The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-16 00:00:00

Execution at Hereford.

Yesterday morning William Hope, who was sen-
tenced to death at the last Herefordshire assizes for
the murder of Mary Corbett, at Ullingswick, was
hanged in front of the Hereford county gaol, and
no public execution having taken place there for
more than a quarter of a century, the event was
entirely an exceptional one, as was the cause which
led to it.
It may be remembered that Hope had been proved
to have been drinking at a beer-house in Ullings-
wick (a retired agricultural village about eight
miles from Hereford) when the ill-fated deceased,
Maiy Corbett, a young girl of 16, came t-
p-'
passedtohneer"usr.isooneaesdglass at his
gain asked her to drink,
Thebetween them,
on an errand for her mistresps
ac-
costed her, and a few words
the girl drinking out of the
n returned
solicitation. She left the
.hous
diatel on
as he was retiring
y leaving the
sbeuctonshdetrimefeu,sewdh,
house again she was followed out by IT
to rest.
--ope. Nothing
more was seen of her a,ive, but shortly
after this
enanHdopime
ma e
time—about ten at night—the screams of a woman
belied by a cottager
were
No doubt these were the cries of the
was at that moment struggling poor girl, who
and murderer. Hope did not. With her violator
that night, but made an excuse
to his lodgings
n excuse that he slept in a
stable, which was shown to be untrue. The night
body of the e, and at daylight the dead
poor girl wag found i
covered with dirt, and blood which had flowed from
her person. She had been brutally ravished, and
afterwards throttled or suffocated
of the murderer's brawny hand. Marks of finger
nails were found
on her neck and throat. At
the spot where a straggle had taken place there
were marks which curiously connected the pri-
soner with the murder. the ground was soft,
and had received the impression of a person kneel-
ing down, the knee•mark having been made
by a person wearing pecu,iarly ribbed and patched
trousers, and exactly corresponding with
those worn by the prisoner. There was also
blood upon his linen and trousers, arid a basket
which he had in his possession on the night of the
murder was found near where the struggle took
place, while the coat which he wore had been
Altogether
stuffed into the hollow trunk of a tree. Alto.
m and
the chain of evidence was complete against
ohrild
'had
the f.ict that he was a ticket-of-have maana,inst
him.
been several times convicted, f was alsopersons
gin
front
of
There was a great crowd of
Iw'ear: orderly. The
the gaol, but their behaviour
his crime.
wretched murderer confessed
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at
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ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
`1 EIS EVENING (Thursday), April 16 (Subscription
:%;ght), will be performed, for the second time this season,
.13,?ilini's favourite Opera,
I PURITANI.
With the following powerful cut

Livira, Mdlle. Titiens ; Enrichetta, Madame Corsi ; Walton,
,t)l,n, or 13ossi ; Riccardo, Signor Gassier ; Bruno, Signor
Sold' ; Giorgio, Signor Vialetti ; and Arturo, Signor Giuglini.
Conductor, Signor ARDITI.
After which will be produced a new and original Ballet,
hi Four Tableaux, entitled LA FARFALL I! A. Com-
posed by Signor Prospero Diani. The music by Signor P.
Giorga. Farfalletta, Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris (her first ap-
pearance these two years), supported by Mane. Pieroni, M.
'Mani, and M. Alessandro Paul.
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IL TRO VATORE, Saturday next, April 18.—In conse-
quence of every place having been disposed of for its repre-
sentation on Saturday last, and owing to the impossibility of
repeating it for some period on account of forthcoming novel-
ties, Verdi's favourite Opera, Il Trovatore, will be again
me
performed on Saturday next, April 18, with the sa
unparalleled cast.
Doors open at half-past Seven. The Opera will commence
at Eight o'clock precisely.
Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be had at the Box-ofllce of
the Theatre (under the Colonnade in the 'layman eV, which
is open daily, under the superintendence of D&r. Nugent, Prim
Ten till Six ; and at all the principal Libraries and Music-
sellers.

T" AT R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.--
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, April 16, for the 356th time in London,
Lorraine, Walter Lacy,
PEEP O'DAY. Mes'rs. Henn'
Verner, Addison, J. Graham. G. Spencer, T. Nerille,
Misses Cleveland, Clara Weston, M. Hudson, &c.
To conclude vith MAGIC TOYS. Valentine, Miss Lydia
Thompson.