The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF FRANCIS HUGHES

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conviction the unhappy man has had two prisoners along
leloofrfwont of the county jail, in this city. Since his
with him in his cell to read to him, as he was unable to read
himself, and last night he was allowed to have a candle in
his cell (which is the same that Woods was confined in.)
The culprit had retired to rest at eleven o'clock, and slept
for an hour, but was awoke at twelve by the opening of the
cell door, the governor and first turnkey of the jail then
coming in. He was frequently visited during the night by
persons connected with the prison, and when his cell-door
was opened at seven o'clock this morning, he was found on
his knees. He took no food yesterday except a little tea,
which was furnished him by the governor of the prison.
The Rev. P. Rooney, Roman Catholic chaplain to the prison,
visited him at eight o'clock, and, with the exception of a
few minutes' absence, continued with him to the last mo-
ment. He was removed from his cell shortly after ten
o'clock at the ante-chamber, which immediately adjoins the
execution-room. Hughes, in the strongest manner possible,
affirmed his innocence. He was then asked by the Roman
Catholic clergyman present, if he was fully aware how aw-
fully sinful it would be to die with a lie in his mouth, and if
he knew that he would lose the eternal happiness of his soul
by doing so ? He immediately expressed his opinion, that
such conduct on his part would be decidedly wrong, and
again affirmed his innocence. He was then engaged with the
Rev. Mr. Rooney, in listening to some of the prayers of the
Roman Catholic Church, after which he was dressed in his
grave clothes, having assisted with• his own hands, the per-
son who dressed him. Observing one of the clergymen
somewhat overcome by his feelings on the occasion, he
promptly said, " Do not fear." Being then strongly pini-
oned, he walked into the execution-room, where he waited
for a few minutes till the hangman arrived, by whom the
rope was adjusted, and the culprit, after expressing a wish to
speak to the people, walked with a firm step to the fatal
spot, and with a powerful voice thus addressed the assembled
multitude :—" All ye good people, listen to my last and
dying words. I am innocent ; I was not present at Mr.
Powell's murder, or any other murder; I know neither act i
nor part concerning t ; I know nothing of a conspiracy
against him ; and I was not half a mile from my own house
on the night of the murder. I now forgive all the world,
and may the Lord have mercy on my soul." His lips then
moved rapidly, as if in prayer; the awful moment arrived,
and at five minutes past twelve o'clock the bolt was with-
drawn from the fatal drop, and he was launched into eternity.
In the moment of execution, his cap fell off, so that his face
and head were uncovered. He died without a single strug-
gle, and apparently his sufferings were speedily terminated.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)

In a Convocation holden on Thursday last, the following
gentlemen were nominated by the Preceptors to act as Dele-
gates of Privileges, together with the Perpetual Delegates,
for the ensuing year :
Rev. James Frederick Crouch, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus
Christi College.
Rev. George Riggs, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College.
Rev. William Andrews, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College.
Rev. Samuel Henry Russell, M.A., Fellow of St. John's
College.
Rev. Edward Halifax Hansell, M.A., Demy of Magda-
lene College.
In a Congregation holden at the same time, the following
Degrees were conferred :

BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.
Rev. William Josias Irons, Queen's College
MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. Edward Clayton, Student of Christ Church ; Robert
Cholmeley Price, Student of Christ Church; Edward Row-
land Dukes, Student of Christ Church ; Francis Charles
Trower, Fellow of Exeter College ; Rev. Edward Nangreave
Mangin, Wadham College ; Arthur Mills, Balliol College ;
Rev. Peter Whitfield Brancli;u., Jesus College; Rev. Edward
Mence, Trinity College.

BACHELORS OF ARTS

John Udney Robson, Magdalene Hall, grand compounder;
William Grey, Magdalene Hall; Thomas Bayley, Magda-
lene Hall; John Peacock, Lincoln College; William Clay-
ton, Queen's College ; Charles Christopher Spencer, Queen's
College ; Hugh St. Aubyn Rogers, Exeter College ; Hugh
Pigot, Braseuose College • Theodore Beale, Brasenose Col-
lege • Markby Janeiro Thornton Boys, Wadham College ;
Richard Astley, Pembroke College ; Philip P. Newington,
Worcester College ; William C. Clack, Worcester College ;
Charles Mostyn Owen, Trinity College; Robert Lewis
Bampfield, Trinity College ; Samuel Frederic Bignold, Bal-
liol College.

PROMOTIONS.
Rev. John Byron, M.A., to the Vicarage of Killingholme
with Haburgh, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev.
W. Hildvard.

Rev. John George Wodsworth, 8.A., of Pembroke Col-
lege, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Talk-o'-th'-Hill,
Staffordshire ; patron, the Vicar of Audley.
Rev. J. Hurst, M.A., Vicar of St. Catherine's, to be
Chaplain to Mount Jerome Cemetery; patron, the Arch-
bishop of Dublin.

Rev. J. 0. Oldham, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin,
Curate of St. George's Church, Edgbaston, to the Incum-
bency of St. Luke a Church, Birmingham.
Rev. Charles Carpenter, B.A.,Chaplain to Lord Beau-
mont, to the Perpetual Curacy f Zeal Monachorum, De-
vonshire. _ _ _ •

Rev. J. S. Green. formerly Scholar and Tancred Student
of Christ's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of St. Mary-
le-Bow, Durham ; patron the Archdeacon of Northumber-
land. _ _ _ _ _ _

--Rev. J. N. D. Morest, 8.D., formerly of St. John's
College, Cambridge, and Vicar of Staindrop, Durham, has
been appointed by the Duke of Cleveland to be one Of his
Grace's Domestic Chaplains.
Rev. William Forbes Raymond, M.A., of Trinity College,
Cambridge, and of University College, Durham, and also
Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham, to the Arch-
deaconry of Northumberland, vacant by the death of the
Venerable Archdeacon Singleton.
Rev. Evan Evans, 8.A., to the Curacy of Carno, Montgo-
meryshire.
Rev. Sir William Dunbar, Bart., Chaplain of the Episcopal
Floating Church off the Tower, the Sailors' Home, Well-
street, London-docks, and the Destitute Sailors' Asylum,
has been appointed to St. Paul's Chapel, Aberdeen.
Rev. D. Robertson, 8.A., Master of Wrexham Grammar
School, to the Curacy of Minera, Denbighshire.
Rev. W. M. Rowland, 8.A., Curate of Welshpool, and
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formerly Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the
Vicarage of Bisho 's Castle, Salop ; patron, Earl Powis.
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Rev.
John Williams, Assistant Curate of Cleobury Morti-
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mer, to be Chaplain to the Cleobury Union Workhouse.
Rev. Henry E erthn M
College, Cambridge' and sys,iselate_ Curate of Marbury, to be an
Assistant Curate f St. Mary's,ara
siewsbuorrym of Queen's
.erly.