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i ►Y.) that to be eard bi, decide° Houk'' nendini, plea RERT. e debt ‘) to sup' Jeen ' s debt,'j he peirl yelled to 1. thee' ng hao he lei ay, of t' upt- l e 6 vg ly La d ct cal l % d an cgs' ~ ,11 licov !tiri 3 Te on t 2 to, 0, osit/° IRISH ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. TRALEE, Auc. 5. James Connor vas indicted for a felonious assault upon the person of Biddy Regan, in February last. Biddy Regan, a shoeless, ragged, ugly-looking Young woman, examined—Recollects the 14th of r e...ruary last. Came home from market late at n ight, and found there was no turf at home ; took 21) the b as k et an d went to t h e b og t o fetch some. ( ,t l he bog was qu i te near . I t was a b ou t nine o'clock. ' I4 W the prisoner in the bog. He threw me on the but i n a b og -h o l e. I roare d a s loud as I could, "tit he stopped my mouth with his hand. He then 4u. I did not consent. When I came home I told my , mother. I am now ruined, and have lost my cha .4eter, the only thing I have had to live by. Cross-examined—l wont before the Magistrates next morning and lodged informations. lam not married, nor is the prisoner. Would like a husband very well, but did not want to have the prisoner. Nobody ever did the like to me before. The prisoner, upon my oath, had never any call to me before, and that time it was against ray will. Never was in his house in my life. Never slept with him : and anybody who would say so would say what was false. The prisoner is a genteel young man, and Ought to be too good for me. lam a poor orphan, and live by my labour. The mother of the prosecutrix swore that her d aughter told her of her misfortune the moment she home, and that they both went to lodge infor mations the next morning. She was crying and in v ery low spirits for a long time. For the defence the following witnesses were called Anne Carmody, a handsome, pert, young girl, 1. 1 1 , she could not speak English, and wished to be examined in Irish. The prose cu t r ix h ere exclaim e d—Oh, m y L or d, s he can speak English as well as I can. Don't mind "t---she is telling a big lie. Judge—lndeed; if she does, that is fluent Enou g h . The witness during this time - had her head en l'eloped in the hood of a large cloak, and her cotin t*nance was scarcely risible. Judge—Come, young woman, pull off th at w i g (5 laugh) of your's and let us see your face. , (The witness having removed the hood)—Hali, Pon my word, I wonder the prisoner had not better no te. The witness, having persisted in saying she was n ot a good hand at English, was examined through an interpreter—l lived as servant to the prisoner and '.. 1 .3 siste r . K nows t h e prosecutr i x, Bidd y R egan. Nave often seen her at the prisoner's house. She .1 . 1 ,ed often to sleep with him. Have seen her go into room at night and come out in the morning. . 35 'w her going to him one night, and advised her n °t• Told her that I did not wish to take away her ` 4 4racte r , and that I would say nothing about it if V a le Came and slept with me and another girl, who Y with me; that there was room enough for her. She said she did not care what I said about it, she would rather go to the prisoner. J UDGE --Ask that witness if she would rather 61 e90_ with two women than one man Witnes s , looking straight in the Judge's faee with a miling archness—My Lord, lam now single ; but, if I was married, I would certainly prefer sleep ing with the man. Junon—l have not the least doubt or it. Call up the prosecutrix, and confront hor with this witness. Both were placed on the table ; and each, looking boldly in the face of the other, persisted in the truth of her testimony. William Connor—l am brother of the prisoner, My house is near his. My eldest sister lives with me. My young sister, who lives with the prisoner, told us that she suspected something improper was going on in the house. We then laid a plan to dis cover what was going on. The next night that the prosecutrix came to the house my young sister was to send us an account, and both of us were then to go over and surprise them. We went accordingly one night last winter, a good while before this charge was made, and found the prisoner and the prosecutrix in bed together. The prosecutrix was jumping out of the bed as she heard the door open. We abused her for her conduct. Cross -examined—My sister came behind me on a horse. I went in first. The doer was shut ; it was not locked; nobody opened it for me; I was able to Open it myself, because I had the knack of the latch. Mary Connor swore to the same facts, with this discrepancy —she said she went in first, and the door wa B open, and left so designedly ; that she and her Young sister had so planned, to avoid making a noise. . Verdict." Not Guilty." JUDGE_Gentlemen, there was not a single word of truth in this defence. CORK, Auc. 7. AA RAIONMEIJT OF CAPTAIN STEWART FOR THE MURDER IN THE MARY RUSSELL. (From the Cork Constitution.) Yesterday about twelve o'clock, the bills being Prepared against Captain Stewart, of the Mary Russell, Baron PENNEFATISER directed that they should be sent up to the Grand Jury, and the Fore man was called into Court for that purpose. After 4 n absence of some hours, the Grand Jury returned It tru e bill against the unfortunate man. Baron brou g h t up to plead, and th e Crown Solicitor was t'esPateled to the Chief Baron, to request his pre tence as soon as possible in Court, and his Lordship 'ntiutted that he would b e i n atten d ance b y s i x n i cle e l t . In the mean time Mr. Sheriff Evory pro !eeded with expedition to the gas], and re- L 4 rned with the prisoner in custody, in a coach. e was, after a little time conveyed to the dock, and the Chief Baron having arrived, and all the preli- Ninaries being arranged, the prisoner was placed at , bar. H e i s a man about five feet si x i nc h es i n e j ght ' rather stout made, of sandy complexion and face eyes a d, ppeared sunk in his head, and his much fiurri but he did not appear in the least d ' S mayed ; he was, dressed in a black coat, white F i lvat and vest, blue pantaloons and shoes. The I,r,dietruent was read at length by the Clerk of the ;,-;row n , c h arg i ng him with the murder of James - Rayne', and the others on board the Mary ibussea, on the high seas, one hundred leagues off 1,, -. `` ) l and, at Baltimore. Mr. Jones then concluded .Y inquiring if the prisoner was guilty of the felony 'hi murder. Mr. BENNET T —cc Not Guilty." CHIEF BARON—" Is he ready for his trial ?" Mr. BENNETT (in a solemn tone)—" No, my nrds; but h e w ill b e rea dy any day after to - Mor- W the Court may direct." BARON—" Let him then b e prepared on ~kiday morning, at half-past nine o'clock pr ecisel y) i ‘,:ihich ti me t h e tr i a l shall be entered on." Alr. BENNETT—" Very well, my Lords; we shall Capt. Stewart was then removed from the bar. a 4 nn.Philpot was indicted for stealing a go ld watch Kelln spyglass , value 205., the property o f C a ptain of the on the 25th of April last, at e4II QY ; and Willi am Chambent, a dragoon, and ing n 'il.Y, were indicted for receiving them, know them to be st o l en . The three prisoners were found Guilty. . The Judgelife; sentenced Ann Philpot to transporta dg for you, Chambers, said his Lordship, the receivers being as bad as the princi pals (for if there were no receivers there would be uo thieves,) I will do the same for you, if I find the Act of Parliament Row in operation in England ex tends to Ireland. Charnbers—l'll thank your Lordship to transport toe if you can do it. I'll be better off in Botany lay than here. I wish to leave my regiment, for ther e it not a single gentleman in it. Mr. O'Connell arrived here for the Assizes to "1Y. The moment he made his appearance in the mreets he was followed by shouting crowds. He is to receive a public dinner from the inhttbitKnts on Tuesday, and on Thursday he is obliged to leave this for Galway, where he is sper::illy retained. The rain which eofflineeti op to yesterday, has done grievous injury to the crop, particularly tie wheat. Along die line of road from Tredve here, a distance of 79 bozlish miles, almost every second field of wheat ha:. been levelied. In some places it has already begun to rot. Ye3terday gave the finish ing blow to the hopes of the harvest. For nine hours there was heavy and incessant rain. WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. On Thursday evening Mr. B. R. Green delivered a very interesting lecture in the Theatre of the W es t ern Li terary and Scientific Institution, in Leicester-square, on th e S tu d y of Ancient Coins in connection with History. He exhibited a plan of arrangement in the form of a Chart, which is calculated to assist materially, and ind ee d to f ac ili tate t h e study of History. The p!an is altogeth er nove l an d very ingenious, at one view giving the exact representation of the coins of any State, whether of Gold, Silver, or Bronze, with the c ontemporary coins of the other States, in chrono logical order. The lecture was indeed wholly introductory to the study, but it contained a great deal of instruction, combined with amusement. Representations were also given of the earliest stages of coinage. The Chart itself, which is confined to the Grecian coins, begins with the earliest suits of Grecian Kings of whom coins are extant, and is continued down to the time of the subjugation of those States to the Roman arms. The Lecturer also intimated his intention of forming a similar Chart for elucidating the Roman History, after wards continuing it through . the middle ages, and ultimately completing the plan by a like arrangement coming down to our times. What Mr. Green has already done must have been the result of great research, labour, and perseverance, and the specimens reflect an equal degree of credit on him as an artist; if he should receive that support from the public which he really deserve., so as to be enabled to carry into effect his full intentions, be will have produced a work which will not only be a Vade-mecum for the collector, but be will have made that study, which is usually considered dry , and tedious, a very entertaining one; and he will have afforded all the information and instruction at a small ex pence of money and time, which the Virtuoso and Antiquary take many years and much cost to attain. We wish him much success, and think it only for his " Numismatic Chart" to be completed, to excite in the mind of every man of common education a fondness for that study which has been usually left to the curious and literary, on account of its having been considered as a use less branch of education. On looking over the card of the lectures we cannot but congratulate the members on the exertions of the Committee to afford them amusement and instruction, when we see the names of Professor Millington who has lectured on experi mental Philosophy, and Mr. Smart on Elocution ; also fur the introduction of a lecture on a subject so novel as coins, which is to be succeeded by a course on Egyptian and Gre cian Mythology and Sacred Architecture, by Mr. Stack house. We understand that Mr. Cooper and Mr. Smart, both of whom have recently lectured to the Members, will, early in the Autumn, conclude their respective courses, the one on Chemistry, and the other on Elocution, illus trated by readings from Milton, Shakspeare, &c. We had almost forgotten to remand our readers that a subscription of only two pounds per annum entitles the Members to all the advantages which this valuable and well coaducted Institution possesses. WHEAT. COMPARATIVE VIEW of t In different Countries dnrinl (From the . :he PRICES of WHEAT g the last Three Years. Atlas.) Average Moniteur Moniteur'hloniteur price. July May I August Places. 1826, per 1827, per 1528, per:lB2B, per Imperial Imperial Imperial Imperial Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. s. d. a. d. a. d. a. d. Amsterdara Antwerp Barcelona no return no return 52 7 48 9 Bremen Civlta Vecchia 2B 4 29 7 42 7 33 1 Copenhagen l7 0 23 10 no return no return Dantaic France 36 10 38 3 51 9 49 1 Genoa 32 0 35 13 40 4 37 2 Hamburgh 2O 1 28 6 29 5 no return Leghorn 3O 3 h 3 9 no return 8 London 5B 11 58 3 57 1 56 2 Lubec no return no return 24 5 no return Milan Naples 25 1 28 9 34 7 29 3 New Orleans no return no return 35 9 33 10 Nice Norfolk (America) 31 10 37 10 33 7 no return Odessa lB 0 10 1 no return no return Palermo no return no return 28 6 no return Riga no return no return 19 11 no return Santander 4l 0 39 7 no return 30 3 Stettin 2O 4 24 1 25 5 27 2 Stockholm no return no return 27 4 22 6 Trieste 24 2 I 27 3 32 8 90 4 Note.—The first column in the above Table is deduced from the Report of the Corn Committee of the House of Lords of 1827, and the other statements from the French 21finiteur, as published by order of the Minister of the Interior ; the prices of which are here converted to ster ling, according to the relative proportions of measure and rates of exchange. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, Auc. 11. The betting on the favourites varied every half hour, awl settled as below. Ballad Singer is getting faallionable DONCASTER ST. LEG ER . 4 to I agat Mr. Armitage's Velocipede 4N to 1 agst Colonel King's Besay Bedlam 6 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Colonel 7 to 1 agat Lord Milton's Ballad Singer 25 to 1 agst Sir T. Mostyn's Ultimatum 24 to 1 agst Mr. TheakstAm's Jour des Noces 30 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Watt's Coulon 1000 to 20 agat Mr. Ileatheote's Scipio ROWING MATCHES. WHITEHALL RzGarra.—Tbe contest fur the Annual Prize Wherry, given by Gentlemen Amateurs, and the In habitants, Ladies, and Gentlemen of Whitehall, took place yesterday, which was decided in favour of Farlow and Hambleton (yellow). QUEENHITHE REcArra.—The Tenth Annual Prize Wherry, given by Gentlemen Amateurs, and the Inhabi tants of Queenhitite, was rowed for yesterday by six pair of oars. The grand heat in favour of James Calcomb. GRAND CRICKET MATC}IES. A Grand Match %between eleven gentlemen of the Junior Harrow Club, and eleven gentlemen of the Junior Ealing Club, was played last week at Harrow-on-the-Hill. The match excited a considerable degree of interest, and through out was attended by a numerous and distinguished assem blage of spectators. The Ealing gentlemen }von with ten wickets to go down. The fullowing ie an accurate state ment of the game at ite conclusion : HARROW. EAT.ING. Ist Innings 49 Ist Innings 72 2d Ditto On Monday se'nnight the Return Match between the High Wycombe and the Windsor and Eton Junior Clubs, was played in the Rye at Wycombe, and terminated in fa vour of the former by a majority of 40 runs. The day proving one, the game was well contested, as will be seen by the subjoined etatemeut wyconnE. wINDSOB. AND ETON. Ist Innings ............ 43 Ist Innings 25 2tl Ditt0,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 53,24 - 1 Ditto 3l A Match was made at B96lytion last week between " the to be pl a y e d on W e d.. Eden..sids and Derwent-side obeai lVest had liberty to owing Clubs, t to meet eleven som e ciraum_ be was unable needay last at Cockermouth. when to the Eden side Club arrived a t Cockermouth according choose eleven me n fro m th e Carliale r. of the Derwent - side Club , but stanc es with which we are unacquainted o to secure some of t h e best p la y ers, and ' a meat, their numbers were. found to be very Weak. appoint meat, nt" Derwent-siders won the match in one innings, with'io runs to spare. DERWENT-S I DE. EDEN-SIDE. First Innings 0 First Innings Second ditto S 5 Total 69 Pickle fortune this time chose to smile upon the ruby banner of the west but the battle is not always to the brave. The winners are not elated, and the losers far from dejected :—this it as it should be. Cricket is a manly and social game, but greatly runs upon chances. We fear the gentleman who so sportingly exerted himself to get up the match is a considerable 105er,...- Carlisle EXECUTION OF WILLIAM CORDER. Bury St. Edmund's, August 11. The conclusion of the tragic Polstead scene took place to-day. So much has been written about this murder, arid so many different features and bearings of the case have been presented to the public, that it is quite unnecessary to say much more on the subject. Any one who has read the trial, the sum ming up of the Judge, and, above all, the defence of the prisoner, must be convinced that there never was a case so clearly proved by circumstantial evi dence. The scene appears to have been one of the worst description, and were it not that the state ment of some of the facts, and that the utter desola tion of the prisoner at the present moment, might be of use in deterring others from pursuing a similar course, it would be better that the whole transaction were buried in oblivion. Ass however, an account to a certain extent may have such a tendency, we give it only with that view, and certainly not to gratify the craving of the public for the horrible and the marvellous. Since his conviction Corder has remained in a state of the utmost despair. There does not appear, indeed, to be one circumstanc e at tending his committal, trial, and conviction, that can afford him the smallest consolation. He committed the murder without any ostensible object, he has denied the deed all along, and, in order to save appearances, has been driven to the utmost falsehood and deceit, which have only the more confirmed every one of the certainty of his guilt. His very friends seem to have deserted him. His mother has not visited him since his conviction, and has had only one interview with him since his committal for trial. His wife has seen him occasionally, and took her last farewell yes-. terday. The interview lasted for about an hour and a half, and the conversation turned on a variety of topics—among others, the manner in which they became acquainted. The Governor of the gaol, it appears, had expressed some doubt of the facts ; and, in order to remove his doubts, Corder appealed to his wife at this interview, which took place in pre sence of Mr. Orridge, whether or no he had told the truth. She, however, confirmed every thing that lie had said. Forty-five answers had been' returned to his advertisement from females in almost every rank of life. One of them was from a lady who, as lie said, kept her carriage, and was living in a sphere very superior to his. She wrote him a letter, re questing him to attend at a certain Church, at a certain hour, having one arm in a sling, and wearing a black handkerchief. She described the carriage in which she would come, and directed him to go to a certain pew in the Church where he might be oppo site to her, and they might have a view of each other during the service. He mistook the hour, however, and when he went to the Church lie found that the service was over. How he became acquainted with his wife was not stated. When about to part with her he said, I hope you will not marry again, and, above all, not marry in a similar way—it is a most dangerous way of getting a husband. 'When a hint was given to him about the propriety of explaining the origin and result of the crime for which he was condemned, she said, "Read, pray, and hold your tongue." On leaving him she requested that he would see none of his relatives or acquaintances after her ; and that she should be the last that had vi sited him. It appears that she is a woman of religious habits, and used, when they were living at Eal ing, to remind him to say his prayers before going to bed. He would say, " I'll do so in bed;" but his wife had occasionally to give him another hint by touching him on the elbow. He conducted himself towards her, from all accounts, with a good deal of kindness and propriety. He has admitted that he forged a draft on the Ipswich bank for 901. It was paid, however, since •his committal, and conse quently no further steps were to have been taken, whatever might have been the result of his trial.— From the beginning he has not had any strong hopes of escape. He would look at the sword, and say, " That sword will yet hang me ;" but it bad nothing to do with it. From what he has I said inadvertently, it would appear that he had prepared the grave before he had enticed the un fortunate girl to the barn. On one person saying, " What a time you must have taken in digging the hele in such hard ground, and the dead body beside you all the time !" " What !" said he, " Who knows that she was there ?" but immediately checked himself, and seemed vexed that he had said so much. He said she died instantly, and that many of the statements of the surgeons were incor rect. He never, however, would account for enticing her from her father's house. When pressed to make any answer to a question to that effect, he always remained silent. The only effect the statement which he read at the trial has had was to remove all doubts of his guilt; but for that it is believed the Jury would have acquitted him. One of them, the first day, was not convinced of the identity of the body, and seemed determined to hold out against convicting him, though all the rest should be of a different opinion. When he admitted the fact, however, all their doubts were removed, and they retired rather for the purpose of talking the ma:ter over, than to remove any doubts. The question, however, is now set at rest for ever by the confes sion which he made this morning. Mr. Sheen, the High Sheriff's Chaplain, was with him last after noon, and appeared to have made great impression on him. Mr. Stocking has also been unremitting in his exertions to prepare him for his fate, and induce him to admit the justice of his sentence. He per sisted, however, in saying that it was of no use to confess to any but God alone, and but for the friendly advice of Mr. Orridge, and the Chaplain, Mr. Stocking, it is probable that he would not at ail have admitted his guilt. The manner, however, in which this was ae,complislied, will be best explained by the following statement of Mr. Orridge MR. ORRIDGE'S STATEMENT. " Upon William Corder's returning from the Shire-hall, after he had received sentence, I took him into my office, and explained. to him that I had 'a melancholy and 1)010 duty to perforni with respect tp hint; and that a part of that duty was to have him immediately stripped of his clothes, and have the prison clothes put on him ; this was accord;r.ily done. I then told him I thcr.tght the sooner he . could forget all earthly matters the better, and there fore, if he bad any request to make,. I begged 11 , 4 would recollect himself and clo it 4timediaiely, and that I would instantly tell him if his wishes, wh4tever they might be, could or would be com plied with. After some consideration, he said it would be a great consolation to him if his wife c0',',41, be permitted te:spend the remainder ci. his tira t . with him. This, I told him, was imp0i ,21 . 1 ,;!, but that she would be allowed two interviews with him; he was then removed to another 'room. The Chap lain (Mr. StoCking) attended him in the evening; gtFr. i /he Chaplain was gone, I cont i nue d w i t h hi m 'half-past ten. I hinted tc ; him . hat . his defence, though perhaps ingenious, could not be believed, and that surely he would feel an inward satisfaction in confessing the truth. He then declared that his defence was true, and that lie had nothing to con fvss ; cf indeed, he said the confessionhis faults would only tend to disgrace his family more, and could be of no use to his soul, and upon any other questiOn put to `him respecting the murder, during that evening, he preserved a sullen silence. " In the course of the evening he mentioned the particulars of his marriage; he stated that he left home the latter end of September. That he went to Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and Southampton. That he returned to London in about two months, and then advertised for a wife. That he had 45 application s to the advertisement, and that one of a p u a thema r t‘ivcaslfom a lady, who wrote to hi m to say t h at : she should go to Ch urc h i n a certain d ress, an d s i t i n place; and requesting him to go to Church with his left arm in a black sling, a black handkerchief round his neck, and place hiniself in such a position that they might see each other, and then judge if a personal interview would be desirable. He said he accordingly went to the Church, but by some means he had tnistalten the hour of Divine Ser vice, so that he never saw that lady. He said that after he saw his present wife he never left her till they were married. That from the time of his advertising to his marriage was about a week. I observed to him that he was a most fortunate man, under those circumstances, to have met with a woman who had been so kind to him during the whole of his confine meat. I then left him. " My two servants told me the next morning thut he fell asleep about eleven o'clock, and slept till after four o'clock; that he did not talk to them. During Saturday, the Chaplain (Mr. Stocking) was several times with him. At other times I now and then hinted the necessity of confession ; in the course of that day he said ' that confession to God was all that was necessary, and that confession to man was what he called Popedom, or Popery, and he would never do it.' It was hinted to him, some time in the day, that lie must have had great nerve to dig the hole during the time the body laid in his sight; his reply was, Nobody knows that the body lay in the barn and in sight whilst I dug the hole,' and would then say ao more osi the subject, but ex claimed, 0 God nobody will dig my grave.' " His wife saw him In my presence for near an hour. He expressed much anxiety about her future welfare—she entreated him to forget her, and em. ploy his few hours yet remaining in 'prayer for hi s salvation and eternal welfare. I went to his room on Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, with an intention of sitting an hour or two with him, but he had gone to bed and was asleep, and my men told me the next morning that he slept until near three o'clock. " On Sunday morning Mr. Stocking was with him early, and endeavoured to lead his mind to the necessity of confession; he attended chapel, and was very much affected. About half-past twelve, his wife had her last interview; they were both very much affected. In the course of that interview he exclaimed, ' Well might Mr. Orritlge say that I was a most fortunate man to meet with such a woman as you are. " He then explained to her:that he had told me the way in which they had come together, and that he had 45 applications to his advertisement. He en treated, if ever she married again, to be sure not to answer any similar advertisement, as woful experi rience must have convinced her how dangerous a step it was. The parting scene was most affecting; the poor woman remained in a state of stupor for some time. Corder was much affected throughout the day. Mr. Stocking had several interviews with him, and in the evening the Sheriff 'a Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. sheen, attended him, for which attention he expressed himself as feeling very grateful. About nine o'clock I sent him the annexed paper " CONFESSlON.—Confession to the world has al ways been held necessary atonement where the party has committed offences affecting the interests of society at large. " 'He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth shall have mercy.' " Surely confession to God cannot be here meant, as no man can hope to hide his sins from God. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another.'—Jas. v. 16. " Archbishop Tillotson says, In case our gins have been public and scandalous, both reason and the practice of the Christian Church do require that, when men have publicly offended, they should give public satisfaction and open testimony of their repent ance.' The text in James is a direct command. " The Christian doctrine of the necessity of resti tution is strong; and if you will not confess, how can you make restitution to the reputation of your victim? You have accused her of having murdered herself. If you died without denying that accusa tion, how do you obey the command—' to do that to another which we would hare another do to us ?' " The doctrine of confession, which is objection able in a Popish point of view, is the private con fession, to a Priest, of private vices ; but the duty of making acknowledgment of public crimes can have nothing to do with such objections. Even supposing it doubtful whether a man is bound after offending society, to confess his errors to the world, there can be no doubt that he will not do any thing wrong by confessing. One course is therefore cer tain, the other uncertain. Can a man hesitate to seize the former ? " JOHN ORRIDGE." " I begged he would read it attentively, and that I would come to him soon. I went to his room a little before 10, and remained in earnest conversa tion with him till half-past 11. I told him that, during the 30 years I have held my situation, I had the satisfaction of assuring him that no man who had been executed during that time had ever dared to take the Sacrament in sullen silence about his crime, or without confession ; that I well knew, from his letters that I had seen, and other circum stances, that the line of defence lie bad adopted was not the dictates of his own mind, at least far a long time after his commitment, and that I was sure that he would not, and dare not, take the Sacrament, and remain silent, or deny being the guilty cause of the death of poor Maria Martin. He then exclaimed, Oh, Sir, I wish I had made a conAdent of you before, I have often wished to have dQue it—but you know, Sir, it was no use empleying a legal ad viser, and then not fQIlow his advice,' I told him that up to the time of his conviction it was proper, hut, that being over, all earthly considerations must cease. He then exclaimed, lam a guilty man I then went for a pen and ink, and began to ask him the particulars of his offence, which I told him the public supposed him to be guilty of. He said, ' Oh, spare me—l can only mention to you the particulars of how Maria came by her death--with this the public must be satisfied ; I cannot say more.' I then wrote the following confession, nearly Lis own words. I read it to him attentively, and he signed it with a firm hand, I '.,eft him e.bout half past one o'clock, and rni men tell me he laid very still, and v i ppeared to sleep throughout the night. n On Saturday he told a respectable individual, whom I had asked to sit and read to him, that he was guilty of the forgery:upou Messrs. Alexander's hank, and that he httd been assured the money Iwo paid; the; are some patta of the f9regoing state ment which he' also mentioned to the same individual. He also expressed much, horror at the thoughts of being- dissected end anatomised. He also stated, after he had signed the confession, that he felt great respect for the girl, but that he had no intention, to marry her at that time. (Signed) H JOHN ORRIDGE." CO,NFESSION. k , Bury Gaol, Aug. 10, 1828. Condemned Cell., " Sunday Evening, half-past 1 t. " I acknowledge being guilty of the death of poor Maria Martin, by shoottng her with a pistol. The particulars are as'follow : —When we left her father's house we began quarrelling about the burial of the child, she apprehending that the place wherein it was deposited would be found out. The quarrel continued for about three quarters of an hour upon this and about other subjects. A scuffle ensued, and during the scuffle, and at the time I think that she had hold of me, I took the pistol from the side pocket of my velveteen jacket, and fired. She fell, and died in an instant ; I never saw even a struggle. I was overwhelmed with agitation and dismay ; the body fell nem. the front doors on the floor of the barn. A vast quantity of blood issued from the wound, and ran on to the gapr and through the crevices. Having determined to bury the body in the barn (about two hours after she was dead), I went and borrowed the Spade of Mrs. Stowe; but before I went there I dragged the body from the barn into the chaff-house, and locked up the barn. I returned again to the barn and began to dig the hole, but the spade being a bad one, and the earth firm and hard, I was obliged to go home for a pick-axe and a better spade, with which I dug the hole, and then buried the body. I think I dragged the body by the handkerchief that was tied round her neck—it was dark when I finished cover ing up the body. I went the next day and washed the blood from off the barn floor. I declare to Al mighty God I had no sharp instrument about me, and that no other wound but the one made by the pistol was inflicted by me. 1 have been guilty of great idleness, and at times led a dissolute life, but the fatal scaffold, and I have a lively hope of ob- I hope, through the mercy of God, to be forgiven. taming mercy and pardon for my numerous offences. . 10N W. oR CO R R ID D G E E R . .; May (leaven bless a n d protect you thro ug h thi s " Witness to the signing by th e said Willi am Corder, transitory vale of misery, an d which, when la e net again, may it be in the regions of everlasting bliss. " Sunday Evening, half-pass 12 o'cl oc k. Adieu, my love—for ever adieu ! In less than two ‘c Condemned Cell, 11 o'clock, M onday morning, hours 1 hope to be in Heaven. My last rayer is " August 11. p that God will endue you with patience, fortitude, " The above confession was read over carefully to and resignation to his will. Rest assured his wise the prisoner in our presence, who stated most so- providence works all things together fee goo d.— lemnly it was true—that he had nothu,ig to add to, The awful sentence which has been paased on me, or retract from it. and which I am now summoned to answer, I con " W. STOCKING, Chaplain. „ fess is very just, and I die in peace with all mankind, " T. R. PEOLNIES, Under-Sheriff. ____ iy. , rui grateful for the many kindnesses I have re teienvezdinfdrocrnoniLlria. t O io r n rid fr g o e m , an th d e tl ß ie ev r . e . lig i i r o . u s s t i o n c s .k ti in n p ( i: In answer to a questiort from the Under-Sheriff, he said, " that he thouht the ball had entered th . who has promised to take my last words to to you." at the end of a volum e [No signature.] t'on instrument o fhi s The previous right e y e s . ; a ' t e m il e e n t,aisaid that his he murder. The Under-Sheriff stated that Dr. Pro. above was written with pencil on a blank, leaf, i 0 1 of t ' n li gh of_ i a N: R ia i r o l y ' r rc s s dp . os S r C le. e ldis o r ,e m et r rin d t ° tt c to n ,e rt i .thit e i l,i,a t n \ r o v t€ ; 2t h u i I le e l e t ., appears to have been husband, from the fo a l with him in the barn at the h t i i na m d e clolor h r e solbt f o o rap mmitted the ball id t ee l l s. it • t a he s irse N d N• lastitthhceloirni i t gf n ehs a ts t i ee t yn h e. e . H ti ti me is e quite en convinced the the . , beginning of the book :.-... , 4 M ary It would appear that this confession had relieved • composed, and inclined to enter into conversation ' his mind considerably. He was afterwards more Corder attained his 24th year on the above slag, with those who visited him. This is the statement His last words on the scaffold were—" 1 deserve made by those who attended him ; but, judging from my fate—l have offended my God —may lie In ve . his appearance in the Chapel this morning, no change 111 mercy en me . had taken place. At half -past nine the bell rang for attending the execution "y , 14:1811')dEi,'N'Villiam Corder, a g b il :rt prayers, when the prisenera of different classes were The crowd ~ . ou, . 9... ; re a. o „„ d led into the Chapel. Corder shortly afterwards fol-abou t in tke morn lowed, accompanied by Mr. Orridge. He walked row quarters, ing they were seen pout? g . all but ix without any support. He was dressed in a dark- chiefly from that part . of the colbl‘y of which Corder . ten thousand. A . t m an it er f I) h .. coloured frock coat, black waistcoat, and blue was a native. Chaise:, gigs, carts, and even wag. trousers, with shoes and stockings. He was put gone, some of them with ten, eleven, and fourteen into a pew by him se lf, w h ere h e sat d own on t h e persons in each, Wee put i n requ i s i t i on on the , end of a bench close to the door. He covered his ocomion. face with his handkerchief, leaning hia elbow on his knee, and remained in this position during the whole of the service. The Chaplain read the Penitential Service—the 51et Psalm—the 15th chapter 2d Co rinthians, and a prayer for persons in his situation. No part of it, however, seemed to excite in him any emotion. Even that part of it which alluded to the manner in which the young woman had met with her death, " Deal not with wens I dealt with my sister, when she cried and I regarded her not," produced PO visible impression. He neither knelt nor stood up during any part of the service; and, indeed, altogether appeared quite unconscious of what was going on. When the service was over he walked out unsupported. He walked, however, very ill, and appeared to be lame; but this arose, probably, from a weakness in his limbs, owing to utter exhaustion. lie was conveyed back to his cell, where he remained till the Under Sheriff announced to him that the time was come, and that it would be necessary to submit to the usual preparations for execution. He immediately assented, and followed the Under-Sheriff to the cell immediately below that in which he had been confined. Whilst his arms were pinioned and his wrists tied, he con tinued every-now and then exclaiming in a whisper— " May God forgive me !" About a quarter'to twelve all was ready, and the procession proceeded towards the place of execution. On his way he passed by the yards in which the other prisoners were con fined, and was conducted to the grate of each, for the purpose of bidding them adieu. On reaching the grate of the first he seemed quite at a loss what he should do. He stood hanging down his head, sighing most piteously, till those who supported him at length led him forward to the grating, when he shook hands with all the prisoners in turn. Except, on two occasions, he did not utter a syllable. Two of r G 4a od nie be s las end y s ch ha e k p in r g isok h e a l n •s d h s e w m it e h nt t io h i e le m d s b a y i at,ll after His haggard look, hia feeble and exhausted frame, and the near approach of his fate, excited, in all %vhe saw hitn, great compassion. Several shed tears, and appeared quite overpowered by the visible distress under which the unhappy man laboured. During the whole of the procession, however, and indeed to the very last, he did not shed a single tear. After traversing the garden, the procession at length arrived in view of the door which led through the garden wall to the scaffold, When the Chaplain commenced the Funeral Service, on repeating the words " am the resurrection and • th e lif e ," the prisoner gave a sort of invaLntary struggle and groan, but did not utter P. word. The Clergyman continued reading the service till he passed the door and mounted the scaffold. The view of the crowd at this time was highly impressive. The whole field was completely filled with spectators, all of them uncovered, and the utmost silence prevailed. A great number of females were among the crowd, and some of them quite close to the barrier that surrounded the scaffold, In the adjoining fields were groups seated on the grass, and gentlemen on horseback, waiting to see the conclusion of the tragic scene. The day was uncommonly fine, the country around is beau ful in the extreme, and even the most unconcerned spectator could not help contrasting the scene around with the melancholy and forlorn condition of the miserable being whose untimely end had collected them together. The two attendants led him for ward to the platform. The Under Sheriff, the Go vernor of the gaol, mind about half a dozen indivi duals stood behind, and a considerable number were at the foot of the scaffold within the barrier. The gibbet had nothing of that horrible appearance of the place of execution at Newgate. Instead of the cross beam with hooks, and the other apparatus for execution, nothing was seen but a simple scaf fold of very small siae; with the platform, anc's over it a slender beam carved like the end of a bridge, with with two. cur three holes in it for inserting the ropes. T4e executioner stood with the lope in his hand as the prisoner approached, but it did not produce any visible impression, nor even seem to attract his no tice. He did not at all turn his eyes to the gibbet, but remained in that state of stupor and insensibility which he had displayed throughout. The execu tioner immediately placed the cap on his head, drew it over his oyes, and then adjusted the rope. Mr. Orridge shortly after came forward, direated the cap to he raised, and asked the prisoner if he had any request or further statentent te. snake. Mr. Orridge gave his reply to the crowd in the following words —.‘ He acknowledges the justness of his sentence, and wishes to die in peace with all mankind,' The executioner. immediately descended, awl the attend ants withdrew, leaving the prisomer alone; but he was in such a weak and exhausted state that he swung to one side apparently in a swoon. One of the officers stood behind him, and held him up till th e at taching cod was cut, when the platform. fell witb.cmt arty signal from the prisoner, and before the Clergyman had time to begin the Funesal, Service, The execu tioner seized him by the knees,ried . held him for some time while he struggled inthe agonies of death. He held him for about two minutes in this way, when all suffering appeared to be over, though fully ten mi nutes afterwards a convulsive movement was ob served. The body was left hangiug for an hour, then cut down, and taken in a cart with a little straw to the Shire-hail, where the surgeons were in attendance, to prepare for dissection, This, it ap pears, is the practice of the borough. Two itaisions were made in the breast, the skin taken off, and the muscles exposed to view. The body was after wards laid out on a table in the middle of the Cour t, qiiite naked, with the exception of the .t trousers, ted shoes, and stockin gs , an d th e pu bli c we re admi ' but the to see it till the evening. One of hie eyes . open, and the mouth in a similar position suffering. 011 face did not exhibit any symptoms .about two the right side of the neck was a r ed t r: cit . eet of sew inches long. This, probably, } Tame flaw of blood fula, and had been increased 1 )Y a to five feet ‘ c'll vas half the head. All round the neck rtn ' i s lar Lark llowislt 'nark' and !s the produced by the rope, wrists. The body m easured five in c h es, the head uncommon! the frame was rather. slender, • • dining to red, and the face covered y long, the hair in with freckles. From the h I engt of the h ear d i t ap pearedi that he hadnot been shav e d s i nce his coi viction. Previous to leaving the cell he • gave to Mr. Stocking a book, to be delivered to his wife, with the following words addressed to her: Cendeinned Cell, Eleven o'clock. " life's loved companion, lam now going to We had Ishnost forgotten to etate that, imme diately itrier the body was removed, the rope evle eelliPeg at the rate of one guinea the inch, and it me pears that a portion of it was purchased for the Cam bridge Museum. This is quite in keeping with the carrying off the boards and other relics from the Red Barn, and only shows that the English have th, most singular fancy for keepsakes of any people ie; the world. After Corder's apprehension, and previous to the Coroner's Inquest, it will be recollected that Mr- Humphreys was professionally employed as his Soli. titer, and that gentleman closely watched his ease, and made himself master of every circumstance con nected with it. After Corder's committal it very naturally suggested itself to his family that some line of defence should be got up preparatory to hie trial. Mr. Humphreys was, of course, consulted oe this subject, and after due deliberation, and minutely weighing all the evidence produced before the Co roner and Jury, Mr. Humphreys was decidedly of opinion that Corder's best defence was to keep him self perfectly silent ; and the experience of fife! years' practice in Criminal Courts fully justified hiv2 in that opinion. Corder, however, was not satietoeti with this mode, but Mr. Humphreys still vonei dered it to be the best, and again recommended it, considering it possible that the case for the prosecution might fail upon some legal techni eality ; but the strongest point was the probability of the prosecutors trot being able to establish. the , identity of the body found in the barn as being that of Maria Martin ; but Corder, with the advice of his friends, persisted in making a grand stand in tine shape of a complete exculpation of the charge. (1' murder, ,and it was in vain that Nir. Humphreys advised him to adopt a different course. At length, finding Corder to be resolute in . his deter mination to make a defence, and feeling the respon ceoibnislieqtyutehnactes should heladpla u c l e ti d m u a p te o l n y p him, ro v b e e because i i f th t lo es friends of Corder would probably blame Mr. Hum phreys for the result, he suggested a plan of defence that might, by possibility, cut down the crime from murder to manslaughter; that plan was as follows-- that Corder should kdroit being with Maria Martin on the morning of the murder at the Red Barn, and that she upbraided him with regard to the five pound note that has been alluded to in the evidence, as sent by her former paramour ; that a quarrel was the consequence, and that she struck him, which so exasperated him that he, in a moment of irritation., assaulted her again in the manner which caused her death, and thus take away the capital part of the charge. Mr. Humphreys did not mean Corder to tell the Jury how or in what manner or with what instruments he inflicted the wounds, but to leave that entirely open to the consideration of the , Court ; so that either of the wounds found or, the body might be applicable to the story. This plan was, at the time, considered to tee the best defence, but afterwards Mr. Charnocli, who is a relation of Corder's family, was con sulted, and he disapproved of it, and drew up tnch,clitiniegonitle.td the defence which was subsequently adopted, and which is already before the public. That Mr. Charnock acted from the best motives, and with the utmost zeal in Corder's behalf, there is not the least doubt, notwithstanding the result; but from the moment Mr. Humphreys found the plan of Cor der's defence was altered, he felt it to be his duty to shift the responsibility from his own shoulders, so that he might not thereafter be accused of framing a course of defence which, in his own judgment, and from his long experience, he was satisfied was not the most prudent ; he therefore declined further in terference, and left the matter entirely in the hands of Mr. Charnock, who was indefatigable in his exer tions until the last moment. There were some obstacles that presented them selves in the shape of engaging Counsel. It will be recollected that the papers of the day asserted that Mr. Adolphus was to be the prisoner's leading Counsel, and that gentleman was applied to on the subject; but as the trial did not take place on the Home Circuit, which is the Circuit Mr. Adolphus goes, that gentleman required to have a special retainer, with a fee of 200 guineas to go to Bury St. Edmund's. This sum, although it appears. large, would, perhaps, not more than have remit nerated the Learned Gentleman for the loss be would have sustained by leaving his business on the Horne Circuit ; but the fee was considered too large drews was next applied to. The Learned . Setf e e . an o e t consented to go for 100 guineas; but, just before r by the nt a eg n e t ,a NiA: theaniys commencement of the trial, he felt hims e lf so unequal to the indisposed as to consider i.jutai lt (illii im it s t e e l ph4 l drit:onnldeetareledi.rtineicrie fa tigue; and Mr. Broderick was then selected .e... to go specially down to conduct the L TO E - r EA,W E sTgr, I sT.E-A t lllllP e : T lN e cT a . s cl u rt ( f This latter gentleman, guineas as a special fee, bold! h . ordinary fees fol consultations, tkc. result of the trial, however Persisted in by himzelf, against we und s er t i_ ,u t e ' t 'e atth . e etv L e e t a , r . n 4 e ,i d The ty of thus 1 ' has proved the utter i money ; although' by the prisoner's proceeded to Doneatter, n:onfil:thuaesteld'XillairyteEsehte:TßelnfilidpntE:HAgtiaso:ftitg:,eßhW'otEriokrr:'s:llllo,i7A73:, ids his house at Grove, according to his usual custom, and efrived atache Old Angel Inn, on his way to the Quartpi e:asious Rotherham. Betweek eight and nine o'clock, Ml*-7LEt's clerk, previously to retiring for the night, de • n()sited the portmanteau and the treasurer's box, containing contents+, the necessary sums for the riding disbursements at the Quarter Sessions, in his master's bed .room. Soon after eleven o'clock, Mr. LEE retired to his bed-room, which he had shortly afterwards occasion to leave fur a few minutes.., during which time he heard some person pascing with a hurried step down the staircase, having apparently COMP' from his bed-room. This circumstance did not at the tim. ,, excite any suspicion ; in the morning, however, M r . L r , fully secreted in another part of the room. It now turn, tcicGlioltoieueditnrllendtralssedetimlolv:oivacbde,ei,un. but was I sdr,,,, siovda ss save vi o i ee t tr i z i f , : o u t n t d he lli t s h po ief rt i t ] n ai a i n r t n e i a s Le i or e l i e n te o l n y ey str b ip o p x ed , woifliet4was care_ out that certain suspicious characters, supposed to be con meted with the rank rubbers, had been seen lurking about the inn in the evening, probably with a premeditated desigr, t i secure the worthy Treasurer's cash-box; and that about t so o'clock the next morning, they proceeded from a bou , , io the neighbourhood of the An ge l, in a gig, tc. York -- Li cdc Mentors,