threw himself on the bed, and fell into a fhort fleep. At eight o'clock he awoke, and addreffed one of the officers of the prifon, who was with him, in thefe words: Me-they shall receive no information from me-no-not for all the gifts, the gold, and jewels, in the poffeffion of the Crown." He then compofed himself, and remained filent. The above expreffions might induce fome to fuppofe that endeavours had been made to prevail upon him to make difclofures. Whether this was the cafe or not, we are not able to say.

The Clergyman of the prifon, Mr. Winkworth, had feveral times made overtures to the Colonel to commune with him. But the Colonel always declined the Clergyman's offer; politely, however, thanking him. Mr. Winkworth on Sunday repeated his request, but received the fame answer. Mr. Winkworth wished him to accept a book from him, which he alfo declined. The Colonel, we understand, faid, that he had been in all parts of the world; that he was not particularly attached to any form of religion; and that his mind was entirely made up upon religious matters. Molt of the other prifoners, however, paffed much of their time in prayer, and with the Clergyman. Macnamara, being a Roman Catholic, was attended by a Roman Catholic Prieft.

When Mr. Ives went to communicate the warrant for execution to two of the prifoners, Wood and Graham, they said, that they wished to have fome converfation with him. Sunday afternoon he went to them, attended by the Clergyman, Mr. Winkworth. Graham then entered into a long converfation with him, upon the motives of the meeting at the publichoufe where they were apprehended; but we do not learn that he threw any new light upon the subject, or made any dif coveries of importance. Macnainara spent the whole of the night in prayer. The Roman Catholic Priett left him at a late hour on Sunday night, and came again early on Monday morning. Graham, Wratten, and another, Wood, we believe, were the greater part of the night engaged in a funilar manner. They were Dillenters. Broughton and Francis were of the Church of England perfuafion. Colonel Defpard flept from three to half past four; the remainder of the night he paffed in walking up and down his cell. The rest of the prifoners flept about two hours.

All the arrangements for the execution

were fettled on Sunday by Sir Richard Ford and the Sheriff of Surrey, with the Government and the Magiftrates. Sir Richard Ford slept on Sunday night at Mr. Carpenter Smith's, in order to be near the prifon.

Monday morning, at four o'clock, the drum beat at the Horfe Guards, as a fignal for the Cavalry to affemble, and no lefs than four regiments of different defcriptions are ftated to have shortly after aflembled. As foon as day-light appeared, the military took their different itations. Two troops of horfe were ftationed at the Obelisk. Others patroled the roads from the Obelisk to the Elephant and Castle, and down the Borough road. About five o'clock the populace began to pour in numbers along the Weftminster and City Roads to Horfemonger-lane, and by fix the lane was completely crowded. There are few houfes in front of the prifon; all of them, however, were filled with fpectators.The Dyer's grounds to the left of the prifon were gradually, filled, till at laft all the parts that had a view of the scaffold were completely crammed. We fuppofe that 20,000 perfons might be affembled. At five o'clock St. George's bell began to toll, and continued for about an hour. At half past fix the prison-bell rang, a fignal for the unlocking of the cells. Mr. Winkworth, the Clergyman cf the prifon, and Mr. Griffith, the Roman Catholic Prieft, the fame gentleman who attended Quigley when he was executed, came to the prifon, and were immediately admitted to the prifoners. At feven o'clock five of the prisoners, Broughton, Francis, Graham, Wood, and Wratten, went into the Chapel; Colonel Defpard refused to attend, re. maining in his cell; and Macnamara, being a Roman Catholic, prayed in his cell with the Prieft. The five former conducted themfelves with much decorum in the Chapel. They attended to the prayers with great earneftnefs, but at the fame time without feeming to lofe that firmnefs which they had difplayed fince their trial. Before they received the facrament, four of them confeffed that they had done wrong, but not to the extent charged against them by the evidence. The fifth, Graham, faid, he was innocent of the charges brought against him; but that he had attended two meetings, the fecond at the inftigation of Francis. It was Emblyn, he added, who called on him to take him to the meeting, by Francis's defire. For fome time the Clergyman

mercy upon me! Oh! Lord, look down with pity upon me." Graham came second. He locked pale and ghaftly, but Ipoke not. Wratten was the third he afcended the scaffold with much firmness. Broughton, the fourth, fmiled as he ran up the scaffold ftairs; but as foon as the rope was faltened round his neck, he turned pale, and fmiled no more. He exhorted the crowd in these words : "I hope that every young man who witneffes my fate will avoid public-houses, and take a warning. Should they mix with certain companies, they will, per. haps, fee more executions of a fimilar nature." He joined in prayer with earneftnefs. Wood was the fifth, Francis the fixth. Francis afcended the fcaffold with a compofure which he preserved to the laft. Wood and Broughton were equally compofed. Of all of them, Francis was the best looking; tall, handfome, and well made. He and Wood were dreffed in the uniform of the Foot Guards; and Francis, when he came on the fcaffold, had on his full regimental cap. The reft were in coloured clothes. Colonel Defpard was brought up lait, dreffed in boots, a dark brown great coat and red waistcoat, his hair unpowdered. He had previously defired to speak with the Sheriff and Sir Richard Ford, to whom he communicated bis wish to address the spectators. They told him, that they had not the leaft objection to his carrying that with into effect. The Coopal afcended the fcaffold with great firmnefs. His countenance underwent not the flighter change while the awful ceremony of fattening the rope round his neck, and placing the cap on his head, was performing. He looked at the multitude affembled with perfect calmness. The Clergyman, who afcended the fcaffold after the prifoners were tied up, fpoke to him a few words as he paffed. The Colonel bowed, and thanked him.

The ceremony of faftening the cords round the necks of the prisoners being finished, the Colonel advanced as near as he could to the edge of the fcaffvid, and addretted the multitude in precisely the following words:

"Fellow Citizens-I am come here, as you lee, after having ferved my country faithfully, honourably, and, I truft, ufefully, for thirty years and upwards, to suffer death upon a scaffold, for a crime which I am no more guilty of than any who is now looking at me--I do folemn

ly declare, that I am no more guilty of it than any of you who may now be liftening to me. But though his Majesty's Minifters know I am not guilty, they avail themselves of the opportunity, which they have, of deftroying a man, because they think he is a friend to truth, to liberty, and to justice, and because he has been a friend to the poor and to the oppreffed. But, Fellow Citizens, I hope and truft, notwithstanding my fate, and perhaps the fate of many others who may follow me, that fill the principles of liberty, justice, and humanity, will triumph over falfehood, defpotifm, and delufion, and every thing else hoftile to the interefts of the human race. And now, having faid this, I have nothing more to add, but to wish you all that health, that happiness, and that freedom, which I have ever made it my endeavour, as far as it lay in my power, to procure for every one of you, and for mankind in general."

We pledge ourselves for the fidelity of the report of this fpeech. We have been the more anxious to give it truly and accurately, as we understand it has been much mitreprefented. It was ftated with confidence, that the Colonel had declared, as matter of confolation in his dying moments, that he left behind him many persons who would finish the butinefs he had begun." This, if true, might excite confiderable alarm, but we can affure our readers, that no fuch expreffion, or any thing at all like it, elcaped him, and that he did not say one werd more or less than what we have imputed to him. Immediately after this peech, the populace cheered; but the inipulle immediately fubfided. As foon as Colonel Deipard had ceafed fpeaking, the Clergyman prayed with five of the prifoners. Macnamara prayed earnestly with the Clergyman of his own perfuafion. Detpard furveyed the populace, and made a short answer, which we could not hear, to fome few words addreffed to him by Francis, who was next to him. The Clergyman now fhook hands with each of them. Colonel Despard bowed, and feemed to thank him for his attention. The executioners pulled the caps over the faces of the unhappy perions, and defcended the fcaffold.-Moft of them exclaimed, "Lord Jefus receive our fouls !"

The lait and most dreadful part of the ceremony was now to be perforined. The most awful filence prevailed, and many of

the

the thousands prefent food uncovered. At feven minutes before nine o'clock the fignal was given, the platform dropped, and they were all launched into eternity. Colonel Defpard had not one ftruggle: twice he opened and clenched his hands together convulfively: he stirred no more. Macnamara, Graham, Francis, and Wratten, were motionless after a few ftruggles. Broughton and Wood ftruggled violently for fome moments after all the rest were without motion. The executioner pulled their legs to put an end to their pain more fpeedily.

After hanging about half an hour, they were cut down, Colonel Defpard firit; his body placed on faw-duft, and his head on a block. After his coat had been taken off, his head was fevered from his body by perfons engaged on purpose to perform that ceremony. The executioner then took the head by the hair, and carrying it to the edge of the parapet on the right hand, held it up to the view of the populace, and exclaimed, "This is the head of a traitor-Edward Marcus Defpard!"-The fame ceremony was performed at the parapet on the left hand. There was fome hooting and hiffing when the Colonel's head was exhibited. His body was now put into the shell that had been prepared for it.

The other prifoners were then cut down, their heads fevered from their bodies, and exhibited to the populace with the fame exclamation of" This is the head of another traitor !" The bodies were then put into their different fhells, to be delivered to their friends for interment.

The populace were ftruck with the appearance of Macnamara, who, on afcending the fcaffold, bowed. Many of them were acquainted with him; they pitied the situation of his wife, to whom he had been married but a fhort time: it was at firft thought that he was Colonel Defpard. The crowd at the entrance of Horfemonger-lane was immenie; as the time of execution drew near, the people from all parts came with fuch force as to bear down all oppofition. Those who had been in dry fituations were pushed into the middle of the road, where they ftood almolt up to the knees in mud. Several loft their shoes by the continual pushing and jottling. Many tainted, both men and women. While the heads were ex.

hibiting, the populace took off their hats.

The execution was over fhortly after ten o'clock, and the populace foon afterwards difperfed quietly. There was not the least tendency to riot or disturbance. The precautions, however, taken by Government were certainly proper. We understand that fky-rockets were sent to the Keeper of the prifon, to be let off as a fignal to the military, in cafe of any difturbance.

The whole of the awful ceremony was conducted, by Sir Richard Ford and the Sheriff, with the greatest folemnity.

Macnamara was 50 years of age, born in Ireland; by trade a carpenter. Wood, 26 years of age, born in Derbyfhire; a foldier.

Francis, 23 years of age, born in Shropfhire; a foldier and fhoemaker. Broughton, 26 years of age, born in London; a carpenter.

Graham, 53 years of age, born in Loadon; a later.

Wratten, 35 years of age, place of birth not known; a fhoemaker.

They were all married men.

Macnamara hung at the left extremity, and Colonel Despard at the right, the foldiers next to him. This was the order:

The whole formed an interesting and impreffive fpectacle to a British multitude. It was the Criminal Law of England taking its moft awful courfe in defence of the nildest Conftitution that the universe can boast. Some of the most fanguinary forms on this dreadful occafion were dif penfed with, to abate the parade of national vengeance. Indeed, from the apprehenfion till the exit of these State Malefactors, the whole was one dignified process of deliberative justice, tempered with the most indulgent humanity. The furrounding people, in the commiferation of their fufferings, did not feem to forget, that there was an exemplary atonement due to the moft facred Laws of their Country, which had been so desperately violated by these unhappy men.

TRIAL

COURT OF KING's BENCH, FEB. 21. Sittings before Lord ELLENBOROUGH and a Special Jury, at Westminster-Hall.

THE KING, UPON THE PROSECUTION
OF NAPOLEONE BONAPARTE, FIRST
CONSUL OF FRANCE,
perfus

JEAN PELTIER.

THI HIS trial excited an uncommon degree of interest and curiofity. A confiderable number of perfons, and fome of the first distinction, were down at Westminster-hall long before the doors were opened; and fome of them had great difficulty in procuring admiffion, on account of the great crowd that early filled the Court.

Mr. Abbot opened the pleadings on the part of the prosecution in the following manner :

"Gentlemen of the Jury, This is an information against the prifoner, Jean Peltier, for publishing, in a Paper called l'Ambigu, feveral libels against Napoleone Bonaparte, who was at the time of the faid publication, and is now, First Conful and Chief Magiftrate of the French Republic. The information states, that there fubfitted at the time of fuch publication, and does now fubfift, peace and harmony between this United Kingdom and the Republic of France; and that the faid libels tend not only to disturb this peace and harmony to happily fublifting between the faid countries, by exciting animofities, jealousies, and refentments, but directly tend to degrade and vilify the faid Napoleone Bonaparte, First Conful and Chief Magiftrate of the French Republic, in the eyes of the French Nation, and to ftir up and excite perfons in France to affaflinate and murder the faid First Conful. The Learned Counfel then read the tranflations of the different libels which were the fubject of this profecution. The first was in the form of an Ode on the 18th Brumaire; the fecond was alfo in verie, and entitled, "The Prayer of a Good Patriot on the 14th of July 1802;" the third was a long fpeech, fuppofed to have been delivered by Lepidus to the Romans on the Dictatorihip of Sylla: Thefe pieces were extremely long. The firit Ode contained, among many other itong paffages, the follow.ng-"O eternal difgrace of

France! When Cæfar was on the Rubicon, he was oppofed by the Senate, by Pompey, and by Cato; and, though victor on the plains of Pharfalia, a dagger yet remained in the hands of the laft of the Romans; but Frenchmen receive their chains without a murmur." It alfo contained many other strong paffages, calling to the French nation to arm, to march; for the times admitted no delay. The fecond libel, entitled, "The Prayer of a Good Patriot of the 14th of July 1802," was alfo in verfe; and, after affecting to admire the fortune of Bonaparte, whom it defcribes under the name of the Son of Letitia, concludes, "I do not envy his fortunes; Jet him be named Firft Conful for life. There is nothing now wanting to him but the Sceptre and the Crown; let him have them, let him be elected Emperor. The story of Romulus reminds me of this; and I with his Apotheofis may follow on the morrow."-The third libel was stated to be a speech delivered by Lepidus to the Romans, and now addreiled to the French, on the fubject of the Dictatorship. In this long oration, all the mischief which happened in the cruel Dictatorfhip of Sylla are applied to the prefent times of France. It begins in this manner:-" I hardly conceive that the mildaefs of your nature and character will permit you to give credit to the various atrocities committed by the prefent Dictator; it is not only you who fuffer, but your children yet unborn are profcribed, perhaps before they have feen the light. And was it for this that France has combated Pruffia, Ruffia, Auftria, and all Europe, to surrender her fovereignty and her liberty to a Corfican Rebel?"

The libels were of prodigious length, and were read throughout by Mr. Abbot. Perhaps the few paffages that we have now felected may give a fufficient idea of the complexion of the whole, to understand the nature and object of the profecution.-To translate more of the offenfive paffages cannot be neceffary, and might not be prudent.

Mr. Attorney-General opened the profecution nearly as follows:

"Gentlemen of the Jury, You are now, by the indictment that has been read, put diftinctly, openly, and fully,