The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-09 00:00:00

penalty of the law at K

account of the demeanour

week, and there v

s little alteratic

n tiie b

of them prior to the.. exit fro,.
It appears that Buckley slept each n

- -
rest appeared cairn and undisturbe
very minutes might be said to be r
be noticed in his manner. He fre

cution, even laughingly, and never evinced tl
tion when the shortness of his sojourn in tl

luded to. In the course of some convers,“
individuals near him made use of the common I,
it 'a nothing when you're used to it." P-- •
" I've heard that hanvitisi 's nothiu
I'm going to try it a bit to-morrow
night preceding the day which was to be his last,
twelve o'clock struck, one who was with him remarl
" Buckley, that is the last twelve you will ever
He replied, " Yes, that's my last twelve." He ~
during the next hour, and his mind seemed perfectly at ease
When the clock struck one, he said, with a smile, " I'm
getting a short-timer; I shall be away to-morrow." The
expression, " I'm getting a short-timer," it must be oh_
served, is a common one amongst the pri
that their term of imprisonment is drawing to
About half-past one he began to sing, chiefly snatche,
devotional pieces, amongst which was a part of the anthem,
" We praise Thee, 0 God : we acknowledge Thee to be the
Lord." Soon afterwards he retired to rest. lie slept
soundly, and without the slightest appearance of restless-
ness, till shortly after six o'clock, when he arose and washed
himself. He was asked whether he would like to read. He
replied in the negative. One of the turnkeys said to him,
" As you are not inclined to read, you bad better lie down
and try to sleep a little more." He replied, "No : I shall
sleep no more till I sleep in death." about seven o'clock
the Deputy-Governor entered his apartment, and asked him
how he felt. He said, with a brisk air, " I'm very well,
thank you ; how are you ? " Soon afterwards he said," I'm
very hungry : I should like some breakfast." His breakfast
was taken to him at eight o'clock, when he was found fast
asleep. He ate with an appearance of good appetite, and,
at the termination of his meal, remarked, " I'm like some
of the other prisoners : going out this morning, am.
there's one going out with me. lt is said that he frequentl
spoke with an abhorrence of the crime which he hail

when you're used toil
He sat up late on tl

teflr Strlht.
W 8 cheerful

ers, signifying

witted.
Of the unfortunate woman, Betty Eccles, we have already
stated that she declined considerably in health and spirits
after her condemnation, but, considering her sex, she pre-
pared for her sad fate with remarkable firmness. On Wednes-
day last she, for the first time, fully admitted, in the presence
of the governor and the Rev. Mr. Appleton, that she had ad-
ministered the poison to William ECcles, but she denied that

she had been necessary to the death of any of the other
children. As she was ill, a, nurse was provided for her from
I sa: adjacentaheppcb
ae,
in
gdve, i left
oni ardg e . Thursday she spoke of her ap-
proachingto live. One of the remarkedfenitl that she had not many houryou., e
s turnkeys said, "I hope it will bes
,eosnat,d,,h:t sure it will be
. The attendant asked,On
have you the assurance Idoem
~
She you rely ? Whe
from
own heart." On Friday :m . replied, "-F '
complaining mght she
of a violent a ' "From my
was very sick and
tea about six o'clock,
and partook
in her head. She drank someill,
was the last she ever ate. Throughout
rtook of a little food, and this
con-
tinued very ill, frequently the night she
and arose early in the morning.vomiting. She slept but little,took some coffee, but was unable to About
eight o'clock she
o'clock she aas removed from eat. Shortly before eleven
hands with the females who had her apartment. She shook
for their kindness, and wished them attended her, thanked them
At eleven o'clock both the convictsiein health and happiness.
where they partook of the sacrament, were led to the Chapel,
Chaplain in prayer for their souls. and joined with the
o'clock, Mr. Carson, the tinder-sheriff, At half-past eleven
Preston, the Deputy-sheriff, arrived ff, and Mr. Wilson, of
themselves in immediate communicationat thegaol, and put with the Governor,
Mr. Amos. A few minutes before twelvethe procession was
seen moving slowly from the Chapel,along
leading towards the governor's house. ii the gravel walk
The
canonicals, walked first, accompanied by Chaplain, in his
the Governor and
the Sheriff. Buckley followed, accompanied,
supported, by two turnkeys. Then came the
rather than
l
turn-
key followed by Betty Eccles, leaning on the principal
other turnkeys. Buckley walked with a step arms of two
as
individual present, and appeared less agitated
than those
firm as any
about him. Betty Eccles, looked sorrowful a
extraordinary emotion or trepidation was perceptibnd ill, but nole. Arri-
ved at the avenue at the upper end of which stood
repor-
ters, the procession paused, and Buckley with the
an
of extraordinary alacrity, left the rank alone with appearance
a quick and
firm step, and passed through a door ou the right.
He was
a minute-
He
followed by a turnkey and was absent about half
He returned in the same quick, decided manner,
about him with an air of the most perfect unconcern,
glancingil
en.
fell into his place, and the procession resumed its
He
slow
gress towards the press-room, the Chaplain reading
Pro-
ions
of the service as he proceeded. Arrived at the
flight ofg portions
lea-
ding to the press-room, Buckler mounted without ashow of di-
minighed firmness. The female, however, gave
.i e%dent indi-
cations of feebleness. She was supported , '
the turnkeys, and ascended slowly and with difficulty.
culprits were placed in chairs opposite the platforin:fean
to the scaffold, and in full view of the drop. The Rev. Chap_
lain proceeded with the service, which lie read in a loud-;',.;
impressive tone, and the executioner (Calcraft, of New,,,--r.`4,
immediately began pinioning the hands and arms of the --clic,/
victs. This operation was first performed on Buckley, con_
on with undimmed eyes and an unbleached ci who
leek.
The female seemed to become rather faint during the
per-
formance of this operation, but she quickly rallied, and
she were calling up her energies for the trying sat
up as 1
awful occasion. Suddenly the voice of the clergyman ceased,
was
and Buckley was taken by the arms and led aggas the oral'
form to the drop, where the cap was drawn oven's face- and
-
the rope adjusted, Betty Eccles was, during this operation,
left sitting in her chair. She appeared to watch the proceed-
ing with intense nterest. On its completion she was led fo
ward in like manner. A. slight sigh appeared to escape front
her, but she Nalked forward wiut a perceptible faite 1
e fatal where she r, and
was placed under th. beam, was supported
by the assistants till the executioner had adjusted the „on
All then retired, leaving the culprits standing alone beneathe.
the gallows. The reverend clergyman read the brief remnant
of the service. At its termination the bolt was withdraw•
and the first part of the sentence of the Judge on the unfor-
tunate tunate mortals was executed. Buckley struggled for a few
moments, and then evinced no signs of life: The woman
being less heavy+ appeared to suffer. much more severel '
Site struggled convulsively for sonic I, but, at length, slyn:
also swayed to and fro in the wind. without motion, and her:
bands relaxed from the grasp which they had held of each
other.number of wl •
The bulk of the crowd (the which must have
been near 30,000) dispersed immediately_ after the execution
Some hundreds, however, remained to see the bodies
cut.
down.
was dressed in a black shooting coat, ar,
Buckley Welling boots almostK. roe-_
sera, plaid waistcoat, and Welli _, . new. lie
was a short, stiffset man, of a dirk complexion, rather well-
formed features, and did not seem at all cilistressed, either in
mind or body, at the awful situwaatisormi
umuiv,:tihiich he was i
p•acedn.
Betty Eccles, on the contrary,
She
. thinner, and seemed
reat deal. was dressed '
to have suffered endin a cotton
boots she
white cap, light : was an oldish-looking
dress, ing
woman, and rather tall.
• rs expressed their gratitude to the Governor
Both prisoners
he kindness and attention -
and his officers for t d which bail
been shown them since they wierecon
bemned.
We believe that _Mr. Belle, laving o, tained an order from
the prisoners heads
the Sheriff, took casts of t...................... .
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THE FIRE AT THE DUKE'S WAREHOUSES

under each arm

where '
as to rest
bymen build-
theyides of theianyof
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
t op
lboey
endo
on ebnottesl (From the Second Edition of Friday.)
in; has been
The fire may bebservable said
srditstics)rty:lrforowmn
out
te
ingrbounigiiiiodt. 11
combustion brill o except in an occasionnal
der, no
degree amongst the cotton in the warehouse slight
e.
mAlthough much was
nated ; which had fallen down, with the floors, so it origi-
btirnt ; en'-
inhi on
3,,t.
fihe
pied
el
a ..icofloorinrngigthiolueafptsotapharueeirtpts,hotai:lei
little injured except by the water,
two top rooms of the middle warehouse, and a considerable''.n the
quantity in the jigger floor, or attic of that on the
west, a
great quantitY,
got out, and forms large heaps in the yard—that immediately
tinder the warehouse-door being a hill of no inconsiderable
magnitude. It is expected that, when dried and
much of it will still be available for manufacturing picked,
As water from the docks has been all along thrown purposes.
it will decide the
salt
of the applicability, uponwith this fire,
to damage, of salt water in place of fresh, to the reference
meat of at least the raw material when ignited. extinguish-
A.s before stated, the three top rooms of the mid
house (of those on fire) were filled with cotton. Thatdle ware-
highest room was, we learn, the property of Me in the
and . Nlawell, of which little or none is saved :ssrs. W. A.
two rooms below belonged to Messrs. Cannon that in the
The only other cotton was in the attic of the next and Miller
westward, and was the property of Messrs. H warehou
Biddle. We were under a mistake in stating utnphre:
perty was in the possession of Mr. Pendl la
L ur y .
that the pro_About two o'clock this mornine.
~,, an accident
the fire by which the lives of two of the officers of the fire-
and Grines were engaged in the fourth story Ificers Thornton
with branch PiVe', playing upon the ry of the warehouse
when the floor suddenly' gave way with smouldering cotton
and fell clown to the floor below its accumulated load:
crash. One of the poor fellows (Ti with a tremendous
out of sight amongst the cotton,mrnton) was buried
up around him. and the other NN which began to burn
threatening predicament. Mr.iie.as tin an almost equally
Fire-police, beeline alarmed lest thw±t. superintendent of the
but with the assistance of firemenbranched 310 and 313, he got a
extricatboth the men before , and after much exertion
injury. There was room on the theyspotsusned any personal
others to maintain their footing in the for himself and the two
them out. It was well for Thornton perilous work of getting
soon, otherwise, so vigourously was that he was rescued so
him lest he should be burned, that :the water thrown about
he
probably was in some
danger of being drowned. The floors
rooms in these warehouses by of the three lower
are s
beams ; and the fall upported
broke one of these
, strong iron
of the fourth floor .
beams in two. The accident Happened
of the warehouse. near the south point
Besides the corn and flour
rooms of the arehouses carried out from the lower
derable quantity of meal saved yesterday, there was also a consi
from the western warehouse.

In the event of Sir J. Pine's election as Charn beied, laiMn of
the City of London, which is generally anticipatr.
Jeremiah Pilcher has announced himself a candidate for the
aldermanic gown of Cornhill.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning Poy says, there
is a report in the highest circles, that Queen Victoria thinks
as
Mayor,
secretary
andtary Sirin
of renewing the royal ft;tes of olden times, and that she in-
tends visiting the royal theatres in site, attended by her
whole court.
Shaw, Bart., the Chamberlain of London, has resigned that
In consequence of continued ind,i,sliptosiistiosnu,ppSosiredJatmheats
the
sy:lra,dt e Lord Eliot
Wm. Hey gate, Bart, have offered themselves as candidates.
office. Sir John Pirie. Bart.,
Ireland."
sirThieiclansrtyLiii,anrerdinekgeeshurcocnejecdles
Mr.
west
hi, of Templelyon, near Arklow, had on the 6th
ult. a ewe which yeaned four lambs ; and last week a goose,
belonging to the seine gentleman, hatched an egg which
pro-
duced three perfect goslings.
IMPERIAL PRESENTS.—The presents which have been
sent to Queen Victoria from the Emperor of lina c
of golden bedsteads and a quantity of silk of a sortconsist
has never yet been scene n Europe. There was likawis iinil
ear-drops worth £lOOO ach ; and a shawl worked in n e two
work, with every kind of beast on it known to the Fedle_
besides 14 large cases, each weighing 14 cwt., and Chinese
;
and
box of jewellery. a small
A. MAN KILLED BY A WINDMILL.—_
kbout six o'clock
Monday morning a young man, named John se r on
per, in the employ of Mr. Scott, miller, of 1 e pd r ing ski,.
with a loaded cart to Mr. Bull's windmill, , x en, Was 1
ti sent
road, Colchester. Having unloaded his car" the
'lanvioll-
he went round to inspect the exterior of the it
is
supposed
stepped within the range of the sails, '8 windmill
at the time, when he was struck by one
as the mill , and
was going
of his head, and rendered insensible of them on the back
Ball's !louse, and medical puceassist. He was taken to
pro-
cured; but it proved of no avail, ti was immediately Mr.
pail twelve the saw° day. Dee she expired aboutY
Med was 2;0 years half-
of age.

. The
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tever fo

India COm-
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1 in
e money
r expen-

ant to

profof X 1,500,000,
+. which

Cnina,

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pf the pow...

and the opium compensate.,.,.
compensation would be about 6,000,00. u
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vp ha'

Rourke

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Dunty or

Cork

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