The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-21 00:00:00

half, that be was i❑ such a state of mind as not to he re-
sponsible for his actions. They appeared to have no
doubt on that subject ; but at the same time they bad
shown their anxiety to discharge their duty with the
greatest impartiality and fairness, by yielding in some de-
gree to that not unratnral impulse it had suggested to
their minds the propriety of such a recommendation ae
that with which they hadaecempanied their verdict. That
recommenilation he promised the prisoner should he for-
warded to the proper quarter. At present he had only
one duty to perform, which was to pass upon the pri-
soner, not his own sentence, but the sentence of the law.
He warned the prisoner not to flatter himself with the
expectation that the recommendation of the Jury could
be concurred in by the Secretary of State, but rather to
anticipate that the solemn sentence of the law he was
about to pronounce would be carried into effect. The
prisoner had but a short time to live, and he recom•
mended him to employ it in preparing himself for the
fate which the law had appointed fur all men who were
found guilty of such foul crimes as he had committed.
His lordship had no doubt from what he had heard that
the prisoner hal a capacity, an admirable capacity, fm-
the attainment of religious knowledge, and he besought
him now to employ the shertepe,ce ut time that remained
to hint in the most prafitable way he could employ it,
viz., that of receiving and paying his best attention to
the spiritual advice and weistance that would be given
to him. Do not (said his lordchip in conclusion) cherish
hopes that may tura nut to be delusive, but prepare
yourself for the worst—the carrying► out the sentence of
the law, which is, that you be removed hence to the
place whence you came, that you be thence conveyed to
a piece of execotien, there to be hanged by the neck
until you are den 1, aed that afterwards your body he
taken down and buried within the precincts of the pri-
son in which you have been confined. And may the
Lord have mercy on your soul !
When the prisoner was brought to the bar to hear
the verdict, he walked with a lively step, and appeared
calm and composed ; but on hearing the verdict he be-
came pale. When the usual question was put whether
he had anything to say why sentence of death should
not be passed, the prisoner uttered the words " I have
only one thing," and was evidently prepared to offer
some remarks, but hesitated, and his lordship, who ap-
peared not to have heard him, proceeded with the sen-
tence, during the delivery of which the prisoner remain-
ed silent and attentive.
After the sentence was passed, some of the turnkeys
approached the prisoner to remove him front the bar ;
at first ho appeared reluctant to move away, as if he
wished to make some statement. Ile, however, said
nothing, and after a slight hesitation lie turned, and
walked away *WI a somewhat falteriug -step and appi- -
rent confusion.

The court was daisely crowded when the verdict and
sentence were delivered. _ _

The trial occupied the attention of the court for the
space of 42 hours—extending over four days. The court
adjourned on Saturday night, at 55 minutes past ten.
As far as we could learn the result of the trial appeared
to give general satisfaction to the public.