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Ceremonial Of The Execution Ofrichard Parker, For Mutiny.
The instant he was visible to the garrison at the yard-arm , the Telegraph was put in motion to announce it to the Admiralty ; and from the clearness of the atmosphere , and quickness of working , the advice must have been received in seven minutes . He suffered exactly at half past nine , and was lowered down , after hanging at the yard-arm a full hour , when the yellow flag was struck , and his body
instantly put into a shell that had been prepared for it , with all his cloaths on ; and soon after it was taken in one of the Sandwich ' s boats , and rowed to the East point of the garrison , and there being landed , was carried to the Naval Burying Ground , out at the Red Barrier Gate , leading to Minster . The coffin-lid was here taken off to the spectators for a few minutes ; his countenance appeared not much altered , but Ivis eyes were wide open ; he was interred exaftl y at noon .
Thus departed a man , with endowments which all must lament were so unfortunately misdirected against the interests of his country . It is but common justice , however , to his character , to acknowledge , that his decent contrition , and candid acknowledgment of the justice of his sentence , have proved the best atonement within his power for his national offence . His last words of manly submission cannot fail to have a proper influence on the minds of British
seamende-, livered by the leader of their common , but desperate cause ; and that neither through hopes of mercy , nor fear of death . The whole scene of his last hours was of an extraordinary and interesting nature : —¦ it was not the exit of a Desperado , nor of a discomfited Pretender j but that of a man who , conscious of the enormity of his offences , was resolved at the same time to maintain his fortitude to the last
, which had led him to pre-eminence in the choice of those fellow seamen , who were now to witness his last exertions ! He was not without a proper awe of the dissolution that awaited him , and therefore met it with those progressive traits of heroism , which best demonstrate a firm and gallant mind !
PEACE TO HIS REPENTANT ASHES' ! He was a man of genteel manners , shrewd understanding , keen and vehement in his observations , very violent in his temper , but generous to the extreme when he had it in his power . In his person he was rather tall , well made , and of strong features .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ceremonial Of The Execution Ofrichard Parker, For Mutiny.
The instant he was visible to the garrison at the yard-arm , the Telegraph was put in motion to announce it to the Admiralty ; and from the clearness of the atmosphere , and quickness of working , the advice must have been received in seven minutes . He suffered exactly at half past nine , and was lowered down , after hanging at the yard-arm a full hour , when the yellow flag was struck , and his body
instantly put into a shell that had been prepared for it , with all his cloaths on ; and soon after it was taken in one of the Sandwich ' s boats , and rowed to the East point of the garrison , and there being landed , was carried to the Naval Burying Ground , out at the Red Barrier Gate , leading to Minster . The coffin-lid was here taken off to the spectators for a few minutes ; his countenance appeared not much altered , but Ivis eyes were wide open ; he was interred exaftl y at noon .
Thus departed a man , with endowments which all must lament were so unfortunately misdirected against the interests of his country . It is but common justice , however , to his character , to acknowledge , that his decent contrition , and candid acknowledgment of the justice of his sentence , have proved the best atonement within his power for his national offence . His last words of manly submission cannot fail to have a proper influence on the minds of British
seamende-, livered by the leader of their common , but desperate cause ; and that neither through hopes of mercy , nor fear of death . The whole scene of his last hours was of an extraordinary and interesting nature : —¦ it was not the exit of a Desperado , nor of a discomfited Pretender j but that of a man who , conscious of the enormity of his offences , was resolved at the same time to maintain his fortitude to the last
, which had led him to pre-eminence in the choice of those fellow seamen , who were now to witness his last exertions ! He was not without a proper awe of the dissolution that awaited him , and therefore met it with those progressive traits of heroism , which best demonstrate a firm and gallant mind !
PEACE TO HIS REPENTANT ASHES' ! He was a man of genteel manners , shrewd understanding , keen and vehement in his observations , very violent in his temper , but generous to the extreme when he had it in his power . In his person he was rather tall , well made , and of strong features .