Star.
London, England, 1803-09-09 00:00:00

NATFIxI,D.

The cirenntilausee relative to Mary of Beetermere's
having remitted money to Hatfield, AS Raced in our
paper of IVednefday, is, we have rearm to believe,
write unfounded, her parents being very poor, and the
money raife4 by Inbfcription OM remaining in the
hated. of Sir Itsc mean Fct tt, with the exception oft 01.
only, which was transmitted to her lonic months Ago,
without any previous application on her part. The
Rory of her having enrrefpnnded with him appears to
have been on no bettetauthosity, as the only letter the
has received from him Ante lie has been in cuandy,
was returned unopened. The Lai is, fhe was per-
funded by her parents into a marriage difproportio.
note in point of years, in confideration of the rank
which it was falfely imagined the would derive from it.
Caatissa,•Sirrr. s.—Hatfield died in the belief
that lie was to be• btr ied in Brough. Lord Lowther,
however, had, tefufed his permiffion, thinking that
the memoll of Edward-IL. *alibi be profaned if the
remains of .w.-malefeant west placed near the fpot
where ht.expired, msd is-here a monument has been
mired whim 7r. • 0.,•

When Hat fieldhad hang One teeter and one minute,
he was eat down and placed in his coffin. The body
was ford, ids conveyed in -a lecture to Se. Mares
Churchyards Once bribe Northern gate.- Several
men then let to work to dig a grave. The fpot was
fixed epositn.diftant cornee.4 the elms ckyard.'far
from the ahem tombs. No prioil attended, and the
coffin was Waned without any religious fer.vice. The
grave was Wise up. and the Wished difperlcd within
an hour and .a half of the time when the unhappystri.
minal gaol,:
Mr. Hatfield tass certainly gone through the hail
fcene of his life .with hone eclat. But moll people
accule him of infenfibility and fool hardinefe. On
Saturday morning he role about fax, and immediardy
repaired to the chapel, where he remained about half
an hour. He could at all times aflame the appear-
ances of fanftity when he had the molt trilling end
to obtain. It may reafonably believed that. he at
length became fincere.. •He was obliged to return to
the condemned cell till nitre. wheithe was admitted
to his apartments at the Gaoler's, and his irons were
Druck off. Having breakfafted as ulna]. he fat down
to write, and continued with few interaniffions at his
dent till three. Betides letters.to all lairracquaintaaem
be wrote daring his confinement fermi political and
religious effeits, which be lamed under lagged
names is the provincial papers.—About twelve be
thawed himfelf. Although entrained with a razor,
he neve* foam to have meditated aaattempt opollsis
life. A report very generally prevailed overthe neigh-
bouring country that he had poifuaed hirnfeif on Fe&
day night. But it was founded merely on what pas
reckoned probable.—Soon after twelve aGentlentan
called upon bins. In a Drain of affected politeimrs, be
apologiled for being found iaatihakfie. all who
(poke with him he pretended that what he had to
fuller teas a matter of little confequence. He pre.
ferreertalkirigon indifferentfubjeas. At threat dined
with the Gaoler, and eat 'heartily. Having taken a
glafs o; two of wits he ordered' coffee. He took a
difh a few m' tee before he fet out for the place of
execution. The left thing which he did was to read
a chapter from the zd Corinthiant• He had previ-
oully marked out this paffagefor hiiiefiron befiare he
was to mount the fcaffold. -He regasha quite Meat
in the carriage. All that bi rpeltattits
when he had mounted the ant Was_
~•4•6llesiatfritii
all." He was very pardeabt BB 1011 i to
the Executioner. He feemed afnaid that bisleerves
might fail him, and be exclaimed 4,•My mind
though I cannot anfwer for my,body.' A Bele *a-
fore the cart drove away, he threw his handkendsief
to the Goaler, and ordered it to be vistaed in hishat.
JuR as he was put off, a (milt w%4 deferred upon his
countenance • but it keened forced mod ghailly. He i
expired witlPut 'the leap convolfieg, and us alI ap-
pearance without much pails.
He had calculated Co well that his money wilily
carried him to the fcaffold. As they were letting out
the hangman was going to leech him. He threw him'
half-a crown. laving, This is all that my poclcetsl
contain." He had been in confiderable dilkels be
foie he received a fispply from his father. He after-
wards lived in great fide, frequently making prefents
to his fellow felons. He was confidered its the gaol
as a kind of Emperor; he was allowed to do what-
ever he pleated ; anti no one took offence at the air
of fuperiotity which lie affurned. Notwithfianding
his popular manners, few were ever executed in this
place who were lets regretted.
Mary of Buttes mere has gone from home to avoid
the impertinent vifits of *infecting vitriol-ay. By all
accounts, the is much affected. And, indeed, with-
out fuppofing that any part of her former attachment
remains, it is inipoflible that fhe could view with in-
/difference the tragical fate of one with whoM Itched
been on inch a footing. When her father•end Mo-
ther heard that Hatfield had certainly been hanged,
they both exclaimed " God be thanked! No man
ever deserved death more." Stone letters which he
fent to the missittets who attended him a few tiers
before his death, have been publifhed here.. l'hey
arc quite uniuterefiiiig.—His comet father may have
nevi brilliant; but he certainly had pulfelfed very
feeble powers of cnmpofstion.

Liza week, a fire broke out in an ont•hmite belcire
ing to Mr. GR•TCOM, farmer. of North Wingfield;
Des-bygone, uhichcontitmed a quantity of old wheat,
dour. and bacurs. It is loppoled to hare been oc-
:steamed by a fpark flying through a hole in the
Si,cheti chimney. which a4joined the building.
On Saturday lag an inquell was held its Moulfham,
ins the body of John Alcock. a private in the
Laticathite Stilitisou ho had been Idled ioboaing with
James Kay, another foldier in the fame regiment. It
sp, eared that the deceafed had challenged Kay twice,
and that nothing which could be termed unfair wa.
In in the couife of the contcil.--Verdid,
a
We are concerned to nate that Mr. EGA,' and Mr.
Sit ten. mentioned in last week's paper to have been
blown up nn board the French mice l'Epervier. are
G es dead of their wounds.
Lail Sunday a woman, with a child in her aims,.
t went into tihoreditch chnechlard.during
vice. where the infant made a dreadful cry, and the
woman being much in liquor flit wits turned into the
firms, whop. being incapable of walking far Elba fent-
L.erl basi4f befote a, public-hold/ door.: and goatigto
peep, leasing; titer the child, it was fofincated.