Northern Times. — 1857-07-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CONDEMNED CONVICT JOHN LEWIS.— CARDIFF, re ein such a place caused the utmost excitement. Joey 22.—The warrant for the execution of John Lewis, It appears that the discovery was made by one of the the man who was condemded to death at the recent Mittsick inmates, who perceived a body of flame flickering summer assizes at Cardiff, for the murder of his wife, at through the roof. A general cry of " Fire !" which Merthyr, in January last, has been received, and the ran through the ward brought Mr. Piercey, the master execution of the unhappy criminal is to take niece in of the house, and other officials to the place, and they at front of the County Gaol at Cardiff this morning, Since once saw that a fire of no little magnitude had broken his condemnation Lewis has maintained a firm denial of bodiedThemaster instantly had a number of the able his guilt, and still asserts that the death of his wife the poor and every officer in the building brought to resulted from her accidentally falling down the stone steps ward, and the sick persons were carried out in arm- during the struggle between them for the half sovereign. Chairs and removed to a more distant port of the establish- On the strength of this statement he has entertained some meat, \I- bile this distressing scene was going on, beds slight hope that his life might be spared. It is now and any other article of furniture that could be laid hold of, fourteen years since the last execution at Cardiff. were hurled out of window. Fortunately, the whole of vt es- n • & n YALE TO e iNDIA. —.IA% 11. nonsite etommander of the inmates were got out in safety. In a brief period, a the Vernon, in a letter to a contemporary says : —ln the variety of engines were at work, and by conveying the debate on Monday night in the House of Commons on the hose up the galleries the men were enabled to reach the question of despaaching troops to India, Admiral Walcott infirmary ward—at that time presenting a tremendous is reported to have said that the quickest pass ige to sheet of flame. The firemen kept to their posse, India ho bad ever heard of was by the Medusa frigate, and some thousands of tons weight of water were orareci which made the passage. out in 8,7, days, See., " but that into the building, but the fire was not extirgruished was an unparalleled eireumsnance. The gallant Admiral until the whole of the spacious ward was gutted, can. know very little of the ships which now sail to the roof burned off, and serious damage done to the remainder of the wing. The total loss is very considerable but it is India, or ho would never have committed himself to such mr.' a statement-. One of Mr. Green's ships, the Nile, then understood the property was insured. t ?tem commanded by Captain Nisbet, of which i was the chief beds reY' the master of the workhouse, bad a number of officer, made the passage to India in 72 days; and in four trnmediatel made u on the floor of a neighbouting Ward, consecutive voyages, from 1850 to 1854, averaged 77 d, where the ' were accommodated.. for the morning, and every. sick kindness and attention were paid to them. Stich days out ; and this magnificent ship still continues to a Painful scene has not been witnesssd at a metropolitan make the same passages. Other ships constantly make the years. Some plumbers had been at work fire for many passage to India in less than 87 days during the season, on the roof, and it is supposed that the fire they used so that the feat of the Medusa frigate cannot certainly be dropped into some of the openings in the roof, ad so called "an unparalleled circumstance." caused the unfortunane catastrophe. CONFORMACY TO CUSTOM ..--I whispered to Fritz (a tourES(`APE OF Four, Pitasoexas