The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-08 00:00:00

SPORTING iIITELLIGENOE—This Day.

ET EIACTRIC TELEGRAPH.
VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.

YORKSIMI2I ItAxnzcAP.
7to 1 agst Claremont (taken)
Bto 1 agst Verdant (taken)
10 to 1 agst Brindisi (takev)

CESAREWITCII.
25 to 1 agst Nuneaton (taken)
25 to 1 agst Chimney Sweep (taken)
33 to 1 agst Salpinctos (taken) •

ST. LEGER.
Even on Gladiateur (taken)
sto 1 agst Regalia (taken)
9to 1 agst Duke (taken)
10 to 1 agst Klarinska (taken)
14 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
16 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken)
50 to 1 agst Peeress (offered)
66 to 1 agst Liddington (offered)
66 to 1 agst Zambesi

Fearful Scene at an Execution in Ireland,

TULLAMOILE, Wednesday.
The convict, Laurence King, who was found guilty at
the last assizes of the wilful murder of Lieut. Clutterbuck,
of the sth Fusiliers, under circumstances of peculiar
atrocity, suffered the extreme penalty of the law this
morning in front of the county gaol. Last night, about six
o'clock, he was locked up alone to take his last sleep but
one ; and this morning, at six o'clock, when he was visited,
he remarked that he rested very well for about five hours.
He then partook slightly of breakfast. When the governor
intimated to him that his end would soon come, he appeared
very much affected. Between eight and nine o'clock the
Rev. Mr. Higgins prayed with him. He was then conducted
to the chapel, where mass was said. Just after the ser-
vice he was placed in the hands of the executioner, who
tied his elbows together behind his back with many plies
of a strong cord. This functionary is as ill looking a vil-
lain as one would meet with in a day's journey. He is a
prisoner in the gaol under sentence for a felonious assault
on a child, and has some seven months yet to serve. He
had on his head a conical black cap, attached to which
were curtains, and they but poorly concealed his
face. The rest of his dress consisted of a long black
blouse. Inside the gaol all was quiet and death-
like. The ordinary business of the establishment
was suspended. The turnkeys moved about quietly and
with frightened looks, and the thick white rope swung
slowly backwards and forwards on the gallows with the
fatal noose conspicuous at its end. Outside the gaol was
quiet too. There were certainly not more than 200 people
present, and they consisted althost entirely of very poor-
looking peasants. Five officers from the camp at the
Curragh, who it was stated belonged to the late Mr. Clut-
terbuck's regiment, were present and witnessed the execu-
tion. They came to Tullamore the previous evening.
Eighty policemen completed the assemblage. The Rev.
Mr. M'llroy counselled his flock from the altar on Sunday
to remain at home, and they obeyed his wishes. Mr. Ander-
son, the under sheriff of the county, arrived at 11 o'clock,
and the usual preliminaries having been arranged in the
chapel the procession was formed. It consisted of the Rev.
M. M'llroy, who led the way, followed by the prisoner,
the Rev. Mr. Flood, and the Rev. Mr. Higgins. The hang-
man slunk after the prisoner. The deputy governor, Mr.
Burke, the Under Sheriff, and a number of turnkeys fol-
lowed. The prisoner was very firm, and walked with au
elastic step, praying as he went in conjunction with the
clergymen, and kissing now and then a crucifix which was
held before him. He was not at all pale or nervous.
In fact, he was the firmest man of the party. He
was only about twenty years of age, and though under
the middle height he was of muscular build. Those
who are in a position ;to judge state that he got very fat
during his imprisonment. The procession wended its way
slowly up a narrow flight of stone steps which led to the
gallows. At the foot of this grim-looking machine the
prisoner and the clergy knelt and prayed for a short time,
and they'then went on the drop. King gazed about him
for a moment, and addressing the people said—" I hope you
will all pray for me. lam guilty, and ready to die for it.'
The hangman put the rope round his neck, and drew
the noose tight with unnecessary roughness. He next
tied a white bag over the head, and concluded his prepara-
tions of the culprit by firmly tying his legs. This occu-
pied nearly five minutes. He then descended and untied
a string. The heavy bang of a board was heard, the rope
went through the block with a whizzing sound, and the
doomed man dangled at its end. He fell about four feet,
and if the rope had been 18 inches longer he would have
touched the roof of the gaol. For half a minute no move-
ment was discernible in him. Then he was seized with
convulsions. He drew up his feet, and clenched his hands,
and shrugged his shoulders many times, and these dying
agonies lasted for fully five minutes. The knot of the
rope had been placed, or had slipped to the back of his
neck, and he died a fearful death from suffocation. A low
wail outside was the only symptom of feeling. In half an
hour the body was lowered and placed in a coffin for burial
within the gaol. Thus ended a shocking tragedy.—Free-
man's Journal.