The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-12 00:00:00

THE WATKELLOO-11,0AD MURDER,

EXECUTION OF SAMUEL WRIGHT.
(THIS DAY.)
soorithetanding the etrenone exertions that have
no save the life of this wretched (minima, fir G.
rrsieted in his determination that the law abseil Mho
sod the dread nettalty at death was inflieted spot
culprit this morning, at 9 o'clock, at Horeemeoger-
lo gwl.
The osture of the crime has bees so frequently alluded
to. snit the facts must be so fresh in the monodies of ear
Oct it will be quite unnecessary to repeat them.
ha pleAda guilty to the murder of a woman of bad shame-
ter with whom be cohabited, his own statement being that
iiidiaed the fatal injury in self-defence, she having
;tree/Red to stab him with a knife. It was be•
Loci that there were circumstances in the ems
would have justified his being convicted of the mime
Pavlsoghter if he had stood his trial and net pleaded
.otv sod this, coupled with the reprieve of the murderer
ro;iley, created very strong impressions is the public
.tui that his life might have bees spend. Sr Grey,
tucer, wu immovable.
The Fastest sullenest prevailed in the seiglibewhond
rf the pal during the whole of Mendey, sad there were
rtnours that an attempt would be mede to break into the
icoa sod rescue the prisoner. In cessmoince of this it
co deemed adviaable by the aatherities to have a large
tmber of mounted and foot pollee in sitesdasee. sad about
hundred of that body were stationed in the neighbour-
LA a the prison. No attempt at violecoe, however, was

le addition to the efforts that had previceady been made
obtain • remission of the capital punishment, Mr.
cdpiey. sod Mr. Phillips, two of the visiting justices
r! the prison, went on Monday afternoon to Serjant's•ina,
•tore they had an interview with Mr. Justine Blackburn,
telore whom the prisoner pleaded guilty, sad they is.
rAtars with him half an hoar. During that interval they
o the most earnest manner entreated the learned judge to
jawinge with the Home Secretary ; bat he stated that he
oild sot see anything in the ewe that would justify him in
it:infer*, and that the law mast take its wares so far as
he was coacerned. From this time it was felt that nothiag
rote could be done, although up to a late hour 0a Monday
t..;bt it was still hoped that • reprieve might arrive.
The wretched man appeared to have conducted himself
iitronely well since he has been is prism, sad be seems to
toe been prepared for his fate. Hie original religious
-musaion was that of the Roman catholic faith, but he
eipirsse-I a desire to die a protestant, and at his own
truest the Holy Sacrament was administered to him
ea Monday morning by the Rev. Mr. Jessup,
the chaplain of the gaol, who hes been unremitting
his attendance upon him since be hes bees in
the prison, and who has dime all in his pewee to
obtain a commutation of the capital seateacie. In the
rant of conversations the unhappy culprit bad with this
ccetlemah he stated upon one occasion that in the evening
rf the murder, after he and deceased had quarrelled in cones-
,nom of her threatening to leave him, be laid down on
the bed and went to sleep, and that the deceased came
and shock him, and mid she would not have him
s!eeping there, and be jumped off the bed immediately,
and seized a rawer that was lying on the table
sod cut her throat with it, and the last words
the uttered were, "Oh, Sam ! I did not mean to do that !"
hat be said he did sot know whether she intended to ma-
tey to him that she sever intended to leave him, or that
the did not intend to ale the bails to him, which she had
previously threatened to do. He was asked at the last
moment whether he bad anything to add to the statements
be bad made in referee,* to the crime, and he replied that
he had not—all he had stated was the truth.

The following handbill was extenrively circulated
throughout the neighbourhood:
A solemn protest agaiost the execution of Wright.—
Men and women of London, abstain from witnessing this
cal spectacle of injustice. Let Caletraft and Co. do their
work this time with none but the eye of heave, to look
upon their crime. Let all window shutters be up, and
window blinds be down for an hour on Tuesday morning in
aoutbwark. Eoglinhmen, shall Wright be hung? If so
there is one law for the rich, and mother for the poor."
The advise given in this handbill was followed to some
extent, and a good many bosses in the neighbourhood of
the priers especially were closed between 9 and 10 o'clock.
The culprit seems to have slept serest hooey last
night. He anise about 6 o'clock, and had his breakfast,
rod eery soon afterwards the Rev. Mr. JllBlOll was in
ittesdance upon him, Lod he continued reading and pray-
is until the arrival of the fetal moment. Mr. Abbott, '
the Loder Sheriff of Borrey, accompanied by some of his
offiess, ■rtivd at the prison shout 8 o'clock, sad •
few n.iuutes before 9 they proceeded to the *ell of the
colors, accompanied by Mr. Keene. the governor of the
poi, and some other officials. Mr. Merry aid Mr. Dormer,
tee of the visiting jaetiess of the prism, were also present.
The eilprit appeared perfectly calm and collected, and just
before lam* his cell he chock bands with thegovernor and
the turnkeys, and thanked them for the kindness he had re-
ceived from them, sad he Wee expressed his gratitude for
the mistime that had been made to save his life. He
walked with a firm step through the corridors of the gaol
and mounted the scaffold without aayeacistanos. The mo-
ment he was less by the mob there were loud cries of
Murder," "Shame," " Where's Townley," and tremen-
dous yells. The wretched man seemed ratified at the in.
tenet taken in him by the mob, sad bowed two or three
times in acknowledgment.

The bolt being drew• the drop fell, and the adroit
appeared to die without • struggle. The crowd sum-
bled was imme•n, and was variously estimated at from
titan to twenty thousand persons.
The body was cut down after haeging for an hair, and
is the ooune of the dal it will be buried within the pre-
emie of the prime, in socalisece with the tams of the
ironer..

The follow* letter were written by the culprit • day or
two before hie executers :

" Horsomonger-lia• Gaol, January 10, 1064.

"My dear Mother,—l feel it my duty to writ. a few liar
to you before I keys this world, although it is wader seek
painful circumstances. Although I have not wrote to yon
before, you know bow I am situated. I sever thought
that I should add to your sorrow, dear mother. I call
y.ou by that name, for you haws been to me es
one, and I may my I to 'you as a sou. I received a
kind and welcome letter from Mr. Husesbeth, and was glad
to hear that my comity friends @bowed so much ernPaih7
towards me. It is a great crime that I have committed, end
I feel that Almighty Clod will forgive me, and thee I hope
to join them that's gam before ma. Dear mother, it grieves
me very much to think that my dear children will be left
fatherless LOU motherless, bat there it One above that have
promised to be a father to the falltsrlesa Ware I ►are bees
hers I have been treated with the greatest of kindness, and
I am visited daily by the chap/aim, from whom I fool great
comfort. I have but a few boars loaner to bye cm this earth,
and they will he taken up with reading and prayer. Dear
Polly O quite well, and I will leave you to Judge my parent's
are ;I have aft them several times : but my deer mother
does sot know that lam 000deessed to die. I hare a great
number of friends who have tried to save me from this end
and failed, but thank God I feel quite prepared to meet it.
lieu mother, I coticlude with my kindest love to you sad my
dear daughter. May the bkinfai ol God Almighty be upon
you now and for ever more. No more at remit from your
unfortunate as., “Sanum. WRIGHT.
" Good bye."

"Jan. 11, 1864.

" Dear Mother,—l feel as if I mast write a few lines bo
fore I leave thin world, es Almighty God hew five° me
strength so to do. Dear mother, although lam at present
under a heavy crime, I feel es if the Almighty God bed
frerly forgiven me of all my sine, and what a blemiag that
is to think that your deer son feel so glorified that he dies it
Dace with God, where I hope to meet those that are dear
tv US. f leave one with you, my dear child, in reseem-
Itrao,e of me, and may the Almighty God give you health
sad strength to bring her up ie the way of the Lord. Dear
mother, I feel u if I othoot last but a few hours longer ;
and now I will take a farewell of father and mother, slate's
'IA brothers, abd may the blaming of God Almighty be
~:on you now and for ever. Amen. Father's blessiog. aid
Ot f.ther's child. Good bye. " 9411111 L Wavawr."

(nos onus

At an early hour to the mondeg bodies of workmen at.
M all the *mina' thoroughfares leading to the
.4,-e of execution, and used every possible persuasion end
rotentv to those working men who were proceeding to the,
es-cuton to tom hank, and in the large majority of mem
they were successful.
Although amongst those who witnessed the execution
there was a large number of low and disrematabl• leoldsg
can and women, the demeanour of many evoryeas pee.
.11t wan marked.by a seriousness not generally sphsereable

THE CAPTURE OP THE BARQUE RAXON.-THE
CHIEF OFFICER SHUT DEAD.

By the arrival of the barque Alethia (Captain
Winder) at Fahnouth we are placed is possession of •
few additional partials= d the capture of the
barque Saxon by the United Maas eraser
Vanderbilt (Captain Baldwin). It will be ream.
bend that some months sego, whoa the Atalanta wee
cruising off the Cape of Oood Hops, she captured the
Boston barque Starlight oil Sineca's-bay, sad afterwards

sold a portion of this Yemen cargo—comprising wool—is
Cape Town. Afterwards the wool Irma shipped on board
the Saxon for the pupated being sent to Englaed. Captain
Bahr* Marin of this, informed the owners of the llama
that if they allowed their mem' to put to sea, with the wool
on baud, he would seize her, &ad he coosidered their
conduct aviolation of the neutrality limed Great Britain.
The onuses refried to eatertais Captain. &kiwis. pre-
test, and let the Same put to ma. Oa the 30th of
October, whoa the Balms was MI Ann Pigpens, she
was overhauled by the Vanderbilt. sad • prise mew seat
en beard. On geiag ea board, me of the caws of the
Vanderbilt ma wanted by the chief officer of the dams,
who endeavoured to eject him from on board. The Ame-
rican officer at once drew his revolver and shot the chief
mate dead. The vemel was then take. pomosioa of by •
crew from the Vanderbilt, mad on the let of November
she was as • prize to New York for adjedim
Vols. The Saxon was owed at the Cape of Good Hope,
by Hems. Audersoa aad Lamow. TM deceased chief
officer of the captured vessel was aimed James Grey, ad
belonged to Aberdeen. This capture wall, no doubt, cox-
Moo some explawatiou betimes the United States and the
British government. ; but it is generally believed is Liver-
pool that, after the adios gives to the owners of the Saxon
by Captain Baldwin, they acted Illegally in sending their
ship to sea with the cargo of • captured Federal ship as
board.

Sir John Bowriug is advertised to lecture at the
Hartley Institute, Southampton, on committee, es Slue-
tested by geography.

" Argus," of the Post, states that Lord Glasgow
was so disgstisiod with Lord Standerd's dealinp with his
horses that he threatened to bring the matter before the
Jockey Club in the Queen Meeting, but has been persuaded
to give up the intaglios.
Nato SPIRMIAL PEBIL-141 consequence of the
death of the Bishop of Hy, the Right Rey. Dr. C. J. Elli-
cott, Bishop of Glouorrter and Bristol, will be entitled to take
his mat is the House of Lords at the oommencoment of the
sect session of parliament. The new Bishop of Ely will
sot be entitled to a seat in parliament until a vamp*
arises in a diocese other thaw Canterbury, York, Loudon,
Durham, or Wischenter.
"

•
The Lire LORD Eterx.—The result of the post
martini examiaation of the late Lord Elgia has proved
what has beta suspected from the first—that his death waft
not attributable to any distal* of Indian origin. It was
foxed that the heart was I. a state of what is called prefer
simony •`• fatty degeneration "—that is, that it had lost its
muscular character, and become weak and dilated. The
right veatrick was fatally affected. There was also d-
raped dimes* of the kidneys. The changes is the Mawr
taro of these vital organs had bees keg is progress. It is
strange that they had ant earlier riven marked acidotic* of
their existence, for they would have ems proved fatal under
any eirounistances and in aay Tina.
IMPORTANT LITZ/OAT SERVICIOL —NEWSIOGIN.
BY-THZ-SZA, NORTRIMMILLAND. —MONDAY NIGHT.—Early
this asoraing, der* very thick. stormy weather, gum
were trod as simiab of distress from a lerge mimel epos
the reeks at Newbitsele Point. The boat of the National
Lifeboat lestitution was at owe lassoed and launched,
and succeeded in gutting damn& the vessel, and in avian
all on board, oconstins of fourteen tnee and floe woman,
sad afterwards in heinguis them ssfely ashore. She was lb.
barque King Oscar Of Kreger's, Norway, bound from
aWstienamod to Neentestletin•Tysie, with timber. The
surf is fast breakieg the vessel to poems. The lifeboat is
reported to have behaved very wail ea the 'oration.
A DRUNKARD Feozza TO Dumf.—Another me-
lueboly Moment of the result of iathelpentece occurred
as Bishop Sweden( on Friday, and which led to a wife
and mother being frown to death. The aefortuoate de •
ceased was &mad James, and was about 50 years of age.
O. the preceding day she had indulged to excels, and
after putting the younger members al bar family to Ind
left home, shoat 10 o'clock, with the intention of getting
! more liquor. Daring her absence her hothead mate beau,
and after making inquiries he beams somewhat alarmed,
which led him to mate march threaglemt the locality,
but being =able to trace his wife Its concluded that
she had game to tha home of some of her relatives.
About 9 o'clock ea tba following garage however the
misetable woman was found deed at the bottom of a ;balk
pit, in a Gehl about 900 yards hem her home, with her he
jag by her side and mosey in her heal lifr. Cribb, the
ntmeow, was quiekly ie gaindaglim, sad presimeard that
death was beet about by athesare I. the erten frost
the preosdiag *ht. The uatertmate woman may be maid
to have bees namely ever sober far the past fifteen years,
while bur heel:sad, ea the ether hand, im efts of the most
industrious sad dome seeshaake la the town. sad for
nearly tweedy year@ hes filled the reeponibie post of fare-
man to Yams. Itheannet sad Bwerder.—lasex Renal.
MIKA? NORTIMIRN HOSPITAL, OALIDOMIANALOA D.
—Nimbus dpath" few the with miles i.e. 9, 809, of
which 243 tams new mean • - . • ••• • ..