. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. others, were sentenced to be hanged, disem-bowelled, beheaded, and quartered. But the day beforethey were executed, it was thought fit to remit part of thesentence, viz., taking out and burning their bowels beforetheir faces, and dividing the bodies into four parts. Theywere to be hanged, and afterwards beheaded ; and thissentence was fully carried out on Despard, and six of hisaccomplices, on the 21st of February, 1803. And so the year came to an end, but not quietly; cloudswere distinctly visible in the horizon to thos
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. others, were sentenced to be hanged, disem-bowelled, beheaded, and quartered. But the day beforethey were executed, it was thought fit to remit part of thesentence, viz., taking out and burning their bowels beforetheir faces, and dividing the bodies into four parts. Theywere to be hanged, and afterwards beheaded ; and thissentence was fully carried out on Despard, and six of hisaccomplices, on the 21st of February, 1803. And so the year came to an end, but not quietly; cloudswere distinctly visible in the horizon to those who watchedthe political weather. England hesitated to fulfil her por-tion of the treaty, with regard to the evacuation of Malta ;and the relations of Lord Whitworth, our Ambassador, andthe French Court, became somewhat strained. Still the Three per Cents, kept up—in January 6^, July 70,December 69 ; and bread stuffs were decidedly cheaperthan in the preceding year—wheat averaging 68s. per,cjuarter, barley 33s,, oats 20s., whilst the average ciuarternloaf was nStr ?*> *? -^r 3* ** IR ^i^ ®; 3C ^ ^f 5P 9>^ 9 y* * f •t* Ofr rr tw Twr tw CHAPTER VITI. 1803. Strained relations with France—Prosecution and trial of Jean Peltier for libelagainst Napoleon — Rumours of war—Kings proclamation—Napoleonsrudeness to Lord Whitworth—Hoax on the Lord Mayor—Rupture witiiFrance—Return of Lord Whitworth, and departure of the French Ambassa-dor. POLITICAL Caricatures, or, as they should rather becalled, Satirical Prints, form very good indicationsas to the feeling of the country; and, on thecommencement of 1803, they evidently pointed to a rupturewith France, owing to the ambition of Napoleon. LordWhitworth found him anything but pleasant to deal was always harping on the license of the British press,and showed his ignorance of our laws and constitution bydemanding its suppression. Hence sprung the prosecution,in our Law Courts, of one Jean Peltier, who co
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