Star. — 1820-04-01 (London, England)

CIMMENTS. and Lieutenant NESBIT, stood for the county of Leitrim ; and Capt. O'GRADY for the county of Lt.:crick. It would be rather a novel thing to see so many Members of Parliament in one corps.  . . eurred ill act-orwill in this most diabolical attempt the guilt Of each and • all of these is far beyond the crdirary measure of ctisne ; and in this trying rno. rrent they ought-Ato feel most thankful to that AL.. sitottry Po aft, whose provide:tee !Hs spared thefts the terribh: responsibility of a cumprenensive and agg avat.:d murder. But, although ske have connoeled it our duty to address these aditionitiOns in an eirecial manner to those who have been the most guilty, [ must again repeat, that the guilt of all is such as to tender hopeless any application for clemency in this v.oild on behalf of any individual among you. We therefore conjure arid entreat you, each and all, to employ the very few hours of life which now remain to you, in penitence and in pra:.-e; ." The several pri,oners were remanded totheir Ani:exi,d is A copy of the official n.alze which has b en issued, relative to the mode of carrying into ef.• fit the awful sentence of the laW upon these unfortunate men:  Tnat the Willitm brig, being the vessel in which the unfortunate convicts committed the fl.igrant and most atrocious act of piracy, be painted black, hauled out and anchored in the middle of the great port c•E+ Malta, viz. that of Valetta ; and that the aforesaid most unhappy con7icts be carried' on board the said svesszl, at such time and in such manner as may hereafter be directed ; and that on 'Friday mornir.'i, being the 4th of the month, between the hours of' eight and twelve, the aforesaid convicts, viz. Cliarfes Ch?istopher Delano, the late Master of the said brig ; Tomas Thompson, late Mate of ditto; Benjany.4 Wilcock, late mariner and Second Mate of ditto ; John Webb, late mariner of ditto ; and Reuben Mar' shall, late mariner of ditto, be hanged as may he directed, between the aforesaid hours of eight ard twelve, on Friday next; and after hanging till tin.: be dead, that they be cut down, put in open she::..-, and protected by a proper guard from his Majesty's ships ; that they be carried to the appointed place, viz. Fort Ricasoli, where the body of the aforesaid Charles Christopher Delano, late Captain of the William, is to.be hung in irons on the right7hand gibbet, next to the port of Valetta, erected for this purpose in the North-west angle of the raid fort—the liodv rf John Lewis, late cook -and mariner on board tie same vessel, on the left-hand gibbet in tie are angle—the body of Thomas Thompson, late Mate, on the right-hand gibbet, erected for that purpose on the North-east angle of the same part of the said fott—and the body of John Smith; on the left-hand gibbet in the same fort--and that the remaining four bodies be interred at the fcet of the hetbre-mentioned gibbets—the body of Benjamin Wilcock under the gibbet on which the late Charles Christopher Delano hangs—the body of J, lin Webb under the gibbet on which the late John Lewis hangs—tho body of Jo/ Curtis under that on which Thomas Thompson hang., and the body of Reuben Marshall under the giiihtt on which John Smith hangs." However deplorable and melancholy it may he to reflect that such atrocious offences can be committe.!, and that such punishments must be inflicted, we have the consolation of stating, that the unfortuna.e man who was Captain of the piratical vessel, has, in the last hours of his life, in order to reconcile hintself with that SUPRltiii BEING, on whom all his hopes must now depend, confessed that he was the prince mover and instigator of this most heinous offence.