The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-23 00:00:00

Erscurioxs.

We yesterday received, too late for insertion, the
r;'. owing communication, to which we are readily die-
t ~ed, without the addition of our respectable corres-
t mdent's entreaty, to give as much publicity as pos-
sible
Five of the unfortunate persons who suffered on
Wednesday were 'odor IS years of age. Considerable
exertions were used to save the lives of two of those
young men, bat without avail. Several of the most
respectable bankers in Leedom signed a petition in fa-
. our of ellis.On.circemstaa ceattending the ease of this
e uth is peculiar. It appears that his father, observ-
ing the irregularity of his conduct, and suspecting
that he was concerned in the circulation of forged
notes, was indoced, ie order to stop his career, to
give the information to the Bank which led to his ap-
rtebension. He made, however, no stipulation that
his son should be severed from the penalty of death ;
and the Bank refused to allow him to plead guilty to
the minor offence. Bilis was educated at St. Paul's

school., and his literary attainments were respectable.
' 4o affected was he on hearing the eondsmed sermon,
that be fainted. Another of the sufferers, Cadman,
sustained until lately an excellent Ammeter. His ta-
lentsorere considerable. He bad served and had been se-
verely wounded in the service of his (*entry, and was
seduced to the essonsission of a crime ky the pressure
of distress, arising from the want of employment.—
When he committed the crime for which he has oaf-
freed, his wife lay dangerously ill, and he had not
the means of precartag fur her the common necessaries
of life. He essadneted himself, after the order :or ex-
ecution bad arrived, with becoming firmness; and be
would have been perfectly resigned, bad not his re-
flections been embittered by the recollection that be
was about to suffer the severest sentence of the law,
while many sotoriens offenders, after a long career of
spilt, bad been permitted to escape. But for this con-
sideration, be said, ire could hare borne his doom with
tranquillity. Is it not strange that the lenity which
has hitherto beta extended to the utterer, of forged
Bank-notes should now be withheld, and especially,
in the present instance, ben one so young, previ-
ously to respectable, el* and seduced by circum-
stances so peculiar, and so unpractised is transactions
of this nature, and after a learned Judge had declared
that the recommendation of his case for mercy by the
:fury should 'receive consideration ? But these are a
few only of the anomalies arising from penalties of ex-
cessive severity. It is, indeed, unaccountable that
enactments so sanguinary in their character should
continue to be rigorously enforced, when they have
been found to fail in their intended effect, when it is
evident that crime is encreasing under them, and when
their execution is revolting to the best feelings and in-
terests of the community. The public opinion on the
inhumanity, inefficiency, and impeller of capital pu-
nishment', Las bees decidedly expressed during the
last Session of Parliament by the numerous petitions
which were sent up from all parts of the kingdom for
the amelioration of the criminal laws. These petitions
were signed by persons of the highest respectability,
and of various professions. Bankers, who are the molt
interested in the suppression of forgerin, joined in the
protestis and 4. Hesse of Commons itself assented, by
three distinct majorities, to the principle urged by the
petitiontrs.
These remarks have arisen•frem the, awful •seeoe
which was on Wednesday exhibited, and from the af-
fecting consideration that five more persons are sen-
tenced to suffer on Tuesday next. Thus, unless the
intercessions of humanity prevail, will one scaffold
witness the dying asanthiess of thirteen human be-
ings in the abort spouse of one week : it is earnestly
hoped, however, that compassion will be extended on
behalf of those wheat remaining days have been num-
bered. It is the ditty of every one to exert himself to
the utmost to save tile; life of a fellow-creature. Ti.
midity in such cases is a criminal dereliction of duty;
for no man, however private his station, can foresee
the extent of the benefits which his individual exer-
tions may predate. Let no one delude himself with
the impression that others are engaged in that course
which his own feelings dictate to be his duty, lest be
should find, too late, that human life has been sacri-
ficed through his Supineness and indifference.

It is not trite, as generally supposed (from a state-
ment that appeared in a Morning,Paper,) that Cadman,
v.ito was executed on Wednesday, had wag twice uttered
forged notes. He had for a considerable period been
engaged with his wife in the unlawful pursuit, and
she passed under an assumed name in selling the
f srged notes to the utterers, who paid them 7s. for a
forged one-pound note, and 30s. for a forged five-
pound note ; and several persons have been convicted
nhe mere their instruments in putting off the false
paper. Distress it was, in the first instance, that
caused Cadman to join the keeper of a coffee house, in
Drury-lane, in dealing by wholesale in the dangerous
traffic ; and on his being taken into custody, he of-
fered to impeach all who had been connected with him,
if he vas allowed to plead guilty to the minor offence.
The Bsuk took his case into consideration, and had
&militias proving the extensive guilt of the prisoner,
and they conienot, in justice to others, suffer the most
1..; stilly to escape, and no hopes were ever held out that
- mercy would be extended towards him.—(Coaricr.)
It was formerly the custom to execute criminals
convicted in London, in or near Smithfield. As the
city increased in magnitude, it was thought right to re-
move these ;were.* to some distance. Tyburn was fixed
upon; but the original Tyburn was not the place which
is now so called. According to some authors, it was in
Quern-street; Lincoln's Inn-fields, but the maps of the
Sims of Elisabeth place it it this end of the present Ox-
iorti-street. Here the highly distinguished Lord Cobham
tinffered, being suspended in chains, placed so as to hold
hiss person in an horizontal position over the tire which
was kindled to burn him. London continuing to in-
crease, these dismal spectacles were carried still further
ott to the modern Tyburn ; and thence it has been
tboneht wise :o bring them back again into the heart of
the City.

Lost Tuesday Another 30,000/..was Sold in Shares
toy Umiacou.. No 11,486 was the lucky Ticket, and
the fortunate lioldeis may receive their money on
demand. This reminds us that the very last 30,0001.
Consols was also Sold by CARROLL ; and it is confi-
dently anticipated that. as CARROLL is so peculiarly
fortunate in Selling 39,01'1. Prizes, that Another
will also be Sold by him. before the close of the pre-
sent Loterv, at his fOrulate Offices, CornbilVand
6. Oxford street.