The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF JOB J. WARD.
The awful punishment of death was yesterday morning
inflicted on Job John Ward, who was convicted at the last
November Sessions of the Central Criminal Court of the
wilful murder of Timothy Ested, an infant, aged only
one year and nine months. The wretched culprit, who
was in the prime of life, his age being only 28 years, has
ever since his condemnation suffered the most acute
mental anguish, and on Sunday, during the condemned
sermon, he fainted away in the chapel of Newgate, and
the service was suspended for nearly a quarter of an hour
in consequence. The same thing had occurred at his
condemnation, and we understand that during the brief
interval which has since elapsed, fits of a similar nature
have been of frequent recurrence. From all these cir-
cumstances it had been feared that his strength of nerve
would have failed him in his last awful moments. Such,
however, was not the case.

Shortly before eight o'clock the Rev. Ordinary, the
Sheriffs, and other officers were in attendance upon the
prisoner in his cell. The prisoner was seated on a form,
and Mr. Sheriff Magnay sat by his side. Mr. Carver
asked him whether he admitted the justice of his sen-
tence, and he replied, " Oh dear, yes." Mr. Sheriff Mag-
nay then asked him whether he would now wish to state
anything as to the manner in which the child was killed;
he replied that the child was lying in the bed and he
struck it with his fist twice; he added, that when he
did so, he had not the least idea or intention to kill it,
and he concluded by declaring positively that he never
made use of the hammer. The Sheriff then asked him
whether it was true that he was intoxicated at the time, to
which he replied that he was, and heat the same time said
he hoped that all working men would refrain from drink,
for that had been the means of placing him in his present
dreadful situation. Upon another occasion he told the
Ordinary that it was drink which put the idea of strik-
ing the child into his head, and that be wished liquor
had been a guinea a quart on that day, as it would
have prevented the unfortunate occurrence taking place.
The Sheriff then asked the prisoner whether it was not
possible that the head of the child might have come in
contact with the chair or the bed-post, but he replied that
that could not be, and again repeated, that the only injury
inflicted upon the child were the blows with his fist,
adding that at the time he had not the slightest in-
tention of killing it, but as those blows were the cause of
death, he acknowledged that he was justly charged
with the murder, and was, therefore, liable to the pu-
nilmient he was about to suffer. When the prisoner was
pinioned he expressed a wish to shake hands with the
Sheriffs and the Ordinary, and having done so, he ex-
claimed " God bless you, I thank ycu all for your
kindness."

The usual hour, eight o'clock, having arrived the cul
prit was led to the scaffold, with the usual procession.
He appeared very faint, and was supported by one of the
turnkeys and Mr. Holding, one of the surgeons. The
appearance of the wretched man on the scaffold was the
signal for a burst of cheers, mingled with groans, from
the assembled crowd. He appeared to struggle for about
a minute before life was extinct.

At nine o'clock the body was cut down, and was in-
terred last evening, by the side of Blakesley.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 20.—1 t is confidently stated that
the Warspite, 50, Dido, 20, and Hazard, 16, are for ser-
vice in China, and are to be expedited as much as pos-
sible. The Warspite will go out of harbour on Monday
or Tuesday.
The Dick),'Hotweaptain Keppel; arrived to=day, frbni'
Sheerness, on her way to Plymouth.
The Belvidera, 38, sailed yesterday for the Mediter- •
ranean. Lieut. Bullen takes charge of her until she
arrives at Genoa, when Captain the Hon. G.. Grey. will
rejoin her.
The Atholl, troop ship, Mr. Bellamy, Commander, is
ordered to proceed to Barbadoes with troops, calling at
Cork.

The Revenge, 74, and Indus, 78, have arrived at Lis-
bon from Gibraltar, where they are to be stationed.
The Resistance rigate, at Plymouth, is ordered to be
fitted as a troop-ship, with the same complement as the
Apollo.

The Tyne is ordered to be taken into dock when the
Carysfort is taken out.
The Owen Glendower, frigate, is fitting for a convict
ship. Government is going to send 300 convicts to
Gibraltar, to repair the fortifications.
The Royal George yacht was paid off on Thursday, and
re-commissioned by Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarcnce.
The Hazard, 16, Commander Bell, will go out of har-
bour in the course of the ensuing week.
The Ganges, 84, Hastings, 72, and Implacable, 72, are
ordered home to be paid off.
Her Majesty's ship Winchester, bearing the flag of
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, arrived at Bermuda, on

the 12th of November, from Halifax, in four days. The
Winchester fell in with the Cleopatra and Racer off the
Island, the day previous to her arrival. The Cleopatra
proceeded to Barbadoes, and the Racer to Jamaica.
Captain Boxer, late commanding the Pique, has, we
see by the Colonial Papers, been recently sworn in as
Captain of the Port, and Harbour Master of Quebec.
The Avon steamer, Lieut. Jenkin, arrived on Sunday
from Plymouth, with newly-raised men, and left again
on Thursday, for Ireland, touching at Plymouth, Bristol,
and Liverpool. . _ _

Captain Sir John Hill is re-appointed to the Superin-
tendence of the Victualling Establishment at Deptford ;
Captain Sir W. 0. Pell, to be Superintendent of Sheer-
ness Yard ; Captain Sir F. Collier, to be Superintendent
of Pembroke Yard ; Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, to
be Superintendent of Plymouth Yard ; Captain Phipps
Hornby, to be Comptroller• General of the Coast Guard
Service, vice Bowles, promoted ; Captain Peter Fisher is
appointed Superintendent at the Victualling Yard at
Deptford.
Rear• Admiral Wise is appointed to the command at
the Cape of Good Hope, and Captain Sydney Dacres
will t• his Flag Captain.
Capt. John Carter, superseded Rear-Admiral Sir E.
Chetham, as Superintendent of Hasler Hospital, on
Monday last.
Mr. Jonathan Gain, Purser, R.N., has been sent for by
the Board of Admiralty, and is undergoing an examina-
tion on matters relative to that class of officers.

The Tartar, revenue cutter, Lieut. Butcher, on Thurs-
day towed into this harbour the Danish brig Falster, E.
Seth-mins, master, from Studland Bay, having towed her
there from sea, off Durlston Head, the morning before,
with the loss of her mainmast and fore top-sail yard.
She sailed from Hamburgh on the Ist inst., carried away
her mainmast, westward of Portland, at nine a. m. on
Wednesday, and is bound to the Havannah with a gene-
ral cargo, but not full.

The-Wellington and Quebec, outward bound liners
for New York, with about 150 sail of other outward
bound vessels (of almost every nation), are detained by
strong foul winds.
At Spithead—Dido.

In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Queen, Excellent,
Vindictive, Warspite, Royal George, Hazard, Pantaloon,
Rapid, Echo steam-tug, Athol troop-ship.
PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, DEC. 10.—The Pique, 36,
Captain H. Forbes, sailed for Halifax, the 9th ; arrived
the Apolo and Sapyhire troop-ships from Portsmouth.—
The Espoir, 10, Lieut. Paulson, arrived from Lisbon the

11th, and came into harbour the 15th to be paid off.—
The Crocodile, 26, has been taken into dock to have her
defects made good.—The Madagascar, Aigle, and Harle-
quin, sailed for their destinations, the 14th, with a fine
breeze from the northward, but the wind shifted in the
night, and we fear they have not cleared the Channel.--
The Spy, 3, arrived from Liverpool the 15th, with vo-
lunteers.—The Implacable, 76, Captain Edward Harvey,
and Hastings, 72, Captain J. Lawrence, are ordered to
England, on the arrival of the Malabar, at Gibraltar ;
the Implacable, to Plymouth, and the Hastings, to Spit-
head.

In Harbour.—Caledonia, San Josef, Minden, Isis, Fly,
Ferret, Espoir, and Alban steamer.
In the Sound.—Malabar, Belleisle, Apollo, Sapphire,
North Star, Spy. A warrant officer, named Sharp, and
boy belonging to her Majesty's ship Stag, lying in Ha-
moaze, left the shore on Thursday last to go on board in
the ship's boat, but being suddenly overtaken by a squall,
the boat filled, and both were drowned. The bodies
have not yet been picked up.