be permitted to derive them from the public journals of the time, since
it is no longer without deep humiliation he can venture to speak of
himself. Alas and alas! too true is it, the penalties of crime are as
stigmatizing as crime itself! The stripes upon the back, the brand upon
the brow, are more enduring than the other memories of vice. Be innocent
of all offence, appeal to your own heart with conscious rectitude, yet
say, if the chain has galled your ankle, and the iron bar has divided
the sunlight that streamed into your cell,--say, if you can, that
self-esteem came out intact and unwounded, after such indignity.

I speak this with no malice to my fellow-men--I bear no grudge against
those who sentenced me; too deeply conscious am I of my many offences
against the world to assume even to myself the pretension of martyr;
but I do assert that vindication of character, restitution to fair fame,
comes late when once the terrible ordeal of public condemnation has been
passed. The very pity men extend to you humiliates--their compassion
savors of mercy; and mercy is the attribute of One alone!

The "Morning Advertiser" informed its readers, amidst its paragraphs of
events, "That, on Wednesday last, Paul Gervois, the celebrated claimant
to the estates of the late Walter Carew, was forwarded to Cork, previous
to embarking on board the transport-ship 'Craven Castle,' in pursuance
of the sentence passed upon him last assizes, of banishment beyond the
seas for the term of his natural life. The wretched man, who since the
discovery that marked the concluding scene of his trial, has scarcely
uttered a word, declined all defence, and while obstinately rejecting
any assistance from counsel, still persisted in pleading not guilty, to
the last.

"It is asserted, we know not with what authority, that the eminent
leader of the Western Circuit is fully persuaded not only of Gervois'
innocence, but actually of his right to the vast property to which he
pretended to be the heir; and had it not been for a severe attack of
gout, Mr. Hanchett would have defended him on his late trial."

Amidst the fashionable intelligence of the same day, we read that "a
very large and brilliant company are passing the Easter holidays at
the hospitable seat of Joseph Curtis, Castle Carew, amongst whom we
recognized Lord and Lady Ogletown, Sir Massy Digby, the Right Hon.
Francis Malone, Major-General Count Ysaffich, Knight of various orders,
and Augus