Star.
London, England, 1815-04-12 00:00:00

iii 4RMr.

Yesterday the Duke of Your held a Levee at his
.;:e in the
.1-lurse Guards, w!.ith was numerously
•'nded, there being about sixty on his list.
Great preparations iosAinue to he rn .k;ort at Woo!.
in the Ordnance Department. Upwatd4 of 600
teces of ordnance have men ordered 1,4. tile Nether.
. tnds, gteat part of which has already l'em s!iipped
;d every exertion is making to for w tr.! the remain-
',.r by working extra hours : a large provrtion of
.mmunitinn to each gun is also to be forwarded with
ill possible dispatch.
The embarkation of Artill ry and Drivers, with
the necessary Commissaries attached to them, conti-
nues daily at Chatham as well as W.,olwielt.

Three troops of the 16th Plea dragoons embarked
yesterday morning, en hoard pas:age vrtsels, at
Dover, and sailed at noon f Ostend; the rt. ra tindcr
of this regiment embstrked at Rant,g;..te yesterday,
also !or the same destination.

The 2d dragoons marched in two divisions on
Thursday and Friday last from Eristol for ltamsgate,
there to embark for die N•therlands.

The 2d battalion of the kti-, And the 5.5 th ree-
ment from Harwich, are ordered to London to do
duty in the*Tower.

The folh.wtng Address W3G pros-nted to L;eute.
nant•Governor HAMILTON, by the lnbabitanti of
aeligolitnd, on his departure ITOTTI that 1.1.1nd :

" Heligoland, Meech ea, tit S.
." Sts—it is with bcartafe!t affliction that we see the time a•,-
prnech, which takes your Excellency away irom us. and deprven
us of the happhiess which we enjoy, se: lie miner tt.r euid";:e
of your paterna. goveronstnt. Ple..se, therefore. to accept t!.e
tribute of our rut+ whites an• filled with grat.tode, esle.m sod
love toward, mn, in a feeble attempt to evince those senumeuts
by which the whole community is animated, and which they
MIMIC Itifactently express.
" Year c uue•cr.id• g affah,!irt•, your dectled lore of justice.
land undisguised pbilaethropy, has long no ntiaclT 113 to you
with enaltrrable firs: no, c u•d it be otherwise, as you gum:4
yourself only for the ha; pukes in behalf' of those who were
placed under your care; post esteieenea lame will hns Inc ever
iu the memory of the Inhahitams of Hs hgtiand. and the kidirlit
poor sv.ll particularly remember that they have had a father
I in you.
" We solicit your Ficrlleney to grant to us the continuation
of yt'ur favour, sod to reroutes end i• • to the mercy of foe Ma...
jt••••7 our iu •st gracious Stscreigit, as his moat tall foul nubjeca
who are duly impressed with a senile of gratitude for all the ti e-
netits which his Majesty has most graciously bestowed upon is,
at your intercession.
. May your Excellency, on your return to your own coon•
try. fully enjoy that hapl•inens which you so justly deserve!
our affectionate wishes for your pros/Jerk+, accompany you. and
with these, we •hall ever remain, your Fxcellency's most obe-
dient and eery humble nervarts,
. "'l'o his Excellency Ideuteitant-ninvernor
William Osborne Haniihm, &c."
Here follow the Signature; of the Clergy, Magi.
stratcs and Plincipal Inhabit:tilts o which his
Excellency was pleased to return the folh,witz
Answer :

" Herloland, March 28, 1215.

" G T Itive `men Iii,;!.11- gratified in receiving your
truly kind and arft.ctimre Athlreas —Ott the Ore of my de.; ar.
nut-, niter to long a cmitittuatice amongst you, during a period,
niar:ted by ou:•:bc eeeto- of this greatest moment, n atrords mr
mitt+ aoti•thictitio to it dent, that 1 have acquired your- estecnt
and afrectionate regards, and to consider, that the ot.i.ort::ut
trui% which W 2.. t:40111111itt,t1 tomei,hat been delovereil over to art
t`ilicerof tlistinguiebeilmert and talents. I AO not !ail, Or.oll my
art ival in htiglapd„ to make at just marry:m.4km of tue loyalty
and good conduct of his Makticiea sullectsk, floe Ositti,and it
glee.me gnat pleasure to be esabled to :ruder, them as' y
se: voce by doing so.
" bearing a graivfol rinn.mhtar.ce of the kindnevoillich has
been evinced on a:i occ.tioona towards toyitelt.
" I have the 11.MOUZ to remain, Crudemtn,
" Yuur ,:t.cere .48:eciluttate friend aild servant,
"Witt. Ossoa
" Lieu... Colonel sth Royal Veteran Isa.tallotk
" To the Community t.f I lel•goland."

The following Address was presented by the O.
cers of the Garrison :

." Heligoland, Aprll I, I S.

" Ara—The Officers composing the Garrison .of this islands
have requested nee, on your departure from it, in lay before you
the expressiohs of their regret at this event, and to offer you
their heartfelt gratitude fur tl.e uniform, kind. and affable ems-
duct which you evinced towards them upon all eccaseets, whit*
they had the happiness of being under your command.
" Be assured, Sir, that the sentiments of esteem and regard
with which we are impres,ed for pt, will be iiidebble lr.u, our
hearts, and that our earnest wishes are, that you may obtalu
from our Sovereign that reward for your Tong anti meritorious
services, which sione deserves more than you, and that kiltd
PILUVIDINCL may grant you long to enjoy the bee. mugs of
and happiness in the bosom of your laniiiy and fr;mcfs.
" 1 have she honour to be, with the highest consideration,
" Sir, your most obedient Mimi* servant,
" Was. DAMSON, Caprai:., toh
benign. Officer ..1 tie toarrisuii.
" to Lieut.-Col. W. Osh. Hamilton, nth K. V. 13.
Commanding GArri3on at Heligoland."
ANSWF.K.

' Heligoland, April 1, IklS.
" have much pleasure in acknowledging the rsceipt of
your kind communication, A lid request that you will make known
to the Officers of the Garrison that nothing can be more gray-
lying to me, than to be assuredthatmy conduct has mettiol
their approbation.
" You will have the goodness to cypress to them, that 1 have
constantly derived the lemma satisfaction from he zeal and at-
tention manifested to his Majesty's service and enter ain a grate-
ful sense of the affectionate manner in which their regard for me
is shown on this occasion.

" With an assurance of my best wishes for your and their
happiness, I have the honour to be, with sincere regard, Sir,
" Your faithful humble servant,
" WILL. 0113. HA MIL roN, Lt.-Colonel.
" Capt. Dawson, Commanding Detachment
of the Bth R. V. B."

Friday the Duchess of St. Amistes was delivered
of a s,,n and heir, at her house in Stratford Place.
At the Mayo Assizes, held nn Thursday se'nnight.
sixteen persons of the description of what is termed
Threshers were put upon their trial for appearing in
arms, on the night of the 25,11 October last, at Ft Mrs•
town, where they threshed and scattered cove, the
property of JOHN ORMSBY, under agent to the Earl
of LIMERICK, and burglarious!), entered the house of
his herd, and took thereout a crock of butter. Four-
teen were found guilty, and ordered for execution.
viz. seven on the 13th, and seven on the (2eth. The
other two were acquittal, as the witnesses could not
swear to their persons.

At the Clonmel Assizes, tight men were sentenced
to be hanged ; amongst whom is Michael Fitioatrici,
for robbing Mr. Prendergast, at Greenmount.

CORN.EXCHANCIII, APRIL 12.—We had no fresh
arrivals of Wheat to this day's market, but a consi-
derable quantity was left over float Monday's sup.
ply, for which there was no demand to-day, conse-
quently the sales were exceedingly he ivy at a reduc•
t:on of 2s. per quarter. B.irley is also rather cheaper.
Beans and Oats are dull sale at Monday's prices. in
Peas and other articles there is little or no alteration.

VARMONT'S JUSTIFICATION.

ANSWER OF THE DUKE OF EAOVEA TO THIS eaticeee
MATSON, DATED GULPH OF JUAN. MARCH 1.
66 An odious accusation is brought against me in
the face of all Europe, and whatever may be the
marks of passion and improbability which it bears,my
honour compels me to reply to it. .What I here,
offer is not a justification, of which I have no need
it is a faithful exposition of facts, whiCh will enable
every one to appreciate the conduct I have pursued.
" I am accused of having delivered Paris to fo-
reigners, when the defence of that city was the ob-
ject of general astonishment. It was with some
miserable retnains that I had to combat against all
the collected forces of the allied armies ; it was in
positions hastily taken, where no defence had been
prepared, and with 8000 men, that I resisted for
eighthour., 43,000, who were successively engaged
against me ; and it is a military feat of such a sort,
so honourable to all engaged in it, that has been au-
daciously charged as treason.
66 After the affair at Rheims, the Emperor Napo-
leon operated on the Marne with almost all his forces,
and gave himself up to the illusion that his move-
ments threatening the commuaications of the enemy,
The latter would retreat, while, on the contrary, the
enemy resolved, after having formed the junction of
the Silesian army with the grand army, to march
from Paris. My weak army corps, composed of 3500
infantry, and 1500 horse, and that of the Duke of
Treviso, amounting to from 6 to 7000 men, were left
upon the Aisne, to keep in check the army of Silesia,
only separated from us by that river, and which,
after the junction of Bulow's corps, and various rein-
forcemeuts, amounted to more than 80,000 men.—
The enemy's army passed the Aisne, and forced us
to fall back. My instructions being to cover Paris,
we retired upon Fismes ; and the Duke of Treviso
and myself adopted a system of operations, which,
without compromising us, was calculated to retard
the march of the enemy ; this was by successively
taking up strong positions which the enemy could
not attack without reconnoitring or without manceu.
erring to turn teem, a course which thus prepared us
the nie:.ns of beating some of his detachments.
" Orders arrived fur our proceeding, by forced
marches, upon Chalons. We executed them ; but
on reaching Vertus we were infOrmed that the greater
part of the enemy's army occupied Chalons, while
.another division of it debauched upon Epernay ;
and that Kleist's corps, %%ilia had followed us, was
passing the Marne at Chateau-Thierry. Learning at
the same time that Napoleon was still befere
and had a fear guard at Sommesuis, we marched,
without losing a moment, to join him, and on the
24th of March I took a position at Suude. I still
thought the French army at hand ; fur who, in rea-
lity, could have believed in the passage of the name
without a bridge,-and that the Emperor Napoleon
-would have kit, between Paris arta himself, (mors
eightfold more considerable than those he could col-
lect ? On the morning of the 2.5 th 1 11%,1 scarcely
learned the certainty of this movement, when the
whole of the enemy's army debouched upon nu:. I
wired cannonading the enemy, and the whole retreat
would have been made with the same order, had not
surge troops. which unfortunately remained at Bussy.
agree and Vatry, thus found themselves in our rear ;
it became necessary to wait for them an hour at Sum-
aeons, sod maintain ourselves• against colossal
forces, whose numbers were constantly increasing ;
the passage of the defiles cost us some losses, and we
terminated the day by taking a position on the
heights of Allemeut, close to Sezanne Ido not
speak at all of the division of General Pacthod, which,
in pursuance of direct orders from the Emperor ma.
=tiered on its own account, fell in with the enemy's
army, aed was takea without my knowing even its
existence.
44 Early next day we took a position at the defile
of Touraeloup. The enemy coming up, we conti-
nued our retreat, and I formed the rear guard.—
Having arrived in the evening befitre La Ferte-Gau-
cher, we found the corps of Kleist occupying that
town, with cavalry, on the great road of Coulom.
*tiers, while another large cores of cavalry extended
beyond the left of the enemy's army. Our position
was critical, it was almost desperate. We got out of
it by an unexpected Piece of good fortune. Some of
the Duke of Treviso's troops covered our movements
from the corps of Kleist an heroic defence of my
troops in the village of Month stopped the enemy's
advanced guard, night came on, and we effected our
movement without any loss. As we could no longer
resume the route of Mean:, we took that of Charen-
ton, and in the evening of the 29th we occupied Cita-
tenton, St. Maude, and Charonne.
" The Duke of Treviso was charged with the de-
`fence of Paris from the Canal to the Seine, and my.
self from the Canal to the Marne. My troops were re.
dOced to 2,400 infantry and 800 horse. This was the
handful of men that bad escaped a multitude of glo.
fious combats. The troops commanded by General
• Campion were placed under my orders; they con-
sisted of some detachments from various depots of
veterans and troops of every kind who had been col-
lected rather to make a show than to fight ; then all
sty force consisted of 7,400 infantry, of seventy dif-
ferent battalions, end about 1,000 hotse. At day-
break I reached the heights of Belleville; from
thence I hastened towards those of Romainville,
which were the key of the position, and which Ge.
metal Compans, on retiring from Claye, had omitted
to occupy ; but the enemy was already there, and it
was in the wood of Romainville that the ba.tle com-
menced. The enemy extended himself on his right
and lett ; he was every where checked and repulsed,
but his numbers were constantly increasing. Several
infantry charges had taken place, and a number of
soldiers had been killed at .my side with the bayonet,
at thi entrance of the village of Belleville, when
Joseph sent me authority, in writing, to capitulate,
which authority I still have in my possession. This
was at ten o'clock, at 11 Joseph was already far
from Paris, and at three o'clock I was still fighting;
but at that hour, having long had the whole of my
force engaged, and observing that there were still
20,000 men about to enter flesh into line, I sent di&
ferent officers to Prince Sch*artzenberg, to acquaint
him that . I was ready to cite into arrangements.
easily one of my olikett could reach' him, and cer-
tainly I had not sent him too soon, for When he re-
turned General Commits • having evacuated the
heights of Fautia) the -enemy was advancins la the

'Street of Belleville, my only point of retreat. I
drove him out of it, by charging the head of his
column in person, at the head oi 40 men, and thus
securing the return .of my troops, but I found my-
self forced almost clase up to the walls of Paris.
Hostilities were suspended, and the troops re-cutered
within the barriers. The written arrangement which
was-published at the time was not signed till mid-

nigh i.
4I Orethe morning of next day the troops evacuated
Paris, and I proceedeeloto Essonne, where I took a
position. I went to see the Emperor Napoleon at
Fontainebleau. 110 seemed to me at last aware of
his situation, and disposed to terminate a contest
which he coeb; au longer maintain. He resolved on
the ph in of isteenching himself, of uniting, the little
force which remained to him, of endeavouring to in-
crease it, and to negotiate. This was the only rea-
sonable course he could pursue, and I was com-
pletely of his opinion. I immediately set off to I
order the commencement of those defensive works
which the execution of this plan rendered necessary.
The same day, April the Ist, he came to visit the
position, and there Le learned, by the return of some
officers whom 1 had left to give up the barriers, the
prodigious fermentation of Paris, the declaration of
the Emperor Alexandra, and the revolution which
was in progress. At this moment the resolution, of
sacrificing the remains of the army to his vengeance
was taken : be talked of nothing but a desperate at-
tack, though there was not 'a single chanci. of suc-
cess in his fayour, with the means which remained to
him. From that moment all his orders, all his in-
structions, all his discourse Wits in conformity to this
plan, Me execution of which was
.fixed for the sth of
4, Accounts from Paris arrived in rapid succession ;
t‘te decree of forfeiture reached me. The situation
of Paris and of France was deplorable, and the fu-
ture presented the most gloomy prospects, unless the
fall of the Emperor changed their destinies, by
making their moral peace with all Europe, and thus
'extinguishing the hatred which lie had excited. The
Allies, supported by the insurrection of all the great
towns of the kingdom, masters of the capital, and
having only opposed to them a handful of brave men
who had survived so many disasters, every where
proclaimed that they made war on Napoleon aline.
It was necessary to put them at once to the trial, to
take them at their word, and to compel them to re-
nounce the vengeance of which they would have
made France the victim ; it was necessary [hit the
army should again b.,corie national by adopting the
interests of al :nog the whole of the inhabitants, fa°
declared against tlie Emperor, and loudly called for
a salutary revointion which should produce their de-
Everatice. %Vas it not the duty of every g•tod
Frenclint in, however situated, to contribute to a
change which saved the country, and delivered it
from a crusade of all Europe in aims against it—
that portion of Europe even, which was pooessed
the fatn:ly of Napoleon ?—liad it been possible
to reckon upon the union of all the heads of the
army, if it had not been probable that the private in.
teres•sof some would have clashed with the most ge-
nerou a and patriotic measures, if the moment nad
not been so pressing, since the 4th of April had al.
ready arrived, and it was on the sth that that desperate
action was to have halos place, of which the 4eci was
the destruction of the last so,Cher and of ihrsapital -it WAS
to COUICL'It among the chiefs of the army that it would
have been proper to resot ; but in the actual stile
of things it became necessary to confine efforts to the
free departure of the differentcot ps of the army, in
order to det.Leit them groan the Emperor and neu-
tralise his projects, and to unite them to other French
troops which were at a distance from him.
• I' Such, then, was the object of the conferences
seine: took place with the Prince of Swartzenberg.
While I was making dispositions to inform my com-
rades of the situation of things, and of the part winch
I thought it my duty .to take, the Duke of Taren-
tuns, the Prince of Moskwa, the Deke of Vicenza,
and the DAke of Treviso, arrived at my quarters at
Essonne. The three first told me that the Emperor
had been compelled to sign the promise et Lis 'abdii
cation, and that they wets going with this condition
to regociate the suspension of hostilities. I made
them acquainted with the arrangements with Prince
Swartzenberg, but which were not complete because
I had not yet received the written guarantee which 1
had demanded—and I then declared to them, that
since they were agreed upon a change which the safety
of the State required, and which was the sole object
of my proceedings, I would never separate mysell
from them
66 The Duke of Vicenza expressed a desire to see
me accompany them to Paris, thinking that my
junction with them after what had happened, woido
be of great weight. I yielded to his desires, leaving
the command of my corps to the (Attest General to
Division, giving him orders not to make any wove-
matt, and announcing to him my speedy return. 1
explained the motives of my change to Prince Swart-
zenberg, who, full of loyalty, found them I gitimate
and unanswerable, and I fulfilled the promise which
I had made my comrades in the interview which we
had with the Emperor Alexander.
66 At three o'clock one of my Aides•cle.Campi ar-
rived, and told me that, contrary to any direct orders,
and in spite of his most urgent representations, the
Generals had put the tr.ops in motion' for Versailles
at four o'clock in the morning, terrified as they were
at the personal dangers with which they thought'
they were threatened, and of which they had conceived
an idea, from the arrival and departure of several
Officers of the Staff who had come from Fontaine-
ble..o. The step was taken, and the thing was irre-
parable.
Such is the true 'and faithful 'account of this
event, which has had, and will have so great amiss-
fluence on all my life. •
• 66 The I:,'/npercir, by accusing me, wished to lave
his own glory, the opinion of- his talents, and the
honour of the soldiery. As to the honour of the sol-
diers, there was no need of any care for that; it never
shone n ith more lustre than in that campaign ; but
as to what concerns himself, he will deceive Ito ilispas-
sionate man, for it would be impossible to justify that
series of operations which marked the last years of
his reign. He accuses me of treason ! I ask, where
is its reward ? I rejected with contempt every sort
of personal advantage which was offered to me, and
placed myself voluntarily in the situation of the whole
army. Had I any particular safferxion foethe House
of Bourbon? Whence could Ittiteht it t I who only


entered on active rde a short tittle Witt: tWt faint
ceased is govern France ? Whatever opinion I migbt
have formed of the cuperior mind of the kings of his
goodness, and trfthat of the Princes, it was very far
from the reality—this charm which is found when
near them was unknown to the, and could not give
birth to these sacred engagements which now bsnd
me to them, and which their present misfortunes, so
little merited, bind still closer , sacred engagements,
for to men who have bearts, testimonies of regard and
esteem are a thousand titris mote valuable than
gifts and benef:ictiona.
46 What was then the motive of my actions?—an
ardent love of my country, which has all my life been
the master of my heart and absorbed all my ideas.
I wished to save France from destruction ; I wished
to preserve it from combinations, wheat would have
brought on its ruin; from those so fatal combinations
the fruit of the most strange illusions of pride, and so
often renewed in Spain, in Russia, and in Germany,
and which threatened a frightful catastrophe which it
was necessary instantly to prevent.
66 A strange and mournful fatality prevented our
deriving from the return of the ileum: of &otion al,
the advantages which were hoped from it for France;
hut, however, we owe to them the speedy end of A
fatal war, the deliverance of the capital and of the
kingdom, an administration mild and paternal, and
a tranquillity and liberty which were unknown to us.
Some days more, and this liberty, so dear, .s:,n,..cessary
for all Frenchmen, had been consolid.,;.:d for ever.
The foreigners, it is said, were I,•st without re-
source, and it is I who am accused ot having saved
them. lam their 'saviour ! 1 who always fought
them with as much enemy as constancy; whose zeal
was never cooled for a moment. I who, after having
attached my name to the most brilliant successes ot
the campaign, had already once preserved Paris by
the combats of Meaux and Lis).
66 Let us tell him, him who gave such powerful
aid to the foreigners in-their operations, and rendered
useless the devotedness of so many good soldiers and
intelligent officers, he was that person, he, who with
300,000 men, wished to guard and occupy Europe
front the Vistula to the Cattaro and the Ebro, while
France had fur its defence scarcely forty thousand
soldiers hastily collected and the deliverers of Fs Airce
ate those who, as by miracle, saved it from the ctu•
sade directed against it, and \smiled the return oi
.250,000 men, scattered throughout Ettiope, and of
MAO prisoners, who now constitute it, force and
power.

6, I have served the Emperor Napoleon with zeal,
constancy, and drvotedness, during all my career, and
only sepatated myself from -Lim to save France,
and when one step fartlo-r wool.' have precipitated it
into the abyss which he had veriest. Nowt itices were
to., great where the question WAS the honour and safetY
of my country ; and yet how many circtinwances
reader. hem sometimes painful anJ melanchely !
4, Who has shown more than I have, a denial of
personal interests, and has tr..en more governed
the general interest ? Whoever has exhibited :t
greater example in tuft:ring, in danger, in privations,
who has ::heron in nll his life more disinttreitechress
than I have ? My life is poi e, it is that of a good Li-
tz n, and they 5..-r aid attach infamy to it ! No :so
many honourable. actions in so long a course of years,
falsify, to !Alen s degree, accusation, that those
whose opinion of any va!u?, v ill always refuse to
be ieve it.
" Whatever he the d •stiny reserved for me, whe-
ther my whole bre shall pass under proscription, or
I shall be permitted still to see ye my country ;
titer I shall be. recalled, or w!;erlter l shall he k,!s rl.O
hoin its bosom, r..y wishes for its glory and s hap-
piness will never vary, for the love or my country has
been and will always be the passion of my heart ;
anel the Kinp, has well tmdctstood my sentiments and
done justice to the rectitude of my intentions, When
he designed to add to my arms the device Paine lo-
tus et übique, which, in a few words, escilbes the his.
tory of my whole life. (Signed.
" Marshal the Duke of RAGUSA."
46 Ghent, April 1."

OLD BATLfiY.••POISnNING A FAMILY.7-YeSterd,ir
Elizateth Ferning was trie,4 for attempting to pois'qt
the f tnuly of Mr. Tamer, law-stationer, of Chancery-
lane, wherein the prisoner was cook, on the 21,t of
.March last. The facts of this case were so fully de-
tailed in this Paper of the 31st ult. that it is unne-
cessary to repeat them. They were recapitulated, on
this occasion, with great accuracy, by Mr. and Mrs.
Turner, Mr. Turner, sen. K. Gadsale, the apprentice
boy, and Sarah Pear, the house-maid. The manner

in which the priso er became possessed of the poison
was satisfactorily proved, as well as its operation and
quality.—The prisoner, in the most solemn manner,
called GOD to witness her innocence, hoth as to the
act and the intention.—The RF.cortnett summed up
the evidence, and the Jury having mired for a few
minutes, returned with a verdict of Guilty. The un-
happy culprit instantly fell into a fit, screamed, and
cried aloud most bitterly, and was carried fr )m the
deck in a state of insensibility.--The prisoner is
scarcely twenty years of age, rather of ;mall stature,
but very interesting features. Her father was in the
Court, in a state of the ckepest affliction.
Alias, a butcher, at Southgate, was charged with
a rape on Harriet Collins, under ten years of age.—
The child resided with her grandfather, near the
house of the prisoner, who beckoned I cr over to !ii
' shop, and accomplished his purpose. The sdi ld's evi-
dence was rather improbable ; and the mother had
consented, in writing, to take £2O, and r ceive :'i.3o
more by instalments, for her daughter', ri:ilation.—
The Recommit here put a stop to the case, and the
prisoner was acquitted.
Execurios.—Siras the soldier, was executed at
Launceston on Friday se'nhight, for the n.urder of
Mr. Burnett, a peace-officer, of LestwithiLl, in August
last, as stated in this Paper at the time. The unfor-
tunate culprit manifested great penitence and resigna-
tion during the interval between his trial and execu-
tion. To the Minister who attended him, he expressed
his conviction of the justness of his sentence, and his
bitter regret at the melancholy event, which intoxi-
cation and unrestrained passion had occasioned. His
unfortunate mother had several intervit ws with *him
after his condemnation, in all of which lie earnestly.
implored her to write to his brothers in J.!.e Army,
and to impress upon them, as his dying advice, that
they should abstain from drunkenness His behaviour
at the place of execution was marked by contrition
and manly fortitude.

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