Star.
London, England, 1821-11-27 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS-THIS MORNING.

Of the five persons who were ordered for wee-
Lion this morning, three underwent the dreadful sen-
tence of the laVr. The Sheriffs had humanely occu-

pied themselves for some days in minutely investi-
gating the cases of the unfortunate convicts, and the
result of their inquiries enabled them to lay such evi-
dence before the Secretary for the Home Departdentl

respecting Amy Steele and Jpha Jacobs, as induced.
the Government to order a reprieve for these two
prisoners.

Ever since the condemnation •af these unhappy
beings, and particularly since the, fatal warrant for

their execution was received at Newgate, their con-
duct has been suitable to their unhappy situation. On
Sunday morning they all attended Divine Service, and
long before the hour for the commencement of the
Chapel Service at Newgate, the front of the prison was

crowded by persons anxious to gain admittance to

hear the last Sermon that was ever to be addressed to

the unhappy convicts; indeed, so great was the num-
ber who bad assembled, that even after as many as

the chapel could contain were admitted, the muki-
tude appeared undiminished. The Rev. Mr. CorroN,
who, as usual, officiated on the melancholy occasion,
took his text from the 2d chapter of Proverbs, and the
18th verse, and enforced, with great earnestness and
feeling, the dreadful consequences of yielding to the
seduction of crime, whilst he encouraged the truly
penitent to Lose for pardon from the infinite mercies
of the ALmtontit. The unhappy criminals appeared
deeply affected, and all but Jacobs (who is a Catholic)

partook of the Sacrament.
This morning, at an early hour, all the stems
leading towards Newgate were crowded with persons
hurrying to witness a scene which, though unhappily
so frequent in this metropolis, it still the most awful
and impressive that humanity can behold. Sheriffs
GARRATT and VI44ABLES, with the Under-Shviffs,
were in early attendance at Newgate, and displayed
much feeling and humanity
.to the wretched beings
on whom they had to see executed the sentence of the
law. They enquired of each of the convicts, if they
had any dying request to make which they could
gratify ? but they all answered in the negative, and
acknowledged the justice of their sentence; the female
exclaiming," Gon, indeed, has been very good tome!"
The three criminals who suffered were Joseph South,
for uttering a forged £lO Bank of England Note;
Samuel Ilaymarcl, for a burglary ; and Ann Norris,
for a robbery is a dwelling-house, under peculiarly
aggravated circumstances. It appeared from the
evidence on the trial, that a female of the name of
Palmer, meeting a Gentleman of the name of THOM/N.
SON, in Wentworth-street, Wbitechapel, in the after-
noon, prevailed on him to go into a house to render
assistance to some person in distress ; but he had no
sooner entered the room, than money was demanded
of him. He gave a few shillings, and then attempted
to leave the hou.se, when Norrislocked the door, and,
with Palmer and five or six more women, knocked
him down, tore his clothes from his back, and filled
his pockets. He cried out " Murder I" but the women
gagged him, and after beating him very severely, be

Made his escape.
The unhappy persons spent this morning, from an
early hour, in acts of devotion. At a quarter past
' eight o'clock they were brought out. South was the
first who ascended the fatal drop. He was very
young, not more than 17 years of age; his behaviour
was that of one perfectly resigned to his fate. Hay-
ward came neat; and lastly Norris. They were at-
tended is their last moments by the Rev. Mr. COTTON
and Mr. BAKER. After ashort time spent in prayer,
the fatal signal was given, add they were launched
into eternity in the presence of a great concourse of
persons.

Doctor BARRETT% Will is as follows :—To his four
nieces, an annuity of £25 each ; 42200 a-year for life
to M.Ar.r.rsraa, the College head porter; £lOO a-
year fcr life to his female attendant in College; the
remainder of his property, supposed to exceed L'70,000,
he has bequeathed in trust to the Provost, and the
Rev. BARTHOLOSIEW LLOYD, S F.T.C. for charitable
purposes, and without any specification.
. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Mr. MACREADT,
made his first appearance for the season last night.l
and was received with as much enthusiasm as on any
similar occasion. The part in which he came for-
ward was that of Firginius, which he has so often
and so recently performed that its beauties must be
fresh in the recollection of the Public. His exertions',
from the very commencement were impressive, and
the awful nature of the catastrophe enabled him to
conclude with a striking specimen of his powers,
which cast over the whole effort a more commanding
character. In the absence of Mr. C. KIMBLE., the
part of kilius was allotted to Mr. Assorr, who ac-
quitted himself in it with much credit. Miss FOoTE
looked as interesting as ever in Virginia. The Opera
of the Libertine followed, in which Miss M. TREE,
with her wowed grace and vivacity, sustained the
character of the sprightly and interesting Zerlina.
ADELPHI THEATRIC.—A new Musical Comic Bur-
letta was last night brought out at this Theatre, under
the tide of Tom and Jerry. It is a representation of
the scenes of high and low life is London, founded
on the popular work of that name. It is dramatized
by Mr. Mot:calm., and is brought out on a scale of
great magnitude and splendour, which does credit to
the Managers of this Establishment. The characters
of Totn,Jerry, and Logic, were sustained by WRENCH,
WATKINS BURROUGHS, and WILKINSON, in a very
able and masterly manner. The other characters
were ably sustained by the rest of the performers, who
spared no exertions in keeping up the life and interest
of this Piece. The scenery is new and excellent, and
the whole performance received the unanimous ap-
probation and applause of a crowded audience.

LAW iNrELLIGEzva.

COURT OP KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 26.
LIBEL UPON HER LATE MAJFSTY.''
THE KING D. RICHARD BLACOW, CLERK.
(The following is a more detailed accoont of this case than that.
which appeared in the Seas of yesterday].
Mr. DENMAN—I have to pray your Lordships'
judgment upon the Rev. Richard filacow.
The defendant having appeared on the floor of
e Court, .
Mr. Justice HOLROYD, before whom the infonna.
Lion against the defendant was tried at the late Assizes
at Lancaster, proceeded to read his notes of the case;
from which it appeared, that the defendant, in his
vocation of a Clergyman, and from the pulpit of St.
Mark's Church, Liverpool, in the course of a Sermon
which he was then preaching, delivered the following
libel of and concerning her late Majesty :
" The term ' cowardly, wbich they have now laid to say
charge, I think you will do me the justice to say, dors not be..
long to me • that feeling was never an inmate of my bosom;
neither when the Jacobins raged around us with all their fury;
nor in the present day of Radical uproar and delusion. The lat.
ter, indeed, it must be allowed, have one feature about them
even more hideous and disgusting than the Jacobins themselves.
They fell down and worshipped the Goddess of Reason, a most
respectable and decent sort of bring, compared with that which
the Radicals have set up as the idol of their worship. They have
elevated the Goddess of Lust on the pedestal of shame, an ob-
ject of all others the most congenial to their taste, the most de-
serving of their homage, the most worthy of their adoration.—
After exhibiting her claims to their favour in two distant quar-
ters of the globe, after compassing sea and land with her guilty
paramour, to gratify to the full her impure desires, and even
polluting the holy sepulchre itself , with her presence, to which
she was carried in mock majesty astride upon an ass, she re-
turned to this hallowed soil so hardened in sin, solnonled with
infamy, so callous to every feeling of decency or of shame, as
to go on Sunday last, clothed in the mantle of adultery, to kneel
down at the altar of that Goa, who is ' of purer eyes than to
behold iniquity,' when she ought rather to have stood barefoot
' in the aisle, covered with a sheet as white at 4 unsunned snow,'
doing penance for her sins ! Till this had been done, I would
never have defiled my hands by placing the sacred symbols in
her's: and this she would have been compelled to do in those
good old days when church discipline was in its pristine vigour
and activity."
The publication of the libel having been proved,
the defendant was found guilty.
The Cuter JUSTICE, addressing himself to Mr.
Blacow, asked him if he had any affidavits which he
was desirous of submitting to the Court ?
Mr. BLACOW—None, my Lord.
The CHIEF Armee—Mr. Denman, have you any
affidavits ?
Mr. DENMAN—No, my Lord ; as the defendant
offers no affidavit, neither shall I.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—Has the defendant anything
to offer ia mitigation of punishment?
Mr. BLACOW (bowing respectfully)—No, my Lordi
nothing whatever.
Mr. DENMAN—Under the circumstances in which
this case stands, my Lord, I certainly shall not tres-
pass on the time of the Court.
Mr. BROUGHAM—I really feel it unnecessary to
address many words to your Lordships. You have
heard the libel read of which the defendant has
been convicted—but your Lordships have not heard
the defence which he made fur himself upon his trial,
and I will venture to say, that there never was in
this country exhibited a scene so indecorous—so der
grading to the character of a man, and more espe-
cially to the character of a Clergyman—a scene
distinguished by the utterance of such base and foul
calumnies.
Mr. Justice Barr—This is not specified in the notes
which have been read to the Court.
' Mr. BROUGHAM—For that very reason I wish to
inform your Lordships of what did actually occu4
and I appeal to the Learned Judge by whom the case
was tried, with great effect, whether he ever wit-
nessed a more disgraceful exhibition in a Court of
Justice ? As to the libel itself, it is sufficient for me,
in praying the judgment of the Court, to request
your Lordships attention to the slanders—the vile,
gross, and indecent slanders, of which that libel is
composed ; and which were delivered by a Clergy.
man of the Church of England from the pulpit, in
his vocation of Minister of the Gospel—as well as to
the fact that it is not the first time of this man having
been convicted of a similar offence.
Mr. Justice BEST—Have you any affidavit of this,
Mr. BROUGHAM—I have, my Lord. The sentence
of the Court will be found upon its files, and I have
an affidavit to prove that the defendant is the person
who was convicted and received that sentence. If
the Court shall think fit, I will put it in.,
An affidavit was handed in.
Mr. Justice BEST—This affidavit should have been
read before, in order to afford the defendant an op.
portunity to reply.
Mr. BROUGHAM—I have not the smallest objec-
tion that the defendant should be permitted to reply.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—In point of regularity, this
affidavit ought to have been read before the defend-
ant was called upon. The affidavits on both sides
should be read in the first instance. Perhaps it is
hardly worth while reading this affidavit.
The affidavit was withdrawn.
Mr. BROUGHAM—My Lords, I feel it quite unne-
cessary to trouble the Court by going back to the
former case. Your Lordships see the tenour of the
libel itself. You know the character which the party,
I cannot say does, but .which he ought to support—
the occasion upon which 'this libel was published,
and the person to whom it applied ; that this defen-
dant is one of those individuals who are engaged in
a conspiracy, for the purpose of propagating, openly
as well as in secret, the vilest slanders which it is
possible for the human imagination to invent, and to
heap upon public and private character every abuse
which may appear calculated to serve their profli-
gate purposes, as well as of those who are determined
to listen to and give countenance to such calumnies.
The latter are rot less chai.acterized than the form( r
by malignity or base time-serving, although the for-
mer may have less prudence in their designs—as I
think has been made to appear from the whole cow e
of this case. The defendant has come fcrward &iron
this occasion, not to apologize for the publican( a
with which he stands charged, but to aggravate it
by an exhibition of additional malignity ; and he now
appears, in the last stage of the i roceeding, courting,
as he did on his trial, the ignominy attached to his
conduct, and braving the punishment due to his of-
fence. I now leave him to the judgment and to the
justice of your Ifordships, satisfied that you will feel
yourselves bound, regarding the situalon in which
he stands, to pass that sentence which, under all the
--minces, his crime shall appear to cieserveN. J