The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-24 00:00:00

THE CONDEMNED CONI
TAPPING.
FINAL INTERVIEW WITH HIS RELAI
All hope of saving the life of this wretched
has been set at rest by the reply of the Seer,
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State, Sir James Graham, to the petitions forol
him to be presented to her Majesty.
iin,
According to.previous desire, Saturday Was
for his final interview with his relatives, and—',o
ing, as certainly such event might appear--eetTelt,
that the parting took place in a manner
prising, as far as regards their deliberate se," r
sister, Lion. At noon, his who is a very plesil
behaved girl, about sixteen years of age, 'ibr:
younger brothers and sisters, and an elder
visited him in his condemned cell, which ciree,le
afforded him much consolation. He appeared d' 1e
tached to the younger branches—very so ;beet
quently kissed them. His sister begged that tpi
confess to his sins, assuring him that such a 5 e,(V,
the only sure means of gaining that werelrld,
could not be shown to him in this sfe°l P
replied, " What am I to confess ? Surely
not die with a lie in my mouth. She
and so shall I be ; and God Almighty w".,
know I cannot confess more than what I have. bid
was his general replies ; and, after being
about an hour, they bade him adieu—a most 111'e-14g
adieu—of this world ; and, with an extraordina
possession that marked the whole party, this in
ended, and the relatives left the prison. 0
if/
The prEsent.destitute state of the culprit's h'ill„bscl
excited a feeling of' much commiseratiun, and a s"to
tion has been set on foot amongst the tradesiferite
Bethnal-green to in some way alleviate their 511
bil/1
They arc left fatherless and motherless ; 611'4,34
Tapping may have been considered, yet beno.s-4fr.
them, with a little assistance of, his sister, for bt
years. They are at present in the receipt O,OOIOIJ
and sixpence out-door relief from Sr. Matthew's, Bb Jet
green, and, unless some benevolent hand stretc'eferi
in their behalf, their sufferings fromwant heostiel
felt. They live in a narrow court, in Manchester
Bethnal-green, and either of the guardians of ,„ poe,
or the vetry clerk of the parish, or even tbeureyiWg
we are sure, receive any amount towards r"'e
condition.

THE CONDEMNED SERMON. o.*
Yestt relay, tLe unfortunate man James Tall',7tr'
stands condemned for the murder of Emma
Bethnal green, heard the condemned sermon 1,1:0
chapel of Newgate. The Rev. Mr. Davis, char
the ft°
Agt a garter past ten o'clock, at which time th°9ol.
f-- o'

were favoured With cards by the Sheriffs were - 00'
a number of applicants, not having the neceisarY toy
were refused ; and among these, the unforttleateet
brother was one of the most pertinacious. He 1:°
indignant remonstrance from the worthy g°,. '3OlO
Mr. Cope, on the indelicacy of his request to sit
spectator of his wretched relation's demeanour. sst)
A considtrable number of those who did P2sstil
gateway were femalss ; atid certainl- the taste °lied
a very morbid one, indeed, which could haol,lloo
them to lay aside the delicacy of their sex ie the
cation of an unfeminine curiosity: we'
The Sheriff and one or two of the Aldertne
ut
present at the service. 0
oc
' Shortly before' eleven the prisoner Tapping ftYr
duced. He was shortly followed by Thomasflenrf orsq
and they were accommodated with chairs" placed.,ge
from the rest of the audience, and 'on oppes'te,"o3l,
the room. They were, however, facing the
Tapping seemed stouter than when last seen at olu,
Bailey. His manner was grave and resigned' t, pgl2l
evidently paid the deepest attention to the differs'witer,
of the beautiful Church service. Occasionally
the sultject of the lessen seemed applicable to be.,
painful situation, he covered his face with 11'9 fru
flocker exhibited the same callous indifferee!es
has marked his manner all along. He sonietimbic
a furtive glance at
.the other prisoner, as if W 16,.
observe with what spirit he bore his peculial
and until the service commenced his- eyes weine,„it tee
the general body of the prisoners who were Perw- -
be present.
Tapping made the responses in an under telt, 03.,
Hockey made them in a voice firm and anill iF during the service of the communion, when ET.,,e„ P'ci)
man rehearsed the Commandments, at the "tit
" thou shalt do no murder," while Tapping IPtir ,
response, }locker, in a voice easily heard °A toe°
chapel, replied, " Lord have mercy upon us, Win
our hearts to keep this law 1"
After the morning service had been reedy
.0 7 the410,;41
lain preached from the 4th verse of the 130th A— der
„
" For there is' forgiveness with thee, that thou
be found." „
The preacher, after adverting to the fautie
of man, and instancing the cases of several of t,, tv,,
wise and holy of the ScriptUre worthies, to s'lw,e Pty
they and all had need of pardon and indulge t*,:oPe
tbk
ceeded to state, that though earthly judges were let • Ile
error, and often capricious in their decisions,' odt;tr
One Judge ahove, supreme over all, the infinite. f
immutable, would deal mercifully with the 0/43,,Wf,
of sinners, if he but came before his throne wit "di °,
trite and a humbled spirit. There had been
.11e0stte
fered an all-atoning sacrifice, the blood of ha” to r
loved Son, and through him there was. forgiv'
found for the meanest of his creatures. But Ite escerj
hardened in his, iniquity, might not hope t°,,t
There was no hope that at that bar there c ot"" rt:
escape, from any informality or, irregularity i a Pit
dure. His guilt would be clear as noonday, rins„rescrei
nishment would be certain and eternal. Tiv roe
then:refeired to the spirit of the English law- .fie
to gratuitous confession on the part of t'ee Colfer
Clergymen were liable to be called into e.felita
there to reveal what might have been told to. tlo olro°„,
the seal of confidence. They were, then ire'ee ttlf,
obliged to address prisoners in the first i,asienoles,
" The less you say to us the . better f lir 3 is ,45,?
and. therefore, keep us hi ignorance." Was not iotttef
tern quite opposed to the principle of the. Se,fai`ore4„
Oh, that men of judgment, • that the 1 ee' hod ui,,
their country would think of these things. ideb,
voted much time, and care, and attention, 40htisealej
dation of every fact connected with the pain: ~terotio
the unfortunate young man more immediat 1,1 the
tois
in the proceedings of that day, anti it appceire brofiLt
had been most kind and gentle to _his youiste,ro).--1P"ot1
-,--that his labour had been given to support as it .1)0
in fact, he had been as a father to theme;; 1,0
singular, then, that he should stand tb'e.re-, of toif
kind and so gentle, charged -with a ctit° evil,
r,
enormous magnitude? The problem w,";,
solved. Unfortunately; neither he nor , 14,;res$i?",
tunate victim had had any religious iint'cular fop
She had been in the habit of using certain Atoll
pressions calculated to raise in a jealous ittZOsfse,
doubts Of her constancy ; and other parties'be" ii
those diff,rences more, by penning the inest oil se;
insinuations under the cowardly and the 1211), btes tb
curity of an anonymous signature. What low,hicll:4
result ? I-at that dread judgment, before "a 110'I
must appear, that sin,' if. unrepented, must bef the t!fi;,
that to answer for. . He found tt the moralsi°
fortunate young man had been. contaminate
operation of two causes ; first, the beer-shoPs,, 71.- he 10
places of nightly resort, dens of infamy vatic frog; cl
the young female used to visit ; stud, seconclii 006
society of the prison inmates with whom We ffee',o
laws of his, country had before cast his let•
been three times before the judges of his conn 1000;
acquitted, the, second. time committed for ihreedher co
to
and the third time sentenced to die. The prer,te,.,t so
eluded by a powerful exhortation to those pi- es% 0,
walk in the truth that their end might not t li;,ere ter:
The prisoners then left, and as soon as they the Fee
conducted to their cells, the remaining part at
sons present were dismissed.

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EXECUTION AT READI o
.h 8
The wretched man, Thomas Jennings, suff,eiwnd— of '
4reme penalty of the law on Saturday, in "-.4)--
new gaol, Reading. d be;
It will be remembered that the criminal - held
fore Mr. Baron Platt, at the Berkshire assizes, rdet
•
the above place, on the 3d inst , for the wilful /1111 tbs
his daughter, at the village of Thatcham. iced
At an early hour the Rev. Chaplain fig 5011-
wretched man, and remained with him until the Isinatl
meat of his earthly career. Preoholy at foul' of
past twelve o'clock the prison bell commencedtt°o
that time the whole of the vacant ground frotnA ;01;1
to the front of the railway, nearly two huadrrf WO a,
was literally studded with human beings, malttdloce,f),l)
had been waiting many hours to witness the Ww.,"o,
Mr. Mitchell, superintendent of the Reading alit Oglifi;
Mr. Collard, chief inspector, and several of Ifs"
pany's officers, were required to keep the crowrepor
getting upon the line. Owing to the admire Ref, Sefr
Lions made by Mr. Willats, the Mayor, who Irnot bero
ber of barriers erected in the Forbury, we clie
that a single accident occurred, although £llO I
foto
was very great. &VA°
About five minutes past twelve o'clock OMITby
procession reached the top of the gallows, leunner
chaplain, who read in a most impressive 1:1°010,10
burial service, the wretched maa, Jennings' 00"
with his eyes turned heavenwards, but we vrer:„irettA
to hear whether or not he responded to the PThO lior-
-111 s
In the course of a few minutes all the pre and
The by
being finished, the fatal bolt was drawn a„„ bifire
wretched man was sent hence into eternity
all' ~,Lten
having hung the usual time was cut down,
side the gaol.

.--------;----
BIRTHS.
On the 18th inst., at Finsbury-square, Mrs. James
foillf"' .I,i
of a daughter. e lacli
On the 15th inst., at Tartaiagham RectorY,th
f the
Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements, of aslaughter. Esq., 0f .
On the 18th inst., the lady of Edward Peters, P
peoc,
Madras Civil Service, of a daughter. ...., ,„ner. •
On the 18th inst., at Cumberland-terrace, WE,-
the wife of G. Rainy, Esq., of a son.
cii ,
°
1.1 bargij
lEli.
On the 21st inst., at 18, Great Stuart-street, E
Ilea
Alexander Blackwood, Esq. gr. Step
On the 15th inst., Elizabeth, relict of the late six,
Dando Cheapside, agedwife Of the
On the 17th inst., at Cheltenham, Emily,
Leopold E. Dryden, Vicar of Whitnash, Warwicl:-11.
.06
On the 18th inst., at Halstead, Kent, Mrs. Ad,!Trietoi/
On the 18th inst., at Chipping Norton, Mrs Oa"- ..,sie
(formerly Downing), aged 67. veer"
On the 19th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of the Bev* !AO
-
Puckle. Rector of Graffham, Hunts. , r of tile
On the 19th inst. at Rochester, Ann, daughter itifo
John and Mary Coil, of Booth •street, Spit altieldslbeln'or
0110lyndtaltzgie-
1119tethr oifnsCtgalrnlees 110ellearllegyu,arLq:aort.ehl 2°16b1e'04,,
debar, aged 21. osoe,
White
inst., ,ioAnn.
Lion-street,
thee et,
sp wifeit
al_ Clarkesciva re Duch-- _";
surgeon,On th eo
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L3n6)n: Printed and Pv.bl,shed by MUR-D ?Tice, - Nro,
„aopf
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SW, „
Strand, in the PreciMet of the Savoy, in the
Middlesex, Monday, March 24, 1845.