The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-17 00:00:00

DEATH.

Thomas Blizzard and John Sarney were then
placed at the bar. The prisoners were found Guilty
of destroying machinery.
Mr. Justice PARK addressed the prisoners in the
following terms :—The most painful part of my duty
yet remains to be performed. You, Thomas Blizzard,
are a most guilty person by your own confession ;
you have been convicted, by the verdict of a Jury,
of a most serious offence at Mr. Lane's mill; and
you have, by your own confession, admitted yourself
to be, as on the healing of the evidence you were
proved to be, the most active and violent in the de-
struction of the machinery at Mr. Davis's mill.
Moreover it has appeared, from what is on the
records of this Court, that you were equally con-
cerned in the destruction of Mr. Allnutt'a, Mr.
Plaistow's, and Mr. Hay's machinery, though these
cases were not brought on for trial. It appears,
moreover, that you were in the head and front of
every engagement, taking the most active and vio-
lent part in the business, creating the most dreadful
alarm, and exciting others to mischief. In addition
to all this, nothing of character has been given with
respect to you. As to you, John Sarney, your's is
a case of extreme wi;kedness. You were engaged
at Mr. Davis's, Mr. Allnutt's, and Mr. Plaistow's
mills, and though you were not tried on the
two latter cases, yet we know exactly the
circumstances of those from what appeared on
the others, and it appears that you took a much
more active part than might have been expected
from a man of your age, even after receiving a
warning from one, who seemed your well-wisher;
and to whom you replied, that you had come out
with the intention to do what you were engaged in,
arid that you were determined to persevere till you
had destroyed every machine. Moreover it appears
that you threatened the most gross personal vio-
lence ; that you attempted to knock out the brains
of one of the Coroners of the county, while on his
knees struggling with the rioters; and that when a
hammer was taken away from one of your associates,
you held up a rod of iron, and threatened to knock
out the brains of the man who had seized it. Un-
der these circumstances, we think you u fit subject
for capital punishment, because yours is an aggra-
vated case. I cannot, and will not, because I ought
not, hold out to you any hope of mercy in this
world; and therefore I beseech you to apply to
those who will show the way to that place where,
in sincere and true repervance and contrition, you
would be permitted to approach your God through
the merits of your Redeemer. The sentence of the
Court on you Thomas Blizzard and John Sarney is,
that you be token to the place from whence you
came, and from thence to the place of execution,
and there to be banged by the neck until you are
dead, and may God have mercy on your souls.
During the delivery of this address the Learned
Judge was deeply affected, and at the conclusion,
while passing the awful sentence of death, he was
completely overcome by painful emotions, and wept
aloud. The solemn tone in which he spoke, and
the distress of mind under which he laboured, pro-
duced a deep impression on al present, and very few
could restrain their tears. Mr. Baron Bollard and
Mr. Justice Patteson were visibly affected by the
(ate of these wretched men, and the whole. scene was
one of the most heart-rending description. The effect
on the prisoners was remarkable ; they appeared
wholly unprepared to hear so severe a sentence
missed on them, and they seemed struck dumb with
grief and astonishment. They looked at each other
for a moment, but spoke not a word, and then quitted
the bar in mournful silence.

John Sarney is 54 years old ; and used to keep
a beer-shop under the new Act ; Blizzard is a
young man about the age of 30.

AN INDEFATIGABLE PREACIIER.—A cor-
respondent of a contemporary gives the following sum-
mary of the labours of a dissenting preacher in this
neighbourhood, during the past year :—" After attending
his usual avocations in business on the six working days
of the week, he preached statedly and occasionally 266
sermons, travelled on foot 568 miles, ditto on horseback
761 ditto, and received only 53. tin- his sen ices ! !—Bath
Herald.

THE HOUSE OF ESTE.—Near the Ellga-
nean Hills, between Verona and Padua, lies Late, a place
of some account with the Romans, but better known for
giving denomination to one of the most illustrious families
in Europe. In 1026, Aza, the fourth Marquis of Este,
married CUNIGUNDA, the Duke of BAVARIA'S only
daughter. By her, Azo had a son called Welpho, who
inherited all his grandfather's (the Duke of 13AvantA)
territories, and gave the first rise to the most illustrious
family of Brunswick Lunenburgh, which is thus de-
scended from the family of Esre. The Duke of SUSSEX
married in Italy, and afterwards in England, at St.
George's, Ha:•:over-square, a daughter of Lordi DUN-
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cession to
and the title of
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the name of " Fitz-Sussex," and adopted instead the
obvious reasons, refused to call this son and daughter by
family name of the Noble House of Este.
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