The Sun.
London, England, 1813-07-02 00:00:00

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br Saturday last, Witham Wilkinson, aged 32,
John Burgess) Aged 28, and William Yitrwoodi
aged 25, all flatmen from Northwich, Convicted
at the last Spring Assizes, or contmitthig a rape
upon Mary Porter, at Runcorn, underwent the
awful sentence of the law, at the usual place of
execution. As various reports of their Itehavionr
. are in circulation, we present o'ii Readers with
the following account of their eonduct, it short
time previous to, and atlheir fatal dissolution.
On Friday afternoon, at two o'clock, the con-
deemed sennon was preached to them, by the
Rev. Mr. Willa)), from tin 10th chapter of Acts,
part .o of the 30th' and 31st- verses. s What must I
do. to be saved ? Belk% e on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Tile Sermon
appeared to waken deep impression upon Burgess
and Yarwood„ but Wilkinson sheered the same
indifference which had marked his conduct from
his commitment. When the sermon was finished
Varwood stood up and adthessed the congregation
atnitha eouVulsive sobs, in the following words :
" Now, dear brothers- and sisters, I hope you
will take yarning by us."—Burgess seemed so
overpowered by his feelings as to be obliged :to
lean against a pillar for support. —After shaking
hands with the female prisimers, they returned to
their cells, amidst the prayers and latuentatious of
a most crowded congregation.
nom their conduct in the Chapel, we left it
with the hope of their being awakened to the aw-
fulness of their situation, and that they WrOalla
pear in the morning examples of true penitenA,
but most painfully were those.hopes 'disappointed.-
It appears they had. Made ttp their minds to die as
they termed it."Jannoele upon crossing the
debtors yard they plucked the {lowers with indif•
ference, and stuck them in their hats ; when they
arrived at the 'outer door of the Castle, they were
detained in the passage a few minutes owing to
the guard of. soldiers not being drawn up ; while
standing at the door Burgess shouted to aliatinan
tat at distance from hint; " Mind, Jetu, I have or-
dered you to he one of my bearers, don't forget.'"
Several women matte load lamentations at the
door ; Yarwood 'said " What do you cry for,
don't cry for 115, pray for its, we are going to.
bliss," Wilkinson conversed with partictdarbOld-
ness with several flatmen, and frequently ex-
claimed r " keep up your spirits, my lads, we
are murdered Men, we shall soon he happy."---
They jumped into the cart with the greatest'
difference, and talked and laughed during the
whole of their progress to the 'place of execo-.,
Lion (the City Gaol), where they arrived about
twenty minutes after twelve o'clock at ten mi-
nutes after one o'clock, Wilkinson with the most
.desperate bravado came jumping up the steps,
and when on the scaffold looked round upon the
Populace one laughed ; he then came forward
and addressed the spectators in the following
words

" The Lord of Heaven be with you all : I am
conic, here like a bullock to the slaughter, through
the false sweating of a bad tuna and a bad wo-
man. lam brooght here like a bullock to the
stake, to be skewered, but I am as happy as if I
was. going to a play." lie then „paused, and the
hangman proceeded to fix the rope--,-he ,smiling
and sneering at him. When the executioner
turned from hint, lie put up his hand to the rope
round his neck, .and exclaimed, " My lranclker
chief tits me very niee,ly.7--Burgess next ascend-
ed the scaffold with a firm ste,p, hut' in a respeet
ful manner, and, without any, remark, he placed
himself under the executioner's" hands. Yar-
wood then followed in the same manner as Wil-
kinson, and Wh6n he arrived on the drop, jumped
as high as he could, and laughed at the populace.
He then addressed the crowd in the following
words :---'' Take warning by us, never have any
connexion with had women ; they'll bring you to
a bad end ; our lives art sworn away by a bad
woman and a bad man. The Lord have mercy
on you all."

liinges then threw two handkerchiefs over the
scaffold among .the populace, and said : " My
dear souls, take warning by us, our lives are for-
feited by that. bad natural) : My dear Northwich
friends, open your hearts and *hew your bonntv
.to my dear wife and children, and pray follow
n.
. to Qu r graves, some of yon will soon be follow ed
to, yours ; he then called for " Jetty GOrsf," he
not anstvering, he called for " Bilr_Gorst," Who
replied from the crowd,, " here 1 am, my dear lad
Burgess said, "'Kiss my dear wife and children,
and tell them I sent my last breath." G. replied,
" My dear lad, think of Christ, he is your best
friend." Wilkinson cried out, " kiss my wife
too." The.clergyman (the Rev. Mr. \Villa:) con-
tinued with them in prayer about half an hoar.;
they remained three minutes pi prayer, when Var-
wood gave the signal,and they were immediately
launched into, eternity, apparently, (with the ex-
ception of Burgess) with as ninch iuditrerence as
though they were " going to a play."
Thus ended the lives of "these men ; of whose.
guilt no individual who was present at theirtrials
conld entertain the slightest doubt, and who in
their conversation admitted thy trin4l.tl.tkemnly.e.k.;
As to their charging the master of the flat,
(George handles) with swearing away their
lives, the charge, npon the perusal of his evidence,
must appear palpably false, as when he made his
deposition he knew not the men, but gave in as
evidence, that on the 15th of January, whilst sail-
ing along on the Cheshire shore, he heard ,F 1
WOMan'S screams of " Murtier," and " 0 Lord
help nte.," and.when he heard of this affair, the
time, place, and shrieks of Mary Porter, all
cor-
resprtnding with the tune and place when he, heard
the above ,e3pressions, he did what every con-
scientious man ought -to do, went before aJustice,
and made his deposition:

A short time ago as some lag,ourers were digging
materials for the use of 'the road in the parish 0!
Lillionrn, in Northampton, they discovered the
-skeletons of four men hi the street road, about
`fifteen biches below the surface, lying by the side
°leach other with their feet to the East. Three of
them are perfect, but the head of the fourth was
sepatated from the body and laid by his right side.
The broken parts of some earthen urns were also
found, and another skeleton was discovered in
Norton parish, with a number of Roman coins
by him.

AtciptNts, tid;

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A Melancholy . accident happened on To,
tnorning- in Chtstergate-street, M Iccleslield.
,'A
young man of the name of Dickiaion, ag
Neville and Co. lodging at Mr. Elardern's, ent live
merchant, bad been afflicted with 'a fever, who'
the disorder arrived at. its height, he in a m
u
ment plunged into the street, through thee,ind°
of the room in which he was confined,
killed almost instantly. The Jury who sat oil th''.
.
body found'a verdict of Insanity. - ' of
A young man, belonging to the Royal Tralll,
Artillery, on furlough trourbis corps, lately Yis't.
• eel his relations .in the neighbourhood of IN"'
fermline, and being, it is supposed, di&ellcl
return to his duty, went out on pretence of, sll'-'
of
tg maimingbilrts himself,,hiti
tnprears With the real intentil
his- discharge. .1 n theto tri ctchoempli ei
sign, he placed his right hand on the naffile,i,,
his piece, and, drawing the trigger with hh,l; i•
lodged the bullet (marble) in -his wrist, 14,1,,,c,
came out through the hack 'of his hand. l",
effect was, that he was seized with a !natl.!' ;
under which be lingered for some days, "11,e131,
mortification took place in his head, and be lc
victim to his own inconsideration and folly. ,to
purpose n tilltf oPtr. t.jlici'iiloc;
A few days ago, et serious accident happerleuq
Mr. Tackle, of Rainh-ant, in consequence of I,a
attack from a dog which belonged to biol. .-I,.`i,
animal had always been accustomed to felloivt'o
master, but was of so savage a teloper, lb' og
frequently - snarled and flew at malty Pe,,sie
without any provocation ; to prevent his oil
mischief, Mr. Tackle caused him to be fotc,Pb4
i,Nit his stable, where he made so much noise,'
„,f
Ir. T. %Vent out to beat him, when the dug I'7
. Curtin:.
- "P" him, trod in a mmuent tore loin OO
ground, seized! him 'by the throat, and slin T
V(!
riii. ~
with extreme violence ; the cries of '%,,
'lY' , the ,
brought several poi sons to his assistance; Of
savage animal would not relinquish hi4holookii,,
could Mr. T. be extricated till the do 4 ".25 or
Mr. T.. was nearly ant ninnies tinder the, Pa', ii,
of the dog, will had one of his fingers I)it °I,I we
otherwise very severely wounded-, and ".".1,0,01
doubtedly base been killed before 3111 I.Or ij-is I'
couldl have.nsststed him, had it not be" .i ,„,,r
neckcloth ; we arc happy to learn that he
doing well.—(.lLiiil.cioiie iota:wt.) . ~ be VA
1 • On riiday last, as the PrOprictors el the
w
.ia, *lid
Bridge Mar:-.hes ivere getting their it.taritle
I ll
ctirt beit!g- empty, four children got int° _,,lnedi-
back to the field, the three horses turned fnavia•
diately as soon as the children had got in, `lO4O, fir
i
into the water. - To the credit of the "rntrowl
the risk of his own life, he rushed into thedcrocii,
and brought out the finer children, to" t!'l i n, Ale
arm. Afterwards, the hay-maker; comingairrt
lot,
.sis:ed With ropes, &c. in getting out the
ag foot
two horses, but the middle. One W
drowned. .• Of
On Saturday last, as Mr.
Lakenham, in 'No flk 1 another Gen° 0
r 0 , ant. .- , wools
were passing through Trowse In 3 gitt'e time; 64
throwing some water in the road at
,r.i. fie „ft;
Eloise. took fright, and by a sadden_ jriowt
I, imiti:
00
were broken ; Mr. Mackie Was :ill by
whid, sr..
dragged some way on' the ,Was
aremilonf
eident
4 bad
his
leg
"n
iiiihm„eh hr„isedf ; V ,
lacerated, and was ether'eise ms companiai.
now lies in a dangerous state. Jolla Afaciei,evio;
~
fortunately escaped without itkjury. . _ cool
Sunday moriunt, a,
CORONER I
the pla monly nof the late iit ,i,
man named Davenport, s° • og-5, i
ff Strand-lane, .
.„e
's_NlatTEST.'S° .).'oter t"
that
decornam, was drawee,. o nnoto
.diately vitt
Somerset-house. The body was immt. e
fisherman Sap of
wards entangled in the nets of a
to the r,Aett
wilS conveyed in a senseless state
where. be
Dog Public-house, in Strand-lane, ..._, 0610
immediately afterwards. A Coroner's laiille west-
held on Monday, before A. Gat" 991. od a or'
miuster Coroner, who accordingly retur i
resito
cal the Suck-hole, or ,
tr,
in Peter-street, Saffron-bill, and has
widow and small family to lament his loss,
diet of Accidental Death. The deceit:Vl,
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must immetlia+ely afterwards was shot through '
breast, anti killed on the st,,ot.

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