The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-23 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF KALABERGO FOR
MURDER.

OXFORD, MONDAT.
Tho execution of William Kalabergo fur the mur-
der of his uncle took place at 8 o'clock this in,..ming at the
Oxford Castle, in the presence of upwards of 10,000 spec-
tators, who conducted themselves with great propriety and
decorum. Thu convict wee attended by two Roman catholic
priests, Dr. Tandy, of Banbury, and Dr. Faa, of London,
and appeared very penitent and resigned to his fate. He
was assisted to the scaffold by two turnkeys, and Calcraft,
the executioner, lost no time in making the necessary ar-
rangements, so that a few minutes after 8 o'clock the drop
fell and the culprit ceased to exist.
The following statement made by the prisoner, in which
is a full confession of his guilt, has been banded over for
publication by Dr. Tandy, to whom it was communicated :
"Substance of disclosures made by the convict William
Kalabergo, in the county prison, Oxford, at various times,
respecting the murder of John Kalabergo, in the interval
between his condemnation and execution.
" For a long time he, Win. Kalabergo, had desired to
come to England, but his uncle would not consent, until
his brother-in-law Naafi persuaded him. The uncle then
wrote for him to come, but on condition of his being obe-
dient and attentive to his religious duties and careful to
avoid bad company. But soon after his arrival in Ban-
bury he began to repent having come to his uncle,
for he found him exceedingly strict and often very
cross. He used to be always scolding him, and pnr
titularly when they sat down to their meals. He
even went as far as to threaten to turn him
out into the street. This exasperated the nephew, and at
length the Devil put it into his head that if he were to
kill the old man he should at once get rid of the torment,
and obtain noesessieo of his property as his heir. In pur-
suance of this design he purchased a pistol, with money
which be had stolen from his uncle's shop; besides this be
stole at other times about lbs. in money. This was found
by t'ne police when they searched his pockets and effects.
He also stole 2 gold watches, 3 silver ones, some silver
spoons, and a few other articles, all of which he hid
in a newly made grave in the burial ground attached
to the Catholic Church of St. John, at Danbury.
Ho next oast bullets when his uncle was from
home ; no one assisted him in this, and no one saw him
do it. When he and his uncle left home on Friday morn-
ing, Jan. 0, he had made up his mind to do the murder on
that journey, but he bad not fixed on the spot for that pur-
pose. He committed the murder by quietly coming behind
his uncle, patting the muzzle of the pistol close behind his
ear, and firing off one of the barrels. The old man fell on the
instant, as he supposes, without being in the slightest degree
conscious whose hand caused his death. Ile fired the second '
barrel at his victim ea he lay upon the ground. He did not
touch the body, but ran away immediately. Ile saw no one
near at the time, nor afterwards, till he met the person
on the road, whom he described to Mr. Samuelson. Ile got
over a hedge into a field, and in doing so lost his hat ; he
did not return to pick it up, but ran across the fields to-
wards Danbury. Finding the groat cost cumbersome, ho
took it off and put it in a ditch full of water—in the same
ditch he hid the pistol. When ho afterwards reached the
high road, he took out of his pocket a paper containing per-
cumion cans and scattered them on the road. He entered
Danbury by the bridge, and ran up the High-street, and
past his uncle's door, to the house of Dr. Tandy. lie
solemnly declares that no one else ever had any knowledge
of his intention to commit the murder, nor any connexion
either with that or the robberies committed by him."

FESTIVITIES AT SOUTIIAMPTON.—The Mayor of
Southampton will entertain, in that town, the whole of Mie
directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company to a doissoser, on the 28th of neat mouth, to cals.
brato the success of that company in obtaining the Indian
mad contract, and their continued selection of Southampton
as the port of arrival and departure of the Indian mail
FIRE AT LORD PORTMAN'S COUNTRY SEAT.—•
A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in the mansion
Lord Portman, at Orchard Portman, a rural villa.* wait
Taunton. A portion of the building was in COMO Of IF
pair a new wing being about to be added, but the remaim.
iag Portion of the premises were occupied by Mr. Andrews.
as steward to Lord Portman during his residency in town.
It is supposed the fire originated in the kitchen chimney.
which communicated, in some manner unexplained, with
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the joists and flooring of an upstair room. err 'wing a
good supply of water, the flames were subdued before any
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not insured, bet a few hundred pounds will corer the lose.