There is only one circumstance in that letter to which I will advert. He states, that he is a child of peculiar Providence, corrected by the hand of the Almighty, who will resent every attempt to correct his offences from any other quarter. I do not think that your Lordship will intimidated from administering to him a due portion of punishment for his offence, by any such intimation as that letter holds out. Mr. Justice BAYLEY then addressed the defendant as follows:—The painful part of my duty is, to pass on you the sentence of this Court, for the enormous crime of which you stand convicted. It is not only painful when I think that you are so far advanced in years, and that you were in a situation which it became your bounden duty to reflect on what would become of you, as well as others, hereafter, but also when I reflect, that when it was your duty to guide the course of others through life, you took advantage of the confidence reposed in you, to put young people materially off their guard, who would expect, from your sanctity of manners, that nothing was to be feared. Your attempt, in this instance, was upon a lad, very young, and if he had been once drawn into the commission of that offence, which you attempted to commit on him, though young, what must have been the consequence? What course of life would he not be afterwards induced to follow by you? The nature of that crime raises in all those who hear me the greatest detestation and abhorrence—abhorrence indeed, when it is committed by a married man, and one in that sacred situation in which you have been (unfortunately for mankind) placed. Your affidavit states, that, since the time of your conviction, there have been publications reflecting on your character. The Court does not approve of any misconduct in any one, and, however the natural indignation of the public may be called forth by the enormities which you have committed, the Court would of course apportion such punishment to any parties justly complained of, as the nature of the case, under all the circumstances, might demand. But that does not diminish your GUILT—your GUILT stands in a very high and prominent point of view, and it is necessary for the Court to pass on you a severe punishment. If you have the feelings you ought to have, and if your life has not been a life of hypocrisy throughout, you will try to obtain forgiveness for this high offence, and reflect that it is fortunate you did not carry your offence to its completion. The sentence of the Court upon you is, that you be imprisoned in his Majesty’s gaol at Newington for TWO YEARS; and at the expiration of that term, that you find surety for your good behaviour, yourself in the sum of 500_l._ and two sureties respectively in the sum of 100_l._ for the term of five years, and that you be further imprisoned until such securities are found.