The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-28 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF STRANG.

The following account of the execution of the
murderer of Mrs, Whipple, at Albany, in the state of
New York is abridged from a journal published in
thttt city

" The city yesterday was alive with strangers.
Early in the morning, and Mull the hour of execu-
tion, avenue teading to the city was thronged
with vehicles; the steam-boats that came up dur-
ing the morning, and the ferry-boats, literally
swarmed, and the streets and side-walks were so
filled by the pas,4eg Crowds as to render it ditlicult
to pursue thb ordinary avocations.. The place of
executiOn was in the valley, at the head of
Beaver-street, directly west of the Lancasterian
Academy. From this valley, which forms a nar-
row flat, the hills upon three sides rise abruptly to
a considerable height, forming a perfect amphi-
theatre. The scaffold) therefore, was overlooked,
and every movement connected with it distinctly
seen by the vest multitude that occupied all parts of
the sides summits of the eminences. It is believed
that at least 30,000 persons witnessed the ceremony
on this occasion; one-fifth of whom were females !
At about a quarter past one p.m., the prisoner, in a
white overdress, trimmed with black, accompanied
by the Sheriff and gaoler, and other civil officers,
and by the Rev. Mr. Lacy) and escorted by the Al-
bany Republican Artillery, passed from the prison
and proceeded on foot to the place of execution.
During several of the past days, Strang had appeared
to be much softened, and to evince a considerable de-
gree of patience. He experienced no parti cuter debility,
and now ascended the steps of the scaffold with firm-
ness. Addressing the multitude, he said, in an audible
voice, that he perceived a great many people pre-
sent, who had come, as he supposed, to witness his
execution, and he hoped that it would lead them to
reflect upon effects of sin and lust, and induce them
to avoid those acts for which he was about to suffer
a painful and ignominious death: Then, holding a
pamphlet in his hand, he said, " This contains a full
confession of the great transaction for which I am
about to die, and every word that it contains, to the
best of lily knowledge and belief, is true; if there is
a single' word in it that is not true, it has been in-
serted by mistake, and not by design." The prayers
prescribed by the episcopal church for such occasions
were then read, which he appeared to join in
earnestly. The Sheriff then took a final leave of
him, and was evidently much affected. -During the
awful interval between ascending the scaffold and
his death, be was composed, and not much agitated.
At a quarter before two o'clock, he gave the signal,
drew his cap over his face, the drop fell, and after strug-
gling for a few minutes, the wretched man expired.
He remained suspended for about half an hour, when
his body •was taken down, and delivered to his
friends for interment.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. -SEPT. 27.

THE KING V. NEWELL AND OTHERS.

Mr. PHILLIPS moved the Court, that the defen-
dants, • who were indicted for keeping a gambling-
house, to be required to put in extraordinary bail,
and give twenty-four hours' notice to the prosecutor.
The latter, he said, was a person who had really
been ruined by the defendants. The learned ceun-
sel's motion was grounded on an affidavit, stating,
that the defendants had threatened to leave the
country, and to have recourse to every means
which money afforded to ruin the prosecutor if he
persisted,

The CHAIRMAN could not grant all that was asked
by this motion, but the Court would grant a bench-
warrant, and require 24 hours' notice of bail.

Thomas Ford, 'William Herbert, and John Avery
were indicted for a riot and assault.

Mr. ALLEY having stated the facts, called witnes-
ses, who swore that on the day in question, there
was a cricket-match at Hillingdon, and two men,
Ford and another, having quarrelled on the ground,
proceeded to decide the dispute by a boxing-match.
Some of the inhabitants, however, procured the in-
terference of the constables, who prevented the men
from fighting on the cricket-ground. In a short
time afterwards, the Dean of Carlisle despatched the
officers to a field of his, to which the combatants
had adjourned, and in which they were then actu-
ally engaged with each other, with orders to put an
end to the contest. But upon their interfering for
that purpose, they were knocked down and severely
ill-treated by the mob. One of the officers, how-
ever, the headborough of the parish, admitted that
he had had a round or two himself with Ford.

Mr. BODKIN, for the defendants, contended that
the officers, and not his clients, were the parties in
fault. They had no right to interfere and molest
people who were amusing themselves, merely be-
cause two men who had quarrelled chose to decide
their dispute by that fair, manly, national mode of
deciding a quarrel, which he trusted would never be
discountenanced in England, and which, he was
happy to say, had received the sanction of one of
the first authorities of the land. After some further
observations, the learned counsel called witnesses,
who swore that the officers had abused their autho-
rity.

The Jury acquitted Herbert, and found the other
defendants " Guilty."
The CHAIRMAN sentenced Ford to four, and
Avory to three months' hard labour in the Houie of
Correction. _ _

In the course of the day, the gentlemen who had
composed the Grand Jury, came into Court, and
requested permission, through their foreman, to
make some observations on the state of the prison.
The CHAIRMAN should be very happy to attend
to any suggestion of theirs, but he could not receive
it publicly in Court from them as Grand Jurors, in-
asmuch as they were no longer a Grand Jury, they
having been discharged some days ago.
The Foreman observed, that they had been per-
mitted to visit the prison as a Grand Jury, which
they conceived to be a most important part of their
duty as such ; and they now were desirous of stating
the result of their inspection of it.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the Grand Jury had
been discharged before they received the order to
visit the prison.
The Foreman said, that the words in the order
were—" Permit the Grand Jury," &c.
The CHAIRMAN asked them if they had not seen
a book, in which they might have entered any re-
marks which they thought proper to make. There
was also a Committee of Magistrates, to whom such
communications might be'rnade, and who would, he
was sure, be happy to attend to then). But as the
Grand Jury had been discharged, the gentlemen
whom lie was now addressing stood merely in the
character of private individuals, and he could not,
therefore, receive anything from them openly in
Court (where every thing that was said was pub-
lished to the world) as coming from a Grand Jury
which was not in existence.

The Foreman then handed the Chairman a paper,
and the gentlemen withdrew.

A team of 40 wild geese last week passed
over Chichester to an immense height, in a S.W. direction,
and at an apparently moderate rate—an unusual eight at
this season of the year.—Brighton Paper.