The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-07 00:00:00

CAPITAL SENTENCE&

Seven persons have been sentenced to death
the Lent Assizes for murder. Of these three 1151"
been executed—viz., William Charlton, at Carli°,l'
for the murder of an aged female gatekeeper °,,0
a line of railway, who was supposed to halt
in her cottage a small sum of money, which it
was the object of the murderer, an enginedriTe ,
on the same line of railway, to obtsi%
John Gould, at Reading, for the muydes of 11;11,
own child by cutting her throat ; and Richard g 0
e,;
lands, at Beaumaris, for the murder of his vvi'ea
father. Appeals were made in each of these tilr:o
cases to the mercy of the Crown ; but the offelico
were of so shocking and aggravated a character
to render any interferenee with the sentence Bl'of
gether inconlistent with the due administratiori
justice. One other convict, Richard Thorley, co
mains for execution at Derby on Friday next, ti
11th inst. He was convicted of the muraer 0' eo
young woman who refused to receive his addre96os
by cutting her throat in a most cruel end barbor° 0,
manner, and, as no attempt has been made to Pfr,
cure a commutation of his sentence, it is all but efebe
tain, considering the nature of the offence, that .of
law will be left to take itikcourse. In the ofietio,
George Clark, who was convicted at Newecisd
upon-Tyne of the murder of a tax-collector in " 00
town, it was found after his trial that he was TO'
unsound state of mind ; and, upon medical ee:teth
cates of that fact, his sentence has been resl3lioo,
in order that he may be placed under obsers'atoeto
and dealt with as his mental condition nail
to require. With respect to the two re,-00
ing prisoners, John Hall and Ismael
the former convicted at Oxfovd of shoetlf:p
gamkeeper in the service of Viscount Dillon, sf
latter at Montgomery, of murdering his
paroxysm of jealousy, it appeared, upon
that there were certain extenuating facts ill tP'O
spective cases ; and that, under the cireunstststl3 t1)8
the ends of justice might be satisfied withstioeV
infliction of the extreme penalty of the law'• atiii
sentences have, therefore, been ecnamitted to
°roer
1 servitude for life. It is not expected that all .000,
heavy,
will take placere now on at tliiets h these cwahpiicthal
have convictionsb ee ti hvy and are
conclusion.

The Vocal Association having obtained tDeg;4e
sent of Miss Louisa Pyne, and. W. Harrison, Esq., ta<vlit'f'
Selectione from Mr. Benedict's Opera (The Lily of Pjootol
'
y) will introduce, for the first time in the Coneeriti-;,,
f 0
an entire Selection of the principal gems of this cle,°11)0
opera on Wednesday evening next, April 9th, at St. 'II
Dl
Hall. The solo sing
ere announced are Miss 130. $O,,
Augusta Thomson, Mr. Swift, Mr. Tennant, and A-Lrof
ley. The choir of 500 voices will sin, the 13°f':
Chorus. Mr. Benedict will conduct the perforttlol;os'
THE 4TH DRAGOON GUARDS.--The public of tl'ti
not expect a very speedy promulgation of the fihdillfcisi'l:
court-martial in the 4th Dragoon Guards. The' '1'0;
ous proceedings will have to be examined by 01°flea 4
Advocate-General as regards their legal sufficiency'— °74
the General Commandieg with a view to their bearj' ,°
the discipline of the army, before the result is Ith°r 13.01
it is not probable that it can be made public O
weeks.—Army and Nary Gazette. 00ea
The execution of Grrbse, alias Livache, coo3ews
to death at the late assizes of the Isere for poiselj,„:e
rr
Bcrthier, a farmer at Motte d'Aveillan, took
Grenoble the day before yesterday. The prisoto:or
since his trial had shown the utmost contritiO. 'e re'
crime, and when informed that his last day was C°!'' to' 05'
ceived the intelligence with resignation. After herix4o
ho was taken in a cart to the Champ-de-Mars, altd,„tecl
cwriot‘hotihoefprnioets t,leasnsd
tahmanomatoafvt eerr;:on's,ol:l7o
riving there, he ascended the seaffold unaided, 1:211A-dos'
tsolloorxtisptr."7-
than two-thirds females, had assemLled to vo
execution.