The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-02 00:00:00

THE EXECUTIONS.

It will be seen from the Recorder's Report, that three
unfortunate persons are ordered to be executed on Friday.
The first is William Condell, who, with George Plummer,
Elizabeth Herniae, and Mary Ann Vandervell, were in-
dicted for breaking into the houses of several pawnbrokers,
and stealing goods. The two women cohabited with the
two male prisoners—Vandervell with Plummer, and Har-
man with the man who is condemned to die. It appeared
upon the trial, that the prisoners had, for a very consider-
able time, been in the habit of robbing pawnbrokers ; their
plan was to get into an empty house adjoining the pawn-
broker's, and by this means they were enabled, without
much fear of detection, to secure a great deal of property.
From the house of W. Wood, pawnbroker, in St. John-
street, Clerkenwell,:were stolen 500 yards :of lace, and
other property, which was valued at upwards of 3001.
They left the empty house next to Mr. Wood's, at four
o'clock in the morning, with their booty, and' whenever
they met any person, Harman said, " Make haste, or we
shall be too late for the coach." The whole of the pro-
perty on that occasion was taken to Condell's lodgings, in
Grange-court, Clare-market. The principal witness to
prove the facts was Mary Ann Vandervell, the accomplice,
who was accepted an evidence. She receives an annuity
of twenty guineas a year, and which she would lose if
convicted of felony.

The same party also robbed the premises of Mr. Balfour,
in Chandos-street, Coveut-garden, of goods to the amount
of nearly 1001., of which Mr. Balfour recovered about
15s. worth. Mr. Wood was fortunate enough to recover
the whole of his valuable property, as the prisoners had not
sufficient time to dispose of it ; but Mr. Dobree, of Char-
lotte-street, who was robbed of gOods to the amount of
300/., did not recover a single shilling. Condell pleaded
guilty to all the indictments which were preferred against
him. It appeared that he was the person who first pro-
posed the robbery :to the other prisoners, and on that ac-
count the severest punishment is probably visited upon him.
Elizabeth Harman was transported for fourteen years.

George Warner, alias Griffiths, who is 42 years of age,
was indicted with Elizabeth Harvey, aged 41, for colour-
ing base coin. It appeared from the evidence given at the
time of the trial that the prisoners lodged together in
Chesterfield-street, Marylebone. An officer named Lim-
brick, having received information that they had been in
the habit of making and disposing of base money, entered
their apartments, and there found the male prisoner with
his hands in that state which indicated that he had been
recently at work upon base coin. In the room were found
820 bad shillings, three bad sovereigns, and several bad
half-crowns. Griffiths, when taken into custody, said,
" It's all up, and that if he had not been-short of blunt,'
(money), he would have got away." He was immediately
found guilty by the Jury ; but as there was no evidence to
prove that the woman assisted in colouring the coin, she
was acqaitted.
Henry Nicholls was convicted for stealing upwards of
twenty sheep, from the field of a farmer in the neighbour-
hood of Islington. They were found at his residence in
Westminster.

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Since the awful intelligence has been communicated to
the culprits, they have conducted themselves in a most ex-
emplary manner.

The President of the United Mexican States
has addressed the following Decree of the General Con-
gress relative to the duties on cotton goods, dated Palace
of the Federal Government, Mexico, March 16, 1827:--
The duties payable on cotton cloths, which were directed
to be altered by the Government in its order of the 14th
of October of last year past, shall, until definitively re-
gulated by the Board of Finance now deliberating on this
subject, be graduated at the rate of two reals per yard on
narrow cottons, and three on broad cotton cloths, it being
understood that by narrow cloths are meant such as do not
exceed one yard in breadth, and by broad ones such as
exceed one yard, and do not exceed one, and a third yard,
an allowance being made of one inch for the middle widths,
(jatidlucl medics); and such of said cloths as may exceed
the greater breadths specified, shall be liable to an extra
bty of
.three grans on every,surplus eighth of a yard.
ue effect is ordered to be given by the Authorities to this
Decree.