Star.
London, England, 1820-04-01 00:00:00

THE ARmY.

•
A detachment of the 79th Regiment (Highlanders)
arrived at Plymouth on Satinday last from Guernsey,
on board the Thomas and Mary trAn'irort. • They
marched into the Barracks at Georges-squale and
Granby-square, Dock. They wear the Highlanai
costume, and a finer body of men were scarcely
ever seen.

The following detachments of Regiments will em-
bark early in the ensuing month, on board the La.ly
Carrington, at Graveiencl, for Madras—the 30th,
4.6 th, and 69th, in all 14.0 men and officers.
The ISth Hussars, now at Cork, had no less than
four Candidates for seats in Parliament—Colonel
Huc..ll3s has been returned for GratithAni ; Lieute-
nant-Colonel CIMMENTS. and Lieutenant NESBIT,
stood for the county of Leitrim ; and Capt. O'GRADY
for the county of Lt.:crick. It would be rather a
novel thing to see so many Members of Parliament
in one corps.

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eurred ill act-orwill in this most diabolical attempt
the guilt Of each and • all of these is far beyond the
crdirary measure of ctisne ; and in this trying rno.
rrent they ought-Ato feel most thankful to that AL..
sitottry Po aft, whose provide:tee !Hs spared thefts
the terribh: responsibility of a cumprenensive and ag-
g avat.:d murder. But, although ske have conn-
oeled it our duty to address these aditionitiOns in an
eirecial manner to those who have been the most
guilty, [ must again repeat, that the guilt of all is
such as to tender hopeless any application for cle-
mency in this v.oild on behalf of any individual
among you. We therefore conjure arid entreat you,
each and all, to employ the very few hours of life
which now remain to you, in penitence and in pra:.-e; ."
The several pri,oners were remanded totheir
Ani:exi,d is A copy of the official n.alze which has
b en issued, relative to the mode of carrying into ef.•
fit the awful sentence of the laW upon these unfor-
tunate men:

Tnat the Willitm brig, being the vessel in which
the unfortunate convicts committed the fl.igrant and
most atrocious act of piracy, be painted black, hauled
out and anchored in the middle of the great port c•E+
Malta, viz. that of Valetta ; and that the aforesaid
most unhappy con7icts be carried' on board the said
svesszl, at such time and in such manner as may
hereafter be directed ; and that on 'Friday mornir.'i,
being the 4th of the month, between the hours of'
eight and twelve, the aforesaid convicts, viz. Cliarfes
Ch?istopher Delano, the late Master of the said brig ;
Tomas Thompson, late Mate of ditto; Benjany.4
Wilcock, late mariner and Second Mate of ditto ;
John Webb, late mariner of ditto ; and Reuben Mar-
' shall, late mariner of ditto, be hanged as may he di-
rected, between the aforesaid hours of eight ard
twelve, on Friday next; and after hanging till tin.:
be dead, that they be cut down, put in open she::..-,
and protected by a proper guard from his Majesty's
ships ; that they be carried to the appointed place,
viz. Fort Ricasoli, where the body of the aforesaid
Charles Christopher Delano, late Captain of the Wil-
liam, is to.be hung in irons on the right7hand gibbet,
next to the port of Valetta, erected for this purpose
in the North-west angle of the raid fort—the liodv rf
John Lewis, late cook -and mariner on board tie
same vessel, on the left-hand gibbet in tie are
angle—the body of Thomas Thompson, late Mate,
on the right-hand gibbet, erected for that purpose
on the North-east angle of the same part of the said
fott—and the body of John Smith; on the left-hand
gibbet in the same fort--and that the remaining four
bodies be interred at the fcet of the hetbre-mentioned
gibbets—the body of Benjamin Wilcock under the
gibbet on which the late Charles Christopher Delano
hangs—the body of J, lin Webb under the gibbet on
which the late John Lewis hangs—tho body of Jo/
Curtis under that on which Thomas Thompson hang.,
and the body of Reuben Marshall under the giiihtt
on which John Smith hangs."
However deplorable and melancholy it may he to
reflect that such atrocious offences can be committe.!,
and that such punishments must be inflicted, we
have the consolation of stating, that the unfortuna.e
man who was Captain of the piratical vessel, has, in
the last hours of his life, in order to reconcile hint-
self with that SUPRltiii BEING, on whom all his hopes
must now depend, confessed that he was the prince
mover and instigator of this most heinous offence.