In the part he took against Charles I., his opposition assumed the character of the bitterest passion, and ho is represented as having uttered the most terrible denunciations against that imfortunate monarch in the sermon which he preached before his majesty previous to his execution. "Bind fast your king with chains, and your nobles with fetters of iron," were the words which he is said to have taken for his text, when he compared Charles to Barabbas, and the red-coats to saviours and saints, "not inferior to those who surround the throne of God." But it is to be hoped that in this particular the accusation is overcharged, for Dr. Lingard says, "it should be recorded to the honor of that fanatic.il preacher," that it was at the request of Hugh Peters, that Dr. Juxon, Bishop of London, had been permitted to attend on Charles preparatory to his death. After the Restoration, the Reverend Mr. Peters was accused as a regicide. His trial was a scene of fliigrant injustice. He was allowed no counsel, aud was sentenced to die, though even false witnesses did not substantiate the charges on which he was condemned. He was hanged on the 14th October, 1660, exhibiting, even at the gallows, the most indomitable courage. "You may do your worst," was his last address to his unfeeling executioner; and with these words, " the first freeman of Massachusetts who lost his life for opposition to monarchy," was launched into eternity. His course and his character have been differently appreciated by friends and enemies. Those praise and these asperse, according as bias has swayed their judgment. Whoever wishes to arrive at a just conclusion, may consult Bancroft's United Stales, L, ;i83 II., 32; Aitsema, II., 936; Von Reauyner's PoKlkal History of England, II., 399; and Lingard's History ;