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and trust, however, that the contrary may be the case; but let me warn you all, in the mean time, to avail yourselves of the short time that is granted to you to prepare for the worst. The worst may come upon some of you, and I hope and trust you will be prepared for it; and, at all events, you will not live in future the worse men that you have pared to die.

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The sentence of the law is,-That you, and each of you, be taken to the place from whence you came, and that you be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, and there be hung by the neck until you are dead, and afterwards your head severed from your body, and your body divided into four quarters, to be disposed of as his Majesty may direct; and may God, in his infinite goodness, have mercy on your souls.

I have only to intimate now, that a warrant will be signed by the Court for your execution, on Friday, the eighth day of September.

[The Prisoners were then taken from the Bar.

Lord President.-Gentlemen of the petty Jury, you are now discharged from farther attendance. The Court regret extremely the trouble and fatigue you had on the former occasion; at present, I trust, you will not complain of any thing of that kind, and I am sure the country will be satisfied with your attention; and I do trust, that the proceedings of this Commission will have that beneficial effect upon the country which was intended.

Great and abominable crimes undoubtedly were intended; of that we have had complete proof by the convictions which have taken place of so many. I hope and trust, that what has passed in the administration of justice here, and what has fallen from the counsel on all sides, will have a most useful and beneficial effect, by satisfying the people, that whatever shades of difference there may be,-whatever little petty grievances this or that order of the community may have, whatever trifling alterations any persons may think necessary in the constitution,-the great and important principles of this constitution are the best, the wisest,

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and the freest, that the sun ever yet saw. Some people may think that there may be some grievances,-others may think, the constitution may yet be amended; but, upon the whole, we all live happily, freely, and comfortably under it as it stands: and although those who think they have grievances should not succeed in having them redressed, although those who think reformation in some degree necessary do not obtain it,-still they have the satisfaction of knowing, they enjoy a greater degree of liberty under the Constitution as it stands than any other nation, and as much, I believe, as human nature in this world is capable of enjoying; for of one thing be assured, that, unless we continue a virtuous people, we are not fit for liberty, and, therefore, it is that I say, that the degree of liberty which we at present enjoy is, I am afraid, as much as we are capable of enjoying with benefit to ourselves; and any attempt to give us a much greater degree of it, (I speak not of little alterations, or re formations,) would in fact end in the destruction of that which we have.

I have only to state the sense which the Court have, with the Counsel for the Crown, of the activity of the Magistrates of this district. It is highly to their praise; and I hope and trust, that, from the highest to the lowest, they will persevere in their endeavours to preserve the peace of this most important part of the country, and, above all, to enlighten the people as to their true interests, and their just rights.

WARRANT FOR EXECUTION.

The King against Andrew Hardie and Others.

STIRLINGSHIRE, to wit,-At a special session of Oyer and Terminer of our present Sovereign Lord the King, of and for the county of Stirling, holden at the town of Stirling, in the said county, on Friday, the 23d day of June, in the first year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George

the Fourth, by the grace of God of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, before Charles Hope, Esquire, President of the College of Justice of our said Lord the King, in that part of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland; the Right Honourable David Boyle, Esquire, Justice-Clerk of our said Lord the King, in the aforesaid part of the said united kingdom; the Right Honourable Sir Samuel Shepherd, Knight, Chief Baron of our said Lord the King of his Court of Exchequer, in the aforesaid part of the said united kingdom; the Right Honourable William Adam, Esquire, Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court in civil causes, in the aforesaid part of the said united kingdom; George Fergusson, Esquire, of Hermand, and Adam Gillies, Esquire, of Gillies, two of the Commissioners of our said Lord the King of Justiciary, in the aforesaid part of the said united kingdom; of whom the said George Fergusson and Adam Gillies, or one of them, amongst others in the said letters patent named, our said Lord the King willed should be one ;-and from thence continued, by several adjournments, until Friday, the 4th day of August, then next following, and then held before the said Charles Hope, Sir Samuel Shepherd, and David Monypenny, Esquire, of Pitmilly, Justices and Commissioners of our said Lord the King, assigned by letters patent of our said Lord the King, under the Great Seal of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, made by virtue of and according to the form of the statute, made in the 7th year of the reign of the Lady Anne, late Queen of Great Britain, &c. entitled, "An Act for improving the Union of the two Kingdoms," to us and others, and to any two or more of us, and them directed, of whom the said David Monypenny, amongst others in the said letters patent named, our said Lord the King willed should be one, to inquire, by the oath of good and lawful men of the county of Stirling, of all High Treasons, and misprisions of High Treason, within the county aforesaid, as well within liberties as without, by whomsoever and in what manner soever, and by whom, when, how, and after

what manner done, committed, or perpetrated, and of all other articles and circumstances concerning the premises, and every of them, or any of them, in any manner whatsoever, and the same High Treasons, and misprisions of High Treason, according to the form of the foresaid statute, to hear and determine, Andrew Hardie is attainted, on verdict of High Treason, in levying war against our Lord the King within his realm; John Baird is attainted, on verdict of a like High Treason; James Clelland, Thomas M'Culloch, Benjamin Moir, Allan Murchie, Alexander Latimer, Alexander Johnston, Andrew White, David Thomson, James Wright, William Clackson, alias William Clarkson, Thomas Pike, alias Thomas Pink, Robert Gray, Alexander Hart, John Barr, William Smith, Thomas M'Farlane, are severally attainted, on confession of High Treason, in compassing and imagining the death of our Lord the King; John Anderson is attainted, on confession of High Treason, in compassing and imagining the death of our Lord the King; William Crawford is attainted, on confession of High Treason, in compassing and imagining the death of our Lord the King; John M'Millan and Andrew Dawson are attainted, on confession of High Treason, in compassing and imagining the death of our Lord the King.-Let them, the said Andrew Hardie, John Baird, James Clelland, Thomas M'Culloch, Benjamin Moir, Allan Murchie, Alexander Latimer, Alexander Johnston, Andrew White, David Thomson, James Wright, William Clackson, alias William Clarkson, Thomas Pike, alias Thomas Pink, Robert Gray, Alexander Hart, John Barr, William Smith, Thomas M'Farlane, John Anderson, William Crawford, John McMillan, and Andrew Dawson, return to the gaol from whence they came, and from thence be severally drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, and be there hanged by the neck until they be dead; and that afterwards their heads be severed from their bodies, and their bodies (divided into four quarters) be disposed of as our Lord the King shall think fit. And let this sentence be carried into execution upon Friday, the eighth day of Sep

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tember next, between the hours of twelve o'clock at noor, and four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.

Given under our hands and seals this fourth day of August, in the first year of the reign of our said Lord the King, and in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty.

C. HOPE.

S. SHEPHERD.

D. MONYPENNY.

To the Sheriff-Depute of the County of Stirling, His Substitute, The Provost and Magistrates of the Town of Stirling, and all others whom it may concern.

The Court then adjourned to the 25th November, at ten o'clock.

Andrew Hardie and John Baird were executed, pursuant to their sentence, on the 8th day of September, 1820.

END OF VOLUME FIRST.

EDINBURGH:
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