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London, England, 1817-04-12 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF LJUNCEL7I7' 140g1F4CI.

PURTHER LARTICULARS4
Ft appeati that previot to the corn ''<slob of the
rash act, for which he suffered, Boniface was melt.
respected in Tunbridge Wells, and front the time t.f.
his condemnation, great efforts were made by hie
friends (who wire very numerous) to procure a re.
prieve for him, but in vain. Nothing could receed
the propriety of the conduct of the wretched culprit,
after his Condemnation, and in general he dis Flayed
much composure, except when oc;asionglly the agi.
tatinp subject of his offence was alluded to, by any
of A3s friends, who were permitted to see him. The
warrant for his execution came down on Sunday, and
agreeably to his wish, it was read to him. He bore

it: with great fortitude, ard was p.rtieularly atten-
tive to divine service, and the touching sermon deli-
vered by the Reverend Chaplain. He said he'll:mid
go most willingly to his death, as due to his crime e
that he trusted he was at peace with his Goo, and all
the world, most heartily forgiving every one, and
hoping be was forgiven. He more than once said he
should die rather better satisfied, it he could once
more see Mr. bramwell, and be assured from his °sea
mouth of his forgiveness—to Wee leave of him, but
not to utter a syllable about the horrid past. This
wish was benevolently communicated by Mr. Argles
to Mr. Bramwel:, who was in London, bat walicut
recommending to hint a comeliance with it, which
could only tend to disturb the !wisely alit arid tranquil-
fixed mind of the [slimier. Mr. Bramwell, there-
fore, did not come down, but retuin?.l an answer to -
Mr". Argles, begging him to assure II nut.:ce, that he
did not entertain, nor ever had entertained towards
him the least wish of revenge, that he bad his for.
giveness, and that he should nut fail wit i earnestness
to implore the ALMIGHTY also to fi:.-;iee hioi.---
-Thursday se'nniglst, at eleven o'clock, the onfostn.
hateman left Maidstone jail in a waggon, Attended by
the Under Sheriff, and the usual Officers and guard.
He was respectably dressed in black, and appeared
to be quite collected, and in his progress to the place
of execution, prayed very fervently, occasionally
reading in a prayer-book that he held in his hoed..
When the melancholy procession Arrived at the end
of the lane, on Penenden Heath, his countenance
evidently changed, and for a few moments he ap-
peared to be much agitated, but he soon recovered
his former tranquil demeanour. On the waggon
drawing up.in front of the drop, a person asked him)
how he telt f—to which he answered, fl lam happy,
very happy." The Chaplain then ascended to him,
a deaths-like silence prevailed, and Inc Reverend
Gentleman, and the dying man, kneeling, prayed
together with great devotion, for several nvinutea....
This last holy office being over, the Minister of _
Peace shook hands with the no:sappy bmifOce, and
theiatter took an affectionate kayo of him. Pieta.
ors to mounting she
platform
he took some pipers
out of his pocket, and distributed them amongst the
surrounding spectators. He also in a low tone of
voice addr.ssed them, saying, he hoped that no one
present would ever forswear thernsetves, for it was
that which had brought him to that unhappy eqd.—
.4 It is that," he repeated, fc which has bmeight rue
here, you may depend upon it."— A friend said to
him—" I hope yin forgive." He replied—if Ido
forgive every body." He then retigned himself into
the hands of the executioner, with great calmness and
fortitude. When the dreadful preparations were
nearly completed, he ejaculated 44 Goo bless you all,"
and he received in return a blessing from many of
the commiserating crowd that heard his last words.
He several times put his hands over his eyes, as if he
was in prayer. He was thus engaged *ben the exe-
cutioner was going to put round his neck the fatal
cord, and the latter waited till the Frayer of the cul-
prit was concluded. The cap being drawn over his
face, the executioner bade him farewell, and deem-
ded. He once raised his hands, and in .shoot two
minutes the platform descended, and his eyes were
closed tor ever. He did not appear much convulsed.
The mtruber of ttie spectators was not so great
as is usual on thoseiolemn occasions. which is to be
attributed to a report being spread that Boniface had
received a reprieve. The body was buried in a very
decent manner, in Maidstone Church yard,' on Sua-
day afternoon.
Thus peri.hed Launcelot Boniface, In the forty.
seventh year of his age, the victim of ungoverned
passion and a nourished spirit of revenge. It is to
be hoped that his wretched fate will be a warni to
persons of a vindictive disposition. On his tree , a
plea of insanity was brought forward to save his ife.
Insane he most certainly was, but he was governed
by the insanity of passion. • Every mars who suffers
his peskiest to drown his reason must be considered
• a madman while the mind is under the overpower-
ing influence of that passion. But that is a sort
of plea that affords no palliition for offences corn.
milted agaiost the laws both of Goo and man.—.
It is only insanity produced by disease, or the visits-
tion of eon, (as observed by the JeJge), that ter,-
den a than not accountable to his filloar risen fur hi
actions. He, who suffers his reason. which is given
&Man to controsi hi. passions, to be subdued, fully in-
Anent the criminality and penalty justly attached to
the crimes he may commit, duiing such a guilty
torpor oi his rational faculties.

Saturday, the 49th Ws. Jaws A!•Loutbis was eze.
stated at bdullingar, pursuant to his sentence, at last
Assists, for a 'burg iAry in the house of John a.,
aaa:aeF Skillyinure. Previous to his being cast off
the aitul platform, he declared himself perfectly in-
west. iseiog neither directly nor indirectly COllttl-
aedia the robbery for which he was convicted : this
declaration excited tle universal sympathy of a vast
pumicosirse of people who assembled on the occasion.
After hanging the usual time, his body was given to
his fridadslor iotermen:.
A Morning raper says—" A letter has been re.
yeti from young Watson. who has arrived in Arne.
tics, together with a shoemaker, in whose apartments
tl,e wax secreted in the neighbourhood of St. Paid%
at the time the 801e-stores officers and others sent in
sands of him, were punning phantoms. He declares
Odin bad no preatous 'acquaintance with Abe pea-
rls who afforded him sai asylum, but claimed hi
sioassioo, depending entirely upon his honour, his.
p2s.,barry
PLAnert.ss.
Aritosianiar of that cisitirosso, and other facts e.
sa‘Hitsitammentthes dpiamitico jusianr of
y ase.
'41.4 wish the omega talllatitad on oho

VERSES

TO THE MEMORY OF ALEXANDER WILSON,-
WSO DUD AT PIIILADtIaIIIA,.:AUSVST 43, 1814.

o does it not wayward in Fancy's lone child,
The chords-yard to leave, where our forefathers lye,
To tenant some tomb, by the forest or wild,
Wallowed, and bid from each sorrowing eye.
Long be toiled for his country, and craves only this,
' That his ashes may rest, 'midst her solitudes wide;
• Alta Columbus would weep, in his mansion ut bliss,
Were tito.wtob of his Brother I. science denied!
-Thentkuse soots laps nook, such as Bards have extoll'd,
And peopled of yore, with the fairies' blithe ring;
That dance 'neatit the Moon's paly ray on the wold,
• 'Ming Bowers that more fresh from each elan foot spring.
AM there let him rest, from the-city remote,
Wen the Birds unmolested may sing thro' the year;
wilidutems pause near'the spot,
yncever'd to tread o'er a grave they revere. .
Where Ihd Britt* will journey, e'er homeward be steers,
ThnEaile with sleeps, as a Brother to claim; '
out Columbia's SUMO with his tears,
And Scala', hascribe ou the 'scumbetut of lame!
Where the Matron will prompt the young Maidens to stray,
• When the blue Bird is mote and the wild rove is new;
To bear feasible combos' bold reFc away,
Whose thoughts; as his lay, mill to woolen were MO!
Wkesethe pattlOt Sire:elt beckon his Son,
Aid Are Ille young soul 'at a 's shrine;
Who, like thee, hapless Park ! deathless laurels Lad won,
But whom Country, alas! was sot grateful as thine:
Ak, Cienhiliwhy tilos is it ever tit fate .
Unstatikor'd to live, to die! .
e To-fettiels that /ore, ;MO new worlds can create, •
• Yet languish fee wants, which the meanest enjoy!
1.0 ! where Niagara terdtie descends
To fathomless gulpbs, that bedisseo the sly/M
Th's rlsirgin mountains of dense vapour, blends
The spkr.dours of day with the horrors of night!
Or by Oronoke or Potomac's shore,
• Encircled with wilds where the savage ne'er ran;
Or launtlid amidst waters, that bark never bore,
Or penci'd thit glorious image of man.
Yes this was the Hero whom Statesmen of power,
' Men mighty while living, but little Vitali dead-- •
Saw tolling for science, till life's latest hour, .
Unblest with a laurel, scarce furni,4l with bread.
but their malice no. move shall his merits defame '

y.fiso taught us with seirnce, and chested us with soot;
Whom his soutit.ry it proud %Mb: her woribies to name,
And weeps site delajd the toe 'd tribute miens.
Calumbia! thou yet infant world of the west.
Advancing to gluey anti greatness apace
'Ekon land wave the ashes of Wasit GTO rest, •
Theyeatest, and wisest, and best of our ram!
Stillidetor asset birthright of &tuition yen prize, •
J.* B4essee.thy pel4. and palladium be!
For this is the basis oat'which thou shah rise
TO heights that Old Europe tudrtresable to see!
, ICtiil Wiles Posts appear yet inborn and unheard,
Whom (*tone and power seem combio'd to restrain,
De thou a kind puttee, and let not the Bard,
Like thy Wilson, al.peal to his country in vain!
lieu Ournerd for years. the wild berries his food,
drink oft the poisonous tank or the fen;
'Where the she serpent lurks seer her horribl brood,
And tyger-cubs thirst for the Mk blowrof men ! -
Ws task from &lidos sad' lone bird to bring,
Unlearned est by man date front Eden weird!
In ifinelier poor trios its sadist whir,
• And pooosardad ks song toes *id!

J. MO.

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Atte/Anna Wnsow is known to the literary world as the in.
defistigable author of the " American °mightily," and to his
Coallternen as the author of some of the most popular Poems
be the Scottish dialect, As a proof of the high excel-
koce of his ballad of " Watty and Meg," it wiU be still-
tient to mention, that it was for a hag period univer-
sally ascribed to BUINS, and formed the prototype of the
" Will and lean of Hector hPeliell." It appean, however,
that he abandoned the Muses shout the same dine he aban:
cloned his country, as be afterwards betook himself to the study
of natural history, and, in that department of science, has pro-
duced a work, which is likely to endure as long as the lan-
snap in which it is written. " The laborious diligence," says
Lis biographer, "with which he studied the an that enabled
him to delineate faithlully the objects of his research and curi-
osity—the enthusiasm he displayed in the pursuit after these
elegeut objecca—the privations and sufferings he underwent—
the difficulties he surmounted by his ewe personal exertions,
without aid or encouragement—liviug for weeks together in
lonely and unfrequented desarts—traversing immense tracks of
country which ntsfoot of civilised man bad ever explored—ex-
posed to all the perils of want, sickness, and disappointment—
the dread of those ferocious or poisonous animals that might
cross his path at every moment, or start from every ambush—
independent ut the inclemmicies of seasons and climates in all
latitudes. These of themselves were surely sufficient to attract
tie attention and wonder of mankind, if sot to command their
applause and admiration. It is but seldom we find a man fitted
for laborious exertion and scientific research, at mice active
and contemptative. Yet such was Wu.low. Alike capable of
pursuing the objects which interested him, through the track-
less wilds of Ametica, and calmly sitting down to delineate,
their beauties with his pencil, of following their migra-
tions, or studying and describing their manners and habits.—
• • • • It was a pardonable wish he tittered, that he might
be bb nod is some rural spot, sacred to peace and solitude, where
the birds sislght sing over Lis grave."

•
_lt used to be observed, that "pi eaais4 hays year
Cols mad rest it toe j"—but Idr. IiIIFILVIRSOUT proves
there artey be an 'eruption even to this .supposed
truism, for tbo Htddir of a Single Ticket may now
. not only be grati4ed with one of the Font £20,000
Prises in this Lottery, but, strange is it !tar oppose,
the same Ticket, without any addition al ,
' also-eatitle him to Osieof the,allls,oM Prisms
the Neat Lottery, 4.srigt gr eleserior-44 it theimit-all
eurprising there should be so early a de=ne,
7 iikets and Shares f especially when k is
they ere cheapet than for many years. and olm Oink
are so tew Blanks in the Scheme. •-
The following is a passage from a French tourist r
far so Mai hates &sari : some of our fair Coomeyesso.
. men sissy profit by the satkv: " The. English !women
paint red and white. This last cosmetic is withittba,
reach of every body. It is with the powakr death
which they at other times adorn their hair," *devout
traveller, " that they cover their faces, their neetsl,
their breasts, and that part of their arms which they
' impose.; so hat they are powdered all over lib the
tarts that are sold at our confectioners. 'Ail kinal of
point, they say, has the advantage of not spoiling the
skin, like the vat ioui kinds of white that are nseefee.
a similar puipose : but it is not without its ineomrti.-
aispejei; and here is a proof Of it.. I found
4•4 som*ag out.of the Opera, near.*. hulyvvlso-itt
... .use of this cola:relic, Which could not hires beet-
,l6We v....4llaeovered by.any one ootrpterriously informed -
!mined reryamartly4:and it was •
;ow slug ake *gold crows* pa senscnt•to get
,istegapiligs for ;air. London can that. I
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