The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-15 00:00:00

A HIGH SHERIFF IN DIFFICULTY.

It will no doubt be in toe recoil. c4ian of many per-
sons that the High Sheriff of Suffolk, in Match last, was
placed in no very pleasant position in censequ,nce of
cite services of a hangman not being obtainable to carry
into execution the last sentence of the law upon Maris
Clarke fur the murder of her illegitimate child, by
ourying it alive in the parish of Wingfield. The hige:
eb,,rrif, novtever, ou that occasion was sp tired an unpl,a-
cant duty by a reprieve c tuning down for the condemned
woman two days be ore that on which her execution
was to have taken place. At the assiz•a held at Iva.
.vkh, on the 2d inst., Maria Emily Cage was wen..
nuilty of the murder of her husband, James Cage, at
Stonham Aspel, by administering to him a certain
qu tntity of arsenic. Her execution was ordered to
take place ou Saturday next in front of the Ipswich
County Gaol, but the same difficulty was sgain
presented as in March. Calcraft, the hangman,
on being applied to, could not attend as be
had promised to perform a similar office the
same morning at Norwich. An application was
next made to the hangman at Warwick gaol, but that
functionary could not attend, as he would be
engaged at Shrewsbury on the Saturday. A messenger
' was then dispatched to the Secretary of S,ate's s ffice•
who 4. xp!aintd the unpleasant position in which the High
Sheriff of Suffolk was placed, and requested that the
execution of Mary Emily Cage might be postponed.
The answer from the Secretary of State was to the eff ct
that no alteration as to the day named could be made;
thus leaving the high sheriff to get out of the difficulty
.been
could to
bet h
in the best way he could. To have had the law carried
into effect on Saturday would, beyond all probability,
have
feoutenedlint to supplyof the
thehig h place sheriff,
tor ,as
no
person repugnant o
Calcraft, the high sheriff must have performed the horrid
duty himself. To avoid doing that, the high sheriff has,
on responsibility,
The
on
ordered the execution to be
an early day in the ensuing week,
relayed
his
s u'iti
condemned woman's demeanour is becoming her awful
position. She appears to be resigned to her fate, but
protests that she Is Innocent. The unpleasant position
of the high sheriff, not only on this, but on a former oc-
casion, may be attributed to the usual course not being
adopted—the making sure that Calcraft can attend be
fore any day be appoiteed for the execution.

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EXCISE PROSECUTIONS.—From a return yesterday
issued an account is given of seizures and prosecutions by
the Excise ot adulterated to tobacco, pepper, and coffee.
In the year ending the sth of IJanuary last there were 1 sei-
zure ot tea and one prosecution, ot tobacco there were 17
seizures and 13 prosecutions, ot pepper 7 seizures and 23
prosecutions. No seizure or prosecution for adulterated
coffee by the gmcise in the Name period.