The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-27 00:00:00

On Wednesday last, this unfortunate man, whose
trial and conviction must be fresh in the reeollertion
of oar readers, underwent the last sentence of the law
in the presence of an immense ctuwd of spectators. A
the education ofll‘Grory hail been totally negleeteol,
and his intellects appesreel to be of the•lowest order,
different representations oPlliese eirtunistances weie
hUmaieiy made to the Secretary of State.; but his Lord.
ship, having seen nothing in the cue to justify him in
laying it before his 31ajtsty, it became the painful duty
of the Catholic clergymen of thisTicsivn to announce t •
the prisoner his irrevocable tionm.:Still, however,
M•Orory seemed unwilling to abandon a hope, which.
faint as it was at first, had now been for reef blasted :
and so late as Saturday week, after .dine complaints
about the hardship of his situation, he teniarked in our
own hearing " May be they'll no hiuig melees- IC
not previously convinced, %mind of
the hammer employed in erecting the gelloies west
have awakened him from this fatal eleinsiino; mod
the reader may easily picture to hiinself what a
night he twist have passed under seek ciecnii4tances.
About two o'clock on Wetinesdav, the prisoner 11:118
relieved of his irons, and tlresstal in a Anent' goo n
and linen trousers priorities' for' the ceeasion. Ile
was then led out to the ''age, where; to the surprise
and grief of all present, he struck the executioner a
smart blow on the chin, as he was about to:perform
a preltninary part of his duty. Ou being reran tittle.'
for this hardened act, he begged die executioneyls for-
giveness, and excused hiinself by saying be diol nut
know what he was doing; but this ?wraf +. w.• ate
sorry to any, was so far premeditated, that the j tiler
had thought it necessary to warn the exccittia.»•::- i.o itr
upon his guard. After being pitai.nied in 'fat! n-caul
manner, the prisoner ascended the scaffold, wh ire,
togethror with the Cathodic clergyman mini attended
him, hr spent souse time in a -kneelintx posture. i
the meantime the Her. fir. Scott, after ruidirig •
psalm, delivered a most impressive prayer, which tv--
listened to with the twist profound atteutioa. by errr
one present, excepting the Rev. licutitenan fur.tuit*
alluded to, and the unhappy Man himself in whose
behalf it nas so fervently put up. At the couclulion
of these devotions, the criminal vothntarily nith
' a firm step ascended the fllatform, butt in place of iirto:i•
ing the fatal signal as had been anticipated, he ex i•rei.se.l
an intention of aildrrasing the multitude. Nis latignaze.
particularly at first, was extremely incoherent, and i .
scarcely worth repenting; but it was *pain rut atishappioll-
ing spectacle to see a human being, after all the pains th it
hail been taken with him, standing on the very brink
of eternity, nith his arms pinioned to his Ades and
his utterance impeded by the ignominious hitter, con-
suming. as it were the remaining grain of the *ant* or
life, in a fruitless attempt to explain away the ernr c
for which lie was about to ander. With the greateit
earnestness the lire. 31r. Varrn:hers again sod aca..!
entreated him to close his eyes anti quietly resign 1..,
soul into the hands of his Maier; but 1114.irory
not to be persuaded, and observing some of toi• ;ism .iti - -
usen on the farther aide of the street, Ise united to
to approach neater that they snikht hear what he teas
going to state. Whether he meant by this insinuation.
to incite his countrymen to attempt his rester, SIC
cannot pretend to say ; but tore we are thal the re-
mittent arrangements .and formidable stionthers of the
special eionsmbles, would have instantly frustrated ....v
Such attempt ; attitungh it is no moire than jioi
tier to say, that the web remained perfectly quiet.
with the e‘mipt:on of one man who kept
stand,- bawling t ut. " Give Lim nitre IN 'Fr .
give hint more rope .." The halter, however.
nal long ent.ugh cuusidering the tier of the drop,
anti the exectitioner pli;.inly perceived thetas. extensi‘.
of rope would only enable the erbiuml to place o t
foot on the edge of the platform, snot thus add to t.l
natural horrors of the seine. After many-painf cal
pauses, and many exhortations to be quiet, the erimival
mattered something about the harshness of his sentemo
and the wickedness of thiise hr plainly insinuated ha.'
sworn away his life, auil added "that he gave them a!:
his blessing—that he was standing in a place where lie
nes not :pliant( d to show Isis face—end that he t•a•
going to meet bit Got' Almighty, who was the hiegeit
judge of them all, where th. re would he no witurssts
and no lawyers to fee." At this moment the maci•-
strates---pitinftsl as the duty was—were shunt to inter-
C•re, u hen 31r. liarrittherantrain reminded
his repeated promises to demean himself differetit:y.
and at last perstiasied bito to pill the cap over :s
fare--a task be had scarcely performed,- when ti .•
dr p tell and launched hiss into eternity. Thecrittoiral,
it is said, died easy ; and after hanging the lomat tins
his bode was let dowu, placed in a coffin, and int ire
the n ght. No aerident of uuy kind hap; en
the crowd man eery great, and contained stn
unusual propo.iiion of and children. Edwa-
31,(Irory is ism first culprit that has beets haneed
llotutfries since the execution of Maitland Smith— • ►
event which took plate line 13 years ago. ",
I tot of I! Conitnis.sionerl.of 16(1 sped s
ernstable*, who were initial boned to pie-serve tst •
mice of the town on the day of the execution, on'y
one man was found willingly abient, Am was Coe :
can Monday lan, in the sum of 3t. Go. ed. tress 4
muster, tinder all the eirenmstanees, is highly
di:atle to the town of iluutfritis.—(Deof, Fos cum tie )

3.1%1A1C4. (KINCITPX,) •Arn. 19.—The F..pprir.z
Paloveri, whim) sailed from Port Royal nu the and in...
for Carthairena, with ignrl.dona, was captured off t',At
port by an I inirpervien! 'prig. Ailed the lloosirres. -.-
stered for Sarinilla. The birk Mary Ana. tt right,
Rerun's's, Inroad to Armour Bay, lass M it wrewkerl • .1
Cape Hornung. The Fly. Dysarr, from heart, is lost Ts
the Onions Reef.
PrillTaMOVTit, ner. 45--711* &room* from SON% i•t•
**At 'hove on shore on South Mr. Waal. bovine heou
ild.atty nasiegArsi, thin day- gm first *gala s:4 l
cowing Imo babes, to repair.

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