tish Parliament refpecting them. This Paper fates, that the difcriminating duties had tended to increase the navigation of the United States; that England b. d contrived to counteract their operation by means of countervailing duties; and that France has gone ftill forther, by impofing duties that amount, in fome cafes, to a prohibition. Were the United States to attempt to remove this difadvantage by an increase of difcriminating duties, the Committee think fuch procedure would only lead to a commercial warfare; and therefore they recommend the total abolition of difcriminating and countervailing duties, in favour of fuch foreign nation as fhall agree to abolith theirs. This was the remedy propofed by Mr. Vanfictart, and contained in the British Act of Parliament referred tothe Committee. We may now confider it accepted, by the American Government evincing a (pirit of justice, moderation, and an anxious defire to cultivate the friendship of Great Britain. Should France refufe to adopt the line of condu& recommended by the Committee (and that this is her determination there can be no doubt), the muft lose whatever influence the ftili poffeffes in the United States.]

COUNTRY NEWS.

Feb. 15. A tad, of Cafer, in Lincolnfhire, who had been with is to the execu tion of Pigeon, at Peterborough, was explaining to his younger brother the manner in which the culprit made his ex t; and, to make his reprefentation the more ftriking, he fattened a rope over a beam in the barn, got a ladder, and placed a noofe round his neck; when his foot flipped, and before the family could be alarmed he w's dead.

Feb 21. This night the Newhaven Riding Officers, and the crew of the Seaford boat, fell-in with a ging of frugglers, abot 150 in number, near the barracks at Bletchington, from whom, after a sharp conf & with bludgeons, cutlaffes, and piftols, they fized 88 cafks of contraband fpirits and two horfes, with which they were retreating; but, being purfued by the fimugglers, the conflict was renewed, and obftinarely maintained for about a quarter of an hour, during which time the officers kept firing their pistols at the fugglers, feveral of whom were wounded, as were many of their horfes, in a 1hocking manner; feme having their eyes cut out, others their ears cut off, and thot in different parts of the body. The fmugglers at length gave way, and left the officers in poll thon of 39 cafks more of fpi rits, ha feu fmail parce's of tea, which were lo gedan tre Custom house. None of the fm gglers were killed.

Fb zz. A girl in Moor-freet, Birmingham, fix years of age, standing near the fire, for the purpose of drying her

frock, which he had wet by fome accident, it caught the flame, and he was burnt to fuch degree, that after fuffering extreme torture for three days, the died.

Feb. 27. This day the wind was fo vio lent, as to blow away part of the Royal fandard from the Round Tower at Windfor.

March 13. The following inftance of remorfe of con cience occurred a few days fince at Crofcomb, near Welk: A young man in the tervice of a farmer had beɛn prevailed on, by his father, to rob his matter of hay, and was detected by his mift efs in the act of pu tug it on his father's fhoulders. He received fome reproaches from the matron, hut was promifed forgiveness on the hay being returned, The unhappy youth, however, in a state of defpondency, hung himself the fame evening in an out houfe. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict felo de fe; but that part of the fentence which directs the body to be buried in the highway, was du penfed with.

March 19. D. Wells, who was bound guilty at the late Derby Affizes of the murder of G. Bingham, was excruted this day. After having been fufped, the rope flipped, and the wretched man tel to the ground, by which his leg, was broken, and he was otherwife much bruited; bal, being immediately tied up ag in, he expired after a fevere ruggle. It is fad, that he acknowledged at the place of exe cution the commillios of another murder, two years ago, when he drove a waggon over his unhappy victim, and reported that he had met his death by accident.

March 26. A few days ago, at Torfoot, about feven m'es fouth west of Strathaven, in the thire of Lanark, a boy, clean ng out a drain at the foot of a rifing ground, ftruck upon a gists bottle which contained about 400 filver Roman coins of Trajan, Antoninus Pius, Fauftina, wife of Antoninus, Crifpina, wife of Commodus, and various other Emperors and Empreffes, &c. They ace, in general, in good prefervation, and weigh about forty grains each. The botte was an oblong fquare, and fealed with a greenish pigment. About fifty of the cons were fo much verdigreated and adhering together, that they were broken with a hammer by a rude and ufkilful hand, in order to feparate them. It will be recollected, that an important difcovery of coins and medals was made, in a manner equally accidental, in October 1799, near Medbourn, in Leicesterthure. Upon that occa from, as a boy was nutting in Halt wood, his foot flipped into a ditch, and itruck upon a glafs urn containing 230 pieces of filver Roman coins, in the highest state of prefervation. Among this number were one of Gratian, one of Julian, one of Theodofius, and one of Arcadius, Roman Emperors,

DOMESTIC

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
Friday, Jan. 21.

This evening, a horrid murder was committed in Greenwich Hofpital, by J. Innis, a penfioner, upon J. Price, another penfioner. The perpetrator had been guilty of a breach of duty in the College; for which, on the charge of a fellowpenfioner, he was deprived of two months pocket money, and reprimanded. Exifperated at this circumftance, he went into the apartment of the deceased, and with a poker beat out his brains at a fingle blow. The murderer then examined the next room, where an old penfioner lay, intending he should share a fimilar fate if he appeared awake, left he might have heard what had paffed. The man bad heard the blow; hut pretending to be afleep, the murderer left him, and retired to his own cabin: the min got up, alarined the guard, and fecured him. - The evidence on his trial was decifive; and on Saturday, March 26, he was executed on Pennenden Heath. The prifoner was brutal in his manner, and but little affected by his fentence.

Monday, Feb. 14.

low prifoners were fent for by Mr. Ives to attend the Chapel. They all cheerfully obeyed the fummons, except Col. Despard and Macnamara; the former affigned no reafon for his refufal; but the latter faid he was a Roman Catholic, and it would not be confiftent with his faith.

The

This morning, as foon as day light appeared, the military took their different ftations. Two troops of horfe were ftationed at the Obelisk. Others patroled the roads from the Obelisk to the Elephant and Caitle, and down the Borough road. All parts that had a view of the fcaffold were completely crammed. We fuppofe that 20,000 perfons might be affembled.-At feven o'clock five of the prifoners, Broughton, Francis, Graham, Wood, and Wra ten, went into the Chapel; Col. Despard refufed to attend, remaining in his cell; and Macnamara, being a Roman Catholic, prayed in his cell with the priest. five formar conducted themfelves with much decorum in the Chapel. The facra ment was then adminiftered to them. Before it was over, Col. Defpard and Macnamara were brought down from their cells. Their irons were knocked off, and their arms and hands bound with ropes. Notice was then given to the Sheriff that they were ready. The hurdle had been previ ovay prepared in the outer court-yard. It was the body of a fmall cart, en which two truffes of clean fraw are lad, and was drawn by two horfes. Macnamara and Graham were first put into the hurdle, and drawn to the Lolge, where the inner gates were opened, and they were conveyed to the staircase that leads up to the fcaffold. The hurdle then returned, and brought Broughton and Wratten, then Wood and Francis; laft of all Col. Defpard was put into it alone.

The Guildhall Seshons opened before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen ; when Ann Brown was indicted for 23 afaults on Ann Harris, a child of 11 years old, her apprentice to pin-head making. The profecution was brought on by the overfeers of Bishopfgate parish; hut, "in confequence of the coroner's verdict, the prifoner had been acquitted of the capital part of the offence. It appeared that the prifoner had repeatedly given the deceased child fourteen ftrokes at a time with a cane; that the ufed to knock her head against a leaden weight; and that, though her health was impaired, an hour-glafs continually stood by her, and her mittress expected her to produce fix ounces of ma-mained filent. nufactured pins in an hour; in default of which, pins were run into her arms and body till the blood flowed from the wounds. At one time two fteel files were broken by beating her over the head; and at another, the prifoner placed her on the hob of the grate, with a log of wood fufpended from her feet, and her arm extended up the chimney, holding a brick-bat for two hours. The prifoner was fentenced to three years prifonment in Newgate. Her husband, who had been indicted with her, lately died in prifon.

Macnamara feemed intent

upon the book in his hand. Graham reBroughton jumped into the hurdle, fimiled, and looked up to the fcaf-fold. Wood and Francis both fmiled; and all of them furveyed the awful scene with much compofure. Defpard fhook hands with a gentleman as he got into the hurdle, and looked up to the fcaffold with a smile.

Mecnamara was the first brought up; he held a book in his hand; and, when the cord was placed round his neck, he exclaimed with the greatest devotion, "Lord Jefus, bave mercy upon me! O Lord, look down with pity upon me! Graham came fecond. He looked pale and ghaftly, but spoke not. Wratten was the third.: he afcended the featfold with much firmness. Broughton, the fourth, fmiled as he ran up the fcaffold flairs; but, as foon as the rope was faftened round his neck, he turned pale, and foiled 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 I

He

warning! Should they mix with certain companies, they will perhaps fee more executions of a fimilar nature!" joined in prayer with earnestnefs. Wood was the fifth, Francis the fixth. Francis afcended the fcaffold with a compofure which he preferved to the laft.-Wood and Broughton were equally compofed. Of all of them, Francis was the best-looking; tall, handfome, and well-made. 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 rest were in coloured clothes. Colonel Defpard afcended the fcaffold with great firmnefs. His countenance underwent not the flightest change. He looked at the multitude affembled with perfect calmness; and thus addreffed them:

poor

He and

"Fellow-citizens-I am come here, as you fee, after having ferved my country faithfully, honourably, and I truft ufefully, for 30 years and upwards, to fuffer death upon a scaffold, for a crime which I am no more guilty of than any man who is now looking at me. I do foleninly declare, that I am no more guilty of it than any of you who may now be liftening to me. But, though his Majefty's Miniflers know I am not guilty, they avail themfelves of the legal pretext which they have of defiroying a man, because they think be is a friend to truth, to liberty, and to juftice, and becaufe he has been a friend to the and to the oppreffed. Bat, Fellow Citizens, I hope and truft, notwith. standing my fate, and perhaps the fate of many others who may follow me, that ftill the principles of liberty, juftice, and humanity, will triumph over falfehood, defpotifm, and delufion, and every thing elfe hoftile to the interests of the human race. And now, having faid this, I have nothing more to add, but to with you all that health, that happinefs, 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."-Inmediately after this peech,the crowd cheered; but the impulfe immediately fubfided. The clergyman now shook hands with each of them. The executioners

was now put into the hell 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 thells.

The execution was over fhortly after 10;
and the populace foon afterward dispersed.
Macnamara was 50 years of age.
He

was born in Ireland; by trade a carpenter,
fhire; a foldier.
Wood, 26 years of age, born in Derby.

fhire; a foldier and fhoemaker.
Francis, 23 years of age, born in Shrop-

Broughton, 26 years of age, born in
London; a carpenter.

Graham, 53 years of age, born in Lon-
don; a flater.

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

an

impreffive fpectacle to a British multitude, The whole formed an interefting and an its most awful courfe in defence of the It was the Criminal Law of England taking mildeft Conflitution that the universe can hoaft! Indeed, from the apprehenfion to the exit of thefe State malefactors, the whole was one dignified process of delibedulgent humanity. The furrounding peo rative justice, tempered with the most inings, did not feem to forget that there ple, in the commiferation of their foffwas an exemplary atonement due to the had been fo defperately violated by these moft facred laws of their country, which unhappy men!

Thus have perished men, of whofe traitorous and fatal machinations against the life of their Sovereign, and the happiness of their country, there cannot exift a doubt. fellow-creatures, and fympathizes in the While humanity laments the offerings of feelings of their innocent friends and connexions, juftice must admit that their fall was deferved; and true patriotism acknowfary facrifice to the welfare and fecurity of ledge, that their punishment was a necefthe country. Tainted me abers were cut off, to preferve the body in foundness.

On Sunday the 27th, the remains of Graham, Francis, Wood, Wratten, Macnagrave, in the vault under the Rev. Mr. mera, and Broughton, were interred in one George's Fields; and on Tuesday, the ift Harper's chapel, in the London rond, St.

pulled the caps over the faces of the un-
happy perfons, and defcended the fcaffold.
Most of them exclaimed, "Lord jefu, re-
ceive our fouls!" At feven minutes before
9, the fignal was given, the platform drop-of March, the body of Col. Defpard was
ped, and they were launched into eternity.

After hanging about half an hour, they were cut down; Col D:fpard bra. HIS head was then fevered from his body; and the executioner held it up to the view of the populace, exclaiming, "This is the head of a traitor-Edward M.rcus Defpard." The fams ceremony was performed at the parapet on the left hand. There was fome hooting and hffing when the Colonel's head was exhibited. His body"

hearfe, drawn by four horfes, followed by
moved from Mount-street, Lambeth, in a
three mourning coaches, with four gentle-
belonging to the
men in each; and interred in the ceme.cry
rifh of St. Faith, on the
South fide of St. Paul's Cathedral. A great
crowd collected; but their demeanour was
remarkably peaceable.

Sunday, February 27.
The following beautiful form of Prayer,
drawa

drawn up with great moderation and delicacy, was read this morning in most of the Churches and Chapels in the Metropolis. We recommend it as a proper antidote to the feditious and libellous fluff now in circulation among the lower and more deluded clafs of lociety:

"O Almighty God, who, in all ages of the world, halt manifetted thy power and goodness in thy providential protection of good and godly Kings, ruling in equity and juftice, and profeffing and cherishing thy holy and eternal truth; we thine unwor thy fervants, the finful people of this land, do proftrate ourfelves before Thee, with praise and thanksgiving, for that Thou haft mercifully vouchfafed to bring to light, and to frustrate, in the late as in former inftances, the atrocious confpiracies and machinations of defperate and bloodyminded men against the facred perfon of thy fervant our Sovereign, and against the Conftitution of this Kingdom.

"We acknowledge it to be of thy unfpeakable mercy, O Lord, that he hath not been cut off for the fins of the nation. Continue, we beseech Thee, thy watchful care over him. Be thou his defence and thield, and let no weapon raised against him profper. Clothe his enemies with fhame, and difappoint their treafons. We thank Thee, O Lord, that thou haft knit together the hearts of this whole nation, as the heart of one man, for the defence of our King, our Laws, and our Religion. Strengthen and confirm us, O Lord, we befeech Thee, in this righteous and loyal confent and union. Long may the Crown flourish on the head of thine anointed! and may the work of Thee, his God, profper in his hands! And when it shall be thy bleffed will to call him to exchange this earthly kingdom for the inheritance of a glory that fadeth not away, grant that his fceptre may remain with his children, and his children's children, from generation to generation! and that they, fashioning themfelves after his example, zealous for thy truth, and ruling according to thy law, may walk in the light of thy countenance for ever; and, through thy bleffing, reign like him in the hearts of their people! These things we humbly beg, O merciful God, for our Sovereign, for his Royal Houfe, and for this Nation, in the name, and through the mediation, of Jefus Chrift our Lord and Saviour. Amen!" Wednesday, March 2.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, this day proceeded from Guildhall, accompanied by the Sheriffs, Recorder, and City Officers, to Saint James's, to prefent the following Address:

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT

MAJESTY.

THE HUMBLE AND DUTIFUL ADDRESS
OF THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN,

AND COMMONS, OF THE CITY OF LON-
DON, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED.

Moft Gracious Sovereign,-We, your Majesty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and ComDions of the City of London, in Common Council affembled, approach the Throne with the most lively and heartfelt congratulations, on the timely discovery and defeat of the late traitorous designs against your Royal Perfon. Senfible as we are of the happiness we enjoy, under your Majeity's mild and paternal Government; ruling, as we are perfuaded your Majefty does, not more over the perfons than in the hearts of a free and grateful people; allied as your Auguft Perfon is to the fafety of our glorious Conftitution, in Church and Sate; and effential as your Majefty's invaluable life is to the vital interefts of the Empire at large, and of every individual living under its wife, wholefome, and equal laws-We are unable, in terms adequate to our feelings, to exprefs our abhorrence at the nefarious and diabolical machinations which were deliberately planned to whelm them all, by one fatal blow, in horror and destruction. Such fentiments of indignation muß glow in the hearts of your Majesty's faithful fubjects throughout the United Kingdom; and we entreat your Majefty to believe, that your loyal Citizens of London are fenfibly alive to the mighty mifchief which threatened them, and that their affectionate attachment and ardent zeal will ever, if poffible, ftrengthen in proportion to any danger to which your facred Perfon may he expofed. We trust, however, that the firm and decided execution of the laws, upon the uanatural projectors of fo foul a deed, will, while it warns the traitor of his punishment, convince the loyal of the protection our revered Conftitution affords; and effectually fecure your Majesty, and the United Kingdom, over which the goodnels and mercy of Providence has placed and preferved you, from any fuch guilty attempts in future to disturb the general tranquillity. Long may the Almighty guard the Throne of thefe realms from the affaults of violence, and the infidious attacks of domeftic treafon! And long may your Majesty, in your perfon and family, enjoy that quiet and happiness in governing, which are fo intimately interwoven with the dearest poffeflions of the free and happy people who obey!

Signed, by Order of Court, HENRY WOODTHORPE. To which his Majelly was pleafed to return the following mott gracious anfwer: "I thank you for this dutiful and loyal Addrefs; and accept, with particular fastaction, the affectionate congratulations of my faithful Cty of London, on the fignal-protection of divine Providence vouch

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