The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-12-08 00:00:00

EXECUTION AT LIVERPOOL.

On Monday morning, Henry Dutton, a young
ironmoulder, who murdered Hannah Hamshaw, 72,
his wife's grandmother' at Liverpool, was hanged
within the precincts of the prison at Kirkdale. At
the execution two represer,tatives of the Presa were
present, The culprit had asked the chaplain to
give, in what is called the condemned sermon, on
Sunday, three wars ings—first, not to get drunk;
secondly, not to give way to shortness of temper;
and thirdly, not to marry in haste. The Rev, Mr. Pigot
did so, and the culprit seemed to be lunch touched
by the preacher's counsel. Dutton did not retire to
rest until near roidniKht on Sunday, and he rose at a
quarter past four o'clock on Monday morning and
partook of sacrament in the chapel. At half-past
seven he partook of a slight breakfast of cocoa and
bread and butter. Bartholomew Binns, the execu-
tioner, reached the gaol a little after seven o'clock.
At a quarter to eight the prison bell began to
toll, and the culprit was taken to the reception
room, where Binna was introduced to him, and
rrocecded with the pinioning, Dutton mean-
while listening calmly and attentively to the
words of the chaplain. Just before eight o'clock the
procession to the scaffold was formed. The chief
warder led the way, followed by the culprit between
two warders. The hangman followed, and then the
chaplain, the prison doctor' governor, and the Under-
Sheriff. Dutton ascended the steps of the scaffold
without any symptoms of weakness, but he uttered a
sigh of relief when he reached the drop, Binns rapidly
completed the pinioning, strapping the legs and
adjusting the rope. When he perceived that the end
was near the culprit repeated the prayer which the
chaplain whispered in his ear, and as be repeated,
"Lord Jesus, receive my son'," the hangman
immediately the clock struck eight touched the
apparatus and the drop f--11, The body was taken
down after hanging the usual time.

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Subeermently an inquest was held before Mr.
Barker, County Coroner, when Major Leggett, the
gaol governor, after having giving the usual formal
evidence of the sentence having been carried out, said
that life was not extinct for some minutes after the
rop fell, while ususlly death 4ftIES instantaneous, The
ury returned the usual formal verdict.

ROYAL VISIT TO THE BIRMINGHAM
CATTLE SHOW,
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christi:Al, accompanied by the Marquis of Lorne,
visited the Birmingham Cattle Show on llonday.
Their Royal Highnesses arrived fropa Castle Brom-
wich. The Mai quis of Lorne had, accompanied by
Sir Charles Tupper (the Canadian High Commissioner)
and Professor Tanner, left Euston Station for Bir•
mingham by the 10.10 am. train, and arrived there
early in the afternoon, The Royal party met with a
cordial reception, and, after inspecting the shows,
they proceeded to the Council House, whera the Mayor
held a receTtion, nod the Recorder then read the
following address
To their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Christian—May it please your Royal Highnesses, we,
the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the blrough of
Birmingham, desire to offer to your Royal Highnesses
our hearty welcome to this town, and to assure your
Ryal Highnesses of the feelings of respect and
loyalty wi h which the inhabitants of Birmingham re-
gard the Royal family of England. We remember
with peculiar pleasure the various occasions on which
our town has been honoured by the visit of her
Majesty the Queen, the late Prince Consort, the
Prince and Princess of Wales, and other members of
the Royal family; and we trust that your Royal
Highnesses will upon the present occasion find many

objects of interest in this great industrial centre, and
will hereafter look back with satisfaction upon your
visit to the town. We earnestly hope that every
blessing may continue to rest upon her Majesty the
Queen, your Royal Highnesses, and all the members
ot your Royal house."

The Mayor, in presenting the aidress, said the
people of Birmingham were not slow to recognise and
appreciate any interest taken in them, or any special
mark of merit paid to them. They gave to their
Royal Highnesses a very hearty welcome to the town,
Ara d h loped, they would carry away with them many
remiisicencsr of their visit.
The Princess Christian replied as follows: We beg
to return to you our cordial thanks for the address
which has just been presented to us by the mayor,
aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Birming-
ham, and for the kind sentiments contained in it, ex.
pressing, as they do, the feelings of respect and
loyalty towards the Queen and Royal family which
pervade all classes of the community. It affords us
great pleasure to have the opportunity of visiting for
the first time a town justly famous as one of the prin-
cipal centres of industry and commerce. We are
extremely gratified to come to Birmingham at this
moment, when, to the many objects of interest with
which the town abounds, there is added one of great
importance to the agricultural world—the annual
Cattle Show, which has become one of the institutions
in this country.
The subjoined address was then presented to the
Marquis of Lorne—" May it please your lordship, we,
the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of
Birmingham, desire to offer to your lordship our
hearty welcome upon your visit to our town. We
congratulate ymr lordship upon your safe return to
your native land after the discharge of the arduous
and responsible duties in which you have been en-
gaged during the last five years as Viceroy of the
Dominion of Canada. In retiring from your high
office it must be a source of unbounded satisfaction
for you to feel how highly the people of that vast
dominion have appreciated your wise and beneficent
rule, and this feeling of satisfaction is, we feel sure,
shared by all the people of the United Kingdom.
As Viceroy of her Majesty the Queen you have
discharged one of the most important trusts that
can be committed to the care of any subject of the
throne, and the increaiing interest that is felt by all
classes of the community with regard to the connection
of the colonies with the mother country must make
the appreciation of such services as you have rendered
more than ever the duty cf every Daglish citizen. We
venture to hope that during your visit to Birmingham
you will find many subjects worthy of your interest
and consideration, and our thanks are especially due
to you for having most kindly consented to deliver an
address in the Town Hall upon the great and interest-
ing country that has been so recently the object of
your special care. In conclusion, we wish your lord-
ship the health and happiness that you so well
deserve, and hope that your life may long be spared to
be of future usefulness to the country which you have
already served so well."
The Mayor, in handing the address to his lordship,
said the town was honoured in having such an oppor•
tunity of showing him its high appreciation of his
great services. (Cheers.)

The Marquis of Lorne, in reply, said he accepted
the address with gratitude, as a proof of the greater
and wider interest which in England was felt in the
Dominion of Canada, an interest which, as far as Bir-
mingham and England at large were concerned would,
he was sure, increase fromyear toyear. (Cheers,) With
regard to Birmingham, the hands of its citizens were
seen everywhere throughout the Dominion. He had
met men from Birmingham, and successful men, every-
where in Canada.

Air. Lowe, on behalf of the Midland Farmers' Club,
also presented an address, which was responded to by
the Marquis,