The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-07 00:00:00

EXECUTION.-(THIS DAY•)

--.This morning at nine o'clock the extreme
=.-- ntence
seHenry
of the law was carried into execution uPn
lodge of Horsemonger-lane Gaol. ',ended
On this day month the wisoner was appre
„.„vated
upon the charge of having committed an, agra-irs of
Hughes, aged 23, on the platform erected over the
assault upon Emma Cock, a child under nine ye on
age, living at Norwood. The prisoner wasrt upon
his trial at the late Kingston Assizes; when his giury
was so fully proved that no room- was left for the
to hesitate as to their verdict.
sisted in his innocence • 1 terms, but there
in genera at At
always appeared to be a mental reserva ._
some
length he had an interview with the chaplain andwou,
of the municipal authorities, when he said hef ,
um,
Some days after his condemnation, the prisoner per-
unburden his mind, and he made an ample con eTssi
does not appear upon strict inquiry that there is t 9:,
and at the same time evinced eat contrition. haeo_rf
fou •
ndation for th
a knife.
Yesterday
the prisoner dictated a letter to his pa"
rents
iovho are very honest people) in which he ac-
edged his contrition, prayed for their resigt!atrna
andvq
implored them to frequently remind his lonuaisc,
and _ _ companions to take warning by his fate. He also
admitted that he attributed 1• ' • Sabbath-
his ruin to
breaking. e vague rumour respecting
en-
tirely slept very little last night, his mind being obent upon devotional exercise and he was ~
the capel some hours before ' appointed for his e--‘
that
ecution.
The Rev. Mr. Munn, the venerable iLnd
chaplain, 1
eata
several other persons, joined him in the sacra
service. The rev. gentleman, among other thinnt
served that all men were sinners, and that he 1"--- -
self also guilty. The malefactor, with a look °' -:le as '
dulity, earnestly replied, " 0 no, Sir,
never soil
but •
his guilt,
I am." He repeatedly acknowedged the use or
declared that his crime was not premeditated.
A little before nine the Sheriff arrived, whe,l3,lf the
prisoner was conducted through the avenues
gaol to the platform. On his way he shook hands yea
Mr. Keen, the governor, and.the turnkeys,
them for the attention which had been paid bitn•_ecu.,
sooner had he ascended the scaffold than thea ex
~ &mat ed
tioner, with amazin celerit laced on an Lngth
.he Stl -
the rope, but a delay tookplaceowing to
t ~..,„„ke,,s
of the • • ''•
criminal faiiing, so that two strong tt."”hi•c'h
his knees, in w
could not prevent his falling on A fog
position they left him, and the plank fell.
struggles terminated his existence.
' f Colonel Des-
Never , perhaps, since the execution o sons
many per
pard and his associates, were there so
present. Every space within view of the scaffold vva:_
densely crowded, as were also the roofs a hrtsh:
within the extensive range which could be see,_°_,odreds
platform. It was lamentable to observe that 0.... f
of well-dressed females were in the crowd, 71110 en of
whom behaved with great levity,--and shaill- from
well-dressed debtor who viewed the awful scene
than
his grated window—he acted with more levity
many would at a prize-fight. and thans:

Y for

EXECUTION of MANN ES SWINNE
ROBBERY and ASSAULT at CatEENLAWN.

(From the the Berwick Advertiser.)
boyslr Ire_
alanndMd
stout and rather a good looking man.
the country during the harvest for twelve years p!rlst
H e ,
hwa nabasuns
bte Swinneyesahebanosuirtne t
i2hd9eedpywasraearsct Giac
elona
sfaogtf.
giovc,ve:
no of
and
ennt
gehdee
twHohnaeeots r ti7wiwhasahss ope
aafna 1
first
sr: ,
apprehended for the crime for which he suffered, a vol,
man Catholic--and was at the time he was brougut _
Greenlaw gaol, after harvest, grossly ignorant. He Soon
a bAobyoaubtosuitxnoi,nceloyeekarins otfheagme,oarnsoii.of Mr.
showed a great desire to learn, and by the assistancene:
the keeper of the gaol, he had made such progress thatt._
before his trial he was able to read easy chapters in the
Bible. His behaviour during confinement was highly
satisfactory.
from the gaol to the Townhouse, and i massi g
n through
e's
the Keeper's lodge he eag 13 ;eized Johnston
!land, and feebly said, -fFraresvell—God Almighty
bless you."
When he came in sight of the fatal
scaffold which was erected in the Green, and near to
which he had to pass, he was deeply affected, and s°,
much agitated that he was under the necessity. o!
getting the ompamed
adjusted, scaffolddww inht heanadfirmc
him . b sort of the priest who acc
regain._,
his ,i-- but afters eaching the 'Townhouse he 01
former composure, and continued in devote
exercises along with the priest during the daY• , the
necessary preparations having been made, he lettd
by
arm of his spiritual attendanteentapg.dragya
Townhouse a little after twa o'clock, accompani:oo
the Rev. Mr. Patterson, Catholic priest, wh° the
from Edinburgh on Monday.
continuedontiann He mounted the
Johnsto
and then dropt the fatal signal, when after a Je,w,ted.
vulsivese throes his mortal career for ever Won. '111; he
kAsnelt on as the priest observed the signal until
udedisn
was extinct. About 11 o'clock -e'
pour into the town fromall strangers
_„. before
the appointed hour quarters, and lot not be
the number collected cot edit . f
less than a thousand, ocbt o
and very little to the er- who
the female character a great proportion of th°s at c a
were
the present consisted of what is usually denor'n e'er
softer sex. The public feeling in Green
as
I, been
since Swinney was brought from Edinburgh "a-rrbere
in a
.state of great and unpleasant agitation. -'-ava
is no tradition of any particular execution having taken
place here, although from the circumstance of a'_,..et
in the neighbourhood being still called the Giv_uci,
Lea, it is more than likely that in former days s"
spectacles were less uncommon.
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engravings, to which we have often alluded, , , n...
ht from nis ma
to a nobleman of high rank, and broug
d to be sold by
Sion in Buckinghamshire, are intende The
resent month.
auction towards the end of the gr , d pounds
any thousand
sale will extend to thirty days. i'''
The large collection of ancientandberroondgeinrrig
have already been advanced upon them.
K.'
STATUE OF THE DUKE OF AOR .3,,
The ceremony of placing the colossal statue of his
I;
Royal Highness the Duke of York on the pillar Ner,
pared for that purpose in Carlton-place, is, lv,,e, pre'
stand, to be performed on Tuesday next. ''' aaArs
sumed it will be an imposing spectacle, and the nifortn"
are to attend with their band, in full dress 1',1,-ry Of a
it is no doubt a deserving tribute to the mernmander"
characterswui
suasion
solowns tahnodf 0
rp the
h anc
so,unwthr yo
Prince, who in his public capacity of Cerlirailitari
in-Chief, rendered essential services to the.d, hoe
ever, the event will revive painful recolleeti%soten•
especially in the minds of those poor 0100'
payment of his Roal Highness's debts, altheus pi
has nowquitted .havAesstwille
according to the words of his will, died in the '1„, every
legal claim. The impediments thrown
at he had this l
el iffte
amplewards
fa ofnd seven et:7ll:i
sertjtwil'i per'
o
removing this stigma on the character of v.,.r-york,L,S
much beloved, when alive, as the Duke 01 that t'
in the,,ritisce so
the more extraordinary, when it is known Scotia,
royalties of the mines and minerals of Nov 11-
which were granted to him by George I'''' .sh s'l- ;
firmed by George IV., would not only itirniut les',
cient means for the liquidation of every debt, h Thes 1
a large surplus for public purposes hereafter.
st letli3e
mines, according to the opinions of the highte oftici
authorities, are beyond question part of the estawithil„
deceased Duke,and upon what ground they areelaetistibni
from the creditors seems to be quite incomPir.ooo-'sco°t
As the matter is to be brought before Par'" at Pre,onl-
doubt a satisfactory explanation will be giveri,,,!tors COI
tob edfeoprleorscaltial:
and we think not without reason, the Cre'-derS— 0,
plain of having been hardly used. We 0 so 10 led
that, exclusive of the money which has been reeil.icl
locked up in the Court of Chancery, the solnite %coo t
to discharge the whole of the debts of the D''d a grebso
not amount to anything like 100,0001. i ans in t 0
part of this is due to simple-contract creditor !, grec
humblest classes of society—butchers, bakae,r,sors, car;
grocers, coal merchants, wine merchants, t 1,`,„ 100
penters, bricklayers, &c. The scaffolding "6),,,, toils'
of which' the statue, which we hear weighs onstrili;
is to be raised, is of very large and curious , pet 1 a
tion, and is said to be a hundred and fittiotendes
height, extending considerably above the 1 it hat
elevation of the figure--viewed from a distatlce.,resell
a very singular appearance. The statue is 11 1-o', (rot°
at Mr. Westmacott's, in Brewer-street, Ph'wea trtici''
whence it will be removed to Carlton-Oa" °ll
—.Observer.