The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-01 00:00:00

YO:iI•ZsliIRB ASSIZES.

Cat) N 1,1310.VV., Lt 29:
ATIWC.IOI:IS
Kifig, 4,i thiv. of Silefrlt.ld,.
edge-to:4i 144.iht:r ,vrasii)4liciell for d)e
ut S3l*.lit T.iippet, the wornittg ot Cue 4;1: (1
3 tree kart, by Witt.) A
1:11C-1)Okti*, iit tils OW 11 bobie in indt

day.
,Ir. Mmine addressed the Jury for the prosecution, attd•
:etailed the eircomstaiices of this atroetons case. The len—
sumer was aO eetze-toul niakei- in She:held; thy. Ocect,cd,
ttiongh not hes• wile, eoaa;nted with him as his w it. , 'sod
:tore him two children. She had been nirmeily married to a
person who ba,Fshibsequent!)- enlisted into th, :vet went
abroad.: For five years.ptevimis to her de•.th she haO
cut a-
with the Prisoner. fler' husband had.' re, oroed
iotervai, out. envoig to seine compromise between biw awl
the p,,,,,ner, she rem:weed with the latter; mid was hy the
ori4l,llooN, w hi' we re nol aware of the eireanistalices, con-
sidered in every respect as his wife. • No mein,: ss.a., i,eaell of
• het iremi then, till me worn-log of the, 4th.it.Line.ttinitthe
dreadful act was pep, tra'eo. Tile -prisoner had slept at home
0,1 t night pre% mos, bin 'hough what had bappcned in the
cotirse ol it was u t known, be was seen by one of neigh-
bours ing the streets, in an agitated state; in the mOraing,
about 6 o'clock. Immediately after, he returned Intuit-, and haft
cot, been in the house above half au hour, wheti-the neigh-
bours were alarmed with dreadful shrieks and • groans.; Toe
door was, in consequence, broken open, and the prisoner was
found in air upper chamber. partly undressed, standing over
the bed in which was the mattgled body of his wife, with a
bloody poker cleriched firmly in both his hands, while the evi-
dences of the horrid deed which he had just committed were •
seen in the blood that Sprinkled the windows, and the btaina
of the deceased, which were scattered over the bed .clothes,
and beside his two infant children. The person who first saw
him was terrified at his menacing attitude,- and ran down
stairs for his own saiety. Nor did he 'relent when the treed
was pet pet iii ed. Whelk he heard that there were 61111 some
-symptoms of life in the deceased, lie replied by saying, he
-hoped not, and seemed to glory in the murder. The facts
•14e, proved beyond a doubt. The only question WAS as
to the prisoner's sunny ; but unless the atrocity of crime seas
au evidence of insanity, HU other proof could be found, alter
the most active s:arcii ::moil: his neighbours, previuns to this
deed, and the must vigiiant observation of his conduct sine,
his commitment. lie was extravagant and drunken, when
he was enabledlo gratify his propeusities by high wages, but
there was no other inipeachatent Of under,taildiug.
The facts, as stated by the Learned Counsel, were proved
in evidence; cod islr. Baron Wool) having summed up, the
Jury instantly returned a verdict of Gitifill•
Tile JUDGE immediately passed sentence of death, ordering
the prisoner to be executed on Thursday first (July 31), and
14s body to he given trr be 'dissected. " Atter a long and pa-
tient investigation.," said Ins Lordship, addressing the pri-
soner, " you have been found guilty by a Jury of your country
of the crime of murder. The crime is at all times the most
horrid that can be committed by a criminal, Or punished by the
law; but in your case it was accompanied with circumstances.
of peculiar atrocity. -The W0111%411 Wtlolll you have most cruelly
destroyed was a person with whont you cohabited, and to w hunt
you unght to have afforded protectieu. - Instead of this, you out
only murdered her, hut seemed to exult in the deed, and to eat 11'
your in,ice even beyond death. The act which made es r 1 y una
shudder product d no 111.preSS1011 Ili/01) you, bet a de sire to t c-
neanit. Pray, Omelet e, to Ged,during the stunt period yens
have to live, that he may extend that mercy to you in an-
other world, which von refused to 011 C who.o yon o fight to
have protected in this." The prisonel beard 111 c t Sltit:Uce
of
his trial, and this concluding address, without betraying any
symptoms of contrition or emotion..
LOUTH ASSIZES.

At the County of Lomb Assizes, Patrick De--
vrin WAS capitally con‘ict4Nl the 111,itikt cat the
Lynch Family, by (io company with scverj.
others) burning them in their house.. The parti.-
cid:Ars of this horrid deed were mentioned sonie

dine since.
After a very impressive address e*BLiroti M'Crxt.titsti
Vie pi-I:weer, previous to his passing the awful sentence of
tie• law, and 1:1 which he exhorted him to atone to his coun-
try, &c. by making a tali discovery of. his :is .e:;1:,les, anei
after the dread sentence was In-oboatived, -whit h leeevali heart;
wholly unmoved, except wlrro the l'aren pronouneett the
words, "The Lord have mercy im you:- soul!" be wos seen to
raise his eyes, as it lo say Amen. ,Devao, on retiring- to the
inner part of the dock, ,s:111 very audibly, " lle wuats un•
to diSelose my secrets, hat he is- mistaken it be thinks
I will." asserted hii innocence to the very too-
went of his- going. out On the cart, at which finer.
lie fully _acknowledged his . guilt ; he
.was
.seated in a
dray,. wit ft .the pre'eethed. by unothere.-earryi,e;
the gihbets, Etc. and appeared to pray- with
.the
IatIVJSt fervency, but 0 i,ll great tiromese. Ile was elotl.e.l
with a lung loose lilac;: stutfLgowu, and cap of the
When he at rived the house, the scree of the horrid
outrage, he retired to one of the panes (being that in
Which' the: unhapey Lynch and family slept), eon) jirav-
ed lung nod fervently. The two chimnies of the
being still standbez, a beam. Wits thrown from one to rise
other as a gallous, and on his out Of the room he
e,?Oly looked up at the Meant, and turning to the executioner,
siid—" How am 1 to get or there ?"lie was informed by it
ladder; and on going up the ladder the lower .fiart: of his gown
caught- his feet, and impeded his progress ; lie very dedibe-
lately stepped dawn, and lifted the gown high enough ; at
I:st, having gone up severais steps of the Lnlder, he ;est:L.4l--
"An I !deli enough ?" Ile was desired to proe'eed Iwu steps
ni e, which when be did, he again aeknewkdgeii liis
gm,
the justness of his sentence,furgave his prosecutors and said—
"He died itb charity with all men." Lac evinced not of lq
the Most cool and steady firmness ell through, but the In must
degree of piety mot resignation. The only thing that, gale
Iran. concern was, being giblietted opposite his lather's door,
and asked, " Would not a fortnight be long CIIOIIBII to renihni
on the gibbet ?"

Samuel Hall, the chimney ‘retrtier, 'Whose
cruelty we recorded in our Paper of the 2Gth
of May last, was brotOtt up for trial at Oil;'
SCSSioLS On ‘lrednt'sdAy, tend Idegded gitihV. It
appeared that he had .so ill-treated bis little bey,
only 5 years of age, %%limn he employed in his husi-
n.-ss, that the little creature's b ick t a l I,cch com-
pletely lacerated. -A leathern strap of rhatty thongs
was produced in Court, which ma's the instrument
of his barbarity, and by the frevent use of ttlii, h
the child had become so terrified, that he cho,e to
remain in a chimney neatly two):.!olirs,rat her t fi.sti
come down within his reach. 1 iais circirmstatice,
which liappenediin May last, intiuced the itl'agis.-
trates to hold him to bail ; but being nuable to pro-
cure sureties, he bait been in prisim ever since. Al-
. though, as we loive stated, he pleaded guilty to
the charges against him, he colVinucti, tiirouOicit[
the explanation required by the Court; to deity liay.
ing et et- ill-used the chi!;; ! but its start ot horror,
awl its tears,.. on being placed in sight of him,
spoke a language not to lie repelled hy his asst
lions. ReTettable evidence was had to the facts
charged; and the cull), it was sent again to prison,
and to hard labour, tor four mouths.-.--(Licerpooi
I'aprr.)
• INVPRNtS'ZI,- .1121. Y 2G.—The excise officers ot
this di:trict haring haft infoimation, that a con-
• sidet•altle qu.itnity of smoggled salt was to be con-
.veyed trout the west coast tot sale at th • markets
this week here and at Icedeastie, they set (lit
with a party, on Monday last, with the, view of
it,tz:t•zeptiug it. At tae West end of the wood ot
Spit tal, Ross-shire, they f:'11 in With fiNe drit.
iii tout horses laden with Salt, which they
withoat much opposition. In a short
ime ,t hereafter, three (.1 he t patties of sunivglets
successively came up, tend thZ" LOISCS salt
the's: escorted ...etc seized, InAitig in all e.erity•
horse's, with a bag of salt each. We 1, girt It.
learn, that, in the resistance wade by one party
of the smugglers, ona of their nund er as se-
verely wounded by the oft;cers' Soot :k. One of
the horses was killed by the same means ; the
‘VCre sold t u Teicsel;iy,,by, public auctio4.•