Star.
London, England, 1827-12-17 00:00:00

SERMON TO IHE CONDEMNED.

Yesterday morning, at half--pact ten o'clock, the Rev
Mr. Corrori, the Ordinary of Newgate, preached a
Sermon in the Prison Chapel, in consequence of the
approaching execution of the two unfortunate men who
ate ordered to undergo the awful lenience of the law
on Wednesday morning ntxt, viz. John French, aged,
fifty, convicted of in.rse•stealing, and John Williams,
aged 23, of burglary in the daelling-house of Mr.'
Marchant. of Field-take, and V.mrnitt;ng a larceny
therein. Mr. Sheriff Srmita and the Under Sheriffs,
accompanied by the Ord/. :sty and -Gr.vernor of the
' Prison, proceeded to the Chapel at the usual hour,
ttMen the different clasrlts orprisoners were brougl t
in, codsisting of several -hundreds of both seats.
'Lastly, the two unhappy m tlefa:turs. were conducted
tinter the condemned pew, in the centre of the chapel,
accompanied by Mr. Baker, who had previously visited
them in the cells, and by pious instruction 11.441 endea-
voured to prepare their mindsfor the solemn set vice.
The Morning Hymn having been song, the Rev. Ordi-
nary read the Liturgy io an impressive manner, when
the miserable ctilpritslained in the responses with
'teeming pathos and fervour's At the conclusion of the
service, -the unfortunate pas men were recdnducted to
.heir cells wfnige they were visited by the Sheriff, who
listened attentively to their requests, and promised, on
.his part, anti that of his Colleague, to render their on.
'42epy condition as erim'ortable as possible. They were
vistaed, in the after part of the day, by the Rev. Ordinary
Mr. Biker, and others.

OVERTURNING OF THE HaLYHEAD MAJL:

• • WELFORD, Northamptonshire, Sunday.
Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Talbot Inn,
Welintd, touching the death of WN. EGERTON, Esq.
Gresford Lodge, Denbighshire, who was killed nn
Thursday night list, by the overturning of the Holy-
head and Chester mail.

The first witness called was Peter Banks, the guard
to the • Holyhead and Chester mail. He got upon the
marl on • Thursday evening at Hinckley, and recol-
lected seeing the deceased, who had come from Chester
with twits!! guard ; he had seen the deceased be-
-144 Ys a'paibengsr from Chester to London ; on
arriVini At Boswrlktoll•bar, on the night in question, the
hotstiWeisdifeative,and on coming down the hill,before
getting to Welford-brolge they became wholly ungo-
vernable, and bolted—the coachman dud all in his power
to save them from falling, but without effect: for, just
as they got over the stone bridge, where there is a great
descent, and where there is a corner which requires to
be turned sharply, the mail upset. It had ruu on two
s!fieels for some distance before it came to the ground ;
witness having seen so many accidents of the kind, and
being aware of the danger, disentangled Isis legs from
the seat, al.d was ready to jump, but before he could do
so, the mi,il overturned with a tremendous crash, and
witness and the coachman were thrust n to a consider-
able distance.

Mr.J. Herbert, residing at We'ford, deposed that he
was crossing a plank, which lies over the Avon from
Naseby, wren he saw the mail coming quickly down
tie hill towards the bridge. It was coming at a very
fist pace, but not more to than it usually came. He
looked after it, not supposing there was any danger, but
it had not proceeded more than thirty yards when it up•
seta-rte thought he heard a cry in rise coach before it
fell. Witnesethen went up, and saw Banks, the gturrd,
on the ground. He appeared 'el), much stunned. The
passengers having got out of the coach, asked-him to
look atter their luggage, which inn ss did, and saw the
coach liked up atter the passengers had got out; wit-
ness then heard some person say that there was ano-
ther passenger in the coach, and he saw them lift out
the deceased and carry him to the inn. The lamps were
lighte.l when the coach passed witness. The horses were
ire furl gallop; they usually go quickly down'that hill.
Witness his no reason for supposing the coachman to
be intoxicated ; he is a stranger tos him.
Coaotaaa—These mails go at au exceedingly qu:ck
rate-down this 101; is it very steep?
A Juror—The hill is not so steep as it is awkward;
it has a twist which makes it dangerous to coaches.
Henry 1) uglas, tote driver, sworn—He drove the
mail from Lic:,field to We ford, which is a distance of
45 miles. Lelt Lichfield at a quarter past four o'cl, ck,
and arrived at Hinckley a few minutes after six ; stayed
there ten minutes; changed horses, and proceeded to
Lutterworth, when . they clang d again. The horses
they got there were had; tie off,ide wheeler aid one
of the leaders were hlind. %Vanes: was never on the
road where the acci.!ent lrappened by day light. lie
was 'a atranger to the read a together. Witness's hip
and shoulder were much injured, and face bruised by'
the fail.

Mt. Jacob Smith, surgeon, residing at Welford—On
Monday night last, abr,ut nice o'clock, he was sent for
to the inn where the decea‘eLl lay. lie found deceased
apparently dead; he teit the pulse, but it had cewed to
heat; he tried the jugular vein; but the b'ood Would n t
flow. Witness had examined the body externally. He found
a dreadful contusion on the left side of the bead, and a
bruise or cut on the forehvad; there was also a severe
jury of the vertelvz of the neck, which alone was-suf-
ficient to cause death. Witness searched the pockets of
deceased, and found a ucket-book, containing a game
certificate, on which was written " wtlliam E,!erton,
Esq. Cresford Lodge, township of Greslord, D•tibigh•
shire," and several letters addressed to Major-General
Egerton, Gresford Lodge, Denbighshire. There were
also in deceased's pockets about 701. in sovereigns and
notes, and a gold watch. Witness gave the property
to Mr. Dainty to take care of.

The Jury then declared they were pei.fectly satisfied;
and, after an inquiry which lasted from eleven in the
morning till five u'Llock in the afternoon, returned a
verdict of .4" Accidental Death—deodaod on the coach
horses, eine shilling."

A Greenwich yenbionet, of the name of ANDREW
Baown. died last week. in that excellent R.tatlishment, Greenwich
College in rather a sudden manner, at the advanced age of 105
years and nine months. The veteran had been ui innate of the
College SO years. having vtite ed in 17:7. He bail for some time
previous to his decease. been in the ward appro}rtated to the help-
less; but still he retained his uncommon good pienkh, and on the
day preceding his decease he sang two emir I. his brother pen-
sioner,, many of whom art closely bordering uti a century.