Star.
London, England, 1814-08-09 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS. -

Poem 'Am«lay,• Mary Cook, .was ere-
oted, at. Dorchester, purstutnt to her sentence, for the
murder of an illegitimate child, which she had by a
farmer, a married man with three children. When
.brought to the fatal scaffold, she appeared very peni-
tent, and said that she died happy, and with a full
assurance of pardon for the offence•she had committed
against the laws of GOD and the country. She lifted
up her hands as well as she coull, (being tied back)
and exclaimed, 4, Good people take warning by my
fate—take warning, take warning !"--When the plat-
form gave way, she died in a moment. She was a
very fine young woman, and her fate made a great im-
.preski.n on those who were collected to witness her exit.
Nawpoar, Ante. 6.—James Algae, capitally con-
.victed at the last Assims for: the County of having
attempted the life and robbing James Long on the
King's highway, was executed, this day at noon, on a
rising piece of ground opposite. the soldiers' gate of
Parkhurst barracks., He was conveyed from Win-
chester in a
,post-chaise, properly attended, and when
he arrived in the island, drawn to the place of execu-
tion in a cart with his arms pinioned, attended by a
Roman Catholic Priest, which religion Artegan pro-
fessed. He arrived at the fatal spot cool and collec-
ted, engaged in an earnest conversation with his spi-
ritual attendant, who appeared to be most assidu-
Ously employed in inspiring him with hope, and pre-
paring him to meet his CREATOR with a confidence of
his mercy to repentance. When the cart came under
the gallows, the unfortunate man looked up to take
a view of the rope, which the hangman was fasten-
ing ; but his fortitude did not in the least forsake him.
Before the rope was put round his neck, he stood up
in die cart, and after the priest audibly uttered his
Ilast prayer. He shed a few tears, crossed himself,
and shook hands, both with the Minister
,and a hang-
man—the cart was driven from under him, and lie
died without a struggle. Artegan was a young man,
only 27 years of age—.—waS a. native of Ireland, aid
when he ctimcnitted the crime belonged to the York
Chasseurs. He died penitent and sensible of his clime.
By an order of the day. the troops gnat-Wick* tom
port .and Parkhurst barracks,, were reatrai4ed
lying present at the execution. It topic place tm,tbis
spot, hoping that it will operate as a warning to 4all
those in the Island who are inclined to resort to crime
for the means 'oeliving. A great number of people
• were present to witness the execution. It was 20 years
since an execution took place in the Island, when two
• men were executed not far from the same place. ,

• Mitchell, alias traith, who is charged with the mur-
det: of Miss WELCHSIAN, in Mount-street, on Thuero
day night, is not yet taken. It has been ascertained;
that he is a very eccentric character, and is supposed
to have four wives now living, two of them in Batbc
where he has a brother residing, whom he wrote to
some time since, saying he should come and.see him
but his brother advised hint not, saying he.was afraid
he would be taken into custody, if he came there, on
i charge of bigamy. He is a baker by trade, and
„worked as a journeyman in London 14 years ago pee'
;asice that time he has been employed as a gentleman's
reervant, principally out of livery. He lived with Mra•
',CARPENTER Sums, in the Borough, and a relation of,
and after he left that• Service he assumed the
name of Smith, -but to answer what purpose we have
not ascertained. He wears very huge black whis•-•
kers, and a deal of black hair under his chin. sup-
posed for the purpose of disguise. He was at a pub.
,lic house on Friday evening, in company with -a
friend, and inquired of him if the murderer of Miss
Wrectim AN had been discovered ? This was before
ihrmurder had been made public, as it did not ap-
pear in the papers until Saturday morning.
During the Goodwood Races, two•Londonscamps
were detected in the practice of their frauds, by
pricking in the garter, and pretty roughly handled,
lay the, enraged multitude, who on catching them,.
-after a diverting hunt through the woods, literally
tore their cloatlis from their backs, in which state
they were taken before the Duke of RICHMOND, who
ordered them to Chichester, to undergo an examina•
-
tion before the Mayor, by whose order they were de-
tained a day or two, and then dismissed with a pro-
per reprimand.
A Vrenchmad was robbed at Magdalen•hill Fair,
Herts, of about £6l, the produce of cattle which he
had brought from France.
-Wednesday Mr. B. Charge, of Chichester, broke
Ibis leg by a fall, while playing with a party at trap.
ball.
Saturday, Burnett, one of the Slst regiment,
at Portsmouth, was committed to Winchester gaol,
under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for stabbing a
butcher in the breast. The butcher had taken some
meat to a house in St. Mary's-street, and while un-
loading the cart, lost his whip, which he found in the
possession of the soldier. Oa asking for it, the latter
struck him with the whip, and a scuffle ensued, the
soldier drew his bayonet, with which he wounded the
butcher.
Monday se'nnight Farmer Hoar, of Broadway,
near Hambledon, fell into the well in his garden of
considerable depth. He was so dreadfully lacerated
•
about the head in his descent, that although taken up
immediately, there was not the least signs of life.
Monday se'nnight, a poor man- had his leg torn in
a shocking manner, by a threshing machine, at Cheri-
ton, Hants ; he was conveyed to the County Hospital,
where he underwent amputation. • •
Lite on Tuesday se'nnight, Isabella Johnston, wile
of Mr. Samuel Scott, shoemaker, Dumfries, having
fallen asleep at a table on which there was a candle
burning, the candle fellinto her apron, which instant-
ly set tire to the whole of her clothes, and she was so
dreadfully burned as to occasion her death the fol-
lowing evening.
Last week there was found in the Earl of Eglin-
ton's lime quarry of Coal-hill, about three miles b orn
the town of Androssan, and far above the level of ttte
sea, a petrified eel, measuring three feet in length and
eleven inches in girth—which is considered a very
-teat natural curiosity.

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Thursday a running•match of one mile distance
on -he Deal road took place between Mtn Hobday
and Thomas Spicer, both of Canterbury, which was
won by the former. The 'distance was run within
the space of five minutes.
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The Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of the county
of'Bedford. in consequence of the backwardness of
the crops this season, have come to a determination
to suspend shouting until the 14th of September...