Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-06-10

Der, next. The eclipse will be visible over
an extent of more than 4,ooo,ooo square
leagues, surface nearly equal to a sixth
part of the earth, and resembling kind of
| oval Of about 300 leagues in circumference
comprising all Europe, the western part Of
Asia, all Africa. as far as Monopota, and a
| part Of North America. Tie eclipse will
last three hours.
SENTENCE OF THE CoNsPIRAToRs.
(ConcLaded.}
John Harrison" / likewise say
was brought into it by Edwards"
John Shaw Strange" | have this
much to say to the evidence of Mr..
Brant's apprentice, likewise that of a
dams, declare solenriIy to God they
are both perjared villains"
James Gilchrist.--ssW hat ] shall say
in the presence OF my God and you, is,
that till the Wednesday eyeningat tour
o'clock l knew nothing about this bust
ness. was going to look for work,
and had neither money nor bread.
So went to what was told was to be
a supper of the Radicals. (Here the
prisoner was overcome by his feelings. J
At six O'Clock, | net G. Cooper, who
was the only man knew, and Dor
rowed a haIfpenny OF him, which with
another, enabled me to get a penny
werth of bread, and this | eat very
sweet. wish | may never come out
of this place, if | tell false. We then
went into the stable and up stairs, where
there was some bread and cheese.
took an old sword and hewcd down the
loaf, OF which others who were as hun
cry as me partook. then asked what
all these arms were about, and when, |
/ heard, was so shocked that determi-
ned to get away as fast as / could
Soon after the officers and soldiers came
and thought it my duty to surren-
der. now stand here convicted oil
high treason, after l served my king
and country for IL years, and this is
my reeompense. Oh, God IL have
nothing more to say"
Here the prisoner stood back in an
agony of tears. He is Scotchman,and
spoke with his native accent. His
manner altogether was extremely i'm.
pressiye, and his language seemed to
be that Of simple truth.
Charles Cooper said he had much to
say but his friends thought it would be
imprudent. He could only declare that
he was not guilty of the crime imputed
to him.
Gilchrist again came forward, and
said he was very willing to give up his
life, if it could save that Of a fellow
creature. He had already rendered it
to save one Of the poor men by his side.
He never thought Of such thing as to
take any mans life.
The Crier of the Court now proclaim
ed silence in the usual manner, while
sentence of death was passing upon the
prisoners
The lord chief justice then proceed
cd to address the prisoners seyeraIIy by
their respective names, making dis
tinction between those who had with
drawn their pleas of " not guilty" and
pleaded "guilty," and those who had
been convicted by jurics of their coun-
try. If any of them should ultimately
have their lives spared, which he trust
ed would be the case, he hoped they
would always bear in mind that they
owed that life tothe benignity and mer-
cifui disposition of their sovereign, aid
ell and seconded also by the merciful
dispositions of those very persons upon
whom they had contemplated the foul
crime Of assassination. One of them,
Arthur ThistIewood, had upon his tri-
al proposed to call certain witnesses,
whom the court had refused to hear.
This refusal was according to the due
course OF justice, as it was administer.
cd in this country. The witnesses
whom he proposed to call, were for the
purpose o. impugning the testimony of
man OF the name OF Dryer, and no
other. His learned counsel had previ-
oasly called witnesses to the same effect.
1t could not be allowed to him, accord
ms to the ordinary course of proceed.
ing to do more. Indeed even if he had
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