Star.
London, England, 1827-09-12 00:00:00

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IIXECITTION FOR MURDER. •
LANCASTER, San. to.
This morningthe last sentence of the law *at carried
into effect. by the dreadful and ignominies, death of
Robinson, who was convicted on • Friday last, of
Ike wilful murder of his wife, aught:glum near Gar-
stung, about 111 miles from this town. Pebble com-
ssiseration was strongly excited for the, fate of this
happy man, although these could be no dobbt of his
grulu'let still there were some circumstances attending
his case more favourable to him than to those who
mostly snfer by the hands of the executioner for a si-
milar crime, and Mr. Justice BAYLIT, in pronouncing
the dreadful sentence, observed to the wretched culprit,
" that his wile was not altogether unblameable.' It
seems that the unfortunate man was a widower when he
married the woman of whore murder he was convicted.
add had by his first wife four children, who were odor.
innately afflicted with the King's Evil, one particularly
so, and upon this shocking affliction she was in the habit
of tannins; him. His wife was possessed of some pro-
perty. we understood, producing about 501. a year, and
he himself was possession of from 1001. to 1501. the
latter be deposited in the hands of one of the turnkeys.
to be appropriated to the benefit of his *flirted children.
From the time of his entering the Castle, the culprit
was particularly energetic in his devotional exercises.
He invariably kept himself irons the society of the rest
of his fellow pritooira, and was in the habit of pacing
the Castle yard by hinaself;absorbed in deep thought. and
when in his tell his only companions were the Holy Scrips
tures. Mr. Rowley, the worthy and Rev. Chaplain of the
Castle, was par ticularly attentive to him,and the unhappy
man always appeared relieted when he presented him-
self. :Robinson, in the tourse of his conversations with
the Rev. Gentleman, admitted killing his wife, but de-
clared most solemnly, that at the time he was beating her
he had no intent to murder her, and repeated the many
causes she gave him for his resentment.—On Sunday
last, divine service *as performed In the Chapel of the
Castle, by the Revs Chaplain, at which the malefactor
was present, and appeared particularly devout and
attentive. In another pew sat the family of the
Heyworthr, who are also under sentence of death, sad
Wilkinson, for horse stealing, who received sentence on
Saturday. 'They all appeared truly penitent, and awake
to the awful doom that awaited them. Jane Scott was
amongst the females, and her demeanour smiled quite
the contrary to that if her fellow prisoners. Mr. Rowley
visited the unhappy man many times during the day.
and administered that spit heal comfort necessary, awl
at about eight o'clock in the evening lie left him alone
to his private meditations, apparently truly penitent
and prepared to meet his fate.
Long Wore the hour of execution arrived, the Castle•
parade, and the Church yard of &Mary's, were thronged
by persons from all parts of the county, particularly
about Gentling and its neighbouring townships; where
the culprit had lived for years, anxious to witness his
Mal exits and every place from which a view could Imbed
of the scaffold was occupied. The roof of a tempests*
d, where some stonemasons worked, was throe..
brit the High Sheriff, fearing that by the weight of the
crowd the building might give way, and serious acci-
dents arise, ordered it to be cleared by the javelin tam
At about seven minutes past eight o clock the unhappy
man was led from the Chapel. in the Castle, towards •
the gallows, the Castle bell tolling at intervals as Its
proceeded. He walked with a very unsteady step, and
seemed very weak. His countenance presented a very
ghastly appearance. His arms, were pinioned very
tight, and he walked. to ibe•platforna with the fatal
noose about his neck. On, ascending the drop, he
glanced slightly at the assembled.crostd, and then took
his stand under the fatal beam, and at once surrendered
himself up to the executioner. The cap was drawn
over his face immediately, and the rope attached to the
chain (which is. constructed after the plan adopted at
the Old Bailey). The unhappy man stood for nearly
five minutes after these preliminaries bed been gone
through, in the most painful ingiety, before the drop
fell—when it did fall, The culprit dropped full fotir fat,
and was dead in an instant. The crowd, after some few
minutes elapsed, gradually dispersed, and, we are happy
to say, withoot any accident occurring: His body hung
for an hour, and was then cut down and delivered over
to the surgeons for dissection..

Howse or tenuaraz, costx.--A woman of the name
of Alice M'Guire, abont.7o years old, who bad bees
an inmate of the institution for 12 of 14. years, sought
to be discharged. During the late war she served in '
the capacity of a sailor on board many of his Majesty's
ships, for a period of IS years, seven of which she was
on board the Ocean, in which she was engaged in sne-
ral actions; and it usually-devolved upon her to assist
the surgeons in the cock-pit, in the dressing of womds,
etc. A general sympathy pervaded the Board at this
woman's appearance and manners, and the Mayor re-
commended her to the Lord High Admiral for a pea.
sion, and he was almost sure of her success.
A few days ago, Mr. WILLIAM RATIIII4 of Birkby,
his wife, and brother, were attacked by an ass, in Birk-
by-lane near Huddersfield, which seized the back part
of the lady's dress in his mouth t be was instantly
knocked down by Mr. Rayner, with a large stone, who
repeated his blows, aided by his brother, till the ass ap-
peared to be dying. They then dragged him dohs a
steep bank, and lett him in strong convulsions. They
had not proceeded far, however, when the ass was
again on his legs, and in pursuit of the party, who, to
save themselves, leaped over a wall, which they had
scarcely done when he arrived, and attempted to scale
the wall, but was knocked down with a stone, and soon
after expired. Since his death it has been ascertained
that he had been bitten by a dog in several parts of his
body, and is supposed to have become rabid under the
canine infection.—York Herold.
Sunday evening a fine boy of 13. named White,
amusing himself with some companions, at the bottom
of Arundel•street, in the Strand, fell overboard front
one of the barges. Though the fishermen and water-
men on the spot exerted themselves with the greatest
activity to save the boy, he was not picked up until half
an hour 'toter the accident happened. Stymy effort was
then made to restore animation without success. Last
night an inquest was held on the body-at the Spotted
Deg, in &rand-lane, when the usual verdict of " Acci-
dental Death" was returned.

As Thomas Jenkins, labooter, was digging potmon
in a field near Haverfordwasti on Wednesday the Sib
inst. he found, packed in the foot of an old stocking.
a number of watches, which have been identified en be
the remainder of those stolen from the shop of Mr.
Troscott, watchmaker, of that town, thirteen *mint
been discovered secreted in : dunghill some weeks bec
r Aswan of. the name of Thomas James is now in gmt,
rind will take his trial for the robbery at the
Great Sessions.--Bristel Mercury.

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