Star.
London, England, 1828-08-12 00:00:00

JOHN °BRIDGE.

Sunday Evening, half•past n o'clock.
Condemned Cell, t t O'clock, Monday morning.
August 11, 1526.
The above cokfession was read over carefully to the prisoner In
our presence, who stated most solemnly it was true—ttat be had
nothing to add to or retrace frost it.
W. STOCKING, Chaplaia.
T R. HOLMES, Under-Sberit

In answer to a question tiom the Under-Sheriff, he
said •' that be thought the b4ll had entered the right
eye." He said Ibis in corrobori.tion of his previous state-
stmts that he had no sharp instrument with him in the
barn at the time he committed the murder. The Under-
bheriff stated chat Dr. Probart was with him at the time
when the prisoner made this last confession.
He is quite convinced the ball entered the right eye.
Jr.! Orriclge informed me, that there were several points in
Corder's statement en which he wished toha've further esplanades,
but that in Ms peculiar cam:mances be could not press it, especially
as Corder said I. him on more than one occasion, " Spare me upon
that point—l have confeteed all that is sufficient for public justice.'

THE EXECUTION.
From an early hour this morning, the population of
the surrounding districts came pouring into Bury ; and
the whole of the labouring classes in this town struck
work for the day, in order that they might have an op-
portunity of witnessing the execution of this wretched
criminal, which was appointed to take place at twelve'
o'clock at noon. As early as nine o'clock in the morn-
ing, upwards of 1,000 persons were assembled around
the scaffold, in the paddock, on the south side of the
gaol, and their numbers kept increasing till twelve
o'clock, when they amounted to at least seven
thousand persons. Nothing could be more decent
and orderly than their conduct. The majority consisted
of men, but we observed a large number of females
in the crowd. Two women must have been there at an
extremely early hour, for they were close up to the
wood-work which surrounded the fatal drop. They ap-
peared to be of the lowest class; but many of the female
spectators were ( f a much superior grade. Seated on
a wall, which gave a commanding view of the whole
scene, were several Ladies, dressed in the first style of
fashion. 1 mention this tact, because it shows the in-
tense curiosity prevalent in this county respecting every
action of Corder; for nothing else could have brought
respectable females to behold a catastrophe so uncon-
genial with the usual kindness and benevolence of the
female character. Every building is the neighbourhood
was covered with occupants, and its one of the adjacent
fields were several Gentlemen on .horseback, expecting
the appearance of the prisoner.
At ten minutes berme twelve o'clock Corder was
brought from his own cell, which was on the second
wiry of use prison, to a cell on the baaement story.—

He was there pinioned by the executioner who officiates
at the Old Bailey, and who was specially retained for
this event. He appeared resigned to his fate, though
he sighed heavily at intervals. After his arms were
fastened, he would have fallen to the ground, had it
not been for the support afforded to him by one of
the constables. He recovered after a moment from
the transient faintness which had overcome him,
and kept ejaculating in an under tone—" May GOD
forgive me ! Loan receive my soul 1" The exe-
cutioner was then going to put the cap upon the pri-
soner's face, when Mr.Orridge interfered, and said that
the time was not yet come. He was then led by his
own desire around the different wards of the prison, and
shook hands with the different prisoners, who were as-
sembled at the doors entering into them. As a proof
that he was at that time perfectly conscious of what he
was doing. he singled out a prisoner of the name of
Nunn, shook hands with him as well as his bandaged
situat;on would allow. and said to him, " Nunn. Goo
ALMIGHTY bless you." In another ward he called the
same blessing on two prisoners of the names, as we we e
informed, of Sampson. The men addressed appeared
deeply affected, as indeed did most of the prisoners who
witnessed the melancholy spectacle.
After he had gone round the entrance to the different
wards of the prison, which are ranged round the Gover-
nor's house, which is built upon an octagonal base, he
proceeded to the entrance of the, debtors' yard, where
he bade farewell to three individuals who came to the
gate to shake hands with him. After he had performed
this duty, which Mr. Orridge was of opinion might
prove beneficial to the juvenile offenders in the prison,
the procession to the scaffold was formed in the usual
manner by the Under S.teriff and his attendants.. The
Rev. W. Stocking, for whose attention the prisoner cx
pressed himself most grateful, led the way, reading the
commencement of the burial service, " I am the resur-
rection and the life; whosoever believeth in me shall
not die, but have everlasting life." In a few minutes
afterwards the procession reached the door-way which
opened to the scaffold, and Corder was placed upon the
floor which, when withdrawn, was to plunge him into
eternity. The prospect from the place on which he stood
is of the most beautiful description. The foreground con-
sists
of softly swelling hills, bounded in the distance by
extensive plantations. which form a sort of amphitheatre
around the prison. But the loveliness of the scenery had
for him no beauty ; for the moment his eyes opened
upon it they were to be closed for ever. After be was
placed under the fatal beam. Mr.Orridge approached him
and asked whether he wished to address the multitude.
He gave some indistinct answer.which I did not hear,and
Mr. Orridge immediately said to the crowd, in 'a loud
voice, " He acknowledges the justice of his sentence, and
dies in peace with all mankind." The executioner then
drew the cap over his face. The officer who supported him
says he afterwards added, when utile unable to, stand,
" I deserve my fate; I have offended my GOO. May
be have mercy on my soon.' Within a mimic after-
wards, the deadly bolt was withdrawn, and he was cut
off from the number of the living. The executioner,
after the corpse had fallen, performed his disgusting
but necessary task, of suspending his own weight around
the body of the prisoner, to accelerate his death. At
the same moment, the prisoner, who appeared to be in
the last agonies, clasped his hands tighter together, as
if he was forming his last prayer for the mercy and for.;
giveness of offended MAYEN. Immediately afterwatds.
hitarm., which were raised a little, fell—the midis'
appeared to relax—and his hands soon sunk down as
low as their pinioned condition permitted. But life was
not yet extinct; about eight minutes afterwards there
was a heaving of the shoulders, a slight convulsion of
the frame, an inJistinct groan, and then all was still,
and no further motion was observed.

The body, after hanging the usual time, was cut
down and conveyed in a cart to the Shire Hall: It was
placrd on the table in the nisi I'rius Court, and after
the crucial incision had been performed, and the ow-
, ward integuments removed, was exposed to the gaze of
the public. The exact stature of this guilty •ictim to
public justice was five feet five inches, and the medical
gentleman who performed the incision informed us,that
for so small a man he was an extremely muscular sub.
jest. It was to be removed to the hospital to-morrow
morning to be dissected and anatomized according to
the sentence. A cast is to be taken from the features,
and the head is to undergo a critical inspection by a
physician cf this town, in order that an account of it
may be transmitted forthwith to the Phrenological So-
ciety. A galvanic battery has also been brought from
Cambridge to perform experiments upon it.
It is an extraordinary fact, and certainly not to be
accounted fdr on any principle of reason or common
sense, that the rope with which Corder was executed
has become an article of arduous competition. I have'
been informed that it has been sold for a guinea an inch
to the various parties who .bade for it. One of the
purchasers is said to have come to purchase the whole
for the Cambridge Museum, but was deterred by the
price. He reversed the common proverb, for he came
fur an ell, and went away contented with an° inch. I

give the story because I heard it, but I believe it myself
to be a fiction. I heard in the course of the day that
several labouring men had walked -30 miles to witness
the execution: the account appears extrensely probable,
for on my return to London the road was lined for se,
veral miles with persons returning from thirenelaucholy
I spectacle. If may judge from appearances, it had
not made any salutary impression upon them, for many
of them were drunk, and in one of the villages two fel-
lows were busily engaged in a pugilistic combat as we
passed through it.
There are several prints of Corder poblished,bat none
of them are strong resemblances.
Mrs. Corder (the mother of the deceased) has been
so overcome by the disgrace which the misconduct of
her son has brought. upon her, that she has for some
time been unable to leave her bed. Neither she nor her
daughter held the slightest communication with Corder
after his condemnation. His wife is, I understand, in
Bury, seriously indisposed. Cordes wrote a letter to her
this morning, shortly before the execution, of which I
have just been favoored with a copy—
" Mr Lives roes Coieranton—l am now ageing to the fatal
scaffold, and I have a lively hope of obtaining mercy and pardon
for my numerous offences. blay Heavens bless and protect you
through this transitory vale of misery, and which, when we meet
again, may it be in the regions of everlasting bliss. Adieu, my
love—for ever adieu! in less than two hours I hope to be in Hea-
ven. My last prayer is, that Goa will endue you with patience, forti-
tude, and resignation to his will. Rest assured his wise Providence
work all things together for good. The awful sentence which has
been past upon me, and which I am now summoned to answer, I
coulees is very just, and I die in peace with all mankind, truly
grateful for the kindness I have received from Mr. Orridge, and
the religious instruction and consolation from the Rev.Mr.Stockine,
who has promised to take my last words to you."

The above was mitten with pencil in a blank leaf at
the end of a volutae of Blair's Sermon, which appears
to have been a gift of Mrs. Corder to her husband, from
the following words on another leaf at the beginning of
the book :
“ nary Corder to her husband W. Maier. a birtb.day present.
June 22, 1828. Corder attained,hls 24th year on the above day.
To the high commendation of Mr. Orridge, which
believe to be well deserved, I beg leave to add my bum-

Isle testimony. He has furnished every facility,• withia
his power to the reporters of the different papeA; and
has *forded them greater actommodation for the dis-
charge of their duties than they ever received upanany
former occasion.
'PROPOSED COURSE OF DEFEItICE OF CORDER,
WHICH HE REJECTED. _

There was a remarkable circumstance connected with
the defence r f Corder. Mr. Humphreys, it will be re-
,collected, was the first solicitor employed for the de-
fence ; and perhaps there is not in the country a man
better qualified to do the business of the Crimin it
Courts. In arranging the matter of the defence, Mr.,
Humphreys, upon being asked by Corder's, friends his
advice as to various point‘, said, that he wished his
client to hold his tongue, and to leave every thing to
his Counsel. This advice was not at all relished. Mr.l
Charnock, who has been long acquainted with Cor-
der's friends, and who interested himself greatly in the
case, advised the course which was afterwards adopted,
that the prisoner should tell the story of the suicide. In the
opinion that this would be the most advisable plan of
defence, all the friends of the murderer acquiesced, and
Mr. Humphreys was requested to draw up the address,
upon that foundation. To this proposition Mr. Hum-
phreys would by no means agree. He said he consi-
dered it a most desperate course, and would by no
means conduct the case if it was intended to plead
" What, then," said the friends of, Corder,
shall be said? Something must be said—he can't be
silent." Mr. Humphreys said that he was willing to let
his client defend himself upon the ground of provoca-
tion in the Red Barn, and declare that be had commit-
red manslaughter. This mode of defence would, he
thought, give Corder a much better chance of his life than
the pretence that the uufortunate deceased killed herself.
" Let him (said Mr. 11l say that the girl and he had
a quarrel about the 51. note, and let him state an angry
crimination and recrimination about the note, and that
the deieasid struck him in her passion, and was levelled
in her turitty st blow which proved fatal. Let him not
say with w,bat instrument he struck the blow. This ap-
pears to be ate 96ty' chance if .Too persist in your plan
of 'obligigg fsigss to make a defence himself:* Mr. Char.
alOrmgh he had a very high opinion of the ta.
I lents of Mr. Humphreys, preferred the plea of suicide,
and all the friends of Corder approved of the sugges-
tion which denied that he had any guilt upon him.—
Mr. Humphreys then threw up the case. His power-
ful assistance WAS, however, found to be very necessary
in the course of the trial, and a large fee was tendered
to him to undertake the defence; but Mr. Humphreys
considered that the friends of Corder would, if fie un-
dertook the case, thro N upon him the whole respon-
sibility in the event, which was considered very pro-
bable, of a conviction. _ _ _

Mr. Humphreys was requested to obtain the best
legal assistance at the mobt moderate rate. lie first
applied to Mr. Adolphus, and was asked 200 guineas,
exclusive of expenses, retaining fee, and lee for his
clerk. Mr. Sergeant Andrews was now applied to; he
agreed to take 100 guineas, but after wards declined
going. Mr. D odrick was then solicited to leave his
Circuit and undertake the defence, anal he wept down
for 140 guineas, exclusive sf the retaining fee, ex-
penses, &c:

THE EVENING STAR.

LUN DON.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1828.

STOCK BXCHANGR, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Consol market is not quite so good this morning as yes-
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may be quoted at 174 I, with little or nothing doing at present.
The Foreign market is very dull, and not a bargain is doing.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

We still remain very barren in regard to information, and the
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our Government has recognised Don Maur!. as King.
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Mk

It is announced in the French Papers received last
night, that the evacuation of the Mona by the Egyptian
troops has been agreed upon. lanoursa PAVIA, com-
pelled, it is said, from want of provisions, and the pre.
valence of all kinds of diseases among his troops, had
signified to the Allied Admirals his intention of with-
drawing his army as soon as a sufficient number of
transports bad been procured for conveying it to Egypt.
The Allied Admirals, it is added, immediately took the
necessary steps for effecting this object, and Count
CAPO. D'ISTRIA was expected in a short time at Navarin,
to take part in the negociation for effecting the pro-
posed measure.
It is said, however, that the expedition fitting out at
Toulon, will nevertheless sail for the Morea, and that
instead of having to drive Innantses troops out of it,
its attention will be directed to clearing the fortresses of
Greece of the handful of Turks which still remain in
them—establishing the Government on a solid basis,
And extending the boundaries of Greece as they existed
in ancient times; and that Russia, in the well- grobnded
alarm which the plague has infused, will limit its am-
bition, for this campaign, to the liberation of Greece,
and the possession 'of some of the fortresses on the
, Danube.

Lisbon Gazettes to the 34 instant have been received,
extracts from which appear in our preceeding columns.
The. only important fact which they announce is the
blockade of Madeira, by the ships of war which Don

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