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1)R DFt it. Cif T STR OP ME.

The execution At Haggerty and Holloway, for
the murder of 07. Steel, and rf Codlrey,
for the murd.n. o: Richard Prince, L.ok place yes-
terday, in I rn:-.; of the- Old Bailey, and was atielded
by the mot cheadlui scene ever witnessed upon a
similar occasion.

On Sunday evenine, people of the lower class
began to ass-mble in town, to witness the execu-
tion of these wretched brings. The Freon' pro-
pertion of these stiarigers came from Baeshot,
Hounslow. and the parts in the neighbourhood of
the place of Mr Steel's murder. About five
o'clock yesterday morning, the crowd began to
assemble in the front of the Old Bailey, ant at
eight it had accumulated to an amount not exceeded
by that which was assembled at the execution of
Governor Wall. Not only the space in the front
of the Old Bailey. but all. the windows and tops of
the houses adjoining were crowded with spe-.tators,
aid the avenues, to the remotest point command-
ing a glimpse of the scene, were choaked up with carts
and waggons, filled with spectators.—A few minutes
after St. Sepulchre's clock stare k I, the criminals ap-
peat ed. Owen Haggerty first aseendei thestep. tn the
platform. He was followed by the Rev. Mr I)eve-
reux, a Catholic Priest, to whom he listened with
great attention. John Holloway then ascended the
scaffold. with a firm and reselute step ; he took tiff
his has, although his arms were closely pinioaed
down at the elbows, and made an obeisance to
the populace ; 'his face arta at that time turned
towards Ludgate Hill, and be exclaimed, with
a loud, and terrific voice—.o Gentlemen all !
I am innecenti No verdict—We are innocent,
so help me Goo 1" He then turned round to
the mob stationed towards Smithfield, and repeated
the same expression.. He was proceeding to add
something more, when the executioner stopped him
by pulling the cap over his fare. Elizabeth God-
frey followed ; she was dressed in white, was of an
interesting appearance. and about Si years of age.
Precisely at ler minutes past eight they were launch•
ed into eternity, and Haggerty only appeared to
suffer much pain. A scene dreadful beyond ex-
ample now ensued : some of those who had been
nearest to the fatal spot, and had with difficulty
home the heat and pressure, now wished to make
their esc me, while thousands in the extremities,
tle•ir patience becoming exhausted, made a last
effort to obtain a view of the platform. In
this contest some of the weakest fell ; others
tumbled over them. The density of the crowd
rendered auisrance impossible. They were trampled
to death. The shouts of murder, and the
horrible din and coati:Me that prevailed in the
centre, only increased the pressure from the out-
side. It was in vain that the people in the windows,
and on the tops of the houses, wavrd their handker-
chiefs, and made signal; to remain the people be-
low from rushing 'forward, in a direaitin where
they could not relieve themselves, and only in-
creased the danger of those before them. The ter-
, roe was universal, and rendered them incapable of
exercising their reason. Some say a pieman, with
a basket, oversee, and others fell over hie; ; othets
say, that persons having got up then carts, without
paying. were pushed out, tell down, and others sum.
bled over them. Upon the minutest Inquiry, how.
ever, we find that it was the mere result of the Firess
! sure of enormous masses of people, violently agitated,
a great proportion of whom cousisted of lads and fe-
males, whose weakness sunk before their powerful
neighbours. As soon as this frightful cc/tension
ceased, 42 sufferers in the scene were carried to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital. Of these, 27 were dead ;
and though every effort was made for their resuscita-
tion, in not one instance ras it crowned with suc-
cess. The remaining fifteen are in a fair way of
recovery.-01 this whole number, five were women,
and three of these me among the dead. Of the re-
maining 24 dead bpdks, five were men, and the
rest lads; from 12 to 17 years of age. Among the
dead men is Tom the picman, who was said to
have 'alien first, and caused the dreadful catastrophe.
—Two other bodies of boys were taken to St.
Sepulchre's Church, and a third to the Swan Inn.
the letter, the brother of Mr. Guest, the silver.
smith, of Fleet-market ; and one of the others, we
understand, a boy of the same of White, from
Portsmouth, who had been at school at Islington.
A great number of the pupils in attendance, hap-
pened to be colleCted at St. Bartholomew's Liospi-
, tad, at the time, and afforded prompt assistance; and
Doctor Powell, and a surgeon, who were both upon
the spot, directed their humane exertions. During
this process, the gates were shut. and due care
taken to keep out the crowd, which was excessive.
Afier all efforts for she recovery of the 27 dead bo-
dies had proved fruitless. they were retnovesi to an
empty ward, and there arranged with every regard
to decency. The bodice had been washed, and laid
out in a row of beds on each side of the room,
with the clothe: of each tied in a bun lie, un-
der dm head of each, and the faces so paced
to give the epectator a full opportunity of examining
the features Some of the faces were quite black,
others were dreadfully:cut ajtitAkstradica .216•40
bodies being Thlfrairanged for the purpose of being
recogeized by their relatives and friends 1 at two r.
o'cleck the outer gates were opened, and the impe-
-1 tient trembling mass that besieged them, vere ad-
mitted by 20 at a time. They coreissed of women
and men, whose children, appreuriceo or friends,
were missing. On the:r entrance, some flew to the
melancholy scene. siii.ers trembled, and were afraid
, to approach the pLce to widen they had been so
anxious to obtain access. Among the first of those
unhappy inquirers, was a man who came to seek
his apprentice, and found his only child a mangled
corpse. About half-past two n'ciock, six of the bodies
had been identified by their relatives or friends.exhi-
biting a scene of anxiety and distress, 'ditch no
language can describe. They were chieße ap-
prentices. and of great respedability. As soon
as the bodies were recognized. they were pot into
shills, and their names written in chalk upon them.
Among these were the names Mr. Bradford,
(.rocs, Camel, and Boyer.—Aiderman Soave at-
tended ; and. with the City Marshall.. used
every exertion to preserve order, which became
every moment more difficult, as the crowd conti.
nued constantly to increase; and, for several
Is inrs. It became necessary to admit only six
Ai a time, to prevent a g-neral rush from without.
At a late hour last night. the crowd about the gates
did set appear to have mimeo the kart diminution.

KING'S BLNCII. DUri.IY; Fu. II); tAr.

nervATE anutkieiADENCE.
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FIRST DAT.

RIGHT HON. V&I.ENTINL Lou) cr.oNctritay O. 111

.1011:4 RFSNET PIEPs, 1141,1 r

The Court was unciiinmui.ir crowded this morn
ing. at an early hour. About eleven o'nlodr the
Cater Justice took his place on the Crock and the
Earls of Meath, Mount Cathel, and Charlenonst.
and Mr. Hem y, of Stoffan, took their seats beside
him. The Jury being Morn.
Mr. COI StAll Spelled the Fladiacts, bv dative
that this was art brattOle by the N
Plaintiff, Lord Cloncurry, to recover a compensation
from the Defendant. Sir John Piers, for criminal
conversation with his Liardsbies wife asd that t e
damages were laid at '09,0001.
' 'flue Souctroa-Geriaita MOW the case, in a
clear, energetic, and impressive speech, whin lasted_
one hour and, forty minutes. He described the
Plainoff, Lord Cloncurry, as a Toting nobleman of
considerable wealth, great seesibility of nature, and
a cultivated mind; the Defendant as an ancient
Baronet, a widower, not very young, and not very
old. Very early in life. he said, toe Plaintiff and
Defendant became acquainted—th-y were school
fellows. At a more advanced period they met on the
Continent ; mien their intimacy and hiendship were
renewed. Sir John Piers was then laboui log it-de.
some petnnittry embarrassments ; from this situ..
I tion he was rescued by the liberality of the Plaintiff,
who took his security, it is true, but who after-
wards, when he was obli sed to accompany a
beloved sister to the South of Flmenco, amount
nt her declining health, deposited tbat sem ity
in the hands of his Law Agent, with a stria prohn
bition not to call for pa, ment until it was'partialt
convenient to Sir Joan Piers. In Autumn, 1 Wt.
ILord Cloncurry, accompanied by two of his sisters,
*telt Ireland ; some time in the ensuing December
they arrived at Nice, where General Morgan, los
wife, and daughter, were already settled, Navin,
arrived only a few days before them. ('.r rat
Morgan was a man of d's!Hguirhed connenion, and
Fad served with honour in India ; his daughter was
lovely in her petsoa, fascinating in her manners,
and pure in her principles and condal. Lord (limo
curry became attached to her, his propnsals were
approved of both by the lady and her father, hut
their union was deferred until the settlements could
be Lira en, and the papers necessary for that pur
pose pr cured from England. Towards the end nt
January, 1803. his Lordship proceeded to Horne
where the General and his family al,i arrived
early in March. The lung *spec% -d settlements
not having c ane is hand, the young couple became
' impatient, and the General having consented no
longer to postpone their happiness, very readily ac-
cepted his Lordship's assurances, that he would
maka an adequate settlement too. as he arrived in
England ; whilst he pleJged his own honour as to
the amount of his Jaugoter's fortune. Lord Clon-
entry and Miss Morgan were shortly after united
by Mr. Burns, the Chaplain of the Duchess of
Cumberland, in the presence of their mutual re-
latinns, and of ail the English of di<tinCtion then
at Rome. In Rome they continued to reside until
Autumn, 1805, and during that pester! Lady Clon-
curry became the mother of two children. in the
month of °Bober, Lordship returned to Ireland,
and immediately after, honourably and sine ally tul-
filled his engagement ws,h Gen Morgan, ny settling
on her Ladyship a fartune of 1001)1. a year, in con.
sideration of noool. which the General paid him as
her fortune. Lard Cloncurry then retired to Lynns,
his family seat, near the city of Dublin, where,
happy in the society of his beloved wile std in ant
family, his leisure moments were devoted to the
most rational of all pursuits, the improvement of his
magnificent mansion and demesne. Sir Inhn
Piers was then in the neighbourhood ; Lord Chin-
curry and he met at dinner, at Sir John Brown's,
of Castle Brown ; an invitation to Lyons was the
consequence, where Sir John dined for the first
time, on see 4th of April. Scareeiy had he crossed
the threshold of his old friend, when the sedation
of his wife seemed to become his favourite objeet,
and many circumstances were remarked by his
Lordship's domestics, indicative of that intention.
On the Inds of April, Lord and Lady Cloncurry
came to Dublin, that her Ladyship might be pre-
sented at the Castle. They had left one of their
children in an ill state of health in the country;
to visit this child, and to inspea Lis i uprove.
meats, Lord Cloncurry from time to time 'hilted
Lyles. where he sometimes slept for a night or two ,
and it seems to have been during his occa.ional ab '
sence that Sir John perpetrated his guilty purpose-
as detailed in the evidence. On the 14th of May
Lord and Lady Cloncurry returned to Lyons. Sr'
John Piers again browse their guest, as did Colonel
Burton and Mrs. Burton, his Lordship's ststet. tiU
Lord Cloncurry was confident in the virtuebf his
wile, and unsuspicious of his friend ; until the MM.
ing of the noilii g accreted to alarm him.—
On that evening he proposed a walk; Lady MO.
smug' -ereeamelsi- anamipmfoon. His Lot Islip.
with ( ()lintel and Mrs Burton. went into th
front lawn, but accidentally changiog the di-
reairin tit their walk, they came round to the rear
of the h nee ; and here, to his astonishment,
his Lord-top tauna Lady Cloncurry and Sir John
Piers walking together, sne fa nattily hanging
on his arms Lord C. had no opportunity for remon-
strance dim evening. Lad, C. retired before him,
and was asleep wrien he went to bed; but, upon her
waking about roar o'clock the is et morning, he re-
proached her with the impropriety of what he had
been a witness to. Lady Cloncurry burst into a flood
of tears, and sobbed nut, in words hardly articulate,
Sir John Piers is an infamous wretch, he is deter.
mined on my ruin—for God's sake let me never
see him again." Lord Cloncurry not conceiving
the whole extent of his misfortune, not supposing
in ex-eeded some improper familiarity offered to
I hi, wife, rushed out of her apartment in search of
' Sir John ; he found him shooting in a distant
part of the demesne. His first care was to get
possesona of his gun, under pretence of shoot-
ing a rabbit; he then said to him, " Piers,
don't he angry with me ; for God's sale don't drive
Lady Cloncurry to infamy ; quit this place, go,
God bless you." Sir John, alter some confused at-
tempt at explanation, departed. Lord C. retained
to the house, and to ,his wife's apartment; he ender'.
Toured to south her; he assured her that the man

wham she dettkre3 As grew, end that s!ie
never see biro 'rose; he Rowed her of kit went ,
din inishes! aff-.'(ion.' firm& with his ken-afe,
she threw herself at his feet. and made a tu!l yea!
s.on of her girth. The Solicitor.(;eiteral
by ;slimming the Jury, that, in aitdition to thalo,
the affeaient of his wile, Lord tloncti-ty ha 1:n
Mehl nnothereri rumstance of a most afillaing new
rhos adulterous intercourse had closed litutful,
s spurittaa i•Mpring was imposed on Lord Clecti
Ty, to bear his name, and to parti:ipatelarttery
that form se wiieh had been settled on his rm
children. Three letters were read from
Piers to Lord Cloncitery ; in the two hist he aesi,
his own Innocence, anJ calls on his I.nrdship
exolanatioe. The third is written with a mat,
•ntention to provoke a breach of the pear*, aid
,s ,iiee,,,ty the aufij-et of a erimi,al proce,trier
.t letter was a! read from Sir .lohn
written after the d'airoveiry, and which fad Le....
;tee• red by L trd eioncutry. It is written in
most impassionate atiJ . r.unantie 'style; ,•
her his own behsvrd El a 1 Calls tais L^4'..:;:a S.
po• r tame wretch, alluding en 14. tordu't It: T.
reesne, no the UM: tenF of the 26111. sinJ hra.,
mayeisge to her ; hr biota Wow
s•rstric;on %AA Lord Cloacae/ye Of if *chat; et.t.
media?
First Witness —E trl of Mouatesielseltm.Kn••,,
Plailitiff and Lady Ciorettrry ; wash, Italy in Tldel
Plaintiff and Ludy Cloacu iv w-te three alsr); re.
celleas the m mth of Apt ; was tires nt iu their
marriage at Rome ; they were Sr urird bt
Bum, who was in the suite of the Duchess efcen,
bet Lind in Rome ; General and Mrs. Morgan, and
Mr. Jackson, Niirister to the Binh{ or fiardiaiai
were present ; knows Defendant ; there's
an early acqnaintance between. Plaintiff and Debit&
ant at school ; remtsineti at Rothe the must ,p 454
the time Plaint.ff ;sod L&ttly Cloneurry were then-
remained :diet the marriage; was it; close hykifs
intimacy with Plaintiff and Lady Cioncutry,,
the English there were generally t reciter. Tr
(P•aintill and Lady Clorfeurin had two slain.
at Rome ; Plaintiff and his %site were on the be*
te:ms ; never saw a husband more attached, n:r
nife who appeared more to fed :is kinduess ; •1.0
seemed very attentive, sod was domestic ; thi
appeared as happy as those who are very h p
together ; resit:leas 1.0 'y C.'s lying-in, beat
other illness; ha : an opportunity of ohsetving t E.O
patti nlar attention that en attached Innen(
would strew to his wife ; never %AA' any eing but
what wets uniformly currea in her colidua ; they
welt two yen, et Italy.
Colonel ton—. :ambled by Mr. Burton—it
married to a ststsr of the PlaintiC ; has knows
Lady Cloncutry since Nov. 180 s Plaia.ltf .nirl
wife irrivi ci a very short time before N Tenth r, is
Ireland ; was very frequently at Lyons. Plaintiff
and wife very °Rea at his house ; their conclua tn.
wards each other sera attentive, seer very affec-
tionate, and very cordial ; Plaintiff appeared ra
markably fond. They were en ex.re.n-ly h.ipp,
eou2le, to the best of his iu.i‘nent. Lady Chia.
curry nuts-ti her son ; saWhes at Holyhead inre.
diate yon her se.patadon fkeess Plaintiff; saw Ploilitit
very sons afterwards. kill 11 him, miserable awl
wretched ; Plaintiff and Lady Clo curry were in
town occasionally, sometimes at Wi‘ncss's la we,
and etatetimes at their leigings, in Coll-ge Gieen ;
kireies of Lord and Lady Clonentry's going to the
Duchess of Bedford's party, at the Castle.
Joseph Henry, Esq. nephew to the Karl of Moira,
examined by Mr. Serjeant Kell. Was acquairitce,
and on the striaest possible habits of intimacy, with
Lord Cloncurry ; had not much intercourse after
Lord C.'s return from the Contiaeot ; was very
seldom, since that time, in Lord Geneurry% houu ;
was acqu..ioted with Lady Cloneurry far as lies
observation went, Lord and Lady Cloncurry peal-
ed to be a very happy couple ; saw Lewd Clonewr,
afttr the afiliainn he.el him; cannot say what tiro
positively, but Winks about three weeks after. It
appeared to him to have made the deerst imps ea.ita
upon Lord Clonentey ; cannot say it was distraftioes
but it was gsgeldebility of intelleit. •1 his urtairrs-
tionably proceeded torn his misfortune. lard
CI or: curry did communicate w,tlt witness on thi.. sub.
jeet most freely.
Sigeior G•sairt.t.t, an Italian artist. examined
by Mr. Pelligrint, proiessor
Ita-
lian in Trinity College. aired es an inter;•r. ter.
Witness is a painter; nasals for Mis being at L d
Cloncu-ry's was in order to pont bu Ln.'sh
house—was engaged by Lord Clusseenry its P). ar to
come to Ireland—airway, dined at Lord t Inaeu•
tahle. Lord Cloneurry and Lady Cloneutty sired
in the greatest felicity in all i•s at ant—d.res not vex
collet the first time he saw 11,efitant--teci It fie
Defendant dining at Lard Cloneurry's on Goes Fyi
day (I 8%;), saw Defendant at Lord Cloncorty'a e.
vertu times—rccolletts a particular eiteumstai cc is
April, he saw Iletendant in the morn re et the
billiard-room, which cnmniunkates by a door with
the drawing•roo-u. Witness was on a 'calf did in
the biili;trd-roum when the llefegsient eau- in s
Lelysaawaterry way elnno in the-tit-awing-to .nt ;
Defendant opened the dour betweee the two r ems.
and looked inquisitively into the ream ; he then
put down the brass that covers the key-!sole ; Des.
fendant shut the door and turned the key ;
heard the key .if that aid anothet door tare ; ore
leads to the set yams' hall, the other to the dieirig-
room. He remained after the shutting of the
doors ten or twelve minutes on the scaffold ; the
door was first opened with great precipitation by
Lady Cloncurry ; he orne down r.lf the scar:ad
for colours ; the se ifirT! made a noise on his coming
down, and it seas at the noise she open I the door,
and asked him whether Lord Cloncurry had been
there ; Lady Cloncutry's appearance was discom-
posed; het face was as red as tire ; there were
tables and a sofa near the chimney.plac.• ; Ilefand-
ant was near the chimpepipiece, on the stir of
the sofa.
Want of room obliges us to stop here. nig iis-
tere.ting trial occupied two days. We will give the
remainder to-mot row.
The Jury deliberated 45 minntes. and 6).11
found a verdia for the Plaintiff —TVVEN I Y
THOUSAND POUNDS.

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