The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-28 00:00:00

EXECUTiON.

The following are some further particulars re'
specting the unhappy men whose lives were
yesterday forfeited to the laws of their country'
William Henry Austin was the san of a most respecusb,ll
old ge pntleman, who for uwards of 50 years held a contlilen,
and lucrative situation in the General Post-office, from WW4"
he retired with great credit, and still enjoys a handsome pen:
sion. His unfortunate son was for 16 or 17 years in the Slitn.
employment. At the time when he committed the offence rs'
which he was convicted, he was a sorter of letters, and having
about three months previously formed a criminal acquaintance
with an artful female, he was tempted to become unfaithful to
the trust reposed in him, and the amount he from time to ape
embezzled is said to have been considerable. During his nn/;
prisonment, both before and after his conviction his conduct._
described as having been such as became the awful situation 7:
which he stood ; he never attempted to deny or palliate tiig.oo°;
fence ; and while he discovered symptoms of sincere contriti be
and paid respectful attention to his religious instructo
neither expressed nor pretended to be the subject of these
turous sensations which others, placed in like melancholy,,ed
cutnstances with himself, have evinced, but which he congaed 1A
scarcely became one whose repentance, even if sincere, Was as
and who was about to leave the world, not as a martyr, bialy
a criminal. He was humble and serious, yet firm and trn
to the last. On one occasion, when conversing ,with the l'e„,
Ordinary of Newgate, he expressed disapprobation of the 1:o
counts he had read of the transports experienced by some !het
died on the scaffidd, and earnestly hoped that nothing of 't,e;
description would be related of him. " I have, said he,.184
graced myself and my family, and let my name and my crnit?
be forgotten as soon as possible." It is said that powerfullPi.
fluence was exerted for the purpose of saving his fife, for-
was that a Noble Lord, at the head of the department in whic", f,
was employed, humanely interfered on his behalf : but, tinl°to
tunately, the offence of which he was guilty has promise 0,
a great extent, and has even coroinued since his convicti"),es
and within the Let fortnight, on one occasion, Bank
to the amount of 1,000/. were taken from a letter, and "-es
stantly exchanged for sovereigns. Under these circumstsncli,
it was deemed absolutely necessary that an alarming evlo
should be made, in order to deter from future offences of
~o
description, no one prosecuted by the Yost-office having ue-4
capitally punished for several years past. This unhappy' Y'lo
man has left an amiable widow and four children w lament
untimely end. ass
Richard William Jasper, who suffered for forging 1411„-dsr
ceptance of Messrs. Suttaby, Fox, and Co. was a bookbw be
by trade. Finding himself inconvenienced in business
want of capital, he had resource to the dangerous elf;
dient which proved fatal to him ; and it has bee' iris
moured that the offence of which lie was convicte"A
not the first of that kind which he had committed, and „itt-
without really intending that any person should be ; ie.
mately defrauded, he had been accustomed in seYera,by
stances to relieve himself from temporary embarrassenet of
adopting the fearful practice of counterfeiting the 0011,:fer
houses of known responsibility, taking care to prosino,
the bills. Jasper was a man of quiet decent del:01,0e
a kind husband and a- father. He appeared mots suiLsfilie.
ed at the prospect of death than his companions in if r
tion ; but he showed every disposition to prepare hitnig t
a future state. The case of John Edmonds was someebsbeee
markable :he was the servant of a farmer at Mario'''. tote
horse he was convicted of stealing, (and it is said that nail.
the same horse some time back,) sold it for 12/., cams t° ape
don, and spent the money in a profligate manner. ritoto,
went down to Marlow for the purpose of taking another
but the former having been recovered, he found it on his li.
ter's premises and brought it away, not being able to get j,
session of the other animal, which was more valuable. 10,
monds had been a youth of loose habits. lie had been it' 0%
bury gaol, and six years back he was confined in the Cler
ec
well prison for some petty theft. After the order of big stun et
tion arrived, he sent for the Rev. Dlr. Buell, the cheP4su'ibt
that place, whose former excellent instructions were 11051-
to recollection by his awful situation. Ile also had an iore4,
view with his injured master, whose forgiveness he inn) lf!
and obtained. This wretched young man endured the Pr,,,is
of a guilty conscience, which reproached him with the 07;4
of his former evil course, and with the misery and disieree
which be had brought upon a wife and four children. dot
reverend gentleman who attended him entertained hoPeelliti
his penitence was genuine, and that the subsequent trans
and peace of mind which he enjoyed previous to his dot'' I;,s,
not unwarranted. He died with as much firmness 03'44", .
coming the situation in which he was placed.

COURSE OF EXcitANGG, Dec. 27.
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At tha manse of Crawford-John, iii Lanarkshire, -1, a+ -
on
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on the 17th inst., the lady of the Rev. William
riiif
daughter. u SPa
On the 2Gth inst., at Woodford, the lady of J. &•-•
Esq., of a daughter. II scel°
Roo.,
On the 26th inst., in Souuthampton-row,
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the lady of George Chilton, jun., Esq., of a son

MARRIED. e ftel.
On Tuesday, the 27th inst., at St. Mary's, Redford,,tlir°be,
Peter La Trobe, eldest son of the Rev. E. I. La rirFostet:
Mary Louisa, second daughter of the Right Rev. F. "
On the 27th inst., at Camberwell Church, the Itor; lad
son Robins, M.A., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter Cr ,
Thomas Holland, Esq

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DIED. it•
n of pis
On Saturday, the 17th inst., at Hixon, Geotfe, 5°., 4'.
J. Marsh, of Ingestie, Staffordshire, in the 2zd,Yhe—te Or
age, after a protracted illness of three years, Wh4'. I
with exemplary resignation. in
1/'
On Saturday, the 24th inst., Mr. Jeremiah Taker eP ,
71st year. OaittlO
At Manchester, on Saturday, the 17th inst., in the er 0
of his age, Mr. James White, civil engineer, and au° Olt
Century of Inventions," &c. e. aCO
On the 27th inst., Catherine, the wife J
of Mr. • ''' is
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of Old-street, aged 40. Al 0 v
On the 19th inst., at the Hague, Lieutenant-00°100o
Charles de Bentink, Commander of the MilitarY ~, 44;
William, High Steward to her Majesty the Qui %pa i
Netherlands, and one of the Knights of OberSse" '
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