The Sun. — 1849-08-11 (London, England)

CRESSWELL—On what ground, gentlemen? Foreman—That she real time to repent. Mr. Justice CRESSW4La;7loaevnitl put on the black cap tanedpri%,,ner:—Rebecca proceeded to pass sentence Smith, an intelligent, patient, jury have found it their duty to return a verdiacntlii;" you upon a charge of the most awful kingduioltnyuenasdguabjinecstt can commit against another. Murder must, circumstances, be a dreadful crime, but I wat words express the horror of it when perpetrated by a mother against her own offspring. There may ba unhappy instances in which the feelings of a mother are stifled by an overwhelming sense of shame which may induce her to put away her child in the desire that its existence ' may never be known. We have had dreadful instances, in which avarice and the desire of gain has led to the same fatal result. But it is new to me to have to inquire into a case in which a mo:her has been proved by evidence most conclusive to my mind, to have sacrificed her own child for no traceable motive, but that of saving herself the trouble and the charge of maintaining it. It is, indeed, an awful crime—one which may well call for repentance, which the jury have laid as a foundation for  a recommendation to mercy. That recommendation will, of course, be forwarded to the proper quarter; but I cannot bold out to you th© smallest hope that it will be attended to. The law allows a certain time for repentance and preparation for that dread trial which takes place hereafter than you have undergone before an earthly tribunal. The law allows that, and I cannot apprehend that the insufficiency of that— if it be insufficient, can bo considered a sufficient ground for allowing a person guilty of so awful a crime to escape the last penalty of the law. I should only mislead you, and turn away your thoughts from repentance, if I held out to you the slightest hope that y our sentence will not be carried into effect. It is my duty to impress upon you the certainty that the last penalty of the law will be inflicted,—that within a short time your career will close, and then you will have to account for all the deeds you have done here, and I impress upon you the necessity of attending to the admonition and instruction of the chaplain of the gaol, to whose care you will be hereafter committed. It is not for me to point out what you have to dread or what you may venture to hope as to futurity; that is his duty. He bears a sacred commission so to teach, and so to alarm, and so to comfort, as may best discharge the functions imposed upon him by his holy office. I entreat you to indulge no false hopes. Do not imagine you can escape the consequences of the deed you have done, for it is necessary, for the security of the public, to award that the extreme punishment should be inflicted when so dread a crimp is distinctly and satisfactorily proved. Rem3mber, that iu a few days your life must go, and then you will commence an existence, for good or for evil, to endure for ever. To the instructio❑ of the chaplain, then, I recommend you. His Lordship then passed sentence upon the prisoner, who throughout evinced not the slightest feeling. The court was crowded almost to suffocation. There were many ladies of the county in court. During the proceedings, at one answer given by a witness, there was a general laugh, upon which his Lordship remarked, that the barbarous curiosity evinced upon this occasion was sufficiently disgusting without such grossly improper conduct being exhibited.  NORTLIERN ClRCUlT—Cumberland, Aug. 4.