s rendering of a foreign
tongue; as witness his being 'just on the _qwi-wi-we_ for the capitol,' on
one occasion, and the subjoined versification of another of his Latin
sentences, with cockney 'wariations:'

'Then here's a health to WARI-AN,
That '_Weni, widi, wici_' man!
He talk de grammar werry fine,
Like DANDY JIM o' Caroline:
For my ole massa tol' me so,' etc.

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There is in these humane and benevolent days an increasing sympathy in the
public mind for a man condemned to 'march sorrowfully up to the gallows,
there to be noosed up, vibrate his hour, and await the dissecting-knife of
the surgeon,' who fits his bones into a skeleton for medical purposes.
'There never was a public hanging,' says a late advocate of the abolition
of capital punishment, 'that was productive of any thing but evil.' There
is an anecdote recorded of WHITFIELD, however, which seems to refute this
position, in at least one instance. This eloquent divine, while at
Edinburgh, attended a public execution. His appearance upon the ground
drew the eyes of all around him, and raised a variety of opinions as to
the motives which led him to join in the crowd. The next day, being
Sunday, he preached to a large body of men, women and children, in a field
near the city. In the course of his sermon, he adverted to the execution
which had taken place the preceding day. 'I know,' said he, 'that many of
you will find it difficult to reconcile my appearance yesterday with my
character. Many of you will say, that my moments would have been better
employed in praying with the unhappy man, than in attending him to the
fatal tree, and that perhaps curiosity was the only cause that converted
me into a spectator on that occasion: but those who ascribe that
uncharitable motive to me are under a mistake. I witnessed the conduct of
almost every one present on that occasion, and I was highly pleased with
it. It has given me a very favorable impression of the Scottish nation.
Your sympathy was visible on your countenances, and reflected the greatest
honor on your hearts: particularly when the moment arrived in which your
unhappy fellow creature was to close his eyes on this world forever, you
all, as if moved by one impulse, turned your heads aside and wept. Those
tears were precious, and will be held in remembrance. How different was it
when the Saviour of mankind was extended on the cross! The Jews, instead
of s