The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-14 00:00:00

testant Church in Ireland, as we trust it ever will be main-
tained, every aid we give to instruction will be a means
to light men to its temples. The endowment of
the priests would be a widely different proceeding. By that
we should pay men for being Romanists, for teaching Ro-
manism, and for turning as many as they could from the
church that we believe to be the true one.

THE CONFESSION 02 TAWELL.
On Thursday, at the quarter sessions for the county
of Bucks, held at Aylesbury, it was resolved, on the
motion of T. R. Barker, Esq., after some opposition on
the part of Lord Nugent, and some discussion, •".rhat
Mr. Cox. the chaplain, he sent um and asked what con-
fession (if any) was made by Tawell, and under what
circumstances it was made."

Mr. Cox was sent for, and was asked by T. R,
Barker, E: q., if any, and under what circumstances, a
communication was made to him by the late culprit
Mr. Cox replied that he had been made acquainted
by lett r t.rom the isiti: g jti-tires that. such a question
would be put to him. He thought it. was not a subj‘cet
fur an 'Ten yew!. ; but if two or three magistrates would
r,tetve c rotiac-t« nial s:at.ettnt from, h rn.
• iftd:t ir.g them n the trr.ter.
que.A.ou wa, again p,it to Mr. Cox, Lord Nugorit
Ix -testing agaii:st it ; a Al Mr. Cox d«eliieil answeting
further on the sunjec'.
Mr. G. PIGOTT contented that no cocaciusive state-n-v-sTt
had %et you to th; public ; and, -s u great m tny dig'
ft-rent reports had toun, their way into app rs .-f
cc;culatton. w,s teci4 an 3 us to s- the ,ight
upon tit, rinsuer He therefor- moved tha
be req .e!t«d to state to the ai-gi,trutes any th,rg
res!..ecting ;lie contessi mace b% the «culprit.
Mr. Sheriff. upon being called, stated—l sat tip
the culprit. John Tawell, the wh,,ie of the nigt,t before
the execution ; and, abouf five o'clock in the morning,
I reminded him that the time was drawing near, and
asked him if he had any little matters I could arrange
for him, or anything I could take care of for him. He
then looked up his little articles, such a, silver spoons
and other trifles he had in use, and put them into his
box, giving me the key to take care of. He then sat
down, and I said, " Mr. Tawell, I think there was some
promise made me of a statement you intended leaving ?"
He replied, "If I promised, I will do so ;" and he then
produced a paper, which I handed to Mr. Cox. It was
read over in my pi esence, and contained an admission of
his guilt. Ile was then sitting down by the fire in the
cell, and, leaning his head against the fire-place, he said,
"Yes, lam guilty of the crime—l put the prussic acid
into the porter, and I also attempted the crime in Sep-
tember last, not by prussic acid but by morphia." On
giving the statement to Mr. Cox, Tawell requested it
might not be topic-d, nor appear in the newspapers.
Mr. G. PIGOTT then proposed, and Dr. LEE seconded,
" That a statement of the case, with the questions put to
Mr. Cox, and also his refusal to answer, be sent to the
Secretary of State, requesting his advice to the magis-
trates how to act should a similar case occur."

It was also resolved that a copy of the statement of
Mr. Sheriff should also be forwarded, being the only
official one yet communicated.

EXECUTION ofTHOMAS THOMAS
Early on Thursday morning last the arrival of im-
mense crowds of people into the town of Brecon testi-
fied thu intense excitement which every circumstance re-
lating to the murder of David Lewis, the Cardiganshire
butter merchant, had excited ; and by ten o'clock, the
hour appointed for the execution of the convict Thomas,
no less than from ten thousand to fifteen thousand people
had assembled opposite the scaffold, which had been
erected on the bank of a small river which flows rest
the county gaol. Since his conviction, the extreo:-,'"thiary
indifference and coolness of the prisoner l'.ad deserted
him, and he had spent most of his r' cue in tears and
prayer. He supped heartily t',"a Wednesday night,
and retired to rest atio'.'t eleven o'clock, arid
he slept soundly 11'10.1, tour, when he rose and
dressed himself. ate a hearty breakfast, and
attended Divide service in the chapel of thu prison,
after whiet the sacrament was administered to him. H.•
declir,.d seeing any of his relativws, though he said that
if they had cornma earlier he should have wished an inter-
view. When Caleraft entered the condemned cell for
the purpose of pinioning the wretched tean, he VMS
standing near the fire place, weeping ; and when Mr.
Lasenb), the governor of the gaol, explained to him
that the m melt had arrived f. .r his going out, he re-
plied that "he was quite ready ;" and added, I will
go like a lamb ; I have giv,4l mys..-lf up to the Almighty."
The Und. r-Sh. riff asked him if he vvi.hed to say an) -
viing. and he reph. d tie wished to see the r....ert nd
chaplain who had left the ;oleo f,r -a is' men t, aid on Itis
nry h, ked it a cop -hail; in wmich he h-,d
wet-'en ,a•ve;.ai extinct, the Se ip ues inig-ht
'.y the goveroor o iiis ianydy ;" and
tne reverend :rentiernan as,urv-g frm roat it sheu4-1 he
don:, lie a- k.-. 1 it his e.rateh elot-n• s tuigl:t
gii••• II to hi, vid.e,: Mr V./c-Join tol:i turn. h.•
would tats.- ea, e the: sh tild h• vu m. an a‘ke,. hitn
if he hail ant allow ,tirtit:r to say 0.. h in, o. w i.!) (1 to
say any thing oui,ii;e ? flu refit'. it in the to.il
then shook hands wiih id i
governor unit th. offierrs own- ato,l, ion to ;• e
also took Me. Van:4ll,n by th.• art ttia.;iceo fir
his kindmiss. While the %%4, Fer
sobb,cl. audibly ; and directly a't r the melancholy pro
cession moved off. the chaplain readm,:f the burial :er
vice. The prisoner waik..e vary firciiiy, and appa,m-11113
took no notice ot the immense crowd ass. tabled. At the
foot of the scaffold he stopped, and turning roun.,,
grasped Mr. liz.nby's hand with his
hands, and said, with great emotion, " God bless you all
for your kindne-s." He then ascend( d the steps with a
firm step, but still weeping, and Caleraft placed the nip..
round his neck, and tied the other end to the gallows.
The chaplain then read a prayer, the prisoner's bps per-
ceptibly moving as if in fervent supplication. The drop
fell exactly at ten oclock, and fir two or three minutes
the muscles were contracted and convulsed, an 1 then all
was still, except the oscillation of the body in the wind.
After hanging the usual time, the body was taken down,
and buried within the prison walls,
He has made a full confession, which has not yet been
made public by the authorities.

COMMITTAL OF A WIFE FOR THE
DEATH OF HER HUSBAND.
LINCOLN, FRlDAY.—Another of those shocking acts of
poisoning has recently been brought to light at a small
village called Laceby, near Grimsby, concerning which
Jane Bell was yesterday committed to Lincoln Castle,
for trial at the next assizes, charged with the wilful
murder of her husband, Edward Bell, by administering
to him a certain quantity of arsenic. The unfortunate
deceased was a respectable master carter in the village,
and the suddenness of his death, which took place on
the 20th ult.; naturally rendered a coroner's in-
quiry necessary. Mr. W. Meirris, one of the county
coroners, opened the inquest on the body at the Wa-
terloo Inn in the village, and Messrs. Lappington
and Keetbley, two surgeons of Laceby, havit g dis-
covered, after a past mortem examination, and a careful
analysis of the contents of the stomach, that the de-
ceased had died from the effect of arsenic, coupled with
other very suspicious facts, tending to fix upon the un-
happy woman the commission of the shocking act, she
was promptly ordered into the custody of the proper
authorities The inve,tigation was then adjourned, in
order t• afford time fi a• the collection of further evidence
ri-spectlng the tragical event, and ou its being resumed it
was satisfactorily ascertained that the poison lead been
administered in arrowroot. Additional
..valence was
also pa'duced corroborative of the anew,. d's guilt, and
altho:;gh certainly it wa, con .idere,l as altn-st ap-
proaching conclusive, still the jury entertained a doubt,
and eventually recorded a verdict of 't Wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown " She
was accordingly liberat d ; but from her previous
conduct to her deceased partner, %hit h ha l ben
spoken to at the Coroner's inqu. st, the authorities
were induced to institute furthar inquiries as n, the
mysterious affair ; the result of which arts the re-appre-
hension of the wretched woman on a warrant issued
by the county justices, and on Wednesday she was dilly
brought before Mr li. Throld and the Itor. S. (edge,
magistrates, `'roan Gritusty poi for examination,
charged with hating adulittistered to her husoatid, Ed-
ward Bell. a 'pewity o arsen.e, met b rnet,ns whereof
he berat=e sick and died. 'lime wretched creature, who
is fir advaacel in pre guatley, a`loUt five inaoths, and
who wept bitterly during tee pr declared ut
flit, onset t the ex%tnit.att. n her couplet, cane of
th,. awful cr,me imput it to h,
I am char of toy h.tst.adui-s cause it."
Mr. Horece Watson, a druegist. in the village,
deposed that the prison. r a short lime previous to her
husband's death porchased a quantity of arsenic at his
shop, for the purpose. as she st .ted of ve, um,
but which, f.a- reasons alleged by her, was not u—d, but
thrown away.
Mr. W. Pearsall, a consulting chemist at hull, cleat ly
proved the deceased's death to have resulted from
arsenic.

On being culled upon for her defence, she replied th,,t
she had nothing to sal ; she was as ft, e from causing
her husband's death as the unborn irS -tit which she bore.
Respecting the poison, she said that she procured it
solely to destoy vermin, and not for any other purpose.
She was committed for trial at the ensuing assizes.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 11.—There has
not been much animation in our sugar market this week, and
prices are with difficulty supported, excepting for good and
fine descriptions, which are st►ll very scarce; the sales since
our last reach about 550 hhds. and trcs., chiefly to the re-
finers, who continue at full, and to them very profitable,
work : the raw material declining, and the manufactured
article being in good demaisd, in short supply, and, conse-
quently, enhanced in value. Very little business doing in
Mauritius or Bengal. Rum is rather more inquired for.—
Bristol Mercury.

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