The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-15 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS.

On Saturday; last, at P 2 o'clock, James Belcl}am,
was brought out for execntioo on the Castle-hill,
Norwich, and, after praying a short time with the
Chaplain, was turned off amidst an immense slum-,
her of spectators. lie appeared perfectly resigned,
but: struggled repeatedly after the platform,
The 4ufferer was convicted of stealing 500 yards of
henapess cloth, the propetty of Thus. Swish, trox u
the Ostrich pohlic-house, Castle-acre, of whiclt.
place he was himself a nal ive,,atol where his parents
bear a teptstable chatacter.: Front being at the head
of a gang of lighters, be had obtained the appel-
lation of Captain, a bids is by some supposed to ,
have given the Court an idea that he conon;sn:led
a gang of depredators in the neigliboorhood, aod
to have operated so far to his priktdice astoi)oinc .
him out as a fit object for an example. was
forty years of age, bas left a wile sitar her con-
finement, and twn young children. William Tit or-
raid , his accomplice in this robbery, and William.
Cock, were both reprieved.
, Execution a: Gloucester of William Burton, for
the murder of William Syms, late of ‘Vellaston,
in Gloucestershire, by striking and beating hiat
will a large stick upon the head and face, on the
7th of Nov. last, in a boat upon the liver Sevetn,
between Pyle anti Wollaston, and, subsequeUtly
casting the body into the said river. From.the pe--
riOd of sentence being passed, ;be short spats of life
which was allotted to him was spent . in vain la.,
mentations for his, notimely end, rather than in.
preparing his mind for the reception of those
consolations which it was in tile power of re-
ligion, even' in this measured interval, to be-
stow. No confession that he was the mur-
derer of Syms escaped his' lips ! On Thursday
lasr, the morning of his execution, he ,was call-
ed on to go to chapel to receive the sacrament,
but he refused to leave his cell, and it was found ,
that he had, secured the door on the inside by
means of the iron bedstead. .No entreaties or,
reasoning made any impression ; and it, ww.s
not till, the operation or breaking through the
of the adjoining cell was commenced that he
could be prevailed upon to open the door. 1-le was
then conducted to the chapel, whence, about 12
o'clock, after partaking of the last soiemn offices
of reli;tion, he was lei).tO the place of execution,
and in a few minutes teas launched into eternity.
To the last moment, even on the' fatal .scaffold, be
denied his guilt. After hanging the uNoal time,
his body was cut down a,ud delivered fur dissec-
tion.

,EXPEDITION OF TH It LA W.--At Coventry
Assizes, the reek berme last, a trial took place
which excited a great sensation in that town.--
T,vo women, the one a bousukeeper,aud the,other.
dairrmaid to a respectable farmer in the neigh-.
homilood, went into a linen-draper's shop to
purchase some article for the use otthe dairy,
trhen, after their departure, the shOpman missed
a small piece of cotton, about the eakeof
He immediately followed, and took their basket
troth then), and they'followed bhp back to the
strop, 'flue cotton Ivas found in the basket ; they
were taken bt fore a Magistrate,contorict ed, and the
Grand Jury then sitting, tomtit a true hill against
thenf; tiny were instantly, pot on their trial, awl
One was :iefitbit:eri, and the other condemned.—
Thus, in the little space of two hours, did a
wPrnatt, of previotyly excellent character, commit
a robbery, was taken into custody for it, ex;..
mined, comMitted, a true hill found, tried, and
condeuumod w sutra death I.