Star.
London, England, 1820-05-26 00:00:00

THE LATE EXECUTIONS.

(Front a Sermon ky Dr. Chalmers, of Glasgow).

There is something in the history of these Lon-
don executions that i. truly dismal. It is like getting
a glimpse into Pandssmoniunn ; nor do we believe
that, in the annals of human depravity, did ever
stout-hearted sinners betray a more fierce and unfeel-
ing hardihood. It is not that part of the exhibition
which is merely revolting to sensitive nature that we
are now alluding to. It is not the struggle, and the
death, and the shrouded operator, and the bloody
heads that were carried round the scaffold, and the
headless bodies of men who, but one hour before,
lifted their proud defiance to the GOD in whose pre-
sence the whole decision of their spirits must by this
time have melted away. It is the moral part of the
exhibition that is so appalling. It is the firm despe-
rado step with which they ascended to the place of
execution. It is the undaunted scowl which they
cast on the dread apparatus before them. It is the
frenzied and bacchanalian levity with which they
bore up their courage to the last, and earned, in re-
turn, the applause of thousands, as fierce and as
frenzied as themselves ! It is the unquelled daring
of the man, who laughed, and who sung, and who
cheered the multitude, ere he took his leap into eter-
nity, and was cheered by the multitude, rending the
air with approbation back again.' These are the
doings of infidelity. These are the genuine exhibi-
tions of the popular mind, after that Religion has
abandoned it. It is neither a sytem of unchristian
morals, nor the meagre Christianity of those who
deride, as methodistical, all the peculiarities of our
faith, that will recal our neglected population.—
There is not one other expedient by which you will
recover the olden character of England, but by going
forth with the Gospel of JEsus CHRIST among its
people. Nothing will subdue them, but that rege-
nerating power which goes along with the faith 9f
the New Testament. And nothing will charm away
tLe alienation of their spirits, but their belief in the
overtures of redeeming mercy !"

We are requested to publish the following Letter
as particularly claiming the attention of those who
have been improperly treated under this complaint :

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sta—Obse.-v!ng a paragraph in ywr Paper respecting the
Cure of an Hernia (of a large size:, by the Wdical Board, at
Charlotte-llouse, Great Charlotte-street, Illackfriar%-road, in
justice to Meaars. Cooral and Co. 1 add my person:: testimony.
!Irving been aUlieted nearly £0 years, and deemed incurable by
erninont Seri,-.:ont, I patiently bore my afiliction, expecting every
hour to be my lost : 1 at length aniied to the M.:dical Board,
a Laave reason to pray fcr that excellent listablistimmt, for al-
though lam nearly I was perfectly cured in a few weeks, and
now, thailt Gou, enjoy good heattb. C. CLEVELAND.
and Stile, St. George':-fields.
Messrs. Cooree and Co. are consulted at Wood-
stock-House, Woodstock-street, daily, and at Char-
lotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, opposite the Rev.
Rowland. Has Chapel. Mechanics have Advice
gratis every. Evening, from Six till Eight; and on
Sunday Mornings until Twelve o'Clock.
N.B. Private Doors at each House, and Private
Doors for Females.