The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-01-05 00:00:00

LETTRR •r LORD CAILBEItI.

The following letter of Lord Corbery was alluded
s pstagraph which we 4:l.lljeti from • Cot k Paper
week, rind in which tittle n as • ,is, it account cf
Meeiing literal:led for the purpose of ad-
the Prince gent on ii.e i!eath 'is Royal
her. Loral Larb.ry bed mated an Adires•
tly pane*, 'mil, when Al I pretence
its not going far entree, prows...it a ttttt h..r, iu a
In of bombast, which it appears wan intntd•
..1 irnity The cooed-iv ence was, great coats.
;lad an adjournment of the Nleeting, without
sering to any Address at all :
.• TO Till" COUNTY OF t onK.
I use this comprehensive term, because I feel
shrive Is not • legal Fierholder of this great
Int, who is Dot deeply iturere•t.rlin the subject on
itch 1 address you. You will have seen in the
bile Prints the proceedings of the Coast, Sleeting
,estertley, and I trust yes will feel, with or, •
indignation at the resell of it. Your great
inty, ibo hr., in ail pettion of the United
last called by your High Sheriff, in pursuance
Rerpsisitien fur the purpose of addressing the
J..e• !tripoli on the death of oar lamented Queen.
,t n fight have been pressings] that on such a subject,
ears man would have kit it hisdely to come froward,
give his assent to the last enespliment which was
be paid to the memory of one of the most amiable
and virtuous Queens (brit ever shared the British
Throne. It might be fairly presumed that on such an
occasion even apathy would have been roused to make
; that party feeling, if it could be sup.
pissed to east, •nuld hare been stilled ; that when
• County was called upon to give in a loyal and
iplimentaty Address t• the Representative of our
loved Sovereign, on a anlenio stud important ores.
), their. "meld have been found in this great and
1,81 County bur one heart anti one mind. Very
itferent, however, has been the case : even of those
• signed the Bequialtiow. but few thought proper
timid the Meeting; stud illltesii of ageing the
benches of your Court-house crowded with the rank,
property, and respectability of the County, they
were occupied by persons resident in the city, anme
whew, perheps, had Ike question been tried,
{ht have been found wonting in the privilege of it
iy shilling freehold. l'he consequences were such
might have been expected : I need not mite them,
bate already appeated in the Public Prints.
It now rests with you to submit to the degrade-
WO the County has suffered, or to conic for.
rd end assert your Jigiaiiy, your 'Wit., and your
todepeudeece. If you choose to give up the
'recline of your County into the hands of oboes Gen.
Women, in God's name let them be your Ilieh ?ibe.
I's let them be your Grand Jurors. let them be
Represenialiaria arf your County. It, hnwever,
spank of public feeliee yet remelt.; upside-
•led, let it be kindled into a flame. When yeor
lid sollinietafb his bailiwick, end him, rally
.1141 him, pretext his dignity and your oats ; ap-
e iu your places, and let these Gentlemen, what.
may be their pretensions, hold that rank and

outfit, in the Csianly to which their merits and
their property wide them; but do out let them
asserts tilers.
am isa party men. I tdiirris you as s fire nod
Jeillepesideet landed proprietor of truer County, deeply
inietetted inks welfare, zealous fur its honour, and
Ondignantgt its dunce.
, Curt, psi. es. tlistS.
IRIAKti
OUTRAGE IN EDINBURGH.
. PeIt.CUTION OF ROBERT JOHNSTON.
ern iltednewfa). pursuant in a sentence of Ilse
111gb C.,ess of Jewirisry, Bolart Johnston ass es.
Kitten an a pledo,us erected at the west end •f the
Now N.'s% trout of she New County
bewn-atelk.,, fur Our robbote of Mr. Joh..
Clrvle•• randle.r, faker, on the morning of stir
ir October last, Heir St. l'atrick's.squere. The un-
lcinoto eulpt it was brought from lb,. Lmk.up.
loose to She place of rim-olio,' about twenty oarliptips
rine he.. o'clock, di t•ndeti by two of the *W-
ife,. the Ker. Air. Tod, of the College Claeseh,
I Mr. Porteous, Chaplain of the jail, 1 City
tfficers, and the public earcetioner. After spend-
, soma lime In prayer with the Clergymen, John.
, mounted the platform with alacrity, looked
boldly round him, end baring assisted the hangman
adjusting the rope, &c. Le gave the fatal signal
the chop fell. A painful and disgtacefel scene
immediately ensued. The rope was observed to be
long fur the fall of the drop, and she unfrrtu.
culprit rested with his toes on the plstform.—
Tentless were immediately employed in cutting
ty the platform, le order that the sufferer might
, speedily as possible be relieved. I.', b.joie this
cnsld be setromplished a loud shout tat horror, with
'Oils of " murder," burst from the immense multi.
tede assembled, and instantly • shower of stones
ilia by persons in the crowd compelled the N:a..
.ratea, Officers, and workmen to stracesiuu their yin.
is, and no one het the criminal remained upon the
,ifold; the Nlagintretes, Clergymen, Ike. b. 11.4 on.
r the necessity of retiring into eho reit of the
'Wool!' Church, adiscent to the Wioers' Library;
from theme, thrcu,,,,k lb., aisle of •ho
ch, into the l'elice.elr:ce. Annib.. cry of
An Lim down—he is &ire," setts...deo; act;
rms. genteelly (begird, swift.; upon the platform,
tie rope, and the ealprit fell down in reclo•ina
ition upon the scaffold,sher biasing hung about bre
5011.11.
dirgreArsil sane of outrage end riot ensued.—
nerolter of :be crow.' broke throseb the railing.
' took posseisioie of the i.latfuern, ahem they lifted
Johnston, took the rodee from his Perk rod
lass, and the slip from ell his rice, shirk thry
tea among the multitude below; fiery I! do loosen.
• part of his shrikes, bud boding hies alive, deli-
'rattly carried bias nW towards the Iligh-street ;
Ilas seedier petty tore the main pApared ter the
isnlital•Se pieces, mid threw the frasseseuts against
windows of the child, trudeateering else to de.
dish she fatal apparels', which; kowerer, was found
sarong for them to accomplish their object. A
..iautenaut of Police was sem* cut OR the head
th a stony; *host ten of the *Seers were more or
11. w! ht the mob; sod ILeemscutioper, mho was
scums 'lite in their bands, nand stscic:y. le

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