The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-01 00:00:00

EXEC EJTIONS.

WINCHESTER, Mancu . Worthington ,
for forgery, T. Brown., for burglary., and T. Steele,
for sheep-stealing, were executed this morning
pursuant to their sentence., These
.unfortunate
men from the time of their conviction_ have be-
haved with the most becoming fortitude. They
left the
.gaol .at ten o'clock, and continued singing
a hymn all the way.to the place of execution.--
Jost. before they were launcled' into eternity,
Nirorthingt6h and .Brown addressed the spectators
in a most impressive manner,' and acknowledged
the justice of their sentence, Worthington had
held some confidential situations in London, since
which he had resided some time in America, and
previous to his enterirt the Royal Navy, had been
in.the East India Company's service as a midship-
Man, Steele was .a native of this county, and
Brown kept a green-groCer's shop in London.
On Saturday last, I attended the. execution of
Michaq For, convicted for conspiring the murder
of James Connell. He- was escorted by a strong
detachment of dragoons, and infantry' front Mill-
Hoot to Moite, and there Met by a body of
infantry from Athlone, eta six pieces of :artillery.
The prisoner was Ina chaise, accompanied by a
Priest from Mullingar. abotit one o'clock the
whole proceeded to,the.-Fort of Kilmanogue, near
Moate, the race where the conspiracy Was. formed,
and where the nocturnal meetings are frequently
held ; a temporary gallows being erected, and all.
matters ready to execute the sentence of the law;
Michael Fox was • asked if .he wished 'to say any
thing to the people ? He said he did, and began
by advising them to take warning of his sad fate,
and give up the, business they were concerned in ;
that it was a bad business, and tvOnld only lead
them to destruction--(this he enipharically re-
peated half a dozen limes, and‘said, God for-
give those who advised them to it"),- lie ,ac-
. .
knawledged. that he had been sworn a leader in,
the buSiness, arid that he sworn a great_
many to Unlawful oaths ; said he must freely
forgive the Judge, siie Jury, and all his. pro-
secutors—:-and all this was said with his head
out of the carriage window. The Priest of
the parish of Colry, his own Priest (not the one
who came with him from Mullingar), having got-
into the carriage, d'esired him to say no more to
them—if it had not been for which; he would'in
all probability have continued and disclosed
At a quarter before three o'clock he ascended the
scaffal, and was launched into eternity !-an
awful example to those deluded people who are
made theinstruments of designing men, who take
special care to conceal themselves, whilst the on-
fortunate victims of their delusion are sure sooner
or later to suffer the just sentence of the law, and.
leave their helpless families to' brood in misery
over the misfortunes brought Upon-them by-those
restless instigators.7--Sounderes News-Letter.

On Friday came on to be' tried at the Guildhall,
Exeter, before Mr. Jukice DAMPIER, and a Special
Jury, the cause of the King, on the prosecution of
the Hope Thsttrance Company v. Thomas Bedford
Pim, of Exwick, in Exeter, paper-maker, for per-
jury, in answer to a bill of discovery, preferred by
the Directors of the saiatontpony, against the de-
fendant, relative to the, fire at his-mill, in die year
1809. After a trial of six boors, the prisoner was
found guilty.

SIIIIIIW/ AS§I;74tE,.

I{ll.-ieSTON, Mmtcir 29.

BUJILF,Y versus ILt TRIMS; L. D

This was an action against the-Rev. Dr. Be
thune, a Magistrate of the county, for misconduct:
in 108 office, -in f.asely imprisoning "the plaintiff
for severs, weeks. • 7 _ _ _

Mr. Serjeant Bpi. stated, that the plaintiff- was
a farmer residing at Seal, in Kent, where he- ma-
tinged a large farm, in OccupatiOrt• of" his'mo-
Aber. lie had, however, 'the mitfOrtune to liave
been married to a very abandoned -W01113.11, who
absconded. from him, and lived hi an adulterous
intercourse with a man of the name of Midhurst.
After some time, she left that roan,, and then
would have returned to the house of her,husband ;
,but he, with the ,natural feelings and.honestin-
dignation. of an Englishman, refused to receive
back the'adulteress Co his arias. She then applied
to the parish for relief,, and at a Board of;Magis-
trates, at which Sir Thomas Turton, a lawyer,
presided,
,she was refused to be made chargeable
to her husband. She, however, aftel4ards ap-
plied to Dr. Bethune, who, 'either in malice or
shameful ignorance of his duty,: sent his warrant
and apprehended the plaintiff, and then proceeded
to convict
.him asp rogue and vagabond for hav-
ing deserted his faintly. This was so far from the
truth of the fact, that the only family he had was
a daughter by that woman, which daughter be
had always fostered and prOtected; and, notwith-
standing all these facts 'were well known to -the
Reverend'Magistrate, as he should prove, yet he
•had the boldness to convict this honest farmer as
a rogtie, and Vagaboml, and to send him to prison
for seven weeks, because he refused to provide
for a wife who had abandoned her duty, and had
openly cohabited with another man. The law
was, that a woman who so condacted herself,
forfeited her claim to her husband's protection.—
When the conviction was removed into the Court
of King's Bench, it was quashed as a matter. of
course, and the plaintiff was immediately restored
to his liberty. • Ile now sought rediess'for the in-
jury he bad sustained, by bringing
.the present
action ; and to this action the defendant • had
0-Wed, that he -had tendered two-pence- as suf.L
fieient satisfaction for the injury which he had
done the plaintiff. —.The-Jury would say, whether
they considered this as spflicient compensation for
illeg4ly causing an honest, man to suffer impriSon,
meta' for seVen-weeks.

The conviction of the plaintiff by the defendant;
and the order of the Court.of Bench for
quashing it, were put in,and Jcad. The fact was.
also Troves!, by the daughter of` the plaintiff, 'that
her mother left her ifather's hotise,, and thit she
always was brought up by ;her father. It was also
oved, - that the wife cohabited 'with a man at
lingfield of the haine of Midhurst.
Mr: MARRYAT, for the -defendant, submitted
,that there was no proof of actual .malice` against
the plaintiff in thedefendanf, and that the action
aotild not be supported against a Magistrate for
mere error in judgment, unless actual malice was
proved.
Mr. Serjeant BRST, on the • contrary, argpeil,
that malice was an inference of law from- the factS;
and that where there was such gross misconduct,
malice would be presumed.
The Learned Judge, having heard the Counsel
on both sides at considerable length; was of opi-
nion that express malice must be proved, 'and that
ignorance of the law, and error in judgment,. in
the Magistrate, would not subject him, to an ac-
tion.--Plaintiff nonsuited.

WEDNESDAY, MARCII 30.

THE KING VeTSUS RENTON AND OTHERS.

This was an information against the defendants,
for assaulting and obstructing G. Hemming, an
Officer of Excise, in the execution of his duty.—
The cause came on yesterday about two o'clock,
and the Court sat till ten at night. This morning
it was resumed, and did not finish until four
o'clock this day ; but although it lasted so long,
it w.as not very interesting. Two of the defen-
dants were found guilty.

'THURSDAY, MARCH 31.

THE MURDER AT VAUXHALL,

Charles Calaghan, who was,. indicted for the
murder of Moses Merry, Miss Compertz's . foot-
man, was tried this morning. The trhil lasted
until three o'clock, when 7he was found . guilty,
and sentenced to be executed on Saturday ❑corn-
ing. He was convicted on the evidence of Ilyatn
Parrish, bis 'accomplice, whose testimony was
fully corroborated in almost every particular, ex-
cept as to what passed when they were,alune in
the house.' The particulars shall be given to-
morrow. .