Star.
London, England, 1807-02-23 00:00:00

411171:DER4RS OF '!R. STEEL, &c.

Early yellerclaomiorning a great toncou•fe of gen
teel people, among Jyhom were feveral perfons of
diltinnion, alremhled at the hnufe of Mr. NEwstars,
the Keeper of Newgate,,io the expenation of feting
the two convicts at Chapel, and to hear what is tei med
the Condemned sermon. Neither of thefe unhappy
wretches attended Divine Service in public, convins
for murder being rettrained by the Statute from quit-
ting their tells till they are taken out for execution.
Nineteen other capital convicts, however, were placed
in the condemned pew, in'the centre of the chapel, to
whom, with other prifoners, the Rev. Dr. FORD, the
Ordinary, read prayers, and afterwards preached a
plain and pathetic exhortation to repentance, from the
29th chapter of Ezekiel. v. 28, which feemed to
make confiderable imprenion on his wretched audi-
tory. At the commencement of the Litany he
entreated " the prayer: of the congregation for the three
unhappy prim: fentenced to Affer death on the next
" mornmg.' In the afternoon the Donor atiended
and prayed by Holloway, and Elizabeth Godfrey, in
their reipeetive cells: Higgerty, who is a Roman
Catholic, was attended by Mr. DEVEREux, the Priett
appointed to this duty. After divine fervice, two
Magiftrates, who had examined Holloway and Hag.
gerty before their trial, were admitted to them with
the prifoners' content. They exhorted them to a
confallon of the crime for which they were to fowl,
and juftly to fuffer, but they continued to affert their
innocence, and faid, that" they fhould make the fame
declaration in the morning on the fcaffold." Hot
loway, on being interrogated refpening his renitence,
and with whom he worked, about the time of the
murder, in November 1802, faid that his father told
him that he "lodged with him at that time ; and as to
his work, he mull have been employed on founda-
tion work for new hnufes, at which no account is
kept of men's time." Both the prifoners feemed
pet fatly compofed, and in all refpeas unembarraffed.
The Magiftrates afterwards went to Hanfield, the
accomplice, and King's evidence, in Clerkenwell
prifon, and, on a dole examination of him, found
his flatements to correfpond correnly with all that he
had depofed on the trial. Being afked how he came
not to remonflrate with Holloway and Haggerty, on
their not giving him a flue of the booty ? He re-
plied, " I was entitled to none, nor did I expect
any, becaufe I went off: if three of us went to break
into a houfe, the man that flood guard at the door
would receive nothing ; we fhould sesta, him, that
is, fink all the property we got, or give him a mete
trifle, as we thought proper." He added, that he
had committed one robbery with Holloway (ince the
murder, but the particulars of which he declined
Rating..

klrzateth Godfrey was very penitent, and acknow-
ledged the jultice of her fentence.

THE EXECUTION.

This motnitur the awful fentence of the law was
executed upon 'ohs Holloway and owes Haggerty, for
the murder of Mr. Steel. Elizabeth Godfrey, who
was convided of the murder of Richard Prince, alfo
Coffered along with them.
The crowd began to affemble in the Old Bailey,
and the avenues leading to it, Co early as five o'clock
in the morring, and three hours afterwards, the
multitude was neater than we ever remember to have
fees on any fimilar occafion, the execution of Go-
vernor Wall not excepted.
A few minutes after St. Sepulchre's clock had
(truck eight, the criminals were brought into the lobby
of the Debtors' door in Newgate ; the irons having
been previoufly knocked off Holloway and Hagger-
ty in the yard. Elizabeth Godfrey, their unfortunate
female companion, teemed more dead than alive ;
but the likened to the exhortations of the Ordinary
with much apparent fincerity and refignation.
Owen Haggerty firtt afcended the Reps to the plat.
form. He was followed by the Rev. Mr. DEVRR6 UX,
Catholic Prieß, who had affilled him in his devo-
tions fence his condemnation, and to whom he Mined
with great attention. John Holloway then afcended
the fcaffild. He mounted the Reps with a firm and
refolute Rep ; he took off his hat with great dexte-
rity, although his arms were clofely pinioned down
at the elbows, and made an obeifance to the populace;
his face was at that time turned towards Ludgate
hill, and he exclaimed, with a loud voice, " Gentle-
men all ! I am innocent ! No verdift—We are inno-
cent, fo help me GOD !" He then turned round to
the mobuttationed above the gallows towards Smith.
field, and repeated the fame expreffions. He was
proceeding to add fomething more, when the execu-
tioner flopped him by pulling the cap over his face.
Haggerty Mined to the Prieß with much decorum,
and Elizabeth Godfrey at this moment difplayed
more firmnefs than might have been expected. The
Rev. Dr. FORD, the Ordinary, continued praying by
Holloway and Eliz. Godfrey for a few minutes, and
precifely at ten minutes paR eight o'clock, all three
were launched into eternity.
No feeling of commiferation whatever, towards
the murderers of Mr. Steel, feemed to pervade the
populace. Indeed, had not the fate of the female
fufferer, Elizabeth Godfrey, excited tome few emo•
tions of pity, a fhout of exultation would have burl'
forth fimilar to that which attended the exit of Go-
vernor Wall.