The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-25 00:00:00

THE CONDEMNED CO2 rICT MACKAY:

,Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Stone, accompanied by the
ordinary of Newgate, the Rev. Mr. Jones, the Governor, and
Mr.ll3nder-Sheriff Davidson, on Monday morning went to the
cell of the condemned prisoner Alexander Arthur Mackay,
for the purpose of announcing to him that the sentence
passed upon bim would be carried into effect on Tuesday
morning, the Bth of September, at nine o'clock. The
prisoner, vil.o is only in his nineteenth year, heard the
announcement with the greatest composure, and it did not
appear to have the slightest effect upon him. The execu-
tion will take place in one of the yards of the gaol of New-
gate near the cell where the culprit is confined, and the
gallows will be on a level with the pavement, and the
drop will lie in a place erected underneath. The jury, it will
be recollected, recommended the culprit to mercy, and this
recommendation will of course be forwarded to the
Secretary of State, but, having regard to the aggravated
character of the crime and the opinion entertained by
Mr. Justice Lush respecting it, it is not believed
that the recommendation to mercy will have any effect.
The prisoner has some relatives in London, and his father
is said to be in a very respectable position, but he has not
been visited Ly any of his relatives since his conviction.

THE DISTURBANCES AT THE SALFORD
"WINDSOR" CHAPEL.

An extraordinary case was before the stipendiary magis-
trate at Salford on Saturday. Three men, named Titley,
Nicholson, and Ashworth, were charged by the trustees of
a Dissenting place of worship called Windsor Chapel with
endeavouring to destroy the building. It seemed
that the three individuals named had been expelled
from membership by a vote of the congregation, and,
determined to resent their expulsion, they made an attack
on the chapel on Sunday week. What took place was
narrated by Mr. Bennett, a solicitor, who was called as a
witness for the prosecution. About a quarter to nine
o'clock, Mr. Bennett said, a procession, headed by
Nicholson and Titley came one way, and a procession
headed by Ashworth came another way, and both accom-
panied by " the veriest raff " he ever saw in his life.
The processions joined forces opposite the gates of the chapel.
When the procession came up to the gate, Mr. Nicholson
came up and demanded admission. A member of the con-
gregation, named Dixon, who was placed at the gates,
refused, whereupon Mr. Nicholson drew back for a moment
and said something to those by whom he was surrounded, and
there was a rush. He endeavoured to get in by the gates, with
Ashworth and Titley, using such an amount of violence that
he believed the gate-posts could now easily be pushed
over. The gate literally rocked, and the posts had moved
from the perpendicular from a foot and a half to a foot and
three-quarters. Shouting and yelling and blasphemous
language were continued for a considerable length
of time, the tumult never ceased durhig the time
Sunday school was proceeding. The mob outside
the gate offered up prayer and sang hymns. He
thought it about as gross an act of blasphemy as.
could be. When Mr. Lee came out to remonstrate with
them, he was greeted with cries of "Beelzebub." The
medley of hymn-singing and prayer continued after the
police had cleared the place. The magistrate did not con-
sider the offence proved, and therefore dismissed the case,
but he characterised the proceedings as most disgraceful.
On Sunday a strong body of police was present about the
chapel, and the disturbances were in consequence not
renewed.