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OF

AND

MATTHEW M‘QUEEN.

From the contents of Van Dieman’s Land Papers, recetvedreceived [sic] on Saturday, we copy the following paragraph:—

On Friday last, Edward Robertson and Matthew M‘Queen, convicted of absconding from the penal settlement of Macquarrie Harbour, were executed.

From the Hobart Town Courier of Feb. 13, we extract the following statement, which Robertson himself had given, and which was publicly read in the press room, by his own desire, whilst the executioner was pinnioning his arms, and adjusting the rope:—That he was now 28 years of age, and had been sentenced to death for robbing in Scotland, under aggravated circumstances, at the early