The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-22 00:00:00

AX ECUTION.

On Friday sts'imiglit Sarah !Irma, of IltitP iforWOCA,
convicted at the late Aylesbury Aosta... of !mistiming her
husband, was executed pursuant to her senteure. The
wretched 110111:411 540 1141111 in at the place of ex. cutiois,
but after her appreliensiuti she nisile a full einifessi ~,, of
her crinme. F his it appeared, that nu retur tt itt g (tom
church ou the morning of Christmas day last, her 11Willitild
swore at and abused her very much, out of revenge for irhu•h
she took some powder used fur killing rats which she had
procured (ruin a neighbour, and having some dough. she
made it into three cakco, potting the ptt i ttttt into one of the
cakes; at 11,1%hr gave her husband this cake, reserving one
witlwnt the powder fur herself. SOOll after be began to eat
his cake, consuming or arly the whole of it. In about half Alt
hour after be complained of being sick, and went out of the
house; on his velum she asked him if lie would have any
thing, lea or beer, which he refused, the cake having made
hint an haul. She was then sorry for what she had done. He
!hest went up stairs, uudiessed himself, and got Into bed. She
also went to bed in the saint MUM but in atiother bed; they
hail out slept together for nearly two Mr/. She WOO
got up again from lii. complaining of king thirsty. nod
in great pain in his bowels. He was often sick and in
pain, :mil dozed between the time during the night.
The next morning die went to Wiuslow for some medicine,
winch she procured of Mr. Cowley, a surgeon this re, which
she gave hint tin her retain I tttttt e, and it abated the sickness,
but after lingering several days be died.
Ibirtelf, convicted of highway robbery at the same Assizes,
is reprirved.
Wednesday morning Amer Head was executes' at Hert-
ford, pursuant tU his seistence, for setting file to his master's
bare.

Not a single vessel from abroad was entered at
the Custom !louse on Friday ; and only two Yes-
stls (from Ireland) passed Gravesend the day Ireful e.
SHOCKING ACC I GENT...OII S:111/11110 evening,
as three persout were returning from Rath, to the
neighboasiliond of Bradford, no descending Brass
Knocker-hill, they Ird their horses to the foot of
the descent. when. upon remounting, the horse of
Mr. llAuuts, stow:A-manufacturer, of Turley,
suddenly started forward belorr his rider was pro-
perly seated, threw him, and kicked 111111 so dread-
fully in the back putt of the skull as to cause
instant death.

Mr. Baron G A TIROW, in his charge to the Grand
Jury at Shrewsbury ou Weilinoday lost, said, that
he could add nothing in regard to the duties of
Christian Judges to what had beau s.l eloquently
&livered that morning. Ghia at the calendar,
he regretted the on enhrr sit' pi comers. The case
for 'maliciously sralsimig appeared to be one of pr.
culiar atrocity. 'rise Learned Judge said, that
much bad beets done by Christian instruction and
education to counteract itmease of crimes—
much yet remains to be dotie by prison discipline
and classification. His Lordship warmly applaud-
ed the labours of Mrs. FRY, and said that the re-
form which she had effected in Newgate almost
surpassed belief; and lie ardently recommeirded
the subject as one which would repay any labour
and expense f.y the most solid satisfaction to every
humane mind.
At the York Assizes on Saturday se'nnight, an
innkeeper named James Show recovered 131. 17s. 6d.
from a prisms named Marticcloke Horsley, for
particulars some of which excited much merri-
ment in Court : one item was, damage done
to the bail you slept on Q 1.;" anotlicr, "To a man
for picking you up on the mad, aiid rubbing you
down with straw, 1.." The CHIEF ISAaorsi, who
tried the cause, lamented that its being undefersids
ad deprived the Court and Ilse country of a further
warning insight into the just consequences of ex-
cessive drsitikentoss!
At the Stafford Assizes, thirteen Prisoners were
condemned, viz. G. Gabbs, fur horse-stealing, at
Bolton; J. ihnicock. J. Colter, sod 1. Clarke, for
ha-glory at Wolstatiton ; 7'. taberts, for burglary
at Rowley Regis; J. fool's. for r..6bitig his lodg-
ings at Newcastle ; W. Ins horse-dealing ;
J. Cropper, fur nursing a forged check ou Mr.
Hart, banker, of IJttoxatrr ; ll'. liallyoak, fur
sheets-stealing; W. Fowler anti T. Somer./fail, for
burglary at Walsal; J. Booker until W. Collier,
for stealing potions. s. A 47..111,-r, J. St art,. was
chugged wills the murder of two men who fell out
of the basket of a whimsey into a coal-pie, at West-
brninwith, in consequence of his gross negligence,
and mot being at the gears. Evidence was not
Mitred all to the capital part of the offence, and he
obis sentenced to imprisonment. The Judge up-
. Wooded the coal-toasters tut bringing, the man to
trial.

During the Isat week, some person or persons,
in the vicinity of Westbury, tuuuttitted the moat
flagrant and diabolical acts in that .ntribit during
the night time. Upwards of 1,000 young trees in
the plantations at Whitton, belonging to It. TOPP.
were destroyed, and marry valuable trees, up-
on the esiates of other Gentlemen, were barked.—
Several fainters have hen threatened that their
stock and property will be destroyed, and some vil-
lain actually put his threat into execution by maim-
nig milli kttlmg two caws belonging to Mr. G.
GEARY. A reward of 100 guineas is offered for
apprehending the perpetrator of this act ; and feel-
ings tel liiirrur„ with nu anxiety to bring the party
to timoblitneut, pervade the r•hule tlet4tiliourhood„..
' (Shrewsbury Chronicle )