The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-17 00:00:00

care the progress of his noble vessel, and to preve
possible, any accident occurring by way of collision

Jenny regrited exceeding

did the whole party

he could not be down to partake of the even
went. Still, there was but one feeling of re

miratinn o

his conc

to watch over their safety and the inter(
cerned.

,sts of all con-

The ever noble-minded Jenny sent a message to Capt.
West. to say that as circumstances which he could not
rnntrnl had nreventpd him being nresent. she would hP

happy, before her arrival, to give another concert for the
express gratification of himself and his gallant and able
officers, which she did the following evening, when the
weather was clear, and all gay. She sang the whole of the
previous programme, and with many additions, it
some of her inimitable Swedish airs.
Me demeanor of Mdlle. Jenny Lin% i boar% h
more than any one expected—sim-' 1, gre
free ;no affectation ;no false loft pc-
Miss Lind, in addition to givi ble rvi
4. for the benefit of the lilors and fir ,er

~d on board has been
ple, kind. gro—r

deas of her lofty positic
it her valunlo"

ces to

the concer

a very handsome sum as her subscription, and so did
Messrs. Benedict and Belletti.

During the passage,
he sailors and firemen
of labour, their I

Miss Lind frequently went among
and inouired reearding theii

indeed was quite familiar with them. She aske(
the firemen, an Irishman, if he had it in his power
he exchange nieces with her ? " Faix, I cert
he replied, " if i could sing as well
Miss Lind. " Faix, and because,

And why ?

said he, " the wages

are better."

EXECUTION OF PROFESSOR WEBSTER

The American papers received by the steamer yesterday
give full details of this melancholy event, which, as we
announced last week, took place at Boston on the 30th
ultimo. During a great part of the day before the execu-
tion, the prisoner occupied himself with setting aside little
memorials for those few friends in whose charitable feel-
ings towards him, when he was gone, he might hope. He
selected a number of his books, and wrote in them the
names of several persons towards whom he wished to ex-
press some recollection of past obligations and favours.
He seemed to take much interest in this occupation.
During the night he was closely watched, lest he should
commit suicide. Through the night he read his Bible at
intervals, and slept for several hours. He then ate a light
breakfast, and prayed audibly. A little before ten o'clock,
everything being ready for the execution, ttis ar►ns were
pinioned, and he was directed to take his place in the
melancholy procession which was being formed. He did
so. The high-sheriff led the way, followed by the jailor
and turnkeys. Next came Professor Webster, supported
by the Rev. Mr. Putnam, Unitarian minister, (whom the
unfortunate man requested to stay with him till the 1
moment,) and two constables. Professor Webster walk

firmly but dejectedly to the scaffold, amid the most pro-
found silence. His step was firm, and his countenance
betrayed no emotion. He looked at the ground, and was
apparently resigned to the doom which awaited him. He
was dressed in a plain suit of black, but had no neckcloth
His frock coat was buttoned t

t of the way

His legs having been pinioned and the rope adjusted, the
sheriff turned round, faced the prisoner, took a single
step, placed his foot on a spring—the part of the platform
on which Professor Webster stood fell, and the unfortu-
nate man was hanging by the neck. The fall was about 8
feet, and to appearances his neck was dislocated. He strug-
glad hnt lite and evidently suffered no pain. The only

_a but little, n.,_
evidence of the death struggle which he manifested was a
slight convulsive movement of the legs, which were par-
tially drawn up for an instant. In less Ilan four minutes
,l 1 signs of life were extinct, and Professor Webster was
" +here, we trust, to receive foreivenes,

her work

After remaining suspended just half an
hour, two surgeons examined the body, and informing the
Sheriff that life was extinct, that officer so declared it to
the legal witnesses and spectators, and at the same time
thanked the witnesses, in the name of the commonwealth,
for attending and aiding the officers of the law in the pain-
ful duty which bad just been performed. A pine coffin,
painted black, was then placed beneath the body. The
corpse was lowered. the rope removed from the neck. the

for his crime

lid of the coffin was nailed down, and the body was then
removed to the cell which Professor Webster
occupied, according to the Professor's
The execution took place in the gaol yard, in the

s desire

Lbout 250 spectators