The Sun. — 1828-07-04 (London, England)

LUZ., I,e ' taw:, The prosecutor himself, and two watchmen, iERRA',S deaf he was sober, and Mary Morris wagcommitted p with vitae bur'` • AS she said that she would bring several'li vanity liter Zeler trialnti what she had deposed, a respite tt arrived at lc. as they —ewgate at three o'clock vester•'▪ Y afternoon for Morris and Anderson. They received it 13EREs'ilpLpegraareaciauslY, they had made up their minds to die, and efficient, Joh almost disappointed at the respite. I 1•4110otgoluer was a man of getletnanly ex.terior, eetl(43, and connyections. He had once borne Ins Ma:ngiand le•Ys eunimiasion, but by', irregularities he had dissipated an, and ~,"and his mode of Halt* for some subsequent ears as flu ? onahle. Owing either to the exhaustion did sealy t next .11:ource__, • • out Ingenuity, or far more probably to the modern .nor-""aestt of tradesmen, his name and stratagems became ccountg , „ known and the latter frequently frustrated. His passing ":1a af living, in consequence, being more precarious, he severalßani had recourse to a more desperate game---that of Was to aoah•ng forged notes. His gentlemanly address and inai• n "'I Ing plausibility had enabled him to mace mare tradesthan any other man upon record, and hardly a county ay that iii gland was without one of his victims. natural and acquired advantages had also made him 1 ,2'l dangerous man to society in circulating his forged ,-0-", and, in almost every case brought against hint, he ieen re. 9t did without the slightest suspicion of his deception. t 144, however, the iron hand o: the law fired him; his onto do and description became published, and numerous e have it 'IN Were brought against him. Whin placed 1W bar of the Old Bailey, he pleaded " Guilty" L Very one of them. He was admonished by the , ,„ I,M Judge that no expectation of mercy amid k Y.) th held nut to hint bylais pursuing that course, but he an-1,1",'.ed firmly and resignaally, that lie perfectly understood t'urtiship but he had formed his resolution after great 'liberation:and persisted in his plea. It is not known ,is tiltther he depended on the interest of his friends, or the ay, was 41 he offered, for a commutation of punishment, but ll' certain, that front that time Ire prepared himself for '"e Worst. He conducied himself with the calm serious, his relof an unfortunate man, and paid every attention to Lips 15 devoboes. Rh friends were waiting till nine o'clock last night for Counsel r'lPite, but the prison door closed without one, and they her the ,aW him, for the last time, resigned and firm. After their sdietion lellarture he procured materials, and commenced writing a ly, that e.tt,r to one of his fellow-risoners as the turnkey locked, of thisl44 1111 for the night. Atp that time the thunder rumbled ordship " the prison vaults with a fearful vehemence, but tett that as fteented alike Unshaken either by the noisy elements or ipg the he own reclines. At 20 minutes before six this morning, k single " turak4, opened the cell, and saw hitn stretched dead Ir. Pit-. 'it: big bed, He itnntediatelv alarmed Mr. Knox, jun., satisfa" 7_ Surgeon, and Mr. Woottier, the Governor of New' There Lei • They hastened to the cell, anti found him lying in ;curt of '*Ping positiou, with his eyes open, and the muscles of her anti " countenance undisturbed. No symptom of suicide to devil °'"d he discovered. His stomach was emptied, and no. moving Pa earanee of his having taken poison presented itself; nor appear, by external symptoms, to have died of apo;pc On the table lay the letter which he had finished, 1-e:etix.wtuhritickhe7usiaattilave occupied him for two hours after - left him. It was looked to with 'arr want tY, hut nothing appeared in it , which could a suPposition of his having medidated selfand it e4trne a"°a When he wrote it. An inquest will of work_ aurse be held an the body. It. is known that there are o eachera, kat preparations (Prussic acid for instance) trill cause instautaaeous death by operating on the roprie- "ye- Such might have been the case with yontgomery : abbey, •e might have had some such poison secreted, but the Co, art iu- H2er', Jury will decide that question. ~, mine ; wretched young man William Rice was then attaitm t" ett by the Rev. Dr. Cotton, and the flev. Mr. Baker, and stored the in at the usual time. His youth ex, press-room exstances "e<l considerable pity as he advauccd with a fearless, yet Ito the ''sPectable demeanour, to be bound. He prayed inwardly ha de- ritb his eyes raised, and front that moment never spoke. k Walked to the scaffold with the Larne unconsciousness r terror, and trembled not while the rope was adjusting d that Ida handkerchief tying over his eyes. The drop fell, remov- I Straggled violently for some seconds after which -could raised hie handa gently, the executioner hung on the Waage )4, and he moved no more.  m time