The Sun. — 1823-11-05 (London, England)

TILE LATE MURDER.  • The following reflections are from notes taken of a Sermon preached on Sunday evening at St. Sepulchre'a Chuich,•by the Reverend. Dr. RtmciE, in allusion to this atrocious murder; and as they contain good :Kielce on the vice of Gaming to which which it leads, we hope they will be found useful " If thou, 0 young man ! hast hitherto walked in the-vanity of thy mind, and given indulgence to thy passions-if than bast sipped the cup of forbidden pleasure, and hest eaten the forbid. den fruit of unrighteousnetis—if thou hest gone to that place, of which it is truly said that its chambers lead to the portals of the grave, and of hell, bid thee pause—l beseech thee eman. cipate thyself from the logs and. fetters of thy sins, to rid thee of their weight and pressure, and to follow the poor and imp.: tent cripple at Bethesda into the Temple, where Christ shall find thee, and where, if thou bitterly bewailest thy tranfigres.: sions, and promisest faithfully to sin no more," all' thy backsliding shall be no more remembered, •the stains of thy sins shall be washed out, and all thy impieties be forgiven ! 'Sin no more, lest a relaPite should cause worse things to fall upon thee, lest thou shcultiest be cast into that place, where are weeping, and gnashing of teeth—where the tire ever burned), and the flame is never quenched ! And here of all the pas. siors, from which I would warn thee, most earnestly do I be.: seech all to avoid the destructive one of gambling. Of the woeful lengths. to which it leads we have now one, most melan4 choly instance, added to the list of the many who have fallen a sacrifice to the indulgence of this desolating vice : for to what but to the gratification of this murderous propensity, is to be Ascribed that atrocious and. cold-blooded crime, which is now SO froth in the recollection, so agonizing to the feelings, and so lowering and deepading to the character of Englishmen ? The answer cannot but be, that the murderer's hands were steeped in the blood of a brother, by the murderer's heart having first become leavened with the malignant qualities of this Atrocious and self.destructive passion If its indulgence ba permitted it will inevitably lead thee into bail company and criminal associations„ and render thee bankrupt in property, lost .in character, and ruined soul ; and as vice is not sta. tionsry, but the little leaven of iniquity leaveneth the whole lump, and propels from crime to crime, so will it hurry thee from the commission of one viii to the perpetration of another, ,and at last madden thee on to imbrue thy hands either in thine own blood, or the blood of some Victim of thy vengeance, or song; partner of thy crimes! With the Apostle then', whose words you have heard this night from the desk, I would Conclude and advise you, with respect to thia.pasaion,.at you would value the moral • death and purity of your souls, touch not.— taste not—handle not.  Rom Potrrttiuss.—The father of the M present' Lord AUGDON, who was remarkable for the stateliness of his maw" rs, one day riding through a village in the vicinity of Oxford, met a lad dragging a calf along the road : who, when his Lordship came up to him, made a stop, and stared him full in the face. Ms Lordship asked the boy if he knew him, He replied, " Ees." " What is my name ?—" Why Lord ABINGPON," answered the lad. 44 Then why don't you take off your hat ?" 44 1, I will sur," said the boy, " if ye'll hold the calf."