into the commission of these crimes from the pressure of that distress. It is the lot of human nature to suffer distress occasionally, and there is no doubt that it is often intended by Providence as a wise means of making man look up to Him from whom all blessings flow, who is the fountain of all health, of all peace-who is the great Giver of all which man can enjoy. I have already stated, and I now repeat, that the sentence in any part will not be carried into execution upon you. There will be a commutation of the punishment as government shall feel proper, but that commutation rests with them, and not with us. The sentence of the law is, that you [here the learned judge read over the names of the prisoners, and the usual sentence for hightreason.] I have only to add, that when death comes naturally upon you, may the Almighty God extend to each of you that mercy which has been extended to you here." The learned judge, as well as the whole Court, appeared much affected by this address. The pleading guilty was the act of the prisoners, without any advice of counsel. The counsel, understanding from the other side, that if the parties pleaded guilty, sentence would not be carried into execution, felt it their duty to communicate this to the prisoners, who immediately made up their minds to plead guilty. ABSTRACT OF INDICTMENT. The King against John Lindley and others. Count I.-Levying war. Count II.-Compassing and imagining to depose the king. Overt Acts. 1. Conspiring to devise plans to subvert the constitution. 2. Conspiring to levy war, and subvert the constitution. 3. Providing arms and ammunition to attack the soldiers and subjects, and to levy war, and subvert the constitution. 4. Manufacturing pikes, &c. for the purposes of attacking the soldiers, and levying war. 5. Conspiring to devise plans to attack and take the town of Huddersfield. 6. Compelling persons to give up arms and ammunition for the purpose of attacking the soldiers and subjects, and of levying war and subverting the constitution. 7. Using threats to compel persons to join, and give up arms and ammunition for the purpose of attacking the soldiers and subjects, and of levying war and subverting the constitution. 8. Parading armed through villages, attacking houses and seizing arms and ammunition, in order to attack the soldiers and subjects, and to levy war and subvert the constitution. 9. Levying war. Count III.-Compassing to levy war against the King, in order to compel him to change his measures. Overt Acts. 1. Conspiring to devise plans to subvert the constitution. 2. Conspiring to levy war, and subvert the constitution. 3. Providing arms and ammunition to attack the soldiers and subjects, and to levy war and subvert the constitution. 4. Manufacturing pikes, &c. for the purpose of attacking the soldiers, and levying war. 5. Conspiring to devise plans to attack and take the town of Huddersfield. 6. Compelling persons to give up arms and ammunition for the purpose of attacking the soldiers and subjects, and of levying war and subverting the constitution. 7. Using threats to compel persons to join, and give up arms and ammunition for the purpose of attacking the soldiers and subjects, and of levying war and subverting the constitution. 8. Parading armed through villages, attacking houses and seizing arms and ammunition, in order to attack the soldiers and subjects, and to levy war and subvert the constitution. 12. A melancholy catastrophe has occurred in the neighbourhood of Limerick. The Reverend Mr. Sterling, rector of Athlone, his wife, and two children, were on a visit at his sister's, in the county of Tipperary. Previous to their arrival, the governess had died, it was said, of a most malignant fever, caught from the clothes of her husband, who had fallen a victim to a similar disease about six months before, in Dublin. Some time after their arrival, Mr. Sterling's son caught the distemper, and died-a daughter, in a few days after, shared the same fate-which had such an effect on the parents, that they became distracted and inconsolable. Mr. Sterling then complained of illness, which was then considered only the effect of grief, but the disease made such rapid strides, that in a few days he was also removed from this mortal life. Finally, Mrs. Sterling complained of illness, and after three days' confinement, died on Tuesday last. The entire family were thus swept off within the space of ten days. So insidious was this dreadful malady in its career, that it seemed at once to destroy the power of life, resisting all medical aid. Mr. Sterling was a most respectable and highly esteemed clergyman, brother-in-law to sir G. Tuite, bt. 13. THE QUEEN.-An address from the captains, mates, and seamen of the British merchant service, whose vessels are now lying in the river, was presented to her majesty this day at Brandenburgh-house, by a most numerous deputation. The procession arrived in the Strand, about one o'clock, from the city. It was headed by a gentleman on a white horse, holding in his hand a blue flag, fringed with white, inscribed with "The Seamen's Address." Then followed the seamen, walking four abreast, all decently dressed, and wearing white favours. They amounted to about 5,000, and with their friends who accompanied them, formed a line that filled the street from Templebar to the Adelphi. There were three other similar flags, each carried by a seaman, in the procession. The first was inscribed "Heaven protect the Innocent." The second" God save the Queen." And the third-" Non mi Ricordo." Several naval flags were also carried in the procession; in the midst of it was a small cart, with two men seated in it, sustaining a pole, on the top of which was the figure of a sailor, with a roll in one hand, and a hat in the other, in the act of cheering. The procession was closed by a considerable number of hackneycoaches, full of company, male and female. The windows in the line of the procession were filled with spectators. The ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and the sailors occasionally cheered as they passed. They conducted themselves in the most orderly manner. In the evening, after the seamen delivered the address to her majesty, on passing by Knightsbridge barracks, where the soldiers are quartered, they stopped, and gave three cheers, and called "The Queen for ever!" which was repeated by as many soldiers as were present: 1,400 sailors went in procession from one house in the neighbourhood of Wapping. DEATH OF MARSHAL KELLERMAN. (From a French paper.)-Marshal Kellerman died on the morning of the 13th Sept., at nine o'clock, at the age of 86, in the arms of his children and kindred. His heart, according to his own request, will be interred at Valmy. The following is the letter which this old warrior wrote upon the subject, to the mayor of the commune, on the 31st of July: "I beg, that the mayor of Valmy will buy me two feet square of earth, to bury therein my heart after my decease. My son will be charged to carry my heart, which cannot be placed but in the midst of my brave brothers in arms, who fell on the glorious 20th Sept., 1792, and under the safeguard of the brave. "Marshal KELLERMAN, Duke of Valmy, Peer of France. 66 This letter was intrusted by the marshal the same day to M. Petit, to forward it to the mayor of Valmy. This magistrate, informed of the wishes of the marshal, communicated them to his coadjutors, who anxiously desired, but yet at as remote a period as possible, to possess so precious a deposit. The heart of this warrior will be received with a religious respect and deep gratitude by the inhabitants of a spot that witnessed the first victory that was achieved for the cause of national independence, and which was purchased by the blood of many on this ever-memorable day. 15. A letter from Cheltenham, of the 15th inst. says-" Mr. Denman, one of the queen's counsel, arrived here at half-past seven this evening; he was met at the entrance of the town by an immense concourse of people, who took his horses from his carriage, and drew him to his residence, No. 10, in the Crescent. Mr. Denman being expected, application had been made by the people to have the bells rung, which Mr. Jervis, the clergyman, in the absence of the churchwardens, peremptorily refused. After Mr. Denman arrived at his residence in the Crescent, he addressed the immense crowd from the drawing-room window. All that could be recollected from his speech, owing to the great noise and bustle, was as follows: Fellow Countrymen-I am testimony of Barbara Kress, which is so formidable to the queen. These two persons have, however, not refused to declare in writing what they know of the stay of the queen at Carlsruhe." To S. C. Whitbread, Esq. M.P. for the County of Middlesex. Sir; As a freeholder of the great county which you represent as an individual for whose vote and assistance in the county you have been more than once pleased to express a desire-and as the minister of a parish bordering upon that on which you are probably at this moment inflicting the nuisance of which this letter complains, I take the liberty, however reluctantly, of addressing it to you. I have seen, with a mixture of regret and indignation, a placard pasted over many of the walls in the neighbourhood, announcing that you were to take the chair at a meeting on Paddingtongreen, summoned to collect and convey the condolence, sympathy, and approbation of the "married females" of the vicinity to the Queen, and to take into consideration the investigation now pending in the House of Lords. Now, Sir, my anxiety for the interests of good morals in general, and especially for those of my own parish, a part of which is almost sure to be drawn within the vortex of this public meeting; and the fear that such meetings may be multiplied, and other ho nourable men be tempted to pre side over them-all these motives constrain me, with much pain to my feelings, thus to address you: I wish, then, to take the liberty of asking what benefit you conceive likely to be conferred on individuals, or on the state, on the cause of legitimate freedom, or of sound morals, by the convention of such an assembly? Consider the plain circumstances of the case. The Queen is not, indeed, proved to be guilty of adultery; but she is solemnly charged by the ministers of the Crown, a body of men acquitted even by their enemies of perjury or cruelty, and by a committee of peers, comprehending in their number individuals politically opposed to those ministers, with crimes of the most gross and detestable nature. And this charge is supported by the testimony of an immense body of witnesses, as yet unconvicted, and, according to the persuasions of thousands of reflecting and impartial individuals, not likely to be convicted of perjury. What, then, I repeat the question, is the good likely to result from such a meeting? Is it your object to vindicate the Queen? Surely no reasonable man will be the more satisfied of her innocence, because you, with a few gentlemen who can read and write, and a large number of both sexes, who shrink from all such aristocratical distinctions, think proper to assert it in speeches, or in shouts upon Paddingtongreen. Is the object to alarm the House of Peers into a decision favourable to her Majesty? But surely, Sir, you know too much of the high spirit of your countrymen in general, and of that noble House in particular, to believe that they will yield that to VOL. LXII. terror which they deny to argument, honour, and humanity. Is your object to get rid of the present ministers? But who will not prefer, what is called, the tyranny of ministers, that is, of men of sense and honour, to the worst of all tyrannies, than a mob, under whose dominion it is the natural tendency of such meetings to place us? Is your design to gratify the political party with which you act? But how different a line have most of the leaders of that body pursued in parliament ? Have they substituted clamour for reasoning-treated the admitted familiarities of the Queen with her courier as a light offence, called on their own wives and daughters, or the wives and daughters of others, to trumpet forth the praises of a woman who may within a month be proved to have violated all the common decencies of life. Finally, is your object what I' would least suspect it to be, the seating yourself permanently as representative for the county of Middlesex ? A seat so won, and so preserved, would be neither an honour nor a comfort to the winner. But, Sir, if you cannot instruct · us as to the advantages of such meetings, you will, perhaps, allow me to speak as to their mischief. 1. In the first place, you are encouraging others to insult your sovereign as a suborner of perjured witnesses. 2. In the next place, you are bringing into contempt the highest court of judicature m the land. 3. You are, by giving light 2 E |
