The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-26 00:00:00

.EXECUTION.

On Wednesday, at the usual hour, J. Cadman, Gen.
Sparrow, J. Toply, and G. Ellis, for uttering forged ;SI.
notes • \b'• Garton, for stealing in a dwelling-house;
W. Harding, for sheep stealing; and G. Smith and I.
Cabelia, for highway robberies, were executed, pursuant
to their sentence, in the Old Bailey. At half past seven
the unhappy culprits were brought front their respective
cells to the press-vard, to undergo the last awful prepara-
tions fur the scatild. They entered, accompanied by
Mr. Cotton, the Chaplain; the Rev. Mr. Baker, a Dis-
senting Minister; and a Jewish Priest, tie latter bring
engaged in administering the consolations of religion to
Cabelia, who was of that persuasion.
Josiah Cadman 'vas the first who advanced to the
block, to be divested of hit irons, Ike. and Boring the
ceremony he conversed freely and with cheerfulness with
Mr. Sheriff Garratt. He said that, perhaps, he ought
not to complain of his punishment, nor was he inclined
toil° so; bit he could not help thinking his case a little
hard ; and he hoped that he and his companions would
be the last who would stiller for this species of crime.—
He spoke of his wile with the utmost J Ifec ion, and said,
his only consolation in leaving her thus wretched and
forlorn was, that she would have rim. and opportunity
to prepare herself for the world of eternity, where he
hoped, with humble confidence, to meet her. When
his irons were knocked off, he said—'• Now my bundle
is gone; I am prepared."
fhe other colprits were engaged in earnest prayer and
religious conversation with the reverend gentlemeo while
they remained in the press-yard ; and all being prepared,
they were conducted thrinigh the passage to the owe,
room, preceded by the Sheriffs and Mr. Cotton. Cad-
man having shaken hands with Nlr. Biker, and bid a
respectful farewell to the Sheriff's and other gentlemen
present, ascended the scaffold with a slow bin firm step,
accompanied by \I r. Comm, whom he joined in prayer
while the executioner was adjusting the rope. A partial
groaning was heard in the crowd when he appeared, hot
he shook his bead as if in disapprobation, and i: ceased.
Sparrow, who was a fine looking young man, and
genteelly dressed, next ascended, and a !owl and univer-
sal groan, and cries of " Murder!' were sent forth by
the multitude. .

The other convicts came out in the following order:
Topley, Ellis, Gamin, :Minh, Harding, Cabelia.
Topley and C;Artun went up three or 1.(1111' steps at a
jump, and secured but little affected. Ellis, who wa,
of respectable connections, had conducted himself with
becoming liminess and tesignation up to the moment
when he WAS summoned to the scaffitld, bait then his
comage seemed to forsake him ; lie ireitioled, and it
was with great difficulty that he mounted the spells, sap-
parted by au officer. Some water was brought to him.
—While the executioner was perlorini,•st his ditty with
the other prisoners, Cadman addressed the people at con-
siderable length, and with much earnestness. The pur-
-1 port of his observation was, that lie !nought himself
hardly dealt with by the Hank, itia,much as they had
suffered infinitely greater offenders titan himself its plead
to the minor offence; and many w.. 0 had even been
capitally convicted had afterwards lint their sentences
commuted to transportation for life. He dwelt !Twit
the circumstance of his having toad a faithful ills
closure to the Bank-officers of all he knew contenting
the traffic iii forg,tl notes: and sa id,t hat altituogh he knew
he deserved tile pimisiiment, yet he could out, e'en in
his dying moments, avoid remarking, that he was most
unjustly dealt with. fie repeateti Ins hope, that tie
should be tune of the last victims offered tip lOr this kind
of offence; and earnestly entreated those around hire to
benefit by the awful t xainple now beiote them. [las-
ing concluded his .iddress. which was delivered in a
manner which proclaimed the mail of talent, he inrited
to the clergyman and resumed his devotion. Mrs. Cad-
man has been allowed to see hint every day, formic
hour, since the ordet for his execution. Their anal
interview on Tuesday evening was truly heart-rending—
Mrs. C., as we were informed by a gentleman who was
prettent, appeared almost mad—her eyes sccint..l lucrally

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starting front their sockets, and she was taken from him
in a state of insensibility.
The case of the prisoner Harding excited much com-
miseration: he was 67 years of age, and not long since
was a respectable fanner and brewer in Oxfordshire,
and had property to the antoont of 4,0001. or 5,0001.
He was a venerable looking man, and conducted hint,elf
with great propriety. As he was about to go to the scaf-
fold, he exclaimed, " Oh, toy poor children!" and the
tears trickled down his cheeks. His wife and children
took leave of hint on Tuesday, and the younger ones clung
to hint and tittered the most piercing cries. They were
literally torn from him by force.
At a quarter past eight the fatal signal was given by
the Chaplain, and the drop fell. The men appeared to
suffer but little.

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Vl)4l)tatig.
LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 2G.
Three o'clock, p.m.

Five days' Paris Papers arrived last night—viz.
fr.an the 18th, to Thursday the 22d instant. The
taming are extracts:—

PARIS, Nov. 21.—This (lay the King remained
one hour with the Council of Ministers.

Laid Lowther, one of the Lords of the English
Treasury, and bard Stair, ate just arrived in Paris.
Count Lagunie, Minister of the King in Spain,
has transmitted to the Municipality of Madrid '2OOO
reals, towards the subscription open in that capital
ca. the sick at Barcelona.
The young Prince Ypsilanti arrived in Paris some
days since, to continue his studies.
An individual has been several times before the
Police Tribunal, charged with an offence which ex-
ceeds in boldncss any perhaps known of late years.
He entered, during the night, the chamber of a lady,
who was sleeping alone. Slut• took him fiir her
husband, and did not discover her error until she
heard the robber make a noise in the act of removing
a gold watch from n hook near the bed. The cries
of the lady soon brought the neighbours to her as-
sistance, and the offender was secured. He stated,
in his defence before the police, that during the
commencement of the Revolution, he became so im-
moral and depraved, that he had never been able to
act upon the rules of honesty, or distinguish right
from wrung. The tribunal, without regarding his
extraordinary sxcuse, sentenced hint to two years
imprisonment.
g The Chamber of Peers is occupied daily with the
trial of Marian, charged with being one of the con-
spirators of the 19th of August.
The Committee of Health, at Perpignan, have
ordered four individuals who were taken in the act
of breaking through the cordon, in order to return
to France from Spain, to undergo a rigorous quaran-
tine of forty days, in the laxaret of Arles, and when
they are pronounced free front infection, they are to
be tried fin the Aimee by the tribunals.
A most atrocious murder was recently committed
in the commune of Disse sur Soureilion (Senile.)
At nine iu the evening two individuals presented
themselves at the door of an isolated cottage, and
prevailed upon those within to open it, pretending
to be overcome by want and fatigue. The young son
went into the kitchen to get some wine. The tno
strangers followed, and nearly cut off his head with
a knife. The father, aged 50, hearing groans,
armed himself with a gun, and went into the court-
yard, where the assassins suddenly attacked him with
swords, and finally cut throat. Two daughters,
who remained in the house, run out, on hearing the
cry of their father, and threw themselves upon his
body. One of them was dreadfully wounded, and
left for dead; the other contrived to escape. One
of the wretches pointed a gun at the unfortunate
fugitive, but happily it flashed in the pan. She soon
contrived to ularm a few neighbours, who proceeded
to the cottage, and found every thing plundered.
Fifteen hundred francs, produced by the sale of 12
pipes of brandy, were carried off. The police are it,
search of the murderers.

The city of Metz has been for some time afflicted
by one of the plagues of Egypt—frogs. Several
streets were found covered with these animsls, and
no one could imagine from whence they came, until
n Marchandc dc Grater&les explained the mystery
by applying to the tribunals, and claiming his pm-
perty. I-Ic had shut up GOOO frogs in the troughs
and buckets of the fish-market, and several children,
who discovered his depot, set every one at liberty.
The frogs, delighted with freeAlom, spread themselves
in every direction. They entered the houses, and the
inhabitants could not relieve themselves from their
visitors, without considerable trouble and difficulty.
Extract of a letter of the 17th November, written
from Barcelona, by Sister Saint Vincent, to the Su-
perior of the convent of St. Camilla:—" What a
horrible pest ! More than 16,000 persons have pe-
rished, and 100 die daily. The French physicians
arc not spared, fur at this moment only one is able
to walk (NI. Francois). M. Bally expects to be able
to renew his labours in three or four days. They
have courage and devotion that religion only could
inspire. We hope to quit this place shout the 15th
or 20th of this mouth, and undergo quarantine at
the Abbey of St. Jerom, two leagues front the city,
there we shall remain twelve days before we can
reenter France. The country is magnificent. The
beat is nearly the same. The fields arc covered with
orange and pomegranate trees, bearing delicious
fruit ; but the cities offer a spectacle of horror and
desolation. You must see it to judge of the terrible
effect. We meet nothing in the streets but coffins,
and the Saint Viatique that they carry to the dying.
The shops are closed, and all work suspended. It is
piteous to see so much distress. We distribute to
the utmost of our power the produce of a subscrip-
tion sent time France, which dues much good. Mi-