New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-29

entity, simply stating that he had quarrcled with
his brother over dou5et, that angry Mo'us n ~
ensuod which had emblttcred him That IN n llt
of revenge he took his brothers mo- IN tioso
dnys they were not 50 particular IN lLdnlInR lnto
the motives of crlne rs they are now, ana NUT
this confession IL only remained Tor MI JustCS
Croolc the Judge of the assze to pass sentence oil
death. Three days grace. Tho uSuai Ilmlt' was
aO ~ ed the convict. nlterward eNtendeu 10 u week
i'm the hope that Sir George would apply for n re.
prieve Cromwell. 1t was well known was Just
then extremely anxious to secure tne = Oh VII 9l
boast tat ne belonged To that class hlmSeli ann ne
always showed strong desire to piesei We thelr
rights and privileges Had SIR George Sondcs an
piled for rcpricve is exceedingly probable that II
would have been granted, add his sons sentence
COMMITTED to imprisonment for lifc But the father
was stern and unreeutng. His only reply 10 thoso
who demonstrated with him Was 49,,
Whose sheddeth mans blood by man shall his
blood be she'd
lie wrote n long letter to his wretchel son. full
of pious exhortatOn and earnest admontion 10
repent of his SINS but never word OF fatheIly
affection or forgiveness Nor would ne consent 10
see the unhappy freeman before his execution VI
professional spiritual CONSIDERS poor freeman ha1
enough. and more Than enough; The gooily anu
learned divine Mr.. Theophilus Higgins. rector
of Hnnton; Mr.. Robert Yate, rector of Belsmlre,
a godly and faithful minister and the
Reverend Richard Bcrcman. d. d., were constantly
with him. Moreover, 1t pleased Cot to move inc
plous heart of the Right Honorable and most truly
noble the Duchess of Richmond to send ron
Gotham Hall her domestic chaplain, Master Gun
grim Geneva ministers gathered thick around
the dying sinner to make his last moments ediy
ing to himself aud the world mt lar9e. To Mt
BOrenian we are indebted for tract describing the
state of mind of Freeman Sondes as he drew neal
his end, and thence we learn That though the
wretched fTatrclde maintained 10 the last that the
fatal doublet was the primary cause OF me IeVehge-
ful feelings which led TO the commission oil inc
crime yet he admitted that there was falr gentle
woman in the case whose name he refused 10
divulge dnd also that his fathers conduct had
driven him to desperation. On Tuesday, August
u, 1863, being the day fortnight which he
b,,,l nroI lia LtO t lpr' SOndpS
conveyed fl ON prison in Maidstone on horseback
attired in mourning habit and attended by many
gentlemen, to the place OF execution; i nosq
'godly divlnes TheOphilus Higgins and Richard
Foreman, d. D., accompanied the doomed man 10
the scalfod. where the last named clergyman de-
livercd discourse of half an hour duration on
the Nervousness of sin in general aud OF this murder
in particular. Then Mr.. Higgins offered mp
prayer: which being ended conceive poor Free
mans feelings under this wautOn and cruel tor
ture -. Master Sondes mounted the adder, ana
standing in the midst OF it, with great meehnoSs
desired the players of those present and with up
lifted hands and eyes besOught Tod 10 loIRlVc ms
sins. Then at last the eXeCutlOnccr was permitted
to do his Office; and an hour later the body was cut
down, carried IN coach to Bersted, ana tuere III
TERED. 49,,
How the tragic deaths of her two lovers affected
Anne de Laune know not, nor have we dlecOV'
cred any record of her subsequent life. 81 George
SOudes provoked by the assertions OF lanatloa
ministers that this tragedy was "A Judgment upon
HIM for his treatment of his sons and ms general
godes>ncsS into writing AN elaborate apology or
tho work OF a ayman. in the fcryent petY or rs eX'
pTessons falls little short OF the Rev Richard Bore
mans tract. In due course OF time Sir George look
to himself "a second wife, in the hope OF providing
an heir for his great estates. But the only issue o.
the marriage was two daughters. The knight hVeu
to see the restoration of the monarch Tor whom nc
had done and suffered so much. but had the mortl-
fcation TO find as most others did, that gratitude
was not one Of the virtues of the >tuarts Not III
the year l67G-sXteen years alter he came INTO
his own again did Charles ii. reward the gaan'
try and devotion of the Kentish Knight by creating
him Earl of Faversham, N!scOunt Sondes oil Lees
Court and Baron Throwey, for his life, with re-
mander to his son-in-law Lewis Lord Duras. But
these nonOrs came too late to aitOrdany pleasure or
qualification to the hrOken-ne trted father, VINO
had never hcld mp his head after the death OF the
son for whom he had Schemed ANA saved so leal-
ousyly Behold my house is left unto me desc
late . he had said when they told him that the
dread sentence OF the law had been executed upoh
his son Freeman and though he always bore NM
self with grave kindness toward ms second vile
and his daughters, his heart and his hopes were
buried in the grave of HIS son George. : r George
did not long enjoy his titles year after ms ele-
walton TO the peerage. on the 3Otn OF APRIL lbf'i
he died And surely tho psthOs OF the man llie ana
its ending may be accepted eXplalOn OF his share
in tie aeedy which invests the old kentsh manor
mousse with so gloomy an Interest," he Squire