The National Register.
London, England, 1817-08-25 00:00:00

EXECUTION.

SVednesday morning, soon after eight, three of the unforttt•
nate criminals who were last reported as under sentence
of death, James Fitzwilliams, aged S 2, Henry Wilkins, aged
22, and William Bull, only 19 yearsof ago, were executed hes
fore the Debtors' door at Newgate, for a burglary in the
dwelling bouse of Mr. Cartwright, of Hunter Street, near
Bs itnswickssquare. William null, it may be recollected,
had lived in the service of Mr. Cartwright, and his use
timely and ignotittnious death ought to operate as a warn-
ing to all servants. He was so affet ted as scarcely I*
be able to stand up. Fitzwilliams was attended by the get'.
Mr. Devereux, the Catholic Ordinary, end died penitently,
but courageously. It was not till after he parted with his
wife,Tuedsay afternoon, thatW II kins could Ise a►adesensible of
his approaching end, though he finally died in a penitent state
Every exertion was made by Mr. Cartwright to save the life
of Bull, but ineffectually. All the unhappy men had slept
about three or four hours during the night. John CaTha a
black man, who was to have suffered with the above three,
for a rape, was respired.
The melancholy fate of W. Dull is se pregnant with ad-
monition to the class of society in which be moved, that we
consider it our duty to add something to the very brief notice
given above.
Willimn Bull had been out of place about two months,
when taking a walk to Chalk Farm, he happened to meet
with a person of the name of Joseph Green, who ev'ering
into conversation, soon pi•rsended bull to act nmparry him to
a public-house, in Tuttcuham-court•road, where at length
they joined some others in card playing. Bull presently lust
to the amount of 11. ; and not having any cash,Green, whose
occupation it was to entrap such characters as his new cunt-
punion Bull, took this opportunity to suggest the robbing
of Mr. Cartwright's house, and proposed to divide the spoil,
once prepared Bull for the execution atlas nefarione.
sellesite, he next introduced him into the society of Fitz.
williams and Wilkins. The former of those depredators was
notorious on the town ; and the latter had been tried at the
Old Bailey for thieving, when only twelve years old, and
had also been transported for seven years.--Fitzwilliants,
Wilkins, and Bull, were finally the party whom Joseph. Green,
prevailed on to commit the burglary in the dwellitigbonse of
Mr. Richard Cartwright. All three were taken on the spot's
while Green, the conniver of the bnrglarions deed, had the
dexterity to avoid their fate. Fitzwilliams and Wilkius were,
it has been seen, both practised thieves ; but this burglary
was Bull's first offence of any kind, and on this account Me,•
Cartwright tried every means to rescue him from execution,
But the greatest law authorities were inflexible in his case;
as it was considered that no master could repose with safety
on his bed. unless va vervants were intimidated by the terrors
of juntice from perpetrating such crimes. William Bull, in-
deed, from the mo►nent he was taken up, entertained no hopes
of clemency. He pleaded guilty when arraigned at the Bar,
and he withdrew the plea only to accommodate his associates
in their common crime. Justice is now appeased by Ids
death; but his punishment will be ineffectual in its best and
met extensive sense, unless it succeed in incukating due
lessons of precaution and honesty. Let servants keep is
mind the fate of William Bull.

Et.oritairst OF A WARD IN CHANTF.RIt....-11Met Wright,
a draftsman, was charged with detaining the daughter of
Capt. Hardy, a ward in Chancery.
he Captain left the army to superintend the etineation of
his daughter, and they lodged in Clipstone-street,
hone. The defendant, who is just out of his apprenties,.hip,
was acquainted with some females where the Captain lodged,
and he thus became known to the daughter. They hod been
acquainted about tour months unknown to Capt. Hardy; and
on Sunday night the young lady ;absented taer.elf from horn...
The fatioe was overwhelmed with grief, at the loss of at Ise.
toyed child, and he casually met her ail the street on Tuesday
evening. with Wright and another female. She took to her
heels; and the tauter pursued, and overtook her. Wright
protected the object of his affections, and in the seitele she
gut away ; but the di fendant was lodged in the watelehouse.
It appeared that Wright ha; representations to Mr. Burgess,
an artist, in Neirport.street, wheat' he served hi t me, pre-
vailed on hint to 1,1•II't the yotuta Lady under the rate of his
sister, where she had been ever since Sunday. No impropi.r
intercourse whatever has taken place.—The tletendit.,t was
diselhtrited ; and Plank, the officer. conducted the young
Lady, who is 19 years of age, to her father's cesulence, wise. e
she went with much reluctance.

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■ metliotl of making whsle oil ausaer all the putposrs et pit.
prep.tring • ollt u cloths.

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FrumHhe LONDON GAZE7'7I', Sulurday, Aug. 2:3.

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