The Sun. — 1829-12-31 (London, England)

EXECUTION.-(THIS DAY.)  This morning being appointed for the execution, at ad Bailey, of William Newitt, aged 36, for sheer stealing; Z homes Thomas Maynard, aged 86, for fag: ing a Custom-house order on the Bank of Buglandj Stephen Sandford, aged 24, and William Leslie, gr.' 31, for the robbery at Messrs. Stultz, the tailors ; at e usual time all the dreadful but necessary preparations depriving them of existence were completed. The crow{ was rather great, and by the bustle and anxiety evince` ij by groups of men, and even women, running to the Bailey, through all the avenues leading to it, one vou'i have thought that the attraction was a scene of life an' gaiety rather than of death. The Sheriffs having arrived, and all things being ja readiness, Newitt was the first brought into the Pre's' room ; he seemed indisposed to communicate with any or and made no remark. He looked considerably better. t°, point of bodily health, than on his trial, and his drops?ein and unnaturally corpulent appearance seemed to have lo" proved on the prison discipline. There is little reason to doubt that the bottle of prussic acid, which was found betwee° the pavement of the condemned yard, had been pissed there by this man. 'This fact was partly confirmed by obserey Lon subsequent to the discovery of the bottle. It was6ret suggested, in order to defeat the intention, and detect the suicide, that an emetic should be substituted for the pol' son; but this stratagem was, from motives of humanity' abandoned. After Hewitt was tied, Sandford was brought in: he seemed cool and collected, and smiled. lie °ir, 'erred to the person who was binding his arms, " Th' must be very unpleasant to you." Leslie was next Pre' pared. He complained of the behaviour of his late nor tors (Messrs. Stultz), to whom, he raid, he had writteo, requesting they would assist his wife and three childrea, after his execution, as they were in the greatest want, but he observed that his prosecutors had refused to du #O, contrary to his expectation. Maynard was next boned. He appeared firm, bowed respeetfully, and bad those pre: sent "goo d bye," when he was tied. He was attended by a respectable Dissenting Minister. The melancholy procession then commenced, and the unfortunate eel, the ideas presented to them by their prite appeared absorbed in the conternplatio.n. °, the Prtrna advisers. After passing a few paces bell and the words of the burial service reminded tut.rep: that their moments were numbered, and that & few „1t.()%1 more would bring them to a public death. Sau burst into tears, but the others showed little entotton.l Newitt, the butcher, mounted the scaffold first, an, scented perfectly insensible to the noise and presence or the crowd, calmly looking on the preparations making foe his the his fellow-culprits. At length all was ready, an at moment the Rev. Mr. Cotton and the executioner had h' the floor, and certainly before it could have been expecte.,l' the drop fell. Leslie alone seemed dead almost inane°. ately, but the other three struggled considerably. They were cut down after hanging the usual time. By thi`t execution no less than 13 unfortunate children have bees deprived of their natural protectors. Maynard has left " wife and five children, Sandford a wife and one 0111°1 Leslie a wife and three children, and Newitt a wife and four children. Dr. Home, from Berlin, who is making a report to hit Government of the prison discipline in this country, "le present upon this occasion. eptrt.ttisi  die