The Sun. — 1837-08-05 (London, England)

EXECUTION OF JOAN OF ARC.  On the 10th of May, 141.2, she was taken from her prison under an escort of 120 men at: arms, and appeared dressed in female apparel, while on her head was placed a mitre with this inscription, " A relapsed hlretic, . n .apost ate, an idol: e.." heE was supported by two D. m nican friars, and, in p issing through the street., sl excl aimed, " Oh ! Rouen, Itquen! must thou be my last abode I" The Cardinal of Winchester, the Bishop of Terouume, Chlincellor of France, the Bishop of Beau vais, and the other Judges were seated upon a scaffold, w iting the arrival of Joan of Arc. When she appeared, ski was heavily fettered, and, as she mounted the scaffold, her fit, a appeared bathed in tears. Her funeral sermon was then preached by Nicholas Midy ; a discourse, which, had his conscience not been totally callous, he would have trembled to pronounce in the face of Heaven, as he stood confronted with the innocent victim about to be murdered with his consent and concurrence. The infamous P. Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais, then pronounced the sentence of condemnation, at. the end of which he invoked ih mercy of the secular judges, who were seated on a lower scaffold. Before she descended from the scaffold to mount the fatal pile, Joan turned round to the Bishop of Beauvais, and extending her fettered band towards him, " You," she exclaimed " arc the cause of my death ; you promised to restore me to the church, and you have delivered me up to my enemies r Joan then knelt down, and implored the mercy of the Supreme Being : she called upon the ecclesiastics and all around her, solemnly to assist in her prayers. Nor, though her last moments were attended with circumstances peculiarly awful, was her ungrateful Sovereign forgotten. No further sentence was pronounced by the secular tribunal, except the words " Take her away." The executioner advanced trembling as he came to receive her from the guards. She asked for a crucifix, and an Englishman present broke a stick and formed a sort of cross, which she took, and after kissing it pressed it to her heart and ascended the fatal pile. Before it was lighted they brought a cross from a neighbouring church, which at her earnest request was placed before her. As soon as she felt the fire approach, with her usual humanity she warned the priests to retire. The pile was raised very high, so that all the spectators had a full view of her, in order that any doubt of her death might be prevented. The fire was removed as soon as she was ,upposed to be dead, that the people might have an opportunity of seeing the body. As long as she retained the power of utterance, the sacred name of Jesus was heard to issue from the flames. The sobs and groans which the violence of her anguish extorted from her, alene interrupted her ejaculations. Her heart was found entire, after the rest of her body was quite consumed. The Cardinal of Winchester ordered her ashes to be collected and thrown into the Seine. So perished the unhappy Maid of Orleans, at the age of nineteen.---James s Memoirs of Celebrated Women.  On Friday last, Southrepps was visited by one of the most tremendous storms ever remembered. It commencei about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, and continued about half an hoar, Oaring tl at time the rain fell in torrerta, accompanied with hail and ice, destroying turnips, corn,'&o. to a wonderful extant.—Norwich Gazelle.