their lips. This, however, was a theme
thathe would strive to lose the recollection of, FOr he
found that it preyed upon his spirits, and broke in upon
that resolution which he thought it becoming to maintain.
While Mr. Wilson remained- with the prisoner iu
Chapel, he said-to !lisp., ""Mr. Thurtell,- there is one
subject.to wbicll fleet St my autj, to refer, and which
.cequireMfourmest serious consideration ; your conduct,
since-youltave been intrusted to my care, has been such
as:to induce me to hope, that at thi, awful moment you
will telthewledge the justice of your sentence. You see
I#scitl 01-Inthic but the, A tfIiIOHTY can
overhear our discourse, -fido riot ask-sop to make any
-confession;, but if you have any declaration to make, or
`any expression bf:yoUr feeling-with respeet to • the sen-
tence of the law-iinctei'Whi'ch you Are:ahout to, suffer,
this is, the most,
.fl,
_and proper time to make it?' He
;replied, "'Mr- Wilsop,-.l:thark you, for all you *ten-
t Lions to.me,au& all. ish to say is- this-4 am satisfied;
L forgive evetybody,%and die in peace-and charity
seitli all thanking *JO' to glito the world.
fray, more quegitins. The
Chaplain at •this- time •reabilleil into the. Chaßilaland
' nutted,- milting- that gentleinsiniby the hand, =repeated
over twice the. same 'words .whitb (se had jai ilelheerdd
to Mr. Wilton, Ink! ing OM. .414 114)10, 114 )4444Tit•grci,
as his dying deelar44oo,, N.(l • 414
.11,1 la
Here, then, is all tbat,tan ever.beknown ofahalsit
souer's guilt by his ost u adniisSitl• •antt thus hall all bur
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hopes Of lit full, candid, and_cuutrixe confession qf all the
cireunistaheerof the horrible mtirdefetattritittedliy him
frustrated. ig the ' ifippreSsion of these hart id
rfiC lie : tbrtik ik knbable thin Thbrtill` tria"
yhave
biOdinifuented:ty rewiill to savelis,fri'ends front* »Atty.
firing; and togdierease, by hN silence,- that- ignOminf,
drat 'lnent Bier irttfdh la biro, and wthichhebtioneritioll
trell'eitid aright •reflec't upon his- farniFy and friends:-L
lie then risurned-his:devotional etertises, andisaid dint
he died very' pettitVile;*full y impresiekl with "theConidlitt
tioris of' iefiefori„..a hicharitY 4tltli the world:' As tie
clock wasp uf-''the' Point' of stnichig twelve, he Whited
with-frii: hand On the Chaplain's arm from the Chola,
alons3l-,epavod passage -Whick•CrObSes the
_yard rtb
the &Jot' of the :tt'eati-mill.' '1144- walk', was firth, =his
wholeileteaninii di:ft of ConiptisUieirtil fesignati6M-
All around hinileemed more affected than he ippeafed
Irirnself. 'lle cdidiallY shook harvds With Mr. Wilson's
son, to whom in the nitorninghetive a leek of his hair,
and lamented at first thathe had nbthing better tri give
him; 'but,' as if recollecting
.hithself, be' said, "-Ohl
here's my snuffbox: it is now empty; I have no Mi.;
ther occasion for it. Keep if for my sake." ~
He was particularly desirous that his relatives andfit
mily should know that he Went to death with. piety;
charity,- and sincere repentance ; be was so anxious- ens
this subject, that he exacted a promise from thellev.
Chaplain to write to them to that effect; when it was
suggested to hrm that the expression of his forgiveness
of Probert should be clearly understood, he said, in a
tone of the greatest solemnity, " I freely and -fully foss.
give Probert all that he has done against me ; but, as.f
am a dying man, I would rather encounter such an ex'
lei
from lite as this every day, were it possible, than be
Probert as he is with 100 years to live,.and twenty thou-
sand pounds at my:command.- He -has ',always been a
wicked man, but my sincere hoptis,.that he.may.takc
warning and turn from his-evil ways.". •. -- 2
- All was now prepared for the listrad office. By it
o'clock the multitude assembled was very great around
the'scaffold; it extended, in a dense body, • for about a
furlong on the London side of the-,jail,,and for about
the same distance on the Hertford side. Beyond this
compact body, the crowd, less closely packed,. extended
on the one side to a small bridge which is thrown over
a rivulet that flows across the road,. and on the other,
up to the .Blue-coat School. The, field in front of .the
jail was also very fuilof people; at leastAyery, pat t of it
from which a view of the scaffold could be commtnded.
A cow-house, and, we believe, a place for .tearieg sw,ine,
which stood near the hedge, immediately,opposite the
place of execution, seemed to offer most eligible -ac-
commodation for witnessing the awfid,cereqiony....
About eleven o'clock a ' portion of the tool* Of. . the
. .
cow-house gave way ; but as no person.was hurt,, vie
warning passed unregaided. ~ No person, felt,inclioed
to abandon so favourable a. position._ At haif,p4st%leven
however, almost the whole of the roof pf,hoth. built;.
ings fell in amidst the cries of thosel,4lo,lmattinsted
their safety to fabrics of so fragile.aAgnstritetico? The
thigh of a boy, named Frayley, was bitiketii
,notitet
lad, named Mullins, received a severe contusion on the
knee; the arm of a third person wits brokers, and. many
individtiali were wounded in a &eater or' less Aigiee.
A body of constables, forming- three sides of an ob-
'long, kept an open space before the paling which in-
-1 closed the platform-. Beyond- them, , the equestrians
ranged themselves in a semicircle, of great 'extent, and
.at least twelve or fourteen deep. A number of carts,
cars, and gigs, were placed in the rear of the horsemen.
Every interstice was filled up by pedestrians, and these,
the humblest class of spectators, extended t0...a 'great
distance on every side. •
At a few seconds before 12 o'clock, Mr. Nicholson, the Under-
Sheriff, ascended"the'platform, and was followed on it by Thurtell.
vrho.rnounted the stairs which led to it with a slow but steady step-
The principal Turnkey of the jail came next; and was followed by
Mr. Wilson and two officers. Thurteil immediately placed him-.
self under the fatal beam, and at that moment the chimes of a
neighbouring clock began to strike twelve. The executioner then
came, forward with the rope., which he threw acres, it., Thurtell
then lifted his eyes up to the drop, gazed at it for a few moments,
and then than calm but hurried stirvey of the multitude around,
him. He nest fixed his eyes on a young gentleman in the Crowd,
whom he had frequently seen as a spectator at the conuateucetiien
of the 'Proceedings against hint. Seeing that the individuat
was affected by the circumstance, he removed them to another'
quarter, and in so doing recognized an individual well knownie the
sporting circles, to whom he made a slight bow. 'file executioner
then commenced his mournful duties by taking front . the un.:
happy prisoner his cravat and collar. To obviate all' difficulty
in this stage of the proceeding, Thsirtell Rung back his head and
neck, and so gave the executioner an opportanity of immediately
divesting him of that part of his dress. After tying the rope•round
Thurtell's neck, the executioner dreW a white cotton cap over his
countenance, which did cot; howeeee, conceal the contour,of his
face, or deprive hint entirely of the View of surrounding objects:,
At that motnent the clock sounded the last strpke of twelve. During
the whole of this appalling ceremony there was not the slightest
symptom of emotion discernible in his features; his demean Our
was perfectly calm and tranquil, and he behaved like a nun a 6
quainted with the dreadful ordeal he was about to pass; but not un-
prepared to meet it: Though his fortitude was thus conspicuous, it
was evident, from the alteration in his.appearance, that it; the in.
terval between his conviction and his execution, he must bade leer
fered much. Ile looked careworn; bit countenance had aisumed i
cadaverous hue, and there was a haggardness and lankness about his
cheeks and mouth, which could not tail to attract the notice of every
spectator. His dress was the same thtt be were on the seconsiday
of his trial—namely, a brown surtout, dark waistcoat, drab.hersey.
mere breechei and gaiters. His legs were heaSily Ironed, and his
hands were Confined in handcuffs. His arms, by his own desire.
were not pinioned. The executioner next proceeded to adjust the
noose by which Thurtell was to be attached tQ the scaffold. After
he had fastened it iu such a manner as to Satisfy his own mind,
'l'hurtell looked up at it, and examined it with great attention. He
then desired the executioner to let him have fall enough. The
-rope at this moment seemed as if it would only give a fall of two
or three feet. The executioner assured him that the fall was gene
sufficient. The principal turnkey then went up to Thurtell, shook
hands with him, and turned away in tears.
Mr. Wilson, Governor of the jail, next approached him. Thur-
tell said to him, " Do you think, Mr Wilson, I have got enough
fall?" Mr. Wilson replied," I think you have, Sir. Yes, quite
enough." Mr. Wilson then took hold of his band, shook it, and
said, " Good by, Mr. 'Mundt, may Goo A LIMN TY bless you."
'Mundt instantly replied, " Goa bless you, Mr. Wilson, Gnu bless
you." Mr. Wilson then turned away from biM, and appearing
deeply affected, moved to a distant part of the _scaffold, and re-
mained there till the conclusion of this melancholy catastrophe. A
few seconds then elapsed, during which every person seemed to
be engaged its examining. narrowly Thurtell's depUrtment. His
'features, as well as they could be discerned, appeared to remain
unmoved, and his hands, which were extremely prominent, con-
tinued perfectly steady, and were not.affected by the slightest tre-
mulous motion. Exactly at two minutes past 12 the drop fell, with-
out 'any previous signal being nude; and as the violence of the
tall was such as to cause the dislocation of ttie neck to be attended -
vliftli considerable noise, it Is reasonable to Cutsclusle:that the pri-
soner's death Was instantaneous. _A 'night convulsion of the mouth
was observed the moment after Thyrtell fell; then came a single
groan, and then, followed the stillness of death, The executioner,-
to make certainty' doubly sure; pulled his body towards the grout*
1 fifteen or sisfeen times, Old theribj led theaorrthinding dultik
to believe that Thurtell struggled 'much -feetore he stied. Thor. ink
,verse, however, was the case.. . , . -.. . . . 1 .... . . -
At the Muineatibit:the fatal bolt ?was 7erithdratiti wlijebfuttifl
end to the " fitfur fever" ts'e 'Marren% existence,, an lierultfutary
shudder was obieried in tliO crated i a 'number of Pewit:Mega to if,
under the impulse tat extreme terrei, and in their llight nbsoiviely
forced down a cowlumeti and. some:pafing that-ware in fltunt Rte the
prison. One nuoiainted Away, aid eviergi were se4 attempting,
but in vain; to hide the intensiey'bf their feeli "At ifte'san4
minuteleurbutve:exPreiseiprottided tattled, lAthillefdk' thilliike
,t:. ~ .; 'ft!: J;:• ~. ' •••:' • i•*3l .

..ong anxiety to . closer inspection
quence made a rush wit4i.o.the ba.ciiuts in order.ntscatify it. They
were, however, kept hick withont much difficulty 1510 the consta-
bles. The lady was lift hinging rill two mihnles ;Past one, when
the executioner again% ntadp his appearance ces.:tbsillatform, and
unloosed it from the tram.. It was immediately.coried by tour of
Mr. Wilson's officer) rntia the jail, where it Wit, 414 ~upon a bier,
with a silk handkerchief beet' the face. • The teatßt,ts; when exa-
mined, did not appear much distorted; and' tike 'chief alteration
perceptible in the countenance-was thernumber atAnfill spots with

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which it was variegated. • • . -
When brought into die Chapel tae body was-stretched on a small
platfoi in, and a Bible placed under the head. A little moisture had
issued from the mouth, which was open.-the'litte• projected snore
than when in life, and the eyes were also open. Ths.,rope having
been only loosely placed upon the neck, by the weight of the body
falling two feet and a half, epilled with Iholence, and caused instan.
taneous death. The vertebra Of the neck'were completely severed,
and of course the spinal marrow divided. The neck was more sr-
vet ely marked by the rope than usual. The criminal suffered only
fur a moment.
The body had notlalti many minutes in the Chapel when the
face resumed its ordinary appearances-all appearance• of lividness
bad subsided. The body was stripped, and tlip as it lay might be
seen its herculean proportions: the :depth of the chest was greater
!than had ever been seen !Afar by any persdik present: '
Thus closed the career of this- illlatarred97yoUng man, who,
instead of being time shame and nrpruaclr of a • rt'ipectable fa-
,mily, was blessed with talents and education to form its or-
*lament and support. Iti Juni we lament no benefit lust to
society ; his death may prove exemplary —not' 4 increasing
the universal ahhorrence•against the erimeut murder, but tlfhew-
ineilissiiine'fitiii.it'ep leads rattle commission of,more
fences, until in the end this Wotat•of all becomes familiar. Thurtell
Lsd,not the excase of original poverty, nor the scantiness of moral
.education; nor paternal neglect; for his crime. He could not appeal
to.our compasslonlike anotherciriminal who stood charged with the
blond of :a fellow.ereature, and• who embellished by his genius aft
sad history of his . • • •
• t.r.)
No ninibor's care
' Shielded his Infant innocence with pi-ayer.
He had maternal care and an education that fitted hitnicsr a useful
part in eoeicti.- But he was undone by the intercourse of what is
called " Faney.'‘osA man, of an ardent spirit, be entered boldly
into their enterprising pursuits, and was caught by,the danger which
attends their dubious avocations. let the saucy reviler of the de.
cencies of life ; let the impudent blaipheiner and bravo, takea hessOn
frian the Ignominious death of John Thurtell.
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Orders have. been issued to the whole of the recruiting parties to
discontinue the further enlistment of men fur the 94th and 85tis
Reginienti a Foot, in consequence of the tstablisbuteitt of both
those' Corps being completed. - - •
, Detachments of the 95th itegimion bale beeh ordered to proceed
forthwith front' Kilkenny, and different parts of_lreland, to Wim
cheater, where the bead-quarters of that Corps ary,fpc tile proem,
to be stationed. • : - • .
"it is iintlitstOOd that tie restriction whicfitillibloluililopiied'indi
thelecruiting Parties fair the Bast India Compiney'ealivhsevirM bo,
now, that tbelllith and 05th. Regiments havebeen completed, re-
moved forthwith.. .r ; i ~, . , rt-
'• A detachment g recruits arrivedin town yesterday, Irons Edin-
burgh, on its route to the'depot in the Isle of Wight.' .
• ...: ... ;
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•,-Accounts from Turin of the 81st ult. state that King
Vlcrtin,Eu A Num. had been attacked by a sciatica in the
calf of thelleg, which had been successfully treated, and
his 11,1aJesxy slept as usual, but complained in themorn-
ing of exha•istion; caused by a fit of coughing,
The Parish Of St. Clement Danes held a Vestry last
night, pursuant to notice, to consider of the immoral state of Great
Shire Lane, Ship Yard, and the neighbourhood. After the subject
had undergone considerable discussion, it was resolved that the eon-
duct of some of the inhabitants, and many of the frequenters of their
house!, was notoriously infamous, and a Committee of the Church-
wardens, Overseers, and several inhabitants, was chosen to consider
of the best means to abate the evil. It seems that several re* nt
robberies, and the bad character of two or three low disorderly
houses, have led to the measures iOquestion.
The following .4 Notice" has appeared in the Dublin
Caulte :—" The Right Hon. RiCHARD Viscount Powxusccruar, de-
ceased, did by his last will, bearing date the Bth d.,), of October,
1822, give and bequeath unto the Rev. CNA R LEI Stumm. of Trinity
College, Vambridge, the Hon. and Rev. EDWARD Wl:wrist!), and
Serjeant LEFROY, the sum of three thousand pounds, us be by the*
expended, as rosy seem best to them, in portions of - one thousand
pounds in each ; namely, one thousand pounds fur his poor coon-
teym*n*in IreTand, for the purpose of' supperfing hliasionaties to
preach the glad *tidings of salvation to that, benighted people; one
thousand' pounds for the same. purpose in- India; one thousand
pounds for the. poor. blacks,. in and. arriving at and In the islands
round Sierra Leone. Ile also desired that his executors might
and should, ai their discretion, spend in the service of is Loan,
MASTER, and Rimeisica, a sum of Two thoorand poundi annually
out of his estates, until his son itiestano should attain-the age of
twenty-one.years. ~., And of said will he.. appOinted hi* bsother the
Hon. and Rev.'Enwaao Wutoriza.n, and lisnutar.liarl of Hones,
executors." . ' • .
SCItEASING Th..% DE 60 LitiERPOOL2--FrOel the Ist o;
Janiiiit tii* the-81st:Of MCerober, 1823,
,inclusitei nine
thousand,c'hundred And seisen, vessels harp been re-
ported inwards 'at.•the COstom-hOuie. • 'Mello-Other of
vessel; an amount of tonnage reported Inwards.in the
,year endenz December
,3,1, 1822, was greater-than-shit
bf„ani other•Teir Oncethe rise ef the port: The etcess
~
over:that ileas ii nearly six hundred ve;ielt.' • • -
*... Tpossasse it,ttp .G GUY. s fjo.sgrfist.e.--Yesteigal
The Anruverlifg. pinnei
,was,..held Ai ii,iipreedia.,o4.
,'!,'avers.t.' V): conirnetxtoriite' the.'establishMfdt..6l-thele
noble 'ln statitiOnA, W.fiich are at. Once 'sOuree:f i.rtheArioist
usefutshiritT*,tliit. can he afforded to Ole 'oe,Cirer giasses,
anc(thi'Mo4 x.tenSiveichools for mediCil and chirur-
-4.:, ;.• •
gical Scienceof Which • this country can boast. 'A: nu-
merous Il ' . ' C t sin • and.
m sissemia..age of pep le en educated SW-
c.,f •. . . .. .• • • •
dyinic in these schools..pax this, annual. 'respeCt 'to Ole ,
body to Whiih-thet Tong, and to the Establishthents
- ~
which have initiated thorn into the honours and myste-
ries of theii profession. 111r.,Taavaas was selected to
fill the chair: and, his 'known urbanity of manners
would render it superfltious to add, thithe was peculi-
arly fitted to discharge the duties of itlc.h a situalion,
in a way the most conducive to the hilaiity ' and gene-
-1 ral enjoyment of the company over whom he presided.
The list of the Stewards included several of the most
distinguished rising Pupils of the Borough Schools.
Among the principal articles in the Literary Gazette
of Saturday, January 10th, are the following :—Description of the
old Mexican Idols disinterred by Mr. Bullock, and an enaravtd
Specimen of a remarkable MS. which gives' the History of the
earliest Migrations of that People.—Original Account of the Peels&
of Egypt, and his present important commercial and aggrandizing
l'olicy.--!The Old Sailor's humorous History of a Slidshipman's
first Instalment in his Birth on board a Ship of Wir.-Narrative of
the Russian Voyage of Discovere, during Three Years, in the South
Polar Seas, so peculiarly interesting' at the period when the British
efforts have been directed towards the other Pole.—Letter with the
. Parisian. Chit-chat, and the concluchbg Canto of Chineutucliaw, a
holiday tale of wonder.—To these valuable Papers are added Re-
views of the latest Publications.---Captain Smysh's Sicily—Recollec-
tions of a Private Soldier's Life—Peewee Litters—HMl Baba (an
.epinasse of his only love adventure); Ste. situ—Original Poetry—
•lkensatit CliAcisens—Notices of the Pine Arts--Seientific Novel-
ties,- Varlet*, of titenuute—Aoetthates mid other Miscellanies AF
usual. With the Year IU4, a seems' 6f new subjects will be cum-
' Stienced,which Wif render thdl..wiiiiiri &Witte valuable to Agri.
' cuhuriasCand those who stuffy Astroiionsib. Botany (including Gar-
dening) and Domestic Economy.—Publiehed every Sotunlay,.by
1 W. A. Sesurvs, See (Exeter 'Change), timatad,fricelid. or metaled
for country eirtnlation, by post, price is. . •
sis Subscribers wishing to commeger 'with" tbe psi silffplinse
to glee their brdre, isnaniiisely; sad thelise•dietribus of esansileting
lsbeas,vniumee w.N lei lemill*Ps4ol•• alter MO ant mesa, ss Os
.- •OirM;Off4sl4 PNICAPFPF 114 a "faii*.P°/4111146: 1441 g* i'lts.
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pneeeX was said of Inf?rmltiisThe of Thurtell's late auloelates that
ma rog my--"eeiJellifillilF1111111114111tIlerolfr
After the btdt,had b aboverrwreito our, the
multitude, winch had baaved with great deco std propriety
during all the preparatory proceeiliagLof the execution, exhibited
a strong anxiety to have a closer inspection of it, and inn conae-