The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-06 00:00:00

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hl,i .ere tvitit I,i, !nastei
oi., liar-1 in the 1k t,lt tl:e td ai the rii• titans
;„.!. ,„ which left amok t *taco ti•o.;ers. .:1-o
,:and ►oi,„n stall which irlft Mat!: rt•LC:N
tr-lc ‘vi-oleil the mark en the t..hte with son:-.. water ttat opon
it, siAt on the Jtairs and tubby:l it ctr with his feet iind hi:
T• e followin4 ronver,:4;on tout: 1,1:u c ween I. Lomas end Edith
~o ";wida‘, the ''ay bel ,re in•; Lcanas having ex•
pre.,,,,! a .ies.'re to Mr. Tiodsoikto orrey, beiore h. died.
H. Hewed them his presen,c int..rview about five o'clock
r.
! a11eri:000. Lonlas wt,; car ed into Mr. HiCs-It's office a few
ht•tore Nlorrey, anti n.1(.1, that !iic \vrotched h;,}
r g-tit, to \\lnch " it is better •Hit
Aw.l r. oh •e: via); !Fat it wis ins
!te had sty -ken to Mr. tlw upon tl.e propriety r.t.
to I:r them icccive the slcrament togerk-r, it apiwared to gi% e a de,,ret:
of sAtiSI:IOIMI 10 L.,IIIAS, who S ti.t, " I had rather slit (11.1 receive iiit-
s.ierainent with me."
Mrs. Morr,:y was then brought into the office, and I.rmai,
exdaint 0 dear !" sat clay.n, and re;n.iit:ed in silent al!lic-
t.o'. tor :.onie fifth, w;tlt her LOVere I•4liii:F., wha was t,ci,:e,!
111S•)01C111$1*.i0i.C, cu !eavoured t C ,:Tit •rt 30.1 s'ol h her, ie.; hog }Tr
to b:!ar up, and to way !or it!cr,:v and t g:v;ness.—their sins, he said,
was very 0,-at, but God was g.) ri, air! it hoped he would forgive
ti:e:n. siid, " I must go now, you will have to stag . little
!:sneer, ail oni erne is short, and if w: repent r:f our sins we may
in-2.1 in heaven." Ile ask ins mistress whether sir had ever
st d to ally on:., that he (Lomas) had got up to wurder his 'master,
at twelve, cue, mil half p.ot one, the itiAlit hcfore the niuvler ; which
site :enierl, S3ling, " L i- not true; 1h v have made that arnoogst
them." Lemas then prayed to God to forgive them, and to t.rove
ior he had done a very wicked act, and he dcsei v d to die for
it He c: uid not wish to Ii ye. "I t they had n iotind rue guilty,
the, would not have done justice : it ie only doing iw justice to hang
me. There is a God above, and 1 hope to see my master in the other
world." At this Mrs. Morrey said, " Pray God you may !" Isomss
again his mistrel,s,' as she had a longer time allowed her,
tit e loess her silts and repent. To a question put by Mr. Hudson,
Mrs. Morrey denied that she took the candle into the other room
site repeated, she did not hold the candle. Lomas said, " Mistre:.s,
do not sa) so, it wit/ do you no g 0.41 to deny it ; when I told you
Hannah was coming, you pinched the candle out." Mrs. Morrey's
reply to this was, " My good lad, it was not so ; there have been
many false things sail : and she then proceeded to animadvert upon
some parts of the evidence of the trial. When Mr Hudson asked
Mrs. Morrey how she could ever expect to be acquitted, she declared
it to be front a supposition that Lonvis's confession could not be Ad-
mitted evidence against her. Lomas observed, that he was not likely
to do otherwise than confess ; but the confession did not come against
them ; there was enough, he said, without it. Mrs. Morrey then said,
her husband had declared, the night of the murder, that he shout,'
turn Lomas away that week, for he suspected that he got up in the
night to get to the drink. This, Lomas said, was very unlikely, for
he had said nothing to him, but appeared very well satisfied. and was
joking and in good humour with him that very night. They never
had, he said, many words ; any thing of that sort was soon over : they
neither of th m ever bore any malice; he liked his master, he was
a very good master ; but, added he, " I wish he had turned me
away that night." Here they retorted on each other the origin of their
criminal connection.
Mr. Hudson asked whether she could have expected to live leeppy
in case she had been acquitted; and she said she should never *have
been happy--" 1 know 1 have done wrong, and I have sinned."
She reminded Lomas of a time when he came back from the coal-
pit, and wanted to have done the deed, and she refused, because he
had been bad, and had not eat any thing, and was weak. Mr. H.
asked Lomas how he got the axe that he struck his master with, and
he said, Ins mistress gave it into his hand. The observation she made
to this was, "My dear lad, was it net on the chair ?" He
" Why, mistress, you put it into my hand," which she did not deny;
and being asked about the razor, he said, his mistress conceaed it
under her petticoats; that he took the axe, and while his mistress
held the candle, he ;truck his nraster three times ; she thee! pinched
the candle out, and they both ran into the house-place, where they
heard him groan, upon which his mistress said, " John, he is alive ;
go and kill hint." Mrs. Murrey replied to this, she only made the
übservationt " 'John, he is alive :" he then went anti struck him with
the axe two OT three tunes in the dark, and returned, when she gave
himehe razor; they still heard him groaning. Lomas persisted in
it before her, that she directed hint to go io and kill hint—to cut his
thrhit• She continued to dery this parr,
.whilst he repeated it es true.
Mrs. Money was then • slemnly questioned by Mr. Hudson about
the truth of Lomas's declaration,• and •whether it. wits not nearly the
truth; and she said, " it is Reaily the truth "
Mr. Hudson then addressed them in the language of admonition,
acidprepared them for a find separation. Lomas said, " I.forgive
her, but it seems she does not forgive me." And she said, " 1 have
forgiven every body,
re." Lomas said, and . every tiling that has bee said against
nothing cut 'hint up so much as to see his [WM'
ether what grielhe-wasift—it was st hard case, he said, for ititn to

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brtn4 .Itild•e.; rep,• " help hi •n.,1 God help my
rnahter's chi..!•en ; I pt.> 'ley will take gonl ways " I-le saia his
mut.itr °Mon a-nlreSSOlg himself to his
tr stress, he .a•11..1..1 upon her to make bcr peace.wit•! Co.', and o read
the Stript!,r,s ray " T• 1 Ica ne," he sAd, "to this 1
I;,.ew hot liing of SLri; titre I have been nvide tr, read • he and
0 way, ak.d I mil !niter i t siC TeStairtel.l ; 1 have
r:•;ni it, Jr.:l. I know that Christ cane t;) Wl' r nn•:vra-
. ble hli,zres I well to ; 1 wilt I itc yoit a g.-n.f
ho•ck L i pr,,,TN, and hope v• u re.:4.1 tt." Mrs. M‘wey Laic. :.he
Fie •iv 14)r,!iive. Lomas:, and zai4 lie torB,.ve her—iind finally said,
" l'Are you t:11, Mistress."