The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-21 00:00:00

EXECUTION.

This morning the following unhappy men, upon

whom sentence of death was passed at the last Sep.
teisber Sessions, were executed in front of the Debtor's
door, Newgate. Josiah Cadman, aged 26 ; Edmund
Sparrow, 21 ; John Ellis, 21 ; Thomas Tapley, 23,
fot uttering forged 51. notes; Geo, Smith, 31 ; John
Cabello, 24, for highway robbery; William Harding,
169. for stealing six sheep, and William Darton, for

stealing a 501. note.
Cadman. whose firmness never forsook him for a
moment. was the first that ascended the scaffold, and
bowed very respectfully to the immense crowd that
had assembled to witness this awful exhibition. A
partial hissing and groaning, with cries of " Shame!"
"Murder!" Ste, was, heard among the crowd. Spar-
rpw was the next, and was evidently mistaken for Cad-
man. He moved forward with a firm and steady step—
appeared composed and even cheerful. On ascending the
fatal platform, the cries from the multitude of " Shame !"
1" Murder!" groaning, &c. appeared to be general
against the Bank of England. Cadman now turned
mend and addressed the multitude at some length.
He observed that be thought his punishment cruel,
because he had pleaded guilty, and made every dis-
aloquie to the Bank that lay in his power. He thought
his punishment unjust, becruse the greatest criminals
who had fur years been traffickers in forged notes were
s plead to the minor offence, and thereby
s
lives; but he trusted the sacrifice made
saved their t"
this day would be a sufficient atonement to the Bank
of fingland, and prevent the execution of the unfor-
tunate youth who was doomed to suffer on Tuesday
next. He continued speaking for some time.
• Tapley, Ellis, Garton and Smith, were attenilel to
the scaffold by a dissenting Minister. They conducted
themselves with much propriety and resignation.
Harding prayed very fervently, and seemed to pay the
greatest attention to the clergyman, frequently inter-
rupting the Rev. Gentleman with exclamations of
•• Lord save me," " Christ have mercy upon me," &c.
Cabelia was of the Jewish persuasion, and was attended
by a Rabbi and several assistants. He appeared per-
fectly composed, and resigned to his fate. About a
quarter after eight, the fatal signal was given, and the
' unhappy men were launched into eternity.
The wife of Cadman, whose feelings on the occa-
sion can be better felt than described, was allowed to
visit him for an hour each day, since be received his
sentence. The last sad interview, that took place the
night previous to the execution, was horrible in the ex-
treme. The scene was described by those whose
olil-
cial duty leads them to attend such interviews, as the.
most affecting they had ever witnessed. The miserable
wife clung to the unfortunate husband, and bathed bin
wish leer tram The grief that had been 'conga-.
Whig from the time the order ierived for his ems-
tioi, now appeared to quite overwhelm her reason.
Her eyes appeared literally forced from the sockets.
Sise tore her hair, beat her breasts, and exclaimed in
the. most frantic manor, Oh, my husband, they
haipt NiViatod Wny busload
,anslwitir ranch difficulty
telitgesieved frogs Use cell. Harding., who was 69
yearn dale. had been a respectable brewer and farmer
in Oxfordshire, and was at one time in possession of five
or 600 W. but failing in business mid considerably re-
duced in circumstances, he was induced to commit the
crime. which at one time be observed, his soul would
tare shuddered at, and which led him to the! scaffold.
The sight previous toihis execution he was visited in his
cell by his wife and three children. The interview was
dreadfully afflicting. His children clung about him,
and pierced the inmost recesses of the prison with their
cr.*. The wife in a state of distraction hung on the
neck of her unfortunate husband. and alternately
clasped her children to her bosom. The awful mo-
ment arrived when they were to part to meet no more,
and force alone could separate them from the parental
'wham*. The short time now allotted him was passed
in imploring the mercy of his Creator. lie prayed
with much fervor, ascended the fatal platform with a
firm step. and appeared to die without a struggle.

We lament to see these horrid scenes so often re-
peated, and so constantly prove ineffectual for the
end whisk it is intended should excuse them. The le-
gielature of this soustry has hitherto trusted entirely
to severity of punishment; and what is the conse-
quence ? That crime has increased in England, as com•
pared with every other country, and as compared with
itself at former doses. At one period, we bad hoped this
severity had, in one class of offences, been relaxed we
meal, that of forgeries on the Bank ; but we found in the
Old Bailey to-day, that the severity had been only in-
termitting. to evince still more, if possible, the absur-
dity of the system and its inconsistency with steady
and effective justice. In looking back at the last Re-
poli of the Recorder', In our paper of yesterday, of the
thiee men and two women, who are to be executed
next Tuesday, we find there in, in the fatal list, a
youth, whose age is stated to be only 16, who is to
suffer death for uttering a forged 101. Bank note.—
The two women who are ordered for execution, at the
same time are very young, and of that unfortunate
class whose habits expose them to drunkenness, and
every species of depravity, and whom it is the duty
of an enlightebed police to endeavour to reclaim.
One of them is Amey Steele, aged 19 ; the other
Ann Norris, aged 21.
Amey Steele was indicted with Mary Davis. They
enticed a labouring countryman into a housis of
fame. where he was snrroended by five or six other
prostitutes of the lowest description, ill-treated, and
robbed of 31. 10s. in silver. Davis is respited.
Ann Norris was indicted with Mary Palmer. It
will be recollected that the latter prisoner met the
prosecutor in Wentworth-street, Whitsehapil, and
begged for God's sake he would come and , render
assistance to some one is great distress; be accord-
ingly aceompasied her into one of those notorious
houses in. that neighbourhood, when she locked the
door, and extorted 2s. from bins; he eodeavoared to
escape. and on running dowel stairs, the prisoner
Norris keked the door, he was then dragged into a
room, gagged log five or six women, and most cruelly
beaten; Norris rstoosomended her companions to kill
,him. Os extricating himself, he communicated the
affair to thl police officers, who immediately returned

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1 with him, and apprehended the prisoner. Palmer is
,respited: '
At the last Sessions, there. Were five common pro-
stitutes capitally convicted of slimier offences, brit
their cases where not attended with' such peculiar 4
aggravation, as those selected to undergo the dread;
ful punishment of the law. .. .
CAPITAL P,:xitimiserer-lis SrArti.---Estriel. of &let-
ter, recently written from Vitteria.t.--0 Tlie ;Ile cies of
capital punishment it•(the propeeddlteilikill:o•A) recog-
nises, is the garrote ;—I was ctirfolli.olliti fleath in-
dicted, and I confess I bad no britleitthiitltcoild he'
caused with so much humanity. A misnitirtna•arit-I
nets such a spectacle, as his opinion is, !tithe best
mode of its infliction rely one day or otherlikve an in-
fluence. The extinction of life seemed the Weir of an
instant. The victim occupies a seat which ii'attached.
to an upright post, an iron collar is placed round his'
neck, and strangulation is produced by tirnfpg half
round a multiplying screw, Whit+ 'brings 'rite collar
close to the post.-1 observed no convalsioo—no
movement of agony. The garrote is as expOilions an
I the p•eillotine, and it sheds no blood." • /
We are happy to hear that Mr. Wontier. the Cifir
Mershal, is out of all danger.
A horrible occurrent,. MAI place at Onshill,•te the
King's County, on Monday last. Two young Wen;
brothers, named Peter and Michael Smith, bailee
some altercation at breakfast, Michael took ap a kola
and stabbed his brother to the heart. of, which wound
lie died in a few minutes. The wretch, ftet• commit-
ting the horrid deed, walked deliberately 'wet of the
house, and has'oet since been heard of.--(baltia
Patriot.) ,
A disturbance took place on Thursday last io the
prison at Paris, called the Bicetre. Five hundred of
ithe prisoners refused to work, on the pretext' that thEy
had not their money at their own disposal. A detaer-•
went of the gendartnerie•was despatched-to the • son,
ito assist the ordinary guard in maintaining ord
Pit-stow ru, Nov. 10, 1821—The Marv, &Aileron,
frown Demerara, for London, pat in here on Tuesday,
in "37 days passage. On Ist Nov. in lat. 43. 58.
long. 35. 36. spoke the American ship Rufus King,
Bennett, from Liverpool; she had lost fore-mast,
bowsprit, misen-top-mast, and sustained other deluge,.
and intended to put into Fayal or Lisbon. Same
day spoke the brig Charles Forbes, Choak, from this
port for St. John's, N. 11. On the 10th inst. in long.
7. 12. spoke the ship Windsor Castle, Lee, frotit Lou-
don for India.
Pitt soN Kr ay L.tTioNs.—Notices were stnek 'spin the
various Police Offices, that from and after Mo'itday
last, the visitors will be only admitted to the prisoners
in the House of Correction, Cold Batb.fields, once in
every week during their imprisonment—Male visitors
to be admitted every Monday, and females on every
Saturday.
Early on Sunday morning, three fellows, who had
been dridking at a public-bense in Water-lane, Shef-
field, till one o'clock, as they were going away en- .
countered another party of three mends Westing... Non.
when some coarse salutation ensued, .1441 were pe•
*nay aggravated by threateniags Auld 'Aleliance;‘p4
it was not long before blows followed wltils.-qii the
height of the scuffle, one of the second patty cried (nth;
in agony, "knives ! knives !" on which the astronauts
immediately ran off. It was then discovered that the
person who cried out bad been desperately wounded
on the left side, the wound extending to eight or nine
inches. He was removed to a neighbouring public-
house, where he lies in a very dangerous state. By
the prompt and praiseworthy exertions of Mr. -Matet-
fall, the constable, who'was called out of bed, three
men are in custody, charged with being the aggres-
sors is this fray. The instrument with which this sa-
vage deed appears to have been perpetrated, ih posses-
sion of the constable, is a small clasp knife, the blade
of which is evidently stained with blood.
Early on Monday morning some villains broke into
the dwelling-house of Mr. legleby, near the Plough
and Harrow, at Edgbaston. The robbers entered the
cellar, and after carrying off all the provisions to be
found there, they were proceeding to force their way
into other parts of the house, as appeared by a large
potatoe fork, and a piece of candle which lay near the
cellar door leading into the house, but it is supposed
they were alarmed by some accidental noise in the
house and decamped. The house of Mr. Southall ad-
joining was attempted, hut the robbers did nut succeed
in getting in. They, however, broke into his brew-
house, and stole a cast iron boiler, which they left in 'a
field near the house, a copper tea-kettle, and other
things.
PEDZSTRIANISM.—A Gentleman of the name of
Minsbul has undertaken, for a bet of 100 guineas, to
go on foot 50 miles a day, within twelve hours, ten
successive days. He is doing it over a four mile piece
of ground at Crepley, is Surrey. The tordertaking
was co./teamed on Monday morning; the pedestrian
travelled at the rate of six miles an hour, and did his
ground In twenty minutes within his time, halting ono
hooro—He is backed at 6 to 4 to win.
The annial sale of improved Irish Wool, at the
Farming Society House, Dublin, took place on the -
22d and 23d ult. The prices rated from 10d. Or .
3s. 4d. per lb. About 6,000 fleeces were sold.--,(Do •
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Ii Morning Post.) ... t
Dammam-4:R. O. Brahma, Esq., of Netherhyr
has, in the short space of the last twelve months, ef-
fectually drained and reclaimed $OO English acres of
land, on the domain of Netberby and farm of Croft-
head, by means of substantial stone and tile drains:
He has Used in this drainage one hundred and thirty
thousand tiles; the lineal 'stellate 6,340 roods—meal
to 251 miles.—(ear/tie Joaritsd.) '
Coati-ExenAnoe, Nov. 21.—Atonsiderable quantity
'of Wheat remained over from last weeki arrival an
oddities to which we had a few ships fresh isfroso ar-
-1
menth, which met exceedingly heavy Mae at=. de, se..
of Is. per quarter on the finest sareples,'ltisile the +a 10-..
nary sorts were unsaleable, although offe itt a redder
Lion of full 2s. per quarter.—Pine Barley pistol scalbo.!
p werep or ts
niaesatrly3lounndsaayleasblPeri.--Oces'atlisutre‘ieltaliallil.
isle and rather cheapet—in Peas and Beans tuft's
qualitiesYlitieaus
little or no variation. After two contending ptits
had straggled during several hours, Flour at the cleile
of Monday's market was lowered 4s. per sack.
30,0001. MONST IN SHAKOS Ily VARMOLL.I.O4O.
11,4b6, drawn YISTERDAT a Pusan of TWISTY T Boll-
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SONO POUNDS, was. Sold is Shares by CARROLL, at his
Flattens* °Sees, 19, Lernhill, and 26, Oxford-street.
It will he recollected that CAaaou. also Sold the very
Last 30,0001. Consols ever Drawn.

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ifanetwx-Roven.-14easnTalsoe the opera-
. em,of the sew Act. 11111 anaber of vagrants has been
diminished. Thew write hen been recatly
. " boa been mostly Irish sad Smell; who wort
to their neoncountry. few Bullish haw
S:ome
4Paii, inn hitherto, particularly of that slaw coal*
:4inela a great proration of discharged sailors 'ow
,tmillliess, who were ma stalking sheet tke streets of
'lllevillatapolie is sole numbers sad in sack wretch-
ra/ der jag the bee Jam winters. &mauves were
Palpitated that the whole-of them bad bees disposed
Of t hat sine the bad weather. most of the tribe have
• lema • (mad underdog shoat under eircumstaaces
Whisknitt laid to indicate that they will is.. in socks
and lath to-the Metrepolie dogleg the wheat mama.
too West sad hearty looking sesame promoted
tiremesives beam the Lord Mayor yesterday. and
stated that they had been •liseharged fns their ships.
sad could get no work i they. therefore, wished to be
Passed home to their parishes. It did at appear.
I• .. -.:-. •„ lava*, en mandaing Mum% that they had bees very
, . .. .' 4 in their application for week; and. lashoil,
. *primed, that they discovered that &Mewlt was a
more wessfortabb plate time either a• skip or a work-
hoes% istemach as they were there better fed sad
Ipdged, sad had lees. sad more regular work. than
-Whew they had to get_ their own living. They ar-
*rod Poreellorir smopleient seder all threats, et
iagileineseas for three maths.
Tie ;kap Maven having disarmed that lapdog*.
101*-41610 . the men jai. 1s rooollobli
_ . sifeemher Isplialge—liFint by passim Asa
• ' ' ',Melt Ili kite them 'some pontos OK-
*VS Olio *Mk ;turbot fee employment ay.
Wl* '4ol6#_ _ W 00,..
...g. , The solgvatory "ISt
owes*, API they might be seared that
• T,,„•1/4 ltot-in.tve a say amierts fur them
`r
,adielenta ape.
- ~ „ Alessi mess, who was stated to be
Ai .-
et Cabala. one of the nefortanate men ex-
ibis me/Wog, was brought before the Lord
Mayer. loader the following circumstances :—Her hus-
band was one of the desperate gang of robbers who in-
fest that horrible place called Long-alley. sod bad
bees convicted of a highway robbery. for which be has
s'affeied. It appeared that a poor blind fiddler west
to a psidie-houss is the Alley, and after having re-
mained some time, left it, and was followed out by the
prisoner. with whom he had some conversation in the
Pelage. As had not been long with her before he
missed his sent:box. which be waited highly. and
some other small *Melee he had about him. He im-
mediately set ep a loud outcry, when several women
esme out of the public-bona, and an uproar was raised.
'the watchmen who ease moan the disturbance were
anable4 aisidst.the abuse and recrimisatiou of the la-
dies, to distinguish the °coding parties, so teik the
whole ti the watch-boom. ' The fiddler and the pri-
soner Were put to the bar together. • '
The fiddler said hoconik not positively charge the
prisoner with the theft. Hs had missed his box jest
abet his conversation with be; bet mold est ay peal-
tively who had picked his pocket..
T. prisoner was easequently discharged, after
habit received an admen.

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*Mails Field-hoe, appeared e* siummessi se show
causuby he reused paramitif the soul 3/. 19..
awarded sgalest hies, seder the Statute 14 Gee.
esp. 78, as rewards to the 'reams sad others, assist's,
is sztiagaishiag a fire is his shimmy as 114 Bth of
November last.
Corby, the beadle sad perish engine keeper, deposed
that there was as. elarm of fire at the house. shoat
12 o'clock u noon I that he west In, saw the' soot in
the chimney on fire, and assisted is clueing it sway
with a broom, which brought down large flakes of bars-

log soot.
The defendant'* Attorney having got from Corby
that he was to have part of the reward, objected to
Hat as a witness ; but Bentley, the beadle. of Salrree•
hill, who was wholly disinterested, gage similar testi.
snony to Corby, having accompanied him lute the house.
Orem, one of the Sus Office firensenovas nest called.
but he being entitled to part of the reward, wee also ob-
jected to ; and the same objection extended to two m
*bre, other firemen present.
The firemen loudly protested that they bad a right
to swear, and urged, that they had fraptently been
permitted to swear in such cases before different Ma.

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vacates,
Mr. Payne, the Clerk, had recourse to the Statute,
the words of
.which were. 44 On tit* oath of fit per-
sons ;" on which the Solicitor contended, that interest-
ed persons were not fit persons.
Mr. Payne thought it was in the Magistrate's discre-
tion to decide that question.
Alderman C. SJIITU said, that as there was ea* die-
interested witness already, be would bear the firemen',
testimony ; whether or no he should have occasion to
act upon it, it would be determined after hearing the.
wttnesses forthe defendant. •
Oram then said, he was accidentally passing along
Holborn, when he observed a great cloud of smske
and sparks aties issuing from a chimney of the Wen,'
wkich by afterwards ascertained was Mr. Santsers.--
Meson% off immediately for hie engine, and hastened'
himself to the spot. 'They, however, told him he should
nut come into the house. The housekeeper at the neat
moor let him through their premise.; he west on the
roof, where. he saw two, or three persons throilling
water down the chiiiiney, and gave them his advice and
avdstance 'to extinguish the fire. •
• The other firemen corrolibrated this testimony.
The'defendaat's Attorney called his two witnesses.
• The first, a young 144'ot' the name of Ford, keep-
ing *,sale nod slop slip; • No. 4, Field-lane, allowed
;km was as plaint Oilleiat Mr. Samuel's, but positively I
declared that b. ,01. inside of the room, and subse-1
qnently on•the 'Olif • en ihe top of the chimney; that'
he sow•sretit and 'Addy else could see any he was
ante. • • ssed,•bitteever; that be hid assistediu
ladaebsequently, by the advice of the
fireenan,,iroblqtakffebiii the chimney, to put out any fire
..ghat there might bo. .
Alioilser inhabitant of. Field-lane gave testimony to

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a similar effect.
Aidertnan-C.Spttect thougfit this Statute one of the
best he knew of, mid that no one was better entitled
to reward than tbose:whii rendered such assikfanee in
E.Ae of fire. Thercappeared to hien no doubt of the
fart is thieinstaoie ; and In'iwarding the defendant
ay the he'detirst to be understood to 'form his
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