The Daily Times. — 1860-04-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ORTEGA.—The _Marin of Barcelona publishes the following particulars of the execution of General Ortega, which took place, as already stated, at Tortosa, on the 18th :—" On the previous day the general was put in chapel.' according to the Spanish custom. He immediately proproceeded with the utmost composure to make his will, and settled all his family affairs even to the minutest details. Soon after, a sergeant came for the purpose of searching his person. This proceeding affected. him deeply, and he exclaimed, This was ranting to complete my humiliation a sergeant search a general !—am I then capable of committing suicide as they apprehend ? Certainly not; I shall die like a Christian !' He then took a medal of the Holy Virgin, which he wore suspended from his neck by a. gold chain, and . charged his cousin, Don Ramon Blasser, to deliver it to his mother. His confessor, the Canon Don Benito Sanz, afterwards came, and • had a long conversation with him. At six o'clock on the morning of the 18th, he took the sacrament., and some time after had a cup of chocolate, and received suetessively a missionary and a friend of his. a phy•sician,. both of whom were astonished at his selfpossession and firmness. Having been informed about ten o'clock that his execution would take place at three in the afternoon, he merely remarked, That is very late. Then he asked for a basin of soup and ate it with good appetite. At a quarter to three he was informed that his time had come. He immediately- rose, saying, 1-am at your orders, gentlemen,' drew his loose coat round him, and took his place in the centre of the guard. As he passed the postern of the castle he took off his coat, and requested that it might be given to his. aide-de-camp, Moreno. On hearing the roll of the drums, he exclaimed, 'My God ! you, who were innocent, also euffered these humiliating preparations ; it is just that. I, who am . guilty, should undergo them too' His voice was unfaltering, and his step firm. On entering the middle of the square formed by the troops, he noticed the people crowding round, and. said, The Lord also allowed the people to be present at his execution.' He knelt tinder the flag to hear his sentence read. On being conducted to the fatal spot, he inquired, Hew must I place myself ?' 'Pacing them,' was the teply ; at the same instant a hankerchief was put qqf his eyes, and he knelt down. An explosionwas head; and tka. general was Izo • • - • •  • (Befell Sir C. CaessweeL,' Mr. Justice HILL, and Ifr: Justice WILLIS). Liatil a. Sir F. Slade and Mr. karsi/11- appeared for the petitioner. This was a Suit . for a diSSolittion of marriage, hied by Ilrfe.Amelia Leach. against Mr. Stephen Leach, on the grodeel of his bigamy and adultery, and also desertion, without reasettable cause, for two years and upward's. The parties were marked at Mingston Church, Portsea, in 1841, and afterwards eoheeifel tit Winchester, where Mr. Leach was a preesSor of musk; and also a lay vicar at a cathedral, until.lB47, when, taking his, ldest son with him, he sailed for America, for the prime of trying to obtain some' employment there is a public singer, leaving his wife ander the charge of her. father. Fur some time aftsfu'Ards. he corresponded with the petitioner, but she had not heard front since 1854. She subsequently discovered that he hid &Afield_ a widow lady, named Georgina Stewart,- at. New 'l7' . inDeettaber, .1855; and had been living..with. her. as her husband. Since the departure of Mr.. Leach from England, the petitioner had entered into business, by taking a shop for the sale of wool and fancy articles, at Southampton, and was living there up to the present time. ' After hearing evidence, The Court thought thatase was fully established and pronounced. for dissolution of the marriage, the respondent td pay the costs: - Vowel.; 0.