" When that which I have written shall be read--other
hopes and fears--other punishments, perchance, than man can awaken or
inflict--will await me. My _first_ crime--my _first_ revenge,
and my _last_, I have recorded; my _last_ crime others must
tell, when they speak of the murderer and SUICIDE,
JAMES MORLEY.
There is little doubt that scarcely a moment intervened between his
writing his name, and placing the pistol to his heart; for when he was
discovered, the pen was lying on the paper, as if it had been laid down
only for an instant.
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RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS.
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REGAL TABLET.
(_Concluded from page 166._)
CHARLES II.
restored 29th May, 1669, ended 6th Feb. 1685.
_Popes_.
Alexander VII., 1655.
Clement IX., 1667.
Clement X., 1670.
Innocent XI., 1676.
_Emperor of Germany_.
Leopold I., 1658.
_France_.
Louis XIV., 1643.
_Spain_.
Philip IV., 1620.
Charles II., 1665.
_Portugal_.
Alonzo VI., 1656.
Pedro II., 1683.
_Denmark_
Frederic III., 1648.
Christian V., 1670.
_Sweden_.
Charles XI., 1660.
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JAMES II.
began his reign 6th Feb.
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