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than Wild, for burglary ; and John 

 Ashton, for hi^hway robbery. By 

 half-past six o'clock the Old Bai- 

 ley, Giltspur-steet, and the houses 

 adjacent, were crowded to great 

 excess. At half-past seven Ma- 

 roney was brought I'orward for the 

 purpose of being disencumbered of 

 his irons. While his irons were 

 knocking off", it vas found neces- 

 sary to search for a knife to cut 

 some part of the cordage, which 

 confined the irons. Maroney see- 

 ing this, stooped, and with an 

 Herculean effort tore it asunder. 

 This being the only Catholic, the 

 Rev. Mr. Devereux attended him 

 in constant prayer, in which he 

 joined most ferventlj\ Sturgess, 

 Field, and Mitchell, conducted 

 themselves wiih great propriet}\ 

 The unfortunate Ashton had been 

 in a state of insanity since the re- 

 ceipt of the awful warrant for his 

 execution. In the press-yard, he 

 distorted his countenance horribly. 

 He was the fifth who mounted the 

 scaffold, and ran up the steps 

 with great rapidity : and having 

 gained the summit of the plat- 

 form, began to kick and dance, 

 and often exclaimed, " I'm Lord 

 Wellington." The Rev. Mr. Cot- 

 ton, who officiated for the first 

 time as Ordinary, enjoined him to 

 prayer, to which he paid little at- 

 tention, and continued to clap his 

 hands as far as he was permitted 

 by the extent of the cord. Mitchell 

 often invited him to prayer. All 

 that could be done was ineffectual, 

 and it was necessary to have two 

 men to hold hira during the awful 

 ceremony. When they released 

 him for the purpose of the Lord's 

 Prayer being said, he turned round, 

 and began to dance, and vocife- 

 rated, " Look at me, 1 am Lord 



Wellington." At 20 minutes past 

 8 o'clock, the signal was given 

 and the platform lell. Scarcely, 

 however, had the sufferers dropped, 

 before, to the awe and astonish- 

 ment of every beholder, Ashton 

 rebounded from the rope, and was 

 instantaneously seen dancing near 

 the Ordinary, and crying out very 

 loudly, and apparently unhurt, 

 " What do ye think of me, am I 

 not Lord Wellington now .'" He 

 then danced, clapt his hands, and 

 huzzaed. At length the execu- 

 tioner was compelled to get upon 

 the scaffold, and to push him for- 

 cibly from the place on which he 

 stood. 



Hague. — HisRoyal Highnessthe 

 Prince Sovereign of the United Ne- 

 therlands, having been recentl}' ap- 

 pointed a Knight of the most 

 noble Order of the Garter, and 

 his Excellency Lord Castlereagh, 

 and sir Isaac Heard, Garter King 

 at arms, having been charged ou 

 the part of his Royal Highness 

 the Prince Regent of Great Bri- 

 tain, acting in the name and on 

 the behalf of the Sovereign, to 

 invest the new Knight with the 

 insignia of the order, this cere- 

 mony took place on the 22nd, in 

 presence of a very considerable 

 assembly, composed of the prin- 

 cipal Functionaries, the Chief 

 Officers of the Staff, and the most 

 distinguished of our citizens of 

 both sexes. After the usual forms 

 had been gone through, Lord 

 Castlereagh, in person, attached 

 the garter to the person of the 

 Prince Sovereign, and the Duke 

 of Cambridge decorated his Royal 

 Highness with the ribband of the 

 order, and then gave him the 

 salute prescribed by the statutes. 



The reception of the Heredi- 



