The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-14 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY..

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The It r.conDEu passed sentence yesterday upon
ate
prisoners convicted at the present Sessions.
The following persons received sentence of death
Goff, Henry Williams, William Probert; John ThenV:ie;
William Serjeant, James Corbett, Stephen Midwinter, / p,
rick Morgan, Elizabeth Doyle, William- August, Edward.
Dunn, James Gofi; Edward Crawley, Henry Brown, and Henry
Bowers.
Theappearance of Probers excited much curiosity in theCourti
When he was asked, in the customary manner, whether he lilt_
any thing to say why he should not receive judgment CO he
according to law, he produced a paper, which he read to to
Court. It complained of public prejudice having oferr'in.,
against him, and expressed a belief that it would have no
fluence in his Majesty's Council, where his fate would be 7,1
cided. it contained a solemn appeal
,(declaration) that to a h
not commit the offence of which he was found. guilty'threage„
any other motive than the most heart-rending distress. it trtie
ferred to the ” dreadful event," which was the cause °f
no
'l3O
prejudice against him, and protested that he (Frobert) to"
knowledge of or concurrence in its contrivance. It complained
of his being an outcast from society, expressed a hope that °rty
violence had been used, and the mare stolen was the Pr°l- to
of a relation, that his Majesty's mercy might be extende,
him, and his wretched life might be spared on any condi,t,g);s,
It concluded with a devout mention of the necessity of adarem.
ing his prayers for- mercy to his God, and for the cornmOsF
tion of his fellow men. It was a very indifferent proauetl°
and imperfectly delivered.
just
The'REcortDErt observed, that the topics in the pane- ..„r).
read, were proper for the consideration of His Majesty's L'°.ga
cil, but had no application here. The Learned. Judge t`7,4
passed sentence of death upon the prisoners in a veiy solemn a
impressive manner. •
fer
The following prisoners were sentenced to transpo 04 "rtatt—
life :—Mary An Wilson;' Jane Macdonald, Evan -"
John Lewis; John Smith, and Joseph Thomas.
Thomas Riley and Richard Green were sentenced to be tr.--
ported for 14 years.
Fifty-one were sentenced to transportation for seven YieBr.:
(including William Patmore and William Heyman, from
Session); and 90 were sentenced to various punishments,
one year's imprisonment to whipping. sq
The judgment on Mary Weldon and Mary Mitchell
respited till next Sessions, May 19.

SKULLS OF DIETLKOUISHED PERSONS.—In a roar°, a,,F:,
propriated to skulls at Bologna,.is the skull of Guido.
Luke's Academy in Rome, is the skull of Raffae preserq
in a glass case. In the French Academy is preserved the s"";;,
of Wes Cartes. In the Library at Ravenna is exhibited tor.
skull of the Cardinal of Pavia, who was killed at Raven'
the Duke of Urbino in 1511.

A..young man named Herman is to be ttie4
Strasburg for the, murder of his wife. 1f is fats
eXeilud much interest from the peculiar circud)-
I stances of the case. It-appeared that" the Ye'
ceased, who was of a very had temper, was re-
proaching Herman with being in a state of :
toxiention, and that, String to the quick by o's
' incessant upbrading= language, he reeled to,' a'.
the chimney, and seizing one of the vases (1)13.e.;E
there for ornaments) hurled it at,her head;
struck her on the temple with such power
she instantly fell weltering in blood. Broogijo
to his senses by the dreadful act, he ran out
apprize a neighbour of the cireumfaiice, and oar
his entrance, he found that his wife had expriett),e
He was shortly after taken into custody. f(`o,
unfortunate man has several children,- all of til.s
very young. His wife was only twenty-four
of age.

At PershorerWorcestshire, on 'Sunday IPstie,
young man, named Robert Andrews, son ©f r„,
spectable widow, who keeps' a' ladies' boaftl'l;
school at that place, went to see his mothe.
Whilst in convf rsation in the evening, about sk'
o'clock, fie left the room, and about three qu'ILI
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ters of an hour afterwards, (lie report of
was heard up stairs. The affrighted -parent
me,diately rushed up to her own. room,•.fri'id
whence the sound seemed to have proceeded, A3,..,1
there found stretched out on. the floor, her d,
a corpse I a•rifle4)arrel pistol, just discluirgek„
was lying. by his side ; and with stich.lameoial
precision had it spread .its work of -deatli,6o /
it
passing the bullet direst through the heart, L"
not the smallegt 'signs of life were visible.
5
SZIOaKING ACGIDENT.:-011 Monday Oa, 0
Captain MONtlGt was driving his tilbui'yfacccoe
Raided by his groom, in the New-ron(4
animal became restive near .-Baker..street,
set off at full speed thrOugh the turoirg 11.5
when the tilbury came in contact' with file gi3O
i
'post, the force of which broke it in •two
corner of Northumberland-Street, when theli. 101,
tain was thrown out with great violence, and 514
Wiled Much injury : the 'Groom- was dreadf_°
injured about the', head, and otherwise. severest,
hurt.. The Captain was -conveyed to 'his 11°Iir,
in a coach, the Groomto St. Marylebone
inary,' where little hopes 'are entertained •of l~tLot
recovery. - The =horsew-as hut injured,
,the tilbury was dashed to pieces..

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" • . con L .111ARkET, APRIL 13.
atArrarket. Shipr gold
geweastle - 234_
"19 ti,.z.culerland - 17

Price._ az
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293,91 i tCt 3,30:7141
31s Oa to'l„,e

El11:T/IS. .
- ,t* 1.011,
On the 12th inst., in 113eklenburgh-squam, the lady of ' 3
few
AfackenZie, Esq., of -a 'daughter, irhich survived-y:11Y 1'
hours.
, ' • , 'of tlic
On Tueiday, at his house in''Whitehall-yard, the'ladY ,
Lion. ,Henley Eden, of a sarl and heir.. - • _----

MARRIED.
NI a'
. On Tuesday, the .12,th..inst.': at 11Ornapy, Chatics.- • • enl
Esq. 'Of WellingbOroiiki, Northamptonshire, to
• daughter of John'll„er4ctu, Esq.', of ttrrfain;erltagee'e •
On the 4th inst., at St. James's EpiScoml Ch4Pe'7
,Ch Arles if enry- Corbett, of the Lxcis.-Offic', ri too
don, to Ann, eldest etught,...; of I'd;. James Johnson, of.
Cambridgeshire. •• '. • 01
Yesterday, at St.. Marylehone Church, .7. Carr7'
Blackheath, to Harriet- Catherine, fourth daughter of S'
White Sweet,.Esq., of Dorset...square. • •

•
" . DIED. - Aott-
,
On Moilday, the 111.11 inst., at .his residenee,tio: 1:;'"s.
street, Geodman`.s-fields, Gotchell Levien,' Esq., aged at
~retlie7-
At Gatehouse,. Seotland,,On'th-e 24th ult.', jalte
Esq., Provost Qf that burgh. • • t33,/'
Oft.the.-2d utt., at Springfield., tear aretbh breen, ag
Mr. JOhn Millar, sen., and father of the firm of Nessrs_•_,,
lar, the eiteniive.eittie.derilcirs: from Aberdeen to Lob d°rl(i.' oa.!
vyas Dt the oldest cattleqlea4rs of the -Border? .I!nbefore
Crossed theSolwak Frith more than two thousand dines,
he erection of the Inetalbridge,at_Oarristowp.

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