The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-19 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF BUSTIN.

This melancholy event took place at Warwick yesterday
at one o'clock, to which hour it was deferred in order to
allow time for the arrival of any reprieve which his Ma-
jesty's clemency might extend. At twelve o'clock yester-
day the whole of the prisoners, male and female, attended
divine service at the chapel. Bustin walked-from the con-
demned cell to the chapel with a firm step, and with an
' appearance of unconcern ; he held a prayer-book in his
hand, and was attired in a common labourer's dress. At
one o'clock, when the service was concluded, he was at-
tended to the press-room by the Chaplain, Mr. Adkins,
Governor, and other officers of the prison, where the usual
process of pinioning his arms was performed. The Go-
vernor then entreated of him, if he had any thing to com-
municate, to do so immediately, as he had but a short
period of time to exist. He calmly replied, " I have no-
thing to say, I only wish to be buried at home, and I never
set Mr. Sheldon's or Mr. Baker's ricks on fire." The pro-
cession then moved towards the scaffold, and in the room
adjoining it the Chaplain read the usual prayers, to which
Bustin seemed to listen with attention. The Rev. Gentle-
man here parted with the culprit, who walked towards the
place of execution with a firm and unmoved step. On
making his appearance on the drop some person in the
crowd called " Bustin," whom, it appeared by his nodding
his head in return, he recognised as an acquaintance.
The cap was then placed over his face, the rope was
adjusted, the bolt of the scaffold was withdrawn, a struggle,
with considerable tremor of the muscles, followed, and in a
few moments he had ceased to live. His voice was heard
in prayer till the last sentence of the law was carried into
effect.

The crowd was not so great as on many former occa-
sions, but the melancholy sight drew a considerable number
of spectators from the neighbourhood of Brailes.—Lea-
mington Spa Courier of Saturday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BO W- STREET.

A MOTHER'S VENGEANCE.—Yesterday two girls of ten-
der age, named Ryan and Nicholson, were brought up,
charged with being disorderly and using obscene language
in the streets. Mrs. Ryan, the mother of the first-named
prisoner, was also put to the bar, charged with a violent
assault upon the prisoner Nicholson.
The policeman, after proving the charge against the
girls, stated that as he was bringing them from the station-
house to the office Mrs. Ryan seized the prisoner Nichol-
son, knocked her down and kicked her, swearing she would
murder her.

In her defence Mrs. Ryan said the girl Nicholson had
enticed her daughter from her home and induced her to go
upon the streets, and when she saw her child in custody she
could not control her rage.

Sir F. ROE said her vengeance must be restrained, and
committed her for a month. The girls were committed for
fifteen days. .

The three prisoners were locked up in the same cell to-
gether, and in a few moments the most piercing shrieks were
heard to proceed from the lock-up place, and the gaoler,
on going to ascertain the cause, found the girl Nicholson
lying on her back, and Mrs. Ryan kneeling upon her chest,
and beating her head against the stone-floor. The gaoler
had great difficulty in rescuing the girl from her infuriated
grasp.
Mrs. Ryan, who was in a frightful state of excitement,
said she would never rest until she had murdered the young
wretch who had been the means of bringing her fatherless
child to destruction.
Her sentence was then increased to three months.
MAR YLEB ONE.
Yesterday three men, who gave their names Samuel Jac-
kson, Thomas Abbott, and James Abbott, were brought up
by police constable 32 S, charged with selling unstamped
newspapers in the street.
Thomas Page, of No. 23, Francis-street, Chelsea, who
described himself as a labourer, in the employ of Mr. Col-
ley, holding a situation under the Commissioners of Stamps,
deposed that about ten o'clock on Saturday night he was in
the Tottenham-court-road, when he saw the three prisoners
selling various numbers of the Hue and Cry, the Police Ga-
zette, and the Twopenny Dispatch. Witness having pur-
chased the Hue and Cry of Jackson, and the Twopenny
Dispatch of Thomas Abbott, called the policeman above-
named, and gave them all three into custody. A great bun-
dle full of the above publications was here handed to the
Magistrate for his inspection.

The prisoners being asked what they had to say, Jack-
son incautiously admitted the fact of his having sold the
papers in question, and thought there was no harm in so

doing.

I\fr. Edmonds, who appeared on behalf of the prisoners,
contended that there was no positive or legal proof that the
publications in question contained real facts to bring them
under the denomination of newspapers. They might, for
anything which appeared to the contrary, be made up
wholly of fiction and romance, the work of the imagination.
Mr. RAWLINSON observed that prosecutions of this kind
ought to be instituted against the proprietor of these publi-
cations by the Commissioners of Stamps, or some respon-
sible persons acting under them, and not against the poor
venders. There was some weight in the last point urged
by the adviser for the prisoners, and he should give them
the benefit of it.
They were accordingly discharged, and the papers all
restored to them by the magistrate's orders.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Yesterday James Preston was
placed at the bar before Mr. GREGORIE, charged with rob-
bing Mr. William Griffin, of Beal's Wharf, Tooley-street,
of a valuable gold watch and seals.
It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, that
on Saturday evening he was returning home ; when near
the Elephant and Castle, at Newington, he saw the pri-
soner, who put his arm round him. He asked him what he
meant by such conduct, when he replied, " I see you are
a gentleman," and went away. Witness walked on a short
way, and stopped for a moment where two persons were
singing, and on turning round he saw the prisoner standing
'close to him on his right hand. He almost instantly snatched
his watch out of his fob, and ran away. Witness followed
him, and never lost sight of him until he was secured.
On searching him the watch was not to be found, and it
is
_supposed that he must have thrown it away during the
chace.

The prisoner was ordered to be remanded.
THE ITALIAN Boye.—A young Italian boyoyith a cage
of white mice, one of those unfortunate lads. who are

brought over to this country by the Italian vagabond ma!
ters, was brought before Mr. Gregorie by one of the °leece
of the Mendicity Society, charged with begging in:t
public street.
The officer stated that he saw the defendant with —11"6
white mice begging of several persons in Cockspur-stret.r.
The boy on being questioned refused to give arq.ansvieo
One of the Society's officers said that a short time
the boy was at Marlborough-street, and gave his name 1331-
charmi ; he could speak English as well as he could.
The boy still refused to give any answer, "
and Mr. G
GORIE committed him for ten days to the House of 02:r"
rection.

COUR d'ASSIZE de la SEINE INFERIEURE'

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ASSASSINATION OF A WOMAN BY HER HUSBANO•
A man named Delestre, an agricultural labourer, w
as
placed at the bar charged with the murder of his wife
under the following circumstances :
in On
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tfiheeldls4tohf oi‘fiJeasnnulla_pryanlansetvaiilde,eawdhibcohdytuwrnaesddoistictortoer. be
that of a woman named Delestre. She appeared to bac!,
been dead only a few hours, and was lying
with her arms crossed on her bosom, and her legs n Fie;
straight, being only a few inches from each other. Her
clothes were not in the slightest degree disordered. bad
right her petticoat was slightly stained with mud, and d
the appearance of a knee having been placed upon it ;,5;;Ii
on the same side her leg bore the impress of a foot, 014
had evidently been placed upon it. On the right side
her head the handkerchief, four times double, which be
°OO
her head-dress, presented several marks of blood, and 04
the middle of the left shoulder there were several stalied
on her heal_
and at one side of the body a spot of ground was saturn.:,,.,
with blood. There was also a large bruise on the left rile
and on the neck ; and two other bruises-a-one near ,
right ear, and the other on the left thigh, and a little Stol
on the right cheek. The body was at once removed Ire,
• neighbouring house, the greatest care being taken to Po,
serve the position in which it was first discovered. In Jr le
ing it, however, it was found that the back of the carnl6lth
(an under waistcoat) which she wore was much oiled
mud about the shoulders, while the petticoat was scare"
soiled at all.
On the following day the Juge de Paix, attended by Per;
Mondeville, went to inspect the body. The first opt
of the medical gentleman was, that the deceased 1101,7 a
e
of pulmonary apoplexy, from which she appeared to 70e.
suffered some time previously to her death. Has nee
qucntly acknowledged that his examination, in conseql!e.oo,
of being pressed for time to send in his written depositaol /
was not sufficiently minute to bear out his statement, udy
that he was also led away by the mis-stafements of her4oo4
band as to the state of her health ; that the drops °f borne
on her garments and on the ground were not likely to Ocir,
from her spontaneously, and he afterwards sent a Tr), he
cumstantial statement to the Juge de Paix, in wine-fo-
gave it as his firm belief that the deceased had been
betW°°°
cated, and that a violent struggle had taken place hell w
her and some second person, and that she had receive
rious injury by compression of the right breast.
A before
The most active investigation was continued, an uto-
the medical gentleman had drawn up his secondreport fact of
cient evidence was obtained clearly to establish the fecared
Delestre not having come fairly by her death. It aPPei etb,
that she had been seen a few minutes only before her ue her
and that she was then in perfect health. Moreover' Ar
arms, as they remained crossed on her bosom, had the
pearance of having been forced into that position, the
on the camisole, as if to attest pressure on the bre„...rrtS
knee mark on the clothes, the contusions on different viol
of the body, the scar on the face—all proved that shedrot
become the victim of violence, and the blood, drop by • car
spilt on her clothes and on the ground, sufficiently Inor,
cated the severe struggle that she had had with her 11190
derer ; she had also inflicted some slight wounds 00
when he was in the act of strangling her. one.
Such was the conclusion that the public opinion at
bed
came to, that Delestre was instantly accused of having
the assassin of his wife. With an inconceivable sang .104
he witnessed the examination of the body, and endeal to s
to deceive the medical men by his misrepresentations 0,1,4.
belief that she died a natural death, and afterwards st'op
.•
that he had heard her several times declare she WO—
Ad
mit suicide.
The deceased was 50 years of age, and considerahlYin
than her husband. Misery and hard work had made op,
appear still older than she really was. Her husband,
peared, had become tired of her, and spent all he eartle":t
other women, and refused his own wife even the 0,01-
necessaries of life. She lived with her children in the alf
mune of Bouville, and he lived about two leagues °lhts9-0
premises of the Sieur Beranger, an agriculturist of
ville, by whom he was employed as shepherd. t'" ttnr.
Every time he went home to his unfortunate wife or t
formly beat and ill-treated her in the most brutal Inen„;is:
and he had threatened her in a way that could not be PO
understood. He was also overheard, shortly befressid,
tragical death of deceased, talking with a woman, who to
" No, you are married." His reply was, " I know b 0
dispose of my wife in such a manner as to be able to Morel
you." The poor woman, it appeared, had long ,;0P
what would be the end of his cruelty, and told an aecll7er,
ante that she would some day hear that he had killedivett
The last time Delestre went to see his wife was 0° tale
nesday, the Bth of January. When he went away, he est
her she had better send him some clean linen the nail
Sunday by his son, Alphonse Delestre. On the S„LiPta of
Alphonse went to Motteville accordingly. The laneneiyar
the house which deceased and her children occupied at
jolt
wills mentioned about this time the payment of the, Tag
which was overdue, and the prisoner said to his son, pc
your mother that she must come and get some !One/ or
the landlord, and that she had better set out for it talo
row afternoon at four." Here, then, we discover tiled
of the prisoner to carry into effect the diabolical Prni,,,s,oo
murdering his wife. Telling her to come for the rn°ll7,f the
a mere pretext, for a few days before, on the occasion
of big
Fete des Rois, he had spent in the company of one pone
mistresses all the money he possessed, and there wnLre be
due to him from his master. The hour for her del:Perk-0C
purposely fixed, that he might have the cover of thed,sl
for his dark deed ;it was in the month of January, dot
she had two leagues to walk, it will be seen that he‘wcial)'
act without consideration. On the day named Plea t°
fearing to disobey her husband, although she dreg
sloe,
see him, she set out ; she dared not, however, to ge.fili.ln
but was accompanied by a woman named Laurent: tbat
she had so pitiably entreated with tears to go with venveni'
she at length consented, although much to her ineefitigne
ence. When they had arrived within a quarter of a pro'
of the farm of Sieur Beranger, she, not wishing teed snl
yoke Delestre, requested her companion not to proee Ja'
further, adding, " that he would not be pleased if be aloe
that she (Laurent) had accompanied her." She 61 joie
directed her steps towards the farm, which was if peirer
than three quarters of a mile distant, but the farm s',lngfer
reached ; her murderous husband was doubtless walhbon,;
her not far from where she parted with her kind nenitinu
(Laurent), and she was never again seen alive, hutted;
assassinated at the time and in the place above describacid
The evidence as to the cries of a female voice,/
been heard—of the absence of the prisoner from t'of de;
at the time—the drops of blood being on the clothesaret°
ceased—and the fact of the prisoner having been °b X 619
to have two or three deep scratches on the face, pr. Pe'
inflicted by his unhappy victim in her struggles eed Up
were all very circumstantial, and having been 001111 0(0
in a most able manner, the jury, after three-quartesi 0005
hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of " Guilty, but o
palliating circumstances." thing
What could have induced the jury to add anY
the mere verdict of guilty in this case, where the roelit
was clearly convicted of murdering his wife with preg 01_
tion, it is difficult to conceive, unless it was the str'nkn
ellor
jection which most juries have to take the life of apinotie:
creature. Delestre, who did not manifest the least be P
was then sentenced to hard labour for life, and t°
licly exposed.

HS.
On the lath inst., the Lady BIRT
Caroline Peelle% so
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a s'
CO(.11'
On the 18th inst., at Camberwell, the lady of Robert Ph.
1
Esq., of a daughter.
ebb,
On the 16th inst., at Chatham, the lady of Captain of 0
Royal ngineers ,of a dauhter. ad'
On the 17th inst., atg /W
Highbury, Mrs. John
daughter,

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MARRIED. .6.001)_?..dr
On the 18th inst., at St. John's Church, London, , .r" 0
Esq., of Liverpool, late of Bombay, to Miss Sarah 11 1,000-
ford, the sixth daughter of Edward Mumford, Esq•' °Job
late of Sawbridgeworth, Herts. ..0,4% ton,
On the 16th inst., at St. Matthew's Church, J-' SO SD°
Priest, Esq., of Chapel-place, South Audley-street., to 4
Brown, of the former place. ltlardlif'
On the-16th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Mr. Wol•uter of
South-square, Gray's Inn, to Sarah Anne, eldest &Ai" „00,
Alex. Black, late of Leadenhall-street, London. .
~., F. Pp'
On the 16th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Mr. .1°,7 liter
of the Hackney-road, to Elizabeth Amelia, only wi11.2................/
mund Homersham, Esq., of Kingsland-road. drhstf • r
___l f the DIED.
On the Bth inst., George Palmer, Esq., Admiral °-Ig. qtr
at his residence near Esher, Surrey, of a paralytic attaA trroth.'
On the 16th inst., Mary Ann, the wife of paralytic
liter
Esq., of Doughty-street.
On the 15th inst., at Hastings, Sophia Mary, eldest Ilatig- tr
P" •
Mr. James Darby, Ludgate-street. sother.- - -
late Captain of the Ross and Sutherland Militia , H. ra
On the 15th inst., Rebecca, wife of --
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wad,
In Westminster-road, Lambeth, Alexander ~.
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Mr-
;10.
Grange-walk, Bermondsey.-
At Oakingham, Berks, Mrs. Ballard, in her 8.5a,„0,4
On the 16th inst., in Upper Gloucester-plateYh oi I,
his 23d year, Edmond Athy, Esq., eldest son of P P
Esq., of Renville, county of Galway, Ireland.

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