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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE’S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF FOUR MALEFACTORS, VIZ. Of ANNE HULLOCK who was executed at Tyburn , on Saturday the 24th of May, for Murder. Of FRANCIS DAVID STIRN , who died in Newgate , on Friday the 12th of September, being under Sentence of Death for Murder: AND Of WILLIAM ODELL , and JOHN DEMPSY , who were executed on Monday, the September the 15th, 1760. BEING THE Fourth and Fifth EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir THOMAS CHITTY , Knt . LORD-MAYOR of the City of LONDON . NUMBER IV. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and sold by J.DIXWELL, IN St.Martin's-Lane, near Charing-Crose, for the Author, Also sold by M.COOPER, in Pater-noster-Row.[Price SIX-PENCE.] THE ORDINARYof NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, and oyer and terminer, for the city of London, and at the general sessions of gaol delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex at Justice-hall in the Old Baily, before the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Chitty , Knt . Lord Mayor of the said city; the Honourable Sir Michael Forster , Knt . one of the Justices of His Majesty's court of King's Bench ; the Honourable Sir Richard Adams , Knt . one of the Barons of His Majesty's court of Exchequer ; Sir William Moreton , Knt . Recorder of the city of London , and others of His Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer for the said city and County; on Wednesday the 21st, Thursday the 22d, and Friday the 23d May, 1760, in the 33d Year of His Majesty's reign, Anne Hullock was capitally convicted for the murder of her female bastard child, and sentence being pronounced immediately after her trial and conviction, on Thursday the 22d of May, to be executed at Tyburn on Saturday the 24th, she was accordingly executed. And by virtue of His Majesty's commission of the peace, &c. holden for the city and county aforesaid, before the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Chitty , Knt . Lord Mayor , &c. the Honourable Mr. Justice Bathurst, one of the Justices of His Majesty's court of Commonpleas; Sir William Moreton , Knt . Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer, for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 10th, Thursday the 11th, and Friday the 12th of September, 1760. John Dempsy , William Odell , and Francis David Stirn , were capitally convicted for three several murders, as in their indictments laid: And by their sentence, were ordered for execution on Monday, the 15th of September, and two of them, viz. John Dempsy, and William Odell , were executed on the same day; but Francis David Stirn , dying on Friday, the 12th of September aforesaid, about eleven o'clock at night, by poison, most probably, and the coroner's jury having given a verdict on the body, it was on Monday car ried to Surgeon's hall, in order to be dissected, pursuant to his sentence. Anne Hullock , single woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her bastard child, April 8. It appears, from the presentment of the jury of inquest, and from the evidence given on the trial, that this horrid and most unnatural murder was perpetrated at Paddington in Middlesex , in a necessary, or privy-house, belonging to Mrs. Jane Dudman , about three or four o'clock in the morning; where, being alone, she brought forth the child, and then cut the throat of it, with a knife, till the head was almost severed from the body, the wound being three inches broad and four deep. That, in the opinion of a midwife, the child came to the birth, and was born alive. She had been about a fortnight in the said house, as a servant to a gentlewoman who lodged there; was observed to be with child a week before the fact, and taxed with it by Mrs. Dudman; on which occation she owned she never was married. The circumstances, after the fact, looked her in the face of plain and strong, that she could not stand out in denying it, but confessed the whole. The bloody knife was found, the murdered infant was pulled out of the soil, and bled afresh: she owned to the constable, "it was born alive; that she heard it cry;" and the reason she gave for murdering it, was, "because she did not know what to do with it." She confessed to the fame purpose before Justice Fielding. And what shews the fact to be, as emphatically set forth in the indictment, voluntary, and of her malice aforethought, not having God before her eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil, she had provided no clothes for it, but owned she intended always to put it in the necessary.” There aggravations are openly mentioned to deter other sinners, who, by their evil deeds, are, or may be, exposed to the danger or temptation of being betrayed into any like kind, or degree of guilt; demonstrating to them, that it is vain to attempt to hide their guilt and shame, even from the world, much less from the all-feeing eye, by adding one crime to another. The unhappy criminal, thus speedily detected, thus surrounded with the horrors of guilt, was committed to Bridewell . The sessions coming quickly on, before she was able to be brought to trial, it was put off, and she remained there till about May 15th, when she was removed thence to Newgate , in order to take her trial. The defence she set up at her trial appears to be a kind of retracting what she had consessed when detected and apprehended; for she now pretended she took the knife, not with a design to murder, but to part the burden from the child; and also denied she ever heard the child cry: excuses, which, whether true or false, she did not wholly quit to the last; for, when visited and questioned at the chapel, she used both these pretences, by way of palliation for a crime, which, in its real circumstances, had so monstrous a deformity, so unnatural a horror in it, that she could not bear to look upon it herself, or let it be seen by others in that detestable view. On this occasion she was warned not to attempt “to dissemble or cloak her sin before the face of Almighty God," or to deceive herself; attempts equally vain and dangerous. Being then also asked, whether she believed there was proof and evidence of the charge said against her sufficient to convict her, she freely answered, "she did not know how it could be otherwise." In consequence of this ingenuous confession, which afforded some hope that her future behaviour would be equally sincere and consistent, she was most earnestly exhorted to an unfeigned repentance, being duly visited, and assisted by conversation, proper discourses, devotions, and books; to all which she seemed to give serious attention, so as to become daily more sensible of her crime, and exercise an hearty contrition for it. - Being asked how she spent her time in Clerkenwell Bridewell, she said she had been kindly assisted there by some neighbouring matrons, with good prayers, advice and necessaries, and that they continued to assist her even here; but that there was no regular minister to visit her in Bridewell, none being appointed for that place; nor had she seen one during the five weeks she was there confined; but that several exhorters came and prayed with her, and spoke comfortably to her. She was then questioned why she did not send for a minister of the church of which she professed herself? She answercd, "that they told her she could not have one without paying a deal of money for his coming." A notorious slander, daily confuted by the contrary practice of the parochial clergy; and necessary to be yet more effectually confuted by all, whose lot it is to have prisons in their parishes, for which no chaplain is yet provided by the public charity. Is there no balm in Gilead? Jer. 8. Sure there are still genuine disciples of Him, to whom this prophecy was truly applied: "The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Isaiah lxi. I. St. Luke iv. 18. May 17th she was brought up to chapel for the second time, and spoken to before prayers; the deep dye of that unnatural murder she had been guilty of, against: the strongest instinct and tye of nature, (i. e. the God of nature) and the clearest design and appointment of his providence was set before her - that this was expressed in that strong affection and guardian care of the mother, in every species, toward their offspring, and that provision of milk, &c. with which they are furnished for their nourishment: on reminding her of this, she bedewed her face and garment with tears. She was then directed to read a part of the 9th chapter of Genesis; wherein the same guardian care and protection over the life of man is expressed in the volume of God's revealed will, as in the book of nature; that-fruitfulness, and the means of it, are the effect of the divine blessing, which, by a sad reverse, and perverting of the passions, she had turned into a curse. When she came to the 6th verse, Whose sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man; she seemed to pronounce and feel the sentence of death against: herfelf. 'She again burst into more plentiful tears, and was ready to sink under the apprehension of this divine judgement, often repeating, "Oh that I had known, and thought on this in time. "She was then asked, if she could patiently submit to this sentence and judgement of God? She answered, I do submit. She was then directed to pray daily, that this her first death might be accepted, through the merits of Christ, as a means to save her from the second death; she promised she would pray for this great mercy. At the same time other proper chapters and psalms were pointed out to her; a manuscript prayer for a murderer, properly adapted, was put into her hands, together with an address to prisoners for crimes; and an introduction, to the Holy Communion. When asked, next day, how she had spent her time, she answered, in reading what she was directed to, and in prayer; and by these means she was much easier, and felt lighter. In the afternoon she was detained from chapel by some visitors, till sent for; and then they came up with her; they were her brotherin-law, and some good women who kindly contributed to keep her from the commonfide felons. May 20th she was again more closely examined, whether she had not sinned against strong checks of conscience, in going on in that course of wickedness which led to these shameful circumstances? And were not the checks yet stronger against: committing this rash and dreadful fact? She answered, that she was betrayed into the first by promises of marriage; that she was very ill in body, uneasy in mind, and almost: stupid and insensible when she committed the last: and worst fact; after which she was seized with horror, which continued long upon her, and was not much lightened till Saturday or Sunday last. At different times, she gave the following account of herself; that she was twenty-three years of age in August, 1759, born at great Tower-hill . Her father was a packing porter to the East-India-house, and died when she was about eight years of age; her mother worked hard to maintain this, and another sister, twenty months elder; had her taught to read well and work with her needle, till about eleven or twelve years of age, when she was put out to serve a friend in that neighbourhood, where she lived about two years, till her mother's death. From thence she removed to a service in Goodman's-fields , for two years and a quater; then lived a year and quarter with Mrs. L - r - ce, a schoolmistress, near Aldgate ; and from thence went to live at Mitcham in Surry , as a servant to Mrs. S - v - ny, a leather-dresser, for almost a year; during which she was seduced by J - ph H - d, a fellow-servant, to be lewd, on repeated promises of marriage. She left Mitcham near a year ago, and was ill at her sister's for some time; but still took opportunities to keep company with the person aforesaid; but she cannot say he knew her to be with child. About fix weeks before this fatal fact, she went to live with Mrs. PG - se, of Soho Square , but who lodged at Padington when this affair happened. Being asked how she came to be discovered? She answered, that she had called up the maidservant of the family where she lodged, about four in the morning; (it appears also on her trial, that she had awakened and alarmed the mistress) this early alarm from her illness, in she suspected condition she was in, caused further suspicion and search, which discovered the whole matter. After an impartial and candid trial, she was found guilty; and Mr. Recorder having made an earnest and pathetic exhortation, representing to her the heinousness of her most monstrous crime, so contrary to that strong love toward their offspring, which the Author of Nature has given to the brute creation, aggravated by her neglect of the charitable provision made for both mother and child, in this christian land; and moving her to exercise a most serious repentance suitable to her offence; judgment was pronounced in a full court, deeply affected; so that in the general silence and awe which attended it, each one seemed to join in that companssionate and significantly servent prayer, with which the decree for the dissolution of the body is concluded; - The Lord have mercy upon your Soul. So confounded and thunder-struck was she at receiving sentence, that she was scarce able to move from the bar; for even when arraigned she fobbed and caught her breath,asif foretasting the death she expected. Impatient to be visited as she was, and in extreme need of consolation and support, I went to her on the first opportunity of admission which the keepers employment in court would allow: When brought out of the cell she had all the dread and horrors of her sentence upon her: She looked earnestly up toward Heaven, she wrung her hands, she wept, and wailed afresh, as if this stroke had come sudden and unexpected upon her. She said, when asked, 'tis true, I had reason to expect this, but never thought of it before, as I now do, when it is actually come upon me. 'Tis true you never confidered it, nor realized this dreadful scene before I You had not the fear of God before your eyes. When taken apart and examined why she had not applied to some good person for admission to a proper hospital? &c. she declared she was not sure, nor believed sh was so far gone, nor above six months pregnant, being ignorant of the signs, as this was her first time. O! said she, had I known and considered my cafe, I had rather have begged from door to door with my child at my back, than to have done as I did. She was charged in the midst of this lamenting and excusing herself, to make no false pretences, but to be sincere in her acknowledgement and repentance; she promised she would be so: and then very earnestly joined in prayer for about half an hour; after which she seemed much composed, expressing great hope that her repentance would be accepted, and her sins pardoned; and then desired to be visited again early next morning. She acknowledged, when asked, that she had never been confirmed, nor received the holy communion. May 23, she was visited and prayed with this morning, in which she humbly and heartily joined; she said she had been reading and praying in her cell till five this morning, when her candle went out, and she had slept quietly for some time, that she felt comfort in her mind, and a hope of mercy; particularly she had read part of the book of Deuteronomy, and St. Matthew's Gospel, and also read over the Introduction to the Lord's Supper, in order to receive the same. When visited again this day for an hour or two, several others attended and prayed with and for her, with servent charity. She now declared herself so reconciled and resigned to her lot, that she was easy if the time was come this very evening; she was reminded then that she had not yet communicated, and to prepare for it. She was asked if she knew what hunger and thirst are? So ought your soul to hunger and thirst, for that spiritual food you are now invited to; she answered, it was so with her. From five to near seven the same evening, she was again visited, and instructed in the words of our catechism, which explain all requisites to the holy communion, and prayed with. At this time there was a very affecting interview, between herself and her own sister, who came with an infant in her arms, to take her last farewel; which is better imagined than described. She often wished she had known her duty to God in the time of her liberty, for then she should not have thus fallen! She earnestly warned all to profit by her sufferings, and avoid the snares she fell into. She forgave the partner of her shame and guilt, and prayed God to pardon him. On the Morning of EXECUTION. SHE went up to chapel, and before, as well as after divine service, answered some questions relating to her crime, to the same effect as they appeared on her trial; adding this with: O that the person who called to me going down stairs had come to me in that lucky moment, or that any one had ever put it home to me, I could not have stood in a lye, but must have told the truth. Being asked, why she had provided no clothes? She answered, her sister found a stay and a forehead-cloth in her box after she was taken up. She also declared, that her seducer was fled from his mistress on this occasion, where he had lived since the age of five years; and that he was the first and the only one who had ever thus seduced her, and that, by promises of marriage without number. And let the worst of sinners be encouraged to a quick and timely repentance, by what she farther declared; that, she believed and felt God's pardoning mercy, and found greater comfort and hope in her soul than ever before. That she was patient and resigned, had slept two or three hours about midnight, and read, and prayed whenever she awaked. After she had received the holy communion, she heartily wished she had thus done her duty with due preparation before, for then she was sure she should have escaped this snare; but she hoped the snare was now broken and her soul delivered; for she had uncommon comfort, behaved with remarkable composure, and calm resignation to the last. She took the opportunity of every moment for prayer, and joined in the usual and proper devotions at the place of execution; where, having also repeated the belief, she declared her lively hope that she was a partaker of the benefit of it, and that through the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ she should be saved. Amen. 2. Francis David Stirn , late of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn , was indicted for the wilful murder of Richard Matthews , of the same parish, by shooting him with a certain pistol charged with gunpowder, and one leaden bullet, in the left breast, four inches below the collar-bone, August 15. When arraigned, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, he appeared composed, and decently habited in black, for the sad occasion; but, contrary to the general expectation, and his own most public declarations, even in print, since his consinement, he pleaded not guilty; and then addressed the court, that his trial might be put off till Friday the 12th. This, tho' no reason was offered for it, and several might have been urged against it, was, with humanity and condescension, granted. But when he appeared again on Friday to take his trial, he had varied his dress (for no apparent reason) to that of a green night-gown; and it is said, he was advised, on this occasion, by some under-casuists in the prison, to "sham madness:" but this, he is said, to have rejected and disdained as an artifice, notwithstanding lunacy was pleaded in his defence. The following account, the most authentic that could be collected, may give some light into his real character and state of mind. Francis David Stirn was born in the principality of Hesse-Cassel , being now about twentyfive years of age; his father is said to have been a minister; her brother is now a metropolitan minister at Hersfelds, i. e. a superintendent over the clergy of a certain district of the Calvinist persuasion and discipline; tho' they chuse rather to stile themselves the reformed, in contradistinction to the Lutherans. They differ from most of our domestic dissenters, in that they use forms of continued prayer, without responses; and they also use church music. The first school he went to was a gymnasium, or public grammar-school in Hesse-Cassel, where he made a considerable progress; whence he was removed to the gymnasium, or college of the city of Bremen , endowed with professorships as an university. Here he became a tutor to the son of a doctor of laws, and a burgher of that city, of the name of Hallar - But here, by an unhappy turn of mind towards groundless suspicions, the object of which were his patron and his spouse, he forfeited their favour, and was dismissed from that station. During his studies here, he was exercised in preaching some probationary discourses, agreeable to the custom of the place. After this he returned to his brother, who placed him at the university of Rintelen , belonging to Hesse, where he pursued his studies from the year 1756 till the middle of 1758. During this time he made a great proficiency in the Latin classics, above his years, and attained to a very improveable knowledge in the Greek and Hebrew, tho' not so extensive as that of the Latin; he became well skilled and practised both in vocal and instrumental music, fencing, and other genteel accomplishments. A custom highly improper in itself, and often unhappy in its consequences, obtains in that, and most of the other universities of Germany, of permitting the wearing swords to the young students, and even using them frequently in duelling, without any other penalty than a slight pecuniary mulct, unless death ensue. On the irruption of the French into the principality of Hesse, and by oppressive contributions exacted upon the inhabitants, his brother was incapacitated to assist him as usual; and therefore thought proper to send him to England , with strong recommendations to a friend here in a station of honour and interest; on which occasion, no opportuninity offering immediately, to place him agreeable to the wishes of his friends, he was recommended by the Reverend Mr. P - a, to succeed himself as an assistant to Mr. C - d in his school; Mr. P - a being preferred to an office in the British Musum. It was further intended that he should assist the German minister , in the chapel of the reformed (so called) at the Savoy; in order to which, he preached there thrice, to the great approbation of the minister; tho' his elegance of sentiments and expression might not be so striking to the audience, especially as he used notes, which they do not approve of. He once chose to preach on the words of Solomon, “The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour." One of those excellencies which he recounted, among many others was the mastery over his passions, by the want of which, he himself, is so lamentably fallen. In the interval of these probationary discourses, again taking up some strange and unreasonable suspicions against Mr. P - a and his congregation, defeated him in his prospect of succeedingon this occasion. After, which his mind turned towards a military life, for which he seemed formed by nature, as he himself has expressed his opinion since his fatal crime, lamenting at the same time, that he did not embrace some offer made him to that purpose; for in that case, said he, this unhappy affair might never have happened. - However he was strongly dissuaded from this way of life by his sagacious friends, foreseeing and predicting that his extravagant spirit not permitting him to submit to any superior in the way of discipline and obedience, would bring him under a military sentence. After this, he turned his thoughts toward entering into one of our universities, by the assistance and interest of several of the reverend clergy, viz. Dr. A - n, Mr. P - ll and Mr. L - e, to whom he was recommended by Mr. C - d for that purpose. - But here also his groundless jealousies once more intervened to overset this scheme. This is said to have impelled him to utter some threats against those gentlemen for disappointing him, as he chose to express it. Soon after this, and about a year since, his acquaintance with Mr. M - s began about which time he took it into his head to commence musician , together with teaching the classics, by the advice of Mr. M - s, who imagining him to be ill-treated by Mr. C - d, persuaded him to set up for himself in these branches. Presently after his going to live with Mr. M - s, he found some pieces of bread in the dining-room, left by a child of the family; on which he concluded, that they were placed as reproachful expressive emblems of his poverty, and subsisting on the fragments of charity. On this trisling incident, with his own deep and ingeniously mischievous comment upon it, he ran up stairs and rapped suddenly and loud at Mr. M -s's chamber door, calling out, Mr. M - s! On being assured he was not there, he insisted on the door being opened, on which Mrs. M - s put on her clothes (it being eleven at night) and came out, asking him what he wanted? And what he meant by such behaviour? He answered, he sought Mr. M - s, and knew he was in the room. - At this instant Mr. M - s himself knocked at the street door; on his entrance, Mr. Stirn, in a furious manner, charged him with the affront before-mentioned. - But on their assuring him that the bread was carried there by the child, he was pacified for that time. Next day he waited on Mr. C - n, in order to praise and extol the patience of Mr. and Mrs. M - s, for so kindly passing over this fantastic behaviour of the preceding night. During his residence at Mr. M - s's, he was by fits so visibly and remarkably pious, both in his reading and conversation, that he was there reproached with the name of a Whitfieldite. In his reading the classics, he used to mark the virtuous sentiments and expressions, as well as the contrary, and committed both to memory; and would point out the one, or the other, according to his present caprice. - At some times, he was low and vulgar in his conversation, but only to those who, he thought, had offered him any indignity; and at other times, he was delicate to an extreme, so as not to bear the least deviation from it. A gentleman who well knew the strange extravagant inconsistences in his character, used frequently to compare him to Catiline, which he did not seem displeased with, unless urged in resentment; and to verify the comparision, he himself would add, that one day he would perform a seat, which would make the city of London ring of his same. He one day set out with Mr. C - d, and a Prussian gentleman, to dine at a Dutch merchant's, (Mr. V - t) at Mouswell-hill : in the way thither he quitted his company; and, by crossing the fields, got to the house before them; here he fell into some dispute with the merchant, called him a fool, and provoked the gentleman to have him put out of his gate by his servants, before his companions had go: thither. On their arrival, the gentleman said to them here has been that mad-man Stirn. And on his return, and afterwards meeting his company at home, he charged them with having been there before him, and concealed in another room, and that he heard them rejoicing and laughing excessively, at the disgrace that was done him! So fruitful was his mind of imaginary affronts, that he might be stiled the Self-Tormentor. This may suffice to give a general idea of this youth, relative to his birth, education, temper, and unhappy turn of mind. Let us now view him after the crime and his commitment. Having some intimation of the crime and character of the prisoner, and his several attempts on his own life, I hafted to visit him; found him walking in the Press-yard, apparently much disordered and agitated in his mind, viewed him with horror and compassion, and said to him, after condoling with him in his sad situation - How could you do so horrid a deed? - At once take another's life and attempt your own? - Do not you know that every man is the image of his Maker: - How dare you to deface that image without his authority? - He stood silent; but on urging the same questions again, - he answered, with settled anguish in his face, - "Passion is ever an enemy to reason.” On this occasion he entered into the rise and progress of the quarrel with Mr. M - s and himself, nearly as it afterwards appeared on his trial - Owned he had challenged him to fight, and, because he would not meet him, took this revenge. - He now acknowledged he could not bear the thoughts of the punishment to be inflicted for 1t; intimating, that he therefore attempted his own life. He was therefore earnestly beseeched to recollect and return to those good and rational principles which he must have received in a christian and learned education, - intreated not to give himself up to despair and its effects! But remember, bad as his lot is at present, it may become worse, to a degree now inconceivable to us and therefore to think of the means of redeeming the past transgressions, with his future better thoughts, and behaviour. - When I recommended prayer and reading to him, he asked for Sherlock upon death, which I had not, but lent him a bible and prayer book, and pointed out proper places to him. - He desired also to have Young's Night Thoughts lent him. Next morning I had some farther discourse with him, wherein he said, he was educated in calvinism, but willingly conformed to our church; but explained some opinions which he held not only contrary to our doctrine, but to the express words of scripture, to which I referred, and repeated to him. He owned, that he firmly believed the resurrection of the body, and a future state of rewards and punishments; but yet I found he was warped by some Socinian tenets.- I perceived, however; his strongest error of mind, was his pride, vainglory, and idolizing his honour; to remove which, earnest prayer was recommended to him, and the words of Our blessed Saviour, St. Matthew the 18th. chap, and 3d. ver. - "Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven," were pointed out to him. As also his divine example, and the patience of Job, and other good men of all ages, in suffering, whether deservedly or not, was let before him; especially that pious resolution of Job, 14th chap. 14th ver. "All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come," - in hopes to cure him of the very thoughts of suicide. Yet so strong was his conviction of his crime, or rather his despair and pride combined, that he seemed determined to put an end to his own life by one means or other; if not by his own hand, yet by a firm resolution of starving himself to death; and he endeavoured to justify this, because as he had forfeited his life, to the law of both God and man, and that it was not lawful even for the government to pardon him; he argued with all the sophistry that his learning and pride could suggest, that he might inflict death on himself by any means in his power. - When urged with proofs the shew that his life was not in his own power, that as he did not, could not give it to himself, so, neither had he a right to take it away. - He still answered, would you persuade me to the gallows? No! but I persuade you to patience and submission, to that divine and human power you have offended, as the only means of pardon and peace: What is time with all its changes and chances, of shame and suffering, when compared to eternity? &c. During the service of the day, I explained and applied, 2 Kings, chap. ix. and I Peter ii. to him; shewing, that Ahab's family, and Jezebel, both suffered for murder, according to God's express decree and prediction. And that it is our indispensible duty as Christians, to follow the example of Christ in suffering patiently, even for well doing, much more for evil doing. Wednesday, August. 20th, he was visited for the first time by Mr. C - d, who was utterly melted into a flood of tears at the fight of him,, observing him loaded with fetters, and so greatly altered and emaciated by falling. - This gentleman told me, he believes and thinks he can demonstrate him to be mad; not only from his own observation, but from concurrent evidence of gentlemen of the faculty, and others. Yet thinks him not a safe member of society as neither could he vouch for himself; for when that very question was put to him by Mr. C - d, Whether if his life were spared, he thought he should be guilty of the like again? he answered, God only knows that, whether he should or no! When Mr. C - d first entered, Mr. Stirn stood motionless for some time, looking exceedingly wild and ghastly; and at last said, Come, Sir, behave like a man, what is past is irrevocable. - I have nothing now left but to make my peace with God, who has justly brought me hither. - I lament my rashness. - I am terribly wrecked, when I reflect upon the scene I have acted! -The thought of launching Mr. M - s, into eternity, in the midst of passion, and without a moment's preparation, fills my soul with horror! I am thankful to the Almighty, for having delivered me from the like calamity. - I am now convinced, he cares for his creatures, and particularly directs the actions of them. - I now feel his grace is alone sufficient to keep us from falling. - I forgive all my enemies, whether real or imaginary. - Oh! Sir! Sir! I know not whether I have not committed as great a sin in abusing your goodness towards me, and in wickedly suspecting my father, my benefactor, and my friend, (for you have been all these to me) of every thing that was bad. - Here he burst into an agony, and presently fell to the ground weeping and sighing exceedingly. - After he was raised up, he repeated several times to Mr. C - d, Will you forgive me? Can you forgive me? On being answered in the affirmative, he replied, Then I die in peace; pray with me! Oh! pray with a wretched sinner. After we had prayed, being greatly affected with sorrow for the cause of his grief, and joyful at the extraordinary appearance of repentance discovered in him, Mr. C - d took his leave, intreating him, for God's fake to eat his victuals; to which he replied, he could not, but would drink some coffee, or a glass of wine. The next day Mr. C - d visited him again; and when he persisted to assert the lawfulness of his dispatching himself, when he was assured he must otherwise suffer death by others, was answered, Though there was no reason to doubt it, yet you can never be so assured trill the rope is about your neck. - On mentioning the rope, he immediately started; and with great fury replied, "You are not, you cannot be my friend. - What, would you persuade me to the gallows; no, no, I don't go to the gallows like a calf, as you brutally carry, poor criminals; and then burst into, a fit of laughter. Mr. C - d then told him, that if he was placed in his unhappy situation, he would patiently submit to any death, even to be dragged by a horse's tail, and would, with his latest breath, pronounce the justice of his punishment.- "Oh! (said Stirn) Sir, your conscience and mine are very different." - "Pray Sir (said he) how came you to tell me, in the fields, that you discovered I had some bad design?" He was answered by his having a very remarkable and frightful countenance. - "Why, (said Stirn) that was the mark impressed upon the countenance of Cain:- and how came you, who are a long-headed man, not to know it, and prevent my intention?" - Upon Stirn's asking this extraordinary question, he was desired to recollect, that he had never intimated his intention to fight, much less to murder Mr. M - s: - True, true, (said he) I was falling into my old error of suspicion," and immediately desired "never more to speak of the gallows, for that it should never happen." The next Sunday evening, he was accompanied to chapel by Mr. C - d and Mr. C - n, where he behaved with decency and devotion for some part of the time, till the sermon was to begin, and then went out of the chapel, and stood behind the rails for awhile, but afterwards returned to his feat, His discourse in his chamber with the same gentlemen, after service seemed to flow from a disordered mind, repeating his unreasonable suspicions of some of his best friends. In some succeeding conversations, he expressed the following sentiments. That the company of wicked and ignorant beings, seemed to him, most intolerable; for that the brutish and horrid behaviour of his fellowprisoners, was his greatest torment. From whence he concluded, that, when he should be separated from his present body, his soul would be assigned to an association with beings, whose delights consisted in the contemplation of wisdom and virtue. The day before his trial, he seemed very penitent, and with great appearance of devotion, desired to be prayed by; and accordingly, upon addressing God to bring him to a proper sense of his guilt, and patience to submit to whatever he mould think fit to lay on him, - he hastily interrupted, saying, the prayer was not adapted to his mind, for that he would beseech him to pardon his weakness, and tho’ he should seem in the eye of the world to act wrong, he would, for the goodness of his intention, pardon him. - Hereupon, he was told that he still entertained the same horrid notion of self-murder, and the Almighty neither would, nor should, be addressed in so impious a manner; therefore exhorted him to join in praying sincerely to God, to deliver him from so strong a delusion. The substance of several of his conversations with Mr. C - d have been thrown together, tho’ other things intervened, which shall now be resumed. So intent was he upon compassing this impious and unnatural purpose of suicide, from the first of his consinement, that when he was disappointed of other means, he abstained from all food, except a few liquids, with amazing obstinacy, in defiance of every persuasive that could be urged, and every bait that could be devised, even by his fellow-prisoners eating before him, and offering him a part of their food frequently, in hopes to break his resolution. Among other motives, he was reminded by me, that this part of his conduct would render him more inexcusable in the other; for had he used half the resolution to subdue his passions of anger and revenge, as he now did to gratify his pride, he might have avoided his present sad situation. He was farther pressed to consider how he could answer before the supreme Judge, for dreading worldly shame more than the vengeance threatened to the violation of the divine law; he made no direct answer, but said, he hoped God would save him from this great ignominy to which he must come if he lived. About the 21st. of August, his cell, in which he had hitherto lodged, was changed for a chamber, by the assistance of some friends; and the same day, two German gentlemen, one of them a clergyman of the Lutheran chapel at St James's, with two ladies, visited him, at the request of some of his friends and relations; but could make no better impression on him in this respect, tho' they all joined to dissuade him from starving himself, or being accessary to his own death; and agreed with me, in assuring him, that such a thought, or practice, is utterly inconsistent with natural morality, much more with christianity, or any, degree of true repentance. But to demonstrate his inconsistency, in the mean time he read Tillotson's sermons on repentance, &c. and other pious books, in his own, and our language, day and night, till he had scarce strength to walk, fit, or kneel; or attention to regard what was spoken or read to him, much less to go up to the chapel. August 22d. When it was apprehended, that by these means, he could not live to be tried, it was suggested by a sagacious gentleman of the law, to treat him as they do lunatics in Bedlam, who refuse to eat or take medicines, (a common case) by forcing their food, or physic, into them; which, if done, might surely have been brought in evidence to support the defence of lunacy set up for him. But instead of this, it was thought proper he should be acquainted by me, from authority, that if he were by any means accessary to his own death, he should be tried and found guilty of self-murder, on sufficient evidence to be produced from his own declarations, and attempts, and behaviour, and then be buried, with all the marks of infamy, according to law; with this addition, that a monument of stone should be erected, inscribed with his name and crimes at large, to defeat his purpose of evadeing public justice, and perpetuate his insamy. This message was delivered to him in the softest and gentlest terms it would bear, and I could chuse, intreating his pardon, and acquainting him, that it was intended to save him from a greater degree of reproach to himself and family in this world, and from sure misery in the next; and that it was vain for him to persist in his purpose, for that "means, would be used by authority," (without descending to the particulars aforesaid) to defeat him! At this he started sudden, sat up in his bed, starirtg sierce; will they? said he, I will try that! rolling his eyes, and seeming to meditate some desperate attempt. Mr. A - k - n and Mr. Ch - n were present, or I know not what the consequence might have been. Immediately I thought to allay his rising fury, by adding, "do not mistake me, Sir, no personal force is intended, but only to dissuade you from bringing a greater, and more lasting infamy on yourself and family, than you could do by submitting to the law." On this he quickly lay down again. He was prayed for, both in the chapel, and in his chamber several times, this day, in hopes to bring him to a better mind. And tho' he persisted in the determined practice, yet he often possessed to renounce the principle in speculation; as may more fully be collected not only from some conversations I had with him, but also from his letter to Mrs. M - s, and his penitential elegiac verses, both presented to the public by the Gazetteer. To give another proof of his self-contradiction, he declared to me, that he lately believed the sum of his duty consisted in a good moral behaviour; and in this persuasion he did behave so; and tho' he had often read and heard about grace, the holy spirit, and the assistances thereof, he had no expectation or opinion of it, for himself, and thought that any such profession, belief, hope, or expectation in others, was the effect of bigotry, hypocrisy, and enthusiasm; - but professed, he is now thoroughly convinced of his error in this respect, that he is persuaded he fell into the crime he has been guilty of, for want of the grace of God, and the aid of his Holy Spirit. - He acknowledged that he is persuaded there are many abuses of this doctrine, and many false pretences to it; but this doth not dissuade him from believing the reality and necessity of it. Let any one try to reconcile this with the design or act of suicide, to which there is not any temptation from nature, or right reason; and to which the dictates of grace are directly contrary. It is not without reason inferred, that the poison with which he is believed to have destroyed himself, was promised him, or in his profession the day he began to eat, viz. Friday the 22d of August; because he was heard to say, that if he had not some comfort brought him, he never would have eaten, for that however strictly watched and guarded, "he could have poison here for money." And he usually burst into loud fits of laughter, on such occations. It is also very probable he made some attempts to poison himself the day before sessions; he kept his bed, looked pale, his eyes rolled in his head. - He had been reaching to puke the preceding night and morning, and when gentleman, whom he frequently sent for, came to him, and observed all the symptoms, he shook his head at him, saying, Oh Sir, Sir, you have been doing something! To which he replied, he had been ill, and earnestly asked for an apothecary or surgeon to be sent for to him. So fixed was his determination to destroy himself, that he said, if no other means would do, he would either tear out his heart, or beat his brains out, rather than go to the gallows. - He had also devised other expedients to prevent it, by sharpening a long nail, which he picked out of the partition of his chamber, or even by a pin. - The same resolution also appears, from a piece of glass casually espied, by one of the runners during the first week of his confinement, which (tho' he endeavoured to cover, and held it in his hand) was immediately forced from him, and found to be a slender piece about three or four inches long with a point exceeding sharp, with which, he owned, he could have opened any veinhe had, when he thought proper, and had concealed it in his wig, notwithstanding several strict searches made of him. It was immediately carried to Mr. A - n. He said then, that he had other means of concealing things, which he promised to discover, for preventing the like practice in others; but never did. It was not mentioned in the proper place, that on his first confinement, The whole duty of man was put into his hands; and on my next visit, asking him how he liked it, he answered, he was much pleased to meet it, being an old acquaintance, for he had seen it translated into different languages, as Latin, German, &c. on account of its excellent matter and stile; he observed also, that the English language was more esteemed by foreigners than the French. This testimony, from an ingenious and learned classic scholar, no way partial to us, is a pointed satire, on that preference here given to the French language; even among those lower ranks of our people, who can neither read nor speak their own with propriety. So low indeed is this taste descended, that in the common course of things, like other French modes, it must soon change for another, and it is to be hoped, a better salhion. This will apologize for my taking one step out of my way, to propose a short problem in political arithmetic, viz. How many English persons of each sex, do we compute to be supported in France, for teaching the English language? And vice versa, How many French persons of each sex, are supported in England for teaching the French? And what is the true ballance of trade on this article for words, and permit me to add, what is conveyed, by words; intelligence? A second question is, how many boarding schools in France, advertise both in print, and golden capitals over their houses, to teach English? And vice versa, as before. 'Tis humbly expected, and desired that the trading, travelling, and political part of the nation, will join in making an exact calculation, and striking a ballance in these articles. In free conversation, Stirn thought he drew a natural picture of himself, tho' certainly not a delicate, nor, perhaps, a true one, when he said he had the disposition of a dog, faithful to those whom he took liking to, but eagerly and vengefully pursuing those who offended him. In the course of Mr. C - d’s evidence relating to him, he is said to have attempted his own life about Christmas last; but this attempt, by his own confession, was not confined to himself, for he intended at the same time to have shot a Prussian gentleman whom he suspected to have prejudiced him in Mr. C - d’s esteem; but was providentially prevented, by an accident in loading the pistols, one of the balls sticking by the way broke the rammer; on which he immediately fell down on his knees, and glorified God who had saved him. from this danger. His after-conduct in relapsing into the like behaviour to another and himself, and on his missing himself with a pistol, often returning hearty thanks to God again, in the hours of his cool reflection; and yet again persisting in his arguments and attempts to that purpose till he effected it, are as strong inconsistencies as can well be imagined; unless we add his prosessing to believe the holy scriptures, and at the same time disregarding, and acting contrary to some of the most necessary and essential precepts and examples therein established and set forth, particularly the sixth commandment, and the example of our blessed Saviour. As I often enquired of one of his fellow-prisoners, appointed to watch, and be in the chamber with him, what his behaviour was; he sometimes told me he prayed very earnestly, and then read most part of the night, and after that, got him to read; but in general, he said, he was very apt to fly out, which he explained, to be out of his mind. Other prisoners, who observed him in the Press-yard, confirmed this from several instances; one of which, was his laughing at the hopes of starving himself to death. Among other instances, the watcher said, he furiously attacked him one night, because he deprived him of knives, forks, and other offensive instruments, so desperately, that he was obliged to strike him down on the bed, and when he found himself overpowered, he begged that Mr. A - n might not hear any thing of it; apprehending he should be chained down in a cell. Yet so captious, suspicious and quarrelsome was he, that his chum had little ease or sleep in the room with him; and he, with some other prisoners expected to be brought into court, to testify what they knew of his supposed infancy. - This notwithstanding, his sensible and devout behaviour at some times, gave me strong hopes that he would recover and keep his right mind, and die a penitent. About Aug, 30, he appeared more easy, chearful and composed than usual; said, he found hopeful comfort in his prayer, and though his load of guilt was not quite removed, yet he was more attached to God than ever; declared, he had changed his purpose to be any way accessary to his own death; and did not fear any punishment man could inflict. And as he made frequent excuses for not going to chapel, I took an opportunities to pray with him in his chamber, in which he sometimes kneeled and joined fervently, at other times, stood, fat, or laid in bed, as his disposition or strength would bear; in all which he had his own way. On occasion or some Hebrew Words that occurred in Hosea, chap. ii. 1st and 16th verses, being the lesson for the day, we fell into conversation concerning his knowledge in that ancient language, and found him rather grammatically than extensively skilled in it. He said, he had only construed the Psalms and the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses, in the Hebrew; he commended the practice of learning it without points, as he heard the method is here in England. I have heard him also much admired by the learned, for his accurate and masterly skill in the Latin classics, and his just and enlarged observations on them; but his unhappy situation, since he became known to me, gave no opportunity for amusing ourselves in that charming field of knowledge. However he had collected some flowers from, thence to adorn the walls of his chamber, such as, O mehi prteritos referat fi Jupiter annos! Sperat insestis Metuit secundis Alteram sortem Bene prparatum pectus. HOR. Pope. What’s same? A fancied life in other’s breath. STIRN. Whats shame? A fancied death in others breath. Under which parody of his on Pope, were scratched out a gallows to the left hand, and a cross to the right, with these two mottos made English; under the gallows, In hoc signo perdes, in this sign you will lose, and under the cross, In hoc signo vinces, in this sign you will conquer, but he did not fulfill his own prediction. - For neither did he take up this banner of conquest, the cross, so as manfully to overcome in it; nor did the gallows take up him, so as to lose (his life) on it. On the outside of the wall of the cells in the Press-yard, he had written in red chalk, "O Lucifer, son of the morning, how art thou brought down to hell! to the sides of this pit." He assured me, he sometimes spent whole hours in sighing and deploring his sad fate, crying, alas! my hard lot. He now and then expressed an earnest desire to have the holy communion administered to him; but as this could not be done, till he gave proofs of an hearty repentance for the past, and stedfast good purposes for the future; he was answered, it would be equally desirable to me, to find him prepared to receive so great a blessing: but his secret thoughts of suicide, appearing by plain-signs, and at length breaking out into action, prove him wholly unprepared. During his trial, which lasted about four hours, he appeared weak and ready to saint; on which he was indulged with a seat, and several refreshments: his taking some of these, immediately after sentence was pronounced, occasioned a strong surmise and report, that he took the mortal dose there; but this will appear improbable, from what shall be farther offered. When, after sentence passed in a most solemn, serious, affecting, and companionate manner, he prayed the Court, that he might be allowed to go in the coach with the clergyman, to the place of execution, he was answered, that was in the Sheriffs breast, but by the court judged contrary to the intent of the law for distinguishing murderers, by a more exemplary punishment than other crimes, therefore not proper to be recommended to the Sheriffs. How far this refusal might determine a person of his capricious, and irritable temper, to rush on the fatal exit he made, is left to the conjecture of the intelligent reader and observer of the preceding part of this account; from whence it may appear, he wanted, no blass toward such a determination, but every possible weight of argument, motive, and persuasion against it. He was quickly after this, visited and prayed with, and spoken to in his chamber, together with one of his fellow-convicts, Odell, two of his countrymen being present. Stirn promised to renounce all thoughts of destroying himself, and submit to the execution of his Sentence, if it pleased God he should live to the day, but should accept it as a singular mercy to be taken out of this life before that. Tho’ he had all along declared himself satisfied with my assistance without any other, he now desired to be visited also by a clergyman of his own language, country and mode of worship; saying, it was more natural and affecting to him: This I looked on as a good symptom, and heartily concurred in it. His countrymen, at his request, promised to send him a particular gentleman whom he named, (Capson, if I mistake not:) this was about two at noon, when he seemed hearty and welldisposed, without the least apparent symptoms or suspicion of poison. After prayer, and a proper application to each on their crime, which they heard with attention, and seeming patience, Odell answered with calmness and courage, that he thanked God he was innocent of what he was to die for. On which Stirn observed, if he was convicted only on circumstances, the highest probability was full of uncertainties. When I went to visit them again, about six the same evening, I met in the Press-yard a person waiting to go up to Stirn, who said he was a German minister, and the same Stirn had sent for; on asking his name, he answered Stapel, to which I replied, Capson was the name he mentioned to me; he said, I am the man; I examined yet closer, and found him a man of letters, and was told he had visited Stirn two or three times before, on which he went up with me to his chamber. He was now lying on his bed, and by his restless and uncommon behaviour, seemed uneasy at my presence; he hussed his chamber fellow M'D - l out of the room; and then said to me, I pay for my room, what business have you here, prying with your suspicions? You suspected me with a young woman, who came about business the other day. Surprized at this unexpected behaviour, this undeserved reproach, I turned to the minister (whose exhortation and prayer he had interrupted to affront me thus) and said to him, "certe omnino fallitur, indeed he is quite mistaken," and immediately quitting the room, I went home much dispirited with grief and companssion. It was above an hour after, when a gentleman who came in from the court, alarmed me with the report which had been carried there, in a quarter of an hour after I left him, "that he was dead or dying of poison;" and that Mr. Sheriff and Mr. A - n had forthwith gone to his chamber and found him so. It was said by another, that tile German minister aforesaid, who was with him on their entrance, hurried away in a great fright; left, as I was well informed, "he should be taken and hanged in his stead." On asking how such a strange fear could come into his head I was answered, because he had lived under an arbitrary government, where such a thing might be done. When viewed by the Sheriff, &c. he was not then convulsed as reported, but rather inclining to be stupified. He was asked, and earnestly pressed to declare, whether he had taken poison, but was so artfully cautious as to evade giving a direct answer. An apothecary being sent for he was let blood, but still grew worse. When I went up to him, after these gentlemen were gone, it was about nine, he was pale and speechless, with his jaw fallen, and his eyes turned up. Mr. Ak - n, with surgeon Bl - n, quickly after came up, and tried to make him throw up the poison, but in vain, he only foamed at the nose and mouth. During this interval, I saw in his room a manuscript copy, which seemed a poem in the German language and letter, which in the concern for him, I neglected for the present; but suppose it to be the same which was afterwards given by some officious person to the printer of the Gazetteer, and by him printed in German and English, as the work of Stirn, of which I knew nothing, pro or con; but find now in the said Gazetteer, of the 23d of Sept. claimed to be Mr. Stapel’s aforesaid. - Let those who know, decide this controversy. The surgeon being asked his opinion what the poison was, seemed to think from the effects, that it was opium, as also because a piece of the same, as big as a little-finger, was then said to be found on his table: there was also flour on a paper, with which it was thought some arsnic was mixt. That gentleman being farther asked, how long he might live, supposing he had taken opium? he answered, that was according to the quantity he took; that it would begin to operate by stupefaction in a quarter of an hour, and finish him in five or six hours. It was then strongly suspected, that the person who appeared as a German minister, by the name of Stapel, was more likely a quack who brought him this dose, which seemed to be favoured by his sudden getting away; and great concern was expressed by Mr. Ak - n, that in the hurry they had let him escape. However this may be, I am since well informed, that he is a minister from Prussia, come to sollicit a collection for his suffering countrymen. Stirn is said to have expired the same night, about five minutes before eleven. After he was known to be dead, he was laid across the bed, with his face toward the floor, to bring up what he had taken; when a quantity of water discoloured, brown, as if with opium, was discharged from his stomach. It has been since told me, that the handkerchief with which his mouth and nose were wiped while struggling, being casually used by M'D - l to his own face, had raised a stinging pain thereon; whence he suspected arsnic mixt with the opium. The specimens already given of his temper and behaviour, both before and after his consinement, may be deemed sufficient to form a judgment of the rest, many of which must be omitted. In a word, his jealousies, suspicions, and resentments, were without bounds; his opinions, however wrong and dangerous, were not to be moved by reason, or even by divine authority, tho' he would seem to acknowledge the power of both. Tho' unanswerably confuted, he was neither convinced nor persuaded, verifying that maxim. "He that's convinced against his will "Is of his own opinion still. "Tho' very ingenious, of fine address, and adorned with most agreeable accomplishments, yet in many points he was utterly irrational and inconsistent with himself; with all his piety and devotion at some times, he was profane and impious at others; and with all his love of virtue, and even the practice of it in many instances, he was in some points an open and declared, enemy to morality and laws, both human and divine: with all his critical learning and politeness, he was now and then ignorant and rude. Thus was he, in truth, a composition of inconsistences and self-contradictions. And yet whoever knew him - must weep over his failings, (or distempers of soul! shall I call them?) and pity, as much as he abhors their consequences! To say all, his imagination and his passions were too strong for the hands of reason and religion to rein in; and thus he fell, like the fabled Phaeton, from the bright chariot of divine light; or, like that Lucifer, poetically represented by him, and (to our present view) perished by the fall. This character may properly be concluded with a parallel or two from one of his own favourite authors. - Nil fait unquam Sic impar fibi. - Hor. fat. 3. 'Sure such a various creature ne'er was known.' - Sit jus liceatque perire poetis Invitum qui servat, idem facit occidenti. Nec semel hoc fecit; nec fi retractus erit, jam Fiet homo, & ponet famos mortis amorem. ‘Let wits be licens'd then themselves to kill; Tis murder to preserve them gainst their will. But more than once this frolic he hath play'd, Nor, taken out, will he be wiser made, Content to be a man; nor will his pride Lay such a glorious love of death aside.' Hor. ars poet, v. 266-9. 3. John Dempsy , was indicted for the wilful murder of John Parry , he likewise stood charged on the coroner's inquest for the said murder. As soon as it was known to me that he was charged with the aforesaid murder, he was sent for to chapel in order to be advised and directed to proper means of making his peace with God; for this purpose, as he said he could read, a book was put into his hands, called A Compassionate address to prisoners for Crimes. Which he was exhorted to make good use of, at the same time reminding him, that tho' he might conceal his guilt of the crime, charged upon him from others, before his trial, yet, he could not hide it from divine justice, or his own conscience - he was desired to recollect and examine himself seriously touching his past life, especially considering, to how many temptations and sins the life of a seaman is generally exposed; and also representing to him, that irregular and profane character of our seamen, in which, they too often take pride to surpass each other - all which he acknowledged to be too true. - Being questioned of what profession he was, and being backward to answer me, I told him, I presumed, that he was of the church of Rome, but hoped, he had conformed to the established church, since he had entered into his Majesty's service; and would now continue therein, as reason and truth should direct him - his answer was remarkable - that he thought, "the one religion was as good as the other:" however I found that he was quickly after tutored by others, to another mind; for he refused ever after, to come up to chapel. He was about twenty-four years of age, born in Dublin , and about four years ago, he entered on board his majesty's ship the Amazon, then of 22, but now of 26 guns; with which he was three years in the West-Indies ; the ship being returned, was docked at Woolwich, and about three months since, he was sent into sick quarters, in the interval of which time this unhappy affair fell out. - He denied that he knew any thing more of it, but that it happened in asray, by a blow on the head of the deceased; but hearing afterwards that he charged him with it, he went to see him, when he appeared to be pretty well recovered, and could not say that he was the person who struck him, or gave him that blow: but it appears on the trial, that the uncertainty of his evidence is sufficiently made up by other witnesses. After trial, conviction and sentence; going to visit the prisoners, I met Dempsy in the pressyard, and told him, I hoped, he would now give glory to God by an humble and sincere confession; but he still persisted to deny the fact: adding, that they were four common women that swore against him, and that they did not get above half a pint of gin a-piece, as a bribe for swearing his life away. Notwithstanding this ludicrous way of talking, he had his manual in his breast, which, he said, he was continually employed in, calling to the queen of Heaven, there also stiled the queen of saints and angels, (as if to be allured by flattering titles) and then to Christ Jesus, as the Lamb of God, in the same page - any one may look into this book, and with half an eye see the absurdity, the profaneness and the idolatry, of perferring, equalling, or comparing the creature, to the CREATOR, even GOD our Saviour who is over all, blessed for ever - read your bibles (ye English Catholics! as you love to call yourselves) and see the necessity of a reformation; but do not reform your selves out of Christianity and the Catholic Faith, truly so called. 4. William Odell was indicted for the willful murder of his wife, by choaking or strangling her, on the 17th of June, 1760. He was likewise indicted, on the coroner's inquest for the same. He was born in the parish of Cowley near Uxbridge , Middlesex ; his father was a shoemaker in the said parish, who brought him up in the same trade, and he followed it till the age of 17, when he took to the business of husbandry , in which he used to labour very hard (as he said) by day for the farmers, and often by night for the jockeys, by whom he meant, the people who buy straw and hay of the farmers, and repack their loads again in the night, for the London market. By his own account, he married this wife, for whose death he was convicted, about 12 or 13 years ago; me was then a widow, living at Turnham-green , he has had since eleven children by her, two of which are still living, viz. a boy about 10 years of age, and a girl of six or seven. Both left to the care of the aforesaid parish, where he was born. - He-desired they might be earnestly recommended (with his fervent prayers for them) to the care of the family of Dagenels - one of whom is generally an officer of the said parish. He is said to have insisted himself into the first regiment of foot guards about a year ago, on account of some debt he had contracted, and had it not in his power to pay; but gave up his pay as a soldier , some weeks before this charge against him, to live near his wife and children, and his work. The 20th of August, he attended prayers at the chapel; - being afterwards questioned about the murder of his wife? - He denied knowing any thing of it, and said, that he was six miles off, when the affair happened; and wished that he was as clear from all other offences, as he was of this, he should then have nothing to trouble him. He attended chapel again, on Friday the 22d, and Sunday the 24th of August, where he behaved with decency. On Friday being asked, why his trial was put off last sessions? - He answered, it was chiefly by Mr. F - g's means, that the truth might by some means come out. - He added, that the body of his wife was found in a pond, after a fortnight's missing her, putrefied and ftid; that on view, the jury brought it in, willful murder: and being asked, why he was suspected? He answered, because he used to have words with his wife. He said, that she was given to liquor, but otherwise, was a good wife; that she lived, and was found in the parish of Ealing; that he was in London , in company with his serjeant and corporal when her death happened (and that he knows not how it came) that the said serjeant and corporal are now abroad in Germany. - He at another time, asked me, if their affidavits now in Mr. F - g's hands, should not be produced an his trial in court? I referred him to an attorney for an answer. On Friday, the 29th of August, he again attended chapel as usual; where he continued to behave decently and properly. - Said he was allowed no pay, nor any thing but bread and water, the goal allowance, to subsist on. When conversed with again, on the 6th of September, he seemed to speak a little obscurely of the charge against him, and said, of the two chief evidences, that one was a butcher, who swore by mistake, that he saw him that night the fact was done, or his wife missing; Whereas, it must be the night after. The other witness, a woman, who, as he said, swore, that Odell advised her, to murder her husband. But after prayers, exhortation, and instructtion, being seriously and solemnly questioned, he declared, he knew nothing of the fact, and that it would be a sad thing for them to put him to death for it. - That the loss of his wife was very great to him, for that she was a very good wife in all respects, but liquor; that they endeavoured to persuade his step-son, to swear against him, which he wanted to have proved in court. Being again, visited and exhorted to true repentance; on the 11th and 12th of September, and prayed with, he then solemnly returned thanks to God, that he was as innocent as a babe, of the crime he was charged with, and this he persisted to declare, notwithstanding he was instructed, and seemed persuaded that he should be the vilest of men, if he continued to deny the fact, supposing he were guilty. - I told, and warned him over and over again, that there can be no possibility of advantage to him, even in this life, by denying it, and every thing in the next, to be dreaded, for not confessing it, if guilty. He owned the truth of this, and yet openly and freely declared his innocence, in the strongest terms, so as really to stagger my opinion of the veracity of the witnesses against him, and induce a strong doubt of his guilt. Being then asked, how he could account for their swearing such strong circumstances relating to the fact, such former cruel treatment, bitter words, and wicked expressions against him? He answered, by declaring, first, that many of them were false; that the witnesses were, some. of ill same, and prejudiced against him on several accounts. - Such as, that one, viz. M - y M - n the first, and strongest female witness against him; was a person of bad repute, and, he had spoken of it to her husband and others, for which, she declared she would hang him, - Another cause of prejudice mentioned, was, that he enlisted two men out of the town of Acton, and took up a third there for desertion, for which -several of their friends and acquaintance, must. be piqued against him; but especially, as there had been formerly quarrels and blows between him and his wife, for she had been long given to liquor. - But that, since he had been a soldier (August was twelve-months) she had never felt the weight of his hand. - He asserted, it was the night after she was missing, and not the same night, that he went to look for her;. for that he never saw her, from the time she got up in the morning, and went to harvest work at Esquire Fish's, the day before she was loft. - That he believes, she might be in liquor, and fall into the pond, where she was found a fortnight after. On the whole, he acknowledged, he had been guilty of many other sins; as common profane swearing and drunkenness, to repent of which, he here employed every hour and minute; and in praying forgiveness for them; but took great comfort, that he was to suffer innocently for this, and hoped that he should be forgiven his other sins, on account of his present suffering patiently, and without cause, in this respect. On this occasion he was instructed, that he was to expect the forgiveness of his sins, only for the merits of Christ's sufferings, and not his own, however undeserved, in this particular case. - That God indeed, brings sinners to a sight and sense of the sins they have been guilty of, by letting them fall under the imputation, and sometimes the punishment of crimes, which they never committed. - For his judgments are a great deep, and his ways unsearchable to us shortsighted sinners, in this life. He was ready, by such discourse and reasoning, to correct his wrong opinion, and acknowledged another excellent end was answered by his present sufferings. - That he, might have gone on in his other sins, to the end of his life, if God had not brought him to repentance, by this dreadful and awakening punishment, and he believed this was the design of his goodness in this punishment, to bring him to repentance, and to save him. He seemed so well to understand and apply the love of God in correcting sinners in this life, that on comparing the decent and pious behaviour, the patient submission of this poor illeterate soldier, and but lately profligate and abandoned sinner, with the contrary behaviour, of the learned and ingenious scholar, Mr. Stirn; - it brought to my mind, the wonderful dispensation of divine providence, which our blessed Saviour celebrates with thankful admiration of the manifold and deep wisdom of God. St. Luke chap. x. 21st verse, "I thank thee, O father, lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wife and prudent, and revealed them to babes: even so, father; for so it seemed good in thy sight." And reminded me that I had warned Stirn, quickly after, his committal, to descend from the pride of knowledge and learning, to the simplicity and dove-like innocence of a child: if he would learn Christ Jesus in sincerity - not that the religion of Christ fears sagacious learning, or learned men. No! True and found learning is religion s natural friend, and inseparable ally. - It is vain deceit, and airy hypothetic philosophy, without experience, or nature's laws', that is unfriendly to sacred truth. On the Morning of EXECUTION. WHEN Odell was visited this morning, he appeared decent, composed, and ready to attend the duties of the chapel. Being asked how he had spent the night, he said, he had been reading and praying, with another prisoner, who assisted him in the cell most part of the night; that he found his mind easy and resigned, was in good .heart, (for he really looked and spoke chearfully) and had endeavoured, by earnest prayer and repentance, and attending to the reading of proper books, (for he could not read well himself) to be prepared to receive the holy communion; for which purpose we immediately went up to chapel, with two serious friends from without-doors, who piously and kindly came, by request, to make up a proper number at the administration; all other prisoners, except those to be executed, being kept locked up en this morning. Being again strictly and solemnly questioned on this awful occasion, whether or no he was guilty of the murder of his wife, he declared, as he has done all along, that he was innocent of it as a child, and that, as he said a day or two before, he would live and die by the truth; yet he forgave the witnesses, and prayed to God to forgive them and turn their hearts. He again repeated, he knows the denial of it can do him no good at this time, but great harm, for that he must be punished for it in the life to come, if false. He persisted in the same expressions at the place of execution to to last moment. When we came down from chapel, Dempsy was answer no questions; and seeming uneasy to be asked, was left to himself. They were carried out in one cart about half an hour after eight, and got to the place of execution about ten, where Dempsy was invited to join in our prayers, but instead of complying, he turned his shoulder, and said, he should read in his own book, and so kept reading aloud, either to prevent his hearing our prayers, or to interrupt our attention. Being again charged in the sacred name of God, if guilty, to acknowledge the justice of his sentence; he answered, it would do him no good to confess it here. Odell heartily joined in prayers, and confession of his faith, continued stedfast and resigned, and expressed a lively hope that he was going to a better place. He made an odd request to the Sheriff, that he would be pleased to stop at the house of M - y M - d - n, a door or two beyond the Black-lion at Action, with his body, and get her to touch it, or shake hands with him; Mr. Sheriff with great humanity, promised to perform his request. After the blessing and commendation of their souls, (for I included Dempsy in our payers,) I asked him whether he was in charity with us, he answered, he died in charity with all the world. Odel returned ids last and hearty thanks for the services done him, and said now again, as he had before, that he believed I had been the instrument of saving his soul. We parted, and they were both consigned to eternity. This is ail the account given by me,

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at TYBURN, on Friday the 8th of June, 1716. AT the General Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old baily, on Thursday the 17th, Friday the 18th, and Saturday the 19th of May, 1716, Ten Persons, viz Eight Men and Two Women, that were found Guilty of several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But One of the Women being reported to be Pregnant, and Three of the Men, having obtain'd HIS MAJESTY'S Gracious Reprieve (which I hope they will take care duly to improve) Five Men and One Woman are now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this melancholy state of Condemnation, I constantly visited them, sometimes in their Dungeon, but oftner in the Chapel of Newgate, where I had them to attend twice every Day at Prayer and the Reading of the Word of GOD, which I expounded to them; instructing them (chiefly) in the most necessary Points of Faith and Repentance: And, On the Lord's Day the 20th of May last, being the Day of Pentecost, I preach'd to them and others then present (both in the Morning and Afternoon) upon the Words of Our Blessed Saviour, Joh. 15. 26. But when the Comforter (whom will send unto you from the Father) even the Spirit of proceedeth from the Father, He will testify of me. From which Words, first explain'd at large with their Context, and illustrated by parallel Places, I then shew'd, That in them these Two great Points chiefly are observable, viz. I. A Discovery (in general) of the whole Sacred Trinity; For in that CHRIST says, I will send the Spirit from the Father, the Three Divine Persons are here mention'd. II. A Description (in particular) of the Holy Spirit, of whom it is said in this Place, 1. That He is the Comforter. 2. That He will come. 3. That He shall be Sent, viz.{from the Father. by the Son. to the Apostles & their Followers. 4. That He is the Spirit of Truth. 5. That He proceeds from the Father. 6. ult. That He gives his Testimony of the Son. Price 3 Half-pence. To each of these Heads and Particulars having amply spoken and especially observ'd, That He, who is here said to be sent, is in no wise Inferior to, but in all respects Co-equal and Co-eternal with Him, by whom and from whom He is sent; I then further shew'd, That this Mystery of the Sacred Trinity is (in a very great measure) vail'd from us: That though much has been, and much more might still be said on it, yet we must in the conclusion acknowledg our selves insufficient for these Things: That this high Point is unsearchable and incomprehensible by us, to perfection, while we are on this side of the Grave; and therefore should rather admire it with all humility of Heart and Soul, than be too curious in our Search and Enquiry into it: That our Incapacity of comprehending it, is no Argument for our Disbelief of it, since we have it reveal'd both in the Text and other Places of the Word of GOD, as has been abundantly prov'd; and, That it is the great Object of our Faith, which ought to have a mighty influence upon our Lives, so as to engage us entirely to love, fear, honour, serve, and adore that GOD, who is so Good, so Great, so Excellent, and so far beyond all our Thoughts and Imaginations: And when we have been so unhappy as to offend and provoke by our Sins that most Glorious BEING, who is able both to save and to destroy, we should without delay seek to pacify Him by earnest Prayers, Repentance, and Amendment of Life; sincerely purposing and constantly endeavouring to deny all Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts, and live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present World, - &c. as the Apostle exhorts, Tit. 2. 12. This was some part of the Doctrine I then preach'd to my Auditory, concluding with particular Exhortations suitable to the Circumstances of the Condemn'd Persons: To whom, On Trinity-Sunday, the 27th of May, I preach'd again, both in the Morning and Afternoon; and for the sake of Three of them that were Murderers, I chose to discourse upon this Text, Mat. 19. part of the 18th Verse, Thou shalt do no Murder. After a general Explanation and Illustration of these Words, with their Context, I shew'd in particular, I. The heinous Nature of Murder. II. The severe Punishment it deserves, which in this World is irremissible, as the Offence is irreparable. III. and lastly, The high degree of Repentance, which the Murderer (if ever he desires to find Mercy with God) ought to excite and stir up himself to; bitterly lamenting his woful Condition, and crying out with David, in the 51st Psalm, at the 14th Verse, Deliver me from Blood guiltiness, O God! On Tuesday the 29th of May last, being the Thanksgiving-day for the Restauration of K. CHARLES II. and the ROYAL FAMILY, I preach'd to them on these Words (part of the Epistle for that Day) 1 Pet. 11.17. Fear GOD. Honour the King. From which I shew'd, I. That by the Fear of GOD is meant the Performance of all Religious Duties, and faithful Service and Obedience to GOD, even the constant doing of all that He commands, and a careful avoiding of whatsoever He forbids. II. That by the Honour here injoin'd to be paid to the King, is to be understood the faithful Discharge of all due Submission and Obedience to the Supream Authority and Subordinate Magistrates, or Ministers, whether in Church or State, whom the Providence of GOD has set over Men, for the Punishment [and Restraint] of Evil-doers, and for the Praise [Countenance and Protection] of them that do well; as the Apostle teaches, 1 Pet. 2. 14. III. That our Submission and Obedience to Persons in Authority must be in the Fear of GOD, which is the only sure Foundation of that Honour; for they that fear GOD most, honour Kings best. IV. ult. That those who have not the Fear of GOD before their Eyes, and consequently are apt to fall into Disobedience, and the breach of all Rules and good Government, must be accounted no other than Rebellious Persons, who by their wilful commission either of Murder, Theft, or any other Crime, do presume to transgress those Human Laws, which are conformable, or (at least) not repugnant to the Laws of GOD. And on the last Lord's Day, the 3d instant, I preach'd to them again (both in the Morning and Afternoon) upon part of the Gospel for that Day, viz. Luke 16. 23, 24. And in Hell he lift up his Eyes, being in Torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his Bosom: And he cry'd, and said, Father Abraham have Mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his Finger in Water, and cool my Tongue; for I am tormented in this Flame. From which Words, first explain'd in general, with their Context (so far as it concerns CHRIST's Parable of Dives and Lazarus) I then shew'd in particular, I. That the Soul is capable of an Existence separate from the Body. II. That when the Souls of Good Men (and they are accounted such who truly repent) depart out of their Bodies they are immediately admitted into an unchangeable State of everlasting Blessedness. III. That the Souls of Wicked Men and Impenitent Sinners do, at the departure out of their Bodies, presently enter upon an eternal State of Misery. On these Points I discours'd, and for a further illustration of them, enlarg'd upon these Particulars: 1. The dreadful Torments of the Damned in Hell, who (like the Richman in the Text) cannot obtain so much as a Drop of Water to cool their burning Thirst. 2. The Happiness of the Blessed in Heaven, who (after the Miseries of this Life are over) enjoy perpetual Rest and Felicity in the Bosom of GOD their Heavenly Father. 3. ult. The Certainty and Eternity of both these, viz. the Punishment of the Wicked, and the Reward of the Righteous, i. e. such as are truly Penitent. And lastly, on Thursday the 7th instant (which was Yesterday) being a Day of publick Thanksgiving for the late signal Victory obtain'd over the Rebels, I preach'd to the Condemn'd, and others there present, upon Psal. 126. 3. The Lord has done great Things for us, whereof we are glad. From which Words, first explain'd in gene, and an Account given of the Occasion and Author of them, I shew'd in particular these two Things chiefly: I. The indispensable Duty we lie under of paying our unfeigned Thanks and Acknowledgment to GOD, for the great Things which He has done for us. II. What will secure, confirm, and 'stablish us in the happy Enjoyment of the Blessings we have already receiv'd, and will make us capable of receiving more, viz. our being spiritually glad, and rejoicing in God, with a just sense of our Obligation to Him, and sincere Love for Him, because of his great Goodness and transcendent Mercy to us. In my speaking (as I did severally) to those two Points, I made it appear; That, As our Prosperity, all our Successes, our Preservation, and all other Blessings we enjoy, are the gratuitous and free Gifts of GOD; So we ought to return our hearty Praises to Him for them, by setting forth his Honour and Glory, in the constant Profession and Defence of his True Religion and Virtue, through the whole Course of a Holy Life and Conversation: And we ought likewise continually to pray, That by his good Providence over his Anointed (our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord, King George) his Royal Family, and these Nations, They, and all of us, may be always preserv'd and defended both from the secret treacherous Designs, and from the open violent Assaults of our Enemies, whose base and unjust Attempts and barbarous and bloody Practices have now fully discover'd, That their Endeavours were (and I am afraid still are) to bring this Church and State under the Spiritual and Temporal Yoke of Romish Slavery, Oppression, Tyranny, and Arbitrary Power, with all other the many Evils and Calamities resulting therefrom: So that, tho' perhaps the pretended will not, yet the true Protestants, and all Men of Impartiality and unbyass'd Reason may clearly see, That they who have such an Ill-will at our Sion, drive and aim at nothing less than the forcing us to embrace Error, or to become Martyrs . Having largely and distinctly discours'd upon the Heads and Particulars of all these Sermons, I concluded each of them to the Condemn'd as I thought suitable to their exhorting them to Faith and Repentance, and those Graces were, and how they might be in this World, in order to their happy their Sins, and the Eternal Salvation of their Souls in the World to come. In my private Discourses with, and Examination of them, they gave me the following Accounts of themselves, viz. 1. William White , condemn'd for these Facts, viz. 1st, For assaulting Mr. John Knapp , and taking from him a Hat and Peruke; as also for the Murther of Mrs. Mary Knapp , his Mother, on the 31st of March last. 2dly, For assaulting on the King's Highway, Mr. John Gough , and robbing him of a brown Gelding, a Fustian Frock, a pair of Silver Buttons, and other Goods. 3dly, For breaking open the House of Mr. George Barclay , and stealing thence four Gold Rings, four Guinea's, six Handkerchiefs, a Sattin Gown, and several other Goods of great Value, on the 1st of April last. He said, he was 34 Years of Age born in London , and had serv'd on board several Men of War , about ten Years under the late Reign. He confess'd the several Facts he was convicted of, and justly condemn'd for; but would not discover any other he had been concern'd in, saying, it were to a Purpose, for it would be of no Use to any-body; and besides that, he cou'd give no exact Account of them. I mention'd to him (as I was desir'd) several Robberies, and some Murthers, that of late have been committed, and not yet discover'd; and I ask'd him particularly, whether he knew any thing of the breaking Sir Henry Hicks 's Coach-house at Low-Layton in Essex and taking some Coach-glasses thence; and his Answer was, That himself was not (nor knew any one that was) concern'd in any of those Facts. 2. John Chapman , alias Edward Darvell , (the latter being his right Night) condemn'd with the above-mention'd William White , for the Murther of Mrs. Knapp, and Robbing her Son; and likewise for the Robbery committed on Mr. Gough. He said, he was 32 Years of Age, born at Layton-stone in Essex : That he had serv'd his Apprentiship with a Gardiner , and afterwards been alternately entertain'd in that Capacity by two Gentlemen there. He confess'd his Guilt of the several Facts he stood condemn'd for; and being ask'd, whether he was concern'd in (or knew any thing of) a late Robbery committed in the Coach-house of Sir Henry Hicks ; he positively deny'd his knowing any thing of that Matter; saying, He was not in the least concern'd in it, nor with them that were; and, That he was offer'd 20 l. to take that Fact upon himself, but refus'd it. I would have had him ingenuously confess all the Robberies he had for these five or six Years past been engag'd in, but he declin'd giving me and the World this Satisfaction. 3. Thomas Thurland , ( otherwise Thorland ) condemn'd with the aforesaid White and Chapman, for the Murther of Mrs. Knapp, and Robbing of her Son; and in like manner for Robbing Mr. Gough, near Holloway . He said, he was 30 Years of Age, born at Hartford , a Millener by Trade, and for some time kept a Shop at Colchester in Essex . He confess'd the several Facts he was convicted of; and also own'd himself guilty of some others, which were not known, nor would he tell what they were, alledging. That it wou'd signify nothing to any Man, did he, or could he, make a full and perfect Discovery of them. I asking him, (as I did the Two 'foregoing) Whether he knew any thing of Sir Henry Hicks 's Coach-house being broke open and robb'd; his Answer was, He knew nothing at all of the Matter, protesting his being absolutely innocent of that Fact as the two others had done for their part. But he cou'd not deny, he had once (i. e. on the 1st of October, 1714) broke open the Warehouse of Mr. Richard Sharpless , and stln thence 132 Yards of Russell, and 400 Yards of a Stuff call'd Tmarine, for which Fact he receiv'd Sentence of Death on the 13th of December following, and afterwards obtain'd a Pardon, which he pleaded at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Saturday the 6th of August last; but instead of performing the Condition of that Pardon, which was, That he should (within six Months) transport himself out of the King's Dominions in Europe, he return'd to his Evil Way, nay, he did worse than before; for (by his own Confession) he was concern'd in the Murther of Mrs. Knapp, as well as in the Robberies he now stood condemn'd for. Being desir'd particularly to ask these three Malefactors, White, Chapman, and Thurland, Whether they used the Broken Trooper Alehouse in High-Holbourn; and, Whether any of the House knew what they were, and what Employment they follow'd; I put these Questions to them severally, which they resolv'd in the Negative saying, They did not frequent that House, nor were known, either to the Master of it, or any that belong'd to it. But when I would further ask them some other Questions about several Robberies they were suspected of, they would not give me any manner of Answer, one way or other; only they disown'd their being guilty of any Murther, saving this they were now to suffer for. 4. William Hankinson ( or Hankerson ) condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. Richard Lisle (to whom he had been a Servant ) and stealing thence 13 Guineas, several other Pieces of Gold, 25 l. in Money, 11 Gold-Rings, several Gallons of Brandy, Clove-Water, Cinnamon-Water, and other Goods, on the 27th & 30th days of April last. He said, he was 22 years of age, born at Bowden in Cheshire , and had liv'd for some time in London . He confess'd, That he was justly coudemn'd, but said these were his first Facts. He also seem'd to be very sensible of his Offences, for which he ask'd Pardon both of GOD and them he had wrong'd. 5. Samuel Ellis , condemn'd for picking Mr. John Salt 's Pocket of a Snuff-box value 10 s. on the 14th of May last. He said, he was 19 or 20 years of age, born in Black-Friers , London : That he was bound Apprentice to a Watchmaker living in that Place, from whom he ran away when he had not been above a Twelvemonth with him: That he becoming then very loose, and falling into the Company of some wicked young Men (now at Sea) he soon improv'd those vicious Inclinations that were already in him, into a higher degree of Wickedness, being addicted to Laziness, Lewdness, Gaming, Swearing, Thieving, and the like: That he had led this pernicious Course of Life for these two Years past; and had once been whipt for a small Felony. He confess'd the Fact he was now condemn'd for, and wish'd all young Men would take Warning by him. 6. Priscilla Spencer , alias Long , condemn'd for breaking open the House of the Reverend Dr. Harris, and stealing thence a Gown and Cassock, with a Hat and a Wig, on the 5th of May last. She said, she was about 50 years of age, born at Stafford , and had liv'd many of those Years in London ; where for the most part she had been a Servant (as a Landress ) in several good and honourable Families: That not being contented with her Service, and getting acquaintance with Loose People, she easily learn'd those wicked Practices of Thieving and Shop-lifting, which generally end in the Destruction of such as follow them. She confess'd, That she was burnt in the Cheek for a Felony many Years ago; but that Punishment was so far from bringing her into any Reformation, that on the contrary it harden'd her more; and so she went on in her unlawful Ways till she was overtaken by the Hand of Justice, which inflicted this shameful Death on her. She own'd her Guilt of the Fact she stood condemn'd for, and begg'd Pardon of GOD and Man for this and all other the Evil Things she had committed in the long Course of a wicked Life. All these Criminals were very unwilling to discover any Facts they had been concern'd in, or had any Knowledge of. And what made them so, I found was the Hope, which (tho' contrary to all Reason and Probability) they entertain'd of being Repriev'd; their long Continuance under this Condemnation having rais'd in them such an Expectation of Life, that even when the Death-Warrant was come, they could hardly believe they were to die, nor be perswaded to any thing that was sit for them to do for the clearing of their Consciences, and duly preparing themselves for another World. At the Place of Execution, to which they were carry'd from Newgate in Two Carts this Day, I attended them for the last time; and after proper Exhortations to, Prayers for, Singing of Penitential Psalms, and rehearsing the Apostles Creed with, Them, I left them to GOD's Mercy, which they all implor'd; desiring also the Spectators to pray for them, and wishing, That all that saw them, or heard of them, might take Warning by their untimely Death, and by avoiding their Sins, prevent their own coming to the like shameful End. Which having said, they call'd upon GOD for Mercy in their private Prayers, for which they had some time allotted them: And then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, and so dy'd. Whereas some Papers have lately been cry'd about the Streets, under my Name, concerning Henry Oxburgh , Esq ; (commonly call'd, Colonel Oxburgh) and Mr. Richard Gascoigne , who were Executed at Tyburn for High Treason, viz. the former on Monday the 14th, and the latter on Friday the 25th of May last; These are to satisfy the World, That I publish'd no such Papers, nor gave any Account of them in Print: And what I can now say of those Gentlemen, is, That they declar'd they were born in the Romish Religion , and therein dy'd. Therefore they did not, nor were likely to make any Confession to me, or own their Fact to be a Crime. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Malefactors, by me PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, June 8. 1716. ADVERTISEMENTS. Lately Publish'd, in a Pocket Volume, and Elzevir Letter, DRunken Barnaby's four Journeys to the North of England; in Latin and English Verse. Wittily and merrily (tho' near 100 Years ago) compos'd; found among some old musty Books, that had a long time lain by in a Corner and now at last made publick. To which is added Bessy Bell. Hiest quem quaris, ille quem requiris, Toto not us in Obe Brita. Hor. Barnabas Ebris. Sold by S. Illidge under Searle's Gate, Lincoins. Inn New-square; also by S. Ballard in Little-Britain, J. Graves in St. James-street, and J.Walthoe against the Royal Exchange. Next the Haunch of Venison, near the Cock Alehouse, the lower-end of Bow-lane in Cheapside, liveth a Gentlewoman (the Daughter of an eminent Physician) who has that incomparable Secret, call'd, THe Royal Ointment for the Gout and so much approv'd of by both Sexes of the Nobility and Gentry for its wonderful Effects, as can be well attested. By applying it to the Parts griev'd the Cause is remov'd, and present Ease given in the most exquisite Pains, altho' reduced to Crutches. 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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches Of the Malefactors Executed at Tyburn, On Wednesday the 22d of July, 1719. AT the General Quarter-Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 8th, 9th, and 10th of July, 1719, among the several Persons try'd for divers illegal Facts, Ten (viz. Six Men and Four Women) that were found Guilty of Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But Three of the Women being reported to be Pregnant, and the other, with Three of the Men, having obtain'd THEIR EXCELLENCIES THE LORDS OF THE REGENCY's gracious Reprieve, (which I here pray them duly to improve) Three only are now order'd for Execution. All the while they lay under this sad Condemnation I constantly visited them, and had them brought up (twice every Day) to the Chapel of Newgate; where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of GOD to them; thereby endeavouring to instruct and comfort their Souls, and bring them into a State of true Repentance and a lively Faith in CHRIST, thro' whose allsufficient and most prevailing Merits alone, they might hope to obtain Pardon and Salvation. This (chiefly) was the Subject I daily treated of: And, On the LORD's Day the 12th Instant, I preached to these Condemned Prisoners, and others there present, (Price Two Pence.) both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon part of the Second Lesson for that Morning-Service, viz. St. Luke, Chap. XXIV. ver. 46, 47. And JESUS said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the Dead the third Day: And that Repentance and Remission of Sins should be preached in his Name, among all Nations; beginning at Jerusalem. Which Words and their Context, I first explain'd in general, and then apply'd my self more particularly to the Consideration of the latter Clause of my Text, which concerns Repentance: And herein I shew'd, That as the Apostles of CHRIST had a Commission given them to Preach Repentance, and Remission of Sins; so they have, who are called and appointed to be their Successors in the Sacred Ministry of the Gospel. These are impower'd (as the Apostles were) to Preach, I. Repentance, which is a Turning from a Sinful, to a Godly Course of Life. II. Remission of Sins, that is, GOD's Pardon to those that are truly Penitent, that do thus turn to him, and amend their Lives. Which two Points having distinctly spoken to, I did, for a further Illustration of them, shew, 1st, The Nature and Extent of that Commission, which CHRIST has given his Ministers about this important Doctrine of Repentance. 2dly, The Reasonableness of Men's complying therewith. Thirdly and Lastly, The great Advantages that would accrue to the Teacher, and Them that are Taught, did They both unanimously pursue what They profess, and make their Lives the Transcript of this Doctrine of Repentance: A most excellent Way both of Preaching and Living. Upon those Particulars I enlarg'd: And, On the Lord's day the 19th instant, I preach'd to them again, both in the Morning and Afternoon, on part of the Epistle appointed for that Day, viz Rom. 8. 13, the Words being these, For if ye live after the Flesh, ye shall die; but if ye, through the Spirit, do mortifie the Deeds of the Body, Ye shall live. In discoursing upon this Text, after a general Explanation of it, I laid down before my Auditory these Particulars; viz. I. That there is a Life which tends to Death, and that is the Carnal Life, meant by these Words, If ye live after the Flesh ye shall die. II. That there is a Death which tends to Life, express'd in this latter part of the Text; If ye through the Spirit do mortifie the Deeds of the Body, ye shall live. III. Ult. That as the Curse, which Men bring upon themselves by living a Carnal and Sensual Life, consists not only of a Temporal Death here, but Eternal Death hereafter; so the Blessedness of a Spiritual Life, is not only Peace of Conscience in this World, but Eternal Peace with GOD in the next. Having enlarg'd upon these, I concluded all with particular suitable Admonitions and Exhortations to the Persons Condemned, whom I instructed both in publick and private: And in my Closet-Conferences with them, they gave me the respective Accounts of themselves, which Follow. William Hale , or Haley , which last he said was his right Name, condemned for Stealing 15 pair of Worsted Stockings, value 40 s. out of the Shop of Mr. Thomas Rock , on the 23d of May last. He said he was 49 Years of Age, born in Fleetstreet in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West : That when he was grown up, and had received good Instruction, his Friends bound him to an Apothecary in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields , at the Corner House of Southampton-street in HighHolborn : That whereas he should (according to Custom and his Indenture) have Served 8 Years, he staid but 4 with his Master, and then left him: That soon after this he marry'd a Young Woman, Daughter to another Apothecary, then lately deceas'd, near Bow-streetEnd , over against Drury-lane in that Parish; where he left a good Shop, which he the said Haley managed a while for his Mother in Law: That being intrusted with this Business, he follow'd it for a time, and then went to the Service of the Crown under the late Reign, and belong'd above Years to the Marine Regiment , alternately in the Nassau and other 10 Men of War, especially the Association, which had then on board the Famed Sir Cloudesley Shovel : That after he had been 7 Years abroad, and most of them in the Streights, he sent to his Friends in London (who all that while knew nothing of what was become of him) to acquaint them, where, and in what Employment he was; That some few Years after this, the Regiment being broke, he return'd home, and marry'd a Second Wife, his First dying while he was at Sea: That as he had begun under his First Marriage, so he continued under this Second, to be very extravagant; and, That by such a loose way of living he had brought himself and his Family under great Straits, and given the Devil opportunity to take further hold on him, and tempt him more and more, so as to bring him from one degree of Sin to another. He confess'd, That he had very much neglected the Service of God, both private and publick: That he had been much addicted to Drunkenness and Idleness; and, That being so far advanced in the Way of a wicked Life, he could not at last withstand the temptation of committing the Crime he now stood condemned for, and freely own'd he was Guilty of; which he said was his first of this Nature; and of which and all other his Sins, he declared, he heartily repented; praying GOD for Mercy and Forgiveness through the Merits of CHRIST. Charles Hurst , alias Vanderhuys , which latter was his right Name, condemned for breaking open and entering into the House of Mr. Edward Cook , with an intent to rob it, on the 22d of May last. He said he was 22 Years of Age, born of very honest Parents in Brooks-Market in the Parish of St. Andrew in Holborn : That his Father was a great Master in the Art of History and all other Sorts of) Painting, but himself brought up to that of House-Painting only: That he had very good Business in Gentlemen's Houses and others, where he was at Work, and might have got well by it, had he always liv'd a Sober Life; but he did not: For this he confess'd, That he had been extreamly given to Excessive Drinking, making it his constant Practice at all times (in the Evenings and Nights especially) to go from one Tipling House to another, and there (very often without any Company inticing him to it) would be fuddling, and sometimes be so drunk as not capable of governing himself in the least: That by this loose way of living, he lost a great deal of time, which he might (if he would) have improv'd better, and at last brought his Trade next to nothing. He confess'd the Fact he stood condemn'd for; which he said he had not committed if he had been Sober then: Adding, That though he never took a Trial, nor indeed was brought to Justice before this time, yet he could not deny, but must needs acknowledge, That in his Drunken Fits, walking about in the Night, he would now and then steal such Linnen and Cloaths, as he saw hanging to dry (or any thing else he found) in Yards and Outward Parts of Houses; and this he did, not that he valued those Things at all, or made any advantage by them; but only out of a Frolick, and to please his merry Fancy. Upon this his Declaration, I endeavour'd to make him sensible, that those Actions were very unjust, and tho' he got nothing himself, yet others sustain'd Losses by them; and therefore he ought to repent of such Injuries thus by him done to his Neighbours, as well of all other his Sins, which I suppos'd were not a few. Here he confess'd, That (to his great Sorrow) he had been a vile Sinner: That besides those wicked Deeds, and the Fact he was now to suffer for, he was much Guilty of Prophaning the Lord's Day, omitting the Duty of Prayer, and keeping Company with dishonest Women, tho' he had left off this last Vice a pretty while ago, and hop'd he might at last by the Grace of God, have subdued all other his vicious Inclinations; saying, That sometimes in the midst of his great Extravagancies, he felt some Motions in him, awakening his Mind to a due Consideration of the dangerous Path he was walking in, and what it would at length bring him to: That this Consideration still grew stronger upon him, when he was in his cool moods; and, That when it happen'd that he went to Church, and attended to the Sermon, he often was melted and cry'd as a Child, being griev'd at his Heart for his presumptuous Offences both against his MAKER, and his Neighbour; But this being but a slight and transient Thought, which neither abode in him, nor made any due impression upon him (so as to bring him to a Thorough-Reformation of Life, he with the Dog to his Vomit, and the wash'd Sow to her wallowing in the Mire) soon return'd to his foul Practices. This Depravation of his Corrupt Nature, and all his Actual Sins flowing from it, and from the Temptations of Satan, and subtle Inticements of this wicked World, he now perceiv'd he had been miserably negligent in his Endeavours to oppose; which he greatly lamented: And as he own'd he had justly deserv'd this shameful Death, so he said, he willingly submitted to it; hoping that God his Heavenly Father, had appointed this Punishment for him in this Life for the prevention of a greater, and for his Fruition of Eternal Happiness in the next; and, That in this Hope he was more desirous, and would rather choose at this time to die, than live any longer here on Earth; where he might be tempted to Sin again, and not be in so good a Frame, nor so well prepared for his Dissolution hereafter, as he felt himself to be in now: For which great Mercy he thanked GOD, and fully relied upon his infinite Goodness in and through JESUS CHRIST for Pardon and Salvation. 3. William Johnson , Condemned for breaking open the House of Mr. Jacob Pullein , and stealing thence a Silver Cup, and two Silver Spoons, &c. on the 9th of June last. He said he was Eighteen Years of Age, born near the Three Cranes in Queen-street , London ; upon the Eighth Day of July, which proved the Day of his Tryal for, (and Conviction of) the Fact he was now to suffer, and by his free Confession justly condemned for: To which he added, That he was bound Apprentice to the said Mr. Pullein, and staid two Years and an half with him; and then went to Sea : That he served on board the Soleby, a Sixth Rate Ship Nine Months, on the Coast of Gibraltar , and being discharged from that Service in February last, did about two Months after that, return to his Trade of Silk-Dying , not to the same Master he had been bound Apprentice to, but to another, whom he served in the Capacity of a Journey-man , and was in that Service at the time when he robb'd his first Master, the said Mr. Pullein's House. As he freely owned the Crime he stood condemned for, so he acknowledg'd also, he had led a loose Life; and that his Disobedience to his good and pious Parents, who had taken care to bring him up in the Fear of God; his profaning the LORD's-Day, and neglecting the LORD's-Service, had been the Source of his Misery and falling under this sad Condemnation; yet he blessed GOD he was not altogether abandon'd; for he had refrained very much from Drunkenness and Swearing, and the actual foul Sin of Whoredom; and farther said, he heartily repented of all his Sins of Omission and Commission, protesting that he depended for Salvation upon the alone Merits of JESUS CHRIST, whom he embraced by Faith; hoping that (tho' by his departing from GOD, he had brought this Evil upon him, yet) for his Sake, and thro' his Mediation, who dy'd for all Penitent Sinners, he should (upon his Repentance, which he said he now found to be sincere) obtain Mercy, and be clear'd when he came to be judged. All these three Persons shew'd (and that early) very good Dispositions to Repentance and Amendment of Life; and so far as I could observe, gladly received, and carefully improved the Instructions that were given them, and were conducive thereto. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carry'd from Newgate in a Cart, I attended them for the last time: And after I had further exhorted them to lift up their Hearts to God; I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them rehearse after me the Apostles Creed; wishing them that Forgiveness of Sins, that Resurrection of the Body, and that Life Everlasting, which they had made Profession to believe; and finally recommending their Souls to the boundless Mercy of God, I withdrew from them; who declared that they dy'd in Charity with all the World, and desir'd the Spectators to pray for them. William Haley gave here an Account of himself, as in his Confession before; and he, and the two others advised all (especially Young People) to take Warning by their Fall, so as to avoid their own; and above all to keep themselves from profaning the LORD's-Day; to mind the Service of GOD, and be Obedient to their Parents. Which having said, they apply'd themselves to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allotted them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, calling earnestly upon GOD to receive their Spirit. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Penitents by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Wednesday, July 22d, 1719. ADVERTISEMENT. ROBERT WHITLEDGE , at the Bible and Ball in Ave-Maria-lane , Selleth all sorts of Bibles and Common Prayers, viz. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the SIX MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 8th of AUGUST, 1750. BEING THE Second EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble John Blachford , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER V. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and C. CORBETT, over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street, the only authorised Printers of the Dying Speeches. M.DCC.L. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER and TERMINER, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable JOHN BLACHFORD , Esq ; Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Lord Chief-Baron PARKER, Mr. Justice BURNET, Mr. Justice FOSTER, Mr. Baron CLIVE, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 11th, Thursday the 12th, Friday the 13th, and Saturday the 14th of July, in the twenty-fourth Year of his Majesty's Reign, ELY SMITH , HENRY WEBB , JOHN , otherwise DANIEL CARREL , SAMUEL COOK , JAMES TYLER , THOMAS WALLIS , BENJAMIN CHAMBERLAIN , and THOMAS CRAWFORD , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. Their Behaviour has been very decent and quiet, and at Prayers every Day in the Chapel there was the Appearance of Devotion in most of them, which is somewhat extraordinary; inasmuch, as for the most Part, these unfortunate People are ignorant, and quite illiterate; but these could all read, except only one, and were capacitated to make Use of the Book of Common-Prayer, and others fit for their Purpose. On Thursday, the second Instant, Mr. Recorder made the Report of the eight Malefactors to the Lords of the Regency, when they were pleased to order the six following for Execution, viz. Ely Smith , Henry Webb , Samuel Cook , James Tyler , Benjamin Chamberlain , and Thomas Crawford , on Wednesday the 8th Instant. John Carrel , and Thomas Wallis , for robbing the Reverend Mr. Rowe 's Servant of his Portmantle, &c. were respited till their Lordships Pleasure concerning them be farther known . Carrel has been a long Time at this Work, and very active in the Ways of Thievery and Robbery, having escaped from four Indictments in April Sessions last, the Evidence not being strong enough to convict him then, though guilty he was of all. Wallis, a poor unhappy Fellow, had been a Seaman for ten Years past, and came Home from the Indies with Admiral Boscawen. For want of knowing better, he spent all his Wages as fast as he could in Rioting and Drunkenness, and the Necessity and bad Company led him to be a Thief, and he luckily escaped, perhaps, with Transportation. 1, 2. Samuel Cook and James Tyler were indicted, for that they, in a certain Field, or open Place, near the King's Highway, on John Darnell did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, and taking from his Person five Shillings in Money number'd, the Money of the said John, June 14 . 3. Benjamin Chamberlain , was indicted, for that he, on the King's Highway, on George Powel , did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Metal Watch, Val. 40 s. one Pair of Silver Buckles, Val. 5 s. against the Will of the said George, from his Person did steal, take, and carry away, June 24 . 4, 5. Ely, otherwise Ely Smith , otherwise Horseface , and Henry Webb , were indicted, for that they, together with Ben the Coal-beaver, on Henry Smith did make an Assault on the King's Highway, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Hat, Val. 1 s. and one Steel Tobacco-Box, Val. 1 s. and one Shilling in Money number'd, from his Person, and against the Will of the said Henry, did steal, take, and carry away, June 9 . 6. Thomas Crawford , was indicted, for that he, on the King's Highway, upon Valentine Harris , did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Silver Watch, Val. 3 l. one Periwig, Val. 10 s. from his Person did steal, take, and carry away, July 5 . 1. SAMUEL COOK , aged 19, was born in the Parish of St. Luke's, Old-street , and at eight Years of Age was put to School in St. Stephen's, Wallbrook , where he learnt to read and write, and at 14 was, by a Society he says, bound out an Apprentice to a Rule and Mathematical Instrument-Maker , whom, he says, he served faithfully for about four or five Years, and then left him, through the Persuasion of evil Company. Had he made a good Use of the Introduction he had into the World, he might have done and lived very well, as he was now inclined to think; but his natural Inclination leaning towards Idleness and Debauchery, he presently listened to evil Counsellors, and gave into their Measures. Since he has left his Business, his Time has been taken up in going about Town, he says, selling Rabbets , and what the Seasons afforded, by Day, and at Night pilfering was his Trade, according to his own Account of himself. He was one of your little low-liv'd. Thieves, as he pretended, and that Hen-roosts, and stripping Hedges of Cloaths hung out to dry, was the utmost of his Practice. He persisted to declare, that he never offer'd to stop Man or Woman in his Life, and that the Crime, for which he was condemn'd to suffer, was unjustly and falsely sworn against him. However, he seem'd not much dejected at his Fate, nor ever expressed any great Concern, having for some Time expected no other. 2. JAMES TYLER , aged 20, was born in the Parish of Aldgate , never had any Schooling, nor was bound Apprentice; but says, he work'd about the Space of ten Years at the Business of Silver-spinning , for making Lace, and at last, for some pilfering Tricks, was turned out of that Employ. How he spent his Time for a Twelvemonth past, since he left his honest Employment, he could give no good Account, and therefore would scarce give any; but only said he employed, his Time, and hired himself out as a Labourer , in any Way he was capable of working, and with any one that would give him Work to do. His Mother, who came to see him, said, he was always a very dutiful Child, and as far as she knew very harmless; but no farther Account could she give of him; it was said too by some other that came to see him, that they never thought he would come to be hang'd, for that he appear'd not to have Spirit enough for any but little pilfering, thievish Tricks, which seemed rather to deserve whipping than a Gallows. He seemed to be a sly Sort of a down-looking Lad, which generally bespeaks a bad Mind, though not capable through natural Weakness to rise to any great Pitch of notorious Wickedness. He had Sense enough however to conceal his particular Thieveries, and only said, he had not been long concerned with Cook, though he had known him some two or three Years, as a labouring Person's Son in Golden-Lane . They had known one another, and kept Company for Years, but had never done any Thing till they were found out. They used to take a Walk together in the Fields, but never did any Harm, 'till at last they were seen to take a Shirt from a Hedge in Hackney , and being pursued, were over-taken; the Shirt they had some how hid, and could not be found, nor would they own the taking, or having of it, though the Owner thereof positively declared he saw Cook take it, and Tyler was just by his Side: However, they were both put into the Cage in Hackney Town , and continued there about three Hours. While Word was sent about the Town and Neighbourhood, where many little Thieveries had been committed, that if any body knew them, and could lay any Thing to their Charge, they might be brought to proper Punishment. Almost the whole Neighbourhood came to the Sight, and though several suspected them, none could lay any Thing particular to their Charge. At last came the Prosecutor for the Fact for whichthey suffered, who knew them, and as they were going before a Justice to be examined with respect to the Shirt, he followed them; and when the Examination was over about the Shirt, he informed the Justice, that Tyler was the Man, who robbed him between Dalston and Hackney , and the Oath being tendered, he swore to them both, and they were committed. He did the same at the Old Bailey, that Tyler took the Money, and shared it with Cook, upon which they were convicted, and suffer'd accordingly, though neither of them would own the Fact. 3. BENJAMIN CHAMBERLAIN , aged 28, was born near Clare-Market , and bred up to tolerable Education, so that he could read and write, and kept Accounts for his Parents, with whom he lived in the same Market for several Years. He hath lived, he says, with some Friend or other as a Journeyman Butcher , till within a Year or two past, since which Time he has lived in Idleness, and the mischievous Company of bad Women, Gamblers, Thieves, and Pickpockets. He lived among his Relations till they were all tired of his Ways of going on, but took Care to keep from them the Knowledge of what Company he kept; and though they complained of his staying out of Nights, and other little Irregularities that came to their Ears, yet they never suspected his being so notorious, or that he was a Companion of such People, as at last it appears he was, and has been perhaps longer than he chuses to own. After he had tired them with disturbing their Family, coming Home at all Hours in the Night; and perhaps they suspected some further Inconveniencies, if not Dangers, might ensue, they were so fond and indulgent as to hire a Lodging for him Abroad, where he was for some short Time tolerably free from Mischief, left their Watchfulness of his Ways might discover his Tricks. This lasted not long, but he procured Leave to take a Lodging for himself at their Expence, and when he wanted the Money, if not supplied by his own Craft, he used to apply to them for it. And where should this new Lodging be, but in Drury-Lane ! For he was become now so fond of his Company, mostly belonging to those Parts, that he could not bear to be absent Day or Night, because there he found Mistresses at his Pleasure, and Companions to go upon the Haunt whenever he pleased. But how should he keep this from his Friends? Being obliged to go to them often for Money, Enquiry was made where his Lodgings were, but to no Purpose: He always found some Excuse to bring himself off, that they might not know where it was, and he received some Favours from them while they thought him, as a Relation or Friend, a proper Person to assist, which helped his idle and extravagant Expences with Mistresses, and at Gaming, and when that was gone he must turn out for more. At last his Method of Life was discovered by his Benefactors, and when their Favours were therefore withdrawn, he was obliged to betake himself to Rapineand Plunder as Opportunity presented. And now having no farther Dependance upon his Friends and Well wishers, he must rely only on himself and Companions in Wickedness, and says he has been guilty of many Robberies within eight Months past, the Particulars of some of which he has related, but not the Whole, lest Reflections might be made, and thrown in the Dish of his Friends, as he said, who were kind, and used him better than he deserved at their Hands, and were quite ignorant of his wicked Courses during his being with them; and for ought he knows, after he entirely left their Company, and despised their good Admonitions, he was loath to expose the Multitude of his Villanies, but that they were many he would not deny in Capacity of Pickpocket, Street-Robber, and common Gambler. He behaved tolerably quiet in the general under his unhappy Circumstances, and could put on the Appearance of a sorrowful Countenance when he thought proper, or assume the affected Assurance, which these poor Wretches too frequently show, according to the Company he had about him. When he was talked to of the Errors of his past Life, nobody could seem more affected and sorrowful than he, but when his Back was turned, no-body could be more audacious. Being asked, whether in all his Pranks he had no Notion of being brought to Account, he said, while he was at Work no Thoughts molested him with regard to what was to come, but he always looked forward to the Hope of what he could get: He knew other in as much Danger as himself, and they went on longer undiscovered, and thought to do so still himself, as he said was the Case with most that he knew concerned in those wicked Ways. He was one of those who was taken up upon Account of the memorable Riot in the Strand ; but no Indictment was found against him. And though he escaped the Gallows but at last May Sessions, for want of sufficient Evidence only, (because the Guilt he owned to me) yet he could not take Warning; and was so ingenuous as to own, that he should have continued still this Way of Life, had he not been thus cut off, or by some Means put out of the Way. He entertained great Hopes before the Warrant came down, knowing he had Friends in the World; and though he had been a very bad Fellow, and concerned in various Robberies, and other Wickednesses, expected to get off at last for Transportation. He was a Man of a very hardened and undaunted Spirit, and continued so to the last. A particular Account of some of the Robberies in which he was concerned, will follow in the Sequel. 4. THOMAS CRAWFORD , aged 33, was born somewhere about the Minories ; he had Education enough to teach him to read and write, but was never brought up to any particular Trade. His Places of publick Resort were chiefly Ratcliff and Wapping , and was well known in Covent-Garden and Drury-Lane ; but his private Haunts were for long Time only known to himself and his Companions. He always bore the Character of a Gambler, &c. when on Shore; and when the Notoriety of his Villainies had made the Land too hot to hold him, he used to betake himself to Sea. It is generally said by those who knew him, and who came in Numbers to see him while under Sentence of Death, (being as well known as any one that has gone up Holborn-Hill for a long Time past) that scarce a Day of his Life passed when ashore, but he did somewhat deserving Transportation or Death; once, we are sure, he was transported, but staid not Abroad half his Time, and every one must allow he was now deserving the Fate he met with. Though he was fond of committing daily bad Actions in his Life-time, yet he was unwilling it should be published to the World after his Death; which I charitably suppose proceeded from the Man's having a Sense he ought not to have been guilty of these Things, or else, why should he think rather to keep the Knowledge of them from the World? And when a Man has a proper Sense of Sin, we have some Room to hope he will think it necessary to repent; and I am really sorry to say it, No-body that saw him since Conviction, that I ever heard of, could observe or mark any Signs of true Repentance in him, from his outward Behaviour, or from what he said to declare, his inward Sentiments. For he was sorry, he said: But for what? Not that he had been so notorious an Offender against the Laws of God and his Country, but that he was to be hanged. And when I pressed the Duty of Charity, and Good-will towards Men, he replied. How could he be in Charity with all Men, when a Man had falsely sworn away his Life! Strange! Wondrous strange! That a Man so near the End of his Days, just about to leap into Eternity, could be so wicked as to think, much more to say, a Thing so contrary to the Truth, and that Testimony which his own Conscience must bear to him. He was bred a Dissenter, and the Day before his Execution, some one, if not two of that Way of thinking, came in the Morning to have some Discourse with him. I wished them better Success with him than all I had and could say had met with; but what was the Result of their Conference I know not. They told me indeed, that Crawford and his Friends were afraid his former Transactions would be exposed to the World; which was what neither he nor his Friends did choose should be done. And we charitably hope, that this their Way of thinking proceeded from the same Motive as his own Reluctance at this Matter, viz. a Sense of what he had been doing being unjustifiable, not that it was improper the World should know it, whereby others might be prevented from taking Warning by the Example made in him, as the Justice of the Law required. That he hath been transported heretofore is very well known, and that he suffers justly the Sentence of the Law, the Circumstances of the Robbery committed July the 5th, 1749, and for which Mary Dymer was executed shortly after, will sufficiently evince to the World; to which I am obliged to look back and have Recourse, as Crawford her Accomplice will own nothing of the Matter. The said Mary Dymer had been an unhappy Girl, and was married at the Fleet to one Yeaman a notorious Fellow, and an Acquaintance of Crawfords. The poor Girl was used very ill by her Husband, and was obliged to get away from him, which she did after a little while. Then Crawford and she took it into their Heads to live together, and did so for some Months; till the fatal Night came, when having made her Drunk, obliged her by Threats to go out with him upon the Scout. They did so, and meeting the Prosecutor, Crawford first quarrelled with him for taking Notice of her, whom he called his Wife, they drank together all three, and before the Liquor was out the Prosecutor went out of the House, and they followed after; she stopt him, saying he should go no farther, while Crawford came behind, and in a cowardly Manner gave him five Blows, which brought him to the Ground on his right Knee, and stuned him for a while. During the Time she took the Watch out of his Pocket, and Crawford, like a Coward still behind him, took away his Wig. The Prosecutor swore very positively to Crawford, and having had a full View of his Face, while they were drinking together, and said, he could not be mistaken in the Man. Upon his Trial, he was so wicked as to bring several Persons to Attempt to prove an Alibi, but the Evidence was so strong against him, and his Defence by their Means in all they could do so weak, that the Jury very justly thought fit to bring him in guilty of the Robbery, and there is no Room left to complain that he suffered for it. The Morning before he was executed he thought proper to own the Fact, and the Justice of his Sentence. 5. ELY SMITH , aged 21, was born in Smithfield , in the Parish of St. Sepulchre , was bred to write and read, but never put Apprentice to any Business. He lived there with his Parents, till within this eight or nine Years, being always an unlucky Boy, and at last took to the Sea. He says, he was on Board one of the Navy Ships for five Years together, and underwent great Hardships during that Time, and when once he came ashore, resolved never to venter to Sea any more; and of the rest of his Life, he chose to be silent. He was a young Fellow of an undaunted Spirit, and would by no Means be ruled by his Friends Advice, who would have done any thing in their Power to serve him; but he had not Sense enough to make a proper Use of such an Advantage. He was always among loose and dissolute Company, and led most of his Days in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden , and other such Haunts of this Sort of People. About a Twelvemonth since, he had done somewhat to get into Bridewell , where he was confin'd some Time, and kept to hard Labour. His Father-in-Law made Interest, when he was about to be discharged to have him detain'd, 'till he could get a Ship going Abroad, in which he might send him off, fearing he might come to a bad End. Accordingly a Ship was provided, andSmith put on Board, with earnest Request made to the Master, that he might not be suffered to come on Shore. But all their Caution was to no Purpose, he being determin'd to go his own Way to work; so he sail'd in her as far as Gravesend , and the Wind proving contrary, the Ship was forc'd to drop Anchor, and while she staid there a Day or two, Smith found Means to make his Escape, and return'd to London to his old Company and Tricks. Various are the Robberies he has been concern'd in, and was very busy and active in all. He never went out without Arms, and made nothing of clapping a Pistol to a Man's Head, with bitter Oaths and Threats, endeavouring to intimidate. He had a Trick of pulling Men's Hats over their Eyes, and if the least Opposition was made, he immediately swore he'd blow out the Man's Brains. He remain'd harden'd to the last, and seem'd careless of every Thing but what was to become of his Body, and was busied in providing for the Disposal of it. A particular Account of most of his Robberies are in the subsequent Pages: 6. HENRY WEBB , aged 21, was born in Shoe-Lane , of reputable, tho' poor Parents, who gave him a tolerable Education in Reading and Writing, and he made some little Progress in Accounts, and when of proper Age, he was put Apprentice to a Watchmaker , who had the Misfortune to fail in the World, when Harry had serv'd but a very little Part of his Time; and he was turn'd over to another Person of the same Trade, where he behaved tolerably well, till he was, as he says, very ill used by his Mistress, which made him determine to leave their Service the first Opportunity, which soon offer'd, and he ran away, and as the Devil never fails to tempt young People, who give Way to Idleness and Extravagancy, he soon fell into bad Company, and by Degrees became a most wicked and profligate Wretch, giving himself up to all Manner of Debauchery and Wickedness, to support which, he first practised the Trade of picking Pockets, and by Degrees proceeded to attacking People on the Highway, and robbing them of their Property, for which he owns, he many Times deserved the Gallows before he arrived there; he has been concern'd in a great Number of Robberies with different Persons, and Pity it is to say, and much fear'd to be too true, that a Person whose Duty it was to teach him better, too much encourag'd him by a Participation of his ill-gotten Booty; he was concern'd with Smith, Chamberlain, and many others, in the Robberies hereafter mention'd, and was very active therein; so that it is for the Benefit of the Publick he was cut off so soon. A particular Account of some Robberies committed by Benjamin Chamberlain , Ely Smith , Henry Webb , and their Companions, in and about Chancery-Lane , Lincoln's-Inn-Fields , Holbourn , Fleet-Market , &c. for some Time past. THE Acquaintance of these Rogues commenced from their being Pickpockets together, and notorious ones they were in that Way, having been frequently taken up and committed to Bridewell on that Account; and several of them have been tried at the Old-Bailey , but had the good Luck to escape with only some slight Punishment, 'till at Length they agreed to turn out together in a higher Sphere of Life, and accordingly commenced Footpads or Street Robbers; and having provided themselves with proper Weapons, they ranged the Streets to meet their Prey, and several were the Victims that fell to their Lot. They committed a great Number of Robberies together, of which the following are only a Part, as taken from their own Mouths. They generally set out together pretty late in the Evening, after having sufficiently warm'd themselves with Gin, of which pernicious Liquor, according to their own Accounts, they drank large Quantities, hardly missing a Gin-Shop in their Walks; so that they were always ripe for any Mischief. The Robberies on which they were convicted, were those on Mr. Henry Smith in Bream's-Buildings in Chancery-Lane , and Mr. Charles Jones , under Castle-Yard , Holbourn . They gave pretty near the same Account as given by the Evidence, viz. That there were four of them set out together, from the Bricklayer's-Arms in George-Alley , near Fleet-Ditch , Saturday, June 9, about 12 o'Clock at Night, determined to rob any Person they could meet in a proper Place; and the first Person they attacked was a Gentleman near Lincoln's-Inn-Gate , by Portugal-Street ; they perceived a short Gentleman coming along, whom they all four immediately stopp'd, commanding him to stand, and deliver his Money and Watch; the Gentleman said he had no Watch, but gave them half a Guinea in Gold, and six or seven Shillings in Silver, and they let him go. After they had robbed this Gentleman, they walked directly down to Cary-Street , and so back towards Chancery-Lane , in Hopes of meeting with more Booty; and the Account they gave of their generally keeping near that Spot was, that as they knew there were several Clubs of Gentlemen at the Taverns, &c. about Fleet-Street, they expected and generally found a Booty from 'em; after they had robb'd the Gentleman as above, and had turn'd back to Chancery-Lane , they perceived a Person (which prov'd to be Mr. Smith the Prosecutor) walking over from the Watch-house towards Bream's-Buildings ,into which he turn'd, and they after him; and when he had got down the Steps towards Bond's Stables, they seiz'd him by the Collar, presenting their Pistols and pull'd off his Hat, which they held before his Eyes, and then took from him one Shilling, a Steel Tobacco-Box and his Hat, leaving him one of their's in Exchange, and then march'd off, and proceeded up Chancery-Lane , thro' Castle-Yard , at the End of which, towards Holbourn , they stopp'd Mr. Jones with their usual Politeness, seizing him by the Collar and covering his Face, they fell to riffling him, and took from him a Watch and some Silver; and thinking his Hat to be better than what they had taken just before from Mr. Smith, they exchang'd with him, leaving him Smith's in its Room, and left him, and did no more Robberies that Night, but went down Holbourn to Field-Lane , where they lay till between five and six in the Morning, and then went to a Jew in Duke's-Place and sold Mr. Jones's Watch. The next Night, they were again out looking for their Prey, and had walk'd up and down Chancery-Lane to little Purpose for some Time, when turning up Southampton-Buildings , they peceived a Gentleman going to ring at a Sadler's Door, they immediately seiz'd him and took from him a large Silver Watch, his Gold lac'd Hat, and about 8 or 9 s. and leaving him to get in Doors, proceeded Home and did no more Robberies that Night. The Tuesday Night following, coming along Cary-Street , they met a short Gentleman, and demanding his Watch and Money, he seem'd to smile and said, surely Gentlemen, you are only playing the Rogue with me, but they told him, no, no, they were playing the true Joke with him, and therefore insisted on his Money, which he gave them, to the Amount of about seventeen Shillings and Six-pence; and from thence they went thro' Lincoln's-Inn-Fields into Holbourn , and in a Street opposite the Bull and Gate stopp'd a Gentleman and two or three Women, from whom they took a large Watch and some Money, and then went Home. The Friday Night following, they again went towards Chancery-Lane , and so on to Cary-Street , where they attack'd a Gentleman, from whom they took a French Half Crown and some Half-pence; but, the Gentleman making an Outcry of Thieves, &c. they were oblig'd to disperse, and went Home without doing any more Robberies that Night. The next Night, they went out with the same Intent, but straying towards the Wells, they got so drunk as not to be able to stand themselves, much less to order others to stand; so that they went Home that Night without farther Mischief. The Monday Night after, as they were seeking their Prey, they met a Gentleman and a Lady in Chancery-Lane , to whom they gave their usual Salutation, and demanding their Money, &c. and from the Gentleman they took one Shilling, and from the Lady two Diamond Rings, the Diamond Rings it seems were at the Time of the Robbery secreted by one of the Rogues,who sold them to a Woman, Buyer of such Sort of Things, the one for 6 s. and the other for five Guineas, which was afterwards the Occasion of a Quarrel among themselves, and had lik'd to have verified the old Proverb, when Rogues fall out, honest Folks come by their own; but they some how made it up among themselves, and the Thursday Night following they went out again, and in Cary-Street they stopt a Gentleman, from whom they took two Shillings and some Halfpence, but the Gentleman calling out, several People came to his Assistance, and a Man having seiz'd fast Hold of one of the Rogues, he was just drawing his Pistol in order to shoot him through the Head, when he was rescued by one of his Companions, and thereby the Man's Life saved; notwithstanding this narrow Escape, they stopp'd a Gentleman immediately after near the Bottom of Chancery-Lane , from whom they took twenty-two Guineas, and two half Guineas; they did not long reign after this; for one Night being out looking for their Booty, two of them were taken by Mr. Bennet the Constable, near the Star-Inn , and being carried the next Morning before Justice Fielding, Mr. Smith was informed thereof, and coming before the Justice immediately swore to the Identity of their Persons, and was bound over to prosecute, which he did accordingly, and one of his Companions, who was also taken, being made an Evidence against them, they were justly sentenc'd to suffer for their Crimes. A particular Account of the Robberies done by Benjamin Chamberlain , a noted Thief, who has been several Times tried at the Old-Bailey , particularly last May Sessions; when he was tried on the Evidence of Thomas Applegate , for robbing Abraham Maddocks , of a Pinchbeck Metal Watch with a Tortoise-shell Case, Value 3 l. a Stone Seal set in Gold, and a Silk Handkerchief, Value 2 s. when the Jury, not crediting the Evidence of Applegate, acquitted him. ALthough he had been guilty of many subaltern Crimes, such as picking Pockets, stealing from Shop-Windows, and the like, he does not give any Account of his commencing Street Robber till last March, when he says, in Company with another Person, and a Whore of his, one Saturday Night they robb'd a Man in Fleet-Market of a Pair of Pumps, Eighteen-Pence, and his Hat and Wig; and the same Evening about Eleven, near the Corner of Black-Horse-Alley , in Fleet-Street , attack'd a Man, whom they robb'd of Half a Guinea in Gold, three Shillings and Six-pence in Silver, and his Hat and Wig; and proceeding on towards Temple-Bar , robb'd another Person near the End of Sheer-Lane of some Silver, his Silver Buckles, and his Hat and Wig; and from thence went on to T. Sm - l - d's, where they met four others of the same Class, and drank till Day-Light. This Chamberlain look'd on as a good Beginning in his new Method of Life, and therefore determin'd to follow it, and accordingly the next Night met one ofhis Companions at the same Place, and set out upon their Adventures, and the first Person that presented to them as proper to attack, was a Footman, at the Corner of Serle-Street , by Lincoln's-Inn , whom they commanded to deliver; but he being resolute, and having a good Horsewhip in his Hand, laid about him very briskly, and paid them handsomely; nevertheless, they got from him his Watch, and Chamberlain snatch'd off his Hat, but People beginning to come about, they were glad to escape with the Loss of both their Wigs, without making any other Booty. This warm Reception made them a little sick of the Lay, and they return'd Home, and the next Evening they set out from George-Alley , determin'd on the pickpocketing Scheme, being afraid they should meet with another Drubbing-bout, and accordingly pick'd several Pockets in Fleet-Street ; at the End of Fetter-Lane , Chamberlain diving into a Gentleman's Pocket, got out a Silver Snuff-Box, which in the Hurry slipp'd thro' his Fingers, but at the same Instant he says to his Companion, Have a Care, Jack, I have dropp'd my Knife, and stooping down pick'd up the Box and and march'd off, without any Discovery. Being flush'd with this Success, they agreed, if a proper Opportunity offer'd, to attempt the other Business again; and accordingly turning up Chancery-Lane , they stopp'd a Gentleman, from whom they took four Shillings and Seven-pence, a Knife, a Tobacco-Box, and Handkerchief; they intimidated him by presenting to him a short Stick, which in the Dark, they made him believe was a Pistol, threatning to blow out his Brains; from thence they went on to Carey-Street , where they robb'd a Gentleman of seven Guineas and fourteen Shillings, and was going to take from him a Gold Ring, which he begg'd they would not insist upon, as it was a Ring he had a very great Regard for, and told them, they might even strip him or do what they pleased, rather than take that Ring from him; they at length complied with his Intreaty, and left him contented with taking from him his Money only, and for that Night went Home. The next Night they met at a Night-Cellar, and from thence set out, armed with Pistols and Cutlasses, and in Carey-street met with a Gentleman, from whom they took fourteen Guineas in Gold, one Shilling in Silver, and a Pinchbeck Metal Watch; from thence strolling up to Holborn , they stopp'd a Gentleman, and robbed him of two Guineas and an Half in Gold, and five Shillings and Six-pence in Silver; and then content with their Evening's Work, went Home, and did not go out again till the Friday following; when meeting at Madam H - s's, who kept a Bawdy-House in a Court near Temple-Bar , after spending liberally their ill-gotten Gains, they determined to set out again, in Search of fresh Adventures, and meeting two Gentlemen, presented their Pistols, and demanded their Money; the Gentlemen desir'd they would not abuse them, and they would give them what they had; accordingly one of them delivered five Guineas, telling them it was all he had, except a little small Silver; and the other gave them eight Guineas; and from both of them they took their Watches, one with a Gold Seal, and the other with a Brass and Silver Seal, one of which had the Impression of an Eagle, and then left them, and went Home, and for several Nights after went out on the same Account, though not with the same Success. One Night, however, a little Time after the above Robbery, they went as far as Covent-Garden , and under the Piazza's robbed a Gentleman of 23 Guineas, in a green Purse, and a small Silver Watch, with two Silver Seals; they took from him likewise two Handkerchiefs, one of which contained a Quantity of some West-India Drug, which the Gentleman told them the Name of, but they have forgot it. After this Booty, they did not go out again for near a Week, till the Money was pretty well exhausted; for such Fellows generally fulfill the Proverb of lightly come lightly go, and always spend their ill-gotten Gains in a most prosuse, wicked, riotous Manner, as these Fellows always did: After their Money was pretty well gone, they agreed to turn out together, and taking their old Walk, they robbed a Gentleman in Carey-Street of 22 Shillings and Two-pence, and two Handkerchiefs, one a Silk, and one a Linnen one. The next Night the two Companions fell out at Gaming, and had almost gone together by the Ears; but one of them wisely foreseeing that the carrying their Quarrel to too great a Length might be attended with bad Consequences to one or other, or both, made such Concessions as quieted Chamberlain, and all was calm again, and they agreed to go out together; and accordingly that Evening they seized a Gentleman in Portugal-Street , and demanded his Money; he gave them four Guineas and an Half; they told him that would never do, and asked him, if he could not double the Cape; upon which he gave them thirteen Guineas more, which did not yet satisfy them, as thinking he concealed some Part still behind; they then began to swear and curse, and threatned to blow out the Gentleman's Brains, &c. if he did not instantly deliver the Remainder; but he protesting to them that he had no more Gold, and only four Shillings and Six-pence in Silver, they bid him keep that, and they went on, and in Holborn met two Gentlemen with Swords on; Chamberlain was fearful of attacking them, but being encouraged by his Companion, they drew their Pistols, and went resolutely up, demanding their Money; which the Gentlemen quietly surrendered, to the Amount of about forty-three Shillings; they left them their Swords, as thinking, by the Light of the Lamps, they were only Brass Mounting. The next Night they travelled up and down till near Day-light, without meeting with any Person they thought proper to meddle with, till at length they perceived two Gentlemen coming along near the Black Swan Inn in Holborn , whom they determin'd to attack; and accordingly they presented their Pistols, demanding their Watches and Money, or they were dead Men. One of the Gentlemen drew a Cutlass, with Design to defend himself, but cocking their Pistols, and with several Imprecations, swearing they would blow out his Brains, he thought proper to desist, and they delivered their Money and Watches; from one of them they took seventeen Guineas, and a Gold Watch, and from the other nine Guineas, and a Silver Watch. This Booty lasted some time before they went out again, but at length it came into their Minds again to venture; but having left their Arms, Pistols, &c. some Nights before, as far off as Shoreditch , they thought it too far to go for them, and therefore determined to venture without; and the first Persons they attacked were a Gentleman and a Footman in Carey-Street ; they struck the Gentleman a Blow under the Ear, who immediately made an Outcry, which brought some Watchmen to his Assistance; but on Chamberlain and his Companions pulling out their Knives, and threatening, if they did not directly march about their Business, d - n their Eyes if they would not dispatch them; and making a Shew as if they were coming at them, the Watchmen fled, and they robbed the Gentleman of seven Guineas and his Watch, after beating and abusing him very much, and from the Footman they took four Shillings and his Watch, and marched off. The next Night, in Carey-Street , pretty near the same Spot, they robbed another Gentleman, from whom they took fifteen Shillings and Six-pence, and went quietly off. As these Gentry will sometimes sink upon each other, that is, secrete some Part of the Booty from his Companion, these two agreed, to prevent Suspicion of either Side, that theywould always meet together after the Business of the Night was over, and divide the Spoil, and accordingly they generally returned to a House in Plough-Court in Holborn , where they stripp'd and search'd each other carefully, and then divided Share and Share alike. The Watches and other Moveables they always sold together, and divided the Money on the Spot. Though we have only given, as above, an Account of the Robberies of Camberlain, in Concert with a particular Companion, yet, as we premised at the Beginning of our Narrative, he was a notorious Thief, and has been concerned with many other Rogues, and done a great Number of Robberies, which he did not care to give a particular Account of, as some of his Companions concerned therein are not yet taken. The Robbery, for which he was hang'd, was done by him and three more of his Companions (two of whom are not yet taken, and one was admitted an Evidence) on the 24th of last June, about one in the Morning; they met Mr. Powel near Lincoln's-Inn-Gate in Chancery-Lane , whom they robb'd of a Pinchbeck Metal Watch, in a Shagreen Case, and an enamelled Dial-plate, Value 40 s. (which they sold for 25 to a Jew) and a Pair of Silver Buckles, Value 5 s. for which Robbery he was justly prosecuted, and deservedly executed. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. ON Wednesday Morning the 8th Instant, about half an Hour after 8 o'Clock, Samuel Cook , James Tyler , and Benjamin Chamberlain in one Cart, Ely Smith , Henry Webb , and Thomas Crawford in another, went from Newgate to the Place of Execution, where they behaved with a good deal of Undauntedness, and soon after Prayer, were turned off. Crawford talk'd some Time with a Friend at the Side of the Cart, who got up into it, and took what Money he had out of his Pocket by his Direction. Chamberlain desir'd a Friend that stood by to give his Love to Betty, and to let her see him after he was dead. The rest said nothing, only Smith called to a Man in the Crowd, and bid him adieu. Three Hearses attended for Crawford, Chamberlain, and Smith, and a Coach for Webb; the other two were carried away in a Cart. Chamberlain, just as the Cart moved, being about to move the Noose from behind his Neck under the left Ear, and feeling the Motion would put a Stop to his Design, cry'd out, Hold! Hold! Avast! and was turn'd off. After they had hung up above Half an Hour, their Bodies were cut down one after another, and delivered to their Friends, to be disposed as they thought fit. The whole Procession from Newgate to Tyburn was with the utmost Decency and Order; nor was there the least Commotion during the whole Ceremony of the Execution, proper Care being taken, and sufficient Assistance provided to keep the Populace in Awe, and to guard against, or put a Stop to any Disturbance that might possibly arise. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE's ACCOUNT of the Confession, Behaviour, and Dying Words, OF Benjamin Johnson , otherwise Millison , AND JOSEPH JERVIS , Who were executed at TYBURN , On Thursday, the 19th Day of April, Inst. For Burglary in the House of Doctor Evans, at Knight's-Bridge , the 24th of January, 1770. AND OF Thirteen other Malefactors, who were hanged at Tyburn , on Wednesday, the 16th of May Inst. for various Burglaries, and Robberies on the Highway. BEING THE Third and Fourth EXECUTIONS in the SECOND MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . WILLIAM BECKFORD , Esq; LORD-MAYOR of the City of LONDON. Number II. and III. in the Year 1770. LONDON: Sold by J. KINGSBURY, Stationer, N° 47, Tooley-Street, Southwark; S. BLADON, N° 28, Pater-noster-Row; Mess. ARMITAGE and ROPER, at Bishopsgate, and T. WADE, Bookseller, the Corner of Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE's ACCOUNT of the Confession, Behaviour, and Dying Words, &c. BY virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery, holden for the city of London, and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall, in the Old-Bailey , before the Right Hon. William Beckford , Esq; Lord Mayor of the city of London , Sir Joseph Yates , one of his Majesty's Judges of the court of King's Bench , Sir Will. Blackstone , Knt. one of his Majesty's Judges of the court of Common Pleas , James Eyre , Esq; Recorder of the City of London , and others of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the said city and county, and general gaol delivery of Newgate, on Wednesday the 21st, Thursday 22d, Friday 23d, Saturday 24th, and Monday 26th of February, 1770, in the tenth year of his Majesty's reign, Benjamin Johnson , otherwise Millison , and Joseph Jervis , were capitally convicted for burglary; and five others for various offences. On Thursday, the 12th of April, the report was made to his majesty, by James Eyre , Esq; Recorder of the city of London , when Millison and Jervis were ordered to be executed on Thursday the 19th; the other five were respited during pleasure, three of whom have since received his majesty's most gracious pardon, on condition of being transported for life. Benjamin Johnson , otherwise Millison , and Joseph Jervis , were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Evans , of Knights-Bridge , on the 24th of January 1770, between the hours of one and two in the morning, and stealing a shaving box, value 1s. two razors, value 1s. one razor strop, value 3d. a pair of black leather breeches, value 5s. and six pair of mens shoes, value 6s. the property of said Thomas; and one cloth coat, one pair of silver knee buckles, and three yards of Irish linen, value 6s. the property of William Burton , in the dwelling house of the said Thomas. To this indictment they pleaded not gilty, and for trial put themselves on God and their country. Johnson, otherwise Millison, alledged in his defence, that for some former provocations, the evidence swore he would be revenged on him; that he gave two guineas for the coat and breeches, to an acquaintance of the evidence Tibbs. Jervis said in his defence, that he was quite innocent of the charge; that his acquaintance with the evidence was very slight; that it was all spite for his shewing some civility to a person he calls his wife; that he, Tibbs, brought the things to his lodgings, that were found there. On the evidence of Tho. Evans , William Burton , John Tibbs the accomplice, and others, Millison and Jervis were found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and were sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. The account given by Benjamin Johnson , otherwise Millison , of himself, is as follows: That he was born in the town of Newbery , reared and educated by his grandfather, who was a brazier , from whom he partly learned his trade. Some time after his grandfather's death, he was taken into work by the man who succeeded his grandfather in business; during which time his grandmother took very good and proper care of him, till at the age of fifteen years, he, thinking the life of a valet de chambre less laborious, and better suited to his disposition and temper of mind, entered into the service of a gentleman, with whom he lived some time; and afterwards in the same station with Mr. Evans, where he got acquainted with Tibbs the evidence, as being the barber who usually attended there: That after he left Mr. Evans, Tibbs often proposed to him, to be an accomplice in pilfering, stealing, defrauding, and robbing, and often mentioned Mr. Evan's house, as well known to them both, and consequently better suited to their design than a stranger's; all which he as often refused to be any ways engaged in: till at length his money was all expended, and being out of employ, without any view or even desire of seeking a livelihood or support, by honest industry and labour, having for some little time before lived a lew'd idle life, with the most depraved of the female sex, he listened to Tibb's often urged and repeated proposals. That though young (being now only eighteen years old) giddy, gay, sprightly, and fond of company, particularly such as, in general, are the ruin of every young man, he never was guilty of any illegal offence before; and even this he would not have committed, were he not much heated with liquor at the time, having resisted many former temptations from Tibbs. While under sentence of death, he sometimes shewed himself adicted to strong passions, and levity of behaviour; and had sanguine hopes of obtaining his majesty's most gracious pardon. But when the death warrant came to Newgate , he behaved with great devotion and penitence, and shewed a thorough sense of the dreadful situation which his ill conducted life had brought him to. At the place of execution he hoped and prayed earnestly to God, that his fate might be a warning to all young men to avoid bad company, particularly lew'd and idle women, who were principally the cause of his unhappy end; that he most sincerely lamented his past sins and wickedness, and died in peace and forgiveness with all mankind, as he earnestly begged and desired the same from God, who he then hoped would have mercy on his soul. Joseph Jervis , now aged about twenty years, says, he was born of honest and industrious parents, in the town of Newbery , and by them reared up and instructed in the knowledge of religion and virtue: that he was, when fourteen years old, bound to the Wool-combing business , at which he served 5 years, and then wrought journeyman with his master one year. At the end of which he came to London , hoping to be employed to better advantage, where, through his connection with Millison, his townsman and fellow-companion, he got acquainted with Tibbs the evidence, who often invited Millison and him to commit offences less criminal in the eye of the law, than this for which he is now to suffer, and which he often refused, till all his money was expended; and being out of employ, without any visible means of supporting life, he at last listened to his proposals, and consented to go with him to rob; but did not particularly know where, or whom, till brought by him and Millison to Mr. Evans's, at Knights-Bridge : that Tibbs and Millison went into the house first, and he followed them: that he always before lived an honest sober life, and though not fond either of drink or gaming, yet he doth attribute his ruin in a great measure to the company of immodest women, who inticed him to spend more money than he could earn in an honest way; and to squander his time, particularly the sabbath day, in idleness and sin: that he verily believes Tibbs decoyed him to his unhappy end, for the sake of the reward, having, without any cause or suspicion against himself, informed, after he induced him to be an accomplice in his scheme; and therefore thinks it a duty incumbent on him, to declare to the public, that Tibbs, who is a barber and hair dresser , makes it his constant study to decoy the thoughtless and unwary into various wicked and unlawful practices, for the above purpose; and that his dismal fate should be a sufficient caution to all young men, not to get into acquaintance and connections, before the real characters of those whom they associate be thoroughly known: that by his acquaintance with Millison, he was introduced into the company of Tibbs; and notwithstanding he was often advised by his friends not to associate with Millison, who bore the character of an idle, thoughtless young man, and which he himself was in some measure sensible of, yet, such were his attachments to his countryman and town's-fellow, that every remonstrance availed but little; the effects of which he felt when too late to be amended. His behaviour from his trial to his death, was very decent, and becoming his miserable situation; he was steady, serene, and composed, and bore his fate with Christian patience and resignation, without murmur or exclamation, to the last moment of his life. BY virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery, for the city of London and county of Middlesex, held at Justice-hall, in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 25th Thursday 26th, Friday 27th, Saturday 28th, Monday 30th of April, and Tuesday the 1st of May 1770, before the Rt. Hon . William Beckford , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London , Sir Richard Adams , Knt. one of his Majesty's Barons of the Court of Exchequer , James Eyre , Esq; Recorder , and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the said city and county, and general gaol delivery of Newgate, in the tenth year of his Majesty's reign; the following named persons were capitally convicted, viz. Job Parker , Thomas Gahagan , William Lewis , James Ford , otherwise Dunn , Tho. Crookhall , William Miller , Tho. Bowers , John Green , Samuel Clark , James Newman , Shepherd Strutton , Will. Oglivie , and John Wood , all of whom were executed. Also Will. Garnous , Joseph Cox , John Deacon , Charles Chatterly , James Newland , John Kellyhorn , Edward Holmes , James Lee , John Munro , Thomas Bevin , Thomas Fordham , Sarah Page , Catherine Goodwin , Mary Allaway , Elizabeth Talbot , Elizabeth Soddy , and Hannah Riddal , who were respited. On Friday, the 12th of May 1770, the report of the said malefactors was made to his majesty, by James Eyre , Esq; Recorder of the city of London , when the 13 first named were ordered to be executed on Wednesday the 16th of May 1770, and the other 17 were respited during his majesty's pleasure. James Ford , otherwise Dunn , William Miller , and Tho. Crookhall , were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Marten Yorke , Esq ; on the 12th of March, about the hour of one in the morning and stealing fourteen silver table spoons, ten silver tea spoons, six desert spoons, a silver soup spoon, four silver sauce spoons, a silver tea strainer, a pair of silver tea tongs, four silver salts, four silver salt spoons, two silver half pint mugs, a silver cream pot, three pair of silver candlesticks, 2 pair of metal candlesticks, a silver coffeepot, a silver saucepan, a silver fish trewel, a silver stove dish and cover, five silver waiters, four silver butter boats, a silver cup, a silver bread basket, a silver punch ladle, a silver punch strainer, two silver sugar basons and covers, two small silver candlesticks, a pair of silver snuffers, 2 filligrane essence boxes, the property of the said Marten Yorke , Esq ; in his dwelling-house, valued at 147l. 12s. To this indictment they pleaded not guilty, and for trial put themselves on God and their country. Ford said in his defence, that a young man asked him to spend four-pence halfpenny; that going home late, Colby and Crookhall met him. Miller said, if he was locked out, he should lie along with him; they took him into Grovenor Square ; Miller stopped to ease himself; he staid and talked with him; Colby and Crookhall went away, and he saw them no more. Miller said in his defence: when first taken up, he was brought before Mr. Welch, who, seeing him have a guinea, said to him, that if he would back Colby's evidence, he would make that one guinea ten, and the washer woman should not say any thing about him; and that he should have his liberty if he would give evidence the next sessions; and that if he would not back Colby's evidence, he would send him to Newgate , and bind the other people to prosecute: but that he was as innocent as the child unborn. Crookhall's defence was: that he was an evidence against Colby and John Underwood last sessions, at which time he had surrendered himself; that meeting Colby one morning afterwards, Colby asked what business he had to be an evidence against him? to which he replied, that he did not choose to go on that way any longer; after some conversation, Colby took him to his room, where Sir John Fielding 's men took them up, and that Colby had done this to take away his life, out of spite. On the evidence of Marten Yorke , Esq ; Mary Simpson , Peter Gobey , John Colby an accomplice, Mary Lane , Mary Willson , and John Kenny , they were all three convicted of the charge laid in the indictment, and sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. The account given by James Ford , William Miller , and Thomas Crookhall , of themselves, is as follows: That they were all born in the county of Middlesex , and bred to different trades; Ford, aged 19 years, a plaisterer ; Miller, aged about 20, a coach carver ; Crookhall, aged 17, a cabinet maker : and by their parents, who were honest and industrious people, educated suitable to their condition, and instructed in the ways of their religion. They confessed being guilty of the crime for which they were then to suffer; as also many other offences, for which they deserved equal punishment; and as they sincerely repented, hoped for mercy and forgiveness from God. Passing the sentence of the law on the unhappy convicts, gave Miller such a shock, as to render him incapable either of attending chapel, or declaring any thing to be understood. Crookhall (of the communion of the church of Rome ) and not under any obligation to make discoveries to me, would not, consequently, relate any thing particular. Ford says, Miller and he were first seduced by Colby, the evidence against them, and Crookhall, old offenders: that from a natural abhorrance to their bad practices, he often endeavoured to disengage himself from any farther connection or acquaintance with them, with which view he went to work into the country for some time; but on his return to town, they so constantly pressed him with unwearied solicitations, that all resolution yielded to their persuasions; which soon brought him to this untimely and most shameful end, which he sincerely prayed might be a warning to every unguarded youth, not to suffer themselves to be led away from the paths of virtue, either by bad example, or the power of words, if they be desirous to avoid the snares of death, which have now laid fast hold of him. William Ogilvie , Shepherd Strutton , and John Wood , were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of George Nares , Esq ; on the first of March 1770, about the hour of two in the morning, and stealing a pair of diamond ear-rings, set in gold, value 100l. one armethyst ring, set round with diamonds, value 5l. one large silver ink stand, value 10l. a plain gold ring, value 5s. one pair of silver shoe-buckles, value 5s. two mourning rings, value 10s. a silver medal, value 2s. a 36s. piece, two two-guinea pieces, three guineas, three half guineas, two 5s. 3d. pieces, two silver three pences, two silver two-pences, two purses, made of silk and worsted, value 1s. the property of the said George Nares . To this indictment they pleaded not guilty, and for trial put themselves on God and their country. On the evidence of George Nares , Esq ; the prosecutor, John Bagnel , the accomplice, and others, they were found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and were sentenced by the law, to be hanged by the neck till dead. William Ogilvie , aged 16 years, Shepherd Strutton , aged 19, and John Wood , aged 18 years, confess that they were guilty of the burglary in Serjeant Nares's house, and many others. That they sold every thing they robbed from him to John M'Guines , who immediately broke up the diamond earrings, and sold some of the sparks, together with the gold rings, silver stand, &c. which he first melted down. That the amethyst ring, and the remainder of the diamonds, he still has. For all which he gave them twenty-two guineas; and the ready cash they got in the house, was divided immediately among them, and John Bagnel the accomplice and evidence. They seemed very penitent, and sincerely promised, if it was the will of God, and the pleasure of their most gracious sovereign, to spare their lives, that their future behaviour should be a testimony of their unfeigned thanks and gratitude to the most merciful of princes, for whose welfare and prosperity they most ardently prayed; hoping that God would forgive them their offences, as they sincerely forgave all mankind, not excepting even those who prosecuted them to death. Notwithstanding it has been falsely asserted, by an intruding, busy, and unqualified zealot, that by his intercession, mediation, and proper explanation of the Gospel, they were brought to such disposition and divine temper of mind. William Lewis was indicted for making an assault on Tho. Langfor , on the King's highway, puting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person a silver watch, value 40s. one half guinea, and 5s. 3d. piece, the property of said Thomas Langfor . To this indictment he pleaded not guilty, and for trial put himself on God and his country. He urged in his defence, that he was in bed at home, in Shadwell , the time this robbery was committed. On the evidence of Tho. Langfor , the prosecutor, he was found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and was sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. The account given by him is; that he was then about twenty-two years old, born in Wales , and bred a plaisterer ; that he wrought at his trade these five last years with one master, diligently and honestly; and that he could, if he had known or imagined his trial was to come on at the Old Bailey the day and time it did, have proved his innocence, and could have produced several persons to his character. He denied being gilty of the crime for which he was condemned, or any other offence to deserve the judgment of the law. That he was taken up for the riot at William Hill 's, which arose on Hill's refusing to give any beer to Thomas Robinson and Thomas Gahagan , in whose company he was, from a certain dislike Hill had to them; and which he before was a stranger to. He prayed to God to forgive the person who had so falsely swore to to him, as he himself sincerely did; and hoped God would forgive him all his sins, and have mercy on his soul, as he was innocent and clear of the crime for which he was to die. Samuel Clark and John Green , were indicted for making an assault on James Isnell , on the King's highway, puting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person a gold watch, with outside case metal, value 5l. and four-pence halfpenny in money, numbered, the property of the said James. To this indictment they pleaded not guilty, and for trial put themselves on God and their country. Clark in his defence said; that he could produce witnesses to prove where he was at the time the robbery was committed; that he bought the watch for three guineas and a half, of a sailor; that he told them so when asked about it, and also told them where he pawned it. On the evidence of James Isnell , the prosecutor, Thomas Gregg , and John Reynolds , Samuel Clerk was found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. The account given by Samuel Clark of himself, is as follows: that he was aged 21 years, born at Rhode Island , and bred to the sea ; came to England , about the latter end of August last, where he met with John Green , formerly a shipmate of his; that being then discharged from the ship on board of which he sailed lately from the East Indies , he was invited by Green to lodge in the same apartment with him, which he accordingly did, little suspecting that Green lived by the unjust and dishonest means, which has brought them to a most shameful death, that he got the watch from Green, as payment for some money which he lent him: that he bought the pistols to carry to India , being determined to go on board the first ship that was to sail for that country; that Green had access to his chest, and often used to take the pistols out, under the pretence of trying them, and sometimes without his knowledge; that having lent and expended all his cash, he went to pawn the watch given him by Green, which was immediately stopped, in consequence of which both Green and he were taken up; that Green always pleaded innocence to him, and that he obtained the watch honestly, till after their conviction; when he then told him of the course of life which he lived, and much lamented the misfortune he brought upon them. Clark to his last moment said he was innocent, and seemed to think it very hard that he should loose his life for an offence which he never was guilty of. Samuel Clark and John Green were a second time indicted for making an assault on Thomas Metcalf , on the King's highway, and taking from his person a metal watch, with a Tortoise-shell case, value 4l. two half guineas, one 5s. 3d. and two shillings in money, numbered; the property of the said Thomas. To this indictment they pleaded not guilty, and for trial put themselves on God and their country. Green said in his defence, that he bought the watch of a jew, in East Smithfield , for two guineas and a half; there were several of his ship-mates by at the time, but that they were since gone to sea. Clark's defence was, that he lent the money to Green to buy the watch, but he did not see him buy it; he said he bought it from a jew, for two guineas and a half. On the evidence of Tho. Metcalf , John Reynolds , John Panton , and John Brown , Green was found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. The account given by John Green of himself, is as follows; that he was twenty-three years of age, born in New-York , of reputable parents, who gave him an education proper for the sea service , to which he was bred. That till within these fifteen months, he lived a very regular and well behaved life, when idle women were his first bane, and the cause of his ruin; that he was not in distress for money, but being desirous to have it in plenty, the better to supply his extravagancies, formed a resolution to himself, to become a highway robber, in which he was seconded by another person, whose name he would not divulge, but affirmed it was not Clark. He confessed he committed the robbery for which he died, with many others; that he was the person who took the watch out of Mr. Isnell's pocket, while another held a pistol to his breast, of which he declared Clark was intirely innocent, and which Clark's confession, behaviour, and manner under his unhappy circumstance, seemed very strongly to announce; while Green professed his dispair of obtaining the mercy of God, on account of his many henious crimes, particularly being the cause of an innocent man's death, and his great apprehension of being unworthy of God's forgiveness, which he most earnestly prayed for, and constantly attended the duties of the chapel and private prayer, with much reverence and devotion; till the grace of God, co-opperating with the minister's best endeavours, in expounding the Gospel and holy Scriptures, calmed his mind, and gave him reason to hope for better things at the hands of Almighty God. In assurance of which he at last desired to have the Holy Sacrament administered unto him, which he constantly received afterwards till his death. Thomas Bowers and James Newman , with others, were indicted for making an assault on Benjamin Hall , on the King's highway, and taking from his person a pen knife, value 1s. three guineas, one half guinea, a 5s. 3d. piece, 168 copper half pence, value 7s. and 16s. in money, numbered, the property of the said Benjamin Hall . To this indictment they pleaded not guilty, and for trial put themselves on God and their country. Bowers alledged in his defence, that he was very innocent of what was laid to his charge. Newman, in his defence said, it was very hard that the prosecutor should now swear to him, and could not do it at Sir John Fielding 's; that he had not been on shore five weeks these five years. On the edivence of Benjamin Hall and John Paggett , they were found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. Thomas Bowers , aged 27 years, born at Plymouth , and brought up to the sea , said, that his real name was Thomas Alderman , but assumed the name of Bowers to answer the purpose of screening him in the bad designs and acts, which he lately had been notoriously guilty of, in many and various ways, viz. robbing on the Keys, on the highways, and ships on the river, and committing any other villany that his evil genius could devise. That he was at first seduced and led into all his evil courses of sin and wickedness, by one Charles Waver , who he believes follows the same way of life. During the time of his conviction, he sometimes behaved, particularly in chapel hours, with seeming great decency and devotion; and at other times quite the reverse, exclaiming against the hardships and severities of a prison life, in close confinement, and with what satisfaction he would instantly die, could he but vent his anger and resentment on his keepers. But being at last, by proper argument, convinced of the uncharitableness, and evil consequences attending such a temper and disposition of mind, he appeared very sensible of his situation in this world, and the terrible judgments threatened against the ungodly and impenitent in the next, which he hoped would not, and most earnestly prayed might not, be his portion hereafter. James Newman , aged twenty-five years, was born in Dublin , of honest industrious parents, who having first instructed him in the principles of their religion (viz. the church of Rome ) and learning suitable to their situation, bound him to an upholder , with whom he served his full time, and afterwards wrought journey work at his trade with other masters, for some time; when in hopes of being employed to better advantage, he came to London , and being disappointed in his scheme, went on board a King's ship , which being some time after paid off, he earned his livelihood by working on the keys, and on the river , where he commenced an acquaintance with Thomas Bowers , to whom he attributes his unhappy end, and hopes it will be a sufficient caution to all young men what company they keep, and what connections they enter into, without first a thorough knowledge of them, but more particular to avoid drunkenness, and not to suffer themselves to be lead away by the persuasive tongues of wicked insinuating men, through the prospect of any temporal gain; in pursuit of which he owns he has committed many offences, and much exceeded the bounds of honesty; but that as he sincerely repented, he hoped God would have mercy on his afflicted soul, and grant him pardon and forgiveness at the last. Job Parker was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Margaret Gibbons , on the 13th of March, about the hour of 12 in the night, and stealing a linen gown and a pettycoat, value 4s. a pair of stays, value 4s. three linen shifts, value 5s. a cloth and apron, value 1s. a muslin apron, value 1s. a sattin cloak, four silver pins, set with stones, a gold ring, a pair of ear-rings, a black silk handkerchief, a white linen gown, and a dimity petticoat, the property of Mary-Ann Gibbons , in the dwelling-house of the said Margaret. To this indictment he pleaded not guilty, and for trial put himself on God and his country. In his defence, he said that he was in his father's house till one o'clock, and never departed from it till past one, that coming through Union-Court , he heared the cry of stop thief, and a pistol fired; that he was so affrighted, he fell down, but whether he fell, or that the watchman knocked him down, he did not know; that he never had the bundle, but that as a man rushed by him, he found some things fall against his legs. On the evidence of Mary-Ann Gibbons , Joseph Shaw , and others, Job Parker was found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and sentenced by the law to be hanged; in consequence of which he confessed his being guilty of the crime for which he was to suffer the execution of the law; that he was but nineteen years old, born in Staffordshire , and bred a blacksmith , at which trade he sometimes wrought with assiduity; but that in general he lived a loose idle life, fond of lewd women, pilfering, stealing, and picking of pockets, which he chiefly practised; that this, the first house robbery he ever committed, he was induced to by the persuasion of Charles Burton , an accomplice; and that as his repentance for it, with all his former evil course of life, was great and very sincere, he hoped and prayed for the mercy and forgiveness of God, as he forgave all mankind, who he hoped would be warned by his unhappy fate, to avoid the paths that have often led him to the verge of this danger, which now at last he hath fallen into. Thomas Gahagan was indicted for making an assault on Charles Portlach , on the King's highway, and taking from his person an iron tobacco box, value 3d. four shillings and three pence in money, numbered, the property of the said Charles Portlach . To this indictment he pleaded not guilty, and for trial put himself on God and his country. In his defence, he said; that he called to see a young fellow, who lived in the room where he was taken; he asked him to stay breakfast. The constables broke in, and said they had a warrant against him: they then searched the house, and found the things produced in court; that he never made any resistance, but went with them; that he never saw the prosecutor but once or twice in his life, and then he saw him at work, or on his own ground: that he had people there who could prove where he was at the time Mr. Portlach said he was robbed, (which was at one Newman's, a private house, in Old Street Road ) that he lodged at that time in Well-Street . On the evidence of Charles Portlach , John Pagget , and Richard Smyth , he was found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. The account given by Thomas Gahagan of himself, is as follows: that he was then nineteen years old, born in Surry , decently reared, and educated by his parents in the principles of their religion (viz. the church of Rome ) and by them instructed in the ways of virtue, the paths of which he soon wandered out of. Slighting their instructions and admonitions, he associated with those whose manner of life best suited his disposition and temper of mind, being naturally giddy, gay, and sprightly, and consequently the more open, and liable to be caught in the lurking snares of every temptation, many and various kinds of which he acknowledges to have fallen into; and though he very justly deserved for his manifold sins and wickedness, the sentence of the law now pronounced on him, yet, that he was entirely innocent of the crime for which he was condemned to die. However, seeing that it was the just judgment of God for all his former villanies, he bore his fate with all christian patience, and resignation to the divine will, and was content to die in peace and charity, good-will and forgiveness with all mankind, particularly his prosecutors, who he said were much deceived in their charge to him; but whether he, Crookhall, and Newman, who were of the communion of the church of Rome, screened the real inward thoughts of their hearts from me, is uncertain; not being obliged, nor indeed consistent with their religion, to make confession to any but a pastor of their own profession, who would I believe divulge any thing material, or necessary to be made public for the common good. When they came to the gallows, Crookhall first flung his hat among the populous, and soon after his book; then stood up, and several times looked undaunted around, on the crouded multitude about him, as if he bid defiance to grim death and all its terrors; he also raised his feet from the cart, when tied up to the gallows, laying his intire weight upon the rope, but with what intent or view I cannot pretend to say. Shortly after another book was put in his hands, in which he read, whilst the other miserable convicts were making ready, who behaved very suitable to their unhappy situation, joining most fervently in prayer and praises with me to God; among whom Job Parker declared aloud, his great happiness in leaving this sinful vain world; that he thanked God for his goodness, in thus mercifully calling him to repentance, and then taking him with all his senses in perfect strength about him, instead of inflicting him with any disorder to deprive him of them, or cut him off suddenly in the midst of all his sin, wickedness, and ignorance. Having performed my last duty and office for them, he took me by the hand, and expressed great satisfaction for the spiritual consolation and comfort I had given him, and said, he died with joy, in full assurance that he should rise again in glory, to everlasting life. Miller and Ford were so much indisposed with the gaol distemper, that they could not stand, neither were they sensible of any thing that was said or done. Crookhall, Newman, and Gahagan, were Papists , and consequently turned their backs on me, to attend the duties of their own profession. William Ogilvie , two days before he died, told me, that he often heard his mother say, she believed he never was baptized, and that, if I thought convenient, he would be very glad to have that ceremony performed on him by me. In consequence of which I conformed with his desire, having first sent for his mother, who informed me, that his father, a freethinker, and very great libertine, took him, when an infant, from her lying in bed, and said he would have him christened after his own manner, for he would not have any think to do with those people who were called ministers; and as she was uncertain whether he ever was baptized, begged that I would comply with her son's request. I also have been informed, that Shepherd Strutton 's mother was in Newgate , under rule of transportation, at the very time he was arraigned for his offences; if so, that parents, masters, guardians, and those who have the care and government of youth, be not only careless in the instruction and management of them, but even by their own bad examples encourage and lead them on in the ways of vice and wickedness; no wonder, that such multitudes, before they have well passed over the days wherein they should have been as innocent as lambs, and as harmless as doves, are made sacrifices to sin. It is a sad reflection on the perverseness and obstinacy of human nature, to observe what little force and influence, the most frequent and solemn warnings, the clearest convictions, the loudest calls, and the most striking examples, have on men to reform them; and this, though attended with heavy afflictions and severe chastisement, extending even to death. JOHN WOOD , Minister of Newgate .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS Who were Executed at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 8th of November. BEING THE FIFTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir JOHN BARNARD , Number V. For the said Year. 1738 LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XXXVIII. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall, in the Old Baily , in September last, Eight Men, viz. Joseph Upton , Henry Fluellin , Charles Goulding , Thomas Raby , Dean Bryant , Edward Barcock , Jonathan Thomas , George Whalley , and one Woman, viz. * Sarah Woodcock , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. And, At the Sessions held at the same Place in October, Four Men, viz Thomas Jones , alias Brown , John Machell , John Fosset , alias Powell , and William Sylvester , were likewise capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. They were all exhorted to pray earnestly for the Grace of God, and that they might be renewed in the Spirit of their Minds; and by sincere Repentance might be enabled, with full Purpose of Heart, to turn to God in Christ, and save their Souls from everlasting Misery. Two of them having been convicted of murdering their own Wives, I exposed to them the great Evil of their most horrid Sin, and endeavoured to convince them, that Murder is the highest Degree of Wrong we can do to our Neighbours; and that the Heinousness of it might be seen by the Consequence of the first Act of this Kind that ever was committed; Abel's Blood crieth from the Earth, God tells Gain; Gen. iv. 10. yea, the Guilt of this Sin is such, that it leaves a Stain even upon the Land where it is committed, such as is not to be wash'd out, but by the Blood of the Murderer, as appears, Deut. xix. 12, 13. In the Case of wilful Murder, no Refuge was allow'd but such a one was to be taken thence, and delivered up to Justice, Exod xxi. 14. Thou shalt take him from my Altar, that he may die; and it, is our Saviour tells us, Matt. v. 22. Hell-Fire he Portion of him that shall but call his Brother Fool, what Degree of those Burnings can we think proportionable to this so much greater Injury? I observ'd to the others, that Theft and Robbery is a Crime which makes Men odious to God, and unfit for human Society; and that nothing but Repentance and Reformation, could prevent them from suffering for it hereafter. They were put in Mind of their renewing their Baptismal Covenant by receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's-Supper, and they were instructed in the Nature of this Sacrament. They attended in Chapel, when Health allowed them, and were attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, behaving devoutly to Appearance, and some of them, sometimes wept and lamented, only John Machell was so much indisposed, that he never was able to come up to Chapel, but was confined to his Cell in a most miserable and poor Condition. When I visited him, he declared himself penitent, and did not deny his Crime. * Sarah Woodcock was, by a Jury of Matrons, found with quick Child, upon which her Execution was respited. Jonathan Thomas was one of the People called Quakers, and though he said (at first) he believed he might come up to Prayers, yet afterwards, notwithstanding all I could say to him, he would by no Means be persuaded to come to Chapel, being set against the Ministry, and all publick Ordinances of the Christian Church. Upon Thursday the 2d of Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the Twelve Men lying under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate, when all of them, viz. Joseph Upton , Jonathan Thomas , George Whalley , Henry Fluellin , Charles Goulding , Thomas Raby , Dean Bryant , Edward Barcock , Thomas Jones , alias Brown , John Machell , John Fosset , otherwise Powell , and William Sylvester , were ordered for Execution. George Whalley , of St. Michael, Crooked Lane , was indicted for the Murder of Hannah his Wife , by giving her with a Clasp Knife a mortal Wound on the left Side of the Head, of the Length of one Inch and a half, and of the Depth of one Inch, of which she languished from the Tenth of June, to the Sixth of July, and then died. 1. George Whalley , 60 Years of Age, of honest Parents; when of Age he was put to a Carpenter , with whom he served out his Time honestly and with Approbation, and afterwards lived well for some Years by his Business, marrying a Wife, with whom he lived many Years in an honest and creditable Way, in the Parish of Cripplegate ; but she dying, he got acquainted with the Woman that was murder'd by him; they married, and liv'd in Thames-street , near the Bridge, but pursuing different Interests, they could not agree; he having saved a little Money, was not willing to let her spend it, and she refused to let him know how she disposed of what she had from him. This (as he alledg'd) was the only Occasion of all the Misfortunes which befell both him and his Wife, and was the Cause of the execrable Murder of the one, and disgraceful End of the other. He complained of some People, particularly some Women who were intimate with his Wife, of whom he did not speak well, and who too much fomented and forwarded their Dissentions. He complained that she provoked him to such a Degree, that he frequently gave her Blows, for which he was once imprisoned in Woodstreet-Compter ; where he was press'd, to give her Friend a 50 Pound Bond, which he would not consent to, but at length he gave a 10 l. Bond, and all his Plate, before he could get out of Prison; and these Secutities were all given to the Wife. Mr. Whalley was no sooner at Freedom, but Quarrels began again, and she (as he said) still aggravated him more and more, and after many Disputes, which were always attended with Blows, on the 10th of June last, he came Home in a violent Passion, and with a strong clasp Knife, he stabbed her in the Shoulders, in the Throat, under the left Ear, and cut her along the Breast, and the Effusion of Blood was so great, that it occasioned her Death, and on the 6th of July she expired. Whalley was a passionate, fiery Man, and it may be presumed the Wife had ill Advice, there having been some Lodgers and others who intermeddled too much in their private Affaires, and secreted some of his Goods. Two or three Persons came several Times to Newgate , pressing him to make some Declaration contrary to this, which he refused to do, insisting upon the plain Truth, and not denying the Murder in its aggravating Circumstances, though he still alledged that great Provocations were given him. At first he talked much of the Manifestations of God's Love to his Soul, but afterwards he became much more remiss and careless; I endeavoured to convince him of the Necessity of trusting only in God, submitting to his holy Will, and waiting for his Salvation thro' Christ. Upon this he promised to be more careful, and to avoid falling into Fits of Passion, which some who pretended to visit him, were continually stiring up in him, by upbraiding and reproaching him. He owned he was a great Sinner, and he often wept like a Child. After the Dead-Warrant came out, he seemed more affected, and less concerned about the World. He declared his Faith in Christ, that he truly repented of all his Sins, and heartily forgave all the World. Dean Bryant , of St. Botolph, Aldgate , was indicted for the Murder of Mary his Wife , by giving her (with a clasp Knife) on the left Part of the Back, near the left Hip, a mortal Wound, of the Breadth of one Inch, and Depth of one Inch, of which Wound she instantly died. July the 7th. 2. Dean Bryant , 38 Years of Age, born at Greys in Essex , of honest Parents; he served his Apprenticeship at Sea , and sailed afterwards in King's Ships, and several Merchant-Men, to several Parts of the World, in all which Voyages he behaved well, and was respected by others. Thirteen Years ago he married the unfortunate Woman whom he murdered, and had some Children by her, who are all dead. He lived for some Years very amicably with her, but of late he addicted himself to the Company of lewd Women, and drinking excessively was likewise a Vice from which he could not abstain. It was reported, that he had kept Company with another Woman who had a Husband, and a Captain of a Ship who came to visit him, ask'd if the Report was true? he absolutely deny'd it, but spoke bitterly and passionately of the Woman's Husband, and call'd him Names. He expected to have been clear'd upon his Tryal for want of positive Proof, but the Circumstances were so strong, that the Jury, without much hesitation, found him Guilty. He was not so free in his Confessions as he ought to have been, neither was his Heart duly mollify'd for his ying Sin. He always behav'd civilly, and attended constantly in Chappel, complying with the Worship and Exhortations, while he was in any State of Health; but most of the Time he was sick, and confin'd to his Bed in the Cell, and tho' he seem'd to be terribly troubled in his Conscience, yet he was very sparing in his Confessions. When I visited him, he was very desirous of, and attentive to Prayers, and heartily thank'd and blest me for them. He profest Penitence, believ'd in Christ, and dy'd in Peace with all Men. John Slade , and Henry Fluellin , of St. Clement's-Danes , in the Strand , were indicted for assaulting Henry Davis , in the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Hat, value 2 s. a Key, value 1 d. a Half Guinea, and 7 s in Silver, July 9. Slade acquitted, Fluellin guilty, Death. 3. Henry Fluellin , Twenty-one Years of Age, born in the Country of honest Parents; he serv'd among others, an Attorney in Town, but never minded his Master or his Business, being of a roving, unsettled Disposition. All his Friends and Acquaintance were ashamed of him, and he was such an abandon'd irreclaimable Wretch, that they thought it to no purpose to trouble themselves about him. He married a Creature with whom he got acquainted at a House of resort for such Persons; she waited upon him in Prison, and exclaim'd against his Mother for not calling upon him above once or twice, and for not supplying him with what he wanted. He reflected upon the Evidence, and was not willing to own the Truth, as it was sworn against him. The Letter he sent to his Prosecutor, he said, was only to please him, because he promis'd to endeavour to do him a Favour. He always attended in Chappel, and behav'd well, being attentive both to Prayers and Instructions. He declared his Faith in Christ, that he repented of all, especially the heinous Sins of his Life, and dy'd in Peace with all the World. Thomas Raby , was indicted for assaulting William Backhouse , on the King's Highway, in the Parish of South Mims , putting him in Fear, and taking from him 8 Shillings in Money, June 22. 4. Thomas Raby , 24 Years of Age, of honest Parents, in the Parish of St. James Clerkenwell , who put him Apprentice to a Barber and Perriwig-Maker in the City . His Father keeping a Publick House in that Parish, and having a general Acquaintance, when his Time was expired, he set him up at Clerkenwell-Green , where he might hate done well. He endeavour'd to make me believe that he had always been a very sober Person, that he hated bad Company, and closely attended his Business; and that he only rode out to take the Air that Afternoon (June 22) and happen'd to be taken up by way of mistake; adding, that he never robb'd any one of a Farthing in his Life, but always went to Church when his Business would permit him. He always behav'd well, and went bitterly when he thought of his past wicked Life. Notwithstanding the fine Account he gave of himself, 'tis certain, he was once admitted an Evidence, and some Time after, he himself was try'd for a Robbery on the Highway, and had the good Luck to be acquitted. Upon Sunday, October the 15th, upon his earnest Desire, with Tears in his Eyes, pretending a deep Penitence and contrition, he received the Sacrament privately, and then being asked if he still deny'd the Fact? he own'd that he was concern'd in the Fact for which was to suffer, and that he threaten'd to fire his Pistol at the People in the Waggon; but he ledged that he saw none of the Money or Goods, his Partner escaping with what Booty they had, and himself endeavouring to get away, his Horse did not answer his Expectations, nor could he escape his Pursuers; upon which (he own'd) he held out the Pistol, and swore he would blow out their Brains; but they not fearing his Threats, beat him off his Horse, upon which he threw his Pistol over the Hedge, which one of the Pursuers took up and shewed in Court. Besides this, he acknowledged he had committed many other Thefts and Robberies, and that he associated with a Gang of Highwaymen. He was very penitent, and lamented much his having kept Company with lewd Women. He declared his Faith in Christ, and that he was sorry for the many and scandalous Sins of his Life; and died in Peace with all Mankind. Charles Goulding , of Hampstead , was indicted for breaking and entering the House of Jane Maria Ward , about twelve at Night, and stealing Goods to a considerable Value, April 23. 5. He was twenty-four Years of Age, born at Hampstead , of honest Parents, his Father a Blacksmith , bred him to his own Business, and he serv'd his Time out honestly, and lived well afterwards by his Business. He owned the Fact he sufferr'd for, and many other small Robberies, but none excepting this, of any Moment. His Friends would have sent him Abroad, that he might have avoided this Prosecution; but he was unwilling to leave England , so went to Windsor , where he was sound and taken. During his Confinement under Sentence, he behaved very well, making strong Resolutions of new Obedience if he had been spared, and confessed that his covetous Temper, prompted him to his Ruin. He appeared truly Penitent to the last; he hoped for Salvation by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ, and forgave all Men, as he epected forgiveness from God. Edward Barcock , of St. Martin's in the Fields , was indicted for assaulting Stephen Boughton , Esq ; on the King's Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Hat, value 5 s. Aug. 10. 6. He was 38 Years of Age, born of honest, re able Parents; he served his Time to a Mercer , and kept Shop for some Years for himself; but being too profuse, and neglecting his Business, for idle Diversions, he was obliged to enlist himself in a Regiment of Light-Horse , in which he continu'd a Year or two, and then got a Discharge, and entered himself in the Foot-Guards . He was two or three Times drumm'd out of the Regiment (he said) for desertion, but others alledged for much viler Practices. He was Heir to a good Estate, but his bad Character occasioned his being out off with Twenty Pounds per Annum during his Life, and even this Allowance, he enjoyed but a very short Time. As to the Robbery, he was convicted of, he would not acknowledge it, in all its Circumstances. He had been a very debauch'd Man, but he blessed God, that the dismal Cells of Newgate had brought him to a Sense of his Sins, and said, he hoped God had intentions of Love to his Soul, and that his Afflictions would be the means of drawing him to God. He declared his Faith in Christ, as the only Saviour of Sinners; that he truly repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. A little before his Death, he appeared very uneasy in his Mind. A few Days before he died, his Prosecutor coming to see him, it put him very much out of Humour. Joseph Upton , of St. Botolph Bishopsgate , was indicted for breaking and entering the House of Robert Allen , between the Hours of one and two in the Night, with Intent to steal the Money and Goods of the said Allen, July 12. 7. He was 35 Years of Age, of honest Parents, in the Parish of St. Andrews Holborn ; his Father bred him to his own Business of a Bricklayer , and when out of his Time, he never wanted employment. He married a Wife, with whom he liv'd several Years in tollerable good Circumstances; but at last, his ill Conduct reduced them to want. He own'd he intended to plunder Mr. House, if he had not been prevented, and said it was well he was taken, for he designed to have join'd Gangs of Street-robbers and House-breakers; but by this means, he was brought to a Sense of, and repentance for his Sins, and, as in Charity may be thought, obtained the Salvation of his Soul. Jonathan Thomas , of London , was indicted for deceitfully and traitorously diminishing and frlig nine Pieces of Gold called Guineas, against the Form of the Statute, &c. 8. He was Forty-two Years of Age, of honest respected Parents; in the City of Dublin ; his Father and Mother were Quakers, and bred him in that Profession. For some Time he follow'd Merchandizing , and after he had been some Years, in Business, he marry'd a Quaker, who brought him 2000 Pounds Fortune; with this, and what he had of his own, he traded from Dublin to Foreign Parts for several Years; but by losses, and disappointments he was reduc'd, and then he went Supercargo in a Ship from Dublin to Rotterdam , where finding there would be a Loss upon the Voyage, and his Affairs being in confusion, he left the Ship, and returned to Dublin without it. From Dublin he came to London , upon a Statute of Bankruptcy being taken out against him there. After this, he carry'd on a private Trade of selling Spirituous Liquors . His Wife he left at Dublin, where she now lives upon a Jointure of 100 l. per Annum. I pressed him to come to Chappel, but he alledged there was no such Thing as any Gospel-ministry, and that all the followers of Jesus were equally inspired by the Holy Ghost to perform sacred Functions; I endeavour'd to convince him of his Mistake, telling him; the People called Quakers, were but a modern Sect, which sprung up here, in the Times of our Anarchy and Confusion, and it's Rise was owing to designing Men, who introduced it to foment the Distractions of those Times. I endeavour'd to bring him into the Communion of the Church, but he continued resolute in his own Way of thinking; and after many Essays, finding him fixed in his Opinion, I left him to his own Way: He neither confess'd nor deny'd the Crime was guilty of. A great many of the Quakers profession came to visit him, and it is to be feared, they put him too much in hopes of Life, which did him no good. His Maid constantly attended him in the Day-time, and he behaved always with abundance of Civility and good Manners: He declared that he believed in God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the Satisfaction of Christ, and that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were divinely inspired Writings, necessary for the Rule of Life and Manners, &c. that he forgave every Body, and sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in Communion with the Quakers. John Machell , and Richard Wilkinson , were indicted for stealing two black Mares, value 20 l. the Goods of John Lucas , September 16. Wilkinson acquitted, Machell guilty Death. 9. John Machell , 24 Years of Age, born of honest Parents, within a Mile of the City of York ; when he was grown up, he followed the Business of a House Carpenter ; but of late, he found a readier way to get Money than by following his Trade. He was taken up once before for Horsestealing, and was kept a long Time in New-Prison ; for this Fact, he was tried and acquitted the Sessions before the last. While he was under Sentence, he was very Sick, and not able to rise from his Bed in the Cell, in a poor miserable Condition, without any one to help him, and destitute of all Support. When I visited him, he willingly comply'd with Prayers, and had more knowledge of Religion, than many of these unfortunate Creatures; but was in such a pityful Condition, that scarce any body could enter his Cell, the Smell and the Nastiness about him was so miserable He acknowledg'd the Justness of his Sentence according to Law, and that he deservedly suffer'd for the irregularities of a sinful Life. He believ'd in Christ, repented of his Sins, and dyed in Peace with all Men. John Fosset , alias Powell , and William Sylvester , of St. Georges , Middlesex , were indicted for assaulting Jade Hussey , in the King's Highway, putting her in Fear, &c. and taking from her a silver Thimble, value 1 s. and eight Pence in Money, September 5. They were a second Time indicted for assaulting Henry Southall , on the King's Highway, &c. and taking from him six Shillings in Money, September 5. 10. John Fosset , 29 Years of Age, his Father dying and leaving him young, the Mother, (a labouring Woman) allow'd him too much Freedom, and did not restrain him from following his own Inclinations, which were the means by which he was brought to destruction. He had been bound Apprentice to a Weaver , but being unwilling to be confin'd, he took to Courses which subjected, him to future Miseries. He married a Wife, and, if he had been careful, they might have been in, no necessity of committing irregularities for want of Bread. He had been often in Prison, and had a very bad Character; and he own'd he was guilty of petty Thiefts, and innumerable Cheats in the way of Money-dropping. As to the Fact he was convicted of, he would not own it in all its Circumstances. He blamed a certain Man mightily, for the Prosecution against him; but it is common for such Persons to be displeased with all them who are for suppressing Vice. He own'd himself, to have been a very vicious young Man, and that it was just with God that this Punishment had befallen him. He had used the Sea for three or four Years, but was soon tired with that way of Life. He was very ignorant of religious Matters, and could hardly read; but hoped for Salvation from God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ, and said he repented of all his Sins, and forgave all the World. 11. William Sylvester , 24 Years of Age, convicted on the same Indictment with the preceeding Fosset, he was born in Blackman's Street , Southwark he was put out Apprentice to a Cooper , and served out his Time honestly; afterwards he liv'd by his Business, and having the Character of an honest Man, he was seldom out of Business; he deny'd, his being much acquainted with Fosset, and said he only happen'd to be in the same Alehouse with Fosset, so was taken up with him; and indeed he did not seem to have been so wicked, as some of the rest. Most of the Time that he was under Sentence, he was very Sick, and confined to his Bed in the Cell; when I visited him, he seemed to be very earnest in his Devotion, and professed a deep Penitence, and acknowledged himself in have been guilty of small Thefts; when he was able, he came to Chappel, and behav'd (to appearance) religiously. He hoped for Salvation by the Mercy of God in Christ, and died in Peace with all Mankind. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. THEY all appeared with great Devotion and Seriousness. Mr. Thomas was drawn in a Hurdle by six Horses, the rest of them came up three in three Carts, and Mr. Whalley in a Cart by himself. Jonathan Thomas was very attentive to Prayers, but did not sing Psalms as the rest did, it not being agreeable to the Custom used by his Friends. When I spoke to him in Chappel, praying for his happy Passage out of this World, he bow'd low and thank'd me. This was the only Time he came to Prayers in Chappel; when I spoke to him under the Tree, he said, he was very careful in securing to himself an Interest in God and Christ, and doubted not of his being Happy. I observed him shed Tears, and wipe them away with his Handkerchief. Joseph Upton desired me to acquaint Mr. Allen, whom he had intended to rob, that one whom they suspected to be a Partner with him in his intended robbery of Mr. Allen, was innocent of any such Intention, and he own'd himself to be the only Contriver and Executor of the Fact. Dean Bryant had no more to add, only he hoped for Mercy from God, and Wept; and though he would not confess the Particulars of the Murther, yet as I am informed, by a Person of Credit, he told a Neighbour of his, that he acknowledg'd the Night the Murther happened, he came in, and threw his Wife thrice about the Floor, and dasht her against a Chest, and wounding her in the Head, so that she bled very much, then he stabb'd her in the Back with a Knife, and fearing Discovery by her heavy Sighs and Groans, he lay upon her 'till she expir'd. Mr. Whalley wept and forgave every body. Thomas Raby own'd the Robbery he died for, and many others. Edward Barcock appear'd very penitent, exprest his assurance of Heaven, and spoke some Things which might be disagreeable to some Persons. Henry Fluellin also utterr'd Reflexions upon some People. These two last mention'd, had white Cockades in their Hats, in token of their Triumph over the World. Charles Goulding acknowledg'd the Burglary and Robbery he died for. John Machell was Sick, not able to stand, nor fully in his Senses. The other two adher'd to their former Confessions. They went off the Stage crying to God to have Mercy upon them, and Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. N. B. Thomas Jones , after they left the Chappel, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve, for fourteen Days. This is all the Account, given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary and Chaplain of Newgate . APPENDIX. The following Account of his Life was deliver'd by GEORGE WHALLEY , for Publication. I AM now at this Time of my unhappy Confinement about Threescore Years of Age. I was born in the Parish of St. Giles's, Cripplegate , my Father was a Fellowship Porter, and my Mother kept a Cooks Shop. At a proper Age I was put 'Prentice to one Richard Norbut a Joiner in Grubstreet , but he failing before my Time was expir'd, I was turn'd over to one Mr. Dewey in Wych street by Temple-Bar , of the same Business, and with him I serv'd out the remaining Part of my Time. Then I work'd as a Journeyman, with a Joiner over-against the Golden-Hind in Red-Cross-street , till he could employ me no longer, and my first Master Norbut being set up again, I had Employment with him, and work'd with him till he died. Soon after his Death, I perceived my Mistress and her Foreman to live in an ugly Manner together, (for they made one Bed serve them both) so I would Work with her no longer. I was not long out of Business, for one Mr. Carey at the Flying-Horse in Grub street , seeing me an industrious saving Fellow, he got me my Freedom, and then I work'd for the Shops, and began to get a little Money beforehand, and some handsome Furniture about me. In the Year 1703 I was recommended to my first Wife, - she was a good Woman indeed, - Ah! if she had been alive I had not been in all this Trouble! - I marry'd her in November in the same Year, on a Saturday, the Day after the Wind blew so high. She was then a Gold and Silver Bone-lace maker, and liv'd at Mr. Davenport's near Clerks-Hall, in Gutter-lane, where she kept a great many Hands at Work. After we were marry'd, we took a House in Barbican of 20 l. a Year, where my dear Wife and I liv'd very comfortably together for 7 Years; I follow'd my Business, she sold Linnen-Drapery Goods, and we got Money together. But about the Time that the Noise was in London concerning the French Prophets, Trade fell off, and the Rent of our House being pretty large, we agreed to leave it, and the George Ale house in Whitecross street being to let, ready fitted up, my Wife perswaded me to try what we cou'd do in it; we took it accordingly; but neither she nor I liking that Way of Life we left it about a Year afterward, and took a House in Fore street ; where I follow'd Cabinet-making and the Joiner 's Business. Here we liv'd very agreeably 11 or 12 Years, and got Money, so were well respected by all that knew us. After this I purchased a Piece of Ground, in Butler's-Alley , near Ropemakers-Alley in Grub-street , of one Mr. Freeman, who was then Curate (I think) of St. Butolph without Aldersgate, on a Building Lease for 61 Years, and was to pay him 4 l. a Year Ground Rent. Upon this Spot I built me a convenient House, a Ware-house, and a Work-Shop, which I liv'd in 11 Years; but then it pleased God that my poor Wife and I were taken ill together, and were both of us expected to die together, but GOD took her and left me! When I was recover'd, I went to see after a little Money that a young Woman own'd me in Cannon-street . When I got up into her Room, I saw a Leg of Mutton upon a String at the Fire, and this Woman - who afterwards was my 2d Wife, was junketting with the other, and they were drinking Gin and Brandy and such Stuff. I thought she look'd like a good clever sort of a Woman, so I drank a Glass of Brandy with them, and staid to Dinner. After Dinner this Woman, (who was then a Stranger to me) said, come Sir, I understand you are a Widower, - I am a Widow, - I'll spend my Shilling, you shall spend yours, and we'll have a Bottle of Wine together. I lik'd the Looks of her, and had a great Mind to be acquainted with her, so we had a Bottle of Wine, and I staid all the Afternoon with her. When Night came I went Home; but having asked her where she liv'd, I could not be easy till I went to see her, which I did the next Morning; so it was, and I could not help it! - I made my Addresses to her, she very readily consented, and we were marry'd about 4 Year ago at the Chapple belonging to the Haberdashers Alm-Houses at Hoxton , and one of the Pensioners gave us a Wedding Dinner in his Room. At Night I went Home with her to her Room, and liv'd with her in a House full of Lodgers; among the rest there was one C - k a Dyers Wife, and it being the Time that Gin was very much in Vogue, I soon found that this G - k's Wife and my new Wife would get quite drunk together 3 or 4 Times in the Day. So! thought I, I have made a pretty Spot o'Work on't! My new Wife will soon make an End of all that my poor old Wife and I have work'd for! I am certainly ruin'd, and must come to the Parish in my old Age! Lord! thinks I, what must I do now! I thought I would talk to her, and accordingly I took an Opportunity to tell her, that the Way she was going would end in the Ruin of us both. But instead of hearing what I had to say, she immediately calls her Companion C - k, and they both fel a raving against me, and telling me how I must behave to my Wife. Heyday! says I, I thought I had marry'd but one Wife, but to my great Surprize I find I am to be perswaded that I have marry'd two. Pray Madam, (says I to C - k) what Business have you with my Wife! Be gone about your Business! My new Who would not part with her, but sided with her, which provok'd me so highly, that I resolved to get away from them, and in a very little Time I set out for Gravesend; 'twas a very raiy Day, and the Wind blew very hard, but I resolved to be gone, and accordingly I went thither in the This Boat, thro' all the bad Weather. From Gravesend I walk'd to Rochester , and put up at the White-Swan near Rochester-Bridge , where I met an Acquaintance, with whom I drank a Mug of Beer, and eat some Bread and Cheese. After I had rested myself a little, (for I am very old, and can't travel far without growing weary,) I made the best of my Way to Chatham , where I staid a Month, paying so much a Week for my Lodging - my Victuals I found myself; because that was cheaper than boarding at any House. While I was at Chatham I went to see the King's-Yard , and I heartily wish'd I could but get any Employment there, whereby I might maintain myself; - but it was in vain, and I grew weary of living upon the Spend, and doing nothing to get a Penny; so I came Home again to my Wife; but I soon wish'd myself at Chatham again, and there being a young Man (one Mr. Greenaway) in the House as a Lodger, who belong'd to the Navy-Office, I could not help wishing to him that I had any Place in the King's-Yard, he said he would try what he could do for me, and he spoke to Admiral Saunders, and got me an Order from him to be admitted into Dford-Yard. When I came there, the Gentlemen that belong'd to the Yard said, I was too old to do any Work; but on my telling them I would do any Thing in the World that I was able to do, they told me I should be admitted, because I had brought the Admiral's Letter. So I went to work in the Yard, and boarded at a House in the Town for 5 s. a Week. I had not been here long, before my Wife came to see me; and I treated her at the House of the Foreman of the Joiner's Crew; at Night she went Home to her Lodging in Thames-street , and I promised to come Home to her every Saturday Night, which I accordingly did all the Time I work'd in Deptford yard. To save Expence, I used to beg Leave on Saturday Nights to be discharged half an Hour before the usual Time of leaving Work, that I might have Time to walk Home; tho' when I got Home, I was always so tired that I was not able to stir. The first Night I came Home, I found my Wife and her Companion C - k dressed up like two Ladies, just going out; O! thinks I, this never was in my former Wife's Days! - But I let it pass on, and walk'd back to Deptford the next Day, that I might be ready to go to my Work on Monday Morning. And, The next Saturday Night I came Home again, and found her and C - k equipp'd as before; then I thought a little more about it, I thought 'twas very queer, and that they must have some Business more than ordinary together; but 'twas in vain to make any Bustle about it, so I went again the next Day to my Work, and after I had been some Time there, I was taken very ill, and was brought Home. Then I thought it high Time to enquire after my Money, for my Wife had it in her keeping, and with some Difficulty I got what was left, but there was so much of it gone, that I told her I would go no more to Work, it signify'd nothing for me to work hard, and live hard, to save a Penny, if she must squander it away faster than I got it. My resolving to take Care of what was left, made her and her Companions very angry with me; and because I would not suffer her to wrong me again, she got a Warrant for me, and carry'd me before the late Sir Richard Brocas , from whence I must have been sent to the Compter if two Gentlemen at the Bull head Ale house had not bail'd me. They perswaded my Wife to make up this Quarrel, but one Mrs. B - r, who lives in Miles's Lane, (and who has been the Ruin of us both) came, and pull'd her away from us, and prevented the Matter from being made an End of; but being bail'd, I went Home, and talked to my Wife, asking her what Good she could expect from putting me to so much Trouble and Expence? All I could get from her was hard Names, and more Provocation. Some Time after this, I was speaking to her about the Lodgers that were in the House, and a Fellow over hearing me, came into my Room and abused me very much, my Wife encouraged him, and took his Part all the while, which vex'd me very much, and alarm'd the rest of the Lodgers. I found myself in a violent Passion, so I got away from them, and went to a neighbouring House, where I staid till my Passion was over; then I came out, intending to go Home to Bed, but one Mr Smith, who lives at Mr. Dash's the Tobacco Merchant, met me, and told me, there was something more than ordinary adoing at my House, and advised me not to go Home. I said I was resolved to go Home to Bed, and accordingly went up Stairs; I found Mrs. B - r, the Constable and 2 Watchmen on the Top of the Stairs, they refused to let me go into my own Apartment, and B - r cry'd out, Who see him strike his Wife? I did, said one, and I did, said another; upon which a Baker that lodged in the House asked the Constable if he would order him to take Charge of me? The Constable said yes, he did, upon which he took hold of my Arm, and whirl'd me down 3 or 4 Stairs, and I fell with my Back against the Edge of the Stairs, with such Violence, that I thought I had been lam'd. In the Hurry I felt in my Pocket for my Penknife, and endeavoured to prick him with it, and I did cut thro' his Great Coat; but they over power'd me, and carry'd me to the Compter, and before I could make up this Matter, it cost me upwards of 40 l. After this I thought it my best Way to got into the Country, and I went to Islington , and boarded a Month or 6 Weeks at the Peacock , at 2 s. a Week. From thence I went to Endfield , and at the Two Brewers I agreed to board at 10 l a Year; but while I was there, I thought it was strange living without my Wife, so I sent her Word where I was, and that I should be glad to see her, and would bear her Charges backward and forward. She came, and staid with me a Day or two, then she return'd to London . After this, I sent for her again, and she came to see me, and I went to London with her, telling her I did not love to live separately, and that she and I might live together as cheap as I could live by myself, if she was frugal; - Do, (says I) my Dear, let us try. But when I came Home, she could not be quiet nor content, so I went to live with a Relation at Agnes la clear near Hoxton ; here I liv'd a pretty while, but not being easy, I went Home again, and she began to quarrel again; and now I come to the fatal Action which has brought me in my old Age to this Distress. While I was at Home this last Time, there was one Jackson, a Man that works at Smarts-Key, who lodged in the House, he gave a Dinner on his Child's Birth-Day, and among others, I and my Wife were invited, and were treated with Brandy, &c. a very little Matter affects my Head, - how it was I don't know, - but I was vexed, and had Words with my Wife. Upon this, Jackson, a great, strong raw boned Fellow, wrung me by the Wrists, as tho' he would have wrung me to Pieces, and asked me what Business I had to strike my Wife? In the Bustle, my Head was broke in 3 Places, and my Flesh was bit in 2 or 3 more yet in this Condition they carry'd me before a Magistrate, who sent me to the Compter. After I had been kept 3 Weeks in the Compter, I was discharg'd and went Home. I told her when I got Home, that neither she nor no Person living should cheat me of my Money. She rav'd at me, and abused me; and I in the Violence of my Passion did this unhappy Murder. I had been upon the Jury that Morning with my Neighbours, and coming Home with some of them, we call'd in and drank at Mr. White's who keeps the Swan-Tavern on Fish street-Hill , and at the Wine-Cellar under Fishmongers-Hall ; and when I came Home, I did the fatal Deed. 'Twas our Misfortune to have a House full of Lodgers, many of whom were used by their Wives as I was by mine; some of them used to go out with her, and at all Hours would come Home with her drunk, and frequently bring Men with them, which was a Practice I could not bear without shewing my Resentment, and upon all Occasions she abused me, and they always did what they could to spirit up her Passion, and exasperate me. This is the whole Affair, and I know I must die, for I don't believe there is any one Person in the House where we liv'd, that will shew me any Favour, but will rather do all they can to procure my Downfall. GEORGE WHALLEY , now a Prisoner in the Cells of Newgate . The following is an Account of the ROBBERIES committed by Henry Fluellin . HEnry Fluellin at Christmas next would have been twenty-one Years of Age; he was naturally of a very brisk sprightly Temper, and had a Head turn'd for mischievous Intrigues. From a Child he discover'd a roving Disposition, and would never be perswaded either to live with his Friends, or settle to any Business, tho' his Relations were People of Credit and Reputation, and some of them able and willing to have provided for him: He himself would have had four Four Score Pound per Annum, had he liv'd till Christmas; and on the Death of a Relation, pretty much advanc'd in Years, he would have been possess'd of 120 l. per Annum more. But his unhappy Genius leading him to associate with Companions of the same gay, enterprising Temper with his own, he soon fel into the Courses which brought him in the Prime of his Youth, to publick Shame, and an ignominious Death. His chosen Confederates and Companions, were Stephen Baker , William Wager , alias Cockey, (who were both executed some Time ago for Highway Robberies) and the rest of that Gang; upon the breaking up of which, he got acquainted with Robert Ramsey , the Evidence against Cross and Car, (now in Newgate) and others, with whom he very industriously, and oftentimes very cunningly pursu'd Business, both in Town and Country, to the incredible Advantage of himself and his Accomplices. One Exploit which he valu'd himself much upon, and for which he often applauded his own Contrivance and Ingenuity, was his robbing the Lady Moore in Soho-Square , which he effected in the following Manner. One of his Companions, who was by Profession a Watch-maker, had got some Acquaintance with the Lady's Footman, by having mended a Watch for him. The Footman, over a Pot of Beer, inform'd this Man that his Lady was very ill, and was confin'd to her Chamber; that her Eyes were very bad, the Disorder having fallen upon them, and that Dr. Plumbtree in Bow-Lane attended her. He thinking Fluelin's Genius might improve this Information to their Advantage, he immediately tells him the Condition Lady Moore was in, and left it to him to make use of it. Fluellin had been successful enough at the Business, not to want Money or Cloths fit for any Design, and he resolv'd to practise upon the Lady the next Morning. Accordingly he orders another of the Society (whom we shall call by the Name W. -) to attend him then as a Footman. When the Time came, Fluellin dress'd himself in his best Cloths, put on a silver hilted Sword, and took Coach for Soho Square , W - attending him in a Livery as his Servant, behind it. As they went along they provided themselves with a small Phial of Eye-water at an Apothecary's Shop; and being come to the Lady's House, the Footman (W - jumps from behind the Coach and raps at the Door. A Maid Servant open'd it, and W - told her, she must go to the Coach and speak to the Gentleman Upon which the Gentleman in the Coach told her, his Father (Dr. Plumtree) presented his Service to the Lady, and had thought of a Remedy, which he perswaded himself would be of singular Service to the Lady's Eyes; that he had sent it by him, and if she pleased he would alight and shew her the Use of it. The Maid inform'd her Lady of all this, and the young Doctor was order'd up into the Lady's Chamber, while the Footman (W -) waited in the Kitchen for his Master's coming down again. Fluellin having told the Lady his Story, she suffer'd him to wet her Eyes with a Feather dipp'd in his Eye water, after which he pull'd out two Guineas, and told her she must shut them close, and must permit him to lay a Piece of Gold on each Eye, for five or six Minutes. This was done; and while the Guineas were upon the Lady's Eyes, he convey'd her Gold Watch and Equipage which hung upon a Sconce, and a Diamond Girdle Buckle off the Table (which they afterwards sold for 80 l.) into his Hat, covering them with his Handkerchief. When he had got what he could he told the Lady, he fear'd the Light would be too strong for her Eyes, immediately after the Use of the Medicine, so he made bold to draw all the Window Curtains close before he took off the Guineas; then he asked her whether she did not perceive an Alteration for the better? The Lady told him she thought she did, and that though the Room was darken'd, yet she could see the Sconce, and her Watch hanging upon it. Fluellin complimented her upon her Amendment, and desiring her to go on with the Use of the Medicine, he took his Leave. When he came down Stairs he desired the Maid to let him have a little Table-beer; upon which she invited him into the Parlour, and while she was gone for the Beer, he added some silver Spoons and other Plate (which lay in the Beaufet) to the Cargo which was already in his Hat. He took the Beer from the Maid at the Parlour Door, and having drank a little, he made her a Present of a Crown, and W - (his Footman) come out of the Kitchen (where he had not been idle) and conducted the Doctor to the Coach, in which they carry'd away the Booty. About a Month after this, Fluellin dress'd up W - like a Countryman, in a riding Coat, girt round him with a broad sacking Belt, buckled with four Buckles, intencing to * clack the Doctor, upon Mr. Robinson a Surgeon, in Grosvenor street . And accordingly they waited about the Street, till they saw Mr. Robinson and his Man go out; then they knock'd at the Door, and enquir'd for Mr. Robinson. The Maid told them her Master was abroad, but it would not be long before he returned. Fluellin took the Maid a little aside, and told her he was a Doctor, and the Countryman bring in a terrible Pickle with the Foul Disease, there was a Necessity for manual Operation, and he had brought him to her Master, who would get five Guineas for the Job. Upon this the Maid desired them to walk into the Surgery, and sit down. While they were there, W - complained that he was very ill and wanted to go to the Necessary House. The Maid directed him to the Place; and as he pass'd through the Entry, he look'd into the Rooms to see what might be got. Upon his Return into the Surgery he told Dr. Fluellin, he had seen a Tale, (a Sword) a Scout, (a Watch) a Calm and Shade, (a Hat and Wig) a Brace of Wedges, (Silver Buckles) and an outside Toge, (a Cloak) The Maid heard this Cant, but not understanding a Syllable of it, she imagin'd the Countryman's Head was out of Order, and he complaining terribly of his Pain, the Doctor seemed very much concerned for his Patient, and desired the Maid to get him a little Ale and warm it. While she was gone they seiz'd all the things that have been mention'd, and a large Silver Tankard besides, which were convey'd into Bags, fasten'd under the Countryman's Great Coat. The Maid returning with the warm Ale, before they had quite got themselves in Order, she observ'd them both to be in some Confusion, and asked them what was the Matter? Fluellin (ever ready with an Excuse) told her, his poor Patient had had a most terrible Fit, while she had been gone, and was so bad that he could not sit down; therefore he would take him to Chapman's Coffee-house, (in the Neighbourhood) and would stay there till Mr. Robinson came home, desiring the Girl to let * Clacking the Doctor, is when one of the Gang personates a Physician, and under Pretence of coming with a Patient to the Surgeon for Advice, they watch their Opportunity to rob him. him have Pen and Ink, and a Bit of Paper, because he would leave a Letter for him, which she must be sure to give him when he came home. The innocent Wench furnish'd him with Materials, and he wrote a Letter, beginning - Mr. Mac coo' trick' em, - and informing him that he had lost something by not being at home, when Customers call'd upon him; and if he was desirous to know how much he had suffer'd by being abroad, he must look into his Parlour,-for it had been visited by Clack the Doctor. The Letter was seal'd up and left with the Maid, and the Doctor and his Patient, instead of going to the Coffee-house, march'd off with the Plunder. By these Devices, he always kept himself full of Cash; and that he might never want Materials or Tools for the various Branches of his Art, he laid out between forty and fifty Pounds with Mr. S - s, a Goldsmith in Cheapside , for an elegant Diamond Ring, which he had no sooner purchased, but dress'd like a Tavern Waiter, he offer'd to pawn it to Mrs. Cox, (a Pawn-broker in Drury-Lane ) for twelve Guineas. Mrs. Cox shew'd the Ring to a Jeweller, who told her it was a good Security for the Money. When she return'd she told him she would lend him twelve Guineas upon it. Yes, (says he) I don't doubt but you will, - but you must take particular Care of it; - 'tis a Gentleman's, who has lost some Money at Play, at our House, and he has sent his Watch and Seal and I have Orders to seal it up in a Piece of Paper, that you may not change it, - pulling out a Watch, with a Cornelian Seal. Mrs. Cox was very willing it should be seal'd up, and deliver'd it to him; he seal'd it up, and by Slight of Hand - tipp'd her a queer one, - done up in the same Manner in its Stead. 'Twas laid down by him, to his Companions, as a Maxim, that they must look upon themselves as in a State of War with, and Opposition to, all Mankind; therefore they must spare neither Friend nor Foe, when Money was short with them. As a Proof of his firmly adhering to this Maxim, she first Time they were put to their Shifts, he inform'd them, his Mother had a fine repeating Clock, valu'd at twenty five Pounds, which he would undertake to procure for the Subsistence of the Fraternity; and he was as good as his Word; for without much Difficulty he found Means to bring it off to his Companions, who immediately pawn'd it for 7 l. Fluellin's Mother soon finding out who had stole her Clock, and where it was pawn'd, she went to the Pawnbroker and told him, the Clock he had received, was stolen from her by her Son; and she was sure he would soon want Money, and so would come or send to him again about it, therefore she desired him to stop the Persons that should come. And it was not long before they determin'd to raise a little more Money upon it by selling it outright. To this Purpose they consulted one Moses S - n, a Jew, (who used to buy their ill-gotten Goods of Value) and W - was employ'd to tell the Jew, there was such a Clock in Pawn, for 7 l. which was worth three Times the Money, and if he would redeem it, for a Trifle more, they would sell it outright to him. The Jew consented, and went with W - to the Pawnbroker's to see the Clock. The Pawnbroker remember'd the Orders given him by Fluellin's Mother, but fearing he should lose the Clock and the 7 l. too, he spoke to W - and the Jew very kindly; shew'd them the Clock, and took the 7 l. and the Interest, which came to 24 s. from the Jew, then whipp'd the Clock out of the Way, and charged a Constable with them both. They were carry'd before a Magistrate, but it not appearing that W - was the Person that stole the Goods, he was discharg'd, and the Jew left to seek his Remedy in the best Manner he could, for his Money. After this, Fluellin and his Friend W -. furnished themselves with Pistols, and took the Road to Epping They rode several Hours about the Forrest, and then they met with a Gentleman in a four-wheel'd Chaise, from whom they took a Silver Watch, and 3 s. 6 d. in Money; then riding toward Rumford , they overtook a Doctor of Physic, that lived at Colchester. Fluellin fell into Discourse with him, and among other Things told him he had a Charge of Money about him; so have I, says the Doctor, but I don't fear any Highwayman, for I have a good Hanger here, and a Brace of Pistols. Fluellin and W - rode with him till they came a little beyond Brentwood , then they attacked him, and ordered him to deliver his Charge. The Doctor set Spurs to his Horse, and galloped some Distance from them; then he jumped off his Horse, and taking a Pistol in each Hand, stood upon his Defence; but Fluellin came up to him, and swore bitterly if he did not hold his Pistols upright above his Head, he would murder him. The Doctor was terrified, and did as he was ordered, upon which they immediately seized and disarmed him, and robb'd him of 47 Guineas, a Silver Watch, and 9 Shil lings in Silver. When they had robbed him, they pulled of his Garters and their own, with which they tied his two Pistols one on each Side of his Wig, and his Hanger to the Bottom of it, that it might hang down his Back; then they set him upon his Horse, with his Face toward the Tail, and fastened his Hands behind him, and his Legs under the Horse's Belly; and Fluellin finding a Bit of Chalk in his Pocket, he whited the Edges of the Doctor's Hat, and wrote upon his Back, - This Fellow never wore a Tye-Wig before, but now see how fine he's made by the Essex Highwaymen! then whipping his Horse, away he gallopp'd with the Doctor in this Condition towards Colchester. The same Day they met with the Colchester Stage-Coach beyond Brentwood , and robbed a Man in it of a Silver Watch, the Maker's Name - Burton, - No. 780. and about 27 Shillings in Money, and a Woman of 5 Guineas, and 4 s. 9 d. then they rode directly to London, and put up their Horses at the Dolphin Inn , in Whitechapel . After which they agreed to pawn the Watch, No. 780. at the Greyhound in Houndsditch . Fluellin asked the Pawnbroker three Guineas upon it, and said his Father was a Farmer at Rumford, and that his Father's Men had brought some Loads of Hay to Town, but not having sold any, they were at a Loss for Money to discharge their Expences in Town, and therefore he must leave his Watch with him till next Market-Day. The Man paid no Regard to this Story, but stopped the Watch, till they should bring somebody to vouch the Watch was his own. This put Fluellin and his Comrade into Despair of ever recovering it again, for they did not doubt but it would be advertised. In this Dilemma, they had Recourse to their old Friend R – I -, and told him the Story, promising him a Ridge or two (a Guinea or two) to get the Watch out of the Pawnbroker's Hands. He promised to do it, and accordingly the next Morning Fluellin came on Horseback to a Publick House, (the next Door to the Pawnbroker's) and as soon as R – I - came to him, they both went to the Pawnbroker's to demand the Watch, Fluellin leaving his Horse at the Alehouse Door. R – I - told the Pawnbroker, that the Gentleman (Mr. Fluellin) had bought the Watch of him, that his Name was Burton, and the Number upon it was 780. The Pawnbroker said, he believed they were both Rogues, and told them he was resolved not not to deliver it. Upon which Fluellin pulled out a Brace of Pistols, and with horrid Imprecations, swore he was a dead Man that Instant if he did not deliver it immediately, or offered to make the least Noise. The Man was terrified at the Sight of two cock'd Pistols, and returned it. Fluellin with Threats kept him silent, while R – I - got out of the Shop, and then he immediately ran out himself, jump'd upon his Horse's Back, and rode Pistol in Hand quite through Houndsditch , and though he was followed with Sticks, Staves, Hammers, and an Out cry of Stop Highwayman! yet he got clear off. The Watch being thus recovered, R – I - lent him two Guineas upon it himself, which Fluellin and his Partner generously presented to R – I -'s two Children, in order to engage his Assistance in a future Time of Need. Some Time after this Fluellin and W - rode down to Colchester , where not finding Business to answer, they came from thence towards Waltham-Abbey , and overtaking a Quaker, who was very well mounted, Fluellin rode a considerable Way with the Quaker cheek by jole, and discoursed with him about his Religion. The Quaker desired him to drop that Subject, for he was sure (he said) they should not agree on that Topic. Fluellin immediately fell to mentioning the Danger honest Men were liable to in travelling, as the Roads were so infested with Rogues. The Quaker said, he was not much afraid of being robbed, for he had a good brisk Horse under him. Aye, but I am (says Fluellin) for my Father is a Grasier at East-Ham, and I have 300 l. about me of his Money, therefore would be obliged to you if you would let me ride your Horse. The Quaker refused, but Fluellin and W - pulled out their Pistols, and bid him surrender his Horse and his Money, or he was a dead Man. The poor Quaker gave them 4 l. a Silver Watch and some Half-pence, and was obliged to change Horses with Fluellin; then threatning him if he did not ride quietly on towards Waltham-Abbey, they left him and came directly to the Green-Man at Epping-Forrest , where they put up their Horses and lay all Night. The next Morning Fluellin got up, and took it into his Head to ride about the Forrest by himself for an Airing; he was under no Apprehensions of being robbed himself, but happening to be met with by George Sutton , (since executed) Abraham Davenport , and one Dorrel Smalt , (who also were afterwards capitally convicted) they attacked Fluellin, and notwithstanding his Plea, that he himself was a Collector, and though he was well mounted upon the Quaker's Mare, and they all on Foot, yet they play'd rob Thief with him, and took from him his Watch, Buckles, and 13 s. and 6 d. Upon this he came back to W - at the Green-Man , and told him he had met with Three Rogues on Foot, who had had the Impudence to rob him; and after some Consuitation to be even with them, they got as many Half-pence as they could, and putting a Quantit, of Gravel and Clay into a Handkerchief, they stuck the Half-pence about it, and ty'd all up together in such a Manner, that it appeared like a good handsome Parcel of Money. W - carried the Parcel, and Fluellin accompanied him to the Place from whence the Rogues sprung to attack him; when the supposed themselves to be within hearing, says W -, I have got 400 l. here in this Handkerchief of my Lady's Money, and if the Men that robbed you, should be here still and seize me, I am ruin'd for ever. The Three Footpads immediately jumped upon them from behind some thick Bushes, and ordered them to deliver. W - begged hard for his Lady's Money, telling them he was carrying it to a Grasier at Chigwell; but they seized the Handkerchief, and ran with it to their hiding Place, where they immediately sat themselves down to look at their Booty. Before they had opened the Handkerchief, Fluellin and W - rush'd upon them, with double-barrel'd Pistols, swearing if they offer'd to stir, they would let fly among them. They begged for Mercy, and surrendered themselves Prisoners at Discretion. Upon which they bound them all with their own Garters, and after they had throughly plundered them, they pulled down their Breeches and floged them with Nettles and Thistles, till they roll'd about and spun like a Top; and after they had exercised their Strength for a considerable Time upon them in this Manner, they left them wallowing upon the Ground to get loose when they could. At the Sluice, within three Miles of Coventry , Fluellin, W -, and two others, robbed a Grasier of 27 Moidores, and having ordered the Grasier to ride off the Way they directed him, they were under no Apprehension of being pursued, so rode leisurely on towards Coventry ; but before they reach'd the City, they found there was a Hue and Cry after them, by the sounding of a Horn; upon which two of them fled towards Birmingham, another took the next Road to Lancashire, and W - made the most private Way he could for London, and had certainly been taken, had not he thrown away his Coat and his Pistols, and powdered himself from Head to Foot, as much as he could, with his ; for he was met by the Hue and Cry, and if he had seen four Men on Horseback; - told them, no, - he had not, and rode leely on like a Miller's Servant; but he mended his Pace before he came to the Turnpike, and seemed to be in a great Hurry when he came up to it, telling the Gate-Keeper he was in Pursuit of four Men that had robbed his Master, and they being gone a cross Road, be imagined he knew where they would come into the Road again, and was resolv'd to take them. Upon this the Man let him thro' the Turnpike, and he gallop'd so excessive hard towards London, that at St. Alban's his Mare dropped down dead under him, which was a very great Loss to W -, for the Mare had been bred to the Business by Stephen Baker , and cost twentyfive Guineas. Baker, to the Time of his Execution, was Captain, and Head of the Gang; and in the Division of every Booty, as such, he had a double Share. In order to train up Young-Currs to the Road, he would carry three or four of them out, and Officer-like, when any Thing came in the Way, he gave Orders for the Attack, and directed the Manner in which it should be carried on; and having given the necessary Directions, he used to stand at a Distance to observe the Motions of the Enemy and when he saw any of his Pupils about to retreat, his Custom was to ride up, and clap a Pistol to the Head of the Spark that retreated, and thereby oblige him to go through his Business, else he was to be shot as a Deserter and Coward. Fluellin retained a great Veneration for his Master Baker, and said he was a Man of a Noble Spirit, for his Schollars never robb'd a Coach, but he was very angry with them if they did not give the Coachman a Crown, or Half a Guinea. After this Dispersion, on Account of this Robbery, it was some time before Fluellin and his Companions met, and the first Meeting was at Mother Bird's, in Colson's-Court , Drury-Lane . Here Fluellin, Baker, Wager, and W -, agreed their next Attempt should be nearer Home. Accordingly they all four set out from Mother Bird's for Finchley-Common , where they met Dr. Mountagile in a Landau, with six Horses. One of them struck a Fore Horse on the Head, and swore the Coachman and Postillion were dead Men if they did not stop. W - rode up to the Landau, and seeing three Ladies in it beside the Doctor, he begged of the Ladies not to be affrighted, telling them they should not be ill used, provided they instantly delivered their Watches, Money, Rings, &c. which being done, and Compliments having passed on both Sides, they rode off. The next Robbery they committed was in a green Lane leading to East-Ham , where they met a Country Girl on Horseback, between a Pair of Panniers, coming from Market, and they were not contented with robbing her of 47 Shillings, but made her dismount, and taking her under a Hedge, abused her in a shameful Manner. After this Fluellin and W - took the Bath Road, and upon Hounslow-Heath , they robbed the Passengers in the Bath Coach, to the Value of Fourscore Pounds, and a Man behind the Coach, who had been hired to go as a Guard thereto, as soon as the Passengers had been plundered, discharged a Blunderbuss, and shot W - in the Hip with a Slug, and graz'd him under the Eye with another; upon which Fluellin set Spurs to his Horse, and riding up to him, shot him Dead upon the spot, and then gallopp'd off. Being tired of this Way of Life, they consulted how to get Money in a genteeler Manner, and agreed upon Chiving the Frow, i. e. cutting off Women's Pockets, Girdles, &c. For this Purpose Fluellin dressed himself like a Gentleman, and W - attended him in a Livey as his Servant at the Playhouses, and other Places of Publick Resort, where his gay Appearance always contributed to his coming off undiscovered. One Night as W - was attending 'Squire Fluellin to the Playhouse, they saw a young Gentlewoman go into the Pit, that liv'd not far from the Haymarket, and to whom the 'Squire had sent several Love-Letters by his Man W -. The 'Squire immediately ordered his Man into the Footman's Gallery, and seated himself next the Lady in the Pit, where he let her know, he was the Person that had frequently troubled her with a Letter by his Servant, and that he was very happy in being seated so near one who had been so long the Object of his constant Affection,& - with much more to the same Purpose; between the Acts he entertained her with Ends of Verses, which he had got by Heart from the Academy of Compliments; such as, I am but young in Art, and cannot show The Kindness which I would to you bestow. Madam, to you alone I bow and bend; I'm happy if I may be call'd, your Friend. And when the Play was over, he prevail'd on her (with many Assurances of his being a Man of Honour) to refresh herself with a Glass of Wine. Accordingly the 'Squire and his Man W -, usher'd the young Lady to the Crown Tavern , near the Hay-Market , where he informed her again of his honourable Passion for her, and that he should take it as a particular Favour if she would change him a Piece or two of Gold with him, by which he should remember the Happiness he then enjoyed in her Company. She told him she had no Inclination to deny him so trifling a Favour, and accordingly pulled out a Purse with some Gold, and among other Money was a Three Pound Twelve Shilling Piece. He begged he might change that with her, and pulled out a Purse of Guineas, and wrapping up some of them in a Paper, he rose from his Seat, and saluting her, desired she would put them into her Pocket instead of the Three Pound - Twelve Shilling - Piece. The Lady, not suspecting her Lover's Honour, put the Paper into her Pocket, and gave the 'Squire Leave not only to see her Home, but to pay her his Visits there; which produced an Infinite Number of Vows on his Part, and Professions of the Sincerity of his Affection. But when the Lady came to inspect the Contents of her Paper, she found the 'Squire (her Lover) had bit her out of her Three Pound Twelve Shilling Piece, and had palm'd a few Shillings upon her in Return. The following Evening Fluellin and W - went to G – H - 's in Drury-Lane , where they found one I - c M - z, an eminent Jew, very much in Liquor, in company with a Parcel of lewd Women. Fluellin thought it hard the Jew should be rifled and he come in for none of the Plunder, so he beckon'd him out of the Room, and told him he would certainly be robb'd by those Women; assuring him at the same time, that he kept a very agreable Girl himself, and rather than he should be ill used, he would consent that his Lady should oblige him with her Company. The Jew very thankfully accepted the Offer, and Fluellin and his Man W - conducted him to Tom King 's in Covent Garden , where they sent for Mrs. Brown, and told her they had brought her a Daucy Cock, (a sleeping Cull) who had 50 or 60 Ridges (Guineas) about him. Mrs. Brown told the Jew he should be welcome (with 'Squire Fluellin's Leave) to her Lodgings, which were not a great Way off; the 'Squire consented, and they set out together for Madam's Lodging; instead of which they got the Jew up a Street, near Sir John Old castle 's, and he not caring to go any farther, the 'Squire told him they were just at Mrs. Brown's Door, but the People of the House being credible People, they might suspect Mrs. Brown's Virtue, if she brought home a Gentleman in such fine Cloaths; therefore he propos'd changing Cloaths with him, and then he might whip up Stairs, and the People of the House would think it was him. The Jew consented, and put on Fluellin's Cloaths, and as he was very much in Liquor they very kindly assisted him in stripping, and pick'd his Pocket of all his Money, and a Gold Watch; and then gave him a Polt and ran away from him with the Booty. After this Robbery, Robert Ramsey (the Person concerned with Cross and Car in forging a Note upon Mr. Hoare) was admitted into Fluellin's Company. He was bred a Chymist , and being, by his Knowledge of Drugs and Medicines, able to go through the Business, Fluellin, W -, and he, reviv'd the Trade of clacking the Doctor; and their first Attempt was upon Mr. Browding's Shop, an Apothecary near the Seven Dials ; which Shop they watch'd till they had Reason to believe that every body was out of the Way but Tommy Twang , (the Person that serves in the Shop) and here they went in, to ask for some Syrrup of Golden Rod, Ramsey telling the Man, he had some from his Master some little Time ago; and while Ramsey and Fluellin amused the Man by directing him to such and such Pots and Bottles, the other slipp'd into the Parlour, and furnish'd himself with Plate and every Thing he could lay his Hands on, and bring off undiscoverld. Mr. Mawson an Apothecary was robb'd by these People in this Manner, of Plate, three Bank Notes, an India Bond, and other Things of Value, in the same Manner, which were carry'd to Holland by Ramsey and W -, and there dispos'd of. Mr. Taylor an Apothecary (in Leadenhall street ) had the same Customers for Acid of Vipers, and while the Man was looking for it, one of them walked to and fro', and at last stepp'd far enough to find a Watch, a Tye Wig, and some Money that lay in a Bureau, which (the Key being in it) he made bold to open. This Trade they follow'd till it became stale. Then their Practice was, to go down to Queenhithe , or the Three Cranes , and get a Boat, in which they would go below Bridge, and make their Way into Cabbins of Ships, through the Windows, and often brought a tolerable good Cargo back with them to Black-fryars Stairs . W - in his Livery, was often employ'd to clack the Carriers. Once in particular, they bought a Two-penny Handbasket, which they fill'd with Straw and a few Bricks; and having got two Geese-Necks, they sew'd up the Basket, letting the two Heads hang out at each End of the Basket; (and directed it on a Parchment Label, to somebody at Oxford) W - was order'd to carry this to the White Swan-Inn, at Holhorn-Bridge: He was very careful to see the Parcel book'd, and happen'd to see a large Parcel of Hats, which were enter'd next to his two Geese, he came back and gave Information of the Particulars, and who they were directed to. Immediately one of them put on a brown Apron, and another drest himself like a Porter, and describing (very particularly) the Goods, desired to have them back, for some of the Sortments were to be altered, Time enough for the Goods to come again before the Carrier went out, by this Means they got the Hatts, which were sold at Half Crown a Piece, and the Money divided between Fluellin, Ramsey and W -. Once as Fluellin, Ramsey, and W -, were strolling up hancery Lane , they observ'd a Man at a Coffee House, to call - Porter. They loiter'd about 'till a Portmantua was deliver'd the Porter, with Orders to carry it to a Gentleman's Chambers in Furnivall's Inn Fluellin, Ramsey, and W- in his Livery, made all speed to Brown's Coffee-House in Holborn , where Fluellin and Ramsey went in, leaving W - at the Door, who was to tell them when the Porter was coming. The Signal was given when the Porter came in Sight, and 'Squire Fluellin came out to his Man W - at the Door, cursing and swearing at his Man, that he had made him stay so long for his Portmanteau. Lord Sir (says W -) it was sent from the Coffee-House to your Chambers, and I thought I should have seen the Porter with it before now; but Sir (the Porter being come up to them) here it is, will you please to have it carry'd to your Chambers? No, (says the 'Squire) you Blockhead, have not I waited long enough for it? - pay the Porter, and do you take and carry it to the Coach yourself, - you'll make more haste than the Porter. The Porter deliver'd them the Portmanteau, which was carried directly to Mother Bird's, and upon opening it they found Goods &c. in it, to the Value of 350 l. This Booty being divided, they equipp'd themselves for Adventures in the Country, and went as far as Preston in Lancashire . They put up at Mr. Taylor's, the Red-Lion at Preston . Here Ramsey pass'd for a Baronet, Fluellin for his Gentleman, and W - for Sir Robert Ramsey 's Footman. Here, by Virtue of forg'd Writings, and a Present of a Pair of Silver Tankards to Mr. Taylor, they defrauded him out of 400 l. pledging him a close Purse with leaden Pieces in it, for his Money; which as they were old Family Pieces, the Baronet insisted upon Mr Taylor's keeping safe, 'till he return'd him his 400 l. This was the Life this Malefactor led; having been used to the Business from five Years of Age. His usual Residence, was with P - g Y - g, in Three-Dagger-Court , in the Old Change , Cheapside ; who was been an Assistant in, and Accessary to the Commission of several Robberies with him. Her House is what the Thieves call a Case, that is, a Harbour for Whores and Robbers, and where Wine and Drams are sold; and by these Means, the Gang has been supported with Money, to that Degree, that it has been very common for them to with and lose 20 Guineas and upwards, at a single Game at Cards. The following LETTER was sent to Madam M - s. GOOD MADAM, HAD I the Eloquence of Cicero, it would be too little to set forth your Goodness and Charity to me all my whole Life, and in all my Adversities, when every body had forsaken me, but my God and you; and I most humbly beg that you will remember me in your Prayers, and more particular, to put them up in your Church. Dear Madam, as you have been a Parent to me, ever since my own dyed, and who as I have always found as such, even in all my Troubles and Adversities, when despised even by my own Blood, but as she is dead, I must draw a Vale, since neither the affinity of Blood, and I being the last of the Family (though I own myself guilty of Faults) cou'd ever bring her Face to Face: Though this I must own, in Justice to her Memory if she had not been imposed on by Persons who now find a large Account of her great Riches, which once I might have expected as mine, and now refuse to pay that small Stipend my dear Aunt was pleas'd to leave me, though now another Persons Right, and who could seize in a lawful and just way, but have been deterred for fear of hurting my Life. The Summer before my dear Aunt dyed, I went to Barnett , as miserable as possible, and destitute of every Thing but God's Grace; but finding I cou'd not get to the Speech of my dear Aunt, I went to a Gentleman's House, where I stay'd (in the Yard) 'till dusk in the Evening, and though the Servants knew who I was, never asked me to go in Doors, or sit down, and being through the Heat of the Weather almost choak'd with Thirst, I desired some small Beer, which after some difficulty, was brought, but in such a Manner, as if I had been the greatest Vagabond on Earth, and was told, I must come in the Morning, tho' I had London to come to, which would have been too far, to have been there in the Morning, and having no Money, I went into a Field near Whetstone , and lay in a Haycock all Night; but alas! when Morning came, the good and charitable Gentleman sent me Word down Stairs, that my dear Aunt had forbad them of interceeding in my Behalf; nay, he not so much as ask'd me to break my Fast, nor wou'd give me the least Trifle to carry me to Town. But God bless them and their Riches, for I don't envy them; but I hope my Riches which God Almighty has bestowed on me, thro' the Merits of our Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ, will last for ever. Good Madam, don't be offended that I let the World know both of you and dear Mr. M - s, what pains you have taken to save my Life, besides supporting me in so bountiful a Manner, and not doubting your Charity and extensive Goodness to see me buryed, for I shall be very unwilling to be obliged to Persons to bury me, that would not send me the smallest Relief in this my great Tribulation. Good Madam I must observe to you, that in one of my former Letters of the third of October, it being my unhappy Birth-Day, I wrought you Word, I would keep it with a double Pomp of Sorrow; now this being the third of November, I have kept it with a double Pomp of Joy and Gladness, that God Almighty of his infinite Goodness and Mercy, that he not only keeps me in my Senses, but gives me greater Strength of Mind, and a firmer Resolution than ever I had in my Life; and when the dismal News was first brought, I received it as one that had fought the Battles of the Lord, and as a good Christian should submit to his heavenly Will, tho' so miserable a Sinner. Dear Madam, Mr. M - s having had so much trouble already, I can't beg the Favour of him to go any more either to the Duke of N - e, or the Duke of M - h, though Sunday Night being Council Night, might be of the utmost Consequence; but there is one Favour I must beg, and most humbly hope Mr. M-s will grant, as I know it to be largely in his Power to get an Order from the Sherriffs for my Bdoy, which will be the greatest Means of my dying in Peace; and what a Requient wou'd it be to my departing Soul, if you and Mr. M - s would come and forgive me before I go hence, and be no more seen, you would not find me overwhelm'd with Grief and Tears, but Joy and Glad ness, that my Glass is so nigh run, and that my God did not cut me off in my Wickedness without giving me Time for Repentance; and I thank my God I am not afraid to dye, and can even smile at Death. My humble Thanks and Prayers to you good Madam, and Mr. M - s, for those innumerable Favours which I have receiv'd, even from my Childhood to my last Moments, which is all at Present from, Madam, Your most devoted, most obliged, Unhappy humble Servant. Edward Barcock . From my Cell in Newgate , Friday Night, November 3, 1738. P. S. Dear Madam, I hope you won't forget me in your Prayers. N. B. The abovesaid unhappy Person wrote another Letter about Three o'Clock on Wednesday Morning in his Cell, to the same Person as above, Part of which he wrote with his own Blood. Thomas Raby , Thomas Jones , alias Brown , and John Fosset , having been long acquainted together, and most of their Robberies having been committed in Company jointly, we shall (as we are straiten'd for Room) give the Public an Account of their Proceedings in Partnership. The Business which Raby and Jones followed most frequently, was what they call in their Dialect, Gambling. Their Method was to search the Streets, for a Countryman, or one who they imagined was ignorant of the Town; and when they met with a Person for their Purpose, Jones walked some little Way before him, Raby, and others of their Companions, behind him; on a sudden Jones would stoop down, and immediately say, he had pick'd up Half a Crown; then addressing the Countryman, he would say, Why! you was veay near it; if you had taken it up, I should have cry'd, - Halves; but as you look like an honest Man, if you'll go and drink, I'll treat you out of it. If the Countryman consented, they carried him to a House fit for the Design; Raby and W – I - would follow, and artfully get into Jones's and the Countryman's Company, and when Liquor had gone plentifully about, Cards would be called for, and cutting them for so much Money, or a particular Game, would be proposed, and the Countryman was never left, till he had not a Farthing left in his Pocket, nor any Thing valuable about him. Raby's Acquaintance with Fosset began at a Public House in Rag-Fair , frequented by such Persons, here Raby agreed with Fosset, and some of his Crew, to accompany him on the Water Lay, and they followed the Trade of getting into Ships through the Cabin Windows, and stealing all they could find, till Fosset was taken up for a Fact of this Kind, and he making himself an Evidence against some of his Accomplices, the Confederacy was broke up for some Time. Raby, even at the Time when he was engaged in these Courses, and with these Companions, kept a little Barber 's Shop in Clerkenwell-Close , and when he wanted Money, he would frequently send one of his Gang, in a Barber's Frock, to Gentlemen's Houses, on Monday Mornings, for their Wigs to be buckl'd up; by this Means he not only defrauded his own Customers (to whom he always pleaded ignorance of the Rogue their Wigs had been delivered to) but several Persons in Red-Lion Street, and Places adjacent. This Practice soon lost him all his Customers, and reduced him to the Necessity of entering himself into the Society of Highwaymen, who frequented Baker's House, who at that Time kept the Adam and Eve at Pancras . While he was harboured in this House, he, with one John Strutt , a Butcher , frequently stole Sheep in the Night out of the Fields, which Strutt kill'd and cut up at his Lodgings at Black-Mary's-Hole , and then carried them to Rag Fair to dispose of. One Night Raby and some of his Companions happened to be gaming at a House in Vinegar-Yard , there they met with Fluellin, and then began the Contrivance to cheat the Carriers and Book-keepers at Inns out of Parcels, which had been put under their Care. In Hampstead-Fair Time, he and Fluellin, and Strutt the Butcher, frequently lurk'd about Primrose Hill , and robbed every Passenger that passed that Way; among others they robbed an old grey-headed Gentleman of seven Guineas and a Tortoise-shell Snuff-Box. He had been at the Fair, and had pick'd up a Woman of the Town, who was very well acquainted with Raby, and notwithstanding the Lady's Intercession for her Spark, he not only took away the Things abovementioned, but stripped him of his Coat and Waistcoat likewise. One of his former Companions, ( Abram Davenport , who was convicted capitally some Time ago, for stealing a Tankard of Mr. Udall's at the Magpye-and-Horse shoe in Fleet street ) just before his Conviction had taken Lodgings at Chelsea , with one of his Spouses; he invited Mr. Raby, and W – J - to come to see him and his Ladies, and the Day was appointed The two Gentlemen accordingly set out, to pay this Visit to their Consederate, but as they were going over the Five Fields, three Rogues (not of their own Gang) set upon them, and play'd Rob Thief with them, and took from them all the Money they had provided themselves with, to make merry with their Friend Davenport This Disaster made them forward their Pace to Chelsea , and complaining to Davenyort of their Misfortune, hd immediately furnished them and himself with Pistols, and they set out in search of the Robbers; whom they found, not far from the Place where they appear'd at first. Ae Attack immediately ensu'd, and Davenport and his Friends recover'd what had been taken, and thirty seven Shillings extraordinary for their Trouble. After this they bound them, and flung them into a Ditch, where they left them to help themselves as well as they could. Then they returned toward Chelsea , and in their Way, meeting with an Ensign in the Guards, they robbed him of a Maidore and 14 s. 6 d. Some little Time after this, Davenport was taken up on Account of the Tankard; and then Raby and W – J -, with Cockey Wager, lately exrcuted, agreed to go on the Highway. For this purpose they hired Horses of D – L - s, at Black Mary's Hole , and rode to Finchley , where they robbed a Countryman of four Guineas and some Silver. From thence they proceeded toward Hendon , where they met the Rev. Dr. Wiison, who was then oing to Edgeware. They robbed the Doctor of seventeen Guineas, and went directly to the Sign of the Bell , a publick Home between Edgware and Hendon , to share the Booty. Wager (who never feared any Danger) kept them tippling in the House, till they were beset by the Country-people, whom the Doctor's Footman had alarmed. Wager, and W – J -, were taken, but Raby escaped out of a Back-door, and got away over the Fields; but though he was at Liberty, he did not forget his two Companions. He enquired after them, as soon as he could with Safety, and found they were both in Goal. Upon this he went to G - e M - y, in Dolphin-Court , Ludgate-Hill , and consulted with him, how to get his Companions at Liberty. G - e M - y provided himself with a Clergyman's Habit, and Raby having got a Certiorari, they went before a Judge, where the pretended Doctor told a Story of his having seen one of the Men that had robbed him in New-Prison, and the other two in the New-Goal in Southwark; and that these Men he knew not, nor could he charge them with any thing. Wager and W – J - upon this moved to be let out upon Bail; their Motion was complyed with, and Raby and N - d C - le immediately swore themselves substantial Housholders; their Bail was taken, and the two Rogues, by this Trick, escaped the Justice of the Law (at that time) and the Resentment of the real Doctor Wilson, who when he came to look after his Prisoners, and found they had been bailed out, and that neither they nor their Bail were to be hear'd of, he was so provoked that he advertised them, and offered forty (or fifty) Pounds Reward to any that could retake them. The first Robbery Raby committed on the Highway was at Kensington about 2 Years ago, where he and one - robbed a Gentleman in a Coach, of a silver Watch, and about 4 l. in Money, and 2 Days after robb'd a Gentleman and a Lady in a Chaise of about 8 l. a Watch, and a mourning Ring, finding themselves advertised, left off the Highway; he and another meeting a Woman in Jewin street going for a Bottle of Wine attack'd her, and finding she had no Money, whipt off her Cloak and ran away and pawn'd it, but a Discovery being made, my Companion turn'd Evidence, and I was tried for it at the Old Baily in April last, and was acquitted. We lurk'd about Leaden-hall-street , very often waiting for the Jews coming Home, and robb'd two of them, from the first we took his Watch, and about 7 l. in Portugal Gold; and the other we robbed of 5 old Silver Watches, which we suppose he had bought that Night. On a Rejoycing-Night there was a Bonefire in Cheapside , where my Companion and I went, and seeing a Girl I lik'd, I saluted her, and asked her how she did, she did not like my Freedom, and said she did not know me, on which I abused her, and said she was my Wife, and I had not seen her for 3 Months. My Companion, and others of our Company confirming what I said, she was persuaded to own me, and went with me, and when I had got her in a proper Place rifled her Pockets, and took a Handkerchief from her, but she crying out she was robb'd, and some People coming to her Assistance, I thrusted my Handkerchief into her Bosom; which was found upon her when the People came my Companion and the rest coming by accidentally (as it may be) asked me what was the Matter, I told them the Woman had pick'd my Pocket, they pretended to be surprised to see me in any Scrape, he spoke a great deal of my Honesty, and the Girl was hoisted away to St. Paul's Church-yard, and sluced at the Pump. DEAN BRIANT , was born at Haverly in Essex ; his Parents, while he was young, remov'd him to Harwick , and got him Employment on Board of a Ship. Being thus early inured to Sea Business , he followed the same ever afterwards, and is reported to have behaved well in the several Stations he was engaged in. After the Death of his Father, his Mother was possessed of a small Estate, which had been settled upon her as a Jointure, but upon Condition, that it she married again, it should come to him and his Brother. Accordingly upon her second Marriage, they became possessed of it, and Dean Briant sold his Moiety to his Brother, about the Time of his Marriage with the Woman he murdered. He was naturally of a gay Temper, and lov'd Company, Dancing, &c. from hence (in all Probability) might arise his Dislike of, and Aversion to his Wife; who, by those that knew her best, is reported to have been a sober, careful, honest Woman. And tho' he seemed particularly cautious (while he was under Condemnation) of dropping any Expressions which might be interpreted as an Acknowledgment of his horrid Crime, yet there are some Persons in Being, to whom he confessed the Fact privately, and the shocking Manner in which it was perpetrated; nor are there wanting those who make no Question, but his Attachment to leud Women, was the Cause of both his, and his Wife's Misfortune. It was reported that D -'s Wife had been with him the Night this unhappy Accident happened; and it is so far from that, she had not been with him, neither did he see her for some Weeks before. N. B. On Monday Night the 6th instant, about 1 and 2 o'Clock. Mr. Thomas, Fosset, Upton, as also Golding, broke thro' 2 Cells, and getting into the Passage, they broke a great Hole in the Roof of the Cells, but there they found the Timber so fortified with Iron, that they judged it impracticable to escape, so they return'd to their respective Cells. Mr. Cross being in the Cell with Thomas, assisted in the Design, and Mr. Thomas own'd he meditated the Undertaking, and did the greatest Part of the Work. Upon this, Mr. Thomas, Cross, Upton, and Fosset, were put into the Condemned Hole for the rest of the Time. Golding declared, that if he had had Time, he could have open'd all the Doors in the Prison with the Tools which Mr. Thomas had been furnished with, (as it is said by his Maid-Servant.) While he was confin'd in the Old-Condemned-Hole, he spent most part of his Time in writing Letters; particularly one to his Wife, who is now in Ireland, which was a very moving one. FINIS.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the Five Malefactors, who were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 29th of April, 1724. AT the King's Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, &c, held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Peter Delme , Knt . Lord Mayor , &c. Mr. Baron Gilbert, John Raby , Esq ; Deputy-Recorder, and several of His MAJESTY's Justices of the Peace. Which began on Wednesday the 26th, of February last, and was continued on Monday, Tuesday, &c. being the 30th, 31st, &c. Six Persons receiv'd Sentence of Death, viz. John Wild , James Collins , Thomas Williams , William Witherington , Frederick Schmidt , and Mary Morgan . And at the Sessions, which began and ended on Wednesday the 15th, of this Instant April, five Men receiv'd Sentence of Death, viz. Thomas Burden , John Winderham , Samuel East , John Gunner , and Edward Joyce . Of these eleven Men five were order'd for Execution, and five Repriev'd and Pardon'd; but Mary Morgan dyed under Condemnation, chiefly as she herself believed, thro' the closeness of the Place where she was confined; having before her Death confess'd the Murder of her Child, and the Manner how it was perform'd, and mention'd the young Man that was the Father of it, &c. as well as she was able, and as she had Sense and Speech left wherewithal to declare her Sentiments. The Sunday preceeding their Deaths, the Text was taken from 1 Sam. 31st, Chap. ver. 4th, Then said Saul unto his Armour-bearer, draw thy Sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his Armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid: Therefore Saul took a Sword and fell upon it. In considering the Nature of Suicide, we observ'd, That what some Assert, That as God is of infinite Mercy, he cannot require or be pleas'd with Men's continuing in Life under Agonies and Torture such as almost make them think hardly of the divine Being, &c, is not of any Validity: For tho' he is a God of Mercy, he has made Man not to be Happy in this Life; and the same Reasoning would hold as well against God's Mercy, because he has not made Us as happy as Angels, but Places us in this World, on Condition, that we bear Sicknesses, Pains, Losses, Vexations, &c. (2) What some alledge, in defence of Suicide, That Man is a free Agent, and has an Authority over Beasts, Birds, and all below, and much more over himself and his own Body; cannot be thought an Argument of any Validity, &c. (3) Nor can their Examples produced from Scripture avail; as of Sampson, who pull'd down the Hall upon himself, as well as on his Foes: Or of Saul, whom the Jewish Expositors suppose to have Repented and dyed a good Man, from his not refusing to fight God's Enemies, tho' he knew he should lose his Life; and from the tender Expressions with which David laments his Death, after the Amalekite had told that he had Slain him, or had put the finishing stroke to his Life, after he had wounded himself and was fallen; for David would not have thought such Sorrow for a wicked King's Death proper; Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their Lives - Ye Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, &c. 2 Sam. 1. But as to the Instance of Sampson, he had a particular Commission from God to kill himself; he prayed to God to restore once more again his vast Strength, God heard his Prayer and did so; But we live not in Times when the Creator vouchsafes to converse immediately with his Creatures. As for Saul, (if he dyed a good Man) we may say, That both Saul and Sampson did not end their Lives only because of Pain, but lest their Enemies should in their Persons deride their God. For the Philistines carried Sampson into their God Dagon's House to mock him, their saying, Our God hath delivered Sampson our Enemy into our Hands; and they praised their God, &c. And Saul said, thrust me thro', lest these Uncircumcised come and thrust me thro', and abuse me, &c. And we read the Philistines did hang up Saul's Armour in Dagon's Temple, and therein Triumphed over the living God, &c. But having no Opportunity of mentioning any more than this beginning of what was spoken to them, we are abruptly to proceed to give some short Account of their Behaviour, &c. The Account of these Prisoners, &c. THOMAS BURDEN , was Convicted of Assaulting William Zouch , on the 3d, of February last, and taking from him thirty one Shillings; it appearing, that the Prisoner having sate with the Prosecutor some time, and ask'd him certain Questions, drew an Iron out of a walking Stick, which he presented to the Prosecutors Breast, (who was very Aged) and compell'd him to produce his Money, which he did in a pint Pot: It appearing also, that he then tyed the old Man in his Chair with a Cord; and that, being apprehended by Whittington and Greenbury, he could not deny the Fact, but offer'd them the Money to Discharge him; the Jury found him Guilty. He said he was Born in Dorsetshire , but hurryed out of England , when very Young, and forced to go up the Streights; which Voyage he perform'd several Times, and was in various Skirmishes. Before each Fight, he added, That he had so much Virtue in him (for such he accounted it) as Devoutly and fervently to pray to God, and always with Tears did be wail his Sins, and resolve on a new Life: But after the Fights were over, the Devil was so powerful that he tempted him to deviate from his Resolutions, and to lead a careless Life. It was owing, he thought, to the Devil, that he did advantagiously employ many Apportunities; especially when he went as Convoy to Turkey , and was offer'd by a Gentleman of Aleppo, a beneficial Place and a Sum of Money, if he would forsake his Ship, and reside in Asia; Fate alone, (he believed) could make him so unfortunate, as to prefer the prophane Conversation of some Companions on Board the Ship, before a settled and regular Life, where he might have served God without hearing continually Cursing and Swearing, and Religion made a Jest of by those who ought, as he acknowledged, to be always prepared to die. He had thanked God very often, as he affirm'd, for preserving him from Turkish Slavery, from that of the Africans, and from that of the French, at that Time publick Enemies; but he said he had better have died in Slavery, than now suffer the ignominious Death of a Dog; and for that Offence, which (as he asserted) was the first of such a Nature, that he ever committed. He added, that he could not but blame himself, for that being discharged from the Sea, he chose rather to enter into the Land Service , than live a more sedate Life, taking Pleasure in the Service of God and in sober Conversation. But at the conclusion of the War in Flanders , he return'd Home, and following his original Trade in St. Giles's Parish , had good Encouragement, and God seem'd to prosper all his Attempts. But going, said he, on an unlucky Day, to the House of my late Brigadier at Hounslow , who was then absent, and had left a Corporal, my Acquaintance, in the House I: continued with the Corporal all Night, having then no ill Suggestions in my Mind; but the next Day walking by the Common, and talking of the old Man who lived much alone, the Devil put the wicked Thought in my Mind (after having drank freely) of assaulting the poor old Man; whom I tied to his Chair, &c. But like a Person new to such vicious Actions, so tied him that he easily got loose, and occasion'd the apprehending me, as I was walking (not like a skilful Thief) over the open Common, visible for many Miles together, when I might have taken into the Town, or thro' a Wood have secured myself many Ways. He was kindly advis'd to turn his Thoughts from this World to a better; but he could not induce himself to let go his strong Expectations of Life: He was told, that as he was an old Man (being aged about 50 Years) if he was to obtain Banishment he could not expect any great Happiness on this side the Grave; and as he had no Children, he need not be sollicitous for what he was to leave behind him; but such Discourse could not abstract his Thoughts from this World, till Death appeared immediately before him: He thought it was a most deplorable Thing, to live so long like a Man, and then at last to die like a Beast. But before he was executed, he said he doubted not but by suffering in this Life, to escape Punishment in another World, having satisfied Justice, and expiated his Crimes with his Blood. 2. WILLIAM WITHERINGTON was Convicted of assaulting Anne Anns , in Thames-Street , taking her Pocket wherein were 38 Guineas, &c. about 8 of the Clock at Night, on the 18th of February last. This Prisoner (who was about 22 Years of Age) was left to his Mother's Care, in the Parish of St. Giles's Cripplegate , when very young, his Father then dying; so that he knew not how to read, nor did he understand what was read: For about 7 Years ago, he went to Newfoundland in America ; and afterwards (he said) to the Straights. He said it was owing to his Education that he had wrong Notions (not as he plainly perceived;) not believing pilfering or plundering were sinful, for many Years together. He easily acknowledg'd that he took the Woman's Pocket, but was not easily brought to believe, there was any Crime in snatching from her. He said he had several times taken such things; and in particular, got a Hat and Wig and other Matters, at the late Duke of Marlborough's Funeral, which he said ought indeed to put Thoughts of Mortality and of another World, into his Mind. Adding, that some time ago, he forced off a Woman's Pocket in Holbourn, in which were a Ring, a silver Box, and several other Things of value, besides Money. He farther said, that he believed he had by those Means acquir'd above an Hundred Pounds: From the Consideration of which he was led to discern a Providence, which suffers not Ill gotten Riches to benefit the Possessor; for after all, he was so far from being advantaged by his Gainings, that he had nothing wherewith to sustain Nature, had neither Food nor Rayment, nor substance wherewith to inter his Corps. He seem'd much concern'd at the last, at the Thoughts of entering into another World, and appearing before God; being fearful of his Condition, and very uncertain whether God would accept his Efforts or not, which were delay'd so long. 3. EDWARD JOYCE , of St. Michael's Cornhil , was Indicted for assaulting Sarah Wood , in Exchange Alley , about 9 o'Clock, on the 30th of August last. It appear'd that the Prisoner threw the Prosecutor against a Wall, (which violence disorder'd her for two Months after,) then snatch'd her Pocket, which contain'd, a Broad-Piece, an Half-Moidore, a Duccatoon, 7 l. 17 s. in Money, and a pair of silver Buckles; and at that time escaped; but was afterwards impeach'd by his Companion in the Fact with him, who, with others, swore positively to the Person. His Master also F. Roche, appearing to prevaricate in favour of his late Servant; so that he was bound to appear at the ensuing Sessions, the Prisoner was found Guilty of the Indictment. He was about 25 Years old when he suffer'd Death, and spent most of his time in London ; for being by his Father, a Farmer by Tottenham, Bound to a Sawyer , some Excursions he made, as to Sea, &c. and some loose Actions he committed, for which he was committed to Bridewell . The time of his Apprenticeship expiring, he said he sold Brandy , not caring for Labour or Industry; and being in some Danger went to dwell with his Father, till his Apprehensions should be over. He then was advised by his Father, Sister and other Friends, who suspected Disasters which soon overtook him, to go to Sea; and he intended to do so, in order to avoid Wilson, Witherington, Salter, Godfrey, and others, with whom he associated and combin'd, and with whom he own'd he had committed several Ill-Actions, especially Street-Robberies; which ill Courses he carry'd on, as well before as after he was free from his Apprenticeship. He said that he acquir'd above 8 Pounds in Thames-Street , near two Years ago; and about a Year ago, viz. the Beginning of Winter, almost as large a Sum in the same Street; but he was then pursued, and thinking it impossible to escape the Man who follow'd him, was twice or thrice going to Surrender, but at last reach'd an House, where he had Friends. Finding neither Petitions, nor Cooper's Affidavit deliver'd to the Privy-Council, cou'd avail, he was very Penitent, after he was included in the Warrant. 4. FREDERICK SCHMIDT , was indicted, for erazing and altering a Bank-Note, bearing Date Decem. 24th 1723, payable to W. Richardson, or Bearer; being the Sum of 100 Pounds; on the 16 Day of January last, in the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields. It appear'd, by the Deposition of John Allyngham , that the Prisoner and a Person call'd The Baron De Loden, being possest of 20 Pound-Note, payable to W. Richardson, it was turn'd into a Note of 85 Pound; and such it was tender'd to Messieur Malyory, who in lieu of it gave to the Bearer (Baron Loden) Goods, &c. and a Bank-Note of 20 Pounds. It farther appear'd, by the Deposition of the Baron de Loden, and that of Eleonora Sophia , Countess de Bostram, That Messieur Mallory's 20 Pound-Note was also alter'd; for the Baron giving it to the Prisoner he carry'd it up Stairs to his Chamber; and when he came down again, the Sum Twenty was taken out and a Blank appear'd; they then drew the Note thro a Plate of Gum-Water, then drying it, with a Box-Iron smooth'd between Papers, Then wrote One Hundred in the Place of the Twenty: Mr. Schimdt having thus alter'd the Note, gave to the Baron and the Interpreter to buy Plate with, which they did, to the Value of 40 Pounds. It appear'd farther, that the Prisoner told the Baron, that he could write 20 Sorts of Hands; and that 3 or 400 Pounds he could augment to 50000: He also own'd that he transmitted a Letter to his Correspondent in Holland, enquiring if English Bank-Notes were Currant there, &c. Whereupon the Jury of Foreigners found him Guilty. The short Account here given of this unhappy Gentleman, was taken as much from others, as from his own Mouth; but tho' the Particulars are not wholly from himself, they were receiv'd from such Persons as make me confident of the Certainty of them. Frederick Schmidt , was born at Breslaw , the Capital of Silesia , in the North-East of Germany , of a Family Great and Wealthy. His Parents, who were Lutherans, afforded him a learned Education, and nourish'd him with much Tenderness. In the City of his Birth he dwelt many Years, being a Merchant , and having a Correspondency settled chiefly at Hamburg ; tho' he had also Affairs of Consequence in other Places, in particular in Holland . He Marry'd young; but it seems, upon Uneasiness that arose from the Behaviour of his Wife, they were separated, and have not cohabited together for many Years. Some time ago, he was in England to Negotiate certain Affairs in the way of Merchandize; from whence he went to Holland ; and from thence to Hesia . But Mr. Schmidt denied that he ever was in France, and much more that he ever eraz'd Bills and fled thence into England. And it is certain, (tho' it is by many believ'd) that he never appear'd as Servant to the Baron de Loden; he said to certain of his Friends, That the Baron and he were nearer Friends, and hinted, that they curiously maintain'd the Countess; for whose sake (wanting Money to support her according to her Title) they enter'd into fraudulent Combinations. But how he came to enter upon this way, or when first he began it, we know not: But some say, that even when apprehended, he did not know that his Offence was Capital. We may believe indeed, that he did not at all apprehend he should be condemn'd to dye, from his Behaviour at his Trial; for he said, they can't hurt me, they can't harm me, &c. Even when put into the Condemn'd-Hold, he told the other Malefactors, (as he was able to express himself) that he should not be Hang'd with them; That he should in two Days remove to his former Lodging, &c. For some Days, he took no Notice of either Book or Prayer; but while the other Malefactors were on their Knees, he was writing a large Number of Letters, which he directed to several Noblemen, Foreign-Ministers, Merchants, &c. That he employ'd himself both Night and Day; not immagining in the least he should die. When he was at the Chappel (which was only 3 or 4 times) I advised him to have a Minister whom he could perfectly understand. But tho' a Gentleman was so Charitable as to visit him, yet at first he made slight of it, and sometimes refus'd to go down to him. But afterwards he mollify'd, and was Thankful for the Minister's Kindness and Charity. As he understood some Latin, some French, and some English, (tho' none of 'em perfectly) He gave me to understand, that he thought the Interpreter was not his Friends; he complain'd that he had not an Advocate; and added, that he expected the Jury of Foreigners would many of them have been Germans; which was not so. He said that the Baron (who was an Apothecary's Son, and there by understood Styptick-Waters, &c.) had been in many more such Facts than he, as had the Countess in more than he. The Minister who attended him, told me, that several Days before he dyed, Confess'd to him that he was Guilty of the Fact. 'Tis probable he deny'd it so long and obstinately, believing he should escape Death, and determining then to convince his Acquaintance that he was wholly Innocent. Several Days before his Excution, he fell sick, and lost all his Strength, and languish'd to the time of his Death. He was about 45 Years of Age. 5. THOMAS WILLIAMS , was Convicted of robbing W. Cole on Smallbury-Green , of a Gold Watch, Snuff-Box, Hanger, &c. Also of Breaking the House of W. Trantum, and stealing Linnen, a Cup, &c. Also of assaulting J. Fletcher, in Windmill-Lane , and taking 15 s. and a silver Stud. He was 42 Years old, a Native of Dublin in Ireland ; came young to England ; was a Shoemaker in Spittle-Fields ; 18 Years ago, he wedded a Woman older and much wealthier than himself, which rais'd him several Enemies amongst her Friends. Afterwards he was a Dealer in Brumingham Wares, and in Linnens , &c. and went to Ireland , and made other short Voyages When apprehended, he kept a Shop at Hownslow , had a beautiful pleasant House, and let Lodings, his Comrade Dorman, (who was Evidence against him) being then his Lodger. He was in a large Gang; Dormer, Eager, Winton, Piper, Minton, &c. his Confederates. He said, the chief Robbery he committed, was upon 3 Stage-Coaches, going (I think) from Salisbury, one Friday Morning, about two Months ago; at which time 30 l. was acquired, but his share, he said was 7. When alone, he stole, he said, some pieces of Broad-Cloath, &c. hung out at Salisbury , the Night preceeding the Fair: He mention'd a Ship and other Things, which he stole. He was very Penitent; a Fortnight together, all Night he ate up to read and pray, and took his Repose in the Day time. At his Death, with the utmost earnestness he continu'd to recommend himself to God. At the Place of Execution, Frederick Schmidt (having dismist all Thoughts of Life, after the sight of a Letter that was sent him by one who buy'd him up till then with Hopes of a Reprieve) seem'd wholly composed, serene and sedate; even more so than the Swedish Minister, (as he said) desir'd to see; for he no way appear'd as a Person going into Gods Presence.) Being help'd into the Cart, (on account of his extream Weakness) he pray'd, but could not carry on his Attention to the end of the Prayer. The Players being concluded, he desir'd the Executioner might tye him so as to Die easie, then regarded the other Prisoners while they were fix'd to the Tree; altho, the Minister who attended him, call'd several times earnestly to him to mind his Soul, and to call on God. He also desired that Gentleman to write to his antient Mother in Germany, to inform her of his sad Fate, and to beg her Pardon. THO. BURDEN gave me a large Paper, but containing chiefly Hardships done him; complaining, that his Brigadier believe'd one Benjamin Cooper before him; affirming that tho' he took the 31 s. when in Liquor, his Conscience would have oblig'd him to return it, when Sober, &c. EDWARD JOYCE spoke to the Spectators, pretending and declaring that he was Innocent of this Offence; but he own'd that other Facts he had committed. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words. Of the EIGHT MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 17th of March, 1755, BEING THE Second EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE STEPHEN THEODORE JANSSEN , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER II. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and R. GRIFFITHS, at the Dunciad, in Pater-noster Row, the only authorised Printers of the ORDINARY'S Account. M.DCC.LV. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , Sir Thomas Dennison , knt . Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe , knt . William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the city of London, and justices of jail-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said city, and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 4th, Thursday the 5th, Friday the 6th, and Saturday the 7th of December, in the 28th year of His Majesty's reign, Richard Preston , and John Dyson , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. And, by virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , lord chief baron Parker, Sir Michael Foster , Sir Thomas Birch , William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the city of London, and jail-delivery of Newgate, for the county of Middlesex, holden at Justice hall in the Old-Bailey , on Thursday the 16th, Friday the 17th, Saturday the 18th, Monday the 20th, and Tuesday the 21st of January, in the 28th year of His Majesty's reign, Joseph Gill , Edward Murril , alias Delarand , Joseph Lovel , Thomas Trevis , John Moody , Isaiah Robins , John Armstrong , Thomas Welch , Wright Wankford , and Sarah Todd , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. And, By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right hon. Stephen Theodore Janssen , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , Mr. baron Adams, Mr. justice Wilmott, William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the city of London, and jail-delivery of Newgate, for the county of Middlesex, holden at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 26th, Thursday the 27th, and Friday the 28th of February, Saturday the 1st, Monday the 3d, and Tuesday the 4th of March, in the 28th year of His Majesty's reign, John Burton , Thomas King , Edward Haynes , alias Hales , and William Burk , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. These several unhappy people have behaved as 'tis usual with most in their situation. Welch was a Roman Catholic , Burk and King became so. The rest attended at prayers daily, and when in chapel appeared serious and devout. On Thursday the 13th instant, the report of the malefactors under sentence of death in Newgate, was made to His Majesty, by the recorder of London, when he was pleased to order Richard Preston , John Dyson , Joseph Gill , Edward Merrill , alias Delarand , Thomas Trevis , John Moody , William Burk , John Burton , and Edward Haynes , for execution on Monday the 17th instant. Wright Wankford died February the 3d, about seven o'clock at night . John Armstrong died the next morning about four o'clock . Joseph Lovely , John , alias Thomas Welch , Sarah Todd , and Thomas King , had execution respited at the same time, till His Majesty's pleasure touching them should further be made known . And, Isaiah Robins 's execution is respited for three weeks . On Saturday evening last, one of the messengers brought from the earl of Holderness's office a respite for John Moody , for ten days. 1. 2. Richard Preston , and John Dyson , were indicted, for that they on the 9th of October, about the hour of one in the night of the same day, the dwelling-house of Benjamin Huffman , esq ; did break, and enter, and one gold watch, value ten pounds, one gold seal, one silver snuff-box, two pair of silver shoe-buckles, one pair of silver knee-buckles, one silver stock-buckle, two silver spoons, one pair of silver spurs, in the dwelling-house of the said John, did steal . See Sess. Paper, Part II, Numb. 16, 17. 3. Joseph Gill was indicted for that he, together with William Burk , on the king's highway, on John Manby did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person one topaz ring, set with two brilliant diamonds, value forty-two shillings, two gold rings, one guinea, and two shillings and six-pence in money numbered, his property, December the 28th . 4. Isaiah Robins was indicted, for that he on the king's highway, on Richard Richardson did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life; and taking from his person one pair of silver shoe-buckles, value ten shillings, one pair of knee-buckles, one linen neckcloth, one half guinea, and two shillings in money numbered, his property, December the 29th . 5. Wright Wankford was indicted, for stealing one black gelding, value twelve pounds, the property of John Berdwell , May the 8th . 6. John Moody was indicted, for that he, with a certain pistol, loaded with a leaden bullet, did wilfully and maliciously shoot at Rose Moody , his wife , in the dwelling-house of Constantine Phipps , esq ; with intent the said Rose to kill and murder, January the 2d . 7. Joseph Lovel was indicted, for stealing a bay mare, value four pounds, the property of Samuel Elkins . 8. Thomas Trevis was indicted, for that he, on the 27th of December, about the hour of two in the morning of the same day, the dwelling-house of John Dederick Pope did break, and enter, and stealing out thence one gown, two cloth cloaks, three pair of worsted stockings, one pair of leather pumps, one silk damask waistcoat, one quarter of a pound of thread, the property of the said John Dederick Pope . 9. Sarah Todd widow was indicted, for stealing one chesnut coloured gelding, value four pounds, the property of William Collingwood , January the 10th . 10, 11. John Armstrong , and John , alias Tho. Welch were indicted, for that they on the king's highway, on Francis Hall did make an assault, putting film in corporal fear and danger of his life and taking from him three shillings in money numbered. December the 10th . 12. Edward Merril , alias Delarand , was indicted, for that he on the king's highway, on Collin Smith , esq ; did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person one metal watch, value three pounds, one pair of silver shoe-buckles, value twelve shillings, one guinea and seven shillings in money numbered, his property, December the 9th . 13. Edward Haynes , alias Hales , was indicted, for stealing one piece of shalloon, containing two hundred and twenty-four yards, value twelve pounds, two pieces of bays, containing seventy-four yards, value three pounds, and thirty yards of cloth, called everlasting, value thirty-eight shillings, the goods of Joseph Royds and company, in their ware-house, January the 22d . 14. Thomas King was indicted, for stealing one silver tankard, value four pounds, the property of Mary Smith , widow , in the dwelling house of the said Mary Smith , December the 9th . 15. John Barton was indicted, for that he, on the 23d of December last, about the hour of one in the night of the same day, the dwelling-house of John Hall did break, enter, and one lid to a tankard, value thirty shillings, one silver spoon, one silk handkerchief, and two shillings and six-pence in money numbered, the property of Elizabeth Bullis , spinster , one silk handkerchief, four yards of linen-cloth, the property of Robert Chaddock , did steal in the dwelling-house of the said John Hall . 16. Wm. Burk was indicted for that he, on the King's highway, on John Manby , esq ; did make an assault, putting him in bodily fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person one topaz ring, &c. Dec. 28 . 1. Richard Preston , aged 20, was born at Chipping-Norton in Glocestershire , of poor parents, who could afford him no education, and brought him up to husbandry labour , till he came to London about four years ago. When first he came he used to run of errands for the other servants; but Mr. Huffham, he says, observing him, and taking him to be a promising lad, told him, if he would be a good boy, he would take him into his service, and teach him to wait at table, &c. to fit him for a footman . He was accordingly taken into Mr. Huffham's service, and lived with him some time. He went away for a while, and returning, Mr. Huffham took him again; but he had a second time left Mr. Huffham when he committed this robbery. 2. John Dyson , aged 17, was born also at Chipping-Norton in Glocestershire , of poor parents, who neither could give him any education. He says he was put apprentice to an uncle in Chipping-Norton , who was a peruke maker : he dying, his aunt married another man of the same business, who lived at Richmond , and poor John was sent for, to come and serve his time out with his new uncle. Preston and he were children together, and play-fellows, in the country, and soon after his coming up to Richmond , they renewed their acquaintance. Dyson says, that for a month or six weeks before the robbery was done, Preston never ceased, day after day, to persuade him to be accomplice with him in the robbing Mr. Huffham's house, saying, he knew the house well; that they should get money enough; and that there was no danger of being taken in the fact: to which, at length, he consented. Accordingly on Wednesday, the 9th of October, about twelve or one o'clock in the morning, having for two or three days before been idling away their time in walking the fields together, and drinking till they had not a farthing left between them, they set about the breaking open of Mr. Huffham's house at Ealing . They got in at the cellar-window, which Preston opened, and went up the cellar stairs to get into the house. They drank several bottles of liquor in the cellar, and eat bread and cheese; and then Preston unlocked the cellar door with a key he had provided himself with while he lived in the family; and through a hole he had also made before, he pushed back the bolt of the door, and so got into the house. Having thus got into the house, Preston went directly to Mr. Huffham's bed-chamber, and Dyson followed to the head of the stairs, where he stood, while Preston went into the room, and took Mr. Huffham's gold watch from his bed's head, where it hung, and his snuff-box out of his pocket. Preston then came out to Dyson with the gold watch, &c. and they went togetherinto the parlour, where Preston opened a desk with a stick, he says, and took out several things, as mentioned in the indictment. After all this was done, they went again down into the cellar, and drank another bottle or two, and so made the best of their way, meeting with no manner of interruption (tho' they had provided a broomstick to defend themselves if any body should stir); yet they thought themselves very safe from danger, and the next thing they had to consult was how to dispose of their prize. In order thereto, after consultation, they thought it would be the best way to go at a distance in the country, that they might not be detected, little thinking how near they were to betraying their own scheme. So the next morning they set out for Windsor , and as soon as they came there, very tager to raise money, they sold all the buckles, &c. they had taken out of Mr. Huffham's bureau in the parlour to a barber in Thames-Street , for nine shillings. Having got money they refreshed themselves, and away for Reading in Berks; and there disposed of Mr. Huffham's spurs to a man that keeps an inn in that town. The next day they went to Wallingford , where offering Mr. Huffham's watch and seal to sale for a value which shewed they were not used to such things, they were suspected of having stolen the watch, and taken up on suspicion. Before the mayor, and other justices at Wallingford , Dyson confessed the whole matter of robbing Mr. Huffham's house, and signed his mark to his confession; which was in substance answerable to what is before reported concerning their breaking, entering, and robbing the house, as both owned all along. Dyson said, Preston proposed it to him, or he should never have thought of it; and Preston says, Dyson was soon persuaded to come into the scheme; though he did observe to him upon the first solicitations, that, if discovered, it was a hanging matter, as he termed it. However, after examination had before the justices of Wallingford , they were committed to Reading gaol . There Preston practised his art of opening locks; for, says he, we used to sleep eight or nine of us prisoners together in one room, with a chain run through all our irons; but if I could but get a nail, the lock that held us all was presently picked, and before morning we were all separated. By means of Dyson's confession, and an advertisement, in three papers, of a robbery and burglary committed at Ealing , the owner of the goods they had thus sold, and offered to sale, was sound out. The robbery they committed the 9th of October, and being taken some few days after, they were kept in Reading gaol till removed by Habeas Corpus to Newgate , to take their trials at the Old Bailey in the sessions of December last; when Mr. Huffham swearing to the watch, & c. as laid in the indictment, produced by persons, who swore they had them from Preston and Dyson; and Dyson's confession appearing, the jury soon gave a verdict against them, guilty of the indictment. Being both very young in years, and very ignorant, they however behaved quiet and decently, till the next sessions brought others to the same unhappy situation they were in; some of whom being more versed than they in acts of robbery, and further advanced in daring repetitions of such crimes, made Preston and Dyson more bold by their hardened behaviour and evil counsel: inasmuch as Dyson said to me one day, speaking to him of the alteration I had observed in his behaviour and manners for the worse, "Had I suffered before "the others came, I believe it had "been better for me;" or words to that effect. Dyson continued very hearty and strong to the last. His years were so tender, and his thoughts so vague, that though, when talking to him, you might find him affected with a sense of his lost condition, expressed by his tears; yet no sooner was he out of hearing and sight, but the little levities of childhood, as it were, attacked him again, and the motion of a straw would cause him to laugh, and look as pleasant as if nothing had been the matter with him; as if under no calamity. Preston put on the appearance of a penitent, and behaved as one would expect a person under his unhappy circumstances. He was well and hearty till within about a fortnight before he suffered; and then he took to his cell, and pretended he could not stand upon his legs: but, the Saturday night before he suffered, he made an attempt to escape, and worked such a breach in his cell, as was scarce to be thought of, and surprized every one that saw it. It was indeed a vain attempt; for if he had worked for a month without interruption, he could never have effected an escape. Dyson before attempted the like, but had not gone so far as Preston did. Though very young, their inclinations to mischief were as strong as others of larger experience and years; for I scarce ever saw an attempt before to break out of the cells. All their attempts were in the night, when they thought every thing was quiet, and out of hearing their works; but there were not wanting, in the many attempts made by these unhappy people, some to discover and frustrate their plots and contrivances, which, tho' they were mean and ineffectual, shewed their earnest desire to escape from that fate, which they owned themselves sensible they had legally merited. The propensities of nature strove hard to get off from it, but proper care preserved them for their destined fate. They both suffered, declaring a dependance and trust in the mercies of God, and promises through Christ's, merits; and to those mercies we must leave them. If their juvenile years were such, as no lasting impressions were to be made upon their minds, who but God, through Christ, can procure a salve for their sores! 3. Thomas Trevis , aged 21, was born in the parish of St. Paul Shadwell , of poor parents, who could give him no education, whose poor mother, he says, is now in the workhouse. He was bred to no trade, he says; but when his parents could provide for him no longer, he got into business now and then upon the river Thames, and worked at rigging, and assisting to fit out ships , with whom, and wherever he could get employment. He confesses he has now and then also committed little pilfering tricks among the shipping, as too frequent has been the practice it is very well known; but, he says, he never got more than a shilling or eighteen-pence at a time by any of those thieveries, in which he has often been concerned with many other boys in that neighbourhood. He says, about two years ago, he took upon him to go to Newcastle , &c. in a coal-vessel trading from London , that his wages were small, and that what little money he got by the voyage was soon squandered away, after the discharging of the ship, among his wonted companions, to whom he resorted as soon as he got on shore, and they never left him till all was gone; and then, to get farther supplies, he went out with others of his companions to picking pockets, or breaking houses, as they found opportunities. At first he denied having ever been guilty of house-breaking, but in this instance, for which he was convicted; but, before we parted, he confessed, he and his companions had been guilty of a great many, though in this no one was with him, he declared to the last. Having no settled place of habitation, but being used to frequent night-houses, and all receptions of thieves and idle persons, he was used to travel the streets in the night with his companions; and when they saw a little house, fit for their purpose, were used to break and enter, and make what advantage they could. Whatever they got, if they could but bear it off undiscovered, they were sure to dispose of it in Rosemary-lane . When the press for seamen begun, he says, he thought of going to sea, and was agreed to go in a day or two; but committing this robbery, and being taken in it, unhappily prevented his design. When the warrant for execution was intimated to him, he was very uneasy, till he had acknowledged that many times he had combined with others in house-breaking, but was not capable of giving a particular account of such as he had been concerned in. He said he hoped his fate might be a warning to his companions; and, if they did but know what sorrow he had for what he had done, they would leave off before his fate overtook them. The burglary he was convicted for was committed in St. George's in the East parish, near to where he was born, in Shadwell . He had taken notice of the yard as he had passed by the house, and, he says, that he thought it was easy to get into, and the devil prompted him to resolve upon it. He acknowledges he did break the house by himself, in pursuance of this suggestion of the devil, and did steal the goods, as in the indictment. He was taken in carrying away the goods by the watch of St. George's, and others, who, seeing a bundle withhim at two o'clock in the morning, suspected him; and not giving a good account of himself upon enquiry, was taken upon suspicion. A pair of shoes, among other things, betrayed him, which; having the maker's name on them, and being brought to him, he said he made them for the prosecutor's daughter, who being robbed of them, another pair was bespoke to supply the place of them. Trevis made the common defence, that he found the goods as he was going home; but owned the fact, when he found no excuse could prevail to save life. Idleness, he said, had been his great enemy, and paved the way to his sad and shameful death, which he seemed, and declared to meet resigned to the will of God, and penitent, having been well all the while under sentence of death. 4. John Burton , aged 22, was born near Newport Pagnel in Buckinghamshire , and was bred to husbandry labour , after being kept at school to learn reading and writing in that town. His parents were poor, so that he was obliged to work for his living, as they did; but, as he grew up, he became more idle and unlucky, and work began to be out of favour with him, when he took to rambling about the country to all wakes and fairs, &c. that ever he could hear of. He was always of a pilfering disposition, and scarce any one cared to employ him; so that finding himself neglected by his neighbours, in one of his frolicks and rambles, being drunk, he met with a party beating up for soldier s, and listed himself among them. This was about four years ago, he says, when the regiment he listed in was first sent to Scotland , and afterwards to Minorca , where he remained till last spring. He says the regiment was ordered home, and he came along with it, but had not been long in England before he deserted. While he was in Minorca , he was taken ill, he says, and lay six weeks, expecting death almost every day; but, upon his recovery, soon after he got abroad, he broke into the house where provisions are kept for the garrison, and stole bread, meat, and wine, of which robbery he was detected, and would have been severely punished; but in consideration of his long illness, which had rendered him very weak, and his pleading hunger and thirst in excuse for the fact, all punishment was for that time remitted. After his arrival in England , and having deserted, he went down into his own country, and from thence into Oxfordshire , where he engaged with a farmer to be at harvest-work with him for the season; but, before he left him, he made bold to break open a trunk or chest of his master's, and stole out of it, to the best of his remembrance, about ten pounds; which having done, he moved off the ground, and made the best of his way to London to hide himself, where he has been since about Michaelmas last. After he had foolishly lavished away this ill-gotten booty among all sorts of bad company of both sexes, he went to live with a person, he says, near the Foundling Hospital , with whomhe continued some time as a labouring man . He was very ill ever since in Jail, upon account of which his trial was deferred from January to February sessions, and that illness had very much hurt him, even almost to the impairing of his senses, though sometimes he was better than other, was sometimes quite stupid, and at other times he was but just capable of knowing what he said, or what was said to him. However, thus much, at several times, he confessed and owned, and that he was destitute, and out of business, when he broke open the Oxford Arms in Warwick-lane , and stole the goods, as the indictment charges, and for which he suffered. He had entertained great hope that he should not be hanged, but finding himself included in the warrant, for a while he was as one mad; but coming to himself, he was brought to resignation to the will of God, to own the justice of his suffering, leaving this life, in which his folly and wickedness had kept him in almost one continued scene of trouble, in hope of a better. 5. Edward Haynes , aged 36, was born in Shropshire , of creditable parents, who gave him such education as was usual in the part of the country where he was born, and he was taught to read and write, at a little parish school in the neighbourhood. His parents dying, he left his own country, and went to live at Stourbridge in Worcestershire , in capacity of a servant out of livery . Having lived some years, his mind gave way to changing; and tho' his master would have persuaded him to stay, no arguments could prevail, but go away he would. And finding his resolution fixed, he had however behaved so well, that his first master recommended him to a second, I think he says in the same county. He went to this second master, and lived very comfortably and well, his behaviour meeting with respect, answerable to the satisfaction it gave his master. But somehow, there was an unsettledness in his mind; he wanted somewhat yet to make him happy and easy, but he knew not what. Having got some money in his service, he resolved to go into the world for himself, as he called it, and acquainted his master with his design. As the master liked the servant, he also endeavoured, to dissuade him from it, but in vain. Haynes left that service, got him a wife, and took a public house , not doubting to get a fortune soon; but to his great disappointment, he found he grew worse and worse in circumstances, instead of better; and after having continued that way of life for two or three years, he thought proper to leave that country, business, wife and children, and came to London , about two years ago, to get his own livelihood again by service. His first place in town, he says, was at a grocer's, where he lived many months honestly, doing his business regularly as he received directions, and left this service with reputation, and was recommended to Mr. Royds, with whom he lived in the house, and upon whom he committed the robbery for which he suffered. Haynes and one Cowley were countrymen, and had beenformerly acquainted. Upon Haynes's coming to town, their acquaintance was renewed, to the great detriment of both; for, upon Haynes's capital conviction, Cowley being tried with him, for receiving the goods, knowing them to be stolen, the jury being of opinion that he knew them to be stolen, from many circumstances appearing in course of evidence, found him guilty also, and Cowley received the judgment of the court to be transported for fourteen years. Haynes, tempted by hopes of getting money faster than the nature of his place would admit, observing the large stock of goods in the house, was prompted by the devil, he says, to set his mind upon robbing his master; supposing that out of such large quantities, a piece now and then was not to be missed. The next thing was, what should he do with his stolen goods? It came into his head, that his old acquaintance Cowley, being a taylor, might help him off, and accordingly he put it to the trial. Sundry goods at times, Haynes says, he stole from his master, and carried to Cowley; and that Cowley came to his master's house, and fetched away the other goods himself, which Haynes delivered to him. He says, he was allowed 1 s. per yard, for the goods which Cowley sold for two; so that the value of the goods was equally divided between them. Haynes alwas declared, no body put him upon this; 'twas his own thought, and would by no means charge any body else with being concerned with him, except Cowley. Haynes behaved like a true penitent, heartily sorry for what he had done in this, and all respects amiss against God, and all law; and owned the justice of his conviction. And, being soon after conviction, taken very ill, continued so till he suffered; which he did with all patience and resignation, hoping that God would be merciful to him hereafter, as he saw his contrition earnest and sincere, and having his faith fixed on the merits of Christ's blood. 6. Edward Merril , alias Delarant , says, he was about 22 years of age, being born in Exeter-street in the Strand . His father was very well known to be a very worthy and industrious man in his way of business, but some how had not the happiness to succeed so well in trade, as 'twas by all that knew him thought he might have done. He left behind him this unhappy youth, who has not proved so well as was in his father's life-time hoped, and believed he had then the appearance of doing. He was in person a likely young fellow, had the blessing of a good understanding given him from above, which he has unhappily since most grosly abused, as well as that education which was bestowed on him by his father. When he was about 12 or 13 years of age, he says, his father died, and as he proved a forward youth, preparations were made for sending him abroad, that he might see the world a little, and improve his knowledge of it to a better purpose, than as it has proved in the event, to his great misfortune, he chose to do. In pursuanceof the good intentions of his friends, he says, he did go abroad, and was on a voyage to the East-Indies , out and at home, about 22 months. The truth of which depends upon his own words, as this was his own declaration. He said further, that he might have staid there; and believes he should not have come home so soon, but that he expected a good fortune to come to, when he arrived in England . But when he came home, being disappointed as to that expectation, and having already entertained notions of a gay life, he could not forbear pursuing it, though he knew he had not wherewithal long to support it. However, he continued it till all he had was exhausted; all places of public diversion being his daily resort; besides that, he was too prone to the allurements of the stews, and disorderly-houses of the town, and had an itching after all gaming tables he could get admittance to. Indulgence from some quarter kept his imagination fixed in a security which push'd him forward to his ruin, that no end should be to his gaiety. But, finding the means of encouragement fail, at least not so flush as formerly, he began to think of shifting for himself, and of cutting out a way to provide for his extravagances at all events. He was too much indulged to be bred to any business, to which he might turn his hand to get an honest livelihood, and therefore his invention must be employed to supply the place of that industry, which 'twas pity he had not been put in the way of. If ever he was designed for business, he was not not kept to it; but, he says, he was bred to no particular trade, which he pretended to lay any claim to the knowledge of. Unhappy youth! what should he do? No employment to turn his hand to live honestly, and so he became a professed debauchee, gambler, and highwayman, tho' very artfully, and private in his doings. His deeds were deeds of darkness, and therefore he was rarely to be seen, but in the night. He acknowledges to have been a very bad liver, in all sorts of debauched and evil conversation, but for private reasons he had to himself, though he could not but own the justice of his fate, he would not suffer his deeds to be expos'd to light here, except such as were too publick for him to conceal. Of which number, are his having some years since been in the hands of justice among others; but out of compassion to his family, he was dismissed before any particular person appeared to lay any thing to his charge. - This being at Chelmsford , for a robbery in Essex . - And, the share he had in the misfortune of a young fellow, a particular acquaintance of his, who was executed at Tyburn, within the space of two years past, whose name we forbear to mention; because we would not refresh the memory, and run the risque of creating fresh sorrows in the minds of his friends and relations. Delarant had then lodgings in Salisbury-court , Fleet-street , and his visits were frequent to him in Newgate, while under sentence of death; and he had a considerable part of that money from him, which he was executed for taking on the highway. This was declared by him, before the person suffered; nor had the unhappy Delarant so feared and hardened a conscience, as to deny it, nor the before-mentioned facts. However, even though he had strong assurances from his friends, that they had interest enough to save his life, and though he was recommended to mercy by the jury that tried him, yet he behaved extremely well from the time of his conviction. Indeed, expecting from such motives to have life saved, his disappointment was greater, when he found himself included in the warrant for execution. But he soon recovered from this disappointment, by fixing his hopes and expectations where no such thing can happen to those, who endeavour to gain a reprieve from the jaws of death eternal, by flying to those conditions of the gospel of Christ, to which are promised life eternal. The fact for which he suffered, was a robbery on the highway, near Whetstone turnpike . The prosecutor had no sooner told the court the manner in which he was robbed, and said, he could not swear to him, though he believed him to be the man, than Delarant (through the conviction of his own mind) was so infatuated as to own the fact, at the same time he thought he was clearing himself, by asking him, whether he had any thing about his head or face? Had no other evidence charged him home, this was enough to satisfy all that heard him of his guilt; but he was taken the next day, with the things he had taken from the prosecutor upon him, and a pistol in his pocket, but not loaded, as his horse was shoeing at the blacksmith's shop. He was suspected to be highwayman, and being apprehended upon the suspicion, to his cost proved to be so. The horse he rode on was ordered, by the court, to the captor, upon his conviction, pursuant to the act of the 4th and 5th of William the third, which gives the horse, money, arms, and furniture, to the captor, taken on a robber, except the same be feloniously taken away before the robbery. By this statute, the person who lends or lets a horse to a highwayman, forfeits the same upon conviction. Delarant owned the justice of his suffering, as also his general immoral life, and died resigned to the will of God, whose promises through Christ he sought in an humble and contrite heart. The following letters were sent me on Tuesday night, inclosed in one signed H.F. desiring they might be published by the desire of Delarant's mother, said to be received from his own hand, and are as follows, viz. Newgate Cells, Feb. 27, 1755. WILL, IF you had been in my distress; I am sure that my friendship should never have left you; no, not when I was sure you wanted succour: so far from it, that I should have flew anywhere to assist you; for I always took a pleasure in serving you to the utmostof my abilities; so that I can't help letting you know, that you have behaved like a base villain to me, in refusing to send me what was my own; when my mother and sister so often intreated you only to let them know where them things of mine was; and you was so base as to deny them that small favour. It is not out of spite that I send you this, for I freely forgive you from my very soul; though the money and things you have had of me is the very cause of my unhappy sentence. If you had tasted of both those evils, as you called them, it would have been the better for me; for I should have had money in my pocket, and have been a great part of my intended voyage. As my time is short for this world, I once more forgive you. If ever you loved me, think on what you have done, and never be a villain again: for, if I had served my God as well as I have served you, I should not have been the unhappy and wretched Edward Merle Delarant . Newgate Cells, Sunday, March 16, 1755, 12 o'clock. Dear WILL, TO-MORROW I launch into eternity, and ask forgiveness in all where I have offended; and do sincerely forgive you from my soul. Farewel; repent, and be happy. I remain now composed, and hope to be happy by this time to-morrow. Yours, Edward Merle Delarant . 7. Jos. Gill , says he was 22 years of age, being born in Dublin . His parents lived in pretty good reputation, and their unhappy son being first taught to read and write (though for want of use he had almost forgot both) was put apprentice to a brass founder . He had not patience to serve out his time; but, after a year or two playing unlucky tricks (to which, he says, he was always too much addicted) he left Dublin , and came to London . Though very young when he came, according to the account of his age at death, he soon got into loose and disorderly company, and, being an adept in vice, soon vied with the worst of them. However, he says, he married a woman with some money, and they lived grand while it lasted, which was not above a year and an half. What to do he knew not, at first, to live. Work he did not like, so he resolved to go out upon the lay. He begun a pickpocket, and at last proved a highwayman. When he was about 17 years of age, London was too hot to hold him: so he, and an associate of his, one Hayward, went to Ireland , where they lived the same wicked lives, till his companion was apprehended, and hanged for a highway robbery there; but Gill, having the luck to escape for that time, returned again to London . Gill had got some money from his friends in Dublin before this, which he brought up to town; and here he lived for some time with his wife, every now and then taking a turn upon the highway; and he seldom came back without scamping some one orother, as he termed it in the cant phrase. He had been out so often, that he had run in debt 24 l. for horse-hire, for which he was put into the Marshalsea , where he had not been long before he found means to break out, and made his escape. He went to live with his wife at Knightsbridge , and got himself employed as a porter . For some time, in this station, he lived pretty honestly, and did his business as he ought to do. The only thing complained of, during this time, was a restless, quarrelsome spirit, that always raged within him whenever any thing opposed his inclination, and shewed itself to be in him almost to the last. However, after some time, the spirit of the devil tempted him again to go upon the highway: He did so, and committed several robberies upon the western roads, till his name was up, and he found himself in danger of being apprehended. What should he do now? To stay in town was hazardous, for he now was pretty well known; so he took himself away to Portsmouth , where, meeting with a recruiting serjeant, he listed for a soldier , by way of disguise for the present, not intending to remain so long; but the regiment he had listed in being soon after sent to Scotland , altered the intended measures of the new recruit, and baulked his design, which was even then to have run the risk now and then of taking a purse; so finding no way to get off his bargain with the regiment, he went to Scotland . He had not been long there before new schemes were formed, and taking an opportunity to desert, he got on board a ship, bound for the coast of Guinea , he says, and there he went. From Guinea he sailed to Barbadoes , where he lived with a woman, who kept a publick house, till he had behaved so, that there was no safety for him to stay any longer there; so he privately got on board a vessel, ready to sail for Philadelphia , where, soon after he arrived, he met with Burk. They soon became acquainted, and, though Burk's intention was to have come home to England in the vessel, to which he belonged, Gill persuaded him to leave the ship; and not long after they agreed to travel through Pensilvania to Maryland , to see some of their old acquaintance, who had been transported thither from England . 8. William Burk , aged 30, was born in Monmouth-street , and says he was the son of William Burk , who was coachman to a nobleman of the kingdom of Ireland , from whose service being discharged, he went coachman to a gentleman in Jamaica , where he died. Burk was then about six years old, and being destitute, a person at Epping took care of him, till he was about eleven years old, as a waiting boy , and would have taught him to read and write, but he was wicked, and did not chuse it. He run away from him, and falling in with fortune-tellers, went round the country with them till he was fifteen years of age; in which time, he remembers, he stole a silver stock-buckle from Mr. Thomas Collins , of Eppingbury ; and, while he was with Mr. Arnold, (the person that took him under his protection at first) he stole a pocket-glass, a plain gold, and a mourning ring, which belonged to Mrs Arnold's mother; and not knowing how to dispose of them, threw them into the river at Waltham . This gives him great uneasiness, he says, because other people were blamed. He left this gang, and came back to Epping , and by Mr. Conyers, of that place, he was put on board the Royal Sovereign , as boy to the admiral , in 1740, at Chatham . He remained there two months, and then leaving the ship, went to Sheerness , and entered on board the Bridgewater as cook's boy , where he staid about ten months. The cook his master in the time falling sick, was sent to Deal hospital, and left the keeping of his trunk with Burk, who stole all, and sold the trunk, &c. for about eleven pounds, to people on board the ship, who even knew he had stolen them, and then went away to Plymouth . In about a month after he went to Antigua as cabbin-boy , and was beat pretty much by the captain; but that put no stop to his tricks, for he stole cloaths out of the ship, and sold them to the negroes. When he returned to England , he run away from this ship, and embarked on board another, bound for Guinea. She put into Holland , when Burk rowing the captain to Dort , run away, and carried off many things with him, and sold them. After many transactions, and changing from ship to ship, where nothing remarkable happened, Burk was taken prisoner by two French men of war, in 1742, on board the duke of Argyle , of Bristol, and carried to Brest , where he was nine months a prisoner in the castle, and being sick, was carried to the hospital. When he recovered, one captain Obrian, of the Irish brigades, came to him, and, with fair speeches, induced him to list in the regiment of Clare . He then was ordered to join the regiment at Dunkirk , to which place he set out, on the road stealing fowls, and what else he could get, to keep his hand in. After joining the regiment, and remaining three months, they set out for the siege of Tournay , where they lay fourteen days. He says, upon hearing the English forces were coming, Marshal Saxe ordered particular regiments to attack them, of which Clare's was one, and all the other Irish brigades. It was on a Sunday, he says, and they marched from three in the morning till twelve, and then drew up in line, in a field of wheat, to attack the English forces. Burk had a scheme in his head, and asked to go a foraging, and enganed two others, who were Irish deserters, to go with him. When they were clear of the French, Burk proposes to them, he says, to go to the English army. They were afraid at first, being deserters, but he prevailed, and together they went thro' the woods, and came to the English army. Burk was first received, and afterwards the other two, having been examined apart, and found in the same story, with respect to the then situation of the French army, were taken into protection. Burk soon deserted, and took another man with him, when they came to Dort , and sold their regimentals: from whence they came to Rotterdam , and engaged as seamen on board a Dutch man of war, receiving five months pay, he says, advance, and one month's more, encouragement given to all English. From Helvoet-sluys , in four days, they sailed to Dungeness , when Burk and eight more cut the boat off, with tea, &c. and landed at Folkstone . He then went to Gravesend , and, after disposing of what he had, shipped himself for Virginia, but the ship putting into Portland-road he left her; and then, for two guineas, went on board a small privateer belonging to Exmouth , in which, after fourteen days cruize, he was taken prisoner by a French privateer, and carried to Port Louis in Bretagne : from thence was ordered to Morlaix, and upon the road stole every thing he could lay his hands on, being stripped of all before. After being there twelve days a cartel ship came, and he, with the other prisoners, arrived at Plymouth . From Plymouth he went to Bristol , having prize-money to receive, and a woman put him in Newgate there, for forty-nine shillings which he never owed her. After about six weeks he broke out, and going towards Portsmouth engaged to go on board the Fareham, bound to Jamaica . While the ship was lying at anchor he gamed with the men, being used to it, he says; and winning their cloaths, &c. left that ship, cutting off a boat, and steering towards Southampton, he then walked to Pool , where he entered on board a small privateer, out of which that very day he took a pair of pistols. Having received one guinea advance, he decoyed a companion, and went towards Weymouth , with full intention to rob on the road, but without success. At Weymouth they stole goods of value, and whatever they could lay hands on, and went to Bristol . Burk there engaged to go to Turkey , and received 5 l. 5 s. advance, and then sailed to Falmouth to take in pilchards for Leghorn ; where he run away, and went and enlisted in the army with captain Gregor, where he remained twenty weeks, and was honourably discharged at Tregony in Cornwall . From thence he went to Plymouth , and engaged for Gibraltar ; after three weeks departure he was taken in the Streights by five Spanish privateers, in which engagement he lost his left eye, and was carried into Ceuta , where he remained six weeks; and after his recovery he was sent to Gibraltar , where he remained five days, stealing all he could get. He there engaged for S. Carolina , where, when he arrived, he was pressed on board the Tartar Pink . In five weeks they arrived in the Thames, when Burk was turned over to the Royal Sovereign , the first ship he had ever been in; he was on board her six weeks, stealing cloaths, and all he could get; and being taken ill was sent to Chatham hospital . While Burk was at Chatham hospital , (only a fortnight) he, and some others, stole from the storehouse,where the cloaths of those that died were kept, to the value of 5 l. He then came to London , after robbing his mate of his hat and wig, &c. and was pressed again on board the Royal Sovereign , and turned over to the Oxford , where he remained 15 months by the name of William Bougy : she sailed to Antigua , and there remained six months; during which time Burk and another robbed captain Terryl of a gold watch, money, &c. and run away. Having been about seven months in Antigua , he was pressed on board the Pool man of war , and came to Portsmouth , staying at Gosport till paid off, bilked his landlord, &c. and run away. Burk then went to Bristol , rioting; and coming to London found his mother, never having remembered her, about five years ago, with whom he stayed a month; then Burk went to Chatham , and engaged on board the Yarmouth . While he was there he stole a silver tankard from one Mr. Cole, at the sign of the Globe ; it was found upon him, and he was committed to Maidstone jail ; at the assizes he was ordered for seven years transportation, and was transported to Maryland , in May, 1750. When Burk arrived there, he says, he stole a boat in the river Potomac, sail'd with her 25 hours, and sold her to one Garnet, upon Kapahanak, in Virginia river, near Mulberry island , for 30 s. He then entered on board the Duchess of Queensbury in York river, for nine guineas the voyage to London , and in nine weeks arrived at Portsmouth . Having stole many things in the voyage he durst not stay to ask for his wages, but came for London , and assigned his ticket to a man that lived at that time at the sign of the Duke, in West-lane, Rotherhithe, and for his nine guinea ticket he received 20 s. then going to see his old acquaintance at Epping , he asked charity on the road. He could not stay in England long, for fear of being discovered; and having seen such of his old friends as he thought proper, he engaged in a voyage to Philadelphia , where Gill and Burk met together, as before observed in August last. Gill persuaded Burk to leave the ship he belonged to there; and they travelled through Pensylvania , and soon by land to Maryland , where they saw several of their old companions in iniquity, and returned again to England . Had there not been a scarcity of hands, they would not so easily have got a passage; for they were known to be very bad men, and that they might not corrupt the whole ship's crew, or play any of their old tricks, a strict hand was kept over them. When they came to England, Gill and Burk soon squandered away their little wages in riot and debauchery, and then they agreed to go on the highway. Their tempers agreed; what one proposed pleased the other. Their common haunts were about Drury-lane , at one part of the town; and in Rosemary-lane , at the other. When they had tired the town, and their frequent robberies brought themin danger, they fled to the country; and they took to robbing on the Essex road , which they continued for some time. They had not been in England more than two months when they were taken. On Saturday the 21st of December, Gill and Burk, robbed several persons on Epping-Forest , near the 4 mile stone. And on the 26th, they were advertised and described, having robb'd a farmer among the rest of several things, and a bay mare. The mare was kept up stairs in Keen's house, who was tried with Gill, for receiving stolen goods, but acquitted, till sold to put into a hackney-coach; in which the owner happened to see the mare, challenged her, and after some trouble recovered her again. They went on this way, till December the 28th, when they robbed John Manby , esq ; upon Tower hill in a coach, about one in the morning. They had been drinking, and rioting all the day before at Wapping , and were coming to Keen's house that night. Upon this robbery, being represented to him, and the persons described; Mr. Fielding's people got intelligence of it, and pursued them in their haunts to apprehend them. They were taken soon after. Burk was terribly wounded, having fought desperately, and given Hind, one of the people that took him, a wound, which caused his arm to be cut off, in consequence of which he died. On the 7th of January, we have this account of their being taken, in one of the daily papers. Information being given, that the mother of Burk, lodged at Hyde-Park-corner, and sold old-cloaths, Mr. Gee, a constable, and Mr. Pentelour, keeper of New-prison, were sent to make enquiry, on which a plan might be formed to take Gill and Burk. They accordingly went to an ale-house, called the York-Minster , next door to the mother's, where as chance would have it, they saw them drinking together in a back room, and resolved to attack them. As soon as they perceived they were taken notice off, they paid their reckoning hastily, and attempted to make off. The constable seized one by the collar, on which Gill fired a pistol, in the very face of the constable, which luckily did him no injury, though 'twas loaded with balls and shot, which grazed his cheek. The constable quitted Burk, to pursue Gill, who fired at him; this gave Burk an opportunity to draw his pistol, which he presented to the head of Mr. Pentelour; who in an instant rushed in upon him; disarmed him, and by endeavouring to secure him, they both fell over a water-tub, by which means Burk disengaged himself, and they both made their escape in the dark. But the mother being taken, an account of their lodging in Shadwell was obtained, and a strong party set out next morning by break of day, to surprise them in their beds. But they being alarmed, by one of their whores, retired to the Strand for safety, where three of Mr. Fielding's people, just returned from a private expedition, had intelligence of them, and resolved to attack them. And rushing into a room, where they were, with drawn hangers, desired them to surrender. Upon which they started up, drew their pistols, and declared they would not be taken alive. But they were soon disarmed, and Gill after receiving a wound or two, submitted; but Burk, though his hand that held the pistol was almost cut off, and had received many wounds in his face and head, would not surrender till he was totally overpowered, and the vast loss of blood rendered him incapable of farther resistance. How valuable such a resolution, had it been employed in a good cause! but how to be dreaded in the hands of robbers! two of Mr. Fielding's people having paid dear; one having received a terrible wound in his arm, and another had his knee put out, several bruises, and one desperate wound in his hand. Gill behaved with uncommon assurance before the magistrate; and, to compleat his impudence, when he went into the coach to be conveyed to Newgate , he said, that, if he well was mounted, and had a brace of good pistols, upon Hounslow-Heath, he would not care two-pence for justice; constables, thief-takers, or guards. Gill was committed to Newgate ; but Burk was so dangerously wounded, that it was thought proper to keep him in Covent-Garden round-house , to be taken care of; where his left arm was cut off, a cut cross his left eye and nose sewed up, and his right arm was preserved by the care of the surgeon. Gill was convicted in January, Burk in February sessions. Gill laid several schemes to escape, but all in vain. Burk behaved all along with resignation; and they both died under a proper sense of their former unworthiness, as to all appearance, depending on his merits who is the Saviour of the world. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Monday morning, the 17th instant, about nine o'clock, the several malefactors ordered for execution, were brought out of the press-yard, and being put into three carts, Gill and Delarant , in one; Trevis , Haynes and Burton , in a second; Burk , Preston and Dyson , in a third, were carried to the place of execution, about ten o'clock. When they were tied up to the fatal tree, some time was passed in recommending their souls to divine mercy; and they were very intent to prayers, in the name of Christ and his church, offered up to the throne of grace in their behalf; and prayed as heartily in others, which they repeated for themselves, acknowledging their unworthiness, and dependance only on Christ's merits. Dyson, at getting into the cart at Newgate , as also when he was in the cart from which he was executed at Tyburn , shewed such extraordinary marks of senselesness of his condition, as surprised every beholder. But where's the wonder, when we consider him as scarce past childhood; having never been exercised, but in puerile amusements; having had no education; and scarce ever having heard there was a God and a future state, till under sentence of death. Notwithstanding, as horrible a dread overwhelmed him, as did, perhaps, any of the rest, who behaved as became people in their last moments. Only Burk died a Roman catholick ; who declared, as Gill did to the last, that the robbery, for which Isaiah Robbins , now under respite for three weeks, was convicted, was by them committed near Whitechapel- mount , upon Mr. Richardson. Execution was done upon them without any disturbance, tho' a vast multitude were gathered together on the occasion. Their bodies were delivered to their friends. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the SEVEN MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN , On MONDAY the9December1754, BEING THE First EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE Right Hon. S. Theodore Janssen , Esq; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, Etc. By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable Thomas Rawlinson , esq; lord-mayor of the city of London , Sir Martin Wright , Knt. Sir Richard Adams , Knt. William Moreton , esq; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the said city and county of Middlesex , held at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 27th, Thursday the 28th February, Friday the 1st, Saturday the 2d, Monday the 4th, Tuesday the 5th, and Wednesday the 6th day of March, in the 27th year of His Majesty's Reign, Eleanor Connor , was capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. But, a Jury of Matrons being called, upon her pleading pregnancy, they brought her in quick with child, and so execution of sentence was stayed, as usual in such cases. By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail delivery of Newgate , held before the right honourable Thomas Rawlinson , esq; lord mayor of the city of London , Sir Richard Adams , Knight , Mr. justice Bathurst, William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the said city and county of Middlesex , held at Justice-hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday the 11th, Thursday the 12th, Friday the 13th, and Saturday the 14th of September, in the 28th year of His Majesty's Reign, Robert Hoggard , Edward Brocket , and William Hambleton , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. And, By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate , Thomas Rawlinson , esq; lord-mayor of the city of London , the lord chief justice Ryder, Mr. justice Bathurst, William Moreton , esq; recorder , and others his Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the said city and county of Middlesex , held at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 23rd, Thursday the 24th, Friday the 25th, Saturday the 26th, and Monday the 28th day of October, in the 28th year of His Majesty's Reign, Thomas James , Charles Fleming , William Cottum , John Massey , Lionel Reculas , and Thomas Rolph , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. The Behaviour of these unhappy persons was very regular, and becoming their situation, (except one, who was not so innocent as he pretended, with respect to a certain conspiracy and attempt) of which more by and by. Their attendance at chapel was constant, nor were any of them, who suffered, hindered by sickness. Connor being an Irish Roman Catholic , had one to attend her as usual. On Thursday the 5th Inst. the report of 11 Melefactors was laid before His Majesty in council by the recorder of London; when he was pleased to order, Eleanor Connor , John Hayes , Robert Haggard , Edward Brocket , Charles Fleming , and John Massey for execution on monday the 9th Inst. At the same time James Young , William Hambleton , Thomas James and Lionel Reculas , were respited, 'till his Majesty's pleasure touching them should be farther made known; and His Majesty was pleased to grant an absolute Pardon to Thomas Rolfe . William Cottum was very ill, when tryed, and dyed in Newgate , about a fortnight ago. 1. Eleanor Connor , was indicted for returning from transportation. 2. John Haynes , was indicted, for that he, on the King's highway, on Deodat , wife of John Quaine , did make an assault, putting her in poral fear, and danger of her life, and one silk purse, value 2s. with 8 guineas, the property of the said John, from the person of the said Deodat, did steal, take, and carry away. 3. Edward Brocket was indicted, for that he, together with William Clements , not yet taken, did steal one Gelding, of a black Colour, val. 10l. and one of a brown colour, value 12l. the property of Joseph Bell . 4. Robert Haggard was indicted for not surrendering himself, according to the King's order of council. 5. Charles Fleming was indicted, for that he, on the King's highway, on Isaac Matthews , esq; did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear, and danger of his life; and stealing from his person, one gold watch, value 20l. the property of the said Isaac. 6. John Massey was indicted, for that he on the 8th of July, about the hour of 2 in the night, the dwelling house of Susannah Nobbs , widow , did break, and enter, and stole out thence one promissory note of Agathy Child, and company, then bankers, and partners, for 31l. 10s. being then due, and unpaid; 40 guineas, 10 half guineas, ten 36s. pieces, the goods and money of Susannah Nobbs and Thomas Nobbs ; one other note, payable to the governor, and company of the bank of England, for 60l. payable to a person unknown to the jury, being then unsatisfied for; and 20 guineas the property of George Holland ; six gold rings value 3l. one other gold ring, one 5 guinea piece, one 2 guinea piece, one luisdore value 15s. one piece of antique gold coin, called a 25s. piece, 3 silver medals, 6 silver table spoons, value 50s. 1 silver strainer, 1 pair of silver sugar tongs, 1 other silver spoon, the goods of Ann Mallery , widow , in the said dwelling house. By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen , esq; lord mayor of London , Sir Thomas Dennison , Knt. Mr. Baron Smythe, William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others his Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the said city and county of Middlesex , held at Justice-ball in the Old-Bailey , on Friday the 6th day of December, in the 28th year of his Majesty's reign, Henry Mansell was capitally convicted, and immediately had sentence of death passed on him by Mr. Recorder to be executed the 9th inst. and his body to be deliver'd at Surgeon's-hall in order for dissection, pursuant to the last act against murder. Eleanor Connor , otherwise Tobin , otherwise Woods , was about 35 years, of age; and being born in the Kingdom of Ireland , was bred a Roman Catholic , and so she died. How, or to what she was brought up, we have no authority to say; so that no other account can be given of her, than what her behaviour has afforded, since she has been in England . And, we find, that most of her time, since she left her own country, has been taken up in the pursuit of every evil imagination which her own heart might suggest to her; and in every evil practice, which her own devices or the insinuation of bad company, could by any means induce her to. Soon after her coming to town, she was remarkable, as one of the most noted pickpockets about it. The theatres, and Covent Garden , were the places where she chiefly practised; nor were any public places without her attendance, as she seldom missed an opportunity that offered, convenient for carrying on such practices. In the year 1748, she was committed to Newgate in the city of Bristol , for a robbery, and being brought upon tryal, at the ensuing affizes held there in the spring of the year, she was capitally convicted, and received sentence of death. In August following, when the affizes were held there, she had the royal mercy extended to her, upon condition of transportation. She accepted the conditions, and the court pronounced the sentence of transportation upon her for fourteen years. In pursuance of which, after having remained in jail near 2 years, she was put on board a ship, which was to carry her to his Majesty's plantations. But, as she was so famous a hand among pickpockets, and others of that day, they did not choose to part with her, and in order to keep her with them, the following scheme was formed, and had the intended effect. While the ship was under sail, not far from the port she took her departure from, Connor was suffered to be upon deck, whether by accident, or thro' design, the consequence seems to delare for itself; for, she was no sooner upon deck, than two boats were ready to receive her, one of which took her up, and carried her clear off to shore, where it was most convenient: there is scarce any doubt by whom the boats were manned, her old companions, who were then in that part of the country, procured attendance for that purpose. And it is reported, that when one of the ship's crew declared a woman was overboard, 'twas was replied with an oath, "She is not worth taking up; it blows a brisk gale, and I'll not run a risque of losing my voyage to save her life." The ship belong'd to Mr. Bensor of Biddeford. After this, she was no more to be seen, unless by her old companions, with whom she continued going up and down the country. We have an account of her in the discoveries of Poulter, alias Baxter, executed in the beginning of last March, at Ivelchester in Somersetshire . The latter end of the year 1751, Poulter, alias Baxter, relates in his discoveries, that Thomas Tobin and his wife, (the woman we are talking of, who had several husbands, as it suited her purposes) whom he calls two of the most noted pickpockets in England , came to Dublin , and found him out, and came to his house. He says of them, that tho' he desired they would not being any persons with them; yet they filled his house, with thieves, and thief-catchers, and laid a scheme to effect his ruin there, which was effected. For which reason it was, no doubt, that he was provoked to fill up, and supply a part of his discoveries, with this incident relative to them. After this in return from Ireland , she came to Liverpool , and there settled for a while. And in order to cover her other intreagues, and wicked practices, she set up a sort of a chandler's shop in that town. But, on market-days, and other times, when there was any gathering together of the people, upon any public occasion, she dressed very gaily, and went out upon her old trade of picking pockets. One day in the market-place at Liverpool , she picked the pocket of a Gentlewoman, but happened to be unluckily observed by a girl, who told the people about her, that the woman in a velvet cloak (as Connor was then dreft) had picked a gentlewoman's pocket, whom she also pointed to. The people observed my gentlewoman in black-velvet, and observed her attempting to dive a second time. Upon which the person, before robbed, was asked whether she had lost any thing, and upon search discovered, she had lost. The girl pointed out Connor for the robber, the people were surprized to see a woman so well dreft, accused of such a fact. But, Connor being taken before a magistrate, the girl swore, she saw her do the fact; upon which being search'd, the goods were found upon Connor, and owned by the gentlewoman who had been robbed; and so Connor was committed to Liverpool jail , to take her trial at the next affizes. Having been there confined some time, it so happened, that three or four persons came to see the jail, who had formerly been of her acquaintance; they knew her, and resolved among themselves to rescue her. For which purpose they came one evening, at the time of year when 'tis then almost dark, and while the turnkey was opening the door for them to go in, as they pretended their intention was, they fell foul of him, and others coming to his assistance a scuffle ensued. Connor was ready to take the advantage of this, and while they were all closely engaged, and the prison door open, she jumped over some of them, and passed by others, and so made her escape. The rescuers also got clear off, and one of them afterwards came to London with her, after having secreted themselves in fields, hedges, and windmills, till a proper opportunity offered for their marching off, which they did as soon as might be. At their first arrival at London they pitched their tent in Gray's-inn-lane , where they refreshed themselves, and her companion would have had her remain there; but she was over-eager to see some of her old acquaintance about the purlieus of Covent-garden and Drury-lane . Accordingly they both went together, but had not been long in those parts of the town before they were known. A person came up to him, and seized her companion, telling him he was his prisoner in the King's name, and directing others that flood by to take her into custody also, there being a reward offered for apprehending either, or both persons. Accordingly they were both secured, and being carried before justice Fielding were committed to Newgate . The magistracy of Bristol hearing of her being thus apprehended, resolved not to be wanting in helping such a notorious woman to that justice, which she had so long, and so richly deserved. Accordingly, when she came upon her trial for returning from transportation, at the direction and expence of the magistracy of Bristol , the clerk to the town-clerk of that city was sent up to London , with a copy of the record of her conviction there; the purport of which was, that Eleanor Connor , on the4th of April 1748, was, in due course of law, tried for a capital felony, at the jail-delivery of the city of Bristol, and convicted, and received sentence of death; and after that it appeared she received His Majesty's royal mercy, upon condition of transportation for 14 years, which she accepted upon that condition, and that the court did award the same at the Assizes held at the said city, on the 29th of August following. The same gentleman, upon oath, declared, that he attended the court at the same time, and believed Connor to be the very person. A person, who belonged to the jail at Bristol , swore he had the custody of her, that she was the woman so capitally convicted, and ordered to be transported, and put on board a vessel, or ship, for that purpose, naming the captain and owner of the vessel. A third person, who was constable at the time, swore, he saw her tried, about five years ago, for picking a farmer's pocket; he saw her when she received sentence of death, and after; was present, when on her knees she desired His Majesty's pardon, and saw her receive sentence of transportation for 14 years. This was the person who saw her in Bridges-street , in December last, at large, apprehended her, and took her before justice Fielding, when, upon his oath, she was committed to Newgate . She made no other defence but pretending not to be the woman. She said, captain Lancey (then under sentence of death in Newgate ) had seen her, and said she was not the person named Eleanor Connor , for that she was drowned. This was an artifice of her own, (captain Lancey after declaring he never had said any such thing) occasioned by her remembrance of having jumped over board, as before related, and that Lancey had (to his great misfortune) been in Mr. Benson's service. Finding this pretence could gain no credit, but was totally rejected, her dernier resort was to plead pregnancy, in order to gain time for further contrivances. She knew there were several ready to appear, when a jury of matrons was called, who, at all events, would bring in such a verdict as she wanted, and others, thro' ten- derness, might be brought over to do the same, viz. Quick with child. Her execution was hereupon respited, and she remain'd, without farther enquiry after her, till September sessions; when 'twas judged, that if the matron's verdict in February had been right, she must have been delivered by that time. She was then called down to be asked what reason she could give, why sentence should be retarded any longer? To which her reply was, that she was not yet delivered; and pretended that her time was not yet out, for that she quickened in 12 weeks; so she was remanded back, to be called upon again at another sessions. Between September and October sessions she had a pretended lying in, the less notice of which taken 'tis the better. However, being called upon again in October, she was not yet without some excuse, she pretended to be very weak after labour, and begged the court would take it into consideration, (a common expression, without any real meaning, among these unhappy wretches) and transport her for life; but she was ordered now to her former sentence. 2. Charles Fleming , said he was 22 years of age, not only to me, but to several others; he might have added about eight years more, and then he might have been near the mark. He also said that he was born in the north of England; named no town or county, being shocked to think he had brought such disgrace into a family that had brought him up well, and done their best to introduce him into life; which indulgence and goodness of theirs he had trade a bad use of, and therefore would not declare their dwelling place, left scanded might be brought upon it; so that his words intimated his shame for his past actions, and such was his sense of his misapplied time, that he scarce dared to own any one part of the whole. Whatever his education intended him for, 'tis certain he came to London in capacity of a menial servant , or footman ; not that he was the worse man for that, had he kept with in his proper sphere. 'Tis no new. thing indeed, for many of these sort of gentlemen have of late years started up in the world. Charity engages to wish he had not so far presumed, and tho' he was not the first example of this sort, it were to be wished he might prove the last. Let his example take place, and deter other from such mistaken pursuits. He prospered only for a while, and rose too high, that his fall might be so much the greater. He soon forgot his own character, (how it came about the Lord knows) and when he aimed at what he was never intended for, he lost himself, being unequal to the talk; and every action he engaged in brought him nearer his ruin. How long he continued himself is not so certain as the time she played a part which did not become him. He said he had not been in London above six years, five of which, those who have had opportunity of knowing him say, have been spent in using himself, and others, who have happened to fall in his way, in a very bad manner. Gaming at some of the most expensive tables, and intriguing in the common brothels of the town, are said to have employed the greatest part of his time, without having any visible means of supporting those extravagancies, which such places of resort, from the very nature of them, most necessarily be attended with. In these choices of mistaken pleasures, if his example never should be followed, fewer instances would help to fill these papers; not so many complaints of parents, unfortunate and unhappy in their children, would, in different parts of this country, be so frequently heard of. Let children learn to put a proper value upon the care and solicitude, as well as the expence their parents are too frequently labouring under, to introduce them properly into the world, and they must, after such reflections, be diverted of all sense of duty, and of humanity itself, who shall dare, by their mischievous and wilful wickedness, to draw down the utmost shame upon themselves, and bring their parents grey hairs with sorrow to the grave. As to what might induce Fleming to leave his country, and his father's house, or what prospect he had in coming to London , he pretended they were no small hopes of making his fortune, but he hesitated, and gave different accounts how he came not to succeed. But, by marrying as he did, he gave reason for conjecture, that his expectations had never been great, or, if they had, an end had been put to them somehow or other. Be that as it will, his behaviour, while in Newgate , declared him to be of an arrogant, presuming, and insolent disposition; and whatever gave him the character of a gentleman while at liberty, no remains of that character shewed themselves in him, while under confinement. He would have had every thing his own way, even to making an escape; but those about him knew how to manage him, who knew not how to behave well himself. Since his marriage is mentioned, 'tis but right to observe, that perhaps the wife had the worst of it. Tho' he complained very greatly against her, and her father, to several persons, as if they had been privy to his being taken. His resentment against them was, not that he did not deserve to be apprehended, but that, as he conceived, they knew it three days before it happened, and did not give him notice of it; so that if this were true, his anger at them seems rather to give room to suspect his guilt, than to condemn their want of affection towards him; since their affinity by marriage, nay, even humanity, should have prevailed upon them to protect him (if they thought him innocent) from that anger, which justice is always armed with against offenders, whenever their crimes, are in danger of being detected, and laid open to the censure of the laws. Fleming acknowledged in the general that he had done many things deserving the utmost rigour of the law, but would not own the fact for which he suffered. And, he had gone on so long in such practises, as laid him open to great suspicions, appearing sometimes flush of money, and sometimes quite destitute. The grand cause of suspicion of his going upon the highway was this, viz. he lived in Swallow-Street in a garret, seemingly very private, and did not choose that his wife should converse with any one. He was used frequently to ride out, and seldom hired one horse twice, but he always made particular enquiry of the owner, whether the horse would stand fire. And the reason he gave for it was, because he generally carried a pretty large sum of money with him; and therefore rode with fire arms, and as he would not be robbed, he did not choose to trust a horse that would not stand fire, left, if he should be attacked, he might be obliged to fire, and he did not choose to run the risque of the horse's taking fright, and throwing him. This he thought a plausible excuse for this enquiry; which turned out at last the cause of suspicion, that he had other motives, and pursued other courses, which this pretence was only designed to be a cover for. The first foundation for suspicion was about two years ago, when Fleming having rode out one day, was brought home about 12 o' clock that same night by two men; the next news gave account of a gentleman's having been attacked by a single highwayman, who had no sooner made the attack, but he fired at him, and that he had hit him in the shoulder. Fleming answered the description, as to person, and horse, and 'twas immediately after known that he had a ball extracted out of his groin; during which time, till he recovered, several persons resorted to him, appearing of some fashion by their dress, and he was cured of that wound. At this time he took up the travelling name of Captain, and was enquired for by his visitors by the title of captain Fleming, and 'tis likely he was supplied with necessaries from them, as before he was known to be without money. When he went abroad again, he appeared very gay, and 'twas given out he had a place in the stamp-office by his wife, from the people where he lodged. And, in order that it might appear somewhat plausible, he contrived matters so, as to go out constantly in a morning at 9o' clock, and return at 2, which it seems are the office hours. But, upon enquiry, he neither had any place in that office, nor any income at all; so that suspicions began every day more and more to be conceived against him. The next cause of suspicion (a very fatal one) proceeded from his riding out on horseback one day, and answereing a description of a highwayman, which an advertisement soon after set forth. Upon which, application being made to John Fielding , esq; he gave orders for his being taken: and those orders were effected in the manner following. A scheme was laid, that a person should go to Fleming's lodgings, with a pretended letter from a lady, which was to be delivered into his own hands. Accordingly a person went to his lodgings one evening, and enquiring for Fleming, was answered, he was not at home. The messenger said, he had a letter for him from a lady, which he could deliver to no one but himself. The person enquired of, said with a sneer, 'twas strange a lady should send a letter to Fleming, who was known to be a married man; the plot was suspected, and this bait did not take. Upon which a proper warrant was granted, which early in the morning of the next day seized Fleming in his lodgings, before he was out of bed; and being examined before John Fielding , esq ; was committed to New Prison, Clerkenwell . Against September sessions, he was brought to Newgate, and being tried for a highway robbery on Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes , he was acquitted, but ordered to remain. Between September and October sessions, Fleming had engaged more or less, there's no doubt, in a conspiracy to make an attempt to escape out of the press-yard; 'twas indeed but an ignis fatuus, there could be no hope of their succeeding; mischief might have been done, but no good could have accrued to the conspirators. A fellow, who was one of the last transported, being then confined in the cells by way of punishment for misbehaviour in the jail, set the conspiracy on foot. But Fleming was charged with a share in the plot by those who discover'd it, and that it was by his means, that instruments of death were procured. As the discovery of this, he apprehended, prevented the interest made for saving his life, from meeting with success, his resentment was great against those, who prevented the mischief intended, and saved themselves from being injured. But in this he was mistaken greatly, (as he was indeed in almost every thing he said, or did) for had it not been for this, his character was too well known to admit of any Hopes; but it's no new thing, for a man in his situation to flatter himself, that his dark deeds are not yet come to light. In October sessions, he was tried again for the robbery of Isaac Matthews , esq; upon the Harrow road , and upon very full evidence was convicted. Mr. Matthews swore to the watch he was robbed of April 15th last, was that which Mr. Lane, who kept the Grey-bound in Drury-lane , swore he had of Fleming, for 5 guineas, who there went by the name of Dr. Johnson. As to what he pretended, when he received sentence, about being pointed out to the coachman, there's no truth in it; if ten people's words may be depended on, who were unprejudiced, and who declare quite the contrary, rather than one, whose life is at stake. He declared also then, that he was innocent of the fact for which he was to suffer, as he did indeed to the last. But what sort of innocence did he plead? The watch he did not deny pledging to Mr. Lane, which Mr. Matthews swore he was robbed of, how then does the matter stand? why he says, he did not rob Mr. Matthews of the watch, but had it of one Prestwood, or Prescote, in Bow-Street , who is since gone off the ground: here's great room for suspicion, but I don't say they were accomplices, here seems to be much prevarication on his part; but be it as it will, the jury, doubtless, were justifiable in their verdict; and however he pretended innocence in this case, yet he did own, that for Mr. Hughs's robbery, and several others (of which he would not speak particularly) he had deserved the utmost rigour of the law. He could not help entertaining hopes of getting off from that death which stared him in the face, and was so terrible to his thoughts, and apprehensions, till the warrant came down; and then he seemed to say, that as five were saved out of eleven, 'twas matter of surprize to him, that he was not one, and ever after had the strongest appearances of horror upon him, and continued so to the last. As he was far from being ingenuous in any matter he had been concerned in, I cannot say I pressed him so close, as otherwise might have been done, because I would not urge him to repeated declarations of what he knew to be false. If he had any good qualities to recommend him to the company he has formerly been used to, he was very much to be pitied, that this late course of life had so darkened the path-way, as that the least trace of any such was to be found in him. I cannot help mentioning before we have done an incident lately come to my knowledge, viz. A person, of whom Fleming was used to hire horses, went to see him executed, and rode a horse these, which had formerly been rode by Fleming. This person was heard to say, that since Fleming's being used to ride him, the horse, whenever upon the road he saw a coach, or chariot, turn up a lane, or by-road, would immediately turn after it upon full speed. 3. John Massey , aged 25, was born in Buckinghamshire , from whence his parents removed to London , when he was young, and with whom he lived till his father dyed, when he was about 12 years of age: his father being dead, he says, he soon after went out to get his livelihood in what service he could be admitted to, having been bred to no particular trade or business. He lived in several places, where nothing extraordinary happened; he did what he undertook with ease and content, and gave satisfaction where he went. He had several persons to give him a character at his tryal, some of which he had heretofore lived with, and they had nothing to say to the contrary, but that he behaved well with them; and himself declared he never had done a dishonest thing. till he came into the best place, and service, he had ever been in, viz. about the year 1750, he was taken into service, by the late Mr. Fancourt, an oilman of known reputation, near Temple Bar , with whom he lived about 12 months, and then left his service. He was absent from this place about 3 quarters of a year, and then came again, and desired to be received into his former berth, viz as porter to the shop . Having behaved well before, as an industrious and laborious youth, Mr. Fancourt took him again; and as only the caprice and unsteadiness of youthfulness had been the cause of his going away before, Mr. Fancourt supposed he had suffered by leaving his service, and was willing to take him again, looking upon him as an honest lad, and very well suited to the business of a porter to the shop, which was was what he undertook. But, Some time after, Mr. Fancourt died, and Massey not behaving as he ought to have done to his mistress, he did not stay long, in all about four months. He was sent with goods, which were to be delivered that evening, and were not by him delivered till next day-noon; and tho' enquiry was made why the goods were not sent home overnight, he backed his neglect with a lie, and persisted in it, that they were delivered overnight, tho' at last he could not but own his neglect. Such neglect endangering the loss of custom, and suspicion of little pilfering tricks, made his mistress as willing to part with him as he was to go away; and away he went. It seems, he was out of place during the major part of twelve months afterwards: he says, he applied for employ, but could get none. At length he applied to Mr. Nobbs, who took him into his Service ; he lived there some time, and all seemed to go on very well with him. And, about a month before this robbery, for which he suffered, was committed, he gave Mr. Nobbs warning, and left his service, under pretence that he was going into the excise in the country. And, to carry on the farce, he invited several of his acquaintance to go with him to Hampstead , where he gave them a parting glass, as if he was really going into the country, in the excise, as he pretended. He gave them a treat, and parted with them there; and not caring to come to town that night, for fear of being seen, nor to proceed on this pretended journey, walked the fields that night, and came to town to his aunt's, in Gray's Inn Passage , next morning, where his mother lived. The next thing he had to do, was to meditate how he should put the intended scheme he had formed, in practice. He had it seems robbed an uncle of his own, and then Mrs. Fancourt, while he lived with Mr. Nobbs; 'twas now his design to rob also Mr. Nobbs, which he effected in a manner as will be by and by related, and carried away a considerable value, as in the indictment is set forth. Having so done, he sent his cargo into Buckinghamshire , where he was born, and went himself to Newport Pagnel , where he cut a figure, and lived for some time, as if he had been a man of consequence. But, tired of being in a character he was not equal to, he return'd again to London, and left directions for his portmanteau to be sent after him to his mother's, who lived at his aunt's, in Gray's Inn Passage . Enquiry had been made by Mr. Nobbs, about his being employed in the excise, as he pretended, before he left his service; and no foundation was found for such pretence. This, added to the circumstances under which the robbery was committed, enhanced Mr. Nobbs's suspicion of Massey, being the last who lived in his house, and had left it. Upon which, Mr. Nobbs advertised the goods stolen, and Massey's person, with a reward of 20 guineas for taking him. And, in a day or two after he was come to London , from Newport Pagnel , he was taken by one who knew him; and being brought before John Fielding , Esq; Mr. Nobbs was sent for, and Massey owned the whole affair before several persons present. But, as the nature of the robbery was so extraordinary as scarce to admit of a thought that it was done by a single hand, being interrogated, he first gave the following information, and said, "That himself did commit the robbery of Mr. Nobbs's house." And being asked, What was become of the notes, rings, Etc.? to add to his roguery, he pretended, he had sent them down to Kings-thorp , in Northamptonshire ; and gave particulars where to find them. Mr. Nobbs was at the expence of sending down a messenger to enquire; when, lo, no intelligence could be had of any such goods sent there; no such person there as he described; nor, in short, was there any such house, as he said they were sent to. So the messenger returned errandless; and Mr. Nobbs had the unnecessary expence of a long journey. added to the loss of what Massey had before robbed him of. This information proved all false; and, to mend the matter, so wicked was he as to form another, in one part of it equally false. In this, indeed, he owned the truth of the facts, which he had wickedly contrived himself to commit; but at the same time accused a person, not only as an accomplice, but as he who first persuaded Massey to begin, and go on upon such unlawful enterprizes. This information was as follows; viz. "About two years ago, Massey says, he lived at Mrs. Fancourt's, and being about to quit that place, he, by accident, saw one James Dove or Love , of whom he enquired for a place. The said Dove, he says, then lived with a grocer in Cannon-Street , near London-Stone ; which place he quitted, and went into the country. And then he came to town again, and lived with a tinman in Crooked-lane , Cannon-Street ; at which time, Massey says, he renewed his acquaintance with him, and that this was at Christmas last. He says, moreover, that the said Dove put him upon robbing Mrs. Fancourt's house, which they did about 12 o'clock at night. He says, he lived with Mr. Nobbs at this time; that he took the key, and let himself out about 11 o'clock; and, returning home about 3 o'clock in the morning, let himself in, and went to bed undiscovered by the family. He says, the booty this night was but small; the house being dark, they could not discover any valuable things, and took away only one silver spoon, and about 7s. in copper. He says this robbery was done in April last. He says, that about a week before this robbery, Dove and himself contrived to rob Massey's uncle; which they did, by breaking into the backpart of his house, and took from thence a parcel of linnen, 3s. in silver, and about 5s. in halfpence, besides a silver watch, which Massey lost in play with a gambler. Massey says further, that Dove advised him to leave Mr. Nobbs a month before he did leave him; and this with intent to rob him, as they had done Mrs. Fancourt and his uncle. The said Massey says, that his going to Hampstead was with design to render himself unsuspected; for he returned on Monday morning to town, after leaving his friends he had laid with in the fields all night. Massey says, that Dove appointed a public-house, next door to the White-horse Inn , a corner house at Fleet-ditch , where they met, and appointed to meet again in Smithfield , at the Sheep-pens ; which they did, and went to an old iron shop, coming up to Hatton-garden. Massey bought there an iron pickaxe, found in Mr. Nobbs's cellar, and then went to the London-Spaw , to see a dancing. From whence they went into the fields, and loitered till 11 o'clock. He says, by 12 o'clock they got into the house, by the cellar, and continued there full an hour without any interruption from the watch, and took out all the goods contained in the indictment. He says, that Dove had the notes, and all the cash, except 20 guineas; that they went into the fields, and going to divide the booty, were interrupted by three men, which obliged them to remove, and they went to a house at Holborn-bridge about 3 o'clock, where Dove gave him the slip, and he has never seen him since. He says, his reason for not being explicit in his former examination, in respect of Dove, arose from an oath he had taken, not to discover him." All this pompous information, at last, proved to be the invention of his own wicked genius; for he, at last, declared, upon the word of a dying man, that the whole, relating to Dove, was a gross lye; that the three robberies were all done by himself; that Dove neither had any hand nor concern in any of them, nor knew any thing of the matter. As we heard Dove had suffered by the report of this information given by Massey, we could not choose but publish (in justice to the poor man, whose bread depends upon his character and labour) this last declaration of Massey's, in respect to the innocency of Dove. Massey being committed, as before-mentioned, was tried in October sessions last; and, upon full evidence, convicted; nor had he any thing to say in his defence. A few days afterwards, a person came to town from Newport-Pagnel , who had been applied to, to write the direction for sending back Massey's late ill-gotten treasure from thence. The person went to Newgate , and saw him the same person who had been at Newport-Pagnell , under the circumstances before-mentioned. Upon which he made known to proper persons, where the goods were sent; who procuring a search-warrant, went to Massey's mother's lodgings, in Gray's-Inn Passage , and found the greatest part of the goods Mr. Nobbs had been robbed of. The mother and sister denied there were any such goods in their lodgings; but, upon search, the goods were presently discovered; and it was thought necessary to commit the mother and sister, as receivers of stolen goods. For which they were tried at this last sessions; and being deservedly found guilty, are to be transported for 14 years. Massey appeared with a fullen dejectedness after conviction, till the warrant came down; when he began to be more open and unreserved; freely owned the truth of what is related above, and acknowledged the justice of his suffering. He had an earnest desire to receive the sacrament, which, he had a good hope, would be the means of conveyance of those benefits to his immortal soul, which Christ died on the cross to purchase for the truly contrite and penitent sinner, having a lively faith in the merits of the sacrifice of the death of Christ. 4. John Haynes , aged 33, says, he was born in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster , of reputable parents, who brought him up very well, and gave him such education as was necessary to fit him for the way of life he was designed. He says, his right name is Savage , and much regrets that he had brought disgrace into his family, and, by his misconduct rendered himself a blot in their escotcheon. After having been kept to school, and learned to read, write, and cast accounts, he says, he was bound out apprentice to a cooper in Coleman-Street , whom he served faithfully seven years, and worked as a journeyman some time after. Then, he says, he married, and kept business himself, in a shop near St. James's church, Westminster ; that he lived very comfortably, had good business, and might have done very well; but being given to drink too much sometimes, it caused him to be, in appearance, as a madman, and exposed him to inconveniencies. It happened some time ago, that Haynes was charged with having committed a rape; for which he was confined in New Prison, Clerkenwell . While it was his misfortune to be there, he found one Dennis Neale a fellow-prisoner, executed in February last; with whom he became very conversant, so as to fix an acquaintance between them. Haynes got discharged from this accusation without prosecution, and went home again to his house, to look after his family and business. Not long after Dennis Neal also got his liberty, and having learned from Haynes, while in prison together, where he lived, Neal soon after payed him a visit. They kept together several days, Haynes neglecting his shop, while Neal intended to take him in a snare. Liquor had got the better of him, Haynes says, and Neal soon prevailed on him to go with him on the highway, telling him 'twas a much easier way of getting money, than by coopering; what pleasure they should have, and what mighty things he would bring him to. Haynes says he shuddered awhile at the thoughts of it, but Neal told him there was no danger, as most people would rather deliver their money, than run the risque of having their brains blowed out. Haynes's disposition not being at this time of temptation, over-nice, or averse to that which is wrong, and assisted by the mischievous effects of large portions of gin, Etc. which they had swallowed down for some days past, began to listen to Neal's allurements, and out they went together, having hired a brace of geldings. They had no great success the first day, and he began, he says, to think of going home again, before any mischief was done; but when he talked of returning, Neal took occasion to ply him with drink, and they continued together for some time. Neal's place of rendezvous, and where his robberies were committed, during the time of Haynes's being concerned with him, was about Putney , Fulham , and Barnes common . Haynes says they committed about seven or eight robberies near the territories of the afore-mentioned parishes, in about a fortnight or three weeks time; when Neal finding there was much looking out after him, retired farther into the country, and Haynes returned home. His long absence had made some disturbance in his family, and he met with a reception he did not like; but such as his behaviour, in absenting so long, might expect. He was an offender against the laws of his country, and afraid of his shadow. He knew he was in danger of a halter, and not able to bear these reflections, he continued to endeavour to drown all such intruding thoughts upon his peace of mind, by large portions of liquor, which at times disturbed him, so as to deprive him of his senses. He had no peace at home, since his breaking forth into all excesses after his acquaintance with Neal; his own wife and family became disagreeable to him, and abroad his fears always suggested to him danger. He says he served his majesty in the late war , on board a King's ship, eight years, three months, and three days, and was paid off in the Norwich, a fifty gun ship, at Chatham , and was in trade for himself since, when Neal renewed his acquaintance with him. He says he has been confined in a madhouse at Hoxton five times, and was out but 10 days, when this robbery, for which he suffered, was committed. But his madness chiefly proceeded from drink; after drunkenness a sort of madness ensued, and his friends and relations confined him as above, to keep him from getting into whose confinement, which, at last, fatally happened to be his case. He says, when he committed this robbery on Mrs. Quane, he was set out from town with design to go to Reading in Berkshire to look for business, as he could not safely set to work in London ; and his necessities were such, as he could not support himself and family; but did not deny his intention of supplying his wants on the road, by the use of the pistol he had with him when he robbed Mr. Quane. He declared this to be the only robbery he had committed since his acquaintance Neal left him, but does not know what he might have done, had he not been taken in this. He made some excuses upon trial, and at receiving sentence of death, but afterwards acknowledged the fact, and the justice of his suffering. He behaved very well ever since conviction, and appeared very serious, devout, and penitent. He lamented the day he became acquainted with Neal, and said, if his insinuations, and the effects of liquor, had not prevailed, his own inclinations had never suggested to him any such thing. A day or two before his death his wife came to Newgate to see him; and having asked her forgiveness for former abuses, he expressed himself to me in very movingterms, and said, that as he was heartily sorry, and repented seriously of what he had done amiss to her, and all others, he hoped forgiveness from God for Christ's sake, and to be happy in the world to come. 5. Edward Brocket , was about 36 years of age, says he was born at Hitchen in Hertfordshire , and bred to husbandry labour . About 6 years ago, he says, he came to London , and worked in Old street ever since as a sawyer's labourer . He says, about 16 years ago he was married to the sister of William Clements , who was with him, when he was taken for the fact for which he suffered; but tho' he had known him so long, and married his sister, he never had much conversation or company with him. Soon after Brocket's conviction, some farmers of Hertfordshire came to him to enquire after horses stolen. He would have so much money promised to be given, if the horses were found before he would speak a word about them, at first he put them upon a wrong scent, but afterwards, I think by his directions 3 several horses were found in the island of Shepey , that had been stolen out of Hertfordshire . Brocket was of a surly, morose disposition, and very ignorant. He went up and down as occasion required, but was seldom seen to speak to any one after conviction. He denied stealing the horses, or knowing them to be so. He said, as he had done at his trial, that he was going down to Barnet to see for a man to work with him, and by the way met Clements on horse back with two other horses. That he mounted one, and they rode together towards Highgate ; about half a mile before they came to the turnpike, Clements left him, and when he came to the turnpike, he was stopped. He says, he knew Clements was used to horses, and said before to him, that he lived with a dealer in the borough of Southwark . So he thought himself safe, and was greatly surprized when he found upon coming to the turnpike, Clements had left him, and he, and the horses were stopt. Says the way he came to know of the horses found on Shepey island , was, from what Clements told him, as they rode together, that he had sold them. And to the last, would not own stealing the horses, or knowing they were stolen. Notwithstanding these declarations, there is too much reason to believe, he was partner in stealing, or else he would scarce have been so well acquainted with the Shepey horses being disposed of, and where to find them. He was insensible to all arguments upon this head, would by no means be persuaded to own the stealing, and said, 'twas his misfortune, that Clements got off, for he would soon have cleared him. However he seemed to die penitent and resigned to his fate. 6. Robert Haggard , otherwise Hogger , was 45 years of age, being born near Bury St. Edmonds in Suffolk . He was bred to husbandry by his father, who dying, when he was very young, he became a rider , as they call it among the smugglers, when he was about 15 or 16 years old; but says, he never carried fire-arms in his life, nor ever hurt knowingly man, woman, or child. July the 9th 1751 an information was made against him before Henry Fielding , esq; that Haggard, and eight other persons, (whose names were mentioned) in company with others, to the number of 30 and upwards, were unlawfully assembled, being armed with fire-arms, and other offensive weapons, at Horsham , in the county of Norfolk , the 8th of Feb. 1746, in order to be aiding and assisting in landing of and running uncustomed goods, Etc. He says, he never was at the place called Horsham, to his knowledge; and, if he ever was there, he knew not the place by name. And, tho' he never carried fire-arms himself, he owns he has been in company where fire-arms were carried, with William Baker , who was his master , and employed him to ride for him. He says, he knew nothing of the proclamation being against him published, and stuck up at North-Walsham and Great-Yarmouth , till after the 40 days were expired; for that he lived, at that time, at Hadley , 35 miles distant from the places where that proclamation against him was read, and stuck up at the respective market crosses. He left off smuggling, he says, for many years, but lately took to it again, and went over to Bologne ; from whence he brought a small cargo; which as he was carrying home, an officer met him, and procured him and his goods to be seized. Upon which he was committed to Norfolk jail ; and being afterwards discovered to be an outlawed smuggler, was sent up to London , to be tried for the out-lawry. In September sessions, the issues between the king and Haggard were tri ed; when the requisites being proved before the court, the jury gave verdict for the king; and he received sentence of death. After conviction, he behaved very quietly, and seriously; and died resigned to his fate. 7. Henry Mansel , aged 30, was born at Acton , in the county of Middlesex , and bound apprentice to a blacksmith at Hammersmith . He says, 10 years ago he listed for a soldier , before he was well out of his time; has been in the army ever since, and belonged to the first regiment of guards at the time he committed the murder, for which he suffered; but was then immediately discharged. He was one of a party, he says, going with a serjeant from the Savoy , to guard some deserters from thence to Northampton . And, being quartered at Barnet that night the unhappy murder was done, he fell into company, which after having drank pretty freely, they joked him, he says, at first, but afterwards words arising, about paying the reckoning, he thought himself ill-used; and began to make a stir among them, which much disturbed the house. He says, he was in liquor; but pleads not this as any excuse for what he had done. He acknowledged the barbarity of the murder of Isaac Emerton ; and being told, that he had destroyed an industrious good neighbour, he immediately expressed great sorrow for having deprived the community of so worthy a member. He was apprehended immediately, and brought to London next day. From his first confinement in New Prison, Clerkenwell , to the time of his death, he seemed to express the utmost contrition, was almost continually reading, and at prayer, both there and in Newgate . After conviction he acknowledged his unworthiness, upon account of this most heinous offence, added to others of his life, which; he said, was a very heavy load. But, though this crime was so great, yet if his repentance were sincere, as he declared, we doubt not, but mercy may be in store for him with God, upon the score of Christ's merits. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Monday the 9th instant, between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, Charles Fleming , John Massey , and John Haynes , in one cart; Eleanor Connor , Robert Haggard , and Edward Broket , in another; and Henry Mansel , in a third cart, were carried from Newgate to the place of execution, through crowds of spectators. When we had prayed with and for them some convenient time, they were turned off, calling on God to receive their souls. None of them said any thing, except Fleming, who was very earnest with the populace, to clear himself of what he was never accused. Particularly, he said, he had not two pistols found on him, at the time when the conspiracy was reported, as before observed, of an intended escape. Who charged him with it? Nobody ever said there was any more than a little knife taken from him, when he was searched. Their bodies were all delivered to their friends, except Henry Mansel the soldier , for murder, who was immediately sent back to Surgeon's-Hall , in the Old-Bailey . This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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An Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying-Speeches of the Condemn'd Criminals, that were Executed at Tyburn, on Friday, December the 20th. 1700. THE Persons who are the Melancholy Subject of this Paper, being brought to their Tryals at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 4, 5, 6, and 7th Instant, and being found Guilty of the respective Crimes they were charg'd with; I thought it now a most proper and likely time to press and work upon them the Duty of Repentance. Accordingly, on the Lord's-day, the 8th, I did (as my manner was) preach in the Morning to the Prisoners at Newgate; and took for my Text, these Words in Ezek. 18. 30. Repent and turn your selves from all your Transgressions; so Iniquity shall not be your ruin: And after Evening-Prayer, I made an Exhortation to them upon the same Subject with my Morning-Sermon; by which, I perceiv'd they were made somewhat sensible of that miserable State Sin had brought them into. Then I gave every one of them some Books of Directions and Prayers, fitted for their Conditions; which Books were provided by the pious Care, and at the Charge of Mr. Watts, the City-Marshal. On the next Day, being Monday the 9th, they received the Sentence of Condemnation, which they were to expect. On Tuesday the 10th, I visited them, and had them up in the Chappel in the Morning, where having pray'd with them, I afterwards proceeded to a particular Examination and Instruction of them; and in the Evening I went to them in the Hold, by reason they could not then be conveniently brought up to me to the Chappel. And this (notwithstanding the apparent Danger of my Health) I was the more willing to do, because they desir'd me to see them, and pray with, and for them, as often as I could, and seem'd to take good notice of what I said to them, with relation to their Spiritual State. I therefore visited them daily, both Morning and Afternoon, to the Day of their Execution, saving on Friday the 13th, when I could not have access to them, their Keepers being then attending the Court at the Old-Baily, which was Adjourn'd to that Day. When these Condemn'd Persons were brought up to the Chappel, they for the most part, behaved themselves decently and devoutly; and when I went to see them in the Hold, I always found them Reading and Praying; they having (besides the foremention'd Books which I gave them) been supply'd with a Bible, a New Testament, and other Books of Devotion, for their present use, and future benefit. When the Lord's-day (the 15 inst. was come) which was the next after their Condemnation, and that immediately before their Execution, I preach'd twice to them: And in my Morning-Sermon, which was upon these Words, Luke xv. 18, 19. Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy Son: I shew'd them the Sinners Duty to confess their Sins to God, and the indispensable Obligation they also lay under, to make an open and publick Acknowledgment (and let the World be satisfied that they truly Repented) of those Crimes that had made them notorious, and for which they were justly and publickly Condemn'd. And I ended this my Discourse with shewing them, how acceptable our Conversion and Repentance was to God, and how beneficial to our selves: Which I prest and inforc'd by all the Arguments I could make use, and thought them capable of. In the Afternoon I took my Text out of Prov. ix. 10. the Words being these, The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. From which I made it appear, on the one hand, that Piety, or true Religion, (which consists in the Fear, Worship, and Service of God) was the best Knowledge and truest Wisdom: And on the other hand, I shew'd them the Unreasonableness and Folly of a sinful Course of Life; the great Danger of following and continuing in that Course; and the absolute Necessity of Repentance; with Directions both to know what was true Repentance, and to obtain those Spiritual Helps and Means that could only make it so. And in the Conclusion, I directed my-self more particularly to the Condemn'd Prisoners, in these Words. To conclude; let me earnestly exhort you, and you above all, who by your heinous Crimes have miserably cut off your Days, and brought your Life to a shameful and untimely End: Let me (I say) exhort and persuade you to Repentance. You have but a little time to live; and have a great Work to do. This Work of Repentance, which I would put you upon, is as difficult as it is necessary. It is difficult because Sin hath taken fast hold on you: And it is necessary, because without it you cannot be saved. Let therefore these two Considerations powerfully move and engage you to a speedy and effectual striving to obtain Grace of returning to God; from whose ways you have strangely deviated. You have gone far in an evil Course, in a way that is not good. You have wholly neglected the Duties of Christianity, and have broken all the Divine Commands. You have liv'd in plain opposition and contradiction to all the Precepts of the Gospel: And have sinned with an high hand. Consider how you have provoked God your Maker, and now your Judge; before whose dreadful Tribunal you are to appear within very few Days. How shall you answer one Article of the many Thousands which your very Consciences shall bring in against you; who have been Disobedient and Ingrateful to God, Cruel to your selves, and Unjust to others? Oh! take pity of your poor Souls, and perish not in your Sins, Repen quickly of all the Evil that you have done, and for the Good you have left undone. And let not your Repentance be the meer Effect of Sorrow for your present or future Miseries; but let it be the result of the Love and Fear of God in you. Let it proceed from an Abhorrence of your sinful Life past, because you have offended a good and gracious God. Let the remembrance of your former Transgressions be to you an occasion of Contrition and Humiliation; and grieve not so much for your Sufferings, as for your Sins; not so much because you are punish'd, as because you have deserv'd to be so. Have now a perfect Hatred against Sin, especially those Sins which you formerly indulg'd your selves, and took so much pleasure in; and now let all your Desires, and your Thought, and all your Affections take a right Course and move towards God; that so you may prevent your Eternal Ruin, and flee from the Wrath to come - On Monday the 16th, and the following Days, I visiting the Prisoners, received from them the Account following. I. Edward Lewis , Condemn'd for Breaking and Robbing the King's Exchequer. He told me he was Born in the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields , and was now about 26 Years old. He seem'd to be very Devout and Penitent; but would not make any particular Confession; but in general acknowledg'd the Justice of God in punishing him, and bringing him to this Condemnation, because he had sinn'd against him, having neglected the Duty of a Christian, and not lived up to the Rules of that holy Religion, (namely the Protestant) which he was Baptiz'd into, and brought up in. All the time he was under my Inspection, he behav'd himself with great Devotion and Humility, and appear'd much affected with the Thoughts of another Life, and earnestly desirous of being reconcil'd and united to God, and of enjoying him in everlasting Glory. He denied the Fact for which he was to die; and said, He forgave all the World, and was assured that God had forgiven him through Christ; in whose Name, and through whose Mediation he hop'd for Eternal Life. II. John Forest , Condemn'd for Robbing on the Highways. He was a French-man, Born at Rochel , of Protestant Parents, a Weaver by Trade, and liv'd for sometime in Spittlefields . He was a young Man, of about 26 Years of age. He seemed to be Penitent, but would not confess himself Guilty of the Fact whereof he was Convicted, otherwise than that he said, He was forc'd by two Highway-men to joyn with them in the Robbery. III. Richard Hewit , Aged about 17 Years, Convicted of Felony and Burglary. He said he was Born in the Parish of St. Saviour in Southwark , and was a Waterman by Profession. He confest that he had liv'd a wicked Life, having followed ill Company that had brought him from one Sin to another, and at last into this Crime, for which he own'd he was justly Condemn'd. He exprest great Sorrow of Heart, and begg'd of God to accept his Repentance, tho' late and imperfect. Which he said was a great trouble to his Soul. IV. John Kent , also Convicted of Felony and Burglary. He was, as the last now mention'd, a very young Man, being but 18 Years old, and a Waterman by his Profession. He said he lived by the Bank-side in Southwark . He was a poor ignorant Person, as to the Principles and Practice of Religion; yet he seem'd to be affected with the Consideration of another Life, when I represented to him, on one hand, the insupportable Torments; and on the other, the unspeakable Joys of Eternity. He ingenuously confest the Crime for which he was to die, and begg'd Pardon of God, both for it and for all other the Miscarriages of his Life, which he acknowledg'd to have been great and many. V. Thomas Gorden , Condemn'd for Burglary. He was Born in Barkshire , and was now about 25 Years of Age. and for some time past had served with a Gardiner at Chelsey ; He acknowledg'd he had not liv'd as he was convinc'd in his Conscience he should have done; but had many ways offended God, and broke his Holy Laws and Commandments; which he said he was sorry for, and repented of, and hop'd to find Mercy with God. Thus he exprest his Repentance and Confidence, and would not be persuaded to confess, but obstinately denied the Fact he was found Guilty of. VI. John Harris , alias Dennis , likewise Condemn'd for Burglary. He was a Roman Catholick , born in Warwickshire , and about 24 Years of age. He told me he had served the King as a Soldier 3 Years in Colonel Kirk's Regiment, and 5 in Colonel Windham's, and afterwards went to France , where he served 3 Years in King James's Guard. And then returning to England, he was employ'd for about 2 Years by some Colliers trading to Newcastle . He own'd his Life had been vicious, and much tainted with Sin, of which he never had (till now) a Heart to Repent. And therefore acknowledg'd the Justice of God in bringing him to this Shame and Misery. He was (as I said before) a Roman Catholick , but yet he readily joyn'd in Prayer with the rest, and seemed somewhat affected with, and wrought upon by my Admonitions. He confest the Crime for which he was Condemn'd, and exprest a Sorrow, and desire of God's Pardon for it. Now what remains, is that I should give an Account of that unfortunate Gentleman, Mr. John Cowland , who was condemn'd for Stabbing Sir. Andrew Slaning Baronet . Mr. Cowland was Born in the City of London , and of a good Family. In his younger Years he was Apprentice to a Goldsmith , (and as I am inform'd) did live a very Sober and Religious Life. He was frequent in Prayer, and hearing Sermons, and in reading the Holy Bible, and other godly Books, and gave up himself to the Knowledge and Service of God. But having unhappily left this pious Course, and abandon'd himself to the World, in following the Genius and sinful Pleasures thereof, the Spirit of Religion grew weak in him, and had then no such Influence as before, upon the Actions of his Life, which became more and more irregular. 'Tis true he averr'd to me, that in the midst of his Miscarriages, his Thoughts were sometimes tending towards God, and there were some happy Intervals wherein he earnestly desir'd to return to his Heavenly Father with full purpose and solemn Vows of Amendment. But the World had got such a fast hold on him, that he could not get rid of it, and broke all those religious Vows and Resolutions of his as often as he made them, so that he daily sunk deeper into Sin; and God, from whom he had receded and drawn back, having for a time left him to himself, he fell upon the commission of that enormous Crime he afterwards abhorred with the greatest detestation imaginable, not only because he was to die for it, but because he had rendred himself so odious in the sight of God by it. He often repeated these Words with which Holy David, in a case not altogether unlike his, apply'd himself to God, Ps. 51. 14. Deliver me from Blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my Salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. He told me that the remembrance of his Sins was now infinitely more bitter and grievous to his Spirit, than the vain and empty Pleasures of them had been sweet and agreable to his Flesh; And that he must needs confess from his own sad Experience, That had he but known the regrets and torments, which even in this World, a vicious Life bring upon a Man, he could not (tho' the Temptation had been never so great) been ever drawn or allured into Sin. This may serve as a very good Lesson to those bold and rash Offenders, who drink up iniquity like water, without considering what a Poison Sin is, and how deadly sick it will make them at last: What violence they must needs use towards themselves; what unpleasant Potions they must be forced to take for their Cure and Recovery: How they must pass through a fiery Trial, and hate, loath, and abhor themselves and their sinful Lusts and Pleasures, before they can obtain the least degree of true Satisfaction and Comfort. In a word, this may plainly discover to the Sinner his great madness and folly, in venturing upon that which will prove the infallible Cause of his ruin and misery. From the beginning of his Confinement to his Dying-hour, Mr. Cowland exprest an extreme Sorrow, not only for this, all other, the sins wherewith his Life had been tainted: He cry'd mightily to God for Mercy and Forgiveness, and shew'd all along the greatest Repentance that was possible. He pray'd most fervently, and did earnestly desire the Prayers of others, that God would be merciful to his poor Soul, and that he would give him Grace to become the greatest Penitent, for he judg'd himself the greatest Sinner that ever was. His Expressions were all pathetical and hearty, and most of them Scriptural; whereby he shew'd he was well read in the Word of God. In short, he appeared not only to my self, but to other Divines (that were his Acquaintance, who also visited him) to have a true sense of his Condition, and a right apprehension, both of the Judgments and Mercies of God. His Soul earnestly long'd after the Bread of Life, and he express'd the strongest desires, and shew'd the best Disposition to receive the Blessed Sacrament of the Lord's Supper; which he did three several times after his Condemnation. I think it my Duty thus to set forth this Penitent Sinner, whose Repentance I verily believe, was equal to his Crimes,; no Man (to my knowledg) that liv'd in Sin, ever Dying better. Tho' I must confess I should be very loath to give the Sinner the least occasion of flattering himself with these vain hopes, That he may at last acceptably repent and be sav'd; yet I thought my self obliged to say what I have here said, to magnify the Goodness of God, which in a most Singular and extraordinary manner, was extended to this Penitent, and which (perhaps) may not in such a high degree, ever be shewn again to any other presumptuous Sinner. I now come to the last Period of these Persons Lives. This Day being their last, I came pretty early in the Morning to the Prison, where having prayed with them, and at last wrought it upon Forest and Gordon to confess the Facts they were to dye for, which hitherto they had most strongly deny'd; I did (upon their earnest desires, and my great hopes of their sincere Repentance) administer the Holy Communion to most of them. Then they were carried to Tyburn ; and there I met them again, and pressed them for the last time, to discharge their Consciences: Upon which they told me, they could say no more, nor no other, than what they had said to me before: all of them (Lewis excepted) owning with grief, their being Guilty. After this, I proceeded to Prayer, and the singing of a Psalm with them: And that being over, I apply'd my self again to Lewis in particular, to endeavour to make him confess; but he still persisted in his former Denial. Then I recommended every Soul of them to God, and left them to his Mercy. They desired the Standers-by to Pray for them: And after they had been allow'd some space of time for their private Devotions, they were turn'd off; calling upon God, and uttering with their Expiring Breath, these and the like Expressions. Lord have Mercy upon me, Lord, Save me for thy Mercies sake. Into thy hand I commend my Spirit. Lord Jesus receive my Soul. Lord, I am coming, I'm coming, &c. This is the most exact and impartial Account, which can be given of these Dying Persons, by PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, Dec. 20. 1700. ADVERTISEMENTS. Rob. Whitledge , Bookbinder , at the Bible in Creed-lane within Ludgate , sells all manner of Bibles, Common Prayer, and other Books, very well Bound and Cheap. B. Lilburn, that formerly liv'd on Ludgate-hill next to the King's-arms Tavern near Fleet-bridge; and lately near gteat Moor-gate, now lives at the golden Board and Ball in the Old-Baily, where is to be had all the Medicines she usually Prepares. London. Printed for E. Mallet, at the Hat and Hawk in Bride-Lane, 1700.

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A NARRATIVE, OR, THE Ordinary of Newgate's Account Of what Passed between Him and James Sheppard ; Who was Try'd, and Convicted, and received Sentence of Death, for HIGH-TREASON, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Thursday the 6th, and Executed at TYBURN on Monday last, being the 17th Instant. JAmes Sheppard , condemn'd for High-Treason, in imagining and compassing the Death of His Most Sacred Majesty King GEORGE. He said he was under 18 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Saviour, Southwark : That when very young, his Father dying, he was left to the Care of an Uncle of his, who provided for his Education, and put him to a Latin-School at Salisbury , where he was about 3 Years, and afterwards coming up to London , was bound Apprentice to a Coach-Painter in this City, with whom he had lived about 14 Months, when apprehended. As to the horrid Crime he stood condemn'd for, he said, That by the reading of certain Sermons and other Books he had learnt, That He whom we call Our King, had no Right to the Crown of England, and so he was fully perswaded, that the Killing of Him would be a good and commendable thing; and from that Time (which is about 3 Years ago) he had a mighty Impulse upon his Heart that he must be the Person that should do the Deed, namely, Assassinate King GEORGE in his own Palace, and by this Means make Way for the Right Heir, as he call'd the Pretender. When he had thus declar'd his detestable Intention to me, and withal added, That he verily believ'd it was a Motion that came from GOD to his Soul; I then told him, "That as such an Intent was most wicked, the most horrid " Thought that ever could enter into the Heart of Man; so (considering the " Nature of it) he should have concluded it rather to be (as it really was) " an Impulse or Suggestion from the Devil, who had seduced him, and led him " to this unparallel'd Wickedness; for no other End or Purpose than to bring " a general Calamity upon this Protestant Nation, and Destruction upon his " own Soul in particular: That if he had taken the Pains to weigh the Matter " well, he would have discover'd it was so, and have understood, that the Law " implanted by Nature in every Man's Heart, the Moral Law, and the Divine " Law (reveal'd in Holy Scripture) expresly forbid Murder in general, much " more such (particularly) as that he would have committed, which speaks Horrour to Humane Nature, as being a Crime of the greatest Magnitude, and by " all Laws, and the Sense of all Civiliz'd Nations, punishable in the most exemplary manner; whereof he might be now convinc'd, if he would but submit "himself to be directed by the Word of GOD, who (in the Sixth Commandment) expresly says, Thou shalt do no Murder; a Command press'd more still " upon us Christians by our Blessed Saviour in his Gospel. Which makes it appear, That though the Prince he would have murder'd in that treacherous " manner, were but a private Person, yet the Thought of Killing Him, would " have been a heinous Crime. Many Arguments I us'd with him, in order to " convince him (if possible) of his Damnable Error, and undeceive his poor " deluded Soul; but he would hearken to none. I told him, That as he had " had (since this unhumane Thought came into his Mind) a long time, so he " had Leisure and Opportunity to consider the heinous Nature, and the dismal " Consequences of it, and also might have apprehended that by it he would " become His own Murderer, a Crime that scarce admits of Hope for Pardon; " and upon that he should have pray'd for Grace, to the end he might have such " wicked Cogitations remov'd from his Heart. To all this he reply'd, That " he did pray; and, That by how much he pray'd, by so much the more he was encourag'd and confirm'd in the Lawfulness of his Design. Then said I to him, Your " Prayers, I suppose, were not, That GOD would please to inform your Judgment better; but probably you pray'd for Success in your design'd Bloody Enterprize: But now, that you see your self disappointed in it, and not only so, " but must shamefully lose your Life for it, I hope you may be satisfied, that GOD " did not approve of it, and had not sent you upon such an Errand; for if he had, " he would have prosper'd it, and you should not have perish'd in the Attempt; " the Thing should not (as it has) miscarried in your Hand: Which ill Success " that you have had therein, one would think, should be a mighty convincing Argument to you, that such an unheard-of Contrivance was wicked and abominable to the highest degree: And so I would have you take it to heart, and duly consider it; and let Reason and Religion here be admitted, that by the true " Use of them, you may perceive, and be convinc'd, and repent of your unparallel'd Error and loud crying Sin, have your Heart melted and purify'd, and cry " out with those Penitents mention'd in the Scripture, I have sinned; And what shall " I do to thee, O thou Preserver of Men, and Judge of the whole World? What shall I " do to be sav'd? Have mercy upon me, O Lord, after thy great Goodness; according to " the multitude of thy tender Compassions, blot out all my Offences: Wash me throughly from " my Wickedness, and cleanse me from my Sin. - Deliver me from Blood-guiltiness, O " God, Thou that art the God of my Health, and my Tongue shall sing of thy Righteousness, &c. Thus I laid before him both his great Duty and Interest, yea, his Everlasting Concern, desiring him to have a due regard thereto. The Place where I was sometimes discoursing with him, (viz. at the Hatchdoor that leads to the Dungeon or Condemn'd Hole in the Lodge) being very noisy and incommodious, by reason of People's crowding to hear what I said to him, and he to me, I found then I could not work much good on him there, and therefore wish'd he would give me an Opportunity of speaking with him in private; but he would not consent to it, saying, He durst not trust himself with me. "Why (said I) am I such a Monster, or a Man so dreadful? No, reply'd he) but I am afraid of your Arguments: I am not a Scholar good enough to answer you. 'Very well (said I) if you have not so much Understanding as I, why ' will you not take my Advice, and that too in a Matter of so great Moment, ' and in which it infinitely concerns you to be rightly inform'd? I will not puzzle you with such Arguments as may be beyond your Capacity to understand; ' there is no need of that; but only I would endeavour to make you sensible, ' that the Thing you were contriving being most base and abominable, it could ' by no means proceed from God, who hates Wickedness, but from the great Seducer and Enemy of Mankind, who (as the Apostle tells us) works mightily in ' the Children of Disobedience, deceiving their Hearts, and raising in them all ' manner of inordinate Affections, and evil Concupiscence, &c. for which things sake ' cometh the Wrath of God upon them; and, That (as I had observ'd to him before) ' he should not have met with such a Disappointment in his Purpose, if God (as ' he asserted) had given him a Commission, and commanded him to go about ' such a Thing. To this he answer'd, That his being thus disappointed did not pro ceed from the Illegality of the Fact, but from some Sins (he would not tell what) he had otherwise committed. But I told him, This was the Sin chiefly that had brought him under God's Wrath and Indignation, and to this shameful and untimely Death in this World; which he ought to take care might not be follow'd by an Eternal Punishment in the next. And here going on, I ask'd him these plain Questions: Did you never reflect upon the heinousness of that Fact you would have committed? Had you no Dread, no Horror upon you? Did you feel no Remorse, no Throws of Conscience at the thoughts of it, at any time? No, said he, but on the contrary, I was very well pleas'd all along, and very easie in my Mind. Then (reply'd I to him) you must be stupify'd and harden'd in Sin to the extreamest degree: The Lord have Mercy on you, and give you a Sight of your dangerous State, and take you out of it. Then I advis'd him to examine himself, as upon the Whole, so in this Particular (especially) viz Whether Pride (which is the Sin of the Devil had not a great share in that his Diabolical Device; and, whether he did not mightily please himself in this Thought, That hereafter he should be admir'd by some, who would praise him, and extol his Courage to the Sky, for having done That which no other durst attempt to do; for doubtless that must be his Ambition and Self-Conceit, mixt with an evil Disposition and other bad Qualities in him? To which he answer'd, It was not so; but only the Sense of his Duty to his King prompted him to it; and, That tho' himself had not, yet he knew another who would have done it, if he had liv'd; but he dy'd a few days since; which he seem'd to be very sorry for. Who that execrable Person was, and whether he knew any other of this Devilish Temper, he would not, and said he should never, tell: But of such, if such Monsters there be in the World, I must and will say this, and heartily wish it, Except they repent, let them all likewise perish. Some time after this I had another Discourse with that unhappy Assassine and obdurate Sinner, who may be said to be another * James Clement , a second John Chastel , a Ravillac, a blind Devoted Agent in the Devil's Cause, most tenacious to his pernicious Principles, which were so fix'd upon him, that I (and I believe some others that saw him) found it next to impossible, by what Man could do, to remove them from him; who had a Prejudice against all Orthodex Divnes, and 'tis pity any other were suffer'd to come to him and confirm him in his Evil Disposition Things being so, and he in that desperate Case, all I could do, was to pray (as I did) That God would vouchsafe to take pity of him; to enlighten his dark Mind, and purify his Affections by his holy Spirit; to deliver him from this miserable state of Error and Sin; to rescue him out of the Snares, and from under the Tyranny and Slavery of Satan, and admit him into the glorious Liberty of his blessed Children. Thus I went on with him, using all possible Endeavours to mollifie his stony Heart, and bring it into a better frame. And to shew him that this strange Opinion he had rashly and inconsiderately espous'd, was not the Opinion of all the Non-jurors, I instanc'd in the worthy Person to whom he apply'd himself for his furtherance in this Bloody Act, who was so far from complying with it, that he look'd upon it as an horrible and detestable thing; and so thought himself oblig'd in Conscience to put a Stop to it, by discovering it, and bringing him (the wretched Author of it) to Justice. And now (said I) why should You, a young Man as you are, who have not that Experience in Things (especially those relating to Publick Government) which they of a longer standing in the World, and larger Capacities than yourself, may reasonably be supos'd to have? Why should such a one as you think himself more Knowing and more Religious than other Men; to excel in Goodness and Wisdom even those you have reason to think well of? Why should you be so self-conceited and so presumptuous, as to fancy that what you thought to be wrong might and must be rectified by You, and you must put your own Life upon it? How could you be satisfied in the Rectitude of those Thoughts of yours * See the Account of those Regicides in Mezeray's Hist. of France. that were so strange, and so monstrous? To these Questions he gave me this short Answer: I am satisfied I was in the right; adding, That he had not altered his Mind in the Matter, nor ever would alter it; and, That if it were in his Power, he would still kill Him whom we own for our King, or any Friends of his. Wou'd you? said I; but (God be praised) your Hands are tyed; the Lord convert your Heart. And (continued I) would you have killed the late Queen? To this he replyed, I had not these Thughts when She was alive, but if She were so now, I would kill her. Which Expression he repeated two or three times, to the Amazement of all that heard him: But when he saw how People about him (among whom I believe were some of his Friends) were strangely - surprised and seiz'd with Horrour at such an Expression, he said, Perhaps I would not have it, because she was a Woman, who governed not herself, but Others did it for her. Then (said I to him) look you to it; there is another Life after this, in which you must account for all your Faults: There is a Lake of Brimstone, a Worm that dies not, and a Fire which shall never be quench'd: There are intolerable Torments for all Regicides, and all Murtherers and other Sinners, that carry the Guilt of their Sins unrepented of into another World: And therefore I must plainly tell you, That will be your dismal Portion there for ever, unless you truly Repent here in time. I found somebody had been tampering with, and hardning him in his wicked Principles, which I thought before were peculiar to himself, and that none was so blind and so inhumane, as to be altogether of his Sentiments; for one Morning hearing he was in a private Room, and a Clergyman with him, I desir'd to go and see him; which at first was deny'd me, but afterwards granted, tho' not without some difficulty; and seeing two Men then with the Prisoner, I first address'd my self to one of them, who was in the Habit of a Divine of the Church of England, Of whom I ask'd, How he found this poor unhappy Young-Man? and, Whether he repented? He answered, That he sound him in a very good State: To which I said, I rejoice at it, and bless GOD for it. And then turning to the Young-man himself, I said to him, Now you must give Glory to GOD, and acknowledge your Faults; that especially for which you now lie under this sad Condemnation. Hold there (cryed out that Priest, or Jesuit, or Wolf in Sheeps cloathing) I am his Father-Confessor, and He and I are of the same Communion, and You are not. What! reply'd I to him, Are you of that Communion which holds it lawful for Men to Murder Princes for Equity in a most treacherous and execrable Manner? I wonder you are not ashamed on't. Then he went on, saying, I am in Communion with him, and what is fit to be said to him, he shall receive from me, and none but me, who am his proper Confessor; and he shall give you no Account of himself, nor no Answer to any Question you shall ask him. Strange! said I, May not I, the Minister and Ordinary of this Place, have as much Liberty to ask Questions of a Prisoner here, as you pretend to have? Methinks you are very rude and unmannerly. But I will ask him, and so I did ask him again, Whether or no he still persisted in this Opinion, That it was lawful for him to murder the King or Any-body else? Pray speak your Mind freely, said I: But he answered nothing. Then I turning to that pretended Confessor, or Director of his Soul, said to him, This Silence is the Effect of your bidding him not to answer me in any thing. But I will take the Liberty to ask you yourself a Question or two, Do you think him in a good State to entertain such a wicked traiterous Imagination as that of Killing King George is? Do you not think he ought to repent of it? These were Questions I sucessively put to him; who instead of giving me a distinct Answer to each of them, as he should have done, was pleas'd only to afford me these few Words; I have nothing to say to You. But, reply'd I, I have something more to say to you my self: I will ask you this other Question; Answer me. Do you not think in your Conscience, that he ought publickly to confess this horrid Crime, and beg Pardon for it? , said he; and with that went away as fast as he could, (the Door being open) and after him the Prisoner, whom I was not at Liberty then to discourse by himself so much as one Moment longer. But the next Day having Leave given me (which one would think I should always have had) to speak with him, I accordingly went to the Room appointed for my seeing him. There I found him, and his 'foremention'd Father-Confessor with his Assistant. After some previous Words of Civility, I said, I was come to speak to this poor Young-man; and so I did: But as that Priest then told me, so I found, That he would not give me any Answer to the Questions I put to him, which were, Whether he had impartially consider'd the heinous Fact he would have committed; and, Whether he now abhorr'd it; and repented of it? As he would not, nor did give me any Answer to these Quaeries; so I pray'd that Confessor of his to exhort him, and give him his Opinion in the Matter, before me: But he said, He would not do it, and what he had to say to him, he would not say it in my Presence; neither was the Prisoner (as he told me before) oblig'd to satisfy me in those Things I demanded of him; for I was not his proper Priest; I was not of his Communion, which he often repeated. Have you said all, reply'd I to him: Pray hear what the Apostle says, He tells us, That We are always to be ready to give an Answer to every Man that asketh a Reason of the Hope that is in us, with Meekness and Fear? And why may not I, to whom this poor deluded Youth has (before now) declar'd, more than once, That the Killing of the King was a lawful and commendable Action; and, That it was to be done, and done by him too? Why may not I ask him (as I here do) Whether he be still of the same Opinion? And what Reason he can alledge for it? To this he said, You have nothing to do with him, nor he with You. Well then, said I, Pray ask him the Question your self. I (reply'd he) will ask him no Question, nor give him any Admonition while You are here. If so, said I, Pray, Sir, withdraw: Seeing you will not advise him before me to purge his Conscience, nor let me speak to him without your interrupting me, I desire both you and your Assistant to give me leave to try what Good I can work upon him, when he and I are alone: Whereupon they (tho' very unwillingly) withdrew a little out of the Door, which was left open all the while. And then having the Prisoner to my self, I ask'd him these Questions again: Whether he now persisted in his former Opinion, as he had declar'd it to me, That it was lawful for him, and he had a Commission from GOD, to assassinate the King? Whether (yea or no) he had been here instructed by his Confessor, that this was a great and dangerous Mistake? and, Whether he now retracted and repented of it? To this he would give me no manner of Answer: Yet I still endeavour'd to inform and rectifie his Judgment; and I askt him also, Whether I might pray then with him; but he said, I should not. And upon my further asking him, Whether he desir'd my private or publick Prayers, and the Prayers of the Church, as People under Condemnation generally do? He answer'd, That he desir'd their Prayers only, who were of his own Communion. So I left him, telling him at parting, I was sorry to see him in that evil and obstinate Disposition; and, That notwithstanding his rejecting my Advice and Prayers, I heartily recommended him to the Guidance of God's Holy Spirit and Mercy, and would pray for his Soul (whether he desir'd it or no) so long as he liv'd. Then I withdrew from him; and as I was going out of the Room his Confessor (who was ready at the Door) presently and eagerly came in again, and shew'd himself very rude and impudent to me; but I lookt upon it as an Effect of his blind misguided Zeal, who hated and oppos'd me, only because I was for King GEORGE, and the Protestant Religion: But let him and all his Party know, That I will venture the Loss of all things (yea, Life itself) for His Majesty and the Royal Family's Service and Interest, and for the Truth of the Gospel: And I care not for what Slanderous Tongues can say, who are given to Lies, and neither Fear GOD, nor Honour the KING. To this Paper (tho' pretty long already) I shall add, That as I was last Saturday at Prayer in the Chapel at Newgate, observing abundance of People went through, when I had done my Office there (and that not without great disturbance) I enquir'd what the matter was; and one telling me that they were going to see James Sheppard , who was in a Room beyond the Chapel, I went along with them, and spoke to that poor unhappy Creature, but he would not hear my Arguments, nor receive my Admonitions then; neither would he promise to come to hear me preach the next day in the Chapel, to which his Room was near. He said, He was still of the same Mind as he had declar'd before, and would ever continue so. And here I must not omit to observe, That two of the Under-Turnkeys that were in the Room when I went in to speak to Sheppard, did both of 'em use me very impudently, swore great Oaths at me, and said, That they had Order to keep me from him. Who gave them that unreasonable Order they best know, and I hope some time or other they will be made to tell. The Morning he was to be carried to Tyburn I was call'd to see him in his Room: There I again exhorted and interrogated him, as I had done before, but he would not hear me, nor give me any Answer, turning his Back to me all the while. And this he did at the Place of Execution, where his Priest (who has sufficiently shewn his Opposition to the Government, and also insulted me in Newgate) both interrupted me in my Office, and confirm'd him in his Erronr: So that when he was withdrawn, even then this poor deluded Creature would not so much as let me pray for him. Nevertheless I used my best Endeavours (as late as that was) to undeceive him, and bring him to a due Consideration of his lamentable Condition; but he remain'd obstinate, being so far fixt in his Erroneous Principles, that nothing (I found) could make him depart from them. And all this Calamity (I may say) is owing to the free Admittance that Person had to him, who even at the Gallows had the Presumption to give him Publick Absolution, tho' he visibly dy'd without Repentance. NB. Those that have already reflected, or may hereafter reflect upon the Justice of this Malefactor's Sentence; saying, He was Lunatick, and therefore ought not to have been condemn'd to die; let them ask his Father-Confessor (who daily visited him, and gave him the Sacrament) Whether (as they pretend, and endeavour to perswade the World) he was Lunatick, or not. During the time he lay in the Condemn'd Hold, where he was put in at first, he shew'd one or two of his Last Speeches to his Fellow-Prisoners there, and told them, That he had another (made by one of his Bishops) which was That he intended should be printed: But whether it be the same he deliver'd at the Tree, I think it not worth the Enquiry. This is the Melancholy Account I am here to give of this miserable Assassine. 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A True ACCOUNT OF THE PRISONERS Executed at TYBURN. On Friday the 23d of May1684. With their Behaviour in Newgate, since their receiving Sentence at the OLD-BAYLY. AND Dying Confessions At the place of EXECUTION. AT the late Sessions of Goal-Delivery, which began at Justice Hall in the Old-Bayly, on Thursday the 15th of May, 1684.Five Persons received Sentence of Death, (viz.) Edward Jackson , a Merchant , or other considerable Dealer in London, for High-Treason; in Clipping the Currant Coin of this Kingdom. John Gower , a Coach-maker , for Murdering his Wife. John Smith , alias Ashburnham , a Notorious Highway-man, for the Murder of Andrew Page , a Headbourough of stoke-Newington ; who with his Watchmen were in Pursuit of the said Smith and other Robbers. Edward Hubbard , for Robbery of a Girl as she was passing through Lumbard-street London : And Francis Robinson , for Robbery and Burglary. As to their Behaviour in Newgate after Condemnation, that I might keep to my Title of giving you a true Account, take here the very Words of Mr. Ordinary, whose constant Attendance several Hours on each day, and painful Applications for the Eternal welfair of their Immortal Souls, gave him opportunity of knowing it best. The Ordinary of Newgate being desired to prevent for the Future all false Intlligence concerning the Confessions and Dying eeches of Malefactors at Tyburn; and considering the presumption of some in Issuing our publickly, pretended Confessions, hath been-prevailed with, to prevent for the Future what Inconveniency may be consequent upon such false Accounts. Some Crimminals who have Dyed Penitentiary’s, have several times been Mis-represented to have been hardned in a State of Sinning, of whose Happiness after their Death, the ordinary hath had (in Charity) a fairer Prospect. Other Dying Criminals have been affirmed to be very Penitent, who have been very insensible of the particular Crimes for which they Suffer’d, and in a manner persisted in the Denyal of the Perpetration of them. So that it was very difficult for any Judge Poffitively, as some Pamphleteers did, of the truth of their Repentance; however by publishing false Accounts of that Nature, some possibly have been Induced to delay their Repentance to a Dying Hour, and to imagine that so serious a Work may soon be Effected. Therefore, for the future it is desired, that the ordinary of Newgate would set his Hand to a Faithful Account of the Behaviour and Dying words of Melefactors Condemned at the old-Bayle, to be Executed at Tyburn. Which account will be Printed Authentically only by George Croom , the Printer hereof; that so the Buyers of such Intelligence, may not be imposed upon by any false Accounts. Now, whereas it may be expected that the Ordinary should give some Satisfaction concerning the truth of the Behaviour of the present Condemned Prisoners in Newgate, during their Preparation by him for their Execution. He thus affirms, that on the last Lords-Day being Whitsunday, he Preached to them on that Day on this Text of Sacred Scripture, viz. On the 8th Verse of the 5th Chapter of St. Matthews Gospel. Blessed are the pure in Heart, for they shall see God. He observed the Condemned Prisoners Present at the Chappel, to be somewhat awakened from their Security in Sinning, whereupon they desired him to visit them often, that they might be the better fitted for their End, which accordingly he did: and in those times, the Prisoners Ashburnham, and Robinson, much bewiated their Ungodly Practices, and that they had misspent much Pretious Time in a pursuit of Vanity, which now they were Convinced, had turned to no better account than Bitterness, and Anguish of Spirit. After much plain dealing with them, and enquiring what solid Hopes they had of a future happy State, they assured me, that they received by a divine Blessing, much Illumination, Conviction, deep Humiliation for Sin, and a great desire after the Happiness of an holy Frame of Heart. It whould be too tedious to set down many Particular, wherein I was much satisfied concerning their Replies to what I Asked them. As to Gower, who was Sentenced for Killing of his Wife, I solemnly charged him to deal clearly and sincerely in the Confession of it. I could not procure his own Acknowledgment of that horrid Villany. He said, That he had been a great Sinner, and an evil Husband, in Marrying another Woman while his former Wife was Living. And therefore, after all my Labour with him, I must leave him to the Heart-searching God. As for Mr. Jackson, I often visited him he confess’d that he had been a great Sinner. I hope that he was a true Penitentiary, as having sequestered himself from much Company, which he said were willing to give him Visits, because he would better dispose himself to Fasting, Prayer, and the stricter Examination of his Heart, and former Course of Living. that in Charity, I hope my frequent Attendance, Counsel, and Pray with and for them, was some comfortable Settlement of them in a Pro of their Happy State, after their Exit our of the Land of the Living. stor. I Subscribed this Narrative on the on the 22th of May1684. Samuel Smith Ordinary of Newgate . dward Hubbard was Reprieved: But the other Four had notice Execution would be on Fryday the 23d. Day. Mr. Jackson being Room in the Press yard, Devoted himself to Prayer, and other aratiions for his Death; continuing all Thursday Night in Religious cises, much Bewailing his past Sinful Life, but denying the Fact for th he was Convicted: On the 23d. in the Morning a Reprieve for some Dayed was brought him: But the remaining three, viz Smith, Robin and Gower, being as usually brought into the Chappel, Mr. Ordinary Prayed very Affectionately with them, then applied to each particularly, mining what benefit they had gotten by his Indeavours, and what they to disburden teir Conscience of, beginning first with John Gower , discovered the greatest outward appearance of a Penitent Sinner, Say that since he received the Sacrament he found his Heart much softened, that he had felt the motions of Gods Holy Spirit striving with him, to h he had been obedient to his power, expressing himself in tears, yet ed any Confession that he had Murdered his Wife, making little or no er thereto when put to him. hn Smith, &c. confess’d that he had been guilty of many Robberies on way, but denied that he had any hand in the Murder of ew Page y other Man; saying, he was satisfied with his Condition, and did not ion but in a few hours he should behappy; &c. ancis Robin confess’d his Fact, and said he had made his Peace with and what was undone he hoped Jesus Christ would make up, and son ther words to that effect. r. Ordinary then prayed a second time with them, and promising his st assistance at their last hour, left them between Nine and Ten in the ing. Soon after which a reprieve for some days came also for the said Smith alias Ashburnham, so that two only were Executed, viz. Fran Robinson and John Gower , who being drawn in one Cart, each of their ns with them, when they came at the place of Execution, Robinson irst tyed up and admonished to say something to the People to warn s to take heed of the like Crimes, &c. he refused it, saying, it would ie nothing, that not with standing the many Warnings were given in a by men that suffered, yet the like Crimes were again committed; That l end which now besell him might warn People as much as any thing uld say to them; That the Confession he had to make was to God ghty; He seemed to beat himself up with a kind of courage, neither ing Tears or appearing much dejected. n Gower though also tyed up, did not own the Murther, but gave heed to Spiritual Advice; and Mr. Ordinary praying with them for a derable time; Gower shed many Tears, and to outward appearance attentively than the other joyned in that Duty; which Prayer being d, Mr. Ordinary was much concerned that he could work in him no ession, (the rather by reason he neither would deny nor confess it) g exceeding pains in admonishing him of the danger he run his Immortal oul upon, by concealing his Sins, and going out of the World in such an bstinate Hamour; with many other proper Expressions for that occasion. t length Gower confess softly in his Ear, that he was the Contriver of , but would not explain it farther, than that he took the Guilt upon himlf, and was now to dye for it, and being many times press’d as well by the rdinary as also by another Minister who was in the Cart, they could get m to own on more than that he had been the Contriver of it. Yet he dered Mr.Ordinary to Pray against; which he did, directing his Petitions to God as the All-searcher of Hearts and Thoughts of Men, that he would work a him a Confession of his bloody Crime, and not suffer him to go our of the orld in an Impenitence State, &c. That Prayer being ended, the Sheriffs fficers were earnest to hasten the Execution more than once, and were reroved be the Ordinary for being so hasty, when so weighty a Work was oing, and the Prisoner splitting himself upon so dangerous a Rock. The other Prisoner Robinson then desired they might Sing a Psalm, blaing Gower for not Confining the Murder, saying, He would ruine his wn Soul by it: in which Psalm, both the Prisoner, seemed to Sing with ffection. At length, when about an Hour and half was spent in Prayers, and other ndeavours, no Probability appearing of obtaining more from Gower, the Ordinary took his leave; and being going our of the Cart, several of the ta called to Gower, that he would confess whither he did, or did o, M his Wife: and seeing himself upon the very Bring of Death, e discoed some Trouble upon his Spirit, and Mr. Ordinary returening, d pr it once more, he at last plainly confess’d, That he himself did h the Pistol, and was alone Guilty of the Murder, desiring t. Ordinary to pray with him once more which je did very assenately, and in Words suitable to the Alteration of the Circumstance. The 3d Prayer ended, the poor Penitent melted into Tears, and became Ingenious as the little time be had left gave leave, blaming the Indulnce of his Master with whom he was Apprentice, that he suffered them misspend the Sabbath-days, which was his first Step to Ruine, and that ought him into those Snares. He confess’d he had Marryed two Wives; but being ask’d if the Wife last marryed was not consenting to the Murder, or willing it should be ne, he wholly cleared her, taking it upon his Death, That she never ew his country-Wise was so much s come to Town, but that he conved and committed it all himself. Just at last, Robinson told Mr. Ordinary, that Jenny Vos . (a notorious ck-pocket now in Newgate under Sentence of Death, but Reprieved up pleading to be with Child, &c.) was his Wife , desired him to rememr him to her, and to desire of her she would Reform her Life; and gged that he would give her good Council, and endeavour what lay in n, to reclaim her. Both the Prisoners then earnestly desiring the Peoples Prayers for their opy Passage into Eternity, the Cart was drawn away, and by God’s ffing, upon the painful Endeavous before mentioned, they departed s World like Men truly sensible of their Condition; and, far as Man n guess, truly penitent. LONDON, Printed by Geo. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF Matthew Henderson, Who was Executed on FRIDAY the 25th of APRIL, 1746. BEING THE Second EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir Richard Hoare , Knt . LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER II. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed, and sold by M. COOPER, at the Globe in Pater-noster Row, 1746. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY virtue of a commission of Oyer, Terminer, and Goal-delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir Richard Hoare , Knt . Lord Mayor of the city of London , the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Lee, the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Willes, Mr. Baron Reynolds, Sir Simon Urling , Knt . Recorder , and other of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the city of London, and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th, 10th, and 11th of April, 1746. one malefactor, Matthew Henderson , was capitally convicted of the murder of his lady, mistress Dalrymple, and for the same was sentenced to die. While under sentence, he was exhorted to think upon the evil of his ways and doings, what a sad and bitter thing it is to depart from the true and living God, and to give himself up to the service of sin and Satan, the great enemy of mankind, who is still going about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. It was also represented to him, although he was young in years, yet he was old in sin, as having committed a most atrocious, and most horrid crime, for which he nor all the world could ever make the least satisfaction oratonement. He was earnestly desired to apply seriously to God Almighty, to wash him in the blood of the Lamb, the immaculate Lamb of God, the Son of God, even Jesus Christ the righteous, who came to take away the sins of the world: he was also exhorted to repent of all his sins, especially that most grievous sin of murther, committed upon his good well-natured mistress, always most kind to him, having never offended him in any respect whatsoever, as he more than once told me, which was joining ingratitude to the barbarous and most cruel sin of murther. He plainly confessed his enormous villanies, and that the punishment of his iniquity was infinitely less than what he deserved; for why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? He was also instructed in the nature and design of the Christian sacraments, intended for our further comfort and edification in our most holy Christian faith, until in the end we come to the completion of our faith, and grace be consummated in glory. While these and many other exhortations were given, he always behaved very quiet and apparently serious; but his crime was so exceeding great, that he did not deserve to partake in the sacrament of our blessed Lord's last supper; yet Christ having not come to call the righteous (who are lifted up with an opinion of their own righteousness) but sinners to repentance, in case of sincerity, I would not willingly discourage the greatest sinner, who was earnestly desrous of coming to God. He was accordingly directed how to prepare for death, and for partaking in the blessed sacrament of our Lord's last supper, which he did in all appearance very penitently and devoutly. On Thursday the 17th of April, report was made to his Majesty in council, of Matthew Henderson , the atrocious murtherer, lying in the cells of Newgate , who was ordered for execution. Matthew Henderson was indicted for petty treason, for that on the 25th day of last March he, with force of arms, came into his mistres's bed-chamber, and there did, with an instrument called a choping knife, wound and kill his said mistress, Elizabeth Dalrymple ; and then he was indicted for privately stealing some money, and several things of value in the house of his master, the honourable William Dalrymple , Esq ; to both which indictments he pleaded guilty. Matthew Henderson , about nineteen years of age, born in Scotland , in the shire of East-Lothian, at a place called North-Berwick , at the distance of three hundred and sixty miles from London. His father gave him some education at school, to read and to write, and instructed him in the principles of the Christian religion, and kept him to the church as it is established in Scotland. His father having several children to maintain, and being in no large circumstances, his mother, to assist all she could, took in nurse-children, one of which was the niece of the unfortunate Mrs. Dalrymple. This gave the poor lady occasion to become acquainted with Henderson's family, and as she used to visit her niece, she there saw Matthew, who appearing to her a pretty well behaved boy, she resolved, when he was of years, to make him her servant , and if he behaved well to provide for him. And indeed he gave some hopes that he would have proved as it was expected from him; for he never shewed any vicious inclination, never, as he protested, having associated himself with bad company, though he might have been encouraged to it by the example of his elder brother, who with some young rakes in the country resolved to leave their parents, and run the risk of their fortunes abroad, and setting sail for the American plantations have not been heard of since. There is something so uncommon in this malefactor's case, that it is a matter of surprize how he came to commit this bloody fact. He declared solemnly, before two reverend clergymen, that he had never been vicious the whole course of his life, that he never was given to liquor, and had never been disordered by it in his days, saving one time when he was a child he was made to drink too much for the sport of a company. This cannot be charged to him as a crime. He having no acquaintance with any debauched people, nor having any inclination that way, there was no body to advise him to this horrid deed: it may then be inferred, that it was some sudden frenzy, or a fit of madness which provoked him to commit it. - It was asked him whether he had received any provocation from his lady, which might make him resolve upon some method of revenge - He answered, no: but as it was thought he did not reply directly to the question, the same was insisted upon again, and then he confessed that he had taking a resolution to have more wages or to leave the service - that he had not received any usage to move him to conceive malice or hatred against his lady, no more than what will happen to other servants when they are rebuked for not being diligent. Insisting then, that he had no other resolution than to leave his lady, if more wages were not allowed him. - One of the clergymen asked him whether or no he could remember that he had heard that any of his family had been disordered in their minds - He said, as to his father and mother he believed not, but as for his aunt, he knew her often out of her senses; and as to himself he believed he might partake of some of her distemper, for that at times he was in such excess of mirth, that he was like one intoxicated with liquor; at other times so melancholic and gloomy that he could not bear any one to speak to him; that he was then unfit for any business, and would avoid and shun all manner of company. Such a fit came upon him the day he murdered his mistress, but as it was attended with a drowsiness, he imputed it to his having set up late, and rising early, to which he said he was not accustomed, being ordered to bed about eleven at night, and rising but about seven in the morning. As he persisted to speak of his former good behaviour, that he had never been wicked till this horrid crime, he was pressed upon to give an account of it, for nothing can appear more strange, than that he should have done it without any instigation: For he repeated it several times, that there was no provocation in him to wish ill to his master's family, much less to embrue his hands in his lady's blood: for the whole time he had lived with them, which was five years and three days in all, part of which time he was in England , that is about two years, he declared he had no reason to complain. But though he had received no usage to move him to this murder, yet it was thought that he had conceived an intention to rob the house, and that this put it into his head to kill his lady, as an expedient to prevent a discovery; but this he solemnly denied, and again he repeated it, that he had no intent, no design, no meaning in the murder; and, if we can credit him, surely it must be the effect only of madness. But be this as it will - he continued to impute this misfortune to the maid's absence that night, for, said he, had any person been in the house, "I verily "believe it had checked me, and "prevented this piece of barbarity." - For while he was by himself, and preparing for his bed, on a sudden he remembered there was a choping knife in the kitchen, and to some use he resolved to put it; down stairs he went, and while he held it in his hand, thinking what he should do with it, he bethought of his mistress, went up to her chamber, but having some tremor upon him, he stood still a while However the temptation growing upon him, and he giving way to it, it proved so strong that he could nolonger resist it; to his lady's bed he went, and having no light with him, he missed his first blow, but repeating his strokes he reached her, and left her weltring in her blood. When she felt the wound, she cried, Lord, what is this! - When he had left her in this manner, he returned to his bed, flung himself down upon it several times, bitterly reflecting upon his crime, and saying to himself, Lord, I must now be hanged. He got up again, took the bloody instrument, went to the privy-house, and there flung it down. Then it came into his head to rob the house, and he set himself about it with all the dispatch he could. Several things of value he accordingly took, and as for the money he knew not the sum till his hurry was over, and that he had time to reckon it. The several things and money he took are mentioned in the indictment, but as to the pearl necklace with which he is charged, he declared he knew nothing of it. Some persons were suspected to be concerned with him, and at first he was not thought of, for the maid returning in the morning found him in the airy, which door shuts with a spring, so that he could not get into the house till she had opened the street door; and as she opened the parlour windows, perceiving the chest of drawers were opened, called to him and said, that either her mistress had opened them, or the house was robbed. Upon this he came into the parlour, and shewed the maid that several things were missing; but she going up the stairs to see if all were safe there, perceived some blood upon the stairs, and going in to her mistress's room discovered the dead body bleeding upon the floor. Matthew upon this went directly to call for help, and informed the neighbours, that his master's house was robbed, and his mistress murthered. He even offered himself to be the messenger of this news to his master, who was then at Richmond , where he had been to take lodgings for his niece for the recovery of her health. But e'er long the suspicion fell upon Matthew, and the maid was released, who had been taken up as a person accessary and concerned. When he was brought before the justice he peremptorily denied the fact, but having to do with a person who knew how to examine him, his guilt soon appeared. His accusing of people proved his own guilt, and they had like to have suffered, if God had not moved him to a free and open confession, which he shortly made after his commitment to the Gate-house. While he was in the Gate-house, the Captain's nephew with another gentleman went to see him; when he was called down, he turned his back upon them, hung down his head, and wrung his hands. When he was brought to the bar he pleaded guilty to the indictments, and under sentence of death he shewed great signs of penitence, came up to chapel, and behaved with great decency, modesty, and meekness. As he was a dissenter, some clergymen of that denomination came to visit him, and two of our church frequently exhorted and prayed for him. All this he took kindly, for as he used to frequent, as he said, at all opportunities, the Meeting nearest his master's house, he could give a tolerable account of the principles of religion. These clergymen gave him books, pointed to those places which were the fittest for his meditation and prayers, and bestowed such instruction upon him as I believe made him truly sensible of his heinous crime. Though he was but young, and by his looks a perfect boy, yet he was married, and his wife came daily to allow him support. He could not forbear reflecting upon the maid's absence from his master's house, saying, that he verily believed it had prevented his crime, for he could have got no instrument to do it with, saying his master's sword, which he never thought of, but upon considering with himself, since his condemnation, with what he could have committed the murder had the choping knife been out of his way, or locked up from him, which it had been if the maid had but staid at home. He was asked, whether it was true that he had sworn revenge upon his mistress, because she shewed her displeasure at his marriage, and turned his wife off of her service? This, said he, was a false report, for his mistress never knew that he was married, and his wife left her service voluntarily. But the Wednesday before he died, he related a particular thing which had happened between him and his mistress that day week before he murdered her. As he was in the parlour curling his master's hair, turning himself about he accidentally trod upon his lady's toes: she took no notice of it then, but when the Captain was gone out, she said to him, Sirrah, how did you dare to tread upon me! he said, Madam, excuse me, I did it not designedly; but she gave him, in her passion,a blow on the head, and threatned to discharge him her service. - He replied, you shall not turn me away, for I will go of my own accord. This passed off, and he said, and declared solemnly it gave him no mind to revenge himself, nor that he conceived any the least resentment upon it: for when he was about to murder her, this did not at first occur to his mind, but his heart misgiving him, a sudden thought o'er-took him, brought him to remember the blow he had received, which heightened the temptation, deprived him of all humanity, and hurried him on to spill her blood. When news was brought him, that he had been reported to his Majesty, and that his execution was ordered, it gave him such a surprize, that he did not recover himself for some time. - Being asked, how he came to be so surprized, when he could hope for no mercy? - He answered - I did not expect to die so soon. He complained at the officiousness of a certain methodist, who sent him a letter signed, R. F. - the contents of which, when he began to read them, gave him so much dislike, that he had not the patience to go through with it, and declared in chapel, that they must be very deluded persons to think their sins to have been washed away seventeen hundred years ago, and that they have nothing more to do than to believe in the blood of Christ. - If this be the condition of salvation, (these were his very words) a man need be under no dread of what he does, since he stands clean before the eyes of God from that day, that Christ suffered upon the cross. Shewing this letter to a dissenting clergyman, he took it from him, and advised him to repent of his sins, and then the blood of Christ would avail him. For a lad of his years he gave very pertinent answers to the questions which were put to him concerning his faith: he was fully persuaded of a future judgment, and trembled at the certainty of it. He gave a very good account of his manner of devotion, how he spent his time in the cell, and how he was deeply concerned for his sins, and that he did not dread death, but because it would open to him the gates of eternity, either of happiness or misery - He said, he was well persuaded that his mistress would accuse him before the judgment feat of God. - And how shall I excuse myself there, but by my sincere repentance here? These were his very expressions. In short, as he appeared truly penitent, we hope, that, professing true faith in Christ, God, through his infinite mercy, has pardoned all his sins. P. S. The day before he died, he was visited in the morning by the minister of St. Sepulchres, attended by another clergyman. He then took the Sacrament, and to appearance was deeply concerned. In the afternoon another clergyman visited him, prayed by him, and preached to him, and after divine service he made use of proper arguments to move Henderson to a free and open confession; to which he said, Sir, I have nothing more to add to what I've already told you; and then being spoke to concerning the great duty of restitution, he protested he had returned every thing, even to a pair of stockings, and with regard to the necklace, he declared he knew nothing about it. Being asked whether he was in peace and charity with all the world, he replied that he was, though perhaps Mary Platt , (that is his fellow servant ) may think the contrary, because I've refused her to see me; I cannot see her, for she would recal to my mind, as it were, my bleeding mistress standing before me, and oh! would to God she had but staid at home, and this murder had been prevented! - Why? - Because I could not have got the knife, for she lay in the kitchen, and always locked herself in, and I had thoughts of no other instrument to do it with. As he was visited by several clergymen, one asked him, whether he had at any time been tempted to commit murder? He could not deny but he had - Yes, says he, I have, and then went on with the relation thus - Two days before Christmas day last was twelve month, I was so exasperated at the ill-usage of a serjeant in the guards, that I fully determined to kill him: with this bloody design I loaded two pistols, and was resolved to watch him in order to shoot him, but being seized with remorse, to prevent mischief, I unloaded the pistols, and laid them aside. In the bitterness of his soul, as he was spoke to in the chapel, he would cry out - Were there ten thousand hells, I deserve them all for the murder of my mistress. At the Place of EXECUTION. ABOUT seven in the morning he went up to chapel, where he received the Holy Communion of the body and blood of Christ. When the service was over, a dissenting minister, of whose congregation he was a member, gave him an exhortation, after which he was led to his cell: but soon was the cart called to lead him to execution amidst the greatest multitude of people of all ranks ever known upon such an occasion. When he came near the place of execution, the cart was ordered to turn down Holly street , on one side Cavendish-square , so that he might pass by his master's door. When he came to the tree, the minister, who attended, asked him several questions with regard to a further confession, but again he solemnly declared he had told him all. Prayers beginning, he devoutly knelt, seemed to pray with great zeal, professed the heinousness of his crime, and acknowledged his punishment just. After that his soul had been recommended to the infinite mercies of God, the dissenting gentleman gave him an extempore prayer, and sung a part of the 51st psalm. This being over, he stept from the cart upon a ladder, and as he was mounting it he prayed very devoutly. When he was turned off, as his body was light, he struggled a great deal, and after he had hung a while, having still life in him, his legs were pulled, and some blows were given him upon the breast to put him out of his misery. After he was hanged dead, he was carried away to a place near Edger , about five miles from London , there to be gibbeted in chains, to deter others from the like crime, which God grant! This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . N.B. It is worth notice that Henderson survived his mistress only one month, for the 25th of March last was the day he murdered her. When he was called out of the cell to be haltered, some offered him a glass of wine, but he refused it, telling them it was no time for him to drink. He reflected upon some one in Newgate, who, before his trial, would fain persuade him not to plead guilty. - What, said he, have I not committed a crime great enough already, without adding to it a lye? He cleared every body from being concerned with him, and said, that he could not rest, when he thought that innocent persons might have suffered for what he alone, without the knowledge of any, had done by himself.

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THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BEHAVIOUR AND CONFESSION OF Alice Millikin , Who was Burnt in SMITHFIELD On Wednesday the 2d. of June, 1686. For HIGH-TREASON, in Clipping the Kings Coin. VEry many are the Instances of this sort of Crime; yet sad it is to observe that nothing can deter, those who exercise themselves in this sort of Wickedness. Yet, if rightly considered, it is one of the most abominable Practices. For it is not only a great dishonour to His Most Sacred Majesty and a perverse Abuse of his Mercy and Clemency, bestowed on some Offenders of this kind; but likewise the Community may suffer much prejudice by it, although the greatest Mischief Redounds to the persons themselves, who Diminish the full Weight of His Majesties Coin: This Crime exposing them to an Ignominous Death, through a covetous desire, to satisfie their Excess in a sinful Course of Life, whereupon, that Saying of Solomon is visited, That Gain gotten by Deceit, is a Vanity tossed too and fro, by them who seek Death: And that the Treasures of Wickedness profit nothings, though they bring not the fears of the Unjust presently upon them. Thus hath it happened to this person, of whom we give you this Relation. Alice Millikin , Condemned the last Sessions for High-Treason, she Confessed the Fact; she was about Forty Years of Age, she was Born in Herefordshire , and was brought up to make Gloves : She also Married a Glover in that Country; where they lived some time, but afterwards (as she told the Ordinary) her Husband growing very froward to her, and wholly neglectful of his Trade, she was forced to work hard, to get a Livelihood for self and her Children, of which, one Son is left, viz. David Millikin , who also was Condemned the last Sessions for the same Fact, but hath since received his Majesties most Gracious Reprieve: He was Bred up to the Trade of a Glover . She said, That she often prayed to God to change her husbands heart, and to Reform his wicked Life: But good Counsel made him more Obstinate and Averse from his Duty to God and Man. After a considerable waiting for his Amendment (but in vain) She left dwelling with him, and came to London , where she was frequently hired to Wash and Scoure , and sometimes to be a Nurse-keeping ; But Poverty grew upon her, and with it a Covetous mind, so falling into Bad Acquaintance, she lost her former Employment, and living idly, she met with one Mrs. Chaston, who used the wicked Art of Clipping, and is not yet Apprehended. She said she knew no more of the Gang; but the said Mrs. Chaston, inticed her to assist her in Clipping: At last she set up the Practice of it her self which she now Laments too late, but Begs God's and the King's Pardon of it. She was much troubled, that she had been very neglective of God’s Law and breaking the Sabbath, and that she hath not at any time adheared to the motions of God's Spirit, nor improved the Opportunities she had tending toward Salvation. That she is now truly sorry, that she hath mispent so much precious time and delay’d her Repentance, and that were it to be Redeemed, she would give all the World, were it in her Power. On Sunday, the Ordinary observing how false, slight, and fickle, Criminals Vows are, of Repentance and Reformation, after they are spared, Preached upon the Sixth Chapter of Hosea and the Fourth Verse. O Ephraim, what shall I do to thee? O Judah, what shall I do with thee, for your Goodness is as the Morning Cloud and as the Early Dew, it puffs away In Prosecution of which Text, he laid down many Remarks, whereby we may suspect Vows and Resolutions of Reformation, not to be sincere, and how it comes to pass, that they are so often broken, with Directions so to make them as to fix them, that they may become truly practicable. I mention this, because Alice Millikin the Clipper, was very much affected with that Discourse, and that Prayer made in her behalf. Indeed she appeared very penitent at any time when she was prayed withal: And since the few days respite she hath had, more than she expected; the Ordinary askt her, if that Favour did not make her secure as if she should not Dye. She answered, No; She bless'd God, she had improved the Time, having been extraordinary earnest in Prayer, and doth extremely desire to Repent thorowly of all her Sins secret and known. The Ordinary was early with her on Wednesday, the day of her Execution, and exhorted her not to deceive her self with false hopes of a Blessed eternity. He instructed her more fully in the Nature of True Faith and Repentance, and inquired, many things relating to her Soul, which were too long here to give an Account of. She said, after I had prayed a considerable time with her; that she was much troubled about the manner of her Death; yet said, that she hoped the Lord would rowl away the Reproach of it, because she truely desired to be reconciled to him; And though she had not that Assurance of God's love, which she longed after, yet she bless'd the, Lord she had inward support of mind by cleaving to Christ in her Death. She hoped he had made satisfaction to Gods offended Justice for all her provocations of Him. She confess'd they had been many and great, and desired to Mourn that she could grieve no more for every sin, which she endeavoured to call to mind, and be rightly penitent for. The Ordinary staid with her till the Sheriffs Officers came to demand her. Then about Ten of the Clock she went on foot, guarded to the place of Execution in Smithfield . I went along with her thither: She exhorted the People to take Warning by her, not to offend in the same, or any other way against the known Laws: she pray'd for her self, and the Ordinary after that pray'd for her, and endeavour'd to comfort her, for she seemed very penitent. Afterward she went to the Pedstall, and was fastned by a Rope to the Stake, with an Iron Hoop about her middle, that she might sink through into the pile of Fire, after she was stifled. She warned all to beware of a Covetous heart, and in poverty not to distrust God's Providence, but to fear and serve Him, and then the like fatal end will not attend them. After this I took my Farewell of her, and left her to be executed according to Law. Dated this 2d of June, 1686. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . This my be Printed, R.P. June the 2d. 1686. LONDON, Printed by E.Mallet, next Door to Mr.Shipton's Coffee-house at Fleet-Bridge. 1686.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF SEVEN MALEFACTORS, VIZ. Francis Stoner for Murder, Who was executed at Tyburn , on Monday December 17, 1764. AND ALSO OF John Watkins , George Mitchell , William Whitton , John Moreton , William Stone , and John Weskett . Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday Jan. 9, 1765. BEING THE First and Second Executions in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Hon. Sir William Stevenson Knt. LORD-MAYOR of the City of Lo NUMBER I, for the said LONDON: Printed for M. LEWIS, in Paternoster-Row, and sold by all Booksellers and News-Carriers. [Pr. 6d. THE Ordinary of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c. B By Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the City of London and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , before the Rt. Honourable Sir William Stevenson , Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London ; Sir Richard Adams of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer ; Sir John Eardley Wilmot , Knt. one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench ; James Eyre , Esq. Recorder ; and other of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer of the City of London, and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate; holden for the said City and County of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 12th, Thursday the 13th, Friday the 14th, Saturday the 15th, and Monday the 17th of December, in the fifth Year his Majesty's Reign, nine Persons were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death for their several Crimes in their Indictments laid, viz. Francis Stoner , John Watkins , George Mitchell , William Whitton otherwise Hottoon , John Moreton , Thomas Stone , John Weskett , William Dunn , and Elizabeth Stanfield . FRANCIS STONER was indicted for the wilful Murder of Elizabeth Antweezle , Spinster , on the first of December, in the House of Mr. Bullock, at the Two Brewers , in Vine-Street , Saffron-Hill . On his Trial he positively denied the Fact, and said, He believed she laid violent Hands on herself; but the Evidence being clear against him, he was found guilty, and on Saturday received Sentence of Death, and was ordered to be executed on the Monday following, and his Body to be dissected and anatomized. He was born in Thames-Street of poor Parents, who gave him no Education. He was put Apprentice to a Waterman , and followed that Business for some Time. He married a Wife and had several Children by her. In the last War he entred on board of one of his Majesty's Ships . After he came home he received his Wages and a considerable Sum of Prize-Money. He then got acquainted with Mrs. Antweezle, and left his Wife and Children in order to live with her. From the Time of ing together, nothing but Jealousy subsisted between them, tly -occasioned Broils and Quarrels; the last of which estruction of them both. As soon as received Sentence he was conveyed back to Newgate, where I visited him. There he declared he was guilty of the horrid Crime, which he perpetrated in the following Manner: On Saturday Morning, Dec, 1, between four and five o'Clock, they had some Words, at which he was enraged to so high a Degree that he attempted to strangle her, but she got out of Bed from him and of the House, with nothing on save her Shift and a Handkerchief about her Head. She went to Mrs. Evans's House and lay with her and her Husband till it was Day-light. She then sent Mrs. Evans for her Cloaths, which he sent, and soon after came himself full of Rage and Malice. As soon as Mrs. Antweezle saw him she ran into the Yard, where he followed her and attempted to stab her with a Penknife, but the Point being broke she received no Hurt: Upon this Mrs. Evans lays hold of him, and Mrs. Antweezle ran out of the House and went to Mr. Bullock's, at the Two Brewers , in Vine-Street , Saffron-Hill : he soon followed her, and asked her to go home with him; upon her Refusal, he was so enraged that he snached up a Knife, which lay on the Dresser, and gave her a mortal Wound in the Breast, of which she died instantly. He behaved very penitent, and seemed very sorry for the horrid Crime he had committed, and for his other Sins. On the Morning of his Execution he was brought up to the Chapel and received the holy Sacrament. About nine o'Clock he was put into a Cart and carried to Tyburn. At the Place of Execution he exhorted all to take Warning by him, and to keep from the Company of lewd Women, for they had been the Cause of his Destruction, and had brought him to this untimely End. Soon after he was turned off, earnestly praying that the Lord would have Mercy on his Soul. On Wednesday, January the 2d, 1765, the Report of the other eight Malefactors was made to his Majesty by Mr. corder; six of them were ordered for Execution on Wednesday, Jan. the 9th viz. John Watkins , George Mitchell , William Whitton , otherwise Hottoon , John Moreton , Thomas Stone , John Weskett . William Dunn for a Street- Robbery, and Elizabeth Stanfield , otherwise Ogden , for stealing thitreen Guineas from the Dwelling-House of John Crofts , were respited. JOHN WATKINS was indicted for that he, together with William Nisbett , on the 19th of October, about two in the Morning, did break and enter the House of Charles Warner , and stole one Brass Pottage-Pot, val. 6s. one Copper Tea-Kettle, val. 2s. one Brass Water-Cock, value 6d. two Pewter Dishes, value 1s. and two Pewter Plates, value 1s the Property of the said Charles Warner . JOHN WATKINS was about 20 Years of Age: he was born of creditable Parents who gave him a good Education. His Father was a Brass-Turner , of whom he learnt the Business. When his Father failed (through Misfortunes and Losses) he was obliged to work Journey Work . He worked with Mr. Warner for some Time, but having some Words together, Mr. Warner dismissed him from his Service. He then got acquainted with William Nisbett , and with him constantly kept Company with bad Women. After some Time, being out of Work, and having no Money to support his Extravagances, he and William Nisbett agreed together to rob, in order to support them in their wicked Course of Life. Their first Attempt was in the House of Mr. Warner, which they broke open on the 9th of October, between one and two in the Morning. They first broke open the Yard Door, and then the Kitchen Door, but being afraid of being heard and discovered, they proceeded no farther: However, they took off all that they could out of the Kitchen, most of which they sold. This he declared was the Truth. While he nder Sentence of Death he was very ill, and could not attend the Chapel; but I daily visited him in his Cell, and, although he had some Hopes of a Respite, he expressed the greatest Concern for the Salvation of his Soul. He prayed very fervently, that God would have Mercy upon him: And I trust not in vain, for when I visited him, the Monday Morning before he suffered, he told me, That he found a sweet Composure of Mind, and a sure Trust that for the Sake of what Christ had done and suffered for him he should be saved. He continued in this happy Frame of Mind all the next Day, and till he came to the Place of Execution. I asked him there, how he found himself? he replied, "Quite composed and resigned to suffer." He also added, " I " have no Fear of Death; Death will be to me the Beginning of a better Life. GEORGE MITCHELL was indicted for stealing a brown Mare, value 16l. the Property of Francis Manby , Esq. August the 18th, 1764. GEORGE MITCHELL was born at Burntwood , in Essex , of poor Parents, and had no Education. He was bound Apprentice to John Turner , Fisherman , at Barking . Afterwards he went on board the Princess Royal, which he deserted, and entred on board the Illchester East-Indiaman, in which he went to the East-Indias : There he entred on board the Tygar Man of War, in which he was at the Taking of Angria. From the Tygar he was sent on board the Somerset, and was at the Retaking of Bengal. He was also in a very smart Engagement with the French Fleet at Pondicherry, and in another very desperate one with them at Fort St. David's. At the End of the War he came home and received a considerable Sum of Money, which he spent in a very little Time. He kept Company with three other Persons who, not having Money enough to support their Extravagances, said to Mitchell, " Let " us be true one to another, and we shall never want Money, for there " are a great many good Horses in the Neighbourhood." Upon this, they all agreed to be true one to another, and to steal all the Horses they could get at. Mitchell was pitched upon to sell them. He sold a great many, and at last the Mare for which he suffered. After Sentence was passed on him, he seemed at first to have no Sense of the Immortality of the Soul or a future State. But when I reasoned with him of Righteousness, Temperance, and Judgment to come, he trembled, and cried out, "What must I do to be saved!" I strongly exhorted him to employ the few Moments he had to continue in this World in Prayer to God for Mercy. Ever after he constantly attended the Chapel, and seemed deeply sensibly of his sinful Course of Life. So that there is some Reason to hope that he also found Favour with God. WILLIAM WHITTON , otherwise Hottoon , was born in Devonshire , and brought up to be a Farmer ; but most of his Relations dying, he came up to London and worked in the Gardens at Thissleworth . Being out of Business he came to Town and lodged with one Mary Guest , in the same Room with one John Syms . Syms's Chest being in the Room, Whitton broke it open and took away his Cloaths and Money, for which he was condemned to die. After Sentence was passed on him he attended the Chapel constantly, but seemed very stupid and ignorant. I endeavoured to make him sensible of his being in Danger of eternal Punishment. But he said, It was the first Offence, and that he had not been guilty of many bad Things, and had constantly kept to his Church. I told him, If he observed the Instructions he heard at Church, he never would have come to this untimely End. JOHN MORETON and THOMAS STONE were indicted for stealing 600 lb Weight of Indigo, value 120l. and a wooden Cask, value 3s. the Property of Mess. James Barril , and Peter Tesier , from their Warehouse, Nov. 27. JOHN MORETON was born of reputable Parents, who gave him a tolerable Education. He was put Apprentice to a Cooper ; and, after he was out of his Time, worked with several Masters, and had the Character of a very honest Man. At the Time he committed the Crime for which he suffered, he worked with Mr. William Bullen who was Cooper to Mess. Barril and Tesier. Stone and he had been acquainted for some Time; and they both declared it was not the first Time they had taken Things, though of less Value, from the Merchants, which they did not look upon to be so heinous a Crime at that Time as it really was. They both desired that all of their Profession would take Warning from them, and not defraud others at all, lest the Habit should grow upon them, and they should at last suffer in the manner they did. Moreton, while under Sentence of Death, behaved very decently and seriously, and expressed a hearty Sorrow for his Sins, and earnestly prayed that God would have Mercy upon his Soul. He continued in this Situation of Mind till he suffered. THOMAS STONE was born of reputable Parents, who gave him a good Education. He was bound Apprentice to a Cooper ; and, after he had served his Time, he worked Journey-work with several Masters, and had the Character of an industrious honest Man. He had been acquainted with Lenard and Moreton some Time before they committed this Robbery, which he declared was done in the following manner: They used to frequent Mr. Barber's, a Public House in Thames-Street , where they got acquainted with J - A -, who frequently asked them if they had any thing to sell in their Way, and said, If they had, he would buy it, or help them to dispose of it. Upon this they projected how they might get a Quantity of Indigo out of Mess. Barril and Tesier's Warehouse, in which Moreton then worked. They determined he should take the Key out of his Master's House, and that they would take away a whole Barrel, and destroy the Cask, that they might not be found out. They made this known to J - A -, who told them he would go with them, and help them to carry it off, which wicked Design they put in Practice, November 27. They then all went into the Warehouse together, took away the Indigo, and threw the Cask into the River. J - A - disposed of it for them. This Mr. Stone declared, as he was a dying Man, to be the Truth. After he was under Sentence of Death he never denied the Robbery. He appeared deeply convinced of the Heinoushess of his Crime and the Sinfulness of Sin. He told me, He was sensible that unless God gave him true Repentance, and the Pardon of all his Sins, he must perish eternally; that he thought his Sins were so great that God would not have Mercy on him. I told him, That though his Sins were great, yet the Mercy of God in Christ Jesus was infinitely greater; and that if he truly repented of them all, and earnestly called upon God for Mercy, he would pardon him. I was informed he spent whole Nights in Prayer, and I believe God heard his Prayers and answered his Petitions; for on the Sunday Morning before he suffered, while I was preaching, he was very much affected, and prayed very earnestly. He told me afterwards he was very happy, and the Fear of Death was taken away, and that God for Christ's Sake was reconciled to him, after all that he had done. There was a visible Change wrought in him; for when any of the Prisoners behaved indecently, he reproved them, and prayed to God to shew them their Sin and Danger. He continued in this happy Frame of Mind till he gave up his Spirit, I trust, into the Hands of God. JOHN WESKETT was indicted for stealing a Bank Note, value 130l. three Gold Snuff-Boxes, one repeating Gold Watch, value 130 l. and 400 l. in Money numbered, the Property of the Right Honourable William Earl of Harrington , in his Dwelling-House, December the 5th, 1763. JOHN WESKETT was born in Wiltshire , of reputable Parents, who gave him a good Education. He was bound Apprentice to a Cutler , whom he served three Years; but, not liking Confinement, he ran away from his Apprenticeship. His Father bought out his Time, and sent him to some Friends in London , who got him a Place in a Gentleman's Service . He afterwards lived with several Gentlemen, had a very good Character, and was never suspected of any Thing of the Kind till he was taken up for the Robbery committed at the Earl of Harrington's, for which he suffered. Upon his Trial there appeared many Circumstances which proved, beyond a Doubt, that he was guilty. These, with the Evidence of B - , caused the Jury to bring him in guilty. On Monday he received Sentence of Death, after which he positively denied the Fact. I told him it was very clear that he was either guilty of the Robbery or accessary to it. He still denied it, and said, If he died, he should die innocent of the Crime laid to his Charge. When he came to attend the Chapel, he was deeply affected and wept bitterly, and seemed to have a great Concern for the Salvation of his Soul. I laboured to shew him the great Danger he was in, and told him, that if he died with a Lie in his Mouth, he could not expect to find Mercy at the Hands of God, but must look for a fearful and dreadful Judgment at the last Day. I also added, That for the Sake of those who had been accused and were innocent, he ought to declare the Truth. He then burst into a Flood of Tears, and told me, If I would not divulge it to any one while he was living he would relate the Whole. I assured him I would not. " O Sir! said he, I am an unfortunate young Man; I have " Reason to curse the Day that I ever knew B - , D - and C - , " for they have been the Cause of my Ruin: I got acquainted with " them about eight Years ago." He added, " About six Years ago I " was out of Place, and Mr. C - at that Time lived with Mr. " M - . B - and I wanting Money, we all agreed to rob Mr. " M - 's Chambers. Mr. C - gave us an Account of the Room, " and where the Money was, and of a particular Window at which we " might get in. Mr. C - said, Seeing we are acquainted, to avoid Suspicion, he would give Warning and leave his Master and go into the " Country. At the Time appointed, Mr. B - and I took two Ladders and tied them together, and B - went into the Room and took " the Money and all the Things of value he could find. I received four " Guineas and a half of the Money. The Rings we melted down and " disposed of them with the other Things. As to the Robbery in Hatton-Garden , I was not there, although I have been concerned in many " others. About two Years and a half ago, I went to live with my " Lord Harrington, where I had a very good Place. But the Expence " I was at on Account of the Girls I kept, and the extravagant Company I frequented, made me think of committing another Robbery " that I might have Money to supply my Wants. Mr. B - came " to see me, and asked, if my Lord was not rich? I told him I believed " he was, and I would endeavour to find out where he kept his Money. " Accordingly I went, as often as I could make an Excuse, into the Room " where my Lord was often by himself. I have seen him counting his " Money and putting it up in the Bureau, which Mr. B - broke " open, more than once. Two or three Days before we committed the " Robbery, Mr. Bevell told me, he had been for Money to pay some " Bills, and that he would have me be in the Way, that when the People came for their Money I might get somewhat of them. I told " B - of it, and desired him to come on Saturday Night and we " would have all the Money ourselves. That Night a Letter was " brought to my Lord, which I carried up, hoping to see where the " Money was laid. I saw my Lord putting up a considerable Sum, at " which I rejoiced. I went out of the Room, and stood listening at the " Door; and that I might be certain which Drawer it was put in, I " went back to ask his Lordship for a Frank. In the Evening B - " came, and was in my Lodge till all the Family were in Bed. We " then went up Stairs and broke open the Flap of the Bureau, and the " Drawer that was under it, with a Gimblet and Chissel which I had got " out of a Box in the House; and we took the Money and the other " Things mentioned in the Indictment. These B - carried off immediately. And I, in order to avoid Suspicion, left the Door open " that the Family might think some Thieves had picked the Lock and " robbed the House." This he declared to be the Truth. He said he freely forgave every one of his Enemies. He prayed very earnestly for Mercy, and told me, that sometimes when he was praying he had hopes that God would have Mercy upon him; but when he thought of the Heinousness of his Crimes he was afraid he never would. Two Days before he was executed, he and the rest received the Holy Sacrament; and Mr. Weskett said he was much comforted. On the Morning of Execution, I attended them, and a little after six they were all ready to go into the Chapel; there they received the Sacrament, and spent two Hours in earnest Prayer. About nine o'Clock they were put into two Carts, and about ten they came to the Place of Execution. Mr. Weskett put a white Ribbond into his Hat, for wearing of which he gave this Reason: " I believe I am come to an untimely End, in order that my Soul might " be saved; and I look upon this as my Wedding-Day." At the Place of Execution I spent about half an Hour with them in Prayer. At eleven o'Clock they were turned off, earnestly calling upon God to receive their Souls. N. B. This is the only true Account that hath been published, neither will there be any authentic Account of any Malefactor but by me, JOSEPH MOORE , ORDINARY of NEWGATE .

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of the Malefactor that was Executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 24th day of June, 1709. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th instant, Three Persons were try'd for, and found Guilty of Capital Crimes; for which they all received Sentence of Death accordingly. Two of them have obtain'd a gracious Reprieve; which I hope they will take care to improve to the Glory of God; and the third Person, viz. Richard Hughes , a notorious House-breaker, is now order'd for Execution; which I heartily wish may prove a Mean to deterr others from such or the like unjust and wicked Practices. While they were under this Condemnation I visited them constantly, and had them twice every day brought up to the Chapel of Newgate , where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Scriptures to them; drawing from thence such Arguments as I thought might convince them of the absolute necessity of their turning to God by Faith and Repentance and Amendment of Life. On the Lord's Day the 12th instant, I preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon Acts 19. v. 4, the Words being part of the Second Evening-Lesson, and these. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the Baptism of Repentance, saying unto the People, that they should believe on Him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. Which Words having first explain'd in general, I then proceeded to treat distinctly, I. Of Faith: Shewing, 1. What it is: And, 2. What are the excellent Effects of it. II. Of Repentance. And, 1. What Repentance is, and the Importance of it. 2. What are the just Motives thereto, and the blessed Fruits thereof. On the Lord's Day the 19th instant, I preach'd again to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Gospel for the Day; viz. Joh. 3. 3. Jesus answer'd and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a Man born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God. The Text I first explain'd at large, with the Context; and then endeavour'd to shew; I. What the New, or Second, Birth is, which is here described by being born again; and how it is of absolute necessity to qualify us for the Kindom of God. II. What is to be understood by the Kingdom of God; and how much it concerns every one to labour after the attainment of it. Having inlarg'd upon these, I then laid before my Auditory these Considerations. 1. How an Habit of Sin, to which unthinking Men insensibly arrive by degrees, is directly opposite to this New Birth. 2. What Remedy there is for this; and how Men may be renew'd and born again, so as to be able to recover themselves out of those Sins into which they are fall'n, and avoid those Miseries which they thereby have deserv'd. These two last Heads I treated of under several Particulars: And concluded both these, and my other Discourses, with pressing Exhortations to the Persons condemn'd; endeavouring to awaken them out of their Spiritual Lethargy, and make them sensible of the Misery which by their heinous Sins and repeated Provocations against God, they had brought upon themselves in this World, and the danger they were in of falling under much greater and most insupportable and endless Misery in the World to come; which could no other way be prevented, but by Faith and Repentance: Graces that are the free Gifts of God, and of whom alone they are to be ask'd through the Merits and Mediation of JESUS CHRIST. Thus having acquainted them, both with their great Duty and everlasting Interest, by laying [before them] Precept upon Precept, and Line upon Line, I hope that did, or may hereafter make some impression upon them; and that they who are spar'd and suffer'd to live longer, will manifest it in their future Lives and Conversations, and thereby recommend themselves to farther Favour, so as to have their Reprieve turn'd into a gracious Pardon. And as for him that is now appointed to die, I leave it to others to judge of him, as they shall see cause, from the following Account, which in my private Conferences with him he gave me of himself. And it is this. He said, he had been a great Sinner, and had many ways, and at sundry times, offended God and wrong'd his Neighbour; That about two years ago he broke open a publick House at Lambeth , taking thence only to the value of about 3 Shillings, because he could there find no more at hand; for which Fact he was try'd and condemned to die at the Assizes at Kingston upon Thames , but was then reprieved, and afterwards pardon'd, and pleaded his Pardon there in March last; and being to give Security for his good Behaviour, he was remanded to the Marshalsea in Southwark , where he was a Prisoner before his Trial, and continu'd under Confinement there after his Pardon, till Daniel Walter (who by his frequent resorting thither coming to be acquainted with him) bail'd him out. Then he was easily perswaded by him, who (he said) had been so kind to him as to procure him his liberty, to assist him in Robbing of Houses, as they did together at Tottenham Cross , Harrow on the Hill , &c. and last of all at Twittenham , where they broke open the House of Mr. George Clarke , and took diverse Goods from thence on the 27th of May last, for which Fact he stands now condemn'd; and own'd, that his Condemnation is just. He confess'd also, that he had committed several Facts of this nature, before he ever was discover'd; and that he did then act by himself, and had no body concerned with him in any such Facts before he came to be acquainted with the abovenamed Daniel Walter , who turned an Evidence against him in this Robbery for which he is to die. I found this Hughes ready enough to acknowledge the Justice of his Sentence, and that he had been also in other respects a great Offender; but he would not come to Particulars; saying, that he had forgotten a great many wicked things that he had been guilty of; neither could he make any Amends to the Persons he had injur'd, but begg'd GOD's Pardon and theirs for all that he had done contrary to the Laws of God and Man. I found him very ignorant in Matters of Religion, he not being able so much as to read. He told me, he was about 30 years of age, born at Bettus in the County of Denbigh in Wales ; That while he liv'd there, he follow'd Husbandry , and would now and then be pilfering, as he found opportunity, but was never brought before any Justice for it: That when some few years since he came up to London , he turned a Labouring Man , and served as such, for a while, in the Queen's Yard at Deptford ; and, That sometimes he resolv'd to live honestly by his Labour, but his idle Disposition, vicious Company, and more vicious Inclinations hindr'd him from it; so that he easily yielded to any Temptation he met with of doing ill: And for that, and the melancholy Con sequences of it, he said, he blam'd none but himself; for he well knew when he did amiss, that he ought to have done, and could (if he would) have done otherwise. This is in substance what he declar'd to me concerning himself. I must say this of him, that I observed him to be very attentive to publick Exhortations, and seemingly devout at Prayer. But at the same time I discover'd something in him, which gave me great reason to think, that he more lean'd on the Hope of Life here, than made due and timely preparation for that which was to come; the time he had to fit himself for Eternity (which was longer than is usually allow'd in such Cases) making him entertain the deceitful and dangerous Thoughts of obtaining a Reprieve at last. So that he only began to think of Death in good earnest, when just come (as it were) upon the very brink of it. At length he made this particular Confession to me; That since he came out of the Marshalsea , he robb'd a Gentlewoman's House at Hackney , and a Gentleman's at Hammersmith , a Minister's at a Place (the Name whereof he knew not) a little beyond Kingston upon Thames, where he had but a few months before (as is abovesaid) received his Pardon for the Burglary by him committed at Lambeth ; and, That besides these, he had broke open and robb'd three other Ministers Houses, viz. one at Henley , and (as is before mention'd) one at Tottenham , and another at Harrow on the Hill . Which Robberies, together with that he is now to die for, he said, were all he remembred he had of late committed, and that he committed them all (that at Lambeth excepted) in the Company and by the Perswasion of the aforenamed D. W. Observing, that among these Robberies, there were no less than four by him and D. W. committed with in a little time in Ministers Houses, I ask'd him, Whether they had any particular Design to rob such Persons? To which he answer'd, No; and that it so fell out without any such Design. He said, he was heartily sorry, and begg'd Pardon for the wrongs he had done, which he could not repair; and protested, that he never had it in his heart to hurt (in their Person) any that he robb'd, and that he never carry'd Pistols or Weapons about him to do them mischief. Notwithstanding his having come so far as to discover so many Robberies, which he had lately committed, I still suspected him not to be so free as he might and ought to have been, in giving me a full Account of his wicked Practices; wherefore I press'd him further to make a full and unreserv'd Confession of what he had done, and give Glory to God. Upon which he declar'd, That before he robb'd the House at Lambeth , he had committed four or five such Robberies, whereof he could remember but two particularly, viz. one at a Tobacconist's House in Redcross-street , London ; the other, a House on Hounslow-Heath ; adding to this, That what he had call'd before Small Pilferings, by him frequently us'd in his own Country, were (some of 'em) Facts of the same nature with those he had committed since in and about London . All this he told me but a very few hours before his Death; and at the same time own'd, that he had liv'd a debauch'd Life, which made his Condition so much the worse; and, that he should be undone for ever, unless GOD were merciful to him. When at the Place of his Execution, whither he was this day carry'd from Newgate in a Cart, and where I attended him for the last time, I exhorted him to clear his Conscience, and not go out of this World with any Sin unrepented of; the burthen of which would certainly sink him into Hell. Upon this he told me, That he had clear'd his Conscience, and made (he hop'd) his Peace with GOD; and so desir'd the Spectators to pray for his Soul. Then I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with him; and after he had rehears'd the Apostles Creed, and declar'd he dy'd in that Faith, and I had pray'd again for him, and recommended him to the Divine Goodness, I retir'd from him: And after some little time had been allow'd him for his private Devotions, the Cart drew away, and he was turn'd off; he all the while calling on God in these and the like Ejaculations: Good God Almighty, look down upon me: Dear God, receive my precious Soul. This is all the Account, which in this Haste (for so I am always upon these Occasions) can be given of this Malefactor, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, June 24, 1709. At the Request of, and in Justice to one, who I suppose an honest Person, and also for the Vindication of Truth, which had lately been (as it is too often) abus'd by Mercenary People, who take the liberty to publish False Things under my Name; I think my self obliged to insert here a Certificate, which I lately gave under my Hand to Mrs. Kembrookes Hazelwood. And it is as follows. THese are to certify all whom it may concern, That what is contain'd in a certain Paper lately publish'd under my Name, pretending to give an Account of Mark Harris 's Confession, who was executed on the 18th Instant, is false, especially as to what relates to Mrs. Kembrookes Hazelwood; and, That the same Paper was never put out by me, neither did the said Harris mention one Word to me concerning the aforesaid Mrs. Hazelwood. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were Executed at TYBURN On WEDNESDAY the 18th of JANUARY. BEING THE FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir JOHN BARNARD , Knt . Number I. For the said Year. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XXXVIII. (Price Six-pence.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held for the City of London and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 12th, Thursday the 13th, Friday the 14th, and Saturday the 15th of October last, before the Right Honourable Sir John Thompson , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Worshipful Mr. Justice Denton, Simon Urlin , Esq ; Deputy-Recorder of the City of London , and others his Majesty's Justices, &c. Three Men, viz. Thomas Car , Alexander Ratcliffe , Thomas Watson ; and three Women, viz. Elizabeth Adams , Sarah Allen , and Charlotte Gregg , were convicted of capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. And, At the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 7th, Thursday the 8th, Friday the 9th, Saturday the 10th, and Monday the 12th of December last, before the Right Honourable Sir John Barnard , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Willes, the Worshipful Mr. Justice Probyn, Mr. Baron Thompson, Simon Urlin , Esq ; Deputy-Recorder of the City of London , and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, &c. Ten Men, viz. John Bugden , Abraham Davenport , William Cudmore , William Hardesty , William Brown , John Lane , Isaac Whitehead , Grafton Kirk , Terry Gerrard , Joseph Shaw ; and two Women, viz Elizabeth Osborn and Ann Clark were found Guilty of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. While these unhappy Persons were under Sentence, they were exhorted to Repentance, for their wicked Lives, and to a stedfast Faith in Christ. They were likewise informed of the Nature of that Faith and Repentance which were necessary to their everlasting Welfare. They were likewise made sensible that their Lives had been directly contrary to the Terms of the Gospel, and that their own Consciences must condemn the Courses they had been engag'd in; that without sincere Repentance, and Faith in the Merits of a Saviour, who knew no Sin, they must be miserable to all Eternity. In order to bring Sarah Allen to a due Sense of her Crime in murthering her Child, I discoursed upon these Words, Can a Woman forget her ing Child, that she should not have Compassion the Son of her Womb? And I gave her, and the rest of these unhappy Persons, such Admonitions and Instructions, as were suitable to their several Circumstances and Conditions. They were instructed in the Nature of the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and were exhorted to renew their Baptismal Covenant, which they had broke in so many Instances, and had been so regardless of, during the whole Course of their Lives. And they were all seemingly attentive to the Instructions given them, except, Thomas Car , whose Legs were swell'd, and who was under the Care of a Surgeon, he having eight or nine Ulcers therein, he could not (he said) go up Stairs to Chapel, nor attend regularly at Divine Service: When I visited him, he was very civil and submissive, apologiz'd for his not coming up to Prayers, because of his Indisposition; declared himself penitent, and that he was mindful of his Duty, and desirous of making his Peace with God. Elizabeth Adams , though afflicted with Pains and Infirmities in her Legs, occasioned by violent Colds, yet she (though with Difficulty) came pretty constantly to Chapel. She, and Alexander Ratcliffe , were (in Appearance) very devout and serious. Mrs. Leng also attended, and behaved with abundance of Submission and Resignation. On Thursday, January the 12th, Report was made to his Majesty in Council of the Eighteen Malefactors under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate. When Charlotte Gregg , a little Girl, convicted of stealing Money to the Amount of 21 l. 9 s. 6 d. in the House of Ann Howell , October 8. John , otherwise Samuel Bugden , convicted for stealing Money and Goods to the Value of 12 l. and upwards, in the House of Francis Brookes , Nov. 1. And. Grafton Kirk , for robbing Capt. Gough and Mr. Abraham Adams on the Highway, all received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Fourteen, viz Thomas Car , Elizabeth Adams , Sarah Allen , Alexander Ratcliffe , Thomas Watson , Abraham Davenport , William Hardisty , William Brown , John Lane , Isaac Whitehead , Terry Gerrard , Joseph Shaw , Elizabeth Osborn , and Ann Clark , were ordered for Execution. 1. William Cudmore , convicted for stealing Cloaths and Goods to a considerable Value, in the House of Gerrard Bottomley , Esq ; was about 30 Years of Age, born at Exeter of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, and instructed him in the Principles of Religion: He was bred a Barber and Perriwig-maker , and came to Town 16 or 17 Years ago. He served in several Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Houses as a Footman , and sometimes as a Butler , in which last Station he serv'd in the House of a very great Man, but his Master dying, he kept a Publick House near the Seven-Dials , and then losing his Wife and Children, he fell into bad Company, and soon run out his Stock, and being reduc'd, he went to Service again; he had liv'd as a Servant with Mr. Bottomley, and after he left him, he resolved to rob him; for that Purpose he agreed with Thomas Watson (lately executed for this Fact) and the Evidence Sharp. He owned they committed this Robbery, but insinuated that some Circumstances in the Witness's Deposition against him were not strictly just. He acknowledged that he was the Person who broke open the Chest for the Cloaths; and that Watson, Sharp, and himself, were equally concerned in the Fact. He grew very ill in his Confinement, contracted such a Lameness in his Legs and Feet, that he was carried on a Man's Back to receive his Sentence. Once or twice he got up to Chapel, supported by others: His Behaviour during his Confinement, was grave and serious. On Tuesday the 3d of January, about Noon, he died in his Cell, in a poor and miserable Condition. 2. Alexander Ratcliffe , who was indicted for breaking and entering the Dwelling-House of Thomas Gibson , Baker , at Islington, March 26, 1735, and was convicted in last October Sessions for this Fact, was about 25 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Dublin , he could read, write, and understood something of Accompts; he was bound Apprentice there at a proper Age, and served out his Apprenticeship; then thinking to mend his Condition, he came over to England about four Years ago, and followed his Trade here; when he was out of Employment in his own Business, he served as a Labourer to Bricklayers and Builders; but getting acquainted with Ward and Row (formerly executed for the Fact for which this Prisoner suffer'd) they persuaded him to join with them in their Way of Life. He could not (he said) resist their Sollicitations, which brought him to this End. One of their Companions was a Journeyman Baker, who had formerly serv'd Mr. Gibson, and he apprehending that his Master had considerable Sums of Money in the House, as he frequently returned Money for Grasiers, Farmers, and other Dealers, he represented the Attempt upon his House to hi Companions, as a Project very likely to enrich them all; and accordingly Ratcliffe engaged with them in the Commission of this Fact, for on the 26th of March, 1735, five of them set out upon the Design, and got into the House about two o'Clock in the Morning; Mr. Gibson and h Servant being at work in the Bakehouse, they shot them, wounded Mr. Gibson, then bound him, and obliged the Servant with Threats, to condu them to the several Places from whence they to the Goods that were charged upon them in the Indictments. Two of them, Row and Ward, were taken in the Country, endeavouring to escape to Ireland, and were both executed: Mr. Gibson hearing that Ratcliffe was secreted at a House of evil Fame in Drury-Lane , pursued him, and endeavoured to take him, but he escaped out of the Top of the House and got off, making the best of his Way for Dublin; Mr. Gibson being certainly informed that he was at Dublin , sent thither and had him apprehended: He was imprisoned there for some Time, and then was sent to Carlisle ; from thence he was brought to London , where he met with the Fate of his other two Companions, the other two having escaped beyond Sea. Ratcliffe was not grosly ignorant, but behaved decently and modestly; he was not willing fully to confess the Robbery, and denied that he was a Thief or House-breaker before. He imputed his Misfortunes to being engaged with bad Women; and to outward Appearance, repented of his former Follies: He declared his Hope of Salvation was in Christ his only Saviour, was sorry for all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. 3. Sarah Allen , who was convicted of the Murder her Male Bastard Child, by throwing it out a Garret Window, in the House of John yar, in Holbourn , was about 27 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Buckinghamshire ; her ather was a Blacksmith, who gave her tollerable education at School: She came to London eleven Years ago, and was a Servant in many Families, behaving honestly and with Reputation. Some time ago she served in a Publick House at Westminster , and there contracting Familiarity with a certain young Man, she proved with Child by , and never discovered the same to any Per; when she grew near her Time, she left her rvice, and came to the House of an Acquaintance near Turnstile, where she lodged in a Garret. September in the Night-time, she was brought Bed of a Male Child, and called for no Asance; but to avoid her Shame, she threw the ild out of the Window, three Stories high, in the Street, which was found by two Women imes in the Morning, as they were going to the Market, and the Mother being discovered, confessed her Crime, and was secured in the house, and as soon as she was in a proper ndition, she was sent to Newgate, and at the uing Sessions in October, was convicted of her me. All she alledged in Excuse, was, that was out of her Senses; but this appear only an Excuse, she received her just Sentence. For some Time, when first under Sentence, she was in a miserable Condition with a Fever and Ague, but recovering, she attended constantly at Chapel, and behaved in a very humble, devout, and religious Manner; she appeared penitent, and repented for all the Sins of her Life, particularly the heinous Crime of murthering her own innocent new-born Infant; begged Pardon of God and Man; she believed in Christ, and died in Peace with all the World. 4. Thomas Watson , was indicted for stealing a large Parcel of Cloaths and other Goods to a considerable Value, in the House of Gerrard Bottomley , Esq ; in which Fact Cudmore, who died in Goal (as above) Charles Carter , and Sharp the Evidence, were all concerned: He was about 24 Years old, born at Lincoln , of honest Parents, his Father was a Gardener to a Gentleman of Quality, gave him such Education as his Circumstances would permit, in the Country; when he was of Age, he was not put to a Trade, but afterwards he served some Noblemen and Gentlemen of Quality, and behaved well for some Time. As for the Robbery he was convicted of, he owned the same, but said, he was put upon it by the Evidence Sharp and Cudmore, who took all the Goods, but he attending in the House, got a Share of the Booty, amounting to a considerable Sum of Money: Some of these Things were restored to Mr. Bottomley, having been found out at the White-Horse-Inn, in Fleet street; others of them were carried away by the Evidence and Garter, who is escaped. Watson mention'd a Design propos'd by one of the Rogues to murder the Gentleman, but the Providence of God having disappointed them, there is no need of mentioning that any further. He denied that he was ever guilty of any other Robberies or Thefts, and behaved in a decent Manner. In the preceding Part of his Life he was not so wicked as many of those Creatures are, but latterly fell into ill Company, which was addicted to Gaming and other Vices. He behaved well under his Misfortunes, decently attended the Worship of God, was attentive to Instructions, hop'd for Salvation thro' the Merits of Christ Jesus only; repented for all the Sins of his Life, especially the Crime he died for, and forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. 5, 6. Grafton Kirk and Terry Gerrard , were indicted for assaulting Harry Gough , Esq ; in the King's Highway, and taking from him a Gold Watch chased, value Thirty Pounds, and a Guinea, Oct. the 21st. Terry Gerrard was again indicted for assaulting (with John Pierce not taken) George Elliston in a certain Field near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Silver Watch, value 3 l. a silver Chain, value 3 s. a silver Seal, value 2 s. another Seal set in Bath Mettal and Steel, value 3 d. a pair of Shoe Buckles, value 10 d. 2 pieces of Copper, and 3 s. in Money, Oct. 26. He was found guilty of both Indictments and received Sentence of Death accordingly. He was 22 Years of Age, born in Spittle-Fields , his Father died and left him young, but his Father-in-law and Mother gave him School Education, and fitted him for Business. When he was of Age he was put Apprentice to a Weaver in Spittle-fields , and serv'd most of his Time; but being of an unsettled Disposition, he bought the rest of his Time of his Master, and married a Wife who knew nothing of his being a Thief. He acknowledged that the Company he kept brought him to his Destruction, and he confessed in particular the robbing of Captain Gough and Mr. Adams, as the Facts were sworn against him. He own'd the committing of many other Robberies, but was not willing to be particular, and that he had been a great Drunkard, Blasphemer and wearer, and own'd that he suffer'd most deservedly, and was prevented from doing much farther Mischief. He appeared penitent, and behav'd well in Chappel. He was very attentive oth to Prayers and Exhortations; but latterly he rew very sick, and sometimes lost his Senses. hen the Dead Warrant came down and he eard he was included therein, he was surpriz'd, and seem'd very much concerned. He professed Belief in Christ, was penitent for the great ns of his Life, and died in Peace with all Mannd. 5. Joseph Shaw , of St. John Hackney , was indicted assaulting Edmund South on the King's Highway, and taking from him a silver hilted Sword, value 20 s. a Walking Stick with a Pinchbeck Me Head, value 1 s the Goods of Thomas South , pair of silver Buckles, value 5 s. and a silver cket piece, value 2 s. the Goods of Edmund South , Oct. 24. He was about 24 Years of Age, born in Lambeth , his Father (a Gardiner ) educated him carely, and afterwards bred him to his own Business. He serv'd out his Apprenticeship, and some Time earn'd his Bread with his Labour, was seldom out of Business: his robust Conution made him take great Delight in fighting boxing, and he neglected his Business to be a Spectator of such Sports; this frequently occasion'd the loss of his Employment, and at last he grew an idle profligate Wretch, and enter'd himself into a Company of vicious, disorderly Persons. He first began with small Things, such as robbing Gardens, and Hot-beds, of Cucumbers, Asparagus, &c. for which he was once a Prisoner in Newgate before; but getting acquainted with Kirk and Gerrard, they prompted him to commit the Facts, for one of which he died. He confessed himself to have been a very wicked Youth, and behav'd well, but could not be brought to a deep Contrition of his Guilt. He hop'd for Mercy from God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ, and died in Peace with all Men. 7. William Hardisty , was indicted for assaulting Painter Cade in the Street, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Penknife, value 6 d. and 3 s. 6 d. in Money, Oct. 25. He was again indicted with Samuel Piper , for assaulting Charles Clark on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him 18 s. in Money, Oct. 23. Piper was acquitted, and Hardisty found guilty. He was 20 Years of Age, and was born at the back of St. Clements , of mean Parents, who educated him as well as their Circumstances would permit. His Father was an Hostler at an Inn, and he followed the same Business, and serv'd under Gentlemen's Grooms in Stables. He was very poor, and his Poverty occasioned by a tedious Sickness was the Cause of his taking bad Courses, for being out of all Business, he got acquainted with Street-Robbers, and others who advised him to go on the Highway, and his Poverty induc'd him to comply with their pernicious Counsel. He confessed the two Robberies of which he was convicted, and one more, and said he never committed any other. He was very much addicted to many Vices, but during his Confinement he behav'd well, yet was not duly affected for his Condition. He said he had followed Street robbing only for the Space of 2 Months, but had been guilty of many other petty Thefts. He lamented that he had shot a Man in the Face, the Pistol going off accidentally. He acknowledged the Justice of his Sentence, and believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, repented of his many great Sins, and forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. 8. William Brown , was indicted for assaulting William Haines in a Field near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a pair of wrought base mettal Buckles, value 12 d. Oct. 12. He was 55 Years of Age, born of mean Parents in Town, had a little Education at School, of which he made no Use. He was never put to any Trade, but serv'd Hackney Coachmen , and liv'd as he said, an honest, tho' a painful and laborious Life. Most part of his Time he passed in or about London , only once he went to Sea on board his Majesty's Fleet to Copenhagen , when he return'd he was clear'd off, and went no more abroad, but liv'd honestly, and it would never have enter'd into his Mind to betake himself to irregular Ways, had he not fallen into bad Company, which was the occasion of all the miserable Misfortunes which befell him; for being in Company with two or three young Fellows, who had been accustom'd to rob on the Highway, they earnestly perswaded him to go out with them on that Business, the 12th of October; Brown not having Resolution to withstand their Proposal, went with them accordingly, and about 9 in the Evening, having resolved to attack the first Person they met with, in the Field by the New River Head, meeting with 4 or 5 Butchers, they immediately assaulted them, demanding their Money, with horrid Oaths and Imprecations; the Butchers were not very willing to comply with their Demand, and the Rogues being impatient, Brown cock'd a Pistol, but one of the Men turn'd it aside just before it went off, and got it from him, then threw him on the Ground; in the Scuffle some of the Robbers searched one of the Men, but took nothing except a pair of Buckles; then they ran away, and left Brown who was carried to Sadler's-Wells , and from thence before a Justice, who committed him to Newgate . He confessed that he was concern'd in this Assault or Robbery, but got nothing at all himself. He was grosly ignorant of Religion, having long been an idle, profane Fellow. I endeavour'd to instruct him, but he was dull and of little Understanding, he was always sick, and came seldom to Chappel: but when he attended, or I visited him, he behav'd well. He declar'd his Faith in Christ, that he was sincerely sorry for all the Sins of his Life, and was in Peace with all Men. John Lane , was indicted for assaulting Anne Porter , near the King's Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a Linnen Bag, value 7 d, a linnen Handkerchief, value 6 d. a Gold Ring, value 14 s. half a Guinea, and 26 s. in Money, Nov. 11. 9. He was 19 Years of Age, born of honest Parents, in Islington , who gave him a tolerable Education. His Father failing in his Business of a Farmer , he was not put to a Trade, but serv'd the Carmen . Bad Company and Idleness ruin'd him. Loitering about the House of Mr. Price at Palmer's Green , from Saturday till Monday, and knowing that the Maid was to leave her Place intending for London, he said he would go and show her the nearest Way; but instead of that, he carried her into Hornsey Wood , threw her down, took the Ring off her Finger, and the other Goods mention'd in the Indictment, and used her very ill; then he ran away and left her. She went back to her Master's, and told what had befallen her. They search'd for him, and found him Drinking at Holloway . He alledg'd, that his putting his Thumb and Fingers into her Mouth and Nose was a Fiction; that the Ring was a Gift of his to her, and that having some Words by the Way, he demanded the Ring of her again, which she gave him, and threw the Bag with the half Guinea and 26 s. at him, and that she would not take the Things when he offered them to her again. I told him this was a trifling Excuse, which no body could believe. Most Part of the Time he was very Sick. He came always to Chapel when he was able, and was attentive to Prayers and Exhortations. He behaved well, having an Appearance of Penitence. He declar'd his Faith in Christ, that he repented of his Sins, and forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. Isaac Whitehead of Harlington , was indicted for stealing a Gelding of a brown Colour, val. 9 l. the Property of Edward Glover , Dec. 1. He was a 2 d Time indicted for stealing a Gelding of a brown Colour, val. 11 l. the Goods of Henry Smith , Dec. 1. 10 He was 24 Years of Age, born in Ntonshire, 7 Miles from that Town, of honest Parents but mean, who gave him no Education, neither was he put to any Trade. His Father being an Husbandman or Labourer, bred him to Country-work. He serv'd several Persons in the Country, and having got a little Money, dealt in Cattle and Horses . He said, he had liv'd honestly most of his younger Years; but after he had been sometimes in Business, he began to steal Horses, and sometimes black Cattle or Sheep, and on in that Way a long Time, disposing of his stolen Goods in West-Smithfield, and sometimes at other Places in the Country. He had been great Offender, and had stole, a vast Number of Horses before he was discover'd; but at last us taken up for the two Horses in the Indictment one of which was found in a Stable at S and sworn to by the Owner Mr. Smith; the brown-colour'd Gelding was found at Dawley Lodge, in the Possession of Josiah Alderson , who had him of the Prisoner, whom he took to be an honest Man, and a fair Dealer in Horses. He plainly confess'd his Crimes, and that he suffer'd most deservedly according to Law. He married a Wife last Michaelmas Day, whom, he said, he could not love, but she had fifty Pounds, 20 Guineas of which he squander'd away presently, and when he was taken up, he lost all the rest, having all his Horses and Cattle taken from him, neither did he know what was become of them; he complain'd that having writ to a Brother to take Care of all his Affairs, he had not yet return'd him any Answer, and he could hear neither from him nor his Wife, who, as he himself own'd, owed him no Service. A good Part of the Time he was very Sick, but always came to Chapel when able to walk, and behav'd well. He declar'd, that he hoped for Salvation by the Mercy of God thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ, repented of his most scandalous and sinful Life, and died in Peace with all the World. 11. Abraham Davenport , was indicted for privately stealing a Silver Mug, value 7 l. the Goods of Henry Udall , May the 27th, in his Dwelling-House, in the Parish of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West , received his Majesty's myst gracious Reprieve the Evening before the Day appointed for his Exe-cution. 11, 12. Elizabeth Osborn and Ann Clark , of St. Mary, Whitechapel , were indicted for stealing a Promissory Note, value 50 l. dated the 15th of November, 1736; one other Promissory Note, dated the 28th of March, 1737, for 100 l one other Promissory Note, dated the 25th of April, 1737, for 50 l. with Interest on Demand; one other Promissory Note, dated October the 5th, 1737, for 10 l. 1 s. 7 d. payable two Months after Date, and endors'd on the Back; the said respecttive Sums secured by the said Notes, being then due, Nov. 23. They were a second Time indicted for breaking and entering the House of John Wilson , about 7 at Night, Nov. 23, and stealing a Gold Ring, value 10 s. a Gold Chain, value 5 l. a Pair of Silver Buckles, value 5 s a 36 Shilling Piece of Gold, 7 Guineas, 2 Quarter Guineas, and twenty seven Shillings in Money, the Property of the said Wilson. 11. Elizabeth Osborn , 20 Years of Age, born in Derbyshire , her Father a Farmer, gave her an Education becoming one of his Station; She liv'd mostly with her Father, and sometimes served in Families in the Country, with Reputation. About two or three Years ago she came to London , and married a Fellow who proved a very bad Husband, but he dying and leaving her a young Widow, she went to Service again, and was for some Time in the House of John Wilson , whom she robbed; while she lived with him, she got acquainted with Ann Clark ; who had been in Bridewell and Newgate before upon such Accounts. Clark urged her to commit the Fact, and accordingly upon the 23d of November, about seven in the Evening, having provided themselves with Chissels and Tools for breaking open Doors or Drawers, they went to Mr. Wilson's House, broke open and plundered the same of the Notes, Goods and Money mentioned in the Indictment. When Osborn was taken, she begged for Pardon upon her Knees, and directed them to a Publick House in Bishopsgate street, where they found Ann Clark , and 6 or 7 Guineas in her Pocket; She likewise acknowledged the Fact, and as they were carrying her along the Street to meet with her Companion Osborn, the Watchman observed her to throw a small Bundle from her, and taking it up, found Notes then due to the value of near 300 l. all Wilson's Property. She attended at Chapel till she grew sick, then I visited her in the Cell, and she professed deep Penitence. When I told her she put Clark upon committing the Robbery, she said they were both equally guilty, which was certainly true, for Clark had been an old Thief, and had before suffered Disgrace upon that Account. Osborn's Father, a poor Farmer in the Country, 80 or 90 Miles from hence, knowing nothing of what had past with Regard to his Daughter, came to Town to visit his Friends, and to carry her Home with him; but he had the Misfortune to find her in Newgate , and in a few Days after to see her tried, capitally convicted, and afterwards visited her in the Cells. She said she was grived and sorry for what she had done, behaved penitently, and professed a Resolution of new Obedience, in case she had been sav'd; she believed in Christ, repented of her Sins, and forgave all Men. 12. Ann Clark , 27 Years born of honest Parents in Spittlefields , who gave her good Education; she was bred to some Branch of the Weaver 's Business, and was capable, to earn her Bread: Her Father, a Sea-faring Man, died, and left her young, and she married a Husband five Years ago, who is now dead: By her Industry she lived well, and wanted for nothing, which nade her the more inexcusable in taking to bad Courses: She pretended that she was not addicted to Thieving, but she owned the Robbery as sworn against her, alledging, that she was entic'd thereto by Elizabeth Osborn , who gave her Wine, and she being drunk consented to the committing the Robbery. She was not willing to confess any more, though it is very probable this was not the first Fact: She lamented and wept for the great Sin she had committed, and made a Vow and Resolution of new Obedience, if her Life had been spared. She behaved well both in Publick and Private, declared her Faith in Christ, that she sincerely repented of her scandalous and wicked Life, and heartily forgave all Men. Thomas Car , of London , Gent and Elizabeth Adams , of London , Spinster , were indicted for assaulting William Quarrington , in the House of Mary Prevost , Widow , in the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West , putting him in corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, and taking from him a Gold Ring set with five Diamonds, value 6 l. 93 Guineas, and eight Shillings in Silver, September the 10th. 13. Thomas Car , 40 Years of Age, of honest reputable Parents in London , who gave him a good Education; he was put out Clerk to an Attorney at Law , and served out his Clerkship, though 2 or 3 Times he fell out with his Master and left him, but his Friends made up the Difference: When he practised for himself, he had a tollerable Share of Business, and was respected by his Relations and Friends. He was chosen in Vestry-Clerk of St. Paul's, Covent-Garden , which he kept for some Years. He had Chambers in Elm-Court in the Temple , where he liv'd, till he had the Misfortune to be taken: He would not own that he was ever charged with any ill Conduct in his Way of Business: He was much inclined to drinking, and keeping Company with People of none of the best of Characters. While under Sentence he never came to Chapel above three or four Times, and that was after the Report was made to his Majesty in Council: I often advised him to attend the publick Worship of God, but he made trifling Excuses; and when I visited him, he was always either taken up with Company; or busy among a Heap of Papers. He was once employed as an Attorney in the Affairs of a Bankrupt, but the Money assigned for paying the Creditors was carried off, and they never got any Thing; they alledged that Car went off with 120 l. of which he never would give any Account. A Baker, who had lost considerably in that Affair, coming to visit him upon a Sunday, he sent up his Name, but Mr. Car returned Answer, that he did not desire to see the Man, and that he was taken up with Company. Quarrington, besides his other oversights in this Affair, was guilty of the greatest Folly, first in exposing his Money above Stairs, to the Drawer and the common Woman, and afterwards in the Kitchen Mr. Carr upon his Trial made but a weak Defence, but Quarrington gave a distinct Account of the Fact without any Variation. He was civil and courteous in his Deportment, but far from being duly affected with his deplorable Circumstances, and was not willing to own every Thing as sworn against him. He professed a sincere Faith in Christ, thro' whose Merits he hop'd for Salvation; he repented of all the many and great Sins of his Life, and forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. 13. Elizabeth Adams , 26 Years of Age, born in Wiltshire , had good Education; she married young in the Country, to a Barber and Perriwigmaker, and they liv'd indifferently well, wanting for nothing; but she being too gay for a Country Barber, and longing to be at London , notwithstanding they had 2 or 3 Children, yet she made an Elopement, and leaving Father and Mother, Husband, and 2 Children, and all her Relations, (some of whom were People of Credit) she came to London , where she knew no Body, and turn'd a common Prostitute , not having any other Means to subsist by. Her Friends and Relations knew not what was become of her, but after a Year or two, the Husband coming to Town about some Business, buying Fruit at a Stand in his Way down Holborn , he heard a Voice speaking out aloud in a House, which he suspected to be like that of his Wife, and upon Enquiry, he found there was such a Woman Lodger in the House as he describ'd, and being directed to her Room, he open'd the Door, and found his Wife there big with Child; they reason'd the Matter together sharply, but not coming to any Agreement, the poor Husband thought her not worth his Trouble, so left her and went Home. She was a common Woman, but did not use to walk the Street, but pretended to be a Mantua-maker. She hir'd a Floor consisting of 4 Rooms, at the Angel , to entertain Strangers in. As for the Robbery for which she died, she own'd that such a Robbery was committed, but was not willing to acknowledge all the Particulars as sworn against her. She always behav'd decently and submissively, in publick and private, complied with the publick Worship, and was very attentive to Exhortations. She sometimes wept bitterly over her Misfortunes, and lamented very much her great Wickedness, in leaving her Father, Husband, and poor young Children. She hop'd for Salvation by the Mercy of God, thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ our only Saviour, sincerely repented of her abandon'd and wicked Life; and died in Peace with all Men. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. ABOUT 10 o'Clock they were brought out of Newgate, and convey'd to Tyburn in four Carts, viz. Lane, Shaw and Gerrard in the first Cart, Watson, Hardisty and Brown, in the second, Clark, Osborn and Allen, in the third, Ratcliff and Whitehead in the fourth Cart. Mr. Car and Mrs. Adams went each of them in a Mourning Coach. He attended by the Reverend Mr. Wilson of St. Paul's Covent Garden; and she by another Clergyman. Mr. Car was dressed in a Black Suit, and she in White. When they came to the Place of Execution, they were all put into one Cart, but Mr. Car was some time before his Coach could come up, as soon as he enter'd the Cart, he immediately made his Obeisance to his Fellow Sufferers, and particularly addressed himself to Mrs. Adams; as soon as she saw him in the Cart, she burst out into Tears. Then he looking round upon the Spectators with great Calmness and Serenity of Mind; call'd out to a Gentleman at a little Distance from him in a Coach, to deliver him his Packet of Papers, which was accordingly deliver'd to him seal'd up. He soon again deliver'd them into one Mr. Rawlinson's Hands, earnestly requesting they might be sent to Mr. Applebee and made Publick. He then join'd in Prayer with the rest of his Fellow Sufferers, and behav'd throughout the Service in a very devout Manner. Mr. Car and likewise Mrs. Adams spoke something to the Spectators relating to the Robbery for which they died, then he turning his Eyes upwards towards Heaven, submitted himself to God as the only Searcher of Hearts, and before whom (he said) he was to appear in 5 Minutes. Just before the Cart drew away, Mr. Car and Mrs. Adams embraced each other, and held one another by the Hand, till after they were cast off. All of them appear'd with great Seriousness and Devotion, and were very desirous of Prayers to God for their departing Souls, and had nothing material to add to their former Confessions. The other Criminals own'd their Crimes, and they all beg'd Mercy of God. When I was about to sing a Psalm, Mr. Car desir'd to be allow'd to read out the Line, which he accordingly did, and they all sung very devoutly and fervently, and went off the Stage, crying to God to have Mercy upon their Souls, and that the Lord Jesus would receive their Spirits. N. B. After the Report was made upon Tuesday the 17th Instant, his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve came to Abraham Davenport , who was appointed to die next Day with the rest. One Samuel Dent , who was lately tried for robbing Mr. Henry Webling a Cabinet-maker , of a pair of Silver Shoe Buckles and Knee Buckles, and about 12 s. in Money, by the Lock at Kingsland , and was acquitted; desir'd to ask Terry Gerrard , who own'd that he with some others, committed that Robbery, if he ( Samuel Dent ) was concerned, or had any Hand in the said Robbery, Gerrard said, that he with his Associates had committed a vast Number of Robberies near that Place, but he did not remember, he said, that Dent was concern'd in the Robbery of Mr. Wibling. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . P. S. When Mr. Car and Mrs. Adams were cut down, their Bodies were deliver'd to their Friends, and were convey'd to their Hearses, which were there waiting for their Bodies, in order for their Interrment, Mr. Car's to Covent Garden , and Mrs. Adam's to St. Andrew's Holborn . APPENDIX: MR. Thomas Car , was descended from very honest Parents, such as had not only liv'd in Affluence and Reputation, but made some Figure in the World: His Father dwelt in the Parish of St. Paul's, Covent Garden , and his Mother is still living: He was well educated, and when fit for Business, put to one Mr. Walker, in Princes-street , near Covent-Garden , to a Scrivener , or Notary-Publick in the aforesaid Parish; this, and his Father's Interest therein, procured him the Place of Vestry Clerk , which he possessed for some Years, and might have lived very handsomely thereupon. The first, and indeed the principal Cause of his Misfortunes, was a strong Inclination to a voluptuous Life; if he would have been contented with a moderate Subsistence, his Business would very well have afforded it, without his having Recourse to irregular Practices; but having taken it into his Head to live like a Man of Pleasure, he was forced to strike out of the ordinary Road of Business, to accomplish his End. His first Deviations from Honesty, were in the Business of the Parish; these were not found out immediately, and when they were discovered, Compassion for him, and Respect to his Relations, preserved him in that Employment, till his Conduct, which grew worse and worse, was at last so bad, that he was removed from his Office; whereupon he broke up House-Keeping, and took Chambers in the Temple . During the Time he lived in Bridges-street , he used to manage Business at the Old Bailey , and was particularly concerned in an Appeal against one Cluff, who was executed thereupon (though he had been acquitted on a Trial at the Suit of the King) for the Murder of his Fellow Servant, at the Green-Lettice, in Holbourn. By Degrees he became acquainted with a certain Knot of People who were concerned in procuring Evidence on particular Causes, when, and wherever such Assistance was necessary; to which detestable Practice, if Mr. Baron Thompson, and other worthy Magistrates, had not opposed themselves, it must by this Time have swell'd to an enormous Height; as it was, Mr. Car had a great Share in the Success which for some Time that Practice met with, and though he took Care not to appear so publickly in it as others did, yet his Precaution did not prevent many Imputations on his Character, and so he was compell'd to keep mostly that Company, which as it brought him into the Path of, so it hurry'd him on to Destruction. He was a Person in himself capable enough of Business, if he had sufficiently attended to it, but Horse-Races, Gaming-Houses, Play-Houses, and Tavern Kitchens, were Places in which he could make but small Improvement, except in low Wit and Buffoonry, to which he addicted himself till he became contemptible to all, who were not Objects of Contempt themselves. His Business by this Means came to lie chiefly in trifling with just Suits, negotiating with Bailiffs, to deceive those who employ'd them, and in finding Means to screen fraudulent Dealers behind the Letter of the Law. In the last Year of his Life he became very intimate at the House where the base Scene happened which brought him to his dismal End; it had been long (to the Scandal of the Neighbourhood) infamous for such Practices, some Instances having before appeared at the Old-Bailey, so that nothing could excuse a Man's having any Thing to do there, who would not either pass for a Fool or a Knave. Mr. Car always insisted that his Business led him thither, and what Sort of Business his was, the Reader has heard; 'twas to defend Mrs. Prevost, who was then under Prosecution for keeping that disorderly House. The Prosecutor, William Quarrington , did himself no great Credit, with Regard to his Character, by going thither (as he himself said) with a Woman of the Town; and he gave no Instance of his Prudence, in pulling out and exposing to View such a Sum of Money in a House where the People would permit him to converse with a common Woman. Mr. Car, in his Defence, call'd Witnesses to prove, that he was in his Chambers in the Temple at the Time the Robbery was done, as also several Persons to his Reputation; he was however found Guilty; all the Circumstances the Prosecutor mentioned being supported by concurring Evidence. After he received Sentence, he asked some Favours from the Court, on Account of his bad State of Health, which were granted him, and he was treated with the utmost Indulgence during the many Weeks of his Imprisonment. His Conduct in this Space of Time, was far from commendable. He saw a great deal of Company, entered with them into all Sorts of general Discourse, and appear'd to be less concern'd for himself than others were for him. He always owned his Belief that Mr. Quarrington was robbed of the Money, tho' he persisted in it, that he knew nothing of the Matter, but was gone long before, and would fain have had it pass for a Proof of the Truth of what he said, that he had acquainted the Prosecutor how to come at Adams. She had, it seems, instructed him with the Knowledge of the Place to which she retired, and so enabled him to bring her to share in his Punishment, as she had shar'd in his Crimes. He insisted likewise on his having never absconded, and seem'd only desirous to vindicate himself, tho' in all other Respects he allow'd that the Evidence of the Prosecutor might be true. After the Dead Warrant came down, when most Criminals are wont to quit their false Hopes, and come to Reason, he retained his former Conduct, and tho' he shew'd some Apprehension of his approaching End, yet except taking Care for an Undertaker, he made little Preparation for it: He yet entertain'd Thoughts of receiving Mercy, insisting still on his Innocence, and desiring those to whom he spoke, to vindicate him after he should be dead. It may without Breach of Charity be said, that his Want of Concern could not be deriv'd from Innocence, or from a rational Contempt of Death, because setting aside the Crime for which he died, it was notorious that he had done many wrong Things, which ought to have induced him to a serious and particular Repentance. While he was Vestry Clerk at Covent-Garden , he had been intrusted with a voluntary Collection of the Inhabitants in the Parish, which was intended for the annual putting out of poor Children, born in the Parish. This Money he embezzled, and became thereby not only Guilty of a Breach of Trust, but also of distroying the Charity; a Thing so base and dishonourable in its Nature, that it needs no Aggravation. Detaining Debts he was imploy'd to recover, and deceiving those whom he undertook to defend, were Methods he too often practised to supply his Extravagance, and therefore, as he had injured many, and was able to make Restitution to none, he had too just Cause to have been seriously concerned for his mispent Life, and to have taken his Sufferings patiently. What has been said, is not intended to blacken his Memory, or to deprive him of the Pity which naturally arises in every Man's Mind, on those who fall Victims to Justice and the Law. The Design of these Accounts is to benefit the Living, the Dead can receive neither Good nor Hurt from them. It is to be hoped, that such as have only enter'd on the Paths which brought this unhappy Man to his Ruin, will see by his Example, what themselves must come to, if they do not bethink themselves in Time. Without question, the inordinate Love of Pleasure, the Contempt not only of Religion, but of Decency, the shameless Debauchery of Night-Houses, and the open Practice of Gaming, so notorious in this present Age, have a strong Tendency to mislead Men to their Ruin: And therefore, the Sacrifices made by the Law, ought to be well explain'd, as the best and almost the only Means to deter others from the like Practices. Reputation is quickly lost, hardly ever to be recovered; and when it is lost, People are apt to run Headlong into the most dangerous Practices, in order to procure Supplies for their Necessities and Pleasures, not apprehending how high a Price they may one Day pay for their past Follies and ill Conduct. The following is a Copy of a Letter sent by a Divine to Sarah Allen after her Condemnation. Mrs. Allen. THO' I am an entire Stranger to your Person, yet being acquainted with your unhappy Circumstances by an intimate Acquaintance of yours, and by reading your Trial in the Sessions Book, I thought it not amiss, by a few Lines, to endeavour to assist you in your Preparation for that awful Doom; which by the just Laws of the Land have been sentenc'd to receive for the heinous Crime you have been guilty of. And in the first Place, I would earnestly beg of you to employ the few remaining Moments of your Life, as much as possible, in serious and close Reflection. Remember that Death in any Shape must needs be terrible to a Sinner, even tho' his Life has not been stain'd with notorious Crimes; in as much as it brings him before the Bar of God, where he must receive an irrevocable Sentence, according to the Demerit of his Iniquity, and must be happy or miserable even to all Eternity. But to go out of the World under the Guilt of Murder, and that attended with such shocking and terrible Aggravations, must needs render Death still more awful and tremendous, and the Account you must give to him the great Judge, must be a dreadful one. Murder is a Crime which God has solemnly declared his Displeasure against, and which, without sincere and hearty Repentance, he will punish with everlasting Damnation. Your great Business then is to see to it, that you truly and unfeignedly repent of this your heinous Sin. And that you may not be mistaken in a Matter of such great Importance, the following Things must be carefully attended to. That your Sorrow and Contrition for this Evil be greater, from the Consideration of its being an Offence against God, and contrary to his righteous Laws and just Government, than from the shameful Consequences and ignominious Death which it exposes you to. Revolve the Goodness of God, and the reasonableness and rectitude of his Laws in your Mind, till you find your Heart melted and broken with ingenuous Sorrow, and you are brought to the Confession of David, - against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this Evil in thy Sight. And consider that the Sincerity of your Repentance is so important a Thing, that nothing less than the eternal Welfare of your Soul is concern'd. But to avoid Mistakes in so material a Point, - consider also, that your Repentance, however ingenuous and sincere, however deep and hearty it may be, will not be the procuring Cause of your Acceptance with God, who is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity. Your Acceptance with God is owing to the Merits of Christ alone; therefore in order to your Repentance being effectual, and to make it evidential of your Reconciliation with God, - you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and commit your Soul into his Hands, as the only Saviour and Redeemer of Sinners. You must look for and expect Salvation only by his Righteousness, for the Scriptures declare, that out of Christ - God is a consuming Fire. And whereas you can neither believe nor repent but as you are assisted by the Holy Spirit, so let me beg of you to spend much of your Time in sincere devout and earnest Prayer to God for the Assistance of his Spirit, that he would grant you Repentance unto Life, and Remission of your Sins; that your Repentance may be hearty and sincere never to be repented of; that he would assist you in this your difficult Work; that tho' your Crime be of the deepest Dye, yet beg Mercy of God, whose Mercies are infinite. The Scriptures say, that all manner of Sin and Wickedness shall be forgiven upon sincere Repentance, and that the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all Sin; therefore tho' your Crime is great, and justly calls for the bitterest and deepest Sorrow, yet let it not drive you to Despair, for there is Hope, that even you, - guilty as you are, may (thro' the infinite Mercy of God in Christ) be forgiven, on your sincere Repentance. The Thief on the Cross, and even some of the Murderers of our blessed Lord, found Favour at his merciful Hands, and if such Offenders, even as these found Grace in his Sight, there is Hope for you. Let me exhort you to banish as much as may be, every Thing that may hinder your Preparation for Eternity. Remember that your everlasting Happiness depends on the due Improvement of the few Minutes you have to live, and if this Work is not effectually done now, you will be eternally miserable. And O! who can bear to think of everlasting Torments without trembling? Who can dwell with everlasting Burnings? Who can inhabit eternal Flames? Let such Meditations as these be frequently in your Minds. O my Soul! The dreadful Hour approaches, when I must bid Adieu to the Vanities of Life, and by a shameful Death be arrested and hurried to the awful Bar of my righteous and just Judge, my Sovereign offended Creator, and this with the dreadful Guilt of Murder upon me. I destroy'd a poor helpless Infant, that was conceived in Lust, and I am now going to answer my Crimes before the Tribunal of impartial Justice, and I am sensible I deserve to be doom'd to endless Misery. But alas! Is there no Hope for me! Is there no Relief for my guilty Soul! If I look within, my Conscience accuses me, and pronounces me worthy of eternal Damnation; if I look up to God, I can expect nothing but Anger and Resentment - nothing but Judgment and fiery Indignation. O! whither then shall I fly, or where hide my self from Almighty Vengeance! Is there no City of Refuge for a Murderer - no Saviour for such guilty Souls! O! there is Jesus at the Right Hand of God, exalted thither for this End, to give Repentance and Remission of Sins, thither will I fly, in his Wounds will I seek to hide, and with the Blood that flow'd from them will I endeavour to cleanse my guilty Soul. O! Blessed Jesus - O! merciful Saviour! Look down with Compassion on a poor condemn'd Wretch, that despairs of Mercy, if she finds it not with thee. Thou didst - O! thou Saviour of lost Souls, in the Days of thy Flesh, while thou was hanging on the Cross, and in the Agonies of Death - thou didst pray for those that were thy Murderers, and had imbrued their Hands in thy sacred and precious Blood, and didst afterwards command thy Apostles to preach Forgiveness, first of all to those who had been thy Betrayers and Murderers. O then since thy Mercies are so great, let me a guilty Creature partake of them! O! may that Blood which flowed from thy Wounds, procure my Pardon, and purchase my Reconciliation with offended Justice! May thy Death expiate the Guilt I have contracted, that when I launch out of Time into dreadful Eternity, I may find my Judge to be my reconciled Friend, and instead of meeting with that dreadful Punishment, which my Crimes loudly call for, I may be received into thy Presence, with thy Favour, and be made a Partaker, with thy People of the Joys of Heaven. And that it may be your happy Lot, is the hearty Desire and Prayer of, Your Friend. - P. S. I would not by any Means seem to intrude upon the Province of the Reverend Ordinary, whose Work it is to attend you, but compassionating your Circumstances, I thought proper to send this to your Hands, to assist you (in his Absence) in your Preparations for Death and Eternity, since that worthy Gentleman cannot be always with you. I hope neither you nor he, will take this amiss, and if this proves any Way serviceable to you - Give God the Glory, and pray for the Writer. Oct. 28. 1737. M. T. The following is the ACCOUNT that Joseph Shaw gave of himself. I Was born at Lambeth , and was 29 Years of Age the 29th of last Month; my Parents were honest People, and gave me all the Education they could afford; I thank God I can read and write, and wish I had made any use of either. My Father bound me Apprentice to one Mr. Gold, a Gardiner , at Vaux-Hall , by the Glass-House; I served him five Years, then I ran away, and from the Time of my leaving him, I date all my Misfortunes, for after I left him, I began with Things in my own Way, and robbed the Gardiner's Grounds and Hot-Beds of Asparagus, Cucumbers, Melons, and the like. The first Time I ever was in this Place ( Newgate ) was for stealing Asparagus, and the Gardiner I had robbed brought a Man to me, that I had been drinking with in a Bawdy-house two Years before I was taken up; the Man had got drunk, and I took his Money out of his Pocket, in order to take Care of it for him, but happening to spend it, the Man knew me, and charged me with having robbed him; the Gardiner imagining I should be convicted of this Offence, never prefert'd a Bill against me for the Asparagus, but I was ac quitted of the Charge for the Man's Money, and was again set at Liberty, but having contracted the Goal-Distemper during my Confinement, I got into St. Thomas's-Hospital as soon as I was enlarged, and continued there about five Weeks. When I was recovered I went to Work, and lived with my Friends about five or six Weeks; then I less them, and resolved to break open a House at End; I knew the Man of the House had Money, and resolved to have it; his Wife I had been acquainted with a Year or two before, and she had often supply'd me with Money, in return of some Concerns I had with her, and had supported me in such a Manner with Money, that I neglected all my Business, and depended upon her; but wanting Money oftentimes when she could not supply me, I resolved to help myself to it, which I did accordingly, for I broke open the House, and stole 12 l. all in Silver, and a Bag of Half-pence. This was in August last. I went with my Booty to Gravesend , and when I had spent the Money, I broke open a House at Stronde , and got about 7 Pound's worth of wet Linnen, and a Bottle of Brandy, about three Gallons. For this Fact I was taken up, and carried before the Mayor, but Samuel Merryfield and Jemmey Denley , being concerned with me in the Fact, I turned Evidence against them and they were both cast for Transportation at Maidstone Assizes. Denley's Friends came to see him, and advised him to impeach us, but I over-hearing them, got the Start of him, and impeached first, so I got my Liberty again; indeed I was the best qualified to give Evidence, for I was a Lodger in the House we robb'd, and I myself got up in the Night and let them in. Being discharged I came up to London , and got into Company with James Harrison ; we presently agreed to go down to Greenwich , where we broke open a Draper's Shop, and got 5 Pound's Worth of Linnen Check, and some Shirts; then we went to Fair, and from thence to where we broke open another Draper's Shop, and got Linnen and Stuff Damasks, to the value of 9 l the Goods we brought to London , d sold them to Mother Bolingbroke. While I was in Town I frequented Phil Lacy 's House in ; and on the 23 d of Oct. last, I got acquainted with Grafton Kirk and Gerrard: This was the Sunday before I was takes, they asked me to go out with them, I was almost drunk, so I consented, rnd went with them: I never was but three times out with them in my Life. The first Time was this Sunday, when we went down towards Stepney , between five and six at Night, Grafton Kirk , Terry Gerrard , John Peirce , myself, and another Person; we loiter'd about Stepney Church-Yard , and stopped a Man and a Woman, from whom we took about four or five Shillings, and a Pair of Silver Sleeve Buttons; the Man said he valued his Buttons, and begged hard for them again, but I told him he should not have them, and that I was glad I had it in my Power to punish him (by keeping them) for not walking with more Money in his Pockets. The Woman told us it was very hard to rob them, for they had been at a Charity Sermon, and had given Money away there; I told them they should have kept there Money for us, and that it was more Charity to relieve us, than the Parson and Church-Wardens. From Stepney Church-yard , we cross'd the Fields to Bow Road , where we met a little sturdy Ruffian, who would not stand at our Orders; but after some Contest, we overpower'd him, and got 12 s. from him. Then we all agreed to meet the next Day, and so parted for that Night. The next Day we met accordingly, and toward Evening we set out towards Islington , but got nothing of any Signification; we therefore made towards Road, and stopp'd there a Coach and 2 Horsemen, whom we all attack'd; we got from the Coach 45 s. from one of the Horsemen we took a Guineas, and about 25 s. and from the other, a Moidore and a Guinea; some little Silver he had, but that we gave him again; then we separated a little, some of us kept the Road, and others took the Fields, keeping a little Distance from each other. 'Twas our Fortune to meet with Mr. South, from whom we took a silver hilted Sword gilt; a pair of silver Buckles, a silver Pocket-peice, and a Stick with a Pinchbeck Head. At the same Time Mr. Whittle was robb'd in the Road, on Horseback, by the rest of our Company, of a silver Watch (which is now in Pawn upon Tower-Hill) and a Guinea. We likewise robb'd a Countryman that Night in Newington Road , of what little Money he had, and a young Man, a Surgeon; who told us when we attack'd him, that he had no Money, but I search'd him, and found in Gold and Silver, between 3 and 4 Pounds, and a pair of Stockings, which we took from him, because he told us Lies, and deny'd his Money. We robb'd 3 or 4 French Jews, the same Night, and one of them would not part with a Farthing of Money, 'till I shot off a Pistol over his Head - then he begg'd we would spare his Life, and told us he would give us his Money. After we had committed these Robberies, we came to a Tavern in Bishop's-Gate-Street , and there we divided the Money we had got; and after the Reckoning was paid (tho' we had spent pretty freely) we found our Booty divided among us five, would amount to 2 Guineas a Man. When we parted, Gerrard, Peirce, and one of our Company, went back to Stepney Fields , and committed 2 or 3 Robberies, among others, they robb'd Mr. Elliston, and another Gentleman of a Watch, his silver Buckles and some Money, of which Fact Gerrard was convicted. During our Acquaintance, which was but short, we loss no Time, but went out every Night; and the next Evening, we went to see what we could do on the other Side of the Water. In Kennington-Lane , we robb'd Mr. Fairclough's Son-in-Law, and took from him a pair of silver Buckles; as for his Money - he had but 6 d. and that we gave him again. About a Quarter of an Hour after we had robb'd Mr. Fairclough's Son, a Serjeant followed us; I turn'd about and look'd him full in the Face; he ask'd me, what I wanted? I told him I wanted nothing with him; but he call'd to Mr. Fairclough's Son, and asked him whether we were the Men that had robb'd him. He told him we were, upon which, he immediately seiz'd me; Kirk seeing this, shot off his Pistol full in the Serjeant's Face; I disengaged my self from him, and fought with my Stick, till so many People came out of a Publick House, that I was forced to get away, and leave him. Twice in this Encounter, I set him at Liberty, and order'd him to pike, or run off; and once I thought he had been gone, while I was fighting with the People to favour his Escape; but when I was about to make off my self, I perceived him banging his Pistol about Mr. Serjeant's Head. The next Day after Kirk was , he himself an Evidence against us, and Kirk's and George Holderness , came by to a Darkhouse, at Billingsgate , which I make my Retreat, to search for me. They me in the Lane as I was going House, and Harrison was with me at the same Time, but hid himself 6 Hours under a Sailcloth which on one Side the Lane, and was not found, while I was carry'd to the New-Goal in Southwark . We very often, when we had got a good Booty, bestow'd a small Part of it in Charity, and often relieved poor People, but we generally told the how we came by the Money; charging the not to spoil our Sport, for then 'twould be out of out Power ever to give them any more. As to the Evidence, James Harrison , when I first got acquainted with him, he was but just then come out of Newgate , almost naked, and swarm|ing with L but meeting with him at Phil. Lacy 's, he begg'd of me to let him go out with me, and I consented, and took him with me, out of pure Charity, after I had well cloath'd him, for which he turn'd Evidence against me, very gratefully. I could have forgiven; if he had been taken, but he surrender'd himself voluntarily, and impeached me, when all the World could not have hurt me, had he held his Tongue. I don't know but he may live honest till he gets into another Company, for he’s a mee Drone at the Business; he can't get a Farthing himself, but mt have some body to get it for him. When Kirk made his Information, his was to save Terry Gerrard , and to hang Harrison, Peirce, and my self, tho' we had assur'd him that we would allow him a Guinea a Week out of our Takings, during the Time of his Imprisonment. When he was taken, we had all formed a Design to go on the Kentish Road, and afterwards to have broke open a Silversmith's Shop at Maidstone, and then to have made off to Holland. To that End I had prepar'd Tools, with which I could have broke into the strongest House in the World, and which were fit either for wrenching Locks, or cutting Iron, and which I knew very well how to make Use of; for while I was confin'd in Goal, (as before mention'd) I acquainted some of the Prisoners with my Skill in this , and we agreed to attempt an Escape. In order thereto, we broke thro' a strong Brick-Wall into an adjacent Cellar in the Night Time, from thence we endeavour'd to work our Way 2 or 3 Cart Loads of Earth, we in our Work by a fierce Dog, but a Secret by which I calm'd him, and we certainly got away had Dick Martin and Jack Richardson taken Care to have secur'd their Irons, but their Fetters rattling about their Heels, they were heard and taken, just as we had brought our Design to Perfection, and so we were all brought back and chain'd up in the High Hall. As to my own Family, I have no Children, but a great many Wives, - too many for one Man; tis' they that have brought me here, tho' to say the Truth, I never supported any of them, on the contrary have had many Ponnds from them, but on their Accounts I neglected my Business so long, and to such a Degree, that no Body would employ me. My natural Propensity to quarrelling and boxing has likewise been of no great Service to me; but I have been proud of saying, that I could beat most Men of my Inches in 2 Minutes. Will. Slade the Carman , I box'd and beat in less than 2 Minutes, and after I was taken and confin'd in the New Goal, I had my Irons knock'd off to fight the Champion of the Goal. Before I have done, I must inform you that Kirk had a very curious silver chased Watch conceal'd about him when he was taken, and I am inform'd the Gentleman that lost it would be glad to have it again. The Owner of it may have it again for 5 Guineas, - 'tis in pawn at present for 4, and if he thinks fit to have his Watch again, this Notice will be a Hint to him who to apply to hear of it. The following is an Account of the Robberies committed by WILLIAM BROWN . HE said, that about five or six Years ago, he and two more broke open a House in the City of Gloucester , they having been in the Shop several Times on frivolous Errands, on Purpose to find where the Money lay; which being acquainted with, they one Night broke the Brick-work under the Shop Window, and enter'd into the Shop, and took out of the Till about 5 or 6 l. but being discovered, and a Pistol fired, they made off without proceeding further in robbing the House. For this Burglary he and one of his Companions were taken, and he was persuaded to be an Evidence against him, which he refusing, his Companion was admitted, who accused two innocent Persons, whom were tried and acquitted, and his Companion being kept in Custody, at the next Assizes was found guilty of Felony only; for which he was ordered by the Court to be whipt, and then discharg'd. About three or four Months after this, he and another stopt a Man on Horseback within ten Miles of the City of Oxford , who they had seen at an Inn, where they had been drinking, receive sixty Guineas; (in order to rob him of the above Sum) they set out some Time before him, and having come to a proper Place for that Purpose, stripped themselves to their Shirts by Way of Disguise, and waiting his coming, when he took hold of the Horse's Bridle, while his Companion demanded his Money; but the Man giving him only some Halfpence and a little Silver, he said to him, D - n you, you Rogue, what is it you mean by trifling with us Gentlemen of the Road? I will have your Bit (meaning his Purse) or I will your Brains out; and shewing him at the same Time a Brass barrell'd Pistol without a Lock, it so shock'd the poor Countryman, that he let him put his Hand into his Pocket, and take out the Purse with the Money in it; which done, he ordered him to ride on, or else he would shoot him through the Head. They afterwards went to the Place where they had left their Cloaths, and he sew'd the Money in the Waistband of his Breeches. They then went for Oxford, where the Person who had been robbed seeing him, got him apprehended, and being brought before Mayor of Oxford, the Man not being positive him, he was discharg'd. After his Discharge at Oxford , he made the best of his Way for London , and travelling till Nights, when he came to a House near a Wood, and ask'd whether he could lodge there? The Woman of the House asked him what Countryman he was? He desired to know her Reason; she told him she had been informed, that a Robbery had been lately committed by two Men within a few Miles of Oxford , one of whom she was inform'd was a Frenchman, and the other an Englishman. He then told her he was an Irishman; upon which she bid him ask in Irish for a Lodging; his Reply to her was, Hyke up to the Giggar, and undubb it, and wittle to the Cove of the Ken, and ask him for a Doss; (that is, Go up to the Door, and unlock it, and ask the Landlord for a Bed) on which she said, now English it, which he did, saying, Pray, Madam, can I have a Lodging here? She answered him, it was very good English, and Irish too, she believ'd. The next Morning he went from thence, and in two Days, travelling both Night and Day, reach'd London , where he followed picking of Pockets, and other trivial Robberies, and if he met with a Dossy-Cull (that is, a Man asleep) he bit him, (that is, robb'd him.) He had not been long in Town, but going along one Evening, he pick'd up a Woman of the Town, who took him to her Lodgings, and after their being in Bed some Time, finding her asleep, he stript his Doxie and her Lodgings, and threw the Things out of the Window, and jumped after them, and carried them off. Two or three Days after he had committed this Robbery, he and his Companion, with two Women of the Town, went down by Water to Greenwich in a Boat, with other Passengers in it, when perceiving a Gentleman to pull out a Silver Snuff-Box, they resolved to have it, and on the Gentleman's landing at Deptford , he got up with a Pretence of ballancing the Boat, and picked his Pocket of it, and sold it for 12 s. 6 d. at the best Hand. After they had been at Greenwich they came back to Deptford , and took Lodgings at Red-Hart-Inn , where they stay'd two or three Days; but the Ladies thinking the Lodgings too mean (considering their Quality) they returned to Greenwich , where they took Lodgings in a Place call'd Back-Lane , to their Satisfaction, having agreed to pay 5 s. per Week for them. They had not been there above a Day or two before the People of the Neighbourhood came to desire their Custom, upon which he reply'd, Aye, with all his Heart, provided they would use them kindly, for what we have, we shall pay you very honestly; they said, they did not in the least question it, for you look like honest People, and we do not fear your Money; upon which we ordered them to send in a Kilderkin of Beer, six Bushels of Coals, and a Peck of Small-Coal, and several other Things, which was accordingly done (though never paid for.) They had not been many Days there, before a Butcher of the Town, knowing one of their Ladies, came to the House, and acquainted the Landlord what they were, and said he would have the Lodgings search'd, for though they went for Gentlefolks, he was sure they were Whores and Thieves; upon which they thought it proper to pack up their Implements, which were a Dark-Lanthorn, and other Instruments fit for their Purpose, (which if Opportunity had permitted, they intended to make use of) and went off the next Morning early, without taking Leave of their Landlord, or paying any Rent; and coming to London, not having any Money, thei Ladies were obliged to shift for themselves. In a Night or two after they came from Greenwich , they went to Hyde-Park , where meeting a Gentleman, they bid him Stand, he holding up a Rule to the Gentleman, which touching his Face, it so surprized him, (thinking it was a Pistol) he turned his Head from it, and said, Gentleman, don't misuse me, and you shall have all I have; upon which his Companion trembling very much, took from him his Hat, and about 6 s. in Money; they then left him, and went into the Fields near Grosvenor-Square , and in or near Grosvenor-Street thoy stopped a Gentleman with the same Rule, (they having at that Time no other Weapon) who not being willing to be robb'd, beat them with his Cane, and crying out Murder! and Thieves! they ran away, having taken his Hat from him, he taking to the Fields again, and his Companion through the Square, walking soberly (with a Bag under his Arm, with the Person's Hat in it which they had just robb'd before) without being suspected by the Chairmen, whom he was obliged to pass by. In about an Hour after his Companion met him by Chance at a Chandler's-Shop in Shugg-Lane , where he was treating a Woman of the Town with a Dram, and from thence went to their Lodgings at the Greyhound-Inn in Drury-Lane . The next Day they met again, and sold the Hat for 5 s. 6 d. in Chick-Lane , near Saffron-Hill , but having spent their Money that Evening, they went towards Kensington , and near the Gore there, about 11 o'Clock at Night, they met a Gentleman, belonging to the King's Kitchen, whom they stopt and robbed of a Silver Watch, Half a Crown, and a Silver Pocket Piece, which the Gentleman desiring them to return him, they refused. While they were rifling him he desir'd they would not use him ill; they told him they would not, and that it was meer Necessity that obliged them to rob him: He said, they sold the Pocket-Piece the next Day for 4 s 6 d in Rag-Fair . The last Robbery that I committed, was upon Mr. Haines, in Company with three or four more, and for which I die. John Lane , one of the unhappy Persons who suffer'd on Wednesday last, hoped no Body would be so unchristianly to reflect on his Parents, and likewise his Relations, whom are People of Credit and Reputation: Yet as his miserable and ignominious Death will reflect Shame on all who have any relation to him, so he conceives it his Duty, the last Duty indeed that he is capable of expressing to his Parents, to declare in the most solemn Manner, that not thro' their Fault or Omissions, but thro' his own unhappy Inclinations, and head-strong Passions; he having provok'd the heavy Vengeance of God, manifested in the just Judgment of the Law. Had he had Grace to improve the Care taken in his Education, and to have preserved those early Principles of Piety with which in his tender Youth was season'd, he had escap'd the bitterness of his unnatural Death. By his quitting the Path of Virtue and Honesty, has drawn such a Weight of Shame and Misery on himself; let it not be thrown back on his unhappy Parents, but as his Death has satisfied the Law, let it also satisfy the Tongues of Mankind, and prevent their adding to that Load of Sorrow, which without deserving it, those from whom he derives his Birth already bear. How little soever it is in his Power to benefit the Publick, yet with the last Moments of his Breath, he endeavour'd it, by earnestly exciting all young Persons who as yet have indulg'd themselves in unlawful Pleasures, to set his Example before them, and from the Terror of his Death to amend their Lives. Mr. Car's Letter to his Mother. Madam, " IN this distressed Condition in which " I now am, the Sense I have of my " ill Conduct towards you, gives me no " less Pain than the Thoughts of my approaching Death; the Violence and " Shame whereof, as I hope it will expiate my Offences in the Sight of God, " so I trust that this Declaration of my " Sorrow, will make some Attonement " for my Behaviour towards you. " It is a Point of Justice due to my " Father's Tenderness and Yours, that I " should acknowledge the Pains taken in " my Education, and that it was entirely " my own Fault, that I fell into those " Paths which have brought me into this " miserable Condition. All I can now " do, is, to own your Goodness towards " me, to regret my despising the Counsels you gave me, and to ascribe my " Fall chiefly to my Folly in this Respect. " Comfort your self under your Afflictions, with Remembrance of your " own Care to prevent them, and let not " my Misdeeds which have drawn so " heavy a Judgment on their Author, " affect you, who had no Concern in " them. The World is censorious and " unjust, but not to such a Degree, as " to reflect on a good Mother, for having had a bad Son; on the contrary, " all discreet People will compassionate " you, and contribute to make you easy and happy, which that you may be " here, and in the World to come, is " the last Wish of, From my Chamber in the Press-Yard, Jan. 18. 1737. Your Dying Son, Tho. Carr . A farther Account of Elizabeth Adams . SHe was marry'd in Wiltshire to one Adams a Barber, by whom she has two Children now living, one about 12 Years of Age, and another about 13. This Man she married thro' the Persuasions of her Friends, tho' she knew she could never have any Regard for him, having settled her Affections on another young Man. She had been married but little more than two Years, before she left her Husband and two small Children, and came to London , where she had not been long, before she got acquainted with a Person who took Lodgings for her in Holbourn ; but one Day, as she was calling out of her Window, to the People at an opposite Alehouse, to bring her a Pint of Beer, at that very Instant, her Husband Adams (being come to Town upon some Business) was buying some Fruit of a Woman, under her Window where she lodg'd, and he said to the Fruit Woman, I believe I know that Woman's Voice, by her Speech she should be a Wiltshire Woman. You may soon know that, said the Woman, by enquiring at the House where she lodges; accordingly her Husband went to the House, and asked if there was not a young Woman lodged there above Stairs, yes, says the Gentlewoman of the House, and you may speak with her if you please Sir; she lodges up one pair of Stairs. He went up and knock'd at her Door, upon her opening of it, to his great Astonishment, he found his Wife big with Child, and to her great Surprize, she saw her Husband. When they had recover'd themselves from their Surprize, she fell on her Knees, crying, and begging Forgiveness for her past Faults, and promising him at the same Time never to be guilty of any ill Thing for the Time to come, if he wou'd be so good to forgive her, and that she would make him the best of Wives Well, says he my Dear, you had no Reason to leave me; but if you will behave as an honest Woman ought to do to her Husband, and act a Mother's Part by your two Infants, who can no ways have offended you, I'll look over all your past Faults, and I will take care of the Child which I see you are big with, in the same Manner as if it was my own. In about a Week's Time he paid for her Lodgings, and took a House in Houndsditch, and furnished it, in order to settle in London, and designed to send for his two Children; but he had not been three Weeks in the House, before he was informed that his Goods would be seized on for the Ground Rent; being something surprized at the News, he acquainted his Wife with it, and she advised him to take 2 or 3 Rooms unfurnished in the Neighbourhood, to put the Goods in, which accordingly he did, and desired her at the same Time to pack them up and send them there, he being oblig'd to set out the next Day for Wiltshire, to settle his Affairs there, and his Design being likewise to bring up his Children with him; but no sooner was he gone, than she sent for an Upholsterer, and sold all the Goods to him, and put the Money in her Pocket; then she took Lodgings in Drury-Lane , and never saw her Husband since, which is between nine and ten Years ago: Since she left her Husband, she had four Children by a certain Person not far from Wood-Street, and two by another, who are all dead. She acknowledged she had been very undutiful to her Mother, and likewise had wrong'd the best of Husbands. It was reported since her Condemnation that she kept a Coffee-House , but she said she never was Mistress of any Publick-House in her Life; and she hoped that her dear Father (who keeps an Inn in the Road to Bristol) her Husband and Children would not hear of her ignominious Death. ADVERTISEMENTS. WHEREAS I James Riley , Watchmaker , next the Three Turns in Woods Close , Clrkenwell, have for ten Years been most grievously afflicted with a Virtigo and of the Head, with great Pain, at last it affected the Nerves to such a Degree, that it brought a paralitick Trembling and weakness of the whole Body, with twitching of the Arms and the Use of my Speech was much and in this Condition, I applied to as the most proper Places for Ad, and was there a considerable Time, and to no Purpose, at last I was deemed uncurable, and altho' a young Man, had given over over expecting a Cure, 'till hearing of the great Co performed by Dr. Henry, at the Two Dragons in Hatton-Garden, next Holbourn, who told me it was a Convulsion in the Head, with a Palsey of the extreme Parts, caused by Obstructions of the Brain, and Weakness of the Nerves: And he with his nervous Medicines, instantly cured me of my terrible Distemper, and I am now as well as ever I was in my Life of my Head, and likewise of the paralitick Tremblings, and weakness of my Nerves. This I thought would be a Service to the Publick, to make more fully known, to such whose Misfortunes is to be afflicted as I was, and where they may find a speedy and safe cure, and I am ready and willing to justify to any Person, the Truth of what is here inserted. Note. The Doctor's Hours is every Forenoon till One o'Clock. Just Publish'd, By Order of the Rt. Hon. the Lord-Mayor. THE TRIALS AT LARGE of THOMAS CARR , late Attorney of the Middle-Temple , and ELIZABETH ADAMS , who were Executed on Wednesday the 17th Instant at TYBURN , for assaulting William Quarrington , putting him in corporal Fear, and robbing him of 93 Guineas, and 8 s. in Silver. Containing the full EVIDENCE on both Sides, which was faithfully taken in Short Hand from the Mouth of the WITNESSES, as it was deliver'd in Court. Printed for J. ROBERTS in Warwick-L

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviours, Confessions, and Last Dying Words of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 26th of October 1720. THE Sunday preceeding the Execution of the seven Malefactors, I preach'd to Them from the following Text. First Pet. 3. 8, 9. Finally, Be ye all of one Mind, having Compassion One of Another; love as Brethren, be Pitiful, be Courteous; Not rendring Evil for Evil, or Railing for Railing, But contrarywise, Blessing. Some of the Injunctions commanded in the Text, I spoke more particularly. FIRST, Be Ye all of one Mind. I observed that were a Mahometan to take a View of our Nation, he would not believe that We had this Command in our Bibles; We being so resolved not to be All of one Mind, that there are almost as many Opinions, as Men, amongst Us; so that Religion, which was designed to make Us Happy in the next World, by Party-Disputes too often makes us wretched in This. Here is a Book that denies the Eternity of Hell-Torments; Another would confound the Christian, Jewish, Mahometan, &c. Religions together. But their is no Occasion to labour and fatiegue to be Damn'd; Or to study and watch by Night to find new Paths to Hell. St. Paul's Opinion of These is this. If any Man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome Words, even the Words of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.-He is Proud, knowing Nothing, but doting about Question and strifes of Words. Let us therefore, as the same Apostle says, Endeavour to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace. SECONDLY, I consider'd the next Command; Be Assistant to Others, or share the Misfortune of Others; For so the Original may be translated; First, from the Natural Import of the Word; Secondly, because if it is translated, Having Compassion One of Another, it scarcely differs from the Command below, Be Pitiful. I endeavour'd to convince the Malefactors, That they had an Opportunity of doing much Good, even in their restrain'd Capacity; Particularly. Two amongst them were unable to write or read, 'twas therefore the Duty of Those who could read, continually to call upon those poor ignorant People Day and Night, to Hear the good Books which charitable People had sent Them for their Use: And this is being Assistant to, and sharing as 'twere the Misfortunes of other Men. THIRDLY, Be Pitiful. I told the Prisoners, there was no Object for their Pity; but They might exercise their Compassion in taking Pity upon their own Souls. FOURTHLY, In speaking to the next Injunction, Be Courteous, I observ'd, That tho' few People may perhaps regard the Sin, yet we do commit Sin, unless we not only be exactly Just in our Dealings, but also use a certain Affability; since it is thus expresly Commanded in Scripture. Yet there are Men in the World, who affect a certain Stiffness and Moroseness, and take a Pride in differing from Custom in the ordinary Rules of Behaviour and Ceremony. Yet does not my Text command Us to observe all the Rules of Ceremony, that the Sons of Idleness have invented for want of Employ; This were to make that a Part of the Care of a Rational Mind, which is the meanest and lowest Matter relating to the Body. In general therefore, we must be kindly Affectioned one to another, in honour Prefering one another. FIFTHLY, In considering the last Command, That we are not to render Railing for Railing, but contrariwise Blessing; I endeavour'd to convince the Malefactors, how unreasonable a Thing it would be, for any of them to retain a Spleen against their Accusers, or against the Magistrates who condemned them; As this would be Detrimental to their Souls, and no Advantage to their Bodies; it would ruffle their Minds, and make them unfit for that Duty, which was of such infinite Importance to them, and they had so little Time to perform it in. LASTLY, I advised the Prisoners, under those Calamities they had brought down upon themselves, 1st, To Patience; For unless they were compos'd, they could perform no Duty acceptable to God. Yet, 2dly, To have a hearty Sorrow; not for that they were about to leave the World, but for having affronted such a Father as is God, such a Friend as is Christ. For Godly Sorrow worketh Repentance not to be repented of, but the Sorrow of the World worketh Death. 2 Cor. 7. 10. 3dly, Not to lose any the least Time from the Service of God, but to compensate, by their present Devotions, for their Vigour and Strength which they had laid out upon the Pleasures of the World. The Account of the Malefactors. From the Time of their Condemnation, to that of their Execution, I repair'd twice a Day to the Chapel of Newgate; Where the Prisoners being constantly brought, (without any one of them ever absenting Himself, during the Time they lay under Sentence of Death) I pray'd with Them, and read to them the Holy-Scriptures, which I endeavour'd to explain, to those especially who were not able to Write or Read. I also desired Them, in their private Reading, if they met with any Passage they did not rightly understand, that they would at Chapel make me acquainted therewith, in order to my endeavouring to solve their Difficulties, to the best of my Capacity. Accordingly, some of them proposed to Me Questions of different Kinds, and made Me acquainted with the Scruples that had arisen to Them, in their perusing those Books which had been lent into the Condemn'd-Hold for their Use and Improvement. I frequently enquired how they behaved themselves, when they were in the Condemn'd Hold; and could not learn that their was any of them so harden'd against all Sense of Virtue, as to use Cursing and Swearing in that dismal Place; I also advised and desired of them, that they would not permit their Friends, when they came to see them under their Calamities, to give them Brandy or any strong Liquors, which, if it did not directly intoxicate them, yet would at least discompose them, and render them less serious, and less fit to perform that great Work, which a whole Age is not too long for the accomplishing of. I. Stephen Delaforce ) was condemn'd for returning Home from his Majesty's Plantations, without Lawful Cause, before the time of his Banishment was expired. In my Conferences with him, he told me, that he was but Eighteen Years of Age, born in London . He said, he always had a due Love and Value for his Father, and therefore (while he was yet very Young) he desired rather to be bound 'Prentice to him, who is a Weaver , then learn his Trade of a Stranger. He said, that in his Apprenticeship, his Father had no Objection against his Behaviour, during the six first Years; nor afterwards, except for staying out by accident some Nights, which was occasion'd by a Woman, who had flatter'd him, and been kind to him after an unusual Manner; so that he began to take a Satisfaction in being in her Company. The first time I talk'd with Him, I ask'd him if the Story was true that he told upon his Tryal; at first he firmly asserted that it was; He said he had no thoughts of returning Home, for after the Lady he was Slave to, had given him his Freedom, he could have spent his Life in Happiness and Plenty in that Part of the World; But His Majesty's Ship being in Want of Men, he was unhappily drawn into it: But this he afterwards did not so strongly assert to be true. After he return'd from his Transportation, he assisted his Father in his Business, in an Industrious and Laborious Manner, for some time. And this was a Part of his Life, he said, the most happy of any he had ever liv'd, if he could but have believ'd it so at that Time. But as he intended to have led his Life to the End, in that honest and quiet Way, a Woman of ill Design accidentally happen'd into his Company, and by degrees overcame him by Perswasion, to forsake his Father; representing his Industry and Pains, as Misery and Wretchedness; and recommending him to a Life most easy and delightful. That from that Time, he frequented Ale-Houses, and spent his Hours with her in a jovial Manner; and leading such a Course of Life, was apprehended for his former Crime, and brought to Justice, which he thought he should have escaped, had he followed his former Industry; for he was commended by all People, and tho' several Persons knew his Condition, yet no One was in the least disposed to discover him. 2. Mary Granger ) was found Guilty of privately stealing from a Gentleman, at the Crane-Tavern in the Poutlry , 2 Gold Rings, and several Diamonds, to the Value of 18 l. She said, she was born in Staffordshire ; about 30 Years of Age: That her Father and Mother dying when she was Young, left her to the Care of an Unkle; him she unhappily left in very great Discontent, which was occasion'd by a Young Gentleman whom she had a Kindness to, and upon whose account she vow'd that she would never wed with any Man. As she at that Time appear'd to her Friends to be enclin'd to Melancholly, lest that should encrease upon her, they sent her to Board in Shropshire: But she being (she said) of a very uneasy and rambling Disposition of Mind, travell'd about that Country, and also thro' Worcestershire and Shropshire . She had no Reason, she said, to have left her Unkle, as he was very good to her; But as her Parents had show'd an extream Tenderness and Fondness for her, she fancy'd whatever was less than that was less than her Due; Therefore being uneasy, she rambled about the Country, and at length came to London ; where being Young and having no immediate Support or Maintenance, she was led into ill Practices, by some who promis'd her not only Relief, but even Gaiety and Finery if she would comply with what they propos'd to her. Her thoughts were very much upon having a Pardon, with which hopes I found she flatter'd hesrelf very much. She said she had been guilty of Faults, but what are the Concomitants of Whoredom; for she said it was impossible to be taught by wicked People the Sin of Fornication, without learning, at the same Time, that of Picking Pockets, &c. She seem'd, especially toward the Last, to be serious and earnest in her Devotions; and told Me, that she had agreed with her Companions, to pay a Woman for sitting up with them each Night, that they might sleep only from Three o'Clock in the Morning till Five. 3. John Harris ) was convicted of breaking into the House of Mr. Purser, and robbing him of a Coat, a cloth Wastcoat, quilted Petticoats, &c. When I talk'd with him, he told me, that he believ'd, that few had led a Life more unhappy than he; For as he had committed several wicked Actions, to save himself, he had never spared to disco ver his Comrades, which had made him thoroughly hated by his Acquaintance; and added, that his Conscience at certain Times very much tormented him, and brought into his Mind unaccountable Immaginations. So that, he said, he had often, of late, prayed to God, and thought of Religion, being fully resolved to lead an honest Life in the Occupation he was of, which was, crying Old-Cloths about the Streets : That he had kept to his Resolution almost firmly for the last Half-Year, and that it was in February last, that he committed what he was now condemn'd for. As for his Age, he said he was about 26, and that his proper Trade was the Caning of Chairs , but not being able to maintain himself and his 2 small Children thereby, he sold Cloths , which he found would support him. 4. Richard Cecil ) was found Guilty of breaking the House of Charles Windel , in June last, with an Intent to Steal. In my Discourses with him, he express'd a very great Desire to make his Peace with God; He said, he was a Young Man, about 20 Years of Age; That he never was of any Business, for to that he had no Genius; but chose rather to live upon his Father's Allowance; which he fancy'd was insufficient toward the last, delighting, he said, in genteel Company, and the best Conversation. He said, that he was sorry that he was the Darling of his Parents; for he had made an Observation, that the best Beloved had the worst Fate. But he added, That he need not regard his Body, if he cou'd but secure his Soul. The Day preceeding his Execution, he told me, That he desir'd to receive the Sacrament in private, without being incommoded by the Number of Strangers, who are gazing upon the Prisoners, during the Divine Service, as has always been the Custom of the Chapel. He told me several Melancholly Thoughts which came into his Mind, at several Times, As when he heard about 1 o'Clock in the Morning a flock of Sheep drove thro' the Gate of the Prison, he reflected how nearly the Life of a rational Creature resembled that of an irrational Brute; both their Lives were inconstant as Air, and both must resign their Breath for the general Service and Benefit of the World. Immediately before his Execution, he told me, That one Thing made him very uneasy in his Mind, which was, lest he should be strip'd after an indecent and savage Manner at the Tree, as several had shamefully been before him; and desired I would use my Offices to prevent it. 5. Martha Purdue ) was condemn'd for privately Stealing from Richard Gaudin , at a Brandy-Shop, 25 Guineas, 2 Carolus's, &c. She said, she was not 30 Years old; born at Hornsey , where her Father was a Shoe-maker, but very poor, having 7 Children, the Eldest of which took care of the Youngest. When she Martha Purdue ) was 14, she went to Service at Highgate ; But her Mistress returning to London in Winter, and having taken a Liking to her, won upon her to attend her to London, which she was averse to, because her Master was inclin'd to be too kind she said to her. In this Place she continu'd some Time, till she was oblig'd to quit it, on account of Familiarities which had pass'd between her Master and Her. Thus being unfortunately led into a vicious Habit, she was not free from a loose Life, for a considerable Time after. However she wedded a Watch-maker who fell in Love with her, and kept a House some Years in the City, In my first Discourse with her, she said, her Husband was gone to Bristol when she was Apprehended, but thereupon return'd to London. But after she was cast for her Life, he would never see her, declaring that he could not bear the Sight; but she should think herself Happy, if she could once see him before she dy'd. 6. William Withal ) was convicted of breaking the House of William Gore , Esq; and taking thence some Pewter, Brass, Lace, Muslin, &c. He said he was 23 Years of Age, born in Surry , near Kingston; That his Father and Mother were not Living; but that he had a Wife, and (I think) 2 Children. He said he was not of any Employ; For, at 12 Years old, a Neighbour of his going to Sea , desired his Father to let him accompany him. Accordingly, he said, he went to the West-Indies , was at Virginia and Carolina , but went very little on Shore. He said he had once a full Design of remaining in New-England , where the Country was pleasant, and the Town of Boston very neat and handsome, and being at Church in the Country, where the Service of the Church of Old-England was perform'd, it was at that Town. But he soon grew too desirous to see his Relations and Acquaintance of his Birth-place; without which Desire he had never suffer'd so shameful a Death amongst them. 7. William Fletcher ) was condemn'd for assualting Richard Shingle in Fleet-street , throwing him down, and taking his Hat and Wig. He said he was about 27 Years of Age, a single Man. His Father he did not remember, but his Friends would oft have put him 'Prentice, but he was ever averse to it, and delighting in nothing but Hurry and Noise, he most relish'd the Life of a Drawer in a Tavern . At certain Times, when he could not get Business in a Tavern, he serv'd in an Ale-House , not ever finding himself easy, but when in the midst of Clamour and Business. He said he always had a vast Inclination to go to Sea, but found it was not so agreeable as his Fancy had described it to him. He said he was in Newgate once before, but was discharg'd by the Turnkeys thro' mistake; but he said it was impossible but he must have been acquitted, for his Companion stole the Ham in dispute, and brought it to him. At the Sacrament, which was administred before their Execution, he seem'd Devout and Penitent; and appear'd very uneasy if any one spoke to him, or interrupted him in his Duty. The Behaviour of the Malefactors at the Place of Execution. Richard Cecil , desired before he dy'd, That I would make it known, that he rob'd a House near the Meufe, and took thence a Sash, and a silver Pepper-box. He said he could not be easy till this was divulg'd, because a Person was suspected, and (I think) taken up for that Fact. He also declared, That as he was then immediately, he hop'd to enter Heaven, be never did affirm that he wou'd be the Death of two Persons in the House of Mr. Windel; as, he said, had deen reported of him, and which had done him much Harm, and might also be Injurious to the Family be left behind him. Stephen Delaforce spoke to the Spectators; expressing himself, That he hop'd none of them would contemn the Laws made by the King and his Parliament; nor yet any of their Children, so as to occasion that Shame as well as Sorrow to Themselves and their Parents, which he had unhappily occasion'd his. John Harris desired I would assure the Gentleman who suspected him, that he was not concerned in the Robbery committed in a Court in Moorfields . This is all the Account that can be given by me, THO. PURNEY, Ordinary and Chaplain.

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the 8 Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN , On Friday the 18th of September, 1691. ON the Lord's Day, in the Forenoon, was preached a Sermon on this Text, Proverbs the 14th and the 9th ver. Fools make a mock at Sin. The Conclusion of the Discourse was thus directed to the Condemned. And no doubt but the Opinion of you Condemned Persons concerning sin are now altered; no doubt but you account your former making a mock at sin folly, now that you suffer by it, now that you experience its evil and bitter Effects: Now you who in time of prosperity have set at nought wholsom Counsels, and would have none of Reclaiming Reproof; who have laught at all Vertuous living, and made a mock at the Professors of the same, cannot but be afraid lest God should laugh at your Calamity, and mock when your fear cometh; lest you, having refused to hear God's Calls, by his Word and by his Spirit, by his Afflictive Providences and by his Ministers, should in this your Distress, have him refuse to hear your Calls when you cry unto him for Mercy and Forgiveness, should refuse to be found by you, when you seek him earnestly with Tears and Supplications. O Repent then your wicked folly in having made a Mock at sin, while such your folly is Retrievable, while the Door of God's Grace and Salvation stands yet open unto you; while you have Time, while you have Ability, while you have Will and Inclination to Repent and be converted: O reject not your own everlasting Mercies; pursue not sin to your endless Destruction; let not this my Exhortation become fruitless, let it not hereafter rise up in Judgment against you, through your impenitent obstinacy: seise Heaven by the sincerity and zeal of your Contrition, by the violent and devout importunity of your Prayers, by stedfastness and integrity of your good Resolutions; is God willing to receive you, and are you backward to return unto him? One would think the only doubt should be, whether after such long and often repeated Provocations as you have been Guilty of, God should at last be willing to admit ye into his favour; but since the Obstacles lies not in him, let it not, I beseech you, lie in your selves; in your impenitency and irreclaimableness, God has promised, That whensoever the Wicked Man turns away from his wickedness, and doth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his Soul alive. O plead, plead earnestly this his Promise in Prayer; say unto him, O thou who desireth not the Death of a sinner, have have Mercy upon us; perform but the Conditions of that Promise, Faith, Repentance and new Obedience, and then doubt not, God will be as good as his Word unto you: though you are late Penitents, yet be but compleat and hearty ones, and your late Conversion shall be accepted; become but capable of Divine Mercy, and assuredly you shall obtain it. Your day of Grace and Salvation is but short, O make amends for its shortness, by your greater diligence and industry in Religious concerns for the time remaining; in the other Life there is no amending what was left imperfect in the Work of your Conversions, at your departures hence; and therfore see that you make your Callings and Elections sure: you work for an Eternity of Happiness, O therefore improve to the utmost your present time; double and treble your Religious Industry, cry mightily to God in Prayer; claim his Gracious Invitations and Promises made to Returning Sinners; invoke urgently his Mercy and Forgiveness; rely wholly on his Infinite Goodness, and his Son's All-sufficient Merits; comply with the Holy Motion of his Spirit; make use of his Grace offered, and implore larger Measures thereof; beseech him to sanctifie this your bodily Distresses, to the saving of your Souls in the day of our Lord; be more solicitous for the securing your Eternal, than your Temporal Pardons; be continual in Good Reading, in Meditation, in Prayer, in calling your past ways to remembrance, in abhoring and grieving for your sins, as much as formerly you delighted in them: The Joys above will amply recompense all your Penitential Sorrows here below; a time of Refreshment will come to all true Converts from the presence of their God: Prepare incessantly for your latter Ends and for an happy Eternity; Exhort and Assist those in the same Condemnation with your selves, unto the alike pious Exercises; and as by your evil Examples you have led many into the same Wicked Performances which you have practiced, so now by your free Confessions, deep Humiliations, godly Sorrows, and sincere purposes of Amendment, see that you endeavour to recover others from the Errors of their ways, to a sound Repentant Mind, and to a Vertuous Conversation; so shall you cause Joy both in Heaven and Earth at such your unfeigned Conversions. In the Afternoon the Ordinary preacht on this Text, viz. John the 5th Chap. and 40th Verse, You will not come unto me, that ye may have Life. The Conclusion of the Discouse was thus directed to the Condemned. You have heard that Spiritual and Eternal Life, with all the degrees of it, are centured and secured abundantly in Christ; yet what a wretched contumatious laziness hath possest your Hearts, that you have not put forth the least Moral endeavours in the lowest degrees of coming toward Christ? Instead of cherishing the Solicitations of God's Spirit, and the Convictions of Conscience, in order to the implanting of Saving Faith, you have despised and opposed the great Salvation of the Gospel, and herein have judged your selves unworthy of Eternal Life: you have forfeited your Natural Lives by your Crimes against the Laws, as if these were a trifle in Comparison of the short momentary pleasures of sin, &c. I proceed to give an Acount of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Criminals. I. James Bird , Condemned for the wilful Murthering of his Wife. He was sent by his Father to the University of Oxford, in order to prepare him for a Student at the Inns of Court , in Oxford he fell in Love with a Person of unequal Fortune and Married her; for which he incurred his Fathers Displeasure. Notwithstanding, he did not Reform his Irregular course of living. I prayed with him before his Tryal, and advised him not to be secure, and that if he grew careless to provide for a future happy State, his Death would be the more terrible, and himself inexcusable, for not making his Peace with God, upon a sincere Repentance. He reply'd, That he had been a very great sinner, and that God did justly withdraw his preventing restraining Grace, because he had abused that Talent of Knowledge wherewith he was intrusted, to the committing of many excesses in sinning; yet that he was Innocent as to the Murdering of his Wife. I urged upon him most of those Probabilities which were proved upon him at his Tryal, but he waved them all, saying, That no Person could possitively prove it upon him. I reply'd, That his Conscience was a thousand Witnesses, and that it he did not Confess it before he Dyed, (being Conscious of it) there could not be any hope of his Salvation. After he had made some Asseveration of his Innocency, I told him that he should take heed how he falsly appealed to the Heart-searching God, for this would aggravate his Guilt. He said, That he had been a great sinner, and deserved exemplary Punishment from God; withal, expressing himself that he did expect to be Condemned by the Malice of his Prosecutors, and would prepare for Death. I asked him whither, upon his Fathers threatning to Disinherit him, he did not break up his Closet, seize on the Evidences for the Estate, and refused to deliver them. He reply'd, That it was a false Story raised of him. Upon some observation of him, I desired him to retire more into his Chamber, and to humble himself before God, that he might be fit to Dye, which he promised me to do. After his Condemnation, I prayed with him several times in his Chamber alone, and urged him not to trifle with God, but ingenuously to declare whither he Murthered his Wife: He would not answer directly, but waved that Inquiry. He came to the Prayer and Sermons at the Chappel, and seemed affected with those Preparitory Exercises for his Death. At times he spake in a careless manner, as from a disturbed Mind; whereupon I advised him to retire more, and to humble himself before God, that he might be sit to Dye. He replyed, That he was prepared for the worst. I told him that an ordinary Repentance could not unravel an habituated Custome in sinning, which he acknowledged. He said that he would make publick some Testimonies of his Repentance. I said that this would not be believed, if he concealed or denyed the Murthering of his Wife; yea, it would obstruct his Eternal Happiness. II. Christopher Ashley , alias Browne , Condemned for Felony, Burglary and Sacriledge, in Robbing the Church of Great St. Bartholomew , London , in November, 1689. carrying away the Pulpit-Cloth, and all the Communion Plate, of very great value. He denyed it at his Tryal, but since with Tears hath confest the Crime, and that also he joyned with those who Robbed St. Saviours Church in Southwark ; that he often broke the Sabbath, had been Guilty of excess in Drinking, of Swearing; and that he seldom prayed. He seemed the most Penitent. III. Old Mobb , Condemned for Felony and Burglary. He said, That his Father left him and other Children destitute of a Subsistance; so that he was forced to serve as an Husbandman for some time; but finding that to be hard Labour, he fell into High-way-Robbing , and followed it many years: tho' he wounded several Persons, yet he affirmed that he never Murthered any: That he was addicted to excessive Drinking: That when he continued to Rob on the High-way, yet he prayed that God would forgive it. I replyed, That he could not hope to be heard. He said, but it eased his Mind. I told him that it aggravated his Guilt. He behaved himself very decently. IV. Thomas Brcikill , Condemned for High-Treason, in Clipping the Currant Coyn of this Kingdom. He was a Felt-maker , and was now intending to set up his Trade. He confest that he had been addicted to excessive Drinking: That he kept not the Sabbath, and would swear when provoked; but would not confess the Crime he dyes for. V. Edgerton Brett , Condemned for Murthering of a Journy-man Shoe-maker, in his Drunken Inhumanity. He denyes not the Crime. He was bred up to the Studying of the Law , but did not follow his Employment in a late Office, which exposed him to many irregularities. He said that for three days he did drink with Friends to excess, as taking his leave of them, intending to go into the Country; but losing the exercise of his Reason, in his way home, he met with the Person whom he kill'd, and flapt him with his Gloves in the Face, because he did not give him ready passage. He doth not extenuate the Crime, but rather thinks that his Drunkenness was an aggravation of it. He says, that he never did wrong to any Person before: but it deeply troubles him that he should thrust a Man out of the World, it may be not prepared to Dye. But he resolves, if he may be spared, to lead a more circumspect and sober strickt Life, saying, that he could never be sufficiently Penitent for this so unmanly and wicked an Act. He constantly was at the Religious Exercises of the Chappel, and seemed very penitent in my private Discourses with him; hence I conclude, that being tractable to my Advice, he was not Popishly affected, as some suspected him to be. VI. Edward Biggs , Condemned for Felony and Burglary with Old Mobb . He was an Oyl-Leather-Dresser , but Employment not coming to hand as he expected, he left off his Trade, and fell into High-way-Robbing , to get Money for his Excesses. He wept and said, That he had been a great sinner; That it much troubles him, that his Brother would freely have Dyeted him, during the want of Trading, but he refused his Kindness, to joyn with bad Company, and that this was the first Crime that he committed to deserve Death. I hope he was Penitent. VII. Matthew Earsell , Condemned for Felony and Burglary. he was lately in Military Employment , and left it a little before he committed this Crime: He confest it, and said he had been a great sinner, viz. in breaking the Sabbath, in swearing and excessive drinking, and of many other sins, and seemed Penitent. VIII. George Bird , Condemned for Robbing in the Street: he was lately a Soldier , but said this was the first Crime; that he had committed many gross sins, but hoped that God had given him a Penitent Heart, because he was freely willing to Dye. IX. Lawrance Dadson , Condemned for Felony and Robbery: he denyed it not; he said that he had sinned against good Education; his Parents left him a Subsistance which he mispent, and lived an Idle Life, which exposed him to the committing of much sin, for which he is now Penitent, chiefly for offending God. X. Elizabeth Eaton , Condemned for three Felonies. She seemed very Penitent. The Ordinary Visited the Condemned every day, and on the Fast-day Two Sermons were preached, with which they were much affected; and Visiting them on Thursday, every one gave an Account of the hope of their future happy State. This is all the Account I can give of this Session. Samuel Smith , Ordinary. Dated this 17th of Sept. 1691. On Friday the 18th Instant, these Eight Persons were convey'd to Tyburn, in order to be Executed, whose Names are these, viz. Thomas Brickill , Old Mobb , Lawrence Dadson , Christopher Ashley , George Bird , Edward Biggs , Elizabeth Eaton , and James Bird , who was carry'd in a Coach, the others in Carts. Mr. Bird said, That he thought himself obliged to let the World know, that whereas it was deposed that his Father should desire him to get his Wife made away, yet he protested solemnly, as a Dying Man, and as ever he hoped to obtain Salvation in and through the Merits of Christ, that his Parents were no ways concerned in the Murther, neither was any other Person Accessary to it, and that his Parents knew nothing of his being Married to her, till the day he was apprehended for the Murther; moreover, desiring that no farther Pursuit of Vengeance might be made against any others, for that he hoped his Blood alone would satisfie all Persons whatsoever. He prayed very pensively for himself, and was very attentive to the additional helps of those Ministers about him, behaving himself in the general as one who was concerned how he might Reconcile his Soul to God, and to be at Peace with him; relying only on the Merits of Christ for Salvation, most earnestly requesting all the Spectators to pray for him to the last Breath. As for the rest they had but little to say, only lamented their sad and dismal fall, crying out for Pardon, wringing their Hands, sighing and bemoaning themselves, &c. The most affected was Old Mobb , Christopher Ashley and Edward Biggs , who all desired Prayers; but the rest were not so much concerned, especially Dadson , who seemed to have but little sense of his Misery, casting his Eyes abroad upon the Multitude more than upon the Ordinary and the other Minister who prayed with him and the rest, giving them all heavenly Advice congruous to dying Men, and pertinent to their Eternal Salvation. Then a Penitential Psalm was sung, and the Ordinary having recommended them to the Mercy of Allmighty God, they were all turned off. ADVERTISEMENTS. ***The Politicks of Europe: or the Rational Journal, &c. containing an Account of the Affairs of the Time, with Reflections on the Interest and Maxims of State of all the Princes and States of Europe, especially with respect to the present War and Confederacy against France; Being a Piece well approv'd of by the Learned and Curious, is now again Published every other Saturday, in one Sheet, by Langley Curtiss , at Sir Edmondbury Godfrey's Head , near Fleet-Bridge . The 16th Journal will be Published on Saturday next. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were Executed at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 13th of January, 1741-2. BEING THE FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble . Sir Robert Godschall , Knt . Number I. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XLI. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-delivery of Newgate, (held before the Right Hon . DANIEL LAMBERT , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Lord Chief Justice LEE; the Hon. Mr. Baron REYNOLDS; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant URLIN, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London; and Others, his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Jail-delivery of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 14th, 15th, and 16th, of October, in the 13th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. Joseph Allen , James Buquois , John Glew Gulliford , William Quaites , and Robert Ramsey , and one Woman, viz. Mary Page , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and sentenced to die. Also, At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon . Sir ROBERT GODSCHALL , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice CHAPPEL; the Hon. Mr. Baron ABNEY; the Hon. Mr. Baron REYNOLDS; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant URLIN, Deputy-Recorder, and Others, his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Justices of Jail-delivery, of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th of December, 1741, in the 15th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Seven Men, viz. John Newman , William Warner , John Dean , Dominick Fitzgerald , James Lee , Samuel Shuffle , and Joseph Lay cock , and four Women, viz. Esther Burnham , Mary Dutton , Ann Holland , and Margaret Watson , were by the Jury found guilty of capital Crimes, and sentenced to die. While under Sentence, they were all very seriously exhorted to think upon their latter End, as they were in a short time to appear before the great God of Heaven and Earth, who, as he is infinitely merciful to forgive the Sins of all true Penitents, so as a just God, he will render unto every one according to their Actions done in this World, whether good or bad, to them who by patient continuing in well-doing, wait for Glory and Honour and Immortality, he will hereafter grant eternal Life; but to the wicked and disobedient, who know not God, nor observe his Ways, he will pour forth his Wrath, even Fire and Brimstone. This will be the Portion of all unpenitent hardened Sinners, therefore they were seriously admonished, if they had any Regard for the eternal Welfare of their precious Souls, to repent unfeignedly of all their Sins, especially those very great ones for which they were now to suffer. And as the Apostle advises, to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and they should be saved; they were pathetically told how sinful, and how much it was against the positive Commands of Almighty God, to rob, to steal and pilfer from our Neighbour's; nay, that it was a breaking God's Commands, even to covet our Neighbour's Goods, much more was it so, to violently force them away; they were likewise reminded of their baptismal Vow, to remember how they had promised to deny all Ungodliness and worldly Lusts, and to live soberly, righteously and godly in this present World, and how little they had regarded that promise, by their committing such Irregularities. They were likewise instructed in the Nature of the Sacrament of our Lord's last Supper, and were taught, that by devoutly and worthily partaking thereof, with a sincere and hearty Repentance of their past sinful Lives, they would renew their baptismal Vows, become as new Creatures, and be entitled to the Grace and Mercy of an all-merciful, almighty God, who is ever ready to extend his Mercy to a truly penitent Sinner. While such Instructions were given, they all attended in Chappel, excepting when some of them were sick, Mr. Ramsey never absented, but always behaved calmly, christianly and decently, as did James Buquois ; William Quaite was for some Days very sick, as was Joseph Allen ; when they recovered, they regularly attended and behaved as became Persons under their miserable Misfortunes; John Glew Culliford , was quiet and serious; Mary Page gave constant Attendance, and 'tis hoped, was truly penitent, though not quite so much affected as might have been wished; John Dean attended some Days in a decent Manner, 'till his Feet and Legs, through nakedness and cold, swelled so, that he was not able to walk, when visited, he was very desirous of Prayers and Instructions; Esther Burnham constantly attended in a devout Manner, so did Newman and Warner, Ann Lee , Samuel Shuffle , Joseph Laycock , and Mary Dutton . Fitzgerald and Welch (who were of the Romish Persuasion ) generally attended the Service, and were quiet, except when some of their own Persuasion came incog. They were all glad of Prayers and Instructions, and behaved devoutly. Thursday, January 17th, 1741-2, Report was made to his Majesty in Council of the sixteen Malefactors lying under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate ; when Mary Page , of St. Mildred in the Poultry , for stealing two Silk brocaded Gowns, a green Silk tabby Gown, a white dimity Gown, a long velvet Scarf, a Scarlet cloth Cloak, two Linnen laced Caps, a Linnen laced Handkerchief, three Silk Handkerchiefs, a Lawn Apron, a Child's Silk Cloak, a Silk short Apron, a Pair of white Cotton Stockings, a Pair of worsted Stockings, and two Guineas, the Goods of Rice Price , in his dwelling House, September 1. William Quaite , of St. Martins in the Fields , for assaulting Richard Dance , in a certain open Place, called St. James's-Park , putting him in Fear, and taking from him, a Silver Watch, value 40 s. a Shagreen Case with Instruments, value 5 s. and 1 s. 10 d. in Money, September 7. Esther Burnham , of St. Clement's Danes , for privately stealing a Silver Watch, value three Pound 4 Pieces of Foreign Gold, value 7 l. 4 s. 2 Moidores, and 9 Guineas, from the Person of John Bowers , Nov. 30. And, Ann Holland , alias Lee , for assaulting Martha Tapster , on the King's Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a cloth Cloak, value 10 s. November 3, received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Twelve, viz. Joseph Allen , James Buquois , John Glew Culliford , Robert Ramsey , John Newman , William Warner , Dominick Fitzgerald , James Lee , Mary Dutton , Samuel Shuffle , Joseph Laycock , and Margaret Watson , were ordered for Execution. N. B. John Dean was capitally Convicted last Sessions. John Dean , and John Flexmore , of Harrow , were indicted (with Robert Flexmore , not taken) for that they, after the 1st of May, 1741, viz. November 6, a Weather Sheep, value 10 s. the Property of Daniel Hawkins , feloniously and wilfully did kill, with Intent to steal the same, against the Form of the Statute, &c. Dean guilty Death, Flexmore acquitted. John Dean , who was 35 Years of Age, born of mean Parents at Harrow on the Hill , he had little or no Education given him, his Parents Poverty preventing their paying constantly for his Schooling, so that what little he learnt was by starts, sometimes going a Day, sometimes a Week, as they could muster Money; he was put to no Trade, but when he became strong enough, he went to work, as his Father had done before him, to plough or reap, drive Carts or Waggons, or any Country Work the Farmers would employ him in , and generally behaved pretty well, no ways addicted to the flagrant Vices many such unfortunate People are. He confessed the Commission of the Crime he was convicted of, but little imagined, as he said, 'twas punishable with Death (nor indeed has it been a long a capital Crime, it being made so by an Act of Parliament passed but the very last Sessions) he owned, that through the Perswasions of Flexmore, he did, together with Flexmore and his Son, kill the Weather, and divide the Carcase, part of which was found in their several Habitations, and that they cut the Skin into several Pieces, and threw in a Cart-rut, where it was found by Dean's Direction and Confession to his Master, owner of the Weather; he declared himself to be innocent of any other Robbery. He had a Wife, by whom he had several Children, three of whom are now living, and the poor Woman lying in of another; he was very poor and miserable; nobody coming after him to lend him any Assistance, he became very sick and weak, and so lame in his Legs and Feet, as not to be able to stand, which by Degrees, turned to a Mortification, so that for several Nights he lay groaning and lamenting in a most dismal Manner, 'till about Two o'Clock in the Morning, on Fryday the 18th of December, he expired, seemingly Penitent for all the Sins of his Life. John Glew Gulliford , alias Culliford, of St. Peter's, Cornhill , was indicted for stealing 18 Yards of red printed Handkerchiefs, value 18 s. fifteen Yards of Purple ditto, value 15 s. four Yards of printed Cotton, and seven Yards and a half of Holland, the Goods of Ambrose Harvey , in his Warehouse, August 29. And, William Frankland , for receiving them, knowing them to be stolen. Of this Indictment, Culliford was found guilty 4 s. 10 d. and Frankland guilty. John Glew Culliford , was again indicted, for that he, at the Sessions of Jail-delivery, held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , before the Right Hon . Humphry Parsons , Esq ; &c. &c. with one Herbert Blackburn , was tried on an Indictment, for that they, in the Parish of St. Leonard, East-Cheap , November 5, 8 Pieces of Velvet lined with fine Ticken, made up for the Furniture of a Hearse and five Horses, in the dwelling House of William Hazledine , did steal, &c. and thereon by a certain Jury of the County, &c. in that Behalf taken, they were convicted of the stealing the said Goods, to the Value of 39 s. and were ordered for Transportation, &c. and for that he, the said Gulliford, on the 1st of September, was at large in the Parish of St. Sepulchre , before the Expiration of the Term, for which he was ordered to be transported. 1. John Glew Gulliford , alias Culliford , was 28 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Town, who gave him good Education at School, to read, write and cast Accounts carefully, instructed him in the Principles of Christian Religion, and when he came of Age, his Father who was a Waterman, bound him Apprentice to himself , but being an ill-disposed Boy, he served his Father but a very short Time; getting into ill Company, he became vicious and was guilty of any Crimes he had an Opportunity of committing; he for some Time used the Sea , serving on board several Men of War, as well as Merchantmen, 'till renewing his Acquaintance with the vile Company in London he formerly was acquainted with, he was guilty of several Thefts and Robberies, for one, of which it appears by the above Indictment, he was in November Sessions, 1740, found guilty to the Value of 4 s. 10 d. and sentenced for Transportation, and was accordingly put on Board one of Mr. Reed's Transport Ships; the Sailors when the Ship lay off the Isle of Wight , falling Sick, and Culliford, with three or four others, being called up to work the Ship, he found means to get into the Pilot's Boat and come away; after which, not chusing to come directly to Town, he entered himself on Board a Tender, carrying press'd Men between the Tower and the Buoy of Nore ; but his Mind being wholly on Town, he came again to London , and associated with his old Companions, sometimes picking Pockets, at other Times Shop-lifting, and in short, committing any Crimes he was capable, or had an Opportunity of committing; he had no Regard from whom he stole, if he could but steal; he robb'd his Mother-in-law of all he could lay his Fingers on, and when nothing else was to be found, he even stole the Leads of the Windows, so much was he addicted to Thieying; he treated his own Sister in like Manner, pilfering old Pewter Spoons, or any other little Trifles he could find; while he was in Newgate , a Gentleman whose Pocket he had picked in St. Paul's Church-Yard , of a Gold Watch, coming to enquire after it, he informed him where it was pawn'd. While under Sentence, he behaved in general pretty well, though at first, he was somewhat indecent in his Expressions, and behaved unruly in Chappel by whisperings, making Motions and other Actions unbecoming one in his Circumstances; but being severely reprimanded, he became more Calm and Regular: His Father, who appears to be an honest old Man, coming twice out of his paternal Tenderness to see him while he was in Newgate , without I eave from his Superiors, was turned out of Greenwich-Hospital . He sold the Goods he stole from Mr. Harvey, to one Frankland, a Prisoner in Newgate, who was tried for receiving the same, and Frankland finding Mr. Harvey had got some Scent of the Matter, sent a Letter to inform him where his Goods were, and who was the Thief, which was the Occasion of Gulliford's being taken up, and for which Gulliford much reflected on Frankland; but being told he must Forgive as he expected Forgiveness, he became Calm, said he believed in Christ our only Saviour, that he repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. William Warner alias Goody Warner , and John Newman , of St. James's, Clerkenwell , were indicted for assaulting William Blackburn on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Silver Watch, Value 4 l. two Iron Keys, Value 2 d. a Quart Glass Bottle filled with Brandy, Value 1 s. and a Copper Pocket Piece, Value 1 d. and 5 s. in Money, Nov. 1. 2. John Newman was 28 Years of Age, born of honest Parents, tho' so poor as not to be able to give him any Education at all, his Father dying when he was but eight Years old. His chief Employment when young, was attending Alehouses to draw Drink , by which Means having scrap'd up a little Money, and knowing as he said, that Service was no Inheritance, and thinking how he should be able to get his Living, when of Age he bound himself an Apprentice to a Bricklayer , with whom he honestly served out his Time, and afterwards worked as a Journeyman ; he married a Woman near Carnaby-Market , by whom he had several Children, one of which is now living, and his Wife big with another. He had been pretty much addicted to drinking and keeping bad Company, which brought him to this shameful End, he never was in any Goal in his Life till now, tho' he had been guilty of stealing Bread and Pieces of Flesh the last hard Winter, for the Support of his Family, when he was out of Business. No Body came to see him or help him while under Sentence, except his poor disconsolate Wife, to bring him some Necessaries, he was very poor and ignorant, wept much, professed Penitence, and made Vows of new Obedience; he own'd the Fact he died for, but reflected on the Evidence. He hoped for Salvation, by the Mercy of God in Christ, was penitent for a sinful Life, and died in Peace with all Men. 3. William Warner , alias Goody Warner , (which nick Name was given him by the Boys convicted for the same Robbery Newman, was but 18 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Newport-Market , his Father had him educated at School, to Read, Write, &c. he married a Woman who sold Fruit about the Play-house, she having committed some little Felony, was the Sessions before last cast for Transportation; he was a wicked, profligate young Fellow, too much addicted to Cursing, Swearing, Drinking, Whoring and Thieving, he as Newman did, reflected on the Evidence, profest his Faith in Christ, Repentance for his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. James Buquois and Joseph Allen , of Stoke Newington , were indicted for assaulting Charles Wells , in a certain Field or open Place, near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him an Iron Key, value 1 d. a Glass Ink Bottle cased with Brass, Value 6 d. and 2 s. 8 d. in Money, Sept. 8. They were a second Time indicted for assaulting William Johnson on the King's Highway, in the Parish of St. Mary, Stratford, Bow , putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Silver Watch, value 3 l. a Glass Seal set in base Mettal, value 2 d. Sept. 7. Allen was a third Time indicted for assaulting Edward Lee the younger , in a certain Field and open Place near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him 13 s. in Money, June 7. The Prisoners on their Arraignment pleaded not Guilty, but being convicted on the former Indictment, desired Leave to retract their Plea, and accordingly pleaded Guilty to each. 4. James Buquois , 32 Years of Age, came of honest Parents in Spittlefields , who brought him up in Reading, Writing, Accompts, and the Principles of the Christian Religion. When of Age his Father (a Weaver) bound him Apprentice to himself , and he served out his Time honestly, and afterwards work'd as a Journeyman , married, and had several Children, one of which is now living. When the Weaving Business was slack, and he was out of Work, he wrought as a Labourer to the Bricklayers , till falling into bad Company, particularly into Joseph Allen 's, he was hurried apace to Destruction. Allen and he soon agreed to go upon the Highway, and accordingly provided themselves with Pistols, Powder, Ball, &c. and committed together a vast Number of Robberies. Buquois not only confest the three Robberies for which he was indicted, but likewise own'd the committing a great many more, upwards of one hundred. He was a malicious ill-natured, swearing Reprobate, gi ven to ill Women as well as to drinking, he was so foolish, as his Father and others declared, that he would sometimes behave like a Lunatick, an Instance of which was his assigning over his Wife to his Companion Allen. He constantly attended Chappel, wept very much, and behaved very serious; he endeavoured to lay the Blame on Allen, as the Cause of his coming to this fatal End, as Allen did on him. He believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. 5. Joseph Allen (convicted on the third Indictment with Bouquois as above) was 21 Years of Age, his Father who was a Weaver in Spittlefields , dying when Allen was but young, left him to the Care of his Mother, he was educated at School, and brought up to Religion. His Mother bound him Apprentice to a Weaver , with whom he serv'd Part of his Time, but being a disobedient, obstropulous Boy, taking to ill Courses. His Master at the Request of his Mother discharged him, after which he worked in several Places as a Journeyman , at other Times he did labouring Work to Bricklayers , where he became acquainted with Buquois, who enticed him as he says, to the Commission of such Facts, as in the End brought him to Destruction; but they mutually blamed each other, and both were bad. He was for some Days very sick and weak, and when I visited him in his Cell was very thankful, and desirous of Prayers and Instructions, but recovering, he regularly attended Chapel, and professed Penitence for a most wicked, vicious Life, that he believed in Christ our only Saviour, and died in Peace with all the World. Robert Ramsey , of St. Andrews, Holborn , was indicted for stealing a pair of Silver Candlesticks, value 3 l. a pair of Silver Snuffers and Stand, value 30 s. a Silver Coffee-pot, value 6 l. and a Silver Sugar Castor, value 30 s. the Goods of Robert Glynn , in his Dwelling-House, Aug. 24. He was again indicted for stealing 2 Silver Spoons, a pair of Silver Tea Tongs, a Silver Tea Spoon, a Silver Strainer, a Silver Tea Spoon double gilt, a Silver Tea Pot, and a Silver Cream Pot, the Goods of Thomas Griffith , in the House of John Harrison , in the Parish of St. George the Martyr , July 20. On both which Indictments he was by the Evidence of his own Brother found Guilty. 6. Robert Ramsey was 27 Years of Age, came of reputable Parents near Grosvenor-Square , who gave him the best of Education at Westminster , and other Schools, where he learnt Latin, Greek, and such Accomplishments as were proper to fit him either for a Gentleman, or a Man of Business. His Father's Intent after he had given him a suitable Education, was thro' his Interest to have provided for him a Post, which should have set him above the Frowns or Contempts of the World; but dying when Robert was but 13 Years of Age, his Designs were frustrated, and young Ramsey was bound Apprentice to a Chymist and Apothecary , near Grosvenor-Square , with whom he faithfully served six Years and three Months. When his Master coming to Misfortunes, Mr. Ramsey hired himself as a Journeyman to a Chymist near Charing-Cross , where he lived some Time, gave Satisfaction, and was much respected, behaving like a Gentleman in every Part of Life, till falling into bad Company, he was led astray, and taught to do those Things which he ld too much Capacity for doing, and which at last brought him to this shameful End. He had an Opportunity of observing while he lived with his Master near Grosvenor-Square , the Carelesness of Servants leaving their Master's or Mistresses's Doors on the Jar, while they ran gossiping to a Chandler's Shop; so that it was an easy Matter to slip in and carry away Plate, or what else could be found, he was for some Time concerned in counterfeiting Notes or Draughts, on eminent Banker, in one of which Exploits, he and two others were about two or three Years ago, found out, taken up and sent to Newgate , 'twas for counterfeiting a Draught for 70 l. upon Messrs. Hoar and Co. in Fleet-street . Ramsey was favoured so far as to be made an Evidence against his two Companions, one of whom was found Guilty, and a Special Verdict found for the other. This Affair having entirely taken away what little Reputation Ramsey had left, he now gave himself up entirely to Thieving, and put in Practice what he had so often observed before, thro' the Carelesness of Servants might so easily be done. But wanting an Accomplice to keep a Look out at the Door while he went in for his Prey, he immediately thought on his own Brother, just then out of an Apprenticeship he had served to a Jeweller, whom he easily persuaded to turn out as he called it, and accordingly they committed together a great number of Robberies, as appear'd by the Confession his Brother made before Colonel Deveil; the chief of what they stole was Plate, which was disposed of sometimes by one Brother, sometimes by t'other, and sometimes by Mrs. Mary C -, who lived with them, and who was tried for receiving part of the Plate mentioned in the above Indictment and acquitted. He owned that he had been a wicked Youth, and that he most deservedly suffered for the Crimes he had committed. He regularly and constantly attended Chapel, declared himself a true Penitent, that he hoped in God's Mercy through Christ, and forgave all Men as he expected Forgiveness from God. Samuel Shuffle and Joseph Laycock of Stepney , were indicted for assaulting James Gray , in a certain Field and open Place, near the King's Highway, putting him Fear, and taking from him a pair of Leather Shoes, a pair of Silver Buckles, and a Pocket-Book, Nov. 15. 7. Samues Shuffle 28 Years of Age, was born of honest tho' mean Parents in Shoreditch , who gave him Education at School, to read, write, and instructed him in the Christian Religion. When of Age they bound him Apprentice to a Velvet-Weaver in the Neighbourhood, with whom he served his Time honestly, and his Master as he said, when he came to visit him in the Cell, would have given him that Character had he been called upon at his Trial. He owned the robbing James Gray , but denied his being ever guilty of any other Robbery. He believed in Christ our only Saviour, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. 8. Joseph Laycock , 25 Years of Age, was born in Bishopsgate-street ; his Father, who sold Fruit at a Tavern-door, gave him little or no Education, but employed him in running of Errands , or any such little Jobbs he had to do, 'till Joe thinking himself big enough, as well as old enough, to Trade for himself, purchased a Wheelbarrow, and went about the Streets selling Oranges , playing with Dice, by which Method he sometimes was a considerable Gainer, at other Times he was a broken Merchant, though his little Shop not requiring a very large Stock, was soon furnished again; when Oranges were not in Season, he sold Fish , and by such Methods, picked up a Livelyhood, if he could be content. About seven Years ago, he married a Lady of the Town, but she took little or no Notice of him; he was an irreligious, prophane Person, entirely ignorant of Christianity, scarce ever went in the or a Church; he confest the committing the Fact for which he died, and that it was done in the following Manner. He and Shuffle, and one John Stanley , were drinking at an Alehouse in Bishopsgate-street , where James Gray (a Country Gardner about Walthamstow ) was got pretty much fuddled, they observing him to have Silver Buckles in his Shoes, resolved to have them, and for that purpose pretended they would convey him safe Home. Stanley led him, and Laycock knock'd him down with a Mopstick, and wounded him dangerously into the Skull; then they took from him his Buckles, his Shoes, and a Pocket-book, which Pocket-book was a material Evidence against them, for they had wrote in it, Knock'd down Sunday Night, &c. He said, 'twas the only Highway Robbery he ever committed, or was concerned in, though he had done some small Thefts: He declar'd hiis Faith in Christ, that he truly repented of all his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. Dominick Fitzgerald , and James Lee , alias Welsh , were indicted (with Elizabeth Fitzgerald , and James Delneene not taken) for that they, after the 24th of June, 1736, viz. Sept. 16, at St. Bennet, Paul's-Wharf , feloniously forged, and caused to be made and forged, a certain Paper Instrument, partly printed, partly written, sealed, purporting to be the last Will of Peter Perry , with a counterfeit Mark thereto, subscribed, pretended by them, to be the proper Hand-writing of the said Perry, and declared by him in the Name of John Perry , by Mistake, which said Paper or Instrument begins, In the Name of God, &c. here follows the latter Will, forged in the Name of Peter Perry , in favour of his beloved Sister Ann Perry , her Heirs and Assigns, whom he appoints sole Executrix of the said Will, &c. In witness whereof, he sets his Hand and Seal, March 28, 1737. signed below John Perry , his Mark declared in Presence of us, by the said John Perry , as, and for his last Will and Testament. sic subscrib. John Rogers , James Welch , with intent to do Fraud, &c. The Indictment further charges the Prisoners with publishing the said Will, knowing it to be forged and counterfeit. 9. Dominick Fitzgerald was near 50 Years of Age, born in the Kingdom of Ireland , and bred up a rigid Papist , had a pretty good Education, though not put to any Trade; being ready at Writing and Accompts, he was employed in several Families of Quality, chiefly as a Butler , and bore a good Character; about 22 Years ago he came to England , after staying here some time, he again returned to his native Country, where he continued about six Years longer, and then came to London again, and lodged by Rose-street , he did not absolutely deny the Forgery for which he died, but reflected on the Evidence's saying, he saw him sign Rogers; he owned he had been guilty of many Roguish Tricks; he hoped for Mercy from God, and died in the Romish Communion. 10. James Welsh , whose true Name was Lee , above 60 Years of Age, was born in Ireland , of honest Parents, who gave him pretty good Education, in Reading, Writing and Accompts, and in the Christian Religion, according to the Romish Rites . He was put Apprentice to a Linnen-Draper , with whom he served out his Time honestly, married and had several Children, some of whom are now living; he dealt to and again from Ireland to England, and from England to Ireland , in buying and selling Linnen; he lived near Rose-street , Covent – Garden and contracted an Acquaintance with Fitzgerald; they were neither of them looked upon by the Neighbours to have the best of Characters, Welsh seemed to be a grave, cunning old Man, and talk'd smoothly, 'twas said, that both he and Fitzgerald were Persons who acted in the Capacity of Romish Priests ; but this they both solemnly denied; he owned himself to have been a great Sinner, and hoped for Mercy from God through Christ. Margaret Watson and Elizabeth Dogget , alias Lions, of St. Giles's in the Fields , were indicted, Watson for privately stealing a Silver Watch, value 3 l. from the Person of William Head , and Dogget for receiving the same, knowing it be stolen, Oct. 3. Watson Guilty, Death, Dogget not Guilty. 11. Margaret Watson , 19 Years of Age, was born in Ireland of honest, mean Parents, her Father dying when she was but young, she was left to the Care of her Mother, who brought her up to School, and instructed her in Christian Principles, but she being a wild light headed Girl, of a disobedient Temper, and regarded no Instructions, but early began to follow the Men, and falling desperately in Love with a young Fellow, she followed him to London , where not having any other Way to support herself, she took to the Hundreds of Drury , and there continued till she was taken up for the Fact she was convicted of, which was done as follows; she went out of Doors in the Evening, and leaning on a Post in Drury-Lane , she began to cry and howl lamentably, Head coming by, and asking her what was the Matter? she replied, her Child had not had a Bit of Bread the whole Day; he offered her a Penny, which she refused, saying it would not make her drink, but if he pleased her Room was just by, he might go with her and see it, accordingly he went, and when he came there, she after a little Time being spent, demanded a Present, which he refusing to give, she knocked with her Heel, and one below crying out, Above! D - n you above! and at the same Time Head missing his Watch, he hurried down Stairs as fast as he could for Fear of being murdered. They were afterwards taken up, and Watson confessed she took the Watch and gave it to Dogget, who was to have 5 s. for pawning it. She owned herself a most notorious young Whore, plying in the Streets every Night, and that her common Practice was to pick Gentlemen's Pockets of Watches, Money, or what she could find, and succeeding so well as she had done, she determined to follow the same Practice, which she did till the Commission of the above Fact, which brought her to her End. She cried most bitterly, and made most solemn Vows if her Life was spar'd to become a new Creature, and was vastly afraid to die. She pretended to have been married, but afterwards owned she never was, but that she was a polluted, unclean, unwornthy Creature from her Childhood; the Day before her Execution she came to me, and with a Flood of Tears owned she had been a vile Sinner, and that her Conscience was greatly troubled for her Disobedience to her poor Mother, (who came frequently to visit her) I gave her such spiritual Comfort the Gospel affords, and instructed her in the Nature of the Sacrament she was to receive. She hoped for Salvation through the Mercy of God in Christ, sincerely repented of a most flagitious Life, and died in Peace with all the World. Mary Dutton , alias Huntley , and Mary Bessier , were indicted for privately stealing a Silver Watch, value 30 s. a Steel Chain, value Six-pence, two Seals, value Two-pence, the Movement of a Watch, value 6 d. and a Cotton Hankerchief, value 3 d. from the Person of Daniel Rose , November 25. 12. Mary Dutton , alias Huntley , 25 Years of Age, was born of honest Parents in Town, who gave her a pretty good Education; she lived as a Servant in several good Plaes, and married a Sailor , who was killed, as she says, before Carthagena , in the Elizabeth Man of War; notwithstanding her being married, she was a common Street-Walker , and practised the Trade with Margaret Watson , of picking Pockets. She owned the taking of Daniel Rose 's Watch, &c. as mentioned in the Indictment, and said, though her Companion Bessier was acquitted, she was equally guilty; she came, most bitterly crying, with Margaret Watson , the Day before her Execution, begging my Prayers and Instructions; Mr. Ramsey was also present, full of Contrition for his past sinful Life. Dutton professed her Belief in Christ Jesus, as the Son of God, and only Saviour of Mankind, repented of a most profligate wicked Life, and forgave all Men, as she hoped Forgiveness from God. At the Place of EXECUTION. TUesday Afternoon, before they died, all of them, except Lee and Fitzgerald (who were Papists ) received the blessed Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in a very decent Manner, weeping and shedded Tears most plentifully, declaring themselves such Sinners, that they neither deserv'd, nor desired to live. In short, such a decent and quiet Behaviour I do not remember to have ever observed on the like Occasion. Wednesday Morning about nine o'Clock, after coming down from Chappel, they were put into four Carts, as follows. In the first Cart, was, James Buquois , and Joseph Allen , for robbing Mr. Johnson of a Silver Watch, and Joseph Laycock , for robbing Mr. Gray, on the King's Highway, of a Pair of silver Buckles and a Pocket-Book. In the second Cart. Dominick Fitzgerald , and James Lee , for Forging the Will of one Peter Perry , and Wm. Warner , for robbing one Mr. Blackburn on the King's Highway, of a silver Watch. In the third Cart. John Newman , concerned with the above William Warner , Samuel Shuffle , concerned with the above Joseph Laycock in the same Robbery, and John Glew Gulliford , for robbing Mr. Ambrose Harvey . In the fourth Cart. Mary Dutton , for privately stealing a silver Watch from Mr. Rose, Margaret Watson , for privately stealing a silver Watch from William Head , and Robert Ramsey , for stealing (in Company with his own Brother) a large Quantity of Plate belonging to one Mr. Glynn; the Corner of Hatton-Garden . When arrived at the Place of Execution, they had nothing to add to their former Confessions, complied devoutly and fervently with the Prayers and singing Psalms, and went off the Stage crying out to God to have Mercy upon them, and the Lord Jesus to receive their Spirits. Dominick Fitzgerald and James Lee , left a Paper which they desired might be inserted in the Dying Speech, to this Effect. " Whereas, some Persons, either out of Ignorance or Malice, have reported, that " we the under-written are Priests of the " Roman Communion , we declare on the " Words of Dying-Men, without any " Equivocation, Restriction, or mental " Reservation, as it shall answer before " the Tribunal of that dreadful Judge " before whom we are soom to appear, " that we are mere Laicks, not having " any Orders in the Church, any Communication with the Bishop of Rome, " or in any Congregation whatsoever. Witness our Hands, Dom. Fitzgerald . James Lee . We under-written, testify the above-mention'd Persons to have signed this Declaration, in our Presence, and to have declared it, on the Words of Dying Men, to be the real Truth. Henry Jones . William Horn . This is all the Account given by me. JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX. The following Account John Gulliford gave of himself, a few Days before his Execution. I AM now about 28 Years of Age, and was born in the Parish of St. Magnus , of reputable Parents, who were able to give me a tollerable Education, and who put me to a School which was left by Queen Ann, in St. Olave's-street , for the Children of such Persons as had been Seamen in her Wars. Here I continued for three Years, and then frequently used to absent myself from School, and lye about Inn Yards, and ride the Horses there. This I may say was my first Step towards the untimely Death I must now suffer, for at one of these Places I got acquainted with Thomas Bolton , or Boredon, and with him I made an Agreement to go out upon the Sneak, to take whatever we could lay hold off. For two Years I pursued this Course of Life, before it came to my Father's Knowledge, and when he heard of it he kept me closely confined, and bound me Apprentice to himself. He then followed the Waterman's Business , but not finding that answer according to his Desire, he left that, and took to Velvet-weaving , and kept me close to that about half a Year. I being of a roving Disposition, could not bear the Thoughts of such Confinement, therefore was determined at all Events to make an Elopement. In pursuance of this Resolution, I one Day got out of Window of the Room where I was lock'd up, by the help of a Sheet, and made the best of my Way to Gravesend , from thence I went to Chatham , where I shipp'd myself Lieutenant Auderson's Servant, on Board the Sterling-Castle, Captain Roser, by the Name of John Smith , but I did no go far in her, for as soon as we came to the Nore, I broke open the Boatswain's Chest, and took a Watch, a pair of Silver Bckles, a Stock Buckle, and two Rings, and then jump'd over Board, and came directly to London . When I came to Town, my Father put me to St. Miles's School in Crooked-Lane , and afterwards turned me over to R – A - a Gravesend Waterman, and with him I have robbed several Ships in the River. After I had serv'd my Time out, instead of following my Business as I might have done, I got acquainted with Jack Fosset , who has been executed, Jemmy Matthews , and one Taylor, and we all entered into an Agreement to go upon the River, and take any Thing we could get. The first Thing we did in this Way was the robbing the Merry Billy of 3 Diamond Rings, 2 Tankards, a large Parcel of Cloaths, a Box of fine Linnen, and several Bundles, in one of which there was a young Child about 5 or 6 Weeks old. We handed it into the Boat, not imagining what it was, and when we laid other Things upon it, it began to cry, but however we row'd off with it, and afterwards when I told Matthews of it, we all agreed to go back, and put the Child in at the Cabbin Window, which we accordingly did. After this one Jack Macdonnel and Pup's Nose were taken up, and made themselves Evidences against us, upon which I went a small Voyage, and when I came Home again, I thought every Thing was easy, but I was deceived, for I was soon taken, and sent to the New Goal upon their Information, where I lay till the Assizes were held at Kingston , when I had the Fortune to be discharg'd. This Escape any reasonable Person would have thought sufficient to deter me from following my old Courses, but instead of forsaking my old Companions, I every Day enter'd into greater Intimacy with them. The first Thing we did together after this, was robbing the Joseph and Ann of a great Box of Dutch Skillings, which if we had got the Worth of them, would have fetched 100 or 60 l. but we sold some at the Hollander-Arms , and the rest we melted down for the Silver, so that we got but a Trifle for them. After this, I went out with Stephen Yates , and Jack Cook , and one Night we went to a Milliner's Shop, that was next to the great Toy-shop in St. Paul's Church-yard . When we had taken a Pannel out of the Shutters, I asked Cook if the Glaze would not jump, and he took hold of it, and it lifted up, upon which, he put his Head in, and somebody in the House push'd down the Sash; and caught him by the Head, and while he was thus confined, beat him over the Head with a Poker; but we broke the Frame of the Window and released him. The next Morning we carried Cook to Dr. Green's; on the other Side of the Water, to have his Head dressed, and I seeing there was a large Parcel of Plate, told my Companions there was a Mark, and we agreed to have it. According, in the Dusk of the Evening, Cook and I went to the Back of the House, and brought off a Salver, a Tankard, eleven large Spoons, seven small Spoons, and several other Things, which we sold upon Tower-Hill , for 25 l. and divided the Money between us. We spent and Gamed best Part of the Money that Night, and the next Morning we went out with Yates, upon the Morning Sneak, and got some trifling Things from a Draper's Shop, within 3 or 4 Doors of the Place where we got this Plate. I afterwards, in Company with Fosset and Taylor, robbed the Ann and Elizabeth, of a Parcel of Silk Stockings, which we sold at the same Place. Then we went to Rochester , where we staid till the Ships were paying off, and went about the Town upon the Sharps, and got a pretty deal of Money; after which we agreed to come to London , and in Gravesend Road we stopped a Man on Horseback, with two Bags behind him, upon searching, we found eleven Guineas in the Corner of one of them, which we took from him, and dismissed him. From thence we went to Gray's , where we broke open a Linnen-draper's Shop, and took about 5 l. in Money, and about 9 or 10 Ells of holland, and then came to London . After this, I went out with little Dick Rice , Jack Page , and John Chest , who were tried for stealing some Diamond Rings from Mr. Manner's in the Strand ; and with them I committed several Robberies in this Manner. We used to dress up the least in a Silver lac'd Hat, and give him Bread and Butter in his Hand, as if he was going to School, and he would stand at the Shew-glass, and take off the Hinges, and take whatever he could find, and we always were at Hand to receive them from him. In this Manner we went on 'till Charles Cross was taken and admitted an Evidence against Smith, Chest, and myself. I thought it safest for me to get out of the Way, and so I entered on board the Johanna , but I ran away from her, and shipp'd myself on board the Elphin , for Oporto, and while I was there, I stole a Parcel of Plate out of a Sanctuary, which (after I had buried it three Weeks) I brought to London , and sold it for eighteen Pounds. When I came to London , I went out with Jack Cook , Tom Barnes , and Tom the Sailor, and with them, one Evening, we went to the back Lane in St. George's-Fields , with Intent to rob any Person we met, but the first we attacked, was a Gentleman on Horseback, who making some Resistance, we made off. I afterwards work'd with my Master near half a Year, and never attempted any Thing farther than robbing Ships along with him, 'till I met with Tom Barnes , and Tom the Sailor again, with whom I followed my old Practices, the Consequence of which, was, that I was taken and carried to Kingston Assizes , but was acquitted, as I likewise was soon afterwards at the Old-Baily , for stealing a Firkin of Butter from Dice-Key , but there being a Mistake in the Indictment, I was acquitted there likewise. Tom Barnes , Tom the Sailor, and I, after this, robbed a Pedlar at Blackheath-Fair of his Pack. For this Fact I was apprehended and try'd at Maidstone Assizes , where I received Sentence of Death, and was ordered for Execution, but just as I got into the Cart, I receiv'd a Pardon. There were two other Persons that received Reprieves with me, Gilbert Langley and Mr. Hill, who both died in their Passage to Virginia . About 9 or 10 Days after I had received this Pardon, some of my Friends came down to bail me, and I was discharged, but before I could plead to my Pardon, I was taken up for robbing Mr. Coleman a Dyer at the Bank Side of a great Quantity of Serge, which I sold to Frankland, but no Evidence appearing against me I was acquitted, and before I was discharge I enlisted myself a Marine , and accordingly was put on Board the Victory at Portsmouth , from whence (after robbing some of the Seamen) I made my Escape, and went on Board the Princess Mary, in which Ship I came to London . When I came to London I met Tom Barnes again, and with him I robb'd a House at Black-Heath of a Box full of valuable Goods, such as Watches, Rings, &c. and sold them all to Jenny-Johnson in Rag-Fair , except one Watch which I sent to pawn in Bridewell-Alley , Southwark , and was detected, but upon one of my Friend's swearing he saw me buy the Watch I was discharg'd, upon Condition that I should enter on Board a Man of War. I consented in order to get my Liberty, and accordingly was carried on Board the Deptford Store Ship , where I met with a Man that had been to Sea with me before, I found he had got Money, upon which another Fellow and I agreed to rob him, and as soon as we had effected it, we jump'd over Board, but the other Man was drown'd before he could reach the Shore. When I came Home, Barnes and I got into a House upon Black-Heath , where we found only a Cherry Pye, Part of which we eat there, and the rest we took with us, after having bound the Man of the House and his Wife to the Bedstead. When we were coming away, a Woman called out at the Garret Window after us, which Barnes so highly resented that he went back again, and ty'd her and threw her upon a large Wood Fire. After this I got acquainted with Christopher Proctor , with whom I continually lived upon the Plunder, till I was detected in stealing a large Quantity of Broad Cloth from Mr. Bestey, for which I was try'd and convicted for Transportation. In Consequence of this Sentence I was sent to Brady's Church Baphanock River , Maryland , where I was sold to a Widow, one Elizabeth Braburn for 1600 Wt. of Tobacco clear of Wood, and she took me Home with her. While I was with her, she used me more like a Friend than a Servant, and allowed me more Liberties than I ever could have expected; but I imagin'd without the least Reason, that I should be over work'd for the Civilities I had receiv'd, and so I resolv'd to leave her. The Night I put my Design in Execution, I was sitting by her Bed Side, as I frequently used to do, and a Person that courted her happen'd to come in, and seem'd extreamly angry at seeing me in that Posture; he spoke two or three Words and then went away, and my Mistress then desiring me to go to Bed, I took that Opportunity and got one of her Horses, and rode down to Sustano Port , the Bottom of Sustano River , where I went on Board the Vernon, Capt. Lee, in which Ship I came to Yarmouth , where I robb'd a House of a Watch and a Silver 3 Pint Mug, and I pawn'd the Watch at the C - s K - s in Gracechurch-street , to pay my Coach Hire, and there I believe it is to this Day. After this, on the 5th of Nov. between 4 and 5 in the Afternoon, I was coming along Eastcheap with Jorabba or Herbert Blackburne , and saw Mr. Hazledine's Window open. I got into the Church-yard, and took some Pieces of Velvet out of the Window, and we carried them to Betty Barfoot 's in Rag-Fair , but she refusing to buy them, we took them to one H-'s Wife, and while we were agreeing for Price, she slipp'd 2 Pieces under her Petticoats, I took one Piece from her, thinking she had got no more, and then we sold them to another Person for 14 l. For this Fact we were taken and carried to the Watch-house, from whence I endeavour'd to escape, but the Spikes of the Door got hold of my Breeches, upon which I was secur'd, and carried to Newgate , and at the next Sessions Blackburn and I receiv'd Sentence of Transportation. Accordingly I was sent to Sustano , at the Head of Potomock , almost as high as the Eastern Branock , and was sold to John Gibbs a Shooemaker , and I went with him as far as Portobacco , and then found an Opportunity to leave him, and came to London in the Anne and Elizabeth, Cap. Clack. About 3 or 4 Days after I came to London, James Barret who was cast last Sessions, and I robb'd the Ship that brought me up of a Box of Cloaths, which we sold to Jenny Johnson in Rag-Fair . I afterwards was desir'd by Tom Boredon to carry Mr. Harvey's Linnen for him to Frankland, who was then a Debtor in Newgate , and I accordingly did, and Frankland bought it of me. In a very short Time after this, I dogg'd a Gentleman who seem'd to be in Liquor from Billingsgate , till I had got him under Newgate , and then I pick'd his Pocket of his Watch. To prevent Discovery, I put the Watch under my Arm, and ran up the Steps towards the Stone-Hall in Newgate , and I was talking to one Ned Joice a Prisoner there, the Watch struck 2, and Frankland hearing it, told me I was going to sell the Watch to Joice, and he would stop me, and accordingly he held me till the Turnkey came and secured me. I was accordingly committed, and that Oct. Sessions was try'd for stealing Mr. Harvey's Linnen, and likewise Frankland for receiving it, knowing it to be stole; but that not affecting my Life, and being charg'd with returning from Transportation on Mr. Hazledine's Affair, I was try'd and convicted upon that, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. Which I go as easy to Execution, as if I was going to suck at my Mother's Breast; and I think it is doing a great deal of Good to hang me out of the Way. JOHN GULLIFORD . The following Account Joseph Allen gave of himself. JOSEPH Allen , who was convicted of robbing Mr. Wells on the Highway, was at the Time of his Execution about 20 Years of Age, and was born of poor Parents, who gave him as good an Education as their Circumstances would admit of. When he arriv'd at a proper Age, he was bound to Maxim Valmore , a Weaver in Slaugh-street , Spittlefields , with whom he serv'd out his Time, and afterwards work'd as a Journeyman with several Weavers there. Some Time ago, Trade falling off, he and his Fellow Sufferer Buquois, took to Labouring Work, but that not being sufficient to maintain them, Buquois proposed going upon the Road. With some Persuasion Allen yielded to his Request, and the first Person they attack'd was a Gentleman, whom they robb'd of about half a Guinea, in the Brick Field between Hoxton and Hackney . After this Robbery, they committed no other till about 3 Months afterwards, when (as this Malefactor said) their Necessities were very urgent, and then they attack'd 2 or 3 Persons in Hackney Fields , from whom they took about 30 s. and desisted from this Course of Life for some Time. Allen and his Companion then went to Chatham , where they follow'd Labouring Work for 3 Months, and then Money falling short, they came to Town, and robb'd a Man near the Salmon and Ball at Hackney of a Watch, and 5 s. in Silver. After this they committed several Robberies in Cutthroat-Lane near Newington , among which was that upon Mr. Wells, for which they were both apprehended, and brought to condign Punishment. Mr. Robert Ramsey 's Account of Himself. MY Life being justly forfeited by my Offences, wilful and repeted Breaches of the Laws, both of God and Man, it becomes me to do all that is in the Power of such an unhappy Wretch as I am, to render my Punishment serviceable to my Country, by exhorting those (especially my Brother, who was an Evidence against me) who have already set their Feet in the Paths of Folly and Destruction; to turn back in Time, before the Judgment of the Law shall overtake them, and to awaken such young Persons as may be misled into a Belief that there is something Pleasant and entertaining in a Life of Plunder and Iniquity, out of their fatal Mistakes, because 'tis but too evident, that those who once engage in such evil Ways, are seldom, if ever reclaimed. Those, who in the Course of an inconsiderate and mispent Life, I have wrong'd, either by Word or Deed, will I hope, rest satisfied with that just Punishment, the Law hath adjudged me to, and which I shall have suffer'd before this comes to their Hands, and not load my Memory with Reproach, or transfer the Remembrance of my Guilt to those Friends that survive me, who (in Equity) ought not to suffer in their Character for my Crimes, though they have in their Fortune for my Extravagance and Folly. The Charity of Mankind in forgiving me, will redound to their own Praise and Tranquility; and as to those Persons who have injured me upon any Account whatever, I sincerely and unfeignedly forgive them. The abundant Mercy of God, through the infinite Mercy of Christ my Redeemer, alight on my departing Soul, and purge it from all Stains of Sin and Pollution, before I appear in the Presence of my Creator. Amen. The subsequent Account discovers such a Scene of Iniquity, as must be highly beneficial to the Publick, especially on two Accounts; one that it must render such Arts as this unhappy young Man and his Accomplices practised, less successful for the future; the other, that it will effectually fright young People from Billiard-Tables, and such Places, were, first they are drawn into Necessities, and then into wicked Practices to supply them. He was born of reputable Parents near Grosvenor-square , who gave him very good Education (particularly at Westminster-School , and at other Schools) and when fit, he was put Apprentice to a Chymist , near Grosvenor-square , and served him sometime, 'till his Master coming to Misfortune, he was under a Necessity to leave him; after that, he hired himself as a Journeyman to a Chymist , not far from Charing Cross , where he lived sometime, 'till falling into bad Company, which was the sole Cause of his unhappy Exit. The first beginning of his Misfortunes, was frequently going to the Billiard-Tables; he had learned to Play so well, that he was what they call a Tip top Player! it was at one of these Places he became acquainted with one Carr (who was concerned with him in forging Mr. Hoar's Notes, and who died in Newgate sometime ago) whose Talent at that Game being as good as his, they used very often to play as Strangers for very large Sums; but it was under a Pretence that Gentlemen should lay with the By-standers, which is performed thus: Two Persons go to a noted Billiard Table, and pretend to challenge one another to play; whilst they are at Play, two or three others, seemingly Strangers, likewise make their Entrance, who are Confederates with the former; while they are at play, these Confederates pitch upon either of the Players, and offers to lay a Sum of Money he wins the Game, which Sum is a small one, not exceeding half a Guinea; if any Body lays with them, he that lays is sure to have the best of it, 'till the Game is almost out, then the other Accomplices offer either to lay or take the Odds, which when they have done, the Players, who, as was observed before, Play what they call Booty, know how to Manage, whether to win or loose, so very often endeavouring to make it appear, not deceiving to the By-standers, they loose themselves three or four Guineas, when perhaps their Accomplices win 30 or 40 l. By these Stratagems, Ramsey has had often for his Share 20 l. a Night. But he used to be as unfortunate at Hazard, as he was lucky in playing Booty (as they term it) at Billiards, for the Hazard - Table generally stripp'd him. It was one Night that he and Carr had lost a considerable Sum of Money, and they were put to their Wits-end how to get more; but Carr who was of a fruitful Invention, soon thought of the following Stratagem. Himself belonging to the Playhouse, could have any Dress from thence he thought proper; and dressing himself as a Harlequin, and Ramsey as a Spaniard, they immediately repair'd to their Lodgings, where taking a Quantity of Half-pence, which they before had got ready for the Purpose, they made three Parcels, and about forty Half-pence in each Parcel, which they sealed up with an Earl's Coat of Arms. As soon as this was done, they ordered a Servant to call a couple of Chairs, and directed the Chairmen to carry them both (there being a Masquerade that Night) to the Masquerade in the Hay market . As soon as they arrived there, they diverted themselves with some little Tricks and Conversation amongst the People of Quality, 'till part of the Company settled themselves to play at Hazard in one of the Rooms, to which Place they soon retired amongst the rest, and seated themselves, where Ramsey placing upon the Table his three Rows of Half-pence, sealed with an Earl's Coat of Arms; he was not long settled before the Box came round, and it was his Turn to throw, and fixing his Eye round the Table, found there was set about 50 l. which Sum he knocked at, and throwing out, he said, Double or Quit, Gentlemen, which they presently complied with, and then throw'd again, and flung out; and said, Double or Quit again, they all answered Yes, but poor Ramsey's ill Fortune would not let him winn, for he once more flung out, and having the Box, was going to throw once more; when one of the Gentlemen cried, please to pay, Sir! Ay, Sir! so taking his three Parcel of Half-pence, he push'd them towards the Gentleman, and said, Sir, there is what I have lost, please to take yours, and pay the rest of the Gentlemen, and immediately getting up in a very great Passion, Swore he would play no more that Night, and push'd off with great Precipitation. The Gentleman opening the Paper, and seeing nothing but Half-pence, called out to the Waiters to stop him; but he had taken Care to get out of their reach. This Stratagem having not succeeded according to Expectation, made him go Home with a heavy Heart, and the next Day, he and Carr being at a Loss for want of Money, they had recourse to the following Stratagem; there was that Night a Play acted, call'd, the Spanish Fryar, in York-Buildings , which Play was performed by a Company of young Gentlemen for their Diversion; to this Place they immediately repaired as Spectators, and Ramsey knowing one of the Gentlemen who played a Part, soon procured two Tickets in order for their Admittance; no sooner had they got in, and the Company settled, and the young Tragedy Heroes in the Height of their Performance, and the Persons who had the Care of their Cloths being very Intent upon seeing the Play, Ramsey, and Carr took the Opportunity in their Absence, to carry off at Times, several of their Cloths, as Coats, Waistcoats, Breeches, &c. which they had Time enough to do, and in short to carry all away: But they had some Conscience at that Time; as soon as they had taken away what they thought proper, they returned as Spectators to see the Issue, that they might not be suspected: As soon as the Play was over, the Tragedy Prince, &c. came to undress, and put themselves in Statu Quo; but one missed his Coat, another his Waistcoat and Breeches, and some their whole Suits; and in particular, the Gentleman who played the Character of TORISMOND, was obliged to go Home without either Coat, Waistcoat or Breeches, which put him in a violent Passion, insomuch that he solemnly swore (and its hoped he kept his Word) he would never turn Player any more. But to return to Ramsey, and Carr; this Booty produced them upwards of ten Guineas, which they equally shared; but this Money being gone, they employed their Wits once more to raise a Recruit. In order to do this, they went upon (Excuse the Use of their Cant honest Language, having no proper Expression for it, viz.) the Lay, call'd, Clacking, or Bilking the Taverns, after the following Manner, viz. Carr dressed himself in a very rich Livery, and Ramsey, as a young Gentleman of Fortune, who took the Title of a Baronet, (which first gave Rise of his being called Sir Robert Ramsey ) and to make the Matter less suspected, he used to carry a young Lady of the Town with him, which he pick'd up by the Way, to a Tavern, where Sir Robert's Servant coming in some time afterwards to enquire if Sir - such a one, Baronet was not there, who had before taken Care to leave his Name at the Bar. As soon as the Drawer had answered, and introduced to the pretended Baronet, the Baronet ordered him to wait 'till he had supped, and likewise to go into the Kitchen. Whilst his pretended Footman Carr was there, he used to employ his Time in drinking pretty freely of his Master's Bounty (for he had Orders to drink what he pleased) and amuse the Drawers, Cook, &c. with a long Story of his Master the Baronet's Generosity, and likewise of his honourable Family and worthy Ancestors. Whilst these Things were in Agitation, he used now and then to slip a Silver Spoon, or what lay nearest to him, in his Pocket; this done, he immediately called the Drawer, and desired to know if his Master did not want him, at the same Time looking at the Clock, and desiring the Drawer to tell his Master it was such an Hour, naming the Hour, which was the Signal agreed on, between the Baronet and his Footman, that when he had got any Moveables, he might immediately go out and Plant it. The Drawer presently used to bring Word, that the Baronet desired his Servant to go to my Lord - such a one's immediately, and bring an Answer as soon as possible; so Carr used to slip out, and Plant the Moveable, and then return in a certain Space of Time. By these Means, his Footman Carr and Ramsey bilked several Taverns in this City, and made off with what they could, which they always took Care should not be found upon them, if they were suspected, which very seldom happened; for this Reason, they always chose those Places where much Company used to Resort, and if they could not go handsomely off, they always paid the Reckoning. The first Fact they did of this Nature, was at a certain Tavern in Pall-Mall , where they got a Tankard, half a dozen of Silver Spoons, and a Salt, which was disposed off (the Marks being taken out) to one James Barth - lmi, the Silversmith who lived at Charing - Cross , and was transported fourteen Years for buying Mr. Shirley's Tankards, which one * Gaffney and his Accomplices stole. But to return to our Baronet; that he got so much after this Manner, that he always used to appear in black Velvet, with a good Watch in his Pocket, and a Diamond Ring on his Finger, and being a Person well educated, and had other Accomplishments, he and his Man passed on very successfully in this Practice for upwards of two Years. But Ramsey and his Man Carr's bad Success at the Hazard-Table (for there they both used to resort) soon verified the old English Proverb, That ill-gotten Goods never thrive, for Ramsey was generally stripp'd. They were so very cautious of being known in the Day-time, that generally Ramsey used to be dressed as a Servant, and his pretended Footman Carr, as a Gentleman. It was at one of these Taverns which they bilk'd, that they imposed on a Clergyman in the following Manner. The Parson used to use a certain Coffee-house where Ramsey frequented, and Carr likewise. When the Mask was flung off, and he dressed as a Gentleman: They taking great Notice of this Clergyman, and he of them, they used often to get into Disputes in Conversation, and Ramsey and Carr maintaining their Point pretty well, they were both much admired by the Hearers; by this Means, often meeting at this Coffee-house they always used to bow to the Parson very respectively, and he to them. One Day, Money being at that Time pretty low with them both, Ramsey addressed himself to the Parson as follows. " Sir, says he, (Carr then not being present) " I have an Affair of the greatest Importance to communicate to you, and I do not " doubt if you can't serve me, that you are a " Person of so much Honour, that you will keep " what I have to say as a very great Secret."* This was the Person that swore he was Mac Creigh's Surgeon, at the Time of his Trial at Kingston. Gaffney was Execnted at Tyburn , on Monday the 22d of September, 1735. The Parson assured him he would. Then Sir, resumes Ramsey, " My Friend, whom you have " often seen with me, is very much smitten with, " and well received by a young Widow Lady " of a very great Fortune, but their Friends " are so averse to the Match, that they watch " all Opportunities to frustrate their Hopes, and " have actually disappointed them both several " Times of being married. Now, my Friend " is really so much in Love, that I believe he'll " in a short Time run distracted, if he does not " Possess the Widow. Here Sir, lies the Difficulty, she abhors the Name of being married " at the Fleet, and as I observed before, their " Friends are so vigilant, that they disappoint " them in doing it in any other Shape." Sir, answers the Parson, I'll try if I can stand your Friend. Sir, says Ramsey, if you can, I'll engage the Sum of twenty Pieces for a Pair of Gloves. The Parson semed pleas'd at such a Sum, promised he might command him to do as he pleased, and moreover added, the sooner this Thing is done, the better. Ah! says Ramsey a little more cool, finding the Parson inclineable. There is still a small difficulty, which is this, that it must be done as private as possible, and in order to do it, he desired the Parson would meet him at such a Tavern, naming a Tavern near the Royal Exchange the next Day, at such an Hour, and in the mean Time he would acquaint his Friend with the Parson's Friendship, which he did not doubt his Friend would be over-joyed to hear. Immediately Ramsey posted from the Parson to Carr, and informed him of the Success, they consulted together, and proceeded thus. The next Day, which was the Day the Parson was to meet Ramsey and his Friend. Ramsey goes to his Lodgings, and tells the Parson that it was necessary that there should be a Footman in the Case, and his Friend's Footman being known, he had agreed to personate one, in order to accomplish their Design the better, and he thought proper to call, that the Parson might not do any Thing to frustrate their Design through a Mistake; and likewise, Ramsey did this, that he might see the Posture of his Lodgings, and what Things might be made there. And while Ramsey was there, the Landlady, who was a Woman of Worth, came up Stairs, and seeing Ramsey with the Parson, was going to retreat; but he desired her with much Ceremony, not to go, for he had no great Business with the Parson, only there was an innocent Frolick in Agitation, and that in all Probability, she might see him by and by disguised as a Footman, and at the same Time gave the Parson the Wink, - by this means he deceived them both as will appear. Shortly after some trivial Discourse being over, Ramsey very respectively took his Leave of the Parson, and told him he wou'd wait of him shortly in his proper Dress, which he did; and being equipped as a Footman, told the Parson, that it was necessary that they should both go together in a Hackney-Coach, he within, and the other behind; immediately they both posted away in a Hack. When they came there, Ramsey got down and opened the Door, and let the Parson out very respectfully; and there being the best Room before bespoke, the Parson was conducted in with much Ceremony. As soon as he was seated, Ramsey who had before played his Part, ordered that the Doctor might have a Bottle of Frontiniac, which was the Wine he loved by his Master's Order: When this was carried in, the Parson having no Company, desired THERE being so many Facts and Particulars given by Mr. RAMSEY, as render it impracticable to bring the same within the usual Compass, and yet so necessary to be known, that we must therefore beg Leave to refer our READERS to the Second Part of this Account, which will be publish'd on MONDAY next, wherein the READER will find the remaining Part of the copious Narrative of the Life of ROBERT RAMSEY , containing among other Variety of Exploits, the manner of his defrauding (in Conjunction with C - s and Carr) Messrs. Hoare and Com. of 70 l. Likewise his Exploits at Bristol , where he turn'd METHODIST, and officiated as a Clerk to Mr. W - , and went off with their Money. The Manner of his robbing Taverns of their Plate, where he passed for a Baronet, and Carr as his Servant. The whole containing such a Variety of uncommon Adventures, as are hardly to be met with in one Man. All wrote by himself; a Warning to the World how they are imposed on in the like Manner. ERRATA, Page 12. in Col. 1. l. 13, instead of was, r. were. in Col. 2. p. ditto. l. 16. instead of it, r. we. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were Executed at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 13th of January, 1741-2. BEING THE FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble . Sir Robert Godschall , Knt . Number I. PART II. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XLI. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. THE Drawer to send up the Gentleman's Servant, which he did, and was what Ramsey wanted, to prepare the Parson for his Purpose. The Parson drinking pretty freely of the Wine, in some time fell asleep; Ramsey was not idle upon this Occasion, for as soon as the Parson was past the Sense of feeling, Ramsey picked his Pocket of his Keys. The Parson, after he had slept about an Hour, awoke, and looking at his Watch, found that it was nigh eleven o'Clock, and that being the Hour appointed, told Ramsey, he wondered his Friend did not come: Ramsey said, he would step and see the Reason, and immediately went to the Parson's Landlady, and telling her the Parson had sent him for something in his Cabinet, and as a Token, he had brought the Keys. The Landlady showed him up Stairs, and as soon as he was by himself, he pillaged the Room of 100 l. which he found in a Cabinet, besides a Diamond Ring worth 20 l. and looking over some Papers, found them of such Importance, as that the carrying them off might prevent a Prosecution in case of Discovery. These therefore he clapped in his Pocket, and was so dextrous and nimble about his Business, that he returned to the Parson in less than an Hour, who understanding that there was Orders for every Thing he had a Mind too, had by Ramsey's Return, got a good Dinner upon the Table. Ramsey, as soon as he entered the Room where the Parson was, told him his Friend would be there in a few Minutes, and in the mean Time if any Thing came, to take it in, and he would step a little Way, and return presently. No sooner was Ramsey gone, but up comes a Jeweller, who brought with him a plain Gold Ring, and a Diamond one, worth 30 Guineas, which Jeweller was sent by Ramsey in his Footman's Habit, who had ordered him to carry the Rings to such a Place, where was a Gentleman waiting, naming the Place where the Parson was staying for the Baronet, or Gentleman as he then passed for; now Sir Robert had sometime before, bespoke these Rings of this Jeweller; as soon as the Jeweller entered the Room, the Parson, who before had been prepared by Ramsey, accosted him in the following Manner: Come Sir, says he, please to drink to the Bride and Bridegroom's Health; Ay, withal my Heart, says the Jeweller, I don't know what sort of a Lady she may be, but I am sure he is a good natur'd civil Gentleman; upon this, the Jeweller pulled out his two Rings. Ramsey, who was already return'd, lissen'd at the Door, and as soon as the Jeweller had pro duced the Rings, opens the Door, and steps into the Room, and tell Mr. B - d the Jeweller, that he was wanted at Home immediately, by a Gentleman in a Coach; but Sir, added he, I would not have you stay, for my Master will be here presently; the Jeweller, who had just before put the Rings in the Parson's Hands, took his Leave with much Complaisance, and hoped when the Gentleman came, if he was not returned by that Time, that the Parson would excuse him, and if he could, he would dispatch the Gentleman, and be back again as soon as possible. The Jeweller was no sooner gone, but Ramsey taking the Diamond Ring out of the Parson's Hands, and pretending to look at it, seemed to be in a sort of a Surprize, Lord Sir! (says he) to the Parson, he has not had the two first Letters of my Friend's Name engrav'd on the Ring according to Orders; I'll step immediately back to him and get it done. This is a Mistake indeed cries the Parson; away posts Ramsey, and leaves the plain Gold Ring behind him. The Jeweller had no sooner got Home, and found there was no Body there a waiting for him, he presently begun to smell a Rat, and hurrying away to the Tavern, enquired if the Parson was gone, and was answered by the Drawer, No. Upon which, blessing his good Fortune as he thought, desired the Drawer to go and fetch a Constable immediately; whilst the Drawer was obeying his Orders, he runs up Stairs, and the Parson being fast asleep, as soon as the Jeweller found this, O ho! Mr. Gentleman have I catched you, but I'll swinge you, or make you pay for my Rings; with these Words the Parson awoke, and rubbing his Eyes, asked what was the Matter? By this Time the Drawer returned with a Constable, who coming in, the Jeweller charged the Parson with defrauding him of two Rings; I defraud you Sir! says the Parson, I believe you are mad; What do you mean? I'll tell you presently; come bring him along before the next Magistrate, and then he shall see what I mean. Away they all marched to the next Justice; where being come, the Jeweller charged the Parson with defrauding him of two Rings, and told a long Story how he had them bespoke some Days before, by one who he believed to be the Parson's Accomplice. The Jeweller's Story in short seem'd so plain, that all the Parson said in his Defence, seemed to make the Matter more plain against himself, till at last the Justice was going to commit him; but he sending for some Gentlemen of undoubted Character and Reputation, they passed their Word it was an Imposition on the Parson, as well as the Jeweller; and likewise gave a sufficient Security for his Behaviour, so he was discharged. But when he came Home, and found all his Money gone, and Papers and Ris besides, he was ready to run distracted; the Jeweller who had a covetous Wife, was almost mad at his Loss, he met with a most gracious Reception. This last Adventure lined their Pockets pretty well, and it being Summer Season, they went into the Country, and staid there till they had nigh consumed their Money, which being almost gone, they returned to London, and pursued their old Adventures. They had great Success in all their Adventures of this Nature, till one Evening going to the Cross-Keys Tavern in Holborn , (not far from Mr. Glynn's House who he robb'd of a great Quantity of Plate, and which he has suffer'd for) Sir Robert order'd a Supper to be got ready, and his Footman Carr came in a short Time to enquire for him, dressed in a Livery, and was ordered by his Master Sir Robert Ramsey , to go into the Kitchen, and wait according to Custom; while Carr was there he was not idle, but took several Things of Value, and went out and hid them, returning to wait on his Master at Supper. The Baronet took an Opportunity to tell him he had not Money enough about him to discharge the Reckoning, asking him what was to be done? Carr said, he would go and sell some of the Goods, and so pay the People with a Pig of their own Sow, which he accordingly went to do. But Barthelemi the Silversmith being gone to Bed, he returned unsuccessful, telling the Baron it was too late, that he could do nothing that Night; so that in short they e'en got off as well as they could; in order to effect which, they pretended to come out of the Room, and Carr pretending to whisper to his Master the young Baronet, they both took to their Heels; the Drawers pursuing the Baronet, he took up a wrong Turning where there was no thoroughfare, he was taken, and Carr got off. He was kept all Night in Custody, and the next Morning was carried before the late Sir Rich. Brocas , who upon examining into the Matter, and the Master of the Tavern not taking upon him to swear any Thing against him, but his attempt to defraud him of his Reckoning, he was discharged upon Payment of that, which he soon did, Carr sending the Money. By this Means they went on still in the old Way, with much Success for some Time, till at last, attempting something in the same Nature near Charing-cross, they were both taken and carried before Colonel Deveil, who upon Examination committed Ramsey to Tottlefields-Bridewell , and Carr to the Gatehouse; whilst they was thus seperated, Methods were used to make Ramsey an Evidence, who at last accepted of their Proposals; two Days afterwards they were both brought Face to Face, in order to their further Examination, where giving an Account (though not justly) of their past Transactions, Carr was committed to Newgate, and Ramsey remanded back. This Affair had made so much Talk all over the Town, that there were Numbers of People of all sorts daily flocked to see him, which however did not divert Ramsey otherwise Sir Robert, from endeavouring to make his Escape, it being upwards of two Months from the Time of their Commitment to the Sessions, and Ramsey in that Time being a good Benefactor to Thomas Barber , the then Keeper of Tuttlehillfields-Bridewell , caused Barber to use him very civilly; there was committed likewise upon Ramsey's Information, a Person who was an Apothecary, who had helped Ramsey off with some of his Things which he had stole; this Person and Ramsey were ordered to be kept seperate, but as was observed before, by the Keepers having a Benefactor of Ramsey's bringing Grist to his Mill, he indulged them often in being together. In this their private Interview, the other Man suggested, that Ramsey had accused Carr unjustly, as well as himself, who was committed upon his Account; Ramsey said, he would make 'em both Amends, and be revenged on the Keeper, who had drawn him in to make himself an Evidence against them. Ramsey was so well respected by the Keeper, that he often took him out of an Evening (as he says) along with him, during the Time of his Confinement, but was so watchful of him, that he could not attempt any Thing then: But sometime after Sessions beginning at Hicks's-Hall , Ramsey was brought up there in order to swear what he had before done against Carr at Colonel Deveil's, and the next Day a Bill being found upon Ramsey's Evidence against Carr, Ramsey was brought up towards the Evening, in order to give his Information; as he was bringing along, having no Body with him but Thomas Barber , (who was then Deputy-Keeper ) and it being two Hours too soon, he took him with him, and went to take some Refreshment at a Friend's House near Drury-Lane ; after they had dined, Ramsey drank a Bumper to Carr's getting off, and Barber pledg'd him; whilst he was looking over some Papers, Ramsey dropp'd a certain quantity of Liquid Laudanum into Barber's Glass, and poured him out a fresh Glass of Wine. Come, says Ramsey, here goes once more towards Success; withal my Heart, says Barber, immediately taking his Glass off, which in some small Time afterwards caused him to fall fast asleep. After he had been senseless and stupid, Ramsey try'd to awake him, on purpose to see whether he had made sure Work, and finding he had, he open'd the Window, chusing to go out that Way for fear of Suspicion from the People below, and let himself down by the Help of his Garters into a back Court, and immediately went off to some Friends, who raised him some Money, with which he went into the Country. But to return to Barber, the Trial coming on, People was dispatch'd to all Parts to see for him, and at last one coming to the Place where he was, and enquiring for him, they were conducted up Stairs, where Barber sat fast asleep; when they awoke him, he appeared senseless and stupid; but coming a little to himself, and finding Ramsey had made his Escape, he was frightened out of his Wits, and ran up and down the Streets like a mad Man; going every where where he could think, and finding the Bird quite flown, he went to the Old-Bailey , and compromized the Matter with the Prosecutors; so when Carr was called to his Trial, he was acquitted. Ramsey as soon as he had got some Money, immediately went for St. Alban's, and the next Day reached Stoney Stratford , and so on to Chester . When he came there, he passed for an Apothecary , who had just arrived from Holland , and was going over to Ireland to set up his Business; whilst he was here, he gave out that he had a Preparation which was communicated to him A broad, that would infallible cure the GOVT. This Distemper his Landlord being much troubled with, presently gave much Ear to, and Ramsey who never wanted for Address, so persuaded this Man, who was very hipp'd, that this Preparation would do him great Service; So in short, the Man believing himself to be much better by this excellent Preparation as Ramsey called it; gave out that he was cured of the GOVT by Dr. Johnson, (for so Ramsey called himself) and the Thing having a very great Effect amongst the common sort of People. Dr. Johnson publish'd printed Bills all over the City, and offered likewise Advice in all Distempers Gratis, Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the Men, and Thursdays and Fridays for the Women; by this Means he being dressed in an old rusty Suit of Cloaths, and his Eye Brows black'd, he gained much Esteem by his pretended Gravity, and Money came in a-pace. Amongst the rest of Ramsey's Patients who came to him for Advice, there was a young Lady that was troubled with an Asthma; this Lady coming backwards and forwards pretty much for Dr. Johnson's Advice, he took a great liking to her, imagining you must think, that she had a good Fortune, which upon the Doctor's Enquiry she had, for she was worth 1000 l. all in her own Hands. The next Step was to break his Passion to her, which he took an Opportunity to do, when she came to him one Day, in the following manner. " Madam, says he, I find by your Symptoms " you are much better, (but added he with a very " great Sigh) I am much worse since my administring my Remedies to you; for I am in short " possessed with such Ideas, sleeping and waking, that unless you permit me the Pleasure of " dying at your Feet, I shall pine away, and " in a short Time despair." The young Lady who had not been used to such Expressions, began to look very earnestly at the Doctor, and said, Sir! I can't tell what you mean by these Expressions. Why Madam, says he, at the same Time catching hold of one of her Hands; permit me but to wait on you, and I hope Time will convince you, that my Meaning is sincere. Ramsey said abundance of Things of this Nature, and being a Person (as was observed before) very skilful in this Sort of Address, that in some short Time he gain'd the young Ladies Consent to visit her, in the Quality of a Suitor. Flush'd with this Success, he went on for some Days, and had certainly succeeded, (if an Uncle of the young Lady's, who had best Part of her Fortune in his Hands, and who paid her Interest for it) had not come to Town in the Interim. This Gentleman coming to Chester , advised with the young Lady, telling her it was very proper to make some farther Enquiry into the Doctor's Circumstances; to this she with some Reluctancy condescended; and in short, it happen'd very providentally she did so, or else she had certainly been trick'd. Dr. Johnson finding the old Gentleman very solicitous to enquire concerning his Family and Circumstances, pretended to write to Scotland to several Persons of Fortune, to whom he pretended he was related, and show'd the old Gentleman the Contents of the Letters, which for the present satisfied him. Now Ramsey was in Hopes he should gain the young Ladies Consent before it was Time for the Answers returned, he redoubled his Courtship in private to her, hoping as he said, she was satisfied to this. She answer'd with a Sigh! she was very well satisfied, for it was impossible a Gentleman of his Education and Appearance, should be an IMPOSTOR. But still she was uneasy, left her Uncle should know, and begg'd him to defer it some small Time longer; besides, it would be a difficulty she said, if he should find it out, to get her Effects out of his Hands. With these Answers Ramsey seemed to be satisfied, but still was in Hopes that she would consent privately. Whilst these Things were in Agitation, Ramsey one Day taking a Walk upon the Walls of the City, and who should he espy some Distance from him, but the Parson whom he had defrauded of his Money, Ring and Papers some Time before. This you must be sure put him in a very great Consternation, for he was so confounded that he scarce knew what to do; but at last recovering himself, he retreated to his Lodging with great Precipitation, and considering with himself that this was no Place for his longer Continuance, he therefore resolved he would not go off empty handed; but which was the Way to fly was his next Consideration, so at last he resolved to go for Ireland ; then going to a Place where he was not known, he dispatched a Messenger to Park Gate, to know whether there was any Vessel going for Dublin ; the Messenger re turning, brought Word that was one expected to go off that Night. He immediately went to the young Lady's Lodgings, and after drinking some Tea, she left him some small Time in her Appartment by himself, and with his Spatula and Probe, picked open a Lock of her Bureau; when he had so done, he found a Bag, in which was contained fourscore Pound, and by the Side of it lay a Diamond Ring, which he took, and about fifty Pounds out of the Bag. After he had done this, he shut and lock'd the Bureau, the young Lady returning, he told her that he should be glad if she would honour him with her Company that Evening at his Appartment, to play a Game at Cards, which she consentented to, and away they both went towards Dr. Johnson's Lodging. As soon as she arrived there, and being seated about an Hour, Ramsey pretended to go down Stairs, and returned in a very great Hurry. Madam, says he, your Uncle's come to pay me a Visit, do you chuse to be seen by him? (now he knew very well before-hand, that she did not care her Uncle should see her at his Lodging, by Reason she had told the Doctor that her Uncle had ordered her to pay him no more Visits, till the Answers came to his Letters) Upon which she was going to hide herself in the Closet. Hold! Hold! Madam, says Ramsey, you need not hide yourself, the old Gentleman's below in deep Discourse with my Landlord; now if you please to continue where you are, and divert yourself about an Hour, or in what Time I can dispatch the old Gentleman, I'll go and persuade him to drink a Glass of Wine with me, and if you chuse to Read, here's a Book to divert you, at the same Time presenting her with Pomfret's Poems, to this she readily consented, so the Doctor was going, but on a Sudden returning said, I believe Madam I had as good lock the Door for fear he should come up before he goes, and then I'll pretend I can't find the Key; so he lock'd her in. Now this was a Stratagem of Ramsey's, that she should not go Home and miss her Money and Ring. He lost no Time, but made the best of his Way to Park-Gate, and as soon as he arriv'd there, the Vessel was going off, which gave him but just Time to write the following LETTER. DEAR MADAM, I Doubt not but you'll be extremely surprized at the sudden Disappearance of your Lover; but when you begin to recollect what a dreadful Precipice you have escaped, you will bless your happy Stars; by the Time this comes to Hand, I shall be pretty near London . As for the Trifle I borrow'd of you, I hope you will excuse, as knowing it was in my Power to have taken all if I wold; but you see there is still some Conscience left amongst us Doctors; the Ring I intend to keep for your Sake, without the HAZARD-TABLE disappoints me. If ever Fortune puts it in my Power, I will make a Return, and 'till then, accept of this Advice, never let a strange Doctor possess yor Affections no more. I had almost forgot, I ask Pardon for making you my Prisoner, but I doubt not, old Starch-Face, your Uncle, would detain me a little longer than I have you, if he could catch me: Adieu! R. JOHNSON. As soon as he had wrote this, he desir'd that a Person to whom he gave it, would not deliver it under two Days, which he was pretty sure he would not, he having some Business which detained him from going to Chester till that Time; and the Vessel going immediately off, Ramsey reach'd Dublin with a good Wind in 24 Hours Time. As soon as he arriv'd he chang'd his Dress, and went immediately to several Places to see whether his Transactions at Chester was blown there, whereupon examining the Papers found they was not, he continued to lay as private as he could for some Days, and finding he was still safe, he made himself very easy, and appear'd much in Publick. After he had been there about a Month, he took a large House, and fitted it up in a very decent manner; here he passed for an ASTROLOGER , and gave out that he had his Learning under the Great Dr. Edward Haley ; this procur'd him abundance of Acquaintance, and he undertook to resolve all manner of Questions relating to that Art: Whilst he was in this House he had order'd several Instruments to be made, and pre tending to write a Treatise on the fix'd Stars: this he proposed to do by Subscription, and Dr. DYCHE, for so our Astrologer called himself, got a great deal of Money by Way of Subscription for his pretended Treatise, which he propos'd should be Printed in two Months after these Proposals were Printed, and in order to amuse the People, especially the ignorant Sort, he used to divert them, with telling them the manner of the Revolution of the Planets, and what Planet ruled every Hour, for he had got a smattering in this Art; and likewise could name what particular Planet ruled every Hour. People that was more experienc'd in these Things, he used to amuse with a Story, that he was always about some new Discovery or other; such as endeavouring to find out the perpetual Motion, in order thereto he had got a Machine with Quick Silver of his own Invention, which appear'd very curious, and was a sort of a counterfeit perpetual Motion; but this he never exposed to View without he knew his Men, and then he never let them see the working of this Machine above a quarter of an Hour at a Time, and then used to lock it up, inventing some Excuse to get them away, promising that they should see it another Time, for it was not quite finished. As for the more illiterate sort, he was much esteem'd by, and they thought him for his Age the greatest Person they ever saw or heard off; but Money did not come in fast enough this Way, for our Astrologer kept such a good House, and feasted his Friends so magnificently, that at last could scarce make both Ends meet; so after he had continued here some Months he was resolv'd to get off, but could not with a safe Conscience go empty handed; the two Months being near expir'd, in which his Treatise was to appear, he had Recourse to the following Stratagem; he first of all gets an old Beggar's Disguise, and a long Beard, which Disguise he kept by him to be ready against the first Opportunity, and going to a Person who lent Money upon Pawns, desiring him to let him have a certain quantity of Money upon his Furniture, 30 l. which the other consented to, telling him withal, that this Money was to purchase a certain Machine which he had then bespoke, telling him likewise that he would make a Return in a few Days, but withal desir'd the Pawnbroker to be Secret; saying, that he would not have such a Thing known for the whole World; the other told him that he might depend on his Secrecy. About this Time came thither from Holland a Person that was reckon'd to be a very famous Man, and Dr. DYCHE gave out, that he wou'd dispute with this Man upon any one Point that he should propose; the other hearing of this sent him Word, to chuse his Subject; whereupon our Astrologer sent him an Answer, that he would enter into an Enquiry, Whether Sir Isaac Newton treating the Metaphysics Mathematically were just, or no? He was inclinable he said to think the contrary, desiring his Antagonist to be ready against such a Day, in order to defend that Point. The other thinking he had the right Side of the Question, sent Answer he would be ready for him against the Day appointed. Now they had at that Time agreed on a certain Place where the Dispute was to be, and likewise to print a certain Number of Tickets at 2 s. 6 d. each, to be deliver'd to such Persons as should chuse to come to hear this Dispute. Now each was to put off as many as he could; Ramsey three Days before the appointed Time put off upwards of 400 among his Acquaintance, and finding he could put off no more, he thought it high Time to retreat, judging he could not trust with Safety to his Disguise if he stay'd. The Noise of this Dispute ran all over the Town, and abundance of People were big in their Expectations to hear this learned Dispute. Our Astrologer and Chymist kept himself after he had disposed of his Tickets very retire, and all Company that came, he pretended he could not see, on account of his deep Study, in order to prepare himself for the Dispute; the appointed Day came, and Ramsey as was observ'd before, had taken Care to prepare himself for the Day, and disguising himself like an old Beggar, putting an large Patch upon one Eye, and a counterfeit Beard on, and daub'd his Hands all over with Walnut-tree Liquor; in this Dress he was so disguised, that he was pretty sure no body would know him, with an old Bag at his Back, in which was contained his Cloaths and Linnen, he set out to see the Issue of his Adventures. For his farther Security he had some Days before enquired, and heard that there was a Liver pool Ship that had brought Goods from thence to Drogheda, which was expected to depart very soon. But to return, when he had thus disguised himself, and the Time of the Evening drawing on, he went to an obscure Part of the City, to a House where several Beggars were a drinking, and preparing to go to the Place where this Dispute was to be, in order to ask Charity; accordingly he mix'd himself in their Company, and having a particular Knack of counterfeiting, he was observed by them, thinking him to be one of them; as soon as they all arrived to this Place, the People was flocking in a-pace to hear the Dispute, when the House was full, and the Time expired, the Company began to look round and saw the other Disputer ready enter'd to engage his Antagonist; but waiting some Time with Impatience, and finding no Opponant, began to be more uneasy; at last some of the Company proposed to send to the Doctor's House, to know the Reason, which they did, and the Messenger returning, inform'd them he had knock'd at the Doctor's Door, and waited a good while, no body came, neither could they see any Light in the House, making likewise an Enquiry in the Neighbourhood, but none of the Neighbours was able to give him a satisfactory Answer; this put them in a great Consternation, not knowing what to think; when they had waited about an House, finding themselves disappointed, began to think of departing; first one came out, and then another said, I judg'd what this Dispute would come to; and a third said, if we could but find the Dog, he shall be made an Example of; and the fourth came out scratching his Ears. At last, one of the Company said, it was a Combination between 'em both, and proposed to go back and make the other Refund their Money, which several of the Company agreed to; and coming up to the other Doctor, asked him in a very surly Manner for their Money; but he making some Excuse, and not being very ready to make a return, they began to charge him with being a Confederate, and he not returning a satisfactory Answer, they were more Loud, and several of the rest of the Auditors being divided in their Opinions, began to quarrel with one another, and from Words, they fell to Blows, and in the Scufle, the poor Dutch Doctor was beaten almost to Pieces, and his Gown torn off his Back, so that when he came out, it very much diverted Ramsey, for he looked more like a Beggar than a Doctor. At last, the Company, after they had tired themselves with breaking one another's Heads, and tearing their Cloaths, came out, and as they passed along, swore what they would do, if they could catch Dr. DYCHE, as they supposed Ramsey to be. Ramsey, as soon as he had diverted himself with seeing part of this Sight, made the best of his Way for Drogheda , which is about 20 Miles from Dublin ; there he reached before Morningg, and the Ship sailing before Night, he reached Liverpool in two Days Time; where being come, he the next Day went from thence on his Road towards Durham , at which Place he arrived about ten Days, from his landing at Liverpool ; as soon as he came within 15 Miles of Durham , he flung off his Disguise, and dressing himself, went to see several Friends that lived at that Place; when he came to Durham , he had by him upwards of 70 l. His Money being almost gone, he made the best of his Way for London , where being come, the first Place he went to was the Hazard Table, and being pretty Fortunate, he won in four Day's Time upwards of 100 l. and in a Week after that, lost it all again, except about five Guineas; and as he was taking a melancholy Walk along the Piazza's at Covent Garden , who should he meet but his old Acquaintance Carr; after some Ceremonies passed, they satisfied each other of their Affairs, and Carr told him, he had not been in London long, but since his coming, he was informed, that there was an Estate depending, which if he could find an honest Attorney, he would put his Papers in his Hands, which if the Attorney would be honest to him, and do him Justice, would keep him comfortably without any farther Recourse to any mean Arts. Ramsey mentioned one whom Carr had been brought acquainted with some Days before, by the Means of one R - m, but Carr thought him not a sufficient Person, by reason he was not for himself, so they parted for that Time; in some few Days after, Carr and Ramsey meeting accidentally, and were contemplating on their Circumstances, which was, want of Money; who should come by, as they were talking in the Street, but the Attorney whom Ramsey had recommended to Carr, who asked Carr, why he had not brought the Writings of the Estate beforemention'd; and asked him, why he looked so melancholly. Carr told him, want of Money, upon which, he told him, he was much distressed that Way himself, for he had so many Actions out against him, that he could not tell what to do; if it is so says Carr, my Friend Ramsey here, and I, will bail you in the High-Court, in the mean Time you may have Liberty to fight them off; so accordingly Ramsey and Carr went before a Judge and bail'd him; some time after, this Bail being objected, the Attorney was taken up and confined in a Spunging-House, known by the Name of Mother Bunche's , which Carr and Ramsey hearing, they went to see him; they seemed to be very sorry for his Misfortunes, and told him, they wish'd they could any Ways help him. Ay! says he, it was in my Power to have help'd myself, for the Day this happened, I could have gone off with 500 l. and should have done it if I had met any Body which had known me, and I could have trusted. Says Ramsey, what a Pity that was, I wish I had met you, we would have push'd off with the Money. Some Time after the Attorney got out, by the Means of his Master who he was Clerk too; but he disobliging him, they in a short Time parted; and being along with one Sands, as they were walking in Guildhall , they met with Carr and Ramsey, and the general Complaint being Want of Money, one of the four inform'd them, he had that in his Pocket as would fetch Money, and would be the Key to open for Thousands more; upon which he pull'd out the forg'd Note upon Messrs. Hoare and Company in Fleet-street , sign'd William Payne , and offer'd it to Ramsey to go with it; but he apprehending some Danger refused, so Carr undertook to go with it, upon Condition he'd come into a Scheme which he had just thought of, which was, that he and Ramsey should go and play a Game at Billiards at a certain Table in Moorfields , known by the Name of the Chevalier's, to which Place the yong Attorney agreed to go, and that he was to come in as a Stranger, and play with Carr for a certain Time, and after losing a small Sum of Money, to offer Carr the forg'd Note, which he agreed too; Carr's Reason for so doing was, that if the Note should be stopp'd, it would be a sufficient Security to him; so accordingly Carr and Ramsey went as they had agreed to the Billiard-Table, and after playing some Time, in comes the young Attorney, and one Sands, whereupon Carr and Ramsey left of Play, and the Attorney and Carr play'd as they had agreed before; the Attorney had lost 30 l. upon which he offer'd Carr the Note in the Presence of the Woman of the House, which Carr took, and told the Attorney, if he'd go and take a Dinner, it being Dinner Time, he'd go and receive the Note, and return him the Overplus; accordingly they all went to the Three-Tuns in Fetter-Lane , where they din'd, after Dinner Carr went with the Note, using this Expression, Fortune be my Guide! Sands went and staid at some Distance to see how Things went, and Ramsey being uneasy he likewise follow'd, but before he got down to the Door, Carr return'd, and told them the Thing was done, only wanted signing; which (as Ramsey said) with much Persuasion he agreed to; then Carr went back and received the Money, and brought it to the Three-Tuns aforesaid, at which Place they all four agreed it should be equally divided, which they accordingly did among them four, viz. Carr, Ramsey, Sands, and the Attorney. After this they agreed to seperate some Time, in order to change their Dress, and to 'meet in the Evening at the Dog-Tavern , Garlick-Hill ; whereupon they seperated, and accordingly met at the Place appointed. After they had supp'd and drank plentifully, Carr being much elevated, insisted that the Attorney should draw more Notes ready for the next Day, and as he ventur'd to unlock the Door, as he phrased it, somebody else should venture to enter the Room! meaning they should go with the other Notes; but one of the four expostulated with him, and told him, such an Affair of so much Consequence requir'd some Consideration, and therefore they ought not to be too rash. Carr told them, they could not be in too much Hurry in an Affair which was like to prove serviceable to them all; but the other reply'd, too much Hurry would ruin all; whereupon Words arising they quarrelled, and separated for that Time, agreeing to meet the next Day; but Carr meeting a Lady of Pleasure, he failed meeting according to Appoint ment, but the other three met, and not seeing Carr, one of the three sat down after Dinner, and forg'd a Note of 137 l. which he persuaded Ramsey to go with, but he not much approving of it, put them off, telling them, that as Carr was not in the Way it would very much irritate him, so he judg'd it not proper; but one of them representing to Ramsey, that Delays were dangerous, and tho' Carr was out of the Way, yet he should have his Share, for it should be deposited in Ramsey's Hands; but he still refusing, they all three parted for that Time, agreeing to meet the next Day. The Attorney was fearful by Reason Carr's not meeting according to Appointment, sent for the Note by somebody else, and then went into the Country. Carr and Ramsey went to several Places to find him, but not hearing of him; so Carr and Ramsey continued in London five Weeks after, till Money being a little short, Carr proposed to Ramsey to Forge another Note; but Ramsey represented the Danger of such an Udertaking, told Carr it was but five Weeks since he received the 75 l. Note, and doubtless some Intelligence was given to Mr. Hoare; but Carr said he would not venture, and if Ramsey would not go, he himself would Forge one and go; be the Danger and Glory all his own! Accordingly Carr came to Ramsey's Lodgings, and there forged a Note upon Mr. Hoare, sign'd, William Payne , for 25 l. in Carr's natural Handwriting, and desired Ramsey to Endorse it, which Ramsey with much Persuasion did. The next Day they met with one Mr. Pat - son, who Carr and Ramsey had been acquainted with some Time before. They met at Mr. C - n's Coffee-House in Bow-street , who keeps a Billiard-Table; where Pat - son took Carr aside, and told him, that his Father was under an Arrest, and he did not know what to do to help him. Carr told him he had a Note in his Pocket, which if he'd go and receive, he would lend Pat - son's Father as much Money as would pay the Debt he was Arrested for. Upon which, Pat - son took the Note, and said, he would go with it immediately; so Carr and Ramsey went along with him, and staid at some small Distance. Pat - son offered the Note, but it being late in the Evening, was turned back; this was on a Saturday; on the next Day (Sunday) Carr and Ramsey agreed to dine with Pat - son, at his Father's House in the Hay-market , where Pat - son seem'd to be uneasy that Carr would not go with the Note himself, and asked the Reason of it. Carr told him, that the Note came from a young Gentlewoman which he was to marry in a Day or two, and that she had pick'd it out of her Father's Pocket; and likewise he received one Note, which she gave him, which he said was got in the Manner aforesaid. Pat - son then asked, why Ramsey could not receive it. Carr told him Mr. Hoare's People knew Ramsey, and if he should go, and the Money shall be stopp'd, then it would be discovered, and inevitably Ruin the young Lady: And likewise told him, if he'd go and receive it, the Money would soon be made up by the Lady, and she had contrived so, that her Father would never find out the Deceit, and if he would agree to go, Carr would lend him 5 l. and likewise pay the Debt his Father was Arrested for; by the Persuasion, Pat - son agreed to go. Ramsey and Pat - son lay together that Night, and on the Monday Morning early, Pat - son was to go with the Note; accordingly Pat - son took the Note of Carr, and went with it; Carr and Ramsey went to George's Coffee house by Temple-Barr , at which Place Pat - son left Carr and Ramsey, and went out in order to receive the Note. As soon as he was gone, Carr propos'd to Ramsey to follow, that in case the Note was stopp'd, they might have an Opportunity of getting off; so they follow'd him, and waited opposite Mr. Hoar's, to see the Event! which in some small Time happen'd; for the Note was stopp'd, and Pat - son was asked how he came by it; who told them, he had it from two Gentlemen who waited at George's Coffee-house near Temple bar So Mr. Hoare's Servants came along with Pat - son, towards George's Coffee-house, which Carr and Ramsey observing, being on the opposite Side of the Way, made their Escapes, went over the Water to Rotherith , from which Place they sent a Friend to see how Matter stood, which Friend inform'd them when she came back, that Pat - son was taken, double Iron'd, and committed to the Poultry-Compter . So Carr propos'd to stay some time to hear how Matters went, and then to go off disguis'd, which Ramsey agreed to; they accordingly concealed themselves a short Time, and then find ing themselves advertised in the Papers, pursued their Intent of going off disguised, which they accordingly put in Practice by disguising themselves in Sailors Habits, and bundling up their Linnen and Cloaths, and carrying them at their Backs, they went towards Chester , in order to get Shipping for Ireland; but before they had got half-way to Chester , Money grew short, and they was in as bad a Plight as before; but meeting on the Road about 12 Miles on this Side Coventry , with a miserly old Fellow that had been a Master Waggoner several Years, they told him, that their Father was a Captain of a Ship, and that they had met with a Misfortune by having their Goods seized upon the Road, which Goods was Tea and Brandy that he had not paid Duty, to the Value of 49 l and they was going o Chester , and should not know what to do, nor how to get so far. Thomas (for so was the Waggoner's Name,) putting up at Coventry , and seeing Ramsey and Carr the next Day dressed very genteel, agreed to lend them what Money they wanted; which Ramsey told him ten Guineas would just be sufficient, and he would give him Security for it, and a Token, which Token was a Mother of Pearl and Brass Snuff-box, and directed him to a fictitious Name in Cheapside , which Person he told him, upon that Token would pay him the ten Guineas, and give him two Gallons of Rum, and withal, desired him to relate the Circumstances of his Goods being seized by the King's Officers. Thomas told him he would faithfully perform all he desir'd, and railed prodigiously at the Officers; but at the same Time took great Care of the counterfeit Snuff-box, and sealed it up in a very careful Manner. Thomas travelled with them as far as Birmingham in Warwickshire , and then took his Leave; Ramsey desiring him to take great Care of the Snuff-box, which he promised faithfully he would. As soon as Carr and Ramsey left Thomas, they proceeded on their Journey to Chester , which in a small Time they reached, when they arrived there, the put up at the Sign of the Three Royal Oaks , intending to stay there till an Opportunity offer'd to go for Ireland ; but Money growing short, Ramsey pretendey he had Draughts upon one Mr. Murray at that Place, but that they was not quite due. Now where we lodged, the Woman was a Widow, she fell in Love with Ramsey's Person and Behaviour, telling him he was welcome to what Money he wanted, which he said was about six Guineas; the Widow soon open'd her old Chest, and told out the Sum required, which he told her should be faithfully paid as soon as he receiv'd his Draughts on Mr. Murray. Ramsey and Carr having Intelligence that the Wind stood fair for Ireland , gave the old Widow the Slip, taking their Bundle with them, intending to go to Park-Gate, and from thence immediately to Ireland; after they had given the old Woman the drop, and went to Park Gate , the Ship called the Race-Horse was gone off about four Hours before they reach'd there, in order to sail for Dublin ; so they lost their Passage, and Ramsey thinking it unsafe to stay any longer there, agreed to cross Eastham Boat-house , to go to Liverpool , at which Place he proposed to take Shipping for Ireland , which Carr readily complied with; but as soon as they came to Eastham , the Boat was gone off, and they Halloo'd! but could not make the Boatmen hear, which Noise of Halloing brought the People out of the House, among whom came out Sands and the Attorney, who was concern'd in forging the Note of 75 l. with Carr and Ramsey. Now he and Sands had been there some Days before, and as soon as they saw Carr and Ramsey, they was so confounded they could not speak; at last they embraced one another with much seeming Friendship, and on account of this accidental Meeting, Sands told Carr and Ramsey, that they should remain there that Night, which they readily complied with, proposing to do something the next Day, which might prove serviceable to all Four. They got very much in Liquor that Night, and the next Day when they arose, Ramsey and Carr ask'd Sands what made him and his Companion leave them in so sly and scandalous a Manner? Sands told Carr when he quarreled with his Companion at the Dog-Tavern on Garlick-Hill he was fearful, and imagining by his Speeches that he intended to do Mischief, he proposed to Sands to receive the 237 l. Note, and to go off, also telling him, as Fortune had so ordered it, that they had all met together, they would contrive to make the best of a bad Market, so they consulted, and agreed that Sands and his Compa nion should stay at Eastham , and Carr and Ramsey should go on their Journey to Liverpoole , as soon as they had taken their Leaves of each other, they set forward on their intended Voyage to Liverpoole , not long after they was gone, comes in accidently a Person who related the Story how the poor Widow was served at Chester , and describing the Persons, the Landlord's Son ask'd what Reward would be given if he could get the Money, he answered the old Woman would give a Guinea, whereupon taking no farther Notice, but the next Day he came over to Liverpoole , and when he had found out where Carr and Ramsey was, he told them what he had heard concerning the old Woman, and insisted upon their Re-payment of the Money they had borrowed which they could not do, by Reason it was very low with them both, but for fear the Thing should make a Noise, they pawn'd both their Watches and passed him. When this was done, the next Day Ramsey was at a Loss how to raise Money to subsist, they having but 5 Guineas left, and finding there was several Billiard-Tables in the Town, to these he resorted, not doubting but he should raise a sufficient Supply for both. In the mean Time Sand's Companion, who had order'd Part of his Goods to come to Chester , directed in his own Name, for at Eastham he passed by the Name of Roberts, went to see if they was come, and going to Chester , happen'd accidentally to put up at an Inn where some Gentlemen was who had seen him at Eastham , and knowing him again, called him by the Name of Roberts; who should be in the Kitchen drinking, but the very Waggoner who had brought the Laywer's Things from London, which he knew nothing of; he being dressed Pretty gay, made the Waggoner take Notice of him, and hearing the Gentlemen call him Roberts, now Roberts (as he called himself) after he had staid at this Place sometime, went to the Inn where the London Waggon put up, to enquire after his Things in his right Name; the Waggoner who had seen him before at the Place aforementioned, and having read the London Evening-Post, gave the Waggoner some Suspicion, and he for farther Intelligence ask'd him if his Name was C - , who answer'd, Yes, then says he, I must deliver them to a Gentleman of that Name, who was formerly a Clerk to a Gentleman in Serjeant's-Inn. C - said he was the Person, then says the Waggoner, Sir you are my Prisoner, and immediately calling for Assistance, apprehended him upon the printed Advertisement which he had read before, and C - being carried before the Collector, was by his Indulgence carried to a House, instead of a Prison, till the Thing was farther examined into. Now Sands having some Intelligence of this Affair, went to take a Horse out of the Stable to go off, but was hindred by the Man to whom they owed Money for Board and Lodging; but he passing for Robert's Servant at the House, the Person of the House went with him to the Collector (now Sands had before read the Papers, and found he was not advertis'd) as soon as they came to the Collector's House, Sands told him, that he could soon prove who his Master was, and all the Circumstances that was represented, false, if he would grant him the Favour of giving Orders that he should have a Horse; which the Collector upon hearing this Story consented to, and ordered Barnes, the Keeper of Fastham Boat-house to let him have one. So Sands took his Master's Mare, and rode clean off. Ramsey and Carr being at Liverpool , heard not a Word of this Transaction, but stay'd expecting C - every Day, and they being likewise advertis'd, was by the means of the Person who kept the Boat-house taken at Liverpool , and committed to the Tower; by this Time, News came down to Chester , that C - was the real Person advertis'd; so he was sent from the Place where he was, to the North-Gate . Carr and Ramsey was much indulged where they were committed at the Tower; and it being a large Place, where the People of the Town used to frequent twice a Week to play at Cards, Dance, &c. they were indulg'd to see those Diversions, and being not much taken Care of in the Day-time, they was more watch'd at Night, and People lay in the same Room along with them; and one Night there being a Wall repairing, they took that Opportunity to make their Escapes, which they effected by giving the Persons, who lay in the same Room with them, Punch mixed with Laudanum, and in the middle of the Night they got off by the Help of a Ladder over a Wall 15 Feet high, and travelling all Night, they arrived the next Day at a Place call'd Runcom, where is a Boat which Ferries Passengers over to Wales ; the Persons that Ferried over this Boat being in Liquor, obliged them to wait seven Hours, which was the Occasion of their being taken; for being up all Night, they as soon as they crossed, went to a House and fell fast asleep; and there being a Hue and Cry, they was taken and closer confined, till they was removed from thence by a Habeas Corpus to Newgate , and being * tried for this Fact, C - was capitally convicted, and Carr remaining upon a special Verdict, died in Newgate before the special Verdict was argu'd. After Mr. Ramsey had given his Evidence against C - and Carr he was discharged from his Confinement, and went to Bristol , and as he was walking up Corn street , who should he meet but one † Snowd, whom he had formerly seen at London; they was bo much surprized at the Sight of each other, and so confounded that they did not speak; but Snowd pass'd on, and put up and din'd at the George Alehouse , in the same Street, where Ramsey coming accidently the same Afternoon; they was both extremely surprised with a second accidental Meeting, and immediately called for a private Room; as soon as they was by themselves, they imparted to each other their own Affairs, only Snowd concealing the real Cause of his Absconding; told Ramsey, that it was something that was of great Concern, and even touch'd his Life, but would not make any farther Discovery. They push'd the Bottle pretty briskly about, and being very merry, consulted how they should live in a strange Place; at last, be thought themselves of the following Stratagem. There was at that Time, in the Town, Parson W - ley, who was a great Methodist, and likewise a great Friend to those who followed him, and was sincere in his Way of Thinking. Accordingly they agreed to wait on the Parson next Day at his Lodgings, and telling him a very dismal Story of their forsaking all their Friends and the little they had in view at London, they came down to Bristol, purely for Conscience Sake, in order to hear his Doctrine, and to enjoy their Religion quietly, which they could not do at London, they was so much persecuted by their Friends, and esteemed by their Acquaintance as Mad-men. The Parson embraced them with a great deal of Tenderness, asked them several Questions, to which they had their Answers readily; and told them, that he was glad to find they had such good Notions of Religion, and that he would do them all the Service that lay in his Power, in order to their becoming Christians in reality, which till then he told them, they only profess'd the Name, but not the Meaning. This done, they all three went to Prayers, and the Parson made them a Present of a little Book, call'd, The Life of God, in the Soul of Man; telling them to peruse it carefully, it containing very necessary Instructions concerning their future Happiness; and farther, that if they pleased, they might after one Months Trial, be admitted as one of their Brethren, and belong to their SOCIETY. The following is the Manner in which they were admitted; they was brought before the whole Society, which was then kept in Ballance-street; and after shewn to all the Brethren, who commonly meet once a Week, they was desired to meet twice, 'till their Month was compleated, with one or more of the Society, who are old Standers, and are called Leaders of Bands. They went according to one of these Bands, who met with some Members, and where asked the following Questions by their Leaders. Are you in Love? Are you married? Have you received Remission of Sins? Does the spirit of Self bear Witness with your Spirit, that you are born of God? Do you desire to become as a little Child? Do you desire to keep any Thing? Is your Sins a Secret? To which Questions they giving satisfactory Answers, were in a Month's Time admitted into the Society, as Members, which was done as follows. The Parson having a List of the several new Members Names, who wait at the Door, proposes them as proper Persons one by one, then if the Members make no Objection, they are * Ramsey was an Evidence against C - s and Carr, see Sessions-Paper, No. 5. Page 89. in the Mayor alty of Sir John Barnard . † He was tried with one Joseph Wells , for robbing one Mr. Hull, on the Highway, see Sessions-Paper, No. 2. Part 2d. Page 60. in the Mayoralty of Sir John Salter . immediately admitted, and the following Verse Sung upon their Entrance by all the Members. Still let thy Love point out his Way, What wondrous Works thy Love hath wrought; Sill lead him least he go astray, Direct his Work, inspire his Thought, And when he falls, soon may he hear Thy Voice, and know that Love is near. As soon as Ramsey had gone through his several Degrees, and was admitted in the Manner before mentioned; his next Step was to come at the Money, which they commonly keep by them in large Parcels, which was usually gathered every Evening at their public Societies and expounding Places. He took so much Care, with regard to his Behaviour, that he soon made the Parson think he was very sincere, so was introduced amongst the chief of the Methodist's, where he commonly took Care to enquire which of the Brethren had most Money, and was the most bigotted to their Principles; by this his artful Insinuation, and modest Behaviour, he soon gained much Esteem, and was look'd upon as a reputed Saint. Parson W - y lodging in High-street, at Mr. W - ld's Sisters, thither he often used to resort, at which Place all the Cash was kept for building two Houses, the one in Kingswood, the other in Town; he having free access to the Parson, used to pretend he had Qualms of Conscience which often troubled him; the Parson used to pray for his Deliverance; after praying some considerable Time, he was left to meditate by himself in the Room where the Money was kept; so whilst the Parson went down Stairs to pray with somebody else, he used to stuff his Pockets pretty full with Silver; by this means he had always Cash enough in his Pocket ready, if a Discovery was made of his Insincerity, to brush off with. He was always sure to frequent those public Places where there was often a gathering made, and likewise was ready to stand after the Prayers was over, in order to help gather the Money, which was often distributed very liberal; as soon as the People was all dispersed, he, Judas like, carried the Bagg, which he was sure to lighten very much before he got Home with it; he having plenty of Cash always, was sure to appear clean and neat every where wherever he went. At last, by these careful Methods, he insinuated himself into Parson Whit - d's Brother's Company, who was very fond of him, and he being a good Marksman, soon discovered the Parson's Brother's Infirmities, which ingratiated himself very much in his good Opinion. He used very often to have frequent Disputes with several of the Gentlemen and Clergymen of that Place, who often gave him Preference in Point of Learning, for he was a very good Scholar. But to return to Parson Whit - d's Brother, he was so linked in with him, that every Thing that Ramsey said was a Law; he soon discovering Thomas's blind Side (for that was the Parson's Brother's Name) he took greater Freedoms with him, and was less Cautious. One Adventure happening, occasioned the Town Talk, and was like to be the downfal of Ramsey. Snowd and Ramsey being very merry one Night over a Bottle, which was done by stealth, for nobody knew of it, it being reckoned a very heinous Crime to drink hard amongst those Sort of People; they in short got so much in Liquor, that they scarce knew each other, Ramsey left his Companion Snowd upon a Tomb Stone in St. James's Church-Yard dead drunk, and himself real'd Home in a very dismal Condition; as soon as he came to the Door, he knocked hard, and who should come to let him in, but his Landlady, who accosted him in the following Manner: Hey Day! Who is here? the sanctified Methodist, where's your Companion? Ramsey could scarce Answer, but at last belching and vomiting in her Face, he made Answer, he was safe a Bed; so he was sure enough, for he was so dead drunk, that he fell sound a sleep, as if he was in a down Bed; but he had not long enjoyed his Repose, before he was seen by some Gentlemen upon the Sneak, who strip'd him; when he awoke, he started up, and in that Condition, marched towards his Lodging about 5 o'Clock in the Morning; as soon as he came to the Door, he knock'd aloud and disturbed Ramsey, who remembring the last Nights Transactions, went down and let him in; this Affair had like to put an End to Ramsey's pretended Sanctity; but he putting a grave formal Face upon the Matter, soon reconcil'd Things, and was in as great Repute as ever. Another Transaction of this Nature which almost over turn'd him was this; the Parson's Brother, which Ramsey nick'd nam'd the ORATOR, who took Ramsey for a young Gentleman of For tune, seeing Ramsey one Day pull out a Purse of Gold, which he seemed to despise as Dross, the Orator, that is Parson Whit – d's Brother, desir'd Ramsey to lend him five Guineas, which he said should be return'd in a small Time; but Ramsey lov'd his Money too well to part with it in that Manner, made some frivilous Excuse, and told him he had promised to give it all to the Poor; which much nettled the Orator, who getting very merry that Evening, and meeting Ramsey at a Tavern playing at Hazard, with the same Purse of Money he had before show'd him; upon which he asked him, If that was given his Money to the Poor? Ramsey being confounded, answer'd him very civilly, withal desiring him to sit down and take Part of a Bottle, which the other refused, and went out immediately merry as he was to his Sister's, which was not far off, to whom he made a comical Story of Ramsey (who at that Time went by the Name of Robert Gray ) that he was got Preaching of the Doctrine of Faith, over Box and Dice at the Tavern. Ramsey suspecting the Orator was gone out to do him a Prejudice on account of his not lending him the Sum he requested, immediately follow'd him, and being pretty sober, and the other very merry, made his Assertion pretty good, so got off till the next Morning, for Whit - ld had, tho' much in Liquor, made the Case pretty plain against Ramsey: in the Morning they both appear'd before the Parson, but Ramsey had got the Tavern Man on his Side, who positively denied what they other had asserted, and so he got off for that Time; tho' the thinking Sort secretly thought he was guilty, and look'd more sharply after him, which Ramsey soon saw, and having got as much as he could, thought proper to retreat, before he was more found out. And while he was thinking of retreating, an Accident happen'd which prevented him for that Time, for Parson W - y being invited over to Bath to Preach according to his usual Custom, every Tuesday Fortnight, persuaded his Brother Ramsey to go along with him, who could not deny his Request for fear of any Suspicion with regard to the Money which he had purloined at Times from the common Stock, who accordingly went. When they arrived, W – y preach'd a Sermon on Predestination, and Ramsey officiated as Clerk, who in the middle of the Sermon, espying a Person who knew him, retreated with the utmost Expedition to an Inn at Bath , to which sometime after W - y coming, ask'd him the Reason of his sudden Hurry, in going away in the manner he did? Ramsey told him the Words he spoke in his Sermon was so moving, and had such an Effect upon him, that he was obliged to go away, or he should have fainted away in the Place. Ramsey in the Time of his Clerkship got acquainted with a Girl, who was formerly a Quaker, and who had lately turn'd Methodist, persuaded her that Money was but Dross, and she having 100 l. in her own Hands, that she could not be saved unless she gave it all to the Poor. The Girl eager with the Desire of becoming a good Christian, readily consented that Ramsey should dispose of all her Money as he thought proper, which he did you must be sure, and gave a very good Account how he had bestow'd it, which was as he told her distributed among the King's-wood Colliers. When he had thus inveigh'd the Girl out of all her Money, he pretended that some Affairs of Importance called him to London ; and taking a formal Leave of all his Brethren at Bristol , particularly the Parson he made the best of his Way to London . When he came there, having some Money by him, proposed to go upon the * Mace, and letting a Friend into the Secret, they dressed themselves very Gay, and went towards Grosvenor-Square , where pitching upon a House to their Minds, they looked at it, and found it was for their Purpose, and understanding that one Mr. B - t an Attorney had the letting it, upon which Ramsey and his Friend S - d, went to him, and laying their Story close together, by telling him that Mr S - d, who passed by the Name of Alexander Good , Surgeon , who had been brought up regularly at the University of Leyden , soon came to an Agreement, and took the House for a 12 Months certain, and a Quarters Warning. Their next Step was to furnish this House, which they contriv'd in the following Manner, they waited on Mr. B - w, an * The Mace is perform'd by Confederacy, one or two Persons take a House, and then get wht quantity of Goods they can upon Credit, and then go off with them. eminent Upholsterer in Golden-Square , to whom they pretended they had taken a Lease of such a House, naming the House they had actually taken near Grosvenor-Square . Mr. B - w told them he should be glad to serve them with such Goods as was in his Power: they lost no Time, but employed a Carpenter to fit up their Shop, a Smith to do the Iron Work, and a Bricklayer to make a Sand-Heat, &c. for an Apothecary and Surgeon; in the mean Time they was not idle, but contracted with all the Workmen they could to make all Things compleat. Whilst these Things was in Agitation, their next Step was to get what Goods they could in Credit, in order to convey a Way to make Money off; they sent for several Tradesmen to furnish the House in a genteel Manner; and in particular a Glass Man, whom they agreed with for Pots, Phials, &c. Their next Contrivance was for some Goods, as Moveables, in order to raise Money. Their first Exploit of this Nature, was upon a Wine-Merchant, near Cannon-street, him Mr. Ramsey waited on, and told him that he had taken a large House in order to follow Business, more for Pleasure, than Profit, and that he should have much Company, usually kept large Quantities of several Sorts, but desired some as Samples for the present Use, which was sent immediately in by the Merchant. The next Thing Mr. Ramsey did, was to take Care to Order the Servant to distribute the Wine out Liberally, as he might be thought a Gentleman of great Generosity. The next Person Mr. Ramsey waited on, was a Sword-cutler near St. James's-Palace , where he amused him with a Story of a Marriage, and pretending his own Sword which was a Silver-hilted one, (and which he hired for the Purpose) was not good enough; agreed with the Sword-cutler for one of Gold, the Sword-cutler shewed him several, at last struck up a Bargain for one of 15 Guineas; this Mr. Ramsey order'd to be sent to his House, and pretending he had not so much Gold about him, but would be at Home at such a Time; the Sword-cutler and Mr. Ramsey parted with much Complaisance, and he waited according to the Time; when he came, Mr. Ramsey you must be sure was out of the Way, but there was a Servant ready to receive the Goods, who told him that his Master was gone to such a Lord's, naming a great Gentleman's Name, who liv'd at some Distance from the House, but had left Word he would be at Home, according to the Time appointed if possible; so desiring the Man to walk in, he introduced him into the Parlour, which was furnish'd for the Purpose in an elegant Manner, and presently the Servant disappeared, designedl, leaving the Sword-cutler to contemplate on the Furniture and Beauty of the Pictures; in a small Time after, he returned with a Bottle of French Wine, and made a low Congee, and said his Master had ordered him to do so in order that he might regale himself, 'til his Master's Return. The Sword-cutler after Drinking a Glass or two, and finding Mr. Ramsey did not return; and having Business to do, knock'd for the Servant, and asked what he would have him do; who told him that his Master to be sure would take it as a great Affront if he did not leave it; which the poor Man searing to disoblige his new Customer, presently complyed with, and he begg'd the Favour of the Servant that he would give his humble Respects to his Master, and begg his Pardon a Thousand Times, that he could not stay any longer at that Time, but would be sure to wait on him shortly; the Servant told him he would take Care to deliver the Message; but added, I would not have you come too soon, Sir, for fear my Master should think it is not in your Power to trust him, for he hates any thing Little, or Mean; the Sword-cutler thanking him for his good Advice, promis'd him he would not, so way he went. The next Day Mr. Ramsey waited on a Woollen-draper, and agreeing for a Quantity of Cloth, which came to upwards of 15 l. told the Gentleman he had not so much Money about him, but desired him to send it, and the Bill of Parcels to his House, and he would be at Home, naming a particular Time, and desiring the Woollen draper to be exact, he promised he would, and so they both parted with great Ceremonies; the Woollen-draper sent his Porter, and a Bill of Parcels punctual to the Time, and affixed under the Bill a Receipt. The Porter coming to Doctor Ramsey's House (you must understand he told the Woollen-draper he was a Doctor) and knocking at the Door, was presently let in, and asked if the Doctor was at Home: The Servant said his Master was that Minute sent for by Dr. C - den in order to be present at an Operation in cutting a Gentleman for the Stone; but (says he) Friend, if you have any Thing, you may leave it. Ay! says the Porter I'll leave it, but - But, What you Blockhead? if my Master was at Home, he'd kick you out of Doors for your Insolence, in offering to make a Doubt of answering him immediately to the Purpose. Oh, Dear Sir! (says the Porter to him) I hope you won't let the Doctor know, I only made a Scruple of leaving the Bill, which has got a Receipt; its very well, very well Friend, (says the Servant) I'll take no Notice now, but I wou'd advise you to take Care of your Behaviour for the future; so taking the Bill and the Cloth, the Porter went his Ways. The Doctor's Creditors (whom he had unfortunately taken in) coming to thick one after another to the Door, it was his Servant's whole Employment to dispatch them; for as yet they were ignorant of the Cause of his keeping so much out of the Way; at last the Storm growing pretty hot, the Servant thought proper to retreat, for fear a random Shot should hit him; so the House was left alone to answer for itself. The Doctor no sooner saw his Scheme lost, and thinking London to hot, once more retir'd to Bristol , and when he came there, found Things was not in so good a Posture as when he came from thence, and imagining he could do nothing with the rest of his Brethren, turn'd the Tables, and went immediately to a certain great Man, and made a formal Recantation; and likewise hop'd he would subscribe to a Book which he intended to write against the Methodists, which he promised him he would. While he was writing this Book several of the Methodists understanding his intentions, dissuaded him from it, as he pretended to him; but in Fact this was only to get what he could of them, and when he could get no more, he went on with his Book as fast as possible. During this Transaction, another Accident happen'd, which made him once more quit Bristol , with as much Precipitation as he had done London, which was this: Going one Day to a Friend's House who was a Methodist, and taking the Advantage of his Absence, pick'd open a little Lock, after which opening a Draw, he took five Guineas, but the Person coming Home soon after, missed the Money, and judging no body could have it but Mr. Ramsey, presently made a strict Enquiry if any Body in the Town had seen him, at last heard of him at some Places where he had been; Mr. Ramsey hearing he was smoak'd, presently withdrew; and blam'd himself for not taking a good Gelding which was ready saddled, in order for him as he pretended to go another Way. This Accident obliged him to move off towards Bath , and the next Day to Marlborough , and so on to London . He had not been long there, but one of the Persons who he took in for Goods upon the Masonry Lay had him Arrested, and he was put into the Marshalsea , where he lay some Months, till a Gentleman paid his Fees, and had him discharg'd; he went then by the Name of Robert Gray : After he was discharg'd from his Confinement, he and his own Brother went and committed the following Robberies, viz. About seven Months ago, he and his Brother went into one Mr. Boyce's House at the Golden-Bell , and stole a Silver Cup and Pepper-box. About eight Months ago, he and his Brother went into a House at the upper End of Red-Lion-Street , about 8 o'Clock in the Morning, and stole out of it a pair of Silver Candlesticks, Snuffers, and Stand. About five Months ago, they took out of a House in Princes-street , Bedford Row , about eight o'Clock in the Morning a Silver hilted Sword. About six Months ago, they stole out of a House in Little Orange street , Red-Lion-Street , about 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon, a Silver Cream Pot, a Silver Tea Pot, a pair of silver Tongs, a Strainer, a Silver Spoon, two Salt Spoons, and another Silver Spoon double gilt. About seven Months ago, they went to a House the lower End of Red-Lion-street , about 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon, and took out of it, a pair of Silver Candlesticks, a large Silver Cup, and a Pepper-Box. About six Months ago, they went into a House the middle of Red-Lion-Street , and took out of it, a Silver Tankard, and a large pair of Silver Buckles. About seven Months ago, they stole out of a House in Soho-Square , about 8 o'Clock in the Morning, a Silver Saucepan, and two Silver Tea Spoons. About eleven Month-ago, they stole out of a House the middle of Frith-street , a Tea Chest, a Silver hilted Sword and Belt. About seven Months ago, they went into a House in Devonshire-street , Queen's-Square , and stole out of it a Silver Pint Mug. About six Months ago, they went into a House in New-North-street , and brought out of it a Silver hilted Sword and Hanger. About seven Months ago, they went into a House in Rathbone-Place , and brought out of it a Silver hilted Sword. About six Months ago, they went into a House in Pall-Mall , and stole out of it a Tea Chest, containing about a Pound of Tea. About five Months ago, they stole out of a House in Soho-Square , a Silver Candlestick, a Silver Snuff-pan, and a Cane. For the Good of the Public, it was desired by this unhappy young Man Mr. Ramsey, that all Maid Servants for the future, when they are washing their Doors or Steps, or when they go out of Errands, not to leave their Doors ajar, but take Care to shut them after them. The last Robbery which he committed, and for which he suffered for, was committed in Company with his own Brother, who turn'd Evidence against him, was for robbing Mr. Glynn of Hatton-Garden , of a large quantity of Plate. The following LETTER he sent sometime before his Execution. Mr. EDWARDS. I Suppose that you will be surprized when you find that this comes from one, that you will never see again; - I mean your unfortunate Friend Robert Gray , as you thought by that Name; but what shall I say, when I tell you, it is not so. Oh! blame me not! I am now by the just Judgment of God and Man, under Sentence of Death. May the Lord Almighty forgive me in my last Hour, and suffer no Pains of Death to fall upon me. It has not been my own Choice, but the Will of God be done. Whatever Injuries I have committed at Bristol , with Tears in my poor Eyes I ask Forgiveness. Oh! my Friend, could you but guess or think what Agonies I feel I am sure you would pity me; may my Father which is in Heaven, pity me likewise. - I should be glad to hear from you, and that quickly. Pray give my Love to Mr. Thompson, and all my Acquaintance, particularly Mr. Swain. My dearest Friend, Adieu. I rest, Your unhappy Friend, RORERT RAMSEY . P. S. You may direct for me in my Cell in Newgate , January 2d, 1741-2 I desire you will ask Mr. Noble his Forgiveness for what I so unjustly deprived him of. The following LETTER Mr. Ramsey receiv'd the Evening before his Execution. Jan. 12. 1741. Dear Friend. THE important Concern about which we spoke together this Morning, is so deeply impressed upon my Mind, that I can't refrain writing to you a few Lines to remind you once more of the preciousness of that Redemption which the eternal Son of God had made for us, when he shed his Blood upon the Cross, which is indeed a weighty Matter, and which the Enemy of our Souls tries all possible Ways and Means to divert our Minds from meditating upon, especially when we are upon the Brink of Eternity; even our worldly Friends and Relations are oftentimes his Instruments, and by their own Fondness and Affection, quench and stifle those Convictions, and that Grace which our dear Saviour is never wanting to bestow upon the Purchase of his Blood, even our precious Souls; especially at such mementous Conjunctures. The Way of Salvation is indeed a short an easy way, as the Apostles mention'd to the Jailor and our Saviour has often declared himself, but I doubt not of your being fully convinced of this, that it is not a national Faith, or a meer Saying, I believe, that will save us, but must be the Faith, which is the Gift of us, but must be the Faith which is the Gift of GOD, and wrought by the Inspiration of the holy Spirit. O! my Friend, cry unto the Lord, and that instantly, that he may bestow this precious Gift upon you, before these few Moments are spent which are left you. I remain your sincere Friend, and well Wisher for your poor Soul, R. Brown. Tuesday, Jan. 12. 1741. After Mr. Ramsey had hung the usual Time, he was cut down, and his Body was convey'd to a Coach, which was there waiting for that Purpose, to carry him to one Mr. Kitchen's in Three-Horse-Court , Gilpur-street , near West-Smithfield ; after he had lain from Wednesday Two o'Clock, he was carried on Friday Evening, about Eight o'Clock to St. Mary Staines , near Goldsmith's-Hall , and there interred. What has been said is not intended to blacken his Memory, or deprive him of the Pity which naturally arises in every Man's Mind, on those who fall Victims to Justice and Law. The Design of these Accounts is to benefit the Living, the Dead can receive neither Good nor Hurt from them. It is to be hoped, that such as have only enter'd on the Paths which brought this unhappy Man to his Ruin, will see by his Example, what themselves must come to, if they do not bethink themselves in Time Without Question, the inordinate Love of Pleasure, the Contempt not only of Religion, but Decency, the shameless Debauchery of Night-Houses, and the open Practice of GAMING, so notorious in this present Age, have a strong Tendency to mislead Men to their Ruin: And therefore, the Sacrifices made by the Law ought to be well explain'd, as the best and almost only Means to deter others from the like Practices. Reputation is quickly lost, hardly ever to be recovered, and when it is lost, People are apt to run Headlong into the most dangerous Practices, in order to procure Supplies for their Necessities and Pleasures, not apprehending how high a Price they may one Day pay for their past Follies and ill Conduct. N. B. The Dying Speech of James Hall , for the Murder of his Master John Penny , Esq ; of Clement's-Inn , and for which he was executed at the End of Catherine-Street in the Strand , on September, 1741. And also Two Volumes of the Lives of the most remarkable Malefactors for 40 Years last past, may be had of the Printer of these Speeches. FINIS. ADVERTISEMENT. The following Letter was sent to Dr. HENRY in Hatton-Garden, next Holborn, from a Patient, a Gentleman of known Veracity, who for the Benefit of Others in this Disorder, desires it may be made publick, which the Reader may take in his own Words following. SIR, I Have the Happiness to inform you, that I am in all Appearance entirely cured of my terrible Headach, and nervous Disorder, which had so grievously afflicted me for two Years successively; I have not perceived the least remaining Symptoms of it these six Months past. The present Health I now enjoy, compared with the Memory I still retain of my insupportable Disorder, is so joyful a Change to me, that it would be the greatest Ingratitude should I longer delay to return you my hearty Thanks and Acknowledgment in this publick Manner, who, under God have been the Restorer of my Health, even beyond what every one thought possible, or could have any Reason to hope for. I here send you a true State of my Illness, to the End that those whose Unhappiness it is to be so afflicted, may, by reading what you have done for me, be encouraged to try the same Advice and Remedies, which if they do, they may safely promise themselves the same Success. The first beginning of my Illness was going to the East-Indies , for I was Mate of an Indiaman : The first attack was when I crossed the Tropicks, whether it was the Heat of the Place, or the Change of the Air, I know not; but when I was in that Country, I was extremely bad, and came Home in that Condition, expecting my native Country Air would have been of Service to me. I applied to the most eminent Physicians, who only told me it was a nervous Complaint, produced from Excess of Heat, which had stagnated the Juices of the Brain; and after Blistering, Bleeding, Cupping, and a deal of other Means, there was hardly any Relief. It would rage to such a Degree that I was almost distracted; at length it turned to a Vertigo, Giddiness, and Swimmings of the Head. My Pain was mostly in the hinder Part, with beating Noise of Wind, but at Times would lie with such a Weight upon my fore Part of my Head and Eyes, that I was afraid I should entirely lose my Sight; all which affected the Nerves, as brought a Paralyrick Trembling and Weakness all over my Body, with sometimes Convulsions; and the Use of my Speech much impared: I had no Rest Night nor Day, but was huried with confused and irregular Thoughts; my Stomach and Bowels would swell with Wind, then would fly to the Head, and bring on most of the aforesaid Disorders, with a strong Palpitation and trembling of the Heart. This was my miserable Case, and tho' a young Man, had given over Hopes of a Cure, 'till a Gentleman who had been almost in the same Condition as mine, and cured by your nervous Medicine, advised me to apply to you, as the only Person for the Cure of nervous Disorders, which accordingly I did; and sent for a Bottle of your nervous Medicine, with the Pills and Cephalick Snuff for the Head, which cost me Seven Shillings, and was presently relieved: so in a Month's Time I was entirely relieved, freed from my Disorders, and have not taken any Thing these six Months, and have no Apprehension of my Illness returning; for which I return you my most grateful Thanks, under Divine Providence, for my present happy State of Health, which is entirely owing to you. SIR, Your obliged humble Servant. WILLIAM CLARKE . Near the Parsonage Woolwich , Sept. 1741.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were Executed at TYBURN, ON FRIDAY the 21st of October, 1743. BEING THE FOURTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble. Robert Willimot , Esquire, LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. Number IV. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XLIII. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. ROBERT WILLIMOTTE, Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Hon. Mr. Justice Burnet; the Hon. Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Recorder; and Others, his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Thursday and Friday, the 19th and 20th of May, and in the 16th Year of his Majesty's Reign. One Man, viz. William Brown , was, by the Jury, convicted of a capital Crime, and sentenced to die. Also, At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-delivery of Newgate , held before the Right Hon. Robert Willimotte , Esq; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Parker; the Hon. Mr. Baron Abney; the Hon. Mr. Justice Wright; and the Hon. Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Recorder of London; and Others, his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Jail-delivery of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 29th and 30th of June, and the 1st of July, and in the 17th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Two Men, viz. Richard Warwick , and John Head , were, by the Jury, found guilty of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. Likewise, At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Hon. Robert Willimotte, Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice Wills; the Hon. Mr. Justice Dennison; the Hon. Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Recorder of London, and Others, his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Jail-delivery, of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th of September, and in the 17th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Four Men, viz. James Hanns , John Bunn , Joseyh Leach , and Joseph Lewin , and one Woman, viz. Margaret Stanbury , were by the Jury found guilty of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, they were seriously exhorted, to consider their Ways, and turn their Feet unto God's Testimonies; to think upon their natural Corruption, that we are all conceived in Sin, and brought forth in Iniquity, and from this original Guilt, proceed all the innumerable Sins of our Lives, whether of Omission or Commission, neglect of Duty, and actually sinning against a good and gracious God, who is daily loading us with his Benefits, although we are most unthankful, and make no suitable Returns for his infinite Blessings and Mercies. They were instructed in the principal Christian Grace and Virtue; Faith in Christ, upon whom alone they were to rely for Life and Salvation, seeing there is no other Name under Heaven among Men, whereby we must be saved, but the Name of Jesus, and Him crucified; and says our Saviour, God so loved the World, that He gave his only beloved Son for the World, that whosoever believeth in Him, might not perish, but have eternal Life: And again, This is Life eternal to know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. And, as we must thus believe in Christ, with that Faith which worketh by Love, bringing forth manifold Fruits unto new Obedience, Holiness and Virtue; so we must of Necessity repent of all our Sins, as the Apostle exhorteth, Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your Sins may be blotted out, when the Times of refreshing shall come from the Presence of our Lord: And our Saviour expresly says, Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. They being convicted of Theft and Robbery, were instructed, how contrary such wicked Practices are to all the Rules of Justice and Equity, and that they proceed either from Malice or Covetousness. The malicious Man desires to work his innocent Neighbour Mischief, though he get Nothing by it for himself, as is too often seen. Men make Havock and Spoil of the Goods of one, to whom they bear a Grudge, though they design not to get any thing by it, but propose only the Pleasure of venting their Spite on the other. This is an hellish Humour, like the Devil, who bestows all his Pains and Industry, not to do any Good to himself, but only to ruin and undo others; how contrary this is to Justice and Equity, appears from the Command given by God to the Jews, If thou meet thine Enemies Ox, or his Ass, going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again: If thou see the Ass of him that hateth thee lying under his Burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him: Exod. xxiii. 45. Where we see it is a Debt we are made to owe to our Enemies, to prevent that Loss and Damage, which by any Accident he is in danger of, and that even with some Labour and Pains to ourselves: The other Motive to practising this Sins is, Covetousness; he that is unjust for greed of Gain, is like to multiply more Acts of this Sin, than he that is so out of Malice; as it is not possible for any Man to have so many Objects of his Malice, as he may have of his Covetousness, no Man having so general a Malignity as to hate every body; but the covetous Man hath as many Objects of his Vice, as there be Things in the World he esteems valuable. This being the great Vice that led them into the Crimes they suffered for, was insisted on, to bring them into a perfect sight and deep sense of their Sin, and consequently into a sincere Repentance for the same. They were also made to understand the Benefits of the Christian Sacraments, that all of us are early Dedicated to God in Baptism, to deny all Ungodliness and worldly Lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in a present, evil World; and these Obligations they having in innumerable Instances broken, by their scandalous, wicked Lives, they were seriously exhorted to think upon partaking in the blessed Sacrament of our Lord's last Supper, wherein the Body and Blood of Christ are represented and exhibited to us in a visible and lively Manner; for as Bread and Wine nourish our Bodies outwardly for support of the natural Life, so the Body and Blood of Christ applyed to our Souls by a true and lively Faith, do certainly feed our Souls to eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. And to prepare them for this glorious Feast; they were advised to examine themselves, if they had an Interest in the new Covenant of Grace, if Christ was formed in them, which they might know by their hatred of Sin, by their sincere Love to God and Christ, and by a firm Resolution of Obedience to God's Holy Laws and Ordinances, To the Law and to the Testimony, if it speak not according to this, it is, because there is no Light in them. I . viii. 20. While thus, and in many other Particulars, they were instructed, they attended in Chapple, and were attentive to Prayers and Exortations: William Brown was under Sentence five or six Weeks by himself before the other two; he gave punctual Attendance, gave no Offence, and was very exact in compliance with divine Worship, took diligent Heed to Instructions, and to all Appearance, was serious in other religious Duties, so that we may hope he was a true Penitent. Richard Warwick gave constant Attendance, but was young, and not so much affected as he ought to have been. John Head came to Chapple a few Days, was quiet and attentive, but was in a bad state of Health; he had been a hard-working Man, and scarce understood any thing of Religion, and on a sudden, he fell so very sick of the Jail-Distemper, that on Sunday Morning the 10th of July, he expired, lock'd up in the Cell by himself. John Bunn , and Joseph Leach , tho' but 14 and 15 Years old, yet behav'd very decently, Leach could not read, but Bunn made regular Responses with the rest; they did not know much, and were instructed as the Time allowed. James Hanns behaved Christianly and with Submission. Joseph Lewin , and Margaret Stansbury were attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, and its to be hoped they had a true Faith in Christ. All of them were much more decent than many of these unfortunate Creatures are. Upon Thursday the 13th of October, Report was made to their Excellencies the Lords Justices of the Realm, of the seven Malefactors lying under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate; when William Brown , of St. Paul, Covent Garden , for stealing one Linnen Handkerchief, value 18 d. the Goods of Robert Tracey , Esq ; privately from his Person, May 5th: Richard Warwick , of St. George , in Middlesex , with John Bunn , and Joseph Leach , not then taken, for assaulting James Fennel on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, value 1 s. a Perriwig, value 2 s. and 16 s. in Money, the Goods and Money of James Fennel , from his Person, and against his Will, June 21. He was also tried and found guilty for stealing two Linnen Table Cloths, 10 Towels, 1 Linnen Cloth, value 6 d. 1 Linnen Sheet, value 2s. 6d. and 1 pair of worsted Stockings, value 12 d the Goods of Nicholas Cunliff , June, 23. He was also tried on another Indictment, with two others, of St. Paul Shadwell, for stealing a Copper Boiler, value 7 s. the Goods of John Rowe , May 29, of this he was acquitted, but the other guilty of Felony, received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining three, viz. James Hanns , Joseph Lewen , and Mary Stansbury , were ordered for Execution. Mary Stansbury being thought to be with Child, on Tuesday last received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve for a Fortnight. John Head , who was convicted capitally at the Sessions in June last, having died in the Cells a few Days after his Conviction, we shall give of him the following brief Account, as delived by himself before his last Sickness seized him. John Head , otherwise Offley and Francis Painter , of Enfield , were indicted for stealing two Cows, value 6 Pounds, the Goods of Sir Henry Parker , Bart. and two Cows, value 8 l. the Property of Thomas Inwood , Esq ; May 9. John Head , otherwise Offley , and Francis Painter , were a second Time indicted for stealing two Heifers, value 5 Pounds, the Goods of John Harvey , and 1 Heifer, value 4 Pounds, the Property of William Crew , May 9. Upon the first they were acquitted; upon the 2d Indictment, Head was found Guilty. Painter acquitted of both. John Head , 40 Years of Age, born 4 Miles from Barnet , in the Hertford Road; his Father was a Farmer, and bred his Son John in the same Way, who lived in like Manner with the Father, as a Farmer and Husbandman ; he had no Education at School, and could neither read nor write. In the preceeding Part of his Life, he was honest, and of a good Character; as for the crime he was to have suffered for, as he was pleased to say, he sold this Heifer for another Man gone down to Yorkshire, where, however, no such Person can be found, and all this seems to be a Fiction, and a faint excuse for his Roguery, which is at the same Time no way probable. John Head came often to Town with Cattle, Sheep, Corn and Hay to market, and wrought for any body, whatever they gave him orders for, and did whatever they had to do; he behaved well when in Chapel, the few Times he came to it, and not having been taught to read or write, neither going much to Church, but being a profane Man, and contemner of Religion, he was grosly ignorant. He had a Wife and six Children, and likewise a poor Parish Child, for whom, they gave him a Sum of Money, betwixt ten and twelve Pounds to keep it, and this, with his own Children are still living with his Wife. No body came after him, the Wife living at a distance in the Country, and having so great a Charge; he still insisted he knew not that the Heifer was stolen, but if longer Time had been granted him, by Divine Providence, it is like he might have made more clear Confessions. He fell desperately sick of a Fever, for four or five Days, and upon Sunday Morning, as it was thought by his fellow Sufferers in the next Cells, he expired, being all alone without any Company, (as is usual to those Persons, under his unhappy Misfortune) and about eight or nine o'Clock when the several Doors of the aforesaid Cells were opened, they found him Dead in his Bed. James Hanns , was Indicted for assaulting Richard Cole on the Highway, puting him in fear, and taking from him a Silver Watch, value 40 s. one Guinea in gold, and 20 s. in Silver, the Property of Richard Cole , July the 9th. He was a Second Time Indicted, for assaulting John Pierson on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Silver Watch, value 40 s. half a Guinea in Gold, and three Shillings and six pence in Silver, the Property of John Pierson , July the 9th. This Evidence was almost alike with the former, and he was also found guilty of this Indictment. Death. 1. James Hanns , 39 or 40 Years of Age, born in Somersetshire , had good Education at School, to Read, Write and cast Accompts, and was instructed in Christian Faith, when of Age, he did not go to any Trade, for his Father being a considerable Farmer , he also followed that way of Business; he married a Wife, by whom he has several Children now living; he then rented a Farm for himself, for which he annually paid 250 l. whereby he maintained himself and Family in a reputable manner, and was at that Time reckoned worth a Thousand Pound; but Business not answering his expectation, and having sustained several Losses, thought of changing his Place of residence, and thereupon resolved within himself to come nearer to London, which he some Years ago accordingly did, with his Wife, three Sons and Daughter, the eldest of whom is about 17 Years of Age, and the youngest doth not exceed 7, whom are now living. He kept the Crown Ale-House at Lessen-Green , near Paddington , and with that also a pretty little Farm, and in these two Ways he made a Comfortable Living, for himself and Family, so that had he been spared, as he said, they were in a very good middling Way of Business, and might have done very well, beginning to recover his Losses, and having very good Business in his Publick-house; but what ruins all of them, had the same Effect upon Hanns, for he grew acquainted with, and haunted vicious, idle Company, who immediately hurried him to his Destruction; for they took him to rob on the Highway, and this entailed inevitable Disgrace and a shameful Catastrophe upon him. He insisted, that he was a sober Man, and not given to Debauchery, kept to going to the Church regularly with his Family, and sometimes received the holy Sacrament. He did not plainly confess the Robberies he died for, though it cannot be doubted but he was the Man that committed them, for both the Prosecutors swore to his Face, it being committed in the Sun-shine Time of the Day, and Hanns having no Crape or Mask upon his Face, so that it can scarce be supposed they were in any Mistake; they did swear to another Robber who was on the opposite side of the Chaise, but his Face they could not swear to, being covered with a Crape: they threatened both the Persons in a desperate Manner, holding their Pistols to their Ears, and putting them in a terrible Consternation. These two Robberies were done in one Day, at one Time, and the two Men being in one Chair, in which they went out together for an Airing. Hanns received the blessed Sacrament sometimes in a devout Manner, and encouraged some of the rest to take it with him. He behaved Decently and Christianly, and it is to be hoped he died in the true Faith of Christ, repenting sincerely of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Joseph Lewin , late of the Parish of West-Ham , in the County of Middlesex , Labourer , was indicted, for, That whereas, at a Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, held at Chelmsford , in the County of Essex , on Thursday the 11th Day of March, in the 13th Year of his present Majesty, with Force and Arms, in the said Parish, in the said County, sixty-four Yards of Cloth made of Linnen, Cotton, and Yarn mixed, of the Value of 6 l. the Goods and Chattels of one Richard Cross , out of the Whitening Grounds of Peter Bobin , and Simon Bordeaux , did feloniously steal, &c. That to this Indictment he pleaded Guilty, put himself upon the Mercy of the Court, and received Sentence of Transportation for the Term of seven Years, according to the Form of the Statute, in that Case made and provided, as by the Record does more fully appear; and the Indictment charges him, that afterwards, viz. Upon the 7th Day of August, in the 17th Year of his present Majesty, feloniously, and without any lawful Cause, he was seen at large in Great-Britain, to wit, in the Parish of St. Botolph, without Aldgate , in London , before the Expiration of the Term of seven Years, for which he was ordered to be transported; against the Form of the Statute, and against his Majesty's Peace, his Crown, and Dignity. 2. Joseph Lewin , 27 Years of Age, born towards Bow , of honest, mean Parents, who gave him good Education at School, to read, write, and cast Accompts to fit him for Business, and instructed him in Christian Principles, though its to be feared that he minded too little. When of Age, he was put out to a Printer of Callicoes ; he served his Time, but not compleatly, being a perverse, disobedient, evil-disposed Boy, and falling in with bad Company, took to thieving and stealing, by which means he contracted such vicious Habits, that it was next to an Impossibility to eradicate them; being averse to all Industry and working; he could not be confined to his Trade, but getting in with the Gangs of Thieves, Pickpockets, and infamous Women plying about Wapping, Shadwell, Stepney, Bow, &c. where he was best acquainted, being abandoned to all Vices, gave himself up to all Manner of Wickedness, stealing, thieving, picking Pockets, drinking, spending his Time idlely and unprofitably, cursing, swearing and blaspheming; disobeying his Parents, despising every Thing that's good, neglecting the Ordinances of God, never going to Church, where we have the Means of of Salvation; and thus forsaking God, God left him to himself, and he became a Reprobate to every good Word and Work; lost all Credit and Character. And having stolen and embezelled some Things of his Master, he was confined sometime in Newgate; from whence, at last getting his Freedom, he sculk'd about the skirts of the Town; then went down to Essex, where following his old Trade of a Thief, he stole a Web of Cloth or Stuff, of 64 Yards, for which he was taken up, convicted, and transported for seven Years; the Sentence of Transportation was prov'd, and that he was seen at large in Great-Britain, the Term of seven Years not being expired; for which Crime, according to the Act of Parliament made to that Effect, he received Sentence of Death, and was accordingly executed. Joseph Lewin gave Account of himself, that somewhat more than 2 Years ago, he was transported to Merryland , where a very rigid, severe Master purchased him, who beat him cruelly and unmercifully: Joseph unacquainted with and not willing to bear such hard Treatment, was desirous of a Change, and it happened, that a Widow Gentlewoman of Pensilvania wanting a Servant, was pleased to buy Joseph of his hard Task-Master; with this Widow, Lewin liv'd in a better Agreement, for she treated him very gently, and they were in very good Terms; he gave the Widow good Words, and she was mighty kind to him. He owned that he had been very wicked, but faithfully promised all Obsequiousness and Observance for the future; accordingly, they made it up, and were actually married; the Gentlewoman had 7 or 8 Children, all well provided for, who constantly upbraided her Mother for marrying a transported Thief; yet Joseph being married, his Wife gave him a pretty large Estate in Land, with a good many Blacks to cultivate it; being ill-provided in Cloaths, she gave him 25 l. to buy some; Lewin went to Philadelphia , but instead of equipping himself, so as to make a little Appearance, he associated with the vilest, and most infamous People of the Place, squandered away his Money prodigally, in Drinking, and other Debaucheries, and then he was ashamed to return to his Wife. He then entered on board a Ship, which, as they gave out to him, was bound to New-England , and from thence, to Leith in Scotland ; but their first Landing was in the Thames, and Joseph finding himself at Home again, came straight to London , to a poor old Father; after which he was apprehended, as before related. His Mother-in-law came to visit him sometimes while under Sentence; but the Father was like to die of Grief and Sorrow, and Poverty, but mostly thro' his Concern for his unfortunate, wicked Son. Notwithstanding this Account he gave of his foreign Marriage, yet, while he was under Sentence, a poor young Woman came often to the Press-yard Door to see him, solemnly declaring they were married, and that she living in and about Rag-fair, kept three Children whom she had by him, in great Misery and Distress; this Marriage he at first denied, alledging, they only had lived for some time together; but being afterwards press'd to declare the Truth, he own'd they were married, adding withal, what does it signify? I was married to several Wives. He behaved while under Sentence, tollerably well, professing Repentance, and it is to be hoped, he died a true Penitent. He owned the justice of his Sentence, according to Law, and that he suffered most deservedly, for an abandoned, vicious Life. He believed in CHRIST our only Saviour, repented of all his Sins, and forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Day before they died, they, with Mrs. Stansbury, Wm. Brown, and another of the Criminals, received the Sacrament of our blessed Lord's last Supper, with great Devotion; and these who were to die, solemnly declared, they had no more to add to their former Confessions. The Morning of their Execution, they came betimes to Chappel, and behaved seriously and devoutly at Prayers and Exhortations; and afterwards, the two Criminals were ordered down, and put into one Cart, and convey'd to the Place of Execution. Both of them, when they came there, appeared deeply concerned, serious and devout; they were very attentive to Prayers, and desired to sing a Psalm, which was accordingly done suitable to their Circumstances. Being asked again, if they had any more to say, both of them answered, they had declared what was needful. Mr. Hanns was asked particularly, if he knew any Thing of the Murder of Mr. Misobin at Marybone? He answered, He could not know any Thing of that, since, at the Time the said Gentleman was murdered coming from the Illuminations and Musick in Marybone-Gardens, he knew nothing of Marybone, and was not come to live in the Neighbour hood at the Time the Murder was committed. Both of them, all the Time they were under Sentence of Death, behaved decently and Christianly, and in Charity, and we are bound to think, they died in the true Faith of Christ. They departed this Life, crying unto God, to have Mercy upon them, and Lord Jesus receive my Spirit, with the Proto-Martyr Stephen. This is all the ACCOUNT, Given by ME, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX: An Account of the Apprehending James Hanns the Highwayman. A Day or two after the Robbery was committed, one of the Persons who had lost his Watch and Money, came accidentally into the Kitchen of the George-Inn , in Piccadilly , where he found Hanns drinking. He was standing with his Hand upon the back of a Chair; and as he had his Face bare when he committed the Robbery, the Man was perfectly clear, that he was the Highwayman. He went out of the Kitchen without saying any Thing, or betraying the least Concern or Emotion; for going into the Yard, he asked for the Landlady, and when she came, demanded if she knew the Man that was leaning on the Chair. She answered, that she knew him very well by sight, but insisted upon knowing why he asked her. That Man, answered the injured Person, robb'd me and another Man, a few Days ago upon Hounslow-Heath ; pray do you know where he lives? No, replied she, but I believe my Husband does. Upon this, he was called, and being made acquainted with the Affair, told the Man, that this Hanns kept the Crown Alehouse by Lisson-Green , near Paddington , where they might find him at any Time. After some Consultation, it was resolved to defer the Thing till next Morning, which was Sunday, and then the two Persons that were robbed, and the Man who kept the George-Inn, went to Hanns's House, where they called for a Pot of Beer, which Hanns himself brought them, and having staid long enough to see and consider him attentively, they returned to Town, and going to Col. De Veil, upon their positive Swearing that Hanns was the Person who robbed them, that his Face was bare at the time of his committing the Robbery, though his Companions was covered with a Crape. The Colonel thought fit to grant them a Warrant, and to direct them to apprehend him immediately. When they had got the Warrant, they went to a Constable with it; whereupon, they all returned again to Hanns's House, and as soon as they saw him, the Persons who were robbed, told the Constable, that was his Prisoner, meaning Hanns; upon which, he was very much surpriz'd; and when he had recovered himself of it, he slipp'd his Hand into one of his Pockets, and convey'd something to his Wife, and she immediately run up Stairs with it, and the Constable after her; but she having a better pair of Heels, got into the Room, and locked the Door after her; but Curiosity led the Constable to look through a Crevis, and there saw her put something into a Chest of Drawers, and then locked it up; and it is supposed, were those Watches which he took from Passengers, that Day he and his Companion robbed on Hounslow-Heath, for they did commit several Robberies that Day; and amongst them they had a Gold Watch or two. When they brought him to Town, they carried him before Col. De Veil, and after an Examination of some Time, the Colonel committed him to Newgate, and was tried in September Sessions, where he met with his just Deserts. The following Letter James Hanns sent to Colonel De Veil. SIR, I Hearing that a Person is sent to Prison concerning the Robbing of Pearson and his Friend; this is to inform you, that he knows nothing of the Thing, for here I have sent one of the Watches, and would have wrote before, but my Companion is gone to Sea with the other; but as soon as ever I see him again, the other shall be sent in the like Manner; so, I desire your Worship to send this to the Owner, and you'll oblige, Your Humble Servant, Unknown. Nameless. Bristol , Aug. 20, 1743. The following Letter James Hanns sent to Mr. John Pearson , at the Three-Colt Brew-house in St. Giles's . I Sent your Watch to Justice De Veil, and desired him to send it to you; I sent it by the Penny-Post, for it came from Bristol, and I told him, that you should have your Friend's Watch the same Way as he had that, for my Partner is gone to Sea, and as soon as he comes Home, you shall be sure of the other. I am sorry you have sent the wrong Man to Prison, for I assure you he is not Guilty of the Robbery you have laid to his Charge, and desire you to call upon the Justice for it, as soon as you receive this, if you have not got it. From your unknown Friend, And Servant. Nameless. The following short Prayer, Hanns read in the Cart as he was going to the Place of Execution. I Am going to appear before the living God; I trust in his Mercy, that he will forgive all my Sins committed to this last Moment of my Life. God is just in all his Judgements, and I accept of this Death as the Punishment of all my Iniquities. I forgive all my Enemies, and hope, through a hearty Repentance, and the Mercy of my Saviour to obtain Mercy. Have Mercy on me, O Father of Mercy, and thro' thy only Son, forgive me all my Sins. A short Exhortation of JOSEPH LEWIN , to all Young Persons, more especially those of his own Business, to deter them from such vicious Courses, which at first contribute to, and at length terminated in his own final Ruin and Destruction. YOUNG MEN. THe many Snares and Temptations which your juvenile Years are expos'd to, and the natural Bent and Propensity of your own Hearts to that which is Evil, are sufficient Arguments to induce me at this Time, to write something by way of Caution and Advice, to such of you, who are either now inconsiderately travelling on in the Paths of Death, or to others again, who thro' Blindness and Inexperience, are about to step therein. As I am myself a fearful Instance, of the Truth of what I am about to recommend to you, I am the rather persuaded it will have the more Weight, with all those whose Eyes are far opened, as to behold Things as they are in themselves, divested of those false Colourings, and borrowed Ornaments, wherein they usually betray and delude the Unwary. I remember well, that when I first turned aside from the Paths of Honesty and Regularity, I purposed with myself not to wander far; but no sooner had I set my Foot in this fatal Way, but all Thoughts of retreating back again was banished my Mind, I found myself presently hurried to the Summit of Licentiousness, and from thence cast down with an Irresistable Precipitancy. Let me therefore entreat those of you, my Friends, who are now engaged, as I was once, in seeking Happiness in forbidden Tracts, to return 'ere it be found too late, for be assured, that although Wickedness has many Ways, yet she has but one End, and a Continuance therein, however delightful they may seem, will inevitably lodge you in the Jaws of Misery and Distress. With Respect to my own Experience, in the Ways of Sin, I must needs confess, I met with nothing but continual Sorrow, Uneasiness, and at last, Death itself; and if you abide therein, your Acquisition also will be found the same: But I trust, you will so far regard my friendly Admonition, by ceasing to follow my iniquitous Courses, that you may thereby happily escape my miserable End. Pray rest satisfied with that Station of Life wherein the Providence of God has placed you, and go not about, as I foolishly did, to change a better for a worse. Remember your Life consists not in the Abundance of the Things you possess, and therefore to seek Happiness in the Creature, is to seek the Living among the Dead. Be careful and diligent in your several Vocations, studiously watching against all Manner of Idleness, and while you are labouring for the Bread that perisheth, be not unmindful of that which endureth unto everlasting Life. And let me exhort you, as a dying Friend, to be so far wise to your own eternal Interests, as to chuse for your Portion Christ, the One Thing needful; for if you get Him, it is no Matter what else you lose, and if you lose Him, it is no Matter what else you get. My Time being very short, I must conclude myself, Your Friend, And Well-wisher. Joseph Lewin . The following Letter Joseph Lewin , sent to Mr. George Willas , living in Castle-street , Reading , Berks . Oct. 9, 1743. Honoured UNCLE! THIS comes with my Duty to you, hoping you are well, as I am at present, Thanks be to God for it; and this comes for to let you know of my unhappy Circumstances, which I now lay under; but I suppose you have heard of it before now. I sent you a Letter, but I have had no Answer; I hope you will bear it with Christian Patience, as I must do; if I had been ruled by you, I need not come to this unhappy Death, as I must shortly suffer; which is hard for to die for coming to my Native Place. We were told on Tuesday, the Dead-Warrant was come down, and I, and three more was in it; but afterward we found it was no such Thing; but it will be made a Friday or Tuesday next without fail. So, I hope I shall hear from you as soon as possible. Pray send the Letter by the Coach, for Money is scarce with me. Uncle, I wish you will be so good, as for to ask some of my Relations for to send me a Shirt to die in. Give my Duty to my Uncle Richard, and give my kind Love to my Cousin Binfield, and all my Cousins in general. So no more, but I rest your living, as well as dying Cousin. Joseph Lewin . P. S. Pray direct for me in the Press-Yard , Newgate . The following Letter Lewin gave to an intimate Friend of his, the Morning of his Execution. DEAR FRIEND! I Return you many Thanks for your good Will towards me, in giving me your good Advice, and your Love in sending me Books. Sir, I have left your Books with a Friend, who will safely restore them to you. I hope your Prayers have been incessant for me, From, Your dying Friend, Joseph Lewin . From my Cell, In Newgate . The three following LETTERS were found in the Cell of James Hanns , the Morning of his Execution. Dear Wife. ' I Write this to take my Leave of you ' for ever. Custom and Duty, make ' it fit for me to take my Leave of you ' in this Manner, tho' I know not what ' to say, or how to give you any Comfort; I am very sensible, the unkind ' World will be severe in its Reflections ' on you, how little soever you deserve ' them. I am Sorry to be the Occasion, ' but I trust that your Conduct will shew ' them to be groundless; I sincerely assure you, that among the many Miseries I fell, there is none that wounds ' me deeper, than the Thoughts of what ' you, though innocent, must undergo ' on my Account. I hope however you ' will have the Charity to forgive me, ' and not think hardly of me when I am ' gone, whatever ill Example you have ' had from my Life, will be be atton'd ' for by my Death. I am very soon to ' pass out of this miserable World, which ' is the only happiness I have to wish. ' All I desire of you is to take care of ' yourself and your Family, that nothing ' you do hereafter may provoke the calling to Mind my miserable End. I beg ' you to bear it Patiently. Your Affliction cannot retrieve mine, but while ' I am here will increase it. I hope your ' Friends and mine, will be kind to you, ' and not slight you on account of my ' Misfortunes, I have brought them on ' myself, and therefore I expect the less ' Pity; but as you have had no Share in ' them, I wish they may raise Compassion for you, which with every other ' Wish for your Safety and Peace here, ' and eternal Peace hereafter, is all ' from Your distress'd and Dying Husband. JAMES HANNS . Dear Daughter, ' I Am, tho' a dying miserable Wretch, ' still your Father, and therefore I ' hope you will have some Regard to ' what I say; my Follies and Crimes have ' made me Miserable, and will certainly ' bring many Reproaches upon you, ' but let not this dispirit you; if you ' are a just and honest Woman, this will ' do you no Hurt, but fall back on those ' that disturb you without a Cause, by ' mentioning Misfortunes you had no ' Share in. This is a very wicked, as ' well as very wretched World, and you ' will be exposed in it to many Temptations, but remember how I have ' Suffered by yeilding to them, and let ' the Thoughts of it keep you out of the ' Snare. Think what it is to offend God, ' and how speedily People fall from one ' Sin to another; be a dutiful Child to ' your Mother, and act so as to make ' her take Comfort in you, for the Miseries I have brought on you both; remember that all I have to bestow on ' you is a little good Advice, think that ' I steal this Time to write to you, from ' the Care of my own precious Soul, and ' from this judge, how much I am concerned for yours. Beware I say, of all ' Evil Company, and of all Shews, Fairs, ' and public Diversions, which serve only ' to lead People in your Circumstances ' into extravagant Expences, and many ' Temptations. The Miseries I fell are ' in a great Measure owing to them, and ' if you go to them, you will only expose ' yourself to the hearing those Miseries ' repeated, and yourself pointed at, for ' being the Daughter of such a one. ' And now what shall I say more, be ' honest and industrious, dutiful and ' obliging, shun Idleness, serve God, and ' obey your Mother, and the Blessing ' of God rest upon you unto your Life's ' End. These are the last Words of Your wretched, dying, and still Loving Father, JAMES HANNS . To C – G - t, ' I Am very far from regretting your ' Escape from this melancholly Place, ' but rather wish you may always Escape ' it, tho' I doubt you will not. There ' is a fatal Necessity that urges us when ' we have once fallen into one Fact, to ' continue the Trade till we meet with ' its just Reward. If any Thing could ' reclaim a Man long, used to such a way ' of Life, it must be the Sight of an old ' Acquaintance, brought to ignominious ' Punishment, for Offences jointly committed. It is from an apprehension of ' this, that I trouble you with these ' Lines, hoping, that as I have been in ' some Measure, the Author of your ' misdeeds in my Life Time, I may be ' a means of bringing you to Repentance ' by the manner of my Death. The little ' Satisfaction you can enjoy, in your ' Way of passing your Time, must now ' & then leave you a Season for Thought, ' and then my sad Fate, and your own ' narrow Escape from it, may employ ' your Reflections. Indeed, this is the ' very best Subject you can think on, ' because it is the only one that I doubt ' can lead you to Reformation. O! were ' you sensible of the Sorrows and Agonies of a Wretch in my Condition, the ' many Miseries which here I undergo, ' and the Terrors I have of hereafter, ' the stinging Sense of Shame, Reproach ' and Infamy, which I have brought ' upon myself, and the Thoughts of ' having them all ended by a yet greater ' Misery, that of an ignominious Death, ' sure you would make a right use of that ' Liberty you now possess, and for which ' were you in my Condition, you would ' most willingly give the whole World, ' if it was in your Power to give, and ' think it a cheap Purchase. I can say ' no more, but beseech you for God's ' sake, and the sake of your Soul, let ' me prove a warning to you, leave off ' your wicked Courses, and then you ' may be as happy as I am miserable. ' Remember these are the last Words of ' your old Companion, now a condemn'd ' Malefactor, who in a few Hours must ' pass into Eternity, there to answer for ' all I have done, and which must be ' your own Case some Time or other; ' tho' I hope through God's Mercy, not ' in the same shameful way. I am Your Sincere, wretched Friend, and hearty well wisher. JAMES HANNS . As the Danger of Bad-Houses, such as entertain ill Women, their Bullies, profess'd Pick-pockets, and Thieves, has been much talk'd off of late, and yet seem to be but indifferently understood; it is hoped the following ACCOUNT will be as kindly received, as it is honestly intended, for promoting the common safety of Mankind, and exposing the Artifices used to screen the most Notorious Offenders from Justice. THese Houses of ill Fame, have generally three or four Women, and two or three Men, which are their Bullies to protect them, if they happen to be Detected in Picking a Gentleman's-pocket. About the Hours of Seven and Eight, these Women of the Town be gin to set out, in order to make a Prey of any Person that looks any thing like a Gentleman; and especially, if they see him at all in Liquor: They walk by him for sometime, till they have an opportunity to speak to him; and that they don't do, till they are almost by the House where she designs to carry the Gentleman; and if he is so unfortunate to go in, he is certainly robb'd of both his Money and (if he has one about him) of his Watch; and if he misses it before he goes out of the House, and offers to make any Noise, than up comes (if he is up Stairs) one of their Bullies. Who after a Volley of Oaths, Demands, Sir, What Business have you with my Wife? The Gentleman not willing to have his Character brought into Question; and likewise for fear of being Murder'd, leaves his Money and Watch with those Wretches, to be shar'd amongst them, and glad he could get off with his Life. This is the common Practice every Evening in the Bad-houses in Fleet-street; especially, in Hanging-Sword-Alley; there is scarce a Night, but some Person or other is robb'd in these Houses. Sometimes they are afraid the Gentleman that they have us'd Ill wou'd Prosecute them; in order to find out that, there are always Runners attending at such Houses, where these Robberies are committed, to watch any Gentleman that is Robb'd, that they may come to know where he Lives; these Fellows are generally known by the Name of POSTLOLLERS, and are very often to be seen in the Evening, lolling over some of the Post's near Water-lane, Fleet-street, with Woollen Caps on their Heads; having at the same Time Wiggs in their Pockets; in this Disguise they are dress'd, in order that any Gentleman who was robb'd might not know them; and if on such Inquiries they find he is a Person that Lives in any Credit, then they are afraid of no Prosecution. There is another noted House, as bad or rather much worse than that was in Hanging-Sword-Alley, and that is called, The Hempen-Widows Club, on Saffron-Hill, and when any Person enters into that Club, they take an Oath, to observe all the Articles of the Confederacy, amongst which are these, viz. I. That every Member, or as many of them as shall be thought convenient by the Steward, shall be ready, on all Occasions, to swear any Thing necessary to save each other from being Scragg'd, i. e. Hanged. II. They shall at all Times be ready to Swear themselves substantial House-Keepers, and worth a hundred Pounds, when all their Debts are Paid. In order to Bail any Member that shall be Apprehended for any Bailable Offence And, III. If any worthy Member shall be in Confinement, for any Offence, (except Fighting or Quarrelling) they shall be allowed seven Shillings per Week, out of the Box, until they are Tried, or Discharged; and for one Week after. The rest of these Honest Articles, are chiefly relating to Rules and Orders to be observed in the Club. It is a great Pity, that Authority does not exert itself to suppress such Houses; or that the Constables of each Parish, in this great City, do not take more Care, and visit them oftner than they do, when they are upon their Duty. To the Credit be it spoken of the present Constables of St. Bride's Parish, and likewise to those of St. Dunstan's in the West, where those Gentlemen have spared no Dilligence to suppress such sort of Houses; and I hope the rest of the Gentlemen for the future, who serve that Office, will follow their good Examples; and if so, it would save many Gentlemen from being robb'd, if not murdered; and likewise many Tradesmen Apprentices from being Ruined. The suppressing such infamous Houses, seems to be so necessary a Work, that I presume a few additional Observations on this Subject, may not seem tedious. By means of such Gangs, dispersed in different Corners of the Town, this Trade of Thieving and picking Pockets, is brought into such a Method, and is so well Supported, that Honest People are afraid to secure and detect Offenders. It is the Custom of these wicked Fellows, to make Examples, as they call it, of such as bring any of their Companions to the Reward due to their Crimes, which so terrifies others, that about St. Dunstan's Church formerly, and at present, about Temple-Bar, and several places in the Strand, near both the Play-Houses, towards Soho, and in St. Giles's, People are forced to be Passive, and are even obliged to Connive at the Rogueries of these Villains, to prevent their Houses from being fired, and their Persons from Danger. By procuring this sort of Security, these Gangs are daily increas'd, for nothing fortifies young Fellows in their Resolution of taking ill Courses, so much as the Hopes and Prospect of Impunity. For say these Fellows to a Stranger, you run no great Risque, you may go on in this Way long enough before you are catch'd, and if you are taken, we shall be either strong enough to rescue you out of the Hands of the Constable, or we will get you out upon Bail, or else maintain you in Prison, and come and give Evidence for you at your Tryal. These Promises seduce wild Lads to practices they would not otherwise dare to think of; and when they are once in, they make it their Business to seduce others, that by strengthening the Society, they may be the more safe themselves, and of this there are frequent, I might say Daily Examples. But if by a Presentment of the Grand Jury, or some other legal and effectual Method, the Quarters of these Plunderers could be beaten up, and such Houses be entirely destroyed, by punishing those who keep them in an exemplary Way, the Consequence would be that these Gangs must dissolve, and every Rogue shift for himself, which he could not long do, for then as it is every Body's Duty, so every Body would be willing to detect and bring them to Justice. These Hints are most humby submitted to the Wisdom of better Judges, and all I shall Subjoin further is, that as the Facts before-mentioned are not certain only, but notorious, it seems to be more than Time that they were taken Notice of, for as the Winter comes on, we shall otherwise have the public Streets so infected, that we can scarce expect to walk them in any Safety, after it is once Dark. And how great an Inconvenience! how just a Reproach, this would be to the Justice of the Nation, I leave every intelligent Reader to judge. 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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Friday the First of February, 1716/1717. AT the General Quarter-Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Friday the 11th, Saturday the 12th, and Monday the 14th of January 1716/1717, Nineteen Persons, viz. Sixteen Men, and Three Women, that were Try'd for, and Convicted of, diverse Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death. But One of the Women being found pregnant, and another, with Twelve of the Men, having obtain'd a Gracious Reprieve (which I wish and here advise them to value and improve) Four Men and One Woman only are now order'd for Execution. On the Lord's Day the 13th of last Month, I preach'd to them and others there present in the Chapel of Newgate, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon Rom. 12. 1. (being part of the Epistle appointed for that Morning-Service, and the Words these: I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God, that ye present your Bodies a Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable to GOD, which is your Reasonable Service. Having first explain'd the Words in general, I then spoke in particular to these chief Points observable in them, viz. I. The Preface, couch'd in these Words that are most Emphatical and most Perswasive, I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God. II. The Exhortation, that contains a most important and comfortable Duty, which is this; That ye present your Bodies a Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable to God. III. ult. The Strong Motive or Argument used by the Apostle herein, viz. the Reasonableness of this Duty; for (saith he in the Text) It is your Reasonable Service. I enlarg'd upon those Heads, and drew such practical Inferences as naturally result from them; and then concluded with particular Admonitions to the Malefactors, who were to receive their Sentence the next Day. And on the Lord's Day the 20th of the same Month, I preach'd again to them (both in the Morning and Afternoon) and upon the account of two Gentlemen condemn'd for Murder, I chose to discourse on this Text, Matt. 19. 18, 19. - Jesus said, Thou shalt do no Murder: Thou shalt not commit Adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false Witness: Honour thy Father and thy Mother; and, Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self. Which Words, with their Context, I first explain'd in general, shewing, That a certain Person being come to Christ with this important Question, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have Eternal Life? Christ gave him this Answer, If thou wilt enter into Life, keep the Commandments: Which Commandments he told him in the Text were these; Thou shalt do no Murder, &c. Wherein 'tis observable, that our Blessed Saviour only mentions those Duties contain'd in the Second Table, which Men reciprocally owe, and strictly ought to pay, to each other, viz. I. Justice. II. Charity. These two I largely treated of in the general Explanation of my Text; and did in particular (and chiefly) speak to the first Clause of it, that concerns Murder, shewing, 1. The heinous Nature of that Crime. 2. The Severe Punishment due to it. 3. The absolute Necessity a Man is under, who knows himself guilty either of this or any other Sins, sincerely to repent. On the last Lord's Day, the 27th of last Month, I did again publickly preach to them (both in the Forenoon and Afternoon) upon part of the Epistle appointed for that Morning-Service, viz. Rom. 12. 19. Dearly Beloved, avenge not your selves, but rather give place unto Wrath: For it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay it, saith the Lord. These Words, with their Context, I first explain'd in general, and then I shew'd from them in particular, I. How far we may, or may not, be angry. II. Why we should not oppose Anger to Anger, nor avenge our selves when injur'd. III. ult. What should chiefly induce us (in this Case of Injury done us) to commit our Cause to God, and to those whom He has appointed on Earth to do Justice, and to decree Judgment. Upon these I enlarg'd, and asserted this great and important Truth, viz. That Vengeance belongs to GOD, and He will repay it; shewing, How God in his Justice punishes wicked Sinners, either, 1st, in this World, or, 2dly, in the World to come; and sometimes in both: And therefore all Men, especially great Offenders, should take care to fly to His Mercy, by their repenting in time, so as to avoid their falling under his Eternal Wrath, and being lost and undone for ever. Again, on Wednesday last, being the 30th of January, the Fast day appointed for the Murder of K. CHARLES I, I likewise preach'd to them both in the Morning and Afternoon, taking my Text out of the Epistle for that Day, viz. 1 Pet. 2. 13. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the King as Supream, or unto Governors, as unto them that are sent by Him, for the Punishment of Evildoers, and for the Praise of them that do well. From which Words I shew'd, I. Wherein consists this Submission we ought to pay to our Superiours, viz. To the King (saith the Text) as Supream, and unto Governours, as unto Them that are sent by Him. II. The indispensable Obligation incumbent on us thus to Submit, in all things that are lawful, according to God's own Appointment; which is meant by this Phrase, For the Lord's sake. III. ult. The Reasonableness and Usefulness of our ready Obedience and strict Performance of the Duty here injoin'd, and the excellent Advantages accruing from it to Mankind, in that it tends to the Suppression of Vice and promoting of Virtue; because (as the Text plainly demonstrates) Kings and Governours are ordain'd, 1st, For the Punishment of Evil-doers. 2dly, For the Praise of them that do well. Upon all those Heads and Particulars I largely discours'd, and then made Application suitable to my Auditory in general, and those especially who were under Condemnation, whom I constantly visited, praying with them, and reading and expounding the Word of GOD to them in the Chapel of Newgate, whither they were (for the most part) brought up twice every day, and there (as well as in private) by me earnestly exhorted to consider the present miserable state Sin had brought them into, and what would ensue (yea, what would become of them) hereafter, unless they took effectual timely Care to prevent their final and everlasting Destruction both of Body and Soul in the other World, by endeavouring (while they were still in this) to exert the Acts of Faith and Repentance to the utmost of their Power. This important Duty I continually prest upon them; who, in my Closet-Examinations of them, gave me the respective Accounts of their past Lives, present Dispositions and future Hopes, as follow. 1. Johnson Burdett , condemn'd for the Murder by him committed on the Body of Robert Faulkner Esq ; on the 30th of December last. He said, he was 23 years of age, born at Sandon in Essex , of good and virtuous Parents, who gave him a liberal Education; and designing to bring him up to the Law, did at first put him to an Attorney here in London ; but growing loose and unruly, he soon left him, and would not apply himself to any thing that was commendable, but follow'd ill Company, that made him a greater Deboshee than he was before, and with them spent Days (and Nights) without number, in rambling abroad, in Rioting and Drunkenness, in Chambering and Wantonness, utterly forsaking the Good Way of Religion and Virtue he was brought up in, who not only neglected Holy Duties, but abandon'd himself to the commission of the foulest Crimes upon the Lord's Day; and it was on such a Day he committed the execrable Crime for which he is now to die. When in a calm and sedate Mind he came to reflect on these Things, he could not but be sensibly griev'd, and lament his past sinful Life, praying for Grace and Mercy; which I hope he did sincerely from his Heart. And this is the best I can say of him. 2. Thomas Winchurst , condemn'd for being concern'd with the said Mr. Burdett in the Murder of Captain Faulkner. He said, he was 20 Years of age, born in Whitecross-street , in the Parish of St. Giles Cripplegate , London : That he liv'd two Years with an Attorney ; but having no Inclination to the Study of the Law, or any thing relating to that Profession, he left him, and then betook himself to the same loose and vicious Courses as his Companion Mr. Burdett did: That he was now sensible such wicked Actions (together with the total Neglect of GOD's Service) had not only brought him to this sad End here, but greatly put him in danger of Eternal Ruin hereafter: And therefore pray'd to GOD to be merciful to him, to forgive him this enormous Crime, for which he stood condemn'd, and all other the Sins, Irregularities, and Miscarriages of his past Life. Both he and Mr. Burdett told me several times, before and after their Condemnation, That Mr. More (who is suspected to be) was not in the least, concern'd in this Murder: That indeed he had been (the Evening in which they committed it) in their Company, but departed from them about a quarter of an Hour before that melancholy Thing hapned. 3. William Farendine , condemn'd for breaking the House of Mr. Henry Billengey , at the Angel-Inn at Islington . He said, he was 23 years of age, born at Coventry : That, while in the Country, he follow'd the Plough : That about 9 Years ago he came up to London , where he first got into Service at an Alehouse near Holborn-bridge : That some time after he went from that Service to a Tripe-shop in Fee-lane : That, leaving this Occupation, he turn'd a Driver of small Cattle ; and, last of all, ply'd as a Porter on a Wharf near the Custom-house, carrying Goods out of Ships, Lighters, &c. He endeavour'd to extenuate his Crime by saying the Things he took were of small Value; but, I hope, I made him sensible, that if he could have had an Opportunity to steal better Things, he would readily have em brac'd it then, without any Scruple of Conscience; and therefore must now acknowledge himself (which he did at last) justly condemn'd. He at first deny'd his having been concern'd in any Robbery before; but I convinc'd him of the contrary; and then he confess'd, That he had committed formerly 3 or 4 such Facts, but all of them inconsiderable. He pray'd GOD and the Persons he had injur'd to forgive him; was very ignorant in any thing of Religion, and could not so much as read. 4. Thomas Whitehead , condemn'd for a Burglary by him committed in the House of Mr. Thomas Parsons at Islington , stealing thence 300 yards of Holland, 100 yards of Callicoe, and 100 yards of Lace; amounting, in all, to above the Sum of 62 l. on the 12th of October last. He said, he was 21 years of age, born at St. Margaret's Cleeton in Shropshire : That when about 9 years old, he came up to London with his Father, and liv'd, for the most part, in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields , where he learnt to make Bricks ; that by this Employment (which he constantly follow'd in Summer-time) he got a Livelihood. He deny'd the Fact he stood condemn'd for, and also pretended he never was guilty of any thing of this nature. But when I further press'd him to make a free Confession of his Offences (which no doubt were too many) he acknowledg'd he had sometimes stoln into Houses, and taken thence Money, and what else he could light on, to help him to buy a little Victuals, when he wanted Employment, or could not work in Wintertime. I found him very stubborn and very ignorant. 5. Mary Peirce , alias Cook , (which latter she said was her right Name) condemn'd for stealing Goods ou of Mr. Rider's Shop; and a pair of Shoes out of Mr. James Prior 's, on the 31st of December last. She said, she was 40 years of age, born at Preston in Lancashire , and had liv'd several Years in London ; first a Servant-Maid in good Families, and then a Wife, having married a Fellow-Servant of hers. She confess'd the two Facts she was found guilty of, and likewise own'd, That once she was whipt for a small Felony, and could not deny (though she wou'd not plainly acknowledge) that she had been a great Offender. I found she could not read, and was very ignorant. She declar'd her self to be of the Romish Religion , but understood nothing of that, nor indeed any other. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carry'd from Newgate , (viz Mr. Burdett and Mr. Winchurst in Two Mourning Coaches, and the rest in Two Carts) I attended them for the last time. After my Exhortations to them, and Prayers for them, singing of Penitential Psalms with them, and making them rehearse the Apostles Creed; they all desir'd the Spectators to take Warning by them, and pray for their departing Souls. Here Mr Burdett and Mr. Winchurst both declar'd, That Mr. More (mention'd in their Tryal) was not concern'd in the Murder of Captain Faulkner; and, That he had left their Company (in which he was) some Time before they unhappily met the said Captain. After they had said this, and express'd their great Abhorrence of that bloody Fact, and other their heinous Offences, I pray'd again, that GOD would please to deliver them from Blood-guiltiness, and from all the Sins they had contracted in this wicked World; and That He would vouchsafe to receive both theirs and their Fellow-Sufferers Souls unto himself. Then I withdrew, and left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some further Time allotted them; so the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, all the while calling on GOD in these and the like Ejaculations: Lord, have Mercy upon me! Christ, have Mercy upon me! Lord Jesus, receive my Soul! &c. I wish this Shameful and Untimely End of Mr. Burdett and Mr. Winchurst may be a Warning to all those Persons (who are too many) that make it their constant Practice to prophane the LORD's Day, and take so great a Latitude in all sorts of Vice and Debauchery, that they are become an Annoyance to Mankind, and a Scandal to Christianity. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by me PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, Feb. 1. 1716-17. ADVERTISEMENT. 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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviours, Confessions, and Last Dying Words of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Friday the 12th of May, 1721. BEFORE the Execution of the Two Malefactors, who out of Five Condemn'd, were then appointed for Death (Three having receiv'd his Majesty's most Gracious Reprieve) I instructed them from the following Text. And he would fain have filled his Belly with the Husks that the Swine did eat, and no Man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired Servants of my Father's have Bread enough and to spare, and I perish with Hunger. I will arise, and go to my Father; and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy Son; make me as one of thy hired Servants. Luke 15. 16, 17, 18, and 19 Verses. In considering the Words, We FIRST, made three Observations from the Parable; viz. 1st, The roving unsettled Minds of Sinners, which occasions great part of their Unhappiness, and drives them from one Lebauchery, restless to another; and he Journeyed into a far Country; and perhaps our Saviour might have a Thought of Egypt, because Husks, signifies an Egyptian Fig, the Rine of which alone was eaten. 2dly, The Natural Contempt that follows a Debauched Course of Life, and an Estate wasted by Extravagance: And no Man gave unto him. 3dly, That Men are apt to take up with any Methods of dispersing their Uneasiness, rather than incline to the Delights of Virtue: And he began to be in Want, and he went and joyn'd himself to a Citizen who sent him into his Fields to feed Swine: will signify a forcible joyning, - That he pinn'd or fastned himself upon the Husbandman, or Substantial Man, or any Terms. 4thly, That Men would even injure their Constitutions, rather than comply with the Dictates of Religion; Before the Prodigal resolv'd to return to his Father, he would fain have fill'd his Belly with the Husks that the Swine did eat. For (Fruit of the Carobe Tree, and which Galen calls ) were cathartick Fruits, as Pliny tells us very unwholsome, but sometimes eaten by Men. 5thly, The ill Change that Men make, who take the Bondage of Satan, instead of the Service of God, whose Service is perfect Freedom, and whose Yoke is Pleasantness: - And he sent him into his Fields to feed Swine. SECONDLY, We considered the Necessities of Misfortunes and Afflictions to reclaim Sinners from a vicious and debauched Course of Life: And advised the Persons under Sentence of Death, not to murmur or repine at the Providence of God, but to endeavour to be thankful that God had (tho' so severely) awakened them from the Lethargy of Sin, and the vicious Courses they were engaged in; since of his Mercy he had allowed them Time and Opportunities for Repentance; since they could serve God in Publick and Private, and had nothing but their own Negligence to deprive them of Heaven. THIRDLY, We considered the Humility of the Prodigal, as the first and main Step towards his Repentance; Make me as one of thy hired Servants. FOURTHLY, and Lastly, We advised all the Prisoners as well as those under Sentence of Death, to endeavour to imitate the Prodigal Son, 1st, In his Excellent Resolution of Resolving To Arise and go to his Father. 2dly, The Condemn'd Persons, To imitate him, in making a due Confession of all their Sins of Omission and Commission; Secret and Reveal'd; Wilfull, and Involuntary; or whereunto they were seduced or deluded by Others, 3dly, To imitate his Humility and strong Opinion of his own Un worthiness: To acknowledge their Crimes and take shame upon themselves for them; That being duly sensible of their own Imperfections and relying wholly on the Merits of Christ, They might leave Meanness and Contempt, and Ignominy in this Life, For Honour and Glory and Immortallity in the World to Come. The Account of the Behaviour, &c. of the Malefactors, while under Sentence of Death. AT the Sessions which began at Justice Hall, on the 19th, of April last, Three Men, and two Women, were by the Law appointed to die; viz. IN order to bring them to Repentance, and a due Sence of the Condition and Danger their Souls were in, They were carry'd twice each Day to the Chappel; to hear the Word of God Read and Expounded, to be instructed in their Duty, and to worship God according to the Service of our Church. They told me they could all Read, except William Smithurst , who was a young Man came lately out of the Country and wholly Illiterate; But when I found how they could Read, I requir'd Them to repeat the Psalms and the Responses over frequently to themselves, in the Place of their Confinement, That they might be able to read them tolerably true and right in the Chappel; and advised them to endeavour to recover at least so much of what they once were taught, as to be able to read the Holy Scriptures when alone; that they might not be obliged to Spend their few remaining Hours, in Idleness, or any thing worse, when they could not get any of their Fellow-Prisoners charitably to read by them in the Condemn'd-Hold. THEY were generally Sober and Serious in their Carriage, using no strong Liquors; except that when Martha Smith , was acquainted, that the Report was to be made, before the General Council at St. James's, that Evening, being Sunday the 7 Instant, she was seiz'd with such a severe Surprize and Terror, as made her declare that she despair'd of Gods Mercy, and the like Expressions; but being afterwards informed of his Majesty's most Gracious Reprieve, she promised to make this her Warning, never more to practice any III, nor to enter again into her leud Way of Living, which almost forced her upon Robberies. WILLIAM BARTON ) was convicted of assaulting on the Highway John Lord Viscount Lisbon , near St. Pancrass Church ; and taking from His Lordship and Lady, in the Chariot with him, a Silver-Hilted Sword, a Snuff-box, and about 12 s. in Money. HE said he was almost 31 Years of Age, Born in Thames-Street by the Custom-House , said, he was at 10 Years old sent for by his Grandfather; who kept an Eating-House by Covent-Garden , from his Father; and bound Apprentice to that Business. He said his Grand-father taking a liking to him, gave him all Encouragement; but he being of an uneasy and unsettled Disposition, grew uneasy in the Service of his Grand-father, and long'd to go to Sea , which he did at 12 Years of Age. He said, his Father was not unlike him in the unsettledness of his Temper; For he had left his Wife and him, and other young Children, and was gone to Jamaica, taking with him another Woman, whom he had loved too long before that. As his Father had taken over to Jamaica, Goods, &c. to a considerable Value; he said he thought it best for him to go to Jamaica , when he forsook England. And when he got thither, he found his Father had been a substantial Planter in that Country, but was lately Dead; and the Woman he had Cohabited with being very Young, and himself at that time very Young, he did not look after his Father's Effects; but enter'd himself in a Sloop, liking the Sea, and got his Livelihood on the Coasts of Jamaica . After this, he said, their Vessel was taken by the Spaniards, and himself, with several Englishmen, carry'd Prisoners into Spain . He said the Treatment they there met with, was at first very Barbarous and Inhuman, and their Allowance Bread and Water; but after a while they were somewhat more at ease. But being several of them one Day employ'd by their Keepers to repair an Old Wall belonging to the Prison; they made their Escape into a Cloyster or Convent, whence the Fryars refused to deliver them up, insisting on the Privilege of their Holy Place, which was a Sanctuary for the Distress'd. He said, they had not been there long (where they were employ'd as menial Servants in the Cloyster) before they made their Escape from thence, and return'd to England in a small Ship; but added, that they were inform'd, that the Religious Order intended voluntarily to have given them their Liberties. After this, he said, he listed himself for a Soldier , and served her late Majesty Queen Anne, in the War in Flanders , where he was inseveral Engagements, and also at the Siege of Doway , and other Towns on the Brders of France . After a considerable Time, being Disbanded, and returning again into England , he marry'd a Woman, without having, he said, any visible Way of maintaining himself, much less her, and a Family of Children; so that having Co-habited a very short Time, he was obliged to go again to Sea , after he had committed some vicious Actions, being concern'd with a wicked Gang which would, he well knew, bring him to Ruin and Destruction. He said, that during his Continuance at Sea, having a Wife in his Native Country, he was restless and uneasy, and distracted in his Thoughts; and tho' he was certain he could not live in England, he could not bear the Thoughts of continuing away from it; for he daily fancy'd that his Wife and Child being reduc'd to extream Necessity, were Starving, and calling for Bread, and blaming his Absence and Neglect; so that he was forced to return again to England tho' he knew it must be his Ruin. When he had found out his Wife, he said he could not forbear endeavouring to support her even at any Rate; and for that Purpose committed Robberies, and particularly one in Covent-Garden ; for which he was Try'd, Convicted and Transported to Ameriea for the space of 8 Years; being there Sold for 18 l. but was not used as a Slave, but set to overloook the Negroes in their Work, and to lash them when they neglected it: This, he said, was the happiest Part of his Life; that he endured no Wretchedness, had no Care, but found whatever was requisite for the sustaining Life provided for him; yet he was again so very restless and uneasy at the Consideration of his Wife's being far distant, that to quiet his Mind, he said, he was oblig'd to steal privately away, at the end of Six Years, and return'd a fourth Time into England ; which was about July last. When the Dead-Warrant went to Newgate for his Execution, he was in some violence of Grief; occasioned, as he said, by the earnest Desire he had before he dy'd to see his Mother, or at least to know whether she was Alive or Dead; for he said, when his Father was gone to America, where he ended his Days, his Mother let Lodgings in St. James's Street, and having in her House the Earl of Glascow, she marry'd with one of his Dependants; whom the Earl afterwards preferr'd to a Place in Scotland, of 200 l. a Year; and his Mother accompanying his Father-iu-Law, he had not heard of her of a long time: but as for his Father-in-Law, he had been inform'd, that he had been sometime since Dead. THE Wednesday preceeding his Execution, he said he hoped he had made his Peace with God; That he spent every Moment in Prayer, and in Reading either the Bible, or other good Books that were lent him in the Place of Condemnation; Thanking God that his Child was to be provided for by a Relation; and his Wife he said, who never knew of one of his Ill Actions, would go into the Country, where if she was Honest God would bless and prosper her. THE Evening before he dyed, he said he was very easy in his Mind; had not his Thoughts on this World; but was very ready to suffer as the Law appointed. Being ask'd if he was prepared for the Reception of the Sacrament? and what the Sacrament was? He answer'd, That he trusted in God he was fit and prepar'd to eat the Flesh of Christ, and to drink his Blood spiritually of Remembrance of his Death; and added, that he threw himself altogether on the Mercys of God for the Pardon of all the many Sins of his Life. JOHN THOMPSON alias Williams ) was condemn'd for taking 20 Guineas, for Recovering stolen Goods, and not apprehending and giving Evidence against the stealer. HE was 28 Years of Age; Born in a Village in the Diocese of Durham ; where his Parents sometime liv'd in a creditable Manner; but they failing afterwards in the World, were forced to go to Ireland ; and he was put Apprentice to an Upholsterer , He said, that he continued five or six Years in that Service, and then went to Sea, and serv'd Her Late MAJESTY in the Mideterranean, against France and Spain; where he was at the Siege of Barcelona , and at the Taking Gilbraltar . Having continued at Sea eight Years, he returned to England , and having his Pay in ready Money in his Pocket, appointed a leud Woman to meet him at an Alehouse in Smithfield , but she disappointing him, he met with another Woman soon after, whom he so well lik'd as to marry. He then, he said, set up a House for Disorderly Persons; But his Wife soon after, forsook him. That he then attempted to set up his own Trade, but finding no Encouragement therein, he and his Wife liv'd together in a Disorderly House in Thames Street , where wicked People were too often skreen'd and shelter'd. But they were soon discover'd and presented by the Common-Council of that Ward, and he sent to Newgate , but acquitted. HE said, he also kept a Brandy-Shop , near Smithfield , which he owned was not free from Riots and Disorders; but he himself, he said, never approv'd of it. THO' he said he could Read and Write, he could not be perswaded to make the Responses in the Chappel; yet he did the utmost he said, that was in his Power to make his Peace with God, and to attone in Measure for his former long vicious Course of Life. SOME Days before his Death, he complained much of his Wife, as if she had been the sole Occasion of his Sins, and of his shameful End. He said, that she even prevented his preparing for Heaven, by coming to the Prison, and raving and exclaiming against him, and declaring that the Vengeance of God would overtake him for the Ruin of her and her Child, and for associating with another Woman. WHEN he knew he must certainly dye, he said he had no Reason to live to desire Life; For never had Man before past his Days in such a tumultuous Hurry, and such a turbulent State; having no time to consider even what God thought of him, or whither he was running to Happiness or to Destruction. But the many vicious Women, he said, which he had known; the many Riotous Houses he had kept; the many Intriegues he had had to injure honest People; and the joval and clamourous Mirth that followed their Success; were so far, he said, from affording that Happiness, which he expected from them, that they were to him very painful and uneasy; For that they were often allarmed, often suddenly surprized, and always in Terror and Apprehension; and generally had One or Other of their Company in some Disaster. ABOUT four Days before he was executed, he said he was in great Doubt as to his Soul, because God he fear'd would not have any regard to his Repentance, because it was forc'd and not voluntary. Upon which, he was directed to peruse the 15 Chap. of St Lukes Gospel, The 18 of Ezekiel, &c. A little before he dyed, he was lamenting in a very grievous Manner; that all his Friends had then forsaken him; And that tho' he had lately such a great Number of Acquaintance, he then knew not of any One that would concern himself to preserve his Body for Burial, or buy a Coffin in order to it. The Day preceeding his Death, he said he had wickedly endeavour'd to impose on the World, by pretending in all his Petitions, that he had 2 small Children which must inevitably Perish if he was not reprieved, whereas he acknowledged he had no Child of his own, and but one which his Wife had before she knew him; he confess'd that he ought sooner to have laid aside all Thoughts of Falsity and Misrepresentation. As to the Sacrament, he seem'd indeed very seriously and devoutly to prepare himself for it: But yet was not without Expectation to the very last of a Pardon. T. PURNEY, Ordinary and Chaplain. ADVERTISEMENT. This Day is publish'd, ††† Bribery in Perfection; or, a Nation sold. With the exemplary Punishment, and terrible Fate of the Guilty and their Families; being fresh Advices from the new Atalantis. Written in French by the famous Madam Dunois, Author of the Ladies Travels into Spain. In this Account is not only shewn the Vices, Follies, and Corruptions of the People of Atalantis in general, but the particular Characters of the great Men who were found Guilty and punish'd. Vindidit hic Auro Patriam. Printed and Sold by John Applebee , a little below Bridewell-Bridge , Black-Fryers ; J. Peele, at Lock's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row; and A. Dodd, at the Peacock, without Temple-Bar. Price One Shilling. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bridewell-Bridge , in Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On Monday the 10th of November, BEING THE Sixth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir EDWARD BELLAMY , Knt . Number VI. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXV. [Price Four-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Bellamy , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Honourable the the Lord chief Justice Hardwick, the Honourable Mr. Baron Commyns, the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 15th, 16th, and 17th of October, 1735, in the Ninth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Three Men, viz William Blackwell , alias Long-Will, George Vaughan , and Edward Cullen ; and one Woman, viz. Elizabeth Armstrong , were capitally Convicted by the Jury, and received Sentence of Death. They having been grosly Ignorant, not one of them, excepting Mr. Vaughan, who was a good Scholar, understanding either to Read or Write, and wholly corrupted in their Morals, sunk in Sin and Vice; I instructed them in the first Principles of Religion, that God is a Glorious Being, infinite in all his Perfections, in his Power, Goodness, Holiness, Mercy, and all his other Attributes, and although God's Mercy is over all his Works, yet I desired them to take special Notice of his Justice, which is still ready to take Vengeance of his Adversaries: For, he hath declar'd Himself to be the Lord, the Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, Long-Suffering, and Patient, slow to Wrath, plentious in Redemption and Mercy, abounding in Goodness and Truth, keeping Mercy for Thousands, forgiving Iniquity and Transgression and Sin, and that will by no means clear the Guilty, &c. Though Hand join in Hand, yet Sin and Sinners shall not pass Unpunished. I exhorted them to reflect upon the evil of their way's how disagreeable their Lives had been to the pure and holy Nature of Almighty God, and what every Sin deserved, God's Wrath and Curse, both in this Life, and that which is to come; and therefore under what absolute Necessity they were, to fly from the Wrath that is to come, to consider the evil of their ways and doings, to lay hold upon eternal Life, and to turn their Feet to God's Testimonies. And since all Men have sinned and come short of the Glory of God, For there is none that doeth Good, no not one, and it is impossible for Frail, Sinful, Humane Nature, to attone the incensed Justice of God the Father. I show'd them the Remedy provided for Sin, even our Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of the Father, whom God had set forth to be a Propitiation for Sin, through the Blood of his Cross. Then I exhorted them to comply with the Terms of the Gospel, and to fall in Love with the Laws of Jesus Christ, since all Wisdoms ways are ways of Pleasantness, and all her Paths are Peace. &c. Elizabeth Armstrong , condemn'd for Murther, to her I represented the Heinousness and Wickedness of that horrid Crime, as proceeding from a savageness and cruelty of Mind, unbecoming the Nature of Man, that he is not allowed to use even to his Beast; how Intolerable is it then to those, that are of the same Nature, and which is more, are heirs of the same eternal Hopes. One cannot be excused by saying, what he has done was only in return of some Injury offered him by the other, for supposing he hath received some considerable Wrong, yet cannot he be his own Revenger, without injury to that Man, who is not by being thine Enemy, become thy Vassal or Slave, to do to him what thou list; thou hast not the more right of Dominion over him, because he hath done thee Wrong, and therefore if thou hadst no Power over his Body before, 'tis certain thou hast none now, and therefore thou art not only uncharitable (which were Sin enough to damn thee) but unjust in every Act of Violence thou doest him. This injustice ascends yet higher, even to God himself, who hath reserved Vengeance as his own peculiar Right. Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord, Rom. 12, 19 And then he that will act Revenge for himself, what does he, but Incroach upon this special right and prerogative of God, snatch the Sword as it were out of his Hand, as if he knew better how to weild it? which is at once a Robbery and Contempt of the divine Majesty. I explained to them the evil of Theft and Robbery, how detrimental it is to human Society in general, and pernicious in its Consequences, to those who are addicted to that black Vi. They having been too much addicted to Uncleanness. I shew'd them, that God discharges this Sin even in the lowest Degree, our Saviour acquainting us, that unchast Looks are criminal before God, and the Apostle St. Paul forbiding any corrupt Communication to proceed out of our Mouths, and these who practice this Sin, are brutish in their Desires, being in this excell'd by the Goat; in the Effects, in brings Diseases and Rottenness upon the Body, and Destruction upon Kingdoms and Nations, as upon Sodom and Gomorra; Incest cost Amnon his Life, and Zimri and Cozbi were slain in the very Act of Uncleanness; and lastly, this Sin excludes Men from the Kingdom of Heaven, wherein no unclean Thing can enter. They having fallen from a State of Grace and Godliness, I exhorted them to renew themselves by a sincere Repentance and Resolution after new Obedience, and in Evidence thereof, to partake in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, wherein all the Blessings of the new Covenant are ensur'd to every true Believer. When they were thus instructed, all of them behav'd gravely and devoutly in Chapel. William Blackwell a good Part of the Time was very sick, but always very desirous of Prayers & Exhortations. Mr. Vaughan also fell ill of a Fever, and was dangerously ill, but behaved well both in publick and private. Upon Thursday the 6th of November, Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the four Malefactors lying under Sentence of Death in Newgate; when George Vaughan , for assaulting William Stamper on the Highyay, and robbing him of a gold Ring set with a Stone, a silver Watch, a pair of silver Buckles, a Hat, a Wig, two Guineas, and two Shillings and six Pence, May the 13th; and Edward Cullen , for breaking and entering the House of Margaret Yates , in Covent-Garden , and stealing nine silver Spoons, and six silver Tea spoons, the Goods of Margaret Yates ; three silver Spoons, two silver Salts, and one silver salt-spoon, the Goods of John Warren , Esq; and two pair of laced shoes, and two pair of Silk Stockings, the Goods of Elizabeth Tostick ; and a Sword, the Property of a Person unknown, October the 13th, in the Night; received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The other two, viz. William Blackwell , alias Long Will, and Elizabeth Armstrong , were ordered for Execution. William Blackwell , alias Long Will, was indicted for breaking and entering the House of James Des Romains , Esq ; in Paddington , and stealing a gold Watch, a silver Snuff-box, three gold Rings set with Stones, one gold mourning Ring, thirteen silver Spoons, twelve silver Forks, seven knives with silver Handles, one silver Soop-Ladle, four silver Salts, eight silver Tea-spoons, two Pistols mounted with Silver and Steel, one silver Hilted Sword, one silk Damask Night-gown, twenty Holland Shirts, six Holland Sheets, fifty-two Guineas, and seventeen Shillings, the Goods and Money of James Des Romains, Esq; and four silk Damask Gowns, three silk Petticoats, ten Holland Shifts, four Suits of laced Headcloaths, one Cloth Cloak, and one silver Buckle set with Bristol Stones, the Goods of Ann Des Romains , Spinster , October the 25th, 1733, in the Night. I. William Blackwell , alias Long Will, 40 Years of Age, born in St. Giles's Parish , of mean Parents, who gave him little or no Education, which although he had got, was not willing to receive, being of vicious and Dispositions, and an avow'd Enemy to every Thing that's Good and Virtuous. He was of no Trade, but serv'd as an Hostler in several Inns in Holbourn , and the other End of the Town, and at other Times he attended the Markets, and dealt in Rabbits, Geese, Turkeys, and other Fowls. He married, and had some Children, two of whom are living; but the Wife died many Years ago. He listed in the second Regimelt of Guards, with whom he serv'd so Years; but neglecting his Duty, falling Sick, they discharg'd him; and some Time after, he took on in the first Regiment of Guards , with whom he serv'd, 'till such Time as he met with Brown, Whitlock, and Ralph Mitchel , the Evidence against the other three, with whom he agreed to Rob the King's Jeweller, Mr. Sherrack, at Paddington ; but finding it unsafe, because of an Iron Grate in the Door to look through, upon which all the four condescended to go to Colonel Des Romaine's, in the same Town, whither they went immediately, and where they succeeded according to their Wishes: For on the 25th of October, 1733, about 8 o'Clock at Night, Brown, Whitlock, Blackwell, and Mitchell the Evidence, knock'd at the Colonel's Door, who being in the lower Parlour, and the Maid not coming up in Time, open'd the Door, and Mitchell thrusting his Foot be [Missing page images]

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 2d of October, 1717. AT the general Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday the 11th, Thursday the 12th, Friday the 13th, and Saturday the 14th of September, 1717, Fifteen Persons, viz. Fourteen Men and One Woman, being found Guilty of several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But 9 of them, viz. the Woman and 6 of the Men, having obtain'd a gracious Reprieve (which I wish they may duly improve) 6 are now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this melancholy State of Condemnation, I endeavour'd to make them sensible of their approaching Change, and of their great Concern therefore to make due Preparation for it, by an earnest Application to GOD the Father, through the Merits and Intercession of his Eternal Son, that He would vouchsafe to send into their Hearts the Spirit of Grace, to enlighten every dark Corner of their sinful Souls; To change their Affections from bad to good; To cleanse and purifie their polluted Consciences from the dead Works of Sin; and raise in them a perfect Abhorrence of every thing that is evil, with a sincere Love to GOD and Virtue; so that of the Slaves of the Devil, as they had made themselves by their wicked Lives, they might now become the Children of GOD, and Heirs of everlasting Salvation; and that (to speak with the Apostle to the Gentiles, Acts 26. 18.) the Lord JESUS would please to open their Eyes, and to turn them from Darkness to Light, and from the Power of Satan unto GOD, that they might receive Forgiveness of Sins, and Inheritance among them who are sanctify'd by Faith that is in Him. These and such like Admonitions and Instructions, which I thought proper for them under their sad Circumstances, I constantly offer'd to them, and to that purpose had them brought up twice every day to the Chapel of Newgate; and there I pray'd with, and read and expounded the Word of God to them; shewing them from it, how they ought to repent of their Sins, if ever they desir'd to be pardon'd and sav'd. On the Lord's Day the 15th of September last, I preach'd to them and others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon these Words of GOD in Ezek. 18. the latter part of the 4th Verse: - The Soul that sinneth, it shall die. Which Words I first explain'd in general, with their Context, and then spoke in particular to these Points, resulting from them. I. That every Man is to answer, and suffer, for his own, and not for other Men's Sins: For, says the Text, The Soul that sinneth, it shall die. II. That the Death here meant is opposite to the Life promis'd the Penitent in the 21st and following Verses of this Chapter: And what that Death and this Life are I plainly shew'd. And then I prov'd from Scripture, III. ult. That both of them are certain, and will be of Eternal Duration. After I had made out these Points, I proceeded to give some Description of the two vastly different States of the other World. 1. That of the Damned in Hell, who suffer there endless and intolerable Torments. 2. That of the Blessed in Heaven, who do enjoy unspeakable Happiness to all Eternity. And then I shew'd, 3. ult. How the first of these might be avoided, and the other obtain'd. Again, on the Lord's Day the 22d of September, I preach'd to those Condemn'd, and many other Persons there present, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon the First Lesson appointed for that Morning-Service, viz. Jeremiah 5. 3. O Lord, are not thine Eyes upon the Truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they have not griev'd; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive Correction: They have made their Faces harder than a Rock; they have refused to return. From these Words, first paraphrastically expounded, I shew'd, I. That the great Sin, of which the Jews were guilty, and the Prophet complain'd, was their Incorrigibleness and Impenitence under GOD's Judgments. II. That as it was with that People, so it is with other harden'd and obstinate Offenders, who by their heinous and provoking Sins bring all manner of Calamities and Disasters upon themselves in this World, and run the great Hazard of being everlastingly miserable in the World to come. III. That when GOD is pleas'd to visit Sinners with his Judgments, while on this side of the Grave, He does it not for their utter Destruction, but for their Reformation and Salvation. IV. That they who refuse to receive Correction and to return; who, instead of being soften'd by, are rather harden'd under, GOD's Correcting Hand, must not expect to escape the Divine Vengeance; for it will at last most certainly overtake them; and the slower it is in coming, the closer and heavier (when once come) will it sit upon them. V. That when Sin is universal (found not only among those that are most ignorant, but among them also who understand better things;) 'tis a mighty Aggravation of it, and an high Provocation against the MAJESTY OF HEAVEN. VI. ult. That whosoever is concern'd for his Soul, and will prevent his final Ruin, and the Dreadfulness of the Judgment to come, must take due and timely Care to repent of all his Sins, that so he may avoid Everlasting Punishment, and obtain Eternal Happiness, through the prevailing Merits and Intercession of the True Lover and Saviour of all Men. And on the last Lord's Day, the 29th of September, in the Morning, I preach'd to them again, and had both then and in the Afternoon, a great Congregation: And my Text was Joh. 5. 22. - The Father judgeth no Man, but hath committed all Judgment unto the Son. From which Words, first explain'd in general, I shew'd these Four Things in particular, viz. I. That the Original Right of Judging the World belongs to GOD, and to none but GOD. II. That the Person who shall sit as Judge, and pass Sentence upon Men at the last Day, is the Son of Man, viz. the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who also is the Son of GOD, and by his Godhead is Co-equal and Coeternal with the Father. III. Why GOD the Father has committed this Power and Authority of Judging the World unto His Son. IV. & lastly, How, and in what Sense, we must understand those other Texts of Scripture, which tell us, That the Saints in general, and the Twelve Apostles in particular, shall Judge. Upon these I enlarg'd: And in the Afternoon I preach'd my last Sermon to them, on Eccl. 9. 10. Whatsoever thy Hand findeth to do, do it with all thy Might; for there is no Work, nor Device, nor Knowledg, nor Wisdom in the Grave, whither thou goest. These Words I first open'd, and then treated of these several Points arising from them, viz. I. The Shortness of this Mortal Life, and the various Troubles attending it. II. The great Work we have to do within this little time, and that (chiefly) is, To cast off our Sins; To amend our Lives, and bring forth Fruits meet for Repentance, in order to secure our Everlasting Happiness. III. ult. The Eternity of the Future State which is to follow immediately after this; and in which Men must be unspeakably miserable, who will take no care, while they live here, to work out their own Salvation with fear and trembling, as the Apostle teaches us to do, Phil. 2. 12. On all those Heads I largely and severally discours'd, and concluded every one of my Sermons on this melancholy Occasion with a particular and suitable Application to the Persons under Sentence of Death; whom I earnestly exhorted to Repentance, laying Precept upon Precept, and Line upon Line, as says the Prophet Isai. 28. 10. and giving them proper Directions How they might make their Peace with GOD before they went out of this World, and were to be seen in it no more. In my private Examinations of them, they gave me the respective Accounts of themselves, which follow. 1. Charles Powell , condemn'd for stealing 108 Guinea's, 2 double Doubloons, 1 Moidore, and other pieces of Gold, amounting together to 124 l. 10 s. from Mr. Joseph Dickenson , lodging at the Dolphin-Inn without Bishopsgate , on the 22d of August last. He said, he was 40 Years of age, born at Dean-Forest in Gloucestershire , and brought up in the Town of Monmouth till about 20 Years of age: That he learnt the Art of Perriwig-making , and had ever since follow'd it, dealt in Hair , and now and then traded in Hay , when he found it advantageous: That for the most part of these last 20 Years he had liv'd in the Parish of St. James Westminster , in good Repute; having (as he would have me believe) always behav'd himself as an honest Man ought to do. He deny'd the Fact he stood condemn'd for; but when I press'd him more to a Confession of it, he seem'd to be very uneasie, and industriously endeavour'd to elude the Question, and excuse himself from a positive Answer to it, which I requir'd. I did likewise (as diverse Persons desir'd me) put these several Questions to him, viz. Whether he had not made it his Practice, for these many Years past, to go and lodge in Inns (both in London and Country) and there, as Opportunity serv'd, rob Travellers, taking their Money, &c. out of their Breeches-pockets, being under their Heads, while asleep in Bed? And particularly, Whether (at a certain time, when the Fair was at Bristol ) he did not go several Nights to lodge at several Inns there, and steal in this manner about 200 l. from People that lodg'd there? Again; Whether he was not once (namely, about five Years ago) Try'd for such a Fact, and for want of sufficient Evidence acquitted, at the Assizes held at Aylesbury ? And likewise, Whether he did not, in the beginning of September 1716, steal out of a Gentleman's Pocket, when in Bed at the Saracen's-Head Inn in Friday-street , London , a GoldWatch, a Steel-Seal with a Coat of Arms engrav'd on it, a Silver-hilted Sword, and some odd Pieces both of Gold and Silver, and so went away in a great hurry, as he did when taken in the Robbery for which he stood now condemn'd? To all these Questions, which I put severally to him, he answer'd, I know nothing of the Matter, saving that of my being clear'd upon my Tryal at Aylesbury. But as this Answer did not satisfie me, so I adjur'd him, upon his Eternal Salvation, to declare sincerely, whether or no he had been guilty of, or any ways concern'd in those Facts I had now mention'd to him: Upon which he made a stand, but at last said, Alas! I know the World does lay all such Robberies upon me, that have been committed in England these 20 Years past. But said I to him, Pray Sir, give me a more positive Answer: I now ask you again, Whether you know any thing of those Facts I have here mention'd to you? Answer me Yea or No. When he found I press'd him so close, he begun a long Harangue on his former Life and Conversation, how he had liv'd, what Employment he had follow'd &c. but not a Word in relation to these or other ill Facts. This was all I could at present get from him. 2. George Hutchenson , condemn'd for two Facts, viz. 1st, For privately stealing 2 Cloth-Coats and a Cloth-Wastecoat, a pair of Breeches, 3 Yards of Cloth, and other Goods, out of the House of Mr. William Yerbury in London , on the 30th of August last; and 2dly, For stealing out of the same Person's House at Hampstead a Perriwig, value 6 l. He said, he was 28 Years of age, born at Castleton in Derbyshire : That he was brought up to no Trade, but for the most part of his Life had been a Servant in honourable Families, and was for 16 Years past in the House of a Noble Duke, looking after his Horses , and afterwards his riding Postilion , having serv'd His Grace in that Capacity about 4 Years: That after he had left that Service, he was taken by a Gentleman to be his Coachman ; whom (and others he had liv'd with before) he serv'd very faithfully, never wronging them in any thing. He confess'd the two Facts he stood condemn'd for, both of which he said he committed within the space of an Hour or two, and were his first. He own'd also, that he had been much addicted to Drinking and Swearing; for which and all other his Sins he begg'd Pardon both of GOD and Man. 3. William Smith , condemn'd for a Burglary by him committed in the House of Mr. John Knight , taking thence 2 Copper-pots, 12 Pewter-Dhes, and other Goods, together with his License for selling Drink &c. on the 13th of August last. He said, he was 25 Years of age, born at Berrow in Norfolk : That he was bound Apprentice to a Tailor in the Country: That when he had serv'd about 5 Years, his Master broke, and came and brought him along with him up to London , where he turn'd him over to another Tailor: That after he had liv'd about 2 Years with this last Master, he wrought Journey work , and continued so to do till bad Company took him off from his lawful Imployment, and brought him into an ill Course of Life, as Drinking, Swearing, Whoring Prophaning the Lord's Day, Stealing, Pilfering, & c. He own'd particularly, That he stole a Silver-Tankard out of the House of Mr. Moor, on the 27th of March 1716, and receiv'd Sentence of Death for it at Justice-Hall in the Old-baily, on the 13th of April following, but was afterwards Repriev'd and Pardon'd. And he further told me, (and on my looking over my Notes I found) That John Hamson , who had been concern'd with him in that Fact, was Executed for it on the 25th of the said April. Upon my asking him what other ill Facts he had committed, he said he could not remember any, and also deny'd his being Guilty of the Fact he now stood condemn'd for. But this I must say for him, That he seem'd, all the while he was under this Condemnation, to be very devout. 4. John Mash , condemn'd for Assaulting and Robbing, on the King's Highway, Mr. William Baker , taking from him a Silver-Watch, value 4 l. and a Hat, value 8 s. on the 16th of August last. He said, he was 25 Years of age, born at Huntington , where he was brought up in his Father's House till about 8 Years old: That then he went to live with a Friend at Peterborough , and afterwards came up to London : That he was bound Apprentice to a Silk-weaver in Spittlefields , and serv'd 7 Years with him: That when his Time of Servitude was expir'd, he wrought Journey work , and never did an ill thing (as he said at first) before this Fact for which he was condemn'd. But upon my further Examination of him, he confess'd that he was once burnt in the Hand for a Felony; and, That about Three Years ago (he could not remember the precise time) He, and another, together with Francis Martin , alias Cushaw (who was afterwards Executed for stealing a Silk-Gown, and other Goods, out of Esq; Hillersden's House) observing some Persons were carrying a Portmantua, out of a Coach, into a Bookseller's Shop in St. Paul's Church-yard , (being then Candle-light) went to that Shop, pretending they came to buy some Books: But in truth, their Intent was to take and steal away that Portmantua; which they effectually did, and made their Escape. And he further own'd, That he had committed some other (small) Facts, which he was never prosecuted for: That he had much neglected the Service, and broke the Commandments of GOD; That he had been a great Drinker, Swearer, Whoremonger, &c. and now perceiv'd that these Sins were the beginning of his Ruin. Of this I endeavour'd to make him truly sensible, representing to him how heinous those filthy Sins were in the Sight of GOD, and how he ought to repent of 'em; whereupon he seem'd to be very sorry that he had so grievously offended a Good and Gracious GOD, whose Mercy and Pardon he implor'd, through the Merits of Christ; and pray'd also, that all the Persons he had injur'd would be pleas'd to forgive him, who humbly acknowledg'd his Faults, but could not repair them. 5. John Dickenson , condemn'd for Assaulting and Robbing, on the Highway, Mrs. Isabella Wilson , taking from her a Gown and Petticoat, value 20 s. He said, he was 20 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields : That his Parents dying when he was but 8 Years old, the Parish took care of his Bringing-up, and bound him Apprentice to a Fisher-man ; with whom he had not been above 3 Weeks before he ran away, as liking neither his Master nor the Trade; so that he growing up, and being without any Employment, by which he might get an honest Livelihood, betook himself to selling Fruit, Fish, &c. about the Streets . That finding this to be a poor way of Living, he was easily induc'd (by bad Company) to the wicked Trade of Pilfering and Stealing: That this soon brought him to Justice, and he was twice whip'd for small Felonies, yet not reform'd by such Chastisements, for he came at last to advance his Guilt and Punishment by this Fact, which he own'd he was justly condemn'd for. He also confess'd (but with some difficulty) that he had formerly been concern'd with other wicked Men, in breaking of Houses, &c. but would not be perswaded to give me any particular Account of them. He was a poor ignorant Youth, who knew little or nothing of Religion. 6. William Rose , condemn'd for a Burglary by him committed in the House of Mr. William Towers , stealing thence 4 dozen pair of Stockings, value 6 l. He said, he was 19 Years of age, born in Rider's Court in the Parish of St. Ann Westminster : That he was brought up to no Trade, only helpt his Mother in making and baking Cakes , which he carry'd about in a Barrow, and sometimes Fruit, that he sold to Children and others in the Streets . Upon my asking him, Whether he did not use Dice, and so encourage Youths to throw instead of going to School? He could not deny but that he had often so done, but took no Money of them, only for his Goods. However, I made him sensible at last, that this was an idle way for him to get a Livelihood by, and an Introduction to many Vices, as himself did now find by his woful Experience; who confess'd, That if he had follow'd a better Occupation, he might not have been induc'd to the Commission of the Fact he stood condemn'd for, and of which, and other his Sins, he said he heartily repented. I desir'd him to tell me what other ill Facts he had been concern'd in: Whereupon he said, That he cou'd particularly remember but these three, viz. That once he committed a Felony, and was burnt in the Hand for it; and, That about 2 Years ago (in Winter) he, with two others, broke a House in Leicester-street , and took thence a Gown and Petticoat, and 4 Gold-Rings; and, That his wicked Companions choused him of his Share in the Booty. And again, about the same time, when it was a hard Frost, he, with one of his said Companions, and a third Person, went to an empty House (as he call'd it) near the Bowling-Green in Clerkenwell , and took out of it 6 pair of Sheets, which one of his Accomplices dispos'd of, but did not give him a faithful Account of what he receiv'd for them; so that he suffer'd some Loss by this also. Upon which I observ'd to him, that his greatest Loss was that of Honesty, and his Life in this World, and of putting himself in Danger (unless he repented) to lose GOD's Favour, and perish for ever in the Next. He seem'd to be attentive to what I said, and express'd great Sorrow for his having been so wicked, and pray'd GOD and Man to forgive him. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carried, in 2 Carts, from Newgate , I attended them for the last time, and gave 'em such Exhortations as were most proper on this sad Occasion. I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with them: I made them rehearse the Apostles Creed, and then wish'd them that Forgiveness of Sins, and that Resurrection and Eternal Life which they had now made Profession to believe. When I had done, and finally recommended their Souls to GOD, I retir'd from them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, each of 'em calling all the while upon GOD in these and the like Ejaculations: Lord, have Mercy upon me! Lord, open thy Kingdom of Heaven unto me! Lord, forgive me, who have been a great Sinner! Lord Jesus, I come, I come, receive me! O Lord, receive my Spirit! &c. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by me PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Wednesday Octob. 2d 1717. ADVERTISEMENTS. THis is to give Notice to all Gentlemen, Booksellers, and others, That there is lately publish'd a new Sett of Cuts, adapted to several sizes of Commonprayers, all new Designs by Mr. Gocree of Amsterdam, engrav'd by P. Vandergucht. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 11th of this Instant February, 1734. BEING THE SECOND EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir WILLIAM BILLERS , Knt. Number II. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXIV. [Price Four-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol - Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir William Billers , Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Right Honourable the Lord chief Baron Reynolds; the Honourable Mr. Justice Denton; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London; and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex,) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 16th, 17th and 18th of January, 1733-4, in the Seventh Year of his Majesty's Reign. Ten Men, viz. William Simmonds , Samuel Steele , George Cotterell , Henry Tilson , Henry Worrel , William Symonds , George Peters , James Belford , John Travis and James Mackdowal , were by the Jury convicted of capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. When under Sentence, I instructed them, how to perform the duty of true Repentance, from these Words. Except ye Repent says our Saviour, you shall all likewise Perish, St. Luke 13. 3. When Christ sends out his Apostles to Proclaim remission of Sins, and other benefits purchas'd by his Death to all the World; he makes this the Terms wherein they are to be tendred. Preach repentance and remission of Sins, says he, in my name to all Nations, beginning at Jerusalem, St. Luke. 24. 47. Christ never died to procure Men a liberty to Sin, and to purchase benefits and rewards for evil doers; no, his great design was to destroy Sin, and to draw Men on to Obedience and Repentance, by the gracious offers of Pardon and Acceptance, So that as for all the promises of the Gospel, the Salvation which they encourage, is plainly this deliverance from our Sins, that being the very thing which all the good things of the Gospel are promised to. I show'd them also, altho' God had not told us that all the promises of the next Life run upon condition of Men's repentance and reformation here in this; yet the very Nature of the Things themselves, would sufficiently suggest it to us. For the happiness of the next Life cannot be enjoyed by wicked Men; there is an impossibility in the Thing; eternal happiness, and an unholy Soul, are things inconsistent; so that till Men have mortified their wicked Lusts, and are deliver'd from their Sins, they are not capable to partake of it; for the great happiness of the beatifick Vision; St. John tells us, is to change us into God's Image, and to transform us into his likeness; when he appears, saith he, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is, 1. John 3. 2. Now this Image of God, as St. Paul tells us, consists in righteousness and true holiness, Eph. 4. 24. God has made our Duty to be only a transcript of his own perfections; he requires no more of us than to be such as he is himself, that we may be meet to live with him, and take delight in him for ever and ever. So I inform'd them, if they expected to enjoy God, in being like him in the next World, they must study to be vertuous and conformable to his Image, here in this; since we have no share of his likeness, as long as we wallow in Sin and Wickedness; and so far as we are unlike, we are uncapable, if he should be suppos'd to give way to it never so much of partaking in that happiness, which consists in our likeness, and resemblance to him, &c. They having all been convicted of Robbery and Theft, I expos'd to them the Heinousness of those grievous Crimes, how inconsistent they are with human Society, how odious to God, adverse to his Laws, and that those who commit such Things are avow'd Enemies to all Mankind; and therefore I exhorted them patiently to submit to the legal Punishment, since, why should a living Man complain, a Man for the Punishment of his Sins? And in order to evite eternal Misery in the next World, which their Sins deserv'd, I advis'd them to search and try their Ways, and turn themselves unto God, from whom they had so deeply revolted. To prepare them for Death, and the Blessedness of a future Life, I explain'd to them the Nature of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in which we have the Body and Blood of Christ represented to us in a lively Manner, and partake in Christ's Sufferings and Death, in assurance of eternal Life thereby purchased to us. While these and other Exhortations were given, William Simmonds , George Cotterell , James MacDowal and William Symmonds behav'd well in Chappel, made regular Responses, and were attentive; Samuel Steele was for several Days confin'd to the Cell, with some Indisposition he had contracted before he was taken up, when I visited him, he declar'd his Penitence, and behav'd well in Chappel; Tilson and Worrell were always quiet, were ignorant and could not read; Belford was very ignorant and foolish, which was the occasion of Peters and another, who were two most audacious, impudent, and inconsiderate young Men, mocking and teasing him, which occasioned some Disturbance in Chapel; for which I reprov'd 'em sharply, threatening them with Hell and the Divine Vengeance in a future Life, and the Keepers carried one of them down to the Cells once, and frighten'd them with farther Severity, and that made them behave more decently. When the dead Warrant came down, some of them wept bitterly, and shew'd a much greater Concern than formerly. Upon Thursday, the 7th of February Instant, Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the Ten Malefactors under Sentence of Death, in the Cells of Newgate : When George Cotterell , alias Bains , for breaking and entering the House of Edward Kitching , and stealing two Barrels of Anchovies, value 40 s. Nov. 20th, in the Night; and for breaking and entering the House of Stephen Ducket , and stealing two Coats, a pair of Breeches, a pair of Stockings, and other things, as a pair of Pumps, two pair of Shoes and a Wig, the Goods of several Persons, Nov. 17th, in the Night; Henry Tilson , and Henry Werrell , alias Worrell , a Boy , for breaking and entering the House of John Gardner , and stealing five Pounds of Sugar, thirteen Pieces of Quality-binding, thirteen Pieces of Tape, six Pieces of silk Ferrit, eighteen Dozen of silk Laces, two Girdle-Buckles, two Caps, and six pair of Shoe-buckles; the Goods of John Chipperfield ; and John Travis , alias Moco Jack, for breaking and entering the House of John Molley , and stealing two Firkins of Butter, Dec. 30th, in the Night; and for breaking and entering the House of John Thayer , and stealing two Casks; and one Box of Tobacco, Dec. 27th; in the Night, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Six, viz William Simmonds Samuel Steele , William Symmonds George Peters , James Belford and James Mackdowal , were ordered for Execution. James Mackdowal , was indicted for assaulting Susan Cox , on the Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a silk Purse, a Guinea, a Queen Elizabeth's Sixpence, December the 27th. 1. James Macdowal , 25 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Galloway , who gave him good Education at School in Reading, Writing, Cyphering, &c. to fit him for Business, and instructed him in the Christian Religion. When of Age, he was not put to any Trade, but did Country-Business ; and at the Age of 17 Years, he engag'd in a Gentleman's Service, whom he serv'd three Years, in d riving of Cattle to Country Fairs and Markets ; and in this Way he did very well, having a good Master, who was kind and friendly to him; but his great Misfortune was, That in his Way of Business, he being oblig'd to lodge at Publick Inns, in the Country, he there got acquainted with bad Company, with whom he had occasion too often to meet, and by this Means getting into the Acquaintance of Sharpers and Gamesters, he neglected his Business, and took Pleasure in nothing but Gaming, and squandering both his Time and Money, in a very wicked and idle Manner. His Money being gone, he made it his Business to get acquainted with several Highwaymen, with whom he gam'd in Publick Houses, and they thinking him a young Man fit for their Adventures, discover'd themselves to him, and represented the great Pleasure and Profit he might have by associating with them. Macdowal, by this Time, destitute of the Grace of God, and willing to believe whatever they said, being then about the Age of 20, he left his good Service, and ever since that Time, which is 5 Years ago, he follow'd the abandon'd Course of raising Contributions on the Highway, till he was taken up for robbing Mrs. Cox, near Kensington Gravel-Pits , which brought him to condign Punishment, for his notoriously wicked Life. He sometimes past for a Smuggler, and was taken upon Suspicion, and put in the Castle of Norwich , where he had two more contriv'd to make their Escape, which they accordingly did, after this Manner; As he and his two Companions were walking about the Goal, the Turnkey going to open the Door, they knock'd him down, and took the Keys from him, and let themselves out (before any-body could come to the Turnkey's Assistance) so that they got entirely off, their Trials being to come on very soon. The Man who persuaded him chiefly to follow this wicked Way, and who mostly kept him Company, was with him, when he committed the last Robbery for which he died, and made his Escape. He robb'd in the Bishoprick of Durham , Yorkshire , Lincolnshire , Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , Middlesex , and oher Parts of the Kingdom. He committed Robberies in the Hampstead Road about Highgate, within Sight of St. Giles's Pound ; and eight or ten Days before he was apprehended in an Evening, in the Sight of more than fifty People, he robbed a Coach in the middle of Islington , where his Pistol went off by Accident, but by Providence it did no harm; they cry'd out, a Highwayman, but no Body pursu'd, which if they had done, they would have taken him, for his Mare was not able to ride off. He was one of them who lately robbed some Gentlemen and Ladies in Hide-Park near Kensington Palace of a Gold Watch, a Silver Watch and some Money. He got plenty of Money, which he spent very profusely, and gave the rest of it to some of his Acquaintances, who in his Calamity came not near him, nor send him any thing, so that he was little better provided than the rest of his miserable Fellow Sufferers. He lent 60 l. to one of his Countrymen to set up in a Town nigh the City of Coventry, who broke and run away with it all. He lamented much that he had misimproved his Education to the worst Purposes, having been a Disgrace to his Friends and Relations; he was a daring bold Fellow, capable of the most desperate villainous Actions. He confest himself one of the greatest Sinners, being guilty of all Sins almost, excepting Murther, for he abhorted Blood-shed, he behaved better than the most of his Companions. When I spoke to him he always wept, his Conscience having check'd him, when reflecting upon his great Guilt, and his sinning against so much Light. He declared himself sincerely Penitent, that he truly believed in Christ his Saviour, and died in peace with all the World. William Simmonds , and Samuel Steele , otherwise Smoaky Jack, were indicted for assaulting William Peyton in an open Field near the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Cloth Coat, a half Shirt, a Hat, a Wig, a Knife and Fork, a Razor, a Silk Handkerchief, a Linnen Handkerchief and 20 d. in Money, July 15th. 2. William Simmonds , about 20 Years old, of honest Parents in the West-Country , who educated him at School to read, write and Accompts, and had him instructed in Christian Principles: when of Age, they put him to a Butcher , which Trade he chose, and serv'd to that Employment two or three Years, but wearying of Confinement, and of a roving Disposition, left his Master and came to London , where he thought he might have Opportunity to execute his villainous Intentions with greater Freedom. He had a Friend in Town, who was willing to put him to any Trade, and he desired to go to his old Business, accordingly she bound him to a Butcher, and gave 20 Pounds with him; all which prov'd lost Labour, for he could not endure to be confin'd, but got acquainted with the most notorious Thieves and Robbers, in or about the Town, and with them for four Years past, he committed innumerable Thefts and Robberies in the Streets, and on the Highways near the Town, and likewise in Shops, picking of Pockets &c. he was an obstinate, irreclaimable young Man; for though his Aunt let him want for nothing, in her Power, he always run away from her, and follow'd after such abandon'd Wretches as he met at Gin-Shops, who advis'd and led him to his Ruin. Once he pretended that he was willing to go to Sea, and for that End his Aunt agreed with a Captain; but after she had thrown away a good deal of Money on this Design, and given him 3 or 4 Guineas, he went down to Gravesend , and having stay'd only one Night on Board, next Morning he return'd to London, and after that, was never much seen by his Friends, for his perverse Temper would not suffer them to do him any Service. He had been a hard-hearted, very foolish Boy, and altogether unadvisable; but some Days before he died, he behav'd well in the Chappel, and complain'd much of Peters and another, who were a little turbulent and uneasy. He first knew Fitzdor the Evidence in New Prison and Newgate , and call'd him a very vile Fellow. He was utterly averse to Virtue, and only inclin'd to every Kind of Vice. He was wholly ruin'd by a miserable young Woman, who always follow'd him, and would neither let him go to Sea, nor follow Business at Home. He was taken up upon Suspicion of being concern'd in the Robbery at Paddington , and, for want of sufficient Bail, detain'd till Fitzdor of late inform'd against him; he own'd that he suffered most justly for his very wicked and profligate Course of Life, in disobeying his Parents, profaning the Lord's Day, Swearing, Gaming, Drinking, keeping Company with lewd Women, &c. for which God had forsaken him, and brought him to all that Shame and Ignominy. He gave ill Names to his Aunt, who came to visit him some Days before he died, because she would not give him Money to his Mind, but this he repented of. He declared his Faith in Christ; that he repented of his Sins and forgave every Body. 3. Samuel Steele , 21 Years of Age, of honest Parents in King's street St. Giles's , who being in mean Circumstances gave him no Education at School. His Father bred him to his own Business of a Hatter five Years, but he not loving Confinement, chose to go abroad in the World, where he thought he could have more Liberty; he apply'd himself to Country Work amongst the Farmers, till two or three Years ago he went to the City of Hereford , and there he got acquainted with some Masons, who learn'd him somewhat of their Trade , and in serving them he liv'd very well for about a Twelve Month; but then longing to be at London again with his old Companions, he returned; and not willing to work, he idled away his Time about publick Houses and Shops, where he contracted familiarity with the most notorious Rogues about Town, which gave him a bad Name, and made him to be look'd upon as no better than they, whether he went out and assisted in their Expeditions or not: He was taken upon Suspicion and put in New-prison and Newgate , but no body appearing against him he was discharged. Some time after, being six or seven Months ago, he was taken up again with Sutton, upon Suspicion of being concerned in the Robbery at Paddington , and kept till Fitzdar informed against him and Simmonds, and convicted them both, for robbing William Peyton in Chelsea-Fields , as in the Indictment, for which both of them were executed. He reflected on Fitzdar, with whom he was acquainted in the Jails where they were Fellow-Prisoners. He said, that he was not very wicked, but us'd to keep the Church till of late, that he gave himself wholly up to loose Company. He married a Wife Seventeen or Eighteen Weeks ago, but neither she, nor scarce any body else, came near him in his great Calamity; he was very poor and miserable, he was sick and very weak great part of the Time, but always behaved very quietly, and was attentive to Prayers and Exhortations. He declared his Penitence for the great Offences of his Life; that he hoped to be sav'd by the Mercy of God in Christ, and that he died in peace with all the World. William Symmonds , (not Simmonds who was try'd with Smoaky Jack) and George Peters were indicted for breaking and entering the House of William Hart , and stealing a Silk Stay, two Silk Skirts, a Velvet-Hood, a Silk-Hood, a Remnant of Linnen, three Table-cloths, two Dimity Coats, three Caps, an Apron, a Linnen Frock and an Handkerchief, the Goods of several Persons, October 2, in the Night. They were a 2d Time indicted for breaking and entering the House of Euphania Kendal , and stealing a Silver Tankard and three Silver Spoons, the Goods of Euphania Kendal ; and a Velvet Manteel and a Cambrick Hood, the Goods of Mary Crowgill ; a pair of Silk Shoes and clogs, the Good of Jane Kendal , October 5, in the Night. 4. William Symmonds (not Simmonds already spoken of) about 25 Years old, of honest Parents in Town, who gave him good Education at School, i Reading, Writing and Arithmetick, and instructed him in the Christian Religion. When of Age, his Father bred him to his own Business of a Butcher , to which having serv'd 4 or 5 Years, and wearying of that Employment, he was bound to a Vintner , nigh to the Back of the Exchange , five Years, to whom he serv'd out his Time honestly, and then he married a Wife, who had some Children by him, two of whom, very young, she brought to visit him sometimes, when he was under Sentence. At first he denied the Facts he was convicted of, reflecting upon Mitchel the Evidence. I exhorted him to glorify God, by an ingenious Confession, and not to aggravate his Case, by adding Sin to Sin, and Iniquity unto Transgression, that having suffer'd temporal Punishment, he might shun eternal Vengeance, which he justly deserved. When the Dead Warrant came out, and no Hopes were left, he confest all, That he assisted in the two Burglaries they were convicted of, for which they died, and that he had been a very wicked young Man, having join'd himself with Gangs of Thieves and Robbers, with whom he committed Street-Robberies, broke many Houses, pick'd Pockets, and stole whatever he could lay his Hands upon, making his Business but a Pretence to conceal his villainous Practices, which were the chief Affairs he minded. He was careful of Religious Duties, behav'd better than most of them, and read in the Cell to Cotterell, who was ve illiterate. When at Liberty, he was not of such a wicked Life, as many of them are, but commonly kept the Church, and took the Sacrament sometimes; but of late, keeping Company with none but the worst of Blackguards and abandon'd People, he was wholly given-up to a reprobate Sense, neglected all Publick and Private Worship, and did scarce any Thing that was good, but was perpetually intent upon Mischief. He lamented for his poor Wife and Children, and the Disgrace his ignominious Death would be on them and his other Relations. He said, his Wife was a very honest Woman, and knew nothing of his wicked Doings. He acknowledg'd the Justice of his Sentence, and that God had in Justice afflicted him. He declar'd, That be sincerely repented of the many heinous Sins of his Life, that he believ'd in Jesus Christ, as the Son of God, and only Saviour of Sinners; and that he forgave all Injuries, as he expected Forgiveness from God. 5. George Peters , about 17 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Ratcliff Highway , who were willing, and very desirous to educate him at School, and to have him instructed in the Knowledge of Christian Principles; but he was naturally of such a perverse Disposition, that he would learn nothing at all, but spent his Time in the Streets, with abandon'd young Creatures of his own wicked Inclination, in whose Company he became a consummate Proficient in every Kind of Mischief; for indeed, he had an innate Aversion to all Virtue and Goodness. His Father desir'd to learn him his own Trade of a Carpenter, but that he would not hear of; and the only Business he ply'd, almost from his Cradle, was Thieving, Stealing, Robbing and Company-Keeping, with the vilest Miscreants, both of Men and Women, that could be found in the World, where nothing but Cursing, Blaspheming, and such other Language, as must needs grate every Christian Ear, and such as might readily pollute the very Air we breath in, was to be heard. His Parents vex'd and griev'd to see him running head-long to Destruction, and fearing the fatal Tree would inevitably put an End to him; to shun which, for if he had stay'd at Home, he must have been taken up, they got him to condescend to go to Sea some Voyages, and in a Man of War: He was at Copenhagen , Revel , and other Places, and sometimes he went to Newcastle in Coal-Ships. His Friends thought the Sea might bring him to leave off his wicked Habits; but he always long'd to be at London , and there to employ his whole Time with his wicked Companions, who still corrupted him more and more, and who always counsell'd him to tread in the Paths of Wickedness and Destruction; and their Projects he was sure carefully to execute, though to his own utter Ruin and Calamity, as now to his sad Experience he hath found. When Fleming and some Others were taken up and executed for Street-Robberies, Peters, who was Partner with them, went out of the Way, and escap'd his deserved Fate at that Time. He own'd the Burglaries he was convicted of, as sworn against him. I reprov'd him for Cursing at the Bar, when he was convicted, or when he receiv'd Sentence of Death. He said, it was not the Honourable Bench, but the Prosecutors or Evidences he swore at, because they laugh'd and ridicul'd him, after they had convicted him; and said, he was sorry that he had done so. He was a bold, hard-hearted, inconsiderate, foolish Boy. He forgave every-body. The under written Paper, giving a brief Account of some of his Robberies, and vicious Life, was, by a certain Person, taken from his own Mouth, which be desired to be published. " GEORGE Peters , aged about " 17 Years, of honest Parents, " who endeavour'd all in their Power " to give him writing and reading to " fit him for a Trade; but he being " of a rambling Mind, neglected his " schooling, and could not settle to " any Employment, but enter'd on " board his Majesty's Ship the Edinburgh, the Captain's Servant ; on " board which Ship he was about 18 " Months, and then left her, and " ship'd himself on board of a Collier bound for Newcastle , but continued with her but one Voyage; being tired of going to Sea, and out " of all Business, got acquainted with " Osborne. Henry Barnes , Michell, Shaw, " and William Fleming , with whom he " committed abundance of Robberies " in and about Stepney Fields in the " Easter Week, 4 or 5 every Night " for upwards of that Week, which " Persons after they had robb'd they " us'd very barbarously, and stripp'd " them of every Thing that was of " any value; one Man in particular " who made some Resistance, they " beat him and cut him over the " Wrist miserably, stripp'd him, and " left him uncapable of following " them, which before he had threatened them he would do: All which " Persons were executed about two " Years since, on the Evidence of " William Flemming and James Tipler , " for Street-Robberies: But their unhappy Fate not giving any warning " to him, being young and without " thought, he continued his old Course " of thieving, and being reduc'd, he " was oblig'd to take a second Voyage " to Newcastle, on board a Collier; " but did not stay long on board her, " but fell into bad Company, and " went with them a thieving, and " robbing of Houses, or any hing " they could meet withal, to supply " them in their wicked Course of Life; " about four Months since, as near as " he can remember, he with one " Ralph Mitchell stop'd a Gentleman's " Coach, in the Road between Lymehouse and Stepney-Church , in which " was a Gentleman and Gentlewoman, and took from the Gentleman " 3 Guineas and a silver Watch, which " Watch they sold to Mr. Bodinham " at the Sign of the Ship in the Old-Bailey ; and on the same Day, about " 4 in the Afternoon, he and the " aforesaid Ralph Mitchell stopp'd a " Gentleman's Charriot in Tyburn " Road , near the Turnpike, in which " were three Gentlemen, and robb'd " them of two Handkerchiefs, in " which Handkerchiefs were two Suits " of Men's Cloaths, one of the Suits " of Cloaths had on it silver Plate " Buttons, and two Hats; all which " Things they sold in Monmouth-street " for 10 Pounds. He said he had been " concerned in abundance more Robberies, but as he had not kept any " Memorandums as to the Time, he " could give but an imperfect Account " of them. He said, his Ruin was " owing to one Susanna Jones , a Woman of the Town, who still continues in the same wicked Course of " Life, drawing young Fellows into " their Ruin by her Counsel. " James Belford , was indicted for assaulting Ann Baker on the Highway, putting her in fear, and taking from her a cambrick Mob, value 2 s. December 13. He was a second Time indicted, for assaulting Mary Allen on the Highway, putting her in fear, and taking from her a Silk Handkerchief, value 2 s. 6 d. December 13. 6. James Belford , aged 27 Years, born in Flintshire , of mean Parents, who gave him little School Education, and which he being of a weak understanding, could not improve to any Purpose. His Father and Mother liv'd in the City of Bristol , whether they went when he was Young, and when of Age, they put him to a Brick-layer , to whom he serv'd out his Time ho nesty; and afterwards he liv'd by his Business, and married a Wife, and kept his Family according to his Station. He swore, blasphem'd, and drank very much, but did not keep much Company with loose Women. His Father bred him a Protestant, but when he died, James being a simple Fellow, his Mother persuaded him to profess the Romish way. Peter Symmonds and another us'd to make Game of him, and vex'd him so that he cry'd sometimes. This was like to create little Disturbance in Chapel till these Reprobates were sharply reprov'd, and threatened with Punishment, which obliged them to sit quiet. About seven Months ago, he came to London and serv'd a Brewer, being one of them who drove the Dray . He confest the Fact he was convicted of, but endeavour'd to extenuate his Crime, by saying, that his Intention was not to rob, but that the Woman following him, and troubling him, upon that they happened to Quarel. I told him they swore the ssault plainly upon him, and also the taking of the Things, and it was needless to excuse himself since he was found guilty upon evident Proof; he submitted and acknowledged his beating the Woman, and taking their Goods, and forgave every Body; but the Account he gave of himself was very confus'd, and one could scarce know what to make of it, for he appeared to be a very silly weak Man; only he own'd, that he was in several respects wicked and vicious, and that Judgment had deservedly befallen him for the great Errors of his Life. He believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. At the Place of EXECUTION. THEY appeared pretty much concern'd, Peters smil'd often, but he said it was a natural Infirmity inclining him to laugh, which he was not sensible of, and could by no means help: He desir'd one to give his Service to his Wife, and had no more to say. William Symmonds reflected upon a Woman, a near Friend of his, whom he blam'd for the Misfortune which befell him; I desired him to forgive, that he said, he frankly did. James MacDowal said, he had been a very great Sinner, and hoped his shameful Death should not be any Disadvantage to his Relations; he express'd his Confidence in God's Mercy, through Christ, and desir'd all young People to take Example from him, and to live in the Fear of God. All of them adhered to their former Confessions, and heartily forgave all the World. They were serious and devout in Prayers and singing of Psalms. They went off crying to God to have Mercy upon them, and that the Lord Jesus would receive their Spirits. This is all the Account given by me, James Gutherie , Ordinary and Chaplain of Newgate . The following Account of the Lives and Robberies committed by James Mackdowal, the Highwayman; and William Symmonds , were given to a Person the Morning of their Execution, which is as follows, viz. JAMES Mackdowal , aged 25, was born at Galloway in Scotland , whose Father was an honest Man, and rented a Farm for his Livelihood; he said while he was young his Inclination led him to Pilfering, and was encourag'd by a near Relation, whose Duty it should have been to have corrected him for such Offences; instead of which gave way to them, and endeavour'd to hide his Theft from his Father, and Relations, that would have done for him. He said he was very undutiful to his Parents, and would not be ruled by them; but followed ill Ways, which, when known to his Father, he corrected him for it; upon which he left Scotland , and came to London , and for some Time drove Cattle to Markets for a Livelihood; but that not agreeing with his ill Temper, altho' he might have got an honest Livelihood, he became acquainted with a Sett of wicked Men, who made a Prey of poor innocent Persons, which he fears was to the Ruin of some of them, and their Families, by travelling to Fairs and Market-Towns, on Market-Days, and playing at Cups and Balls, cheating all they play'd with of all their Money and Cloaths, and if any Person made any Words; they would beat them and use them very barbarously, and then made directly away to ill Houses, who encourag'd them in their Cheating; at which Houses they liv'd after a wicked and riotous Manner, until they had spent all their Money. When their Money was gone they would hire Horses, under the Pretence of going a Journey, and sold their Horses; he said that he continued this wicked Course of Life for upwards of four Years. After he left this Company, he betook himself to the Highway, and committed a Robbery by Brickhill near Dunstable , where he rob'd a young Gentleman on Horseback, from whom he took Six Shillings and Six-pence, and his Hat; and about two Days afterwards, near Barnet, he rob'd a Gentleman on Horseback, from whom he took 2 Guineas and a half, and some Silver, and his Riding-Coat. Afterwards he engag'd with several Highwaymen, some of whom are since dead, whose Names he did not care to mention; in Com pany of whom he committed abundance of Robberies. Those which are living he hopes they will endeavour to get an honest Livelihood, and leave off those wicked Ways, which has brought him to this unhappy End. He said that he committed in one Week by himself, seventeen Robberies, the particulars of what he took was out of his Memory, and therefore he could not mention them. He said he was one of the three that rob'd the York Coach this Side of Hatfield, from which they took some Money, a gold Ring, and a gold Pair of Buttons; he and the aforesaid rob'd the Rochester Coach this Side of Dartford, from the Passengers they took about 10 l. a Diamond Ring, and a Pair of gold Buttons, and from the Coachman a silver Watch. He and the aforesaid rob'd the Northampton Coach this Side Mash-Mins-Wash, and took from the Passengers about 5 or 6 l. in Gold and Silver, and gave the Coachman 2 s. 6 d. to drink our Healths, and then made the best of our Way for London; but this Side of Acton meeting with the Uxbridge Coach, they rob'd it, and took from the Passengers about 5 l. in Gold and Silver, two silk Purses, and a silver Watch. The next Day, in Company with one Man more, he rob'd a Gentleman's Coach of nine Guineas, and some Silver, but being too near the Town, made the best of their way for London, for fear of being pursued. The Night following he rob'd the Hampstead Coach, and one other Coach, from the two Coaches he said he took about 5 l. and a Watch; and about five Weeks before he was taken he rob'd the Hampstead Coach again, and took from the Passengers about nine Pounds in Gold and Silver, a silver Watch, and a gold Ring. The same Week, in Company with one more, he said he rob'd a Man on Horseback, coming from Grimsted-Market, of some Silver, but was pursued by the People coming from Market, and others, so that they was forc'd to quit their Horses and make their Escape over Fields; the last Robbery, and for which he said he died for, was for robbing Madam Cox of one Guinea, and 10 or 12 Shillings in Silver, and a silk Purse; he said he had forgot to mention the Robbery at Islington , where he stop'd a Coach in the Day-time, in Sight of abundance of People, and shot through the Coach, and took about 10 s. but he being drunk the Pistol went off accidentally, therefore, thank God, he did not hurt the Gentleman in the Coach: All these Robberies he said he committed in about 14 Months Time, for which he said he begg'd God's Pardon, and all Mankind whom he had injured, and was pleas'd to think he had not kill'd any Person. He hop'd that all young Men would take Warning by his ignominious Death, and obey their Parents, and take their Advice; for they would find the Comfort of it, which if he had done, he would not himself have been brought to this untimely End; and that he hop'd his good God would have Mercy upon, and forgive him his Sins (which are many) thro' the Merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Newgate , Feb. 10. 1733-34 JAMES MACKDOWAL . The following LETTER was sent to a Friend of Mackdowal's when he was just apprehended, in order to take his Companion, which is as follows, viz. Good SIR, I Forgot to put one Thing in my Information, which was, that a Partner of mine and I robbed a Coach at Islington , aud took 10 s. and some odd Money, and shot through the Coach with a small Blunderbuss, but miss'd the Gentleman, and robb'd him; and my Companion stood about thirty Yards Distance, with a Pistol cock'd in his Hand, to keep the Mob off; when we parted the Money, he went one way, and I the other, thinking to rob more, and to meet at Night; whereof we have an Opportunity to take him to Night, or To-morrow Morning without fail. From your Humble Servant, JAMES MACKDOWAL . WILLIAM SYMMONDS , aged about 23, born in Leaden-Hall Market , whose Father had liv'd there upwards of 45 Years, in good Circumstances and Reputation, he being by Trade a Butcher. He said, he was Apprentice to his Brother-in-Law, a Butcher , who married his Sister, with whom he serv'd three Years, and the Rest of his Time, he serv'd at the Crown-Tavern, behind the Royal-Exchange, to a Cook ; but after his Time was out, his Father being dead, his Brother-in-Law enjoy'd what his Father left, and his Sister dying since, he had done very little for him. Being thus reduc'd, and become very Poor, he did not know what to do to support his Wife and two small Children; he at last took to ply as a Linkman at the New Playhouse , by Lincoln's-Inn-Fields , to light People but did not continue long in that Employment; for being tir'd of it, he remov'd from thence to Rag-Fair , where unhappily he fell into bad Company, which brought him to this unhappy End. He said, he had not committed many Robberies more than in Robbing Mr. Hart in Wapping , by hoisting up a Sash, and taking away several Things of Value; and the second Robbery, in Deans-Square, opening a Sash, and taking away several Pieces of silver Plate: These two Robberies was done by him, Peters and one Mitchel, who made himself an Evidence. Whilst in the Cells, he continually complain'd of his Relations Unkindness, more especially in their denying him a Blanket, or something to cover him, whilst under Sentence, and hop'd they would be told of their Unkindness after he was dead, not having sent him any Thing to subsist on, since his Misfortunes. He said, he hop'd no-body would reflect on his poor Wife, who was an honest Woman, and a good Wife, whose Councils, he said, if he had follow'd, he had not come to this untimely End, but might have liv'd happy with her, and brought up his Children. He said, she was innocent as to his wicked Ways, therefore hop'd God would provide for her and her Children. He said, he forgave all the World, as he hop'd for Forgiveness from God. I desire all good People to pray for my departing Soul, and I hope all young Men will take Warning by my untimely Death; and especially to avoid the wicked Snares of lewd Women, who is the Destruction of both Soul and Body. One Thing more I beg of all young Men, to avoid Gin Shops (especially those that harbour such unhappy Youths as my self) which has been the Cause of many that have been brought to condign Punishment. I die in Peace with all the World, and I hope the Lord will have Mercy upon my departing Soul. Cells, Feb. 9, 1733. William Symmonds . The following Letter was sent by Macdowal, to his Companion, who us'd to rob with him. John W-n, ' THOUGH the Nearness of ' approaching Death, ought ' to shut out from my Thoughts ' all temporal Concerns; yet I ' could not compose my Mind ' with that Quietness with which ' I hope to pass from this sinful ' World, into the Presence of the ' Almighty, before I had thus exhorted you to take particular ' Warning from my Death, which ' the Intent of the Law, to deter ' others from Wickedness, hath ' decreed to be in a publick and ' ignominious Manner. ' Let the sad Example of me, ' who died by the Hand of Justice, deter you not only from ' those flagrant Offences, which ' has been so fatal to me; but also ' from those foolish and sinful Pleasures, in which it is but too frequent for young Persons to indulge themselves. Remember that ' I tell you from sad Experience, ' that the Wages of Sin, though ' in Appearance they be sometimes ' large, and what may promise outward Pleasures; yet are they attended with such inward Disquiet, ' as renders it impossible for those ' who have received them, to enjoy either Quiet or Ease. Work ' hard at your Employment, and ' be assured, that Sixpence got ' thereby, will afford you more solid Satisfaction, than the largest ' Acquisitions, at the Expence of ' your Conscience. That God may ' by his Grace, enable you to follow this my last Advice, and ' that he may bless your honest ' Labour with Plenty and Prosperity, is the earnest Prayers of ' your Dying Friend, James Macdowal . ADVERTISEMENTS. This Day is publish'd, Vol. II. (Price 3s. 6d.) With a Frontispiece of Catherine Hayes , of the Contrivance of the Murder of her Husband John Hayes , THE Lives of the most remarkable Criminals who have been condemned and executed, either for the Highway, Street Robberies, Burglaries, Murders, or other capital Offences, from the Year 1720, to the present Time: Containing particularly the Lives of the famous JONATHAN WILD , Edward Burnworth , alias Frazier , Blewit, Berry, Dickenson, Majorum and Higgs, for the Murder of Mr. Ball in St. George's Fields ; Catherine Hayes , for the barbarous Murder of her Husband; Forster Snow , for the Murder of a Man in his House in Holborn ; Thomas Billings , concern'd with Catherine Hayes , in the Murder of Mr. Hayes; Thomas Smith , a Highwayman, and Capt. Jean, for the Murder of his Cabin-Boy, &c. &c. &c. Printed and sold by John Applebee in Bolt Court , Fleet-street ; A Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red Lyon in Pater-noster-Row; J. Pemberton, at the Golden Buck against St. Dunstan's Church; J. Isted, at the Golden Ball near Chancery-Lane, Fleet-street; E. Symon, at the Royal Exchange; R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner, near Pater-noster Row; W. Mears, at the Lamb, the Corner of Bell-Savage Inn on Ludgate-Hill; Richard Wellington , at the Dolphin and Crown ; and Mrs. Dodd, at the Peacock without Temple-Bar. Where may be had, Vol. I. N. B. Vol. III. is in the Press, and will be publish'd with all convenient Expedition. The Publick may depend on the Accounts publish'd in this Work, as containing a just and faithful Narration of the Conduct of these unhappy Persons, and a true State of their respective Crimes, without any Additions of feigning and romantick Adventures, calculated meerly to entertain the Curiosity of the Reader. ELectuarium Mirable; or the Admirable Electuary, which infallibly cures all Degrees and Symptoms of the Secret Disease, with more Ease, Speed and Safety, than any Medicine yet published. Any old Running, &c tho' of several Years standing, whther occasiond by an Overstrain, Weakness of the Seminals or the Relicts of a former Infection, is certainly cured in a short Time, without a Minutes Confinement, Suspicion, or the Use of Astringents; being a Medicine so wonderfully pleasant and easy in its Operation, that the nicest Palate, or weakest Constitution may take it with Delight. Two Pots are generally sufficient to compleat a Cure in most Cases. To be had (with Directions at large) only of the Author. Dr. CAM, a graduate Physician, who has published it Thirty Years, and is constantly to be advised with at his House, at the Golden Ball in Bow-Church-yard, Cheapside, a Half a Guinea the Pot. N. B. Since nothing is more requisite, in the Cure of any Distemper, than for a Patient to have free access to his Physician; therefore beware of buying Medicines from Toy-shops, Book-seller's-shops, &c. the Authors of which are always conceal'd, and not to Spoke with on any Occasion. And tho' by their specious Pretences) you are promised a Cure, you'll certainly find it very Dear in the End. Verbum sat sapienti. See his Books lately publish'd, viz. His Rational and Useful Account of the Secret Disease. Price 1 s. His Practical Treatise; or Second Thoughts on the Consequences of the Venereal Disease, in Three Parts, viz. I. On the Simple Gonorrhaea, Gleets and other Weaknesses, whether from Venereal Embraces, Self-pollution, improperly call'd Onanism, or Natural Imbecility. II. On the Virulent Gonorrhaeas or Clap. III. On the Venereal Lues, or Grand Pox, &c. Price 2 s. His Essay on the Rheumatism and Gout, Price 6 d. His Discourse on Convulsions. Price 6 d. And his Dissertation on the Pox. Dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane . Price 1s. 6d. All sold by G. Strathan in Cornhill; J. Wilford behind the Chapter-Coffee-House, St. Paul's-Church-yard, and at the Author's House before mention'd. 'Tis well known by Physicians, and too sensibly felt by Patients, THAT of all the Gleetings and Weaknesses complained of, there is none does, or can so grievously relax and doblicate the generative Faculties and Parts, or drain and reduce the bodily Strength, as those excessive involuntary, seminal Emissions, call'd nocturnal Pollutions, which Numbers of Youth, and Men also that live single, (occasioned chiefly throughly thro' their own Follies) are so disturb'd with a Nights in their Sleep. And if they are very frequent, as well as profuse, (as in some almost every Night) they draw off the radical Moisture so fast, in robbing the Blood of its balmy Parts which should nourish it, that it vastly impairs Nature, weakens the Nerves, Brain, and Intellects; lowers the Spirits, brings on Anxieties of Mind, Pains in the Back, Impotencies, and Infertilities; and, if not timely restrained, Decays of Flesh and Strength, and, at the long run, Consumptions; more especially if the Blood be sharp and thin, and the Seminals overrelaxed and forced, from a too early and often abusing them, (as is most commonly the Case) by the parnicious filthy Practice of Self-Pollution. And as there many under these weakening Disorders, who are at a Loss to get Help not knowing where to apply for Cure,) some of whom perhaps have tryed every thing, ad gone thro' various Courses of Physick, for Months together, at a considerable Expence, in vain, to their great Concern and Uneasiness, and would gladly be strengthened and restored if they knew how) the Physician, who publishes this, thought it a Service to such, to let them know that he prepares a Correcting, Corroborating ELIXIR, which he has long experienc'd in these particular Cases to have never disappointed him, notwithstanding the known Difficulty of these Cures, but whenever successful, even in the very worst of them, and that with a single Bottle of it only, when no other Medicines would avail. For it not only restrains, as it does in a most safe and wonderful Manner; these preternatural Emissions, but regulates all the Juices, and recovers, and restores Nature, by nourishing and enriching the impoverish'd Blood, braving up and strength'ning the debilitated Nerves, raising and enlivening the depress'd Spirits, quickening the clouded Intellects, and bringing the weakned seminal and genital Vessels and Parts, into their right Disposition and Order, by giving, as it were, fresh Life and Vigour to the whole Constitution. And has left it to be dispos'd of, at Mr. West's, a Goldsmith, at the Seven Stars, over-against the Sun Tavern, in the Old-Baily, at Half a Guinea the Bottle, with Directions, sealed up ready for any Messenger, upon only asking for a Bottle of Elixir. Note, it has the same sure and safe Effects in all other Seminal Weaknesses and Gleetings whatever, which could those that stand in need of Help therein, but be made as sensible of before, as they will be upon their trying it, (as Numbers cured by it are) they would readily and thankfully too apply to it.

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A full and true Account, of the Behaviours, Confessions, and last Dying Speeches of the Condemn'd Criminals, that were Executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 24th of May, 1700. JOHN Shirly , alias Davis , 22 Years old, Condemn'd for Firing the House of Dr. Sloan; being examin'd said, that he was Descended of a good Family, that his Parents, who tenderly loved him, Educated him at School a considerable time, but growing Headstrong, he ran away from them, and Listed himself a Soldier , for several Years he served abroad in that Station, and at last, having got Acquaintance with the Surgeon of a Regiment, he pretended to practice that Art, which brought him in no small Profit; but being Viciously inclin'd, liv'd at such a rate, that his Incomes could not answer his unnecessary and exorbitant Expences, which caus'd him to rack his Invention, how to support his profuse way of Living; this made him listen to bad Advice, and to turn a deaf Ear to that wholsome Counsel, which they who knew his Parents frequently gave him. The great Enemy of Mankind provided some Accomplices for him, who having consum'd their Substance with riotous Living, were willing to undertake any wicked Action, that might support their craving Circumstances: To this Gang he willingly associated himself, and committed several Robberies and Burglaries, more than he could remember: At length they resolv'd to break open this House in Bloomsbury-Square , which they attempted in several Places, but could not effect; then they resolv'd to burn it; and accordingly one of them struck a Light, and cut a little Door into Splinters, then breaking the Glass and part of the Wood in the Window, set a Candle to it, which caus'd the Window to blaze: Their Design as he said, was to throw Stones at the upper Windows, to awaken the Family when the Fire had got a Head, and so under Pretence of helping them to carry away their best Goods, and Rob them of all that was valuable. I prest him very often to discover whether he was concern'd in that great Fire in Red-lion Fields , putting him in mind, that there is no denying or lessening his Sins before God, who was privy to all his Thoughts and Designs, and knows all his Actions, tho' never so secretly committed, and no human Eye saw him. But he still denyed that he was any ways concern'd in it, only that he was present when it was burning, and got a silver Candlestick, a Case of Pistols, and some other things. He did not seem at first so well affected with his Condition as could be wished; but afterwards he returned to a better Mind, and wisht that he had a longer space to live, that so he might testifie his Sincerity, by leading a better Life for the future. Philip Wake , Convicted for the same, confest his Crime, and gave an account of it much after the same manner, only with this Adition, that Davis was the Projector of it, and encouraged them to do it, when they resolv'd to desist. He added, that he was an old Offender, had made several Resolutions to forsake his evil Courses, but as often broke them: His Indisposition did not permit him to speak much, but he seem'd very attentive to good Advice. James Walters , Condemn'd for several Felonies: Was an Apprentice to a Merchant , but leading a dissolute debaucht Life, his Master turn'd him away; then he went to his old Companions, who prevail'd with him to go abroad with them, where he committed a great many base, notorious Actions. He complain'd of the tedious Confinement he underwent, and how trouble some it was to him, who was always a busie stirring Person: But he was put in mind that he shou'd by no means once fancy, that he must lie in that doleful Place, shut out from all Business, and condemn'd as it were to a state of Idleness; but that he should set himself with all his might, to mind the one thing necessary, the great Work of Repentance, and making his Peace with Almighty God; for this would cut out work enough for him, and of more Comfort and Profit to his Soul, than any other Employment which he had formerly been used to. He was also told, that he stood now upon the very brink of Eternity, and must shortly appear before the Tribunal of God, which is infinitely more terrible than that of any earthly Judge can be; therefore it became him, with all the seriousness that is possible, to prepare himself for so dreadful an Appearance; to which he reply'd, that he had a good Education, and understood these matters very well. John Titt , 24 Years old, Convicted for Burglary. He serv'd his Master (who was a Waterman) very Faithfully, but being made free, he unfortunately met with some Acquaintance which entic'd him to Drink to excess, and so neglecting his lawful Calling, being reduc'd to want, was the more easily prevail'd with to commit this Fact, the only one of that Nature, (as he said) he ever was Guilty of. His Life of late was very irregular, addicted to Swearing, Lewdness, and Debauchery, for which he said he was exceeding sorrowful, and that his Vices were now as detestable in his sight, as before they seem'd pleasant. John Hatchman , aged 15 Years, Convicted for the same, confest his Crime, and said that Titt meeting him in Southwark , made him Drunk, and then brought him along with them to break open the House. He denyed he ever was concern'd with such Persons any more, and Promises if he be Transported, to lead a better Life for the future. John Cooper , Condemn'd for the same. He was seiz'd with the Jayl-Distemper, which is a violent Feaver, attended with a delirious Light-headedness, and so was not in a capacity to give any Account of himself. Joseph Fisher , 48 Years old, Born in Cornwal , Condemn'd for Burglary, was a Seaman , and serv'd aboard in the Royal-Navy, and as he said, did once a considerable piece of Service: But being addicted to evil Practices, and giving Reins to his Passions, and no Bounds to his Lusts, he followed such a wicked Course of Life, which brought him to the same unhappy Circumstances once before, being Condemn'd to Die. The terrors of Death extorted from him several Vows and Resolutions of living better, if it pleased God to restore him to his Liberty once more. But all his good Purposes prov'd abortive, for they never passed into Act; for being Pardoned by his Majesty's Clemency, he return'd to his former wicked Courses; and forsaking his lawful Wife, lived with other Women, who brought him into much Trouble. He behaved himself very sullen, would not confess his Crime, but endeavour'd to extenuate it. Thomas Hixon , Convicted for Burglary confest his Crime, and seem'd very much concern'd for it, lamenting his unhappy Condition with a flood of Teas; and promising never to commit the same again if he were Transported. He was put in mind of the Reasons he had to suspect the sincerity of these good Purposes, and to remember the vast difference there is between things as they are only represented to us by our Fancies, and when they become actually and sensibly present to us. To which he reply'd, That he hoped God would for Christ's sake not despise his weak Resolutions, but enable him by his Grace to keep them, humbly beseeching him not to forsake him in this time of his greatest need of Comfort, but that he would be graciously pleased to be found of him at the Hour of Death and Day of Judgment, that God of Mercy and Love, which in himself he always is. He seem'd Penitent. On Friday the 24th of May, these Persons were conveyed from Newgate to Tyburn in Carts. John Shirley , alias Davis , Philip Wake , John Titt , John Hatchman , John Cooper , Joseph Fisher , Thomas Hixon , and James Walters . And being tied up; John Shirley , confest that he did suffer deservedly, but that Wake was the Person who first perswaded him to attempt she breaking of the House by Fire. He denyed with several Asseverations, that he or any other to his Knowledge, were concern'd in the great Fire in Redlion Fields ; only that he hearing of it, came there with an intent to get what he could conveniently carry away. He seem'd terribly afraid of that Punishment which his Crimes deserved. Fear and trembling, said he, have seiz'd upon me, and an horrible Dread hath overwhelm'd me. Without is the Prospect of Death and Disgrace, and within is Guilt and Anguish; and tho' my Burden is intolerable, yet O good God! I cannot say, but it is infinitely just. 'Tis a most reasonable and righteous return for my daring Provocations of thy Justice; and much more for my vile abuses of thy Mercy and Patience. I must needs acquit and justifie thee, and have none to accuse but mine own self, for all my present Fears and Miseries. All my Life I have been sowing Wickedness, and am now brought to reap the Fruit thereof. He seem'd Penitent. Philip Wake , being indisposed, said but little: He owned himself an old Offender, who had formerly receiv'd Mercy, but would not forsake his evil Courses; he desired the Prayers of all good Persons, and Prayed God to make the great croud of Spectators the better by the sadness of such a sight. John Titt seem'd at first some what unconcern'd at his approaching End; but afterwards his Countenance changed, and he shed some Tears; confest his Crime, and desired the Prayers of all People. Joseph Fisher would not own his Crime, tho' the Evidence was possitive against him: He spent most of his time in quarreling with the Executioner, but afterwards desired all Persons to take Warning by his untimely End. James Walters confessed that he was guilty of the several Crimes he was charged with, that bad Company had such Influence on him, as to make him do those things which otherwise he had an aversion to. He Prayed very earnestly, and seem'd sensible of his State. John Hatchman wept very much, and confest his Crime. John Cooper , and Thomas Hixon said but little, but gave attention to the Exhortation that was made to them. They were allow'd some time for private Prayer, and were earnestly press'd to confess their Crimes, and take shame to themselves; which some complyed with, but others refused. After that the Cart drew away, they were turned off. Dated May 24th, 1700. John Allen , Ordinary . ADVERTISEMENTS. B. Lilburn, that lately Lived on Ludgate-hill, next to the Kings Arms Tavern near Fleet-Bridge, now Lives at the Golden-Board, and Ball, near the Globe-Tavern, in little Moor-fields, near great Moor-gate, up one Pair of Stairs. Who maketh and selleth, (and has done above 16 Years) the Water for taking away the Freckels Pimples, Worms, and Morphw in the Face: With Elixir Salutis, Balsamum Vitae, Tinctura Vitae. Waters and Ointments for the Eyes, and Ointments for sore Nipples; Ointments for the Rickets, Burns, Scalds, Wounds, Aches, Strains, &c. Powders, Dentrifices, Elixirs, Essences, Oils, Spirits, &c. both for Ornament, and Curing most Distempers incident to Humane Bodies; where you may have Advice as well as Medicines, like wise Judgment upon Urine. The Water for the Freckles, Pimples, &c. The Author has for some Years past, left with several for Sale; and now doth understand, they have been abused by Counterfeits; which to prevent for the future, doth desire those who have bought from them - and not found the Effects answer the Ends for which it is proposed, to acquaint her with it, and where they bought it - and likewise to take notice of the Seal, viz. The 3 Water-budgets, and B. L. on the top of the Seal. The Price of the half Pint-bottle 3s. AT the farthest House on the Left-hand, in Blew-ball Court, in Salisbuy-Court, Feetstreet, (being the first Court on the Left hand over against Salisbury-Square) Gentlemen, &c. may have an Interest made to Invest them in Employments suitable to their several Qualities and Capacities. We have now these Places to dispose of, viz. 4 in the Country, 2 upwards of 100 l. per. An. good Perquisites for Life, 1 of 70 l. and 1 of 50 l. per An. Sallaries, the 2 first to be acted by Deputies, the others for Life; also in the City, viz. 2 in the Law for Life, valued at upwards of 200 l. per An. each, 1 of 1200 l. a Year, another of 700 l. per An. Sallary, good Perquisites, (in the Law, and for Life also) 3 Places of upwards of 100 l. per An. 5 Places of upwards of 60 l. per An. Sallaries, most for Life, and may be managed by Deputies; at the other end of the Town, 1 Place of 200 l. per An. 3 of upwards of 100 l. per An. with many other Places too long here to Insert, but we refer to our Bills published in most Coffeehouses. We have now an opportunity of serving several Persons, who Write a good Hand, and can give Security. We Buy and Sell Estates, Houses, Ground-Rents, &c. procure Money on good Security &c. We speedily and faithfully Sollicite all sorts of Causes depending in the Courts of Law and Equity, Treasury, Navy-Office, &c. For the Satisfaction of the Publick, we think fit to add, that the Original Undertaker of this Business in England was Mr. A. C. Deceased, by whom and us (some of us being near Relations of the Mr. C.) it has been successfully Managed upwards of 30 Years; all other Bills pretending to our Business not being of a Years standing. Our chief Undertaker now is a Person of Quality, well known to many of the principal Nobility and Gentry, of this Kingdom. LONDON. Printed for E. Mallet, at the Hat and Hawk in Bride-lane.

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A True Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and last Dying Speeches of the Condemn'd Criminals, that were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 2d. of August, 1699. On the Lord's-day, after the Condemnation of the Condemn'd Criminals, a Sermon was Preach'd on this Text, Mat. 1. 21. For he shall save his People from their sins. Part of the Discourse, was thus directed to the Condemn'd Criminals. HATH Christ done and suffered so great things in order to become the Saviour of the World? How then shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation? You see that the great end and Business for which he came into the World, was to turn Men from their Sins to the practice of Holiness; for the effecting whereof, he took the most effectual Methods for to engage Men to renounce their Sins; he acquaints them with the absolute necessity of Repentance, (as without which they must unavoidably perish) and for the Encouragement of the greatest Offenders, he shews how ready God is to be reconcil'd to them, provided they betake themselves to a better course of Life. This is the design of the Parable of the prodigal Son, whom upon his Sorrow for his lewd and riotous Life, and Promise of better Obedience for the future, the offended Father embraces with great kindness, and forgives him all his past Extravagancies. And to the same purpose, is another Parable concerning the lost Sheep, for the Recovery whereof the Owner greatly rejoyces: By the former, our blessed Saviour gives us to understand, that God is willing to Pardon the greatest of Sinners, upon their Return to him by true Repentance: And by the latter, that the Conversion of a Sinner is matter of great joy to the Inhabitants of Heaven; I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Than which, Sinners cannot possibly have greater Encouragement to Repentance and Amendment of Life. Most passionately then I beseech you, for Christ Jesus his sake, for your own immortal Souls sake, be reconcil'd to God by a sincere Repentance. Your Glass is almost run, your Sun is set, and the Night approaches, wherein you cannot Work. Lay hold then by Faith on this Jesus, who offered up himself a Sacrifice to save Sinners: Make him your Jesus, your Saviour, else you will quickly find him a severe and terrible Judge. The Confession of the Criminals were as follows. I. George Norton , Esq ; 17 Years old, Condemn'd for the Murder of Mr. Harris; being examin'd gave this Account, which he confirmed with repeated and solemn Asseverations, when he receiv'd the blessed Sacrament, viz. That as he was going to his Lodgings, he accidentally met with the Deceased, whom he never saw before; who held a Woman in his Hand; he taking the Wall of her, she asked Mr. Harris, if he wou'd permit such a Puppy to affront her so: Upon which the Deceased pushed him, which made him demand who he was? Mr. Harris replied, he was a Man; this occasion'd several Words, which at length made them both draw, and as he protested, the Deceased drew first, and made several Passes, ten or twelve, before he receiv'd his fatal Wound. Being demanded how the Deceased's Sword came to be bloody and broke, and his bright and entire? He added farther; That as they were Pushing at one another, the Woman took away his Sword, which made him defend himself for some time with his Cane, but perceiving the Deceased to press hard upon him, he closed with him, and endeavoured with all his Force, to wrest the Sword out of his Hand, which breaking short, with the Point of his own Sword, the Hilt still remaining in his Hand, the Deceased receiv'd his mortal Wound; for which he seem'd very Penitent, earnestly beseeching God, to Wash him throughly from his Iniquity, and cleanse him from his Sin, in that Fountain opened for Sin and for Uncleanness, the precious Bloud of the Immaculate Lamb of God, Slain to take away the Sins of the World. I believe he is a true Penitent. II. John Bird , 21 Years old, Condemn'd for Robbery on the High-way; being examin'd said, that he was a Waterman by Calling, but being addicted to evil Practices, and giving Reins to his Passions, and no bounds to his Lusts, he followed such a wicked Course of living, as brought him to the same unhappy Circumstances once before, being Condemn'd to Die; the terrors of Death extorted from him several Vows and Resolutions of living better; if his Life were spared; but having experienced his Majesties Clemency, and delivered from the Miseries of a Prison, all his good Purposes proved abortive, and never passed into Act; they were like the Vows of a Marriner in a great Tempest, which vanish away and are forgotten upon the clearing of the Skie, and altering of the Weather: For he presently associated himself to his lewd Acquaintance, and committed this, and six other Robberies in a short space. His Crime as well as Ingratitude was aggravated, and he was put in mind of the reasons he had to suspect the Sincerity of his present seeming Repentance; but indeed he was not so sensible of his State as could be wished. III. William Fassel , Aged 32 Years convicted for Robbery on the High-way; a Sadler by Trade, but served as a Soldier during the War. Confessed that he was guilty of this Crime, the only one of that nature he ever committed, and Protested that he received but one Shilling for his Share, which his Comrades who are now Convicted for this and several other Robberies, did also affirm. He behaved himself very well, being attentive to good Advice, and seem'd Penitent. IV. Erasmus Townsend , Born in Nottingham , 36 Years old; Convicted for the High-way: By Calling an Husbandman , but being reduc'd to a very low ebb of Adversity, he was the easier prevail'd upon to listen to bad Advice, and associate himself to evil Companions, with whom he committed five Robberies; he added, that his Wife dissuaded him very much from such evil Practices, and entreated him with Tears to forsake such unlawful ways; which as he said, had this good effect, that he bid adieu to his evil Company, and resolved upon a better course of Life, to be more Pious and Devout towards God, more Sober and Chast with regard to himself, more Just and Charitable towards others. He lamented his unhappy Condition with a flood of Tears, often reflecting on his ill-spent Life, calling his bad Actions to remembrance, and expressing a deep Sorrow for them. V. William Cousins , Born in Southwark , 16 Years old; Condemned for Robbery on the High-way; He was a Waterman , and lived honestly, but meering with the Evidence, who made him drink excessively, he went along with him to commit this on a Robbery, and had four Shillings as his Share, VI. John Maginny , 22 Years old, Convicted for Robbery on the High-way; he would not own that he was guilty of this, or any other Fellony or Robbery. He served his Majesty's Army in Flanders , and as he said, always behaved himself very Honestly: He added, that he was a Roman Catholick; and so gave no great Account of his Actions. VII. William Saunders , Condemn'd for the same: He was a Servant , but falling into bad Company, who Robbed on the High-way, he resolv'd to be one of their Gang; as soon as he came into the Countrey, but was prevented by the Evidence: He denied that he ever was concern'd in any Robbery, and as far the Goods which were found upon him, he said they were given him, to defray his expences on the Road. He wept very much, and seemed Penitent. VIII. William Bristow , Condemn'd for feloniously Stealing two Geldings, of the value of nine Pound, confest his Crime, but would not own that he was Guilty of any other laid to his Charge: He was a Labourer , and work'd hard for his Living, but growing idle and so reduc'd to want, to extricate himself out of these low and pressing Circumstances, he listened to bad Advice, and committed this Fact, for which he seem'd to be Penitent; desiring all young Persons to remember their Creator in the Days of their Youth, to be industrious and dilligent in their Calling; above all to take heed of trusting to a Death bed Repentance. IX. William Webb , Convicted for the same. He was a Barge-man , and lived in good Repute, and had Goods of a very considerable Value committed to his Trust, particularly 700 Guineas, and a Silver Fountain, which was Sr. Henry Johnson 's, which he honestly carried to his Country-Seat. But being in drink, Bristow, as he said, prevail'd with him, to go along with him to London , and he would let him Ride ou one of his Horses, which was worth but but three Pound; which he did, and was apprehended with the Horse here, which he would not own that he knew was Stolen. He behaved himself like a Christian sensible of his Condition, humbly beseeching God, to touch his Heart with true Remorse, that it might melt and bleed for his Sins, that the sad and miserable Circumstances which he was in, might be turn'd through the Riches of his Grace, into a happy occasion of converting his Soul, and perfecting his Repentance, and promoting his Salvation. He was very attentive to good Advice, and gave good Grounds of belief that he was a true Penitent. X. John Trawford , 26 Years old, Condemn'd for Burglary in the Day time; was a Smith by Trade, and labour'd hard to maintain his poor Wife and Children, but getting Acquaintance with one Baily, who is Convicted for the same Crime, he went along with him, and staid at some distance from the House, while the other entred it, and brought away a Gold Ring, &c. He added it was the only Fact of that nature he ever was concern'd in, for which he exprest a deep and hearty Sorrow. On Wednesday the 2 of August, 1699, these following Persons were convey'd from Newgate to Tyburn in Carts. William Fassel , John Bird , Erasmus Townsend , William Cousins , William Saunders , John Miganny , John Trawford , John Baily and William Williams . All of them being tied up, John Bird confest, That he had been guilty of several Robberies on the High way; but that he never barbarously treated any Man. He imputed his first extravagant course of Life to some of his nearest Relations, who would not supply his pressing Necessity, when he resolved to go to Sea, and live honestly; he added, that it was now a very great trouble to him that he made no better returns for Mercy formerly received, by being more obedient to the Laws of God and Man. Erasmus Townsend , acknowledged that he had been an old Offender; that he was guilty of several Robberies on the Highway; but that since the merits of Christ are infinite, he hoped that God would for the sake of them pardon him the greatest of Sinners. His behaviour seem'd devout, he earnestly begged God to grant, that having had all his Shame, Sorrow and evil Things in this Life, he may awake to Joy and Happiness in that which is to come. William Saunders confest that he was guilty of this and two other Robberies, which he would not tell any one; that he was seduc'd by bad Company, who used frequently to propose to him the Advantages of such desperate, wicked and dangerous undertakings, by telling him how bravely they liv'd; and if they were discover'd and condemn'd to be Executed, the punishment would be but short, and that then there was an end of them; which foolish Suggestions, through want of Consideration, had such powerful influence on him, that he willingly associated himself to their Company; for which he seem'd to be grieved, not so much that he could not escape suffering for his evil Deeds, as for offending so good and so gracious a God. John Trawford denied his Crime, protesting that he always labour'd hard to maintain his poor Wife and Children, being a Smith by Trade, and that to the best of his knowledge he never defrauded any Person of the value of Two-pence in his Life; as for the string which tied some Goods, which one said was his string, and belonged to his Apron, he utterly disowned it, and said that one string might be like another. His Behaviour was modest and devout, and he said, he thanked God he always liv'd a good Life. I hope he was a true penitent. William Williams , the Boy, said it was the first Crime of that nature he was ever Guilty of; but that heretofore he used to pick Pockets of Handkercheifs. John Miganny died a Roman-Catholick. The rest of the Criminals said but little; They had time allowed for private Prayer, and then the Cart drew away they were turn'd off. George Norton , Esq ; is Repriv'd till the ninth instant. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions. Dated Aug. 2, 1699. John Allen , Ordinary . ADVERTISEMENTS. At the first House on the left Hand, in Darby-Court in Channel-Row in King's-street Westminster, PErsons may have all sorts of Business depending in the Courts of Law and Equity, High Court of Parliament, Privy Councel, Treasury, Admiralty, Navy-Offices, &c. Speedily and Faithfully Sollicited. We Buy, Sell or Let, Houses, Estates, Ground-Rents, &c. We likewise make an Interest to invest Gentlemen and others, in Places; we have now these Places to dispose of, 6 in the Country, 2 valued at above 500l. a Year, valued at near 200l. a Year, 2 of 70l. a Year. We have also several Places in the City, one of 1000l. a Year, 3 valued at near 200l. a Year, some of 80l. 60l. 50l. 40l. a Year Sallaries. We have several very advantagious Employments, to propose to those who are good Clerks and Accomptants, that we have not room to insert, but for particulars refer to our Bills, which any Person may be furnished with at our Office. Note, the unsuccessfulness of the late Office of Land-Credit, &c. and the detriment that has arisen to Persons employed by them by non Payment of their Sallaries, &c. has so much prejudiced us against all Projects, that those who are pleas'd to apply themselves to us may be assur'd, that they shall have no Place propos'd to them, but they shall be satisfied of the stability of their Foundation, the certainty of the Payment of Sallaries, &c. These are to give notice THat the Son of Dr. Tho. Kirleus , who was Sworn Physician in Ordinary , to King Charles II. many years since until his Death; but first a Collegate Physician of London , who, with the same Drink and Pill, (hindring no Business) undertakes to Cure all Ulcers, Sores, Scabs, Itch, Scurfs, Leprosies, and Venereal or French Diseases, at all times of the Year, in all Bodies (as his Father did) without Fluxing, which is known to be dangerous, and often deadly. Of the two last he hath Cured many Hundreds in this City, many of them after Fluxing with Mercury, which raises the malignity and all other Evils from the lower parts, and fixeth it in the Head, which is not easily carried off, and so destroys many. He deals with all Persons according to their Abilities. The Drink is 3 s. a Quart, the Pills 1 s. a Box, with Directions. Take heed whom you trust in these Cures, for there are but few that knows how to cure it. He gives his Opinion to all that Write or come to him for nothing as well to those afar off, as if present. He lives in Grays-Inn-lane in Plough-yard at the Glass. London, Printed for E. Mallet at the Hat and Hawk in Bride-lane near Fleet-bridge, 1699.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who was EXECUTED at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 27th of this Instant September, 1736. BEING THE FIFTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir JOHN WILLIAMS , Knt . Number V. For the said Year. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XXXVI. (Price Six-pence.) ADVERTISEMENTS. The Royal Anodyne British TINCTURE, OR, Great Pain-easing Medicine. THIS Medicine receives its Name from the admirable Faculty which it hath in giving immediate Relief in all manner of Pains; and this it performs by outward using as we I as inward taking. It is the most certain and speedy Cure to be depended upon for the Cholick, and all Oppressions of Wind lodged in any Part of the Body, discharging of it to a wonderful Degree; and as it powerfully opens Obstructions of the whole Body, of it admirably prevents Putrefaction of Humours, and the Seeds of all malignant Diseases; as Diarrhaea, Gripes, Pains of the Stomach and Bowels; the Plurisy, Stiches or Pains of the Side, Back, Loins; or any other Part of the Body: Likewise Arthatick pains; good against the Gout, whether in the Hands of Feet; Rheumatism, and all Rheumatick Ailments, proceeding either from Cold, external Violence, or Sharpness of Humours; it gives Relief when all other Remedies have proved ineffectual: It is excellent against the Stone, Strangury, and Gravel; Ucers in the Reins and Bladder; stirs up the expulsive Faculty, for expelling such tartarous Matter as many times is the Occasion of the forementioned Distempers, not acting by Stupefaction (as Opiates) but by a friendly balsamick and subtile Nature, carrying off the Cause not by Purging, but by Transpiration, by Urine, or breaking Wind; being a choice Chymical Preparation, extracted from the Life of Plants and Minerals, endued with a kind and subtile Nature, penetrating in an Instant into the secret Recesses of the Body, causing all Pains to vanish as Darkness at the sudden Approach of Light. Prepared and sold by the Author (Dr. HENRY) at the Sign of the Two Dragons, the fourth House on the Righ: Hand in Hatton Garden, next Holbourn; where any Shop Keepers may be furnished, with Allowance to sell again, by his Order: Also sold at Mr. Greg's, Bookseller, next Northumberland-House, Charing Cross; at Mr. Neal's, against the White-Hart Inn in the Borough of Southwark; at Mr. Wilkenson's, at the Mitre in Jewin-street, near Aldersgate-street; at Mr. Dodson's Toyshop, at the Seven Stars against the Pump within Aldgate, at one Shilling a Bottle, sealed with two Dragons and the Author's Name, as above. Where is also sold, the Original Inestimable Angelical Electuary, a present Cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Pthisicks, Wheesings, difficult Breathings, and shortness of Breath, all huskey and dry Coughs, and the best Thing in the World for old Consumptions, at one Shilling a Pot Sealed as above. Dr. Nelson's most wonderful PANACEA, or, the CONFIRM'D VENEREAL DISEASE, And all the Relicks or Remains of it in the Blood which it infallibly eradicates, tho' of ever so long standing, it having been above thirty Years experienc'd to be the only safe and sure Remedy for that hateful Distemper, that was ever known or discovered. IT curing so easily, and insensibly, as to any Disorder it gives, Confinement it requires, or Suspicion it occasions, that it is admir'd and recommended by all that have taken it, for it neither purges vomits, nor salivates, but cures by its Alterative, Ceobstruent Antivenereal Qualities, in so much that Children, and the weakest and most tender or crazy constitution'd People may take it at all times of the Year, and go about with it as if they had taken nothing, as may likewise those who have been brought near the Grave, by repeated unsuccessful Salivations, or other violent, or too frequent Purgations, or Vomits; for it restores as well as clears the Blood, Head and whole Habit, of all the lurking poisonous Taint and Mercury tho' never so secretly lodg'd in the Body. Wherefore let none of those unfortunate People despair, but try it, and they will be comfortably convinc'd of the Truth of what is here said of it, Persons who are pox'd to the last Degree, their whole Mass of Blood being contaminated, and have been told that nothing but a Salivation would Cure them, tho' they Labour under tormenting Pains in the Head, Limbs or Joints; or have breakings out, Scabs Blotches, Boiles, or Spots; or have Swellings, Nodes Sores or Ulcers, either in their Throat, Nose, or elsewhere, with weariness in the Limbs, Faintness and Weakness of the whole Body, &c. may intirely rely upon it, only, that according to the Degree of the Infection, they must take it and continue it for a longer or shorter Time. Such as have only some Relicks of the Disease, or but suspect that their Blood has got a Smatch of the Taint, by some unusual Uneasinesses about them, which they now and then feel, either from ill manag'd Claps, or other doubtful Cures, should never venture to marry, if they are single, nor meddle with their Wives if marry'd, till they are sure they are safe, as they most certainly will be, upon their only taking a Pot or two of it. It is also exceeding pleasant to take, as well as delightful in its effects; and cleanses, Nourishes and Restores, the foulest, most weakened and worn out Constitutions. Price 5 s. the Tin pot, prepar'd only by the Doctor abovesaid, and left by him, at Mr. Isted's Bookseller at the Golden Ball, near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street; where it may be had, by any Messenger, ready sealed up, with Directions how to take it, by only asking for a 5s. Pot of the Panacea. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal-delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Hon. Sir John Williams , Knt . Lord-Mayor , of the City of London , the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder, and the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy Recorder of the said City of London, and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-delivery of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 13th, of September, in the Tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Six Men, viz. Edward Row , Thomas Hornbrook , John Thomas , Tho. Dwyer , James ONeal , and Edward Bonner , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. When under Sentence, they were instructed in those Duties which are necessarily required of every Christian, who ought to use an hearty, honest endeavour of obeying the whole Will of God; the Knowledge and Practice whereof will bring us to everlasting Happiness, and the Neglect to endless Misery. Some Things there are which God hath so stamped upon our Souls, that we naturally know them, though the Scripture had not informed us. Thus the Heathens, who never heard of old or new Testament, do yet acknowledge themselves bound to some general Duties, as to worship God, to be just, to honour their Parents, and the like; and as St. Paul saith, Their Consciences do in those Things, accuse or excuse them Rom. 2. 15. That is, acquaint them, whether they have done what they should in those particulars or not. From this I desired them to observe, though Christ had brought a greater Light into the World, yet it was never intended to extinguish that natural Light which God had set up in our Souls. Therefore, we ought not to walk continually to this lesser Light, nor venture on those Sins, which natural Conscience convinceth us to be wicked and unlawful. 2dly, we observed, That it is just matter of Lamentation, that those who profess Religion, should live in the Practice of those Sins, which a meer Heathen would abhor; Men pretending to higher Degrees of Light and Holiness than others, yet Practice contrary to all the Rules of common Honesty, as if Religion gave them a Liberty to sin; for direction in this Affair, it was observed. 3dly, That that Relation or Opinion cannot be of God, which allows Men in any Wickedness. But tho' this natural Light is not to be neglected, yet we are to proceed further, and enquire into the Revelation of Gods Mind and Will, as given to us in the Scriptures of the old and new Testament, by the Holy Prophets of old, and afterwards by Christ and his Apostles. This we find briefly summed up in the Words of the Apostle. That we should live Soberly, Righteously, and Godly, in this present World. Tit. 2, 12. The Word Soberly, containing our Duty to ourselves; Righteously, our Duty to our Neighbour; and Godly, our Duty to God. We are to acknowledge God to be of infinite Being, from everlasting, without beginning, and to everlasting without ending. That he is our Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, onr God, blessed for ever. All this and much more we are to believe, as to his Essence and Being: And also, as He is set forth to us in Scripture by several excellencies, that he is of infinite Goodness and Mercy, Truth, Justice, Wisdom, Power, all-sufficiency Majesty, that he disposes and governs all Things by his Providence; that he knows all Things, and is present in all Places: These divine Attributes we ought undoubtedly to acknowledge, and firmly to believe those infinite Excellencies to be in God, and in the greatest Degree, so that they can never cease to be in him, he cannot possibly be other than infinitely Good, Merciful, True, &c. I exposed to them the Evil of Theft and Robbery, how odious it is to God, how detestable to Men, how liable to the severest Punishments, both in this Life, and that which is to come, and how mischievous is the Consequence, as often proving the occasion of direct Murder, of which some of them might have been reckoned guilty, because of barbarous usage they gave to them they robbed. I explained to them the Nature of the Christian Sacraments, and shewed them how ungrateful they had been to God, who, in his Providence, had received them into the Communion of his Church; upon which Account, they were bound to renew their Covenant with God, by partaking in the blessed Sacrament of our Lord's last Supper, &c. While these and many other Exhortations were given, they all attended in Chappel, and were attentive to Prayers and Exhortations; and tho' most of them were of a different Communion, being Romans, yet they behaved pretty decently: Edward Bonner , and sometimes John Thomas , made regular Responses, and appeared Penitent: Dwyer pretended Illness, and absented too often, having been obstinate and obdur'd. Upon Thursday, the 23d of September, Report was made to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council, of the six Malefactors lying under Sentence of Death, in the Cells of Newgate; when Thomas Hornbrook , for stealing a Gelding of a wane Colour, value 3 l. the Goods of Thomas Merry , August 10th, and John Thomas , for stealing three silver Watches and a Chain, value 9 l. upon July 14, July 21, and July 26, received her Majesty's most gracious Reprieve: The remaining four, viz. Edward Row , Thomas Dwyer , James O Neal , and Edward Bonner , were appointed for Execution. Edward Bonner , was indicted (with William Wager , otherwise Cocky Wager, not yet taken) for assaulting Samuel Hasswel on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a silver Watch, value 3 l. a gold Ring, value 10 s. and two Shillings in Money, July 23. 1. Edward Bonner , 39 Years of Age, of honest Parents about London , who boarded him at Windsor , when he was young, and gave him good Education at School there, and instructed him in the Christian Religion; but his juvenile Instructions he made very bad use of, when advanced in Years. When of Age, he was put to a Butcher in Newgate-Market , whom he serv'd seven Years honestly, and with Approbation. When out of his Time, he set up in the Market, and married a Wife, whom he treated barbarously, daily beating and abusing her in a cruel Manner. He has a Son of 18 taken Care of in the Country, a Girl of twelve, and another Boy of Five Years of Age; his Wife being a Woman of a mild Temper, lived a most miserable Life with him, having her Body mortified, and full of black and blue Marks, by Reason of the unmerciful Blows he was constantly giving her; she died on Thursday Morning, the 10th of September, the Day he was capitally convicted of the Crime for which he died. When his two youngest Children came to visit him, he was in very great Confusion and Disorder, and lamented and wept, as he used very often to do. He went very often to Horse-Races, and on these Occasions sought Opportunity to rob those he happen'd to meet with. He had committed many Highway Robberies; but alledged it was five Years ago, since which Time he minded his Business of the Market, and after the Business of the Market was over, he used often to ride out for his Diversion, which look'd very suspicious. He never practised pilfering, stealing, Shop-listing, Street-robbing, nor any of those little Ways used by petty Thieves. As for the Robbery of which he was convicted, and for which he died, he was not willing to confess that he attacked Mr. Hasswell in the Coach, but own'd that he knew every Thing about the Robbery, having been an intimate Acquaintance of Cocky Wager, and another Man, who own'd to several that he assisted in that Robbery, and his now gone off: He saw the Watch and Ring which had been taken from Mr. Hasswell; and at the Time he was taken at the Black-Spread-Eagle in Pater-Noster-Row , he was contriveing with Cocky's Sister to sell the Goods, and get him off, fearing his bad Character and Intimacy with him would cause himself to be taken up too. He commonly came Home late at Night, and never fail'd, being mostly in drink, to let his Wrath fall upon the poor, unfortunate Wife. He kept the worst of Company, and was too much addicted to those Vices which are the Bane of such unlucky Wretches. On Friday the 24th Instant, I was, by two or three Persons, desired to ask Edward Bonner , if he knew of a Robbery committed on one Mr. Tong, a School-master, from whom they took six or seven Guineas, about Ten at Night, upon a Wednesday, about eight or nine Weeks ago, near Cheshunt-Wash in Hertfordshire? This was to clear two Men at Stansted in the Country, who were taken up upon Suspicion, having had before the Reputation of honest Men. Bonner said, he heard of that Robbery, but was not willing to discover the Actors, pretending he did not know, or was not sure who they were who did it. It seems probable, that he knew of that Affair, and that the Countrymen were not concerned in it. Under his Misfortunes he behaved well, and was apparently penitent, very much lamenting over the Sins of his Life. He declared his Faith in the Mercy of God through Christ; that he sincerely repented of all his Sins; and died in Peace with all Mankind. Edward Row and William Hampton , were indicted (with Alexander Ratcliff , not taken) for breaking and entering the House of Thomas Gibson , at Islington , about the Hour of Two in the Night, and stealing a silver Watch, value 4 l. a silver Spoon, value 30 s. a silver Cup, value 3 l. a Pair of silk Stockings, value 10 s. a silver Spoon, value 10 s. the Goods of Thomas Gibson , March 26, 1735. 2. Edward Row , 35 Years of Age, born about ten Miles from Dublin , of honest Parents, who educated him at School to read, write and cast Accompts, to fit him for Business, and Instructed him in the Romish Religion . When of Age, he was put Apprentice to one Mr. Johnson, a Glover , in Channel Row , Dublin , and served his Time, but was disobedient and refactory to his Master. And keeping the vilest Company of both Men and Women, drinking, gaming, swearing, blaspheming, &c. and committing a great many vile Things, as never fail to bring these miserable Creatures to certain ruin and destruction. He sometimes followed his Trade as a Glover, but being acquainted with Gangs of Thieves and Robbers, when Opportunity offered, he employed his Time in thieving and robbing; and having thus lived for some Years at Dublin , afraid of Punishment there, he came over to England , thinking that he might for some time sculk about the City of London with impunity, though in the mean Time he followed his wicked Courses. He had a Wife and three poor Children, whom he left in Ireland, exposed to all the Calamities of a wretched Life. He lived about Drury-lane , and was employed in his own way as a Glover , but either inclined to idleness, or enslaved to wicked Company, he engaged in villainous designs, particularly, with these vile Rogues, to rob Mr. Gibson, a Baker, at Islington ; five or six of them being a Drinking at a Publick House in Drury-Lane , they were talking of going to Ireland, if they had Cloaths and Money, when Patrick Hall who had been a Servant to Mr. Gibson about three Weeks, told them he could put them in a way to get both, if they would agree, and be secret, which they all promised; he then told them, that Mr. Gibson received a Graziers Money in Smithfield , every Monday, and that was the properest Time to rob him, to which they all consented, if they could be sure it was there. Hall telling them he was sure there was about four or five hundred Pounds; in a short Time after this Proposal, they met again, two or three of them having taken a View of the Place, and finding it would answer their Purpose, they on the 26th of March, about 2 in the Morning, came to the Garden Door behind the House, and he went over the Wall, and opened the Door to the rest, who all came in, (three with black Crape over their Faces, and armed with two old Pistols and an old Sword) and went into the Woodhouse to wait till the Man came to fetch the Scovel to sweep the Oven which was in a few Minutes after, when Brian Bird , Mr. Gibson's Man, who happened to go out at the back Door for a Scovel; they presented Pistols to his Breast, and Row stood with a Sword to guard him while the rest went to his Master. Mr. Gibson, endeavouring to defend himself with a Pole, they shot two Pistols at him, and wounded him in the Beast, Arm and Face, and then they beat him backwards, and laid him on the Ground in the Bake house, and brought his Man blind-folded, and sat him down by him. Two of the Rogues stod over them, while the others rifled the House of the Goods mention'd in the Indictment. These Robbers being all Irishmen, they fled to Ireland ; Ward, intending to go thither, was taken at Bridgewater, in Somersetshire, confess'd his Crime, and inform'd against the rest, and was executed at Tyburn for this said Robbery, on Monday the 24th of May last. One John White , a Soldier , who knew some of them, having bought of them a Pair of Stockings, and some small Things belonging to Mr. Gibson, was sent in quest of them, he took up Ward at Bridgewater ; from thence he was sent over to Dublin , by the Justices of Bridgewater, with a Copy of Ward's Confession. Upon the Lord Mayor of Dublin's Warrant, White took up Row, who at first deny'd, but seeing Ward's Confession, he offer'd to commence Evidence, and make a fuller Discovery; only in Alleviation of his Crime, he alledged that Mr. Gibson might recollect, that he was more merciful to him, than any of the rest. And this last Part of the Evidence, Bird, Mr. Gibson's Man, confirm'd, telling that Row hindered Ward from killing him, as he intended, and in that respect he was more merciful; but this his Master could not give Account of, having been wounded, and in Pain. He was transported from Dublin to Newhaven , where he was kept in Jail one Week; from thence he was carried to the City of Carlisle , where he was kept three Weeks; and thence he was brought, by Habeas Corpus, to Newgate , London , where he met with his deserved Fate He own'd the Robbery of Mr. Gibson, as sworn against him, and that he was a most perverse wicked Fellow from his Youth. He was obstinate, and being of the Romish Way , not willing to listen much Ear to the Prayers of our Church, or to Exhortations. He behaved quietly in Chappel. He decalred his Faith in Christ; that he was penitent; and in Peace with all Men. Thomas Dwyer and James O Neal , were indicted for assaulting James Maintrew on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a silver Watch, value 40 s. a Tortoiseshel Snuff-box, value 20 s. a Pair of silver Shoe-Buckles, value 6 s. a Pair of Knee-Buckles, value 5 s. a Pair of silver Spurs, value 25 s. a silver Stock-Buckle, value 5 s: a Cambrick Stock, value 1 s. a Holland Shirt, a Hat, a Peruke, a Cloth Coat, a Waistcoat, a Whip, and other Things, and 2 s. in Money, July 1st. They were a second Time indicted for assaulting Daniel Hawkins , in an open Place near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him 32 silver Buttons, seven Guineas, seven Shillings in Money, and other Things, August 3. They were a third Time indicted for stealing a black Gelding, value 12 l. the Goods of Daniel Hawkins , August 2. Thomas Dwyer , 28 Years of Age, of honest Parents in the County of Tipperary in Ireland , who gave him good Education at School, in Reading, Writing, and Arithmetick, to fit him for Business, and had him instructed in Religion in their way. When of Age, he was not put to a Trade, but did Husbandry-work about the Country. Eight or nine Years ago, the Officers of the Irish Regiments in France, who are always a recruiting in Ireland, as they often do in Britain, though in both Kingdoms in an underhand-way, seeing young Dwyer, who was of a roving, unsettled Disposition, fit for their Purpose, and he ready to comply with their Proposals, though his Father could have provided for him pretty well at Home; yet by their Promises of Preferment, which possibly they never thought of after, they persuaded him to take on, and go along with them to France , where he serv'd in that Regiment, now General Buckley's, eight Years. He was in the French Army commanded by the late Duke of Berwick, on the Rhine, at the Siege of Fort Keil and Philipsburg He continued in the Service some Time longer, but always grudging that they never prefer'd him, and that there was no probability of doing it, notwithstanding all the Promises he got when they engag'd him; he at last deserted, and went to Ireland to his Father, who kept him, and would have got him provided for, had he been patient, and taken right Methods. But he having a young Wife, and not any Business, came to England without the Knowledge of his Friends; and being at London , met with his Countryman, James O Neal , and agreed to go out on the Higway with him; and on the 31st of July, they met with Mr. Maintrew, in the Evening, not far from Kensington , whom they robb'd of all the Things mention'd in the first Indictment, and gag'd and stript him naked, and tied his Hands behind him, his left Leg up to his Hands, and his right Leg lash'd to the other; then they drew him out of the Ditch into a Furrow, where he lay till Twelve at Night, when a Man coming by released him. Three Days after this, about Nine at Night, near Stonebridge , they robb'd Mr. Hawkins of the Things mention'd in the second Indictment; him they also treated barbarously, laying him down under a Hedge in the Field, cutting and tearing his Coat and Waistcoat for the silver Buttons; and Dwyer struck him with a Stick, and rode away upon his Horse, which he found again, and then O Neal ty'd his Hands behind his Bk with a Handkerchief. One Green, with whom they lodged, in Jams-Street, near Grosvenor-Square , hearing them fight and quarrel about some Money, and finding a loaded Pstol in their Bed, design'd to take them up upon Suspicion of their being Highwaymen, but was prevented; for Dwyer coming to a Pawn broker's to relieve a Coat, he was taken upon the same Account, and before the Justice confess'd he was one of them who robb'd Mr. Hawkins, and desir'd to be made an Evidence against O Neal; and much about the same Time O Neal being taken at Turnham-Green , offer'd to give Evidence against Dwyer. I represented to them the Heinousness of these Robberies, being attended with such barbarous Usage, that they imply'd Murder; and therefore they ought to repent as Murderers; for if Providence had not favour'd Mr. Maintrew, he must have inevitably perish'd. The robbing Mr. Hawktus (as sworn against them) both of them frankly own'd, only that they had no Design of stealing the Horse; but the Treatment of Mr. Maintrew was so odious and barbarous, that they were not willing to confess the same. Dwyer was miserably poor and naked, and complain'd for want of a Coat, kept by some Body, when he was taken, having nothing to defend himself from the Cold in the Cell, though he was afflicted with a Fever and Ague. He was often absent from Chappel, upon Pretence of Indisposition, or of his Profession. He behaved quietly and humbly. He own'd himself to have been a very great Sinner, and that he suffered justly. He hop'd for Salvation through Christ; repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. 4. James O Neal , 28 Years of Age, born in Ireland , of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School for Business, and Instructed him in Christian Principles; when of Age, they put him to a Trade, but he being of a light Disposition, left that Confinement, and learned to be a Fisherman , which Business he followed for some Years at Home, married a Wife, who is now in Ireland, and hath three Children. He was five years in Newfoundland , where he apply'd himself to fishing, and got a handsome Livelyhood, bu longing to see his native Country and Family again, he returned to Ireland , and stayed sometime at home, where business not answering to his Mind, and he not content, but inclining to ramble somewhat further through the World, came to London , in May last, on pretence of seeking a Ship for Newfoundland, but the Shipping being gone, and he left destitute at London , without either Money or Business, by chance met with Dwyer, his fellow Sufferer, who being a Man of the like desperate Fortune, persuaded him to go on the Highway and rob; this Advice he willingly embraced, and they accordingly went out on the Road, toward Brentford , and robb'd Mr. Hawkins, as in the second Indictment, but the other robbery upon Mr. Maintrew, attended with the height of cruelty and barbarity which he denied. I expossed to him what a savage Temper it discovered in them, to commit a Crime so very vile and outragious; but these Creatures are so accustomed to lying upon all Occasions, that one can believe nothing they say. He declared in the preceeding Part of his Life, he had not done any notorious robberies, but stole and pilferred Things of small Value: He entertained the basest Company both of Men and Women, and was inclined to all these Vices, incident to such wicked Creatures, which brought him to his fatal Catastrophe. He was very attentive to exhortations, and blest me several Times when he went out of the Chappel, but seemed a little discontented. These three last Malefactors especially Dwyer, were more bigotted in their way of Religion, than many others use to be in the like Circumstances. O Neal believed in Christ, repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Morning of their Execution I read Prayers to them, where Bonner in particular appeared very serious and devout; after I had done praying by them, they came down into the Press-Yard, and had their Irons knock'd off, which being done, Dwyer and O Neal were put into one Cart, and Bonner and Rowe into the other, between nine and ten o'Clock in the Morning. When they came to the Place of Execution, being tyed up, I attended them in the Cart, and prayed by them, but none but Bonner made any Responses, tho' seemingly Penitent (the other three being of the Communion of the Church of Rome ) after I had done Praying by them, I asked whether they had any Thing more to add to their former Confessions, when Bonner would not plainly own the Fact, but reflected on the Evidence of the Coach-man and another, as if they had been mistaken. Dwyer, and O Neal acknowledged they were guilty of the Robbery on Mr. Hawkins. After I had left them, and the Cart was drawing away, Bonner desired he might read a Prayer by himself, which being granted he did aloud and distinctly, and having done resigned himself in a composed Manner. They all went off the Stage crying to God to have Mercy upon them, and that our Lord Jesus Christ, would receive their Spirits. This is all the Account given, by Me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary and Chaplain of Newgate . APPENDIX. EDWARD Bonner , about 40 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Sepulchres , London , of honest Parents, who gave him a good Education, and when of Age, put him out Apprentice to one Mr. Walter Ragdale , a Butcher, in Clare Market , with whom he lived five Years, but Mr. Ragdale dying, he was turned over to Mr. Samuel Tomlinson , a Butcher in Newgate Market , with whom he served the Remainder of his Time faithfully, and then Traded for himself in that Market with Reputation for some Years. But as he said about 9 Years ago, his Trade falling off, and being in Debt, his Creditors pressing him for their Money, and not having any to satisfy them, he came to the Resolution of going on the Highway, to pay them by that illegal Method. He said that after he had taken this Resolution, he made it his Business to introduce himself into Persons Company who kept Markets and Fairs, under pretence of Dealing with them, and so got acquainted with their times of Receiving large Sums of Money, which he was always very unfortunate in never meeting with any large Booty. He said that having received Information that a Grazier had received upwards of one hundred Pounds in Oxfordshire; he met with him about 50 Miles from London, and demanded his Money, and after a strict search, found no more than 6 l. 10 s. which he took from him, but having told the Person he expected a much larger Sum, he replyed he had been disappointed in receiving of about 80 l. more. Some little Time after this robbery, he committed two more on Hounslow-Heath , one of which was an old Gentleman and a Lady in a Chariot (having a Footman riding on Horse back) from whom he took about 36 Shillings, and riding off with this booty, the Footman followed him, on which he turned about, and the Footman fired a Pistol at him which wounded him in the Hand, but on his firing at the Footman again, he thought proper to give over the Pursuit, though he said he believed he had not hurt him, and from thence he came to London . Besides the before-mentioned robberies, he said, he had committed several others on the Roads of Highgate , and Epping Forrest , but could not remember their Particulars, it being upwards of five Years past. He said, that about May, or June, in the Year 1731, he became acquainted with one Thomas Clarkson , a Carpenter , who lived at Hampstead in Middlesex , who being in indifferent Circumstances as well as himself, agreed to go on the Highway with him, and equipt himself for that purpose, and in a Day or two set out together, taking the Oxford Road , where between Hays and Uxbridge , they met with one Mr. Phillips, of Thame, in Oxfordshire, about two o'Clock in the Afternoon, whom they stopt and robb'd of upwards of three Pounds, and rode off; but before they could get clear away, a Hue and Cry was presently raised, and they so closely pursued, that they were obliged to quit their Horses, and take to a Wood, having rid near 12 Miles a-cross the Country. When they came into the Wood, he threw away his Great-coat, tho' (he said) a very good one, and perswaded his Companion to do so to, that they might the better facilitate their Escape; but after having wandered about the Wood 'till they were tired, and hearing their Pursuers still after them, they laid themselves down in the most secret Part they could find, Clarkson lying upon him. They had not been long in this Posture, before they heard some Persons near them, upon which he said to his Companion, if they should come up to us fire at the first, he had but just said these Words, when a Person appeared with a Gun on his Shoulder, and asked him what he did there, and where was his Companion who had robbed the Gentleman; who answered he had none, and at the same Time presented his Pistol at him, which missing fire, he took the opportunity of slipping from under him, and crept through the Bushes on all Fours, and had not got so far, but could hear that his Companion was taken, (several other Persons coming into the Wood after the Person who first discovered his Companion to his Assistance) he said, he lay secreted for some Time after this, among some Brambles, where he could hear one of the Pursuers say, I will set my Dog on the Scent, and if he is here, I am sure he will find him, which being accordingly done, he said the Dog came to him, and after having smelt to him, he gave him some Bread that he had in his Pocket and the Dog left him; he had not laid a great while, before some People came by the Place, with Pitch-forks and long Staffs, beaing and stiking them into the Bushes, one whom stuck him in the Thigh, which put him to great torture: However, they did not perceive him, he said, he lay in that Condition for a long time, when hearing nothing stir, he ventured to get cut of the Wood, and with grea difficulty got to a House on a Common, near Harrow the Hill , where seeing only a Woman and a Boy, he went in, and asked her for some small Beer, and telling her he had been arrested by Bailiffs, and made his Escape from them, she readily gave him some, and asked him to eat some Victuals, which he refused, thanking her, and telling her Time would not permit him to stay; from thence he proceeded for London , all the By-ways he could; sometimes over Hedge and Ditch, till he arrived there, which was about 11 o'Clock that Night, where near Ludgate he met an Acquaintance of his, living in Newgate-Market who asking him where he had been; he imprudently told him, and what he had been doing, and how narrowly he had escaped. He said, fearing through his own Imprudence, and fearing Clarkson might make a Discovery, he went over to Rotterdam , for fear of Prosecution; but finding to the contrary, and that Clarkson was executed without naming him, and having no Employment there, and the Affair being adjusted, he came over to England agin, where he continued to follow the Business of a Butcher , 'till near the Time of his unhappy Death. On Sunday, about 5 o'Clock in the Evening (the Day before h died) two of his Children, a Boy about 6 Years old, and a Girl of about 12, came in to his Cell (at his Request) that he might take his last Farewel of them, which he did in a most moving Manner, having recommended them to fear Almighty God, and be obedient and dutiful to their Benefactors; telling them that they would never see him more in this World, and that to Morrow (meaning the Day of his Execution) they would be both Fatherless and Motherless; and after having blessed them both with many tender Kisses, with Floods of Tears, parted with them, praying to God to be their Protector. James O Neal , 26 Years of Age, born in the County of Tipperary , in the Kingdom of Ireland , of honest Parents, who gave him a tolerable Education; and when of Age, put him Apprentice to a Tanner and Currier , with whom he served out his Time faithfully: But not caring to follow his Business, he entered into the Fishery Trade at Newfound-Land , where he continued near 5 Years, and then returned to Ireland , which was some Time in the last Winter, where he continued 'till the last Spring, and then intended to go another Voyage to Newfound-Land; but lost his Passage, and came over hither, where being a Stranger, he took a Lodging at the next Door to the Coach and Horses Alehouse in Church-Lane , in the Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields , where he became acquainted with Dwyer, his Countryman, who complaining of the Necessities he laboured under, they agreed to go on the Highway together, to get Money to support themselves. He said that the Robberies, for which he and Dwyer were tried convicted, were the first he ever had committed, either by himself, or with any other Person. Thomas Dwyer , 28 Years of Age, born in the County of Tipperary , in the Kingdom of Ireland , of honest reputable Parents, whom he said held a Farm in that County; and after having given him a tolerable Education, when he became capable, would have had him followed that Employ; but being of a roving Disposition, he would not adhere to their good Advice, but followed his own vicious Inclinations, and left them, having inlisted himself a Soldier in the French Service, in which he continued at Paris near 8 Years; but being discharged, came over hither the latter End of May last, in order to go Home to his Parents; but meeting with O Neal at his Lodgings, next Door to the Coach and Horses in Church-Lane aforesaid, they went out together for a few Days a Hay making; but hard Work not suiting their Tempers, they agreed to rob on the Highway. He said, that the Robberies, for which he and his Companion were tried and convicted, were the first he had ever committed. Edward Rowe , about 25 Years of Age, born near Dublin , in Ireland , of honest Parents, who gave him a tolerable Education, and put him out Apprentice to a Glover , in Channel-Row in Dublin , with whom he served out his Time with great Reluctancy, and for some short Time followed the same Business for himself; but being of a savage Temper, and tired of getting Money honestly, he associated himself with a Gang of the most notorious Rogues in Ireland, and with them committed several Robberies. He said that once a Year the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the Sheriffs, go to a Place called Chappel Izard, three Miles from Dublin, his Companions called on him that Day, and told him they might get a good Booty, if he would go with them, to which he consented; but they were frustrated in their Design, there being several Lights on each Side the Coaches, which were two in Number, and several Horsemen riding by them. He said, that he and his Companions had committed so many Robberies in Ireland , that he thought himself not safe there, and for that Reason came over to England , where he found out Hall, with whom he consented, with Ward and others, to rob Mr. Gibson; that after that Robbery, he with Hall and others went over to Ireland again, fearing to be taken for that Fact, which afterwards happen'd (though he thought himself safe) in the following Manner: He said, on a Saturday in February last, as he was walking in Dub blin, two of the Sheriffs Officers laid hold of him, and told him they had a Writ against him for Debt; but instead thereof, carried him before the Lord Mayor, where White the Evidence was present, who deposed that he was one of the Persons who was concerned in robbing Mr. Gibson, on which he was committed to the Marshalsea , and the next Day was conveyed under a strong Guard to Newgate , where he lay till Whitsuntide last, when by Virtue of the Right Hon. the Lord Hardwicke, the Chief Justice of England's Warrant, he was brought over to Whitehaven , where he was confined for a Week, and from thence conveyed to Carlisle Goal , where he lay near 5 Weeks, and from thence brought by Habeas Corpus to Newgate . The following Letter ROWE sent to a young Woman, the Night before his Execution. MY DEAR POLLY. THIS being the last Time of my Writing, and the only Thing that lays in my Power to leave you as a Legacy to remember an unhappy Man, and one who is ever bound to Pray for you, and who on the other Hand Lov'd you as himself, and who, had he been at Liberty once more, nothing on this Side the Grave (with God's Leave) should have parted us: I am inform'd that in loving of my Life, exceedingly endanger'd yours, which I am very much grieved and troubled to hear, and beg for God's sake that you will raise yourself up again with the Assistance of God; and that he may give you your Health again, and let not my unhappy Fate any way concern you as to endanger your Life, or impair your Health, for we are all mortal, and subject to great Frailties in this Life, without ceasing, and I am only going to resign my dear Soul to him that gave it me. I shall go but a little before; for the Life of Man, tho' he lives to the Age of Fourscore, without it is spent in the Service of God, is but like a Puff of Wind, or as the green Grass, or Flowers of the Field, that in the midst of its Glory fadeth away, and is no more, just so is the Life of Man: My Dear, if it should please God to prolong your Days, be thankful to God, otherways if it is to be hoped we shall meet in Heaven, when God shall see fit. Remember me when you do not see me, and keep this Letter, if it be possible, while Life shall last. God bless and preserve you and yours, and send, if you do live, that he may prosper all your Undertakings, that is for a good Account. Christ have Mercy upon you, and cause his Grace to continue with you both now and evermore. I believe I shall find Mercy in the World to come, so let that be a Satisfaction to you, that tho' the Laws of this Nation can punish my mortal Carcass, they can in no wise afflict my immortal Soul; and as for my Ignominy of my Death, I shall never hear any Thing of it, neither does God respect our End we make in this Word in any wise; for the Clergy informs me, it is better to suffer for ones Faults in this World, that by this Suffering may, in some Measure, expiate for the Crime committed. I can say no more to you, but my dear Soul accept of the Willingness of my everlasting Love, which I shall carry with me to my Death; and afterwards, if possible, take Care of yourself, and pray for me, I remain your dying, and most obligated Friend and Lover, both now, and evermore. Amen. E. ROWE P. S. My Service to your Mother unknown, and to your Sister Jenny, and all Friends, God bless the Family and you once more. Farewel. The following Prayer Bonner frequently read in his Cell, while he lay under Sentence of Death. A Prayer and Meditation for a Dying Man, who strengthens himself against the frightful Aspect of the Grave, by looking upon our Lord Jesus Christ laid in his Tomb. " O Wonderful Mediator, between God " and Man, thou art God Immortal " and yet hast vouchafed to take upon thee our " mortal Nature, and to Dye for me a " miserable Sinner, and to remain for a " Time in the state of the Dead, that thou " mights't procure to me a blessed Immortallity, give me Grace to mediate as I " ought upon thy sacred Body, wrapped " up in a Winding-Sheet, and laid in " the Earth, for by this means O sweet " Jesus, I shall be reconciled to the Sight " of the Grave; I shall look with a stedfast " and settled Countenance on the Pit into " which I shall enter, now thou hast appointed it, for the Servant is not greater " than the Master, it belongs not to the " Creature to prefer itself above the Creator, " since I expect to share in thy Glory, and " Exaltation, it is but just and reasonable " that I take some part in thy Disgraces and " Abasement, my Reason assisted by thine " Holy Spirit teacheth me that I must be " Content to be Wrapped up in thy Darkness, and remain with the in the Valley " of the Shadow of Death, since I hope to " be Clothed one Day with Light and " Crowned with eternal Life. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF THREE MALEFACTORS, VIZ. JAMES FARR , WILLIAM BIDDLE , AND WILLIAM SPARRY ; For FORGERY; Who were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday, November 10th 1762. BEING THE NINTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir SAMUEL FLUDYER , Bart. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. NUMBER V. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and sold by J. DIXWELL, in St. Martin's-Lane, near Charing-Cross, for the AUTHOR: Also Sold by J. HINXMAN at the Globe in Paternoster-Row. [Price Six PENCE.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Samuel Fludyer , Bart. Lord Mayor ; Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the court of King's Bench; Sir Edward Clive , Knt. one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas ; Sir William Moreton , Knt. Recorder ; James Eyre , Esq; Deputy Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and Justices of gaol delivery of Newgate, holden for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 20th, Thursday the 21st, and Friday the 22d of October, three prisoners were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, viz. JAMES FARR , WILLIAM BIDDLE , and WILLIAM SPARRY , were indicted, for that they did make, forge, and counterfeit, and cause and procure to be forged and counterfeited, and willingly acted and assisted therein, a certain counterfeit will, purporting to be the last will and testament of Jeffery Henvill , and publishing the same with intent to defraud Anna Freke . It was admitted on the part of the prisoners, that Jeffery Henvil , deceased, had made a will August 20th, 1761, in favour of Anna Freke , who had lived three or four years as house-keeper to the testator, and that he died November 23d following. And in order to understand the state of their case it should be premised, that James Farr was son in law to the deceased Jeffery Henvill , having married his only daughter; who thinking himself and family injured by the said will, set up this in opposition to it; that Sparry acted as his attorney in dictating this second will, which was pen ned by Farr; and that Biddle, with one Hannah Frankland , formerly servant to Sparry, were subscribing witnesses to it; who, together with Farr, having been sworn at the Prerogative Court in proof of the will, Frankland was induced, by a timely representation of her danger, to revolt and betray her employers, and was admitted a witness against them, by force of which, supported by other witnesses, the charge against the prisoners was proved to the satisfaction of the court and the jury. But because two of them were so long hardened after their conviction, in a denial of their guilt, it may be necessary to review the main force of the evidence against them; first, that of Mr. Heusch, an attorney, who being acquainted with the deceased, and his hand-writing, deposed, that he did not believe the name of Jeffery Henvill , subscribed to this will in question, to be his hand-writing; and in answer to the objection of Sparry to his testimony, asserted, that he was not interested in this cause to the value of one half-penny, - that it was not carried on through anger to any party, but for the sake of justice; - that Frankland had no fee or reward for her evidence. The rise and progress of the will in question was thus. Within a few days after the death of the testator, a letter, written by Mr. Heusch and signed by one Mr. Brown, was sent to Mrs. Farr, then living at Crookhorn in Somersetshire, with her husband, giving an account of her father's death, and a copy of his will. In a fortnight after, about December 10, 1761, Mr. Farr appeared in town, went to Mr. Heusch, at Mr. Brown's in Charles Street, and said his father had made another will in his favour, for he was not so bad a man as the world took him to be; meaning, by leaving his effects from his own family, to Freke, another man's wife, who cohabited with him; and though he was then cautioned not to make things worse, yet he persisted to say, there is another will in the Commons; and to serve citations on those concerned. There the matter rested to the 22d of June last, when Farr and Sparry pushing on the affair, prevailed on Biddle and Hannah Frankland to go to the Commons, in order to prove this will; of which notice being given to M. Heusch, from his Proctor's, Mr. Bellas's, clerk, he enquired after the attorney, and the witnesses. In consequence, after some time, Sparry was apprehended at Greenwich (where he then lived) by Mr. Heusch and Hamelen; and on several occasions, both in conversing with them and also before the sitting Alderman, confessed it to be a bad affair and a forgery, and that he would give all the assistance he could to prove it, if they would admit him a witness; he told them Farr was then in custody on another account, at the suit of one Mountstephens, and he had thoughts of giving them notice of it, that he might be secured and brought to justice. He farther acknowledged, that himself, with Farr and Mountstephens, went down into the country to mortgage an estate, which Far had there, in order to carry on this suit; for which they raised 300 l. and that he was to have 100 guineas with Mr. Farr's son as a clerk. These particulars are introduced partly to shew and account for the origin of Farr's obstinacy in pursuit of a favourite point which he had set his heart upon, on the one hand; and Sparry's secret and subtile practices both for and against him on the other. Characters and practices which they could scarce ever divest themselves of, till the approach of the last hour. It appears farther, that Hannah Frankland set her mark to this will at the instigation of Sparry, for which she was bribed with a new gown, and a note of 5 l. and that Farr wrote by Sparry's dictating, This is the mark of Hannah Frankland . This was done in Water Lane, Blackfriers, at the Crown and Thistle ale-house . Afterwards she was sent for to another ale-house, called the Cock in the Corner , near Ludgate-hill , where Biddle signed the will: all which will come out confirmed in the sequel, by the confession of the parties. It should have been mentioned before that the Prisoners had their option from the court, to put off this their trial for life and death, till the issue of the other trial in the commons, concerning the validity of this will against the other should be known; but they chose to be tried at present, for reasons best known to themselves. Mr. Sparry having been an attorney of long practice, had taken upon him to manage the defence, by cross examining witnesses, &c. in conjunction with his counsel, he spoke much in his defence, when it came to his turn: but what he offered, tended not to the proof of the only point that could serve him, that the testator made such a will, that it was signed by him, and that there were witnesses to prove it. He was therefore reminded by the court that whatever he said in his own defence, might be used against him, but could not make for him unless proved by other witnesses. He then began to call a number of witnesses, who when examined, said little or nothing to the purpose, and were all remarkably tender of meddling with his character. It was remarked by some of the more judicious part of the audience, that if he had said much less in his own defence, he would have had a better chance of being acquitted: but after a long, candid, and indeed a favourable trial, the jury withdrew to consult about half an hour, and then returned with a verdict, by which they were all found guilty. When brought to receive sentence and demanded what each had to offer why it should not pass upon them, Sparry resumed his apology, and proceeded in a manner much of a piece with his defence; but he was told, that being now found guilty, their application must be to a superior power. At the same time they were all kindly and compassionately warned not to flatter or deceive themselves with vain hopes of pardon for this crime of forgery which has been of late so frequent, and is ever dangerous to the community; but to make it the great object of their thoughts to prepare for eternity, since it seems to be a fixt resolution of his Majesty, and the advice of his counsel not to pardon this crime: a crime fraught with so much mischief and danger to private property, so much malignity and deliberate villany in the contrivers and performers of it, that this resolution in the supreme power seems well founded in wife, just and necessary reasons. After conviction, Sparry and Farr persisted daily to deceive themselves and amuse me by asserting they were lost in the trial for want of money and care for which they mutually blamed each other; Farr was charged by Sparry with avarice in refusing to advance money to fee counsel in due time, to peruse their briefs and make a defence, to subpena witnesses, and even to pay the clerks; for that their briefs were pledged at an alehouse, by their quill-drivers, till the morning of their trial. While Farr retorted upon Sparry that he had advanced money enough, in particular six guineas the morning of trial, but that Sparry had embezzled and misapplied it. Thus they endeavoured to hide the true state of their case in a cloud of delusions, falsehood and hypocrisy; for in the mean time these two affected to be very zealous and desirous of frequent visits, particularly of such as Farr called spiritual men, in compliance with their own stile concerning themselves, in opposition to the regular and appointed clergy, whom these methodist visitors brand with the title of carnal men, insufficient for the care and conduct of the souls committed to their charge. Mean time Biddle did not come to chapel but once or twice in eight or nine days after this conviction, being detained or dissuaded by various pretences, which at last came out to be framed by the two other convicts, in order to prevent a clearer detection of their guilt and obduracy by his confession of the conscious forgery; while they determined and agreed to persist in denying it. For this purpose at my first visit after their conviction, a rude message was invented and brought me as from Biddle, who lay in bed in his cell, that he said "he would have nothing to do with me;" but would send for another clergyman, naming Mr. M - - re. By this they plainly aimed at having some stranger who had not heard their trial, and would not search into it, who might be induced by their strong denials of their guilt, to believe them innocent, and so join with them in representing their case as oppressive; that they were convicted by a conspiracy of false witnesses, persons of the worst character, actuated by the most wicked motives and designs. For this was the great point they laboured daily to convince me of whenever I visited them, even to the interruption of the duties in the chapel: insomuch that I was obliged to tell these two, I would hear no more, that I must take it for granted, they were guilty, and could not believe otherwise, and the rather, as all they had to say was little or nothing to the purpose, tending only to blame and blacken each other, and abuse the witnesses; the worst of which, by their own representation, was chosen by themselves, as witness to the will in question. Mean time when after prayers I visited Biddle in his cell I found him in good temper, and unprejudiced with regard to my care of him, when I condoled with him on his sad situation he sighed, and said it is a dreadful thing to be linked in with bad men; he then earnestly stretched out his hand from his bed, to me, assuring me he would come to chapel as soon as he should be able. He came up the day following, and after service ended, being called into the closet, he told me that about a year since Mr. Sparry met him by appointment at a certain beer-house, and would have presuaded him to sign a paper; (which he now supposed to be the will in question) as a witness. This he said happened at the Grey-hound in Red-lion-street , Southwark , to which Biddle answered, "No Mr. Sparry, I see you are now in liquor, I will sign nothing for you at present. The next day Sparry invited him to dine on a shoulder of mutton, and renewed his perswasions to sign the same paper, promising and assuring him with the most dreadful imprecations on himself that there would be no occasion for an affidavit, in consequence of his signing it. This, he believed, was about five days after the death of the testator; though when he signed it, he pretended he did not know it was a will. (But this I much doubt, as he seemed to be too wary and knowing to witness any thing without a sufficient reason to satisfy him) that about five months after, Mark Ol - r, one of the witnesses against them was sent to persuade and thereaten him to make an affidavit at the commons, to prove the will; and when he seemed reluctant, and refused, he abused him as the greatest villain that ever breathed, and deserved to be stoned if he did not go on, and prove the will. In this further attempt upon him, it seems they prevailed; and hence it appears credible that he uttered those expressions of horror and despair, which are charged in the trial against this wretched captive to sin and satan; such as that he had d - d his soul, and sworn himself to the d - l to serve Mr. Farr, and they were to have the quarter part of an estate, and found he could get nothing for it, &c. Biddle farther told me that there was a dispute afterwards between Mark Ol - r, his wife and others, about getting a reward for convicting these prisoners of forgery. After this confession, Biddle did not come daily to chapel, whether dissuaded by the other two, or detained by infirmity, he chose to lie in his cell; when I next visited him, he told me that Farr and Sparry had made him promise to make no confession; being totally ignorant and unapprehensive that he had said so much; but that he would in lieu thereof give me his wife's name and place of abode, who knew the whole affair and would open it to me. To which I answered with some surprize, that it was impossible she should know a transaction of so secret and dangerous a nature as this, so well as himself; and therefore from him I should expect it: assuring him they should know nothing of what passed between us. But as he endeavoured to confound and explain away what he had already confessed, I looked on this as a mere evasion inconsistant with that sincere repentance he had professed, and began to exercise. The next day when he came up to chapel he threw off this disguise and confirmed the truth of what he had before confessed. Sparry a stranger to what Biddle said concerning him, pretended to make some kind of confession, that he suspected Farr had imposed upon him in getting him to make the will, and that as soon as he had reason to suspect this, he had assisted in apprehending him in his own house by help of Mark Ol - r; and that in order to secure him, they had taken away his cloaths after he went to bed; saying that if he escaped, he should escape naked. As this was calculated to insinuate he was drawn in by Farr, tho' it only proved he had been his accomplice, and then betrayed him, it appearto me in in its proper colours; while Farr persisted to assert his innocence in the strongest terms, appealing to heaven (where he said he knew that he could not deceive, nor hide his guilt,) that it was a dark and wicked affair contrived to rob him and his family of their right, and to secure it by the murder of him: and then, taking all this for granted, and asking, would any honest man be concerned in such a thing? to give the more colour to this he was not averse to to acknowledge himself a great sinner in other respects which he specified, and for which he professed great sorrow and contrition, and to pray earnestly and constantly for pardon, and to find hope and comfort in his prayers. But as to this forgery, he only wished he was as free from all other sin, as he knew himself to be of this. By such solemn and serious professions daily repeated, a good man, who tookmuch pains to advise and assist him, was for some time induced to believe him innocent; and think it strange if it were possible he could be guilty; and even to think me somewhat hard hearted, for not believing as he did, because I could not at present explain my reasons to him. But instead of giving way to their delusions, means were daily used to eradicate this deep dissimulation and hypocrisy out of the hearts of these two convicts, by setting before them every consideration and spiritual remedy which the word of God so plenteously supplies. But they long resisted, and heard them in vain. As these men were ANTINOMIANS in practice at least, if not in principle, occasion was taken frequently to remind them of, and enforce the obligation of the moral law as delivered in the ten commandments, and the gentle but steady and safe conduct of our church in teaching all who hear them pronounced by her ministers to repent of their past transgressions of these divine laws, and to pray for more grace to keep them for the future, in that humble and earnest petition to be repeated after each law. Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. A petition which if all who profess and call themselves christians would firmly keep in mind, and duly repeat in order to practice; it would preserve them from following those presumptuous and selfwilled men and their errors who despise dominions, and speak evil of dignities; who by attempting to devise new and easier ways to heaven, lose the true path of life, and fall into the broad way to death and destruction. They were taught particularly to apply to their own case the third and ninth commandments, and to humble themselves greatly for their gross, wilful and deliberate transgression of them by acts of forgery and perjury, considering intensely the threats, the thunders and amazing terrors of the law and the gospel, against such as persist in walking contrary to God, to despise his judgments and corrections and to defy his vengeance, by an hardened impenitence. Sometimes on supposition that one of them was erroneous in his judgment and conscience in this matter, a milder course was taken to draw him out of the snare, by representing to him that he might misjudge his case by persuading himself he had a sort of claim on the estate of his deceased father-in-law in right of his wife and children, and that he might do evil that good may come; and so formed and executed this plan in order to obtain what he thought his right. But this Hypothesis he disclaimed with resentment, declaring the will was genuine and signed truly by his father-in-law, in the most posi tive terms; and this point he carried so far as to offer to be at some expence to get the will inspected and compared with his father's writing, in order to convince the doubtful. It will appear this experiment was afterwards tried. James Farr was born at South-Perrot , in Dorsetshire , being now arrived to the age of 40 years. His father was a yeoman, possessed of between 60 and 70l. a year, which on his death, about 12 or 15 years ago, fell to his wife, who dying also about a year and half since, left it to this son. He was educated at a country school, and sent apprentice to Bristol to a soap-boiler and tallow-chandler , where he served his time out, with a fair character, and then came up to London ; he was received as a kinsman by Mr. Henvill the taylor, who knowing him to be entitled to the little estate before mentioned, in reversion, made up a match between him and his daughter; after which he set up his business near Southampton Street , in the Strand . Here he kept a shop about two years, till by misconduct in his family, he was hurt, and for non-payment of the excise duty, an extent came out against him, by which he failing, left his wife and one son, and passed over to Dublin : there he abode about three months; and on his return went as a common seaman in a merchant ship to Lisbon , thence up the Straits to Leghorn , and other places for a year and half. This happened in 1752 and 53. On his return home being weary of the sea, he wrought journey-work at his own trade, first at Orpington in Kent , for half a year and upwards, being cleared of his debts by the act of insolvency about the year 1755; he then got to work at London with different masters, after which he fixed at St. Albans in working for Mr. Treslar about half a year; thence moved to Barnet , and wrought there near one year; during which his mother dying at South-Perrot , he returned to London , flushed with the hopes of enjoying the estate, drew up a letter to the tenant in possession, bespoke mourning of his father Henvill, took his wife to his estate, where he settled, on some terms in favour of his son. But it is reported, his avarice and cruelty to his wife followed by this bad scheme, have proved his bane. He has been known to strike her on the head so violently as to fracture her scull and endanger her life; and even to run away with a loaf which had been given her to relieve that necessity in which he kept her: being so penurious to her and his family, that when he had received 150 guineas on his estate in the country before he came up last, he left but one guinea to support his wife and children. As to his religious conduct heretofore, he said, he sometimes heard Mr. Westly and his people at Bristol , and elsewhere, but was never closely connected with them, and though he was sometimes serious for a time, he was never stedfast in any sober and regular course. Having thus taken a sketch of his life, let us briefly review that of William Sparry . He was born in the parish of Pattingham , in the same house where his father and grandfather were born, in the borders of Staffordshire and Shropshire about four miles from Wolverhampton ; his father being a dissenter, and his mother of the church established, it was agreed at their marriage that the male-issue should follow the father's, but the female the mother's persuasion. In consequence he was baptized in the dissenting way, in which no register being kept he could only conjecture himself to be about the 45th or 46th year of his age; though some gave him 10 years more. A dispute rising to a quarrel between his father and mother about the way in which he should be educated, he was sent to her brother about the age of seven years, and was employed by him for the next seven years in driving the plow , and husbandry work; and during this best period of life for improvement in letters, his progress was proportionably small, so that it appeared from the present abilities he was possessed of, that he was not master either of a tolerable stile, orthography, or command of his pen. Being asked whether the report be true that he was bred a cooper, he denied it, and said he only followed husbandry, till he entered on his clerkship , went through it, and was admitted an attorney ; in which employment, by his smooth oily tongue, and insinuating address, he inveigled many both acquaintance and strangers to commit their business to his care, promising that success which his want of ability defeated, and must otherwise have failed by those evil means he usually employed. For it is said, he always sought to obtain justice by such low cunning and sordid artifice as defeated itself, and the end he aimed at; so that it was a general remark, that whenever Mr. Sparry appeared in any cause, it was stamped with a bad impression, for fear of those wrong practices which by long experience they knew him capable of. He was noted for outwitting himself by endeavouring to over-reach others; of this a remarkable instance is mentioned of his lending the late Sir Edward Sm - th 300 l. and then taking a security for 500 l. by which he lost the whole. His marriages (exclusive of his intrigues) are reckoned to be three; the first to a young person of his own country, by whom he had some fortune, and eight or nine children, of which only two daughters still survive. It is made a doubt by some of his acquaintance, whether this person be yet dead, or voluntarily retired, or spirited away into some retreat, whence she has never returned to claim him: all which may be mere groundless surmise. His second matrimonial adventure was with Mrs. Hollingsworth, mistress of a fortune of about 6000 l. by her he had no children. It was matter of dispute, whether this was a real marriage or not; however, it is said, that by one means or other, (whether by marrying another under her name, a trick that has has been tried in other cases) he proved a marriage after her death, and gained a considerable part of her effects. While she lived with him in the Old-Bailey , being known to be given to intemperance and dissipation, so as to be suspected of lunacy, she was demanded by her brother, in order to be put under proper care; to this Sparry answered, if she chose to go of her own accord, he agreed to it; but if not, a pistol, which he then took down, should protect her, in his house, and there she determined to remain. This connection, whatever it was, being dissolved by death, he removed to Greenwich ; and as he had an easy faculty of recommending himself to the favour of the more elderly ladies, he made his addresses to a gentlewoman there, said to be worth 5000 l. and by conforming to her particular zeal for Methodism, is reported to have gained her consent. If he did practise such a piece of Hudibrastic guile and gallantry, he has since been well scourged for it by his spouse and her party, if his own report may be credited, for instead of mending his fortune, he has been, by his own account, several hundred pounds the worse: by their means he has been declared a bankrupt, articles of the peace sworn against him, and imprisoned. Her zealous friends of that sect demanded of her, what great sin have you been guilty of, to be seduced into such a marriage? And he repeated it to me, that they deterred her from cohabiting or conversing with him, by telling her, that whenever she eat or drank with him, she eat and drank her own damnation. She was not, however, prevailed upon wholly to desert him, even in this last scene of severe trial; for, besides that she sent, wrote to, and visited him, he acknowledged the receipt of about 10 l. from her, during this period; though he often complained of her neglect of him, on account of the insufficiency of that sum to answer his purposes. After his conviction, several applications were made to him, for papers, in causes wherein he had been concerned; as, from the commissioners of bankrupts, and others; among which the following is remarkable, in a written message, in these words: "About eight years ago, when Mr. William Sparry and his clerk were in Newgate , and indicted for forgery, and acquitted, one Richard Parsons , a smuggler , then in Newgate , gave Mr. Sparry a note of 41 l. of one John Hegg , a master stage-coachman , who then, and yet lives at Hampton town , in order to sue him thereon; Mr. Hegg was arrested by one Randal, sheriff's officer and bailed the same, and Mr. Sparry has kept the note ever since in his own custody. Q Whether he will now return the note to Richard Parsons , now a prisoner in the Fleet , and has a wife and five children there to maintain; and whether any, and what money was ever paid by Hegg to Mr. Sparry, and what end was made of this affair. Mr. Sparry to write down the same. Mr. Sparry answered, that he could not write, but that the note, if any such there be, is in the hands of Abraham Fowler , brewer , in Mint-street , Southwark , the only assignee in a commission of bankruptcy awarded against him 1758, that he never received a shilling from Hegg on this note, and desires Mr. Fowler will deliver it to Richard Parsons . A cousin german of Sparry's named H - d - k came from Staffordshire, a day or two before he suffered, to make another demand on him for the writings of two causes, in one of which he was a loser of 30 l. a year; to which he got an answer as little satisfactory as the former. This person was asked by me, whether Sparry was akin to Jonathan Wild , of notorious memory, as has been reported and even published. In answer, he assured me he was no way related to him. There were several such demands of papers, effects, and estates, against Sparry. It remains to give some account of William Biddle , who told me, he was born and baptized in the parish of St. Andrew , Holborn . His father kept the Rose and Crown tavern in Cursitor's alley, and after his decease his mother also, 'till being reduced, she kept a chandler's shop in the same neighbourhood. William served his time to Mr. deputy Moulson, in the wine-trade . He mentioned it with regret, that the perquisites of apprentices and journeymen in that trade, were so large, as to encourage the youth to spend the Lord's day in pleasure and dissipation, instead of a regular attendance on their duty, to which he had been too much a stranger all his life. While he lived at the shiptavern Temple-bar , where a good ordinary is kept every Sunday for the accomodation of the gentlemen of the neighbouring inns of court; he often saw the depraved examples of those who ought to know better, card-playing begun on the Lord's-day afternoon, and continued 'till Monday or Tuesday. This was a house of such resort, that he might have made his fortune there, had he been prudent, but he fell into the excesses of some of his customers, so as to be of a party to the Bagnio, where his club came to 7 or 8 guineas of a night. His wife was a woman of good character and conduct, by whose care three or four reputable ordinaries were kept up in the house, for the students and other gentlemen. But these advantages could not long support his extravagance, so that he became a bankrupt, in so bad circumstances, that I have heard a creditor say, he received not 1 s. out of some hundred pounds due to him. His wife is said to be retired, and still living with a fair character in some village near London; and that she with whom he last lived under that character was deceived by him into a pretended marriage, with whom it is said, he had 500 l. probably devoted to a like fate, with his former possessions. For some time past, this poor prodigal has been reduced to live on the husks arising from the pay and perquisites of a servant to the messenger of the commissioners of bankrupts: small and uncertain at best, not exceeding 14 s. a week, neat money, when employed in keeping the houses or effects of Bankrupts. This pittance with a family to maintain, a want or decay of true principle in his breast, threw him into the snare of coveting and getting more, by such detestable measures, as those to which he now fell a victim. November the 3d, the three convicts attended prayers and had the danger of impenitence opened to them from the psalms of the day, Eccus. the 18th, And from the 2d. lesson St. Luke 19th, the rule of the last judgment by the parable of the talents, and the doctrine of fixing and determining the day of grace and salvation, collected from the words, behaviour, and tears of our blessed Saviour, concerning his own city Jerusalem; Which they were taught to apply to themselves. After which I had much talk with Mr. Sparry, who seemed, at least put on the appearance to be affected with what he heard. Biddle having shewn a more forward and open disposition to an acknowledgement of his guilt than the rest, was first distinguished with the favour of offering him another book, beside The compassionate address to prisoners for crimes; viz. An introduction to the holy sacrament, &c. He accepted it with some expressions of doubt and fear of his own unworthiness, and that he never could be prepared to communicate. But how then can you hope to enter into the kingdom of heaven? On this occasion he opened his course of life with great remorse and contrition; and it pleased God, that this bruised reed was not broken, while some words of direction, support, and consolation, were applied to him. He now again assured me, that what he had confessed concerning the will is true; that he would give me the particulars in writing, but that Farr and Sparry used all possible artifice to prevent this, and keep him from seeing or conversing with me, watching and listening while he was in the closet or the cell with me; and, among other contrivances, magnifying the visits of the methodists, as the only spiritual men, with sly squints against the regular minister and his morals; lamenting that these good men were not daily admitted to their cells; while they amused him this day with a new invention, that they heard I was determined to visit them no more, for which they assigned a cause, which, as it was too true, reproached themselves, viz. their daily mutual accusations and quarrels about the blame of their being cast, for want of conduct, or cash, on their defence. Sparry still persisted to say, that their proctors in the Commons were ready to attest, that the hand-writing, in which the two wills of Henvill were signed, were exactly the same, and notwithstanding what he had confessed, he was daily more convinced of Farr's innocence: while Farr strenuously asserted his own innocence, exclaiming against the dark mystery of wickedness among the accusers and witnesses against him. Thus did they shuffle, and play at hazard with their own souls and the concerns of eternity. Biddle bitterly complained of Farr's cruelty, in refusing him any support or assistance under his present sufferings (which he drew him into) even so much as a candle to light him to read in his cell; while others, whom he had wronged, particularly his late master, brought him some present relief, and kindly promised me to admonish, and then forgive him for all his past injuries. When they were visited, Nov. 5th, I found they were all apprised of the death-warrant being sent down the evening before; Farr still persisting to assert that he was injured, was called aside, with Sparry, and told, that I had again read their trial over with care on their account, and could not avoid being more and more confirmed in the opinion of their guilt, and at the same time being also deeply concerned to hear them still denying it. Farr answered, If you have read the trial, you have read a number of perjuries. On this they were pressed with Sparry's confession to the two persons, Mess. Heusch and Hamelen, who apprehended him at Greenwich , and brought him to London, and also before the sitting Alderman at Guildhall . He endeavoured to explain away the first, and to deny the second, but in a manner so confused and inconsistent, that nothing certain could be concluded from it. And this was his usual way of answering objections; While Farr continued, both here and in the chapel, to appeal to God for his innocence, whom (he said) he knew he could not deceive; and that he is most cruelly wronged in this affair. In answer they were told, I did not hear of any one person who heard or read their trial, nor, could they find one in London, who believed them innocent. Farr, notwithstanding this behaviour, so extremely obdurate, had the face to ask me, some days before, when I would administer the Holy Communion to them? To which it was answered, when I find you penitent, and open to confess your guilt, and not till then. On his pressing the same request again this day, the proper exhortation was read, opened and applied to them in this special point, of making all the satisfaction in their power to the injured; the second rubric also, prefixed to tho communion office, directing the minister's conduct concerning open and notorious evil livers, ' or, whoh avedone any wrong to their neighbours by ' word or deed, being obliged openly to declare ' themselves to have truly repented, &c. and recompensed the parties to whom they have done ' wrong,' was laid before them. Asking them whether they thought it reasonable for me to take their words in opposition to the judgment of a court and a jury? they both again entered into a debate on this question, which I cut short, by desiring them to write what they had to say. Sparry said, his hand trembled so, he could write no more; and Farr still talked on in the same strain, as he had opportunity: he declared, however, that he forgave his prosecutors, and that Sparry and he were now at peace with each other. They were visited twice this day, and henceforward; proper portions of scripture read and applied to them; prayers for obstinate criminals who deny their guilt, were also offered up, not only here, but by some pious and good men in other places. Tho' Farr had hitherto disclaimed any petition for mercy, and Biddle refused to join with him, had he desired it, yet each had made a separate application by their own friends. Biddle told me, the very name and character of Sparry had stopped his friends from further application for him; while Sparry had drawn up a long petition for himself, which he gave me to peruse, and have my opinion of. Poor man! it seemed to be as little to the purpose, indeed as prejudicial and aggravating to his charge, as the defence he offered on his trial. But now again, a day or two after the deathwarrant, Farr was very importunate with me to have a petition presented for farther time to prepare for death; pity and compassion moved me to wish, for several reasons, that such a thing could be done in this sad case! but it appeared improper and impracticable for me to attempt, which I explained to him; charging him to make better use of his few remaining hours: however, he desired Sparry to draw up the petition; but when he was applied to for money to get affidavits drawn, such as Sparry told him would be useful for that purpose, Farr would part with none; so the affair dropped. The next day, Nov. 6th, Biddle confessed his having signed the will at the Cock in the Corner , near Ludgate-hill , (a particular which he had hitherto disguised and jumbled) and that the evidenee of Hannah Frankland , as to the material parts of it, is true, confirming this in the most solemn manner, but with a caution not to devulge it as yet, which I kept: he said farther, that he had reasons to believe Farr would never confess his guilt, tho' I advised and beseeched him to exhort Farr to it. But a new attempt on Biddle, made this day, expressed an aggravation of their hypocrisy. In coming down from their cells to chapel, they bid him tell me the next time I spoke to him, that he believed another man for Mr. Henvill was imposed on him when he signed the will. What end this lye could answer don't appear to me, except to puzzle and cloud the truth. This afternoon I was prevailed on by Mr. Farr, to go with a friend to the Prerogative office, to see and compare the two wills of Henvill with a genuine writing of his name done by himself; which we did, in presence of 8 or 10 others, most or all of whom agreed that the will in question, tho' an imitation, is a forgery; there is an awkward stiffness in the name, and a similitude to the writing of the will which took my eye at the first cast, and on closer inspection, particularly in the Hen and thee ll, in the name Henvill, and the pen has gone twice over the n on a rasure made with a knife. We also went and found Hannah Franckland , and questioned her about her evidence; she confirmed it in a very consistent natural manner, adding several corroborating circumstances, of Farr's describing his father-in-law's person to her, and bidding her stand to the truth as he called it. And as Mr. Farr had often charged her to me with perjury, by saying she had drank tea with Mrs. Farr, at the Crown and Thistle , Frankland when asked seemed surprized that such an expression is in the trial; and whoever reads the ques. and ans. may observe, that the name of Mrs. Farr not being in the question, has no business in the answer, and seems to be a slip of the pen, or error of the press, for she owned she never had drank tea with Mrs. Farr, nor meant to say so, nor is it any thing to the purpose; all which was fairly and fully represented to Mr. Farr at my next visit, Sunday morning, Nov. 7th, when after prayers and exhortation, a sermon was preached to them on St. Luke, 12 ch. 5 v. Farr had given me a manuscript before prayers, which he said he would abide by as his last words, and desired to be asked no more questions. After prayers, I had some conference with Biddle apart, and the two others together. Biddle being asked if he would write, or speak any thing by way of warning, he answered, I can't do it; I know I am guilty of the fact, and what can I say more. He told me that Farr and Sparry had yesterday sent for a popish priest or Moravian, as Biddle judged by his manner of praying, which he over heard in their cells, to which he was introduced unknown to me. Being asked how he came to think of a Moravian? he answered, that when Farr and his wife kept house in or near Fleet-street , they both frequented the Moravian meeting in Fetter lane . Sparry being asked whether he would speak with me in private? he answered, in a submissive manner, that he acquiesced in what I told him before prayers; namely, that the will is a forgery, and that he was privy to it and active in it; of which I was convinced, not only by the trial, and examining the will, but by the account given me yesterday by Hannah Frankland . All this he assented to, and then exhorted Farr to acknowledge his guilt and be at peace. But he refused to confess his sins except to God only. Absurd and wicked pre tence! at the same time that he was appealing to God for his innocence and truth, while he had guilt in his heart, and deceit in his tongue. And because he now again referred me to the manuscript he delivered to me this morning, the reader is here presented with an abstract of it. 1st. It compares Hannah Fr - k - d's deposition at the Commons with her evidence at the Old Bailey , in order to expose the inconsistency of them. Then a stricture on Mr. H - ch for deposing that the prosecution was carried on at Mrs. Fr - ke's expence, with this "N. B. She was on the " town of Shaftsbury when Mr. Henvill took " up with her, where should the money cum from?". He then draws malicious and scandalosu characters of three of the witnesses, viz. Mr. H - ch, H - m - n and M - k Ol - r, adding another N. B. This is an iniquity's transaction supported by perjury and subornation " of perjury to deprive my faithful wife and " her dear children of their lawful and just " right, but this is not done without robbing " her husband and their parent of his life." He concludes with this, " Praised be thy name who keepest truth for ever, who wilt not suffer thy faithfulness to fail nor alter the thing that is gone out of thy mouth; heaven and earth shall pass away, but thy word shall not pass away till all things shall be fulfilled. Thou art a God of truth, without iniquity and deceit; no deceitful person shall rest upon thy holy hill, he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight." Is not this truly astonishing! how far men may be carried into a profane and impious abuse of God's holy name, and his word, by a sear'd conscience and deluded imagination, who have traded in forgery, perjury and hypocrisy; who have set up the unrighteous mammon as the object of their devotion, and like not to retain God in their knowledge except in words, while in works they deny him. Will it not be said to such a man - Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee. Beware rash mortals, of forgery or perjury! they are sins that most harden the heart against repentance: they are sins most deceitful and desperately wicked. Tremendous proofs of this have occured to me in most, if not all, whom I ever knew convicted of these crimes. Notwithstanding all the remonstrances I could make to Farr against this paper as injurious and profane, he continued to refuse to acknowledge the justice of his sentence with repeated appeals to God; while he was as often warned not to take his name in vain. He was told, I knew it was impossible he could be innocent, while the other two acknowledged their guilt. He demanded with amazing effrontery and a threatening brow, "what they had said to me?" He was answered that was no concern of his. - It was his part to acknowledge the justice of his sentence before he could be admited to the holy sacrament. He bid me ask him no more questions. Then I can be of no more service to you. At the same time he told Biddle privately in the chapel, that he never would confess; though Sparry now exhorted him to it with great earnestness, both in public and in private, but he seemed to grow more hardned and even abussive. On the 9th, the day appointed for administring the holy communion, the proper lessons read and applied to them, were Josh. 7th. ch. and St. Jo. 19, Farr would have insisted to stay and receive, but was not permitted; he might have remained to see it administred, but would not be silent, but asked in an insulting tone, do you know better than I? adding, you are a wicked man. On this Biddle turned and told him plainly it was your obstinate wickedness which brought me to this; Farr looked terribly fierce, and to prevent farther mischief or disturbance, he was removed out of chapel, while the two other convicts with three or four pious friends, stayed and communicated. After which the two prisoners declared they were now weaned from the world. Sparry owned he believed it much better for him to die than to live, lest he should never be so well prepared and resigned, and lest new scenes of iniquity should again entangle him; of which he had felt a heavy load for 20 years past, but now found himself light, easy and free. He and Biddle desired the assistance of a gentleman who communicated with us to read and pray with them this afternoon; and as he offered his service, saying he had brought Drelincourt on death with him for that purpose, his pious and charitable assistance was accepted. Biddle told me that Sparry had made good use of what little supplies he had, in helping to relieve him, while Farr refused to assist him. His whole behaviour in the chapel this day was quite shocking to those who were witnesses of it. It was the behaviour of a man seduced by enthusiastic phrensy and misrule. Morning of EXECUTION. THE three prisoners were brought from their cells; about a quarter of an hour after I went in to visit them; two of them were composed and resigned. Mr. T - , a clergyman who sometimes visited Farr, told me, he had been with him the evening before, and this morning; - that he had acknowledged all his guilt before witness, and promised he would confess it to me. When called to the closet for that purpose, he would not come, but said he would not be questioned nor disturbed: thus he continued disputing, evading and contradicting, when spoke to at intervals, till prayers were ended and the communion administered to the other two. In answer, Biddle had said to him again this morning, I know you are guilty, and you know you are; to which Farr made no reply; he attempted to draw near and kneel at the table; but least he should offer any indecent violence, as his temper seemed to portend, he was ordered to a distant form, where he still continued disturbing the service, till ordered to be moved out of chapel; he then promised to be silent, on which we let him remain. Before the administration, he acknowledged, saying, I am a very great sinner, and repent of all my sins; to which I required him to add, - and "of " that in particular for which I am to die." He turned away in anger and desired I would not disturb him. After the communion service ended, and he found himself excluded, he remained only with one pious man in the chapel. He began to lament and cry, what a cruel thing it was to refuse him the sacrament; to which he was answered, Mr. R - does no more than his duty, and cannot do otherwise. He has come down as low as he can to meet you, requiring you only to acknowledge the justice of your sentence: at that moment he fell on his knees, and said, "I do acknowledge the justice of my sentence, "Oh, for God's sake let me have the Blessed Sacrament. Mr. B - then came to me to intreat for him; the elements being all distributed, the table uncovered, and messenger after messenger from the Sheriff's officers demanding the prisoners. On Mr. B - 's reminding him how ill he had behaved, he said, I will ask Mr. R - 's pardon and your's too; I hope you will forgive me. While the elements were preparing, he kneeled down at the table, repeating with an audible voice, "I do here, O Lord, repent me truly of all my sins, I do stedfastly purpose to lead a new life, and thou knowest, O Lord, that if it should please thee to give me time I would do so, and therefore hast given me some hope of thy mercy toward me, having a lively faith in thy mercy thro' Christ, of whose precious death I have a thankful remembrance, and am in charity with all men, forgiving all, as I hope to be forgiven." He then received with great contrition and devotion, and departed with renewed vivacity and spirit, resigning himself to his sufferings, now at hand: these interruptions, and the very rainy morning occasioned a delay, so that it was near ten, when they were all carried out in one cart, and brought to the place of execution a little before eleven. They were observed, both there, and in the way, to behave with great devotion, composure, and resignation. Proper prayers, the creed, and a litany were used, in which a great part of the surrounding crowd joined with them. Farr being asked, whether he would say any thing by way of warning to the people, answered, this sight is warning enough; and what more can I do? Sparry said, he hoped none would reflect on his family or friends on his account, which would be cruel; cleared himself of the imputation of having married Hannah Frankland , as she had threatned to swear against him; said he had been greatly injured in a cause long depending between Fitsgerald and Sparry; he mentioned two other causes, one in the Crown-office, the other at Hicks's-hall, for perjury, if I mistake not. As for the prosecution which ended in the present suffering, he feared and believed there is a just foundation for it; tho' the prosecutors and witnesses had gone great lengths. On the whole he acknowledged his guilt in this and several other respects, particularly in sins of omission, and a slothful reluctance to prosecute the guilty and bring them to punishment, * for all which he hoped for pardon and mercy, and desired the prayers of the people. Being again recommended to the divine mercy and protection, they calmly took leave, and were turned off about half an hour past eleven. By their last behaviour, there seemed no doubt of their mutual reconciliation, whatever the News-writers have said to the contrary. * It is thought remarkable by some who knew the fact to be true, that H - h F - k - d, the chief witness against them, was rescued from a prosecution for receiving stolen goods within a year past, by the interposition of Mr. Sparry. This is all the Account given by me STEPHEN ROE , Ordinary of Newgate.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the Malefactors, that were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 31st of December, 1722. AT the KING'S Commission of the Peace, and Oyer, and Terminer, Holden at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of this Instant December; before the Right Honourable Sir Gerard Conyers , Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice King, Mr. Justice Eyre, Mr. Baron Page, J. Raby, Esq; Deputy-Recorder, &c. Three Men and Two Women were Convicted of Capital Offences, viz. Edmund Neal , William Pincher , John Harriot ; Sarah Nut , and Mary Burroughs ; of these, three receiving his MAJESTY's Gracious Reprieve; the two former were order'd for Execution. During the time, that these unhappy Malefactors lay under Condemnation, it fell out, that those of them who suffer'd Death, as deserving it most, appear'd to me to be most in Expectation of Life; having settled in themselves a wrong Notion, that the Nature of their Offence was to be measur'd only by the Money they took from the old Man. And they were the less able to be Effective in their Duty, as they had, by an habitual idle Course, in a great measure lost that Ability to read which they once possest; but as they were furnish'd with good Books, that Unhappiness was repair'd by one who read to them in the Place of their Condemnation. Tho' they all profess'd, and indeed show'd an Inclination to Repent of a vicious Course of Life, and regarded whatever was inculcated into them, yet during the publick Prayers in the Chappel, having so much addicted themselves to Idleness and Play, that they could not abstain from it, or force themselves to be wholly serious for one Hour, tho' their Happiness for ever depended upon it. Tho' frequently there are Complaints made; of the Interruptions given them, in the Place of their Confinement, these Men were no way disturbed by any prophane Prisoner among them, who not being dis pos'd to be serious himself, is for preventing others from being so; and consequently had no Excuse, if they were not prepared for the Fate they justly underwent. On Sunday Dec. 30, being the Day before their Execution, the Words in the Morning from which they were instructed, were taken from Galatians, Chap. 2d. Ver. 19. I, through the Law, am dead to the Law, that I might live unto God. And FIRST, We considered the Words according to the Tenor of the Apostle's Epistle, concerning the Necessity of Faith in Christ, and that no Justification can arise from our own Performances, independant of the interviewing Merits of Jesus Christ. SECONDLY, We regarded the Text as applicable to Prisoners under Sentence of Death. And we here took notice in what Respect they might be said to be Dead; to wit, as to their Bodies only, there being Salvation to be found, after an ignominious End, upon sincere Repentance. Next, we observ'd what Reflections the surely foreseen Destruction of the Body, should occasion in the Mind of a Rational Creature, conscious of its own Existence, and assured, that it must enter thereupon into the Presence of the great Creator of the Universe, and be eternally Happy or Wretched, &c. 2dly, We took notice of what Actions the Consideration of the Dissolution of their Bodies should put them upon performing; and the great and especial Sedulousness which they in particular ought to evince, their Dissolution being so fix'd, and so approaching; Working out their own Salvation with Fear and Trembling. 3dly, Considering that they suffer'd through the Law, they ought to be more patient under their Calamities, they being agreeable to Justice and Preservation of Human Society; and also, what they might reasonably expect as the natural Consequence of their Proceedings. For be not deceived; God is not mocked; but look, whatsoever a Man soweth, that shall be also reap. THIRDLY, We observ'd, that they ought to consider themselves, as suffering according to the Law, in Order to their living hereafter. As the Prodigal Son was reclaimed by Afflictions and Hardships, God intended to turn them from the Course of their Vices, by putting an Impediment in the Way, and preventing their accomplishing that Catalogue of Sins, which a longer Life might have made theirs. That they ought to be far from bearing any ill Will towards any one living: That they ought to be very thankful, that they had Time allowed them for due Repentance; and ought to praise God, for not cutting them off, by a sudden Accident, in the Hurry of their Sins, without Leisure or Space to make any Preparation for a future State. LASTLY, We endeavour'd to direct them to receive the Holy Sacrament, to have an especial Regard afterwards to their Behaviour, to have neither too great nor too little Concern at approaching Death, but to resign themselves to the Dispensations of Providence. The ACCOUNT of these Prisoners, while under Sentence of Death. EDMUND NEAL , being indicted for assaulting Joseph Dormer and his Wife, by the Alms-Houses at Hoxton , about nine of the Clock at Night, on the 13th of November last, and taking from them three pence three Farthings; Neal rifling his Pockets, and rolling him about on the Ground; (tho' very ancient) after William Pincher his Companion, had knock'd him down; of this Indictment they were by the Jury found guilty. This Prisoner said, that he was under 30 Years of Age. That he was born at a Market Town in Warwickshire ; where his Father, altho' by Occupation a Blacksmith, was so much esteem'd by the best Men in the Town, that his Advice was demanded and taken in the chief Affairs relating to the Town. That he was wont to ride much about the Country, and being known to all the People of any Figure; his Company was acceptable to the best Man that dwelt in the Neighbouring Villages, whom he used to furnish with Horses for hunting, or give his Advice in purchasing them; and frequently attended them in their Diversions. But having a great Variety of Business upon his Hands, he gave his Son Edmund Neal but so slight a Notion of Letters, that for several Years he has been unable to read. He added, That he had a very wrong Notion of Goodness when he was a Youth; for he thought Sunday an Holy-day for Mirth, observing, that some used to walk about with a Dog or two, and kill Hares, &c. on that Day: And that he thought drinking to Drunkenness, and swearing, and lewd Discourse, were what made him look like a Man of Account. For he was taken great Notice of by reason of his Father, and had then an Opportunity of keeping good Company, had he not chose the worst. And he believed, he had a Spirit in him, that would have led him to despise mean and vile Society; but in the midst of his Expectations, while he was endeavouring to improve himself, and to quallify himself for Gentlemens Acquaintance, his Friends he said blasted him at once: For after he had appear'd genteely, he was compelled to be Apprentice to a Taylor , which of all Occupations he disliked, and had ridiculed some who dwelt in that Town, and very much set them against him; who upon this made a Jest of him; and a young Woman, whom he fancied, did the same, and would not walk about with him, as she had sometimes done before. But altho' he had such an Aversion to his Business, yet he continued at it four Years: For there was a young Man that had lived at London, who work'd on the same Board with him, whose Company he much liked, as he used to tell him, how a Woman he kept Company with at London maintain'd him, by tricking other Sparks who kept her Company, and how she at last lodged with him, but soon after took all that they both had and ran away; also how she cheated a Merchant who kept her, when she was transported to Mary-Land; and of her returning from Transportation in Mens Apparel, &c. But after this, he said, the Master he belong'd to dying for Grief, that his Daughter had taken a Fancy to an ill Man, and had disgraced herself and him: He was thereupon put to another Master, where he had several Opportunities of wasting his Master's Substance, and was got acquainted with several Fellows and ill Women in the Town, who sollicited him to feed them at his Master's Expence, while he was half the Night at a Publick House: That there was a Private Window, thro' which he could get in and out at any Hour of the Night, and not be heard, his Master having the Key of the Door in his Pocket: And if he had a Mind to let any body out of the House before Day-break, he could easily do it, while his Master was fast asleep. After this, upon his Master's Failing, he was thrown upon the wide World, and found, that they whom he had relieved, would not support him; so that he said, he was just at his Wit's End, for he had not two Shillings in the World. But being thus abandon'd, a Woman accidentally met withal, asked him to go with her to London , for there was a fine Livelyhood for every body, but the Country was only fit for Plow-boys and Hog-drivers. Upon this, he made for London, and found the Woman very kind to him, and ready to assist him on the Road; and he thought, that London was built of Gold and Silver. Upon his first arriving at his Journey's End, he continued for some time at only Publick Houses, and was used very badly by those whom he expected more Civillity from. So that here he said, he was in much more Distress than ever he had been in the Country; for several Women play'd scandalous Tricks with him, and went very near to the ruining him at that time. He added, that he was sadly at a Loss, having no Acquaintance in the City or near it. But at length light to work with a Brewer in Old-street , where he continued some time. And afterwards worked at another Brew-house in Thames-street ; but carrying and recarrying Liquor to Houses, he thought an uncomfortable Life, and instead of being better, was worse than a Country Life. His Mind was set upon something of Gaiety, but how to find it, he knew not. At length, he went and offer'd himself to some Publick Houses, but they refused him, because he was not quick and lively enough. But after a short time, he got to be a Drawer of Ale at Sadler's-Wells ; upon which, he thought he was at once leapt into that Life of Pleasure, which he had so long retain'd in his Fancy: For the Thoughts of Musick and Dancing appear'd so very delightful to him, that in the Country, he always thought himself in some other happier World, when he and several young Men and Maids got together in a Barn, with a Fidler, to dance and be merry. But he said, he was not thought very well of in his Place, for he could not wear off his Rustick Ways; yet if he went away, he knew not what would become of him: For tho' he had learn'd, how some young Men got a Livelyhood, yet he cared not to imitate them; because he had observed, how much they impaired and destroyed the Health of their Bodies, and became Beastly Creatures. So that intending more now than ever before, to lead a sober honest Life, he put himself to a Seller of Swine in Woods-Close , where he was well approved of, and continued in a regular industrious Way for several Years. Upon an Accident that happen'd in his Master's Affairs, to which he said he no way contributed, he went and enlisted himself to serve his Country in a Man of War , call'd the Gosper; being a common Sailor, and never before used to the Seas, he suffered here very great Hardships; but especially once, when he was for a great while among the Northern Islands of Scotland , and his Provision very indifferent; and he often thought he should have perished with Cold and other Hardships, and a thousand times desired he might have that Fate. But he added, that when they were sent to Cruize between France and Ireland, to prevent the Pretender from Landing on the South of Ireland or the West of England , and if possible, to intercept and apprehend him in the Enterprize; he added, that then he fared much better, both as to the Coldness of his Situation, and the Goodness of his Sustenance, and other things. However, he saw nothing delightful in a Sea Life, but thought it wretched to have every body an Enemy to every body, and pilfering from one another whatever the Hands could be laid upon, and no way of deciding a Dispute, but by Quarreling and by Strength. So that when the Rebellion in the South of Scotland and the North of England , was ended, he was very glad to be one of those who were discarded from his Majesty's Service at Sea; and returning again to London, was again employed that is former Work of taking care of Hogs ; in which business he said his Master found no Fault with him, but would even now declare, that he was a very faithful Servant; for that when he first went there, Money was several times left, to try his Honesty, which he never touched, and was afterwards entrusted with 20, 30, or 40 Pounds at a time: And at this Place he used to go sometimes to Church, which he was a perfect Stranger to before; but having forgotten all his Reading, he could not profit by the Sermons he heard. He also said, that altho' he had before committed several Faults, he had not been long engag'd in the way of Robbing, nor had associated himself with any Fellows of that Stamp, but Pincher liv'd in the same Place with him, and they at first only talk'd of beating People whom they should find, because the World had always frown'd upon them, and every body was happier in Life than they: Adding, that as this Discourse was at the Hampshire-Hog , they drunk till they little knew when they went out towards Hoxton, what they were going about; but he believed all this was design'd for him by Providence, and might be for his Advantage in another World. But he said farther, that as it was Night-time, he did not know that the Person they robb'd was so very Ancient, otherwise they would not have us'd him so rudely; and that they abused the Woman in so base a manner only to prevent their being Discovered, and was it in his Power to make Restitution with ten Thousand Pounds, he would willingly do it. He express'd himself, that he was Disorder'd before he Died, that he and his Companion in particular were included in the Dead-Warrant; and seem'd very much alarm'd at the instant Approach of Death. He seem'd very attentive, and desirous to inform himself in what related chiefly to his Eternal Estate. WILLIAM PINCHER , was also indicted, and convicted of the same foremention'd Robberies, committed on the Person of Solomon Nichols , from whom they took two Half-pence and two Farthings, a Steelbox, a Knife, and a Tinder-box; and on the Persons of Joseph Dormy , and his Wife. He was born in Norfolk , about ten Miles from Lynn ; where his Father being sent for a Soldier by a wealthy Malster in the Town, his Son William Pincher , about 6 Years old, was taken into his House in order to be brought up by him, in a sober and virtuous Way; he continued there 8 or 9 Years, and when a young Lad, had the good Fortune very well to please the Gentleman who took him into his Care; but afterwards delighting to be at the Ale-house in the Night-time, with young Fellows who kept ill Company. His Master was afraid to trust him in the House, as he believ'd; and some other Reasons causing a Dislike, he left the Country, thinking he could make his Fortune in London, and endeavoured to get up a small Sum of Money to put him into a Way; but that soon being expended, he also took to the taking Care of Hogs , and could spend out of his Gaming Half-a-Crown a Night, among his jovial Companions; nor had he, he said, any Inducements to Rob, except the Instigations of the Devil, which put him more and more upon the Love of merry Company, till he became always uneasy in his Mind, when he was not at a Publick House with those he delighted in, who used oftentimes to say, that a brisk young Fellow need never be poor in London, let him spend as extravagantly as he would. He acknowledged the Robbery for which he suffer'd Death; never failed the Prayers, but enquired very much into his Duty, by asking the Explanation of several Passages in Scripture, after he perceived himself included in the Warrant for Execution: He did not appear terrifyed at Death, yet had a becoming Concern; and said, he doubted not, but that his Suffering in this World would free him from suffering in the next; for he thought, he could truly say, that he had not mispent one Quarter of an Hour, after the Dead Warrant was carried to the Prison, yet would he only rely upon the Merits of his Saviour Christ. But yet he lamented himself with Tears before he died, upon the Consideration, that he might have been a prosperous Man in the World, and had brought himself, by his own Folly alone, to Death so shameful and ignominious; yet when he died, he appear'd with more Chearfullness, and with less Uneasiness about him. This is all the ACCOUNT to be here given of these Dying Malefactors by T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain. ADVERTISEMENT. Just publish'd, THE History and remarkable Life of the Honourable Col. Jacques, commonly call'd Col. Jack, who was born a Gentleman, put Prentice to a Pick-Pocket, was six and twenty Years a Thief, and then trapan'd to Virginia: Came back a Merchant, married four Wives, and five of them prov'd Whoes, went into the Wars, behav'd himself bravely, got Preferment, was made Col. of a Regiment, came over and fled with the Chevalier, and in now abroad, compleating a LIFE of WONDERS, and resolves to die a General. London, printed and sold by J. Brotherton and W. Meadows in Cornhil; T. Payne near Stationer's-Hall; W. Mears, and A. Dodd, without Temple-Bar; W. Chetwood in Covent-Garden; J. Graves at St. James's; S. Chapman in Pall-Mall, and J. Stagg in Westster-Hall. Price 5 s. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bridewell-Bridge , in Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF JOHN PERROTT , Who was Executed at Smithfield , on Wednesday November 11, 1761, for concealing his Effects as a Bankrupt; AND OF SAMUEL LEE , Who was Executed at Tyburn , on Thursday, Nov. 12, 1761, for Forgery. BEING THE First and Second EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir SAMUEL FLUDYER , Bart. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. NUMBER I. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and sold by J. DIXWELL, in St. Martin's-Lane, near Charing-Cross, for the AUTHOR: Also Sold by J. MORGAN, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row. [Price SIX-PENCE.] INTRODUCTION. Corruptio optimi fit pessima. HOW well confirmed is this maxim, by observations drawn from nature and experience, that a corruption and abuse of the best things, produce the worst effects. Can we be surprised, that the best-intended human laws are perverted to the worst purposes, by fraud and perjury? when we see it fares no better with the great and divine charter of conditional mercy granted to mankind from heaven. Ought we to wonder if the laws in favour of Bankrupts, and for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, have been so long and so frequently abused, to cover and protect fradulent and impious practices, while we can hear, observe, and read the law, and the gospel, wrested and distorted against the clearest sense, and whole tenor of their own words, to plead for Antinomian principles; tortured to become the teachers and patrons of the greatest immoralities, the most profane and abandoned libertinism. To be more particular, how can we blame a jail-solicitor for advertising the Insolvent Debtor's Act, in order to be prostituted to a fee, and a false oath, on every vacant wall, post, and pillar, within the bills of mortality; while the R - ys and other doughty orators, and authors, are suffered with impunity, even in a city-hall * to preach, print, and explain away the great end, and design of all true religion; viz. to teach us that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world. But they insist on the contrary, that the charter of mercy is unconditional; that we must sin, that grace may abound, and that we may come as sinners to sue for mercy. What a striking contrast is it, daily to behold the bankrupt and the freed debtor, riding in a chaise or a chariot, adorned with the spoils of his honest creditors! while the indigent and distressed family of the plundered and spoiled creditors, trudge on foot in thread-bare garments, and feel themselves stript of the comforts, the conveniences, perhaps the necessaries of life at home, which their labour and industry had dearly earned; and warily provided against the day of age or adversity. Such scenes as these, by their frequent representation, become mere sport and farce, to the unthinking populace; though they are in truth subjects, more proper for tragedy, and sad reflection, to the serious and sorrowful sufferers. When any one, out of a large proportion, of these perverters and abusers of the most benevolent laws, is detected, and legally convicted; what degree of favour can he claim? rather, what degree of a rigorous execution of the laws does he * Coachmakers-Hall. not justly deserve? can we be surprized, if the just sentence of the law, has changed the Mahometan paradise of these impostors, into a jail, and a cell; metamorphosed their beauteous Houries, and expensive Pandoras, into surrounding keepers of less tempting aspect; their rich, but ill gotten ornaments, into chains and fetters; and their gay vehicles, equipage, and footmen, into death-boding carts, ropes, and executioners. And oh! that their punishment may end with these temporal chastisements. The dangerous and crying sin of forgery, a theft which no locks, bars, or guards can fend off, seems also to grow bolder, and more frequent among us. On looking back on the executions of a year or two past, the majority of them will be found to be for this one, more than any other single crime. To what but the want, or corruption of principle can this be imputed? and is not this owing to the neglect of a rational, a pious, and truly virtuous education of infancy and youth? is it not owing to the evil habits, and arts of false pleasure, they are so early initiated in. May I be permitted humbly and with deference to enquire what schools and academies for either sex do now seriously and worthily imbue the young minds of their pupils with the first principles of our holy religion so as to inspire them with the knowledge and love of God and his laws? And what parents ask this question? and are duly answered and satisfied about it, in placing out their children? Where is that order and discipline, that diligent pursuit and study of the means of unity, peace, and concord, which are essential to the preserving our excellent constitution. The effects of an imprudent, relaxed; and ill conducted education diffuse themselves into rising life, in both sexes: who by that means instead of being qualified for, and keeping in view the honourable estate of matrimony, (to which alone an healthful and virtuous progeny, a just and good oeconomy, owe their birth and support,) are disqualified to fill and adorn that state by their dissolute way of thinking and acting; and so become mutual seducers, and betrayers of each others felicity, both present, and future. Of the dire effects of this fashionable vice of keeping we see a notorious and dreadful instance in one of the unhappy victims to it now before us; who, by the evidence of his own answer on oath, squandered away a sum in one year, on one kept mistress, which, well improved, might found a perpetual maintenance for a virtuous family: a sum that would be inexcusable and reproachful, if so spent by a person of the first quality and fortune in our nation. But if this evidence should appear false from the following pages, it is far from lessening his guilt: it only adds a perjury prostituted to avarice, and lewdness, at once. Let us now relieve our eyes from these shocking scenes, with the pleasing hope and prospect that all such practices are sure to be discountenanced and suppressed to the utmost, in a reign wherein the royal example is a bright transcript of our laws, a firm support and ornament of our happy constitution. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c. BY virtue of the King's Commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Goal Delivery of Newgate, held for the City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , before the Right Hon. Sir Matthew Blakiston , Knt. Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench; the Hon. Sir Edward Clive , Knt. one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas ; the Hon. Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe , Knt. one of the Barons of the Exchequer ; Sir William Moreton , Knt. Recorder ; James Eyre , Esq; Deputy Recorder ; and others, of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, of the said City and County; on Wednesday the 21st, Thursday the 22d, Friday the 23d, Saturday the 24th, and Monday the 26th of October, in the first and second years of his Majesty's Reign; John Perrot , and Samuel Lee , were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, for the several crimes in their indictments laid; the former being found guilty of concealing his effects as a bankrupt, was executed in Smithfield , on Wednesday the 11th of November; and the latter executed at Tyburn , on Thursday November the 12th, for forgery. 1. JOHN PERROTT , merchant , was indicted for that he having become a bankrupt, did afterwards conceal, embezzle, and remove his effects, to above the value of 20 £. The whole charge against him in the indictment, being very full, particular, and prolix; specifying the Bank notes, and effects, so concealed, &c. aggravated with the crimes of repeated perjuries, on his several examinations, took a considerable time in reading. A circumstance, which Perrott made very light of (as he seemed to be well apprized of it) a few days before his trial, saying the indictment would take two hours to read it; thinking himself so strongly intrenched within his own lines, that it would be impossible to force him with all the artillery of law and evidence. Notwithstanding this person was committed to Newgate April the 20th, 1760, by the acting commissioners of bankruptcy, for not giving answers satisfactory to their questions; yet, he was not considered or treated as a criminal, nor could be charged with any thing capital, until a part of his concealed effects were discovered, which was sometime in or about June last; previous to which advertisements had been published for some time, offering a considerable proportion (40 per cent. if I remember right,) out of such concealed effects, so discovered, and pursuant to which the following advertisement appeared in the Daily Advertiser, June the 29th, 1761. " Whereas a warrant was on Thursday last sent to Newgate by John Fielding , Esq; for detaining John Perrott , late of Ludgate-hill , merchant , a bankrupt; on account of his having feloniously concealed from his creditors, a great part of his estate and effects; and whereas, previous to the granting such warrant of detainer, moieties of several Bank notes, the property of his creditors, were found in the custody of the said John Perrott , on a proper search made in Newgate for that purpose; and the other moities of several of such Bank notes, were found in the possession of another person, (Mrs. F - rne,) by virtue of a proper search warrant for that purpose. But the moieties of other Bank notes, so found in the custody of the said John Perrott , have not yet been discovered. This is therefore to desire all persons, who know any thing concerning the effects of the said John Perrott , or can give any account of any Bank notes, exchanged with, or on account of the said John Perrott , to apply to Mr. Thomas Cobb , attorney at law , at Sadlers-hall , Cheap-side , and give immediate information thereof, to the said Thomas Cobb , in order that the said John Perrott may be dealt with according to law, and they shall receive a reasonable satisfaction for their trouble." It appears from hence, that much still remained to be discovered, and done, in order to his conviction. Many difficulties were to be surmounted; not only the Bank notes, but the effects were to be traced out, in order to prove their property in him. The readers of his trial, will judge for themselves, how far (they think) this point was attained. The court and the jury, were unanimous in the affirmative; and that without the least apparent doubt, or the hesitation and debate even of a few minutes, among the jury. And it is a question, whether there did, or could remain a doubt, with any one who heard the trial. However, the prisoner affected to make a doubt of it to the last, both at the time of his receiving sentence, and the very morning he suffered, saying he was convicted upon circumstances, and that there was much to be said pro and con; although he had before implicitely, and at last, expressly, and confessedly gave up this point. From his first commitment, his behaviour was of a piece with his plan, close, secret, silent, distant, hiding his whole guilt under his tongue, as if it were a sweet morsel never to be parted with. In the mean time, carrying the appearance of a regular and quiet behaviour, attending the chapel when it suited his convenience, and his hours, which were not very early, and when he had no company to detain him more agreeably. But when he did attend the service, he behaved with outward decency, made the responses, and read his part with an audible voice. This induced me to hope well of his case for a time, and to lead him towards a conversation upon it, but he kept aloof, and would not be touched or approached in that sore and tender part; to avoid which, he would not so much as admit me into his chamber; gave short answers, and referred all to his trial, yet complained now and then of hard treatment, made efforts by all means to oppose it, and recover his liberty, which in effect, served only to rivet his chains the faster. He was visited from the first, by a gay dressy lady, whom in my simplicity and ignorance, I took for his wife, and I asked him that question? but he gave me no satisfaction. This specious figure of alluring aspect, and well coloured cheek, usually came several times i a week, in a coach, or post-chaise, attended by a servant in livery, or a maid servant, or both, in order to keep up his spirits. Such constant friendship from that quarter, must be deemed very generous to a poor destitute bankrupt, or suspected to be not entirely disinterested. But to save appearances, there was kept up a face of parsimony, and humble indigence in the prison; she sometimes condescending to dress a chop in his apartment, and he to clean his own knives. But these flimsy pretences did not prevent the prosecutors from following this clue, till they discovered what came out on the trial; wherein it is proved, as a foundation for the charge in the indictment, that he was a trader, and kept a linen-draper's shop on Ludgate-hill, and dealt in other articles. That he owed a debt, upon which a commission could be taken out. That such a commission was taken out, January the 19th, 1760, when the major part of the commissioners named and authorized therein, did find upon good proof, upon oath, that before the date and issuing of the said commission, the said John Perrott did become a bankrupt; and they did adjudge and declare him a bankrupt accordingly. Also that at the same time and place, viz. at Guildhall , he did surrender and submit himself to be examined by the said commissioners, from time to time, touching a disclosure and discovery of his estate and effects: and to conform to the several statutes made concerning bankrupts: and particularly to the act passed in the fifth year of his late Majesty's reign: entituled, an act to prevent the committing of frauds, by bankrupts, to which surrender and submission he signed his name. This is here mentioned, to obviate a report that prevailed among ignorant persons before his trial, that he would lay his defence in a denial of his having surrendered and acknowledged himself a bankrupt. It is farther proved, that the time for making a full disclosure and discovery of his effects being enlarged on the said bankrupt's petition, for forty-six days, viz. from March the 4th, to April the 19th at Guildhall , he did then and there, answer and deliver in on oath, (what he calls) a full and true account, disclosure, and discovery, of all his effects and estate, real and per sonal, &c. and that he had not removed, concealed, or embezzled, any part of his estate, or any books of account, papers, or writings relating thereunto, with intent to defraud his creditors. And this account in goods, debts, and other effects, amounted in the whole to little more than 7000l. It appears at the next examination of the 5th of June, at the Half-moon Tavern , Cheap-side , that after giving him credit, for all sums of money paid by him, and making him debtor, for all goods sold and delivered to him, from his first entring into trade, to the time of his bankruptcy, there is a deficiency of the sum of 13,513 l. of which, being required to give a true and particular account, how, and in what manner he had applied and disposed thereof; he gave in the following answer, here recited and specified, to give a sketch of that course of life, and those scenes of extravagance in dress, and unwarrantable pleasures, too glaring in some articles, which led him on to this fatal end. The manner in which I have disposed of and applied the said sum of 13,513l. is as follows: Fitting up my warehouse in Blowbadder Street , and furnishing the same 100 Rent and boys wages, during my stay there - - 100 Travelling expences during the same - - 100 My own diet during that time - - 125 Cloaths, hats, wigs, and other wearing necessaries 200 Fitting up my house on Ludgate Hill - - 100 Furnishing the same - - - 200 House-keeping during my stay there, with rent, taxes, and servants wages 2700 Cloaths, hats, wigs, and shoes, and other wearing apparel, during my stay there - -720 Travelling expences during my stay on Ludgate-hill – 360 Horses and keeping them, saddles, bridles, and farrier's bill, during my residence on Ludgate-hill , and Blowbadder-street575 Tavern expences, coffee-house expences, and places of diversion, during the above time - - 920 Expences attending the connection I had with the fair sex – 5500 Paid Mr. Thompson, for selling goods by commission – 300 Forgave him a debt in consideration of his trouble and time, in geting bills accepted, &c. - -30 Lost by goods and mourning - - 3000 Total . . £. 15,030 It is manifest from his assertion, that this account of the deficiency on the creditor's side, was not made from any entry of his expences in any book, or other writing, excepting some few house-hold and warehouse expences, entered by his servants, that it was made from memory; or what is more probable in the opinion of his creditors, &c. from imagination also, and the power of invention. And this probability rises near to certainty, from several other considerations well known to the commissioners of bankruptcy, who first committed him to Newgate, for not giving answers satisfactory to account for this great deficiency of 13000l. and upwards; from the acount he gives, in a subsequent examination of March the 21st, 1761, wherein he attempts to account for 5000l. given in large sums, during the several months of one year only, to one Sarah Powell , otherwise Taylor, one of the fair sex, with whom he had connection five or six years; an account without witness or voucher, and full of incredibilities in all its parts, obvious to every observing reader of the trial. This account is also inconsistent with his temper, course, and manner of life, well known to some of his creditors, and by which he insinuated himself into their good opinion and credit; for he was observed to be sober, and frugal, to have a turn rather to covetousness, and was generally to be found at home in the evening. As to his house-keeping, he gave a guinea, or thereabouts, to his maid servant weekly, and she returned him an exact account of the expences in the week, in a little account book, which seldom rose to twenty-six or twenty-seven shillings a week; there being but three in family: and his whole annual expences are not believed to exceed 200 or 250 l. It throws a strong light on the design of this bankrupt, to observe, that the bulk of his debts were contracted within twelve, nine, or eight months before his failure; in which time he had contracted a weight of credit of 26 or 27000l. for which sum he failed. Whereas it was known from his shop books, that he did not owe more than 3000 l. rather less, in any one preceding year of his dealings. The state of his books when he failed, seem to prove the same design; for, although the ledger, journal, porter's book, &c. had been very exact, till within six months before he failed, and the porter used to sign his book, yet there was no entries in them for six months preceding that period. And farther, some little time before that, he had, by his application to business and his friends, procured letters of credit to Bristol , on account of which he took up 2000l. worth of goods. There were also goods to the value of 500l. coming to him from Ireland , at the time he became a bankrupt, which were stopt at the waggon inns, on that occasion. It may be thought a dark and unaccountable affair, how he disposed of such goods thus gotten: but the manner was, by sending them out under cover of night to his agent, H. T - n, mentioned in the trial, to have sold goods for him, and who kept a little house in Monkwell-Street , whither he invited some of the principal traders to look at them as goods consigned to him, from some ports, or places of manufacture. Seldom was any price set on them, but what the buyers fairly thought them worth, and fixed them at; which was taken for the sake of ready cash. Thus he bought and sold, and lived by the loss, not of himself, but of his creditors. It follows therefore, that the evidence of Mr. I - n (if living,) which he so much regretted the loss of, in his defence, would have been greatly against him; as he must have discovered his underhand and fraudulent manner of disposing of goods, turned into cash at any rate; this he might easily throw into his iron chest, and when amassed to the sum he intended, perhaps bordering on 10,000l. give notice to his creditors, that he was a bankrupt, after which in a proper time, he might emerge a new man, better, in his own account, than ever. If such be the scheme and method of nineteen in twenty of our modern bankruptcies, as gentlemen of experience are apt to suspect, from such contrivances, may Heaven deliver us, and all honest men. It may be inferred from this account, that he put on two opposite characters at different times; the first, of a sober, careful, regular trader, before his failure; but after that, on his examinations, he affected the character of an extravagant spendthrift; both tending to the same thing, to blind the eyes of his creditors, and defraud them of a ge sum. When under examination, no part of his conduct was more generally blameable and odious, than his ill-treatment of Mr. Wh - tt - n. This gentleman was a lace merchant at Northampton , who had left off business with reputation, and a fortune of 20, or 30,000 l. He, without any other tie than fancy, took a liking to Perrott from a child, and made it a pleasure to oblige and assist him, with more than his interest and good wishes; at Perrott's request he lent him a sum of about 4000l. on easy terms; which he had just received and thought to put into the funds. When the commission was out, Perrott charged on oath this friend of his (whom he has been heard to boast of as a very uncommon friend) with usury, in taking excessive interest of 10 per cent. and would have rewarded him, not only with infamy, and the loss of his debt, but with a prosecution. Thus aiming to sink the sum of 4500 l. principal and interest, apparently for the benefit of the other creditors, but finally for his own. This greatly affected Mr. W - tt - n, so far as to touch his health, for he had such a regard for Perrott as to name him an executor in his last will. He set about however to defend himself against this calumny, and employing an able sollicitor effected it; proving that he had taken for some time, less than 5 per cent. never more; on which he was admitted by the commissioners to to prove his debt; and his character cleared. The discovery of the bank notes concealed, half with him and half with Mrs. Ferne, seems remarkably providential. It was owing to a casual meeting of Mr. H - t, a principal creditor, with Mary Harris (late servant to Mrs. Ferne) on the terrass-walk of Lincoln's-Inn-Garden ; where, leaning over the wall with dejected looks, she was observed by him, though an utter stranger to her, and asked, what ailed her? She told him, she had been turned out of her service by one Mrs. Ferne, and knew not where to go. This name excited his enquiry; in consequence of which, she was directed to Mr. Cobb, attorney for the assignees, and taken care of, 'till she gave her evidence on the trial. She first informed them, that several half-bank notes were concealed somewhere in Perrott's room in Newgate; and, that the other half were with Mrs. Ferne in her house; to whom also Perrott had given the half of a 1000l. note, in order to purchase the house of sir John Smith in Queen's-square , then to be sold by auction. This, together with his talk of keeping a pair of horses, and his large promises to her, when he should get out of Newgate , of 300 l. to be laid out on her, beside presenting her with diamond-buckles, and ear-rings, and his saying, " as you have a mind for the house, my dear, my life for it, you shall have it." These all prove he was possessed of some fund, sufficient to supply these great expences. The event of finding the notes, confirmed the truth of M. Harris's information, and her evidence proving Mrs. F - rne to be the daughter of a poor farmer in Derbyshire; that she had lived a servant in Watling-street, and afterwards lodged near Temple-bar, in a condition, destitute of money and cloaths; that her sudden exaltation was owing to this person in Newgate, the original of a picture which Ferne, shewed hanging in her house, which original Harris knew, and afterwards saw her master Perrot to be; these put together, obviate and defeat his only defence, that these bank notes so found upon him, were Mrs. Ferne's property, deposited with him, in Newgate, merely for safe custody against thieves. Besides, when Ferne's house was searched (which, by the way, was furnished in a superb taste, - with an organ to play to her at dinner, &c.) the half-notes were found there, in a small copper chest, known to have been Perrott's. And, what is somewhat curious, when taken before justice Fielding, in order to be examined, and give an account how she came by those notes, she told the justice, in presence of the company (some of title and figure) that, one day taking the air in Hyde-park, on horse-back, (describing her horse and trappings, a fine palfry, with a white network over him) she was taken notice of by a gentleman richly dressed in blue, trimmed with gold, who invited her to go with him; and, for the pleasure of her company, made her a present of a bill of 500 l. She particularly described another person, who met her walking in St. James's-Park, with whom she had another adventure of the like sort; the reward of which was another bill of the same value. And a third adventure, she spoke of, produced a bill of 1000l. Thus she accounted for 2000l. property in herself, in a manner as credible as her friend Perrott's account of a much larger sum; to whose story I return. On the discovery of these bank notes, being then charged capitally, he was put in irons; the weight of which he now and then complained of, saying there was no occasion to secure him in that manner, who had been so long confined without them, and never attempted an escape. He was then reminded of what was advertised, relating to the bank-notes found on him, and another person: He told me, that other person was Mrs. Ferne, whose property the notes were; and who had deposited the half of them in his hands for good reasons, the truth of all which would appear on the trial. About this time (July) it was rumoured, that Mrs. F - and her confidante had quarrelled, and that she discovered the concealment of the notes. Mean-time he seemed healthy and chearful, boldly referring the clearing of his innocence to his trial. When he came to chapel, the scriptures in course were applied to him, and other prisoners promiscuously; instructing them to trust in God only, in truth and sincerity of heart, and not to mistake their prosecutors, and the ministers of justice, for their enemies; exhorting them also to an acknowledgement and restitution as occasion required. But neither these instructions, nor the example of others preparing for death, seemed to make a due impression upon him. Thus the time past, 'till September sessions, when the putting off his trial by the prosecutors for want of an absent witness, seemed to give him fresh hopes of a victory and triumph over truth and justice. But alas! how weak and short-sighted are vain hopes! The fate of the hypocrite's hope is long since determined by undoubted authority. - It shall perish. The day of trial is come; all his outworks of - and - are carried: and a train of proofs of the property of the notes being in him brought, which he was unprepared to resist. The dreadful word guilty is pronounced, and the awful sentence of death is passed: notwithstanding, in answer to the usual question previous to it, he read a paper setting forth, that he was convicted on circumstances only, and objecting to some parts of the evidence. At the same time pathetically lamenting a fate so incongruous to the manner of living he was accustomed to. Yet the whole of this he put so little trust in, as an apology, that he never let me see it, though he had promised it; but when that promise was claimed, told me he had burnt it with other papers of no use. It is true, he often cautioned me, in a high tone, to take care what I wrote of him; in answer to which, he was told the account of him should be fair and impartial; and if he would give those proofs of a true repentance, by making all possible satisfaction and restitution to his injured creditors, always recommended to him, or furnish me with any authentick matter for his vindication, it should be inserted. From the day of conviction Perrott was moved from his chamber to a cell; in which he contracted a cold and hoarseness, became more fretful, impatient, and querulous, than he had ever appeared before. Though he daily attended the chapel when called upon, he complained that he was not visited at his own hours, and as often as he appointed. Under this apparent zeal for more frequent, publick prayers, he had a scheme concealed, and not clearly opened to me, 'till after his execution. With this secret design in his head, he teized me so much, whenever I went in to visit him, as rendered this duty of at tending obstinate criminals, (rksome at best) much more grievous to me on his account. He threatened he would send for some worthy clergyman, who would attend him better, and at his own time. In answer to this, he was told, I should be always glad of good assistance, that I must make allowance for his unhappy situation which ruffled his temper; that it was my earnest desire to assist him, and improve his time as much as possible, if he would comply with my directions, which he defeated by disturbing me, and himself. - That if he had made good use of his chastisement, which he was so often warned to do, for eighteen months past, he need not be hurried now. He went on daily complaining, till about November the first or second, orders were given by Mr. A - that the two convicts should be confined to their cells closer than ever, and not permitted to be out longer than they continued at chapel. This was owing to some secret intelligence, or other cause unknown to me. This, Lee enquired of me, but I could not satisfy him. At the same time a hint was given to me, by Mr. A - to visit them no more than once a day, and that in open day-light, and at uncertain hours. Mean time notice was given, and endeavours used daily to prepare them for the Holy Communion. They had both desired it to be administred to them thrice before death, and first on November the 7th or 8th, and seemed now very anxious to receive it, though they had hitherto wholly neglected it, since their confinement. In this view they were instructed November the 3d, from the Psalms of the day, Psalm xv. 1. In the qualifications of such as should dwell in the tabernacle, and rest in the holy hill of God. 3. " Even he that leadeth " an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing " which is right and speaketh the truth " from his heart. 3. He that hath used " no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to " his neighbour, &c." In the next place they were taught by what hopes, and by what means they who had grievously fallen from these duties could be raised up again and restored. They were also taught from Ps. xvi. verse 8. To thank the Lord for giving them this warning, by an affliction comparatively light and momentary to rescue them from that which can never end. They were warned of the dreadful doom of ungodly and wicked men, (from Ps. xvii. vers. 12, - 14) who have their protion in this life, that they will be finally disappointed and cast down. The first lesson, Eccus. xix. was a lesson to them without any comment. These remarkable words, especially verse 2. " Wine " and women will make men of understanding to fall away, and he that " cleaveth to harlots will become impudent." From some parts of the 2d lesson St. Luke xix. two points of doctrine were raised and applied to them; first, from the case of Zaccheus, verse 8, 9. The duty of restitution was urged and enforced. And from the weeping of Christ over Jerusalem - because she knew not the time of her visitation, it was shewn, that the day of grace is determined and set, on those who refuse to know and make a good use of their time of visitation, verse 41, &c. After prayers, Mr. Perrot being called to the closet in order to have some private conversation with him, would not come in, so as to let the door be shut; but asked angrily, what I wanted with him? for there should be no secrets between us two; speaking so loud, that the people at a distance in the chapel heard and remarked it. To this, it was answered, God help you I want none of your secrets, they are now too well known; but be not angry with me for dealing truly and plainly with your soul, this is the only true friendship I can now shew you, without which, you will have cause to curse me when too late. He would scarce hear me speak, but interrupting, asked me again in the same high tone, did I want him to confess his sins to me like a papist, and challenged me to shew where the Bible or Church of England required any such thing? no, not like a papist, but like an humble penitent. I forthwith opened his own prayer-book which he had in his hand, and pointed out to him some rubricks, and the first exhortation to be read before the administration of the Holy Communion. The rubricks first read to him, were those prefixed to the Communion Office, in which are these words: “ If any of these be an open “ and notorious evil liver or have done “ any wrong to his neighbours by word “ or deed, - the curate shall call him, “ and advertise him, that in any wise “ he presume not to come to the Lord's “ table, until he hath openly declared “ himself to have truly repented and “ amended his former naughty life, - “ and that he hath recompensed the “ parties to whom he hath done wrong; “ or at least declare himself to be in “ full purpose so to do, as soon as he “ conveniently may.” In the next rubrick, a power is granted to repel an obstinate person. And in the exhortation, “ they who “ want comfort or counsel, are invited “ to come to the minister, and open “ their grief. - That by the ministry of “ God's holy word, they may receive the “ benefit of absolution, together with “ ghostly counsel and advice, to the “ quieting of their conscience." - Further, the same rubrick may be applied to persons under sentence of death as to the sick, which prescribes, “ that the “ person be moved to make a special “ confession of his sins, if he feel his “ conscience troubled with any weighty “ matter, in order to obtain absolution “ (if he humbly and heartily desire it”) And if in the case of criminals convicts they neither feel the weight and grief of their guilt, nor humbly and heartily desire to be absolved and freed from it, it seems to be a symptom of a seared conscience. These reasons silenced him for the present, but had no other effect than to make him behave a little less insolently for a few days after; when upon his, and Lee's repeated request to have the Communion administered to them, he was again reminded of what had been set before him; and the actual practice of it required of him, by sending for the representatives of his creditors, making the fullest acknowledgement and satisfaction he could to them, asking their pardon, and obtaining it if possible. In consequence of these conversations, it is to be supposed, he did write to some of the assignees and others, not only to come to him, but also to send him another minister, who, he hoped, might be more indulgent to his wrong opinions and obstinacy. He was also kindly visited by some worthy persons of his former acquaintance, to whom, perhaps, he made the like complaint; for by one of them an overture was made to me, that another clergyman might visit him; whose assistance I gladly accepted, and desired, not only as a relief but an honour done me. But among the several ministers who visited him, there arose no difference of sentiment about his case. When visited November 5, the morning after the death warrant was come, and I condoled with Perrott, he said, " The will of God be done. - I have " suffered much in this world, I hope " soon to change it for a world of glory " and joy." He and Lee appeared easy and chearful, they both readily went up to chapel; where, after some discourse with each of them, we began with proper prayers, and then went through the service: to which, when called the two following days, each of them expressed much uneasiness at being kept up in their cells, closer than any other convicts - even for murder; debarred the sight of all their friends and acquaintance. This, they said, interrupted their devotions by fretting and vexing them. But it may be presumed, they were conscious of the true reason; for Lee immediately added, he hoped to convince the world, he had no thoughts of avoiding this death, by attempting an escape, and the murder of his keepers, but should die like a man and a Christian. This he spoke in the hearing of some of the runners. The following particulars relating to Mr. Perrott came to my knowledge, partly from himself about this time, and partly from his acquaintance. He was born at Newport Pagnell , in Buckinghamshire , (about sixty miles from London, northward) of creditable parents, in good circumstances, by whom he was intitled to a pretty fortune, of about 1500 l. Some say only 1100l. he lost his father at the age of seven, and a very fond indulgent mother at the age of nine years. After which he was educated, under the care of a guardian, at the Foundation-School of Gillsborough , in Northamptonshire ; after five years continuance there, he was put apprentice to his half-brother at Hempsted in Hertfordshire . Having served his time there, he came to London about the year 1747, and placed himself with a gentleman of great business, credit and character in Cheapside , more for the sake of experience than as a mere servant: he was not there known to be given to any folly or vice, except an over-fondness for dress, to which he devoted too much of his time, even that which should be sacred to a far superior care, on the Lord's-day. From hence, after two years stay, he moved to Blow-bladder-street , hired a house, and dealt for himself; here he gave some umbrage to his late master, by not being strictly honourable, in drawing away his customers. After two years and a half abode there, he moved to Ludgate-hill , where he lived nine years; what his apparent course of life was there, has been touched before. He is said to have been too elegant and expensive, as to his palate and dress. Here Mrs. F - - lived with him some time. He is reported to have fared, delicately, and eat pease at 5 s. a quart, even in Newgate ; and, though he did not seem to be a man of a humourous turn, he affected the state of a king even there; not suffering the servant in waiting to turn her back on him at any time, but she must retire with her face toward him. He was about his 38th year when he suffered: some few days before which, he owned, he had not been at church seven times in seven years. He was very shallow and ignorant in matters of religion, and thought, he ape'd some of his betters in making a jest of it, in his prosperity. However, he seemed to think, in his latter days, if there were any value in the form of godliness, and the outward parts and appearances of it, he would secure that, by conforming to them. Sunday morning, November 8, when he expected to receive the holy sacrament, he was told, I must first have some private conversation with him; which he now consented to. He had often, before, been put open examining and judging himself on the heinous crime of perjury, which involved him in the transgression of the third and ninth commandments, and was the highest aggravation of all his other guilt; that he should, therefore, most importunately deprecate the severe sentence denounced, that, the Lord will not hold him guiltless. That he should also recollect the infamous articles of account given in to the commissioners, reexamine himself upon them, and set all right between himself and creditors to his utmost power. - That, if he would reflect on the fair and plausible appearanaces he affected to put on, in order to gain credit thereby, he would find his guilt much more aggravated than that of an open prodigal; because this added hypocrisy to his iniquity, and gave great occasion to the enemies of truth and virtue to blaspheme, and strengthen themselves in their folly. He saw I was determined to probe his wounds to the bottom, and bore it with more patience than I expected; he even acknowledged the truth of it, in saying that he had thought on all this, and was deeply sensible of it: I have confessed, added he, all my sins to my good God, and repented of them. He had said, indeed, more than once in his own vindication, that he had summoned all his creditors, before they knew his circumstances were bad, and given them up 10,000l which paid them 5 s. in the pound; that they had his all, and now they must have his life too, for they would not be satisfied, if he should pay them 19 s. 6 d. in the pound. But pray consider, Sir, what your creditors will reply to all this, that you did it with a fraudulent design, as it now appears. To this he made no reply. He was then told, that I could not yet administer to them 'till they had humbled themselves yet more, and made peace with the injured parties; for which they were advised to set apart the next day for more earnest prayer, with fasting and humiliation; and they were attended early the next morning, the 9th instant, for that purpose; when the Litany, the Commination, and other suitable prayers, were offered up for them: and, doubtless, their unhappy situation must have contributed greatly to turn this day of joy and festivity to most others in this vast metropolis, into a day of weeping, mourning, and real mortification to them; unless they can be supposed to have overcome this world with the faith and hope of a far better. Next day the 10th Perrott was visited at different hours by two of the assignees, at his own request made by letters to them; and also by several clergymen, who all endeavoured to bring him to some acknowledgments for the satisfaction of the injured. To Mr. Hewit who visited him in the morning, and with a compassion truly christian, forgave him, he behaved with great submission and thankfulness, praying for him and blessing him; and then answered him a particular question in my hearing, relating to the half of the bank note for 1000l. found in his chamber; and seemed so open that he declared he would answer me any question. This was before I admitted him to the communion, which soon after followed, and where he declared in presence of a worthy clergyman, that he had given up his all to the creditors, and that it would be great joy to him if he could add to it, if it were but 20 l. He lamented that he had never been a communicant before, and both the convicts joined in declaring that in the midst of all their vices, and wrong pursuits, they never found any true satisfaction; but felt a something, which told them they were doing wrong, and imbittered their enjoyments. They both expressed a lively hope, and seemed to receive great consolation in the benefit received. But in the afternoon, on occasion of a visit paid him for the same charitable purpose by another assignee, Mr. M - n - d, the prospect was again clouded. That gentleman who saw him with equal tenderness and compassion as the other, forgave and prayed, for him, was at first received by Perrott with the same apparent sense of humility and gratitude. But, when in consequence, some particular questions were put to him by this gentleman, who now justly expected he had no secret reserve in his breast relating to his creditors, after a deep pause, Perrott said, I have this day received the holy sacrament; and, I will answer no more questions. Whereas the inference he drew, should have been the contrary: I will answer you any question for your satisfaction. This I endeavoured to convince him of, both now and heretofore, setting before him the case of Achan (Joshua, chap. vii.) who, by a criminal concealing of a treasure, brought a curse on himself and his people; whom Joshua thus exhorted, (v. 19.) " My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him, and tell me, now what thou hast done, hide it not from me." (v. 20.) and Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed, I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and thus, and thus, have I done. - But Perrott would answer no more particular questions; not even relating to the injuries done to Mr. Whitton - evading it, by saying if Mr. W - were present, I would answer him. On this change of his behaviour, relapsing into that obstinacy which ruined him, I had great doubt and perplexity, whether I should again administer the holy sacrament to him next morning. On this case, having consulted some neighbouring clergy, who had visited him that day, it was brought to this point, that, if he would not acknowledge the justice of his sentence, he should not be admitted. On the Morning of Execution. HE now acknowledged with some difficulty the justice of his sentence; his objection not seeming to arise from an opinion of his innocence; but from the illegality of the witnesses being interested in the issue, and the manner of convicting him upon circumstances, as he said; which I told him more than once, were points of law determined by an authority in which he ought to acquiesce. He also consented to ask pardon of Mr. Whitton, and confess his hearty sorrow for all the injuries he had done him. For a few days before he suffered, and to the last, he shewed a particular care and anxiety about his burial, which he desired to be in the church, at the place of his birth; and had chosen out some chapters and psalms to be used, with a text for his funeral sermon, which at my request he allowed me to copy, and are as follow. Lessons 23d of S. Luke. 25th S. Matt. Text, 34th psalm, 1st 2d verses. Proper psalms, 25th and 90th. Singing psalm 42. verses 1, 2, 3, 4. As I had read and explained to him the 25th and 90th Psalms, several times before, so I applied them this morning for the last time. And instead of his two lessons which were both out of the New Testament, I chose part of Genesis 22d for the first, and St. Luke 23d for the second lesson. Proper prayers were also added to the morning service. Both the prisoners behaved with devotion and resignation, and with an apparent strength of mind; they both received the holy communion. This took up more time than usual, agreeable to Perrott's request, that the time might be enlarged in the chapel, and shortened at the place of execution. The former was from eight to three quarters past nine, after which, half an hour was taken up in knocking off his irons and tying his arms, in which interval he and Lee parted in the press-yard, with mutual embraces, and other marks of the utmost affection. When Perrot was carried out a quarter after ten, and put in the cart, some observed he looked to he much dismayed and terrified, as he also appeared to me, when he first stood up under the tree, but soon recovered himself. When I first went up to him he was looking round him, and enquiring where his hearse was, about which, being satisfied, he then called to a person on horseback, gave him a letter to Mr. Burton, and a red chequered handkerchief for Samuel Lee , which said he, I promised him for a token. Being asked if he was well supported and comforted, he answered, " I am, I bless God." Proper prayers were again offered up for him, in which a vast surrounding multitude seemed to join at his request; being asked at intervals, whether he had any thing more to discover, for the benefit of his creditors, he declared he had not. In his prayers, he particularly mentioned his friend Samuel Lee , and all those in the like circumstances. After the last blessing, he, at parting, thanked, prayed for, and blessed me; soon after which, (about 11 o'clock) he was launched into the boundless ocean of eternity. Soon after his execution, the strict order for close confinement to the cells, mentioned to be given about ten days since, and his imperious behaviour to me, relating to my attendance at the prisoner's option, was explained and accounted for, by a piece of authentick intelligence, viz. that a party of seamen were hired to come and rescue him, (and probably his fellow-convict too) in the day-time, when brought down from the cells, for chapel; by first securing the turn-key at the gate, forcing the keys from him, and then, carrying off the prisoner. Notice has been taken before of their great uneasiness on this new order of close confinement, they threatned to petition to the sheriffs, desired to speak to the keeper, and among other enquiries, asked him particularly, whether it was in consequence of any complaint from the Ordinary? which he did, as he could with truth declare, it was not. The ordinary having made no remonstrance of their misbehaviour, but to themselves. It was now farther asserted; the creditors are convinced he had it in his power to make a discovery of effects, to the value of 3, or 4000l. more. But, when closely pressed to it by Mr. A - he replied, no, I am to die for it, that is restitution enough. Need it be repeated that he was often taught otherwise? but he was wiser in his own conceit, than his teachers. Another little anecdote was omitted in its proper place; being asked after conviction, are you not of opinion, that when you thought of going into business for yourself, you had better have married some good and well-educated daughter of a creditable family, than followed the courses you did? he answered with that keen sense of his error, which they usually feel, who have smarted for it: " that is the very rock I " split upon." II. SAMUEL LEE was indicted for feloniously uttering and publishing as true, a false bill of exchange, with the name Benjamin Sutton thereunto subscribed, bearing date at Leicester , 17th of October, 1760; for the payment of 50 l. with intention to defraud John Price . It was laid also to defraud Messrs. Freame and Co. December 20, 1760. When this young adventurer was first brought to Newgate on this charge, about July the 10th, his dress was above that of one, who had been clerk to a merchant ; and was since that confined for debt, as he had been; he appeared in blue trimmed with gold. His visitors were many, of different appearances, as he had a numerous acquaintance, and many more came out of curiosity. And, although, on his first committal, he seemed to be struck with the apprehensions of death, and owned to some that he expected it, as also made many professions and promises of a hearty repentance for all his past follies, declaring to me, he was now a better Christian than ever, and would give daily proofs of it; yet, was he too often borne away with the stream of his own inclinations and company, who detained him from more proper and necessary exercise, to drink his bottle, and drown his serious reflexions. He had half a guinea sent him every Monday morning from the charitable and forgiving hand of an injured master, whence he had least reason to expect it; but is reported to have made an ill use even of that, and usually saw the last of it before Tuesday night: he seems to have had a turn to expence and extravagance, and to have recourse to such evil means, as he is here charged with to supply them; otherwise, it is not to be imagined, how a youth in his station, with a moderate salary, could keep company, and horses, and be very nice, and whimsical in this latter article, frequently swapping and changing them. And, yet, it is somewhat unaccountable what a fair character he held among several of his acquaintance, who said he was remarkably well-behaved, no swearer, nor foolish talker, but would reprove others of that turn, when he happened in company with them. This the witnesses to his character, seem to confirm. He was born and educated at Spalding in Lincolnshire , where his parents and family live in a reputable rank, in the farming or grassing business; with whom he was virtuously brought up, till about seven years ago, when he was sent to London . - The place, which he charges, in his last words, with seducing his youth into folly and vanity, and corrupting his morals; earnestly warning all youth to flee from those snares in which he was taken. Of these seven years, he lived four with Mr. Price, and was now in the 23d year of his age. As he wrote an excellent hand for business, he is reported to have been remarkably expert in the imitation of handwritings, whether good or bad. And, that he had no mean understanding, appears from his questions, objections, and defence on the trial, by which it seems he endeavoured, both there, and in the transaction, to evade the edge of the law. He sharply cross-examined George Arnold , the waiter, at the Amsterdam coffee-house, who positively swore to him, as the person who gave him the (forged) bill, of 50 l. to be received at Freame and Barclays, where he did receive the cash for it, and brought it back to the prisoner, who was eagerly lookng out for him at the door, met him in the alley, and asked him if he had got the money. This waiter had seen him before and after this: and, with this very suspicious circumstance; about six or eight days after payment, he called on this waiter at the coffee-house, and cautioned him, that, if any person should question him about the bill; he should say, he received it of a fat, lusty, broadshouldered gentleman, the very reverse of Lee's person and figure. In the next place, he objected to the prosecution, as not knowing who the prosecutor was; though he supposed it was Freame and Co. and, on that supposition, complained after his conviction, that his life was taken away without an oath, a groundless insinuation! For, all the witnesses against him were sworn: and, the court fully answered this objection, telling him, that the prosecution was at the suit of the publick against all such offences. His main objection was, that he was a close prisoner in the King's Bench prison, from December 3, 1760, 'till February. This, if true, made it impossible for him to be guilty of this indictment, in the manner sworn against him by George Arnold : to support his evidence, therefore, Richard Absolom proves, that he saw the prisoner at the cock-alehouse, the corner of Sherborne-Lane , on the said 20th day of December, where he, the prisoner gave him a bill of 10 l. to be received of Mr. John Price , in the name of one Welden. He made another objection also, taken from the possible failure of Mr. Price's memory, and his being subject to error in accounts. This, he chiefly enlarged on in the paper read to the court, before he received sentence, in which the reader may be desirous to see how he pleads for his innocence and life, in his own words. " As I now stand, before this honourable court, convicted of a fact I am really innocent of, I humbly hope your lordship, and you gentlemen of the jury, will consider the circumstances that appeared against me, might have had some weight in my favour; as I have known Mr. Price before, to have made misstakes; and, that he has directed a bill for payment at his bankers, when I have two hours after asked him the value of the bill he so directed for payment, he, (Mr. Price) has forgot, that he has accepted any such bill, or, that ever it had been in his hands; and, I have known an instance or two, that in hurry of business, a bill from Mr. Sutton, has come into the counting-house, when Mr. Price has directed it for payment, without its being entered in the book; and has lain at the bankers three or four months; when it has come from the bankers, Mr. Price and I, have neither of us recollected, that any such bill ever had come to hand, but as knowing it was Mr. Sutton's hand-writing passed it to account. Mr. Sutton always sends up his accounts to Mr. Price, for account of Mr. Powser, sometimes of two years standing or more; and, generally with mistakes, bills drawn have been short in accounts sometimes more than has been paid by Mr. Price, when, after a mature examination they have been so settled, as both parties to agree; now, if such a mistake should be the consequence of this circumstance; and, after that, they should prove this to be an error; what an unhappy event will it be! when, alas! it will be then too late: now, this transaction never being discovered 'till ten months after the bills being paid; and, doubtless, a bill might have been drawn, accepted, and paid, and ten months after the whole circumstance, have been forgot; I humbly refer my unhappy case to the consideration of your Lordship and you gentlemen of the jury. My humble request is, to think on my poor afflicted aged parents, whose calamities are too obvious and unparalleled for my unhappy fate; the sorrows I feel are on their account, I am ready and willing to calmly submit myself to the sentence this honourable court shall think meet to pass on me; but for my poor parents, I could with pleasure, undismayed, smile on the fatal stroke of death, though now but in the twenty-second year of my age, having three virtuous sisters, and one of the tenderest and best of brothers; if my sentence is fatal, it must inevitably leave a lasting shame and disgrace on them; the thoughts of which now fills my mind with the utmost distraction. Without doubt, there are gentlemen now in this court, who have children of their own. Let sympathy move you to some compassion towards my most unhappy parents, for the pangs they feel: if tender partiality, from the above circumstances, may implore a more merciful sentence, let me humbly hope, this honourable court would take into their worthy consideration, this my most dreadful case, so as to terminate into a more tender sentence whan that the act implies. Facts, I know, are death; but circumstances, I humbly hope, will meet with mercy; so now, I again humbly submit myself to your lordship, that your lordship will represent in a favourable light to his majesty these circumstances; and, if possible, snatch from death, a youth, whose life shall be employed in perpetual prayer for your mercy." After his conviction, sentence was pronounced in an awful and solemn manner, on Perrott and Lee, together with a recapitulation of their guilt, in its several aggravating circumstances, and a persuasive to repentance: He seemed to see death, and a judgment infinitely more important at hand; he now began to apply himself in earnest to what he had before promised, but neglected to perform: He daily attended prayer and instruction; he was warned not to trust in any efforts, however great and powerful, for temporal mercy; but, to build his hopes on those mercies which never fail the true penitent. He was reminded of his neglect of duty before trial, which, as it had been put off one session, so it afforded him the better opportunity to improve his repentance. He partly acknowledged this neglect with sorrow; and partly excused it by an ill state of health, which his confinement, fretting, and other causes, had increased. Some days after sentence, he was asked whether he considered that paper read to the honourable court, as a just defence of his innocence, or an humble plea for mercy: He answered, that he did not rely on it as the former, but meant it as the latter; and still hoped he might have some good interest, and plea offered to his majesty to spare his life; being asked what that is? He replied, because it was merely from want and the pressures of a prison, that he was tempted to this rash deed, for which he was cast. But were there not other indictments against you for facts of the same nature? He seemed to make light of these, as if they were upon uncertain suppositions, and incapable of proof. He was farther told, that interest alone, without some favourable circumstances to represent in his favour, would not save him. This he seemed sensible of, and when disappointed of all hope, by the news of his death warrant, lamented the fatal truth. He owned to me the first mention of that dreadful summons brought to him by one of the runners, greatly shocked him; but, having recourse to God in mental prayer, he was recovered. On this occasion he was again urged to make all the satisfaction in his power to every injured party, at least by an humble acknowledgement, and asking forgiveness; but he evaded the confession of any other facts of this kind, by indirect answers; - that he had wrote to the injured parties, acknowledged his particular guilt to them, asked their pardon, and they had forgiven him. In this I acquiesced; as I could not disprove what he told me, and had no proof of any other fact of this kind, except that for which he stood convicted; the guilt of which he no longer denied. For about this time, he shewed me those thoughts in writing with which he intended to warn others, especially youth, against the false and pernicious steps he had taken; a duty which had been recommended to him; as also to write proper letters on this occasion to his friends in the country, which he promised to do. On these and other hopeful proofs of a true repentance, a lively faith, a fervent charity, and other requisites, he was admitted to the holy sacrament, the three last mornings of his life, to his manifest support, and great comfort, in this most dreadful trial and conflict; for he repeatedly told me he was strongly persuaded he had a portion in the merits of Christ, now interceding for him at the right hand of God, in virtue of which he should be happy hereafter. On the Morning of Execution. HE again told me that he was very easy, and quite resigned, because he believed he was going to meet a reconciled God; he again declared that he heartily renounced this vain and wicked world. - Nay further - that he hated and despised it. He had asked me the evening before, how Perrott behaved himself in his last moments? and was much pleased to hear that he prayed for him, and enquired, whether there were any hopes of a respite for him, and that he had sent him a handkerchief for a token, giving his love and duty to all friends. That token, said he, the messenger never brought, thinking I presume, it would be of little use to me, but of some to himself. I renounce this world, added he, not because I am going to leave it, and from the fears of death, but from a thorough conviction of its vanity, and the far supeior excellency of piety and true religion. He said, he had wrote to his friends, to comfort them with these sentiments. Being asked how he had spent the preceding night? he said he had slept from nine to twelve or one, and then rose to prayer, to his great peace and consolation; in this temper I found him this morning, when he joined in the prayers, and received the holy communion with serious devotion. In the way to the place of Execution, he told one who accompanied him, that his fears of death were removed, and that he found true consolation, but if any fear remained it was only that of the first pains, to bear these with patience he trusted in God for strength. Accordingly, when he first appeared under the tree, he was smiling even in the face of death, and declared his hope to be soon happy: he called to one Mr. M'Neal, whom he saw near him on horseback, asked his pardon, and was assured of it by that person. After he had joined in prayer the usual time, and read his last warning to the people, he observed several weeping around him: he comforted them, saying, I shall soon be happy. The last EXHORTATION and PRAYER, spoken immediately before he suffered. AS my hour of dissolution is now come, and that I am going to pay my last grand debt to the Almighty, who gave me that life I have so much abused, by a series of repeated and dreadful offences against his divine Majesty! What mercies can I expect now at the hand of an offended God, whose wrath can plunge me instantly into an abyss of never-ceasing woe, but from the merits of my ever pitying, compassionate Redeemer, there to take refuge, and lay the burden of my sins at a Saviour's feet. From my unhappy fate, misguided youth, take warning; let not the giddy shadows of vanity, lay too deep hold on your weak minds. Make virtue your leading principle; in the strict pursuits of which, with fervent prayer, God will bless you. 'Tis an easy matter to resolve on any thing, but without the divine assistance of the Almighty, you will find your strength but vain. Let me humbly beg of you all here present, to weigh this my last request, suffer not your passions to reign predominant over your reason. If you find at any time a will inclining to piety, pursue it with prayer for God's help, and you will find his strengthening grace diffuse its choicest comforts in your soul, to resist the destructive power of our grand enemy. Read frequently the holy scriptures, and lay up your treasures in heaven. Think, gentle youths, how soon you may be called hence, and summoned to eternity, either of happiness or misery! an awful consideration. Eternity! thou amazing thought! what idea can reach thy vast tremendous depth; ages, succeeding ages, millions and millions of years revolving, begin but thee. I would recommend to you contentment in all conditions in life; that's the greatest riches we can enjoy on earth; for though we may not all of us be blessed with prosperity, 'tis an incumbent duty to be satisfied with the fortune or estate in which it hath pleased the allwise Creator to place you. Oh, let me here lament my sad and fallen state! Had I not been intoxicated with the deceiving concupiscence, or desire, for that property I knew was not my own, I had then lived, and enjoyed an happiness unspeakable. I do not attribute my lost and forfeited life to any other, than an insensible desire of appearing in a gay and genteel course of temporal pleasures, so destructive to the soul. It diverts our thoughts from the duty we owe to God, which, when neglected, is sure to prove our bane. This exposes our weakest parts to the grand deceiver of mankind; he attacks us in various shapes, till he leads us subordinate to his will: Oh woeful slavery, how can we think to claim those mercies, promised by a tender pleading Saviour, whom we daily crucify by our enormous offences. Consider this, and think what an awful and fearful thing it must be, to fall into the hands of a living God. I am fully convinced, my repeated breaches of the divine laws of God, have justly incurred his almighty wrath, and brought this punishment down, the just reward of sin. And now I die with pleasure, a victim to justice, as well as public example; not without a full and perfect assurance of dying a happy monument of the mercies of God, and of my blessed Saviour. - Pity not me, but my poor afflicted parents, whose sorrows have brought them to the verge of life, from my unparallelled misfortunes. Tender, too tender, were they always of me; whilst I was under their parental care, I lived in a state of perfect innocence and tranquility: but, alas, I advanced in the world too soon, before morality was deeply rooted in my mind: London, the bane of youth, soon filled my flattering heart with vain desires of aspiring to things out of my reach; though I must say no action of my life, before these dreadful events, could ever impeach me of the least premeditated hurt to mankind. I do freely forgive all those who were the instruments of taking away my life, they were obliged to it by the laws of their country, and now calmly resign myself to the divine will of God, I beg you will join with me in this short prayer. Oh Almighty God, whose mercies are ever toward those, that truly repent them of their manifold sins; pitying behold me from thy glorious throne imploring mercy: permit me, gracious God; in this my hour of dissolution, as it hath pleased thee to call me hence, to submit myself chearfully, and to say not my will good Lord, but thine be done: and do thou, O Lord support and strengthen me under this dreadful conflict of death; and though I here suffer a shameful and ignominious death, suffer me not, O Lord, to meet thee on thy heavenly throne but with compassion and divine love. Oh! ever blessed and holy Jesus, thou didst once vouchsafe to pardon a sinner, even in his expiring moment. Oh let me, a lost sinner, humbly claim thy promise, and fly to thee in eternal bliss. My manifold sins indeed have justly provoked thee, O God, to anger, and kindled thy wrath against me; who can I fly to but my ever living Saviour, who, humble and obedient came down from heaven to deliver us from the heavy curse that sin has brought into the world. Graciously look on my infirmities, and deliver me, O Lord, from the heavy burden of my guilt, that when my soul departs this earthly body, it, may be rendered unto thee pure and without spot, an everlasting monument of thy divine mercy, for the sake of my ever blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen. Oh may God of his infinite mercy and goodness grant that this short and imperfect exhortation may leave a lasting impression on all your minds. And now vain world farewel. SAMUEL LEE . Novemb. 12, 1761. This is all the account given by me, STEPHEN ROE . Ordinary of Newgate.

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A True Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and last Dying Speeches of the Condemned Criminals, that were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 3d. of this Instant August, 1698. THE Ordinary is much obliged to the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord Bishop of London, for sending to his Assistance Mr. Adams, Minister of St. Alban's in Wood-street; and Mr. Moorer, Minister of St. Anns Aldersgate, who visited the Condemned Criminals every Day with great Care and Fidelity. On the Lord's-Day, after the Condemnation of the Condemned Criminals, a Sermon was Preached on this Text, Proverbs 30. 17. The Eye which mocks the Father, and despises the Counsel of the Mother, the Ravens of the Valley shall pluck it out, and the young Eagles shall eat it. TThis Text is suitable, because many Criminals at their Execution lament their undutifulness to their Parents affirming That this sin made way to their succeeding Crimes, which may warn Young Persons against Disobedience to their Parents to prevent an untimely ignominious death. Persons undutiful to either Parent, being driven to extreme want, usually fly to the Wars, as a Refuge; and being slain, their Carcasses lie unbury'd. The Ravens which haunt the Valleys for Careon, pick out the Eyes of a Rebellious Son, as the Instrument of unnatural Malignity; and if they leave it uneaten out of a loathing Contempt, the young Eagles as more greedily intent upon the Prey, devour that Eye, which disdainfully abused the Parent, as a just revenge of undutifulness. The Mothers Person, and her Instructions, are usually more slighted than the Fathers. Therefore the Sacred Scripture stiles the Mothers Admonition a Law, to guard its Authority from contempt, Prov. 1. 8, and 6. 20. What tho' Children do not so absolutely depend on the Mother for a livelihood, yet the Observation of Reverence towards her, should not be grafted in Self-Interest. The Tongues and Doings of such who despise their Parents, will soon affront the Father of their Spirits, and provoke him to destroy them. Such are seldom the objects of God's Converting Grace; for that when Common Reason is silent, or deposed, their Passions are more furious than those of Beasts. A Curse will come swiftly on such who frustrate the Design of Gospel Grace, which is, to turn the Disobedient to the Wisdom of the Ju, to comply with the Counsels and Examples of Holy and Righteous Parents. Otherwise it cannot be expected that the Hearts of a Nation should be prepared for a thorough Reformation, St. Luke 1. 17. It is very observable in the 19. Chapter of Leviticus the 3. verse, That the Law of obeying Parents is placed before the observation of the Sabbath. Therefore he cannot truly fear the Lord, nor be Religious, who doth not honour his Parents. This introduces the Contempt of God himself, and leaves the tainture of Impiety on the Heart. Such will soon violate the Sanctity of the Sabbath who slight their Father and their Mother, Ezekiel, 22. 7, 8, 9. Nor will this pretence vacate or disannul my Duty to Parents, that he or she is unnatural to their Off-spring, or impious toward God. For in the wst of Parents, there is the impress of God's Authority who hath made them the Instruments of their Childrens Being. In the Great Day of Christ's Universal Judgment, Parents shall implead their Disobedient Children, who rejected their tender faithful Admonitions with a scornful Heart. How will good Children acknowledge their Parents faithfulness, who train'd them up in early Piety, bequeathing the fear of God's Majesty as the best Inheritance? How will such Parents be honour'd in presenting their Off-spring at Christ's Tribunal, as the regenerate Sons of God, as made Ornaments to Heaven it self; Good Parents did not rigidly stand upon their Authority, and at the same time undermine it by any icious practice. Their Examples were more prevalent than their Precepts. They did not indulge them in any show of Vanity, but convinced them of the odiousness of the sin of Pride and Voluptuous Sensuality. They put them upon Serious Employment. Their Reproofs were not too mild: They did not stroak them when they did amiss, but used all means to save their Souls. They exercised and maintained mutually in the Marry'd State, the Purity and Strength of Love; this shed a benign influence on their Off-spring to force them into an high Veneration of their Parents. The Reason is, because the quarrelsom Husband or Wife, indulge that Child most, in vicious Excesses, who strikes in, and upholds the Contest, by a contempt of the other Parent. Let Parents consider, that they have begotten their Children, with the Image of Sin and Satan upon them. Tho' Parents cannot cure corrupt Nature (it being God's Prerogative only, to work Grace in the Heart) yet the Parents wining Amiability of an exemplary Holiness, may check a sensual course, and by degrees, may form their Off-spring to the love of Christian Vertues. Thus they shall not strengthen the poisonous works of sinful Nature in their Children, who otherwise affix the Seal of their own choice, to make themselves miserable to Eternity. How may Parents who have neglected their duty to their Children, condole their untimely death? O my unhappy Child, how have I contributed to thy Perdition? I thrust thee forth into the World as a Sea of Temptation, without instructing thee in the knowledge of God, and thy Duty to him. Had any Limb of thy Body grown awry, surely I had rectified this betimes, while Nerves were gentle and pliable; but I have not been careful to set thy Heart strait toward God. How unworthy have I been of the Title of a Parent, who deckt thy Body and taught thee Complemental Postures, but not how to foot it right in the Paths of the Lord. Had I Instructed, Reprov'd, and Corrected thee, thou mightest have been an Ornament to Heaven: But Oh! How have I sunk thee to the Regions of Darkness, with the weight of sinful Guilt, which might in time have been O my ! How am I dress'd with Anguish of Heart and fruitless Complaints? It is too late to recover thy Soul by all my Prayers and Tears. Think on the other hand, how the Rebellious Fondling will lament his untimely and shameful death. Is any misery like I despised all the Counsel of my Parents: This was the Source of my Profaneness, in breaking all the Laws of God and Man. How have I walkt in the Counsels of my own He which have betray'd me to my Ruin? How hath Satan train'd me up by all the of his Temptations, to the pursuit of my Lusts with greediness? How hath my Affectation of too much Liberty made me shameless as seating my self in the Chair of the Scorner? I have refus'd to acknowledge even God's Supremacy. How active have I been in sinning, as if it were the very perfection of my Nature? I have not regarded either the Favour of God, nor his Frowns, but have obey'd readily the corrupt dictates of one false Heart. Therefore, I am now justly plagu'd with an obdurate Heart which cannot repent. Yet let me not leave such in a despairing condition. O beg of God before it be too late, that tho' your Ears have been shut against the beseeching Sollicitations of his Spirit, yet that now your Hearts may be set wide open to Christ, the King of Righteousness, that he may be formed in them, and so may rule them by the Conduct of his Word and Spirit. Strive that all the effects of sincere repentance may be made conspicuous in your Conversion from the Dominion of all Iniquity, to the love of the Power of Godliness. O that every self-condemning Sinner would nor rest in meer complaining of the malignity of Sin against the Holy Jesus, but would tudy to make his Heart clean from the incorporating delement of his Lusts. The Lord's great end and design in inflicting anguish of Spirit on Sinners, is, that they may return from the pursuit of their youthful Vanities. As yet it is not too late to retrieve a course of sinning. If you earnestly and incessantly beg the renewing Grace of God's Holy Spirit he will assist you with success. If you unfeignedly repent and convert to God, the Guilt of your Impieties shall be expiated, to present you before the Throne of his Glory, pure and spotless with exceeding Joy. I proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Criminals, which I took in Writing according to their own Expressions. 1. FErdinando Croutson , condemn'd for false Coining the Currant Money of this Nation; he deny'd not the Crime: What he acknowledged besides, I shall set down in his own Expressions. He is aged thirty years, was born in Cumberland , his Parents died when he was seven years of age, his Uncles took care somewhat of his Education, putting him to School, but afterwards spent that Estate his Father left him, but yet God took care of him and preserved him by his Providence. He went to Sea , to get a Livelihood, but was like to be cast away twice; he then made Vows to God That he would live more strictly, and did often reprove such in his Company who swore or did any thing amiss: He said that while the Mercy of God's wonderful Deliverance was fresh in his mind, he kept his Heart close and fixt upon the Lord; but that sense of his Goodness did wear off and abate, which since he is sorry for. He said, that he did not lead a vicious life, and that now God chastizes him for to wean him from the remissness of his Heart; for tho' he kept the Church constantly, yet it was not with that diligent attendance to the Word of God Preacht, nor with that delight in it which ought to have been. He said, that when he came lately from Sea, he lodg'd in the House of one John Pissal , and he tempted him to ths bad Crime, and accused him, tho he drew him into it. And that he prays God to forgive him, and all his Enemies. He confess'd, that since his Commitment for his Crime he began to consider, what the sins of his Life past were, for which he did truly repent, and therefore that the Lord being displeased with him suffer'd him to fall into this Crime. He bless'd God, that by his Holy Spirit, he found good Thoughts in his Heart, and perform'd many Religious Services to God; yet that these are so defective, and mixt with wandering Thoughts, that they are the Burden and Grief of his Soul: Yet he despar'd not of God's Mercy, because he hath promised to forgive the sins of such who truly repent, and that he will not remember them to their Eternal Condemnation, tho' he useth them severely in this Life: Hereupon, he consider'd what true Repentance is, and said that he found, that his sorrowing for his sins was chiefly for offending the Lord, and not meerly out of horror of Conscience and the fear of his Torments: And that he now more loaths sin, than at any time he delighted in it. He said, that true Repentance is a hearty turning to the Lord, in the universal change of the Heart, as well as by the Convictions of the evil Nature of Sin in the Mind: And that if his Heart deceive him not, he now is as studiously desirous to serve the Lord, as he had formerly been forward in disobeying him: And that although he cannot so fully clear up the truth of his Repentance, because he hath a short time to live, and bring forth fruits of Holiness, yet that the Lord will accept of his Repentance, if it be from his Heart. He said, that this much troubles him, that in the best of his Devotions, his Thoughts wander and are not so fixt on the Lord. He also said, That if his Life might be spared, he hopes that he should never forget so great a Mercy, but would endeavour, to the utmost, to improve it in an honest Employment; yea, in a strict course of Conversation in the World: Yet says, That he is not over-fond of longer living, because that he is prone to back-sliding; for he is very sensible, that he hath formerly quenched the motions of God's Holy Spirit. I ask'd him, what True Saving Faith is? He reply'd, That it is not a meer reliance on God's Mercy and Christ's Merits, but the sincere Resignation of the Heart, in obedience to Christ's Sacred Laws. I hope that he is truly Penitent. The second Criminal condemn'd, is John Lee , a Soldier , for the Murdering of his Fellow: He is aged eight and twenty years, born in Cheshire . He was a Farmer's Son, and went from his Father, being undutiful, into the Army , and hath been fifteen years in that Service. He confess'd, That he seldom thought on God, until he was ready to engage with the Enemy in Battle. He neglected to pray at other times and was addicted to swearing, and that he frequented the Company of Women; and that the death of his Fellow Soldier much troubled him because on a sudden he killed him, as quarreling about paying of a Reckoning, so that his Fellow might not be in a fit condition to die. He said, that he strives to repent of all his sins, yet that God can only work it in him, and that he relies on God to give it him. The third, Mary Potter , Mary Segar , and Joan Brown , all three Condemned some Sessions ago for Burglary, were brought to their former Judgment. On Wednesday the 3d, of August, John Lee , Ferdinando Croutson , Mary Potter , Mary Seager , and Joan Brown were carry'd from Newgate to Tyburn . The first being in a Cart by himself, the second in a Sledge, and the three Women in another Cart; and being come to the Place of Execution, where they were assisted by two Eminent Divines, who at their first Application to the Criminals, desired of them, if they were willing to give warning to the Spectators to avoid the Crimes for which they were to die, who unanimously declar'd they were: But for some Reasons, put it upon one of the Ministers to do it for them, which being faithfully discharged, they all kneeled down upon the Cart, and the four former joyned with the Ministers in Prayer for a considerable time; after which, at the desire of the Prisoners, some part of the 4th Psalm was sung. John Lee owned the Crime for which he was to die, and said that his being in Drink was the occasion of it: That he had been with the deceased in the West Indies , and in his Majesty's Service at home, and in Flanders ; and that they never quarreled, nor had be any premeditated Malice against him; but in a sudden Passion gave him the Wound without any sufficient ground of Provocation: He said he was never inclinable to any indirect Methods, more than what his Station led him to when in Flanders; was heartily sorry for the Fact, and for his Sins, and seemed very Penitent. Ferdinando Croutson confess'd he had followed the Trade of Counterfeiting the Coin for some Years, and did not seem to deny his being concerned likewise in Counterfeiting the Stamps on Paper; upon which account he owned he had been in Chester Goal , but made his escape: He said he had been a great Sinner, but hoped for forgiveness; seem'd also very Penitent. Mary Potter and Mary Seager , own'd that they were guilty of the Crime for which they were to di and said that one Benn was with them in the Performance: That they had been guilty of so many Crimes of that nature that they could not remember one half of them; and said that the keeping of bad Company had hardened them in their Practice: That they had been very much guilty of the Sins of Profanity and Debauchery; died seemingly very Penitent. Joan Brown owned the Crimes for which she was to die, but seem'd to lessenit: She declared she died a Roman Catholick. All the Prisoners begged the Prayers of the Spectators, died in forgiveness with all Men. And having desired the Divines to sing some part of the 51th Psalm, which was done accordingly; the Cart drew away. Leonard Leonards , who was to have been Executed with the other Criminals for Robbing on the High-Way, is Repriev'd for Seven Days. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions. Dated Aug. 3. Sam. Smith , Ordinary . ADVERTISEMENT. The Vertues and Uses of that Excellent Gargarism, or Mouth-Water for the Teeth and Gums, truly prepared by W. Elmy, at the Blew-ball in Whale-bone Court, at the lower end of Bartholomew-lane, by the Royal Exchange. IT cures the Scurvy in the Mouth, and makes a good Pallate, and sweetneth the Breath, by dipping a Liquosh Stick sharpned at the end in this said Water, and rub your Gums there with as oft as need shall require: It whitens black and yellow Teeth, by rubbing your Teeth and Gums with a Tooth-brush dipp'd in this Water it fastens loose Teeth, and prevents their decaying, by holding half a Spoonful or more on that side of the Mouth which is afflicted, by causing the Rheum which falls upon the Nerves that lie under the Roots of the Teeth, to come away to Admiration. It is good for young Children in breeding their Teeth, and fit to be taken inwardly for Fevers: In short it is good for all Diseases incident to the Teem or Gums. The Glasses are of several Prices. LONDON, Printed for E. Mallet next the King's Arms Tavern near Fleet-Bridg, 1698.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Friday the 13th Day of March, 1712/1713. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 25th, 26th, and 27th Days of February 1712/1713, Five Persons, viz. three Men, and two Women, being Try'd for, and Convicted of Murder, and other Capital Crimes, receiv'd Sentence of Death accordingly: But Three of them having afterwards obtain'd a Gracious Reprieve, (which I wish they may take Care to improve, as they ought to do, to the Glory of GOD) Two only are now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them (twice every Day) brought up to the Chapel of Newgate, where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of GOD; drawing those Practical Inferences that naturally arose from it, and were most applicable to them, and proper for their Instruction and Encouragement to return to GOD by Faith and Repentance, whom they had so greatly offended by their wicked Lives and enormous Crimes. On the Lord's Day, the First instant, I preach'd to them, and others there present, who were many (too many) both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon this Text, Gen. 9 6. Whoso sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed; for in the Image of GOD made He Man. In my Explanation of which Words I shew'd, I. The Penalty which (by the Law of GOD) is inflicted upon the Murderer, for whom no Intercession nor Ransom ought to be accepted to save his Life, or procure him a Pardon, but he must be surely put to Death; as GOD expresly enjoyns in his Holy Word, and particularly in Num. 35. 30, 31. and here in the Text, where He says, Whoso sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man (i. e. by the Magistrate appointed to do Justice) shall his Blood be shed: Which is the former Clause. But, II. Besides the Penalty specified here, GOD is pleas'd to give the Reason for it in the latter Clause of the Text, which is this: For in the Image of GOD made He Man. From whence it clearly appears, that whosoever kills any Person willingly does commit an Injury, not only against that Person whom he kills, but against GOD himself, whose Image he thus presumptuously contemns, and does deface. Having enlarg'd upon these two Heads, and shewn what sort of Killing (in the Account of the Scripture) is Murder, and what is not; and how they should stir up themselves to the highest degree of Repentance, who have ar riv'd to this high pitch of Wickedness, or (indeed) are guilty of any other Crime; I then summ'd up both these my Discourses with particular Exhortations, suitable to the Cases of the Condemn'd. And again, On the last Lord's Day, the 8th instant, being the Blessed Day (not only of the Month, but even of the Week also) on which Our Most Gracious Queen ANN (whom GOD long preserve) ascended the Throne, I preach'd both in the Morning and Afternoon, to the Persons under Condemnation, and others that were there present, and took my Text out of the Gospel for the Day, viz. Matt. 22. 21. Then says He unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. Before I open'd the Text, I made a short Prefatory Discourse upon the Subject of the Solemnity of this Day; shewing, First, How much cause We of this Church and Nation have to return our humblest and heartiest Thanks and Praises to Almighty GOD, for that He (in his good Providence) was pleas'd, as on this Day, to set so Pious, so Just, and so Wise a Princess upon the Throne of these Kingdoms. Secondly, How Devout and Earnest we all should be in our Prayers to GOD for her Majesty's Long Life, Continu'd Health, and Prosperous Reign over us. And, Thirdly, How readily and dutifully we should obey Her excellent and wholsom Laws, Honour Her Sacred Person, and peaceably and quietly Observe and Submit to all Her Royal Commands; faithfully endeavouring by all honest and just Means to render Her Government Easie and Happy to her, as it plainly appears it is Her Gracious Intent to make it so to Us. And therefore (as CHRIST enjoyns in the Text) Let us render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, &c. Which Words of our Blessed Saviour's, with their Context, having explain'd in general, I then proceeded to observe from them in particular, I. The Malice, Wickedness, Subtilty, and Craftiness of the Pharisees, to bring about the pernicious Counsel and Device they had form'd against Christ, to whom they apply'd themselves with this specious (but most deceitful) Speech, at 16, 17 Verses. Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the Way of GOD in Truth; neither carest thou for any Man, for thou regardest not the Person of Men: Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give Tribute unto Cesar, or not? This was their captious and ensnaring Question to Christ: To which, II. Christ gives this wise and unexceptionable Answer we have at the 18th and 19th Verses, in these words: Why tempt ye me, ye Hypocrites? Shew me the Tribute money. Whereupon they producing to Him a Penny (a small Piece of Money) that bore Caesar's Image and Superscription: He ask'd them this Question, at the 20th Verse, Whose is this Image and Superscription? To which they answering, v. 21, that it was Cesar's; He then said unto 'em (in the words of the Text) Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's, and unto God the things that are God's. From which Words I shew'd, III, and lastly, The exact, useful, and wholsom Doctrine couched in that Answer given by Christ, who does herein clearly teach us Obedience both to GOD, and to our Governours. For hence we may learn, 1st, That it is our Duty to give every one his own; Tribute, to whom Tribute is due; Custom to whom Custom; Fear to whom Fear; Honour to whom Honour; as the Apostle commands, Rom. 13. 7. We ought to render to God the things of God, viz. Religion and Worship; and unto Men the things which respectively belong to them: Nay, (further) we must give the Devil himself that which is his due, charging him with the Cause of all our Sins, Iniquities, and Miseries. 2dly, That the Spiritual Kingdom of Christ in his Church, and the Civil Kingdom of Caesar, are distinct and separate; for (tho' they be both of God, yet) each of them being included within its own Bounds, may not enter upon the Borders of the other: For a Prince may not administer the Sacraments, nor a Priest sway the Scepter. 3dly, That (therefore) the Kingdom of Christ does not abrogate the Kingdom of Caesar, but on the contrary 'tis most evident, that the Gospel is a good Friend to all Civil Government, in teaching Princes how to Rule with Equity, and the People how to Obey and be Subject to the Higher Powers; that is (as the Text expresses it) To render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, &c. Wherein 'tis observable, that Christ does not say, Give, but Render; and that, because Tribute is not a Gift, but a Debt due to Caesar. Now, if Tribute must be paid to Caesar a Pagan Emperour, much more to Christian Kings and Queens, who are to the State, as the Scripture says they are to the Church, Nursing Fathers and Nursing Mothers: To whom these Three Things principally belong, viz. 1. Honour. Honour the King, 1 Pet. 2. 17. 2. Obedience. Obey Magistrates, and them that have the Rule over you, Tit. 3. 1. & Heb. 13. 17. 3. Tribute. So the Apostle having said, Ye must needs be Subject [to the Higher Powers] not only for Wrath, but also for Conscience-sake, he adds, For, for this Cause (i. e. in token of that Subjection which you owe to them) pay you Tribute also: For they are God's Ministers, &c. Rom. 13. 5, 6. I enlarg'd upon these Heads and Particulars, and then concluded with proper Exhortations and Admonitions to the Condemn'd Persons, whom I endeavour'd to make sensible of their being highly Guilty of the Breach of Christ's Precept in the Text, as having render'd neither to GOD, nor to the QUEEN, the Things due to Them, but contrariwise most presumptuously offended against the Laws of both. As I discours'd them in publick, so likewise I did in private: And then it was that they gave me the Account of their Past Lives, Present Dispositions, and Hopes of a Future State; of which the Reader may see so much as I have judg'd proper to impart here to the World. 1. Susan Perry , alias Dewy , Condemn'd for Stripping naked, Robbing and Murdering of John Peirce , an Infant of 4 Years of age, on the 27th day of January last. She said, She was not above 22 Years old; That she was born at Greenwich , and had liv'd a considerable time in or about London ; That she at first learnt to make Manteaus ; but when she was out of her Apprentiship, not being able to find Work in that Calling for her Maintenance, she then went to live with a Seamstress , with whom she staid but a little while; and then betook her self to cry, sometimes News-Papers, and at other times Fruit, &c. about the Streets . She confess'd, she was before now (viz. in October last) try'd at the Old-Baily, for a Felony, which she was found Guilty of, and Whipt for; and, That after her Discharge out of Newgate she liv'd a poor, miserable, wretched Life; which as she had then no Thought to render better by honest Means, so she was easily tempted to make it worse, as she did by committing the Fact she is now to die for. The Robbery she readily own'd, but the Murder she deny'd, saying, She never laid violent hands upon the Child, only took off his Cloaths from him, and left him (otherwise) untouch'd or unhurt. Upon which I told her, I could not believe she spoke the Truth in this Particular; for it was not at all likely that any other but her self (who did the Robbery) should have gone to strangle a Child that lay stark naked in the Fields, as she (by her own Confession) had left him: But indeed, she who had the cruel Heart to do such a barbarous thing, as to leave a poor innocent Babe in that manner, and in such a place, must naturally be thought to be the bloody Person that committed the Murder also. Besides, tho' One would suppose (a thing none can hardly do) that it had been otherwise, I mean, that she had not kill'd the Child outright by strangling of him (which no doubt she did, to prevent his crying and making a Noise, that might have occasion'd her being then apprehended) yet her leaving of him in that deplorable destitute Condition, in the open Air, in a cold damp Field, in that rigorous Season of the Year, and at that dark time of the Day too, it being (as her self told me) about Candle-lighting, must needs have occasion'd the Death of that poor Infant; which was (as the Honourable Judge worthily observ'd to this Notorious and Hard-hearted Criminal, at her Tryal) Such a Piece of Barbarity as no Age can hardly parallel. Thus I endeavour'd (by representing to her the horrid Enormity of this Inhumane and Barbarous Fact) to make her sensible of her great Guilt, and the Danger she was in of being eternally punish'd for it, and should certainly be so, unless she obtain'd of GOD the Pardon of it; which she ought therefore earnestly and constantly to implore. With this and what else was offer'd to her, she did not at first appear to be much mov'd; for so great was her Stupidity, that she express'd no Concern nor Remorse for the great Evil she had done; but afterwards, upon the renewing and enforcing my Admonitions to her, she seem'd in some measure to relent and have a Sense of her heinous Sin, tho' she still denied her actual Commission of that most horrid and barbarous Murder. But by her Tears, and other Expressions of Grief, she shew'd her great and just Apprehension of GOD's severer Judgment in another World, than that of the shameful Death she was to suffer in this; I endeavouring all the while to make her truly sensible, That as she most certainly was the Cause of that poor helpless Child's Death, so she must expect, that unless she carefully follow'd the Advice I gave her, to Repent, and cry mightily to GOD for Grace and Mercy, she should irrecoverably perish, and be lost to all Eternity. Upon this she seem'd to comply with the Directions I gave her herein, at least so far as her Ignorance (which was great, and mix'd with an obstinate and harden'd Disposition) did permit; praying (as she was often taught from David's Practice and Example in the 51 Psalm) That God, of his great Mercy, would blot out all her Transgressions: That He would deliver her from Blood-guiltiness; Create in her a clean Heart, and renew a right Spirit within her; that so, being cleansed from the pollution and filthiness of Sin, she might be admitted into Heaven, the Place of perfect Purity, Holiness, and, Happiness. Now whether her Heart was by these truly disposed towards God, or not, I shall not here determine: But this I can safely say, that she had apply'd to her the Means of Salvation, and she express'd some Hopes of it, through the alone Merits of JESUS CHRIST; whose Blood, which cry'd better things than the Blood of Abel, was (as I told her) all-sufficient to purify, heal, sanctify, and save her Sin-sick and defiled Soul, if with the Hands of a lively Faith, and sincere Repentance she did lay hold on HIM that is the true Lover of Souls, and the only Redeemer of the World; who came to call all Sinners to Repentance, for their Salvation. 2. Richard Adams , condemn'd for Assaulting and Robbing on the QUEEN's Highway, Mr. Robert Taylor , taking from him a Guinea and two half Crowns, upon the 14th of February last. He said, he was about 22 years of Age, born at Eastham in Worcestershire : That he had rid almost 2 years in the Earl of Oxford's Regiment , being the Second Regiment of Her Majesty's Life-Guard, under the Command of the D. of Northumberland; and, That upon a late Reducement made in that Regiment (and his Horse being bad) he was (with several others) discharg'd at that time, which was a little before Christmas last. He confess'd the Fact for which he was condemn'd; but said it was the very first day he began to Rob; adding, That when he was apprehended, a certain Person did take from him 5 l. 10s. 6d. in Money, with some Farthings; which was more than himself ever had taken from any Man, and which (save Mr. Taylor's Guinea and two half-Crowns) was all his own; and yet could never get any thing of it again from that Person who thus took it from him, and had no manner of Right to it. But now having no more occasion for it himself, he freely forgave it him. I found him very stubborn and untractable, and most ignorant in Things of Religion; for though he could read pretty well, yet by the little Knowledge he discover'd, it appear'd to me, he had made no very great or good use of his Reading: Neither did he shew any Devotion at all, when I had him either in the Chapel publickly, or in my Closer privately; for notwithstanding my telling him several times, That he should kneel at Prayers, stand up at the Creed, and reverently and devoutly attend to the Word of God, and all wholsom Admonitions given him; yet he seldom did any of these; but was so stupid, as not to have (as it seem'd) any Sense of the Duty he ow'd both to GOD and Man, nor indeed of the great Concern he should have had for the Welfare of his own Soul, the Eternal Salvation whereof he (in all outward appearance) minded very little; till at last finding he must certainly die, he then express'd great Sorrow for his Sins, which he acknowledged had justly brought him to this shameful and untimely End; confessing he had highly offended God, by a loose, disorderly and vicious Life, and humbly praying (as he was taught) for Mercy and Pardon at God's Hand, that so he might avoid the unspeakable Misery of Hell, and obtain the transcendent Happiness of Heaven, through the most prevailing Merits and Mediation of JESUS CHRIST, the Saviour of all Men, especially of Those that Believe, as St. Paul affirms, 1 Tim. 4. 10. At the Place of Execution, whither they were carry'd from Newgate in a Cart this Day, I attended them for the last time; and after proper Exhortations to them, I pray'd with them, sung some Penitential Psalms, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed: And so wishing them that Forgiveness of Sins, and that Life Everlasting, which they profess'd to believe; and commending their Souls into the Hands of a Faithful Creator and most Merciful Saviour, I withdrew from them, and left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some little time allotted them. After this, the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, each of them with their last Breath crying, Lord, have mercy upon me! Christ have mercy upon me! Lord, have mercy upon me! Lord, save me! &c. This is all the Account here to be given of these dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, February 13. 1712/1713. ADVERTISEMENTS. Books set forth by PAUL LORRAIN , before he was, and since he is Ordinary of Newgate . 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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Criminals that were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday the 22d of March, 1703/1704. ON Saturday the 11th Instant, being the last Day of the Sessions, lately held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, Seven Persons received Sentence of Death, whereof Two being found with quick Child, were then Reprieved, and another since, by HER MAJESTY's gracious, Mercy; the rest, viz. William Williams , Thomas Williams , William Barrow , and Thomas Jones , are order'd for Execution. On that Evening I visited them and pray'd with them. And on the next Day being the Lord's-Day the 12th Instant, I preach'd to them and others that came up to the Chappel, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon upon Luke 23. 42, and 43. part of the Second Lesson appointed for that Morning Service, and the Words these, And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me, when thou comest into thy Kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. From which Words, spoken to our Saviour by the Penitent Thief that was crucify'd with him, and our Saviour's gracious Answer to him, I shew'd, I. That happy Malefactor's great Faith and true Conversion, expressed, 1. In what we find him to have said before (viz. Ver. 40.) to his Companion, whom he concernedly rebuked for his railing on Christ, whose Divinity he also at the same time acknowledged, saying, Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same Condemnation? 2dly, In the ingenuous and open Confession he makes of his Sins, owning the Punishment inflicted on himself and the other Malefactor, to be just, and what indeed they had deserved, Ver. 41. We indeed suffer justly, for we receive the due Reward of our Deeds. 3dly, In his justifying Christ, and asserting his Innocence, in these Words which immediately follow his Confession; But this Man has done nothing amiss. 4thly and lastly, In his fervent and faithful Application to Christ, in the Words of the Text; Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom. By all which we may observe, he had a true Notion of Christ's two Natures (viz. the Divine and the Humane) and through the Vail of Death, he could see that glorious Kingdom and Crown of Life, which Christ, by his then approaching victorious Death and triumphant Resurrection, was to obtain, both to Himself and all these that believed on Him. II. The blessed Effects of that Faith and Confession, which were, 1st, The Absolution and Remission of his Sins. 2dly, That Eternal Life and Glory, which were the happy Consequents thereof. All imply'd in our Saviour's Gracious Promise to this truly Penitent Malefactor (which for the greater Confirmation of his Faith, he prefaces with an Asseveration) Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. On the following Lord's-Day, being the 19th Instant, I preach'd again to the Condemned Persons and others there present, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon Luke 11. 28. (being part of the Gospel for the Day) But he said, Yea rather, Blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it. In discoursing upon which Words, I first illustrated them from the Context, and then I laid down this Proposition, viz. That God has made the Terms of Salvation such, as all Men might receive them and comply with them, and that though every one could not have the Honour of being the natural Mother of Christ, yet every one that weuld hear and keep the Word of God, might be blessed; and they that did so, were accounted by him as near and dear to him as his own Mother was; as himself expresses it, Mat. 12. 45. & Mark 3. 35. Whosoever shall do the Will of my Father which is in Heaven, the same is my Brother, and Sister, and MOTHER. And Luke 8. 21. My MOTHER and my Brethren are these [pointing to his Disciples] which hear the Word of God, and do it. In inlarging upon this Proposition, I shew'd, 1st, That Men should be diligent to hear, For Faith comes by hearing, and hearing, by the Word of God, Rom. 10. 17. 2dly, That they should take heed how they hear, which is our Saviour's Advice, Luke 8. 18. 3dly, That they should obey the Word which they hear, and repent of their former Disobedience to it, and according to the Apostle's Admonition, receive with Meekness the ingrafted Word, which is able to save their Souls, Jam. 1. 21. From these Particulars, I proceeded to treat of Faith and Repentance, and having shewn, I. What true saving Faith was, and how Obedience to God's Word was inseparable from it. II. What that Repentance was, which only was available to Eternal Salvation. Then I laid down, III. Some pressing Motives to a speedy Repentance, taken from these weighty Considerations. 1st, The Shortness of our Lives here. 2dly, The Impossibility of Repenting after Death. 3dly and lastly, The Irreversible and Unalterable State, either of Happiness or Misery, which we must come to in another World, as soon as we depart out of this. All which several Discourses, I concluded with particular Application and pathetick Exhortations to the condemned Prisonners, suitable to their sad and deplorable Condition, by reason of their Sins. Of which I endeavoured all along to make them truly sensible; and to that purpose, had them every Day twice brought up to the Chappel, where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of God to them; drawing from that most instructive and comfortable Word, some Arguments encouraging and pressing them to Believe, to Repent, and be Saved. As I thus taught them in publick, so I did also discourse them in private, and press'd them to make an ingenuous and open Confession, of what their Consciences told them, they were guilty of, and ought to discover for the Glory of God, the Good of Mankind, and the Tranquillity of their own Minds here, and Salvation both of their Souls and Bodies hereafter. Upon which they severally open'd themselves to me, as follows. I. William Williams , condemned for Robbing on the High-Way. He said, he was about 22 Years of Age, born at Landaverry in the County of Carmarthen in Wales . He owned the Fact for which he was condemned, and withal acknowledged, that he had committed several other Robberies of the like Nature; but since his Confinement, he had made the best Reparation he could, by giving such Intelligence to the Persons he had wrong'd, and such Advice to those that had brought him into these unlawful Practices, and all others concerned with him therein, as he was bound and able to do. He confess'd that he was before this, under the same Condemnation, having been once try'd, and justly receiv'd Sentence of Death at the Assizes at Aylesbury ; but (to his great Grief now) that did not then move him to amend his Life; but he went on in his sinful Course of Swearing, Drinking, Whoring, Profaning the Lord's-Day, and injuring his Neighbour. For all which he begs Pardon both of God and Man; and he thanks God, that to his Numberless Sins, he did not add that of actual Murther. II. Thomas Williams , condemned also for Robbing on the High-way. He said he was about 26 Years of Age, born at Stafford , and bred up to the Seas , which he had used from his Youth; he having served on Board several Men of War in the West-Indies , and other Parts. He confessed he had been a great Sinner, and most grievously offended God in common Swearing, and in all manner of Debauchery and Lewdness. But he deny'd his having stol'n the Periwig that was laid to his Charge; saying at first, that he took it up from the Ground; and then afterwards positively affirming, that it was given him by one, who (with others) was in Company with him; but was not certain which of them, it was who gave it him; and as he might be mistaken in the Man, so he would not declare him, and bring him to trouble for the clearing of himself. I told him, I was afraid this was a framed Story, and not a real Truth; but he persisted in it, tho' I shew'd him the danger of Lying (particularly) in such a Matter as this, and under such an Approach of Death, which should make him have no other regard, but what tended to the clearing of his Conscience, and obtaining God's Pardon, and the Salvation of his Soul: Which were the only things he was to be concerned for. He said, he was sensible of that, and he would not omit the doing of any thing that he could do, in order to his dying well. He owned, he had been guilty of several Felonies, and had received the Punishment, which the Law inflicted upon him; yet he could not say, that it had alter'd his Inclination of offending any more. He went (as himself acknowledged) by several Names, viz. Thomas Jones , Tom. Hick , &c. But he said his right Name was Thomas Williams . I found him very Ignorant of any thing in Religion, and one that could not so much as read: But he was desirous both of my Instruction to him, and Prayers for him. III. William Barrow , condemn'd for Murther. He said, he was about 27 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Andrews Holbourn , and a Corporal under Colonel Hobbard, in the second Regiment of Guard, at the time of his Commitment. He confess'd, that he had formerly been a very loose Person, addicted to the enormous Vices of Prophaning the Lord's Name and Day, of Intemperance, Lewdness, and the like; and that being bound (when Young) to an Upholsterer in London , he ran away from his Master, and listed himself a Trooper : Then he left the Service, and, by the Inticement of bad Company, turned a Thief, and received the Law for a Felony prov'd upon him. After this, he went to serve in Flanders , and last of all here at home, - &c. As to the Fact of Murther, for which he was condemned now to die, I could not, by any means, bring him to the Confession of it; but he stedfastly persisted in his Denial of it. Yet he acknowledg'd the Justice of God in this his Punishment, because he had long before deserved it for other Sins: Which he pray'd and hop'd might be forgiven him for Christ's sake. IV. Thomas Jones , alias Toothless Tom, condemn'd for Burglary. He said, he was 23 Years of Age, born at Owston in Yorkshire , and had learned the Trade of Barber-Surgeon and Perriwig-maker ; but did not follow it long. About 5 Years ago he fell into bad Company; and about 4 Years since he was try'd for his Life at the Old-Bailey; and tho' he came off, because the Evidence against him was not strong enough to convict him of the Fact; yet he now confess'd to me, he was guilty of it, as also of many other Burglaries and Robberies, which he committed; and is heartily sorry he is not able to make Satisfaction for. He readily acknowledged the Fact for which he was to die, and asked Pardon of the Persons he had injured, and above all of God, whom he had so much offended, and whose Service he had so much neglected. He told me, he was born of very good Parents, and was well brought-up. But ill Communication had corrupted his good Manners. His Father's Name, which he discover'd to me, he desired should be concealed, he having, since his taking to ill Courses, gone by other Names than his own, because he would not bring a Reproach upon the honest and pious Family he belong'd to; adding, That neither his Father, nor any of his Relations, had heard from him ever since he had given up himself to a loose Life; that is, since the Five Years last past: Some part of which, he said, he spent in the Crown's Service, sometimes at Sea, and sometimes at Land; and the last Service he was in, was under Colonel Holmes, in the second Regiment of the QUEEN's Guard . Which Service, and chiefly his Christian Profession, he seem'd to be very sensibly griev'd to have so much dishonour'd and scandaliz'd. He said, he wish'd it were in his Power to make due Reparation; and he pray'd, that his Death might be a Warning to all other Sinners, and particularly to those, who from a good Education fall away, & abandon themselves to all manner of Sin, as himself had done; for which he heartily begg'd Pardon of God, of his Parents, and of all Persons he had any ways injured. He told me, he was well contented to die, and did not value this Life; and would with great Joy part with it, if he were sure of Eternal Life: But his Offences were so great, and he had abused so much Mercy, that he almost dispair'd of Salvation; yet he would not cease crying to that GOD, whose Compassions fail not. Thus did he express himself, and in all outward appearance, shew'd his great Abhorrence of Sin. He declar'd, he dy'd in Christian Charity with all Mankind; and put his whole Trust of Salvation in the alone Merits of CHRIST, whose most precious Blood, he pray'd might be apply'd to the cleansing, and sanctifying, and saving of his polluted Soul. After these poor Sinners had made their Confessions to me, and desir'd that so much thereof, as is above written, might be imparted to the World, for publick Benefit and Satisfaction; they were this Day carried (in two Carts) to the Place of Execution: Where I attended them for the last time. There I did again exhort them to clear their Consciences, that if there was any thing unconfess'd by them, which they ought to declare, they would now do it, and by a free Confession disburthen themselves, and so be dispos'd to stand before the God of Truth, at whose dreadful Tribunal they were going to make their Appearance: And in particular, I conjur'd (by the Consideration of that Eternity into which they were now to be lanch'd) William Barrow and Thomas Williams , to speak the naked Truth concerning those Facts for which they were condemned to this Death. But they (as well as the rest) answer'd, that what they had declar'd to me before, was the Truth. They all desired the Standers by, and all that had heard, or should hear of their Crimes and Punishment, to take Warning by them, and avoid all Lewdness, Prophaneness, Debauchery, and all manner of Sins: And William Williams, in particular, desired me to warn from him one that was concerned in several Robberies with him. Which they having said, I proceeded to Prayer with them, and for them: Then to the Rehearsal of the Articles of our Christian Faith; to the Singing of Penitential Hymns; and to Prayer again. Wherein I heartily recommended every one of their Souls to the tender Mercies of our Good and Gracious God. And so taking my leave of them, I exhorted them to cry to God for Mercy to the last Moment of their Lives; which they did, and for which they had some time allow'd them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, as they were calling upon God, in these and the like Ejaculations. Lord, have Mercy upon me! Sweet Jesus, open thine Arms of Mercy to me. Dear Saviour of the World receive me. This is all the Account, which (in this Shortness of Time) can be given by Wed. Mar. 22.1704. PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . Advertisements. THE Exemplary Life and Character of James Bonnell Esq ; late Accomptant-General of Ireland . 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 23d of this Instant December, 1730. BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq; Number I. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern, Fleetstreet . M.DCC.XXX. [Price Three-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Hon. Mr. Justice Page; the Hon. Mr. Baron Commins; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Raby, and others of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol. Delivery for the City of London, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, being the 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th of December, 1730, in the fourth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Fifteen Men, viz. Abr. White , Francis Saunders , John Mines , alias Minsham , alias Mitchel , Robert Taylor , William Brabyn , James Hall , William Holland , Peter Norman , J. Smith, J. Barnet, Richard Smith , W. Whitford, Thomas Mansel , Charles Rey , and Joshua Cornwall ; and two Women, viz. Constance Buckle , and Mary Smith , were by the Jury found Guilty of capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. The two Women, viz. Constance Buckle , convicted of a Street-Robbery, in Company with White, Saunders, Minsham, and Taylor; and Mary Smith , convicted for robbing a Man, by picking his Pocket of Five Shillings, in the Street near Leicester-fields, in the Night-time, pleaded their Bellies: Upon which a Jury of Matrons being sworn and impannell'd, brought them both in with quick Child; and then they were remanded back to Prison, in order to be reserv'd for Transportation. Many of them having been extravagantly wicked, obstinate and impudent young Fellows, I was oblig'd often to threaten them with Hell and Damnation, and to tell them, that they deserv'd no Favour of God nor Man, and that all the Miseries and Misfortunes they met with, were a Punishment too little for their Villainies; but they were foolish and inconsiderate, that it was very hard to gain upon them, or to do them any Good, so as to bring them to a Sense of Sin, and to consider upon the Evil of their Ways. I expos'd Sin to them in its Nature and Consequences; how that it was a direct Breach of the Law of God, which is altogether Holy, Righteous and Good, that it was contrary to the divine Nature, which is perfect and happy in itself, whereas Sin implies nothing but Deformity, Absurdity, Inconsistency, and a Privation of Happiness, that it was Vile and Detestable in its Author the Devil, who was the first Sinner, and consequently the Father of Sin, and therefore it is, that our Blessed Saviour reproving the obstinate and wicked Jews, for their maliciously persecuting him, and for their Infidelity in not believing him to be the true Messias, says, Ye are of your Father the Devil, and the Lusts of your Father ye will do: He was a Murtherer from the Beginning, and abode not in the Truth, because there is no Truth in him, when he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is a Liar, and the Father of it. St. Jo. 8. 44. And St. John again says, For all that is in the World, the Lust of the Flesh, and the Lust of the Eye, and the Pride of Life, is not of the Father, but is of the World, 1 Jo. 2. 16. And as Sin is thus evil, ugly, monstrous and deformed in its Nature, yet it is still more Pernicious in its fatal Consequences, and this the Apostle declares, For the Wages of Sin is Death: but the Gift of God is eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord, Rom. 6. 23. The Wages of Sin is Death Temporal, as occasioning the Separation of the Soul from the Body; Spiritual, in making us become Dead in Trespasses and Sins; and Eternal, in being seperated for ever from the Presence of the Lord, and the Glory of his Power, and in their being expos'd to the eternal Wrath, and Indignation, and Vengeance of the great God in Hell Fire. Sin was that which excluded our first Parents Adam and Eve from Paradise, a Place of Pleasure, and render'd them and all their Posterity miserable. Sin is the Overthrow of Empires, the Destruction of flourishing Common-Wealths, the Ruin of private Families, and the Plague of particular Persons. And therefore the wise Solomon saith, Righteousness exalteth a Nation: but Sin is a Reproach to any People, Pro. 14. 34. From those and such like Considerations, I let them see what they might in Justice expect, who had been so very atrocious Sinners. Upon the Wicked he shall rain Snares, Fire and Brimstone, and an horrible Tempest: this shall be the Portion of their Cup. And as I thus shew'd them their Misery by Sin, so I declar'd to them the Remedy by Grace, which was to be obtain'd by a saving Faith in Christ, the only Saviour of Sinners. Neither is there Salvation in any other: For there is none other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4. 12. And then I advis'd them to repent sincerely of all their Sins, for except we repent, we shall all likewise perish. St. Luke 13. 3. To forgive all Injuries done them, as they expected Forgiveness from God; and to make Resolutions of new Obedience, with holy David to say, I have sworn, and will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous Judgments. Psal. 119. 106. And since, they were to die, I exhorted them to partake of Christs Death in the blessed Sacrament, as he commanded us, to do this in remembrance of him, in Commemoration of his Death and Sufferings, which are the Meritorious Cause of our Shunning eternal Death, and obtaining everlasting Life. While those and other Exortations were given; they attended in Chapel, and made regular Responces, but not with that Seriousness which became Men in their desperate Circumstances. Hall, White, and some others laugh'd too often in time of Divine Service, for which they were sharply reproved, as being incorregible, insensible Sinners. Taylor, Brabyn, Minsham, Holland, Norman, John Smith , Whitford, Manfel, Rey and Cornwall, behav'd decently and gravely, Barnet mostly kept his Cell because of Sickness, and always seem'd to be a very obdur'd Sinner. Upon Thursday the 17th of December, Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the said fifteen Malefactors under Sentence of Death in Newgate, when Thomas Mansel for stealing a Horse, val. 3 l. the Property of Ann Hartshorn , Widow, and Charles Rey , receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve, the remaining Thirteen, viz. Abraham White , Francis Saunders , John Mines , alias Minsham , alias Mitchel, Robert Taylor , William Brabyn , James Hall , William Holland , Peter Norman , John Smith , John Barnet , Richard Smith , William Whitford , and Joshua Cornwall were ordered for Execution. Joshua Cornwall , was indicted (at the Sessions before last, holden upon the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th, of October last) by the Name of C-J in Company with Thomas Rivers of St. Botolph's Aldgate, (who was Executed on Monday, the 16th, of November last) for Burglariously breaking into the House of Nicholas Fenwick , Esq; and stealing diverse pieces of Plate, to the value of 85l. 19 s. Holland Shirts, value 20 l. and other Goods of the said Nicholas Fenwick , Esq; the 8th of September last. Joshua Cornwall , having been a Servant and Domestick of Mr. Fenwick's, and having only open'd the Door and let in Rivers and John Girst , (who was Evidence against both of them) and deliver'd to, or suffer'd them to take the Goods mention'd in the Indictment. The Jury doubting, if Cornwall, who was a Domestick Servant, did not go out of the House, but went to Bed the same Night after the Robbery was Committed, could be guilty of a Burglary in breaking open the House, as to him they brought in their Verdict in Special: Which Special Verdict has since been Argu'd by the Twelve Judges, and determin'd by them, that Cornwall was guilty of Burglary. Whereupon he was called to the Bar, and according receiv'd Sentence of Death with the Rest. 1. Joshua Cornwall , Twenty-Two Years of Age, born at Briggs in Lincolnshire , of honest Parents, who were willing and capable to give him good Education at School; but he was indulg'd by his Mother, took his Liberty, rode up and down the Country, was idle and unwilling to apply himself either to his Books, or any kind of Business. After his Mothers Death, his Father not inclining to allow him his former wilfull Liberties: He was bound Apprentice to a Baker in Hull , but his Master having been an intimate Acquaintance of his Father's Family, took no strict care of him, but suffer'd him to ride and Travel up and down the Country, and to go and come as he pleas'd. Having thus contracted a Habit of Idleness and Laziness, he become of such an inconstant and vagrant Disposition, that he could not apply himself to any settl'd way of Life, but left his Master, and went into the Country, and idl'd away his Time among his Friends and Acquaintances, as he had a mind. When he was wearied of the Country, he came to Town, about eight Years ago, and (as he said) serv'd several Gentlemen in station of a Footman , Honestly and with Approbation, and if he had been for stealing, might have often taken many Thousands, but never put forth his Hand to wrong any Body, till the fatal Hour of Temptation, when by Persuation of the Evidence and Rivers, while in Mr. Fenwick's Service, he Conspir'd with them to Rob his Master, which accordingly they did on the eight of September last, by his opening the back Door and letting them in, and then suffering them to take away the Goods mention'd in the Indictment, with many others not spoken off, for he said he did not hand out the things (as Girst swore) but only show'd them where they were, and then Rivers bundl'd them up, and they carried them off to his Lodgings, in Vinegar-yard Drury lane: He said, he was not given to Drinking, for he had not been Drunk above three times in his Life, and that he had not much to do with lewd Women. He blam'd Rivers very much for giving him wicked Counsel, and said he was a shabby, naked Fellow, till he got the Gentleman's Money and Cloaths, and that being poor, he stole and pilfer'd wherever he went, or had the least Opportunity. He behav'd under Sentence decently and devoutly, and affirm'd, that he never was Robber nor Thief, excepting this Instance for which he died, and that he had not been wicked to such a Pitch, as those abandon'd Miscreants use to be. He profest a deep Repentance and Wept often. He declared, that he hop'd to be saved by God's Mercy through Christ, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Richard Smith , of St. James's-Clerkenwell , was Indicted for Assaulting Thomas Dickingson , in a certain Field, or open Place, near the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, a Peruke, a pair of Scissars and Sheath, the 15th of November last. 2. Richard Smith , Twenty-Eight Years of Age, of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, in Reading and Writing, and got him instructed in Principles of Christianity; and when of Age, they put him out Apprentice to a Lock-Smith and Iron-Door-maker at Mile-End , with whom he serv'd out his Time honestly, and afterwards (as he said) he set up in Partnership in Newgate-Street ; but it seems, he was of a roving Temper, could not be confin'd, neglected his Business, follow'd after bad Company and all manner of Vice and wicked Consorts; and having married a Wife, he prov'd the worst of Husbands, and the most unnatural and barbarous Parent, deserting both his Wife and two or three young Children: Then he having wholly given himself upto a Loose, disorderly way, and having nothing to do in London , he resolv'd, by the direction of his giddy Head, to leave the Kingdom, and go to France , which Resolution he accomplish'd; and while he was there, having had no Religion before, he learn'd a new one, to be a Roman Catholick; he said, he had taken the Sacrament both from the Church of England, and R-, but that he inclin'd most to the last, which was of his own chusing. He own'd that he had been a most dissolute Fellow, in Picking, Stealing, Drinking, Cursing and Blaspheming, and almost in all kind of Sins. He was provided with Pistols and other Accoutrements for Robbing and Thieving. As to the Robbery he was convicted off, he said, that in the Evening, the 15th of November last, as they were coming along at the back of the Town, Joseph Eves , and John Etty , attack'd the Prosecutor, Beat him and took the Things mention'd in the Indictment, but that he had no hand in it, this having been done without his knowledge, as he was walking behind them; and that he never committed but one other Robbery; but had been guilty of innumerable Villainies at other Times, and intended to live by the Highway, but was miserably disappointed in a very short Time. He was very Poor Wept and complain'd, that scarce any Body came to see him. Sunday the 20th Instant, two Days before he Died, he gave a Paper desiring it to be read to the People after Sermon, importing, that the Evidence Wills, was injurious to his Partners Eves and Etty in some Things; and that his Wife was an honest Woman, and knew not of his base and unaccountable Practices, wherefore he desir'd the World might not have ill thoughts of her. He confess'd, that he was one of the Wickedest of Men in all kind of Debaucheries. He kept Chapel and was Grave, but spoke too often to those whom he knew. On Monday the 14th Instant, he beat a Young Man furiously with a Stick he had got in his Hand, as I was going into the Chapel. I reproved him sharply, he complain'd that he was provok'd by being first beat and made his excuse the best way he could. He was a little, bold, daring Fellow. He hop'd to be sav'd through Christ, and died in Peace with all the World. William Holland and Peter Norman , of St. George in the East , were indicted for assaulting Samuel Addison , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Handkerchief, value 1 s. and 10 d. in Money, the 17th of October last. William Holland , a second Time (with one who was acquitted) and John Smith , of St. Dunstan's Stepney , were indicted for assaulting Richard Griffith , on the Highway, and taking from him a Silver Watch, a Cornelian Seal set in Gold, and two Guineas, the Property of the said Richard Griffith , and a pair of Spectacles and Case of Johanna Griffith , the 3d of October last. William Holland (a third Time) and John Barnet , of St. Mary's White Chappel , were indicted for assaulting James Ivory , in a Field, or open Place near the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Bag value 1 d. and Iron Tobacco Box, and 17 s. in Money, the 15th of October last. 3. William Holland , 26 Years of Age, of poor Parents in Lancashire, near Preston , had no Education at School, but follow'd Country-work, and (as he said) liv'd honestly at home. Some Years ago he came to London , listed in the first Regiment of Guards , married a Wise and serv'd a Glass-grinder honestly four Years; but coming acquainted with Griffiths and Armstrong, who were lately convicted of House-breaking upon his Evidence, the first reprieved and transported, and the latter executed; they advis'd him to turn Thief, Robber, and House-breaker, which wicked Council he too readily comply'd with about three Quarters of a Year ago; Armstrong having gone to Death denying the Fact. I ask'd Holland if he had sworn falsely against Armstrong, as he and Griffiths, whose Life was sav'd, affirmed? He declar'd as a dying Man, that all was true. No Man can well know how to judge upon the Sayings of such Men as these. He was very poor and naked, and wept when he spoke of the Misery of himself, his Wife and Children. When his Master heard of his bad Character, he would employ him no more, and upon this he gave himself wholly to thieving and robbing. Having got a Pardon after he had been an Evidence, his Captain took him into the Regiment again, and gave him new Cloathing, but he could not be confin'd to an honest way of Living, but turn'd more wicked than ever. He profess'd Penitence, behav'd well in Chappel, was Ignorant, though he seem'd willing and desirous to be instructed. He gave a very bad Character of Griffiths and Armstrong, and and said, they were the Cause of his utter Ruin. He was a most profligate, abandon'd and irreclaimable Wretch. He own'd only one Robbery besides those he died for, and said, the Evidence ow'd him Ill-will, yet could not deny his being concern'd in the Robberies sworn against him. He hop'd to be sav'd by the Mercy of God in Christ, repented of his Sins, and forgave all Injuries done him. 4. Peter Norman , 25 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who educated him at School in reading, writing, and Accompts to fit him for Business, and instructed him in religious Principles. When of Age he was put Apprentice to a Cabbinet-maker and Joyner , in Barbican , and serv'd out his Time honestly. Since he was at his Freedom, he did not incline to work, but apply'd himself to Drinking, Gaming, Whoring, Thieving, Robbing, and all Manner of Wickedness and bad Company, who hurry'd him head long to Destruction. He got himself provided with Pistols and proper Weapons for his desperate Purposes. He behav'd well in Chappel, and was offended at the Miscarriage of some of the rest. He had some Hopes of a Reprieve, from which I dissuaded him. He own'd himself among the Chief of Sinners, that his Sentence was just, and that he was concern'd in the Robbery for which he died. He profess'd a deep Penitence, believ'd in Christ, and freely forgave all Injuries. 5. John Smith , 26 Years of Age, was educated at School for Business, and instructed in Principles of Religion. When of Age he follow'd the Business of a Wax-Chandler , with Care and Diligence, but when he had nothing to do, falling into bad Company, through Temptation of the Devil, they led him to the Highway, where (as he said) he never robb'd any but in this single Instance for which he died. He said, that he had always liv'd Soberly, was seldom Drunk, that he did not Swear, nor Whore much, but own'd, that being forsaken of God, he design'd to follow nothing else but the Highway. He always behav'd Modestly and Christianly, declar'd himself very Penitent, and died in Peace with all the World. 6. John Barnet , 27 Years of Age, his Parents liv'd in Whitechappel , and would have given him good Education, having been in pretty good Circumstances, but he was from his Cradle of the most wicked, dogged, perverse Disposition in the World, would not go to School, nor do any Thing that was Virtuous and Good, in Obedience to his Parents or Relations, but went about the Streets and acted the Blackguard, when there was not any Occasion to do so from his very Infancy. He went two or three Times short Trips to Sea, to keep him from Prison and the Gallows for a While, and those were the only Seasons of his Life, wherein he pretended to do any thing that was seemingly good, for he came home with full Resolutions of following his old Trade of Life, and delighted only in the Company of Whores, Thieves, Drunkards, and the other Scum and refuse of Mankind. I have not seen a more insensible and stupid Fellow, with Respect to any thing that favour'd of Religion or Goodness. Having heard that his Father was a Man of Substance, and able to leave him 700 l. as I visited him in the Cell the Monday before he died, when he was not able to move, because of a Swelling in his Feet and Legs with his Irons and Cold, after I had pray'd for and exhorted him, I ask'd him, if his Father would have left him Seven Hundred Pound which he would not take? He said, he would have taken all, but by Force and Stealth, but that they would not let him do, and therefore, when his Father desir'd him to come up Stairs, that he might leave him the chief Part of his Heritage, he curs'd and d-d, and bid him leave it to his Brother, or whom he pleas'd, and would not go near his Father; who dying very soon after, he was cut off with a Shilling. As for Confessions, he said, He had done enough that Way, for confess or not confess, they would hang him on Wednesday, and Sensible or Insensible of his Sin, they would make him Sensible by the Punishment. He was a poor obdur'd and most obstinate Sinner; and as he was a most wicked, flagitious Fellow, so he spoke more like one Crazy than in his right Senses. He did not own that he had been Prisoner in Newgate before, but said, he took Pleasure to visit and chat with his Friends and Acquaintances there, and upon that Account, that he often came both to the Chappel and Common Side to meet with them. He carry'd with something of Civility both in the Cell and at Chappel, but was of such a rugged, snarling, discontented Temper, that he would take no Advice, and it was next to an Impossibility to reclaim or make him much better. He cried to God, and hop'd that he would have Mercy upon him. N. B. John Smith , Monday Evening before he died, desir'd me to give Account, that his Wife was an honest Woman, and that she knew nothing of his committing the Robbery he was convicted of, nor his other Villainies, particularly, his Whoring and keeping bad Company, which ruin'd him; for being reduc'd and out of Business, and falling in Company with H-ll the Evidence, he advis'd him to go out upon the Highway the Night they robb'd Capt. Griffith, which was the first and last ever he committed. He hop'd the World would not reflect upon his Wife, for his Wickedness, of which she was altogether Innocent. Holland denied his being any way concern'd in the robbing Capt. Griffith, and Smith desir'd to let the World know, that Holland knew nothing of the said Robbery, and that the Evidence was unjust to him in that Respect, and that he (the said John Smith ) never saw William Holland , till they met together in New-Prison. Peter Norman also said, that since he was out of his Time, he mostly travell'd the Kingdom with his Father, who is a Chapman , and did Business for him, and sometimes he follow'd his Trade a little, and that he spent the rest of his Time in all manner of Wickedness and Debauchery. He deny'd that he was guilty of the Robbery he was convicted of, as it was sworn against him, but own'd that he was only guilty of one other Highway Robbery, and that he was fully resolv'd to follow that way of Business. James Hall , of St. Andrews, Holbourn , was indicted, for that he, together with one William Sherlock , not taken, did, on the 1st of November, assault James Ramsay on the Highway, put him in fear, and took from him a Hat, value 5 s. a Wig, value 10 s. and 1 s. in Money. 7. James Hall , near 20 Years of Age, his Father was a Master Bricklayer, in Drury-Lane, of good Business, but not being a good Manager and having run out, about sixteen Years ago, he sold himself to Jamaica, where he now lives in good Repute at Port Royal; so the Father being absent, his Mother gave him Education at School, and put him to a Silver-Smith , in the Neighbourhood of the City, whom he serv'd till about two Years ago, wearied of Confinement, he went off. His Master finding him a naughty Boy was indifferent about taking him again, a Kinsman employ'd him as a Labourer about Houses when it pleas'd him to work. His Father who (as he said) is turn'd rich, writ often for him, but he loved the Air of London too well, and the rest of his Family, but none of them went. He went to some of the Houses about the Back of Holbourn, frequented by his Fraternity, where he was totally ruin'd. He liv'd unmarried with a young Woman for a Year and a half past, who advis'd him against unlawful Courses, and promis'd to give him the Half of what she could gain by working at her Needle, but that Advice he would not take. He confess'd his knocking down of James Ramsay in Holbourn , by Dean-Street, and his robbing of him, as in the Indictment, for that a Man who knew him was looking out at a Window and saw him do it, so that he could not deny it. But another Robbery by the Coal-yard, alledg'd against him, he knew nothing of. He committed six Street-robberies, and got not above 10 s. by them all, and that small Sum cost him no less than his Life, a poor Purchase. His Companions are all since fled. On Monday Morning, the 14th of December, in Time of Divine Service he laugh'd and provok'd some of his Associates to do so. He was an abandon'd, wicked, light-headed Wretch, and good for nothing. I reprov'd him sharply, and told them they deserved no Favour of God nor Man for such irreverent Carriage, they afterwards behav'd better. He profest his Faith in Christ, Repentance for his Sins, and freely forgave all Injuries done him. William Brabent and James Hall (for a second time) of St. Giles's in the Fields , were Indicted for assaulting Richard Taylor on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, value 5 s. and 15 s. 6 d. in Money the 29th of October last. 8. William Brabent , near 20 Years of Age, of honest but mean Parents, who Educated him at a Charity-School, and put him to a Shoemaker ; he did not follow his Trade much after he left his Master, but got acquainted with a Gang of Thieves, who persuaded him to go with them and steal Lead off of Noblemen and Gentlemens Houses, and to break open empty Houses for the same End, and carry off what they could get, ost of the Time he behaved with Decency and Gravity, and profest himself a deep Penitent. His Uncle and Cousin in Black Friars sent some Letters giving him Godly, Christian Advices; the original Letters from him to them with their Answers were given to me by his Cousin. He married a young Woman in January last about Sixteen Years of Age, whose Brother is a Thief, took him out and learn'd him to Steal, and now lies in Newgate for Transportation. He kept Geneva-Shops , drunk much Gin, and there he met with his unlucky Companions. Monday Evening before he Died, because one of the Runners bid or oblig'd him to go to his Seat, when he was speaking to his Mother and some Acquaintance in time of Prayers, he flew out into a violent Passion, threw down his Hat with Fury, Swore and D-d both in Chapel and as he was going down Stairs immediately after. In May last he was in Newgate for stealing Lead, but was let out for want of Evidence. He denied his knowing any thing of the Robbery for which he died, and declar'd, that he never Robb'd on the Highway, but that a long Time he had practised the stealing of Lead, and any small Things his Fingers could lay hold on. He acknowledg'd, that he was a very great Sinner, that God, had in Justice afflicted him, profest his Faith in Christ, Repentance for his Sins, and that he died in Peace with all Mankind. Abraham White , Francis Saunders , John Mines , alias Minsham , alias Mitchel , of St. Giles's in the Fields , were Indicted for assaulting John Ross on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, value 5 s. and Four pence Half-penny, the 3d of November last. Francis Saunders , (a second Time) Robert Taylor , and Constance Buckle , of St. Giles's in the Fields , were Indicted for assaulting Richard Smith , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, value 5 s. the 2d of November last. Constance Buckle , was Repriev'd because of her Pregnancy. 9. Abraham White , 18 Years of Age, was a perverse, wicked, obstinate Child, and would not go to School to learn any thing. His Father taught him his own Business of a Bricklayer , and he needed not have wanted any thing, but he was wholly given to Wickedness, and followed bad Company, Thieving, Lew'd Women, Drinking, &c. He own'd, that he assaulted, or at least was Present and Assisting in the Robbery committed on John Ross , in Bloomsbury Square , of which he was Convicted, and that he had been a most flagitious profligate young Fellow, Disobedient to his Parents, a Sabbath-breaker, a Swearer and Blasphemer, a Drunkard, a Whore-master, a notorious Thief and a Robber, an ignorant, obstinate, inconsiderate Fellow, and one who was negligent of all Duties to God and Man. He blam'd Hall for his Laughing in Chapel, and call'd him one of the worst of Men. He declar'd, that he believ'd in Christ as the Son of God, and Saviour of the World, repented of his abominable Life, and was in Peace with all Mankind. 10. Francis Saunders , near Eighteen years Old, educated at School to read and write, and cast Accompts fit for Business; and when of Age, was put to a Stay-maker , at which Employment he made good Proficiency, and might have come to Credit, if he had kept close to it; but bad Company was his Ruin, particularly, that of White, Minsham, and Jones the Evidence, and some others who enticed him to Drinking, and to accompany them to the Highway. He acknowledg'd himself guilty of Robbing John Ross in Bloomsbury , and Richard Smith in St. Giles's , but said, he never committed any more Highway Robberies; altho' he had done a great many other vile Actions, such as Drinking to Excess, idling away his Time, Whoring, keeping the worst of Company, &c. He said, his Brother, and some Relations, would have recommended him in his way of Business as a Staymaker, whereby he might have very handsomly got his Bread; but being of a roving Disposition, he made off from them, and follow'd after his disgraceful Companions; and having forsaken God, God forsook him, left him to himself, and then he speedily fell into Destruction. He blam'd Hall, for his Misbehaving in Chappel, and said, that he Curs'd and Swore, and discover'd very much of his wicked Disposition in the Cells. He seem'd more Penitent and careful than many of the Rest. He entertain'd some hopes of a Reprieve, but I dissuaded him from that. He own'd himself among the chief of Sinners, begg'd God and Man Pardon for his Offences, died Penitent and in Peace with all the World. 11. John Mines , alias Minsham , alias Mitchel , his true Name was Minsham, 16 Years of Age, his Father an Ostler on the other Side of the Water, would have given him Education at School, but he being of a peevish mean Temper was not willing to be instructed, and neglected every Thing that was Good. When of Age he was not put to any Trade, but kept the Streets, and fell acquainted with the Coachmen, who Learn'd him to Drive a Hackney-Coach , when he could get any Employment that Way; he said, he never thiev'd, nor robb'd any, excepting that he was present when they robb'd John Ross in Bloomsbury-Square , but that he acted nothing in the Affair, although Jones Swore, that he held the Pistol to the Man's Breast, till Saunders rifled him, took his Hat, 4 d, half-penny, and a Pound of Bacon out of his Pocket. He blam'd White and Saunders, as wicked Fellows, and the Cause of his Ruin, by their bad Counsel; and they said, he was no better, if not worse than themselves; so it is hard to Judge whom we can Believe of that wicked Generation of People; for seldom one of them has a good Word to Say of another. He said, he might have liv'd by his Business, of a Coachman, but was a poor, simple, viciously-inclined, misled Creature, and (if we may believe him) hurried head-long to his Ruin, by the vilest Miscreants, like a Fool to the Correction of the Stocks. He was grosly Ignorant, I did what I could to Instruct him and some others, but the Time was Short, and they were Dull of Hearing; he said, he knew not of their Design to Rob, when they went out, but it's to be fear'd, that he was too ready to comply. He hop'd for Salvation through Christ, repented of his Sins, own'd the Justice of his Sentence by Law, and Died in Peace with all Mankind. 12. Robert Taylor , about 18 Years of Age, his Father a Soldier and Shoe-maker, had him educated at a Free-School in reading, writing, &c. and instructed in the Christian Faith; and when of Age, he bred him to his own Trade of a Shoe-maker , in which he turn'd very expert, and might have lived by his Trade, if he had continued Honest, and kept himself in good Company: But bad Company never fails to undo all these miserable Creatures, and it is what they run violently upon, and will by no Means be restrained from. He fell into the Acquaintance of Constance Buckle , a vile, notorious Street walker, Indicted and Convicted for the same Robbery with himself, and with her he entertained familiarity for sometime, who had neither good Advice to give him, nor a good Place to take him to, their Place of Meeting being in the little Gin-Shops, where the worst of Company commonly Resort. The Account he gave of the Robbery for which he Died, was to this Purpose. Coming home to his Father's, the 2d of November last, his Father gave him a little Job to do, for which he gave him Six-Pence; as he was going home, he met with Jones the Evidence, who invited him to a Brandy Shop, where he met with Saunders, and the Woman; and having Drunk liberally, as they went home, some of them beat off the Man's Hat, meeting him opposite to St. Giles's Church , Buckle took it up, run away with it, and Sold it next Morning. Taylor was so Drunk, that he knew not if he had any Hand in the Robbery, or not, and desired me to ask Saunders, who said, that he and Taylor, struck or knock'd down the Man, and that the Woman run away with his Hat. But they were so intoxicated, that neither of them knew well what he was doing. Both of them reflected on Richard Jones , as the greatest Rogue of all, and an old Thief. Taylor said, he knew nothing of Jones, but that he was a Neighbour's Son, and believed he was honest, and that when they went out, he knew nothing of their Intention of Robbing in the Street. He behaved always well in Chappel, made regular Responses, and appear'd to be Serious, but was sometimes guilty of talking and pratling to his Friends who visited him, which too many of them are apt to do, upon Pretence, that they have Scarce any other Time allowed them to Speak with their Relations or Friends, he declar'd, that he was Honest in the preceeding Part of his Life, and never thiev'd or robb'd, saving the Fact for which he Died. He often Wept, was Penitent, Believ'd to be Sav'd by the Mercy of God, through Christ, and forgave all Injuries, as he expected forgiveness from God. N. B. All the preceeding Robbers were but new Beginners, most of them having Committed but one or two Facts, and not having followed that irregular Course of Life, above a Month or Two at most, as they said, excepting Barnet, Holland, and Richard Smith , who were old, obdurate Sinners. William Whitford , of St. Giles's Cripplegate , was Indicted for Assaulting Elizabeth Wright , on the High-way, putting her in Fear, and taking from her 18 Guineas, the 12th of November last. 13. William Whitford , as he said, 26 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Worcestershire , who educated him at School in reading, writing, and cyphering, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in the Principles of our holy Faith. When of Age, he was put to no Trade, but wrought in the Country, and lived upon his own Industry, since he was nine Years of Age. Afterwards he came to London with his Parents, and serv'd for some considerable Time in two or three topping Ale-houses. Having got some Credit, he took up an Ale-house , in a little new House, near Bunhil-Fields Burying-Place , where he lived till he was taken up for the Robbery he died for. He said that he always liv'd, a sober virtuous Life, and because his own Parish-Church at Cripplegate, was at a great distance, he commonly kept Hoxton-Chappel , as did his Wife, whom he left Big with Child. He had taken the Sacrament several Times. He affirmed, that he never thiev'd nor robb'd, but lived always honestly, and pay'd every Body their own. I exhorted him to an ingenuous Confession, as a Duty incumbent on him, towards God in the First Place; so in the Second Place; that he was bound to confess his Sins to Man, whom he had injur'd by robbing them of their Goods, and attacking them in a violent Manner: And I desired him to consider, that it was not Man, but God he had to deal with, and that God being the God of Truth, and the Searcher of Hearts, he could not be mocked, by entering upon Eternity, and appearing before his Maker, with a Lie in his Right Hand; and what a terrible Thing is it to fall into the Hands of a Sin revenging God? Notwithstanding the Woman who was Robb'd, pursu'd him straight to his House, knew him when ever she saw him, swore to his Face, discover'd him among more than 30 other Men, and before she saw him, she describ'd him so justly, that the Constable knew him to be the Man, and this with much more confirm'd by Circumstantial Evidence, which amounted to a pretty clear Proof: After all I could say, he still continued in a peremptory Denial of the Fact, and said he never wrong'd Man, Woman nor Child of a Farthing in his Life. And this, the Sunday before he died, and at other Times, he affirm'd with Asseverations and Imprecations, before great Numbers of People in Chapel. He appear'd somewhat Penitent, Wept, and was like to faint away in Chappel, after the Dead Warrant came out, and he saw there was no expectation of a Reprieve; but neither he, nor the rest seem'd to be in that serious frame of Devotion, which was requisite for Men in their deplorable Conditions. He behav'd Gravely and Civilly in Chapel, and made regular Responses, but he spoke too often and too much to his Wife, and some other Friends, who came to Visit him. He cried out mightily against some Gentlemen and Others, whom he blam'd for his sad Fate. Some Body put him in expectation of a Reprieve, the Monday before Execution, upon the same Terms (as it was reported) Charles Rey got one; the thoughts of this made him a little more remiss his Duty. He declar'd his Faith in Christ, a sincere Repentance for all his Sins, and that he freely forgave all the World. On Monday, the 21st Instant, two Days before the Execution, Charles Rey , receiv'd his Majesty's most Gracious Reprieve, and (as is talk'd) is to have the Drum of his Ear cut for an Experiment. At the Place of EXECUTION, THEY all appear'd very Grave, except Norman, who laugh'd and smil'd once or twice. Being ask'd, what they had to say? Joshua Cornwall said he had no more to add to his Confessions, only desir'd to acquaint the World, that the Maid who was his Fellow Servant, was very Innocent, and that it was an unjust Imputation, that some had laid to their Charge of being too Familiar with one another. This he declar'd in Vindication of the young Woman, and that No-body might reflect upon her on his Account, having had nothing more to do with her, but only a general Acquaintance, as being together in the same House. Taylor having wept most of the Time in Chapel, as they were receiving the Sacrament, appear'd devout and truly Penitent, and only said, he forgave all the World, and hop'd Forgiveness from God. Richard Smith said, he knew nothing of, and had not seen the Hat and some other Things sworn against him, as taken from the Prosecutor by Violence on the Highway, till they were produc'd in Court, and that he had not committed that Robbery as they gave in Evidence against him, but that it was done by his Associates, while he was behind them, as they were coming from the other End of the Town in an Evening. He said, he had made all his Confessions already, and had no more to add, and that he hop'd he had made his Peace with God. When he came first upon the Cart, he smil'd to Some-body. He died a Roman Catholick. Barnet said, he had nothing to say, and would make to Confessions, as before he said, he would take no Sacraments. He seem'd to be very obdur'd and obstinate. John Smith said, he had no more to say, and that he hop'd he had made his Peace with God. Brabyn denied the Fact he died for, own'd he had been a vile Sinner, and pray'd God for Pardon, which he hop'd to obtain. Holland had no more to add, but desir'd me to pray heartily once more for him, and said, he was troubl'd at the miserable Circumstances of his Wife and Children. He was a Roman Catholick. The rest did not speak of any Particulars, only that they died in Peace with all the World, and hop'd that God would have Mercy upon their poor Souls. Cornwall address'd himself to the People, and desir'd all young Men to take Example from him, and to live in the fear of God. William Whitford when he went out of Newgate denied the Fact he died for, with many Protestations; and when he was going into the Cart to be carry'd to Tyburn , he address'd himself to the Spectators, and Spoke much to the same Purpose, as he did afterwards when I was going to Pray for them; and at his last Breath, that he was Innocent as the Child that was Unborn, and that he never wrong'd Man, Woman, nor Child, &c. He also made some Re flexions. All of them comply'd Seriously with Prayers, and Singing of Psalms, and went off the Stage, crying out, Lord have Mercy on our Souls, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. All except Richard Smith , and Holland profess'd to be in Communion with this Church. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate, ADVERTISEMENTS. This Day is Publish'd, The Second EDITION of The PROCEEDINGS at the Sessions of Peace, and Oyer and for the City of London and county of Middlesex, held at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey; on Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, being the 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, of December, 1730. In the 4th Year of his Majesty's Reign, and the first Sessions in the Mayoralty of the Rt. Hon. Humphry Parsons , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London. No. 1. for the said Year, containing the Trials at Large of Abraham White , Francis Saunders ; John Miles , alias Minsham , alias Mitchel , Robert Tyler , Constance Buckle , William Brabyn , James Hall William Holland , Peter Norman , John Smith , John Barnes , Richard Smith , and William Whitford , for several Street Robberies; Thomas Mansel for Horse-Stealing, Alexander Reyton , for ravishing Elizabeth Saunderson : William Hallowel , and John Huggins , for an Attempt to commit Sodomy, on the Stairs leading to the Top of St. Paul's Cathedrial ; of Russel and Green for sending Letters to divers People demanding Money, and threatning them with Destruction in Case of Refusal; John Lewis , and John Jones , for conspiring to charge John Battle with Sodomy, and extorting Money from him on that Pretence; Roger Johnson upon an Indictment for robbing William Pitts , &c. &c. &c. &c. Printed for T. ayne in Pater-noster Row. [Price Six Pence.] Newly Published, The FIFTEENTH EDITION of ONANIA, Or, The Heinous Sin of self , and all in frightful Consequences (in both Sexes) considered, with Spiritual and Physical Advice to those who have already injured themselves by this abominable Practice. As also the SIXTH EDITION of the SUPPLEMENT to it, both of them Revised, and Enlarged, and now Printed together in One Volume. And as the several Passages in the former Impressions, that have been charged with being obscure, and ambiguous, are in these cleared up, and explained, there will be no more Alterations, or Additions made to them. These Editions contain some further and surprizing Instances of the Mischiefs by that filthy, sinful Commerce with ones self, which is so notoriously, practised, as well by the Adult as Youth, Women as Men, Married as Single, to the weakening their Generative Faculties, and hindering Procreation, as their Letters of Complaints to the Author, herein inserted, shew. And, amongst others, a curious Letter from a Lady, with his answer to it, concerning the Use, and Abuse of the Marriage-Bed; together with divers Casuistical and other Letters from both Sexes, of some secret unnatural Effeminancies, necessary to be known both by the married and single of each Sex. To which is added, A Curious PIECE, translated out of the Latin from L. S. SCKMEIDER, as it is inserted in the Acta Lipsiensia, concerning the Return of the into the of Blood; well worth the Perusal of Physicians. Surgeons, Anatomists, and all others of Art and Curiosity. As also Dr. QUINCY's Translation of Dr. CARR's remarkable Answer to a Letter sent by a Divine, concerning two Nuns of Rome, reported to have changed their Sex. Likewise Dr. DRAKE, and several other Physicians Opinions of Hermaphredites, and Women brought to a Resemblance of them, by the Practice of Self-Pollution, as Case of a young Lady of 18. whose well wrote Letter to the Author, describing and lamenting her Condition, is (in order to deter others) inserted. A very grave and learned Divine and Physician having perused this Discourse, before it went to Press, returned it with his Opinion of it in these Words. This little Book ought to be read by all Sorts of People, of both Sexes, of what Age, Degree, Profession, or Condition soever, guilty, or not guilty of the Sin declaimed against in it. Is now Sold only by J. ISTED, Bookseller (Mr. CROUCH, Bookseller in Pater noster-Row being dead) at the Golden Ball between St. Dunstan's Church, and Chancery Lane, in Fleet-Street. Price Stitch'd 3 s. Bound 3 s. 6 d, Where may be had, The SUPPLEMENT, by itself, Price stitch'd 1 s. 6 d. Dr. Godfrey's General Cordial. 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Sold also at my Original Warehouse facing Angel Alley in Bishopsgate-street, without Bishopsgate, London. Any Reputable Shop-keeper, in any City, Borough, or Market-Town, where this Medicine is not already sold, may be supplied at any of the said Warehouses, with good Allowance. N. B. The Publick are desired to take Notice, (to prevent being imposed on) that there is an ill minded Person who counterfeits the said Medicine, and puts the Title of Godfrey's Cordial on the Top of the Bottles, and in his Bills given with the Bottles, he calls it, The GENERAL CORDIAL, and does not put the Person's Name who prepares it; but as this Counterfeit Maker is now found out by his own Confession, he and his Sellers will be prosecuted as the Law directs. ONE of the unfair Sellers of the sham Medicine, without the Maker's Name who prepares it, is at a Silver-Smith's near Lombard-street, another is at a Cheese Monger's facing Devonshire Square in Bishopsgate-street. But to prevent the Buyers from being imposed on, I have put my Christian Name on the Top of each Bottle, as in the Margent, which is prepared. By me Benjamin Godfrey , M. D. The Price of each Bottle is 6 d. Dr. R. NELSON, being well known to have made the Cure of SEMINAL and GENITAL Imbecilities his chief Study and Practice for many Years, does recommend his most Noble Cleansing and Strengthning Elixir, as the only Medicine in the World. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the TWO MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 28th of June, 1756, BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE Right Hon. Slingsby Bethell , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER III. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and R. GRIFFITHS, at the Dunciad, in Pater-noster Row, the only authorised Printers of the ORDINARY'S Account M.DCC.LVI. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable Slingsby Bethell , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , Sir Thomas Dennison , knight , Sir Richard Adams , knight , Mr. justice Bathurst, Sir William Moreton , knight , recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of the peace of Oyer and Terminer, for the city of London and county of Middlesex, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 25th, Thursday the 26th, Friday the 27th, and Saturday the 28th of February, in the 29th year of His Majesty's reign, John Parkin and John Wetherall were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. And, By virtue of the King's commission, &c. held before the right honourable Slingsby Bethell , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , the lord chief justice Ryder, Mr. justice Clive, the honourable Mr. baron Legge, and Sir William Moreton , knight , recorder , &c. on Wednesday the 28th, Thursday the 29th, Friday the 30th of April, Saturday the 1st, and Monday the 3d of May, John Mores , Thomas Mores , Charles Cane , John Burroughs , William Watts , and William Shylock , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. 1. John Parkin , was indicted, for that he had in his custody and possession, a certain paper writing, purporting to be a bill of exchange, in the words following, viz. Whitehaven , Nov. 28, 1755. Twenty days after sight, please to pay to Ann Bigland , or order, the sum of ten pounds, and place it to account, as advised by Thomas Downs . 10 0 0 Directed to Mr. Benj. Titley , merchant , Nicholas-Lane , London ; and, that he feloniously did make, forge, and counterfeit, and cause to be made, and willingly asserted therein, in these words, and abbreviations . 16 Dec. 1755. Accepted, Benj. Titley . And for uttering the same, with intention to defraud Henry Blake , Dec. the 20th. He was a second time indicted, for that he had in his custody a certain paper writing, purporting to be a bill of exchange, to this purport; Manchester , Dec. 2. 1755. Twenty days after fight, please to pay unto John Parkin , or order, the sum of seventeen pounds, and place it to account as advised, per John Gilliard . 17 0 0 Directed to Mr. Thomas Ashbridge , a pawnbroker , in East-Smithfield , London . And, that he feloniously did make, forge, and counterfeit, and cause to be made, and willingly inserted therein, a certain acceptance , in the words and figures following, Dec. 7. Accepted per R. Ashbridge. And for publishing the same, with intent to defraud Robert Ashbridge , Dec. 14. 2. John Wetherall was indicted, for that he, on the king's highway, on Sarah , wife of Simon Johnson , did make an assault, putting her in fear and danger of her life, and stealing from her person seven silk handkerchiefs, value 1 l. two cotton handkerchiefs, value 2 s. and 2 s. in money numbered, the money of the said Simon, February the 2d . 3, 4. John Mores , and Thomas Mores , were indicted for stealing one weather sheep, value 10 s. the property of Jane Savage , spinster , April 7 . 5. Charles Cane , was indicted, for that he, together with William Roberts , not taken, did steal twenty-four pair of silk stockings, value 15 l. the goods of Thomas Tolley , in the shop of the said Thomas, February 5 . 6, 7. William Watts , and James Shylock , were indicted, for that they, on the 13th day of March, about the hour of nine in the night, the dwelling-house of Alice Jones , widow , did break, and enter, and steal out thence eight silk handkerchiefs, value 8 s. the goods of the said Alice . 8. John Burroughs , was indicted, for stealing one bullock, value 10 l. the property of William Hickby , March the 1st . Their behaviour was, as far as I could see, such as might be expected from people in their circumstances. And, though so long convicted, scarce either of them was hindered, by sickness, from attendance every day at prayers in the chapel. On Wednesday, the 23d instant, Sir William Moreton , knight , recorder of London , waited on His Majesty in council, with the report of the eight malefactors; when he was pleased to order John Parkin , and Charles Cane , for execution, on Monday the 28th instant. At the same time, the rest were all respited, till His Majesty's pleasure, touching them, shall be further made known . 1. John Parkin was in the 20th year of his age, when he was unhappily cut off, and, as it were, nipp'd in the budd, being the offspring of a family, that lived always in good repute in the county of Cumberland , himself being born at Whitehaven , where his parents lived, and the only child. Nor can the juvenile folly, which hath rendered him highly culpable, and brought him to this untimely end, be imputed a blot in their escutcheon. Besides that, rather the want judgment, than the direction of a wicked heart, seems to have been what led him to commit the fact for which he was indicted and convicted. The unfortunate subject of these lines was, it seems, the darling of the family, and of course had rather too much and too early indulgence. He had indeed such education as the station in life he was intended for required. His mother died nine years ago, he says, and his father kept him to school till such time as he thought proper to take him home to assist him in his profession, which was that of an attorney at law. His business consisting chiefly in drawing deeds in Chancery, and making charter-parties for merchants, as Whitehaven is a large place of trade; though he had kept his son pretty close to the desk, yet had he rather too much time allowed to spend at cock-fightings, which opened a way too early to idleness and extravagance. The father dying in August last, the son was advised to come up to town to improve himself in the business; and, as his father did little in the common law, it was intended that he should be with an attorney in Gray's Inn, till he might also be acquainted with home of that practise. Upon this design, he says, he set out from Whitehaven the beginning of Sepember last, and in a few days came to London . In his journey to London , he says, he was robbed by a single highwayman, who took from him about ten guineas, and returned him only two shillings and sixpence to bear his expences on the road. He was about to rifle and search him further (which had he done, Parkin says, he would have found the value of sixty pounds good notes about him) but luckily for him, a coach and six was coming on the road towards them, and the highwayman chose to ride off. It was early in the morning when he was robbed, and as he was stopping to breakfast, a gentleman travelling to London, came also to the inn where he was, and they joined company. Parkin having related the case as above to his now fellow-traveller, the gentleman was so kind as to assist him with his expences all the rest of the way to London . Being come to London, he put up at the Castle in Wood-street , where he kept a lodging, he says, for about six weeks, and generally used to lie there; but, during this time, he had gone into gay company, and began to shew away like a young gentleman of fortune.During all this time, his thoughts were otherwise bent than to the study or practice of the law. He says, that during this time, his former itch after cock-fighting revived, and he was that way let into the secret by some of the young bloods of the town. His favourite extravagance in the country was cock-fighting, which cost him there more money than was right to lose, or even venture, at so mean a stake; but the expence there was not near so much as he was taken in for about town; and what with cock-fighting, some adventures with women of the town, and attendance at the play-houses, from the time of his coming to town, about the 11th of September, to the 23d of December, when he was apprehended, he had squandered away upwards of two hundred pounds. Besides other extravagancies, he scarce ever missed an evening being at one or both of the playhouses during this time; and what was strange, he was often at both houses the same evening, and at expences in both; so that he might go backwards and forwards to either, just as the maggot took him in the head. The very night he was apprehended, he was dressed like a gentleman of the first quality, and intended for the play, after having been at the expence of hiring a chaise for an airing in the country that very afternoon. But, before this, he had left the Castle in Wood-street , and had got a lodging in Covent-Garden , at a barber's shop, under the piazzas. He says, being at the Bedford-Arms tavern , he had occasion to have his wig combed; and the master bringing it to him, when dressed, after some conversation that passed between them, Parkin took a lodging at his house, at the rate of eight shillings per week. Here he lived the rest of the time, since he left the Castle , in all gaiety and splendor, that a man might be supposed to do. And now, having so many ways of disposing of all the money, which the good Bills he brought with him from Whitehaven did produce, which, he says, was to the amount of upwards of two hundred pounds, he began to think of what was to be done next. He wrote into the country for supplies; but that not coming time enough, he betook himself to forgery; and so strange was his folly, as to put the notes into the hands of Mr. Blake, the prosecutor, to whose house he resorted almost every day, to visithis aunt, who lodged there, who gave him money for them. All this while he never thought of the time going on, nor that the day was coming when the notes, each for 10 l. would be due, and of course the fraud and felony detected, but kept on the same way of life he had before been used to. Mr. Blake, the prosecutor, found Parkin continued his visits to his aunt, who lodged in his house, and for some time was well satisfied about his 10 l. note. Some time after he brought another of 17 l. which, upon his saying 'twas drawn by a very good man, Mr. Blake let him also have the money for: and, we think proper to observe, as Parkin said, he never went in his gay dress to visit his aunt, but only in clean and plain apparel, lest he might give suspicion, since it was there too well known his circumstances would not admit of such extraordinary appearance, as he sometimes set up for in his dress. The 10 l. note had been paid away in trade, by Mr. Blake, before he offered the other of 17 l. for payment. When he did so, on the 23d of December last, the person upon whom it was drawn, told him, he knew nothing of it, denied the bill, and acceptance. Mr. Blake thus finding himself imposed upon, returned in search of Parkin, and found him in the evening of the same day at the playhouse, gaily dress'd out, in order to entertain himself at the play that night. He did not choose to go before the justice in that dress, and upon his desiring the favour, they suffer'd him to change his clothes, before he was taken to Mr. Fielding's, who committed him. He flattered himself with some false hopes, that the affair might be made up; and, to that purpose, got his trial put off in January sessions, hoping money might have been sent him to repay, as he wrote into the country to desire remittance; but, all to no purpose, having cost his friends, and expended too much money already. So in February sessions he was tried and convicted of the two indictments for forgery. He behaved very decently upon his trial, and afterwards continued so to do, as far as I know. Interest was made for him, to save his life, by men who were of considerable figure in life, who backed his petitions for it with their recommendations of him, as a proper object of mercy, upon accountof his youth; but, when the report was made, and it appeared he was convicted by jury of two indictments for forgery, there was no room left for mitigation of the punishment. As such interest was making for him, he could not divest his mind of great hopes of having his life saved; tho' he was often told by his friends, the nature of his crime was such as would not admit of building too much upon his hopes, and 'twas better to prepare for the worst. And, tho' such admonition had frequently been repeated, yet when his four months hopes were all quashed, by being told he was ordered for execution in a few days, how was he shock'd at the first! How did his heart tremble, and he was afraid! The horrid news occasion'd tears for some hours, but as he thought thereon, and made the necessity of his fate more familiar, he became resigned to the will of that great God, who had suffered him thus to be taken away from the earth before he became a man in years, or understanding. He was, upon coming to town, betrayed into the juvenile follies of the present times, and has suffered for it. He was so ridiculously foolish, as to the offence that he suffer'd for, as to depend upon returns to be sent from the country, to pay the money back again, (tho' he knew none could be sent,) and thought then no harm would come of it. He knew 'twas grievously to be punished by the law, yet he hoped to escape. He freely own'd the justice of his suffering, and died resigned, in hope that God might be merciful unto him. 2. Charles Cane , was also in the 20th year of his age, being born, as he says, in the parish of St. James's , Westminster . His parents, he says, kept him to school, but, as he had no inclination to letters, whatever it cost them, it was all thrown away; for though he is sure he was at school, because he was several times corrected for not learning his book, and other wicked pranks, which he used to play in the earliest of his days, he does not remember that ever he knew a letter. His father (willing somehow to bring him into the traces of life) would have brought him up to get his livelihood in an honest way; and to that purpose, he says, when he was about eleven years of age, set him to begin to learn to work at his own trade, which was that of a plaisterer : he stuck to it for two years, and became useful to his father in his business. After this, about six years ago, he says, his father being concerned in a job of work at Stilton in Huntingdonshire , took this his unfortunate son with him down into the country, intending there to have him to work with him in the trade; but it so fell out, that he had not been long there, before a gentleman in the neighbourhood took a liking to him, and wanted him to be his servant . The father was applied to, who declaring for what purpose he had brought him there, and that he could not carry on his business without his assistance, the gentleman offered to hire a person to work in his room, if he might be along with him. It was agreed, and while the job of work lasted, which, he says, was two years, he attended upon the gentleman, and went with him wherever he went, in capacity of a servant-boy: the job being finished, the father soon after returned to London , and brought his son with him. But this proved an unhappy change, the service he had been in was more agreeable to his inclination than the service he was now returned to, though in his father's house. He had contracted a habit of idleness, which took his mind off from what he was at first intended for. There was now no keeping him at home, but, prodigal like, away he goes, takes himself from his father's care and protection, who meant to do the best in his power for him; and now, lurking up and down the town, of course he fell into all sorts of bad company, which never fails to make the most of such unguarded youth, and by degrees brought him to destruction. He says, that one Banks, transported, and a butcher , who lived next door to his father, were the persons who first led him into the snare of becoming a pick-pocket. Of all days in the week, instead of going to church to do their duty to God, they chose Sunday to go about town and country, seeking what opportunity might present for their purpose; and this they did, because then, having their best cloaths on, they did not so soon create suspicion: But Sunday only would not answer their demands long, and in a short time it became with them the practice of every day in the week. Since Cane's being in custody, the other has betaken himself tothe sea, that he might get out of the way for the present. Besides him, Cane has had several companions West and Pryer, who are gone before him by his assistance. Williams, who escaped last May sessions, for want of other proof to corroborate Cole's evidence, and one William Roberts , not yet taken, with others, who daily haunt George-alley , the Fleet-market , and Black-boy-alley . At the sessions in April, 1755, John West and Francis Pryer were indicted for stealing various goods in a dwelling-house with Cane, who was made evidence against them; and, upon fully proving the fact, with circumstances corroborating Cane's evidence, they were convicted, and executed in May following. This was the first time he had ever been in the hands of justice, though he had a long time been in the way of it, and in danger. This was no warning to him; he still went on in his wicked practices, and has survived those whom he was instrumental in hanging, barely thirteen months. Randolph Banks was afterwards taken, and tried last January sessions, for being concerned in the same fact for which Pryer and West suffered death. Cane in this indictment was also evidence, and Banks was convicted; though the jury being so merciful as to overlook burglary, he was found guilty only of stealing, and accordingly transported. Cane on that trial declared upon oath, that Banks was one of those persons that was the occasion of his leaving his parents, who, he said, carried the hod for his father, who was a plaisterer, and they went together picking of pockets. One would have thought this was some mark of regret for what was past; and as he had got rid of this knot, by hanging two, and transporting the other concerned with him, he would have returned home; but notwithstanding, he soon found out new companions, who have only served him as he served others, and brought him to the gallows. Cane acknowledged to have been, for about four years past, a professed pickpocket and house-breaker, who had the good luck to escape unapprehended till about a year and half ago. He says, in his serious hours (which have been very few in the four years, free from debauch of some kind or other) he thought of nothing less than hanging to be his fate at last, but not of the evil day's coming so soon; though had it been ever so long put off, his method of life must have remained the same. In respect of the last robberies he was concerned in, great suspicion was had of Cane, who was pretty well known to be very busy this way. Cane was taken up, but denied every thing, and no charge being laid against him for any thing in particular, after ten days, he was discharged. Cole, the evidence against him, being afterwards taken, and owning several robberies and burglaries, in which Cane had been concerned with him, he was taken again, with one Williams. Cane finding all hope of being admitted an evidence gone, and that one of his accomplices was admitted an evidence against him, owned himself principally concerned in several, and was committed. In May sessions last he was tried for robbing Mr. Thomas Tolley , as aforesaid, and convicted capitally on his own confession, and the evidence of Cole, corroborated by the prosecutor. And, Cane does own, that he seeing nobody in the shop, ventured in, and, from the farthest end of the counter, took the stockings, as in the indictment; several pair he stuffed into his breeches, and gave the rest to his companions. With their booty they got clear off for that time, and sold them to Alexander Abrahams , a jew, who, as Cane asserted, bought all the goods he had been concerned in stealing for two years past. He met with great encouragement from this man, who promised to take whatever he brought, though he rarely gave more than a tenth part of the value. This jew, he says, had been an old receiver, and encouraged many a thief; that he had been tried heretofore at the Old Bailey , and transported, for such-like offences. Cane was indicted a second time, with one William Roberts , not yet taken, for a burglary on the 21st of February, a little after six in the evening. Cane, Williams, Roberts, and Cole the evidence, were going along Theobald's-Row , and seeing the prosecutor Reeve's shop without a light in it, Cane went in, and took out several parcels of goods, and went to Alexander Abrahams , the jew, and sold them also to him. Cane was concerned in another robbery, for which Thomas Williams was tried, and acquitted, Cole's evidence not being back'd with other proofs of the fact. Cane says, however, that he, Williams and Cole, were the people who took the goods out of the prosecutrix Wagstaff's shop, in Charles-street , on the 5th of March last. Alexander Abrahams was also indicted the same sessions for receiving stolen goods from Cane and his companions, who impudently deny'd he had ever seen, or been in company with any of these people. But a person proved upon oath, that he had seen Cane, &c. at the said jew's lodgings in the Minories , and also that he had seen him with them at the One Tun , in George-alley by the Fleet-market , bargaining for goods. Of all bad practices, this of receiving stolen goods, which the receivers buy almost for nothing, is the worst. If these worse than thieves could but be brought to justice as oft as the thieves, 'tis likely burglaries would soon be at an end, for want of villains to receive. Cane, as observed before, was taken up on suspicion, but set at liberty again, as he steadfastly denied every thing he was taxed with; and, he says, 'twas always his fixed resolution so to do, after he had been evidence against the abovementioned persons, because he knew he should never be admitted evidence again by any justice that had heard of his same. But, when Cole was taken, and owned every thing, as above, Cane thought it was all over, and he no longer persisted in denial, as he found it in vain. And, upon Cole's confession, Cane was committed, and upon tryal, fairly convicted. Tho' he had been a sad, reprobate, hardened, young wretch, upon conviction, he began to grow dejected, and owned he expected no mercy here. He behaved, when I saw him, with decency and composure; and, having a sense of the wicked life he had led, he acknowledged the justness of his suffering, and, placing his expectations of hereafter, on the mercies of God, he had some faint hope of acceptance with him, through the merits of his son Jesus Christ. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Monday, the 28th of June, between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, John Parkin and Charles Cane were conveyed in a cart to the place of execution. After joining in prayer awhile, they were turned off, seemingly very composed and resigned; and forfeited their lives according to the sentence of the law. The populace expressed great pity towards them, upon account of their youth, and, as they were turned off, called on the Lord to have mercy on them. A hearse was provided to receive Parkin's body, and Cane's was delivered to his friends. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that mere Executed at Tyburn, on Saturday the 24th of October, 1713. AT the Sessions at Justice-Hall in the Old-baily, on Wednesday, the 14th; and from that Day, by Adjournment, held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 15th, 16th, and 17th instant, Nine Persons, viz. Four Men, and Five Women, that were Try'd for, Convicted, and brought in Guilty of several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But Two of the Women being then found pregnant, and the other Three, with Two Men, having since obtain'd the Mercy of HER MAJESTY's Gracious Reprieve, (which I wish they may be so wise as duly to improve) only Two of the Men are now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them every Day, both in the Morning and Afternoon, brought up to the Chapel of Newgate, where I pray'd with them, and read and explain'd the Word of God to them, giving them such Instructions and Admonitions out of it, as I thought most proper (in the sad Circumstances they were under) to comfort their Souls, and dispose them to imploy the few and precious Moments they had now to continue in this Life, to the great Use and Purpose of Eternal Salvation in the Life to come: And to this End, On the Lord's Day the 18th instant, I preach'd to them, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon part of the Second Lesson for that Morning-Service, viz. St. Luke 4.8. And Jesus said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: For it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. In my Explanation of this Text, I shew'd, First, That as the Devil had once (and more than once) the impudence to assault our great Lord and Master with his Temptations, so we may well expect (and must provide against) his doing the like to us. Secondly, That the infallible Way for us both to resist and effectually repel all Temptations, and baffle and utterly disappoint the Tempter, is (in imitation of Christ) to arm our selves in this our spiritual Warfare, against that grand Adversary the Devil, with the Word of God, which (to this purpose) we ought to learn and obey; making it the principal Subject of our Study, and the constant Practice of our Life. Thirdly and Lastly, That a Religious Adoration and Worship is not to be given to any Creature, (no, not to the Angels or Archangels themselves) but only to the Creator of all things (the Great GOD of Heaven and Earth,) who alone has a Right thereto. Having gone thro' those Points, and fully spoke to them in general, I then consider'd in particular these Two following, viz. I. What is meant by the word [WORSHIP] us'd by our Saviour in the Text. II. What the WORSHIPERS of GOD must be. Upon these I enlarg'd; and then in my Application I endeavour'd these three Things, viz. 1. To enforce upon my Auditory, the absolute Necessity of Holy and Religious Living among the Professors of Christianity. 2. To urge the Practice of this Duty, because by it we may become, and will be accounted, true Worshipers, and arrive to a sort of Likeness and Conformity to GOD himself. 3. To win them to the Love and strict Performance of this, by laying before them the moving Considerations of GOD's Good-will, tender Care, compassionate Love, and Mercy to us his undeserving Creatures. Which having done, I concluded all, for the present, with a particular Exhortation to the Condemn'd; desiring them seriously and impartially to examine themselves, and see, " How defective they had been " in their Duty to GOD, to their Neighbour, and to their own Souls: " Who, for want of having the Fear of GOD before their Eyes, had " hitherto (as I might well suppose) but little regard to His Sacred " Word, and had not paid the Reverence and Worship due to Him inwardly in their Hearts; as it plainly appear'd they had most presumptuously dishonour'd Him outwardly in their Actions, by daring to " do what He has strictly forbidden, and leave undone what He has " expresly commanded, for all which they must expect to be call'd to " a severe Account, unless they took care to prevent it by a thorough " Repentance of their Sins of Omission and Commission, before the short " Time they had now to live, was spent, and their irreversible Judgment past. With these and the like weighty Considerations, which I offer'd to them, I endeavour'd to stir up their Hearts to an earnest Application to that good GOD, whom they had thus miserably offended; " That of " His great Mercy He would please to take pity of their poor immortal " Souls, and retrieve them from the Danger they were in of being lost " for ever; earnestly imploring His powerful Assisting Grace, that by " it they might truly Believe, sincerely Repent; and so, be eternally " Saved. To all which publick Exhortations they seem'd to be very attentive, as they also were to my private Admonitions, when I examin'd 'em by themselves about their former Lives, present Dispositions, and Hopes of a future State. Concerning which they gave me the respective Accounts following: Wherein I found, that being sensible of the shortness of their Time, they made a better use of it, thinking less of this World and more of another, than I have observ'd others to do in like Circumstances, who were entertain'd with the flattering deceitful Hope of a longer Life here. 1. Thomas Lloyd , condemn'd for the stealing of two Geldings, with Bridles, Saddles, &c. belonging to Mr. Michael Combs of Hendon in the County of Middlesex , on the 17th day of September last. He said, he was 28 years of age, born at Hambleden in Buckinghamshire , and had for these 18 Months past liv'd at Shepperton in Middlesex : That he was an Husband-man , and had all along maintain'd himself and his Family by hard Labour, and lived a very honest Life, till of late he fell into bad Company, by which he was induc'd to do evil Things, as Drinking, Swearing, Whoring, profaning of the Lord's Day, and stealing the Horses he is now to die for, which he confess'd was his just Reward, tho' the first Fact, either of that kind, or of any other that the Law punishes with Death, he ever was guilty of. He being made sensible that one Sin generally draws on another, and a Man cannot tell where to stop when once he enters into the Paths of Wickedness, he said, That the Fact for which he now suffer'd, was the Effect of another; for he committed it after he had (thro' wicked Perswasion) been made so drunk, that he hardly knew what he did; for had he then been Master of himself and of his Reason, he would not have done it. He express'd a great deal of Sorrow for his having thus offended GOD, and injur'd his Neighbour; humbly praying for Pardon, and hoping that as he was truly griev'd for his Sins, and heartily repented of them all, he should find Mercy with GOD, thro' JESUS CHRIST; on whose alone Merits he depended for Salvation: Adding, That now he was willing to die, and that he dy'd in Charity with all the World. 2. Thomas Pickard , condemn'd for stealing and carrying away a Gelding. He said, he was about 20 years of age, born at Collerton in Leicestershire , and liv'd all the while with his Father, a Carpenter and Grazier, both in that Place, and at Caldecote in Rutlandshire , whither they remov'd about a Twelve-month since, and there follow'd the said Occupations of Carpentry and Grazing . He confess'd the Fact for which he was to die; but said it was his first, and that he never did an ill thing before; neither was given to the common Vices of Drinking, Swearing, Whoring, and the like. But his Father (whose only Son he was) being one Night (about three Weeks ago) angry with him, turned him out of Doors; hen he not knowing what to do, went to Huntington , and seeing in the Fields, about half a Mile from that Town, a brown Gelding (which i seems belong'd to one Mr. Thomas Deacon ) he took him away; and with him came to Islington near London , intending to have sold him in West Smithfield ; but was prevented in it, by his being apprehended before he could have that Horse book'd. Finding, that he could not read, and consequently very ignorant, I ask'd him, " How he was brought up, and whether his Parents did send him to " School, or no, when young? To which he answer'd, That he had " always liv'd with his Father, and was never put to Reading, " Writing, or any thing else, but Carpenter's Work and looking after " Cattle. Further, I ask'd him, Whether he was a Protestant. He said, " No. Whether a Roman Catholick: He reply'd, No. What are you " then? (said I to him) What Religion are you of? He answer'd, I Am-" He could not tell What. By which, and several other Expressions of his, I perceiv'd he had little or no Education in Matters of Religion: And upon this I instructed him in (as far as he was able to learn) those Saving Truths which all Christians ought to know, and to practice to their Souls Health; shewing him, " By Whom, and to what end he was " made: By Whom, and from What Misery he was redeem'd: And, " By Whom, and How he might be sanctify'd, and brought into a State " of Grace in this World, in order to his being (after Death) admitted " into a State of Glory in the next; and so, escape the Damnation of " Hell. At these Words [The Damnation of Hell] he started, and seem'd to be very much concern'd and afraid; saying, that to avoid it, he would do any thing; and therefore desir'd my further Instructions to him, and my Prayers for him; which he had. And as I did earnestly exhort him, That he would pray for Grace to Repent of his Sins, and Believe in the Lord JESUS CHRIST; he said, he was heartily sorry for whatever he had done amiss; and believ'd that JESUS CHRIST was the Saviour of the World, and, that He would be a Saviour to him also. At the Place of Execution, to which they were both of them carry'd this Day out of Newgate in a Cart, I attended them for the last time, and (as I usually do in such melancholy Case) discharg'd my Ministerial Office to them, by Exhortations, Prayers singing of Psalms, rehearsing of the Apostles Creed with them, and finally commending their departing Souls into the Hands of a faithful Creator, and most merciful Saviour. Which done, I withdrew, and left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allotted them. Then they spoke to the People to this Effect, That they should take Warning by them; shun ill Company, and not sin as they had done, that they come not to this untimely End. After this, they apply'd themselves with their last Breath to GOD for Pardon and Salvation; and the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, while each of them were uttering such and the like Ejaculations; LORD, have mercy upon me! O CHRIST, save me! LORD JESUS, receive me! This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Malefactors. To which I shall add, A Numerical Account of all the Malefactors who have been Condemned, Repriev'd, and Executed, (as likewise of those that Dy'd in Newgate between the Day of their Condemnation, and that appointed for their Execution) in London and Middlesex, from the Time of my being chosen to be the Minister and Ordinary of Newgate, (which was in November 1700) to the Close of the late Mayoralty. NB. When I first enter'd upon this arduous and melancholy Office, in the Beginning of the Mayoralty of the Right Honourable Sir THOMAS ABNEY , Knight, I found no less than 65 Persons that had lain for a great while before under Condemnation, viz. 52 Pirates (who were for the most part Foreigners) and 13 other Criminals. Of the Pirates, 24 were Hanged at one time at the Execution-Dockin Wapping, and of the 13 other Malefactors, 8 were Executed at Tyburn. In the Mayoralty of 1. Sir Thomas Abney , Kt. Condemn'd. 118 Repriev'd. 48 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 4 Executed. 66 2. Sir William Gore , Kt. Condemn'd. 49 Repriev'd. 36 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 13 3. Sir Samuel Dashwood , Kt. Condemn'd. 38 Repriev'd. 20 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 18 4. Sir John Parsons , Kt. Condemn'd. 35 Repriev'd. 18 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 17 5. Sir Owen Buckingham , Kt. Condemn'd. 44 Repriev'd. 28 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 16 6. Sir Thomas Rawlinson , Kt. Condemn'd. 33 Repriev'd. 28 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 5 7. Sir Robert Bedingfield , Kt. Condemn'd. 23 Repriev'd. 5 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 18 8. Sir William Withers , Kt. Condemn'd. 34 Repriev'd. 16 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 18 9. Sir Charles Duncomb , Kt. Condemn'd. 39 Repriev'd. 29 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 10 10. Sir Sam. Garrard, Kt. &Bart Condemn'd. 36 Repriev'd. 28 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 8 11. Sir Gilbert Heathcote , Kt. Condemn'd. 36 Repriev'd. 23 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 13 12. Sir Robert Beachcroft , Kt. Condemn'd. 43 Repriev'd. 28 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 15 13. 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A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION Of the three Prisoners AT TYBURN , On Wednesday the 21th of this Instant January 1679. Viz. Peter Richardson , Thomas Gold , John Maccarty . As also the Account of the taking three Notorious Highway Men, who Robbed the Ipswitch Coach of four hundred Pounds. MOst admirable is the protecting care of Omnipotent providence, to keep the Sons of Men from running headlong on their own destruction, nay even in the very Jaws of Death, saign would step their dangerous Carreer: But oh! So prone are the vile hearts of disobedient Miscreants, that many are affected with their own destruction whilst it shews it self from far, and only seems to threaten, as may be seen in the dread Catastrophy of certain miserable Criminals, whose great Offences against the Nations Laws committed, have pull'd a dreadful Ruine on their Heads, not only painful, but likewise shameful Deaths. The first of which we shall begin with in this Trajeck Sceen, is Roger Swinny , who was Indicted and Arraigned, for that he in the Company of Edmund Swinny his Brother, and one Harrison, did Murther Richard Jones a Bailiffs follower , near Lincolns Inn Gate in the little Fields , the nature of the Crime as followeth. A certain Bailiff having a Bill of Middlesex against the aforementioned Harrison, for about sixty pounds Debt, came to take him, attended with five Followers, whereof the deceased was one; but the aforesaid Harrison having timely notice of the same, sent for the Prisoner (as the Bailiff's swore in Court) to Guard him into London, to that crossing over the nearest way, they quite outstripd the Bailiffs and might have gon into Lincolns Inn , and so avoided the danger, but in a Braves do, they turned about, and dared them for to come on, at which they and the Baliffs drew; and in the Skirmsh Jones received one mortal wound in his Prest, about half an Inch over, and five inches deep; at which, Reeling for a while, then cried I am killd and spoke no more. The Prisoner denied that he had drawn his sword but in his own Defence, and that they drew upon him first, and what he did was to preserve his Live; being assaulted by those Men, and that he knew not their Design; but the Bailiffs and their Followers swore desperately to all the circumstances, and one swore point blanck, that some days after the Murther was past, he met the Prisoner, who had then escaped, who called to him, asking him if he knew which way Jones was gone, adding that he ere long should follow him, upon these circumstances he was brought in guilty of Fellony and Murther, and received the dreadful Sentance of corporal Death; after which, his Penitence in Newgate was extream, bewailing his misfortune, and imploring Mercy for his Soul, giving great attention to the Ministers that came to visit him. The next was Peter Richardson , for breaking open a Gentlemans Chamber in New-Inn , and Felloniously bearing thence, in Guinnies, broad Gold and Silver, to the vallue of one hundred and ten pounds, the Robbery was proved against him by his own Confession, for he lodging at the Bull, a Victualling House near the aforesaid Inn, he lived at an ordinary Rate, seldome being Master of any monies, when on sudden he to the amazement of his Landlord abounded both in Gold and Silver. pulling out whole handfuls of Guinnies and half Crowns, soon after which, the Gentleman coming to his Chamber found his Chests broke open and his moneys gone; the which he declaring to the Porter of the Inn, the noise of the Robbery Spread wide, so that it coming to the Ear of the Prisoners Landlord, he acquaints the said Porter with the lavishness of his Tenant, who giving the Gentleman notice thereof, they thought fit to seize him upon suspicion, the which being done, they secured him at the Roundhouse for that Night, where as it was sworn in Court, he confessed that he in the company of three more, did break open the said Chamber and enter, and after bear away the said monies, throwing the Key into the Garden this in Court he denied, but his Confession being made appear, he was found Guilty of Fellony and Burglary, and received Sentance according to Law. After his Condemnation, and the dreadful Sentance of Death had passed upon him, he began to bewail his evil Courses, and bewailed him of his mispent time, declaring that pernicious Company, had been the Cause of his untimely end, and being asked if he were Guilty of the Robbery, he could not deny but he had share of the monies, pesiring bardon for the wrong he had done, and so continued penitent, till he had changed this Life for an Eternal State. Thomas Gold a notorious Offender was Indicted, Arraigned, and Condemned for breaking open the House of one Mrs. Haris in the Parish of Hornsey in the County of Middlesex between one and two in the Morning, where in the Company of three more entering, surprised the Woman and her Children in bed, and roaled them up in the Bed-cloaths, till some of them ransacked the House, and others went to bind the Servant-mind, who lodged in the next Room, the which was alotted to the Prisoner to perform: who approaching her bed side with a dark Lanthorn and two strings, bound her Hand and Foot, whilst he was efecting of the same, She took particular notice of his Physogmony, after they had ransacked the House, they bore away fourteen Pewter dishes, three or six Plates, Childbed and other Linnen, besides fourty Shillings in money; not long after things Gold was committed to New-Prison, upon notice of his being a suspicious Fellow, the aforesaid Mrs. Harris and her Maid went to take a view of him, and no sooner did she see him, but singled him out from amongst a number of other Prisoners, and knew him by a blow he had received on his Nose, and a blemish on his Eye, in Court he pleaded not guilty, and made many protestations. but upon the Maids Evidence he was brought in guilty, and received Sentence of Death, he seemed to be an old offendor, and at first was obstinate at his Trial, but Deaths approach that dreadful King of Terrors, soon allayed his Courage, and he melted into Tears, and doubtless had a feeling sorrow for his black and most prodigious Crimes: for the very thoughts of vast Eternity is of such force, that it over awes the stoutest Sinner, and with trembling Horror Seases very part, so now Fates Frowns Prevail, and he lamented fore his wretched State even to the last, desiring all to pray for his Eterral welfare. The next in this dread Sceen of Fate was John Maccarty a notorious Offendor, who tho but young in years, yet old in Sin, he was Indicted for stealing a piece of twelve-penny broad Ribbon, valued at ten shillings, the proof was plain that the Prisoner was guilty of the Fellony, and being brought in guilty of the same, the Executioner going to search his Hand, found that he had formerly been burned, so that he being an incorrigeable Offender, the Court passed Sentence of Death upon him after his Condemnation, he began to call to mind the wicked deeds that he had done, and with the rest confessed at the place of Execution, that they had been vile and most notorious livers, and that for their sins God had laid this Punishment upon them, and so with a hearty Admonition unto the Spectators to beware, they left this World to answer for their Crimes before the dreadful Judge of all the Earth. Yet these sad Warnings and Examples are not of a force sufficient to deter the daring Sinners from their swift Carrear, in dreadful Sin; for no longer then the 14th past, three notorious Highwaymen , viz. Richard Hodgkinson , Richard Downes , and one King who robbed the Ipswitch Coach on the 13th past, between eight and nine in the Evening, of moneys to the value of four hundred pounds, the manner thus, they riding up to the Coachman, demanded what it was a clock, the which is commonly their Watch-word, at which he mistrusting their de- sign, endeavoured to make what half he could to the next Town, which perceiving, straight they beset the Coach, and with their Pistols cockt and Swords drawn, threatned present Death, unless the Passengers delivered, the which through fear they did, but not content with what they gave them, they rifled the Coach, and having got their Plunder they rode away, but being persued with a Hew and Cry, next day they were taken notice of by a Country-man, who at some distance followed them through the By-ways, they riding over Hackny-Marsh and other vacant places, yet he still kept sight of them, till coming near to Islington , he acquainted a Butcher and a Mealman with the Robbery, who likewise followed them till they came about the middle of Old-Street, where they cried out Stop Theif, which they perceiving turned head and rode back. whereupon they being persued, two of them were taken near Mount mill , and one near Islington: but Edwards not before mentioned rode on and in Smithfield quitted his Horse, and so escaped through Hosier-lane , but the other were Committed to New-gate , where they now remain in order to their Trials. It is reported they had robbed a Gentleman but just before, and had about six hundred pounds about them. Roger Swinny a little before the rest went to the place of Execution, Received a most Gracious Reprieve.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn, on Tuesday the 23d Day of December, 1712. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Days of this instant December, Nine Persons (viz. Seven Men and Two Women) that were then Try'd for, and Convicted of Capital Crimes, receiv'd Sentence of Death. The two Women being found Pregnant, were of course Respited from Execution; and Five of the Men having obtain'd HER MAJESTY's gracious Reprieve, (which I wish they may have Grace to improve to the Glory of GOD and the Good of Mankind) Two of them only are now appointed to die. While they lay under this Condemnation, I constantly attended them, sometimes in the Condemn'd Hold, most times in the Chapel of Newgate , where being brought up to me twice every Day, I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of GOD to them; shewing them how they ought to apply themselves to GOD for his Grace and Mercy; that truly repenting not only of the respective Crimes by which they had brought themselves to this sad Condition, but of all other the Sins of their past Lives (which I fear'd were great and many) they might (thro' Faith in CHRIST JESUS) receive Absolution, Pardon, and Salvation. On the Lord's Day the 14th instant, I preach'd to them, viz. in the Morning upon Luke 21. 27. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a Cloud with Power and great Glory. Upon this Text I had begun to discourse on the Lord's Day before this, when (in the Forenoon) I open'd it, and shew'd the Import of it in general, and then laid down these two principal Points to be enlarg'd upon, viz. I. The Certainty of Christ's coming to judge the World: And, II. The Uncertainty of the Time when He shall come. Upon the first of these Two Points I shew'd, That Christ's coming to Judgment is declar'd by Words, and will be confirm'd by Wonders. 1st, It is declar'd by Words, spoken by Him who cannot lie, as being the God of Truth: and those Words, not only affirm'd barely, as in the Text, Then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a Cloud; nor only enforc'd by an Oath, or strong Asseveration, as at the 32d Verse: Verily I say unto you, this Generation shall not pass away till all be ful filled: But they are further ascertain'd by this peremptory Conclusion at the 33d Verse; Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but my Words shall not pass away. 2dly, This Coming of Christ, which is thus evidently declar'd and asserted by Words, will be confirm'd also by Wonders; and those Wonders shall be universal, in Heaven, in Earth, and in the Sea, as Harbingers of the great and terrible Day of the Lord: Of which the Holy Evangelists (St. Matthew, ch. 24. St. Mark, ch. 13. and St. Luke in the Ch. of the Text) give us a large and lively Description: And the like we find in 1 Thess. 4. 16, and in other Places of Scripture. It is also a main Article of our Christian Faith, That Christ shall come at the last Day to judge the World, both the Quick and the Dead. Which affords abundant Matter of {Comfort to the Godly, Terror to the Wicked, Instruction to all: As I shew'd at large, when I discours'd that Morning upon this First General Point; which having then fully demonstrated from the Holy Scripture, I proceeded (in the Afternoon of that Day) to prove from the same Scripture, II. The Uncertainty of the Time when Christ shall come to Judgment. And from this Doctrine exemplify'd I drew some Practical Inferences, shewing the importance of our being at all times ready for that Day and Hour, keeping our selves free from Sins, and having always a good Conscience, void of Offence towards God and towards Men, Acts 24. 16. Thus far I proceeded on my Text that Lord's Day: But forasmuch as the Time would not then permit me to make an end of what I was further to say upon this Subject, I now resumed it again; and to the two General Points before mention'd (and then treated of) I did (this Morning) add, III. and lastly, The weighty Consideration of the nearer, or (at least) more visibly approaching Judgment, which is passed upon the Soul of every Man at his Death, and will be publickly confirm'd, and extended to his Body also, at his Resurrection on the last Day. After I had fully explain'd this Doctrine, and shew'd, That the Use of it consisted chiefly in making due Preparation for that great Change, which all Men in general ought to look upon as not far off, because Human Life (at the longest period) is but short; and those in particular who (by their enormous Crimes) have made it still shorter, ought to be most of all concern'd herein; I then concluded with some proper Exhortations to the Condemn'd Persons, whom I endeavour'd to perswade to a Life of Faith, and Acts of Repentance, and to that end implore the Assistance of the Divine Spirit. This Afternoon I preach'd again to them, and took my Text out of the Epistle for the Day, viz. 1 Cor. 4. 5. Therefore judge nothing before the time until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of Darkness, and will manifest the Counsels of the Hearts. From which Words, first paraphrastically explain'd, I shew'd, I. That it does not belong to Man, but to GOD alone, to judge of secret things, of the Intentions and Imaginations of the Heart; but, II. They may judge of those things which outwardly appear; the Ministers of GOD, and the Civil Magistrate, having Power to take Cognisance of, and to rebuke and punish such Persons as offend either in Words or Deeds: So that whenever any Sin comes to publick Knowledg, He or She that has committed it must receive the Reproof and Punishment it deserves; as in the Case of those Persons who are guilty of Adultery, Fornication, Uncleanness, Lasciviousness, Envyings, Murders, Thefts, and the like, which St. Paul tells us (Gal. Ch.5. and other places) are manifest; Men indeed (in Authority) are not only allow'd, but commanded to judge of them. Having enlarg'd upon, and from Scripture illustrated, these Propositions, I undertook to speak to these two things chiefly, viz. 1st, The Works of the Flesh, i. e. Adultery, Fornication, &c. which I have (now) mention'd from the Apostle, and consider'd (then) under these three Particulars; 1. Their Kinds, which I singly examin'd. 2. Their Effects, which tend to Destruction. 3. Their Punishment, which is very severe, in that the commission of those Sins shut Men out of Heaven, unless they do truly, and in due time repent. And against those Works of the Flesh I did set, 2dly, These Virtues, which are diametrically opposite to those Vices, and the Apostle, in that 5th Chap. of his Epistle to the Galatians, calls, The Fruit of the Spirit, being (as he there says) Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance, &c. In my Explanation of which Christian Virtues, I distinctly treated of, 1. Their Property. 2. Their Kinds. 3. Their Benefits. Shewing from the same Apostle, that against such as practise them, there is no Law; i. e. the Law cannot take hold on such Persons as are endow'd with such Virtues: There is no Law to condemn them; No Law to compel them; for as they are led by the Spirit, so are they free, serving the Lord without Compulsion or Constraint. If there were no Punishment in this Life, nor Hell in the next for Adultery, Fornication, Uncleanness, Drunkenness, Murder, Theft, and other Sins and Works of the Flesh, yet they would abstain from them out of meer Love to GOD and Goodness: For they that are Christ's have crucified the Flesh, with the Affections and Lusts thereof, Gal. 5. 24. On these Heads and Particulars I then largely discours'd: And on the last Lord's Day, the 21st instant, I again preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon this Text, Mat. 11. 28, 29, 30. Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you Rest. Take my Yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in Heart, and ye shall find Rest unto your Souls. For my Yoke is easie, and my Burthen is light. These Words I first explain'd in general, and then did distinctly and particularly discourse from them upon these four principal Heads, shewing, I. Who is the Inviter here, and that is CHRIST JESUS, saying, Come unto me. II. Who are the Invited, viz. All that labour and are heavy laden; i. e. All that lie opprest under the weighty Load of their Sins. III. What is this Invitation, and what are the Motions and Means by which we may effectually come to CHRIST; and these are Faith, Love, Repentance, Humility, and Meekness; which He would have us to follow in imitation of Him: Learn of me, (says he in the Text) for I am meek and lowly in Heart. IV. and lastly, The great Motives and strong Arguments here used by CHRIST, for our Perswasion to receive this his most gracious Invitation, To come unto Him, and take his Yoke upon us. Which Arguments are thse: 1st, Because He will give us Rest. 2dly, Because we shall find this Rest unto (and in) our Souls. 3dly, Because his Yoke is easie, and his Burthen is light: intimating thereby That tho' the Precepts of his Gospel be a Yoke and a Burthen, in that they are contrary to our corrupt Nature, and too hard and too heavy for our Strength to bear, yet they will become not only easie and light, but pleasant and comfortable to us, by His Divine Spirit powerfully assisting us in the hearing thereof. After I had gone through, and inlarged upon these several Heads and Particulars. I then exhorted my Auditory to Repent of their Sins; and come unto CHRIST (who inviteth them to receive Help, Rest, and Salvation;) and so bear his Cross here on Earth, that they might wear his Crown in Heaven. Which having done, I summ'd up all with suitable Admonitions, and a close Application to the Condemn'd; who (to me) appeared very attentive to what was said to them both in Publick and Private. I have here dwelt the longer upon these respective Heads or chief Points of my Sermons to the Condemn'd Persons, because I may have but little else to fill this Paper with; which (as I take it) should be excus'd from the Tax, being a Paper that (for the most part) contains Matter of Divinity and Devotion, and is chiefly intended for the Instruction and Reformation of Sinners. These who are the Subject of it, and are now order'd for Execution, gave me the respective Accounts of their past Lives, and present Dispositions, as follows. 1. John Crabb , condemn'd for a Burglary and Robbery, by him committed with R. B. in the House of Francis Annesley , Esq ; on the 12th of August last. He said, he was about 22 Years of age, (but appear'd to be more) and was born at Bishops-Stortford in Hartfordshire ; and, That this Fact which he is now to die for, and which he own'd, was the first he ever committed, saving that a little before, he had in the absence of his Master, a Cabinet-maker, (to whom he was Apprentice) receiv'd the Sum of 24 s. for him, and never gave him any account of it, but carried it away after he had assisted in this Robbery R. B. the Person condemn'd with him for it, and now repriev'd. How far this Crabb was concern'd in the said Robbery, may (in some measure) be gather'd from his following Confession, tho' in something it differs from that which R. B. made to me. And this Crabb's Confession is this: That R. B. (who then was a Domestick Servant of Mr. Annesley) having one Day (as it seem'd) lost the Key of a Desk or Press, wherein he us'd to put Table-Linnen, ask'd him, Whether he could help him to a Key that could open it. To which he answer'd, He could; and so he did. Some time after this, the said R. B. (who knew he lov'd Snuff) told him, That his Master had rare Snuff in one of his Scrutores, and if he could help him to a Key that would open it, he would be sure to let him have some. Upon that he gave the said R. B. several Keys, to try whether of 'em would serve turn, but none did, till he the said Crabb came to the House that Night they committed the Robbery, and unscrew'd and took off the Lock, and by bearing down some of the Wards, fitted a Key to it, and so put on the Lock again; and after they had taken out of the Scrutore some Pieces of Gold, a Diamond-Ring, and two or three Money-Bills that were in a Pocket-book, which they left behind 'em, they went off, and would fain have made a Bargain with two Watermen, to procure them a Vessel to carry them to Holland, offering to give them 200 l. for their Passage; but they not being able to effect this their Design, went into Wales , and there (some time after) were taken, and brought to Justice; as 'tis set forth in their printed Tryal, to which I refer my Reader. And now, upon my asking this Crabb which of the two (R. B. or Himself) made first the Proposition of Robbing Mr. Annesley, he said, That R. B. propos'd the Thing to him first; telling him plainly, that he could get a great Booty, if he could open his Master's Scrutore, in which there was a great quantity of Gold and other valuable Things; and, that if he would assist him therein, and be true to him, he should partake of what they should find there: Upon which he the said Crabb promis'd him his Assistance and Secrecy; telling him withal, that they might then go over into Holland, and there live like Gentlemen; And (said he) let the worse come to the worse, I have a good Trade, which I will teach you, and you shall never want any thing so long as I have it. Thus far you have Crabb's Tale, which whether true or false, I shall not here determin; but certain it is, that Mr. Annesley's Servant told me otherwise: For he said all-along, that when he had not the least Thought of wronging his Master, who ever was a most kind Master to him, and whose Service he lov'd, Crabb put him upon this piece of Villany, who had induced him before to steal several Bottles of Wine out of his Master's Cellar, thereby preparing him to commit a greater Theft. This latter part was acknowledg'd by Crabb himself; who confess'd also, that he had been a wicked Liver, and had committed Fornication and (for ought he knew) Adultery too, and had thro' the Course of his sinful Life (several ways) greatly offended GOD; which he was now heartily sorry, and begg'd Pardon for. 2. Richard Town , of London , Tallow-chandler , condemn'd for Cheating and Defrauding his Creditors by Concealment of his Goods, &c. He said, he was an Oxford-shire -Man, and now just 41 Years of age. When I had him under Examination, he at first said but little for himself, save that he did not intend to be Unjust to any Man, but his Adversaries were bitter against him, and took what Opportunity they could to ruine him, &c. Upon this I told him, that such frivolous Excuses would not now serve his turn: He was fairly try'd, and justly condemn'd, and so must die; and therefore what concern'd him to do under the sad Condition he was in, was to make his Peace with GOD and Man, clearing his Conscience of all Sins, known and unknown, by Repentance towards GOD, and Satisfaction to all Men he had wrong'd, so far as he was able to discharge this great and indispensable Duty. For his Help towards which, I advis'd him seriously to consider these three Things chiefly, viz. 1. What he had done through the whole Course of his past Life: How he had offended a good and gracious GOD, and injur'd his honest Neighbour. 2. What it behov'd him to do at this time, viz. To repent with all his Heart of all his Misdeeds; give Glory to GOD now, whom he had heretofore so much dishonour'd; make the best Amends he could to his wrong'd Neighbour, and as far as possible remove the great Scandal he had given to the best Religion in the World, by professing it, and living contrary to the Divine Rules of it: For, upon my asking him before what Religion he was of, whether an Anabaptist, (as it was reported) or what else? He had told me, That he ever was of the Church of England, and never went to any Meeting in his Life. 3. The third Thing I pray'd him seriously to consider was, What should become of him hereafter: What strict Account he must give to the great Judge of all the World, not only of his Words and Actions, but of the very Intentions and Imaginations of his wicked Heart: What severe Sentence should be pass'd on him at the great Tribunal; How he should be excluded the Joys and Happiness of of Heaven, and be doom'd to the Pains and Torments of Hell, to all Eternity, if he did not truly repent, without any the least delay; And what a Curse he should entail upon his Family, if he should leave them any thing he had no Right to dispose of: Things which he ought now duly to weigh, & ponder on, and take into his serious Consideration; praying to GOD, that he might have Grace rightly to understand and savingly practise what might further his Everlasting Peace, before it was too late, and he be finally shut out of all Mercy, and consign'd over to endless Woes. This was the Substance of my Admonitions to him, which whether he heard or no, I cannot well tell; for he seem'd to be so very deaf, that tho' I spoke as loud as ever I could to him, yet he gave me no Answer to the purpose; but taking a small Book in his Hand that lay by, concerning Death and Judgment, he said to me, This is a very good Book. Upon which I told him, It was so; and wish'd him to make a good use of it, and prepare for his approaching Death and the unavoidable Judgment that should immediately follow it. Before his Condemnation he had a Chamber by himself in the Press-yard; but when he had had Sentence pass'd upon him he was with his Fellow-Condemned put into the Hold; where (as he told me) he contracted such a Cold, as that his former Thickness of Hearing (for I find he had been ever afflicted with it since his Confinement) was now even turned to a perfect Deafness. And as he much complain'd of the Uneasiness of the Place he was in, and the little Conveniency he could find there among so many other Prisoners, to recollect himself and prepare for another Life; so he was soon after remov'd to his former Room in the Press-yard. But instead of mending there, he seem'd to grow worse and worse, his Weakness and Deafness encreasing to that degree, that I could hardly understand what he said; neither he what I said to him: And he remaining in that Room (and for the most part too in his Bed) till this Day of his Execution; There it was chiefly that I pray'd by him, and gave him the Exhortations which I have mention'd above. Some Time before he was so very Weak and Deaf, he told me, he would write his Case, and leave it to the World; but whether he has done it, or no, I know not certainly; for perhaps his Illness may have prevented his doing it. Which Illness of his gave me a great deal of Trouble, and I am afraid with little Success. However, I shall not answer for it, if he was not brought to a better frame before he dy'd. I did conscientiously discharge my Duty to his Soul, and likewise to the others; who by reason of the Illness of some of them, that could not therefore be always brought to the Chapel, I often went to the Condemned Hold to pray with them. Some Time before his Death, Mr. Town having partly recover'd his Hearing, he came this Morning to the Chapel, and attended at Prayer, and at my Exhortations towards the making a due Preparation for Death and a happy Eternity. I had also some private Discourse with him; but he would not confess himself Guilty; and said, the World should hereafter better know what he has been, than they now do: And, That one certain Person, whom he had charitably reliev'd, and saved from Ruin, had prov'd the chief Cause of his. Adding, That indeed those he was most kind to, had been his greatest Enemies; but he dy'd in Charity with them, praying GOD to forgive them, and him also, who (he acknowledg'd) had been too eager to make himself rich in this World, and too too remiss in the Service of GOD. As he was rididg in the Coach with me to the Place of his Execution, he told me, That this was a Remarkable Day to him; for on this very Day he was born. Upon which I took occasion to mention this of Solomon to him, viz. That the Day of Death is better than the Day of one's Birth; shewing him, That by our Birth we enter into a World of Sin and Misery, but by our Death are deliver'd out of it, and admitted (if well prepar'd) into a State of Bliss and Glory, that never shall end. At the Place of Execution, whither they were this Day carry'd, Mr. Town in a Coach, (as said before) and Crabb in a Cart, I attended them for the last time, and (as usually) exhorted them to clear their Consciences, and to leave nothing undiscover'd that they knew the World might be benefitted by the knowledge of; Upon which they told me, They had nothing more to say. After this I pray'd with them, made them rehearse the Apostles Creed, and sing some Penitential Psalms. Which done, I finally recommended them to GOD's Mercy, and before I withdrew, I advis'd them to speak to the Spectators that they might follow better Courses than themselves had done. Mr. Town spoke to this Effect, That He dy'd with a clear Conscience; That he had been very much abus'd by some he had shew'd great kindness to, and he would let the World know it, by a Paper he had left behind him, &c. Then they apply'd themselves in their private Devotions to GOD, for which they had some time allow'd them; and while they were crying to Him for the Pardon of their Sins, and the Salvation of their Souls, the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off. This is all the Account here to be given of these dying Malefactors, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Tuesday, Decemb. 23. 1712. NB. In a few Days will be Publish'd, A true Copy of the abovesaid Paper left by Mr. Town the Tallow-chandler, which he desir'd might not be expos'd till after his Execution. Sold by J. Morphew near Stationers-hall. ADVERTISEMENTS. THis is to give Notice to all Gentlemen, Booksellers, and others, That there is lately publish'd a new sett of Cuts, adapted to several sizes of Common prayers, all new Designs, by Mr. Gocree of Amsterdam; engrav'd by P. Vandergucht. Likewise Mr. Sturt's Cuts. Sold by Robert Whitledge , at the Bible and Ball in Ave-Maria-Lane , near Ludgate ; where may be had all sorts of Bibles, either in Folio, Quarto, Octavo, Twelves, or other sizes; Common-prayers in Folio, for the use of Churches; Common-prayers in 8° & 12°. All neatly bound. Duty of Man's Works of all sizes; Duty of Man in Latin; Latin and Welsh Common-prayers; Tate and Brady's new Version of Psalms, with the new Supplement: Dr. Gibson on the Sacrament, Mr. Clutterbuck on the Liturgy; The Statutes at large, in 3 vol. Bp. Beveridge's Sermons and private Thoughts, &c. In few Days will be Publish'd, THE Whiggs Unmask'd; or, The Secret History of the Calves-head-Club, shewing the rise and progress of that infamous Society since the Grand Rebellion, containing all the Treasonable Songs and Ballads, sung as Anthems by those Saints at their King-killing Anniversaries, with Reflections thereupon. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the Two Malefactors, who were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 3d of February, 1723. AT the KING'S Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, &c. held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Peter Delme , Knt . Lord Mayor , Mr. Justice Fortescue Aland , John Raby , Esq ; Deputy-Recorder , and several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, (which Commission was opened on Friday the 17th of January last) five Men were found Guilty of Capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. While these unhappy Persons (viz. Stephen Gardiner , Joseph Hyde , John Allen John Bonner , and Thomas Johnson ,) lay under Condemnation, they labour'd both Day and Night, by their Devotions to attone for their Offences; especially Gardiner, and Allen, when they had dropt all Expectations of Life, finding themselves included in the Warrant for Execution. They carefully perused the Sermons in the Book of Homilies which relate to Repentance, and to Fasting. And the Tuesday preceeding their Deaths, they all resolved to abstain from eating and drinking to humble themselves before God, and to punish their Bodies; which accordingly they did. As the Day of their Deaths approach'd, they shorten'd the Nights, and spent the greatest Part of 'em in reading, and hearing the Homilies read to 'em. Yet the nearer the Time drew, the less concern'd they appear'd; and they were very willing to compensate for their Crimes with their Blood, and to leave this troublesome World, for a better Hope. On Sunday the 2d of this Instant February, I endeavour'd to instruct them from the following Words. As Righteousness tendeth to Life; so he that pursueth Evil, pursueth it to his own Death. Prov. 11. Ver. 19. FIRST, Was consider'd from the Words, the Quiet and Serenity that is lodged in Righteousness; where is no Dread of being seiz'd and drag'd to Justice and an untimely Death; no suspicion of all Men as of Enemies; no Distempers, occasion'd by Debauchery, Riot and Excess; no dangerous and destructive Downfalls, occasion'd by ambitious Pride: But, on the contrary, a Security from the Law; a healthful Body and Mind; not liable to Fall, or be ruin'd by the Caprices of any Men, &c. SECONDLY, Was consider'd the Tendency of Righteousness to a better Life above: As the great Creator has promised Felicity only as the Reward of Righteousness; and as the New Testament enjoyns Morality; Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatever a Man soweth, that shall he also reap: For he that soweth to his Flesh, shall of the Flesh reap Corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap Life everlasting. Galat. 6. Ver. 7, 8. Now the Works of the Flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, Fornication, Uncleanness, Lasciviousness, Idolatry, Witchcraft, Hatred, Variance, Emulations, Wrath, Strife, Seditions, Heresies, Envyings, Murders, Drunkenness, Revellings, and such like. But the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance: Against such there is no Law, &c. THIRDLY, Was consider'd, the natural Tendency that Sin has to Misery, and to Death, with Regard to this Life: Bringing Bonds Imprisonments, and an ignominious End, unless the undeserved Clemency of Superiors should interpose, and save a guilty Life, which generally proves to be rescued from Fate, to pursue again its accustomed Vices, and to return again to the same Misfortunes more loaded with Guilt and the Frowns of God. Can the Ethiopian change his Skin, or the Leopard its Spots? Then also may you, who are accustom'd to do Evil, learn to do well. FOURTHLY, Was observ'd, that the natural Tendency of Vice, is to an eternal Death; As the Wages of Sin is Death, tho' the Gift of God is eternal Life. As God has form'd this Earth, a Place, design'd to be regular, harmonious, social, commercial, &c. Providence certainly will support that regular Harmony, that Commerce and Society, which Providence at first introduced among Men, by making Society necessary for their Subsistance and Comfort, and by turning their Minds to a Love of it, and to a Detestation of entire Solitude. Wherefore the Subverters of Regularity, Robbers, Thieves, and Plunderers, as they incur the Displeasure of the Creator, must expect his Vengeance, &c. FIFTHLY, If a temporal Death is the plain and natural Consequence of Unrighteousness, they who suffer such a Death ought not to accuse their Accusers, or have Resentment against any one; but ought to humble themselves before God and Man; acknowledge their Offences, and take the Shame upon themselves; give Advice to their Companions to take Advice by their sad Fortunes, and break off the Course of their Vices: They ought to reflect what Crimes they have committed, and divulge them to the World, lest innocent Men should be suspected of what they committed, and also to recover, if possible, lost Goods for the right Owners of them. They ought to dye in Charity; relying on the Mercies of God, and the Merits of Christ. The Account of these Malefactors when under the Conviction of the Law. 1. STEPHEN GARDINER , was indicted for breaking the House of Dorcas Roberts , in the Night-Time, and stealing a large Quantity of Linnen, to the Value of 25 l. on the 6th of January last. The Prisoner being apprehended in Bed, with a very fine Shirt upon him, and the other Linnen all found beneath the Bed, except a Shirt and two Shifts, (which the Prisoner affirm'd were given by him to John Martin , for concealing him and his stol'n Goods in his Brandy-Shop till the Watch broke up.) The Jury found him Guilty of the Indictment. This Prisoner's Parents, who at the Time of his Birth lived in Moorfields , put him, when about 14 Years of Age, Apprentice to a Weaver : But, it seems, he play'd some Tricks, not pleasing to the Neighbourhood, or to his Master; Then, upon some Persons using him severely, he ran away from his Master, and wander'd about in a lewd and loose Way, imagining he could easily have maintain'd himself: But being, after a while, very much pinch'd with several Misfortunes, Accidents, and Disasters, he perceiv'd there was no Method but to return to his Friends. They gave him Advice to go constantly to Church each Sunday, to avoid all lewd Boys Company, to learn to Work, &c. They afterwards put him in a Corn-Vessel , and he went to and fro, to Holland , to France , &c. But he complain'd that he could not bear the rude Behaviour of the Sailors; their swearing, quarrelling, fighting, &c. made him believe he should, in a little Time, be murder'd among them; as he was very young, and neither strong nor robust enough to encounter them. He said, that he then resolved to lead a Life sober and regular, if his Friends would suffer him to continue in England . But after his Friends had agreed, and put him to a Waterman , he soon grew weary of that Confinement too, and nothing could satisfie him, but entire Liberty and disolute Freedom. So that, after he had watch'd his Opportunity, he ran from thence too. He then employ'd himself in Gaming about Moorfields , Playing at Cards, Skettles, &c. while his Money lasted; and when he was destitute of Money and Cloths, either attempted to Pick-Pockets, or had recourse to the Boys; and Playing with them for Farthings, recruited himself that way. He was seiz'd by a Man in Guild-Hall as the State Lottery was Drawing, who observ'd him taking a Wig out of his Pocket, but took no Notice, till the Boy was possest of it; but the Boy immediately dropt it, and pretended Innocence; a Gentleman then standing his Friend, he got clear: But about a Month after, he was seiz'd, and deliver'd up to the Mob; who severely handled him, and almost deprived him of Life, tho' he said he frequently beg'd 'em on his Knees, to take the Law of him by carrying him before a Justice of the Peace. After this he forsook the Custom of Pocket-Picking; but having been acquainted with two Men, whose Names were Garraway and Sly, they propos'd to him to accompany them in their Night-Rambles: He said he refus'd to hear 'em; till he happen'd to play at Cards at an Ale-house in Moorfields , till his Money was gone, and after that all his Cloths: He then sought for Sly and Garraway, who gladly embrac'd him; and Garraway told him, their first Expedition should be against the said Garraway's Brother. Going to his House in the Night-time, they broke it open; but found only some of the Wife's Cloths, and a Coat or two of his Brother's. Garraway telling 'em, that his Father's House would afford 'em Goods of very great value, they attempted that, and succeeded to their Expectation; For they found several Peices of Plate; as Spoons, a Tankard, Salts, &c. But search being made for the Offenders, they were all Three apprehended; Stephen Gardiner being the Youngest, was made Evidence against the others, when they were try'd at the Sessions-House, at the Old-Baily , and convicted of the Felony. This happening about Easter, 1723; a little after Whitsuntide, Gardier obtain'd his Liberty; but was so unfortunate as not to learn from the Miseries he had beheld in a Prison, to fly those Actions that lead thereto. For he committed another Robbery soon after, by slipping into the Father's House of one of his Acquaintance (as he call'd him) who liv'd on Addle-Hill , where he went up to the Garret, and twisted off the Padlock that was on the Door, and stole thence some Mens wearing Apparel, which he carry'd off without being discover'd or suspected. He said that above a Year ago, when he marryed a Woman about Forty Years of Age, several of the Neighbours prophesy'd he would die at Tyburn . But he thought himself very Fortunate, he said, in having wedded a Person who show'd him large Sums of Money, &c. tho' he knew nothing of her, till just the Day he marryed her. They being both charg'd with a Constable by their Landlord where they lodg'd in Fleet-Lane , and sent to St. Sepulchre's Watch-House , the Constable pittying him, dismist him, but told him he must beware, for that Bellman who stood by would certainly say the Verses over him, &c. The words he said struck to his Heart; But yet, he had the Misfortune not to take any good Advice, which proved at last the Cause of his great Sorrow, Uneasiness and Remorse. It was in the beginning of the last Spring, that he met with Mr. Rice Jones , and being mounted on a strong Horse, accompanyed him into Wales. He went upon the Passing-Lay (as I think he call'd it) which he said was to draw Countrymen into Publick Houses, by pretending to want Cattle; and then to Spy a Pack of Cards (laid designedly there) and begin to Play with his Companion, appearing as a Stranger, and to borrow Money of the Countryman to win a Wager, which 'twas impossible for him not to win; then to go out with the Countryman, and find an opportunity of getting from him. With the abovemention'd Gentleman Stephen Gardiner travelling, they call'd at Bristol , where the Gentleman took a Gold Watch and Chain, (having parted with his Wife) besides Suits of Lac'd Cloths, and a Nag, which he had before left at his Lodgings at Bristol; and then they proceeded to the Bath, and spent sometime there. Gardiner said he hop'd God would forgive him, for designing to Murther the above Gentleman, partly for Lucre of above 100 Guineas he had about him; and partly because he had struck him with a Hedge-Stake, and abused him, because his Horse would not go fast enough, nor equal to his, which could travel 80 Miles in a Day. Gardiner to effect his Design, stole a Pestel at an Inn; and carry'd it two Days in his Boot: As he rid behind his Companion thro' a Wood, he attempted twice to strike out his Brains, but relented, and drew back his Hand; Afterwards the Pestel dropt twice out of his Boot, and he thinking, the second time it was God's Providence, and that he should be himself kill'd in the attempt, forsook his Design of Murther, and rid from his Companion, who told Gardiner, as they parted, he was going to London to be hang'd. Between Abervenny and Monmouth , being alone, he said he open'd a Casement and broke some Wooden Bars, and got into a single House, having first knock'd a Quarter of an Hour to see if any Person was at Home: He took only a Gown; but saw two Boxes of Writings, and a great Quantity of Cloths, which, as he was travelling, he did not load himself with, but id forward to London . This unfortunate young Man was remarkably observant of his Duty; he was never easy, nor would let the others be so, but when they were reading or praying. He was commonly bewailing his sad Condition, especially when his Friends and Acquaintance went to see him. He employ'd himself in perusing the Psalms, particularly in learning the 51. The Morning he died, he, with many Tears, received the Sacrament, and resign'd himself up to the Will of Providence. JOHN ALLEN , of St. Martin's in the Fields , was indicted for robbing W. Wasey on the Highway, on the 20th of December last, and taking from him a Gold Watch, a Sword, a Tweezer Case, besides Money: It appearing that the Prisoner, with Frazier and Bunworth, lapping a Pistol to Mr. Wasey's Head, as he pass'd along Leicester-Fields , about Twelve o'Clock at Night, and threatening to shoot him if he spoke, robb'd him of the Particulars mention'd in the Indictment. The Jury brought him in Guilty of a Robbery on the Highway. This Malefactor was about 28 Years of Age, most of which Time he had spent without much Virtue, or Regularity in his Way of Living. But, he said, he beg'd Pardon of God for having frequently pick'd Pockets as Prisoners were going to suffer for their Offences, and also at the Place of Execution. He said, that when the People call'd Blacks suffer'd at Tyburn, he was with Frazier and Bunworth at a Publick-House in a Court near Newgate , where Pistols were pull'd out, and Proposals made, such as, he said, would never have enter'd into his Imagination. Afterwards they made an Appointment, and met by Great Queen street ; where meeting a Gentleman, about One o'Clock in the Morning, his two Companions attack'd him, and requir'd his Money. This Prisoner pretended that he then ran away, and that his two Companions running after him, they took only the Chain of a Watch, and a Trifle besides. He mention'd two other Robberies, committed that Week; but they acquir'd nothing of Value. He added, that they then made an Agreement to fee, if possible, some Watchmen, to connive at their Practices, and assist them therein; but they did not succeed in their Intentions. The last Attempt that he took Notice of, was made upon a Man who was carrying a Bundle, about Midnight, thro' an Alley between Leicester-Fields and Piccadilly : A Watchman standing there, one of them pull'd out a Pistol before him, and commanded him to be silent; he was so; but the Man refusing to deliver his Parcel, though threaten'd with Death, they left the Place, and fled. He denied that ever he acquired any large Sum by his ill Practices: He very much accused Frazier, pretending that he led him into the vicious Course of Life he was engag'd in, and would have induced People to imagine that his own Disposition was naturally wholly Virtuous, and his Companion's wholly Vicious. The Behaviour of these Prisoners at the Place of Execution. THE two unfortunate Men, being carry'd in a Cart to Tyburn , were observ'd to be remarkably earnest in their Devotions, reading such Prayers as they they were directed to repeat, before they went to suffer Death. John Allen appear'd satisfy'd with his Lot, and said he valued not this World, but thought he had fully made his Peace with God, and desir'd rather to die than to have his Life extended for Slavery and Bondage; since he must one Day die, it was the Portion of every Man, and since he must appear before Christ's Judgment Seat, to render an Account, for all the most secret Actions of his Life. Stephen Gardiner , when he arriv'd at the Place where he was to attone with his Blood for his Faults, appear'd very Devout, in the most earnest Manner calling upon God and Christ. Before he went, he was desir'd by some of his Acquaintance to put something upon his Body, besides the thin Covering of his Shroud, in order to fence against the extream Cold which might perhaps so injure his Body, as to prevent the Fervency of his Prayers, and draw off his Thoughts from Heaven. To that he reply'd, that as he had endured the Cold on Sunday and the Sunday Night, he was resolv'd not put on Clothing on his Body during the Time he should continue in this World; For he was of Opinion, that he could not too much punish and afflict his Body for the Crimes he had committed; he was of Opinion, that there must be an Attonement and Compensation for Vice, either in this Life, or in the next. When he was at the Place of Execution he spoke to the People, to assure 'em, That though some Malicious People had been pleas'd to accuse his Father and Mother, as if they knew of his Robbing the Laundress, he declared as a dying Man, that they were wholly Ignorant of it, nor did they own the Bag that the Linnen was put into: He than spoke to some of his Companions whom he saw there present, desiring them to take warning by his Calamitous Fate, and to fly from vicious Company, and return to a virtuous and sober Life, which was the only way to be happy in this World, as well as in the next. This is all the Account that is given by me, T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain. ADVERTISEMENT. 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He cures Cancers, and all scropholous Tumours or Ulcers, Leprosies, or Fistulas, without manual Operation; the King's Evil, in either Sex, any unnatural Obstructions, or too greet a Redundancy of Humours, which, though by some (for want of Understanding) is attributed to foul Conversation, yet often proceeds from an Alteration of Constitution in Women of advanced Age; the Green Sickness, with the Causes of it, remov'd; all which is done by a salubrious Method, which corrects the sharp vicious Humour in the Blood, without violent Purging or Vomiting, the common Drudgery of Practice. It would be endless to enumerate the many Cures perform'd upon Persons reduced to Skelitons by the Ignorance of some, and Inadvertency of others. In short, the unhappy Patient suffers for all. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession and Dying Words, OF ELIZABETH BROWNRIGG , Who was executed at TYBURN , On Monday, Sept. the 14th, 1767. In the MAYORALTY of the Rt. Hon. Sir ROBERT KITE , Knt. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . Entered at STATIONER'S-HALL. LONDON: Printed for M. LEWIS and SON, [No. I.] in Pater-noster-Row. Price Six-pence. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT, &c. BY Virtue of the King's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer and general goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Robert Kite , Knt. Lord-Mayor of the city of London , the Honourable James Hewitt , Esq. one of the judges of his Majesty's court of King's-Bench , James Eyre , Esq. Recorder , and others his Majesty's justices of the peace, oyer and terminer and goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said city and county of Middlesex on Wednesday the 9th, Thursday the 10th, Friday the 11th, and Saturday the 12th of September, in the seventh year of his present Majesty's reign, Elizabeth the wife of James Brownrigg was capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, for the wilful murder of Mary Clifford her apprentice . As the attention of the public has been considerably raised by the various reports which have been propagated respecting this unhappy woman, I thought it necessary to give a fuller extract from the charges exhibited against her, and for which she was tried and found guilty, than is usual in these cases. The first charge was on the coroner's inquest, whereby James Brownrigg and Elizabeth his wife were charged, for that they on the 31st of July last at St. Dunstan's in the West , in and upon Mary Clifford did make an assault. And that the said Elizabeth to strip herself did force and compel; and that the said Elizabeth the hands of the said Mary across with one end of a certain cord did then and there bind, and her the said Mary with the other end of the same cord to a certain staple fixed in the beam belonging to a kitchin under ground, in the dwelling-house of the said James then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of her malice aforethought, did tie up, confine and fasten; and that the said Elizabeth with a certain horsewhip of the value of 1s. which she the said Elizabeth in her right hand then and there had and held, her the said Mary so being naked bound and fastened as aforesaid, in and upon the head, neck, shoulders, sides, arms, back, belly, hips and thighs, of the said Mary then and there several times did strike and beat; and that the said Elizabeth with the horsewhip aforesaid did then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of her malice aforethought, give to the said Mary in and upon the said head, neck, shoulders, sides, arms, back, belly, hips and thighs, of the said Mary divers mortal wounds, cuts and bruises, of which said mortal wounds, cuts and bruises, the said Mary, at London aforesaid at the parish aforesaid, and also at St. Bartholomew the Less , to wit, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital there situate, from the said 31st day of July to the 9th day of August last the said Mary did languish, and on the said 9th day of August last the said Mary, within the said Hospital, of the said mortal wounds, cuts and bruises, did die. And that the said James Brownrigg , at the time of committing the said felony and murder, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, was present aiding, helping, abetting, assisting, comforting and maintaining the said Elizabeth Brownrigg , her the said Mary Clifford in manner aforesaid to kill and murder. Some circumstances appearing on the examinations that were taken subsequent to the coroner's inquest which affected John Brownrigg the son, it was thought necessary by the gentlemen who managed the prosecution, that an indictment should be preferred against James Brownrigg , Elizabeth his wife, and John their son, that the whole matter might be properly investigated, and the punishment fall upon all that should appear guilty; and accordingly an indictment was preferred and found by the Grand Jury, whereby it was charged, That James Brownrigg and Elizabeth his wife, and John their son, on divers days and times before the 4th day of August last, at St. Dunstan's in the West , in and upon the said Mary Clifford feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, did make an assault, and that the said Elizabeth , with divers large whips, canes and sticks, feloniously, wilfully, and of her malice aforethought, did strike, beat and whip the said Mary over her head, shoulders, back, belly, sides, and other parts of her body, in a cruel and inhuman manner, giving her by such striking, beating and whipping, divers large and grievous wounds, swellings and bruises; and that she the said Elizabeth divers hempen cords and iron chains round the neck of her the said Mary feloniously, wilfully, and of her malice aforethought, did tie, bind and fasten, giving her thereby a large and violent swelling in her neck; and that she the said Elizabeth in a certain place under the stairs leading into a certain cellar in the dwelling-house of the said James their situate, feloniously, wilfully, and of her malice aforethought, did confine and imprison the said Mary; by means whereof she the said Mary from the said 4th day of August, until the 9th day of the same month, at the parish aforesaid and also at St. Bartholomew the Less , did pine and languish, and languishing did live, and on which said 9th day of August last, at the parish of St. Bartholomew , the said Mary, by means of such ill usage, did die: and that they the said James and John, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, were present, abetting, aiding, assisting, comforting, and maintaining the said Elizabeth to kill and murder the said Mary in form aforesaid. Upon this indictment all the defendents severally pleaded, Not Guilty; and after the evidence was gone through on the part of the prosecution, Mrs. Brownrigg being asked, what she had to say in her defence? answered, That she had nothing farther to say, than that she had no intention to kill the child. But the evidence appearing most fully convictive against Mrs. Brownrigg, she was found Guilty, to the entire satisfaction of the whole court and a very numerous audience. Before I enter upon the account of this unhappy woman's behaviour, I hope the reader will not think it impertinent to premise, That the criminal procedure in this kingdom is universally acknowledged to be better adapted than in any other country, for the prosecution of guilt and for the protection of innocence. In many other nations, even some, (where, to their dishonour, christianity is professed) the accused are frequently put to the torture to make them confess their crimes, and examples are not wanting where the innocent have confessed crimes they were accused of in order to avoid the tortures they were threatned with. But, God be praised, such is not the practice here; no man is obliged to accuse himself; no confession is received that is effected by threats or promises, or that is not the free voluntary act of the party accused: And by the peculiar excellence of our laws, every person accused is presumed to be innocent, not only when he is brought to the bar but even during his trial he is treated with every degree of tenderness and humanity; the judge is his council, his jury his equals, and the presumption of his innocence attends him quite down to the time of his conviction. In such a procedure no prisoner can have any thing to fear but from his guilt. All auterior attempts therefore to inflame the minds of the people, and to create public prejudice against any person accused, how enormous soever the crime, are highly illegal and inhuman, and manifestly tend to a perversion of justice. He therefore who wilfully does any act to create public prejudice, robs the party accused of the presumption of his innocence, and in conscience merits at least the punishment he would inflict. - What leads me to these observations are the many false and scandalous papers and reports which have been shamefully published and propagated in relation to these unhappy persons, against the laws of humanity, the laws of the land, and the laws of God. But after such things had happened it was a most pleasing sight to the great assemblage of persons who attended their trials, to behold, not only the judge who tried them, but even the council for the prosecutors, in the midst of their zeal for justice, using with humanity every means in their power to guard the minds of the jury from the pernicious consequences of prejudice, and to direct their attention to the evidence produced, as the only legal foundation for their verdict. Happily for the two persons acquitted the jury were composed of men of sense and virtue, capable and inclined to resist the torrent of public prejudice; their verdict is a lasting proof of their integrity and justice, and gave entire satisfaction to the court and all who were present. As soon as I was informed of Mrs. Brownrigg's commitment to Newgate I attended her, and endeavoured by the most mild and pathetic means to convince her of her deplorable situation, but all my endeavours for some time were ineffectual, but on my repeated attendance on her, for which I took every opportunity, and using my utmost endeavours to impress in her mind the awfulness of death, and the certainty of eternal punishment for the impenitent, she appeared to be much affected, and began to acknowledge her guilt, and with agony and distress cried out, " O Lord God, " cleanse me from this horrid fact, and let the blood of Christ " speak better things for me than the blood of that innocent " child I have so cruelly and barbarously murdered!" And turning to me she said, " Do you think that God can forgive such a wicked " creature as I am?" I assured her that mercy always attended those who truly repent, and are weary and heavy laden with the burden of their sins; that Christ invites such to come unto him and find rest unto their souls. I also reminded her that God had shewn mercy to Manasses, who had filled the streets of Jerusalem with innocent blood, and told her, if she lamented her case as he did, she might obtain mercy; and I recommended to her frequently to repeat the following prayer of Manasses: " O Lord, almighty God of our forefathers Abraham, Isaac. " and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; who hast made heaven " and earth, with all the ornament thereof; who hast bound the " sea by the word of thy commandment, who hast shut up the " deep, and sealed it with thy terrible and glorious name; whom " all men fear, and tremble before thy power; for the majesty of " thy glory cannot be borne, and thine anger threatning towards " sinners is insupportable; but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable; for thou art the most high Lord, of " great compassion, long-suffering, very merciful, and repentest " of the evils of men. Thou, O Lord, according to thy great " goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that " have sinned against thee: and of thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners that they may be saved: Thou " therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and " Jacob, which have not sinned against thee; but thou hast ap " pointed repentance unto me, that am a sinner: for I have sinned " above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions, O " Lord, are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the " height of heaven, for the multitude of mine iniquity. I am bowed " down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, " neither have any release: for I have provoked thy wrath, and " done evil before thee. I did not thy will, neither kept I thy " commandments: I have set up abominations, and have multiplied offences. Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, " beseeching thee of grace: I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, " and I acknowledge mine iniquities: wherefore I humbly beseech " thee forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with " mine iniquities. Be not angry with me for ever, by reserving evil " for me; neither condemn me into the lower parts of the earth. " For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent: and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me that " am unworthy, according to thy great mercy. Therefore I will " praise thee for ever, all the days of my life: for all the powers " of the heavens do praise thee, and thine is the glory, for ever " and ever. Amen." This prayer she frequently repeated with remarkable fervency, and seemed to receive some consolation therefrom: But on the day before she was tried, she shewed some appearance of confusion; but being somewhat consoled with prayer and admonition, she gave me the following account: That she was married to her present husband James Brownrigg about the year 1745, by whom she had sixteen children, three of whom are now living; to whom (and indeed the same is well authenticated) she behaved with great tenderness, and in all respects shewed the utmost conjugal affection and love to her husband and children. She said: "She had for many years feared God, and walked in his ways; and had not only the form of godliness, but experienced much delight in the service of God, and found the ways of wisdom to be pleasant, and all her paths peace; that she attended public worship at every opportunity; and when she had a large family of small children was constantly, for several years, at the early sacrament of Bow-Church, and constantly read prayers in her family; but that she had lately neglected the same, by which means, and frequently breaking the sabbath, she believed to be the first inlet to the wickedness she had unhappily fallen into; and that having left her God, he had hardened her heart, and permitted her to commit those acts of cruelty for which she was justly prosecuted." Some years after her marriage she studied midwifry, under Dr. K - y; and, from the time of her commencement in that business, undoubtedly bore the character of a humane and tender practitioner, which many persons now living are ready to evince; and was the inducement for the parish of St. Dunstan in the West to appoint her midwife to their workhouse, in which employ she ever acquitted herself with judgment and humanity, and many times relieved the necessitous, to whose assistance she was often called, and frequently at a considerable distance, so far as her abilities would extend, which many persons are ready to corroborate. After her trial was over and she had received that sentence which her crime merited I attended her in the cells, when she appeared quite resigned and perfectly at ease: She said, although Mary Mitchell , the surviving child who was evidence against her, had sworn many things that were not true, yet that the material part of her evidence was not to be contradicted, and acknowledged that her sentence was just, and that she deserved to suffer long ago for her cruelty to the poor girls; and added, " Dear Sir, O that I " had had half the mercy towards the poor girls which I experienced from the judge who tried me, or the council who " pleaded against me! in that case I never should have come to " an untimely end. But, thanks be to God, that my husband and " child are acquitted, for they knew nothing of my last cruelty " till after it was committed, and when it came to his knowledge " he came to a determination to send the girl into the country, " and have a surgeon to attend her, and use every possible means " to recover her: but that his good intentions were frustrated by " the discovery made by Mr. Deacon's servants;" and added, " that her husband did not deny the girl to the parish-officers from " any consciousness of guilt in himself, but to screen her, who he " feared would appear in a very unfavourable light should the " girl be produced." And then she gave me the following detail of the several acts of cruelty she had exercised towards the unhappy girls who had been apprenticed to her. She said that the accounts of her having had a great number of parish-children apprenticed to her, and that many of them had disappeared unaccountably, although propagated with much virulence, was utterly false, and with a solemnity that none could discredit assured me that she never had more than three apprentices; and that the first was Mary Mitchell the evidence against her, one of the poor girls of White-Friers ; the second, Mary Jones , whom she had from the Foundling-Hospital ; and the third, the deceased, Mary Clifford , likewise apprenticed by the officers of the precinct of White-Friers . She said she had excercised so many acts of cruelty against Mary Jones as induced her one night, when she and her husband were asleep, to secure the key of the street-door and make her escape back to the Foundling-Hospital where she was received, and having related to the governors the several acts of cruelty which had been exercised upon her by this unhappy woman, the governors summoned Mr. Brownrigg before the chamberlain of London, to answer for the ill treatment of his wife to this girl, and the matter was settled before that gentleman and the girl discharged from her apprenticeship. She said she for some time treated the girls with tenderness and humanity, but her heart became unaccountably hardened, and the first species of her cruelty she exercised upon them was abridging them of the necessary quantity of food, and at the same time exacted from them an additional portion of labour even beyond their natural strength, and like Pharoah's task-masters, required brick without straw; and on their declaring their incapacity to perform her unreasonable tasks she, like those task-masters, cried, Ye are idle, and corrected them with great cruelty, sometimes with a thick walking-cane, at other times with an old hearth broom, over the head, neck and shoulders, and frequently with such cruelty that the blood followed the strokes; and under pretence that Mary Clifford , the deceased child, had wetted the bed, she made her lay for many succeeding nights in the passage upon the hard boards and without any covering but her own cloaths, but after her laying in this manner for some time her humanity extended so far as to give her the matt on which they rubbed their shoes to lay upon, and an old blanket to cover her; but still continued to abridge her of her necessary food to such a degree that she became almost starved: and being one day impelled by the pressing calls of hunger, she forced open the door of the cupboard where the victuals was generally kept, but being detected by Mrs. Brownrigg, she immediately took her into the kitchin, stripped her naked, whipped her with a horse-whip till she had exhausted her own strength, and made her stand the whole day naked at the washing-tub: and at various intervals in the same day repeated the whipping over all parts of her naked body with the greatest degree of cruelty and inhumanity; and at night ordered the other girl, Mary Mitchell , to remove some coals out of a dark closet under the stairs, where she made the deceased lay all night quite naked upon the cold stones, and without any other covering than an old ragged waistcoat and pettycoat. But the next night she ordered a sack of straw to be put in this hole for the unhappy deceased to lay upon, which she did alone for several nights: But after some time Mary Mitchell was put into the hole with her, and afterwards was treated with equal diabolical cruelty with her fellow-sufferer; but she being older and of a stronger make of body, survived those repeated acts of cruelty, which the other unhappily sunk under. She informed me that after she had confined these unfortunate girls in that dismal hole under the stairs, she frequently used to tie their hands across with a cord, and draw them up to a water-pipe which went across the kitchen, and in that position whipped them with a horse-whip until she was weary: but by a frequent repetition of this act of cruelty the water-pipe gave way, and she was apprehensive that it would come down, she therefore desired her husband to fix a hook in the beam in the kitchin, but never informed him, nor does she believe he had the least idea of the use she intended to apply it to, nor was he ever privy to any of her acts of cruelty, he seldom being at home at these times, and his business occasioning him to be much abroad. But she soon made this hook an instrument of cruelty, by frequently tying the poor girls up to it as she had before done to the water-pipe, and whipping them with the utmost severity on all parts of their bodies, till the blood followed every lash. The summer season coming on, Mrs. Brownrigg and her husband went every Saturday evening to a lodging they had a small distance from town, where they generally stayed till Sunday night or Monday morning, during all which time the poor girls were locked up in the before-mentioned dark hole, with a small portion of dry bread, scarcely sufficient to keep nature from sinking, but without any sort of drink, even water being prohibited them. This was their usual treatment in the summer season, and was practised on them with remarkable cruelty until the time the discovery was made. The day on which she exercised her last acts of barbarity was on a Friday, in the beginning of August last, when she says, She tied up the unfortunate deceased to the before-mentioned hook, stripped her naked, and horse-whipped her till the blood gushed in torrents from her wounds: That she tied her up a third time, but was not able to repeat her infernal cruelties, the sight of her lacerated body filling her heart (steeled as it was) with horror, so that she was unable to look to her; she therefore untied her and let her fall to the ground, and possitively denied she repeated her cruelties any more that day, notwithstanding what Mary Mitchell swore on her trial. The manner in which these dark scenes of iniquity were brought to light is very observable, and in which the hand of Providence is eminently conspicuous. Mrs. Brownrigg took care to exercise her acts of barbarity with all imaginable privacy, to prevent a discovery by the neighbours: But it happened Mr. Brownrigg bought a hog at a sale he had at Hampsted, and put the same in a covered yard adjoining to the kitchin, where the scenes of barbarity were acted; but the close confinement occasioning the hog to become very offensive, it was found necessary to open a window in the sky-light to admit air, and let out the stench. It happened on the last day she exercised her cruelties that this window was opened, and a servant of Mr. Deacon's, a baker, at the next door, hearing the poor object express some dismal grones, he looked from his master's through this casement-window, and observed something lying upon the ground bloody, but in such a situation as not to discover whether it was human or not; he thereupon called, but receiving no answer he threw something which fell upon the poor girl, who thereupon groaned and uttered some inarticular sounds; from whence he discovered the object to be human. He thereupon alarmed his master and the family, who immediately came to view the dismal spectacle, and immediately concluded the unhappy object was one of the unfortunate parish-girls. From this presumption, Mr. Deacon caused notice to be given to the parish-officers, who immediately attended, and demanded a sight of the deceased; who Mr. Brownrigg for some time peremptorily refused to produce, insisting she was in the country, and even sent for an attorney, and used threats and menaces against the gentlemen of the parish for presuming to enter his house, but they were not to be intimidated; and after various searches over the house to find her but without effect they took Mr. Brownrigg into custody, who thereupon finding his menaces to have no effect on the gentlemen of the parish, he at last produced the girl; a most dismal object indeed, speechless, and in such a condition as would shock humanity to describe! All proper care was taken of her, but alas in vain; the poor infant languished some days in the hospital in inexpressible torture from the various wounds and lacerations she had received which were become corrupted, and then changed her unhappy life for a life of eternal bliss; on the death of the child the coroner of the city of London took an inquest on the cause of her death, whereby James Brownrigg and Elizabeth his wife were found guilty of wilfully murdering her, as set forth in the former part of this account. But Mrs. Brownrigg and her son John having made their escape from justice, every method was taken to apprehend them, not only by diligent searches but by advertisement of rewards, and at length they were discovered in a lodging they had hired at Wandsworth , where they had passed some days as man and wife, and from thence they were brought to town and committed to the Poultry Compter , where she continued some days, it being thought unsafe to remove her on account of her ill state of health, but in a few days, she being somewhat recovered, she was removed to Newgate . After she had given the above account, which she did freely and voluntarily, she seemed to be considerably eased, and applied herself with great chearfulness and earnestness to prayer. I asked her if the report was true that her husband and son John had exercised repeated cruelties on the poor girls, and she assured me, as she was a dying woman, she did not know that her husband had ever beat or whipped them, or exercised any other cruelties towards either of them, nor did he know the purpose for which she desired him to drive the hook into the beam. She said that her son John had beat them three different times with much severity, but by her particular orders, and that one time in particular, when Mary Clifford was become emaciated with hunger and ill treate she ordered her to turn up a bed, which being unable to do for want of strength, she ordered her son to beat her till she did, and that he accordingly did beat her with a belt, with a buckle at the end of it, till the blood gushed from various parts of her body, and fell in streams upon the floor, but said that she was pretty well recovered from these wounds before she had any further beating. It having been represented that she had been accustomed to accommodate unhappy woman in their lying-in, and to provide for their children for certain sums, and that she had destroyed several of those children, as well as many others, in their birth, for rewards, and being desired by authority to make an inquiry into those facts, I laid before her the heinousness of those crimes, and the injury it would do her immortal soul if she was guilty of any such, and should die without a due repentance of them, and that the first step to repentance was a confession of her guilt; and observed, as she had found so much ease in unburthening her mind, respecting her treatment of the poor girls, she would find that satisfaction considerably augmented by laying open every guilty action which oppressed her mind. But she assured me, in a manner that forced belief, that all such stories were intirely groundless, and mere inventions to blacken her character, already sufficiently darkened by the load of iniquity she was really guilty of, and for which she acknowledged she was most deservedly to suffer: She admitted that she often had unfortunate women to lie-in at her house, but that she never undertook to provide for their children, they being always taken away and provided for by their friends, and she heard no more of them; and that she never had a child dead in her house but one, which was still born; and that, during her whole practice, only two woman had died under her care, and that not through any neglect, or want in judgment or tenderness in her; and this she assured me would be confirmed not only by the officers of the parish of St. Dunstan but also by her neighbours, and many others now living; and indeed I have no sort of reason to doubt the truth of it, and therefore cannot help lamenting the depravity of the age in inventing and propagating such horrid untruths, which have with too much success been impressed into the minds of the people, in prejudice of this unhappy family. But, thank God, justice in the midst of public prejudice has been preserved, and that part of this unhappy family who were not really guilty in a degree public clamour would make us believe, have been acquitted, although the grounds for putting them upon their trial were fully approved by the court. I visited her on Sunday morning, and she informed me, she had spent the preceeding night in fervent prayer; she wished the time was come when she was to pay the debt justly due to her crime; she said that she did not think her sufferings would atone for her sins, but knew she must be saved by the sufferings and merits of Christ or perish eternally. She attended chapel in the morning, where her husband and son were permitted to be with her. I preached from Psalm 51. 12. " Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God of my " salvation." She seemed very attentive and much affected; and after service there was a very moving scene between her and her husband and son. On my visiting her in the afternoon I found her in great distress of mind, crying out, "What must I do to be saved?" I gave her the best instruction in my power, which she thankfully received. After praying with her a considerable time she seemed much comforted, and said, she had a strong hope God for Christ's sake would recover her soul. Morning of Execution. I attended her soon after five, when she was brought into the Press-Yard. She seemed much resigned, and joined me for some time in prayer. Afterwards we went up to chapel; where her husband and son were again permitted to be with her, and joined in receiving the holy sacrament. After which she prayed with the utmost fervency, crying, " Lord, deliver me from blood-guiltiness. I have nothing to plead or recommend me to thee but my misery; but thy beloved Son died for sinners, therefore on his merits I rely and " depend for pardon." She seemed quite composed and resigned, and continued in prayer with her husband and son upwards of two hours, when she took leave of them, which exhibited a scene too affecting for words to describe, and which drew tears from all present. Her husband assured her, that if it pleased God to release him from his confinement, which he trusted he would from a manifestation of his innocence, he doubted not of being able to support and maintain their two younger children, and desired her not to be affected on their account. She begged him to seek a release from the prison of sin; and as for her children, God was all-sufficient, and hoped he would not suffer them to be used as she had treated the unhappy girls put under her care. Her son fell on his knees, and begged his mother to give him her blessing: On which she fell on his face and kissed him, while her husband fell on his knees, on the other side, praying, That God would have mercy on her soul. She said to him: " Dear James, I beg that God, for Christ's " sake, would be reconciled, and that he will not leave me nor forsake me " in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment." She then took a last farewel of them, and came down to the Press-Yard: Where, after joining in prayer for some time, she was put into the cart, and conveyed to the place of execution. In my way there, my ears were dinned with the horrid imprecations of the people: One said to me, He hoped I should pray for her damnation, and not for her salvation! Others exclaimed, That they hoped she would go to hell, and was sure the devil would fetch her soul. This unchristian behaviour greatly shocked me, and I could not help exclaiming: Are these the people called christians? This the reformed nation we so much boast of? I fear charity, which is the very basis of christianity, is banished from the greatest part of our land. At the place of execution she was quite composed, and assisted in prayer; and at her request I sung the following verses, taken from the vth Psalm: " O thou that hear'st when sinners cry, &c." She being very weak, she desired me to acquaint the spectators, That she acknowledged her guilt, and the justice of her sentence. And her last words words were: " Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" This is all the account given by me, JOSEPH MOORE . ORDINARY of Newgate . P. S. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the TWO MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN , On Monday the 28July1755, BEING THE Fourth EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE STEPHEN THEODORE JANSSEN , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, Etc. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate , held before the right honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen , esq; lord-mayor of the city of London, lord chief baron Parker, Mr. justice Clive, Mr. justice Wilmot, William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the city of London, and justices of jail-delivery for the county of Middlesex , held at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 2d, Thursday 3d, Friday 4th, and Saturday 5th of July, in the 29th year of His Majesty's reign, John Dailey , otherwise Peterson , otherwise Walter Gahagan , Thomas Scott , Mary Smith , John Sibthorp , James Bignal otherwise John Morgan , Barnaby Horn , otherwise Horan , having been capitally convicted, received sentence of death accordingly. Daily, Scott, and Horn, otherwise Horan, were Irish Roman Catholicks , and were attended by a priest, who constantly attends the unhappy, brought up in that way of religion: the other three attended the prayers of the church of England, Etc. daily, and seemed to pray earnestly and devoutly, as sensible how much their sins stood in need of pardon from heaven. The behaviour of them all was decent in the general, as persons sensible of their unhappy circumstances. On Tuesday the 22d instant, William Moreton , esq; recorder of London , made the report of six malefactors to the lords of the regency, when their lordships were pleased to order John Sibthorp , James Bignal , otherwise John Morgan , and Barnaby Horn , otherwise Horan , for execution, on Monday the 28th instant. And. At the same time, their lordships were pleased to order Mary Smith , John Dailey , otherwise Peterson , otherwise Walter Gahagen , capitally convicted in September sessions 1753, and Thomas Scott , capitally convicted in June session, 1752, both for forging seamens wills, to be respited, till their lordships pleasure touching them should be farther known. 1. John Sibthorp was indicted for stealing one bay gelding, value 8l. the property of Roger Atwood . 2. James Bignal , alias John Morgan , was indicted for returning from transportation before his time. 3. Barnaby Horn , otherwise Horan , was indicted for theat he, being a subject of Great-Britain, on the 13August, in the 26th year of His Majesty's reign, with force and arms, did procure Alexander Plunket , being at that time a subject of our sovereign lord the King, to enlist and enter himself in the French king's service, as a soldier , he being a foreign prince, without leave or license first obtained. He was charged a second time, for unlawfully detaining him, the said Plunket, with intent to cause him to enlist, or enter into the service of the French king. He was charged a third time, for that he did feloniously procure the said Plunket to embark on board a certain ship or vessel, with intent to be inlisted to serve the French king as a soldier. On Monday, about nine o'clock, the day fixed for his execution, a respite was brought to the keeper of Newgate for Barnaby Horn , just as he was going out of the press-yard to the cart; and his irons, which had been knocked off, were again put on, and after drinking a glass of wine and water, which he desired, to help him to recover the hurry of spirits which the joyful news had thrown him into, the again retired to his cell. 1. John Sibthorp says he was born in the parish of Walton , in Buckinghamshire ; that he was about 24 years of age; and that he was born of parents who lived in a reputable manner in that parish, and brought him up in a manner agreeable to their station in life, tho' he has unhappily abused all their care and tenderness. After learning to read and write at the best school that neighbourhood afforded, he was employed upon the family-estate at husbandry and agriculture, and, as occasion offered, was made acquainted with the nature of the farming business. When he was about 14 years of age, he says, he was placed out in a gentleman's service , in the parish where he was born, to do all such work as he was acquainted with, but especially to look after his master's horses . As his father, among other things, was a dealer in horses, the unhappy youth took most delight to be in the stable employment, and gave his mind so much that way, that he became very well respected for the care he always shewed in his service, and lived in this place about six years. His father died about seven years ago, he says, and left him some small fortune, the profits of which for a while he received, and afterwards, sold the estate. Having got master of some money, he took a little bargain of a farm, he says, about 30l. per Annum, and began to deal for himself. He had not however, knowledge enough of the world to stand upon his own bottom: instead of looking properly after his new employment, he was too much inclined to deal in horses , which took up all his time, in going about to fairs, to buy and sell for himself or others, and his little farm being neglected it would not keep itself, to an end was soon put to what his father had bequeathed him. After this, he says, he lived with several horse-dealers in town and country, and was looked upon as good judge of a horse. He knew their properties, and how to buy and sell, or make for a market: but unfortunately, he says, having made one slip in horse-dealing; he never after could recover it; which, he said, was in substance as follows: Being now accustomed to be sometimes in his native country, and sometimes in town, there hap- pened an opportunity to be recommended to live with one Mr. Bell in Cow-cross , who also dealt in horses. This person intrusted him, upon a time. (upwards of 12 months ago) with a horse to sell in Smithfield , which he sold, and run away with the money. The story he told thus: that he took the horse into Smithfield market one day, and sold him for found: and, tho' he was of no great value, yet forasmuch as the purchaser discovered the fallacy before he left the filed, that he was imposed upon with a blind horse, he was willing to right himself. After a little enquiry Sibthorp was found to be the person who had imposed on the purchaser, who took him into a house in Smithfield , in order to have him before a justice of the peace for a cheat, but Sibthorp found means to escape out of a window, and away he took himself. Whether that was the truth of the matter or no, thus he represented it. He acknowledged however the selling the horse, and running away with the money. After this exploit he went directly home to Walton he says, and, after some days stay there, he got himself recommended to be servant to a dealer at Tame in Oxfordshire , where he lived some months, and behaved so in his business as to gain respect, but at last two young men, he says, of his native country came to see him, and, after drinking heartily together, perswaded him to go with them to a place which he called Whatton , about 8 miles from where he was born. He consented and went, and staid about a fortnight with them, in which time they opened to him their mind. They told him they wanted his assistance and judgment, to go to fairs with them to buy up horses: and, in a short time after, let him into the secret of their intention also to steal. He says, since they came together, which was about two months before he was taken up, they had stolen four horses, one of which only was stolen by himself, viz. that for which he suffered, though he denies not but that he was accessary to stealing the other three also. And, he says, he is informed the other two companions are in custody for horse-stealing. He says, he, and his two companions, went from Whatton in Buckinghamshire , to a fair that was kept in June last, at Aimsbury in the western part of Hampshire , where they did not business, either honestly or otherwise, only they drank, and revelled, and squandered away what little money they had at any rate. When they were upon their return money grew scan- ty, and, in a field near Basingstoke , he took an opportunity to steal the bay gelding, for which he suffered. Then he made directly for his own parish of Walton , but left the gelding by the way, before he went home to his mother, left enquiry might be made how he came by him. He staid 2 or 3 days with her, and got what he could, and then went and took the gelding from the place where he had left him, and set out for London , and, before the gelding had been stolen a week, here he arrived, with intent to dispose of him the first opportunity. Unluckily he came to a quarter of the town which he should rather have avoided. His quondam master in Cow-cross , whose horse he had sold, and run away with the money, saw him in the neighbourhood of the Cross-keys , where he had put up his lately stolen bay gelding, soon after his coming to town, and had him committed to Clerkenwell-Bridewell , for the old offence, where the prosecutor for the bay gelding stolen from Basingstoke found him, upon coming to town to seek after him. There he immediately owned the fact upon being charged with it. And tho', afterwards upon trial, he endeavoured to frame an excuse, 'twas only vain and frivolous, and the jury gave such credit to the evidence against him, and his own confession, as to bring in their verdict against him, which declared him guilty. He has behaved very agreeable to the unhappy circumstances. Since conviction it pleased god to afflict him sorely with sickness, which for some time deprived him of his senses, but, coming to himself again, he was sensible of having deserved the fate he suffered and had hope that upon contrition and hearty acknowledgement of this and other his errors past, God would be merciful unto him, and forgive him for Christ sake, on whom alone he had learned to depend for salvation in the world to come. 2. James Bignel , otherwise John Morgan , was born in the parish of St. George, Southwark , and, at the time of his execution, was about 36 years of age; his parents were but in slender circumstances, nevertheless they took all the care of their son, that their condition in life would admit of: but the perverseness of his disposition, which he acknowledges to have been manifest in his infancy, frustrated all their well-intended endeavours. By the interest of some friends be was get into the parish school, where, instead of profiting by the wholesome instructions offered to him, he wholly addicted himself to idleness, insomuch that, according to his own confession, for one days attendance, he was absent three; the deserved correction he frequently met with on these occasions were far from having their wish'd-for effect; he grew daily more and more profligate, 'till at last, for fear the contagion of his example should infect the other boys, it was thought not only prudent but necessary to turn him out of the school. Having thus lost opportunity of instruction, and consequent advantage of being brought up to some business whereby he might have earned an honest livelihood, he abandoned himself intirely to the indulgence of his own vicious inclinations. He was not long before he met with companions agreeable to his wicked disposition, and soon found other preceptors, but of a vert different kind; by these he was early initiated in the mysteries of ungodliness, to which, as has been already observed, he had a natural propensity, and he, who would be at no pains for the attainment of useful knowledge, was so industrious and apt a learner in the school of mischief that he soon become a surprizing proficient in all the arts of cunning and deceit, and was, in a very short time, considered by the sharping fraternity as one of their most useful and most profitable members. His dexterity in picking pockets was conspicuous before he arrived at fourteen years of age: however at this time he had some friends left who were still sollicitous for his well-fare, and used the utmost endeavours to withdraw him from the bad company, and wicked practices, in which he was engaged. They. when perswasion had proved ineffectual, in order to secure him from the censure of justice, to which he had long rendered himself obnoxious, contrived to send him on board one of the men of war in the fleet that was sent to Lisbon , and continued near twelve months in the Tagus , under the command of the late Sir John Norris . upon the return of that fleet to England , Bignal was discharged, nor had absence in the least altered his disposition, he soon rejoined such of his companions as had escaped the vengeance of the law, and now thinking himself equal to more daring exploits than picking of pockets, he commenced shoplifter; but it was not long before justice overtook him, he was detected in robbing Messrs. Charles Wall and John Stanton , of forty- one silk handkerchiefs, in their dwelling-house, for which he was tried at the Old-Bailey , in July1739, and being found guilty, was sentenced to seven years banishment; and accordingly was soon after transported to Maryland , where he continued his appointed time. How, or in what manner, he behaved during his exile is not known; however, we may believe he did not live greatly to his liking. Labour had never been agreeable to him and he was obliged to submit there to more than a little. No sooner was his time of servitude expired, than he took the first opportunity to embark for his return; and being somewhat of a seaman , he had the good luck to be taken on board a homeward-bound ship for the run to England, and received the customary wages. War having been declared against Spain, on the arrival of the ship in the channel, he, with several others, was pressed, and carried on board the Mermaid man of war; in which ship, he says he continued, till the conclusion of the peace. Her station, during all the time he was on board, was to cruize in the channel, nor did she make a voyage, except once to carry an express to Sir Peter Warren , then at Madeira . The war being at an end, the ship was put out of commission, when he, among the rest that were discharged, came once more to London. However, his punishment, and the hardships he had undergone, wrought no amendment in him; the seeds of wickedness were too deeply implanted in his heart to be easily eradicated.He contracted a new acquaintance with the most distinguished gamblers, and was a partner with them, nay very often a principal actor, in most of their destructive schemes to impose on the unwary. Money, he says, they got enough, but always found ways and means enough to spend it; wine and women soon consumed their ill-gotten gains. Bignal's appetite for pleasure was isatiable, in consequence whereof his expences were extravagant; this kept his invention always at work for the gratification of his irregular passions. Numberless were the schemes he employed for this purpose; one day he appeared the fine gentleman, (so far as a gaudy dress might give him a title to this denomination) under which semblance he would go and look at genteel lodgings, with a view of taking any thing that fell in his way, or in hopes of defrauding some credulous tradesman: on another, he assumed the sober man of business, whereby he has obtained credit for what he never intended to pay; and was sometimes (indeed frequently) to be seen with a blue apron, or a postilion's frock, or a sailor's jacket and trowsers, attending an orange-barrow, in the out-skirts of the town, watching his opportunity to trick some heedless youth (by getting him into play) out of his watch; or some ignorant countryman out of his money. In short, no artifice capable of being put in practice, escaped him. To use his own expression, To give an account of all the thefts he has conmitted, or the various frauds he has been concerned in, would employ, more time than has intervened since his last commitment to Newgate , to the time of his execution. In this manner, attempting to deceive every one who put it in his power, he lived, form the time of his discharge from the man of war, before-mentioned, till the twenty first day of May 1753, when he went to one Mr. William Smith , a hatter , at Limehouse , of whom he bespoke a hat, and desired him to make him one of his best. After which he asked for a queen Ann's half-guinea for a gentleman who was going abroad, and had desired him to get him one. The honest man, little thinking what sort of a customer he had got, readily put his hand in his pocket, and pulled out what money he had there (having just received some, of which he had taken a particular account) to look for one; Bignal immediately put his hand into Mr. Smith's, and cried, here is one. The latter drew his hand back, and when he again put it forwards, to look more carefully, the former repeated the same action three times. Mr. Smith's daughter said she would go up stairs and see for one herself, and accordingly brought down a queen Ann's half-guinea; but Bignal said that would not do, it was too much defaced, and immediately took his leave. Soon after his departure Mr. Smith looking over his money, presently missed three guineas and one eighteen-shilling-piece; Bignal was forthwith pursued and brought back: the money was found upon him, and he was committed and tried for this offence in the September sessions 1753, being the mayoralty of Sir Crisp Gascoyne , when he was again ordered for transportation. He did not want witnesses to the support of his character, and, on his defence, it was pretended he was an officer belonging to Whitechaple court. Bignal once more, in pursuance of his sentence, set out on his travels to America , and arrived safe at his destined port, but did not choose to make any long abode there. His pretence for returning was, that the air of the country did not agree so well with him then, as it had before; but the more probable reason was, that having been so long used to a life of pleasure, as he thought it, he grew less patient of labour, and servitude was become more irksome to him. Be that as it will, he found means to come back to England , where he has been upwards of twelve months undiscovered, at least unnoticed, tho' he appeared publickly among his old companions. The only caution he seems to have taken for his security, was the assuming the name of John Morgan . This unhappy wretch was so far from entertaining any thoughts of reformation, that he immediately had recourse to his old tricks, and practised them in various shapes, generally with success; but whatever profits he made were as idly dissipated as they were wickedly obtained. His last attempt was upon Mr. Turner, who keeps a china-shop in St. James's-Street ; the circumstances of this fact were as follows. Bignal had heard that Mr. Turner generally kept a pretty deal of cash by him, and consequently he thought him a proper subject to exercise his dexterity on; accordingly on the 9th day of last June he went to Mr. Turner's shop, under pretence of buying some chinatoys, and asked for a pair of little pug-dogs, as play-things for his children. Several were produced, none pleased him, except an odd one, which he fixt upon, and gave directions to have a pair made, exactly to that pattern; at the same time saying he would call for them another day. He then desired silver for a guinea; and afterwards begged the favour of Mr. Turner to look him out a king Charles's guinea in exchange for another. Mr. Turner, thoughtlessly, turned all his money out of the bag upon the compter, whereby Bignal had the conveniency of tumbling over the whole, under colour of looking for such a guinea as he had asked for. It is not to be presumed our experienced sharper would let slip so fair an opportunity : he managed so dextrously, that he contrived to secrete eighteen guineas, and was marching off with them, when they were missed by Mr. Turner; who immediately went after him, and secured him just as he had got without-side the door. From hence Bignal was conveyed in safe custody to the worshipful John Fielding 's house. In his way thither he offered Mr. Turner three guineas to release him, which that gentleman honestly refused; being brought before the above-named worthy magistrate , he was presently known by some of the people attending there, and was instantly charged with returning from transportation before the expiration of the time appointed by law; upon which he was committed to Newgate , and at the last sessions tried for that offence, and convicted upon the clearest evidence of his being the identical person, transported for the robbery of Mr. Smith (as is above related) in the mayoralty of Sir Crisp Gascoyne , Knt. With respect to his behaviour, since his confinement, he in general demeaned himself decently: being so old, and so knowing an offender, it was thought adviseable to keep him under a more particular strict custody: at this indeed he would sometimes murmur, but never was noisy, or unruly. What seemed to give him the most uneasiness, was the desertion of those whom he thought his friends, by which he really meant his partners in iniquity: of some of them of both sexes he would often complain grievously, for totally neglecting him in his distress, after their many professions of fondness for him. Little did this unhappily deluded wretch consider that friendships, founded on a dishonest basis, continue no longer than while they are necessary to serve their intended purposes. But, notwithstanding he looked upon himself as very ill treated by his companions, he would not be prevailed on to mention any of their names; no! he insisted he had more honour (what a strange prostitution of the word!) than to do or say any thing whereby they might be called in question; and he particularly declared that the person who was with him at Mr. Turner's had never been in his company before. He was not more explicit with regard to the robberies and other crimes he had been guilty of. When talked to upon that head, he always declin'd entering into particulars, but acknowledged in general that they were very numerous, that he had deserved on him, and that the sentence under which he then lay was perfectly just, and that he had merited the same many years before. After his condemnation he behaved at first with a great deal of serenity, and seeming resignation, and expressed many evident marks of contrition and repentance, in which charity teaches us to hope he was sincere: but as the hour of his fate approached still nearer, he was seized with all the horrors of despair. He manifested a great diffidence with relation to the number and heinousness of his manifold offences, and was not, without great difficulty, induced to believe even a possibility of forgiveness of notorious and profligate a finner. But when he was informed of the infinite goodness of the One Almighty, of the gracious promises of salvation thro' the merits of Christ Jesus, and that though his sins had rendered him black as the AEthiopian, yet the Divine Mercy could make him white as snow, (subjects to which he had hitherto been an entire stranger, having scare ever in his life called on the name on God but to prophane it) he began to conceive some glimmering hopes, yet still mixed with doubts, till about three or four days before he died; when he became more tranquil and easy in his mind, frequently declaring his sorrow for his past sins, hoping his punishment and repentance would contribute to expiate his crimes, and solemnly expressing his absolute reliance on the Saviour of the world for his future happiness. This poor misguided creature left behind him some unfinished papers, which seem to have been intended for the admonition of either some particular person, or for general advice. In these he expresses his hope, that his unhappy fate may serve as a caution against engaging with wicked company; he acknowledges his life no more than a just sacrifice to the salutary laws of his country, which he has so often and so atrociously offended. His ruin he principally imputes to his acquaintance with a set of people, distinguished by the honourable appellation of Thief-catchers, several of whom he has mentioned by name. These people, (some of whom make a remarkable appearence in the records of the Old-Bailey ) he says, not only encouraged him in his wicked practices, but they also so frequently partook of the profits he drew from those practices; and as long as he was able to supply their demands, he remained unmolefted; nay if accidentally he was brought into any danger, they were sure to assist him with evidences, of which they are always furnished with a sufficient num- ber, ready to swear any thing, without the least regard to truth, whether it may be for the saving or convicting an offender: he describes many of their methods, whereby they seduce the unwary, and asserts, that even innocence cannot be always secure against their machinations. How far what he has advanced is true, is not for me to determine; nevertheless, a late transaction is far from giving the lye to his assertions. That there has been a set of persons, who have made it their business to live by the price of blood, is but too certainly known: it is possible that these fort of people may have been in some instances useful; but is it not a reproach to the political economy of this great metropolis, that they should ever be thought necessary? At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Monday, 28th of July, between nine and ten o'clock in the morning, John Sibthorp and James Bignal were carried, in one cart, through a great number of spectators from Newgate to the place of execution; where they were not long before they were tied up to the fatal tree. After sometime being spent in prayer, and recommending their souls to the protection and mercy of the Almighty, their caps were pulled over their faces, and the cart drew from under them, while they called on the Lord Jesus to receive their souls. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BEHAVIOUR AND CONFESSION, Of the Prisoners in Newgate, Condemned at JusticeHall in the Old-Bayly, on Mondays the 4th of July, 1687. There were Condemned Eleven Persons, Nine of which are Reprieved by His Majesties Gracious Clemency, and the other Two, viz. Thomas Cross an Timothy Swift , are for Murther, to be Executed upon Hounslow-Heath . On Friday the 15th of this Instant July THE Ordinary visited them every day, Exhorting them to Prapare for their approaching Death, that they may with Comfort stand before the Tribunal of Christ, by whose Smile or Frown, Men Live or Dye Eternally Some among them were not so sensible of the particular Crime for which they were Condemned viz. Murther, as the Heinousness of it doth require. Therefore, the Ordinary observing of late, how many have been Kill'd by Duelling and other Methods of Cruelty, chose this Text to convince them, viz. 28 of the Proverbs of Solomon, the 17 Verse. He who offers Violence to the Blood or Life of another, shall flye to the Pit, let no Man stay him. The Murtherer shall flye to a state of Death and Corruption, his Guilty Fears shall Chace him thither, as making him weary of his Life, or he shall be Prosecuted to Death by the Justice of the Magistrate. As he thus hasteth to the Pit, let no Man stay him. That is, let no Man conceal him, or move and solicite for his impunity. The Murtherer is a Sinner of the highest form; such a one was to be taken from Gods Altar, and delivered up to justice, 21 Exod. 14. 25 Numb, 31 33. Thon shalt not take any satisfaction for the Life of a Murtheter, he shall surely be put to Death. 21 Dent. from the 1 to the 29 Verse, A whole City is charged in some degree with the Blood of a Man stain next to them; if they did not publickly and solemnly declare and testifie their clearness from it, and abhorrence of it. No Sanctuarys ought to be allowed to such Criminals, nor any Composition to be taken by their poor Relations. It argues little sincere Affection, and the price of Blood will be blasted, that it shall not yield any comfortable subsistence. Few Murtherers repent, but are fiusht and hardened in Cruelty. Mediation of Friends makes the Criminal secure, to delay even to stifle his Repentance. The stain of the Family is sooner wiped off and forgotten, being Expiated by his Death. If he live, Divine Justice pursues him; he either Kills again, or is Killed by Casualty in some Quarrel. If he be preserved he lives la Infamy, and at turns, hath an Hell above Ground, in the severe upbraidings of his Conscience. Let Duellers lay this to Heart, who resolve to Kill or be Killed. Some believe not the false Opinion of the World, which places Manhood and Valour in seeking Revenge and Blood shed. Such are of he Race of Cain and Lamech. 4 Gen. 23, 24. The latter boasted, that if any durst Apprehend him he would defie them: For I am able to stay a Man in my wounding, and a young vigorous Man, while I stagger in my Hurt and am never so deeply wonded. This was Hectoring Language, and Hellish in the next words. Whosoever Kills Cain shall have vengeance seven fold, bus whosoever Kills Lamech, seventy times seven fold. Thus he took heart to proceed in Revenge, as if God had spared Cain out of Clemency, but would punish Lamech's Death with greater severity: But Cain Survived with a mark of Infamy, he went about as a Vagabond, trembling. This discovered his Guilt, and was an Hell upon Earth worse than Death. Yet some commit Murther when they have no Provocation given, who our of a cruel humour, make it their disport to try their Valour, or Madners rather, on such who pass innocently by them. A sad Instance of this was that person, who was hang’d on Hounslow-Heath, for Murthering an innocent Man, as he was fitting of Furniture in Hampton Court; he told me he did not commit the Murther to rifle the person slain, not out of Malice, but that being drunk on a Sabbath day, he wish’d himself Damn’d if he did not try to Kill a Man, any one indifferently who came in his way. The Devil he said, never suffered him for a Fortnight, to take any comfort in his own Life, till he had fulfilled his wicked Vow, otherwise he should surely have his Wish and be Damn’d. This Satan suggested, that he might add sin to sin, and so ripen the faster for Eternal Destruction, if he did not repent, he said he might have escaped, but lingred about the place out of consternation of Spirit. Here the Ordinary showed the Heinousness of the sin of Murther, that it is a Violence to Nature in common, there being but one common Nature in all Men. Man is the Epitome of Heaven and Earth; the rational Life is a spark of Divinity, therefore, he who Murthers a Man tho’ never so wicked, destroys the Image of God in him, and highly usurps Gods Suprmacie. Murther is the worst fort of Sacrilidge, the Forfiture of Mens Lives by the Apostacy of Adam, is vacated for a time: A short Reprieve is purchased by Christs Death, wherein, to make, a Mans peace with God, and to work out his Salvation. Now the Murther seeks to make void Christs purchase in this respect, yea, the Bodys of Men are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, therefore, being sacred, whosoever defiles or offers violence to the Body, him will God destroy. The Heavens reveal Murther, when unpunish’d by the Offices of Justice, 20 Feb 22. They punish it by their Malignant Infectious Influences, yea, they are made as Brass. to avenge with Famine, the cruelty of the hard hearted Men. The Lord will make Speechless Creatures speak, rather than Blood shall be concealed: It is transcendent in the breach of the whole Moral Law of God. It tends unto, or results from the Violation, or Contempt of all the other Ten Commandments. 1st. It includes Atheism, as if God could not discover, nor bring Murther to condeign Punishment: Now, while Men falsly conceive of God, and divest him of his Divine Perfections, to the Encouragement of their Lusts, they debase and deny him. 2dly. Falle Worship is attended with cruelty to spred it. False zeal blinds and hardens the heart, to make the Chirstian World a SlaughterHouse. Some have thought that Coin flew Abel for asserting the Divine Providence, and a future Judgment of Reward or Punishment. 3dly. They who accustom themselves to prophane Gods Name, and wound his Honour, will soon destroy hi Image in Man, a Fellow Creature, and yet show little Remorse, because they dare villifie the Lord of Life and Glory, swearing by his Blood and Wounds in the imprecating Damnation on themselves and others. 4thly. Sabbath breakers first destroy all Fear and Reverence of God himself, and thus frequently run into the sin of Murther, 22 Ezek 8, 9.Thou hast prophaned my Sabbaths, What follows? In thee, are Men who carry Tales to shed innocent Blood. What Snares doth the Devil lay for Men in Sabbath breaking? Most Murthers have been committed by excessiveness of drinking on the Lords day. 5thly. Yorkless disobedient Children Proceed from the contempt of their Parents, to violate their persons, or commit Murther on others, so dying a shameful accursed Death; they sometimes lye unburied, till the Ravens of the Vallies pick out their Eyes, because they first overlook’d and dispised their Parents. 6thly. Lascivious persons, whose Liver a Dart stick thorow, in corrupting their own Blood, strike not to shed the Blood of another. The Harlot hunts after the precious Life of the unconstant Lover; if the blab how he had her at Command, or grow beggarly, and cannot maintain her, after an excessive rate as formerly. 7thly. Stealing, Murther, and Adltery are joined together, 4 Hos. 2 Thus Men break out in all Lewdness, till Blood toucheth Blood running down in a full Current, to conceal Adultery, and violent spoiling of others, that the Co-partners in such sins may not live to shame them, not bear witness against them. 8thly. The murthering of an innocent person palliats it self sometimes, under a pretext and and form of Justice, by adding solemn Perjury to the false Accusation. This springs form Covertousness, which is the Root of all Evil. Hence the Jews in Badylon were charged to love the Truth and Peace, Zac, Because they falsely swore one another out of their Lives, to ingratiate themselves with their Oppressors; but to conceale any Circumstance of Truth which might serve to clear the the Innocent, is virtually to condemn and murther him. Here were showed Eight degree of murther, which some being Guilty of, yet conceite themselves to stand clear of this horrid sin. Also the occasional motives which excite to murther. 1st. Atheistical living in some secret sins, which God justly punishes with Capital Crimes to b em to publick shame, thereby to convince them of their Athieistical hopes of impnity. 2dly. By exercising cruel sports upon Bty Creaes, some are insensible hardned against Men, their Fellow Creares, the most excellent pieces of Gods Creation. 3dly. Other to Satisfie their passionate humour, correct their Children and Servants in Extremity, till being flush in cruelty, they proceed to Barbarous taking away of Life it self. 4thly. When Love not well grounded at first, turns to loathing and harred out of a wanton humour, causing groundless ealousies to work as inragedly as if they were real. These bring on Murther. 5thy. When Men cannot brook any Contradiction of an inbribed pinion, nor any reproof, tho' never so mild, but count a Libel which blasts their Reputation. Others y Murther, remove all who stand in the way of their self irest, or commit it upon a Suspition, that others will be afore hand in practicing it upon them. 6thly. The restraining of Prayer, and casting off the Bridle of Divine Fear, 3 Rom. 15, 16, 17, 18. 7thly. Heefie, Coveteousness and Hypocrisie, which usually combine, fower Mens Conversations, with Envy and Maliious Cruelty 28 Prov. 16, 17, 18. Compared. The Hypocrite uts a kind of force upon himself when he doth most good, therefore it is no wonder if he use violence to others who discover him to his shame. Here were rescribed some Antidotes to preserve from the Commission of Murther. 1st. Express a tender compassionate heart to the very Dump Bruite reature. Some Phylosophers thought, that if one Beast go’d another, the petulant Assailant ought to be Killed imediately; many Heathens chose to feed only upon Herb, and not on the Flesh of Beasts, as holding themselves obliged to preserve the lowest kind of Life, which they could not give. 2ldy. Labour fr a regenerate state of spiritual living to God in Christ, you will be full of Compassion to all meanst parts of the visible Creation, if you have received this highest Mercy from God, viz. the Divine Renovation of your coupt Nature. 3dly. Morrifie Pide, which cause us to overvalue our selves, and to coment the Life of another, when he crosses our worldly inerest, and humoursome self-indulgence yea, the living hed-strong in our own way, brings some to self marther, hinking thereby to be revenged on others, who contradict us un the proud conceit of our selves, or cross our worlly sinfull projects. 4thly. Be not faint hearred in resisting the Temptation to Murther, because what evil Men strongly conceit, they shall be lest to thmselves to do, they cannot be quiet, till they accomplsh it indeed. 5thly. If you canot by all Arguments used towards your selves, overcome the Temptation, lay open the whole Train of the Moive thereunto, do not conceal the Devils Counsel, but reeal it. This is the ready way to break the force of the Sggestion, but reserve nothing undiscovered, that ther may be a perfect Cure of thy Grief. 6thly. Study commendable revenge upon thy self, in morrifying and killing Temptations Lufts; this will turn the Current of all Malicious Projects against others, into erenity of ind, in an Holy, Humble Conversation, so as to study welfare of all Men. 7thly. The Ordinary concluded with advice to such who have committed Murther, what do, to get the guilt and filement waed off, with an Exhortation to all the Audory, not to bself-cruel, in hazzarding the ruin of their Souls, but to come to Christ for Spiritual and Eternal Life. Arguments perswade thereunto, and directions how to close with Crist, conclude the whole discourse. I now proc to give an account of the Condemned Prisoners Behaiour and Confession. After several days prying with thm, and instructing them in the Nature and Effects of true aving Faith and Repentance I Encouraged them, if sensibe of the heinousness of their Crimes, to come to Chirst or Rest and Ease in a renewed Conscience, of which Frame, divers remarkable signs were laid before them. Then the Ordinary took them severally, to give a acconor how they had spent their life, or what hope they had of a future happy State after their Death. 1st. Thomas Cross , Condemned for Murthering of Francis Ellet of Tedington in the County of Middlesex , on the 29th. of June. The Eidence was, that he with other persons coming into the house where the said Ellet was, and calling for drink, created a disturbance about paying the Reckoning, and thereupon drew their Swords, offering to wound all who stood in their way, to hinder their escaping, without paying of the said Reckoning. When cross with others came into the Yard, there they found Ellet, the Deceased person and supposing that he came to the assistance of the Man of the House, one in the Company without any provocation, gave him a Mortal Wound, of which, within one quarter of an hour he dyed. Thomas Cross is Aged 19 Years and an half, Born in Oxford-shire , was Aprentice with a Dyer , and had not above half a Year to serve: He saith that he saw not the Man when he was wounded, neither knows who struck him, but one in the Company fled for it, and is not yet taken. He says he was drinking with others, when the Quarrel first arose about paying of the Rackoning, but stands clear and innocent, as to the giving the Deceased person his Mortal Wound. He Confess’d that he had led and ill life, in Drinking, Swearing, uncleanness with Women, and in Sabbath breaking, for which provocations of God, he justly left him, to be Embroyled in this Quarrel, in which, the person who assisted him, who sold Drink was Killed. He hath been tractable to the Ordinary, in giving him advice how he might obtain Repentance, in order to Eternal Life. He was sick several days in the Dungeon, where I visited him when he was not able to come to the Chappel, and by Collected Charity, he and other were refresht with Necessaries. I hope he was in some measure prepared for the Determination of his days. I observed him to be affected with my Advice, and in praying, and desired me to assist him at the time of his Death. 2dly. Timothy Swift Condemned, and in the Dead Warrant to be Executed with Thomas Cross for the said Murther, is Aged 31 Years, was Born in Kent bred up to be an Husband-Man and sometimes drove a Waggon on the Road. His Friends dyed when he was Young, so he said that he had not such Education, that I could expect much account from him of his knowledge in matters of Religion. He Lamented his misspent life, in Drinking, Swearing, and Sabbath breaking. As to the Fact, he denyed not that he was drinking in the Company, which raised a Fray, wherein a Man was Killed. He said that the Wife of the Ale-house keeper, snarch’d from Thomas Cross his Baioner, and in the mean time the Murther was done; but he knows not by whom. He said that he was very much troubled, that any Man should loose his life in a Quarrel, which was brought on by drinking of Excess, of which he had been Guilty formerly. Therefore for his intemperance and other sins, he looks upon this distress now come upon him, as a Justice recompense form God. He was very sick in the Dungeon, and therefore said that he could not give me any larger account of the manner of the Mans being Killed, nor of his own preparation for Death, but only this, that he prays to God to make him truly sensible of his ill courts of life, and that he would strengthen him with Faith in his Mercy and Christs Merrits to bear his Death patiently, and that all other would take warning by him, to keep close to their Employment, and not joyn with bad Company, left they come to be Entangled in those Crimes, which run Men unto Sentence of Death. 3dly. A third person Condemned for the foresaid Murther, 18 Aged 30 Years, was Born in Kent, and had formerly exercised Husbandry. He Confessed that he had led an ill life, that he had been Guilty of hard drinking, and lately of neglecting the Durys of the Sabbath. As to the Killing of the Man he gave this account, that himself with four more Connemned persons, were all pretty ful of drink when the Fact was done, and that a Quarrel arising about paying of the Reckoning, the Deceased person playing then at Nine-pins in the Yard adjoying to the house, where they were drinking, came to assist the of the house, so the Quarrel increasing, he the Assistant was slain, but he knows not who gave him his Mortal wound. He says that that himself went away single after it was done, but three of the Company were apprehend-d together: Himself being taken, was carried the next Morning to view the slain Man, he saw the Wound, and desired to lay his Finger upon it , which he did: But then and now, he denys that he gave him the wound However, he is much troubled, that he should be in the Company of quarrelsome which occasioned the Murther, he seemed very penitent, and was attentive to may advice, to prepare himself for Death: But being Reprieved by his Majesties Gracious Clemency, he says, he hopes, he shall take warning to a mend his life, and shake off all bad Acquaintance, that he may in some measure experts his Duty to God and the Kingfor this singular Marcy bestowed upon him. 4thly, A four person Condemned for the said Murther, is aged 20 years, was born in Yokshire, a Clouthworker by Trade. He Confess’d that he had been guilty of breaking the Sabbath, and did walk in the Fields, when he should have been at Church, or otherwise well employ’d. That he drank sometimes to excess, was apt to Swear, and some other vain course he had not refrained from: of all which he now Repents as the Provocations of God to leave him to fall into this quarrel wherein a man was slain. But as to the person who gave him the wound, he says, he cannot charge any particular person in the Company positively. He exprest himself very penitently, and being Reprieved, says, he will endeavour to Reform his Life, and Keep close to the Kings Service, least he come into any future hazard of his Life. 5thly, A sh person Condemned for the foresaid Murther, is aged 21 years, was born is Huntingtonshire, was a Ploughman. Be Confest that he had not been careful to spend his time so well as he ought. That now he prays to God to make him truly sensible of all his past miscarryages. As to the fact of flaying the Man, he denies not that he was drinking in the Company who raised the Quarrel, but declares as a Dying person, that he cannot tell who gave the deceased person his mortal wound. He was very tractable to the Ordinary, and there is hope that he will make good use of the Kings Mercy. 6thly, There was another person Condemned with one Stayns, for stealing 50 s from Sarab Almond in the Parish of Stepney , on the 21 st of May last. He came into the House of the Prosecutor with Stayns, and while he was below Stayns pickt a Lock in the Chamber, and pretending business, departed with the Mony. This person Condemned for joying in the Felony, is aged 35 Years, hath a Wife and six small Children, he was Born in Leicestershire, was a Tallow Chandler. Has a very Indulgent Father who bred him well. But he lamented that having a competent knowledge in the Sacred Scriptures, he had not led a Life suitable thereunto He said that the chief Grief which lay Heavy on his Soul was, That he had not in any degree of Thankfulness answered the great goodness of the Lord bestowed upon him. He had misspent his Life in Drinking, Gaming and Swearing; Nay, said he with rears, I am guilty of all manner of Sins, Murther excepted, I never had any thought that way. Yet oh! How have I Crucified the Lord Jesus Christ by my multiplayed heinou provocations? He gave the Ordinary hopes of the truth of his Repentance; yet I told him how deceitful the Heart of man is, and that he had not taken warning formerly of such ill courses, which bring destruction at the last. He replyed, that if the Lord should now incline the King to spare his Life, be hoped he should not abuse so great mercy, otherwise, I had rather now dye, than to dishonor God, by returning to a course of sinning, to heap up divine wrath against the day of his strict Judgt. Being Reprieved by his Majesties Mercy, he desired my Pyers, that God would keep him firm to his Resolutions of leading an honest and virtuous Life. thly, Another person was Condemned for Killing a Watchman; he is aged 23 years, was Born in Leicestershire was a Perfumer and a Glover, he says that he never wronged any man in his Life, ill this unhappy accident. That at this time when he met the Watchman, he was Sober. He said that being a Corporal in his Majesties Service, he had been receiving Orders, and was going to his Quarters, but met with a Rugged Watchman badwix the hours of a 11 and 12 at night. The Watchman bad him stand. The Corporal replyed, that he was the Kings Soldier, and was out so late to receive Orders, The Watchman said that he should not pass. The Corporal replied, send one of your Watch Company with me to know the Truth. The Watchman (as the Prisoner faith) replyed, we are no to wait on such frivolous Fellows: So quarrelsome words passing, the Watchman struck him with his staff, and to defend himself, he snatch it from him, and struck him b one Bow on the Head, which proved mortal. For this he faith he is very sorry, and by the whole observation of his haviour, I hope he is pnitent. He is Reprieve, and promises to be Circumspect for the future in his whole Conversation. 9thly, Christian Heartly and Mary Burton , bth Condemned for picking the Pocket of a person in t Parish of Aldgate , the m was 12s 6d. Heartly is a Girl of 17 years, was Born in Cumberland she lived with her Aunt in Southbeark , but not being ruled by her, took to extravagant Course. Lately she grew acquainted with Mary Burton , who says that hr Husband is at Sea, that she hath five Children, and fllows the employ of a Basket-Woman in the Markets . But the Girl Heartly denies that Burton takes any lawful Course for a livelihood, she rather trains her up to lewdness, and upon her desire, Heartly picked up the person on Tower hill, which was their setting place, and brought him to an Ale house in Rosemary Lane, which harbours persons of ill Conversation. After Heartly, the young Artist in this kind of diving, had drunk freely with her easie natured frriend. he was so, in kind as to consent to lye down by her on Bed, and so, in wantoning she pickt his Pocket. It i strange that he was not ashamed to complain of that which he drew upon himself. However the old and young Tepters were under deep sorrow for fear of suffering the Sntence of Death. They are both Reprieved, and do resolve never more to debauch persons, but to lead honest civil Lives. On Fryday the 15th of July, Thomas Cross and Timothy Swift were carried in a Cart to Hounslow Heath , where they were Executed. This is all the Account I can give of this essions. Dated this 14th. of July, 1687. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . This may be Printed July 15. 1687.R.P. LONDON; Printed by D.Mallet, next Door to the Sign of the star, between Fleet-Bridge and Bridewell-Bridge.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were Executed at TYBURN, On Wednesday the 29th of June. BEING THE SECOND EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir JOHN THOMPSON , Knt . Number II. For the said Year. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XXXVII. (Price Six-pence.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Hon. Sir John Thompson , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London , the Hon. Mr. Justice Denton, the Hon. Mr. Baron Fortescue, the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d of April, 1737, in the Eleventh Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. Jonathan Adey , Henry Boswarway , Samuel Moreton , Richard Harper , and James Kelly ; and three Women, viz. Dorothy Felton , Ann Mudd , and Mary Brown , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. N. B. Mary Brown , in June Sessions, 1736, was indicted by the Name of Mary White , and convicted for Transportation. And this April Sessions being capitally convicted, she pleaded her Belly, and a Jury of Matrons being impannel'd, they found her with quick Child. And at the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Hon. Sir John Thompson , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn, the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin; and other his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Goal Delivery of Newgate for the County of Middlesex, held at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 26th, 27th, and 28th of May 1737, An the eleventh Year of his Majesty's Reign. Four Men, viz. John Smith , alias Simms , Richard Sampson , Joh Simmonds, and Charles Rogers , were by the Jury found guilty of Capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. While under Sentence, They were taught, That the Benefits Christ hath purchased for us are such as will undoubtedly make the Soul happy; one of which Benefits is, Eternal Life; but to these we can have no Claim or Title until we perform the Conditions required by the Gospel, which in general are, An hearty and honest Endeavour to fulfill the whole Will of God, a fervent Desire, that the same Mind may be in us, which was in Christ Jesus, who was sent into the World to make the clearest Revelation of those Things, wherein our Happiness both here and hereafter consisted. For though some Principles seem to be innate, and to be engraven on the Mind; yet without this Revelation by Jesus Christ our Knowledge would have been very imperfect- for Life and Immortality, and the Forgiveness of our Sins by Christ, are brought to Light, only by the Gospel. By this Revelation the eternal Beauty of Vertue and Holiness is set in a clear Light. By this we are taught, that the wise Creator of our Beings has implanted a Principle within us, which will ever approve of our Actions when they are consistent with Vertue, and will always condemn us, when we engage in Courses of Vice. St. Paul saith, Rom. ii. 15. Mens Consciences do in these Things accuse or excuse them; they tell them, whether they have done what they have done in these Particulars, or not. Christ having brought greater Light into the World, never meant to extinguish that lesser Light, which God had set up in their Souls; Therefore we ought not to venture on any of those Acts, which meer natural Conscience convinceth us to be sinful. Whence we observ'd to them, That it is just Matter of Sadness, to see some who profess much Religion, living in such Sins, as a meer Heathen would abhor; and that it ought to be laid as a Foundation, That no Relation or Opinion can be of God, which allows Men in any Wickedness. The Sum of their Duty I shew'd them, to be briefly comprehended in this, Tit. ii. 12 That we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present World; soberly, containing our duty to our selves; righteously, our duty to our Neighbour; and godly, our duty to God, &c. Three of them having been convicted of that most horrible of all Crimes, Murther, I represented to them the Heinousness of this very great Sin; as it appear'd from the first Act of this kind ever was committed, Abel's Blood cried from the Earth, as God tells Cain, Gen. iv. 10. yea the Guilt of this Sin is so great, that it leaves a stain upon the Land where it is committed, such as cannot be wiped out but by the Blood of the Murderer, Deut. xix. 12, 13. tho' in other Cases, flying to the Altar secured a Man, yet here was no city of Refuge allow'd, Exod. xxi. 14. Thou shalt take him from my altar, that he may die. And it's observable, that there are only two Precepts mention'd, as given to Noah after the Flood, one, not to eat blood, to excite in us an abhorrence of this Sin, Gen. ix. 4. the other, for the Punishment of it, Gen. ix. 6. He that sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; and the Reason is added, For in the image of God made he man; whence we see, that this Sin is not only an irreparable Injury to our Brother, but 'tis putting even the highest Contempt on, and doing despite to God himself; for it is the defacing of his image, which he stamped upon Man. Ann Mudd having been guilty of the Crime of murthering her own Husband Thomas Mudd , it was represented to her, that her Crime was greater than that of other Murtherers, as having been committed in one sense upon her self, the Man and Wife being in Scripture consider'd as one Flesh. Her Crime being so horrid and unnatural, she was exhorted to humble herself before God, and to beg that Sense of her Sin, that broken Heart, and that contrite Spirit, which God will not despise. While these and many other Instructions were given, all of them attended in Chapel, and were apparently very devout, serious and attentive. Ann Mudd was very senseless and ignorant, and so stupid, the most moving Representation of her Crime, or of her Condition, could not affect her. Jonathan Adey was most of the Time sick, weak and infirm, complaining of Pains and Fevers, yet, excepting once or twice, he came constantly to Chapel. Richard Harper had a Fever, and could not for some Time attend publick Devotion, but both in publick, and in the Cell privately, he behav'd decently, and like a true Penitent, expressing an earnest Desire to join in Prayer, and giving an attentive Ear to Instructions and Exhortations. Those of them who could read, particularly Dorothy Felton , and Samuel Moreton , were careful and regular in making Responses; as also, Richard Samson , John Simmonds , and John Smith . Charles Rogers was very ignorant, and had been a wicked Youth; but he was attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, and seem'd desirous of good Instructions. Dorothy Felton grew very sick and infirm, but yet upon all Occasions behav'd with abundance of Christian Resignation. Upon Friday the 24th of June, Report was made to His Majesty in Council of the Eleven Malefactors under Sentence of Death, lying in the Cells of Newgate; when, Jonathan Adey , for stealing a Linnen Handkerchief, value 2 d. a canvas Bag, value 1 d. a Portugal Piece of Gold, value 3 l. 12 s. one dit. value 36 s. 16 Guineas, three half Guineas, and 3 l. 5 s. 6 d. in Money, the Property of Isaac Hone , in his House, in the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West, February 16. Samuel Moreton , for privately stealing a Silver Watch, value 3 l. a Silver Seal value 10 s. and a Brass ditto value 2 d. from the Person of John Vaus , March 27. And John Smith , alias Simms , for stealing five Pieces of Gold, value 3 l. 12 s. each, eight Pieces of Gold, value 36 s. each, two Moidores, one piece of Gold, value 18 s. three Pieces of Gold, value 13 s. 6 d. each, 121 Guineas, 16 half Guineas, and 2 l. 10 s. in Money, the Goods of John and Joseph Wight , in their Dwelling-house, April 17. Receiv'd His Majesty's most gracious Reprieve for Transportation. The remaining eight, viz. Dorothy Felton , Richard Harper , Ann Mudd , Henry Boswarway , James Kelly , Richard Sampson , John Simmonds , and Charles Rogers , were order'd for Execution. Ann Mudd , of St. James's Westminster , was indicted, for that she not having the Fear of God before her Eyes, &c. on Thomas Mudd her Husband, feloniously, treasonably and willfully, did make an Assault, and with a certain Knife value 1 d. which she held in her Right Hand, him the said Thomas, in and upon the right Part of the Back, near the Back-Bone, did strike and stab, giving him one mortal Wound of the Breadth of one Inch, and the Depth of 3 Inches, of which mortal Wound he instantly died, February 23. She was a 2d Time indicted on the Coroner's Inquest for the said Murther. She was a 3d Time indicted for that she not having God before her Eyes, &c. in the Fury of her Mind, on Thomas Mudd her Husband, did make an Assault, and with a certain Knife, value 1 d. held in her Right Hand, the said Thomas, in and upon the right Part of the Back, near the Back-bone, he not having any Weapon drawn, nor having first stricken, did strike and stab, giving him with the said Knife, one mortal Wound of the Breadth of one Inch, and of the Depth of 3 Inches, of which he instantly died, February 23. 1. Ann Mudd , 22 Years of Age, of honest but mean Parents, had no Education, and knew nothing of Religion; she was a very ignorant stupid Creature, and had no more Sense of Vertue or of her Duty than a Brute, she said she never had been within a Church, and that none of her Family had ever shown her the Example of attending the publick Worship of God in Church or Chapel, (a shameful Thing to a Christian Country!) She was of a Savage, barbarous Temper. When she was of Age, her Friends put her out to a Butcher in Carnaby-Market , to which Business she serv'd an Apprenticeship of seven Years honestly, and when she was out of her Time, she liv'd by killing of Beasts, in which way of Trade she was very expert, understanding it better than her unfortunate Husband, who was likewise of the same Employment, and belonging to Carnaby-Market , where he serv'd the Butchers , and carried Loads. This Woman being of the same Business, and in the same Market, he married her about 2 or 3 Years ago, and they livid together pretty peaceable for some Time. He was of a calm Disposition, tho' sometimes huffed, and would patiently bear the Abuses of his insolent brutish Spouse. On the 23d of February last, Ann Mudd being at her Mother's, who lives in a Cellar in Carnaby-Market , the Mother call'd in Thomas Mudd her Son-in-law, and before he came to the Bottom of the Stairs, Ann his Wife struck him 2 or 3 Slaps on the Face, which he was so far from resenting, that he endeavour'd to kiss her; she struggled with him, and both of them fell upon the Floor; then he rising up went towards the Stairs, and she took a Knife, which a little before she had laid upon a Cupboard, and stabb'd him in the Back, as was mention'd in the Trial: He died in 3 or 4 Minutes, and only said, Mother, I am wounded, Mother, I am wounded! This was all fully prov'd upon the Trial, and she had nothing to say in her Defence. I represented to her the Heinousness of her Crime, but she excused her self, by saying she did not intend to kill him. She wept most bitterly, but she was such a silly, ignorant, stupid Creature, that it was almost impossible to effect any Reformation upon her. Upon Tuesday the 3d of May, her Brother came to visit her, but she abus'd him, calling him Scoundrel Black-guard Dog, murthering Dog, and many other Names. During her Confinement she used to sing obscene Songs, and talked very indecently: For this I reproved her sharply, showing the great Danger her Soul was in of everlasting Damnation; she behav'd after this with more seeming Decency than formerly, but never could be brought to any Knowledge of Religion, and she forgot every Thing that was told her in Publick or Private; she was one of the most sottish, wicked, stupid Creatures that ever I saw under the like Misfortunes. Henry Bosworway , of St. James's, Clerkenwell , was indicted, for that he not having God before his Eyes, &c. on John Moore , did make an Assault, and with a certain Hammer made of Iron and Wood, value 1 s. and which he held in his left Hand, on the Fore-head of the said Moore did strike, giving him on the Fore-head as aforesaid, a mortal Stroke, which broke his Skull, March 24, of which mortal Stroke he languished, and languishly lived from the said 24th of March, to the 10th of April, and then and there died. He was a second Time indicted on the Coroner's Inquest for the said Murder. 2. Henry Bosworway , 27 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Town, who gave him good Education at School, and instructed him in religious Principles: When he was of Age, he was put out Apprentice to a Sawyer , and serv'd his Time faithfully and honestly. He afterwards followed his Business, married a Wife, and got a Sufficiency to maintain himself and Family. He had not been so wicked in his Life as many such notorious Malefactors; he had not altogether neglected Religious Duties, but had liv'd pretty regularly: The Business he was bred to being very hard Work, prov'd Occasion of his drinking sometimes to very great Excess, and then he was very quarrelsome, tho' at other Times of a peaceable Disposition. The Deceased John Moore , who was kill'd and murder'd by him, was a Man of a quiet, inoffensive Disposition, but Bosworway when he committed that mischievous Action was drunk, and he said he knew not what he was doing; he own'd he had been drinking a part of a Crown's worth of Beer, at an Ale-house at Hockley in the Hole , and coming back to his Work, he could not stand to do any Thing, upon which he went to this Cabinet-maker's in the Neighbourhood, where he lay down to sleep; when he awaked he was very troublesome to the Workmen, particularly to the Deceased; he and the other Workmen bid him go about his Business, as having nothing to do there; he struck the Deceased on the Breast, and provok'd him to fight: The Deceased hit him gently with the flat side of a Saw upon the Back; then Bosworway took up with his left Hand a weighty Hammer, and struck him on the Fore-head, and broke a large Hole in his Skull, so that he lost his Senses for 6 or 8 Minutes, when he recovered he said, the Prisoner had got his Blood. Bosworway could not deny this, only he alledged, that he met with Provocation, by being dragg'd thro' the Room, and awak'd out of his Sleep in a Fright, tho' the contrary appears by the Evidence. The Deceased languish'd for 17 or 18 Days in a miserable Condition, never having fully recover'd his Senses, for his Brains was seen thro' the Wound, and then he died. Bosworway only endeavour'd to extenuate his Guilt. I represented to him the Barbarity and Cruelty of the Act: He had nothing farther to say in his Vindication, but cried and wept bitterly, and own'd his heinous Sins, and that he suffer'd deservedly. Tho' he had not been so irregular as many others, yet he lamented that he had been so much addicted to the Sin of Drunkenness. He behav'd well under his Misfortunes, was Penitent for the many Sins of his Life, and hoped for Salvation thro' the Mercy of God in Christ; dying in Peace with all the World. James Kelly , was indicted for that he not having God before his Eyes, &c. at Rounce in Newfoundland , in Parts beyond the Seas, on Robert Levermore , did make an Assault, and with both his Hands fixed about the Neck of the said Levermore, did choak and strangle him, of which choaking and strangling he died, February the 18th, in the 8th Year of his Majesty's Reign. 3. James Kelly , 36 Years of Age, born of mean Parents at Waterford in Ireland , who gave him little or no Education: When of Age, was not put to a Trade, but did Labouring and Country Work, and was employed in fishing upon the Coast; but the Business he followed most when at Home, was that of a Miller ; he married a Wife, and liv'd in an honest tho' low Way at Home, but thinking to mend his Fortune, he engag'd to serve some Merchants of London in Newfoundland . He went there, and carried on their Fishery for some Time, and then he intended to have come Home to visit his Wife, Children, and Relations, if he had not been taken up for the Murther for which he died. Robert Levermore serv'd a Merchant , and had a little Habitation near the Harbour of Raunce in Newfoundland , as Kelly had at a Place call'd Formuge not far from thence; Kelly and one William Fitzgerald being Countrymen, and of the same Business, and acquaintted together, and of a very villainous and cruel Disposition; as they were sailing along the Coast about their Affairs, agreed to make a Visit to that poor Man Robert Levermore , who had a little House near by, when they came to him they call'd for a Bottle of Rum, and paid for it, and they made him drink the greatest Part of it, then seeing him fuddl'd, they thought upon executing their wicked Intent to murther him, supposing him richer in Money than he really was; they held him by the Neck till they strangl'd him. Kelly look'd after the Body till Fitzgerald riffled the House, at Night they carried him to the Stage-head and threw the Body into the Sea; next Day it was found, and according to the Custom of the Place, the People were called together to touch the Corps, imagining by that Means they might discover the Murtherer Kelly and William Fitzgerald the Murtherers, conscious of their Guilt, absented and fled into the Woods, where they travelled one hundred Leagues, Fitzgerald was kill'd in the Woods, and 5 or 6 Weeks after, Kelly being upon the Coast was taken up, and was almost starv'd to Death (as he said) in a nasty Gaol, being glad to eat raw Fish full of Maggots; a Gentleman he said offered him his Freedom, upon Condition of engaging to be his Bond-Servant for Life; but Kelly rejected this Offer, and after enduring very great Misery and Distress, he was at last sent Home to England to be tried for his Life, where being convicted of the Murder as above, he suffer'd accordingly. At first he denied his knowing any Thing of this Murder, but when the Dead Warrant came down, and there was no Hopes of Life, he own'd that he was present at the Murder, and drew one End of the Rope, with which they strangl'd Levermore. But he said, that Nicholas Fitzgerald and Robert Joyce , the two Witnesses against him, had a greater Hand in the Murther than he, and that they forc'd him to assist in that execrable Fact, by threat'ning to dispatch him in the same Manner. Kelly, (though of the Romish Communion ) behav'd well under his Misfortunes, and was attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, at which he constantly attended, expressing a deep Sorrow for the many Sins of his Life, especially the grievous Sin of Murder. He hop'd for Salvation thro' the Mercy of God in Christ our only Saviour; repented of all his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. Richard Sampson , and John Nugent , otherwise Tipping , of St. George the Martyr , were indicted (together with John Williamson , alias Scotch Jack, Richard Wheatley , and William Hilliard , not taken) for assaulting the Rev . Mr. Strickland Gough , putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Hat, value 6 s. May 14. 4. Richard Sampson , 22 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School to fit him for Business, and instructed him in Christian Principles. When of Age, he was put to a Coach-Painter , but afterwards he chose rather to be a Coach-wheel-maker , to which he was bound Apprentice; but he not liking Confinement, at the End of four Years he left his Master, and it cost a good deal of Money to get his Master's Discharge: He then took up with the worst of Company; and his Friends were afraid of his falling into Disgrace; therefore they thought upon sending him to Sea, he went a Soldier to St. Christopher's, being recommended to a Friend there, who would have taken Care of him and gotten him into good Business, but he would follow no Direction or Advice: He went from thence to Antegoa , and from thence came back to England , to be a Plague to his Friends, from whom he had receiv'd first and last some Hundreds of Pounds. He serv'd after this in Men of War , and Merchant-men, and had been in many Parts of the World. When at home, he spent all his Money, and whatever he could extort from his Friends, with the vilest Company, having been four Times in St. Thomas's Hospital , in consequence of his Debaucheries. He was an idle lazy Lad, and fit for nothing but Mischief. He behav'd indifferently well under Sentence, and did not speak very honourably of some of his Relations, because they did not supply him to his Mind, and was of a daring obstinate Temper: He had committed abundance of Robberies: He declared his Faith in Christ; that he was penitent for his Sins; and died in Peace with all the World. Charles Rogers , of St. Mary, White-chappel , was indicted for assaulting William Bassendine , on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Ring with a blue Stone, value 2 d. a Handkerchief, value 2 d. a Guinea, and 14 d. in Money, April 20. 5. Charles Rogers , 22 Years of Age, of mean Parents, who were not capable to give him any Education, and was not put to any Trade. When capable, he did Country, Labouring-work , and work'd in the Fields in Hay and Harvest-time; at other Times he went on Errands, and carried Links at Night; sometimes he wrought in Barges and heav'd Coals. This was the Account he gave of his way of Life. He never went to Church, and was grosly ignorant of Religion. I endeavour'd what I could to instruct, and he was very attentive, and by what he heard in Publick and Private, he attain'd a little more Knowledge. As to the Fact he died for, he at first denied it, alledging that the Prosecutor mistook the Man; but when he saw there was no hopes of Life, he confess'd the robbing of Mr. Bassendine, and that he held the Pistol to his Breast, as sworn against him, and that he had been a most profligate Wretch, and had been acquainted with all the Gangs of Thieves at that end of the Town, and had been employed in nothing but Mischief. He behav'd well in Chapel, and profess'd a sincere Penitence for all the Sins of his Life; that he believed in Christ his only Saviour, and died in Peace with all the World. 6. Richard Harper was indicted for breaking the House of William Holyoke , in the Parish of St. Bride's , about the Hour of Three in the Night, and stealing 250 Guineas, one five Moidore-Piece, one five Guinea-Piece, &c. April 18. He was about 23 Years of Age, and was born of honest Parents, who gave him what Education their Circumstances would allow, and instructed him in the Principles of Christianity. At a proper Time, they put him Apprentice to Mr. Holyoke, at the Cheshire-Cheese , in Wine-Office-Court , Fleet-Street . Mr. Holyoke keeps a Publick House , and this unfortunate Lad behaved for five Years and upwards in a very orderly Manner, and to the Satisfaction not only of his Master, but of all that frequented the House; he was entrusted by his Master, and was approv'd of, and respected by him as a faithful Servant . His Carriage and Behaviour was so modest and obliging, that all who knew him were moved with Pity and Concern, when they heard of this criminal Fact. He had serv'd Mr. Holyoke 9 Years, and his Conduct was irreproachable 'till within half a Year of the Expiration of his Time: Then he unfortunately got acquainted with a loose young Creature, (a Regard for whom he seem'd to maintain to the last*) by Means of a young Fellow of no extraordinary Character. He first brought him acquainted with this Woman, and his shameful End is in a great Measure owing to his Contracting this unhappy Acquaintance, by which he was drawn into unreasonable and vicious Expences; the Consequence of which was,-Advice from his dear Companion and intimate Friend, to rob his Master, which ('twas represented to him) would be no difficult Thing as he so perfectly knew the House. His Attachment to these Wretches, strengthned the Temptation, and he resolved to make the Attempt, in which he was fortunately discover'd**, else he had got a Booty of 800 or 900 l. He had left Mr. Holyoke's Service some Time, and with his Comrade had been at Sunderland , for Pleasure and Curiosity, he having never before been out of London ; after his Return to Town, he got into Business, but still kept acquainted with his destructive Friends; and all the Night before he committed the Fact, he was at a Publick House a little Way from the Town, and coming from thence with the Effects of much Liquor in his Head, and little Money in his Pockets, he resolved to follow the Advice that had been given him, and to rob his Master. And accordingly, knowing the House perfectly well and where the Booty lay, he put his Design into Execution the following Night, and by wrenching out a Bar of the Cellar Window, he got into the House, and seiz'd the desired Prey; but loitering about the House 'till between 6 and 7 in the Morning, his Escape was prevented by the People of the House, who finding the Cellar-Window broke, and the Box of Money missing, immediately search * See his Letters in the Appendix. ** See his Trial Sessions Book, No. IV. Part II. p. 107. ed the House very carefully, and after some Time, Harper was found in one of the Chimnies. He confess'd the Crime before the Magistrate, and he has since acknowledged, that he had twice convey'd himself privately into the House, and had open'd a Drawer in the Bar, and had taken out, one Time 30 s. and the other 20 s. He seem'd to be sensible of his Crime, in wronging a Master, who (he said) had always been very kind to him, and who had disswaded him from bad company, and particularly from maintaining any Intimacy with this Woman. He behaved well under his Confinement, was very penitent, very frequently wept bitterly. At the Request of some particular Persons, I asked him, if he had ever given Money to the Watchmen, to allow him to go in and out of his Master's House in the Night Time, while he lived in Leadenhall-street ; and he declared, he never gave a Farthing to them, or any one else on such an Account. He was very much indisposed, a great Part of the Time he lay in the Cell, but was pretty well recover'd before he was executed. He was not of an abandon'd vicious Disposition, tho' seduced by bad Company. He declared his Faith in Christ, was sorrowful for his Sins, and dy'd in Peace with all the World. Harper informed me, that after he had left Mr. Holyoke's Service, he went to live at the Cock and Fountain near the Mewse, in Whitefryars , Fleetstreet ; and from thence he went to the Bull-Head , in Leadenhall-street ; this Service he left on Friday the 22d of April, unknown to his Master, and on the Monday following, he committed the Fact for which he suffer'd. John Simmonds , of St. John Wapping , was indicted, for that he, after the 24th of June, 1726, viz. on the 7th of February, in the 10th Year of His Majesty's Reign, feloniously, and falsely made and caused to be made, a certain forged and counterfeit Writing, call'd a Promissory Note, in the Words following: Aug. 28, 1736. I Promise to pay to John Simmonds , or Order, the Sum of Five Pounds, four Months after Date, for Value received, Per THOMAS LANGLEY . By Reason of which false and counterfeit Writing, Robert Manning was deceiv'd, and defrauded of the said Sum of Five Pounds. And farther, the said Simmonds on the 7th of February last, the said counterfeit Writing, feloniously did publish and utter, knowing it to be false, forged and counterfeit. 7. John Simmonds , 25 Years of Age, his Father was a Cooper , and work'd for some Time in the Victualling-Office, in the Reign of Queen Ann, and then was sent to Lisbon , to take Care of Casks belonging to the Navy. In that Place it happen'd, that the unfortunate John Simmonds was born; when he was about Five Years of Age, he came Home with his Parents, who were honest, sober People, and educated him at School, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in Christian Principles. When of Age, he was bound Apprentice to his Father, who wrought in the Victualling-Office , and serv'd out his Time, and then he wrought in the same Place with his Father, and did very well, while he continu'd in this Business. Some Years ago the Father died, and then John was not so careful, as he had been, but associated himself with wicked Company, which brought him to Ruin. Pretending the Business in the Office was not so good, as in Time of War, he left it, and serv'd a Master in Rosemary-lane , with whom he run in Debt about Three Pounds. About that Time he marrried a young Woman, nigh Bromley, by Bow , and being ambitious of setting up Business upon his own Account, he was not able to manage it, but broke, and lost his Credit; his Master demanded his Debt several Times, and being hard upon him, he counterfeited the Note in the Name of one Langley, and offer'd it to his Master, who accepted it; but when the Time of Payment was elaps'd, the Master began to inquire into the Matter, and found it a Forgery, Simmonds first alledging that Langley was gone into Northamptonshire, and then by his Direction, Mr. Manning went to a Gentleman of the same Name in Town, but he knew nothing of the Affair: Upon this, he was taken up, and upon Trial, was found Guilty. Simmonds's great Misfortune on this Occasion, was, that about the same Time, a threatning Letter was sent to his Master Mr. Manning, who suspect ed his old Servant Simmonds to be the Writer of it, and indicted him a second Time for the same; and although he was acquitted of this 2d Indictment, yet the presumptive Proof was so strong against him, that the Generality of People think he wrote the Letter; this, it is thought, made Matters go worse with him, than otherwise they would have done. He was not so wicked as many of these unhappy Creatures, and was pretty regular in the preceeding Part of his Life. He frequented the Church, and was a good Husband, only he aim'd at living a little above his Degree, which was the Occasion of his falling in Debt, and this made his Life uneasy. He would not positively confess his writing the threatening Letter, nor could not deny it, and was obstinate in refusing to acknowledge any Thing of it. On Saturday last, when the Dead-Warrant came to Newgate , in Time of Morning Prayers in Chapel, he fell into a most violent Convulsion Fit, which put a Stop to the Worship, and he being a lusty, strong young Man, all the rest of the unfortunate Prisoners were scarce able to hold him down, yet in a short Time he recover'd, and continued in a good State of Health, the rest of his remaining Moments. He declar'd his Faith in Christ our only Saviour; that he sincerely repented of the manifold Wickednesses and Sins of his Life; and forgave all Injuries as he expected Forgiveness from God. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. BETWEEN Six and Seven in the Morning, I attended them in the Chapel, where they all appeared very Devout; after Prayers were over, Sampson desired that Simmonds might be in the Cart with him, which was comply'd with; about 10 o'Clock they were brought to Tyburn in the following Manner, (viz.) First, Ann Mudd , for the Murder of her Husband, in the Sledge; Sampson and Simmonds, in the first Cart; Harper for Breaking the House of Mr. Holyoke, and Bosworway for Murder, in the second Cart; and Rogers and Kelley, in the third Cart; when they came to the Place of Execution, they were all put into one Cart; Sampson desired that Simmonds and he might be tied up to the Tree together, both of them having taken their Shoes off. Just before the Cart drew away, Simmonds kiss'd a Gentleman twice (who was in the Cart with him) and desir'd him to give one to his Mother, and the other to his dear and loving Wife, whom he had lately married, unknown to her Parents, and is Daughter to a worthy Person of Bow. Charles Rogers only said, he hoped God would have Mercy on him, and pardon his Sins for Christ's Sake, and receive his Soul into his everlasting Rest. Richard Sampson hoped, that the World would not reflect upon his Parents or Relations, who had done what was in their Power to reclaim him, and had been most careful in giving him a good Education. After Prayers were ended, Ann Mudd was taken out of the Cart, and carried to the Stake, and in a very short Time was burnt. The Rest had nothing to add to their former Confessions. All of them hoped God would have Mercy upon their poor Souls, and they went off the Stage calling out to God to have Mercy upon them, and that the Lord Jesus would receive their Spirits. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX. IT is a melancholy Observation, that notwithstanding such frequent Examples are made of Offenders; nevertheless so many fall by the Hand of publick Justice, and are punish'd for their Vices, in the Loss of their Lives, yet such is the Prevalence of evil Custom, and so strong the Force of wicked Habits, that the most shocking Instances of Distress and Anguish, are not sufficient to deter from Courses, which must necessarily conclude in Horror and Destruction. Too many Proofs of the Depravity and Degeneracy of human Nature, are generally given in these Accounts; and though the fatal rocks are so plainly pointed out, on which Multitudes of unfortunate, thoughtless Creatures have been ship-wreck'd, yet such is the Condition of a Mind in Love with, and enur'd to Vice, that even the most firm Expectation of Shame and Ruin, is not attended with any good Effect. 'Tis worth remarking, that when these inconsiderate Wretches have brought themselves to a fatal Necessity of reaping the Fruit of their vicious Labour, their greatest Concern is to extenuate their Guilt; and even in their dying Minutes, they too frequently endeavour by solemn Asseverations and mean Prevarications, to perswade the World that they are innocent, or not so shamefully wicked as has been imagined. The following Papers contain something to this Purpose, and in many of them is pictured the Distress and Horror of Mind that attends a Wretch about to suffer for having acted contrary to the eternal Laws of Vertue and right Reason. Copy of a PAPER wrote by Desire of Richard Harper , and found in his Cell. ' I Am now in some fue howers to end my ' Life, and am not many Minutes longer ' to behold the Lite! - Oh! that I had taken the good Admonishons of my Frends! ' then I had not bin in this unhape Condishon, ' and 'tis a miserabel Stat indede. I wish every ' on wold be as sensible of it as my self, before ' it be to late. 'Tis impossibel for me to discrribe the horrours which I have felt since ' my Condemnashon and since my Confinment in this Plase. They are suffishent to ' move my gretest Eneme to pitte me. I hope ' that young Man who first brought me acquanted with that Creture, will tak Warning ' by my fatal Deth and live a more sober Life ' than he has done, if he dus not, he will sune ' find the ill Consequences, and so will likwiss ' that vile young Woman, to whom I ow my ' furst neglecting my Duty both to God and ' Man. I ask Pardon of my dere and anshent Father and Mother, who are so unhape ' as to have so unworthy a Child; they brout ' me up with all the Tenderness and Car imaginable, and taute me better, therfor I hop ' none will be so ill-natur'd as to reflc on them, ' for my fatal End. I desire likewise that my ' Master and Mistres would forgive me the Injures wich I have done them, as I freely forgive them that hav injur'd me, I hav no ' other Satisfacshon to make, therefor hop God ' and they will accep of my Repentance and ' Sorro. RICHARD HARPER . Cells of Nugat. Copy of a LETTER sent to Mr. Holyoke, June 28. Worthrey Sir, WITH humbel Submishon I have maid vould to trubel you with my last dying Wordes. I hop you will have Compashon and forgive me, as I hope God will forgive you and me for all our Sines. The Fackt that I dy for I must one, that I am rally gilty off, and justly desarve to dy for, by the Lawes of God and Man, but I hop that God will forgive my Sines that I have committed in this World, as I have humbely confest to him, and hop for Salvasion from him for so duing, thrue Jesus Christ my only Sauer. Therefor dere Sir I bege for Gods Sack that you will not mack any Refeckons on Mrs. Miares and her Sun and Dater, nor non of that Family for my unhape delings for they ar no wayes exocery to ane of them: Tharfor dere Sir, dont refleck nor think of them, for they ar enocent of them, I humbly bege tharfor dere Sir, that you will be so gude to be sume wass assisten in taking Car of my Body according to your Promes, in so duing I hop God will bless you for it. So all from your dying Sarvent. RICHARD HARPER . From the dismal Cells of Newgate, June 28 1737. Copy of his LETTER after Sentence to his Uncle and Aunt. Dere and loving Unckel and Ant. Dere loving Ant. ' THIS is my kind Loue and Duty to you, for all the Faveres and Loue to me sines ' my sad Destress, in hop that God will ' bless you for so duing, you having bin the only Support of me sines I have bin in Confinment. I have ben unfortenatly fallen into ' this, throu my one folly and none elles, for ' no body wass conceren'd with me, tharfor I ' humbely bege for God's Sack that you will ' not refleck on Ann Miares, hir Mother, nor ' any of that Famely, for as I hop for Salvasion in Christ my Sauer they noe nothing of ' the Matter, nor never did, ' tell it was all ' over, tharfor I bege for God's Sack, that ' non of you wold say any Thing of it concerening of me, and then I shall dy in Charete ' with Men. I freely forgue every body, as I ' hop God will forgue me. So no more, but ' my kind loue to my Unckel and you, and ' my Loue to my Cusens in Hop that you will ' pray for my Souel in the next World, for I 'am not long to live in this. Lickwiss my ' kind Loue and Duty to my Father and Mother, and hop that you will not lement, but ' pray for me. So all from your dying Kinsman tell Deth RICHARD HARPER . Copy of a Letter sent to. - Wothrey Sir With humbel Submision I humbely crav the Faver of you, that out of your grat Goodness you'll be so good to grant me the Faver to lete your Sarvent Charles Miares go a Long with me in the Cart to the Plas of execushon, for I have something to say to him and humbely bege the Faver of you for God's Sack not to reflecte on him, or his Mother, or his Sister, for I will ashuare you that they due not noe any thing of the Mater concerening of me, but are very enocent of the Mater: therefore dere Sir I bege that you will not reflecte on the young man one my Account. I bege for God's Sack that you will lete Charles good a Long with me to the Tree, In so duing I shall be hyly obliged to you and ever pray. from the Cell in Nugat June 28 1737. Richard Harper . On Monday Evening, his Father came to the Door of the Press-yard, and call'd out to his Son, in the Cell, desiring him to lay aside all Thoughts of this World, and to employ his few remaining unspent Minutes in preparing for another. He advised him to pray servently to God for Mercy, and told him, he would come the next Day to take a last Farewel of him: Which he did, according to his Promise, and they embraced each other very affectionately, and their Parting was in so sorrowful and tender a Manner, that the Grief was communicated to the Spectators, and every Eye flow'd with Tears. This was dictated by me, in the Cells, two Days before my Execution. Richard Harper . Good People. The Fact I dye for I acknowledge I am Guilty of, which is the first Misdemeanor I ever committed in my Life to deserve Death. 'Twas keeping too much Company that caused me to be guilty of this Action. I was put Apprentice to a Patten-maker and served him 5 Years very faithfully, but the 2 last Years of my Time, I was very much addicted to Company, and used to lye out of my Masters House several Nights together. I frequented Night-Houses, Play-houses and other Places where I met bad Company, and the Leaders on to my Ruin; which exposed me to those Expences which I was not able to bear, and to supply which, I determined to rob my Master. Before I put my Design in Execution I pawn'd all my Cloaths, and every thing else I had of any Value, and not knowing any other Way to come at any Money, I committed this Fact for which I deservedly suffer. But I desire my Relations not to reflect on my Companions, for had it not been my own Inclination to have done it, no body could have perswaded me to it, and I would not have my Master think that any of them perswaded me to it. I freely forgive my Master (for prosecuting me) and every Body else in this World, hoping for Forgiveness my self in the Next. Good People. You that know my Parents, I beg you'd not reflect on them for they were always very tender over me, and gave me a good Education and good Councel, and did as much as lay in their Power for me, they being but in a Middling Station of Life. And let all take Warning by my ignominious Death, not to addict themselves to too much Company, nor engage in such Courses as shall lay them under Temptations to wrong others. So I conclude, hoping the Lord Jesus will have Mercy on my Soul, a wicked Sinner. Richard Harper . The Evening before the Day of Execution a Reprieve for three Weeks came down for Dorothy Caldwell , who had till that Time given up all hopes of Life; a certain Person in whose Intercession she had confided, having disappointed her Expectations, she wrote him the following Letter. My Dere, ' I Hope you wont un do what you have ' done. I thought you wold have interseded furder for me, but - since you say nay, ' I trust in God to raise me a Friend - baughken Dry. - God bless you, Your unfortunate Wife tell Deth, and that wont be long, Dorothy Caldwell . My dere, ' I thank you for being so good - so good ' as your Work. -but Baughken hille. A Copy of a LETTER sent by Richard Sampson to a Relation, before his Execution. Dear Sir, ' I Am very well satisfy'd by a Friend, that ' I shall assuredly be executed, and I humbly implore your Goodness to make ' Intercession for me with some Pr - y Co - ll-r, ' that he may speak for me when the Report ' is made. If you are not able to go your self, ' get some Gentleman to make some Interest ' with the Re - rd - r, to make a favourable Report; and desire him to remember, ' that the Prosecutor recommended me to my ' L - d M - r after I was cast. And I would ' desire you to go to my Prosecutor and desire ' him to stir in this Affair for me, or if you ' will get any Gentleman else to go to him, I ' will send a Letter by him. I beg you'll get ' some Interest in my Lord L - st - r, or ' in the Duke of D – rs - t; in both if ' you can, or in any body else that's in his ' Majesty's Favour. I conclude with my ' Duty to you and my Aunt, begging you'll ' not let my Life be lost, for the Sake of a little Trouble. Your unhappy Kinsman RICHARD SAMPSON . ' Pray excuse my Writing, for I am in a ' great Consternation and in much Trouble, ' beside bad Conveniencies to write with. Sampson's Letter to his Grandfather. SIR, ' I return you many Thanks for your kind ' Favours, particularly for that Care you have ' promised to take of my poor Carcass after I ' am dead. If you had not taken upon you ' to bury me, the Surgeons would have had my ' Body, tho' I have a particular Acquaintance ' who hath promised me to take Care and cut ' me down. I wish I could see you or my ' Aunt before I die: It would be a great Satisfaction to me, and if you'll let me see my ' Sister, I shall take it as a Favour. I design ' to make no Confession at all; only I intend ' to deliver a Paper (which I have written) at ' the Place of Execution, and (if you please) ' you may have a Copy of it before. I wish ' you'd be so kind as to buy me a Book, proper for one in my Condition. I should be ' glad to hear from you, as often as you can, ' possibly, for my Time in this World, will ' be but short. Your unhappy and miserable Grandson, Richard Sampson . Newgate Cells, June 7, 1737. Pray my Duty to my Aunt: the same to you, and my Love to Phoebe. To Mr. R - d S - n at the corner of G - t K - y Street H - n G - n London. SIR, I Desire that you'll give the Printer a Copy of this Paper. I AM Executed for robbing Mr. Strickland Gough , which I think is a very hard Sentence, for I did not rob him of his Hat, but my Prosecutor was positive to me, and the two Evidences swore against me because they would have the Reward. * Bevin swore that I told him that I had the Hat, and that I threw it over the Rails; but I hope God will have no Mercy on my Soul if I ever told him or any Body else that I had the Hat, or toucht it in my Life. I confess I knocked him down, and I believe he lost his Hat when I struck him into the Kennel; I would not have struck him at all by my Consent, but they said 'twas the best way to knock him down; so Scotch Jack struck him first and run away, I being next, struck him into the Kennell, and he calling out, they all run away but William Hillier , and left us two; so we did not rob him of any Thing, but made off undiscover'd. I beg every Body that knows me, not to reflect upon my Relations, who were always very kind to me, and gave me good Counsel. I think it needless to say any more, or to give any Account of my Parentage and Education, as a great many do; for those that know me, know my Family, and those that do know me, it would be of no Signification to them; for if you wanted a great deal, I could give you a long History, but in my Opinion, this is enough to satisfy a Parcel of Rabble. So conclude, hoping to obtain Mercy from the Lord Jesus, who have been a wicked Sinner. RICHARD SAMPSON . RICHARD SAMPSON 's first PAPER, which he intended to deliver at the Place of Execution. Good People. ' I Am come to this Place of Death, and as ' this is my last Speech, I am willing to give ' the World a little Satisfaction by my own ' Hand-writing. I was condemned for knocking down Mr. Strickland Gough , and robbing ' him of his Hat. I declare I had not the ' Hat, and I forgive the Evidence against me. ' This is all I have to say, only I think some ' certain Persons have been very unkind to me ' while I was under Sentence. They did not ' send me a Book, that I might save my Soul, ' nor a Candle to read by. If I could have ' given them 10 or 20 Guineas, they would I ' suppose have got me Transported, but, &c. ' - I must die. I could reflect more upon ' them, but my Paper is short, and I don't ' care to give the Printer too much Trouble ' I conclude, forgiving every Person on the ' Face of the Earth, hoping God will forgive ' me, and receive the Soul of a miserable Sinner. RICHARD SAMPSON . * There was no such Person as Bevin swore against him upon the Trial. Sadler, an Accomplice in the Fact deposed, that Sampson told him, he had thrown the Hat over some Rails in Gloucester-street to Invent his being discover'd. See Sessions Book No. V. The following PAPER Sampson wrote for his own Use during his Confinement after Condemnation. O Eternal and ever living God! thou first breathedst into Man the Breath of Life; when thou takest away that Breath he dieth, and he turns again to his Dust. Look with Compassion on me, thy poor dying Creature; I am drawing near the Gates of Death, and the House appointed for all Living: but what is infinitely more terrible, I must soon appear before thy Judgment Bar. Lord! my own Heart condemns me, and thou art infinitely greater than my Heart, and knowest all Things. The Sins that I know and remember fill me with Horror, but Lord, there are Multitudes of others which I observed not at the Time I committed them, or which I have since carelesly forgotten: these are all present to thee; thou settest my Iniquities before thee, and my secret Sins in the Light of thy Countenance. Lord! to what a Mountainous Height must the Provocations of so many Years, (and committed every Minute) arise! How shall one so ungodly stand in thy Judgment, or such a Sinner in the Congregation of thy Saints! But to add yet to my Terror, my very Repentance I fear, will not abide the Trial. My frequent Relapses heretofore, have sufficiently evidenced the Insincerity of my Resolutions; and Lord what can secure me from thy Displeasure, when even my present Dislike of my former Crimes is rather the Effect of my terrifying Danger, than the Consequence of a real Change in me. I know, O Lord, thou art not mocked, nor wilt thou accept of any Thing that is not perfectly sincere. When I consider this, Fearfulness and Trembling cometh upon me, and a horrible Dread overwhelmeth me. My Flesh trembleth for Fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy Judgements. My Spirit is overwhelmed within me, my Heart within me is desolate, One Depth calleth unto another; the Depth of my Misery calleth upon the Depth of thy Mercy: Lord! Lord save me or I perish eternally. O thou! thou, who willest not that any should perish, but that all should come to Repentance, bring me I beseech thee, tho' thus late, to a sincere Repentance, such as thou wilt accept, thou who knowest the Heart and triest the Reins. O create in me a clean Heart, and renew a right Spirit within me. Lord one Day with thee is as a thousand Years; to thee Nothing is impossible; O let thy powerful Spirit work in me, - even in this my last Day, - whatever thou seest wanting in me, to sit me for an Object of thy Mercy and Acceptance. Give me a perfect and an intire Hatred of my Sins, and enable me to present thee with the Sacrifice of a truly broken Heart, and a contrite Spirit, which thou hast promised, thou wilt not despise. O make me capable of receiving the Benefit of that Attonement, which thy dear Son, by the most excellent Oblation of himself, has made for repenting, returning Sinners. He is the Propitiation for our Sins; He was wounded for our Transgressions; he was bruised for our Iniquities; the Chastisement of our Peace was upon him, O that by his Stripes I might be healed. Lord let the Cry of his Blood drown the Clamour of my Sins: I am indeed a Child of Wrath, but he is the Son of thy Love; O! for his Sake spare me. Lord spare me thy Creature, and let his most precious Blood redeem me: Lord be not angry with me for ever. In my Saviour's Wounds I take Sanctuary, let not thy Vengeance drive me forth from this City of Refuge. My Soul hangeth upon him, O let me not perish with a Saviour, - with a crucify'd Jesus in my Arms; but, By his Agony and bloody Sweat; By his Cross and Passion, by all that he suffer'd for Sinners Good Lord deliver me. Deliver me from the Wages of my Sins, - from thy Wrath and from that everlasting Damnation, which I have too frequently and horridly call'd down on my Head. Hear me in this the Time of my Tribulation, and in the Hour of Death deliver my Soul. Do not repay my former Neglect of thy gracious Calls to Mercy, by refusing to answer me in my sore Distress. Lord there is one Step yet between me and Death, O let not my Sun set in thy Wrath, but seal my Parden before I go hence and be seen more, loving Kindness is better than Life, O let me have but some well grounded Hope of that, and I will lay me down in Peace; I will then gladly resign this mortal Life. Lord thou knowest all my Desire and my Groaning is not hid from thee. Deal with me according to thy Mercy, and according to the Multitude of thy tender Mercies blot out all my Transgressions. Thy Mercy will be sweet to my Soul; 'twill take away the Sting of Death and the Guilt of my Sins, and then I shall walk thro' the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and shall fear no Evil; then I shall awake and shall be satisfy'd with the beatifick Vision of thy Glory. Grant this thou merciful God, for the Sake of him who dyed for Sinners even Jesus Christ. Amen. Richard Sampson , scripsit. The exact Copy of a Letter sent by Bosworway to his Friend, from his Cell in Newgate. Mr. Fauster, Sir. I have writ to you in Return of Thanks for all Favors that have been done for me by you, in delivring my Petison and going about my Affare, which has bin a grate dele of Truble to you and lose of Time, and I hope God will bless you for it, as for those hard harted Men who swore against me, I heartily forgive them, and wish they may never come to this unhappe Stasion that I am in. For what I die for, I am innocent off, any Wayes willfully, therefore I hope God will have Mercy on my Soul, for I had never any Malis or Spite against the Man that is dead in my Life, but they swore against me for the Sake of the Reward * of 40 l. which is the Prise of Blood, as Judas did by his Master Christ. In him I hop to be sav'd. I am in hope that no body will reflec on my Wife nor none of my Relasions, for they not in Faut, nor cant help what I have done. I desire you'll go to Mr. Poregar and put him in mind, for he has promised to get a coch and som help to save my Body from the Surgeons, and I hope the rest of my Fellow-Sarvents will be ther to assist. My Mother lives in Red- Yard near Clerkenwell Green, Richard Wards Chandeler's Shop. If you'll be so good to get Mr. Lewis and Mr. Panner, and Mr. Lyeh at Pole's Wharf to be something toward a Coc with Mr. Prgar. So no more from you dying Friend. Henry Bosworway . Cells in Newgate , June 26, 1737. Copy of another LETTER from Bosworway to one of his Masters. Worthy Sir, ' With humbel Submission I have made ' to trouble you in hope you will not ' amis, but consider my languishing Condition ' and my hard Fate to lose my life for such ' unhapy Thing, for had I done that ' Accident wilfuly, I should have thought that ' nothing but Deth had been gude enough for ' me, nor that nether, but as I did not, I ho ' God will have Mercy on my Soul, as I was ' not guilty of willfull murder, nor any thing ' relating to it. therfor dere Sir, I humble ' of you for God's Sake to have some Compassion on me, and help to save my life, as it ' lyes in your Power so to do, if you will be so ' good for Christ's Sake, for I am innocent of ' willfuly duing the murder, and so they all ' know who swore against me. I humbly ' you'll give a Petition to the D - of N - t ' and get him to speak for me to save my ' for 'tis not my own life only, but it will be ' tho Death of my Mother likewise. Pray ' Sir have some compassion on me for Christ's ' Sak, and I hope God will bless you * The Witnesses upon his Trial behaved with the greatest Decency, and seem'd to be altogether unprejudiced Persons. The Malefactors Assertion with Regard to the 40 l. is untrue, for there is no Reward at all, in such Cases. ' doing I beg you'll get them to set their ' Hands to it that against me, for I hope ' they will not deny me that, if they will not ' for me they will for you. All from your unfortunate Servant. Henry Bosworway . From the dismal Cells in Newgate , May 30, 1737. To my Master Mr. William Goons . Copy of a Paper which (he said) he wrote himself intending to read it at the Place of Execution. Written in the dismal Cells of Newgate . Good People, I Am willing to make some short Speech before I deport this World that the World may be satisfied, I think it very hard I should dye for a Thing I did not do willfully, but my receiving of gross Usage from the Deceased, caused me to strike him with the hammer, which unluckily happed to be his Death by hitting him on the Forehead, but as I hope for Salvation, I did not do it with an Intent to murder him, but being in Liquor and in a great Passion, took up the first thing as I could lay my Hand upon, which unfortunately happned to be the framing hammer: So I would have every Person to govern their Passion and beware of Drunkenness, which is the Forerunner of all Evil and Sin, for if I had not been drunk, this unhappy Accident had not happned, which is he Occasion of the Death of two People. It was said, it might be brought in as Manslaughter; it was found Wilful Murder, and the Evidence Montgomery, swore that the Deceased said, when he received the Blow. That the Rogue has got my Life. I think the Deceased did not lay any such Words, for he said upon his Death-bed that he freely forgive me. Which is all I have to say concerning the Deceased. Now as to my and Education, I shall give you , which is as follows, viz. My father dying when I was young, left me with a very indulgent Mother, who took Care to put me Apprentice to a Sawyer , with whom I serv'd very faithful, till at last he , and then I workt for my self, and always behaved my self very sober and honest, and I never wronged any Person of the Value of a Half-penny in my Life; but this unhappy Accident is the Occasion of the misfortunate End I am come to, and I freely forgive every Body in this World, as I hope Forgiveness in the next, and I forgive the Evidence particular, I beg every Body that knows me, not to reflect upon my Relations, especially my poor Mother, who has always been very tender over me. So conclude this my last Speech, hoping the Lord Jesus will have Mercy upon my poor Soul a miserable Sinner. HENRY BOSWORWAY . A just Copy of KELLY'S Paper, with Relation to the Murder of Robert Levermore in Newfoundland . Gud Christan Pepal. THeare the dying Wurds of me James Kelly . The Murder that I now dy, for was comitted by William Fichgarell , who is ded in neu fond Land, and 2 more they dide the Murder. They two, and William Fichgarel came to my House, and press'd me to go with them to drink parte of onee Botel of Rum, and I likwis whnt with them, and when it was out they sade they node whar to go and get mor at the desesed Hous, and press'd me to go with theam, tharfore, I whent, but dide not nowe that Desine nor tha did not let me nowe tell I saw the Bloo giveing, and when I heard the Bloo giveing I saw thay had got a Rope about the Desesed Neck, and William Fichgarell whent and feched a muscate that belonged to the Desesed, and cocked it to my Brest, and swore if I did not help to halle the Rope he wold shute me. I tharfore url'd the Rope twise, and he sade that was a nuse now I had a Hand in it. Thay mad me sware that I wold not late it be none, till 2 Yeres and thre Month was past, and then thay sade it would be over. Thay likwis halled down the Desesed into the Saller, and striped him, and brot his Close, and offer'd me sum of them, I had a nufe of my onee. Then thay take some bred out of a Cassk and put the Close of the Desesed into it, and put the Bred upon the Close agen in the Cassk. Then they goot both Licker and Provision, and brote awa with tham, and thay mixed sum, Licker that nite, but I said I coold not drink, for I sade I whass not whell, and I lay'd down one the Bed, and sade they mite had a Cag of Rum of onee without duing what they had done, and that thay might hav onee then if thay wou'd send for it, thay said it was pety the Desesed shude have so much, and thay shude go without. Next Mornin thay tould me thay had beried the Man, and all was saf, but thay had throne him into the Sea, of a Stage whare we yuse to lay the Fish when the Botes brote them in at the Time of Yere. This is all from JAMES KELLY . Three Letters of JOHN SIMMONDS to his Wife after Condemnation. My dear Soul, my Wife. THese few Lines are but small Satisfaction to your great Trouble and Grief that you are in at this Time, but I hope in God that you will take it as patiently as you can, for your Lose will be my Gain, and as Fortune has spited us so, that I part with you so soon, and by this untimely Death, I hope God will have the more Mercy on my poor Soul, and the greates Compassion on you. My dear Wife, whom my Soul loveth, O that I must part with so dear a Companion as my be Looved Wife. But what shall I say, I must submit to the higher Powers, for he knows best what to do, and to him I recommend my Spirit, my Dear it grives me to the Heart to think I must leve you in this Disgrace by my untimely Death; but I beg my. Dear you will not reflect on me when I am dead and gone, as you to be my only Frend I have in the World to take my Part, tho' I can't disone but this great Misfortune is chefely owing to my Folly, but God forgive me, and I hope you will, as you hope to be for given. O could I call but my Days over again, then should we be the happiest Cupple that ever met, but 'tis now in vain to talk of that, but I could heartily wish it so, tho' in vain. Therefore my Dear, do not lament, for 'tis God's Will to take me to himself, where I hope to meat you at the last Day, to our grate Joy and Comfort, to live for ever glorifying God; so I beg my Dear you would turn your Heart to God with Prayers, and he will never leave you in the greatest of Troubles. My Dear I have nothing eles to say, but God be a Husband and Guid to you so long as you live, and when he sees it so fit to call you aside, I hope for the Sake of Christ he will receve you to his heavenly Kingdom. I hope you will not be reflected on by any body, for I lay nothing to your Charge, so I commend my Spirit to Christ, and leve you to God Almighty, and dye in Peace with all the World. So I rest your loving Husband till cruel Death dus part. John Slmons . Another to his Wife. My dear Soul my Wife. This is my last I can relate to you, and I hope in God you will receive it as a token of my last and dying Love, as I am a Diegn Man, and know no other Way to ease my Mind, but by wrighten these few Lines. I hope in God to find your Heart as mine is at this Present Time. My dear, tho' we have been so unfortunate to geather in this World, I hope thrue Gods Mercy we shall enjoy everlasting hapeyness in the next. My dear, I can't disone but the greatest Part of this Misfortune has been chefely owing to my Folly, tho' I never thought I should come to this untimely End. But what shall I say, God's will be done, and I hope for the Sake of his dear Son Jesus Christ, he will receive my poor Soul into everlasting Joy, were I hope to meet you at the last Day, and God Almighty I hope will provide for you so long as you live. You have my Prayers to the last, I can do no more. God Almighty bless you and preserve you night and day, and go a Long with you for ever more. My dear, I hope for all that is past in our Lives, you will freely forgive me, as I do you, which is from the very bottom of my Soul, and God I hope will forgive us all our Sins as we forgive one another. My dear, turn your Heart to God with Prayrs, and he will never leve you, for his Mercy is great, and I beg, when I am ded and gone, you will lay know Reflexions on me, as I leve you the only Friend I have in the World to take my Part. For God's Sake do not lay any Charge to my Mother and Sisters, for they never did me any wrong in the World, nor owed you any ill will, but always spoke in your prays. So God Almighty rest with you for evermore, for the Sake of Jesus Christ his only Son. And I remain your ever loving Husband till cruel Death dus part. John Simons . I freely forgive every body upon Earth, as I hope they forgive me, and I dye in Peace with all Men, and the Lord receive my Soul. My dear, if you ever alter your Condition again, take Care of your self, and never do it without a Prospect. My dear, pray give my kind Love to your Father and Mother, and all Friends, and God bless them all. The last LETTER to his Wife a little before his Death. My dear Soul, I Beg of all Love that when you have done what you can, and can do no more for the saving of my presous Life, and you find no hopes of it, I beg for God Almighty's Sake that you will not be in the Way on that fateal Day I must resign my Breath; for if I have the least Sight in the World or Glympse of you it, will ade such Grief to my Soul, that I shall not be able to go through the horrid Panes of Death. Therefore my Dear I beg that if that fateal Day should come, which I hope in God it will not; that you wold depart out of the Way, for the very Thoughts of you, to think I must part with one I love so dearly it will cut me to the very heart, as it dus already to be confined from you, much more when I know I must be obliged to leve you in this World, tho' I hopes to meet you in a better. My dear let not Excess of Grife overtake you for my unhappy Fate, as God has seen it so fit, I hope he will restore me in everlasting Happeyness. My dear when I am gone, I hope God will protect you Night and Day, and when he sees fit to call you after me, I hope your Soul will be happy for ever. I hope my dear you forgive all that is past in our Lives, freely from your Heart, as I do from mine. Prethee take Care and do not be led away, but serve God and all will go well. I can say know more but I am sorrey for you to my Heart, from your unfortunate Husband John Simons . To my dear Mother and Wife. John Simons . Dear Mother and Wife, THIS is sent to you as my last Farewell, - an eternal Adiew to a wicked and troublesome World. I never could have thought that I deserved Death, or that I ever should have suffer'd in so ignominious a Kind; but whatever Reflections a base World may make on you, you have done your Part, and whatever were my Follies of Youth, I hope God will forgive them, now I go off the Stage of Life, and satisfy for my Crimes with the last Drop of my Blood. God forgive all who have injur'd me, and send them true Repentance, as I hope he has me and all my Fellow-Sufferers; and I doubt not but God will hear the Prayers of a suffering Christian. I hope and beg for God's Sake, that you (my dear Mother) will not reflect at all on my dear Wife, she new nothing or what I did, altho' her pretended Frends wou'd induced her to forsake me in my last Extremity: But her Relations are and have been cruel, cruel, very cruel to me ever since my being taken up. But I am sure I never offended them, nor any one, 'till I forged this Note, which I did not doe with any other Design but only to satisfy my Creditors 'till I could have Power to pay it, which I did design. I have cased my Conscience to Almighty God, and I hope I shall receive Remission. Remember my dying Love to all Friends, and I hope I shall be the only one of the Family that dies at the Fatal Tree. Beg of my Sister Sarah, and my Brothers and Sisters never to be ambitious, but mind and be contented in that State wherein God has placed them, and God will then be a Father to them, and give them all their Wants I hope God will pardon me, and be the Comfort of you in your old Age, and be a Son and a Husband to you, far better than I could have been, and let my dear Wife, whose short liv'd Marriage has been Nothing but Sorrow not reflect on me, God I hope will assist her and you; she is innocent, and ever was a good Wife, though I am an unhappy Husband. I hope I shall be buried, - 'tis the last O you can do for me. - before, you receive this, I shall be in endless Eternity, I hope praising God, and that I shall see both you and my Wife, and Brothers and Sisters, and all my Friends in a better State. From your once Son and Husband, John Simons . June 29, 1737. FINIS.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were executed at Tyburn, on Tuesday the 12th, of this Instant May, 1730. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir Richard Brocas , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Raymond; the Hon. Mr. Justice Denton; the Hon. Mr. Baron Carter; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Raby; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery for the City of London, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, being 8th, 9th, and 10th of April, 1730, in the third Year of his Majesty's Reign. Nine Men, viz. Abraham Isarel , alias Jonas , John Tizzard , Thomas Paul , James Dalton , David Aubert , George Downing , Thomas Williams , jun . Hugh Horton , alias Norton , and William Shrimpton ; and one Woman, Margaret Walker , alias Walters , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, they were instructed in the first Principles of Religion, both in Publick and Private: Some of them having been grossly Ignorant, (partly for want of Education, and partly by Reason of their obstinate and unadviseable Tempers) whether in natural or revealed Maxims. From St. John, 1. 12. 13. But as many as received him, to them gave he Power to become the Sons of God; even to them that believe on his Name: which were born, not of Blood, nor of the Will of the Flesh, nor of the Will of Man, but of God. I took Occasion to shew them the absolute Necessity of believing in Christ, as the Son of God, the true Messias, and only Saviour of lost Man, since we, by Sin and our Apostacy from God, having lost all Power of satisfying divine Justice, it is Necessary for us to endeavour to attain to the imputed Righteousness of Christ Jesus, by a lively Faith in him, who by his Sufferings and Death hath made a perfect Attonement for the Sins of all Men. I shew'd them, that their attacking, beating, frightning and robbing upon the Highway, was a Sin bordering upon Murder, which they will also commit, when they think upon being discover'd and brought to Justice by the injur'd Party; and therefore those who were guilty of Robbery, ought to repent as if they had committed Murder. I instructed them in the Nature of the Christian Sacraments, that they being Pledges of the divine Love, and Seals of the new Covenant; the worthy and faithful Receivers are made Partakers of the invisible Grace signify'd thereby, Pardon of their Sins and eternal Life. As from several other Texts, so particularly from Rev. 14. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; yea, saith the Spirit, from henceforth, that they may rest from their Labours and their Works do follow them. I used several Exhortations to prepare them for their great Change; since upon the Conclusion of their Life by Death, depended their eternal Welfare or Misery in the other World. Abraham Israel , alias Jonas , was an obstinate and irreclaimable Jew: I endeavour'd to perswade him to believe in Christ as the only Saviour of Sinners, by shewing that Jesus of Nazareth was the true Messias, as being the only Person, in whom all the Prophecies of the old Testament concerning the Messias were fulfill'd, in respect he was the Seed of the Woman, who bruis'd the Head of the Serpent, i. e. who destroy'd the Kingdom of Satan, as was evident at the Time of our Saviour's Appearance, for then the Heathen Oracles ceas'd, and Christ was declar'd to be the Son of God with Power by his Resurrection from the Dead, and by many other infallible Miracles, the greatest of all which was, that by the means of twelve illiterate Fishermen, in a very short Compass of Time, without any external Violence or Force, a great Part of the World, in the most remote and farthest distant Regions, were converted to the Faith of Jesus, and willingly submited their Necks to the Yoke of Christ and own'd his Cross. But whatever could be said on this Subject, he appear'd still Inflexible, and gave a general Answer, that he would acknowledge none of these things, and that there had been abundance of wise Men of their Nation, who represented the Scripture in another View. When these and other Exhortations were given, they attended in Chapel and made regular Responses, as they could; they were in a better State of Health, than commonly such miserable Objects use to be, when they are kept so long under Sentence; only Horton and the Woman were a little indispos'd, but recover'd very soon, and fail'd not in giving their usual Attendance. Dalton was very observant in attending Chapel, and comply'd with Prayers, and was more attentive to Exhortations, then Men use to be in his unhappy Condition; only once, the Woman under Sentence having given him some sharp Words, upon his stopping her at the Door of the Cells, as she intended (as he alledg'd) to make her Escape, which (I believe) was impracticable; he was a little uneasy to her in Chapel, and threatn'd to cut off her Head, or beat her unmercifully if she spoke to him again on that Subject. He said, he knew nothing of her Intention to make an Escape in her Hood and Mantle, or else he would not have stopp'd her. I advis'd him to be Patient, that he would forbear such desperate Resolutions, and consider his present Circumstances: He said, he would not be displeas'd at his being blam'd for what he did, but could not endure to bear the Blame of what he had not done; but as for what he said to the Woman, that it was only for Terror, not that he design'd to do any such thing. Abraham the Jew came mostly to Chapel, but more for a little Freedom, than any love he had to the Devotion; appearing altogether indifferent that way, only sometimes he look'd a little on his Hebrew Psalter, and on Ascension day he sung aloud the one half of the 24th Psalm, and the last part of the Doxology, for I observ'd that he did not sing the first part of it, along with the rest. I endeavour'd to persuade him to the belief of Christianity; but, although he had little or nothing to say, he persisted inflexible. Thomas Paul behav'd very quietly and gravely in Chapel; as did Margaret Walker , who sometimes wept. David Aubert , and Hugh Norton were always very civil and grave and apparently Devout, and they with George Downing made regular Responses. William Shrimpton had been much afflicted with Sickness before Sentence, but he recover'd pretty well, attended in Chapel and behav'd calmly and devoutly. Upon Friday, the 8th of May, the Report of the above ten Malefactors was made to his Majesty in Council; when John Tizzard , of St. Leonards Shoreditch for feloniously taking 8 yards of Cloth, value 40 s. the Goods of John How , from the Tenters, between the Hours of 11 and 12 at Night, the 15th of November last; Thomas Paul , of St. George in the East , for Burglariously breaking the House of Thomas Littlewood , in the Night-time, and stealing a Cloth Coat, value 15 s. the Property of John Thong , and a Cloth Coat, value 5 s. the Property of William Wiseman , the 15th of February, last, Margaret Walter , alias Walters , of St. Martin's in the Fields , for privately stealing Twenty one Yards of Linnen Cloth, value 20 s. in the Shop of Henry Warcopp , the 16th of March last; George Downing , of St. Martin's in the Fields , for feloniously stealing a Tin Box, value 1 d. two Gold Thimbles, value 26 s. ten Gold Rings, value 3 l. an Emerald Ring, value 4 l. a Gold Chain, value 8 l. two pieces of Rock Gold, value 7 l. and 10 Guineas, the Property of Thomas Wilson , in the Dwelling-house of Sarah Sutcliff , the 29th Day of January last. and William Shrimpton of St. Dunstan's Stepney , for assaulting Richard Pridgeon , in a Field, or open Place, near the High-way, putting him in fear of his Life, the 13th of January last, and taking from him a Fustian Frock, value 20 s. a pair of Breeches, value 14 s. a Silver Tobacco-stopper, a Waistcoat, an Apron, ten Keys, Half a Guinea and 9 s. 6 d. in Money. As also for a Robbery in an open Field, near the King's Highway, upon Edward Powney , and taking from him his Goods, value 4 s. and 4 s. 6 d. in Money; received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Five, viz. Abraham Israel alias Jonas , James Dalton , David Aubert , Thomas Williamson , jun . and Hugh Horton , alias Norton were order'd for Execution. Hugh Horton , alias Norton , of St. Margaret's Westminster , was indicted for assaulting Stephen Croucher , in the King's Highway, putting him in fear of his Life and taking from him a Sorrel Gelding, of the Price of 5 l. the Property of Thomas Austwick , a Mail, value 4 l. and 50 Leather Bags, value 5 l. the Property of our Sovereign Lord the King, the 1st of March last. Stephen Croucher depos'd, that as he was going with the Bristol and Gloucester Mail, on the 1st of March, about 4 o'Clock in the Morning, and being near Knights-bridge , a Man about the Prisoners Size and who spoke like him came out of the Gate-way, and bid him stand; that he led the Horse to the farther side of a Field, commanded him to show him the Bristol-Bag, which he took and went off with the Horse and all, leaving him bound, his Hands behind his Back, and threatning to kill him, if he made the least Noise. Daniel Burton , depos'd, that the Prisoner often advis'd him to go along and rob the Bristol Mail; and at other Times, to rob their Land-lady, Mistress Marlow, which when Mr. Marlow knew, he turn'd him away. William Marlow depos'd That on Monday Morning the 2d of March, the Prisoner paid him 5 l. which he ow'd him, out of a 20 l. Bank Note, which he chang'd at Mr. Broadhead the Brewers. This Evidence said, he could not remember of Burton's informing him of the Prisoners intending to rob his Wife or the Bristol Mail; but as to his Character, that he and one Mason had been turn'd out of the Guards for some Misdemeanor. Henry Bingley Clerk to Mr. Broadhead depos'd, that he had paid the Note to one Mr. King, a Factor; he to Mr. Victorine's Man in Thames-street, and he again to Mess. Knight and Jackson's Man, who produc'd the Note and read it thus, to Henry Collet , or Order, 20 l. for the Governor and Company of the Bank, and indorsed, not to be paid till the 5th of March. William Burleigh depos'd, that he found in the Prisoners Breeches a Pocket Book, which he said he found in Covent-Garden, with the Notes in it. This confirm'd by another Witness. Mr. Langley Turnkey of Newgate depos'd, that when he was brought to Newgate , he search'd the Prisoner, and found upon him 3 Bank Notes, and five 50 l. Notes of Mr. Hoar's, which he deliver'd to Mr. Archer. This confirm'd by Mr. Archer, Several Witnesses depos'd, that all those Notes were sent to Bath or Bristol, on Saturday, the 28th of February, with the Bristol Mail. Others depos'd, that they believ'd some slips of Leather found in Mr. Horton's Lodgings belong'd to the Mail. The Prisoner deny'd the Fact, and said he believ'd it was a Trap laid for him, and he exclaim'd much against Burton. Two Women depos'd, that he was not out of his Lodgings the Night the Robbery was committed. The Jury not believing them, upon mature Deliberation brought him in Guilty. Death. Hugh Horton , alias Norton , but (as he said) his true Name was Houghton , about 48 Years of Age, born in Lancashire of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, and instructed him in religious Principles. When of Age, he serv'd his Time to a Wine Cooper , and behav'd himself Honestly; was naturally of a civil Disposition, and for some Time follow'd his Business and was encourg'd by his Friends and Acquaintance; but in Queen Ann's Time he was press'd on board of a Man of War, where he serv'd Carefully, and to the liking of his Officers, in the Station of a Midshipman , and sometimes as of Gunners Mate ; and when the Ship was discharg'd, he got a Title to 5 l. per Ann. out of the Pensioners Chest at Chatham, to which he had a right at his Death. He married a Wife in London , and kept House at the other End of the Town for some Years, and at that Time serv'd in a Troop of Guards , till of late, about 10 or 11 Months ago, some Cloaths of considerable Value were lost, and they suspected Houghton to be the Thief, and this being a dishonourable Action, unbecoming a Soldier , and one in that Station in which he then was, he was put out of the Troop; and after that, being put to his shifts and out of all Business, wanting Money, and not knowing what to do, it may be presum'd, that he thought upon some unlawful Means, as the readiest Way to provide himself with Money. He absolutely deny'd, that he committed this Fact, and said that another Man had since that Time acknowledg'd himself the doer of it. He said, that he had always liv'd Soberly, that he was a good Husband, a loving Parent, and provided carefully for his Family; that he went to Church and sometimes receiv'd the Sacrament. He serv'd the Government 12 Years by Sea, and 12 Years by Land, with Approbation and Respect, till at last that Suspicion of his committing a scandalous Action broke out upon him. The Account he gave of the Crime for which he died was to this Purpose: On Sunday, the 1st of March, as he was crossing Covent Garden , about 6 or 7 at Night, he found a Bundle of Papers, which he took up, and looking into them, they were a Parcel of Papers belonging to the Bristol Mail: He soon came to understand that the same Mail was robb'd on Sunday Morning, and then he having diligently perus'd the papers, kept some which he thought properest for his Purpose, and he being out of all manner of Business, and in great Want, and a great Reward promis'd to the Discoverer of the said Robbery, he durst not go to the Post Office, having already dispos'd of a 20 l. Bank Note, out of which he paid 5 l. that was owing to his Landlord, Mr. Marlow: And therefore he inclos'd in a Sheet of Paper the rest of the Papers thus found, directed them to the Post Master General, laid them down in Lincoln's-Inn Bog-House , and they were carried to the Post Office. He reflected much upon the Evidence against him, alledg'd that he often advis'd him to Adventure upon no purchase, no pay, and particularly to rob the Bristol Mail, which would make their Fortune at once, but that he always had the Grace to resist his wicked Proposals. This was the Substance of Mr. Burton's Evidence against him reversed. He pretended to disprove the Evidence, but in this he fail'd, and particularly in alledging that the Officers and others of the Life-Guard would appear in his Favour, for not one of them was to be seen in Court but one Gentleman, whom he call'd against his Will, and who did him more harm than good, for he declar'd that he serv'd in the Troop of Guards with him, but as to his Character he knew nothing of it, save that he was put out of the Troop upon Suspicion of Theft. He reflected upon his being convicted upon Circumstances, without positive Proof. I told him that it was altogether improbable, that any Person who had hazarded his Life in such a wicked and dangerous Attempt, as attacking, binding and threatening to murder the Post-Boy, and carrying away the Bristol Mail, and then laying it down any where for another to reap the profit, he said that they had laid a Trap for him, but could not positively say, that the Witnesses bore him any Ill-will, only he mention'd the great Reward laid upon his Head. I Represented to him the Necessity of a Free Confession from many Topicks, as the command of God, Scripture Precept and Example; and the Expediency of it, as being commonly the only Satisfaction can be given to the injur'd Party: &c. he appear'd to be a Man of a sullen reserv'd Temper, and after all could be said would give no further Account of that Affair. He seem'd always to be very Devout and Serious, declar'd that he believ'd in Christ Jesus, as the Son of God and only Saviour of Sinners, through whose Merits he hop'd for Salvation; that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind, and an unworthy Member of the Church of England. James Dalton , of Pancras , was indicted for assaulting John Waller , in a certain Field, or open Place, near the Highway, putting him in fear of his Life, and taking from him 25 Handkerchiefs, value 4 l. five Ducats, value 48 s. a three Guilder Piece, two Guineas a French Pistole, and 5 s. in Silver, the 22d of November last. The Prosecutor depos'd, that he being a Holland-Trader , the Prisoner met with him, as he was drinking at the Adam and Eve in Pancras , in his Return from Hampstead , where he had sold some Goods and receiv'd a little Money, that he desir'd to walk in his Company to Town; that it being Dark, he put out the Link, knock'd him down, wounded and beat him unmercifully, and then robb'd him of the Goods and Money mention'd in the Indictment, and threatn'd to blow out his Brains, if he made any Noise. He swore also to the same Pistol, with which Dalton had attack'd Dr. Mead in his Chariot, near Hatton Garden , as was found by the Description he gave of it when produc'd in Court. The Prisoner denied the Fact charg'd upon him, exclaiming against the Prosecutor as a common Affidavit Man, and of a Life and Character no better then himself, and then call'd for three Witnesses, Charles North , Edward Bromfield , and John Mitchel , whom the Court order'd to come out of Newgate . The last was not allow'd to depose, but the two first swore, that Dalton never wore a Gingham Waistcoat while he was in Newgate , contrary to what the Prosecutor affirm'd, and that he said to Dalton, when he came to visit him in Newgate, that he never wrong'd him of a Farthing in his Life. The Prosecutor having positively sworn the Fact upon him, and his Evidences being Persons of no Character or Reputation, the Jury found him Guilty. Death. James Dalton , as he said, about 30 Years of Age, of Parents, who had a very indifferent Character, for his Father was an Irishman, and a Taylor in Dublin, whence he went to the Wars in Flanders, and was advanced to be a Serjeant; he afterwards came to London, liv'd here for some Time, by gaming and biting, till some Years ago one swore a Robbery upon him, for which he was executed. His Mother, after the Death of his Father, marry'd a Butcher, and was some Time since transported for some felonious Fact, and she now lives in some of these foreign Places, where she may have Leisure to lament the Fate of herself and her deserving Family; for they say that a Sister of his is likewise transported. Dalton being the Son of such a notable Family, one may easily conjecture what Sort of a Tree grows from such a Stock. However, while his Parents liv'd in any Credit, they put their Son James to School, where he was so unruly, that his Master put him out of School; he went to two other Schools, in the last of which he rob'd the Maid, but was immediately found out, which prevented his doing any further Mischief there: Dalton was a Thief from his Cradle, and imbib'd the Principles of Art from his Mothers Milk. He went between his Father's Legs in the Cart, to his fatal Exit at Tyburn; and it seems he intended to outvie him in Wickedness, for he said his Father was not a down-right Thief, but one of the most notorious Cheats at Cards of any Man in Europe, which Talent if he had improved as some others have done, and had not met with some Sharpers, who did not think upon being choused out of their Money at such an easy Rate, possibly he might have been still living: But James who was both Heir of his Fortune and good Qualities, took himself directly to all Manner of Theft and Robbery, and as he himself said was one of the most impudent irreclaimable Thieves that ever was in England. He took ten Guineas from a certain Person in Town to swear falsly against one Nichols, who was executed with the Street Robbers upon Neaves's Evidence, but said that his Conscience check'd him for engaging to do such an unjust Action, and he would neither return the Money nor appear as Evidence against him; he begg'd God Pardon for undertaking so villainous a Design. He behav'd always Civily in Chapel and at other Times, for what I know, except in one single Instance before-mention'd. He profess'd himself Penitent, that he believ'd in Christ, and died in Peace with all the World. As for the Crime for which he suffer'd, he absolutely deny'd it, and after all the Arguments could be used, he would not alter in his Confession; but reflected on his Prosecutor as one no less Wicked than himself: However, he freely forgave him; and often own'd to me, that for twenty Years past he never rose out of his Bed, but he deserv'd the Gallows. His Carriage was much more Modest and Civil, than that of several of those notorious Offenders useth to be. Abraham Israel , alias Jonas , of St. Peter's Poor , was indicted for feloniously stealing eight Silver Spoons, five Silver Forks, two Silver Canisters, one Diamond Ring, value 250 l. a pair of Diamond Ear-rings, value 90 l. three Diamond Buckles, and other Goods, in the Dwelling-house of John Mendez de Costa . Abraham Israel , alias Jonas , 22 Years of Age, born at Presburg , in Hungary , of Jewish Parents, who, he said, gave him Education in their Way, and design'd him for a Rabbi. They sent him to a Jewish School or College, at Prague , in Bohemia , and after he had been there for some Time, he left it without Consent of his Father and came to England, where he serv'd some of the topping Jewish Families, in Station of Jewish Butcher or Cook . He own'd that they were very Kind to him, and that he got Abundance of Money, and that it was nothing but a Temptation of the D - l prompted him to rob his Master. He said that he had liv'd up to the Rules of his Religion in many Respects, although he had been guilty of several Failings. He said his Father was a very rich Man at Presburg, and that he had good Relations of his own Nation there. He reflected on his Master, and show'd a Letter he had writ to him in Hebrew, full of bitter Reflexions, and that he apply'd some Imprecations to him out of the 109th Psalm. He had more Knowledge of the Hebrew Language than many of the Jews have, and writ the Characters very well. He had wild extravagant Notions about the Messias, as that he was to come down from Heaven at the End of the World, and to make all Men happy of what Sect or Profession soever they were. He knew little or nothing of the Scripture, only he read the Psalter, and some Jewish Prayer-books, and had some confus'd Notions of the rabbinical Legends and Romances, no way founded on Scripture. He did not believe that the Messias was to be the Son of God in an extraordinary Manner, and when I urg'd him with that Text, Jehova Tzidkenu, the Lord our Righteousness Jer. 23. 6. He knew nothing of it, and could answer nothing to any Argument proving Jesus Christ to be the true Messias, only he was ready to tell some out-of-the-way jewish Fable. He own'd the Justice of his Sentence, according to Law, and died an obstinate Jewish Infidel. N. B. There being such a Variety of uncommon Facts, in the Life of the two before-mention'd Malefactors, viz. Dalton and Abraham Israel , the Jew; but being confin'd to so small a Compass, and unwilling to put our Readers to a greater Charge, we must refer them to Applebee's Weekly Journal, of Saturday next, where they may depend on an impartial Account. Thomas Williamson , 16 Years of Age, born in the City of Chester , had little or no Education, only he said, a Gentlewoman put him to School a-while, where he learned to read a little. His Father, taught him his own Trade, which was a Shoe-maker . He confess'd that he was at committing the Robberies in the Indictments, but that it was James Nattris who broke the Houses and stole the Things, and that he was only Witness to it upon Nattris's Desire: He said also, that his Father knew nothing of the Goods being in his House. He was very Ignorant; I did what I could to instruct him, but he was slow of Understanding, and could not attain to much Knowledge. He wept and cried bitterly like a Child, when I spoke to him in Private. He repented of his Sins, believed in Christ, and died in Peace with all Mankind. David Aubert , about 36 Years of Age, of honest Parents, within three of four Miles of the City of Bern in Swisserland , who gave him good Education at School, and instructed him in the Principles of Christianity. He was no particular Trade, but being good at the French Language he serv'd Gentlemen , and travell'd with them to France and other Foreign Places. He said, that he was obedient to his Parents, Trusty to his Masters (excepting this Instance) and observant of religious Duties. He purchas'd a small Estate in his own Country, with Money which he made in Service, to the value of 9 or 10 l. per Ann. He hath been in England for 6 or 7 Years past, at least coming and going, and had the Love of the Masters he serv'd. He hehav'd Modestly, Gravely and Devoutly in Chapel and upon all Occasions. He appeared to be of a mild agreeable Temper, and had a very honest Look. He acknowledg'd the Justice of his Sentence, but said that he never was a Thief before, nor of a vicious Life. He profess'd his Faith in Christ, his Penitence for Sin, and that he died in Peace with all Mankind. At the Place of EXECUTION, ABRAHAM the Jew, had some of his Nation speaking and reading a little to him in Hebrew; before I could get to pray for the rest. He said he had nothing more to say, only shew'd me a little Hebrew Prayer Book he was reading in. He seem'd to be very uncharitable to his Prosecutors when there was no Expectation of Life. I ask'd him if he freely forgave his Enemies? He hesitated upon this, and did not know if it was agreeable to their Religion, but answer'd faintly, he did. At another Time he prayed God might Reward them as they had dealt by him. Mr. Aubert had no more to say, only that he had given Satisfaction to one who had come to him several Days about an Affair. Thomas Williamson said he forgave all his Enemies. James Dalton said that Neaves had committed the Robbery by himself, which he swore against Nichols, and that he got money to swear falsely against Nichols, but that he would not do it. He deliver'd a Paper to one, which was the Scroll of a Letter reflecting on a Gentleman. They were serious at Prayers and singing Psalms, and when we had sung part of the 51 Psalm, Dalton desir'd some of the Humble Suit of a Sinner to be sung, which was done. They went off crying to God for Mercy. When I came this Morning to Chapel, in order to recommend them to God as usual, before they die; they told me, that this Morning, Hugh Haughton had tied the Sword Belt which he wore about him to the Grate of the Cell-window, and his Handkerchief to the End of the Belt; and that he tied his Neck in the Handkerchief, and had his Hand at the Handkerchief putting it in order to Strangle himself. That by the Time they came to him, he was dead, although they had been with him about twenty Minutes before, when he was with apparent Devotion praying and singing Psalms. It is to be fear'd that he was a Hypocrite, and that little of what he said can be believed. This all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . ADVERTISEMENT. This Day is publish'd The Third Edition, with Additions, of A Practical Treatise: Or, Second Thoughts on the Consequences of the VENEREAL DISEASE. In three Parts, viz. I. On the Simple Gonorrhea, Gleets, and other Weaknesses, whether from Venereal Embraces, Self-Pollution, improperly call'd Onanism, or Natural Imbecility. II. On the Virulent Gonorrhoea, or Clap. III. On the Venereal Lues or Grand Pox. Wherein are plainly shew'd, the exact Degrees of Difference; with their Signs, Symtoms, Prognosticks and Cures in all Cases; their Beginnings, Progress, and fatal Periods, when neglected, or unskillfully managed; and how their absolute Cure, without Violence, or Injury, is completed. With proper and effectual Remedies, in their several Stages, prescrib'd and recommended therein. With some Remarks on that preposterous Way of Venery with Machines, &c. a plain Discovery of the Dangers (tho' little expected) which attend that vile Practice. Also many other useful Discoveries relating to Infections in both Sexes, not before taken Notice of. To which is annex'd, A Vindication of the Practice of Salivating, &c. The whole fitted, as well for the Advantage of Patients, as young Practitioners. By JOSEPH CAM , M. D . Printed for the Author, and sold by him at his House at the Ball and Lamp in Bow Church-yard , Cheapside ; also by G. Strahan in Cornhill; W. Mears without Temple-Bar; C. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors who were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 18th of Septem. 1727 AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir JOHN EYLES , Bart . Lord Mayor of the City of London . The Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and John Raby , Esq ; Serjeant at Law ; and others his Majesty's Justices of Jail Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid: Together with several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, and Thursday, the 30th, and 31st of August, and Friday, the 1st of September, 1727, in the first Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. Samuel Hammond , Henry Chaplin , Peter Boother , Thomas Williams , Thomas Johnson , alias Bewley , alias Handy, and one Woman, viz. Elizabeth Gilbert ; were by the Jury convicted of capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, they were instructed in the main Articles of Christianity, Faith and Repentance, from Col. 2. 8. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. Acts 3. 19. Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your Sins may be blotted out; when the times of Refreshing shall come from the Presence of the Lord. I demonstrated to them the Necessity of an active Faith, working by Love; how that it is not sufficient for a Christian to believe that Christ died for the Sins of the World, for the Devils believe and tremble, as having no Part nor Portion in the evangelical Dispensation by our Lord Jesus Christ; and Faith without Works is dead, being alone; and that Christ's great Design of coming into the World, and vailing himself with Flesh, being to save us, not in, but from our Sins, it follows as a necessary Consequence, that all they who are the true Disciples of the Holy Jesus, must be Holy as God is Holy, and Blameless in all manner of Life and Conversation, since without Holiness no Man can see the Lord. I shew'd them, that the chief Ingredient of true Repentance was to forsake Sin, which seperated betwixt God and us, render'd him, whose natural Propension and Darling attributed to his Mercy a terrible God unto the Workers of Iniquity, who will not abandon their Sins, and turn to God with their whole Hearts, who is willing to receive all Penitent Sinners into Favour, however great or many their Sins be. From these and many other Considerations, I took occasion to press upon them the Necessity of being Holy in Heart and Life, of being like unto Christ in Holiness, which is the only means of attaining to eternal Happiness in and through him. I explain'd to them the original of Right and Property, and that coveting the Goods, Estates, and Properties of others, and unjustly defrauding our Neighbours, was a Sin of a very heinous Nature, held in detestation by all Mankind, as being one of the most atrocious Crimes can be committed, and destructive of human Society, and all Decency and Order. I let them see how they had been Guilty of the Brcach of their baptismal Vows, thro' the whole Course of their Lives; for which they had the greatest Reason in the World to mourn before God; and before they went off the Stage of this miserable World, to put themselves in a fit frame for renewing their baptismal Vows, (and for this Purpose to implore the Grace and Assistance of God's holy Spirit) by receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in the Nature and Design of which I instructed 'em from these Words, 1 Cor. 10. 16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ? the Bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ? and several other Texts. While these and such other Instructions were given, those of them who constantly attended in Chappel appear'd to be devout, serious and very grave, yet that deep Concern requisite in Men upon the brink of Eternity could not be discern'd. Bewley seem'd most affected, expressing great Terrors upon his Spirit, upon the Thoughts of his approaching Dissolution. I us'd proper Motives to encourage him against the Fears of Death, representing to him the Mercy of God, to whose Appointments concerning us we ought chearfully to submit, &c. Although they had been taught to read God's Word, when young, yet they had been so careless of their Duty, that they had almost wholly forgot what good Things were taught them in their younger Years, and could not make regular Responses. Samuel Hammond of the Parish of Bishopsgate , convicted of petty Treason for murdering his Master Thomas Barker , wilfully, barbarously and maliciously, profess'd a very deep Repentance for that excreable Crime. Before the Sessions, he desir'd to be allow'd, by way of Favour, to come up to Chappel, with the Malefactors who were then under Sentence. His Request was granted, and he constantly attended. He was very attentive both to Prayers and Exhortations, only he appear'd something hard hearted and stupid, as not having outward Signs of Contrition for so black a Crime. He ingenuously confess'd his Sin, with its aggravating Circumstances, as committed against a good Master, who had never given him an ill Name, nor beaten him, for the Space of five Years he had been his Apprentice , excepting the Instant before he murder'd him, when he call'd him Blockhead for using a wrong Tool. He said, that the Devil put it into his Heart to murder his Master, from the Time that he had corrected a Girl in the House, for a Fault, with which Maid, Hammond for above half a Year before had kept an unlawful Correspondence. From that time he entertain'd Malice in his Heart against his Master, intending to murder him the first Occasion, which Design he kept in his Mind, without communicating it to any Person, for 18 Days, but upon Wednesday the 19th of July, between 7 and 8 in the Morning, in a most barbarous manner, put his wicked Resolution in Practice. I exhorted him to a strict Repentance for this crying Guilt, to fly to the Blood of Christ, which only could wash him from his uncleanness; and as I discover'd to him the Evil of Murder in general, so particularly, I let him see the Aggravations of this excreable Murder he had committed. When he was tried, he could not stand for Sickness, which never left him; for being carried back to the Condemn'd-Hold, after that Sentence of Death was pronounc'd upon him, he was never able to rise and go to Chappel, but lay in a high Fever, to Thursday, the 7th of September, when about 11 o'Clock at Night he expir'd. When I went to visit him, while under Sentence, he was so afflicted with Sickness, that he could not speak much; yet he appear'd to be very Penitent, and to be of a much more contrite and broken Heart than formerly, complying with the Prayers with great earnestness, seeming well pleas'd with all good Offices done for the good of his Soul, while he had any Senses about him, always Sighing, Mourning and Groaning for the crying Sin of Murder, and his giving loose Reins to those vile sensual Lusts, and brutish Appetites, which prov'd the Occasion of his falling into that mortal, and to him fatal Sin. He acknowledg'd the Justice of his Sentence, and that the Punishment of his Iniquity was infinitely less than what he deserved. Upon Thursday, the 14th of September, the Report of the five surviving Malefactors was made to his Majesty in Council, when two of them, viz. Thomas Williams for stealing a Horse, value 3 l. on the 19th of August last, the property of Edward Newins ; and Elizabeth-Gilbert , of St. Giles's without Cripplegate , who was convicted for privately stealing a Gold-Ring, two Guineas, one Half Guinea, and 40 Shillings in Silver, on the 14th of July last, the property of Nathaniel Page her Master, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining three, viz. Thomas Johnson , alias Bewley , alias Handy, for returning from Transportation, and Henry Chaplin and Peter Boother , two Soldiers , for being concern'd in breaking and robbing a House, and unmercifully beating the Master, and some others of the Family, were order'd for Execution on Friday the 18 Instant. When in Chappel, these three Malefactors were first inform'd that the Dead Warrant was come down directing their Execution to be on the Monday following they were struck with Surprize, especially Bewley, who fell into Tears, as he did sometimes, before, when speaking to me but immediately compos'd himself for Devotion, and Boother who likewise weep't for a long time; Chaplin appear'd more stupid and unconcern'd, which might be imputed partly to his Illness, having endur'd much Sickness in the Prison before his Trial, and being still in a very bad state of Health, that he was like a Skeleton, and yet, excepting one Day, while under Sentence, he constantly attended in Chappel. The following Account is a brief Narrative, for Information of those, who are desirous to know some more Particulars relating to their dying Words and Behaviour. THOMAS JOHNSON , alias Bewley , alias Handy, was indicted on his own Confession for returning from Transportation; To which he pleaded Guilty. Thomas Johnson , alias Bewley , alias Handy, (whose true Name, as he told me, was Thomas Bewley ) said he was about 26 Years of age, was born (as he believ'd) in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields , of mean Parents, who either could not, or would not give him any Education at all. For, his Father, when he was new-born, went to Sea, and never return'd, and his Mother, when he was a Child of two or three Years old, left or laid him down to the Mercy of the World: By which means, he fell upon the Parish of Stepney , who took care of him, put him to the Charity-School, and kept him till he was 14 or 15 Years of age. Then they desir'd him to go and Shift for himself, as being grown to a good Size and able to Work. When he was a Year and an half old, his Right Arm and Hand had been bruis'd, so that being distorted, they decay'd and were only of the bigness of a Child's Arm and Hand, neither had he the Use of them, having no strength and scarce any Motion in them. This he pleaded as a Reason, why the Parish should take Care of him, by appointing for him some small Weekly Allowance; which with what he might earn'd would as (he said) have made him live in a Sober way. But the leading Men there thinking him a big strong young Fellow, and capable of doing several Things for his Subsistence with one Hand only, would not undertake to do any more for him. Upon which he went of't upon his Shifts, and own'd that he could have fallen upon Means to live; But going in with bad Company, who advis'd him to turn Thief and Housebreaker, which hellish Counsel he following, made considerable proficiency, and turn'd dexterous in his Profession, being known among his Companions by the Nickname of Handy, because of his having but the Use of one Hand: This Course of Life, which he could not get out of, prov'd his Ruin. After he had follow'd his Trade of Stealing and House-breaking for a considerable time, he was taken up, and sent Abroad to see if he would learn better Manners in his Travels. He commended the Captain of the Ship for his Kindness and Civility to him, but when in the Country, whither he was Transported, No body would Buy him, because he wanted a Hand, so that when the Captain, who employ'd him as Cook , and look after the Ship went off, as he alledg'd, he was forc'd to come Home, since No body there would employ or give him any Thing. He had a Wife and two or three Children, whom he commended as a virtuous Woman and dutiful Wife, who had done much for the Support of his Family, and knew nothing of his indirect and thevish Courses; but she sometimes suspecting that he did not get Money in an honest way, he denied it, and never told her any thing of the Robberies he committed. He was a Fellow of pretty good natural Parts, and was capable of doing Business, if Opportunity had offer'd and he apply'd himself accordingly, but the loss of his Right Hand was irreparable, rendring him incapable of Working and Labouring as other Men do. He confess'd, that he had led a very wick'd Life, his main Business from his Childhood, at least the Time he left the Charity-School, having been to break Houses, to Pick or Steal, as he found Opportunity; at other times he carried a little Pack with small Things, which way of Trading, it seems, did not answer his Wishes. He said that sometimes he drunk too much, but was not often guilty of that, nor of Swearing much, nor of accompanying with lewd Wo-Women: Although he was not free from these Vices, yet he was not such a Slave to them, as Men of his Profession commonly are: But as he said, he kept at Home in the Night time with his Wife, unless he went out upon Purchase, and provided for his Family as he could in his way, giving to his Wife what he could get, having been always very kind to her, whom he call'd, a deserving good Wife. When he came from Transportation, he was taken up for House-breaking, and found Guilty of single Felony; but upon his Trial he told the Court, that he had return'd from Transportation, upon which an Indictment was order'd against him, to which he pleaded Guilty. Being ask'd the Reason why he did so? he said that he knew they intended to carry him to some Place in the Country, in order to try him for a Crime committed there, and that he was indifferent about his Life; but added, that he was confus'd, and did not think upon what he was saying. Bewley could read but little, and when he was examin'd upon Principles of Religion, I found that he knew not much. I endeavour'd to instruct him in the fundamental Articles of Christianity, to which he was very attentive, and attain'd some further Knowledge of necessary Points. He cried bitterly, when he thought upon Death, and declar'd that if he were to live any longer, resolved against those wicked Courses which he had follow'd. I exhorted him to endeavour by the Grace of God to repair the Loss he sustain'd by his wicked Life, in improving his remaining Moments, in making up his Peace with God, by an unfeign'd Faith in Christ, a deep Repentance for all his Sins, especially that heinous one for which he suffer'd. He said, that he firmly believ'd in Christ as the only Saviour of Sinners, that he sincerely Repented of all his Sins, and that he was in Peace with all Mankind, expecting Salvation only through the Merits of Jesus Christ his Saviour. HENRY CHAPLIN , PETER BOOTHER , and Henry Girdler , (not yet taken) were Indicted for breaking into the House of Daniel Lyver in the Night time, on the 17th of July last, taking thence 10 Pewter Dishes, 30 Pewter Plates, one Guinea, and 7 Shillings and 6 d. in Silver. Henry Chaplin , as he said, about 27 Years of Age, descended of honest Parents in Warwickshire , who put him to School, when he was young, but he being of a cross Temper, did not keep it well and profitted little. His Father also taught him his own Employment of Ribband-weaving , but he being 15 Years old left his Father and listed in the Army . He was a young Man of a very vicious Life, having been very much addicted to Drinking, Swearing, and Whoring, but he said that he was never guilty of Robbery or Stealing, but in the single Instance whereof he was Convicted; but follow'd his own ade, and attended his Duty punctually. He said Norcoat the Evidence against them, and Girdler, advis'd them first to go and take Fowls, altho' he swore otherwise. Chaplin own'd he was present at the Robbery, but that it was against his Will they committed it, for both he and Boother said, that they held the other Two, when they were attempting to break the House, but that they would not be hindred, and both of them complain'd upon the Barbarity of Nortcoat and Girdler, who hath fled, in beating unmercifully the Master of the House, and two Women, because they had not Money to give them; they said it was the other two who rifled and robbed the House, yet staid in expectation of being Sharers in the Booty. I told them they were all equally Guilty, as willingly consenting to go a Thieving. They own'd this, but said, they thought the other two more Guilty than themselves, as persisting obstinate in their wicked Resolution, which they earnestly desir'd 'em to desist from and go home. Chaplin had been much afflicted with Sickness, while in Prison, yet he appear'd to be a Man of more Resolution than his Companion, being more compos'd and settled in his Behaviour, and giving a better Account of his Faith, and the Hope that was in him, with reference to a future State. He said, tho' he had been a very wicked Liver, yet he always firmly believed the Doctrines of Christiany, the Wickedness of his Life proceeding from the want of Consideration, and a desire to satisfie his sensual Appetite and Lusts. I exhorted him to repent of his Sins, and particularly that great Sin for which he died. He said he endeavour'd what he could to be reconcil'd to God, whom he had greatly offended. He acknowledg'd he had been among the chief of Sinners, but exprest himself, as if he had entertain'd strong Hopes of Mercy, in and through our Lord Jesus Christ, that he truly belved Jesus Christ the Son of God to be the only Saviour of lost Man, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, being heartily sorry for Offences he had committed, as well against God, as Man, dying in Peace with all the World, and in Communion of the Church wherein he was baptiz'd, of which he own'd himself an unworthy Member. Peter Boother , about 21 Years of Age, descended of honest but very poor Parents, about 14 Miles from this Town his Father having been a mean Labourer in the Country, he had no Education at School, but when capable follow'd the same Business in the Country. He said he had never been notoriously Wicked in the preceeding part of his Life, yet had been led aside to the Commission of such vile Practices as he was convicted off. He was very ignorant in the first Principles of Religion, and after I had been at great Pains in instructing him, he answer'd like a Child of 4 or 5 Years old. This proceeded partly from his not being Educated at School, and perhaps the ignorance or neglect of them with whom he was in Company; I charg'd him with neglecting the Duties Ordinances of Religion, at that his ignorance was inexcuseable, being brought up in a Christian land, where the House of God was open to every Body, willing to receive Instruction, either by godly Prayers, or Orthodox Doctrines. As to the Crime of which he was convicted, said, that he with Chaplin endeavour'd to keep Girdler and Norcoat from committing it, but that it was not in their Power to restrain them; and Boother affirm'd he did not enter the House, but waited about the Doors, not till it was done, when they came out, and forc'd him to carry off Plates, threatening to knock him down if he refus'd. Excepting this Burglary and Robbery for which he died, he said, that to his Knowledge, he never wrong'd Man or Woman. I exhorted him to Repent of the Breaches of his Baptismal Vows, to believe in Jesus Christ; the Son of God, as the only Saviour of Sinners, to Repent of all his Sins, so as heartily to for sake, and resolve against them, to entertain no Malice or hatred in his Heart against any Person, and to deny himself wholly to the Vanities of this World, and to raise his Thoughts towards heavenly and Divine Things, which if he did not attain to, he was in Danger of being instantly thrown into the Pit of eternal Destruction, with Devils and damn'd Spirits. He with many Tears confess'd himself among the chief of Sinners, and said that his perturbation did not proceed from fear of Death, but the uncertainty of that future State hew as to enter upon. I encourag'd him with proper Motives taken from the infinite Mercy of God in Christ, &c. He declar'd himself truly Penitent for all his Offences, that he hop'd to be sav'd thro' the Merits of Christ only, and that he died in Peace with all the World. At the Place of Execution, THey adher'd to their former Confessions, and said, that they had no more to add. Only Thomas Bewley , alias Handy exclaim'd against one who Transported Felons, saying that after he had caused them to Work for him in these foreign Countries; he brought them Home to England in the same Ship which he had carried them off; and that the Reason of his returning was, because No body would Buy him, and that he must have starv'd there and that when at Home he had no way to get his Bread because he wanted his Right Hand to enable him for Work. This all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Minister at Newgate . London , Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE in Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday the 7th of this Instant October, 1730. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir Richard Brocas , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder; Mr. Serjeant Raby, Deputy Recorder of the said City; and others of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, being the 28th, 29th, and 31st of August, and Tuesday the 1st of September, 1730, in the fourth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Eleven Men, viz Samuel Armstrong , Nicholas Bennet , Joseph Robinson , John Head , George Taverner , Andrew Dalton , Nicholas Gilburn , Thomas Griffith , Thomas Hitchin , Gilbert Laurence , and Singdel Street , were by the Jury found Guilty of capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. They having been young Men of a wild extravagant Life, and wicked Conversation, and although some of them might know a little of good Principles, by Virtue of Education, yet altogether ignorant of, and unacquainted with the Practice of Virtue and Goodness, wherein the Life of Religion consists: As I instructed them in the Articles of our Holy Faith, necessary to Salvation, so likewise I shew'd them, that all those Points necessary to be known, in order to Salvation, were intended for the Reformation of our Lives, to restore us unto the Dignity of the divine Native, that we might become Holy as God is Holy, and Blameless in all manner of Conversation, since, without Holiness no Man can see the Lord. I made them to understand, that as Christ came into the World to rectify the Mistakes and corrupt Notions about Religion, which the Jewish Doctors and Rabbi's had propagated, so his great Aim in all these Instructions was to discover unto them wherein they deviated from the Paths of Virtue, and to bring them into the Practice of sincere Piety and Goodness, which is the only way to Happiness; and therefore St. Peter, when preaching to convince Men of the Excellency of our christian Institution, gives this as one of the noblest Epithets of the great Author thereof, who went about doing good: Acts 10. 38. This is one of the signal Characters which Christ bears, that he was constantly imploy'd in doing good to the Souls and Bodies of Men; and in imitation of him, who is the Captain of our Salvation, the Author and Finisher of our Faith, and of those who through Faith and Patience have inherited the Promises; we ought to be constantly employ'd in working Righteousness in exercising ourselves more unto Godliness, which hath Promise of this Life, and that which is to come: For this is the very end of our Creation, that we may glorify God; and by what Means do we glorify God? by working Righteousness and doing good, after the Example of our Blessed Saviour; by exercising our selves to Acts of Justice, Mercy and Compassion; By injuring no Body, but doing good to every one, to the uttermost of our Power; yea, by prosecuting Malice or Revenge against no Person, but freely, and in the Bowels of christian Love, Sympathy and Compassion, forgiving all those who have offended us, as we expect, for the Sake of Christ, Forgiveness at the Hands of a good and merciful God, for the manifold, yea, the innumerable Offences we have committed against him. I exhorted them all, however many or great their Sins might have been, to throw themselves upon the infinite Mercies of God in Christ, not to despair of the divine Mercy, but to believe in Christ who died for our Sins, to repent of all their Sins, to resolve upon a new Life, and wholly to resign themselves unto God: And in Token of their Repentance, I advis'd them to partake in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as a Pledge and Confirmation of all the Benefits of the new Covenant. While these and many such Exhortations were given, all of them attended in Chapel, and they who could read made Responses; but most of them seem'd to be very indifferent, and at some times smil'd and spoke to one another, for which I sharply rebuk'd them, after that they behav'd with more Decency. Polson was always very attentive and apparently Penitent, and complain'd frequently upon the Misbehaviour of some of the rest. Joseph Robinson behav'd gravely and was Careful in his Devotions. Laurence sate very quiet, but being a Foreigner did not perfectly understand what was said. Upon Thursday the 1st of October, the Report of the above nam'd eleven Malefactors, under Sentence of Death, was made to his Majesty in Council, when Nicholas Bennet , Joseph Robinson , John Head , and George Taverner , of St. James's Clerkenwell , for assaulting John Berrisford , in the House of Joseph Walker , putting him in Fear of his Life, and taking from him two half Guineas, two Six-pences, two Half-pence, and a Counter, the 29th of August last; Andrew Dalton , of St. Dunstan's, Stepney , for feloniously stealing two pair of Silver Buckles, Value 10 s. a Cane, with a Gold Head, Value 3 l. a Wig, Value 20 s. the Property of John Rawlins , jun . a Bay Gelding, Value 10 l. a Bridle and Saddle, the Property of John Rawlins , Sen . the 24th of July last; and Tho. Griffith , received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Five, viz. Thomas Hitchin , Nicholas Gilburn , Samuel Armstrong , Gilbert Laurence , and Singdel Street , were order'd for Execution. Thomas Hitchin , alias Polson , of Hornsey , was indicted for assaulting Thomas Andrews on the High-way, putting him in Fear, and taking from him six or seven Shillings in Money, a Bay Mare, Bridle, Saddle and a Cane, the 23d of July last. Thomas Hitchin , whose true Name (as he said) was Polson , 29 Years of Age, Descended of Honest Parents at Marlow , in Shropshire , who gave him good Education at School, in Reading and Writing, and instructed him in Principles of Christianity: He was put to no Particular Trade, but follow'd Country-Business of Husbandry . When Young, he was a Perverse, Naughty Boy, Disobedient to his Parents, neglected his School, was inclin'd to Idleness, and addicted himself to Mischievous and Wicked Practices. When of Age, his Father settled him in a good Farm, gave him a Free-hold Estate of 20 l. per Ann. got him a Wife with an Estate of 10 l. per Ann. more, and at the Death of his own Father and his Mother-in-Law, he had an Estate of 20 l. per Ann. more. When he got his Farm and Estate, he was an Idle, Lazy, Fellow, neglected all Business, join'd himself to bad Company, run in Debt to the Value of 140 l lost all Credit and Esteem in his own Country; and then not knowing what to do, as being Despis'd, Hated or Suspected by every Body, he left his own House, bid farewell to his Wife and Four or Five young Children, and came to London upon pretence of having some Business there, and that he was oblig'd to fly his Country for Debt; but his real Design was to try what Treasure he might pick up upon the Highway. And in order to prepare himself for desperate Attempts, he provided a Pocket Pistol or two, and thought he should have better Success about London than he had in the Country; whereupon he set out, and meeting with Thomas Andrews , between Highgate and Hampstead , in the Day time, between Eight and Nine in the Morning, he presented his Pistol, and robb'd him of those things mention'd in the Indictment, but being immediately pursu'd, and never getting out of Sight of his Prosecutor, or those other Evidences who follow'd close after him, he was apprehended near Cambray House , and committed to Newgate . He own'd this Robbery, as given account of by the Evidence who appear'd against him, and that he had been a very dissolute wicked Youth. The following is an Account of all the Robberies the above Malefactor gave the Morning of his Execution. HHe said he began to play at Cards, to which in little Time he took a great liking too, and in Short, when Money began to grow low, would stick at nothing to raise Money, to carry on the Trade of Card-playing: He confess'd, he robb'd his Father at two sundry Times, in order to support his wicked Trade of Gaming, and for above 6 Months successive, his Father's Maid, was mistrusted to have taken the Money, but at lenghth to save her Credit, he wrote to his Father, and own'd the Fact. Having confessed the taking his Father's Money, was obliged to keep from home; having no Money, and was at a Loss what to turn himself too; he said he was no great lover of Work, and so in short, concluded with himself on going to Wales to steal Horses, and accordingly went, and stole a grey Mare from one 'Squire Lewis, which he sold within 20 Miles of Shrewsberry , to a London Butcher, for 14 l. 10 s. That Money put him forward pretty well in the World, and he ventur'd a second Time into Wales . Going a second Time, (his Money not being all spent,) he bought a Welch Padd for 50 s. and in his Travels through Wales , met with a Bedfellow at a Country Inn, where he found he had Money about him; took Care to make him Drunk at Night, then they went to Bed together, and he robb'd him of about 6 l. odd Shillings, and in the Morning went a contrary Way to what he said he was going; leaving his Bedfellow fast asleep. After this Robbery he went to Canterbury , and played a great many Pranks there, but was in a short Time forced to take his Course to some other Place, then he rov'd up an down Kent for sometime, without any valuable Success, that's to Say, Any Thing of a good Booty. But at last, coming near Maidstone , one Day towards the close of the Evening, he spy'd a parcel of fine Linnen drying upon a Hedge, he came up (as he said) on pretence of enquiring the Way, when he found there was no Body there, he took Ten very fine Shirts, and made off undiscovered. In some short Time after he came up to London , having had but little Success in the County of Kent , and when he came to Town, he sold the ten Shirts to a Life Guard-man for five pound ready Money. He remain'd in London sometime, and then went to Norfolk , Travel'd a great way in that Country, until he came to a Place call'd Ellsome , where he thought to remain for a Time, and there he fain'd himself Lame, by Reason he might not be taken notice off; and in the Time of his stay there, made his Observations round about the Country; being about nine Days there, he paid his Reckoning and came away; but before he parted that Neighbourhood, he stole from the Grounds of Sir John Hubbard , Bart . a Chsnut Mare, which by a great many Stratagems he brought to London , and put her up in the Hay-Market; the Scent was so Hot after him, that he could not pretend to Sell her in London ; and at that Time Money began to be very short, was oblig'd to borrow four Guineas of his Landlord, and leave the Mare in his Hands, which (he said) was very much against his Inclination. Sometime after this, his Father was so good to look over all his past wicked Actions of his Life, and took him Home, where he staid and lived Honest for some time with his Wife and Friends; but the unhappy Distemper of Laziness prevailing, against that of Industry, he could not Work long; then he turn'd out again to his old Trade of Thieving, and Horse-stealing, for Money was difficult to come to in the Country, and he could not bear the Want of it by any means. According to his Resolution he parted from his Fathers Habitation, and took a little Mare belonging to his Brother, promising to Return her in a few Days, an Travel'd the Country up and down, like a Sportsman, seeking for Game; and for fifteen Days successively, could meet with nothing worth his while, but at Length happen'd to meet an old Man on Horse Back in Flint-shire , who he said, had one Foot in the Grave, and one out, he robb'd him of a Silver Watch and 5 s. and some odd Money, and made his Escape undiscover'd. After he had committed this Robbery, he came towards London , where he spent what he had upon lew'd Women: So seeing his Money began to grow short; was resolved on going in Yorkshire , and accordingly he put forward, and travel'd a great part of the Way without a Penny Cost, for he was forc'd to take to his old Trade of Bilking of Publick Houses in his Journey. He arriv'd at Doncaster in Yorkshire , and in all his Way from London to thence, he never got a Penny, but 10 s. he won at Cards; being come to Doncaster , he staid there two Days, and then put forward into the Country, and of a Market Day, Robb'd an old Farmer of 40 s. and a pair of Silver Buckles, and took his Horse, and Rid about 15 Miles a Cross Road, and then turn'd him loose; so went forward into the Country, and committed several Petty Robberies. He remained in the Country up and down about two Months, and then made Homewards. He bought a Colt there for a Watch, which He robb'd a Man off, and then went Home Directly; but in his Way, stole the Top of a large two handle Silver Cup, from an Inn; which was the greatest Booty he met with, between Yorkshire and Shropshire . Then his Father was so kind once more to receive him, where he remained about 11 Months, and liv'd Honest, but sometimes he said that he went out and stole a Shoulder of Mutton, which he never fail'd off; during that 11 Months, always of a Saturday Night, and so liv'd all the remainder of the Week; sometimes against his Inclinations, he work'd a little, by reason he would not give the World an Opportunity of Judging him an Idle Fellow; Tho' he was one in grain. Having some Words with his Wife, he said he would go away again, and accordingly he did into Yorkshire , and there he rambled up, and down all this last Summer; was at the Races in several Parts of Yorkshire , pilfered in as many Places as he could, and in particular, at an Inn where he lay; he Stole away the Sheets of the Bed, and went off in the Morning by Times, and made towards York , where he staid some time, then made forwards for London, he shifted as well as he could on the Road, and in Short, was not much out of Pocket in the whole Journey. When he came to London he lodged in Leather-Lane , at an Inn, where he remained a whole Day to refresh him. Having rested himself a Day, he turned out the next Day towards Hampstead , and that Day, and until 11 at Night, had no manner of Success; so returned Home to his Quarters, as he went the second Day the same Way, and was along Time e're he could see any thing; but towards Evening espy'd an old Gentleman in a one-Horse Chaise, whom he paid his Compliment to, and took from 6 Guineas, a Watch, and a Mourning Ring, and 9 s. 6 d. in Silver, then made homewards, a-cross the Fields, undiscovered, and remain'd at Home at his Lodgings 3 Days, pretending Sickness for fear of being published, and described in the News-Papers. After the 3 Days were expired; he turned out again, and (as he said,) made a continual Visit out every Night, for 14 Days, sometimes he got 2, or 3 Pieces, and sometimes none. He waited for 800 l. which he knew was to come Hampstead Road , by an old Man, who, he said, a Girl could Robb; but not meeting with him according to expectation; he attacked Mr. Andrews, for which he suffer'd this ignominious Death, and for which Fact, he own'd, and said he was fairly Convicted. Richard Polson . Gilbert Laurence , of the Precinct of St. Brides , was indicted, for that on the 11th of July last, not having the Fear of God before his Eyes, but moved by the Instigation of the Devil, he did on the Body of Paul Oliver , a Male Infant, 14 Years of Age, make an Assault, and violently and wickedly, and against Nature, did B - r the said Paul Oliver . Gilbert Laurence , 34 Years of Age, born in Pretaigne , in France , of honest Parents, who educated him at School, and when of Age put him to a Gilder . He followed his Business at home for several Years, till about seven Years ago he came over to England , married a Wife and liv'd with her in a good Character: but after her Death he addicted himself too much to drinking and Company-keeping. Paul Oliver was bound an Apprentice to him to learn his Trade of Gilding . He and his Mother prov'd the Indictment very clearly upon him, which was also confirm'd by the Justice of Peace and a Surgeon, who were all such as he could make no Exceptions against: Yet he persisted in a peremptory Denial of the Crime he was convicted of, after all the Reasons could be given for an ingenuous Confession. I told him, it was to no Purpose to deny the Fact, since there was no Hope of a Reprieve, and that he would glorify God by a free Confession, which would also make him leave this World, with the greater Peace of Mind, in taking Shame and Confusion of Face to himself, for so notorious, so heinous, so barbarous, and so unnatural a Crime, as he was convicted of. He said, he had made his Confessions to another already, being of a different Communion, but made the most solemn Protestations imaginable, that it was not so as they gave in Evidence against him. He complain'd of some of the Boy's Friends, that they came to him in Prison, and said that he was not to appear against him, which was the Reason of his not having any of his Friends upon the Trial, who if they had been there (as he said) would have prov'd, that he could not at that time have been guilty of such Rudeness and Barbarity, as he was convicted of, as being in a very bad State of Health, and tainted with the Foul Disease. Some Months before this, he was Prisoner in Newgate for ravishing a Girl about eight Years of Age, but no Body appearing against him, he was at that time dismiss'd. A Woman came often to him and buoy'd him up with Thoughts of a Reprieve, but when he saw that all Hopes were over, he began to be more affected, and to shed Tears, as some of the rest did. He behav'd always very modestly and quietly, and with appearance of Devotion, in the Chapel, where he constantly attended. He own'd that he had been a great Sinner, and that a just Judgment had befallen him for the Sins of his Life. He declar'd, that he believ'd in Christ our Saviour, repented of all his Sins, and that he died in Peace with all the World, and in the Romish Communion . Samuel Armstrong , (together with Thomas Griffiths , since repriev'd) of St. Mary, White-Chappel , were indicted for breaking the House of John Richfield , the 3d of May last, in the Night-time, in stealing seven Iron Bars, a Fender, a Leaden Cistern, and other Goods, the Property of John Richfield . Samuel Armstrong , 22 Years of Age, of honest but mean Parents, who educated him at School to read and write, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in religious Principles. When of Age, he was bound Apprentice to Capt. Matthews , who traded to Guiney and the West Indies, whom he serv'd honestly for the space of seven Years; and afterwards he went some Voyages to Sea, having come home from his last Voyage only two or three Months before he was taken up. He said he never was dishonest while he went to Sea. It does not appear that he was so profoundly wicked as many of these Miscreants are. As to the Fact for which he died, he deny'd that he knew any thing of it, which his Partner also affirm'd; who said that Armstrong knew nothing of the Matter, directly or indirectly, and that the Burglary was committed by Holland and himself, and that Holland never knew Armstrong till he saw him in the Prison; where coming to understand him to be a young Man of a bad Character, to save his own Life he resolv'd to swear the Burglary against him also. At the last Sessions before, he was capitally Convicted, he was found guilty of a single Felony, for running away with a Man's Hat and Tobacco Box, in the Night-time in Thames-Street ; upon which he was taken up immediately and committed to Prison, where he came acquainted with Holland. He said, he never thiev'd or stole any thing till of late falling, into Acquaintance of a young Woman, who pass'd for his Wife a while, for supporting whose extravagancy, he was content to adventure upon any thing; but she abandon'd him in his Calamity, and married another. It was but a short time he was employ'd in that wicked Way, and made but very little or nothing by it; and the Hat and Tobacco-box, (as he said) for which he was convicted of a Single Felony, was taken by his Partner, who made his Escape, after he had given them to him, and left him in the Lurch for all: which prov'd the Occasion of his Ruin. If the account he gave of himself be true, he was cropt in the Bud, and kept from doing much more mischief: he seem'd to be a daring young Fellow, and not to have such a Sense of Sin upon his Spirit, as was needful, till he was past all hopes, when he shed plenty of Tears. He hop'd for Salvation through the Faith of Christ, said he repented of his Sins, and forgave all who had injur'd him Singdel Street , of St. Paul's Covent-Garden , was was Indicted for Stealing 194 Silk Garters, in the Shop of Robert Coxon , the 11th of July last. Singdel Street , 17 Years of Age, of mean Parents in Southwark , who would have put him to a Free School, but he was of a perverse Temper, and would not go to it, so that he could neither Read nor Write. He was ignorant of Religion, very dull of Capacity, and could scarce Remember any thing I told him. He appear'd always very attentive in Chapel, behav'd Decently, and made Responses when he could say any thing, but his Slowness of apprehension was a great Impediment. He wrought with a Rope maker, but fell into bad Company, who advis'd him to Pilfer and Steal, and then he took himself to Idleness, upon which his Ruin ensu'd in a very short time. He was so young that he was not capable of those Debaucheries, most of those wretches are addicted to Another young Fellow advis'd him to go out with him, and took the box with the Garters in the Indictment, out of the Shop-Windows, handed them to Street, made his own Escape, and left poor Singdel to answer for the Garters, which cost him very Dear. He wept and cry'd like a Child, Declar'd himself Penitent, that he hop'd to be sav'd through the merits of Christ, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Nicholas Gilburn , of Paddington , was Indicted for assaulting John Hall on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him 50 Yards of Paudesoy Silk, value 15 l. four Pair of Stockings, &c. the 17th of July last. Nicholas Gilburn , as he said, 22 Years of Age, of credible Parents in the Kingdom of Ireland , who gave him good Education at School in reading, and writing, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in the Christian Religion. When of Age, he was of no Trade, but listed himself in a Troop of Horse in Ireland , and serv'd as a Trooper for some Time, till they discharg'd him, because he was too little. After that not well knowing what to do, 2, or 3 Years ago, he made a trip over to England , to try if he could better his Fortune there: When he came to London , he entered into one of the Regiments of Guards , where he serv'd till of late one Wilson, (who was taken up for the Highway, and Executed at Kingstone) nam'd Gilburn as Partner with him in the Commission of some highway Robberies. Gilburn said, that Wilson gave false Information against him, and also that it was false that he intended to Inform against Wilson, and to prove him Guilty of Murder, for he said, he knew of no such Thing, and that he never spoke so; but some Persons who did their endeavours to induce Wilson to commence Evidence against him to save his own Life. He continued in denying the Fact, for which he died, till he about two Days before he was Executed, then he own'd that he was concern'd in the Robbery, but that he was not the Person who committed it. He confess'd also, that he had been a very wicked Youth in whoring, drinking, thieving, and coveting the Goods of others, but said he never swore much. He inveigh'd much against his Prosecutor, because (as he said) when he saw him first, he said he knew nothing of him, although afterwards he swore to his Face, as also against some Persons who were concern'd in taking him up. I advised him to beware of entertaining Malice against any Body, as he tendered the eternal Welfare of his Soul. He said, he had no grudge to any Person whatsoever. He was a well looking young Man, and seem'd to be of a good natural Temper; but was ruin'd by bad Company, both in his own Country, and after he went Abroad. He behav'd always very gravely in Chapel, and made responses in Time of Prayer. He declar'd that he believ'd in Christ; repented of his Sins; and died in Peace with all Mankind. At the Place of EXECUTION, SIngdel Street acknowledg'd, that although young in Years, yet he had been a great Sinner, in picking of Pockets, Stealing, Shop-lifting, &c. and that he had had Correspondence with some infamous Women: He constantly cry'd out to God to have Mercy upon him. Hitchen, alias Polson seem'd very much concern'd, and I hope he was Sincere, being a great Offender; he declar'd he was sorry that he should be so unhappy as to Die this ignominious Death; and he hop'd no Body would Reflect on his unhappy Wife, and Children. Gilburn, the Soldier , said he had no more to add but pray'd, and hop'd the Lord would have Mercy on his Soul. He spoke to the Spectators, and advised them who were Young especially to beware of bad Company, which had ruin'd, and bro't him to that fatal Place. He own'd, he had been a very wicked, and vicious Youth. Armstrong adher'd to his former Confessions, wept, and made grievous Complaints, and Expostulations. Laurence did not alter in his Confessions, only said that his Prosecutors had no good Will at him, because he would, or could not make One, viz. his Prentice Master of his Trade, in one Year, as well as in 6, or 7 Years. They were serious, and attentive to Prayers, and singing of Psalms. N. B. Having not Room in the Speech to Insert all the Account of the Robberies of Nicholas Gilburne , the Highwayman, and Samuel Armstrong , the House Breaker, we are obliged to defer it till Saturday, next when it will be publish'd in Applebee's Weekly-Journal. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . N. B. This is to give Notice, that a Book Translated from Hebrew, Greek and Latin, published in Name of Moses Marcus , a converted Jew, was wholly Translated by Mr. Guthrie, Author of this Paper. The said Marcus, being nothing but an Imposter and Pretender, understanding neither Greek or Latin. This Book was publish'd about a Year and a Half ago, against Wh - n's Notions about the Corruption of the Bible. London : Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , Fleet-street .

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The True ACCOUNT OF THE Behaviour and Confessions OF THE Condemned Criminals IN NEWGATE VIZ. John Gorden Soldier , for Murdering of William Dyson in the Savoy , on Monday the 1st. of June, William Woodwin , for Felony and Burglary, John Pilborow , and Edward Little . OF WHICH John Gorden, and William Woodwin were Executed on Wednessday, the 10th. of June, 1685. Together with their LAST Dying WORDS Before their Execution at TYBURN. Whereas several Malefactors Condemned to Die, do in the Prison of Newgate desire the Ordinary to Publish their Conferences with him, as also an account of their whole Behaviour, from the time of their Condemnation, to the time of their Executions; together with their Confessions to him, to prevent false Stories of them after their Death. The Ordinary thinks fit to give this Advertisement, that the true Account as taken by him in Writing from their own Mouths shall be Attested under his own Hand, which Account may be an useful Service to Reclaim Vicious Youth by forwarning them not to fall into the same Crimes, left they draw the snare of an Ignominious Death upon themselves. This Account therefore the Ordinary now gives, that on the next Day after Condemnation, he visited the said Malefactors, and endeavoured to make them sensible of their several Crimes, and withal, sollicited them to look back upon the whole course of their Life, inasmuch, as the just God never leaves Sinners destitute of his Preventing Grace, till they first harden their own Hearts, indulging themselves in some secret Sins, thereby strengthning Vicious Inclinations in themselves, in a considerable degree of Atheism, because they are not for some time Discovered, and brought to publick Shame. The Ordinary pressed them to consider what Sins they were most addicted unto, either for want of good Education, by the Example and Influence of Bad Company, but especially by not watching over their Corrupt Inclinations, which break out with more Violence, by the prophanation of the Lords Day, of which most Criminals complain, that this is the beginning of all their Sin and Misery. After the Ordinary had pressed them to a serious strict Examination of their Hearts, that so the review of their Sin Now, might be as Bitter as at any time the commission of them had been Delightful: and that they ought, (having given Notorious Scandals) to take Shame to themselves, and to make their Penitential Acknowledgments as Publick. They began now to be more awakened from their security in an Evil State, and with Tears to Lament their former flagitious Courses. Which Relenting, the Ordinary Encouraged; yet advised them to beware of Satan’s Sophistry, who studys to Ruine Souls, by perswading them to rely on a flight late Sorrow for Sin, as if this were a Compurgation, and an Expiatory satisfaction to God, for all the Exorbitances of their Conversation. For, Christ had placed this upon his own Account, who Died to Redeem us, not only from the Condemnation of God’s Law, but also from the Defiling Love and reigning Power of Sin in the Heart. The Ordinary stated the difference’ twixt true and false Faith, in coming to God for Reconciliation by Christ; Exhorting them to a speedy Repentance and thorough Conversion: Then he Prayed for them, and they seemed much Affected during the performance of this Duty. Captain Savill was present, for whom I have a singular Respect, not only as being a Person descended from an Honourable Family, but also for his Eminent Care of, and Christian Compassion for the Soul State of John Gorden , Condemned to Die for the most Barbarous Murder of a Person, without any Provocation given him. The manner how he perpetrated it, is related at large in his Trial. After Prayer, the worthy Chieftane desired me that he might speak a few words to the said Gorden, because he very lately had been a Soldier under him. Which desire I willingly Embraced. Then he spake to him to this Effect, Garden, I am very Sorry to see you in this deplorable Condition, you very well know how often I have Admonished you to reform your Extravagancies, particularly Drunkenness. You sometimes absented your self from the discharge of your Duty, but no means proved Effectual; and now you see the sad Issue of your Neglect of taking Good Advice. Then the Ordinary said, tell me truly, had you any Malice to the Person whom you Murdered? he replied no, but he was very much overcome with Drink. The Ordinary said that was no Extenuation, but rather an Introduction to the Crime. The Captain said, you see the woful Effects of Idleness, and stragling from your Station. But I have this farther to inquire, it is deeply suspected that you Murdered Dunbartons Wife, Confess the Truth, for you are sure to Die for the late Murder, and therefore it will not avail you to Conceal this. The Ordinary asked the Captain the manner of the said Womans Death, he said that she was very much Bruised, so that it made an Impression on the Child within her, and in a short time, both the Mother and Child Died with the Barbarous Usage of her. The Ordinary urged Gorden to confess how he did it. He said that he did Kick her, but thought it would not have proved Mortal. The Ordinary said you have great cause to Repent of it, and of all your other Wickedness. The Captain told him, he should be glad to hear of his being fit to dye; but though he had been obstinate to him, yet, in pity, he would afford him Six-pence every day, till the time of his Execution, and so praying for his eternal Salvation, took Farewel of him. The Ordinary desired all the Condemned Persons to prepare themselves solemnly for the Morrow duties of the Lord’s-day, that this, may be the pledge of an eternal glorious Sabbatism in Heaven. The Ordinary preach’d to them in the Forenoon on this Text, viz. Psal. 27. ver. 8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my Soul answered and said, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. From whence he treated of these general Heads, which branched into several Particulars. 1. What is meant by the Face of God. 2. What are the special Seasons, wherein the Lord expects, that we should solemnly seek him. 3. With what divine Impressions, or prevailing Arguments, doth he excite the heart to this fundamental Duty, which virtually comprehends all found Christianity. 4. How to discern, when Satan upon many bad designs prefers a motion for any Religious Duty; and how the inward Call, or Invitation of God to seek him, may be distinctly known. 5. What the seeking of God’s Face includes in the Extent and Sincerity of it. 6. How, or in what Respects must the Heart be prepared, or rightly ordered and fixt, to seek the Lord. 7. Why the Face of God must be sough immediately, without delay. 8. How may a Christian readily embrace, and spiritually improve the motions of Gods Spirit, exciting to any Holy Duty. In the Afternoon the Ordinary preach’d on several other general Heads, and concluded with in Application of the whole, to the present state of the condemned Prisoners They were Forenoon and Afternoon very attentive and affected with what was Prayed and Preached; so that they wept, and seemed Penitent: But I told them, that the Heart of Man was very deceitful, and that they were not to rest in, much less to trust to any initial sorrow for Sin, but to endeavour whatever lay in them, that they might obtain of God the carrying on of their Convictions to a thorow Conversion. The rather, because I had observed many dolorous complaints of Criminals against themselves, to vanish away upon the hope of a Reprieve. But they could not expect any such thing, because there were so many made examples of Publick Justice the last Sessions, and yet you would not take warning thereby. That I expected another manner of Account from them of their fitness to Dye, than what I had already received. In order to which I promised (God willing) to Visit them the next day. Accordingly I went to them, and inquired what frame and disposition of Heart they were in at present, whether they retained those good Impressions which were upon them, or had obtained further grounds to believe, that they were sincere in their addresses to the Throne of Grace, and what prospect they had, that God was reconciled to them in Christ. They replied, that they Prayed, and did what they could, to obtain the pardon of their Sins, and that they might be Saved. I assured them; that if they were willing to be happy, upon God's terms; if they desired sincerely to be holy, as much as to be happy, and to make Christ their pattern as well as their portion, then his Holy Spirit would become their Comforter. Upon this, they were desirous to be farther directed by me, how they might proceed safely to hope for Salvation. Hereupon I unfolded so them the Nature of God's Covenant of Grace made with Mankind in Christ, and those requisite qualifications which must be in Sinners, to make them capable for that great Salvation purchased by him: Yet, notwithstanding the Graces of Faith and Repentance; are the free Gift of God; he hath not promised to work and implant them in the hearts of any, but only of such, who do not persist to despise them, but submit to his Spirit as a Sanctifier, otherwise there cannot be any effectual, application of what Christ hath done and suffer'd to expiate Sin and reconcile Sinners to God. Hereupon, they were willing, yea desirous, that I should state again the Nature of True Faith and Repentance, and I judged it necessary, because they were under Confirmation upon receiving the Sentence of Death, when I first visited them, and so might forget but were now more composed. Therefore I renewed that former Discourse, and added other advice; how to settle them in a better preparation for their End. Then I prayed for them, and in particular, that God would make them to be ingenuous and sincere, in what they were willing to declare of the former course of their Life. And what their Repentance now is, that so, they might leave some Testimony as satisfactory of its Truth, as their Crimes had been Notorious, The first who offered himself to give an account of his Life, and his preparation for Death was, John Gorden , he was Born in Sunderland , is now 35 Years of Age. His Father he said, was a Gentleman, himself was Illegitimate, so there was little care taken of his Education. He was forced, (for want of Maintenance) to to take the Employment of a Soldier . He served four Years under Colonel t Douglas. He Was in the Fight at Treves , where being Taken he asked Quarter for his Life. Five Years after, he was a Soldier at Lunenburgh . He procured a Pass to Hamborough , and so got home to Scotland . He said, he lived with his Father two Years. After that he came to London , to seek his Fortune: And was four Years under Captain Savil. It was past one a Clock at Night before he came in to the Cellar in the Savoy , but he was worse than a Beast, he said, because he was Excessively Drunk. That he had been a great Swearer in his Drink. The Ordinary told him that those two great Sins are usually Coupled: But I enquired of him how he was Induced to Kill Dyson, who did not give him any the least Provocation; he replied, that he was so drunk, that he knew not what he did. I asked Gorden if he Killed Dyson, mistaking him in his Drink to be Jack Ketch ; for he repeated Jack Ketch , Jack Ketch , and what Malice he might have to the Common Executioner: He answered, that he bad none at all, and remembers not any thing of such an Impression in his Fancy. But wholly ascribes his madness in such a Wicked Fact, as a just permission in God, who Punished him for his former Debaucheries. Then he inquired what moved him to Kick Dunbarton’s Wife Big with Child, so that both Perished together: He said that she was his Laundress, and he challenged her with detaining from him a Cravat, whereupon she gave him very foul Language, and plucked him by the Hair of his Head. I told him that was an Inhuman Base Conquest over a Woman. He said he was very much troubled in his mind for it, and is willing to dye, that by his Example others may be warned from committing so heinous Crimes: yet he hoped God would be merciful to him upon his Repentance, and said, Good Sir, pray for me to the last moment, that God would look down upon me, to sanctifie this heavy, yet righteous stroke upon me. I promised him I would, and hope he was sincere in his Repentance. The Second, Edward Little , condemned upon a double Indictment for Felony and Burg’ary, which were proved against him. He was born at Westcot-Barton in Oxfordshire , aged 26 years. He was put Prentice to a Cabinetmaker in Covent-Garden , his Master absented himself, (as he said) being ready to brake in his Stock before he left his Service. Also, that he was in Drink that Night he was apprehended, for breaking the House of the Lady Newport Widow, and was found asleep by a Linkman. As concerning the second Burglary, he said, he did indeed put his hand in at a Casement, which was broken before, and took away a Pewter Dish, out of the House of one Matthew Sharnio . I told him, that however he excused it, that it was proved upon him, viz. both the Burglary and the Felony. He conseft he had been very prophane, a great Lyar, Swearer, Sabbath-breaker, given to excessive Drinking, and all Debocheries, yet not to Stealing until now. He hopes his Prayers and Tears are acceptable to God, through the merit of Christ’s Bloodshed, which is all-sufficient to make his peace with God. That since this great Affliction befell him, all Sin is as much hated by him, as it was delightful before. That if he might have his Life spared, and the opportunities of Grace renewed, he hoped he should endeavor to walk in the ways of Gods Commandments. The Third, William Woodwin . He was born in the County of Cary in Ireland , aged 28 years; his Employment was at Sea mostwhat. He denied not the Fact of Robbing Mr. Glover, under pretence first of a Bill of Exchange which when the Servant could not accept, his Master being not at home, Woodwin, and another who is escaped, pretended that they would write a Note of their business, to be left for Mr. Glover. Being admitted so to do, they seized the Servant, and twisted his Crevat about his Throat, to prevent crying out, and told him they would murther him, unless he would tell them where his Masters money lay. He says it is his hard Fortune to be condemned, because he had lived very Civilly before, and was now justiced to this by the other person who is fled; and that he never saw him but twice before. It is for some Sin, not repented of, that God now left him to fall into such bad Company. He said he is as free to dye, as to live, because he hopes he shall be happy in Heaven : And, upon my strictest observation of his whole deportment, I do believe him to be truly penitent. The Fourth, John Pilborow , born at Finburrow in Suffolk , aged twenty years. He was for three years a BarberChyrurgions Prentice at St. Edmunds-bury , at that time his Master dyed: So he went to serve Sir George Winniffe , and thought to make money of the stolen Horse to set up his Trade ; for his Father dyed a week before, and so Po verty inclined him to commit the Felony. He said that he had been a great Sinner in Drinking Excessively, in Swearing, in Gaming, yet he never Stole before, but God justly left him.because he had neglected his Duty, in not hearkning to Gods Call, in the loud Convictions of his Conscience: Yet, now he was made willing to come to him by Christ. He said also, that he hated all Sin, and did now esteem of Holiness. That he resignes himself up unto God, and submits to the Stroak of Death, because he hath deserved it. Thus have I given an account of these four, as for Saltmarsh he was very Ignorant, and as Stupid, therefore I can say but little of him; yet I hope he was not totally Obdurate. Betwixt Ten and Eleven in the morning, the Prisoners were put into the Cart at Newgate, who seemed very penitent all the way they went; when they came to Tyburn, Mr. Ordinary prayed with them, and sung part of the Twenty fifthe Psalm; after which, they exhorted the Standers by to take warning warning by their dismal and untimely Ends, of the Effects of Sin, which had brought them to that fatal place. And then they prayed earnestly by themselves, and desired the People to pray for them, after which they were Executed. Dated this 9th. of June, 1685. Samuel Smith Ordinary . This may be Printed, June 9. 1685. R.L.S. LONDON , Printed by George Croom , at the Sign of Blue-Ball in Thames-street , over against Baymard's-Castle . 1685.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 26th of this Instant JULY, 1731. BEING THE FIFTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq ; Number V. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXI. [Price Three-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq ; Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Reynolds; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn, Mr. Serjeant Urlin, DeputyRecorder of the City of London; and others of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice Hall in the OldBailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th of July, 1731, in the Fifth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Eight Men, viz. Thomas Grainger , John Davis , John Drinkwater , Bernard Fink , William Yates , alias Warrington , John Armstrong , Nathaniel Lamprey , and Thomas Clarkson were by the Jury convicted of capital Offences, and sentenced to Die. All of them being young Men, abandon'd to commit Wickedness, averse to every Thing that was Good, and whatever good Precepts they might have received in their Childhood, yet by a long continu'd Habit of vicious Courses, in following their diabolical and hellish Inclinations, their juvenile Instructions being almost wholly eras'd and obliterated: I explained to them, in a plain Way, the Articles of our Holy Faith, necessary to Salvation, and show'd them, that all those Points, thus needful to be known, were intended for the Reformation of our Lives, to restore us unto the Dignity of the divine Nature, that we may become like unto God in Holiness, Without which no Man can see the Lord. For as Christ came into the World, to rectify the Mistakes and corrupt Notions about Religion, introduc'd by the Jewish Doctors and Rabies; so his great Aim in all these Instructions was, to discover unto them, wherein they declin'd from the Paths of Virtue; and to bring them to the Practice of sincere Piety and Goodness, which is the only Way to Happiness; and therefore, St. Peter, when preaching to convince Men of the Excellency of our Christian Institution, gives this as one of the noblest Epithets of the Author thereof, Who went about doing Good. Acts. x. 38. This is one of Christ's most notable Characters, that he was constantly employ'd in doing Good to the Souls and Bodies of Men; and in immitation of him, who is the Captain of our Salvation, the Author and Finisher of our Faith, and of those who through Faith and Patience have inherited the Promises; we ought to be constantly employ'd in working Righteousness, in exercising ourselves more and more unto Godliness, which hath a Promise of this Life and that which is to Come; for this is the very End of our Creation, That we may glorify God! And by what Means do we glorify God? By working Righteousness and doing Good, after the Example of our Blessed Saviour; by exercising Acts of Justice, Mercy and Compassion; by injuring no Man, but doing Good to every one, to the utmost of our Power; yea, by prosecuting Malice against no Person, but freely and in the bowels of Christian love, Sympathy and Compassion, forgiving all those who have offended us, as we expect (for Christ's sake) forgiveness, from a good and merciful God, for the Manifold; yea, the innumerable offences we have committed against him. I expos'd to them the irregularity of their Lives, how disagreeable they had been to the rules of right Reason, and that natural light infus'd into the breast of reasonable Creatures; and how much more dissonant must such a wicked Life be, to those Divine rules of Morality, deliver'd to us by Christ himself, by far superior to the most elevated precepts of Jews and Gentiles, to the most refin'd Dictates of the greatest Orator or Philosophers? In consideration of these Things; I desir'd them to humble themselves in Dust and Ashes, to acknowledge themselves the greatest of Sinners, to take shame and confusion of Face to themselves, in confessing their many Sins to God and Man, since as the wise Man saith; He, who confesseth and forsaketh his Sin, shall find Mercy; but he, who hideth his Sin shall not Prosper. Davis having been guilty of Robbery and Murther, I expos'd to him the great Evil of that horrid Sin; as being contrary to the express Law of God, Thou shall do no Murder, And if every Transgression of Gods Law deserves God's Wrath and Curse, as the Apostle saith, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all Things, that are written in the Book of the Law to do them; then what can the Murderer, who is guilty of such a henious Sin, as destroying the Image of God, and doing what in him lies, to Ruin both Soul and Body of a Man at once, and that to all eternity, if the infinite Mercy of God in Christ prevent it not, I say, what can such an atrocious Sinner as this expect? But as the Psalmist says, The Wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the Nations that forget God. Psalm. ix. 17. And, upon the Wicked he shall rain Snares, Fire and Brimstone, and an horrible Tempest: This shall be the Portion of their Cup. Psalm. xi, 6. &c. I exhorted them all, however many or great their Crimes might have been to throw themselves upon the infinite Goodness of God in Christ; not to despair of the divine Mercy, but to believe in him who died for our Sins, to repent of all their Offences, and wholly to resign themselves unto God: And in token of their Repentance, I advis'd them to partake in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, as a Pledge and Confirmation of all the Benefits of the new Covenant, and as an assured Symbole of the everlasting Union and Communion we shall have with Jesus Christ in his heavenly Kingdom and Glory. When these and many like Exhortations were given, they all attended in Chapel, and made regular Responces. Davis appear'd to be much affected, and sometimes he wept, as did some of the Rest. Yates Smil'd two or three times in Time of Prayer, upon some triffling Occasions. Armstrong and Grainger were indispos'd for a Day or two, but they came to Chapel, though with much Difficulty. They were all (as to appearance) Devout and very Attentive, and behav'd better then many of these unhappy Creature use to do: Fink cried very much like a Child. Upon Thursday the 22d of July, the Report of the abovementioned 8 Malefactors, under Sentence of Death in Newgate, was made to his Majesty in Council, when all of them, viz. Thomas Granger , John Davis , John Drinkwater , Bernard Fink , William Yates , alis Warrington , John Armstrong , Nathaniel Lamprey and Thomas Clarkson were ordered for Execution. And when upon Friday, the 23d Instant, they had an Account of it, they appear'd to be more concern'd than formerly. John Davis , of St. Mary Islington , was indicted for assaulting William Walker , Esq ; in a Field and open Place near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Coat, Wastecoat, a pair of Breeches, Hat, Wig, Sword, and Ninepence half-penny in Money, the 10th of July, in the Year 1730. He was likewise indicted a 2d Time of St. John Pancras , for Assaulting Thomas Tickford , and giving him one mortal Wound in the Head, of the Length of half an Inch, and the Depth of three Inches, the 17th of July, in the Year 1730. He was also indicted, a third Time, for Assaulting Henry Tickford on the Highway, at the same Time, and taking from him, a Handkerchief, Hat, Hatband and Gloves, and 1 s. 7 d. in Money. This Prisoner was likewise indicted a 4th Time for Stealing a Cask of Small Beer, value 4 s. 6 d. the Property of John Brown , the 1st of June last; for which being apprehended he gave an information of these Robberies before Justice Dennet, designing to be admitted as an Evidence; but being capitally Convicted upon three Indictments, the Court thought it unnecessary to try him on this. 1. John Davis , about 29 Years of Age, of honest but mean Parents, born at Portsmouth , from whence they removed to London, and his Father died and left him Young. His Mother was a careful industrious Woman, and did what she could for the Keeping of six young Children: She put John to School, but he was a cross, perverse Boy, disobedient to his Mother, would not keep the School, and knew but little of Religion (and other Things) the Knowledge of which he had a favourable Opportunity of attaining to. His Mother being much straiten'd in her Circumstances, she was not in a Capacity to bind him Apprentice to a Trade, so when he was able to go about, he went on Errands, and did any little Thing he could, towards getting his Bread: 'Till a Person seeing him a strong big Boy, was willing to take him, and would have bred him a Mason , but he was not willing to apply, so as to make himself Master of the Business, yet he being of a robust Constitution, his Master (the Mason) employed him in sawing of Stones, by which Employment he had Gains, and wanted nothing, and then he married a Wife, whom he left with three poor young Children: When he was wearied with Stone-sawing, he served Brewers , and learned to Brew Small beer: In this Way of Business he succeeded better, and made 50 l. a Year, and maintain'd his Family very well, but he lov'd not close Application to any Business, but getting into idle Company, he one Night (in a drunken Fit) listed himself, in the second Regiment of Guards , but repenting of this Action, when he came to himself, he absented from the Regiment, would not wear the Livery, and never learn'd the Exercise, and being liable to be taken up for a Deserter, he was obliged to hide, and when he went abroad to go in a constant Disguise. He followed the Brewing of Small-beer, till his Neighbour R-d J-s advised him to give over that slavish nasty Trade, (as he call'd it) and to go and buy Pistols, for raising of Contribution on the Highway: Accordingly they went into Holbourn, and purchas'd 2 Pistols and a half Blunderbuss, which was all the Arms he ever used on the High way, although Jo-s carried along with him (also) a sharp Knife, and sometimes a Dagger. Davis made a little Scruple to engage in such dangerous Exploits, but J-s told him, that there was no such great Danger, that it was needless for them to Work so hard for their Bread, when they might get Money enough for being at the Pains to walk out a little, that their Villainies (known to none but themselves) might easily be concealed, and that by what unlawful Purchase they might make, they could go finer and live easier than their Master or chief Clerk. Davis was easily perswaded to what he was not Averse to; so they kept together, went out upon their Expeditions, and for three or four Years, have lived upon their Purchase on the Highway, and they have been constantly busied in doing Mischief, and, like the D-l, going about seeking whom they may Devour. The Robbery near Pancras , for which he was Convicted, he committed, but he said, it was his Partner who murder'd the honest Man, named Thomas Tickford , for he added, that J-s was a cruel bloody minded Fellow, and set no Value upon a Man's Life, but he was always angry with him for his barbarous Disposition, and although the Law suppos'd him guilty of Murder, because present when it happen'd, yet he thought himself innocent, because he never had any such intention: I told him, though his not actually committing the Crime might extenuate the Guilt, yet he could not be thought Innocent, as having gone out upon a Design, of violently Attacking People, in order to Rob them, which in Case of opposition, is commonly attended with Murder, and that (as he own'd) he abetted and succour'd the Murderer, which made him Guilty; therefore I exhorted him not to deceive himself with a Thought of Innocence, but particularly to repent of the Sin of Murder, and to cry unto God for Mercy, that he might be wash'd in the Blood of Jesus, which speaks better Things than that of Abel, from the guilt of innocent Blood. At the Bar, when he Receiv'd Sentence, he said Yates and his Companions knew he did not do the Murder. Yates said, he was upon the same Road, and upon the same Design, but that they knew nothing of one anothers Company, and they were at a great Distance, and he no wise knew who did the Murder. He own'd also that he assisted at the Robbery of Mr. Walker, in the Field between Oldstreet Church and Islington , where they treated the Gentleman most Inhumanly, having given him several Wounds in the Breast, after he had made a brave Defence, when a Man who was in his Company run away, Mr. Walker having rescu'd him from them; but then they becoming Master both of himself and his Sword, they barbarously stript and left him Naked and deadly Wounded, though it pleas'd God to recover him. This was at 10 at Night, the 10th of July 1730. The two Robberies commitetd upon the 28th, of January, 1730. When a Peruke, Value 20 s. a Guinea and 2 or 3 Shillings were taken from one; a Watch, 2 Guineas, and 17 s. were taken from another Gentleman; for which Robberies Francis Haccabout was Executed, upon Friday the 17th of April, 1730. Both these Robberies Davis said he committed, and that Hackabout knew nothing of them. Davis begg'd Forgiveness of God, for bringing another to an untimely End by his Villainies. He also with his Companion J-s robb'd a Waggon near Mary-bone , about a Year ago, of several Parcels of valuable Goods, such as Silks, &c. a Highwayman on Horseback had first stopp'd the Waggon, and he pleaded hard for a Share of the Plunder, saying, He was very Poor, and I hope Brethren you'll pity me. No, reply'd they, Brother of the Trade, there is Nothing due to you, for such Goods as these, belong not to your Way of Business: After a tedious Importunity, they threw two Fowls to him, and bid him, Go and cram his hungry Guts with these. I ask'd him, What Number of Robberies he had committed? He said, He kept no Kalender, but he very ingenously told me some of the most remarkable, and that the Rest of them were very numerous, far above his Memory, he having had no Way of Living for some Years past, but by Thieving or Robbing in the Streets and Highway. His Conscience often checq'd him, and when his Friends told him, what would be the End of his loose idle Life, he made Vows of an Amendment, but never had the Virtue or Grace to perform them. He threatned sometimes to make away with himself out of Dispair, but all Convictions and Sense of Duty left him, when he met with his Companions again. He wept and groan'd much and seem'd very penitent. He behav'd well and acknowledg'd his Sentence most just. He declar'd his Faith in Christ, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. William Yates , alias Warrington , John Armstrong , and Nathaniel Lampree , were Indicted, for that they with Daniel Wiltshire , not yet taken, did assault Edward Allen on the Highway, putting him in Fear of his Life, and taking from him Goods, val. 3 s. and 1 s. and 9 d. in Money. They were also Indicted a 2d Time, for assaulting John Sutton on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Gold-watch and three Guineas the 26th of May last. 2. William Yates , alias Warrington , near 19 Years of Age, was educated at School to read, write, and cast Accompts, to fit him for Business, and was instructed in religious Principles; and when of Age, his Father bred him to his own Business of a Butcher . The Father died two or three Years ago, and left his Family in mean Circumstances. William wanting his Father to exercise Authority over him, grew too stubborn to be governed by his poor Mother, whom he left and renounced all Subjection to her, attaching himself to a Gang of the most notorious Whores, Thieves, Pickpockets, Street and Highway-robbers, in and about the Town, and was an assiduous Practitioner in all the different Kinds of Thieving, Stealing and Robbing. He was one of the five young Street-robbers, taken up at Windsor last Year, and was admitted an Evidence against O Bryan, Johnson, and Morris, who were executed the 16th of November last. A Woman who past for O Bryan's Wife, call'd for him at the Prison-door, when he was first put into the Cells; he call'd out, If she wanted any Thing with him? Then she cried up to the Cells, I am glad to see you there, you vile bloody Dog, and that you're hurrying apace to Hell, going to that Place you well deserve; after she had said this and more to the same Purpose, and wish'd hearty Curses and Imprecations to him, she went off; Yates heard all with Patience, and return'd not one Word of Answer. He intended to have gone on board a Man of War at Rochester , but was prevented by being taken up for the Robberies upon which he was Indicted. He own'd that for some Years past, he liv'd by nothing but Theft and Robbery, and that he spent all his Time in bad Houses with Whores and Thieves, not daring to appear in publick for Fear of a Discovery. He was notoriously Disobedient to his Parents, and unwilling to receive any good Instructions. He lov'd the Sea, and went once a Voyage to Stockholm, but hating Confinement he left it. He intended to have gone Abroad for some Time, till he was a little forgot, and then to Return to his old Game. He committed innumerable Thefts and Robberies, and own'd the Truth of the two Indictments, as sworn against him, although at First he persisted in a Denial. He was a most daring, bold, obdured, obstinate Wretch. He made Responses in Chappel, but smil'd too often, and was not serious and devout, as he ought to have been. He declared that he believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and was in Peace with all the World. 3. John Armstrong , near 19 Years of Age, educated at School and instructed in Principles of Religion. When of Age, he was put to a Silversmith , but his Master died, and then he went to a Clog-maker , and in a short Time, growing weary of all Employments, he left off all Business, and betook himself to an idle, va grant, wicked, profligate Life. At first he denied the Robberies of which he was Convicted, in some faint Hopes of a Reprieve, which all of them are too apt to conceive, though their Crimes are never so black. But when the Dead-Warrant came out, and all expectation of Safety vanish'd, he confess'd that he was a principal Actor in the two Robberies they were Convicted of, and that the same Night they committed two more, and that he had been guilty of a great many other Street-Robberies, having from his Childhood, been of a most covetous, thievish Disposition, and one of the most notorious Pick-Pockets about Town. He got acquainted in these Houses, where the Thieves and Robbers hold their general Rendezvouzes, and there he learn'd all the secret Ways of that Set of People, which seldom fail to bring them to the Gallows. He was Sick two or three Days, but came to the Chappel in the Afternoon, and behaved gravely and with apparent Devotion; only he, Drinkwater, and Yates spoke to one another, and smil'd sometimes, for which I reproved them, and told them it was very unseasonable, and such a Carriage show'd little Regard to the great Work they had to do, and upon which depended their eternal Happiness or Misery. They said, They had no evil Intention, they were sorry if they had given any Offence, and begg'd God's Pardon. He own'd, that God had in his Providence afflicted him most justly, for his notorious Impieties, and said that although Fink denied it, yet he certainly committed the Robbery of which he was convicted. He own'd that he was addicted to all those Vices, which are the Bane of such wicked and unhappy Creatures. He hoped to be saved by the Mercies of God thro' Christ, repented of his Sins, and was in Peace with all the World. John Armstrong , John Drinkwater , and Bernard Fink , of St. Giles's in the Fields , were Indicted for Assaulting, Amy , the Wife of John Rich , on the Highway. 4. Bernard Fink , 15 Years of Age the 28th Day of January last, of honest respected Parents, who took care of his Education at School and in religious Principles. His Father was from Lubeck, and having Business Abroad, left England some Years ago, and his Wife and Family in great Poverty. But Bernard having been a smart well looking Boy; a Gentleman of great Honour took him home to his House, and intended to have given him good Education, having put him to a top-Boarding-School at the other End of the Town, to be instructed in Lattin, Greek, Writing, Accompts, &c. And that Gentleman had the Goodness to order him fine Cloaths, above his Degree, and as he said, the Servants respected him, and sometimes he went out in a Chair with a Footman attending him; and if he had been obedient and pleas'd his good Master, he intended to breed him a Gentleman, and to get him provided for, having no Children of his own. But all this extraordinary Kindness and Civility could not instill any Principle of Honour into Fink, his Genius naturally leading him to Vice and Corruption: His first wrong step was to Gaminghouses, by the Advice and in Company of a Footman, which when his Patron heard of he disown'd him; and Fink being left to himself, he went Abroad to his Father's Friends in Germany , where he learn'd to speak High-Dutch, but although some of his Relations (as he said) were eminent Men, and willing and capable to do for him, yet he would not be manag'd by them, but chose to Return to the Company of his Black-Guards, whom he prefer'd to all others. This manner of Life he began to follow about four Years ago, after he left the School, and when he had gone several times between London and Lubeck ; being grown up a Little, he join'd himself to a Company of most notorious, impudent, young Street-Robbers, though a little Older than he. Having done a Deal of Mischief about the Town, they hir'd Horses and went to Windsor , each of them having his Mistress to bear him Company, and there they were taken up, and brought to London, where Fink, because of his Youth, was allowed to be an Evidence, upon which three others were Executed in November last, as was said in the Account of Yates, who was the other Evidence. At first he denied the Fact of which he was Convicted, but Armstrong said that is was true, and then he finding that there was no Expectation of Life own'd it. He had a natural inclination to Villany and was irreclaimable. It was said that he said in the Cells, if he were let out, he would go straight to his old Trade He was said to be much addicted to Women. He Drank and Swore very much, and was most active and rude in Robbing People. He seem'd to have been a Boy capable of Business, but he had such a natural Byass to Vice, that he employ'd all his Wit the wrong Way. They said, that he was lately married in the Fleet , and that they drank so liberally at the Wedding, that he and his Companions pawn'd all their Pistols, and found it difficult to get Money to relieve them. Bernard alledg'd these Stories about Women were only said of him for jest. When I examin'd and spoke to him, he wept like a Child, as he often did in Chappel. This Boy was a sad Instance of the Depravity of humane Nature, destitute of the Grace of God and left to itself; he declar'd, that he believ'd in Christ his Saviour, repented of all his Sins, and forgave all Offences, as he hop'd for Pardon from God. The following is an Account of the Robberies which was committed by Barnard Fink and his Companions, viz. THE first Robbery which I ever committed was in Company with William Warrington , Hugh Morris , and James Bryan , in King street, GoldenSquare ; were we stop'd a Coach and robb'd an Appothecary's Wife, of the value of 10 s. and 6 d. The next was in the same Street; we met a Woman, and attack'd her, who said she had been at a Trial at Westminster; we took from her a Crown, with a green Purse; we ask'd her the reason why she had not more Money about her, upon which she reply'd, she had paid all her Money at Westminster among the Lawyers. In the same Street we met with a Col. of the Guards, we took from him a Guinea and some Silver, a Sword, a gold headed Cane, the Head was valu'd at 8 l. and we sold it for 30 s. and likewise we took from him a GermanFlute, which he had in a green Bagg; I play'd upon it all the way down the Street; the same Night I was taken up, and committed to Tothill Fields Bridewell , on Suspicion of being concern'd in Street-robberies; but no Person appearing against me, I was Discharg'd. After I was Discharg'd, I had not Grace enough to leave off my wicked Courses. I with Hugh Morris , going a long Piccadily one Evening, we attack'd a Gentleman, and as soon as we attack'd him, he cry'd out; we reply'd to him, Sir, do not be Frighted, Money we want, and Money we must have; so we took from him fifteen Shillings; the Watchmen coming their Rounds, we bid the Gentleman go about his Business, and not to speak one Word, and if he did, he was a dead upon which he said, upon my will not; as he was crossing the he said Gentlemen, Will you have any thing else? I having a very indifferent Hat, I call'd him back, and made an Exchange with him, and told him, an Exchange is no Robbery, Gentlemen says he, will you have my Wigg also; Hugh Morris Swore he wou'd shoot the Gentleman if he did not go back and shew him where his Watch was; the Gentleman reply'd, he had not any Watch about him, or any where else; so took his Leave of us, and wish'd us better success. The same Night going along we met a Man, who was very much in Liquor, whom we attack'd, when we bid him Stand, you Rogues, I value you not; we made no more to do, but took our Pistol and put it to his Nose, and bid him smell to it, which somewhat surpriz'd him; I thought Gentlemen, you were but in Jest; Sir, says I, you shall see that we are in Earnest, for we took from him his Watch, and some Silver, but what quantity I cannot well Remember. After that we went to Hedge-Lane , where some of our Companies quarreling about sharing of the Monies, which we had taken that Night; so I and Johnson left them; and going along we met a Butcher, and bid him Stand, upon which he laid hold of my Companion by the Collar, and at the same Time laid hold of his Pistol, and reply'd you Rogue, I do not value you, and push'd him against the Wall. I stepping up to him, and swore an Oath (which God forgive me) if he did not let my Companion go, I would shoot him thro' the Head; the Butcher reply'd, I will not let him go you Rogue; upon which I shot him thro' the Arm; immediately he cry'd out I am a dead Man, and fell down; the noise alarm'd some Coachmen, who was thereabouts, and likewise a Watchman, but we drove them before us, by showing our Pistols, and so got off. The same Evening we met a Gentleman by King-street near Golden-square; as he was coming along he drew his Sword, and cross'd the other side of the Way, and bid us stand off, which Johnson reply'd we don't value your Sword and showing him our Pistols, he was very much surpriz'd; he immediately flung down his Sword, and said Gentlemen, use me Civilly, and take what I have, which we took from him a silver Tobacco-Box, a silver hilted Sword, and a lace Hatt and some Silver, with a memorandum Book, after we had taken all that we could find, we made off. Another Evening we met a Gentleman by Hannover-square , just by the Road, where he took me in his Arms and flung me over the Rails into the Road, I immediately recover'd my Leggs and went up to him and gave him a Punch in the Guts with my Pistol, upon which he said, I am easy; then we robb'd, and took from him a silver hilted Sword, a Cane, some Guineas with some Silver, we thought the Head of the Cane had been Gold, so we carried it to a Goldsmith, but when he saw it he laugh'd at us, and told us it was Brass. After we had committed this Robbery we was pursu'd, but got clear off, after this manner, for crossing the Way were some Watchmen was standing, and they ask'd us what was the matter, we told them some Gentlemen call'd Chair, and so got off. About eight or nine Months ago, Hugh Morris , O'Bryan, Johnson and Warrington (who is now to Die with me) said Bernard let us go to Windsor , you know there is to be an Installment, where we shall have an Opportunity to get good Booty; accordingly we all did; but when we was down, we was inform'd the Constables was out after us; so that we had not an Opportunity to do any Thing worth while; we could not be idle, for a small Time that we was there, we us'd to go to Chandler's Shops and Grocers, under pretence of begging some Small-Beer, so when they went backwards to draw it, the mean Time we took an opportunity to rob the Drawers of what Money there was in them. About Twelve-Months agoe, I, Johnson, Hugh Morris and Bryan, went out towards Pancrass in order to see what Booty we could fix on, going along we saw three Fellows going a Field or two before us; I said to my Companions, I believe they are upon the same lay as we are; We had not gone far in Figg-Lane , but we heard a Pistol go off, and a little while after, we heard the Groaning of a Man, upon which, I said those Rogues have shot the Man; (whose Name as I have been inform'd since, is Tickford) we all agreed to follow them, and to have shot every one of them, for being so barbarous to commit Murder; (for that I always did abhor) we follow'd them three Fields, but could get no sight of them, so I desir'd them to go back and see if they could find out the Person that was shot, which we did, and saw his Brains lying on the Ground and just expiring. In returning for London , we met a Gentleman in a Chaise, upon which Hugh Morris attack'd, and the Gentleman said he was robb'd by three Persons just before, and had nothing; but Hugh Morris swore he wou'd shoot him for having nothing, I stepp'd up to him, and said if you hurt the Gentleman, I will shoot you thro' the Head; the Gentleman reply'd, God Bless you, you are all young Men, I wish you better Success. About ten Months ago, we attack'd all Comers and Goers, in Bond-street , by Hanover-square ; especially one that had been at Sea with my Companion, Johnson; but at that Time he said he liv'd with Col. Chartres, as a Butler: When we bid him Stand; he ask'd us, Whether we were upon our Funn, knowing of Johnson; we reply'd, You shall see whether we are upon Funn, so immediately show'd him our Pistols, at which he making a Noise, a Gentleman's Servant came out to his Assistance, but we soon made him quiet, for we laid hold of him, and was going to rob him, but he begg'd very much, and said, he was but a poor Servant, and had but a Crown and a Watch about him, we told him, If we would stand still and not stir, we would not hurt him; upon this the Footman did comply, and stood and look'd on all the Time that we was robbing of Johnson's Acquaintance, who said, he was formerly a Midshipman in the same Ship with him. The next Night we met a Roman Priest, in Hanover-street , by Hanoversquare , as he was knocking at his own Door; we pull'd him off of the Steps, and push'd him up against his own Rails, when two Servant Maids on the other Side of the Way, looking out of their Windows, and seeing what we was doing; they cry'd out, upon which, Bryan, step'd over with a Pistol in his Hand, and swore, if they did not put down their Windows, he would shoot them; the Girls being frighted, put them down. Then we riffl'd Mr. Priest, and we took from him, a silver hilted Sword, a silver Watch, a green Purse, with 10 s. and 6 d. in Gold, and some Silver; we likewise took a Cane from him, but he begg'd we would be so kind as to return him his Cane again; accordingly we did. Since I have been under my Misfortunes, I sent to him, to let him know where I had pawn'd his Watch, but he never came, it lying but for 15 s. and I believe the Watch to be worth 5 or 6 l. but the Sword I sold to that honest Watch-maker, near the Sun-Tavern in Fleetstreet , for 18 s. The chief Cause of my coming to this untimely End, and several more unhappy Creatures ruin, is owing to a Publick-House in St. Lawrence lane , St. Giles's in the Fields ; who countenances us in all our Robberies, and likewise Harbours us, whenever we have committed any: For in the back Part of the House, they have a Place where there is several Beds for us; and we can come in any Hour of the Night; and what we get we spend there upon vile Women; when all is gone, they encourage us to turn out again; and this unhappy Way of Life we live, till we are brought to this ignominious Death. I exhort all good People (especially the Officers of those Parishes, where there is such wicked Houses, which I am afraid there is too many in the City of London) to get them suppress'd; for many Parents in this popular City, who have Children, will be bound to pray for you. I exhort more particularly, the Officers of St. Giles's in the Fields, to get that House above-mention'd suppress'd; for then Gentlemen may go in more safety about their lawful Business; and likewise in taking an Airing to Hampstead or High-gate, without being so frequently attack'd as they are. There is one thing more, which would be very necessary to have suppress'd, and prosecuted to the utmost Severity of the Law, that is Persons who buys the Goods of us, which we call LOCKS: There is one B-, a Watch maker in Fleet-street, a very remarkable Man, he going almost double, with his two Knees meeting; I am willing to discribe him, that you may mark him from other Men: I have sold him Watches and Swords many Times, which I have taken from Gentlemen: And likewise he keeps a House of Ill-Fame in Fetter lane; to the great Disturbance of his honest Neighbours. This I testify to be the Truth of the above Facts, As I am a Dying Youth, B. Fink. In the Cells of Newgate , July 25, 1731. 5. John Drinkwater , near 19 Years of Age, of honest but mean Parents, Born at Plymouth , but was brought to London , when very young, and Educated at School to fit him for an Employment, and taught the Principles of the Christian Religion. When of Age, he was put to one that makes your Sand-Glasses in Hounsditch , and stay'd with his Master some Years, but frequently going out, and falling into the Acquaintance of bad Women, that he got such a Habit of idling away his Time, that he neglected his Master's Business, who began to suspect his Conduct, and that he was following evil Courses, and did not desire to keep such a wicked Fellow in his House any longer: He observing this, and the Master content to get rid of him, went and liv'd at the other end of the Town, where a Friend (as he said) was to instruct him in Painting . He had not been gone about half a year from his Master, but he was taken up for the Robbery of which he was Convicted. He pretended a great many Excuses, as that Partridge the Evidence had taken him into a Shop to give him a Dram, and that as he came out, a Woman caus'd him to be taken up for what he was altogether Ignorant of; but this was but a Sham Excuse, for his Accomplices told me that he was Guilty; and when all hopes of a Reprieve were gone, he did not deny it. In his Confessions at first, he told several Falsehoods, as that he had always been a virtuous religious Boy, that he had been Obedient to his Parents, Dutiful to his Master, Observant of the Sabbeth, &c. But these I found to be but Pretences, while he entertain'd Hopes of a Reprieve; but when all such Expectations fail'd him, he own'd, that he was acquainted with Fink and the Rest of them, that he had Drunk and been frequent in Company with them; and he could not deny, but he had been a very perverse, wicked Boy, and that he was guilty of the Crime he was Convicted of. He said his Parents were in low Circumstances, and that he liv'd much with a Friend or two not far from Drury-lane , where he contracted Friendship and acquaintance with those Creatures, who drove him to his Ruin, and whose Example and Council he prefer'd before the good Advices of all his Friends who wish'd well to him. He behav'd well under his Misfortunes made regular Responces in Chapel, declar'd his Faith in Jesus Christ the Son of God and Saviour of Mankind, his Penitence unfeigned for the manifold Offences of his Life, and that he forgave all Injuries done him, as he hop'd for Pardon from God. 6. Nathaniel Lamprey , about twenty-three years of Age, of honest Parents in Town, who educated him at School for Business, and instructed him in necessary christian Principles When of Age, he was put to a Plaisterer in Town, whom he serv'd faithfully seven Years, and when his Time was out, he continu'd with him near two Years longer, till he was taken up; excepting that he got two or three Jobs on his own Account. He at first deny'd the Crime, and said a great many Things in his own Praises, but I was inform'd by his own Companions and another Hand, that he did commit the Robberies in the Indictments, and then he did not deny it, only in extenuation of his guilt, he said he stood at a Distance and got none of the Plunder; but on Saturday Evening before they suffer'd, I tax'd him on that Subject before his Partners, Yates, Drinkwater and Armstrong said, they wonder'd how he could frame such a Lye: Then they Question'd him, Did not you go out with us that Night upon the same Design? Was not you equally active with the Rest? Did not you Drink liberally with us before we went out? And Armstrong said, did not I divide a Guinea or two, some Silver and such and such other Goods with you? he then only alledg'd, that he got not an equal Share of what was due to him, and was confounded at their mentioning all those Particulars which he could not deny. The Rest of them said, they believ'd it was his first Adventure, as every Body who knew him thinks it was, but otherways there's no doubt, he assisted in the Commission of four Robberies that Night. His Master and Mistress gave him an excellent Character of a good Servant, and were very much troubl'd that he had brought himself to so great a Misfortune. He was afflicted with Sickness, but kept the Chapel, and was apparently Devout and Penitent. He declar'd, that he died in the Faith of Christ and in Peace with all Mankind. Thomas Clarkson , of Hayes, was Indicted for Assaulting Edward Philips on the Highway, putting him in Danger of his Life, and taking from him 3 Guineas and 2 s. in Money, the 28th of June last. 7. Thomas Clarkson , 23 Years of Age, born at Hampstead , and taught to read and write, and when of Age, put to a House Carpenter in Town, who (as he said) failing in the World, was unkind to him; after which he serv'd out his Time with another Master, and then did Journey-work, in and about the Town, 'till he was taken up for the Robbery for which he died. He said, he was always Honest in the preceeding Part of his Life, only there was some Difference between his first Master and him, which bred him some Vexation. It was a Butcher, who made his escape, that took him to the Highway, where he committed the Robbery aforesaid, for which he was pursued and apprehended immediately, before he had Time to do any further Mischief. He was Sick, but came to Chappel, and behav'd himself gravely and devoutly. He was pusillanimous and wept much. He declar'd his Faith in Christ, that he was a sincere Penitent, and in Peace with all the World. Thomas Granger , alias Coffil , of St. Mary-le-Bone , was Indicted for feloniously Stealing 38 Guineas, the Property of Benjamin Huffam , Esq; in the Dwelling-House of Charles Leman , Esq; the 29th of May last. 8 Thomas Grainger , 23 Years of Age Born in Shropshire , Educated to Read, and Write and in Christian Principles, was not of any particular Trade, but did Country-work and serv'd Gentlemen , with whom he came often to London , and whom he serv'd honestly and faithfully. He said, he had liv'd soberly in the preceeding Part of his Life, kept the Church, read God's Word and took the Sacrament. He serv'd Colonel Huffam three Months, about the End of which he broke open a thin Deal in the Burow, and took the 38 Guineas in the Indictment, upon a Temptation of the Devil without thinking upon what he was to do with them, and that he went to his own Country, where he could not fail to be apprehended: He own'd that he had justly suffer'd for his Wickedness and Folly; and he behav'd with apparent Devotion; but a Day or two before his Death, he was very Discouraged and Sick, and when I visited him, he was desirous of Prayers, and appear'd mightily concern'd to obtain the Favour of God. He died in the Faith of Christ, Penitent, and in Peace with all Mankind. At the Place of EXECUTION. THEY all complyed fervently with Prayers and singing of Psalms. Bernard Fink , desir'd his Relations and Friends might not be reflected on, as knowing nothing of his Villainies. After Prayers were over, he desir'd all young Men to take example from him, and all good People, to Pray for their Souls. Davis said that Morning of his Execution, that it was not he that stabb'd the Gentleman and scuffl'd with him in the Fields near Islington . He said he took it very unkind of a certain Person, in not coming to see him, under his Misfortunes, I should not have any ways injur'd him. He desir'd also, that the World might be acquainted, that he committed the Highway Robbery, for which one Walker was blamed, and that he is altogether innocent thereof. The rest of them added nothing but that they were in Peace with every Body, and desir'd good People to pray for them. They all left the Stage crying out, God have Mercy upon us, and Lord Jesus receive our Souls. Armstrong, Drinkwater, Fink, Lamprey and Yates, were of a Gang, and Partners in robberies in the Streets. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . ADVERTISEMENTS. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE' S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the FOUR MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN , on MONDAY the 01May1758, BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir CHARLES ASGILL , Knt. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . INTRODUCTION. Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit, & sibi constet. From his first entrance to the closing scene. Let him one equal character maintain. Hor. FRANCIS. AS they must be of an odd complexion who go to a Tragedy to laugh, so are they no less who take up this paper with a view to meet an entertaining novel or a merry tale. The calamities inflicted on our fellow creatures for their crimes by way of punishment to themselves, and example to deter others from offending, seem to be a very untoward subject for mirth and laughter; nor should readers expect to find it here; and yet this subject should not be supposed void of all rational entertainment, or profitable improvement. An aweful solemn pleasure attends the passage thro' the deep imbowered grove or the gloomy grotto; though it be of a different cast from that afforded by the enamelled smiling meads, the variegated lawns and so rests, and the fruitful vine-yards and corn fields, which seem to laugh and sing, when the sun-shine brightens them into hope and joy. Every scene of nature no less than every dispensation of Providence have their various beauties and peculiar uses; though the attentive reader be here led through the valley of the shadow of death, yet need he fear no evil; the rod inflicted on others may be turned into a staff and a stay to save, or recover his steps, and comfort him because he is saved. It is perhaps better now and then to go to the house of mourning or to take up a serious book or paper than for ever to be in the house of mirth; for by the sadness of the countenance on proper occasions, the heart may be made better; while the laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorns vanishing quick into smoke and ashes. Let this be admitted as an humble apology for not falling into the levity, and giving way to the vein of fiction and romance which adorns and enriches the writings of some of our contemporary fellow-labourers in such subjects as these. The great use which it is my ambition to make of these unhappy occasions, is to warn and rescue as many as may be from incurring the like sad catastrophe, ever inculcating this incontrovertible maxim of the moral poet, so well established by experience, and history sacred and profane; Raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit pede pna claudo. Yet with sure steps, tho' lame and slow, Vengeance o'crtakes the trembling villian's speed. which observation as it was made long before Horace's time may be thus expressed in the language of a sacred poet. Evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him, PSAL. cxl. ver. II. THE ORDINARY OF NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Etc. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace and oyer and terminer for the city of London, and at the general sessions of goal-delivery of Newgate , holden for the city of London and c ounty of Middlesex , at Justice-Hall , in the Old-Bailey , before the Right Hon. Sir Charles Asgill , Lord Mayor , the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the court of King's Bench; Mr. Justice Clive, one of the justices of the court of Common Pleas; the Hon. Mr. Baron Legge, one of the Barons of the Exchequer; Sir William Moreton , Knt. Recorder ; and others his Majesty's justices of oyer and terminer for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 5th, Thursday the 6th, and Friday the 7th of April, in the thirty-first year of his majesty's reign, George Smith , William Stevens , Richard William Vaughan , William Boodger , Henry Strickland , and James Cotes , were capitally convicted for the several crimes in their indictment set forth. On Tuesday, 25April, the report of these six malefactors was made to his majesty by Mr. recorder, when four were ordered for execution, viz. William stevens , William Boodger , and James Cotes ; and on 01May, were accordingly executed; and George Smith for a robbery of some plate out of a dwelling-house, and Henry Strickland for a robbery in a stable, were respited. 1. William Stevens was indicted for stealing twenty-nine yards of woollen cloth, value 18l. two pieces of linen cloth, value 30l. the goods of William Colethurst , out of his warehouse, Feb. 24, which being proved he was convicted. He was about 33 years of age, was born in Thames-street , and went to school in Philpot-lane , where he learned to read and write, and was bred to the church of England. He served his apprenticeship of 7 years to Mr. John Gibson , a packer in Coleman-street , and was about 27 years old when out of his time, then worked as a journeyman with several in that business; as with Mrs. Lane and Lewis in Packers-court, Coleman-street , near two years; then in the Old Jewry with Mr. Alchorn, and afterwards with Mr. Alsager, not quite a year; also with Mr. Roberts, in Swan-alley ; and Mr. Lock, in Packers-court . As it was strongly suspected he was an incendiary as well as a thief and a robber, the prosecution against him was carried on by order of the directors of the Union-fire-office, and he was apprehended by means of hand-bills dispersed from the said office immediately after the fire was extinguished at Mr. Colethurst's in Basing hall-street , and an advertisement describing the numbers, maker's name, quantity and colour of the cloth; and thereby a woman was stopt as she was offering part of the same to sale, at 7s. a yard. This woman was the daughter of a person with whom he had left the whole piece, and as it was expected he would return to receive the money made of the cloth then sold, proper persons were appointed to wait thereabouts for him and lay hold of him, which was accordingly done; thus did his sin find him out. On Saturday, April 8, the convicts were visited and prayed with for above an hour, and a proper exhortation used to them all together, and to each of them singly and separately, according to the several crimes they were charged with. William Stevens was told that the fact of which he stood convicted was the least of those crimes he had been guilty of in the general opinion and belief of the town, that to persist in denying of it could be of no service to him in any view, it could only rend to increase his infamy and the general resentment against him here in this world, and exclude him from repentance and pardon for ever, with other like motives; on which he freely declared' he would not persist in denying any part of what he was really guilty: he was farther told that he must have been guilty of many vices to draw him on to so great a degree of wickedness; he was therefore advised to trace back those wrong steps he had taken, and return back with his whole heart to those duties from whence he had fallen; and to pray earnestly for the grace of God to give him true repentance, and enable him to give all the satisfaction in his pow- er, by a full and true acknowledgment to those whom he has wronged, all which he seemed very forward and ready to comply with, for he said he was sensible his fire had overtaken him, and he hoped to make a good use of this heavy judgment: thus he was daily visited and instructed, and prayed with in order to soften and prepare him by a true sorrow and contrition, to open his crimes as a necessary part of his repentance. After some days being again examined in private, he denied what he had owned at the first visit, seeming to be relapsed into a sullen hardened temper: I beseeched him not to grow worse, but better under the chastising and yet forbearing hand of God; remembering the dreadful doom of impenitent sinners; if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him: adding, Let not the tempter hold you fast in chains, and shut you out from all the means of peace and mercy for ever, Etc. by this and the like motives he then began to relent, and open himself as follows: He had wrought with Mr. Alsager about two or three months, and was paid off by him that Saturday night before the fire broke out in August last; he was not discharged for any fault, but because not farther wanted at that time. The fire began about two o'clock on Sunday morning, among the bavins or brushy-wood used to heat the irons for packing. About one the prisoner got in at the cellar window, and thro' the cellar got into the counting house, out of which he took some money, about 40 or 50l. and to conceal this robbery set the house on fire, by leaving a piece of lighted paper among the bavins, and getting out of the window. In this fire he acknowledged with horror the life of a servant maid was lost! horresco referens! who can forbear trembling at the dreadful deed! when a little recovered from the shock this amazing degree of wickedness must give, which, had not the divine hand interposed and prevented it, might have spread ruin and murder far and wide on the secure and sleeping inhabitants of this great city; he was told he had not only the losses and damages caused by this fire, but also the blood of this unhappy servant, taken off suddenly and unprepared, now lying on his foul, and if possible, to be repented of: all this he acknowledged with confusion, and even agonies of grief, promising to pray incessantly for grace to repent, and to use his utmost endeavours for obtaining the divine mercy; all which it is hoped he performed to the last moment of his life, being daily assisted with proper prayers and instruction, books and conversation for that purpose. But this horrid degree of guilt, great as it was, yet was highly aggravated by a second fact of the same kind, perpetrated on February 24 last, at the house of Mr. Colethursh in Basinghall-street , where the fire broke out about six o'clock in the morning, by his getting into the cellar among the bavins, as in the former, of which he gave this account; that on the day he had been at work there being Wednesday, he had left the window unfastened, which was never discovered till the Friday morning, when the fire appeared; then he stole those goods he is indicted and convicted for, that very morning before the fire began, but said he got no money nor did he attempt it; being asked why? he answer'd he could not remember what thoughts he then had, but something hindered him; at another time I think he said his conscience would not let him: that may be; but it is no breach of charity to suppose his conscience at this time was a false guide, or had little influence over him. Being farther examined what could tempt him to these black designs and deeds against these good and worthy gentlemen his benefactors and employers? whether he was engaged in any expensive sins, as gaming, drinking, adultery, lewd women or the like; he denied all these, but acknowledged the neglect of his duty to God; in particular his frequent profanation of the Lord's day, disregarding his worship, with the means of grace and instruction thereby administered, had provoked God to forsake and give him up to the tempter: for he could not recollect any particular covetous thoughts prompting him at that time; but that sometimes he was in necessity, and is still in debt. Thus by laying before him is danger on the one hand if he denied his guilt, and the sweet the blessed fruits of true repentance on the other if he confessed and gave all the satisfaction and reparation in his power: he was at last with difficulty induced to open himself, and to express great sorrow, and hearty contrition for his crimes, especially that of blood-guiltiness for the servant maid burnt to death! how dreadful is it to think of a poor sinner cut off in deep sleep, without a moment's preparation for eternity! how doth this and the like dangers cry aloud, Let not the sun go down on your guilt, nor sleep in the death of sin, left you awake in hell! how does it alarm and excite every order and degree of men in this great city to vigilance and active diligence in the exercise of their several duties, for the suppressing and punishment of wickedness and vice, and promoting and maintaining of true religion and virtue; ever remembering that except the Lord keep the city and the house, the watchman waketh but in vain; that the formidable growth and increase of profaneness, immorality and vice, among the lower class of people, is a sure portent and means of public evils and judgments; and that a city or nation abounding with crimes is no safe place to dwell in:-of which the late atrocious crime of burning the Temporary bridge, to the great loss and damage of this capital, and her appendages is a threatening and striking proof. To this criminal under our consideration, it was recommended is one means of his repentance, to pray for the peace and safety of this city, which by his crimes he had brought into imminent danger; for this purpose a proper prayer was put into his hands, and the use of the 51st Psalm entire, and verse 14 and 18 especially: and of the 122d Psalm verse 6-9 was pointed out to him. At the request of several gentlemen, being asked in a strict and solemn manner concerning some pieces of cloth stolen out of Blackwell-hall , viz. three pieces advertised November 16 1751; and that stolen December 29 last, he answered he knew nothing of any of them. This being at a time when he was open to confess, and had really acknowledged much greater crimes; and also after the death warrant was come, and the hopes of a respite vanished, there is great reason to believe he would not conceal it, if guilty. About this time Stevens was advised to open his guilt to those whom he had injured, and desire their pardon and prayers; this he complied with, as to Mr. Alsager the next opportunity, having seen him for that purpose, who, like a good man, forgave and pray'd for him; as did also Mr. Hammond, being conducted to Stevens to the chapel for that purpose, the evening before execution, when this criminal signed his confession witnessed by two witnesses. As the convicts are usually examined each morning how they had spent the night, Stevens said on one such occasion that he had been at prayer all night. except about three hours he had slept, that he found himself much relived of his heavy load of guilt, and had good hope and comfort for three or four days past; that tho' the news of the death warrant had damped his spirits, yet thro' the mercy of God he had recovered and got the better of it, and said he trusted and believed his prayer and his repentance should be accepted, and his pardon sealed, to the magnifying of God's infinite mercy to penitents, and the encouragement of the greatest sinners, not to go on in their sins as desperate, but to return speedily while there is hope of pardon. On the evening before execution a smart methodist exhorter met Stevens on the stairs, going down from chapel, and without farther preface stopt him, and said are you sure you are saved? to which he answered with a becoming humility, that he had strove and applied with all the care he could for it, but dare not say more than that he earnestly hoped he should be saved: to which the other replied, can I be sure I have this hat in my hand? intimating, so sure may you now be of your salvation. Such crude assertions as these, from a stranger to a stranger, whose crimes, repentance, faith, and whole spiritual state he was utterly ignorant of shew a forward presumption at least, and that they know not what spirit they are of; so far from being safe and sure guides to others, that they know not how to conduct themselves; and if the blind lead the blind, you know the dreadful consequence! and yet such instances as these we have in the prison from the same quarter almost daily; some of which being reported to one of their ringleaders by one of the more sensible convicts who was guarded against them, he is said to have disapproved of their proceed- ings, saying, that was beginning at the wrong end first. But then who is to be blamed for them; who but they, who excite and set to work such ignorant fellow-labourers, who had much better follow the advice and precept of an apostle who was truly inspired, that they study to be quiet and to do their own business; or that seasonable caution of our English poet, Beware what spirit rules within your breast, For one inspired, ten thousand are possest. But who can tell but wolves are permitted, to excite the care and vigilance of shepherds. Poor Stevens, with his vessel well nigh wreck'd endeavouring to get into the haven where he would be, and to steer clear of those two dangerous rocks called presumption and despair, is met by a forward ignorant pilot, who if he cannot push him on the former, will run him on the latter. 2. Richard William Vaughan was indicted for feloniously forging and counterfeiting a bank note, for the payment of 20l. to John Cornwallis , and also for putting away the same with intent to defraud the governor and company of the Bank of England, March 23. He was about 27 years of age, born in Staffordshire , of a good and reputable family, and being well educated in proportion, was put apprentice to a near relation, who hoping to raise him to a better degree, tried his capacity and diligence at Pembroke-Hall , Oxford , for some time, about 7 years ago, but that not proving agreeable to him, he returned to business: besides his dealings at Stafford in the wholesale linen -way, he had taken a place in Aldersgate-street , and put in 5 or 600l worth of goods, when a statute was taken out against him, about a year ago. His father has been dead several years; but his mother is still alive: (may heaven support her under this affliction) At the first visit he said he was very sensible of the fatal error he had fallen into, as he had an education which should have taught him better; at the same time he seemed to palliate this fact with such pretexts and colours as made it appear less deformed to himself than it should have done, saying it was intended only as an artifice to gain Mr. B-'s consent for his marrying the young lady, which once done, his creditors promised to sign his certificate, and his friends engaged to do for him; and that he never intended to make any farther use of it. Whatever had been sworn by Mr. Balanger, of his intent to pass off notes, was on a mistake of some discourse he had with him concerning some real notes and bills, which his friends had promised to send him. In other respects he behaved decently, and spoke properly, said he was endeavouring to prepare himself for the holy communion and his sudden change, and hoped he should be allowed a reasonable time; on which I promised him all necessary helps to so good a purpose. April 14, in a second conference with Mr Vaughan, he persisted in saying he did not extenuate his guilt in what he said before concerning those bills, and went on to explain himself farther, "that he never thought of it till the month of March last, and that the plan and execution of it was begun and finished between Monday and Friday." Being asked whether he met with no difficulties among the engravers? he answered, none at all; that the first part passed as for himself going into trade, and the second, For the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, was done by a very young man, who made no scruple of it. He observed the engravers should be incorporated into a company, and be obliged to do nothing injurious to public credit, especially the Bank of England; but that they were under no such obligations, and generally unwary and ignorant. He asserted still that his conversation with Balanger, sworn on his trial, was quite mistaken as to the design of it, for it happened in February last, when he had never thought of this unhappy scheme, which was never meant for more than a finesse to gain his mistress; that he never had, nor never intended to publish them as real bills, and that it was the severe terms imposed on him by Mr. B-to double her portion of 300l. and settle it on her which put him on this fatal device. He owned he was drawn into it by the juvenile passion of love, but never intended an injury to any one by it, for he had a promise of his certificate to be signed after marriage, which as he paid and should have paid about 15s. 6d.. in the pound, and dealt largely as a linen-factor, would intitle him by the lawful discount to 250l. and his friends promised him as much more, which wound enable him to make good his marriage articles and burn the false bills. When he requested that no account of him or his dying words, Etc. might be published, that his family might not suffer; he was answered, it was as impossible as to stop the mouth of common same; that the trials being in print had already recorded it, Etc. But it must be owned, his gentle manners, his agreeable behaviour, his person and character seemed to deserve and promise a very different fate. April 18, Mr. Vaughan came to consult me in doubts of his spiritual state and the possiblity of his repentance for having been guilty of wilful sins after having received the holy communion grounded on Heb. vi. ver 4.-6. and x. 26, 27. and 2 Pet. ii 20.-22. which he had drawn out on a sheet of paper: I endeavoured to explain the meaning of those texts to him, that they signify, 1. Either a total falling away from the Christian faith; or, 2. The great difficulty, not the absolute impossiblity of repenting after repeated relapses under the use of all the means of grace. Having enlarged on this subject in several conversations with him, so as to clear his doubts and abate his fears, he grew more light and easy, more composed, patient and resigned. He is said to have been apprehended by a hint given to the Bank from one of the engravers which he had employed; and indeed when one reflects on his manner of transacting the affair with the engravers, as it appears on the trial, how much he laid himself open to their surmises and suspicions, it should seem next to a miracle if he escaped; and it looks as unaccountable how they could be induced to work for him, or he to employ them, without being either accomplices, or under any tye of secrecy. But the reader will best perceive his own sense of the charge, trial and conviction, from a paper delivered me in his own hand writing, as follows. ' THE papers which I deposited in ' the hands of Miss B-were ' deposited, sealed up with my seal, ' and Miss B-engaged in the most ' solemn manner to deliver them back ' to me unopened, after our marriage, when I should have destroyed them; ' and I do declare that I did not intend ' to defraud Miss B-or the Bank ' of England thereby. And that I ' never intended to put off, negotiate or ' dispose of the same in payment, but ' would have destroyed them ' immediately after my marriage with Miss ' B-. And as to those papers ' which were found upon me. I ' declare I did not intend to make any use of them at all, but really ' designed (even before the time of my ' being apprehended) to have destroyed ' them, but thro' gross neglect and ' carelessness I omitted to do it: how ' far soever I have fallen under the ' law, my intentions were innocent in ' regard to these papers. I am sorry ' to say that I think the verdict against ' me was not just; it was not proved ' at my trial that the hand writing ' with which the papers were filled up ' was my hand writting; that I ever ' negotiated them, or put any of them ' off in payment, except the deposit ' made in the hands of Miss B-; ' and as they were under my seal and ' she was so near being my wife, and ' was to give them to me back again ' as soon as she became so, I looked upon ' their being in her custody the same ' as if they had remained in my own; ' and do not look upon the deposit as ' any act of negociation or putting off ' in payment: and unless the hand ' writing in these papers had been ' proved to have been my hand, or some act of negociation had been ' proved against me, I think I ought ' to he been acquitted.-The ' verdict against me was said to be ' brought in upon circumstances or ' presumption, as my intentions were ' innocent, I think it was the harder to take away my life upon ' circumstances: and in a case like mine, to ' find a man guilty of death upon 'presumption, I think was severe; but ' I freely forgive the jury and all the ' world, and die in charity with all ' mankind.' Dated from my cell in Newgate . 3. William Boodger was indicted for forging an inland bill of Exchange, purporting to be signed by James Goring , bearing date at Covenham , Feb 1 1758, for the payment of 40l. to James Ellis , or order; and for publishing the same knowing it to have been forged, with intention to defraud, Feb 7. He was born at Bath , in the year 1728, where having had the usual education at schools, he entered in the year 1745, as a private man in general Read's regiment of foot , then at Portmabon ; was there half a year, and came from thence to Gibraltar , and staid there 'till the conclusion of the war. Being respected by his officer he was made a serjeant , and at the relief of the garrison there, he came home, landing first in Ireland , where he was married. A short time after he went a recruiting to Nottingham where he fell in love with a woman there, and by the temptation of the devil, as he said) married her in 1755. He went from thence to Chester , where he soon got acquainted with one Mrs. A-, a young widow, about 19 years of age, who had been married to an old man of 80, and by whom she had about 200l. settled upon her; being perswaded to make a prize of this young widow and her fortune, he quickly got her consent and married her, settling 100l. out of the 200l. upon her, for (as he expressed it himself) his conscience would not let him take the whole, for which (as he said) he was blamed by many of his acquaintance. She went with him to London, where he left her after 8 days to shift for herself, and being pregnant, and her travail approaching she was admitted into the lying-inn hospital , in Brownlow-street , where she was taken great care of; and as the ill treatment she had from him provoked her to aggravate his faults and expose him, by her means he was advertised to have 19 wives. In the year 1756 he was made a lieutenant in general Cornwellis's regiment, then lying at Nottingham ; he was sent a recruiting into Lancaster , and there listed a number of since men; but the wife at Nottingham had made herself known to the regiment, and was looked upon the respected as such. Another wife as at his mother's, and he knowing that as soon as he joined the regiment she would there come to him, he could not bear the thoughts of the reflection of his officers, so he resolved therefore never to join the regiment, but only sent his party to it, and intended to go abroad; for he thought the scandal he brought on himself was far beneath the station he was then in; and as he was going to Liverpool for that purpose he met one Miss I-, near Eastham , a very agreeable young lady, of good family and reputation, who had been at Chester to receive her fortune, she being just come to age; they fell into discourse till they came to the ferry, they drank a glass of wine together, and he pulling a playbook out of his pocket, she desired to look at it, for she said she delighted in reading plays; he took much notice of her reading, that she did it admirably well; then he began to be fond of her, and took particular care of her out of the boat, and when landed she courteously returned him thanks and so parted. But when he came to the inn, where he put up at Liverpool , he reflected much upon his former life, thinking he should retrieve it and be happy if he could get into favour with this young lady; and more especially (as he said) he was then so struck with her that he could not be at rest till he saw her again. He soon found out where she lived, and waited on her one morning, where he was very genteelly received, and breakfasted with her, and in return he invited her that evening to see a play; from thence their intimacy increased, and he loved her to that degree that he could not be easy without her, so resolved to marry her, and to go with her to Holland and settle there, He got her consent, and they were married on a Friday, and the Sunday following they set out for Ireland : he said he was willing to settle her fortune upon her, and declares he did not know that she had any money or notes with her (tho' she had a note of 200l.) till they came to Ireland: for he said he had no design of depriving her of her fortune, nor to lessen it. Her mother soon after, hearing that he had a wife at Chester , and more elsewhere, she went in pursuit of them, and made a great disturbance, which prevented his carrying his design of going to Holland into execution: they went therefore to Belfast , where she shewed him the note of 200 l. Her mother found them there, and on his promising her 10l. she dropt all prosecutions, and it was published in the Dublin gazette that it was all false, and misrepresentation of facts, that were raised against him. Now he found himself at liberty again to go where he pleased, and as his own cash was all gone, and her note changed, he reflected that all would be soon spent, so resolved to go to Wales and leave her and the remainder of her money there, telling her, that he would go and join his regimentThey parted with mutual grief, for he said he never loved a wife like her, and promised to write to her by every opportunity. However, his real design was to go to the East Indies , but the temptation of the devil still overpowering him, or his thoughts continually running upon this last beloved wife, insomuch that he was almost distracted, he came back again to Wales to see for her; but there found that an uncle of her's had a full account of his past life, and that he should by no means see her. He then came again to London , with an intent (as he said to banish himself for life, but the devil being still busy with him, he fell upon the fatal trick of forging bills on Mr. Colcraft in capt. Goring's name, for which Mr. N-received the cash and paid him what he thought proper: as to the last bill, said to be presented by Mr. N-, he knew nothing of it, being out of town. This is said to have been offered at Mr. Colcraft's on a Monday even- ing, after the office was shut, otherwise would have been paid, but not being brought again, caused a suspicion, and so a detection of the whole, by writing to capt. Goring, and receiving his answer, that he had drawn no such bills. On this 'tis obvious to suppose Boodger was advertised, and by that discovered and apprehended, at the Isle of Wight , by five persons who knew him by the advertisement, when he was about making his escape; he was committed to Winchester goal , and in about eight days brought to Newgate . He was affected with what was said to him at the first visit and conversation with him, after his conviction; felt with deep sorrow and tears, the ill use he had made of all the advantages of life he had been blest with, his healthy and good constitution, his comely person, his agreeable behaviour; these talents of mind and body, all prostituted and abused, only to ensnare and betray those whom he ought to have protected: that liberty which he had so misapplied, now changed to a close cell, and heavy irons. He was advised to try his own sincerity in his penitence, with this question; Whether if he were at liberty he would not run the same course he had done before?-he shook his head, and said he hoped he would not; he promised to make the best use he could of the little time he had to live. His mother came up the 12th of April, being sent for by him, having something particular to say to her. She says he was a very sober boy, and was advanced by a Right Honourable Gentlemen, then member of Parliament for Bath, now a peer. Being asked if he had been a communicant? he answered he had, I said you must be so of course to be qualified for your commission; but hope that was not your only reason and qualification for receiving the holy communion; you considered, it is to hoped, that you are a man, a christian, and christian soldier, that you acted like what you profess to be, and duly consider'd the danger of receiving that holy sacrament, unworthily. He made me no answer, but looked much troubled and dismayed. Well, but there is yet, I hope, repentance for you, tho' you have abused all former opportunities, and involved yourself in all these calamities by your offences, and perhaps in a more special manner by your abuse of divine ordinances. I told him I had left with Mr. Vaughan. his companion in the cell, a book of preparation for the communion, for the use of both, which I desired he would make good use of, he thanked me and promised he would, and his mother, at my request, promised to come and join with us in prayers at the chapel at eleven o'clock. Oh! the piercing sorrow of the afflicted mother at the sight of her son in chains, destined to this ignominious death.-He came down to her from his cell, to which he had retired immediately after chapel, with his head hung down like a fading flower; she wringing her hands and shedding a stood of tears at the sight of him. Oh! there he comes, said she, the cause of all my grief! would to God I could die for thee, my son! my son! Ye gay and frolic youth who grieve your parents by your ungoverned wildness, come and see this mother and her son!-she travails again with him, and for him, with more than the pangs of a woman in travail? and will you, can you give your tender, affectionate, careful, loving parents, such repeated throes of pain. Do not, do not, I beseech you, left they be returned tenfold upon your own heads and hearts. Honour your parents, so shall your days be long here on earth, and your felicity ensured forever; if you honour them in sincere obedience and reverence to the laws of your heavenly father. April 19, when the exhortation to the holy communion was given them for Thursday the 27th, I enquried of Mr Boodger, whether at his request Mr. Wwas desired to visit him, by an application to the sheriffs from lady H? he answered it was the first he heard of lady Hor Mr. W's concerning themselves about him, that he knew not how it could happen, unless by a friend of his, who was his comrade and fellow soldier abroad, whom he thought to be now a follower of W's, and with whom he had gone to hear him last general fast day, and who seemed desirous that Mr. Boodger should follow him also. Or else, perhaps he said Mr. Wmight remember him personally since he rescued him from the violence of the mowhen preaching in Dublin ; when representing the affair to his commanding officer in the barracks there, he was protected by that officer, and permitted to preach in the barracks. Mr. Boodger produced to me a letter sent him by a Methodist (as it seems) signed C. D. pressing him to repentance, saith, and prayer, in that sort of high flights by which they distinguish themselves, without any clear scriptural account of the terms of salvation accommodated to persons in his circumstances, such as have frequently been laid before them in the course of my ministry to them. On reading of this, I put it to him, whether any new means of salvation were delivered in it, that had not been before proposed to him daily? he answered none. Whether the benefit of absolution and forgiveness of sins be not daily ministered and pronounced to them, by proper authority, on their complying with the terms of it?- and whether it is not a dangerous delusion to teach them their sins are forgiven, without fulfilling those conditions?-reminding them what those conditionse, viz. besides the known and necessary means of a true repentance and a lively saith. an open acknowledgement of the justice of their sentence, and the sins they suffer for, making all the satisfaction in their power to the injured parties and to the world, and begging their forgiveness and their joint prayers to God for pardon, Etc. and lastly, whether a man who was broke the vows and promises at his ordination, is a good and safe guide of souls?-if you think so, much good may it do you, Etc.-my duty is to warn you against false teachers: if you refuse, at your peril be it; if you want further assistance, comfort or counsel, there are learned divines of the church of England ready to assist, without having recourse to disorderly persons, who are disturbers and slanderers of the church and her genuine sons. Notwithstanding these just representations; on Sunday, April 23, Mr. Ashewed me a letter signed by Boodger and vaughan, desiring him to admit Mr. W, or they could have no peace till he complied with this reasonable request Next day Mr. Vaughan, of his own accord, explained the reason of his being induced to sign this, which he said was owing to the wretched uneasiness, the teazing and importunity of Mr. Boodger, who having been told that a lady of title, whom he mistook for a dss, and consequently a person of interest had wrote that Mr, Wmight be admitted to him, seem'd equally surprized and pleased, so that it was easy to see the sudden hope of a reprieve flash in his face, tho' he then assured me it was the first he had heard of such an application, and therefore it certainly did not come from him first, whatever was pretended by those who made it. But when once this measure was put in his head by some people that came about him, he seem'd much more anxious and earnest for compassing this end, than for fulfilling the terms of obtaining true pardon and peace with his creator; a change for the worse, which gave his pastor much real concern and trouble. Instead of that complying temper, that hearing ear, that towardly disposition, which he had hitherto shewn, he grew sullen and silent, obstinate and petulant, in proportion as he supposed his spiritual guide was the means of guarding him from false hopes, and false signs of repentance and faith. Mr. Vaughan, for his part, instead of signing a second letter, which Boodger wrote to have this new teacher admitted to him, answered, he was sorry he had been over persuaded to sign the first letter, and would have no more to do with it; for that it would be a reproach to him among all who knew him to be in union and communion with the church; he used several good reasons to preserve Mr. Boodger in the same, and hoped he had satisfied and done him good in that particular, mean time they both constantly attended the chapel. April 25, St. Mark's day: finding Mr. Boodger reading Mr. Parsons's funeral sermon on the Earl of Rochester, told him it was very proper for him, and hoped he received benefit by it. At my request he went up with me to the chapel, and in the closet join'd in such select devotions for one troubled in mind, for contrition, Etc. as seem'd suited to his present disposition; he told me he had been more easy the preceding night, and seemed truly af- fected with the prayers and conversation we had together; he attended the morning service with a serious sorrow, and attentive tho' dejected air. The service for the day, viz. the psalms, lessons, epistle and gospel affording proper matter for the circumstance and peculiar instruction of the prisoners, select portions were explained and applied to them, as Psalm 119. ' Before I was troubled I went wrong; ' but now have I kept thy word.' And again, ' It is good for me that I have ' been in trouble: that I may learn thy ' statutes. O! think upon thy servant ' as concerning thy word, wherein thou ' hast caused me to put my trust. The ' same is my comfort in my trouble, for ' thy word hath quickened me.' The first lesson being Ecclus. iv. was applied as a lesson of wisdom, and directions for their recovery. And particularly the collect, epistle and gospel, were made use of, as providentially seasonable, and happily intervening to guard these straying sheep against all false teachers.-Let me refer the reader to a few strong expressions and cautions, out of many to this purpose. The collect being for St. Mark's day, runs thus: 'O almighty God, who ' hast instructed thy holy church with ' the heavenly doctrine of thy ' evangelist St. Mark, give us grace, that ' being not like children carried away ' with every blast of vain doctrine, ' we may be established in the truth ' of thy holy gospel, thro' Jesus Christ ' our Lord. Amen.' Which petition is collected from the epistle for that day, Ephes. iv. 13, 14, 15. ' Till ' we all come in the unity of faith, and ' of the knowledge of the son of God, ' unto a perfect man, unto the measure ' of the statute of the fulness of Christ: ' That we henceforth be no more ' children, tossed to and fro, and carried ' about with every wind of doctrine, by ' the sleight of men, and cunning ' crafliness, whereby they lie in wait to ' deceive: but speaking the truth in love, ' may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.' It was observable on this occasion that the original Greek expression used here by the apostle, seemed as if the spirit of God taught him to warn the world against the Methodisms of men, their sleight and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive. The words are more than prophetic, they are as descriptive of the modern weathercock and wavering temper of untaught people, so artfully managed by seducers in religion, as if he saw it with his eyes. This is expressed by, sleight of hand, like that of a gamester;, crafts of every kind; and, the methodism of error. The same apostle, in a farewel sermon, thus warned the clergy and people, Acts xx. 28, 29, 30, 31. ' Take heed ' therefore unto yourselves, and to all the ' stock, over which the Holy Ghost hath ' made you overseers, to feed the church ' of God, which he hath purchased with ' his own blood. For I know this, that ' after my departing shall grievous ' wolves enter in among you, not ' sparing the stock. Also of your ownselves ' shall men arise, speaking perverse ' things, to draw away disciples after ' them. Therefore watch, and remember ' that by the space of three years I ' ceased not to warn every one night and ' day with tears.' The same apostle, who warned the Romans xvi 17. ' Now ' I beseech you, brethren, mark them ' which cause divisions and offences, ' contrary to the doctrine which ye have ' learned, and avoid them.' The gospel for the day was applied to shew them the design of our heavenly Father in afflicting us; the use of affliction; and chiefly the necessity of union with the body of Christ in order to with the body of Christ in order to bring forth those good fruits which a right use of afflictions can only produce in those who are living branches, united to the true vine, and receiving nourishment from it. What effect this might have, must be left to him who knoweth the heart, and giveth the increase. However, in some degree, this appeared in the consequence, for both Mr. Boodger and Vaughan declared from first to last that they were in communion with the church of England, fully satisfied with the ministry of it, and the means of salvation afforded them in it; and their demeanour, so far as it fell under my observation, proved it to their last moments, excepting in these instances now related of Boodger. As to his polygamy, I could not learn he had married more than four wives, tho' common same had multiplied them to four times, five times, and even eight times that number; but he was sensible of the great mischiefs brought on himself, and the injuries done to others, by transgressing so far, against the law of God and his country. On this subject he was reminded on the horror of that presumptuous sin against Almighty God, before pointed out to him, of refusing to be warned, nay, despising the judgment of God, set before him in the beginning of the office of matrimony. 'I require ' and charge you both, as ye will answer ' it at the dreadful day of judgment, ' (when the secrets of all hearts shall ' be disclosed) that if either of you ' know any impediment, why ye may ' not be lawfully joined together in ' matrimony, ye do now confess it,-' Etc.' This, he was sensible, was a heavy charge against him, attended with the most terrible aggravations; that he was overtaken already by the divine judgments in this life: and I heartily wish he made such use of them as to avert them in the future, and for ever. One of his letters out of many which he wrote, and dated from his cell, to obtain pardon of those whom he had injured, will be some proof of his repentance. A Copy of a letter of Miss M.- J- ' Dear Molly, ' RIghteous is the Lord, and just ' are all his judgments; his hand ' hath at last overtaken me, his hand ' of justice to out short my life, and I ' hope his hand of mercy to save my ' soul: You for one, can witness the ' justice of my sentence; were it in ' my power, I would gladly make you ' and every one else, amends, whom ' I have any ways injured in their ' persons or credit; but, seeing it is not, ' I humbly ask forgiveness for the ' wrongs I have done you, and trust ' in God, to whom I owe this duty ' first, that you and every one else will ' accept of my willing mind to make ' full restitution. I am too well ' convinced what you have undergone on ' my account, not to be concerned for ' you. Oh! that I had sufficiently ' considered this before I had brought ' so much trouble on you. The wrong ' I have done you lies more upon my ' conscience than any other thing I ' ever acted, but in hopes of a free ' pardon from the Almighty, I now ' commend you to God's grace and ' protection, and earnestly request your ' prayers; from Your unlawful dying husband, William Boodger . P. S. ' It is my constant prayers to ' God that the ill-natured world may never reflect on you, who was innocent of the injury you received from me, and as such led by me: I hope you got the things left at Ruthin , there beng many things of value. God forgive Dr. E, and so do I; and could give you a surprizing account of his behavionr; he told the colonel he gave me seventy pound for my commission; but if he had said seventy-pence he would have exceeded it: I should never done as I did only for him, and I leave it to his conscience; and burnt the two notes he sent me the night before I came away. ' Our meeting was both our ruin. ' Adieu for ever. London , April 13 1758. 4. James Cotes was indicted for that he in a certain field or open place, near the king's highway, on James Dunier did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person one silver watch, value 3l. his property, 27February. He was born at Haverill in Suffolk , missed his learning by his childish aversion to a school, being indulged by his father, tho' against his mother's will, who in this was the more prudent person, and the best friend to her son. He was put apprentice to a weaver , but not liking that, after 2 years he quitted it, and went to husbandry ; afterwards he was a builder's labourer , and lately took to sawing stones: he entered himself for a soldier in April1746, and served 3 years in the first battalion of the second regiment of foot-guards, having listed only for that time, provided the war was then over, he was discharged according to his own desire, and listed in the horse grenadiers, but discharged again from thence (upon some discontent) at his own request, and went to work as he did before for three or four years; but about last Michaelmas hearing that his majesty wanted men he enlisted into the first battalion of the Coldstream regiment. He was married about eight years ago to a woman that goes out a nursing, a very sober good wise to him, by whom he had a girl, who is now living, about 7 years of age. After his conviction, and when sentence was pronounced, he said he was as innocent as the child unborn; to which he was answered by the court, if he could make us believe that, he might undertake to persuade us to any one thing in the world, how absurd soever: And for some weeks after, notwithstanding all the reasons and motives applied both in common with the rest of the convicts, and in private to himself, he continued to deny the fact and assert his innocence, urging in answer to all appearances and arguments against him, that himself best knew and was the best judge of his own innocence. About 14 April, Cotes and some private conversation with Smith about breaking out of prison, said he had heard such things had been done, and that James or Jack Sheppard for one, had got out so: Smith answered, that must have been before conviction, when he was in a different part of the goal, but no such thing could be effected from the cells or press-yard; advised him therefore to say nor think no more of it, but prepare for his approaching death, for that they should all be the worse treated, and he himself chained down if any whisper of that kind were heard. But he was deaf to this advice, proposed it again to Stevens, who not only rebuked him, but also told one of the under-keeepers, on which he was confined to a cell by himself, and thereby lost the benefit which he had set too light by, of a companion who read good books to him, and prayed with him. This poor hardened and ignorant creature still persisted in denying the fact he was convicted of, tho' he was conscious it would be of no service to him, that the world will not believe him innocent, and that it is highly dangerous, if not destructive of his peace and happiness. At the same time I was well informed that he said in private, he knows there is no good to be got by confessing his sins to man; that whatever he had been guilty of should die in his own breast. When Smith, his companion in the cell, used to read to him, he interrupted him either by crying, or lamenting the loss of his mother and sister, that he should see them no more, or else fell asleep. No pains were spared either in the chapel or the closet to awaken him to a sense of his guilt and danger, and rescue and save him from both, but he long resisted them, as to an open and full confession. 27April, when the communion was administered to three of the convicts with other prisoners, Cotes was repelled for not declaring the justice of his sentence, tho' he did not directly deny it, and from circumstances permitted me to collect it, but for his vow sake, would not expressly own it. But in the evening Stevens told me with great joy, that Cotes was ready to confess all his guilt, sensibly touched with the repulse from the holy communion. Accordingly Cotes coming into the closet to me, acknowledged that he felt great sorrow and remorse at being excluded from communicating with the rest of his fellow convicts; that after he had withdrawn from the chapel, he was so uneasy he could not bear it, having had such strong impressions of the necessity of this duty, and high expectations of the benefits to be received thereby. And when Stevens came into the cell to him and expressed the joy and comfort he received and felt after partaking of the blessed sacrament; he could no longer stand out to deny the fact, but resolved immediately to confess all his guilt; which he now did, to my great joy and satisfaction at recovering him. Thus rescued out of the power of the tempter, and turned (it is to be hoped) from Satan unto God-he now said he had a fair trial, and had perpetrated the robbery for which he was convicted, and was truly sorry that he had denied it so long; owned he had thought that by a private confession to God alone he had made his peace, but found therein a false comfort only, and was sure he was then mistaken; he was now as urgent and in haste to be admitted to the blessed sacrament, as he had been before hard and obstinate, to prepare and qualify himself to receive it worthily. After prayers he returned to acquaint me that he had forgot to warn all his companions and fellow soldiers against gaming, card-playing, cock-sighting, and every idle wicked diversion; for these led him to commit this robbery, and he thought it his duty earnestly to warn all men to mind their honest employments, and not such wicked amusements, by which he lost his time and money (which came in plentifully while he was well employed) and then betrayed him to the fact he died for. Being asked if he was guilty of any other such facts? He did not at this time acknowledge any more of this kind, tho' he did afterwards. I was now convinced of the rectitude of a minister's persisting steadily to do his duty, and not to be overcome of evil, but to overcome evil with good, since by the happy effect of this conduct, it is to be hoped, this sinner was snatched out of the fire. He was very much inclined to gaming, an instance of which happened while he was in New Prison ; his sister brought him 2 guineas to relieve him therein, out of which he quickly lost 16s. at playing hussle in the hat. April 28, Cotes confessed he had bought the horse pistol found on him; that he committed another robbery with it the same night, besides that for which he was convicted; that this success so encouraged him, that had he escaped, he should have got a horse and robbed, perhaps, 500 more; but he now heartily thanks God that he was so suddenly taken, and prevented from doing farther mischief, and probably from being cut off in his sins, and sent into perdition without remedy. He farther acknowledged he had been passionate, rough, and abusive to his poor wife, who (he says) is one of the best of women, but on acknowledging his fault and declaring his sorrow for it, she forgave and prayed for him. He duly attended divine service in the chapel, and by a blessing on the means grew daily more attentive and devout, as the day of his death approached: he devoutly received the holy communion on Sunday, April the 30th, and on May the 1st, for which we endeavoured to prepare him by instructions in the chapel, and by one reading to him at other intervals. The morning of execution they were visited and called up to chapel, where some proper devotions for the day of execution, with the litany, were offered up; and then the holy sacrament administered to them (I trust) to their spiritual comfort and support, in this last conflict and hour of trial. They were again reminded to look up to the cross, and follow the great and glorious example of Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, the victor of sin and death; to meditate on the articles of this precious faith, the sweet support and consolation of which in proportion as they wanted and desired, they would now perceive and taste more than ever; especially that of the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. They were directed also to feed in their hearts on the bread of life which they had just received, repeating earnestly and dwelling on the several petitions of the Lord's Prayer, and applying each to themselves, thy kingdom come; give us this day our daily bread, viz. that bread of life which came down from heaven. At the Place of EXECUTION. May 1 1758. HAVING, at their request, desired the people to join in prayer, prayed with them a considerable time, and repeated the belief in which they all joined with hearty affection and an audible voice; each was asked if he had any thing farther to confess or say. Mr. Boodger being questioned, acknowledged he had forged four notes with his own hand, the cash for which was received; but knew nothing of the fifth said to be presented for payment. Stevens added nothing to his former confessions, said he could give no other reason or account how he was tempted and drawn into those crimes but what he had said before; " that God " had forsaken him because he had " first forsaken God, and that he was " left to the power of the devil.' Mr. Vaughan said he would speak a word or two to the multitude, but that his spirits were too weak and low to bear him out, and desired that they might all be warned to believe in, to fear and to love the Lord their God with all their heart. with all their mind, and with all their soul, and to keep his commandments, for this is the only way to true felicity here and forever; adding, for the Lord he is the God, the Lord he is the God." He was remarkably servant in uttering these words as well as in joining with the other devotions, but all with decent composure. Cotes added something to his confession which he had not said before, viz. that he had robbed in the street or road, squire, whose name he could not recollect, but lives in Marybone parish and who was with him after he was apprehended, and before his trial to examine him, but he then denied it. He also now confessed that he had broke in at a pastry-cook's window in the same parish and robbed him; but this last never came to enquire of him, so that he had no opportunity of confessing to him: he was told it was wrong that he had not confessed these crimes sooner; he answered he was sorry he had not, but added in his mistaken way, he hoped he had heartily repented, and begged forgiveness of God for them: this was no time to dispute and inculcate the duty of acknowledgment, confession and reconciliation to his injured neighbour which had been often urged to him before, and now at last wrought this his dying confession, it is humbly hoped, to his final pardon. He desired again that the people might be warned by his sad fate against idleness, gaming, cock-sighting, and such diversions, which brought him to this shameful death, and especially he added his desire of warning them against following lewd women. They were now again once more prayed for, and earnestly recommended to the mercy and protection of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and having taken an affectionate farewel of them expressing a lively hope to meet again in joy and celestial happiness, we parted. They spent a few moments in private prayer, and commending their spirits to the Lord Jesus Christ, and thus they resigned their lives. This is all the Account given by me, STEPHEN ROE , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 19th of this Instant December, 1733. BEING THE FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir WILLIAM BILLERS , Knt. Number I. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street , M.DCC.XXXIII. [Price Six-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate , held (before the Right Honourable John Barber , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Honourable Mr. Justice Denton; the Honourable Mr. Baron Comyns; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London; and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex,) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 10th, 11th and 12th of October, 1733, in the Seventh Year of his Majesty's Reign. Six Man, viz. Francis Crotchet , John Weedon , Joseph Cox , John Butler , John Brown , otherwise Johnson , otherwise Terence Conway , Thomas Whithy ; and two Women, viz. Dorothy Carter and Margaret Berry , were by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. And, At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir William Billers , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Mr. Baron Carter; the Honourable Mr. Justice Probyn; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy Recorder of the City of London; and others of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London; and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Mid dlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of December, 1733, in the Seventh Year of His Majesty's Reign. Eleven Men, viz. Henry Baxter , John Rook , otherwise Jack the Hatter, John Anderson , Francis Ogalbe , James Baker , otherwise Stick in the Mud, John Collington , William Brown , Joseph Whitlock , John Freelove , John Beach , William Johnson ; and three Women, viz Elizabeth Rann , Elizabeth Wright , the Mother, and Mary Wright , the Daughter, were by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Ofences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. When under Sentence, in order to an effectual preparation for Death, they were exhorted to double their diligence, as being confin'd to a very short Time, since a faint endeavour will never go through with any Work, which requires either length of Time, or strength of Labour. If one put little strength to it, that will not conquer the difficulty of the Task, and if he is soon wearied, he will give over before it come to an End. So that a Man must apply himself to the same, both earnestly and long, if he would succeed when he has begun, and go on to finish and compleat it. Now our obeying God, and amending of our Lives is a Work of this kind; for our Sins being many in Number, they will require some Time before they are all amended, and our hindrances in leaving them being great, and the temptations Strong, that Daily assault and draw us to them, and our own Lusts, and a treacherous Enemy in our own Bosoms, being always ready to take their Parts and strike in with them, it requires a great Watchfulness, and a constant care, and an earnest vigorous endeavour to overcome them. And this the Scripture tells us plainly we must use, if ever we expect to prevail against them. St. Peter tells us, we must give all diligece, 2 Pet. 1. 5, 10. St. Paul, that we must be circumspect, Eph. 5. 15. Our blessed Saviour that we must watch always, and be ever standing upon our Guard. Mark 13. 37. And strive to enter in at the streight Gate, Luke 13. 24. which striving is called a Warfare. 2. Cor. 10. 4. and a Fight, 1. Tim. 6. 12. all which show the greatness of that Care, and both the Earnestness and Constancy of that Endeavour, which we must lay out upon it. The Fault of those who pursue Obedience by proper Methods, and yet miss of it at last, is this, They endeavour but by halves, and seek it, either by too short, or too flight Pains. They want Resolution to set manfully about it, or the Patience to go through with it; wherefore I exhorted them to use their utmost Care, in working out their Salvation with Fear and Trembling; and wherein they came short, to implore the Assistance of God's Grace, that he, by the powerful Influences of the Holy Ghost, who is promised to all Christians, who sincerely seek him; with perfect Strength in their Weakness, and Wisdom in their Folly, and make them willing and obedient in the Day of his Power. One of them having been convicted of Murther, I expos'd the great Evil of that atrocious Crime, both as to the Nature of the Sin itself, and its dreadful Consequences, as entailing inevitable Misery upon a Man, both in a present and future Life, if not prevented by a true and hearty Repentance, &c. I explain'd to them the great Design of the Christian Sacraments, by which we are engag'd and confirm'd in the Service of God; and particularly I insisted on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, left in Legacy by Christ to his Church, as a Token of that everlasting Love he bears us, from these Words, And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship, and in Breaking of Bread, and in Prayers, Acts ii. 42. &c. When these and many like Instructions were given, such as could read made regular Responses, and all of them were apparently devout, and very attentive both to Prayers and Exhortations. John Anderson , Henry Baxter , John Freelove and William Johnson , were pretty much afflicted with Sickness, and sometimes confin'd to their Cells, during the short Time they were under Sentence; but when I visited, or spoke to them, they still declar'd their Penitence: Elizabeth Wright was inconsolable, and her Daughter Mary Wright , being young, wept very much, but both of them behav'd decently. Upon Friday the 14th of this Instant December, Report was made to His Majesty in Council, of the twenty-two Prisoners under Sentence of Death in Newgate ; when Francis Cotchet , for assaulting Sarah Banks , Widow , on the Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her in agate Box, with gold Rims, value 8 l. a silk Purse, half a Guinea and 2 d. October the 1st; as also for assaulting Sarah , the Wife of Francis Clifton , Doctor of Physick , on the Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a gold Watch enchas'd, and a gold Chain, value 40 l. an agate Seal set in Gold, value 3 l. a silk Purse and 5 s. October the 1st; Dorothy Carter , for privately stealing 22 Yards of Lace, value 4 l. from the Person of John Connor , September the 4th; John Weedon , Joseph Cox and John Buttler , of Hendon , for assaulting John Pantridge , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a rug Coat, a Hat, a crape Hatband, a Handkerchief, half a Guinea, 45 s. and 3 d. October the 8th; Margaret Berry , for High Treason, in Coining twenty Pieces of false and counterfeit Money, in the Likeness of Sixpences, M the 10th; John Freelove , for assaulting Francis Lee , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a silver Watch, with a glass Seal set in Brass, value 5 l. and 4 s. in Money, November the 22d; Elizabeth Rann , a little Girl, for stealing a silver Spoon, two Aprons, four Mobs, 20 Guineas, and twenty-one Shillings, the Goods and Money of Stephen Freeman , in his House, November the 24th; and Mary Wright , the Daughter of Elizabeth Wright , for Coining: Receiv'd His Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Thirteen, viz. John Brown , otherwise Johnson , otherwise Terence Conway , Thomas Whitby ; otherwise Woodby , Henry Baxter , John Rook , otherwise Jack the Hatter, John Anderson , Francis Ogleby , James Baker , John Collington , William Brown , Joseph Whitlock , John Beach , William Johnston and Elizabeth Wright , were ordered for Execution. N. B. Margaret Berry , pleaded her Belly, and a Jury of Matrons being impannelled, found her quick with Child; wherefore, some Days after Sentence, she was carried out of the Cells to the Common Side of Newgate . John Brown otherwise Conway , otherwise Johnson , was indicted for stealing a silver Cup, value 25 s. the Property of Margaret La Mothe , October the 7th; and again, John Brown , otherwise Johnson , otherwise Terence Conway was a second Time indicted, with Margaret Berry , whom he own'd to be his Wife for High Treason, in Coining 20 Pieces of false and counterfeit Money, in the Likeness of Sixpences, May the 10th. Both found Guilty. Death. 1. John Brown , about 36 Years of Age, born at Sligo in Ireland , of mean Parents, who gave him no Education at School, and knew very little of Religion. He was of no Trade, but pretended to be a Dealer in Hair , and that he liv'd honestly at Home, which Account may be much doubted of, where he married a Wife, and having little to do, he came to London with Margaret Berry , convicted of the same Crime with him, whom he called his Wife, about twelve Months ago; but how they liv'd here, no-body knew, till they were apprehended for passing, and afterwards taking up, and fond Guilty of Coining counterfeit Money. He reflected a little on Macnelly the Evidence, and inclin'd to dissemble, or shift a frank Acknowledgement, but could not positively deny his Guilt. He was not so very wicked in his Life, as some of that Set of Men are, but delighted too much in Drinking; and he own'd, That he was not addicted to stealing and thieving. He was of the Romish Communion , but came always to Chapel, and behaved very gravely and seriously, and cried very much, especially for his Wife; and when he saw her in Chapel, he own'd also that he suffered justly for his Crimes; profest a deep Repentance, declared that he believ'd in Christ his Saviour, and died in Peace with all the World Thomas Whitby , otherwise Woodby , was indicted for assaulting John Gordon in Lincolns Inn-Fields , putting him in fear, and taking from him a Hat, Wig; half a Guinea and 5 d. July 8. 2. Thomas Whitby , otherwise Woodby , about 18 Years of Age, born in St. Giles's Parish in the Fields , and educated at School to Reading, Writing, and Cyphering to fit him for Business. He was put to a Chocolate maker in Aldersgate-street , but not agreeing with his Master or some others of the Family, at the End of two Years he left him. Then he went to a Butcher at the other End of the Town, and next to another Butcher in the Country, with each of them he stay'd a Year or two. He was last with his Master the Butcher in Town, kept his Books, received his Money, and never wrong'd him of a Farthing. He went to School with Watson the Evidence, and R-n and Watson being some Years older, and a Boy of a very wicked, perverse Disposition, corrupted and enticed both of them to take bad Courses. He own'd that he was a most vicious Boy in all kinds of Theft, drinking, keeping Company with bad Women, and that he suffered deservedly for the Errors of his Life. He confessed the Robbing of Mr. Gordon in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields ; but that he knew of no more Money but Three pence Half-penny, together with his Hat and Wig taken from him; the other three he alledged, beat Mr. Gordon unmercifully and wounded him. He always behaved well in Chapel, and was very attentive. He wept and lamented much over the Misfortunes he had brought upon himself; declared himself Penitent for the grievous Offences of his Life; that he hoped for Salvation through Christ, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Henry Baxter and John Rooks , otherwise Jack the Hatter, was indicted for assaulting Samuel Maxwell , in an open Field near the Highway, in the Parish of Stepney , puting him in fear, and taking from him 19 s. 6 d. November 22. Guilty Death. Henry Baxter , was a second time indicted with another Man, for breaking the House of Thomas Golden , and stealing a Pair of Iron-grates value 12 s. an Iron Jack value 15 s. and two Iron-spitts, value 1 s. 6 d. the Goods of Faith Burton , and a Spade value 2 s. 6d, the Goods of Thomas Golden , November 19, between the Hours of One and Two in the Morning. Henry Baxter , was a 3d time indicted with another, for stealing a Cloath-coat value 5s. and a Leg of Pork va lue 3s. the Goods of Christopher Stacey , in Stepney Parish , Octob. 15, of this last he was acquitted. 3. Henry Baxter , about 26 Years of Age, born in the Country of honest Parents, who put him to School, and instructed him in Reading, Writing, and Accompts for Business. He work'd with his Father, who made Leather Breeches and some Years ago he came to London , but did not follow the Employment he was bred to, but served the Butchers , and sometimes he went to Sea ; and when he was at home he soon spent all his Money, and then took himself to unlawful Shifts, employing his Time with the basest Company, who had no good Advice to give, but hurried him to his ruin. He was very poor and naked, and afflicted with Sickness two or three Days, but when he recovered he came always to Chapel, and behaved decently, excepting the Monday before he died; he was a little turbulent, because he could not be allowed the Liberty of charting with his Friends who came to visit him in time of Divine Service; but when I desired him to consider, that he had nothing more to do with any thing of this World, but that it was his Duty to abstract his Thoughts altogether from earthly Enjoyments, and to settle his Affections on things above, from whence we expect a Saviour to converse with God, and to double his Diligence in making Peace with God, during the few remaining Moments of his Time; he then composed himself, comply'd with the Worship and was attentive. He confessed, that he was a very great Sinner in disobeying his Parents, neglecting the Worship of God, idling away his Time; and that he had committed very many Thefts and Robberies, and he did not deny the Fact for which he died. He declared his Faith in Christ, and that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. 4. John Rook , otherwise, Jack the Hatter , a Nick-name given him from his Trade, twenty Years of Age, had no Education at School, but when of Age he followed his Father and learned him to make Hats, which Employment he always followed, till of late he fell in with bad Company, who diverted him from all good Purposes and Business, and this idle manner of Life got him a bad Character, and put it in the Power of wicked Rogues utterly to ruin when they pleas'd. He never associate himself with any Gangs of Thieves, but them who were taken up with him; and if he had not been discover'd, he intended to go to his Business again. He was much addicted to Drinking, Gaming, and Swearing, which exposed him to many Inconveniencies, brought him into a habit of Idleness, and occasioned his falling into wicked Actions. He was very ignorant, but mighty desirous of Instruction, and most attentive to Prayers and Exhortations. He was obstinate and refractory in making ample Confessions, but acknowledg'd that he was a very wicked Youth, inclin'd to all kind of Vice, and averse to Virtue. He declar'd himself heartily griev'd for his many Scandalous Sins; that he hop'd for Salvation through the Mercy of God in Christ, and died in Peace with all the World. John Anderson , and James Baker , otherwise Stick in the Mud, were indicted for breaking and entering the House of Robert Rayner , and stealing three pair of Shoes, value 15 s. three Shoes, value 7 s. and one Boot, value 7 s. October the 16th, about the Hour of eight in the Evening. John Anderson , and James Baker , otherwise Stick in the Mud, were a second Time indicted, with Francis Ogalby , for breaking and entring the House of Thomas Rayner , and stealing a silver Mug, value 3 l. two silver Salvers, value 3 l. a silver pepper box value 20 s and a Hat value 10 s. the Goods of Thomas Rayner , October the 4th, between the Hours of two and and three in the Night. John Anderson , with another, was a third Time indicted, for stealing a Firkin of Butter, value. 12 s. and a Cheese, value 4 s. and found Guilty of Felony only. 5. John Anderson , whose true Name was Andrews , about 20 years of Age, of honest Parents, who educated him at School, Reading, Writing and Arithmetick, and instructed him in Christian Principles; what he minded least. He was bred a Joyner , and follow'd his Business till of late, that falling in with bad Company; he gave himself up to all manner of Wickedness, would Work none at his Trade, and shun'd meeting with his nearest Relations add Friends, who wish'd him well, and were willing to do him Service. He was not willing to speak with me, till the Monday before he died, and then he made an Apology for his Discretion, and said, some others had given him wrong Advice, not to speak or confess any thing to a Clergyman; I told him, it was only for the good of his Soul, and to direct him in his Preparations for Death, I desired to see him. As his time was but very short, he was much humbled under a deep Sense of his Sin and Guilt, own'd that he had been a very naughty and perverse young Man, that he had committed a great Number of Thefts and Robberies, to which he was led by the vile Company he delighted in; and that for his villainous Actions, God had justly afflicted him. He freely confess'd the Crimes for which he was indicted and convicted. He hop'd for Salvation, by the Mercy of God in Christ; Declar'd, that he was a sincere Penitent, and freely forgave all injuries done him, as he expected forgiveness from God. 6. James Baker , otherwise Stick in the Mud, about 20 years of Age, of mean Parents, who could not give him Education, and who himself was of such bad inclinations, that he would not go to publick Schools. He was of no Trade, but serv'd Grooms about Gentlemens Stables , and in this Way having too much liberty; he was one of them who frequented Gin-Shops, where he got into acquaintance of the vilest Company in the World, who for two or three Years past, drove him headlong to destruction, and into all kind of Villanies. He confess'd that he was guilty of innumerable Thefts and Robberies. He was often in Newgate , Bridewell and other Prisons; some Months ago he was Evidence against three or four others, who were acquitted. He was taken up upon Suspicion of being concern'd in robbing Colonel Des Romain, but no Evidence appearing against him, and he knowing nothing of that affair, Abraham Wild put him into his Information, and convicted him of the two Robberies for which he died. He was a very wild extravagant Youth, hardhearted and ignorant. I instructed him, as the shortness of Time allow'd, but he was of a dull capacity to mind good Things. He declar'd himself Penitent for the Offences of his Life; that he believ'd in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of Sinners, and was in Peace with all the World. 7. Francis Ogalby , 26 years of Age, of mean Parents about the Town, who educated him at School to read, write and cast Accounts, to fit him for business. He serv'd his Time to a Barber , but afterwards not loving confinement to close Business; he went to Sea some Voyages in King's Ships, to Gibraltar and the Mediterranean but when he came home, he could not keep Money, and letting it all go in a few Days with the vilest Company; he was immediately put to his Shifts with his black-guard Companions, who liv'd by robbing, stealing and breaking Houses. He was often in Bridewell and Newgate , of late he got acquaintance with Baker and Wild the Evidence, who engag'd him to commit the Robbery for which he died. He own'd that he was a good for nothing young Fellow, ready to follow any kind of Vice, having been wholy immers'd in wickedness for which he most deservedly Suffer'd according to the Sentence past upon him. He believ'd in Christ, profest Penitence and forgave all Offences done him. John Collington , otherwise Mendal , was indicted for assaulting William Murray on the Highway, in the Parish Stepney , puting him in fear, and taking from him two Pistols value 5 l. the Goods of John Chapman , Esq; Sept. 17. He was a second time indicted for assaulting Sir William Chapman , Knight and Baronet , on the Highway, in the Parish of Stepney , putting him in fear, and taking from him four half Guineas, Sept. 17. 8. John Collington , about Twenty-two Years of Age, of honest Parents in the Country, who put him to School and taught him to Read, Write, and Accompts, and had him instructed in Christian Principles. He was not of any Trade, but served a Gentleman, in Station of a Footman , and behav'd very honestly, and his Master lik'd him. Wearying of this Business, he fell into bad Company, who advis'd him to bad Courses; and this Advice to his Sorrow, he too readily comply'd with. For then he joined himself to a Gang of Highwaymen, four or five in Number, and with them committed a great Number of Robberies, he having had no other way to live for a long time past. As he alledg'd, he could get no other Business, having lost his Character, and being suspected that he was a Highwayman; and this, a certain Person in the Country who knew the Truth thereof, told to every Body, so that no Man would trust him as a Servant. He confess'd the Robbing of Sir William Chapman , but that he treated the Gentleman civilly, which those of his Profession rarely do. His Companions were waiting at a Distance, and they used to divide the Plunder equally; one or two of them who are pretty well known in Town, have since gone out of the Way and fled. He was a vicious, desperate, bold young Man, who threw off all fear of God and Regard to Man, after he engaged in these wicked Courses. He behaved well under his Misfortunes, acknowledged the Justice of his Sentence, hop'd for Salvation through the Merits of Jesus Christ, repented of all his Sins, and forgave all Men. John Beach , was indicted for assaulting Francis Curfoy on the Highway, in the Parish of St. George in the East , putting him in fear, and taking from him a Handkerchief, a pair of Silk-garters, a Key, and a Bill of Exchange, dated October 8th, 1733, drawn by Christopher Hooper on Anthony Hooper for 5 l. 9 s. payable at five Days Sight, and four Shillings in Money, the Property of Francis Curfoy , October 31. The Confession of John Cullington . JOHN CULLINGTON , born of very honest and reputable Parents (as he said) came up to London about 7 or 8 Years ago, and was hir'd to Esquire Mayow , as a Groom , and liv'd with him about 3 Years, and then left his Service, and afterwards liv'd with Mr. Cotten, Brewer in Highgate , for some Time. After I was discharged his Service, I went to St. Edmundsbury . After I had been some Time there, I was hir'd as a Groom to Mr. Sidey. I liv'd with that Gentleman 3 Years, and upwards, where I had the Character of a good Servant, and was well respected among the Gentlemen of the Town. A little Time after I came to London , and return'd to Bury again, where I lived with Sir George Mac Cullum , but was soon turned away from him, and having nothing to do, and no Friend, I betook myself to stealing all the Fowls in the Country, I could lay my Hands on, and then came up to London again. From thence I went to hunt a Pack of Hounds of Captain Pyes, near Colchester, where I lived al most the hunting Season; but at last was turned away. From thence I went to Bury, and staid there till I spent all I had, and no body caring to do any Thing for me, I hired a Horse there, and went to Colchester , near which Place I took a Mare out of a Pasture, and left my Horse in a Shed, on which I stopped the Colchester, Coach; but having no Arms, and they being resolute, did not rob them. On which I turned the Mare up again, and took my Horse, and went to Bury again. From thence I came to London, and got acquainted with one Thomas T-r, who got me into Place at Mr. James Parrott's , a Horse Dealer at Islington , with whom I lived about twelve Weeks, and then left him. Some Time afterwards, I went down to a Place called Scoling in Norfolk , and then came to London again. About Michaelmas last, T-r, the Captain and Myself, went on the Essex Road , with an Intent to rob the Stage Coaches that travelled that Road; and after staying some Time in the Watchouse, between Mile End and Bow , and the Coaches not coming Time enough, we returned Home without doing any Thing After which, one R-n, the Barber, who lived at the Angel at Islington, with Myself, went to the Conduit House at Islington , where we broke the Window, and stole 7 Chickens, which one William Grubb , a Drover , who lives at Islington , was accused of, tho not Guilty. After which, R-n lent me Money to buy Arms, and came to me to the Coach and Horses by Old Street Church, and told me he had set a Drover for me to rob, who had a good Sum of Money, and bid me make the best of my Way to Holloway, where he would meet me, and shew me him, but he did not come; but by the Description he had gave me, I went by Myself, and followed him to Finchley Common, and at the Sign of the Windmill , fell in Company with him, and rode with him to the Bottom of Barnet Hills , where I attempted to rob him, but some Passengers passing, was disappointed. I still rode after him, till we came between Hadley and Kecks-End , where I stopped and demanded his Money, but he refusing, and lifting up his Stick to strike me, I presented a Pistol to him, and told him, if he did dropt it, I would shoot him, through the Body; at the same Time demanding his Gold, out of the white Bag he had in his other Pocket. On which he drew it out, on Pretence to give it me, instead of which he offered to catch hold of my Hand, to dismount me. I order'd him to put the Money in my Hat, which he refusing, I told him I would shoot his Mare, which I accordingly did, on which he rode away among several People, crying out Murder and Rogues. However, I rode after him, still demanding his Money, with a Pistol cock'd in my Hand, telling him I would shoot him, which I accordingly did, in the right Shoulder, after which I drew another Pistol, being resolved to have his Money, he still riding, and I after him, when I told him, if he did not deliver it, I had two Brace more of Pistols, and would shoot him Dead; but finding him resolute not to part with his Money, I told him I was sure I had wounded him; and not being willing to commit Murder, rode off without robbing him, towards Enfield Chase , and from thence went to Southgate , where I called for a Pint of Drink, and drank it, and rode away without paying for it, fearing a Pursuit, which after happened. I lost my Pursuers about Coneyhatch . On my Return by the great Oak on Finchley Common , I robb'd a Baker of about 9 s. and some silver Groats and Pence, and came to London that Night. The next Day I went to the Captain, and T-r, when we went to one Sidey's, the Hostler at the White-Lion Inn in Islington , who furnished the Captain and T-r with Horses and great Coats, and a Piece of black Crape, and I fetched the other Horse, which Sidey with Dirt black'd his Star and Ship. From thence we went towards Newington, and so to Stamford-Hill , where we stopped a Chaise, wherein were a Gentleman and Gentlewoman, whom we robb'd of about 8 s. From thence we went towards Totenham, where we met a Gentleman on a Grey Gelding, whom we stopp'd, and T-r said, he would shoot him through the Head, if he did not deliver immediately, which he did;and from him we took about 18 s. From thence we rode to Edmonton-Wash , where we stopped two Chaises, wherein were two Gentlemen and two Gentlewomen,whom them we robb'd of about 14 s. and a brass Bottle Screw;andriding farther on, we stopp'd a Man and Woman on Horseback he Man riding from us, T-r shot at him, but missed him, and I rode after him, and robb'd him of about 9 s. and took from the Woman about 6 s. and a green Purse. Riding further on, we stopt a Man on a bay Gelding, and robb'd him of 1 s. and cross the Country Home to Islington , and left all the Horses and great Coats in Sidey's Stables, he having left the back Door of the Stables open for that Purpose: From thence we went over the Water to Vine-Court in St. Olave's-Street . On the Sunday following, we went to Mile End , to see what Drovers were up, when Mr. Smith had Monday and Fridays Market. T-r went to Islington to Sidey, and borrowed a great Coat for himself, and brought me another, and then went to A-s, and borrow'd his rifled Barrel Pistol, and borrow'd Mr. H-y's Horse for himself, all which was intended to robb Mr. Smith;but T-r hav being so much in Liquor, was not fit to go out, whereupon I went after Mr. Smith, but did not meet with him, and on my return near Laytonstone, Sir William Chapman's Coach overtook me, with whom I came in Company to Bow Church , where their Horses stopping to Stale. I walked my Horse easily before them, when the Coach and two Servants on Horseback, coming up, I clap'd a Pistol to one of their Breasts. He told me he had nothing; on which I told him, I wanted nothing, but them before him, meaning his Pistols, which I took from him, and firing my own Pistol in the Air, bid the other Servant stir at his Peril, from thence I went up to the Coach and told Sir William that I got his own Arms, and he knew whether they were loaden or not, and demanded their Gold, one Gentleman in the Coach gave me one Guinea, another about 12 s. another about 18 or 20 s. on which I told them it was but a small Quantity to take from a Coach, I hope your Honours would be so good, if it should be my unhappy Fate to come on Trial, your Honours will be pleas'd to be favourable to me there, as I am now to you, for it is neither Snuff-boxes, Watches or Rings that I want, but necessity drives me to it, and it is only Money, on which Sir William bid me come to him, and gave me two Guineas and a half. From thence I rode as hard as I could to Islington thro' the White Lyon Yard , where Sidey met me and put the Horse in the Stable and baited him well; from thence I got into a Coach at the Turnpike, and Sidey went with me to the Sign of the Fleece in Wood's-Close , when I told Sidey what I had done, and then I gave him half a Guinea of the Money; from thence I went to Southwark , and he told me he would get the Stirrup mended against I come back, and left the Door of the Stable open for me to take the Horse, which done, I rid after the Drovers towards Ingerstone , but could not overtake them, and then turned to the Bury Road, and going into Melford street, between Sudbury and Bury , Galloping my Horse, he threw his hind Foot into his fore Foot and threw me, which dislocated my Neck, on which I was taken on Suspicion, and carryed to Bury Prison . On my last going out after the Drovers, I stop'd the Bedford Stage Coach in Islington back Road , and the Coachman told me there was no body in it, only a Gentleman's Servant, from whom I demanded his Money, but the Coachman telling me he was going into the Country to see his Friends and it was all he had in the World, which he offer'd to give me, but I would not take it from him. 9. John Beach , about 24 years of Age, of mean Parents about the Town, who gave him no education at School. He serv'd his Time to a Waterman , and then he had a Wherry of his own , and liv'd honestly by his Business; but being a Silly, Simple young Man, he was led aside by vile Company, and that prov'd his Ruin; for he was mightily given to drinking and idling away his Time, which expos'd him to many temptations. He reflected a little on his Prosecutor, and was not inclinable to make plain Confessions. He was grosly ignorant, and appear'd to be foolish, and like one almost out of his Senses, both in his Jestures and way of Speaking. He declar'd, that he believ'd in Christ our Saviour; Repented of all, more especially the henious Sins of his Life, having own'd that he was a great Thief in picking and stealing small Things, or what he could lay his Hands on; and he heartily forgave all injuries done him, as he hop'd for forgiveness from God. William Johnston , of Edmonton , was Indicted for unlawfully Hunting, Stealing and carrying away (with Robert Hill , not yet taken) a Fallow-Deer, val. 3 l. and a Fallow-Fawn, val. 1 l. in a Park enclos'd with a Fence, where Deer are usually kept, the Property of Sir Jeremiah Sambrook , Baronet, after the 1st of June, 1733, that is to say, on the 12th of June last. He was a 2d, time Indicted for the Murder of James Taaman , by maliciously discharging a Pistol loaded with Powder and Bullets, and thereby giving him one mortal Wound in the left side of his Neck, of the length of half an Inch, and depth of four Inches, on the 26th of October last, of which he languish'd till the next Day, and then Dy'd. 10. William Johnston , thirty Years of Age, of reputable Parents in the Country, who gave him good Education at School, and put him to a Cooper in Town, to which he serv'd out his Time,and He liv'd by his Business for sometime; but being of an unsettl'd Disposition, he could not be confin'd, but frequented himself to bad Company, particularly of Deer-Stealers, which prov'd the occasion of all his Misfortunes. He for several Years past made it his chief Business to go in the Country, and robb'd Gentlemens Parks of Deer. He was also acquainted with Highwaymen and Gangs of Thieves, and was capable of any kind of Wickedness; so that it was commonly said, he was concern'd with Brown and Whitlock, and their Associates, in some of their Robberies which they Committed, particularly in robbing about Edgeworth and other Places; the Truth of this he absolutely deny'd, or that he ever rob'd on the Highway or otherwise; but own'd, that he was very much guilty of Deer-stealing, and that he sold the Deer in Town, and sometimes kept it for his own Use; but excepting in triffling Things he never was a Thief. As to the Murther of Taaman, he confest that he kill'd him, but without any Design; for he alleg'd, that as he persu'd him, he Burnt him in the Neck with a red hot Iron, and he held out the Pistol to push him back, or give him a blow with it, and then it went off and shot him by Accident: I told him that it was to no purpose to extenuate his Crime of which he was Convicted, but to Confess and give Glory to God. He own'd, that his Sentence was Just, and that deservedly suffer'd for his irregular Life. As to the great Coat which (as was said) he took from a Farmer, whom he Rob'd on the Highway, he alledg'd he Bought it of Whitlock, with whom he contracted an Acquaintance with him when they were both Prisoners in the New Goal, the other side of the Water, for he had been often in Prison on Suspicion of Deer-stealing, and Robbing on the Highway. He was indispos'd with Sickness, and behav'd decently and civilly, both in publick and private. He appear'd to be an obstinate obdur'd Sinner; he confess'd himself Penitent, declar'd his Faith in Christ, and that he dy'd in Peace with all Mankind. William Brown and Joseph Whitlock , of Paddington , were indicted for breaking and entring (in Company with William Blackwell , otherwise Long Will, not yet taken) the House of James Des Romaine , Esq ; and stealing one gold Watch, value 20 l. one silver snuff box, value 40 s. three gold Rings set with Stones, value 40 s. one mourning gold Ring, value 10 s. thirteen silver Spoons, value 6 l. twelve silver forks, value 6 l. seven Knives with silver Handles, value 3 l. one silver soop Ladle, value 30 s. four silver salts, value 50 s. eight silver Tea Spoons, value 10 s. two Pistols mounted with Silver and Steel, value 4 l. one silver hilted Sword, value 40 s. one silk damask Gown, value 3 l. twenty holland Shirts, value 10 l. six holland Sheets, value 6 l. and 52 Guineas, and 17 s. the Goods and Money of James Des Romaine, Esq; and four silk damask Gowns, value 20 l. three silk Petticoats, value 3 l. ten holland Smocks, value 5 l. four Suits of lac'd Headcloaths, value 10 l. one cloth Coat, value 10 s. and one silver Buckle, set with Bristol Stones, value 7 s. the Goods of Ann Des Romaine , Spinster (in all, to the Value of 161 l. 6 s.) on the 25th of October, about the Hour of Eight in the Night. William Brown , about 29 Years of Age, born in the West Country , of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, in Reading, Writing and Arithmetick, to sit him for Business, and instructed him in the Christian Religion. He was not of any Trade, but did Country-Work , and his Father settled him in a Farm; but his Inclination not being good, he spent too much, and was oblig'd to quit his Lease; and having met with some Disappointment about a Marriage, he came to London , where by Advice of his Friends he became a Poulterer , and married a Wife, with whom he liv'd some Time in Holbourn , and then he remov'd to Paddington , where the best of the Place, particularly Colonel Des Romaine, encourag'd him; and in this Way he maintain'd his Family very well; till falling-in with had Company, he was not Proof against their pernicious Advice, and this brought him to speedy Destruction. He left Paddington, after he was abandon'd to a loose Life, and went to the other Side of the Water, where his chief Companions where, and before his Character was blown, and then he commenc'd Thief, Robber and Highwayman, without Restraint, scarce minding any other Business at all, unless for a Pretence, that he might not be suspected. He confess'd, that he was concern'd in a great Number of Highway Robberies, House-Breakings and Thefts, before he left Paddington, and since, always in Company with Whitlock and some Others, and (as was talk'd) with William Johnston , which (as said) Johnston denied, and Broud did not accuse him, and said he knew nothing of his being Guilty of such Actions: Though this may be much doubted of. He acknowledg'd the Robbing of Colonel Des Romaine, as was sworn against him, and that they treated the Colonel and his Maid most cruelly and barbarously, which was the Height of Ingratitude in him, since that Gentleman had always been very civil and obliging to him. He waited as a Watch in the Entry, while the Others went up and rifled the House. In the Beginning of October last, they committed several Robberies about Edgeworth , and afterwards in Surry , after which they were taken up, and brought to their deserved and condign Punishment. He was not so frank in his Confessions as Whitlock, yet at last he own'd a Robbery, for which Others were blam'd. He was a disobedient Youth to his Parents, a Breaker of the Lord's Day, a Neglecter of Ordinances, a Lover of vile Company, and too much addicted to Drinking; for which, and other Vices, God in Justice afflicted him. He behav'd well under Sentence, wept bitterly and often; declar'd his Hopes of obtaining Salvation by Christ; that he truly repented of all his Sins, and was in Peace with all the World. The Confession of Willian Brown . THE first Fact that I ever Committed, was in Company with Joseph Whitlock , on the Rumford Road , where we stop a Higler and robb'd him of about forty or fifty shillings; then we came to Town the same Night and shar'd the Money, and so parted, and we went Home to our Lodgings. After that, wanting Money to Buy us Pistols, we went out again, and rob'd one they call Dame Holland , about a Mile beyond Dulwich, of about forty or fifty shillings; then we furnish'd our selves with Pistols. After this Robbery, Whitlock and I made an Agreement to go and see his Friends which liv'd not far from Salisbury; and in the Evening, I and Whitlock knock'd at a Man's Door, no body being there but himself, his Man-Servant and Maid-Servant, whom we ty'd by their Hands and then rifled the House to the value of about twenty Pound. The same Evening we went to another House not far from that which we Robb'd before, were we thought there was a great deal of Money; we knock'd at the Door after the same Manner as we did before; we took from that House to the value of about three Guineas, and some small matter of Silver; where we Bound all the whole Family except two small Children; from each House we took a Gun in order for our Defence for fear of being Pursu'd; but being not Pursu'd we hid them in a Tree within a few Miles of Wincester, where we did design to get Post-Horses in order to come for London, but could not, so we were oblig'd to Walk it. When we came to London , Whitlock brought me into Company with Mitchel; not long after we had been Acquainted, we Consulted together to Rob Mr. Jerock the King's Jeweler, after the following Manner, viz. One of us was to Ring at the Door, which was accordingly done, when the Gardiner came, and ask'd him what he wanted? he reply'd, and ask'd, if Madam Debart was there, and the Gardiner made answer, she was gone; and we found we could not get in, one of us said, it is very hard we should go Home without any Thing; with that I reply'd, here is one Colonel Des Romaines, whom I us'd to serve with Fowls and Rabbits, we will go and Knock at his Door; with that we all went to the Colonel's House, and one of us knock'd at the Door, at which the Colonel himself came to it; on his opening the Door we thrust in, and at the same one of us knock'd the Colonel down with a Cutlash, and Swore if he did not deliver his Money, that he would Murder him; with that the Colonel said he had no Money in his House; all the Time Whitlock stood over him with a Pistol to his Head: The Colonel making some Resistance, I came in, and pull'd him by one of his Legs, and flung him upon his Back-side, and then put my Hand in his Pocket, and took from him his Gold Watch and about 16 s. in Silver; after this one of us took him by the Collar, and Whitlock follow'd him with his Pistol, and led him to a Back-room where the Maid was, in order to Light a Candle, and there we Demanded his Keys. The Colonel reply'd, I will shew you every thing I have in my House, for said he, Gentlemen, I assure you I have no Money; save my Life I beg of you, and what Plate I have in the House you shall have: Upon which, one of us took the Colonel by the Collar, and led him up Stairs, at the same Time Whitlock follow'd him close with a Pistol in his Hand; and when they came up Stairs, the Colonel show'd us where the Plate lay, which we took, and made the Colonel go down Stairs, and then we put him in the Back-Room with his Maid, where she was ty'd and confin'd all the Time the Robbery was Committing; after we had ty'd the Colonel we went and rifled the House of wearing Apparel, Linnen, &c. Says Mitchel I am a Dry, I'll see if there is any Liquor in the House, with that he went into the Cellar, and brought up four or five Pints of Wine, which we drank up; says Mitchel the Colonel keeps but a poor House, for he has neither Beer nor Brandy in it, only a Glass of Wine: After this Whitlock said he was a Hungry, upon which Mitchel reply'd, I know the House very well now, so I will go and see if the Colonel has got any Victuals; with that he went down Stairs, and brought up two or three Ribbs of Mutton, and some Butter, which we all eat part of; after we had done Eating we took a Glass or two of Wine, and then pack'd up the Cloaths, and all sett down in the Passage, for about 2 or 3 Hours; then left the House and made the best of our way for London; when we came near the Town we went towards Islington, and just by Blackmary's-Hole we parted, two one way, and two another, I ask'd Whitlock how we should Dispose of the Goods, Mitchel reply'd, I know very well how to Dispose of the Cloaths, Watch and Plate, which we did the Day after the Robbery, meeting together at the Hand and Flower , the other side of the Water, when we agreed together to sell the Plate and Watch to one Mr. Boddenham in the Old-Bailey , Mitchel saying, he knew him very well; for he had dealt with him for several Things before. I desire all Persons (especially all young Men) to take warning by my Ignominious Death, and I hope God will give you Grace (more than I have had) to avoid bad Company, for that has been my utter Ruin. I hope all good Christians will not Reflect on my Unfortunate Wife and four small Children, for she was unsensible of my way of Life; for I always told her several different Stories how I got my Money; and if I had taken her Advice, I had never brought myself to this untimely End. I Die in Charity with all the World, and the Lord have Mercy upon my poor Soul. 12. Joseph Whitlock , about 27 Years old, of honest Parents in the Country, who bred him at School, instructed him in Christian Principles, and put him to a Horse-Farrier in the Country, to which Trade he served about four Years, and afterwards married, and liv'd by his Business, in which he might have been set up, to have succeeded very well. His Friends always gave him good Advice, but he was too neglectful of their Council; for he apply'd himself to the worst of Company, who at once ruin'd him. He own'd his committing many Robberies and Burglaries, in Company with Whitlock and their Associates, with several other Villanies, particularly the barbarous Robbery and Usuage of Colonel des Romaine, and his Maid; and the doing that Robbery, of which others were reputed Guilty. The Robbing a Man in Surrey , from whom among other Things, they took a small Cask of Brandy, with which they were so Intoxicated, that taking the River at Kingston , three of them were taken at Putney fast a Sleep in a Boat.HWe seem'd to be a young Man of good Understanding, though wholly Corrupted with vicious Dispositions and Practices. Under Sentence his Carriage was Civil and Modest; he was Penitent; hop'd for Salvation through the Mercy of God in Christ, and Died in Peace with all Mankind. The following Account, In Whitlock desir'd might be Publish'd in the Dying Speech. JOseph Whitlock , I was born in Wiltshire , put Apprentice to a Smith and Farier in Salisbury , where I serv'd my Master four Years; after which, I went away from him, by reason of a young Woman I kept Company with,whom I left behind me, and came up to London , destitute of all Friends, but got into Business in a very little Time, and continued therein for near five Years, well respected by all my Acquaintance. After the five Years expired, I married my Wife, who then lived at Lambeth where I settled, by whom I have had five Children, two whereof are now living, whom always behaved herself justly and honestly; we lived together for near six Years well respected; but being acquainted with Joseph Addison a Barber , who liv'd at Lambeth, and usually drinking with him at one W-n, who kept the Bell-Ale-house there, where Addison us'd, was drawn in by him frequently to Drink and lost my Time, which was the first bringing me to my unhappy Misfortunes, which began about two Years and a half a go, when myself, Addison, and another (through Addison's Persuasion) went to the Bishop of Canterbury's Palace and stole from thence six Geese, which we carried to W - n's the next Day, where we had one dressed that Night for Supper, and shar'd the other five among us, of which W-n had a Part. The next thing I committed through Addison's Instigation was, he hearing I had a Brother who liv'd in Church-Lane in Ragg-Fair , worth a great deal of Money, and knowing I could not keep his Company without Money, persuaded me to rob him, which I did, and at several Times took from him near 150 l. which I did in the following manner; being well respected by my Brother, I used every Sunday to go to see him, and under Pretence of brushing my Clothes in the Shop, I lean'd over the Counter and pulled out the Drawers, from whence I took the Money promiscuously. Another time being of a Sunday, I went over as usual, and missing the Money in the Drawers (my Brother being in the Kitchen) and there being a Press Bed in the Shop wherein he used to lie; I took his Breeches from off the Teaster of the Bed, and took from thence a Purse wherein was about Twenty-five Guineas, and in one of the Pockets about Ten Penny-worth of Half-pence, which I put into the Purse, and carried the Gold away, and went over the Water directly to Addison's and told him what I had done; and being set in the Shop a shaving, I saw my Brother pass by, and knowing myself Guilty went up into Addison's Room, and stay'd there till I heard by him they were gone, and then went to W-n's House, and sat drinking there the best Part of that Night. The next Day myself and Addison went into the Country and stay'd till about two o'Clock the next Morning before we came home, where my Brother and another waited for me, and brought me over the Water, charging me with robbing him,which I stifly denied; and having an Opportunity tied the Money which I had left in the Tail of my Shirt, and about five Guineas in my Shoes, which upon searching me they found; but not pulling off my Breeches they did not find the Remainder; on which after Threatning they left me in the House and I got away, and went to my Companions at W-n's House, and told them all that happened, and what Money I had sav'd when we fell to drinking; but was informed by W-n, that my Brother had been there to make an Inquiry how I liv'd; when W-n told him that I was his Follower (he being Bailiff) and by that means got a great deal of Money, besides what I got by my own Business of a Farrier. But one time in Particular (my Brother being Constable) Addison and the other persuaded me to go and rob him, which I did in the following manner; Addison, myself and the other, went from W-n's House while my Brother was at Church, when I opened the Door, they standing by to watch, and I robbed him of Fifty Guineas, a Silver Watch and a Ring, and came out again and lock'd the Street-door undiscovered. The Money being spent, Addison proposed the Robbing of one Mr. Moore who lives at Lambeth , a Gentleman, he said, was worth some Thousand Pounds, which would be the Making of us, but wanting Money to buy Materials for such an Enter prize, W - advanced the Money, at the same telling us, he was indebted to his Brewer 100 l. and that he must have such a Sum if we succeed, which Addison promised he should, and 100 l more to it; we thereupon, that is myself, Addison, and the other, went into Monmouth street and provided our selves with Banyans, Masks, and Pistols, and proceeded to commit the Robbery in the following Manner: There being an Outer-gate, we easily drew back the Spring-lock, when Addison and the other went to the Inner-door, my self was posted at the Outer-gate, where was a Bell which I rung; when the Maid came to the Door, there being a Grate to look through, ask'd who was at the Gate? I ask'd her whether Mr. Moore was within, and that I had a Letter for him, on which she opened the Door, and Addison and the other seized her; I followed them and went into the Room, where we found an old Woman, who begged us not to Murder her but take all she had; but asking for the Gentleman, was told he was in his Study up Stairs, on which I took a Candle and was going up to him, but on the Maid's crying out, he having heard her, as I suppose, I met him on the Stairs, and holding the Candle to see whether he had any Fire Arms, somehow with his Hands he shook the Candle out of my Hand, and the other Person at the same time letting the Maid go, she got open the Door and ran out crying Murder, Thieves, and Fire; when the other Person went after her with a Pretence of catching her, but never returned; on which we made our Escape without doing any thing. About 2 or 3 Days afterwards we were taken up on Suspicion, and carried before Justice Kent, who committed us to the New Goal in Surry , on a strong Suspicion of having intended to commit the said Robbery. When W - n fearing it would come out, and be charged therewith, went to the said Mr. Kent and made a Confession, which not being sufficient, Addison was admitted an Evidence; but before the Assizes came, I with two others made our Escape out of the said Goal and went to France , where I stay'd about seven Days, and then returned to London , and from thence to Bristol , where I work'd about six Weeks; but not being easy, came up to London again and stay'd some time; then I went down to Exeter , where I work'd some time; but not yet being easy, I came to a Place called Hindon near Salisbury , where I work'd about a Quarter of a Year; but there being a Robbery committed, and it being known that I escaped out of Goal, I was taken up on Suspicion, but nothing appearing against me, I was detain'd on account only of breaking the Goal, and was brought up to my old Confinement in order to take my Trial at Kingston Assizes, where I was acquitted; and there I became acquainted with Brown and Mitchel; and Brown liking my Conversation, sent to Lambeth to speak with me at his House at Paddington ; where we consulted to rob the King's Jeweller who had a House there; but being disappointed there, we went to the House of Colonel Des Romame, when Brown opened the Gate and knocking at the Door, the Colonel came to the Door, whom we robbed of a Watch, Plate, and Linnen of Value. After we came into the House we ty'd the Colonel, and blind folded him at the same time, he said, if you'll untye me I'll open the Locks myself, and went up Stairs accordingly and did so, then we brought him down again and ty'd him by the Maid, and afterwards we rifled the House, and went from thence about three o'Clock in the Morning. Some Days after which, we with Mitchel went on the Essex Road , and committed several Robberies near Gray's when we had robbed the Persons we ty'd them, and carried them into a Field together. And another time we waited for some Butchers coming from Rumford Market, where we stopped a Butcher and his Wife on Horse-back, the Man said he had no Money; on which Mitchel struck the Woman with a Stick on the Head, by which Blow she fell from the Horse and I catch'd her in my Arms; we robbed them of a small Matter, and afterwards ty'd them together with Cords, for which we were pursued but escaped. Some time after this, Brown and my self, met at Johnston's House near Shoreditch (who is to be executed with me for the Murder of Taaman in Thames-street.) Then we went on the Edger Road , and near Edger just by the Wind-mill, we met with one Patridge a Farmer on Horse-back, about Eight o'Clock at Night, whom we dismounted, and made him go over a Gate into a Field, and from thence into another, where we robbed him of Thirty-five Shillings, a great Goat, a Hat, with a black Edge, and a Mourning Hat-band. We cut the Girths of the Saddle and I threw the Saddle over the Gate; we asked him whether he had been at London, and he told us no, he had been to make an Agreement with his Landlord about a Farm. We asked him further, whether he was a money'd Man, and he reply'd, no, he wanted Money as much as we did. This Robbery we committed about the Beginning of October last, the Day I cannot remember, but believe it to be the 8th. From thence we went to London, and met the next Day at the Red-Lyon on Tower-Hill , in order to sell the great Coat and Hat; and from thence we went to Ragg-Fair , where on of us kept the Coat, and Brown kept the Hat, and allowed me my Share in Money; the Coat I took particular notice of, having wore it myself that Night, and it was tore up in the Back-seam about five or six Inches. After this we went on the Surry Road and committed several Robberies, particularly a Gentleman who lived at Kingston, which was the last before we were taken; which after the following Manner, having been much fatigu'd that Day, and it being late, we came down to the Water-side, and got into a Boat on the Thames, thinking our-selves safe went to sleep, and it being noised about the Country the Robberies we had committed we were taken. I have nothing more to add, but begg all young People will take Warning by me, and heartily Desire no Person will reflect on my poor Wife, who always was a dutiful one to me, and always persuaded me from those evil Courses, which brought me to my shameful End. Elizabeth Wright , Mary Wright her Daughter, and John Knight , her Son, were indicted for High Treason, for having in their Custody, in the House of Richard Wright , a Pair of Chalk-Moulds, in which was the Impression of a Sixpence, without any lawful Cause for so having, May the 4th. They were a second Time indicted, for concealing the said Moulds, in the House of Richard Wright , May the 4th. Elizabeth Wright found Guilty of both Indictments, Mary Wright and John Knight acquitted. Elizabeth Wright , and Mary Wright , were a third Time indicted for High Treason, in Coining 20 Pieces of counterfeit Money, in the Likeness of Shillings; and of this Indictment. Elizabeth and Mary Wright were found Guilty, and appointed to be burnt by Law. Though Mary receiv'd His Majesty's most gracious Reprieve; but the Sentence was executed upon the Mother. 13. Elizabeth Wright , towards 50 Years of Age, born in Ireland , of honest Parents, who educated her at School, and instructed her in Principles of Christianity. She married a Tradesman named Knight, to her first Husband, who was Father to John Knight , her Son, indicted with her and her Daughter Mary Wright , and acquitted. With this Husband she liv'd in Friendship, and retain'd her Character for some Years: After his Decease, she got another Husband named Wright, Father to the Daughter Mary, under the same fatal Sentence with her, and she had some more Children in Ireland. Some Years ago, she came acquainted with the Secret of Coining false or counterfeit Money, which she made at Home, and utter'd what she could of it there; but afraid of a Discovery, she came to England , thinking to carry on the Cheat some Time longer here, though Providence did not suffer her to prosper long in such a wicked way; but being discover'd by an Accomplice, nam'd. Alice Dearing , she was soon brought to her deserv'd Catastrophy. She cried and lamented constantly, and spoke always with great Sympathy of her Children who, (as she said) were not guilty of her Crime, though the Proof was plain against her Daughter Mary. She inclin'd to dissemble and deny the Fact, but the Evidence being so clear, that she could not with Confidence shun an Acknowledgment. She was serious at Prayers and Exhor tations, but very passionate, when she mention'd the Evidence. I press'd her to a Christian Patience and Resignation to the Will of God. She own'd she had been a great Sinner, and that she suffer'd deservedly. She was Penitent, believ'd in Christ, and heartily forgave all Injuries, as she hop'd for Forgiveness from God. At the Place of Execution. THEY all seem'd to be very Devout in Prayers, and likewise when the Psalm was Sung. Being desir'd the Morning of their Execution, by a Gentleman, to ask Joseph Whitlock , if he knew any thing of the Murder and Robbing the Porter, of a great Sum of Money, not far from Lambeth some time ago? He answer'd, that he knew nothing of that Murder and Robbery, and that with an Asseveration, as he hop'd to see the Face of God in Mercy, William Brown Spoke to the same Purpose, and both of them said, they never had any hand in Murder. William Johnson had no more to add to his former Confessions; to which all of them adher'd. Thomas Whitby wept most bitterly that Morning in Chapel, as did William Brown ; and likewise at the Place of Execution. Cullington bless'd his Prosecutor, calling him a good and honourable Gentleman. When they all was ty'd up, Elizabeth Wright was lifted out of the Sledge into the Cart, when she first came into it, she cry'd out, seemingly with some Passion against Dearing the Evidence; I intreated her to be Patient and Submissive, and then she compos'd herself, and was very Attentive along with the rest of her Fellow Sufferers to my Prayers for them; after Prayers was ended, she was taken out of the Cart, by one of the Sheriffs Officers for the County of Middlesex, and carried behind him to the Stake, in order to undergoe her Sentence, which was first to be Strangled, and then to be Burnt, which was accordingly Executed on Her, between the Hours of One and Two. The rest of the Prisoners before the Cart drew away, crying to God to have Mercy upon them, and that Christ would receive their Souls. This is all the Account given by Me James Guthrie . ADVERTISEMENTS. This Day is publish'd, Vol. II. (Price 3 s. 6 d.) With a Frontispiece of Catherine Hayes , of the Contrivance of the Murder of her Husband John Hayes , THE Lives of the most remarkable Criminals who have been condemned and executed, either for the Highway, Street Robberies, Burglaries, Murders, or other capital Offences, from the Year 1720, to the present Time: Containing particularly the Lives of the famous JONATHAN WILD , Edward Burnwroth , alias Frazier , Blewit, Berry, Dickenson, Majorum and Higgs, for the Murder of Mr. Ball in St. George's Fields ; Catherine Hayes , for the barbarous Murder of her Husband; Forster Snow , for the Murder of a Man in his House in Holborn ; Thomas Billings , concern'd with Catherine Hayes , in the Murder of Mr. Hayes; Thomas Smith , a Highwayman, and Capt. Jean, for the Murder of his Cabin-Boy, &c. &c. &c. Printed and sold by John Applebee in Bolt-Court , Fleet-street ; A Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red Lyon in Pater-noster-Row; J. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the two Malefactors, that were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 17th of June, 1723. AT the Proceedings on the KING'S Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, &c, Held at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily; before the Right Honourable Sir GERRARD CONYERS , Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice King, the Honourable Mr. Justice Eyre, and Mr. Baron Page, John Raby , Esq; Deputy-Recorder, and several of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace; which Commission was open'd on Thursday the 30th Day of May last, Four Men were found Guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Judgment accordingly. While they lay in that sad Estate, being carry'd twice a-Day to Prayers, Joseph Chapman and William Parsons , could only lament their Unhappiness, and acknowledge the Justice of God, who, as they had neglected the Performance of their Duty, while Strength and Ability was theirs, where now, by severe Sickness, render'd incapable of setting about that great Work, which they at last found was so incumbent upon them. But fortunately they both receiv'd the Favour of the Government upon Condition of Transportation, altho' the other two, (viz. William Hawskworth and John Tyrrel ) had a great deal of Passion and Resentment; (they being the only Men that had entertain'd Hopes and Expectations of Life;) upon finding that the Clemency of their Superiours, was not fallen upon them: Yet they in a short time compos'd themselves, and apply'd themselves to the Observance of their Duty, as before; William Hawksworth not having once miss'd the Prayers in the Chappel, from the time of his Entering into his Troubles to the time of his Execution; but nevertheless, he could not by any means be induced to look upon himself as a Murderer; constantly asserting, that the Death was accidental; but he submitted to the Hand of God, and knew that nothing, came by Chance, but by an overlooking Providence, surveying all the Affairs of Life. John Tyrrel also appear'd very desirous to infuse into every Body's Opinion what he at first asserted at his Tryal, to wit, that he purchas'd the Horses at Northampton Fair ; and was at some particular times extremely ruffled and disordered in his Mind, upon the Thoughts of Dying a violent Death, which would bring so great a Disgrace to himself and his Family, which was honourable, he said, till this deplorable and execrable time. On the Sunday immediately preceeding the Day of Execution, I preach'd to them from these Words, Luk. 3. 14. The Soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, and what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no Man. After taking Notice, that publick Wars might be shown, even from hence, not to be Unlawful, because Christ did not answer the Soldiers, lay aside your Profession, and cease to destroy Mankind, but only bad them not to use Violence, that is, Injustice; not to war without good Reason, and in those Wars to act agreeably to the Laws of Nature, and of Nations: We afterwards proceeded to consider what is injurious Violence? That Men were chiefly indebted to us three ways, by the Law, by Contracts, and by Injuries done us. That (speaking only to the last) that was an Injury which diminished a Man's Property, whither his Title was deriv'd from Nature merely, as his Life and Limbs, &c. or from human Actions, as Agreements, the Laws, &c. as a Pupil has a right to exact Diligence from a Tutor, a Commonweal from its Magistrate, &c. But as in these Cases there is an Obligation, and consequently an Injury may be offered: In the following Cases there is a different Obligation, which is often mistaken for the same: Those who have the Charge of chusing a Person into a Magistrates Place, the Commonweal has a Right to exact from them a fit Person; and if the Government suffers, by their refusing to make a worthy Election, 'tis the Opinion of the Casuists, that they are oblig'd by natural Justice to repair the Detriment; but by Computation, and in proportion. Thus also, as any Subject (not incapable) has a right to stand Candidate for any Place, tho' no particular Right to that Place; if any Man hinders him from being a Candidate, such a Man is not bound to requite him to the whole value of the Place, but as far as his Chance, by Computation, might extend to. But, besides the Person directly doing the Injury, others may be bound and oblig'd; either in the Case of acting what we ought not, or not acting what we ought; and in acting what we ought not, may be oblig'd either primarily or secondarily. He is oblig'd primarily, and next to him who commits the Fact, who commands and gives the Consent necessary, &c. Secondarily, who advises to it, or praises it, or assents to it. And even these will be oblig'd to make entire Restitution, if 'tis certain the Detriment would not have been sustain'd, had not they advis'd, commended, &c. but the contrary generally happens, and then the Obligation does not rest upon them. Therefore the Order of Guilt may be reck on'd thus: (1st.) The Man who voluntarily, and of his Malice commits a Fact: (2dly) The King, or Father who forces and obliges to the Commission of a Fact. (3dly) The oblig'd Person who commits the Fact. (4thly) who assists and aids in the Performance. (5thly,) Who praises and commends it. And as a Man is oblig'd to make Reparation for an injurious Violence; so also for the Consequences of a Violence; as where a Man had burnt down his Neighbour's House, by firing a Tree near it, Seneca says, Tho' you intended only part of the Damage, you are bound in the whole, as a rational being; for not to have committed any Injury, you ought not to have design'd any, not even the burning the Tree. Thus also, a Murderer is bound, by natural Equity, to pay what Expences have been in Physicians, and to maintain those whom the deceas'd supported having regard to the Years that the murdered Person might be suppos'd to live. A Thief, or Robber is bound not only to restore the Thing stolen, but with its natural Encrease; or if by the being remov'd from its Owner it has suffer'd any Damage, he it to compensate for it. If any Person has been compell'd, thro' Fear, to make a detrimental Bargain, the Casuists believe that the violent Compeller, or Terrifier, is bound by the Law of Nature to compensate to the whole Value of the Thing bought; which appears from the natural Liberty of Man, and from the Nature of Contracts, &c. Afterwards we endeavour'd to convince the Prisoner who had committed Murder, of the greatness of his Offence, in not only doing Violence, but such a Violence as has depriv'd God of a Creature, his Majesty of a Subject, and the Man himself of his Life; sending him out of the World without half so much space and time to settle his Accounts with Heaven, as the Laws allow'd to him. But that there were Hopes of Mercy, because Christ came not to call the Righteous, but Sinners to Repentance. Endeavouring last of all to direct the other Prisoners, if they should regain their Liberties, or dwell in another Land, to do Violence to no Man, which proves ruinous and destructive, not only to the Injur'd, but the Injurer too; For they who sow Iniquity reap the same. The ACCOUNT while they lay under Condemnation. 1. JOHN TYRREL , of St. Martin's in the Fields , was Convicted of stealing a Grey Gelding, value 8 l. from the Grounds of Thomas Brown , at Sourby in Yorkshire ; and also of stealing a Bay Gelding, value 5 l. from Francis Webster , at Carlton-Hustwit in Yorkshire , on the same Day, viz. the Ninth of May last. This unfortunate Man was about 40 Years of Age, and liv'd several Years in good Repute in the Parish of St. Margaret Westminster , dealing in Horses , which, during the War in Flanders , in the Reign of her late Majesty, he carry'd over into Germany and the Netherlands , trafficking with the Princes of Germany, who admir'd particularly the English Horses, and found 'em most strong and serviceable in War. He added, that he was then look'd upon (and has been ever since the same) that his Word was ever depended upon, in any part of the World, and if he warranted a Horse, the goodness and Soundness of it was never doubted, altho' God and Providence had thought fit so greatly to pluck him down, and lay his Reputation in the Dust. He also said, that in all his Travels and Voyages, he was particularly careful to retain that learning which his Parents afforded him; frequently, on the High Seas, reading to the Sailers, calling upon them to regard the Lord's Day, and to forbear those impious Blasphemies which were so loud in their Mouths. That he spent his Time, in taking notice of the wonderful Works of God, so visible on the Ocean; and when he arose, apply'd himself every Morning to God for Protection and Security; and as soon as he arriv'd at shore, fell down on his Knees, to return Thanks to That Being to whom alone belong the issues of Life and Death, and who had so powerfully preserv'd him from Destructions, and had brought him safe out of turbulent Whirlwinds and dangerous Tempests. But the greatest wonder, he said, that Providence had wrought in his Favour, was 4 Leagues from Cambray, by Picardie , were with several English, he was put Sick into an old Cloyster, and had the Sickness, which was there called the Plague, for 14 Weeks together; but he continually praying to God to spare his Life, especially each Morning and Evening, when he was wont to retire alone to a private part of the Garden belonging to the Abby or Cloyster, it pleas'd Providence to restore him to his Health; altho' out of 316 Persons, 4 only recovered. After which he said, had not God particularly favour'd him, he had been lost and destroy'd, in the vast Journies that he took, having very little Support or Subsistance; yet he weather'd all excessive Droughts, Colds, and Heats. But as, notwithstanding his constantly praying to God, and his believing himself the Friend and the Favourite of Providence; he was fallen into the worst Calamities, and was to suffer an ignominious Death; I found the Effect of it was, that it in some Measure had given an Athestical turn to his Thoughts. Sometimes he could scarce believe God would regard his Prayers, pray he as he would, because Providence had seem'd to favour him, and on a sudden had plung'd him into the severest and vilest Misfortunes. He took it very much to Heart, that he who had always been reputed so Religious a Person, should fall into so much shame: That by dying an ignomious Death, his Family (which he had brought up regularly and in the Fear of the Lord) must so severely suffer as well as himself; observing what is said in the Scripture, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a Tree. At first, he told me, that as to Religion, he was a Dissenter; but he came pretty frequently to Chappel, to hear the Scripture read, which he said, he had been very Conversant in. In the unhappy, Place where they lay Confin'd, he had several Books of Devotion, which he explained to the others, calling often upon William Parsons and Joseph Chapman , to attend to him, while he Read and Prayed, neither of which two could read. At last, he said, he would receive the Sacrament with William Hawksworth , either kneeling or sitting, as he should be directed, and desir'd that Bills might be put up in some Churches for the Salvation of is Soul. He added, that he left the World without any Regret; but was concern'd for his Wife and three Children, whom he declared to be the best of his Knowledge, perfectly honest and virtuous. 2. WILLIAM HAWKSWORTH , was Indicted for the Murther of John Ransum , on the 29th of May last. It appear'd, that the Deceas'd going along with a young Woman, by the Admiralty Office , a Company of Soldiers met them, and that William Hawksworth step'd out of his Rank, and took hold of the Girl by her Mouth; Whereupon the Deceas'd interposing to push him off, a Quarrel arose, and Hawksworth struck him on the Head with the great End of his Musquet, of which Wound he dyed about Nine of the Clock the same Night; up-no the Evidence, the Jury found him guilty of Murther. This Malefactor, (was 28 Years of Age,) born 10 Miles from York, of very careful and industrious Parents, who intended to put him to a Trade, but a Regiment of Soldier s being in the Town, he enter'd himself amongst them, supposing that he could have rais'd himself in the Army, if he had Courage and Industry: But after some time, perceiving that he wanted Friends and Money to make him regarded, and that there was no prospect of Advancing himself, altho' he suffer'd a great deal of Fatiegue and Hardship, he obtain'd a Discharge; but not knowing how to dispose of himself, altho' at Liberty, he was forc'd at length, thro' Necessity, to apply himself to a Gentleman, who very readily, tho' a Stranger to him, employed him as a Footman . And here, he said, he had an Opportunity of improving himself in Reading and of recovering that little Learning, which his Parents gave him, he had in a great Measure lost; For during his Continuance there, he generally read in the Bible once a Day; and on the Sabbath Days, the Family instructed him in what was good. But as he had a roving Fancy, he could not rest, but leaving his Master, became again destitute of an Home and a Maintenance; so that wandering to London , he became there a Soldier again; and he believ'd that not one of the Officers or Common Soldiers would or could give him any Character, but of a careful and civil Man. He had very great Expectations of a Reprieve, till the Warrant for Execution shewed him that he was to suffer Death. He was very desirous that those who convers'd with him, should believe, that he did not stir out of his Ranks when he struck the Deceas'd, and that the Deceas'd first gave him a Blow over the Face, which oblig'd him to repel Force by Force. He said, that the Laws or Rules observ'd by Soldiers, were very hard and servere; for should the sign of Cowardice appear upon any of them, the Consequence would be that they would be discarded; and if they did not show Cowardice, but were ready to fight when provok'd, the Consequence was, that they brought themselves into certain Trouble, and the Law laid hold of them. He added, that as he had no Malice against the Deceas'd, he hop'd that God would favourably consider his Intention; altho' he well knew that should human Courts of Judicature (where the Mind of Men can no otherwise appear, but by their Actions) allow Excuses, every Criminal would find such Pleas as would put an End to Justice. Before he dyed, he with a particular earnestness apply'd himself, to make a Preservation for the Reception of the Holy Sacrament; and said he was very easie at leaving this World. Being carry'd to the Place of Execution, they did no way appear shock'd at the Prospect of Death, but the Apprehensions they had before entertain'd of it, were then vanish'd. William Hawksworth had a Mind to tell the Spectators that he had not committed Wilfull Murder, as he had no Intent to kill; but being satisfy'd that such a Declaration would signify nothing; he only said, That he dyed in Charity, and hop'd that all Mankind forgave him; requesting all about him to pray for his departing Soul. This is all the Account that can be given by me T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bridewell-Bridge , in Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF JAMES HALL , Who was Executed at the End of KATHERINE-STREET in the STRAND , for the Barbarous MURDER of his Master JOHN PENNY , Esq ; On MONDAY the 14th of September, 1741. BEING THE FOURTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . DANIEL LAMBERT , Esq ; Number IV. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XLI. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon . Daniel Lambert , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Hon. Lord Chief Justice Willes, the Hon. Sir John Strange , Knt . Recorder of the City of London ; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder; and others his Majesty's Justices for the said City, and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate, and County of Middlesex) at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey , on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 28th, 29th, and 31st of August, and Tuesday, the 1st of September, 1741, and, in the Fifteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign. Four Men, viz James Hall , John Stevens , alias Henry Cook , Joseph Hudson , and Patrick Bourn ; and three Women, viz. Mary White , alias Shays , or Shields , alias Ryan , Mary Harris , alias Murphey , and Elizabeth Hardy , were by the Jury found guilty of capital Crimes and received Sentence of Death. James Hall being guilty of so notorious a Crime, as the Murder of his own Master, was ordered for Execution by himself, two Days before the rest of the Malefactors, and, for an Example (the Place near the Inn being too narrow) he was ordered to be executed at the End of Catherine street , in the Strand , near the New Church . While under Sentence, besides the Prayers and Instructions with the rest of the Malefactors, James Hall was particularly exhorted to reflect on the soul, the monstrous Crime he had been guilty of, the Murder of his own Master! A Gentleman whose Bread he daily received, whose Bounty and Indulgence he had often experienced, and whose good Offices he was ever sure of; and, after all, the Requital he made, was to take away that Life, which 'twas impossible for him again to restore: In Robbery there may be some Reparation, but in Murder there can be none; the Loss of Life stagnates all; 'tis the greatest Crime Man can commit; Barbarity to the last Degree, and calls aloud for Vengeance, for Whoso sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed. 'Twas represented to him, how little Expectation such a Man had for Mercy, who would give none; but, as nothing was impossible with God, he was desired to cry out with holy David, Deliver me from Blood Guiltiness, Oh God! thou God of my Salvation, and my Tongue shall sing aloud of thy Righteousness, Psalm 51. 14. While these, and other Instructions, were giving, Hall gave constant Attendance in Chapel, and was very attentive to Prayers, declared himself penitent for all the Sins of his Life, but especially for this most vile Sin of Murder. James Hall , of St. Clement's Danes , was indicted, for that he, being a Servant to one John Penny , Gentleman , not having the Fear of God before his Eyes, &c. on the 18th Day of June, on the said John Penny , then and there being, his Master, in the Peace, &c. traiterously, feloniously, wilfully, and of his Malice afore-thought, did make an Assault, and with a certain Iron Bar, Value 2 d. which he the said Hall, in his Right Hand had and held, on the hinder-part of the Head of him the said John Penny , traiterously, feloniously, wilfully, and of his Malice afore-thought did strike, giving to him one mortal Blow, which broke his Skull; of which said mortal Blow, he then and there instantly dy'd. He was a second Time indicted, for stealing a Silver Case for Instruments, covered with Shag-green, a Lancet with a Tortoiseshell Handle, a Pair of Steel Scissars, a Blade of a Knife, a Silver Ear-picker, a Pair of Tweezers, a Pair of Steel Spurs, a Silver Pencil, two Razors, seven Sticks of Sealing-wax, a Pair of Gloves, a Green Silk Purse, twelve Guineas, and twenty Half Guineas, the Goods and Money of John Penny , Gentleman , in the Dwelling-house, June the 18th. He was a third Time indicted, for stealing a Silver Case for Instruments, covered with Shag-green, a Lancet with a Tortoiseshell Handle, a Pair of Steel Scissars, a Blade of a Knife, a Blade of a Pen-Knife, a Silver Ear picker, a Pair of Steel Tweezers, a Silver Pencil, two Razors, seven Sticks of Sealing-wax, a Pair of Gloves, a Green Silk Purse, twelve Guineas, and twenty Half Guineas, the Goods and Money of a Person unknown, June the 18th. The Prisoner pleaded guilty to each Indictment, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. Tuesday, September 8, Report was made to their Excellencies the Lords Justices of the Kingdom, of the Seven Malefactors lying under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate, who were graciously pleased to reprieve one of the Women, and to order the other Six for Execution; and for an Example (as we said before) James Hall was ordered to be executed by himself at the End Catherine-street in the Strand , on Monday the 14 Instant. James Hall , was 37 Years of Age, and of very honest reputable Parents at Well in Hampshire , who took Care of his Education at Sch to have him taught Reading, Writing, and compts, sufficient to fit him for any Busi which he might (being often urged there to) Choice of: But James, being of a roving per, not liking Confinement, came to London, rather chose to live as a Servant , (which he with several Gentlemen, and behaved well honestly) than be ruled by his Parents, who tended to have set him up in a Farm. But still, he had not been very long in Town, but Mind changed, and he would turn Miller , or Man, and trade in the Barges, which bring down the River to Queenhithe ; accordingly went down in the Country, and took a Mill, there he did not continue long, being very settled in his Resolutions: He returned again Town, and lived in Services as before, and, out of Place, would frequently go down, and with his Father till a new one offered. He married a Wife, who, he said, was not a man of the best Character; however, he with her some Years, and had several Children her, now dead; at length they had so many putes and Quarrels together, being for every ling, that neither of them enjoyed a Mom Peace, so that they mutually agreed to part, accordingly made a formal Seperation, and de themselves free from each other, before Witnesses; and after a few Years, he married nother Wife, who visited him sometimes under Sentence, and brought with her their Daughter of 2 Years and an half old. Hall had been a Servant to John Penny , Principal of Clement's-Inn , upwards of Years, when he committed this horrid Fact. Master, being a single Gentleman, lived in Chambers in Clement's-Inn , and had nobody him but Hall, to whom he had been ever a Master. He pretended not to be so vicious as many unfortunate Creatures are, though he cert had great Failings. Owing some small Debts, exceeding (as he said) five or six Pounds, and ving some other little Incumberances, he kne easily how to get from, the Devil put it into Head to murder his kind Master, and for this hellish Purpose, he provided a big Stick or Club, which he hid for several Days under his Master's Bed. Before he could find an Opportunity, he had taken this damnable Resolution a long time before he put it in Execution, and followed him several Times to do it, though his Heart failed him; but at last the Devil's Power prevailed, and he perpetrated this dreadful Scene of Villainy and Barbarity, on his ancient Master, who was between 67 and 68 Years of Age, in the following cruel Manner. The old Gentleman had been out the 18th Day of June last, on some Business, and came Home about Nine or Ten o'Clock at Night, and, as his constant Custom was, sat in an outer Room till Bed Time, about Eleven or Twelve. Mr. Penny being undressed all but his Night-Gown, rose to go from the outer Room to his Bedchamber, and, as he walked along, this Monster of Wickedness came behind him, and with the aforementioned big Stick or Club, as himself said, (though the Indictment called it a Bar of Iron) he cruelly struck the old Gentleman in the hinder Part of his Head, which beat him down, broke his Skull, and he never spoke more; yet his Barbarity stopt not there, for he redoubled the Blow; and though he was fully dispatch'd, yet did this vile Man cut his Throat from Ear to Ear, and let all the Blood in his Body run out into what Vessels he had in the House: And so artful was he to prevent Discovery, that he mixt Water with the Blood, that it might not coagulate, and threw it down thro' a Grate into a sink before the Door; then stript both the dead Body and himself stark naked, to prevent any Spots of Blood being seen on his Cloaths, and carried his Master's Corpse upon his naked Back down Stairs, and threw it into the Bog-house. Some of the Blood was spilt on the Floor, which Hall endeavoured to wipe off, but in vain; neither could the Woman, who wash'd the Chambers, ever remove it. After this dreadful Scene was over, he kept Possession of his murdered Master's Chambers, and went to the Coffee-House as usual for his Master's Breakfast: The Deceased being missing, his Friends and Relations began to be very uneasy about him; they enquired every where both in and out of Town, but to no Purpose. At last 'twas thought proper to search the Bog-hose where the Body was found, after having lain there ten or eleven Days. Hall was taken up on Suspicion, but there not being Proof enough against him in July Sessions, his Trial was deferr'd til this last Sessions, when he was upon his own Confession convicted. James Hall and John Stevens , alias Henry Cooke , (try'd and convicted the same Sessions) being on the Master's Side of Newgate , and knowing how desperate their Cases were, meditated an Escape, and, by the Assistance of a Country Butcher at Hadley, who brought them Pistols and a Hanger, they were in Hopes to effect it: But being disco vered by a Fellow Prisoner, Mr. Akerman, with Jonathan the Turnkey, about twelve at Night, rushed in upon them, took two Pistols from Cooke, and confined them more close in their Cell; and next Day the Butcher, coming again with more Tools, was taken, and put into the Condemn'd-Hold. Hall, after this Attempt, finding no Possibility of escaping, confessed the whole of this shocking Scene on Sunday, August 23, to a Friend, and on the Tuesday following related the same to the Relations of the Deceased, and confessed that the Murder and Robbery was entirely his own Contrivance, and that his Wife was wholly innocent, though she had been taken up on Suspicion, a Woman having sworn that she saw her go out of the Inn the next Morning, with bloody Linnen in her Apron, which proved to be a little inconsistent, as it afterwards appeared, by Hall confessing that he himself threw them in the Bog-house in a particular Place, where they were found; however, she was before that Confession, admitted to Bail on Five Hundred Pounds Security. Hall was an obstreporous, ill natur'd, sullen Man; inclined to Women, Drinking, and Gaming, for which his good Master often reproved him, and gave him the best of Advice. While under Sentence, he behaved quietly, and professed Penitence; but seemed a little too hard-hearted and indifferent. Though he confessed the Murder, yet he would not own the stealing any more than a Purse with 36 Guineas, notwithstanding a great deal more in Cash, as well as Bank Notes and a Diamond Ring, the Whole amounting to a considerable Sum, was missing. He was a Man of good Sense, and could talk very well, though he made such bad Use of it. He went to Church sometimes, and once received the Sacrament from a Friend of his worthy Master's. Being asked, why he pleaded guilty, and did not stand his Trial? He said, it was to discharge his Conscience, and save his innocent Wife, who might, perhaps, upon a positive Oath, have been convicted, though she knew nothing of the Matter, nor was in any Shape concerned. He seemed mightily affected that his Body should be hung in Chains, and exposed to open View for many Years after Death. But being reminded of the Heinousness of his Crime, and that his great Duty was to mind the grand Affair, the Salvation of his Soul, which lives when the Body is no more, he then seemed more composed. On Wednesday the 9th Instant, when the Dead Warrant was brought to Newgate, Hall was intreated, in a tender Manner, to make a good Use of his precious Moments, and to beseech GOD for Pardon for his Sins: At which Time he seemed much mollified, and almost wept; which was the first Instance of his being observed to be tender hearted, or much affected. Being asked concerning a Report pretty current about the Town, of his going several Nights into his Master's Room, very late, when he was in Bed, with a lighted Candle in his Hand, and looking in his Face, and his Master asking him what he wanted; and his retiring; also, about his Master's observing to some Friends, that for some Time past, his Man seemed to look surly, and their advising him to make a strong new Bolt for the Chamber Door on the Inside? He absolutely denied them, and said, they were idle Reports; and that he never knew his Master entertain any the least Suspicion of him. He declared his Faith in Christ, that he repented of his wicked Life, and was in Peace with all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON the Sunday Forenoon before he died, when I came down from Chappel, James Hall 's first Wife, was in the Press-Yard, sitting on a Bench, and seeing her Husband pass by to the Cells, she cried out in a strange manner, semed to be in Fits, and took off her Hood and threw it in the Dust, as if she had been mad; I advis'd her, to submit to God's Will and resign herself; the Head keeper ordering Hall down, the Woman went and met him in the Passage of the Cells, she freely forgave him, as he did her and he gave her half a Crown. On Monday Morning, there being a special Order to do Duty betimes in the Morning, James Hall was brought to Chappel, betwixt 6 and 7 o'Clock, he heard and complied with Prayers devoutly, and was attentive to a short Exhortation proper for his Exit. About 8 in the Morning, he was taken out and put into an Hurdle, and carried through Newgate , down the Old Bailey , Ludgate hill , Fleet street , through Temple Bar , and along the Strand 'till they came to the Place of Execution, the middle of the Street opposite to the End of Katherine street , to which Place he came about 9 o'Clock in the Morning, a little after which I went into the Cart, and he devoutly comply'd with the Prayers, and then was willing to hear part of the 16th, Psalm, relating to the Resurrection, Sung, but had no more to add to his Confessions, having done that fully already to Mr. APPLEBEE. After I had discharged my Duty, the Revd. Mr. VILLETTE, Curate of St. Luke, Middlesex, who had at Times attended him after Sentence, went up into the Cart, by his own Desire, and pray'd by him for some Time. The said Gentleman was desired to ask him whither he had not concealed any of the Effects of his late Master, more than what he had in Newgate confessed, to which he answer'd, as he was a dying Man he had confessed the Truth; and being pressed by many suitable Arguments to glorify God by a free and open Confession, he declar'd again, he cou'd add nothing more to his former Confession, which was the very Truth. He seem'd and appear'd intent upon the Prayers, and as the Revd. Mr. VILLETTE made him repeat some suitable penitential Psalms, he wept, and earnestly joined in those Prayers which recommended him to the Mercy of Almighty God. To all outward Appearance, and as far as we can judge, he died a true Penitent. Just as he was going off, he cry'd to God to receive his Soul. His Body hung three Quarters of an Hour; after which he was taken down, and carry'd to Sheppard's-Bush , in order to be hung in Chains. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX: JAMES HALL , deliver'd to the Printer hereof, the following Account of his Birth, Education, &c. some Days before his Confession of the Murder to the DEAN of Litchfield, and Mr. Wotton; which ACCOUNT we have here given exactly as he deliver'd it; and which any Person of Curiosity may see at the PRINTERS, under HALL's Hand. I AM the younger Son of Michael Hall , now living at a Place called Well , in the Parish of Long Sutton , in the County of Hants , (distant from London 41 Miles, from Odiham 3 Miles, from Farnham 3 Miles, from Basingstoke 7 Miles) I was born at Long Sutton aforesaid, in the Year, 1704; from whence, four Years after my Birth, I was removed with my Father and Mother, and the rest of the Family, to a Place called Stapley Farm , in the Parish of Odiham , and County aforesaid, to an Uncle who lived there, and who having neither Wife nor Family, gave the sole Direction of his Business to my Father; in this Station, my Father continued untill the Death of my Uncle; he being my Mother's Brother, and having no Issue of his own, and dying Intestate, the major Part of his Fortune came to my Mother, as being the only surviving Sister to him, though a Nephew of his by Name T – E -, now living in the Parish of Long Suton, contesting with my Mother for a Share of my Uncle's Estate, when to make him easy, and drop all Pretensions, allow'd him a Farm of about 50 l per Ann. in the Parish aforesaid, whereon he now lives. - My Father and his Family, continuing in the Farm where my Uncle lived 14 Years, when my Mother dying, and my Father being about 60 Years of Age, and incapable of managing so much Business, as he then had on his Hands, he having then two Sons at Home with him, namely, Stephen and William , Stephen the 2d. and William the 4th, and Michael the Eldest, being married and settled in a Farm belonging to my Father at Well , aforesaid. My Brother John his 3d Son, was put Apprentice to a Butcher , with whom he served his Time diligently and soberly; when he was out of his Time, my Father built him a new House at Crundell , with a Piece of Land to it, in order for him to put Cattle in; here he married, and for a considerable Time lived in good Repute, but his Family increasing to 5 Children, and Fortune frowning on him, he mortgaged his House, and that Money being spent, he then sold both House and Land, his Wife dying some Years ago, but he remains in the same Place, she being Sister to one Mr. John Lock , who is a very eminent Master Builder , and Timber-Merchant , in Channel-Row , Westminster , who has been very kind to the Children since her Death, and his Misfortunes. William and Stephen, my Brothers, as I mentioned before, being at Home with my Father, and he being desirous to leave off Business, gave the Preference to those two Sons, which ever of them should first get a Wife suitable to his Condition, to him would he resign the Stock and Farm, which at that Time was worth upwards of One Thousand Pounds. My Brother William, upon this Proposal, immediately made his Address to the only Daughter of one Benham of Elverton, in the County of Hants, near Hartly Row, to whom he was soon married, and with whom he had a plentiful Fortune, besides the Dependance after the Death of her Father and Mother; upon my Brother William bringing Home his Wife, my Father and Brother Stephen left the Farm, my Father went to live with my eldest Brother, whose Name is Michael, on his own Estate at Well; which said Estate now stands chargeable with, and liable to pay me, or my Assigns, six Hundred Pounds, from, and immediately after the Death of my Father, who is now in the 75th Year of his Age. My Brother Stephen leaving the Farm as I said before, went to live with one Esquire Jertis, at Harriot , four Miles distant from Basinstoke ; with this Gentleman, he lived in the Capacity of a Steward or Bailiff , near two Years, then married the House-keeper, from whence they went to live at a Farm, at Long Sutton , aforesaid, where she still continues now a Widow, my Brother being dead near a Year. I had almost forgot to mention that I had a Sister, which is the youngest except myself, she is also married to a Farmer in the same Neighbourhood, in good Circumstances and well beloved. Nothing but the scandalous Imposition of the Author, (of the Pamphlet, or Libel, call it what you please, Intitled, Matchless Villany) upon the World, should have prompted me to have given the above Account of my Family, which I have in the most consisest Manner I can recollect, on purpose to undeceive the Town, and confute that Scoundrel-like Author, and as he has undertaken to acquaint the World with my past Scene of Life, as also several Suggestions in regard to Murder and Robbery of my Master, I beg likewise to clear these Points in particular, and to give the World a full and authentic Account of my Life, which is as follows, viz. After my Removal to my Uncles at Stapely as aforesaid, and when I was about six Years old, I was sent to a School at Long Sutton , to one Mr. Wingate, under whose Instructions I was about two Years, in which Time I learned to read the Bible, &c. when my Father removed me from thence, to one Mr. Yeo, a School-master at Odiham , who taught Writing and Accompts, with whom I continued three Years, in which Time I became so good a Proficient in Accompts, and wrote so good a Hand, that the Master of the School, often in the last Year, left the Care of the School to me, particularly on Market-Days, he keeping a Barber's Shop, sold Tobacco, and distill'd Liquors, &c. the Care and Disposal of which, took up his Time mostly on those Days, which though I had the Direction of the School, was a great Backwardness to me, as well as the rest of the Scholars. I being now between eleven and twelve Years of Age, my Father then took me Home for some Time, then sent me to London , to one Mr. James Richardson , at Cupersbridge , near Cupers Garden's , Lambeth , who was a Friend of my Father's, desiring of him to shew me the Town, in order or me to chuse such a Trade as I lik'd. To this Gentleman I came, who received me very kindly, and daily comply'd with my Father's Request; but after I had seen most Parts of London, and the Trades therein, I neither liked the Town, or any Trade I had seen. After about six Weeks Stay with Mr. Richardson, I return'd again to my Father, who was much surpriz'd at my speedy Return, when finding I would not take to any Trade, he employ'd me at Home in the Husbandry Business , till I was about 17 Years of Age, when he agreed with one Mr. Applegarth a Quaker at Shipbridge-Mills near Swallowfield in Berks , who was a Man of very great Note in the Mealing Business ; my Father agreed with him to take me to learn that Business in the room of a Trade with whom I continu'd near four Years, and altho' it is customary to give Money in such Cases, I was thought so good and able a Hand in that Branch of Business by Mr. Applegarth, &c. that the second Year he gave me 10 l. which with my Persiquites amounted to about 15 l. per Ann. here I might have continued longer, but being taken ill of a Fever, left that Place and went Home to my Father, soon after my recovering, I was recommended by Mr. Applegarth to one Mr. Pyott at Quaker, at Winchester , Hants , who was not only very eminent in the Mealing Business, but also in Malting, and dealt in all sorts of Wined Brandy, and Rum, &c. He kept a very large Coal Warf, and served most part of the Town with Coals, and the neighbouring Places for several Miles round, so that his whole Dealings at a moderate Computation, he return'd at least upwards of 1000 l. per Week, this Gentleman I liv'd with two Years, in which Time I put his Mealing Business in the newest Method, which has accordingly been carried on to this Day. I then having a Desire to come again to London , gave Mr. Pyott Notice to provide himself with one in my Room, when I came to my Father and acquainted him with my Resolutions of coming to London, at which he seemed well pleased, and gave me a Recommenditary Letter to Mr. Richardson aforesaid, as I was with when I came first to London, with Directions therein, if I wanted Money for him to supply me till I got into Business, which was about half a Year after I came to Town; during this half Year as I had nothing to do, except taking Pleasure about Town, I had the Curiosity to take a Walk to Bow Mills , they being thought the greatest in England; after having view'd them, I fell into Discourse with one of the Millers , whose Name was John Gilby , after having some Discourse about the Mills, I being one of that Business, and wanting a Place, asked if he could recommend me to one, he said he had an Acquaintance at Queenhith , whose Name was Benjamin Hawkins , Clerk to one Mr. Johnson, a Factor and Mealman. Mr. Johnson wanted one to dress his Flower with a Horse Mill, upon telling Mr. Hawkins who I came from, and what my Profession was, I was immediately hired to Mr. Johnson, with whom I continued about two Years, and gave entire Satisfaction to my Master when having the Misfortune of breaking one of my Legs, during the Time of my Illness, I was taken great Care of till I was able to walk with Crutches, when I was again sent to my Friend Mr. Richardson at Cupers Bridge , where I remain'd till I was got tollerably well, but being advised not to return again to the Mealing Business, for fear of a fresh Hurt, the Surgeon telling me, that if I did, my Leg would never be streight afterwards, which deterr'd me from returning to Mr. Johnson's again. I was then recommended to one Mr. Dixon, a Sollicitor in Chancery, at No. 2 . in Lincoln's-Inn , with whom I liv'd in the Capacity of a Servant , near two Years, and falling ill of the Small-Pox, which some of the Family had not had, was the Occasion of leaving that Service. After my Recovery from the Small-Pox, I went to see a Country Woman of mine, her Name was Elizabeth Knight , a Mantua-maker , who lodged with one Mrs. Sharp in Clement's-Lane . Upon my saying that I was out of Place, she being then Laundress to Mr. PENNY, and he then wanting a Servant. The next Morning, according to the Directions I had of Mrs. Sharp, I waited on Mr. PENNY, with my Character in Writing from Mr. Dixon, which was as follows, viz. " I do hereby certify, that James Hall , the " Bearer hereof, has been my Servant near two " Years, but falling ill of the Small-Pox, (which " some of my Family has not had) was the Occasion of his leaving my Service, but he behaved himself well therein, and I believe him " to be a very faithful honest Person, and one " who has good Friends. William Dixon . Mr. PENNY approving of my Character, ordered me to call the next Day for his further Answer, when finding by Mr. Dixon (with whom he had been with in the mean Time) that all that I said to him was true, I was immediately hired, and lived with him upwards of seven Years and a Quarter. During which Time I always attended him both in Town and Country, and always gave Satisfaction to him in what I did, as he has been pleased to declare to most of his Acquaintance; so that I can justly say, he was a very good Master to me, and I on my Part was faithful to him, tho' the World is pleased to say to the contrary. The first three Years I lived with him, in the Summer Time he generally rode out of Town on Saturdays to a Lady of his Acquaintance, for whom he acted as her Attorney , and in the Management of her Affairs, viz. one Mrs. Wilson at Mitcham in Surrey , stay'd there till Wednesdays, and then returned back to London. She removing to London, took a House in Arlington-street , Piccadilly , where he often dined on Fridays. This Lady being in Town, he afterwards made Use of his Brother's House at Beddington in Surrey , in the same manner as he did Mrs. Wilson's, his Brother being Dean of Lichfield and Coventry, and Prebend of Norwich, and Rector of Beddington; but he seldom coming to Beddington, he keeping a Curate to officiate for him, and left the Care of his House to one Mrs. Rotherham. About this Time I became acquainted with one Mr. H - s a Welchman, who says, he is nearly related to Mr. Middleton of Chirk-Castle in Denbighshire, who was then Clerk to Mr. Lloyd an Attorney, whose Chambers was over my Master's, which to my Shame and Sorrow do I say it, was the worst Acquaintance I ever met with in my Life. He soon became very familiar with me, and often used to borrow small Sums of Money of me, which he had Honesty enough to repay some Times; but the last he borrow'd being more than usual, went out of Town, and never return'd me a Farthing of it. But what was still worse than that was, he having a Country Woman of his in Town, whose Name was Eleanor Garnons , and as he represented her to me, to be a Woman descended of a very good Family in Wales , from whom she had great Dependencies. I believing what he said to be true, was desirous of seeing her, he accordingly went with me to make her a Visit, where she then was with a particular Acquaintance of hers, near Norfolk-street in the Strand ; I too soon became intimate with her, she then having a Brother who lived in very good Credit at George's Chocolate-House , St. James's , who removed her from thence to one Mr. Pierce's, a Grocer and Chandler in Burlington's-Gardens , here she lodged about three or four Months, in which Time I visited her as often as my Business would admit off, which was three or four Times a Week, thinking from what H - s had represented her to be, as well as the courteous Behaviour of the Woman, I agreed to make her my Wife, and what was a further Inducement, she being nearly related to one Squire Wynn, a Welch Gentleman of great Fortune, whose House was in Burlington-Gardens, where she often was when I came after her, the Reason of that I was then a Stranger too; however not having any Suspicion of her having any criminal Conversation with any one, as I afterwards had great Reason to believe she had, with one Mr. T - who was Gentleman to Squire Wynn, I was so much overseen as to marry her; immediately thereupon I removed her to a Lodging I had before taken, at one Mr. Lloyds in Wytch street , whose Wife is Laundress to several Gentlemen of New Inn, and he Porter to the same. Here I kept her near a Year, in which Time the said T - often to my Knowledge came to see her, and no doubt a great many Times unknown to me, once in particular, I came unexpectedly to the Lodgings, and found the Door locked, when I knocked very hard for some Time before I could get the Door open'd, but they being obliged to open it, I found them both in the Room, in the greatest Confusion imaginable, and not only that, but often would elope for three or four Days at a Time, and never could, nor would give me any Account where she had been. When it was mutually agreed between us and several other Witnesses to part, and not in the least to interrupt each other on any Occasion whatever, for near two Years after I heard nothing of her, when as I afterwards learn'd, she was kept by the said T -, who had taken Lodgings for her of one Mrs. Twig, in Swallow street , very near his Master's House, and by all Probability had her Maintenance from thence, for her Rent was paid as it became due, till one of the Footmen at Squire Wynn's discover'd the Intrigue. She soon after left that Lodging, and came no more near her Landlady, to whom she owed 3 l. when Mrs. Twig came to demand it of me, and threatned if I did not pay her she would Arrest me, which I refused, and put her to Defiance, from whence I heard no more of her. The next Lodging she had, was with one Dav id Hughes , who lives in Goswel street , near Old-street , where she concealed herself from me near a Year, during which Time she was supplied with Money by somebody, sufficient to maintain herself in a handsome Manner, but desiring every one who came to see her, to be very cautious of letting any one know where she was, notwithstanding she sent her Landlady to me, with a Bill of 8 l. which Mr. Hughes said she owed her, and, as she was my Wife, desired me to pay it, which I absolutely denied. About two or three Months after this, the said Mrs. Hughes came again with a Bill of 13 l. which I likewise refused to pay her; and being sent of a Message by my Master, she took that Opportunity of acquainting him of the whole Matter, which till then he was a Stranger to. She went and employed an Attorney to sue me for the same, who was a Gentleman of Tucks-Court, Chancery-Lane: He thought proper not to proceed any further, than only sending me a Letter, to which I sent no Answer; since then I have heard nothing of neither of them, till since my Confinement, Mrs. Hughes coming one Day to ask for me, but did not see me; and her Lodger, as I am credibly inform'd now lives some where in Old street , in a languishing deplorable Condition. Here I submit it to the impartial World, after the vile Treatment of her, and as it was by her own Desire, that we seperated, to which the above said Mrs. Lloyd and others were Witnesses, if I had not a great deal of Room and Reason for what I did; and as she promised never to interrupt me, as I did her, in whatsoever Situation Providence should seperately Place us in; which contract I strictly observed, though she did not; however, I was determined never to have any Thing to do with, or say to her. When formerly, I being intimately acquainted with, as well as a great Friendship for one Hannah Chapman , Daughter of a reputable Farmer in Essex , and related to one Mr. William Wright , of Bethnal Green , Middlesex , Dealer in Horses . She being House-Keeper to Mr. Johnson, of Queenhithe , aforesaid, the major Part of the Time I lived with him. Soon after I went to live with Mr. Dixon, of Lincoln's-Inn ; Mrs. Dixon wanted a Maid to wait on her and the Children, the said Hannah Chapman having then left Mr. Johnson, and gone to Mr. Wright's, she, upon my Recommendation, came to live with Mrs. Dixon, where I had an Opportunity of renewing my Friendship with her, and a great Desire to make her my Wife, but could not prevail with her at that Time. Sometime after, leaving Mrs. Dixon, she went to live a second Time with Mr. Johnson, and from thence to be with Mrs. Dixey, an Aunt of hers, in Bunhill-Row , joining to the Artillery Ground , Moorfields , where I went to see her every Opportunity I had, and at length she consented to be married, (not knowing I ever was married before, or that I had a Wife then living) which was accordingly done about three Years ago, when to be near me, I took a Lodging, for her at Mr. Sherman's, Tallow-Chandler, in Vere-street , Clare-Market Here she lodged upwards of a Year, when Expences increasing by having a Child born in that Time, (which is a Girl) and she being tired of such an inactive Course of Life, hearing of a Stocking and Haberdasher's Shop to be Let in Princes-street , Leicester fields , which she and I upon Viewing took, had the Stock therein Appraised; which amounted to One Hundred Ninety and Five Pounds, and upwards; when we not having sufficient of our own to purchase the Stock, she apply'd to her Relation Mr. Wright, who readily advanced what Money we wanted, without taking any Security at that Time; but some Time after I voluntarily gave him my Bond and Judgment for the same, by Vertue of which he has, since my Commitment to Newgate, taken the whole Stock then in the Shop, for which I am very sorry, it being unknown to me, though I am well satisfied since it was done, out of Compassion to my Wife , who has since been carried before Col. Deveil, when some vile Wretch of a Woman swore, she saw her come out of Clement's Inn at 4 o'Clock on Thursday Morning, the 18th of June, with bloody Linnen in her Apron; when he would have committed her to Prison, had she not given 500 l. Security for her Appearance at the next Sessions at the Old Bailey , although there are sufficient Witnesses to prove, that she was at Home and in Bed at the same Time. JAMES HALL . A true STATE of the CASE of JAMES HALL . I Being a Servant to Mr. JOHN PENNY , seven Years and a Quarter, during which Time, when in Town, was generally his Custom, to have the News Papers from New Inn Coffee-House, every Morning, about eight o'Clock, and his Breakfast about nine, or half an Hour after. When his Payments came on at his Office at Westminster , he being Deputy Pay-master of his Majesty's Pensions . He went out from his Chambers at half an Hour after Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, and generally return'd Home at Two to Dinner; at other Times, when the Payments were over, he used to read 'till Noon, then dress himself, and go to Dick's Coffee House within Temple Bar , for about an Hour, then take a Walk in Sommerset Gardens till Two, and come Home to Dinner, which he used to have from the late Captain Witherington's, who kept the Sign of the Rising Sun in Clement's-Inn Passage , going up to Clare Market . On Wednesday the 17th of June, 1741, He went out as usual, and dined with one Mr. Danvers a Wollen-draper, near the new Church in the Strand , as he generally did on Wednesday's, he came Home about half an Hour after Eleven at Night, undressed himself, and as he was rising out of his Chair in order to go to Bed, his Nose fell a bleeding, and blooded the Floor of the Dining-Room, where he then was; before I could get the Chamber-pot, he came into his Bed-Chamber, and seated himself on the Feet of the Bed, I gave him the Chamber-pot to bleed into, which he did for about 5 Minutes, during which Time he would not consent that I should go for any Body to stop the Bleeding, there was in the Pot some Water, to which he bled; when he offered the Pot to me, after the Bleeding was stopt, he let it go before I had hold of it, which falling on the Floor, broke, which was the Occasion of the Room being stained with Blood. The next Morning he got up at Eight o'Clock as usual, was very well, notwithstanding his bleeding over Night, and according to his Appointment, dress'd himself to go by Water. He went out a little before Nine, telling me he should Dine out, ordered me to get the Chambers wash'd, and the Fire light, that the Chambers might be thoroughly dry'd against his coming Home, which I expected according to Custom; his not coming that Night, the next Morning I went down to Mr. Wotton, his Nephew, to enquire if he had seen him, or knew any Thing of him, and I went to all the Places in the Neighbourhood, where I knew he used to Use, viz. Dick's Coffee House , Temple Bar , Sommerset-House Coffee-House , Hurt's Coffee-House , and the Waterman, who generally used to carry him; not hearing any Thing of him at these Places, Mr. Wotton thought proper to take his Horse and ride to Richmond, where Mr. PENNY had lately some particular Acquaintance gone to lodge, and several other Places, where he thought there might be any probability of finding him, but return'd Home without the least Intelligence of him. In the mean Time I made all the Enquiry I possibly could, in and about Town, not hearing any Thing of him, neither I nor Mr. Wotton; all this while I continued lying in the Chambers of Nights as usual, going daily to Mr. Wotton for fresh Instructions how to Act. Near a Fortnight being past, and nothing heard of my Master, Mr. Wotton upon some Consultation with some of the Gentlemen of Clement's Inn, it was thought proper to seal up the Drawers and Doors of the Chambers of Mr. PENNY, his Uncle. A few Days after which, I being in a Publick-House in Clare-market , where I was order'd to be Mr. Wotton, or leave Word where I might be found; he came to the Door, and called me out, and told me, it was judged proper for me to be taken before a Magistrate to be examined relating to my Master's long Abscence, when I readily went with him before Justice De Veil, by whom, after a short Examination, I was order'd to the Gatehouse, at Westminster , for a further hearing the next Morning. Accordingly the Keeper had brought me as far as Charing-Cross , where he was met by a Messenger from the Justice, with Directions to the Keeper, to put me in Irons, on Account that the Body of my Master was found in Clement's-Inn Bog-house, with his Throat cut, and his Brains knock'd out; when I came a second Time before the Justice, Mrs. Law made Oath of the Blood being upon the Chambers as above; as also the Barber's Boy swore, that my Master's Wig was not combed on Thursday the 18th of June, though I do affirm it was, and shall to the last Moment of my Life, what makes me so positive in this particular is, that I knowing of my Master's going out that Day, knew I should not be wanted at Chambers, 'till he came Home, therefore I desired the Boy to Comb out my Wig at the same Time, which accordingly he did, and I made Use of that Opportunity to go out for the whole Day; likewise the Coffee-maid swore that she delivered his Break-fast to me that Morning as usual, though I am sure of the contrary of that. - But supposing what they alledged to be true? it no ways tends to my Disadvantage, but rather to serve me. Upon these Circumstances I was sent to Newgate , on Tuesday the 30th of June. A few Days after I had Occasion for Money, I sent to Mr. Knight, who was my Taylor, for a Parcel I had left with him 3 or 4 Days before, which had 22 Guineas in it, contain'd in a Purse of my Master's, two Razors, a Case of Instruments, a Stock Buckle, some Sticks of Sealing-wax, and three or four Franks, which were all mine, excepting the Purse; the Taylor hearing where I was, instead of coming with it to me as I desired, carried them to Colonel De Veil's, who still has it in Possession; this I mention, because they intend to bring the Purse in as an Evidence against me. N. B. First, - Is it natural to suppose, was I guilty, but that in so long a Time, I should have absconded, whereas on the contrary, no one was more diligent, or could take more Pains in searching and enquiring after him than I was, having the Liberty of his two Horses to ride when and where I pleased, always coming Home, and lying in the Chambers of Nights as usual. All this I submit to the Judgment of every candid and impartial Reader, was I conscious of my own Guilt, whether I should have acted in the innocent Manner I did, but have fled as a Guilty one. 2dly, Upon the strictest Search and Enquiry made by Mr. Wotton, &c. on me, no one Thing was found belonging to Mr. PENNY, tho' Mr. Wotton has given out there was missing out of the Chambers a large Purse, and a Bank Note No 88, for 50 l. which if there ever was any such Note, I know nothing of; but since that Time I am credibly inform'd, there has been two Bank Notes of 100 l. each found, which had I been guilty in any one Point, I should have taken them, as all who knows it must believe; and as to the little Purse which was found at my Taylor's, in the Parcel I left with him, that Purse I admit was my Master's, which a few Days before his being missing, he gave to me with two 20 l. Bank Notes, and some Cash, with Orders to carry it to one Mrs. Streatfield, in Queen-Square, and brought her Receipt back to my Master for 75 l. 3dly, For the last two Years I lived with my Master, I wrote all or most of his Letters, and was privy to most of his Affairs, from whence it's to be presumed, had I any such wicked Intention against him, of either Robbing or Murdering my Master, I should have done it at a Time when I was sure there was large Sums of Money in the Chambers, whereby I might be a Gainer, whereas at the Time he was missing or murder'd (as 'tis certain he was by somebody) he could have little or none; because the very Thursday he went out, being the 18th of June, was the last Day of Payments of the Pensions, for the Quarter that was then order'd; during this very Quarter as often as before, he has entrusted me to carry out and pay to the Persons that were entituled to receive it, 7 or 800 l. of a Day, I always discharging my Account faithfully, as those People can justify. - Had I been villainously inclin'd, either to murder or rob my Master, when those large Sums of Money were in the Chambers, would have been the Time. 4thly, As a further Proof of my Innocence, the Day I was brought from the Gate-kouse to be re-examin'd by Colonel Deveil, the Keeper of the said Gatehouse, as he and I came over St. James's-Park , he stoped to talk with an Acquaintance of his some Time, whilst I continued going forwards, until I was near or quite out of his Sight: I looking back, perceived him talking to a Gentleman at some Distance, I then was neither Iron'd nor Hand-cuffed, whereupon I stopp'd untill he came up with me, whereas I could with Ease have made my Escape, as Mr. Thomas Horabin can certify. JAMES HALL . Some Days after he had deliver'd the beforemention'd Account to the Printer hereof, he sent for one Mr. Hawkins of Queenhith , (a very honest Man, who had taken some Pains to bring Hall to a Confession) and desired him to come to him on Sunday the 23d of August, which he did, when Hall confessed to him the horrid Murder, with all its barbarous Circumstances, but particularly desired him, that he wou'd not tell it to any one till he saw him again; and accordingly the Tuesday following, August 25, Mr. Hawkins went to him, when he desired Mr. Hawkins wou'd acquaint the Dean of Litchfield and Mr. Wotton, Nephew of the Deceased, with it, which accordingly Mr. Hawkins did, and they all three went with another Gentleman to Hall in Newgate, when he confirm'd what Mr. Hawkins had told them, which was as follows. I had a Design to murder my Master for about a Month or more, before I did it; and having kept pretty much Company of late, and spent what I had, and being in Debt, I was resolved to stay no longer; accordingly June 17, having drank myself to a proper Pitch, I determin'd to put my Design in Execution. That Night my Master came Home between 11 and 12, and I pulled of his Shoes and Stockings, and he pulled of his Breeches in the Dining-Room, and was walking to his Bed-Side, with his under Stockings on, when I came behind him in his Bed-Chamber, (it being soon after 12) and with a large Oaken Stick, which I had kept under his Bed some Time for that Purpose, and which I had bought with Design to murder him with, and knocked him down at one Blow; and I am very sure he never knew who struck him, or was sensible of any Pain; after this I gave him two or three Blows on the Head, and believe he was quite dead, for he neither sigh'd or groan'd: This Stick I had in my Hand 8 or 10 Times before with a Design to murder him, but my Heart always fail'd me till now. It's impossible to describe the Horror and Confusion I was in at what I had done, and I wou'd have given a thousand Worlds if I had had them, that I had not done so cruel an Act, and I hated myself for the barbarity of the Action, and yet the Power of the Devil was so great, that he prompted me to cut his Throat, which I had no Occasion to do, for he certainly was dead, or dying, when I began. In order to do this, I went into the Dining-Room, and stript myself stark naked, that no Blood might appear on any of my Cloaths or Linnen, and then took a little black handled Knife (with which my Master used to cut Fruit and Cheese with) and cut his Throat, from whence issued such a vast Quantity of Blood, that it filled almost five Chamber Pots, when mingled with a little clean Water, which I did to make it pass thro' the Sink at the Door, the more easily; three of which Pots thus mixed, I flung down the Sink, and two into the Coal-Hole. Then I tyed his black Waistcoat which he wore that Day, about his Neck, which being lined with Duffel, I thought would the more easily suck in the Blood from his Throat; as soon as this was done, naked as I was, I flung him a-cross my Shoulder, and run with him to the Bog-honse, and threw him in Head foremost, about one (or soon after) in the Morning, at the large Hole, where they empty Close Stools. The Horror and Fear I was in was so great, that I rather flew than ran, never felt the Ground under me. As I returned from the Bog-house, my Fears and Apprehensions were such, that the Inn appear'd as if all in a Flame of Fire; when I came back to the Chambers, I took my Master's Coat, bloody Shirt, the Stick I knock'd him down with, and some Rags I had made Use of in wiping up the Blood, and run a second Time naked down to the Boghouse with them, and threw them into the second Seat of the Necessary-house, on the left Hand, opposite to where I had thrown the Body down, and where I believe the Relations found them; after this, I open'd the Writing-Desk, Scrutore, &c. and took about 36 Guineas from out of my Master's Pocket and the Writing-desk, which I put into my Master's green Purse, which I found in his Breeches Pocket; I also took several useless Things, as Wax, Franks, &c. which with the Purse I carried to Mr. Knight's, the Taylor, on the 18th, who upon my Commitment to Newgate, deliver'd them to Col. De Veil: My Master's two mourning Rings I had taken from his Fingers before I carried his Body out of the Chambers, and which Mr. Wotton has found where I directed him. I was under such Confusion, whilst searching the Chambers, that I scarce look'd over half the Drawers or Places, or scarce knew what I took: After this, I was all the remaining Part of the Night washing and rubbing the Rooms with Cloths, but found the Blood very difficult to get out, which made me wet them again, and light the Fire in the Morning to dry them; and then I went to fetch Mrs. Laws the Laundress, to wash them over again, telling her my Master had bled over Night at the Nose, and smear'd them. All that Day I went from Place to Place, but could find no rest or be easy; the horrid Murder of my Master still running in my Mind; but though I had done so foul a Crime, all my Thoughts were taken up how to conceal it, and the Body being in so secret a Place, I thought would not be found. Whereupon I went on Friday Morning, June 19, to Mr. Wotton, my Master's Nephew, to enquire after my Master, and to tell him he lay out all Night, and that he went out the Day before by Water, and said he would return at Night, but never did, and that I was afraid, my Master had come to some Harm, though I never told him my Master had bled at the Nose over-night, and blooded the Rooms, as I did the Laundress; for he ask'd me so many Questions, and was so particular in enquiring after his Uncle, that it gave me great Uneasiness, and terrify'd me; afterwards, I went generally twice every Day to Mr. Wotton, to know where to go to enquire after my Master, &c. though every time I went, I was under great Anxiety, and Disquietude; and in this dismal State, I continu'd being all the While terribly afraid of laying or even being alone in the Chambers. On the Sunday after the Murder, I was so afraid, that I had my Wife to lay with me in my Master's Bed, and all Night long I could not sleep for dread and Horror; and a few Nights after, I had her again to lye at Chambers with me; and frequently ask'd Mr. Wotton to send somebody to lay at Chambers, for I did not care to be alone. On Monday, June 29, Mr. Wotton took me up, and when before the Justice, I stifly denied it, as I did likewise the next Day, even after the Body was found, though I was all over in a sweat the Instant I heard the Body was taken up. After I was in Newgate , hearing Mr. Wotton had found Blood on the Wainscot, on the Pic tures, on the Boxes under the Bed, and other Parts of the Room, greatly alarm'd me, for I, in my Confusion, had over-look'd it, and never saw it, though I continu'd so long in the Chambers, for I had not Resolution to look about the Bed-Chamber, and likewise hearing Mr. Wotton had besides the Parcel found at the Taylors, such strong Evidence against me, I grew greatly afraid, and thought I should be convicted; on this I readily came into a Proposal made to me, of an Escape, which miscarrying, and I being detected, threw me into a Flood of Tears, for then I knew all Hopes were lost. Soon after I was put into the Cells, and there, being so much alone, I began more seriously to reflect on my unhappy Case; and that, by my Denial of the Fact, I might bring an innocent Wife into the wretched Place where I was, (for she was then at large on Five Hundred Pounds Bal) which might kill her, and my Child, though I did not doubt of her Acquittal. On these Considerations, as well as to ease my own Conscience, I determined to make an ample Confession, which I had frequently a Desire to do; but, when just ready to confess, I flew back, and remained inflexible; but now, resolved upon it, I sent for Mr. Hawkins, formerly my Fellow-Servant, to whom I related the Whole of this barbarous Murder, and desired him to acquaint Dr. Penny, the Dean of Litchfield, and Mr. Wotton, with it, which he did; and they, and he, came to me in the Press-Yard, to whom I confirmed what I had confessed to Mr. Hawkins; and accordingly, as I told them I would, I pleaded guilty to all the Indictments the first Day of the Sessions. This Confession gave great Ease to my tortured Soul, and made my Mind much quieter: Though I own myself very sorry for one Action done since my Commitment to Newgate , and which I was drawn into unawares, and that was the attempting to hire Witnesses to swear, they saw Mr. PENNY alive June 18, at Noon. For which Purpose I was recommended by a Prisoner in Newgate, to an Attorney, who came to me soon after my Commitment, and I gave him at one Time 10 s. 6 d. and the next Day two Guineas more, to give two Witnesses, to swear my Master was seen alive the 18th, and to whom I was to give to more Money when the Business was done; and by the Attorney's Directions, I reduc'd into Writing a Description of my Master, and the Places he resorted to, for the Witnesses to swear, but after I had paid my Money to him, I heard no more of him; and I hear since he went and made an Information of what I had said to him and done to Col. Deveil, and delivered to him the Description of my Master under my own Hand. N. B. The above Account of the barbarous Murder of my late worthy Master Mr. PENNY, which I now deliver to Mr. APPLEBEE, is just after the very Manner that I committed that cruel and most barbarous of Facts. The Lord have Mercy on my Soul. Sept. 12th, 1741. Saturday, 7 o'Clock. From my Cell, at Newgate . JAMES HALL . POSTCRIPT. Some Account of HALL'S intended Escape (and his first Wife) by a Prisoner in Newgate, who was an Eye Witness of the whole Transaction. SESSIONS drawing near, Hall sent for one Mr. Coombes, of Grange-Court, Attorney at Law to act for him, as he had been his Father's Attorney Time past, who came to Hall, but upon Hall's requesting of him to act for him was refused, and Mr. Coombs told him, no honest Man, or any one who regarded their Character wou'd; from this Hall fell into a sort of Melanchollyness, finding no one would espouse his Cause, or be concern'd for him in any Shape whatever. The last Glance of Hopes was to make his Escape out of Goal, and for that End consulted his Bedfellow Cook, (to whose Account for Particulars refer the World) whose Case he looked upon as equally desperate with his own. Cook had no sooner the Hint given, than he gave his Assent, and ready Assistance to the Undertaking, and for that End sent for one Wood, (who now is confined) who Cook could intrust to assist them with Things necessary for their Design, which Things according to Cooke's Direction to the said Wood, were brought accordingly, which was a Brace of Pistols, Powder, Bullets, Flints, &c. Spring-Saws, &c. with the latter they intended on the Wednesday Night to have cut their Irons assunder, in readiness against the locking up next Night to pull off in a Minute, when by the Assistance of Wood on the Out-side to secure the Turnkey, and in Case of Resistance to shoot him. Hall and Cook on the Inside armed to shoot the Man who attends in Case of his Resistance, by which Means they have declared they made no manner of Doubt of escaping, had they not been discovered. Hall's first Wife was at Newgate on Wednesday last, and as she was talking to a Prisoner on the Master's-Side, at the outside of the Gate, and enquiring after her Rival, that Instant who should pass by but the second Wife, the first Wife went after her, and got to the Press-Yard Gate before her, and gave her the Meeting, and asked her who she wanted? She reply'd, Hall, Pray, says the other, how long have you known him? and several other Expressions; but the first Wife at last got with some Difficulty admitted before her Face, at which she swore London should be to hot to hold her. The first Wife says that Hall kept her Company above three Years before he could prevail on her to have him, which when she did, was against her Will, finding his Temper in the Time of his Courtship to be surly, savage and inhumane; but as it was given out, he had 600 l. depending after the Death of his Father, which her Brother knew, forced her to marry him, with the Compassion she had for him from his often protesting and threatning, if she refused to marry him he would destroy himself, for which End he used to bring a Cord in his Pocket, and once in particular, when she lived in the P - of W - Laundry, as he and she were alone, upon her denying to have him he attempted to hang himself across a Beam which was in the Room to dry Clothes on; which coming to the Ears of her Mistress, she was turned away, soon after which she was married to him. He being then (as he all his Life time was) stingy, niggardly, and mean spirited, allowed her little or nothing to live on; she understanding Washing, took to that Business, and amongst her Customers was a Taylor, who by often visiting her became a Moth in the Eye of Hall, who took all Opportunities to watch his coming, and was so strict over his Wife, as to look her up off Nights, take Home the Key of her Room Door, and confine her thus till such Time as he thought proper to come next Day to release her. The said Taylor coming one Night after the Door was locked, insisted upon breaking it open being in Liquor, and accordingly did; she being undressed; the Taylor had no sooner entered the Room, than in came Hall, who seized him, and would have murd'red him, had he not been prevented by his Wife, and another Man who came with Hall, in whose Custody Hall left the Taylor whilst he went for a Constable. The Taylor being too strong for his Guard got loose, and as he was coming out of the House met Hall at the Door, who pursued him in such a Hurry, that he ran with his Head directly into the Spokes of a Cart that was in the Street, by which means Hall secured him, and tore his Cloaths to Pieces, carried him before a Justice, who bound him over to the then next Quarter Sessions, to which he gave Bail. Hall in the Interim being advised to sue him at common Law, by which he might get great Damages; this Hall thro' his avaritious Disposition readily agreed too, which was accordingly brought to Justice before the Lord Chief Justice Lee at Guild-hall, when a Verdict was given for Hall, with three Guineas Damages and Costs of Suit. Hall from hence, whenever he came Home to his Wife, used to say little, but under a Pretence of playing together, would pinch, hugg, and squeeze her, till she used to be all over black, and sometimes would draw a Knife on her, make her down on her Knees to sware who had lain with her since he had; she once to prevent his killing her, forced herself when big with Child out of a two pair of Stairs Room and got from him, but at last he being so great a Brute, they agreed to part, and he was to allow her a Guinea a Quarter, which he never paid her, but soon married a second Wife. As I am in a few Hours to fall a Victim to public Justice, the World may naturally expect I should leave something behind me with Respect to my intended Escape. The first Person that hinted the Design to me, was Henry Cooke , who is under Condemnation for robbing Mr. Zachary. He told me it was no difficult Matter to set our selves at Liberty, and the next Morning I inform'd Mr. Cross, (who is a Prisoner for forging a Note on Mr. Hoare) of Cooke's Proposal. Cross told me, that himself and Cook had consulted together concerning it, and that he had a particular Friend, a very ingenious Man, who was a Blacksmith, and that he would send to him for Instruments necessary for the forwarding our Escapes. Accordingly he wrote a very long Letter with his own Hand to the Blacksmith, informing him, that some Tools were wanted for his Use. Sometime after I was committed to this Place, a Book, the greatest Part of which was entirely false, was publish'd against me, and by Cross's Assistance, I compiled another, which I design'd to publish in Answer to it. When this Proposal for an Escape was first mentioned to me, I told Cross and Cooke, if there was a Possibility of setting ourselves at Liberty without committing Murder, I would agree to it, otherwise I would not, for I was fearful of the Consequences that might follow, and unwilling to add to the Load of Guilt, which already lay so heavy on me. Cross said, he did not value it, and if he once got into the Street, he never would go into Newgate again alive, and at last, with some Importunity they got me to join with them in their Undertaking. Before this Project was put in Execution, Cross told me, that I must pay five Guineas for the Tools, which we were to use; I told him, that as we were all to be equally concerned, I would pay only my Dividend of the Expence; Cross reply'd, he had no Money to put down, but however, that little Saw, which cut the Bazil of my Iron, and was found under my Bed was produced, and I believe it cost 6 or 7 s. After this, Cross asked me if I could produce any Person that would swear they saw my Master after he was supposed to be murder'd, for it would be of singular Service to me: I told him I could not, and upon that he told me he would do for me very easily, or Words to that Effect. Accordingly he wrote a Letter to one W – D - in Charles Court, near Princes-street, Leicester-fields, and when D- came, Cross told me there was one of the cleverest Men in England for that Business. I inform'd Deer of the Situation of my Case, and he was pleased to tell me he would certainly bring me off. After this D- came backwards and forwards to me three or four Times, and told me he had fix'd on two Men who should swear as I should require; that one of them was an Apothecary, that they were both Persons who would make a good Appearance, and whose Character would be supported. He likewise told me, that they should make an Affidavit before a Judge, and if that Affidavit was produced at my Trial, it would carry the same Weight as if the Evidences themselves personally appear'd, but he must have half a Guinea to treat them, and before they would do me any Service, they were determin'd to have 4 Guineas in Hand. Upon this I put 2 Guineas into Cross's Hands, and agreed to make them four when the Business should be concluded; but D- afterwards came to me, and desir'd me to let him have a rough Draught, to prepare a Breviate for my Defence, and at Cross's Desire I refused him. Afterwards D- informing me that no Judge was in Town, and till then my Affair could not be finish'd, I reasonably demanded the two Guineas which I had put into Cross's Hands, but he told me he expected them for the Trouble he had been at in giving me his Advice and Assistance. After this I don't remember that I saw D - any more, and it would have been much better for me had I never seen him at all, for since I have been under Confinement, I have through Cross's Insinuations, been bilk'd out of six or seven Guineas. This, as I am a dying Man, is the real Truth; and I have not omitted the most minute Thing, that a Man, in my unhappy Circumstances, can recollect: I shall only say this, that I never entertained the least Thought of attempting an Escape, till I was put upon it by Cross and his Accomplices. At the Time of my committing this Fact, for which I suffer, I was in so much Confusion, that in putting my Master's Body down the Bog-house, the Keys of his Bureau fell in likewise, and there I was obliged to leave 150 l. in Gold, two Bank Notes of 100 l. each, and some other valuable Effects, behind me. It may naturally be asked, whether after the Commission of a Fact of this Nature, (supposing I had escaped the Hand of Justice) I could ever expect to enjoy a quiet Mind? To that I answer, That a Man is sometimes prevailed on to do a Thing that must inevitably destroy his Peace whilst his Life lasts, through the Want of Thought and Consideration; but with Regret I must own, that since I have been under Confinement, I have not had any Uneasiness or Frights upon me, but when I have sat up late, I have slept two or three Hours exceeding well, and have been too little troubled with the Shocks of a guilty Conscience. Sunday Night, Sept, 13, 1741. James Hall . The following LETTER the above Person sent to Cross, now under Confinement in Newgate, an exact Copy of which is now in the Custody of the Keeper. For Mr. CROSS. Mr. CROSS, " I Beg the Favour of you to send me the " Original Papers you have of mine: I " would not have you make any Excuse, and " say that you have destroyed them, or used " them as waste Paper; if you do, you will " prejudice yourself much more than you " have already done, and think you have taken such unadvised Steps of late, which " you will have great Cause to Repent " of. " Besides, you and your Accomplices have " made a very great Property of me, as you " make it your Business to do of all unfortunate People, who are so unhappy as to " come under your Directions. " This I am now assured of, though too " late; and is all at present, from me, whom " you have much injured. James Hall . The following is a true COPY of a LETTER which he sent to his Brother WILLIAM. Loving Brother, " IT is no small Addition to my present Afflictions, to hear of the great Concern " that you in particular are under for my Misfortunes, I am very sorry that I should be the " Occasion of giving you so much Uneasiness, " as also the Trouble it must be to the whole " Family, and others my Friends and Acquaintance; but you may satisfy yourself, " that none but the ignorant will in the least " reflect on you for my Misconduct and unhappy Fate. I would not have troubled " you with this long and melancholy Account, " but that I naturally imagine it will be more " Satisfaction to you to have it from my own " Hand, then from the common News-Papers, which are generally very imperfect. " Friday, the 28th of Aug. last, I was called " to the Bar at the Old-Bailey , (being the first " Day of Sessions) when my Indictments were " read to me, to which I pleaded Guilty, in " some Measure to ease my own Conscience, " and clear my Wife; whose Innocency I was " well assured of. Notwithstanding which by " some vile Woman swearing falsly against " her, her Life was almost in as great Danger " as mine, and Justice Deveil would have " committed her to Newgate, had she not " found Friends to give 500 l. Bail for her " Appearance at the ensuing Sessions. " This cruel Treatment, together with the " great Trouble she was in before on my Account, (and knowing her own Conscience " to be quite clear of what was, or possibly " could be alledged against her relating to her " being privy to the Murder) took such Effect " on her, that had she been obliged to appear " in Court, and tried for what she knew nothing of, it was much to be feared whether " it wou'd not have proved the Death of her, " had not she been cast for her Life, which in " all Probability she would, had it not been in " my Power to have clear'd her, which was " more then, than any Mortal living knew " except myself. " Such false Witness ought to be deem'd " guilty of Murder, the same as any one who " murders another by open Violence, (as you " may find it set forth at large in the Tenth " Chapter of the Whole Duty of Man) This " single Evidence upon the Account of the " bloody Linnen, which she swore she saw my " Wife bring out of Clement's-Inn , on Thurs day the 18th of June last, at four o'Clock " in the Morning, might have been the Occasion of taking away two Lives, and both innocent, for all she knew at that Time, as I " said before. " A Relation of my Master's who seem'd " inclined to speak in Favour of this Woman, " by saying, that he was inform'd there was another Woman of my Wife's Acquaintance " in the Neighbourhood, one Mrs. B - " who was very much like my Wife, and that " the poor Woman might be mistaken, by " taking one for the other, which according to " my Apprehension is doing Mrs. B - the " greatest Injustice that possibly can be, for " admitting that she was taken for my Wife, " it must be positively charging her with bringing out the Linnen. To clear which beyond all manner of Doubt, I have since declar'd where I myself put both Coat and " Shirt, which have been found accordingly. " And now I leave the World to judge, what " Grounds any one can have to speak the least " in Vindication of the Person who swore against my Wife. My being so very particular and punctual in this Matter is not in " the least in Favour of myself, for I freely " own the Justice of my Sentence; but as I " have now only a few Hours longer to continue in this World, I think it my Duty to " do all that is in my Power to clear the innocent, and take the Guilt on myself. So " Dear Brother, the Lord protect you and " yours. I remain your loving Brother, James Hall . From my Cell in Newgate , Sept. 11, 1741. ADVERTISEMENT. On Friday next will be Publish'd, [Price Six-Pence.] By JOHN APPLEBEE , PRINTER , Bolt-Court , Fleet-street , A Full ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, of the Five Malefactors, who are to be Executed To-Morrow at Tyburn: In which will be contain'd a very large and remarkable Account of the numerous Robberies committed by COOK, the Highwayman, taken from his own Mouth in his Cell, two Days after he received Sentence of Death. Likewise a particular Account the Manner of his being taken, by the Means of one Martha Underwood , a Strafford Girl, who lived within three Doors of COOK, where he kept a Shoemaker's Shop, at Strafford. Also a particular Account of the Robbery on Gallows-Green, not far from Strafford, when one of the Gentlemen, whom COK and his Man Taylor went to rob, shot Taylor, and he died of his Wounds next Day. As also an Account how he kept a Shoemaker's Shop at Birmingham about 6 Weeks; and while he was there, he stole Mare from one Mr. Insal, which Mare he was upon when he robb'd Mr. Zachary, and made Mr. Zachary dismount to change Horses with him: And a Copy of a Letter which was sent to COOK from one Mary Barret , a young Woman at Birmingham , who was Partners with him in the Shop. With several other material Things relating to the said COOK, &c. &c. FINIS.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday, the 29th of April, 1713. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th instant, Five Men that were then Try'd for, and Convicted of, several Capital Crimes, receiv'd Sentence of Death; and another, Condemn'd the Sessions before, and Repriev'd to this, was call'd to his former Judgment. Of these Persons Two being respited from Execution, Four are now appointed for it. While they lay under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them brought up (twice every Day) to the Chapel of Newgate, where I pray'd with them, read and expounded the Word of GOD to them, and exhorted them to Believe in the Lord JESUS, and to Repent of their Sins; shewing them what Faith and Repentance consisted in, and what were the blessed Fruits of them. On the LORD's Day the 19th instant, I preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon 1 Pet. Chap. 3. the former part of the 9th Verse, being part of that Evening Second-Lesson, and the Words these; Not rendring evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise Blessing. Having first in general open'd this Text, and (together with the Context) illustrated it by several parallel Places of Scripture, I then spoke to it in particular, upon these following Heads, viz. I. That we ought carefully to abstain from doing any Injury to our Neighbour, whether in Words or Deeds; and if any be done to our selves, not to return it: Which is the Negative Part of the Duty enjoin'd in the Text. II. That we ought not only to forbear doing III, but are strictly bound (so far as we can) to do Good to all Men, and live in Unity and mutual Love and Peace with them, (if it be possible) as the Apostle exhorts, Rom. 12. 18. In short, we ought to be so affected with what concerns others, as if (in some measure) it were our own Case; truly endeavouring (upon all proper Occasions) to promote every thing that may be to their real Benefit and Advantage; and even extend this our Good will and Affection to our very Enemies; returning Good for Evil, Love for Hatred, Blessing for Cursing, &c. according to CHRIST's Command, Mat. 5. 44. Which is the Positive Part of the Duty recommended by St. Peter in the Text. III. and lastly, That if we presume to act contrary to this excellent and divine Precept, we can expect no less than to be brought under the dreadful Wrath of GOD, who is a consuming Fire to Impenitent Sinners, and a terrible Avenger of all the Wrongs, Injuries, and other Wicked Deeds (of any kind) for which those miserable Wretches, that shall be found guilty of them, must greatly suffer, either in this World, or in the next, and perhaps in both. All which I made it appear, by several Particulars, to be the genuine Result of what GOD has enacted in his Law, with relation to Men's due Comportment and Behaviour to, and just and honest Dealing with, one-another: And then in the Application (which I chiefly directed to the Condemn'd Persons) I shew'd, That such as have been injurious to their Neighbour, or are otherwise Guilty before GOD and Man, and therefore liable to Punishment both here and hereafter, may nevertheless, through a lively Faith in CHRIST, and a Sincere Repentance of all their Sins, obtain Mercy, Pardon, and Salvation, if not in this World, however in the World to come. An Encouragement which Almighty GOD (out of his abundant Pity and Love) is pleas'd to give to Sinners, that by their grieving bitterly for their Sins, forsaking them utterly, and throughly amending their Lives, before they be call'd (immediately after Death) to a strict Account of whatever they have done in this Life, whether it be good or bad, may fit and prepare themselves for their Admission into an immortal State of Eternal Bliss and Glory. On the last LORD's Day, the 26th instant, I preach'd to them again (both in the Morning and Afternoon) upon this Text, Rom. 6. 12. What Fruit had you in those things, whereof ye are now asham'd? For the End of those things is Death. In speaking to which Words, I first observ'd the Reference they have to what the Apostle had said before, of which I gave a short Explanation, and then endeavour'd to make my Auditory sensible of, and inculcate upon their Minds and Hearts, the great and important Truths imply'd herein, viz. I. That Sinners can have but little (or rather no real) Profit and Satisfaction from their Sins; though they are such Fools, as sometimes to fancy that there is great Pleasure and Advantage in them: whereas they should consider, II. That they can reap nothing from them, but Sorrow, Shame, and Confusion. III. That Death, yea, Eternal Death and Damnation, will be their Portion; the sad End and woful Reward of obstinate and unrelenting Sinners. IV. That after this Life they will find a most severe and terrible Judgment: And, V. and lastly, That such a dreadful Judgment is only to be prevented by Grace and Repentance, which all Men (especially those that are within the sight of Death) are highly concern'd to use their utmost Endeavours, by Prayers and otherwise, to obtain and to practise. On these several Heads I discours'd at large, and concluded all my Sermons with particular Directions and suitable Admonitions to the Condemn'd, earnestly exhorting them to repent, and flee from the Wrath to come. As I taught them in publick, so likewise in private: And there it was that I strictly examin'd them, and receiv'd from them (who are now to suffer) the respective Accounts of their past Lives and present Dispositions. 1. James Boyce , Condemn'd for Robbing Isabella Dickson on the QUEEN's Highway, taking from her a Bundle of Holland-Shirts, &c. of the Value of Twenty Pounds, on the 5th day of March last. He said, he was about 24 Years of age, born at North-Alverton in Yorkshire , of very honest Parents, who brought him up well, in a Religious and Virtuous Way; but he departed from it: For after they had bound him Apprentice (when he was about Twelve Years old) to Captain Cole, then Commander of the Expedition, a Third Rate , and he had serv'd out his Time with him, and been afterwards (off and on) for Ten Years employ'd in Her MAJESTY's Service , on board several other Men of War; falling into ill Company, and doing ill things, he brought himself under this Condemnation. He confess'd the Fact for which he was to die, and further said, That he had been a great Offender, though in small Matters at a time; having pick'd several People's Pockets, wherein he acted by himself, and was not then concern'd with any other; adding in particular, That he was highly guilty of the Sins of Lewdness, Sabbath-breaking, Swearing, Cursing, Gaming, and the like; which he now look'd upon to be the Beginning of the Miseries which were consequent thereon, and of this Death he is now condemn'd to; and therefore advis'd other young Men not to follow his vicious and dangerous Steps, lest they should (like him) shamefully fall by the Hand of Justice. 2. Richard Lawrence , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. John Reynolds , in Black-Fryers , and taking from thence a great quantity of Fustian, upon the 11th Day of March last. He said, he was near 29 Years old, born in the Parish of Christ Church , London : That at the age of Twelve years he went to live with a Silver smith , and stay'd with him about Two Years; and then was bound Apprentice to a Poulterer in Newgate-Market : That when he had but One Year more of his Time to serve, his Master dying, he betook himself to ill Courses: That about Three Years ago, he was try'd and condemn'd at Maidstone in Kent , for a Burglary he had committed there: That some time after that, having obtain'd his Pardon and Discharge, he went to the East-Indies , in the Europe, a Ship fitted out by the East-India-Company, and was Two Years in that Voyage: That not long after this, he made another Voyage in the Loretto, a Ship belonging to some private Merchants, in which he serv'd about Ten Months, and then came home again: That at his return he had thoughts of settling himself in some honest Way of living at Land, and go no more to Sea; but falling into bad Company, he was soon perswaded to launch out into those wicked Facts he did since his Return from Sea, which were the Breaking open and Robbing of Shops and Houses; as particularly that for which he stands condemn'd to die, and two he had committed a few Weeks before, in company with George Smith , of which I shall give an Account by and by. He seem'd to be very much griev'd that he had liv'd such a wicked Life, and done so much Mischief as he had in the World, saying, That he was guilty of many ill things; and, That his Neglect of GOD's Service, and the abandoning of himself to a loose and lewd Life, dispos'd him for the commission of those Crimes, which at last prov'd his utter Ruin in this World, and might be the Cause of his Eternal Damnation in the next, without GOD's great Mercy: Therefore he advis'd others to take Warning by him, so as to be wiser and better than himself had been, and avoid such an untimely and shameful End as this, which by his woful Experience he now found his Presumptuous Sins had brought him to. 3. George Smith , condemn'd for the same Fact with Richard Lawrence , before mention'd. He said, he was 21 Years of age, born at Wapping , of very honest Parents, who would have given him good Education, but he would not take it: That about Seven years ago he was bound Apprentice to a Baker , in the Parish of Christ-Church -London ; That when he had but Six Months unexpir'd of his Time to serve, he ran away from his Master, but soon after return'd again to him: That after this, he often going abroad without Leave, and his Master hearing he kept bad Company, gave him up his Indenture, and finally discharg'd him from his Service: That being thus discharg'd, he went to serve another Baker, in the Capacity of a Journey-man : That having more Liberty with this Master than he had with the former (for the Afternoons were all his, as he said) he went still more upon rambling abroad, and so contracted more vicious Habits, and greater Acquain tance, than before, with Wicked People, besides Richard Lawrence , with whom he committed the Burglary for which he is now to die: That a few Weeks before this, they broke open a certain House in Barbican , out of which they took a great quantity of Serge, or suchlike Stuff, which they sold (at an Under-rate) for 10 l. That, some time after, they made an Attempt to rob a House in the Old-Baily , but were disappointed in their Design, being disturb'd by the Watch: That at several other times he had robb'd diverse Shops, stealing Periwigs, and whatever else he could lay his Hands on; and, That about ten Weeks ago he took out of the Bell-Inn Storehouse in Warwick-Lane , an old-fashion'd Desk; which having carried away, and broke open in a convenient place, he therein found six Shirts, a Coat, a pair of Breeches, and diverse Papers and Writings, which he suppos'd might be of great Concern to the right Owner, and therefore wish'd he had them again; as he said (upon my perswading him to make what Reparation he could to the Persons he wrong'd) he had sent for and restor'd some of the stoln Goods to several People that were robbed by him: But as for those Writings, he knew not what to do with them, nor how to let the Party have them safe again, to whom they belong'd. Upon which I desir'd he would deliver them to me; which he did (carelesly seal'd as they were) in a Bundle; and as soon as I had receiv'd them, I lodg'd them in the proper Hands, that should keep 'em till the right Owner of them be known. This is the Substance of what he said or did, while I had him under Examination; adding only, That he heartily repented of whatever he had done amiss. And both he and the other two (viz. Boyce and Lawrence) did wish all young Men, and others, might take Warning by them; and that none would (upon the account of their Wicked Lives and Shameful Death) reflect on their Friends and Relations, who were all very just and honest Persons, and had no ways contributed to their Miscarriages. 4. Richard Passmore , condemn'd for his being Concern'd in the Fact for which he is now to die with the two last mention'd Malefactors, Richard Lawrence and George Smith . He said, he was about 25 Years of age, born in the Parish of Alhallows in the Wall : That he came of good Parents, who brought him up in a Religious and Virtuous Way, and bound him Apprentice to a Mason in the City , with whom he serv'd out his Time very faithfully, and afterwards work'd at his Trade for himself, about the space of Two Years; and then he fell into wicked Company, which brought him to the commission of this Fact, with that in Barbican , and the Attempt upon the breaking open a Shop in the Old Baily , mention'd before; which, he said, were the only Crimes he ever committed, saving the Sin of Whoredom, which he freely own'd he was greatly guilty, and repented of. Both before and after this his Condemnation, he behav'd himself as a Person in his then Circumstances ought to do; and as he made nearer approach to his Death, he still shew'd a greater Sense and Abhorrence of his Sinful Life; into which (he said) he had been deluded by bad Company: He likewise desir'd that no Reflection might be cast upon his Relations, who were all good and just People; adding, That they had no Knowledge of what he then did, when engag'd with those wicked Persons; and, That he never was in any Trouble before. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carried in two Carts, I attended them for the last time, and (according to my usual manner) gave them Ghostly Admonitions, pray'd, and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed: And so, commending them to GOD's Grace and Mercy, I retir'd from them, and left them to their private Devotions; who, after they had spoke to the Standers-by to this purpose, That they should take Warning by them, &c. and pray'd a while by themselves, the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, they all calling on GOD for Mercy. This is all the Account here to be given of these dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Wednesday, April 29, 1713. ADVERTISEMENTS. Books set forth by PAUL LORRAIN , before he was, and since he is Ordinary of Newgate . A Guide to Salvation, or the Way to Eternal Bliss. Sold by William Meadows near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill . 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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES, Of the Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN, On Wednesday the 24th of January, 1694. THe Ordinary visited the Condemned Criminals, being 16, whereof were 12 men, and 4 women, every day till the time of Execution. On the Lords day, he preacht on this Text in the forenoon, viz. the fourth verse of the 1st Chapter of Amos: Thus saith the Lord, Seek ye me, and you shall live. Whence four general heads were insisted on. 1. Wherein doth the sincere seeking of God consist. 2. The excellency of this comprehensive duty. 3. In what ways must we seek the Face or Favour of the Lord. 4. Rules or directions in seeking him, so as to obtain an interest in him. 1. Seek God not immediately in himself, as your mee Creator, for since mans degeneracy from his primitive Integrity in an holy state, the bare Relation of a Creature, as defiled with sin, will not intitle you to divine Mercy. The Lord is a consuming fire to all the workers of Iniquity. But a Sun of refreshment and a Shield of defence only to the upright in heart. Christ only can attemperate and allay the super-excelling brightness of the divine Majesty, that it may not strike Consternation into us, but rather give us a comfortable aspect of Gods infinite excellencies, so as to transform us into an holy state, and to make our addresses to God acceptable. 2. Seek the Lord by vigorous acts of Faith in all Spiritual services, and by an intire resignation of your selves, to his preceptive and providential will, in every state and condition of Life. 3. In renewing your Covenant of Obedience, by Repentance joyn'd with a stricter watchfulness over your hearts, after wandring from God, by relapsing into any sin. 4. Delight in this main duty of seeking the Lord sincerely; because the souls only of such shall live, by thevivacity of spiritual comfort in all distresses; yea, shall reign with the Lord in the Life of eternal blessedness. To seek God aright, is to abide with him, in an awful reverence of him, for his very goodness, in forbearing to consume us for our remissness in serving him. We must not only exercise a close dependency upon his All-sufficiency to fulfill our desires in praying; but must out of a complacential Love, conform to his holy will in universal Self-denyal, so as to express an infinite satisfaction, in seeking and serving him without satiety. How great Contempt and Ingratitude is this, when the Lord is so mindful of us, as to visit us continually with the remembrances of his tenderest mercies: yet we wander from God, because we have lost the Government of our hearts, and affections, so that these settle on vain objects, and forsake the Lord, the fountain of Life and Blessedness. Consider, that the Lord at present waits to be gracious, but he will not follow us, with the offers of Life and Salvation, if we trifle with him and them. Therefore neglect not the proper seasons of Grace and Mercy. Let all your services flow from a renewed conscience, that they may be constant and delightsome. Then you may behold the Face of God, so as to unriddle all divine mysteries, you may fetch satisfaction from the Lord in all doubtful cases, and contentment of mind, under every afflictive dismal providence. Yet how remiss and careless are most men in seeking and serving the Lord, as if this were not the purport and comfort of their life. The Conclusion was thus directed to the Condemned. How have you consumed your years in Vanity? Do not suffer your lifes, now ready to expire, to be lost in eternal darkness for want of trimming these Lamps with a sincere address to God, that he would sanctify your distresses. Strive the rather for this, because you have long liv'd ignorant of God, and the true design of your being. Is not this properly to live, to serve the Lord in newness of Spirit? What should cause you to count this grievous? Is it not the Seed time of endless Joy and Happiness? If you prize life, return to the fold of Righteousness. Sacrifice your lusts by the mortifying acts of godly sorrow for offending a graclous God, that you may obey the commands of Christ with greater freedom and alacrity. Is not such Love to him the consulting of your own happiness? yet how late and slight is your Repentance? How slack and feeble your Obedience, how partial your Self-denial in mortifying the love of your Lusts. Therefore so seek happiness in Christ, as to acknowledge and imbrace him, to become your only Lord and Lawgiver, equally as you desire him to be your tender-hearted Saviour and Redeemer. Be convinced of this, that the Lord searches the heart, and receives services, not by their number, but their wight of seriousness and sincerity. Do not therefore deceive your selves, in counting this to be an hearty ingenious choice of amendment of life, which is out of constraint, now that death surprizes you with its terrors. Such seeking of God is trifling Hypocrisy, if your sensual Lusts still reign in your hearts. Prepare therefore your selves to fulfill the Will of the Lord in the latitude of it. Let your hearts be ready to break, in a fervent longing to observe his commands in the universality of their obedience, with vigor of delight. A sincere heart will follow hard after God, tho at present he hide his face, as esteeming the disposition of fearing him before his smiles, if this may promote a circumspect conversation. The Lord will prepare great rewards for such, who seek him in sincerity: But where Holiness is not exalted in its power, Satan will take a deeper and firmer possession without suspicion. Let therefore your addresses to God transform you into an imitation of his divine perfections. Do not persist to pour out the strength of your souls on your abominable lusts, so as to cleave to these, in dying. Get all the corrupt affectiens of your souls purged out, so shall a supernatural resemblance of the Deity be instampt upon you, to delight in seeking and serving him, as the essence of your blessedness. Thus, after your godly sorrowing for all your wandrings from the paths of righteousness, Christ will conduct you thorow the sharpest agonies of death, to the fold of heavenly felicity. In this state he will secure you against any temptation, of remitting your delight in him. You shall obtain infinite satisfaction in the injoyment of him: for at his right hand divine pleasures overflow, in the perfect beatifying vision of his Favor, transcending the widest capacities of the soul throughout all the progressive ages of Eternity. I proceed to give you an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Criminals. 1. William Day , alias Trooper Will, Condemned for Felony and Burglary, aged 30 years: He was brought up with his Father, in Husbandry : He furnisht him with a Stock to become a Grasier , which employment he followed some years, and added means to his first Stock. But upon Losses in Trading and contracting Debts besides, he went into Ireland on Military Service , to reduce the Rebels there to their due obedience. Where he continued till being reduced to poverty, he returned into England, and entered himself into a Regiment under our present Kings Service, and was sometime in Flanders . But falling sick he came back to England, and intended to have returned to Flanders, on the Campaign before the last, but was prevented by sickness for the space of almost a year. He hath been inticed to lead an irregular life, and joined with bad Company, being acquainted with Lawrence Nozzel condemned now with him, for robbing the Lady Allen. He denies not that he was present in the House when it was robb'd; yet says he had no part of the prey, and that he was very civil to the Lady, and preserved her life, those who robbed her designing to have murthered her. He repents that he join'd in the said Burglary, and confest that he had taken to evil courses. He acknowledged, that God was just in bringing him to publick shame and punishment for many sins which he had committed against the checks of his conscience, and vows of amendment; particularly he confest that he did not observe the Lords day, that sometimes he swore in passion, and drank in excess. He wept and seem'd penitent, and was tractable to good counsel in order to his preparation for death, having no hope of any Reprieve, and promised that he would declare his repentance more particularly at the Place of Suffering, thereby to warn others against evil courses, that they might not bring on themselves the like destruction. II. Lawrence Nozzel , Condemned with William Day , alias Trooper Will, for committing the aforesaid Robbery and Burglary, aged 59 years. He was born at Finchly , by Trade a Butcher , and held a Farm for some time. He pretended to me, that he left off his Employment because trading grew dead, and he had contracted debts. He was so impenitent, that he would not acknowledge any sin, being ignorant in matters of Religion; such commonly are most obstinate. III. Dorothy Barnet , Condemned for murthering her Female Infant Bastard, aged 30 years, was born in Hampshire . She confest, that she had gone on in a sinful course of life, yet exprest few particulars thereof; only, that she kept not the Sabbath as she ought. That she seldom prayed, that God would give her grace to resist the evil inclinations of her heart, for which, and other sins, he justly left her to be overcome by the impure sollicitations of her Master, who, she said, was a Gardner, who took no care to provide for her, nor the Child. She pretended that it was stilborn, but it appeared otherwise at her Tryal, viz. That she drowned it in a Brewing Vessel full of water. She was little sensible of her barbarous crime, nor of any other sin, but remained stupid, as very ignorant in the concernments of Religion. IV. Jane Croucher , Formerly condemned, but was respited from suffering death, as being with Child, yet now her time in that case being fulfilled, she was called to her former judgment, and ordered with Grace Dempsey and Margaret Palmer , under the like condemnation to prepare for their Execution, with the rest who are to suffer this Session. Jane Croucher said, that she is 24 years of Age, that she was born in Surrey , that she had been in several Services in London , but she quitted some, as counting that she had not wages to her content; that she was turn'd away by other Mistresses, because she was stubborn. She was condemned for robbing of her last Mistress, who lived near to Doctors Commons ; she said that a young man, whose name is Mitchel, tempted her to let him with others into the House, that she repented of this fact, and all other sins of her life, which provok'd God to suffer her to commit this crime, for which she is condemned. V. Grace Dempsey , formerly Condemned, and now not being with Child, ordered to be executed, aged 26 years; she was born in Carlile , she hath lived 13 years in London , but gave no account of her behaviour in several Services. She acknowledged that she lately followed bad Company, who tempted her to commit the Robbery and that she shared with them. She said that she was born of honest and creditable Parents, but followed not their good Counsel. She confest that she had many ways dishonoured God, and neglected Religious Duties, but now she is troubled for former impieties, and begs Gods pardon for them. VI. Margaret Palmer , formerly condemned and now not being with Child ordered to be executed. Aged 21 years; born at Middrington in Glocestershire ; she confest that she had committed all sorts of sins, murder only excepted; she did not deny the Crime for which she is Condemned, but wept, saying, that she was prevail'd upon to commit it, because she did not pray against it. She was Servant to Grace Dempsey . VII. Eliz-Hartly , Condemned for clipping the Current Money of this Nation: But being pregnant she is respited for a time from death. This hath made her so secure, that she came not with other Criminals, to receive good Instructions, but hath absented her self from Prayer ever since her Condemnation. So that I cannot give any account of her evil life, but must leave her to the Judgment of God. VIII. John Norris , Condemned for stealing 100 pounds weight of Sope, aged 0 years; Born in Cripplegate Parish . He went to Ireland and Newcastle on several Voyages. He served the late King James. He was at Sea this Summer, in our present Kings Service, but was discharged for stealing the Captain of the Ships Sword, five Months since. He was not so obliging to his Parents as he ought to have been. He was used to play at Cards and Dice on the Lords-day. He says that he is sorry for his sins, and willing to dye, if his peace may be made with God by Repentance. IX. John Sedgwick , Condemned for stealing a silver Tankard value six pounds, aged 16 years; He was born in Grubstreet , was Prentice to a Barbar-Chirurgion . He acknowledged that he stole the Tankard. That he broke the Sabbath, that he was guilty of Lying, and pretended that he joined not with bad Company till within 14 days before his apprehension. That he begs pardon of God for all his Sins, and hopes, if he may obtain sparing mercy, never to return to his wicked course of Life. X. John Shorter , Condemned for Felony and Robbery, privately stealing a Sword, with a silver Hilt, from the side of Thomas Poole , value 30 shillings. He was burnt in the hand before. He is about 14 years of age, was born in West-Chester , was Prentice to a Butcher , but left his Service, to follow lewd Company. He acknowledged that he had been drunk sometimes, that he seldom prayed, and often broke the Sabbath, which sin, he said, now troubles his Conscience more than any other. XI. John Nun , Condemned for stealing 3 Perriwigs, value 50 s. Aged 15 years. He was born in Rosemary-lane . He was at first put prentice to a Weaver , but leaving his Master, he went in a Sloop-Privateer to Sea, and said that it being cast away, he was strangely preserved; yet this did not reform him, for he broke the Sabbath, was addicted to Drunkenness and Swearing. XI. William Dayntry . Condemned for stealing a Silver-hilted Sword, value 5 l. Aged 20 years. He was born in South-wark , was put prentice to a Scrivener , but left his service. He said he was Clerk to a Captain in a Man of War , and was lately in Land-service . That one Coy, now condemned with him, tempted him to the fact, but he hopes, if he be spared from dying, God will change his heart, and enable him to amend his life. On Wednesday the 24th of January, these seven persons were conveyed in three Carts to Tyburne, viz. Lawrence Nozzel , Will. Day , alias Trooper Will. Richard Oates , Dorothy Barret , Jane Croucher , Grace Dempsey , Margaret Palmer , where being come they were all tied up to the Gallows, after which they were severally exhorted to be penitent, and to look for Salvation only in and thro the merits of Christ, &c. Nozzel denied that he was any ways concerned in the Robbery with Will. Day , alias Trooper Will. and the rest that committed the great Burglary in the House of Madam Allen, at Muzzle-hill ; but Trooper Will being tied up just by him said, You was the first Man that contrived and set the Robbery. Indeed I cant say you were in the House, but you were there; and don't you remember you sent to Will. Reynolds to come and commit the Robbery, &c. Says Nozzel again, I think you are mad, why should you say so: I am as innocent as the Child in the Mothers Womb. Trooper Will gave him a soft answer, and applied himself to Prayer, after which he spake further these words, I am concerned for one Mr. Holland, who is now a Prisoner in Newgate, because he is accused for a Robbery that he knows nothing of; for that which he stands accused for, I my self, and Kitt Pickering did do and commit; and therefore I desire he may be made acquainted with it, and that the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor may know he is innocent, that he may be cleared from Imprisonment. Gentlemen, I have been guilty of many Robberies on the High-way. I hope you will all take warning by my untimely end. Dorothy Barnet , was refractory, and somewhat stubborn in Newgate, but when she came to Tyburne she was more pensive, and readily confest the fact of murdering her Bastard Child. Richard Oates , was a poor ignorant creature, very sick; when he came to die, he freely acknowledged that he stole all 3 of the Horses he was executed for. Jane Croucher , Grace Dempsey , and Margaret Palmer , who were heretofore condemned for Burglary, and respited by vertue of pleading their Bllies; but now the time being past they were executed. They all three much lamented and bemoned the sad effects of their sinful life, wishing all the Spectators to take timely warning by their sad examples, crying out to God for the pardon of their sins. The Ordinary prayed with them in his own Prayers, and in the Prayers of the Church; and they all profest to die in the Christian Faith. After which, they had a convenient time given them to pray for themselves, and then the Cart drew away, and they were all committed to the Mercy of Almighty God. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions, Licensed, January, 25th. Sam. Smith, Ordinary. LONDON, Printed for E. Mallet, at Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's Head, near Flet-Bridge, 169.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors who were Executed on Friday the 11th of August, 1727, at Tyburn. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir JOHN EYLES , Bart . Lord Mayor of the City of London . The Rt. Honourable Sir Thomas Pengelly , Knt . Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer , the Honourable Mr. Justice Denton, the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds, the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and John Raby , Esq ; Serjeant at Law ; and others his Majesty's Justices of Jail Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid: Together with several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th of July, 1727, in the first Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. Alex. Jones , J. Prat, Tho. Timms , Thomas Perry , and Edward Brown ; and three Women, viz. Mary Reynolds , Sylvia Sherlock , and Anne Senior were by the Jury found guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. Richard Herbert , and Eliza. Wade , alias Boucher , having been found guilty and Sentenc'd to die, at the preceeding Sessions holden on the 17th, and 18th of May last, and kept from that Time to the last Sessions, on the 5th of July, &c. were in Company with them, while they were under Sentence. They were Instructed in the Principles of Christianity, how that without Faith it is impossible to please God: For he that cometh to God, must believe that he is; and that he is a Rewarder of them who diligently seek him. Heb, xi. 6. From which and other Points of Scripture I shew'd them, that by the Laws and Dictates of Nature it was ingrafted in the Minds of all Men, that there is a God, or supream Being, who created and governs all Things; yet considering the laps'd State we are now plung'd into, in order to the perfecting our corrupt Nature, and preparing us for the enjoyment of God; it was necessary, that Revelation of the Divine Will should be added to the Light of Nature, which is now in a great Measure, if not totally, obscur'd by our Apostacy and Disobedience: This Defect is now made up to us sufficiently by the Gospel, wherein we are assur'd, that God so lov'd the World, that he gave his only beloved Son for us, that whosoever believth in him might not perish, but have everlasting Life; who hath brought Life and Immortality to Light thro' the Gospel. God having thus purchas'd for us a Right to eternal Life by the Death of his Son. I show'd 'em, that it was the Interest of all Men to endeavour, by the grace of God, to partake in the Benefits of Christ's purchas'd Redemption; and more especially of 'em who had forfeited their Lives to the Laws of the Country. Then I took occasion to exhort 'em in the most pressing Manner, to improve the short time allow'd them, in fearing, loving and serving God, and turning unto him with their whole Hearts, from whom they had so deeply revolted. I instructed them in the nature and design of the Christian Sacraments how we were early dedicated to God in our Baptism, and that we ought to Mourn for the many Breaches of our Baptismal Vows and Engagements; And that Christ having given us another Sacrament, as a Confirmation of our Baptismal Vows, as his last Legacy and Token of his Love, when he was leaving this World, it is our Duty to receive this Sacrament, for strengthening our Graces, confirming good Purposes in us, and disposing us for Eternity; That being Partakers of Christ's death, represented to us in this blessed Sacrament, we may likewise become Partakers of his Resurrection. When these, and such like Exhortations were given them, they behav'd themselves gravely, but for all the Prayers and Exhortations which could be possibly said, they were all very far from appearing to have any due Concern upon their Spirits, in Consideration of the most miserable Circumstances they were then in. Anne Senior told a Romantick Story of an Angel appearing to her; and both she and Sylvia Sherlock frequently smil'd in time of Devotion, for which they were reprov'd and promis'd not to do the same again: The other Woman Reynolds appear'd always with abundance of Gravity and appearance of Devotion. Neither the Men nor Women could make regular Responses, only Richard Herbert and Alexander Jones (at times when he thought fit) made such Responses in complying with the Worship, as they could. Timms and Brown were much afflicted with sickness, and although they could read, yet their Weakness and the bad Air of the Hold effected them so much, that they could hardly see. Elizabeth Wade , alias, Boucher , seldom attended in Chappel; but as I visited her frequently in the Hold, she pretended Penitence, but shew'd small Signs thereof. They were for the most part very ignorant in Religion, which made me take extraordinary Pains to cultivate the first Principles of Christianity into them, and press them to their Duty, by the threat'nings of Hell and Joys of Heaven; by the Rewards annexed to Virtue and Goodness, and the unavoidable Punishments following upon an irreligious and wicked Life. Upon Saturday, the 5th of August, the Report of the abovemention'd ten Malefactors, under Sentence of Death, was made to his Majesty in Council; and seven of them, viz. Richard Herbert for breaking into the Dwelling-house of Richard Langford , with a design to steal and bear away Goods, &c. Eliz. Wade , alias, Boucher , for Shop-lifting; Alexander Jones for a Street-robbery, in assaulting Mr. Fawcet; Mary Reynolds for Shop lifting, and stealing 5 China Bowls, val. 4 l, John Prat , for breaking a Chest of Drawers, and taking thence a Canvas-bag, val. 1 d. 4 Guineas, and two Shillings in silver; Jane Senior , for privately stealing three Guineas in the House of Samuel Thresher ; and Sylvia Sherlock , for privately stealing 7 l. from Charles Headman ; receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprive. The Remaining three, viz. Thomas Timms , Thomas Perry and Edward Brown were order'd for Execution. What follows is an ingenuous Narrative of their Carriage under Sentence, to all concern'd or desirous to know the same. The said Thomas Timms , Thomas Perry and Edward Brown , were indicted for assaulting Samuel Sells on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Pen-knife, val. 4 d. and 20 l. in Money, on Tuesday the 4th of May last, about 5 in the Morning, near Hounslow-Heath . Thomas Timms , about 28 Years of Age; had a mean Education suitable to his Parent's Circumstances. He did not appear to have been so extravagantly Wicked, as many who bring themselves into the like Misfortunes. When of Age, his Parents and Friends put him Apprentice to a Carver of Chairs , when his Apprentiship was out, he Married and liv'd in good Repute for some Years, his Honesty not being suspected, till wanting Business, he listed himself a Souldier in the first Regiment of Guards, he commonly follow'd his Employment, except when upon Duty, which he said was so often, that his Business could not Maintain his Family: And a few Months since falling Sick, he was put into St. Bartholomew's-Hospital , but then being reduc'd to great Straits, having had little or no Money allow'd him to supply his Necessities. Afterwards recovering his Health so as to go Abroad, and wanting Money, the first Enterprize he took in hand, was to go with his two Companions on the 3d of May last, towards Hounslow Heath , in order to to rob such People as they should Meet with that Night, they all three lay in the Fields, and next Morning they met with a poor Man, who telling them he had no Money, they let him go; soon after Samuel Sells from Windsor coming up in his Chaise, they stopt him; Brown held the Horse till Timms receiv'd 3 Half-Crowns, but Brown came up and said that was too little, and demanding more, Sells gave them about 10 or 11 s. more, which was all they got, amounting to about 17 s. as they all three constantly aver'd, although he swore much more against them; allegding that whilst the other robb'd him, Perry stood with a Truncheon over his Head, which Perry denied, saying that he was at a considerable Distance, and offer'd no such Violence to him, but confess'd that all of them had Truncheons, which they afterwards threw away, besides a Sword and a Cane which Brown had. Timms had been taught to read and write in his Youth, yet had so far forgot that he could now read but little. He said, that he had liv'd pretty regularly, till of late, when either Want or Despair seizing him, the Devil working upon his bad Inclinations induc'd him to take that desperate Resolution of robbing on the High-way. He confess'd that he had kept Company with lewd Women. And said that he never committed Theft or Robbery before, and that the Action for which he died, was the only capital Crime he ever was guilty of. He confess'd himself to be among the chief of Sinners, begging Pardon of God and all the World, which he hop'd to obtain, as believing the Scriptures to be the Word of God, and Christ the Son of God to be the only Saviour of Sinners, and however great his Sins had been, yet that he always knew, and wanted not Inclinations to do that which is good, which he pleaded not as a Merit, but only relied and cast himself upon the Mercy of God, Merits of Jesus Christ, who died for our Sins, and rose again for our Justification, and who now sits at the Right-hand of God, pleading and interceeding for the Pardon of the Sins of poor Mortals. He always appear'd very Devout and Attentive at Prayers and Exhortations, and when I spoke to him in private, express'd a deep Sense of Religion upon his Spirit, with a firm Hope of attaining eternal Life, through Jesus Christ our only Saviour. His Mother with many Tears, said, that he was her only Child, and that he had never Offended his Parents, neither had she ever heard of any Crime committed by him, excepting this one for which he died. THOMAS PERRY , about forty Years of Age, born at Cardiff , in Wales , of honest but mean Parents, had no Education at Schools, and could not read nor write. His Parents died when he was young, and left him a poor Orphan, being cast upon the World to do for himself as he could: When he was of Age he came to London , and bound himself to a Glass-grinder in Shoe-Lane , with whom he serv'd out his Time; after which he listed himself in the First Regiment of Guards , where he serv'd for some time in Flanders , before the Peace of Utretch; after which he return'd to London with the Regiment, continuing in the same, till the unfortunate Adventure befell him for which he died. He own'd, (although at first all the Three denied it) that they had made an Appointment to go out in Company and rob upon the High-way, and that Timms was the first Proposer of it, tho' indeed he and Brown were too ready to comply with the Proposal. He said, that in the preceding course of his Life, he had behav'd himself with indifferent Circumspection, till about a Year ago, he gave himself to a more loose and irregular Life than formerly, never going to Church, as he had been formerly used to do. He said, that having been at Windsor some time ago, he met with the Misfortune of being dangerously bit in the Leg by a Dog, which confin'd him to his Quarters there for some Weeks, during which time he had no Body to look after him, and small allowance of Money to supply his Necessities; but when he recover'd, and was able to Travel, coming up to Town, and there falling into some Differences and Jars with certain Persons, who had Business with him, and not having constant but very uncertain Employ at his Trade of Glass grinding, and being short of Money; These and such like Misfortunes and Discontents made him prone to engage and ready to comply with the first Proposal of robbing on the Highway. Notwithstanding Mr. Sells swore that, while the other two robb'd him, he, viz. Perry, held a Truncheon over his Head, threatning to knock him down in case of the least Opposition; yet he said, that he did nothing but stood at a considerable distance 8 or 9 yards off; and Sells asking if he knew him? he answer'd, he did, for he had frequently drunk at his House, for it is a Publick one at Windsor, and he added, of a very indifferent Character. He confest that he had not liv'd conformable to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, having been too much guilty of accompanying lewd Women, altho' he had a Wife and several Children of his own; of drinking to Excess; Swearing and keeping idle Company. Although he was Illeterate, yet he had more Knowledge of Religion than a great many of these unfortunate Wretches. He declar'd himself very Penitent for all his Sins; having been always very grave and attentive at Prayers and Exhortations, that he believ'd to be saved through the Merits of Jesus Christ, who suffer'd and died for his Sins; that he was in Peace with all Mankind, forgiving all Men the Injuries done him, as he expected forgiveness at the Hands of God; and died in appearance of having a firm Hope of obtaining Mercy from God, and eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. EDWARD BROWN , about 24 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in the City of Oxford , who took care of his Education, when he was young, putting him to School, and instructing him in the Principles of Religion, which he understood indifferently well, according to his Station and Capacity. When of Age, they put him out Apprentice to a Glass-grinder , to which he serv'd out his time; after which he Married, and continu'd a good Husband for a Year, but then betook himself to idle Company, spending the Money he had gain'd in two or three Weeks, in one Day or two; about which time he contracted Acquaintance with strange Women, who with other bad Company prov'd his Ruin. He appear'd to be very Ingenuous in his last Confessions, owning that after they had taken their Cups liberally and spent all their Money, they agreed to walk out towards Hounslow-Heath , he having a Sword and a Cane, and all of 'em taking Truncheons in their Hands, to rob who they met upon the High-way, not extenuating his Crime, but frankly acknowledging that it was by Consent they went out, adding, that such a Thought never came into his Mind before, and that it was the Devil put it into their Herrts to commit so notorious an Offence; but who was the first Proposer of betaking themselves to such a wicked Course, he could not positively tell, but believed it was Timms. He was afflicted with Sickness most part of the time he was in the Hold, which render'd him the more incapable of performing his Duty, as he ought and desir'd to do. He seem'd to be a young Man naturally of a good and easy Temper, and own'd that he stopt and held Mr. Sells's Horse, till Timms robbed him, and oblig'd Sells to give him more Money, than at first he had given to Timms, till Mr. Sells begg'd they would let him go, having no more left him but Eighteen-pence. All the Three constantly affirm'd that they got only Seventeen Shillings; which was 5 s. 8 d. to each of 'em, for which they died, never having robb'd or stollen more in their Life, as they said, and went to Death with it. I told 'em that it was not the greatness or smallness of the Sum, but the breach of the express Law of the Land, whereby they were forbid to attack, threaten or rob any Person upon pain of Death, on the Highway, which took away their Lives; and as to the small Sum they robb'd the Man off, if it had been 100 l. instead of 17 s. they would have taken it. The Truth of all which they acknowledg'd, and in consequence the Justice of their Sentence according to Law. I took occasion to represent to Brown, how ungrateful he had been to God and Man for the good Education he had got, in being guilty of so great Wickedness. He acknowledg'd, that he had had the Advantage of a good Education, but had been more heedless than he ought; and that in several Instances he had been disobedient to his Parents. I exhorted him to repent of all Sins in particular, and especially that of the capital Sin he had committed, and which had brought him to so much Shame and Sorrow, for which he justly forfeited his Life to the Laws of the Kingdom, and brought this Disgrace, not only upon himself, but upon his Family and Kindred who were to survive him. He confess'd himself to have been among the chief of Sinners, begging Pardon of God and Man for his manifold Offences, expressing a strong Confidence in the Mercy of God, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord, in whom he believed as his only Saviour, confessing the Justice of his Sentence, and that the Punishment of his Iniquity was infinitely less than what he had deserved, forgiving all Men the Injuries done him, as he expected forgiveness from a gracious and merciful God, and dying in Peace with all the World. All the Prisoners who were under Sentence, were confident that they should get a gracious Reprieve from his Majesty, which I believe made them something more careless in their Duty, than otherwise they would have been. These three unfortunate Men having entertain'd the same Apprehensions: When the Account came of their being order'd for Execution, they were struck with Surprize; yet were of such Courage and Resolution, that one could scarce discern any visible change upon them; only that they were more sollicitous in their Preparation for Eternity, and indeed all of 'em went to suffer (as they said in firm Hopes of eternal Life, through the Mercy of God, in Jesus Christ our Lord. At the Place of Execution, THey all behav'd very gravely and devoutly, complying with the Prayers, and making what Responses they could. They desir'd, after the 23d Psalm of David was sung, to sing the Lamentation of a Sinner, which being comply'd with, they said, that they had made full Confessions before, and had no more to add, only, Brown said, that what farther Confessions he had, he would make the same to God. This all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Minister at Newgate . 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On FRIDAY the 24th of this Instant SEPTEMBER, 1731. BEING THE SIXTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq ; Number VI. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXI. [Price Three-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq ; Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder; Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London; and others of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, being the 8th, 9th, and 10th of September, 1731, in the Fifth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Three Men, viz. Robert Irwin , Richard Davis , and William Tracey , were by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death accordingly. While under Sentence, two of them last mentioned having been grosly ignorant in religious Matters; I endeavour'd to instruct them in these first Principles, which must of necessity be known by all, as that the great God, who is infinite in all his perfections, created the Heavens and the Earth, and all Things that therein are by the word of his Power; and as he gave being and existence to the whole World, creating every thing out of nothing, so no less is the same omnipotent Power employ'd, in preserving this beautiful Fabrick of the Universe, and in directing every individual in it contain'd to those various wise Ends, for which they were Created: And in view to this, the Apostle St. Paul saith, for in Him we live, move, and have our being. Acts. 17. 28. and elsewhere the royal Psalmist says, the Heavens declare the glory of God, and the Firmament sheweth his Handy-work. Day unto Day uttereth Speech, and Night unto Night sheweth Knowledge. Psal. 19. 1, 2. &c. And since all of us are thus Created and preserv'd by God, hence it follows by a necessary Consequence, that we must own and acknowledge this God, as the Author of our being, and the original Spring and Fountain whence all good proceeds, in whom all perfections are either virtually or eminently concenter'd; and the true way of acknowledging God, is, to worship and adore, to fear, love, respect and esteem him above all Things, as infinitely and supereminently lovely in Himself, and good and gracious unto us; but then the only true way we have to show our love to God, is to obey his Commandments; as Moses and the Prophets, Christ and his Apostles on all occasions declare. Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the Statutes, and unto the Judgments which I teach you for to do them, that ye may live, &c. ye shall not add unto the Word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the Commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you. Keep therefore, and do them, for this is your Wisdom and understanding in the Sight of the Nations, which shall hear all these Statutes, and say, surely this great Nation is a Wise and understanding People. Deut. 4. 1, 2, 6. But let judgment run down as Waters, and righteousness as a mighty Stream. Am. 5. 24. Christ says, by this shall all Men know, that ye are my Disciples, if ye have love one to another. St. Jo. 13. 35. And again, if ye love me, keep my Commandments. St. Jo. 14. 15. And the Apostle enjoins us to follow Peace with all Men, and Holiness, without which no Man shall see the Lord. Heb. 12. 14. From all this, I took occasion to show them, how far short they had come in their Duty, in neglecting and forsaking God, and disobeying his Commands, in Sinning against the very light of Nature, and the light of their own Conscience, in despising the knowledge of God, and in choosing none of his ways; therefore it was, that God had given them up unto themselves, to reprobate and wicked Courses, which had brought upon them speedy Destruction, and expos'd them to much Shame and Sorrow. Having stroy'd themselves by their Iniquity, I directed them to a proper Remedy: That they should apply themselves to Jesus Christ, that Rock of Ages, unto whom all the Ends of the Earth are commanded to look and be saved. Look unto me, and be ye saved all the Ends of the Earth: For I am God, and there is none else. Isaah, xlv. 22. I advis'd them to throw themselves over upon the Mercy of God in Christ, as having no Righteousness of their own, that they might be saved through the Righteousness of Jesus Christ, by the Merits of his Passion, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, Glorification and Intercession at the right Hand of God the Father; for, If any Man Sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the Righteous: And he is the Propitiation for our Sins, and not for ours only, but also for the Sins of the whole World. 1 John ii. 1, 2. I told them that the Sincerity of their Faith in Christ and Love to God could only be prov'd genuine, by a real hearty Repentance for all their Sins, particularly those heinous Sins, for which they were now called to Answer by their Blood; for Faith without Works is Dead. James, ii. 26. And now God hath given an express Commandment for all Men without exception to repent, as a Condition of obtaining the Pardon of our Sins and eternal Life; And the Times of this Ignorance (i. e. of the Jewish Dispensation and the Gentile Word) God winked at, but now commandeth all Men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a Day in the which he will Judge the World in Righteousness, Acts, xvii. 30, 31. Robert Irwin , having been convicted of Murder, I expos'd the Unnaturalness, the Injustice, the Cruelty, the Barbarity, the Impiety of this heinous Sin. How that it is a Breach of the express Command of God, Thou shall not Kill; or as it is otherwise translated, Thou shalt do no Murder. That as all Animals have a natural Affection to those of their own Species, it is against the Law of Nature; the first Rule in Morality being to do others, as we would have them to do to us, consequently, it is against all Justice rashly and impiously to deprive another of his Life; it is cruel in the highest Degree to rob another, made after the Image of God, of the same Kind with ourselves, of his precious Life, yea this is at once devesting ourselves of all Principles of Humanity, and cloathing us with the Nature fierce Animals, such as Lyons, Tygers, Wolves, &c. and Birds of Prey, which are made for the Destruction of others; the Barbarity of this Sin appears from the Opinion of all Nations, however Barbarous some of them may be in other Respects, entertain of it: Every Man shrinks at the mentioning of Murder, and a Terrour seizes him at the appearance of a Murderer; and what Nation is so void of Humanity, who does not punish Murder in the highest Degree, with the Punishment of Death, all Men having this Sin in the utmost Abhorrence? And as is said, this Sin, as it is directly in opposition to the Law of God, so it is a villainous Usurpation upon the peculiar Property and Prerogative of Almighty God, who is the Sovereign Lord of the Life and Death of his Creatures: I kill, and I make alive: Deut. xxxii. 39. And therefore it is, that the first Precept God gave to Noah after the Flood was, to discharge Manslaughter and Murder, and withal to enjoin the Punishment of Death to be inflicted upon the Murderer; Whoso sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed: For in the Image of God made he Man. 6. Where I desir'd him Notice of the particular Reason he assign'd, why we ought Kill or Murther our Neighbour. For in the Image of God ma he Man, dare any Person attempt to destroy the Image of God, and what in him lies, to destroy both the Soul and Body of his Neighbour at once; and yet can such a one expect to pass unpunished? I at some length represented to him the great Evil of this crying Guilt, in the Case of righteous Abel being cruelly Murther'd by his own wicked Brother Cain, from those Words, And the Lord said unto Cain, where is Abel thy Brother? and he said, I know not: am I my Brother's keeper? And he said, what hast thou done? The Voice of thy Brother's Blood crieth unto me from the Ground. Genesis, iv. 9, 10. I exhorted them all, however many, however atrocious their Sins had been, not to despair of the Mercies of God, which are infinite, but to confide in the unbounded Mercy of God through Christ, who hath declared and proclamed himself, The Lord, the Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, long-Suffering, and abundant in Goodness and Truth. Keeping Mercy for Thousands, forgiving Iniquity, Transgression, and Sin, and that will by no Means clear the Guilty, &c. Exodus, xxxiv. 6, 7. They were also instructed in the Nature of the christian Sacraments, how that having been early dedicated to God in Baptism, it was requisite and expedient for them, in token that they were renewing themselves again by Repentance, solemnly to Consecrate themselves to God in the blessed Sacrament of the Lord's-Supper, when they were leaving this World, in order to fit and prepare them for entering upon a better State, even that eternal Glory, which is prepared for the Saints in light. While these and many such Exhortations were given all of them attended in Chapel: Robert Irwin and Richard Davis made regular Responces, and William Tracy was grave and attentive, although he could not Read, as all of them were, to outward Appearance behaving well, as not breeding the least Disturbance, though Davis seem'd to be a little upon the Stupid and Insensible lay, and Tracy inclin'd somewhat to the same indifferent Carriage. Mr. Irwin was always much affected, very serious, and he groan'd and lamented bitterly, and had Signs of an hearty and deep Repentance. He turn'd very Sick and Weak upon the Monday before his Death, but always behav'd with a decent and christian Submission, both in Chapel, and when at other Times I visited him. Upon Monday the 20th of this Instant September, the Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the three Malefactors under Sentence of Death in Newgate: When the said Robert Irwin , Richard Davis , and William Tracey , were ordered for Execution. Robert Irwin , was Indicted for the Murther of Charles Piercy , by giving him one mortal Wound with a Bayonet, on the Left part of the Breast, near the left Pap, of the Breadth of one Inch, and the Depth of five Inches, the 9th of January in the Year 1726: I. Robert Irwin , 57 Years of Age, of honest creditable Parents, in the County of Fermenagh , had good Education at School, in Reading, Writing, Cyphering, and Latin, which he understood pretty well, while under his last Misfortunes, and could repeat a great many Verses out of Ovid, Virgil, and other Latin Authors. His Father (as he said) had a pretty little Estate of his own, and a good Farm; Robert being the Eldest Son, he did not put him to a Trade, but kept him easy, intending him for a Gentleman, or an Officer. About the Time of the happy Revolution, his Father rais'd a Troop of Horse, and join'd the brave Iniskilling Men, and was one of those Officers, who march'd to the Relief of LONDON-DERRY : At this Time Robert was about 17 Years of Age, and attended his Father in the Expedition, and was One of them, who, in Company with his Father, defended the City, till King WILLIAM sent them seasonable Relief, when they were reduc'd to the greatest Extremity; and at last, the Enemy fearing the King's Arrival in that Kingdom, were oblig'd to raise the Seige. After this, Robert serv'd in the Wars of Ireland , while they lasted, and then he married a Gentlewoman, with whom he had a plentiful Fortune, to which his Children now have a Title. After the Death of his Father, he being a little too Extravagant in his Way of Life, in a few Years he run out what small Estate was left him, and then he took to the Army again, and serv'd in the Wars of Flanders , having been present at most of the great Battles which were fought there. He had been both a Corporal and Serjeant , but being of a disobliging, quarrelsome Temper, could get himself advanc'd no higher, although he seem'd to be a stout strong Man. When he was at Dunkirk belonging to Colonel Hill's Regiment, being like to die of Sickness, and not agreeing with the Air of the Country, he procur' a Discharge, and return'd to London , thinking to get himself enter'd upon Chelsea-Hospital ; but fully recovering his Health again he listed himself in the Honourable General Tatton's Company in the Second Regiment of Foot-Guards in which Station he serv'd, till he fell into his last fatal Misfortune He was also in the Army which made the last Decent upon Vigo in Spain ; and when reflecting upon the many Dangers he had been expos'd to in War, and how that sometimes he had made very nar row Escapes, providence having favour'd him next to a Miracle, he lamented his very hard Fate, that he was spar'd to come to such a disgraceful Death. I told him that these were just Reflections, and that they ought to bring into his Remembrance, the many signal Mercies wherewith God had blest him, and his base Ingratitude, for which God had brought him into Judgment, leaving him to himself, and permitting him to commit that atrocious and heinous Crime, for which he deservedly suffer'd so much Shame, Contempt and Misery. He own'd that God was Just in all his Judgments, and Righteous in all his Ways, that the Punishment of his Iniquities was by far less than what he deserved, and that God in Justice had afflicted him, for the notorious Contempt of his Laws, and neglecting of his Ordinances, for his Sinning against so much Light and Knowledge, against so many Vows, Obligations and Resolutions to the Contrary. The Cause of his Ruin was his hasty, quarelsome Temper, and his giving Way to excessive Fits of Passion, to which he never gave any Check or Restraint. When in the Army, be bore Company to the Bullies, and being of a fiery, vindictive Disposition, he fought often but (as he said) never kill'd any though he wounded very many and sometimes dangerously. He was very much addicted to Gaming, Drinking, and Whoring, but did not swear much except when he was greatly provoked. He was always Honest in his Dealing, and abhor'd any Thing that was Dishonourable that Way. As to the Murder of Charles Piercy of which he was Convicted, he own'd his committing the Fact, but said he had no intention of murthering him, but only design'd to give the Fellow a Prick, having had no good will to him for two or three Years before: For Irwin was Door-keeper of the Gaming-House in the Hay-Market , and Piercy the Deceas'd envy'd him for his Place, and never left the House till he got Irwin put from it, and himself settled in his Place: Mr. Irwin retain'd a Grudge at Piercy, though this was two Years before the Accident happen'd. The Account he gave of it was, that on the 9th of January, 1726, he being on Guard got leave of the Corporal to be Absent for some Hours, upon Pretence of having some Business to do: As he was Walking about the Streets, having little to do, and meeting with one Acquaintance after another, he drunk a deal of Beer and Geneva in different Places, and at last being fudled, he propos'd to John Briggins who was in his Company to take a Step to the Gaming-House, where he was to meet a Man who ow'd him some small Matter. Accordingly they went from the Opera-House to the Gaming-House, and Irwin ringing the Bell, the Deceas'd came down to open the Door, and seeing Irwin, he told him he had Orders not to let him into the House, as being a turbulent, quarrelsome Fellow. Irwin endeavour'd to press in at the Door, and Piercy kept him out and hurt and bruised his Arm; then Irwin drew his Bayonet, and as Piercy was attempting to shut the Wicket, he stabb'd him in the Breast, and touching his Heart, the Wound prov'd mortal, so that he died in less than an Hour, before a Surgeon could be brought to him. His Officers had advis'd him not to go any more to Gaming-Houses, and he made a solemn Promise never to do so again, but he had contracted such a Habit of keeping that sort of idle Company, that he could not keep his Word, the Breaking of which ruin'd and brought him to an ignominious Death. After the Murder, as he was going to dismount his Guard next Morning, some Body informing him that Charles Piercy was Dead of the Wound he gave him the Evening before, he fled to Ireland , where he had some Brothers, and a Son settled in pretty good Business, and a Number of other good Friends, who would have kept him, and let him want for Nothing. He staid with them a Year or two, but then being weary, because he had nothing of his own; he could by no Intreaties be diswaded from returning to London , to get himself entered into Chelsea-Hospital ; thinking then he might Return and Live and Die in his native Country. He thought also that Piercy having been but a poor Man, the Murder had been forgot, and no Body would give themselves the Trouble of inquiring about his Death. But in this he found himself greatly mistaken. I told him, that it seem'd as if God had given him up to an Infatuation; and that his rejecting all good Advice, which might have secured his Life, and the violent Desire he had of returning to London , were the Cry of his Brother's Blood to Heaven for Vengeance upon the Murtherer, and that he might be assured, this was the true Interpretation of such a strange Providence, as Abel's righteous Blood, cried from the Earth to God for Vengeance upon his wicked Brother Cain; so God in his Justice would not suffer him to pass unpunish'd; but Providence brought Matters about in such a wonderful Manner, that he had not Power to escape, but came willingly to the Place, where he was to surrender himself to those who (he knew) would cause Justice to be executed upon him. He own'd the Truth of all this, and that the Punishment of his Iniquity was less than what he deserv'd. He complain'd of his getting no rest in the Night-time, and that he was skar'd and terrified with frightful Thoughts and dreadful Apprehensions; and that the Devil put it into his Mind, to make away with himself, since he must die. I advis'd him to fix his Thoughts upon God, and patiently to wait till God call'd him to Account, to pray earnestly, that God would expel such wicked and frightful Thoughts out of his Mind, and wholly settle his Affection on Things above, where Christ sits at the Right-hand of God. I expos'd to him the great Wickedness and extream Danger of that execrable Sin of Self-murder; that the Heathens, particularly that learned Orator Cicero, by the Light of Nature, had declared against it, and that upon no pretence of any Discontent whatsoever it was to be done, but that Men ought patiently to attend God's Time of calling them, to remove out of this earthly Tabernacle. I show'd him, that it was a Disgrace and a Shame, that such a Sin should be nam'd among Christians, whose admirable Religion furnishes them with so many Helps and Supports against all, even the most violent Temptations; and that by many it was reckon'd to be the damnable Sin against the Holy-Ghost, for the Pardon of which Sin, St. John forbids Christians to pray: And certain it is, that Self-murtherers deprive themselves of all Time and Means of Repentance, and therefore they are not allow'd the Privilege of christian Burial, but are thrown out into the open Fields or Highways like Dogs. He had great convictions of Sin upon his Mind, and often fell upon his Knees, and confess'd himself a vile Sinner with grievous Mournings and Lamentations; I exhorted him against Despair, and to trust in the Mercy of God which is Infinite. He was very Poor and had nothing to subsist with. He fasted much, and said he deserved not to eat. Monday before he died, he fell very Sick and Weak, but when eas'd of his Irons on Tuesday Afternoon he came to Chapel again, where he always behav'd himself seriously and devoutly, as also when I visited him in the Cell. He appear'd truly Penitent, believ'd in Jesus Christ his only Saviour, through whose Merits only he hop'd for Salvation, and died in Peace with all the World, and in Communion with this Church. Richard Davis and William Tracey , of St. Paul's Covent-Garden , were indicted for burglariously breaking the House of William Genew , Esq; between the Hours of 12 and 1, in the Night-Time, and feloniously Stealing 24 Pewter-Plates, a pair of Pistols, a Sword, 7 Silver Tea-Spoons, 2 Cups, a Goldheaded Cane, 2 Perriwigs, and divers other Things of Value, the 23d of July last. And also the latter for contriving, procuring and abetting the Felony; and also for receiving the said Goods, knowing them to have been stolen. They were also indicted a second Time for breaking the House of the said William Genew , and feloniously stealing several other Goods of Value, the 25th of July last. They were also indicted a third Time for burglariously breaking the House of Thomas Heath , and feloniously stealing three Feather-Beds, and other Furniture of Beds, the 13th of July last. 2. Richard Davis , Twenty-two Years of Age, of honest Parents in Chelsea , his Father was a Shoemaker and kept a Publick-House there, and gave him good Education at School, in Reading, Writeing, and Accompts, to fit him for Business, and got him instructed in christian Principles, for the Good of his Soul, but those he very little minded, and set his Thoughts a quite contrary Way, following after a Gang of common Thieves and House-breakers, who advis'd him to follow those pernicious Courses, which in a short Time ended in his speedy Ruin and Destruction. When of Age his Pa rents bound him Apprentice to a House-Carpenter , and he serv'd out his Time with Approbation, but when his Time was out, Work did not agree with him, he lov'd an idle Life best, and associated himself to such Company, as commonly bring all them who delight in their Counsel and Conversation to publick Infamy. He went sometimes to Church, but when once he fell into Acquaintance of his reprobate Companions, he renounc'd every Thing that's good and virtuous, and gave himself wholly up to idleness and loose, disorderly Company. His Friends, who were honest People and in a good Way of Business, he forsook, would take none of their Counsel, and shun'd seeing or meeting with them; so that had he not been taken in Time, and when he first undertook to lead such a wicked Life, in all propability he had made a considerable Progress in Wickedness. The Burglaries of which he was Convicted he own'd as they were sworn against him; that he robb'd Mr. Genew's House, when the Family was out of Town, of a great many Goods and valuable Things, on the 23d and 25th of July last; and also that he broke into the House of Thomas Heath , and carried thence Feather-Beds and other Goods, on the 13th of July last: Only he said, that the Witnesses fail'd, and did not represent him fairly in some Particulars; but that upon the Main all was true. He denied, that ever he was Guilty of Thieving, House-breaking or Robbing at any other Time, but confess'd, if he had not been taken up, that he did not intend to apply to any other Business; only in extenuation of his Guilt, he said, he had been of a long time Sick and had Infirmities about his Body, which put him out of Business and oblig'd him to sell his Tools; but withal he acknowledg'd, that he had good Relations, who were able and willing to keep him, and would not let him want every Thing needful, if he had been good for any Thing. He was a poor, simple, ignorant, idle, indolent young Fellow. He had been so disobliging and disobedient to his Friends, that none of them came near him. Although Tracey deny'd, yet all was true upon him, as Davis said. He constantly attended and behav'd well in Chapel, and made Responses as he could, though not very well having neglected to cultivate his Education which was good. He declar'd, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, believ'd in Christ as the Son of God and his only Saviour, through whose Merits he hop'd for Salvation, and that he freely forgave all Injuries, as he expected forgiveness from God. 3. William Tracey about 50 Years of Age, of honest Parents, but had no Education at School. When he was a Boy of seven or eight Years of Age, as he said, he was with his Father in the Seige of Londonderry , where he continu'd till the City was reliev'd. His Father was Poor and did not put him to any Trade; when of Age, he serv'd as a Soldier for several Years in Ireland , Flanders and Spain . Afterwards being weary of the Army, he came to London , married a Wife and kept House in and about Hedge-lane , for Twentyfive Years past, and said he serv'd sometimes as Watchman , and that he was well known in the Parish, and several People in the Neighbourhood could testify, that he carried himself well, kept a good House and was of a good Character. He kept a Fruit-stand , and sometimes drove a Barrow about the Streets, and his Wife and he liv'd well and bred up a good Family of Children, by following that Business. He let out his House to such Lodgers as he could get, and said, he never knew any of them Dishonest, but those who were taken up on this Occasion, in company of one of whom he died. He reflected bitterly (and I believe unjustly) on a certain Gentleman. He confess'd that he had been a great Swearer and Drinker, and very cruel and barbarous in abusing his Wife, whom he call'd his Poor Woman, in a loving Way. He profess'd himself Penitent, but was grosly Ignorant in Religion. At First he gave out, that he was of our Communion; but the Day before he died, he own'd himself of another. On Tuesday the 21st Instant, two or three Days before the Execution, before Prayers in Chappel, in the Afternoon, Tracey said, He had no Hand in the Burglaries, further than saying before a Justice of Peace, that a Bed was his, which had been Stolen, and allowing it to be brought to his House, and by making that Lie, gave Occasion to Bagnal, one of their Associates to make his Escape; and to certify the Truth of this, he made solemn Asseverations and Vows. Davis look'd on him and said, O Tracey! What a Lie do you speak? Tracey at this was angry with Davis, and said, The Devil was in him. Davis told him, He was the greatest Rogue of all, and that he advis'd them to what they did, and was present at some of the Burglaries, and receiv'd the Goods. They then begun to call each other Rogue and Villain, and such other ill-Names. Davis being provok'd, said further, What have I to gain? I only desire to glorify God, by a voluntary Confession, and wish you would do the like, since you acted your Part in the Villany, and had a Share of the Booty. He continued to urge so hard upon Tracey, that at last he own'd his Sufferings just, only he made some impertinent Reflections. I exhorted them to consider, that they were both in the same Condemnation, and therefore to pass their few remaining Moments in Unity and brotherly Love, and to beware of Passion, which discomposes the Thoughts, which now they were only to settle on Things above, where Christ sits at the Right-hand of God. After I had sharply reprov'd 'em, and exhorted them to Patience, Submission, and an ingenious Confession, they composed themselves for the Worship. Tracey said, he believ'd in Christ, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. N. B. Thursday the 23d Inst. the Day before the Execution, Mr. Irwin came out of his Cell, intending to go to Chappel, but after he had spoke with some of his Relations and Friends, not being able to go up Stairs to Chappel, he was forc'd to return to his Cell. Prayer being over, I waited on him in the Cell, in order to exhort him, and recommend him to God, before he died. He told me, his Conscience chiefly troubled him, that he having got so good and genteel Education, yet had made very bad Use of his Time and sinn'd very much against Light and Knowledge; particularly in his marrying many Wives, contrary to the Word of God and the Christian Law. After the Death of his first Wife, he dispos'd of his Children the best Way he could, amongst their Relations; than he ran away with a Gentleman's Daughter, who married him; her Father after a while being reconcil'd to him, offer'd to get him settled; yet he left her, after she had brought him two Children, one of which is still living, and went to Flanders , where he took on, and was a Serjeant to one of his own Relations, and there he married or lived with another Woman, whom he bid Adieu, after he left Dunkirk . After that he married a Quaker Woman, who (he said) was a good Body; her he left, when he long'd for a Change. Then he cohabited with another Woman, who was very dutiful to him, tho' never married; she died and left him a Child. And lastly, he married a Serjeant's Relict, whom he also deserted when he thought fit: Her he saw since he came last to Town, before he was taken up for the Murder, and she drank two Pots of Beer with him, and gave him two Shillings. If he had got into Chelsea , he had some Thoughts to return to Ireland , and take up with his first Wife, though the Rest were still living, for ought he knew. I desired him to repent of all these scandalous and abominable Sins in particular. He said he heartily repented of Uncleanness, which was his chief Sin, and hop'd God would pardon all his Sins of Adultery, Drunkenness, and Swearing, for Christ's sake, in whom he truly believ'd. He said also, that God's just Judgments had reach'd him, for the notorious Sins of his Life, although he had not committed Murder. He appear'd to've been a Man of good Sense, but it was his lamentable Misfortune, that he was wholly addicted to Vice and Wickedness. At the Place of EXECUTION. ROBERT IRWIN and Davis, before they went out, came to the Chappel, received the Sacrament devoutly, and heard Prayers attentively Irwin was verk Sick and Weak, and could scarce Speak, and was not able to hold up his Head. The Evening before he died, his Friends ask'd him, If he would be shav'd? He answer'd, No; I don't read any where, that my blessed Saviour was shav'd when he went to be crucifi'd. William Tracey did not come up to Chappel that Morning, but staid below speaking with some Body, having declared himself of a different Communion, though he pretended otherways, while he was under Sentence. At the Place of Execution, Mr. Irwin said he had Nothing to add to his former Confessions, only that he forgave all Mankind, and died in perfect Peace with all the World; and then he gave Eighteen-pence, which he ow'd to a very poor old Woman, near Mile-end , and desired me to order her the Payment thereof: This show'd his honest Inclinations. Davis said nothing, but that he forgave all the World, and hop'd to obtain the Pardon of his Sins for Christ's sake. Tracey added nothing to his former Confessions, but spoke out some bitter Reflections to the People, not fit to be mention'd. Mr. Irwin sate upon a Board 'till Prayers were ended, and after that, not being able to stand, he was strangled almost Dead, before the Cart went off. They were all serious in Prayer, and left the Stage praying to God, and crying out, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit, &c. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate. ADVERTISEMENTS. Newly published, The FIFTEENTH EDITION of ONANIA, Or, The Heinous Sin of Self Pollution, and all its frightful Consequences (in both Sexes) considered, with Spiritual and Physical Advice to those who have already injured themselves by this abominable Practice. As also the SIXTH EDITION of the SUPPLEMENT to it, both of them Revised, and Enlarged, and now Printed together in One Volume. And as the several Passages in the former Impressions that have been charged with being obscure, and ambiguous are in these cleared up, and explained, there will be no more Alterations, or Additions made to them. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed on Friday the 18th of this Instant February at Tyburn. AT the Proceedings on the King's Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, and Jayl Delivery of Newgate, held for the City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Baily; on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, being the 14th, 15th, and 17th of January, 176, in the twelfth Year of his Majesty's Reign: Before the Right Honourable Sir FRANCIS FORBES , Kt . Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Baron Gilbert; the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds; John Raby ; Esq ; Serjeant at Law ; and others of his Majesty's Justices; with several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the City of London and County of Middlesex. Two Malefactors, viz. Samuel Sells and John Mattocks , were convicted and by the Jury found guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. The time between their Conviction, and the Report being made to his Majesty in Council, having been above four Weeks, made these Criminals entertain strong hopes, that they should either obtain a Reprieve, or at least, that the Report would not have been made, and that their Lives Would have been spar'd, till after the ensuing Sessions, in the Beginning of March next. These and such like ain and ill grounded Thoughts, prov'd an unreasonable Occasion to them, of turning remiss and less careful in Religious Performances, than what Men in their deplorable Circumstances ought to have been. In order to rouse and stir them up from so very dangerous and woful Stupidity, many most powerful Motives, and pressing Arguments, were used. They were instructed from the Eighth Commandment, Thou shalt not Steal, Exod. xx. 15. In the original of Right and Property; how far contrary it is to the design of Man's Creation, which is to live in Unity, and Peace, and Friendship with one another; how very inconsistent it is with all good Order; and how repugnant to the very first Principles and End of Government, to rob our Neighbour of his Estate and Goods, to which one hath not the least pretence of any just Title or Claim, &c. The heinousness of this Sin was shewn'em, because it never fails to be attended with a complication of Guilt, as proceeding from earthly Mindedness, the highest degree of Sensuality, Covetousness which is a breach of the Tenth Commandment, Idleness, and Contempt of God and Religion; as attended with Drunkenness, Whoredom, Prodigality, and whatever other Vices are practis'd by the basest and most degenerate sort of Men, &c. The Inconveniences and Mischief’s arising from such a wicked Course of Life were expos'd, viz. the loss of one's good Name and Character, the declaring himself an Enemy to all Mankind, exposing himself to the Penalty of the Laws of all civiliz'd Nations, and, which is infinitely worse, making himself liable to everlasting Damnation, if the deepest Repentance, and humiliation for Sin, which can be imagin'd, do not prevent it, &c. They were also instructed in the grounds of the Christian Religion, the nature of Faith in Christ, Repentance unto Life, with an absolute necessity of Reforming and amending the evil of their Ways and Doings; for except, we repent, we shall all likewise perish. They Were most seriously exhorted to prepare for Death from Psal xxxvii. 37. Mark the perfect Man, and behold the Upright; for the end of that Man is Peace. Here we shew'd 'em the Misery of those whose Case, is either, doubtful or desperate, and on the contrary, what inward Peace, and serenity of Mind, attends others who die in the fear of God at their latter End, as having the testimony of their Conscience, that with Simplicity, and godly Sincerity, they had served God in this World, &c. The Nature, Design, and' blessed Effect of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper were explain'd to them from these Words, Acts ii. 42. And they continued stedfastly in the Apostle’s Doctrine and Fellowship, and in breaking of Bread and in Prayers. I Cor.x. 16, 17. The Cup of Blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of Christ? the Bread which we break, is it not the communion of the Body of Christ? For we being many are one Bread, and one Body, for we are all partakers of that one Bread. And St, Luke xxii 19. This do in remembrance of me, &c. While these and many other Instructions were given 'em in Chapel, they were very attentive and seem'd to be devout, making Responses both to the Psalms and Prayers, in a decent Manner. Although one, who of his own accord, for 12 or 14 Days, consin'd himself to the Condemn'd Hold with them, in order to read and pray to them, and exhort them in private, told me that they were constantly very attentive in hearing the Word of God, and other good Books read, and that they appear'd serious at their Devotions in the Hold, excepting some few times that they had a few innocent Jests in Conversation, without any thing of Obscenity or Cursing; only once after the drinking a little Wine in moderation, with some of their Friends who came to visit them, Samuel Sells , upon a certain Disconent at the young Woman whom her call'd his Wife, fell into a violent fit of Passion, and swore a little, at which Mattocts took offence. For this I reprov'd him very sharply, representing the greatness of his Sin, for one in his Circumstances, upon the very brink of Eternity, to give loose Reins to his unruly Passion of Anger. He ingenuously confess'd his Fault, heartily begging God's Pardon, and promising (by God's Grace) not to be guilty of the like in time to come. Upon Saturday the 12th of February the Report of these two Malefactors, Samuel Sells and John Mattocks , under Sentence of Death, being made to his Majesty in Council, they were ordered for Execution. What we can add, for Information of all who are desirous to know their Behaviour and Confession before, or at their Death, is as follows. Samuel Sells and John Mattocks , of Pancras , were indicted for assaulting William Halton , Esq ; on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Watch, with an inside silver Case, and an outside seal Case, studded with silver, val. 40 s. a cornelian Seal set in Gold, val. 20 s. and 10 s. in Money, the Goods and Money of the William Halton , October the 8th. Samuel Sls (25 Years of Age) descended of honest Parents, who liv'd in the Liberties of Westminster , and were People of Respect and Credit, had good Education, as he said, having been taught not only to read and write a good Hand, but also instructed in the Latin and Greek Languages, Arithmetick, and every thing requisite to accomplish him for Business. When he was of Age, his Mother put him to a Toy-shop of great Business in the City of London for a tryal, in order to bind him Apprentice afterwards; but he not agrecing with his Mistress, nor inclining to such a settled Life, left that Shop and went to Sea; continuing Sailor for some Years, and then coming home, and not lovingto follow Sea-faring Business any more, his Mother living at Enfield, she procur'd and purchas'd to him the Placed Summoning Bailiff of the Enfield Hundred : But in this Office neglecting his Business, and taking himself to idle and loose Company, upon that account he was discharg'd from his Office, and then Money failing him to support his Luxury and Prodigality, he turn'd Highway Robber. He appear'd to have been a young Man of good naturul Parts and Understanding, and might have prov'd capable of good Business, if a sense of Religion and Virtue; had been join'd to his natural Endowments; but in the whole Course of his Life, from his Childhood, he was drench'd in Sin, and plung'd in Sensuality, stopping at; nothing in order satisfy his brutish and vile Appetites. He confess'd, that he had been most ungrateful to God and Man, for the good Education, and religious Instructions and Examples which had been given him; in his younger Years; that he had turn'd the Grace of God into Wantonness, having been a breaker of the Lord's Day, neglecting the publick and private Worship of God, and slighting the divine Ordinances and Means of Salvation; that he had been addicted to excessive Drinking, Whoring, Adultery, Cursing, Swearing, and Blaspheming in the highest degree, and lying, with other monstrous Vices, which at last led him into the crime of Robbing, which prov'd the Cause of his fatal Misfortunes, I exhorted him, in God's Name, to repent of all these Sins sincerely, and to turn unto God with all; his Heart, from whom he had so deeply revolted; since the only possible Means now left him, after he had (by reason of his own wicked Works) fallen into such miserable Calamities and Distress, to make up his Peace with God was, to believe in Jesus Christ the only Saviour of Sinners, and to bring forth fruits meet for Repentance and amendment of Life; to confess his Sins unto God, who is gracious and righteous to forgive us our Sins, &c. to intreat God's Pardon as for all his Sin so particularly for the great Crime for which he now suffer'd; and also for the most dissolute and irregular Course of Life which he had formerly follow in being guilty of those many heinous Sins formerly enuraerated. He confess'd himself to be among the chief of Sinners, and that his Conscience check'd him grievously for the great enormities of his Life, particularly his sinning against so much Light and Knowledge, against the Providence of God his benign, heavenly Father who had been so very propitious and favourable to him. in making his Lines to fall in pleasant Places, and who had given him a goodly Heritage, if he had sought Wisdom and Grace from God to improve the same: He much lamented his Ingratitude and Disobedience to a dutiful and indulgent Mother, and his neglecting to listen to the Instructions, or to imitate the virtuous Examples either of his Parents or nearest Relations: He declar'd his sincere Repentance for the Sins of Uncleanness, Drunkenness, Intemperance, Covetousness, and Worldly-mindedness, &c. While his Mother was alive, she took care that he should not take himself to those Extravagances, which afterwards prov'd his Ruin; but a little before, or about the time of her Death, either by neglecting his Business, or detaining of some Money in his Hands which was due to some other Person, he was by his Superiour cast out of his Office; and dissention arising between him and his Wife, (who has the Character of a sober, virtuous Woman) he left her and three young Children; and thus going astray, he associated himself with loose and idle .Company, and coming into the acquaintance of a certain young Woman, he liv'd with her, and gave her out to be his Wife. This young Woman came frequently to visit him, both before and after he had receiv'd Sentence of Death, and he made every Body (who knew nothing to the contrary) believe her to be his true Wife; till on Sunday, the 6th of February, his Wife who had born five or six Children to him, three of which are still iving, coming from Enfield to visit him, she appear'd n Chapel, and spoke to him both before and after Divine Service. I reprimanded the young Woman for ohabiting with another Woman's Husband, and having the impudence to come publicity to Chapel and visit him, he answer'd that she knew nothing of his being married to another, that she was his lawfully married Wife, and had marriage Lines to produce, but these have not been yet seen. I told her that I had seen his Wife in Company with an honest Man, who having brought her to Town, attested her to be Samuel Sells 's lawful Wife. She said that she was certainly his Wife; then I told her that the was so much more to blame in involving an honest Woman's Husband in the guilt of Bigamy, a Crime equally punishable by the Laws of this Kingdom with that for which he now was to die. I desir'd her to forbear coming to him for the Scandal it gave to all good People, and especially because it interrupted his Repentance, upon which depended the eternal Happiness or Misery of his Soul in the other World. This Case I expostulated with Mr. Sells very frequently and reprov'd him sharply for such a disorderly Life, telling him, that altho' he was not prosecuted for a Crime equally heinous with that for which he suffered, yet God's Justice had pursu'd him in suffering him to fall into another Crime, for which, by Law Handing convicted, he must die He said that he was married with this young Woman, but that his first Wife was at Enfield: He declar’d himself very penitent for being so far out of his Duty to his virtuous Wife, and three young Children, and told me that he had ask'd pardon of his Wife for the many Offences he had committed against her, which she freely granted: He said that the young Woman was very obliging and serviceable to him while he was in Prison, and that when she call'd for him about the Prison, he only advis'd her to a viruous and holy Life, exhorting her to abstain from bad Company, which might bring upon her the same Misfortunes wherein he was now involv’d When the Dead Warrant came down he was a little surpriz’d, having entertain'd some hopes of a Reprieve, (as commonly they do) because the Report was not made for soon as it often useth to be; but then when he saw that all hopes of Life were gone, he apply'd himself with the greatest seriousness to a careful Preparation for Death expressing an earnest Desire to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, which desire I did not disapprove of, but withal told him, that unless he resolv'd to forsake all his Sins, particularly the entertaining Thoughts of an adulterous Love, by conversing with the Woman who came to him, and who (as I suspected, and some of his own nearest Relations and Friends said) was, at least in part, the cause of his Misfortunes: He said that she never advis'd him to an ill thing, and was never partaker in any of his Crimes, and that (as he was to answer to God) he said nothing to her, but gave her Godly Counsels, and Advices to live in the fear of God. I was at great pains to instruct him in the nature of the Sacrament, and found that by the repeated Instructions which were given him, and the reading of devotional and practical, Books, several of which he had in the Hold, he had acquir'd a competent Knowledge both as to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and other fundamental Principles of the Christian Religion, which (no doubt,) considering his manner of Life for some time past, had been in a great measure obliterated. He acknowledg'd the Justice of his Sentence, and declar'd that he willingly submitted to the Penalty which the Law inflicted upon his enormous Crimes He compiain'd upon his Wife's Father, that he would not suffer her to come and speak to him, before he died. He declar'd that he was content to leave this miserable World, wherein there was nothing but sin contracted, and one trouble upon the back of another, and more especially, he was satisfy'd to die, since the Sins which he would have committed, if his Life had been prolong'd, should have been avoided, and by consequence his Account which he was to render to Almighty God should be much less. He confess'd his Sins to be very great, but trusted in the Mercy of God thro' Jesus Christ thro' whom alone he expected to be saved; he hoped that since he had suffer'd so much in this World, the eternal Sufferings which he justly deserved should not be inflicted upon him, but that he firmly believed, that Jesus Christ was pleading; at the Right Hand of God the Father for the pardon of his Sins, thro’ whose merits alone he expected everlasting Life and Salvation. He freely forgave all Men who had any manner of way offended him, as he expected forgiveness at the hand of a good and gracious God, dying in peace with all the World, and in communion of the Church of England, of which he was an unworthy Member. John Mattocks (22 Years of Age) has honest Parents, in the Parish of St. Giles's, Cripplegate , who gave him good Education, in order to instruct him in the Principles of Christianity, and to fit him for Business When of Age, he chose to go to Sea , and was employed in that way of Business for six or seven Years the appear'd more candid and ingenuous than Mr. Sells, and to be a young Man of a smooth and easy Temper. I ask'd him, if Sells had seduced him to the practice of HighwayRobbery? he answer'd by Silence, which made me suspect it the more; but at another Time he denied that it was by Sells Perswasions, out of his own Inclination, that he had joyn'd him in such villainous Enterprises, which Sells also affected, referring the truth of it to Mattocks himself, who indeed (although his Friends alledged Sells to have been his Ruin) took the whole blame upon himself. He confect himself to have been a great Sinner, in too much neglecting the Worship of God, in breaking the Lord's-Day, in disobeying his Parents, who had been very dutiful to him, in giving him good Instruction, and good example of Virtue and Honesty, which he imitated not. The immediate Cause of his Ruin was, that after he came last home from Sea, he had the misfortune to marry a naughty Woman, who had been Mistress to one Campbel that was hang'd last Year, for Robbery on the Highway, near Islington, for whom see had greater respect than for Mattocks. With this young Woman he took an Alehouse near Newgate, but she being acquainted with a Gang of Thieves and Whores, by means of her deceas'd Lover, they flock'd constantly to their House, and the Woman heeding nothing but Drinking and Idleness, they eat and drank all up, so that in two Months time, Mattocks having nothing left, was put to his Shifts. He did not blame his Wife for giving him bad Advice to betake himself to wicked Courses, but only complain'd that she had turn’d a common Street Walker (as he was inform'd)upon which account, he had not cohabited with, nor own'd her, for some time past. I advis'd him to be at peace with her, before he left the World, which he willingly consented to since, suppose that she was once his Wife, it was not proper that any one of 'm should die, having the least Grudge at the other, and he being to die, it was fit he should give her good Counsel for the welfare of her Soul accordingly, after the Dead Warrant, no more hopes of Life remaining, she sometimes waited on him at Chappel, where he spoke to her, and at he affirm'd said nothing, but advis’d her to a godly and holy Life, and to give up her naughty and wicked Practices, which if persisted in, might probably bring her to the like Misfortunes, as he was now justly suffering He express'd a willingness to die for his Crimes, and acknowledg'd his Sentence to be most just. He denied himself to have been extreamly wicked in the precceding course of his Life, and was in good esteem in the Neighbourhood where he livi’d, but that after his unhappy Marriage, falling into an intimate familiarity with Mr. Sells, and their Circumstances at that time being low, they agreed together to ride out, in order to rob Noblemen or Gentlemen upon the Highway, none of them accusing the other, as first proposer or adviser, but each of them taking all the Guilt upon himself, as voluntarily, of his own free accord, and without the least constrain, so much as by persiasion of his Partner, following such a most wicked Course of Life; which (as they said) was only for a Month or two, and during that time they committed seventeen or eighteen Robberies, in different Counties in Middlesex , one in Essex , and some few in Hertfordshir . &c and that they took above sixty, or about eighty Pounds but did not know the Value exactly. Mattocks declar'd, that he died in Peace with all the World, freely forgiving all Men who had offended him, as he expected Forgiveness at then Hand of God, and an unworthy Member of this Church. A Person, who for ten or twelve Years past hath been close Prisoner in Newgate, waited on them Night and Day in the Condemn'd Hold, almost the whole time they were under Sentence, constantly employing himself in Reading, Praying, giving them good Counsels and Advices, or otherwise holding them to their Duty and religious Exercises. He said that they were always very Devout at Prayer, and most Attentive to the Reading of the Holy Scriptures; and several devout and practical Books which they had provided for their use: But that especially, on Wednesday Night, the 16th of February, the second Night before they suffer'd, they gush'd out into Floods of Tears for the many Sins of their Life On Thursday Forenoon, when they came to Chappel, Sam. Sells came to me, and confess'd himself to be one of the greatest Sinners that ever was in the World, so that (excepting Murder) he believ'd himself to have been guilty of all Sins; particularly, he cry'd out for his Disobedience and disrespectful Carriage to a good indulgent Mother, so that he spit in her Face, beat her, and curs'd her, which bad Usage, with his other Miscarriages broke her Heart, and prov'd the occasion of her Death. Mattocks in great perplexity cry'd out against an ill-spent Life, particularly, Disobedience to his Parents, &c. I exhorted them to compose themselves, and to trust in the Mercy of God, through the Merits of jesus Christ. At the Place of Execution] They had nothing to add to their tomer Confession. They appear’d with greater presence of Mind than what is usually seen in others in their Condition; expressing from hopes of the Pardon of their Sins and eernal Life, Mr. Sells desired one Mr Hewil (who ormerly was his School-Folow) that when he saw his Wife at Enfield, to tell her, that he beg’d her Pardon heartly and Sincerely for the great Injues he had done her, and his three young Children. Both of them were very thankful for the Prayers and good Instructions and advices which were given em all the time they were under Sentence Mattocks disir’d all young Men to take warning by him, and to avoid ill Company, least it should bring them to the same unhappy End. This is the real Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRY , Minister at Newgate . London , Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Black-Fryers .

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, (or rather Misbehaviour) Confessions, and Last Speeches; 1st of Charles Moor , who was executed at Tyburn on Friday the 12th Day of September, for Felony; And 2dly of William Elby , alias Dun , executed and hang'd in Chains at Fulham , on the next Day, viz. Saturday the 13th Day of September, 1707. for Burglary and Murther, by him lately committed there. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 3d, 4th and 5th instant, William Elby , alias Dun , and Charles Moor ; were try'd and found guilty, and accordingly receiv'd Sentence of Death. On the LORD's DAY the 7th instant, I preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon Deut. 32. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this; That they would consider their latter end! In my Explanation of which Words, I shew'd them, That it is the greatest piece of Wisdom for Men to prepare themselves for Death; which is meant here in the Text, by LATTER END. And that, because, I. This Preparation is of absolute necessity to avoid Everlasting Misery, and obtain Eternal Bliss. II. The time for this Preparation is but short, tho it were the whole of our natural Lives. III. This Time i often made shorter by the Follies and Sins of Men; as it is in the melancholy Objects now before us. Having enlarg'd upon these Particulars, I concluded with a pressing Exhortation to the Persons condemn'd, That they would consider the fewness of the Days now remaining them, and earnestly implore God's Grace to enable them to make a right use of them, in order to their Salvation. While they were under this Condemnation I visited them, and had them twice every day in the Chappel; where I endeavour'd to render them sensible of their woful State by Sin, and perswade them to recover themselves by Faith and Repentance; for which I gave them the best Directions I was capable of, and had some other Divines (besides my self) to discourse them upon that Subject, and shew them the necessity of clearing their Consciences by Confession. But they harden'd themselves against all Admonitions and were so desperately obstinate, as to venture the loss of their immortal Souls, rather than comply with the wholesome Advices that were given them. I. Charles Moor , condemn'd both for breaking out of the Work house where he was lately confin'd, when found guilty of Felony, and for committing a Robbery since that time, viz. the first instant, in the House of Sir John Buckworth , Bart . and taking thence several Books of great Value, and a Silver Seal. He confess'd he was guilty of this Fact, as he had been before of others of the like nature. But he would not discover the Persons that were concerned therein; saying, that he would bring no Man into trouble now; but that if he had known it should have gone so hard with him at his Tryal, perhaps he would have brought in one or two to suffer with him for Fancy-sake. These were his very Words. All that was offer'd to him, both by my self and others, prov'd of little use to the perswading him to disburthen his Sin loaded Conscience, by a free and ingenuous Confession, which he ought to make, and which could be of no prejudice to any, but of general use and service to the Publick, and possibly of particular benefit and advantage to those very Persons, whose Names and Facts he was so unwilling to make known. What I could get from him in this respect, was only this; That there were some Persons lie knew, but would not name, that had formed a Design to rob a certain House in the Country, at such and such a time, which he mention'd; telling me that it might be prevented, if I did signify the same to the Person whose House it was, But as he would by no means speak more openly to this matter, nor discover them, who were to commit that Robbery; so I perceiv'd, that he was not heartily dispos'd to serve honest Men, especially when I consider'd, not only the manner, but the time of his acquainting me with this wicked Design, which was but some few hours before it should have been executed, and the Place at a pretty distance from London; so that there was hardly time enough left for me to inform the Gentleman concern'd therein, that he might duly provide against it: Nevertheless it was taken care of; and such wicked Persons, whoever they are that contriv'd the Mischief, have found, and (by the Grace of God) will always find such their ill Attempts, fruitless and dangerous to themselves When any one would speak to this Malefactor, Charles Moor , and represent to him the necessity of his making a full and free Confession, as well for the good of his Soul, as for the good of the World, he fell into a Passion, and would be for a while after muttering and maundering so, that no Body could guess what he said, or what he meant; but that he would have nothing offer'd to him that grated upon his deluded Fancy and vicious Inclination. However, I desisted not from my Endeavours of breaking him off from his Error and Obstinacy: But his Heart was so harden'd, and so season'd in Wickedness, that no good could be wrought upon him. He confess'd indeed, That he had been a great Sinner, That he might, if he would, have lived very well, by following the Sailor's Profession, or the Business of a Gardiner (or Nursery-man) both which he understood, and had been long employ'd in, and particularly the former; he having gone several Voyages beyond the Seas, and been in some Actions, wherein he had receiv'd some Wounds. He said, that he was not above 34 years of Age; yet had seen and done many things. When I ask'd him how he came to steal Books, as he had done, both formerly and now; he said he never stole any but twice, and the first time was a great while ago, and a great way off; but he would not tell where or when. And as to those Books, for the stealing of which he stood under this Condemnation, he said it was not in his or his Companions mind to have taken them, if they could have presently lighted on something better: Neither did they design to rob Sir John's House, but they mistook it; their Design being then upon another. But whose House that was, or who they were that assisted him, he would not declare. Both he and Elby, I verily believ'd, encourag'd one another in their wicked Obstinacy; which was such, as that I may say, I have hardly met with the like in almost seven years that I have been in this melancholy Office. God grant I may never see such harden'd Sinners again; and that Men, whose unhappiness it is to have been engag'd in Sin, may not in imitation of this poor miserable Wretch, cast themselves away. When he was come to Tyburn (whither they carried him in a Cart, and where I attended him) I found him still obstinate, as before, in his absolute and peremptory Denial of making any Discovery; saying, What good would it do me to hang three or four Men, and ruine their Families as mine? Here I (as I had at other times) shew'd him, that by such a Discovery (which in Law could not affect or hurt any of his Companions) he would do a great deal of good, not only to others, but chiefly to his own Soul, which was now in great danger of being sentenc'd to Hell for this his unaccountable Obstinacy. But notwithstanding all this, he persisted to the last in his wilful and tenacious humour, and would not be by any means perswaded out of it; but express'd some vain hopes of his obtaining Mercy. Whereupon I openly declared to him (for the discharge of my Duty) in the presence of the Spectators there, That if he did not clear his Conscience by making such a Confession as I had often, and now again press'd him to make; i. e. To discover his wicked Accomplices, and all things of which he could usefully inform the World; I did verily believe his Soul should be eternally lost. And therefore earnestly pray'd him to take care of this, and consider it well, and make an open Declaration of what he knew in those Matters that had been discours'd of. But instead of giving me satisfaction herein, he fell upon reflecting on the Severity of his Sentence, tho he could not deny but that it was very just, and that he had deserved the Condemnation he was under. Which was so palpable and so evident a Truth, that he was forc'd to acknowledge it; saying, That he was sensible God (in his Justice) had appointed this Death for him, for his great Sins He declared, that he dy'd in Charity with all the World; and seem'd outwardly to join with me in Prayers and singing of Psalms; and thanked me for my Pains about him. After I had recommended him to the Direction of the Divine Spirit, and pray'd that God would be pleased to soften his hard Heart, I went from him, to whom some further time was allow'd for private Devotions. When he was ready to be turn'd off, he cry'd to God for Mercy, in these and the like Ejaculations. Lord have Mercy upon me! Lord Jesus receive my Soul! &c. But how fruitless (alas!) are all such Prayers, which the meer Terrors of Death and Hell extort from such undone Wretches, is but too apparent. God grant, others may be wiser, and consider better (and in due time) their Latter End here, so as to make sure Provision for a happy Eternity hereafter. II. William Elby , alias Dun , He was condemn'd for the Murther of Nicholas Hatfeild , which he committed on the second day of August last, and for the breaking open, at that time, the Dwelling-House of Mr James Barry at Fulham . He own'd he was guilty of the latter of these Facts; but for the Murther he would not confess it: Neither would he be perswaded to discover his Accomplice or Accomplices, nor any other Facts by him or them committed heretofore. And in this his obstinacy he all along persisted; and was so peremptory as to say, That if any should ask him again any such Questions, he would presently knock them down. Upon which I told him, that I was very sorry to see him in that furious Temper, very unbecoming a Man that was upon his everlasting State; but I hop'd he would consider things better, and give me leave to ask him (for I would certainly do it whatever came on't) such Questions as were fit to be resolv'd by him for the good of Mankind, and for the clearing of his Conscience before he dy'd. But he say'd, he would resolve none; for he intended to die in Charity with the World; which he could not do, if he brought any into trouble. To this I answer'd, that he was highly mistaken, and that his discovering his Companions in Wickedness could not be an Evidence at Law against them, and could do them no harm, but possibly a great deal of good, and would be a Charitable Deed to them; for by this means they might be reform'd, and so prevent their coming nder the same Condemnation with him: And that also, such a Discovery as he could and ought to make of those wicked Persons he had been concern'd with, and those Robberies and other unjust Actions he had committed, would dispose him to die well, i. e. in peace with God, and his own Conscience, and in Charity with all Men, especially with those he had wrong'd, who ought to receive from him at least the Satisfaction of a sincere Acknowledgment of the Injuries which he had done them, either by himself or in conjunction with others. He gave the ear to all this; but was not perswaded by it, nor by any thing else that was at any time laid before him: But said, that he would not come to Particulars; and that in general he was willing to confess, that he had been very wicked, and that he had committed all manner of Sins whatsoever, and that he would confess them to God alone, and ask his Pardon for them. So far he came, but would come no further; chusing rather to have his own wilful humour, and perish with it, than to secure his Salvation by those reasonable and just Methods that were proposed to him. This was no small grief to me to see a Man, whom I endeavour'd to instruct and reform, and thereby bring to God, thus deseprately fly from him, and sink himself deeper and deeper into Error and Destruction. All that was left for me to do, was to pray for him, and desire him, to pray for himself, That God would please to encline his Heart the right way, and open his Eyes, that he might see and embrace the things belonging to his Eternal Peace before they were hid from him. When I told him, that he did very ill in cursing the whole Bench, as he did at the Old Baily, and that he should be now asham'd and sorry for it, he seem'd to be unconcern'd; neither did he express much grief for any thing he had done; saying, that he was to answer with the loss of his Life for all his Faults; and why should he be grieved for them, since he must die, and was willing to die? I perceiv'd he would not be thought to be afraid of Death; but I could not be satisfy'd with his manner of preparing for it. His Pride and Self-conceitedness were more prevalent with him than any Argument from Reason and Religion that could be offer'd to him. I labour'd to make him truly sensible, that what he so much valu'd and admir'd himself for, was certainly odious in the sight of Men of Understanding, and that to say no worse, he discover'd a great weakness of Judgment to fancy that he should be better esteem'd for his stistness and stubborness of Heart, than for his being humble and contrite, and melted into Repentance. After much discourse and time spent with him, both in publick and private, he at last seem'd to relent a little; and gave this following Account of his past sinful Life, and the present State he was now in. He said, he was about 32 years of Age, born at Deptford , of very honest Parents, who gave him good Education, and bound him to a Block-maker at Rotheriff , with whom he serv'd his Prentiship; but was no sooner out of his Time, but instead of setting up or working for himself, he went on rambling abroad, and got into bad Company, which debauch'd him, and inticed him into those Sins of Swearing, Drinking, Whoring, Thieving, Sabbath-breaking, and the like, which by degrees brought him to this his shameful and untimely End. He said further, That he had sometimes served at Sea, in HER MAJESTY's Navy , and sometimes at Land in the Second Regiment of Foot Guard : And he confess'd that he had done very many ill things (which he would not particularize) and had formerly received both the Law and Mercy; which, to his sorrow, he had not (as he should have) improv'd into Amendment. Lastly, When he was near the time of his Death, he acknowledg'd his Guilt, tho not wholly, yet in some measure; and pray'd, that God would forgive both that and other his Crimes. At the Place of Execution, viz. the Town of Fulham , (whither he was this Saturday Morning carry'd in a Cart) I attended him for the last time, and with pressing Exhortations endeavour'd to perswade him to the doing whatever he could to save his Soul. He told me, That (as he had done before) he desired my Prayers and no Questions to be ask'd him; and shewed himself more and more positive in his refusing to satisfy the World, who had a hand in the Burglary and Murther, for which he was now to die. He said he would make no discovery; only he owned again his being guilty of the Burglary, but not of the Murder, meaning (as he expressed) That he had not actually committed it, but another Man with him had. Now who that Man was, and whether there were no more with him at that time, he would not at all resolve; and he grew very angry for being asked such Questions, which, he said, put all the good things out of his Head I had put in it before; telling me withal, that he had desir'd me this Morning at Newgate , not to trouble him with asking of Questions at the Place of Execution, but only to pray by him; I own'd he had so, but I told him, I took it to be my indispensable Duty to God, to his Soul, and to the World, not to comply with his Desires herein, and that I was sorry he would not take such Directions as were tending to his Spiritual and Eternal Good; and that indeed it grieved me to the very Heart to find him bent upon his everlasting ruin, and that he was not sensible of the great danger his Soul was now in to be lost for ever. Further I told him, that how unpleasant soever it might be to him to have Questions asked him, in relation to the disposing him to clear his Conscience, and make his Peace with God and Mankind; yet he must give me leave to go on with pressing him to make such Declarations as were so very useful as he had been particularly told. And here I shewed him a Letter, which was delivered to me as I was upon my way to Fulham; desiring him to tell me whether it came from him; he told me it did: Then I ask'd him, who Stole the 250 l. in Money, a Gold Watch, and other Goods therein mention'd; he answer'd, It was himself; upon which I ask'd him further, Who were concerned with him in that Robbery? he told me, No body. This is all that he said upon this Matter. If any desire to know the Particulars of that Letter, they may read the Copy of it at the Close of this Paper. But to return to the matter that was the great occasion of his Death: I again earnestly prayed him not to deny this Murther if he had actually committed it, and to consider that tho he had not done it with his own Hand (which seem'd strange to believe, as being most contrary to all Evidence and Circumstances) yet he was certainly guilty of it; for he owned himself to be then in the Company of him that kill'd Mr. Barry's Gardiner. And therefore he must repent for being concerned in shedding innocent Blood; and he cou'd not with a safe Conscience go out of the World without discovering the Party that committed this Bloody Fact. He gave me this Answer, That he would never do it. I prayed for him, and he seemed outwardly to join with me, both in Prayer and in the Penetential Psalms that were sung. Then I asked him, whether he was not desirous that the Worthy Minister of the Parish should come to him, which I questioned not but that he would charitably do, if he were sent for. He seem'd to be very indifferent for it. I ask'd him again; and then he said he would be glad of his Prayers, but he would by no means have any further Questions put to him. Mr. Barry (that is the Name of Reverend the Rector of Fulham) came to him, and made him a most Excellent Exhortation; shewing him his great Concern for his Soul, which he apprehended to be in great Danger. He thereupon press'd him to an open Confession, as a means by which he might be saved. Several proper things he laid to his Consideration, and then retired. After this, this miserable Malefactor, who still remain'd in his Obstinacy, would not suffer me to do any thing more here, but Pray and Sing Psalms; which I did. And then for a Conclusion told him, That if God, as I had pray'd, would please to touch his Heart, I hop'd he would make such a Confession as he had been exhorted to, before the Breath was out of his Body, and that I would remain (till that time) in the Cart, to receive that Confession. This said, he had his Cap put over his Face, and he was told he should have what time he pleased for his Private Devotions: He answer'd, he desired no more than to say the Lord's Prayer, which he did, and added to it (as the Cart was drawing away) Lord receive my Soul! Now how little available such Prayers may be, when the Soul is not purg'd from Sin, is a lamentable Consideration. Which I would advise all Sinners not to pass by, but improve to their Amendment, and Eternal Comfort. There is no room here to say more; for I must give the Copy of that Letter above promised, which is as follows. Sir, YOU may remember in May last was two years, your House was broke open, and there was lost to the value of 250 l. in Money, in Gold and Silver, and sometime before you lost a Woman's Gold Watch, and one other Watch, the out-side Case being Tertoise-shell, studded, and two Pair of Stockings; and understanding, you have been many times desirous of knowing the Person. This presents to acquaint you that if you'll give your selves the Trouble of coming to Newgate (where I now am a Prisoner un-Sentence of Death) I believe you may be satisfied of the Truth of the same, I am, Gentlemen, Altho a dying Person, yet your humble Servant. William Dunn . Sept. 11 1704 from Newgate. Please, if thought requisite, to be as quick as posible, since on Saturday Morning next I shall make my Exit, W. D. Directed thus. For to be left for either of the Partners that keep the Brew-house at Execution Dock , with care. These present. That is the Letter, which, as I said before, was put into my Hand. And I was then desired to ask William Dunn some Questions about it, which he resolv'd as above-mentioned, and ask'd pardon of those Persons concern'd therein, and of all others he had wrong'd. This is all the Account that this Paper will contain, and Time and my present fatigue will permit me to give of this (I am afraid) undone Wretch. Let others take warning by him, and avoid his untimely End, and unspeakable Misery. Which is the advice of, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Saturday Sept. 13th, 1707. Just Published. ††† A Sermon Preach'd in the Morning at St Dunstan's in the West; and in the Afternoon (with some Variations) at Newgate, on the 2d day of September, 1707. being the Fast-day for the Fire of London. By Paul Lorrain , Ordinary of Newgate , Sold by B. Bragge, at the black Raven in Paternoster-row, 1707. *** The 3d Volume, consisting of Poems on divers subjects, viz. The Charitable Citizen. Fortunes bounty. A Satyr against the corrupt use o Money. A Dialogue between Britannia and Prudence. A Protestant Scourge. A Musical Eutertainment. The Libertines Choice. All Men Mad. Helter Skelter. Honesty in Distress. The 1st, 2d and 3d parts of the Journey to H -. A Satyr against Wine. A Poem in praise of Small Beer. A Poem on the Success of the Duke of Marlborough, with several other Poems never before printed. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the TWO SMUGGLERS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 11th of MAY, 1748. BEING THE Fourth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir Robert Ladbroke , Knt . LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER IV. For the said YEAR. LONDON : Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and C. CORBETT over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street, the only authorised Printers of the Dying Speeches. M.DCC.XLVIII. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT LADBROKE , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice LEE, the Honourable Mr. Baron CLARKE, the Honourable Mr. Justice BIRCH; JOHN STRACEY , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER, for the City of London , and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate , holden for the said City, and County of Middlesex , at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 20th, Thursday the 21st, Friday the 22d, Saturday the 23d, of April in the 21st Year of his Majesty's Reign; The four following Persons were Capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly; viz. I. JUDITH BUTLER , otherwise Ogden of St. Paul's Covent-Garden , was indicted for Stealing twenty-eight Pounds in Money, the Property of William Finch in his Dwelling-House, March 26 . It appeared on her Trial that the Prosecutor who kept a Public-house ; hired her for a Servant , and that she took an Opportunity frequently to rob him of several Sums of Money. She confess'd to a Person in New-Prison that she had robb'd her Master at different Times of twenty-eight Pounds: which Confession being prov'd, she was by the Jury found Guilty. Nevertheless,the Jury recommended her to the Court, as there was no Evidence against her but her own Confession. But she pleaded her Belly, and a Jury of Matrons being impannell'd, they were all sworn, and after some little Time being out, they came into Court, and brought in their Verdict, with quick Child . II. JOHN TAYLOR was indicted for assaulting MARY FOSTER Spinster , on the King's Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her one Gold Watch set with Diamonds and Rubies, Value one hundred Pounds, one Gold Watch-Chain set with Diamonds and Rubies, Value twenty Pounds; one Gold Watch-Key set with red Stones, Value three Pounds; two Pieces of Gold, Value forty Shillings, and three Pieces of Gold Coin of the proper Coin of this Realm, called Guineas, Value three Pounds three Shillings, the Property of the said Mary Foster , Jan. 14 . When the Prisoner was brought to the Bar to take his Tryal, he immediately pleaded Guilty, telling the Court in a moving Manner, he would not give them any Trouble. Mrs. Barham, and Mrs. Foster the Prosecutrix, likewise earnestly recommended him to the Court to intercede with his Majesty for Mercy, and accordingly when the Report came to be made, his Majesty extended his Royal Clemency, and chang'd his Sentence of Death into that of Banishment or Transportation for Life . He was a young Gentleman of a Family reputable, who gave him a good Education, and brought him up to the Profession of the Law . The above Robbery made a good deal of Noise in the World, and as the Manner of his being detected was somewhat extraordinary, we think it not amiss for the Satisfaction of our Readers to insert it here. Tuesday the 26th of January, in the Morning, he came very genteely dress'd to the Shop of Mr. Stafford Briscoe in Cheapside , and offered some loose Diamonds to Sale; the Servant of the Shop, after carefully surveying the Diamonds as well as the Man, suspected they were not honestly come by, and therefore ventured to secure him; and he was carried before the Lord Mayor, to whom, (in hopes of being made an Evidence) he confess'd that they belong'd to the Watch of one of the three Ladies lately robb'd in South-Audley-Street , and impeach'd two People as Accomplices. Being ask'd where he lodg'd, he own'd in Cold-Bath-Fields , which some Persons were directly dispatch'd to examine, where they found a Pair of Pistols, one of them loaded, several empty Purses, and in his Escrutore, the Watch above mentioned, all but the outside Case. A Ruby was also found upon him at the Time of his Examination, and he was immediately committed. III. IV. ARTHUR GRAY , and WILLIAM ROWLAND two Smuggler s were capitally convicted; Gray received Sentence, but Rowland could not receive Sentence from that Court, he being attainted upon the Act of the 19th of his present Majesty, the Order for his Execution must come down from the King, and accordingly on Thursday the 5th of this Instant May,the Report was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty, and he was pleased to order Arthur Gray and William Rowland for Execution. As to the Behaviour of these two unhappy Men, they have not indeed shewn any Levity of Behaviour since their Conviction, but a certain Sullenness, and Reluctance at their Fate seemed always to attend them. At Chapel their Attendance was not so regular as might be, being hindered, as they pretended, now and then, by some slight Indisposition. However, when there, they in all Appearance paid such Regard to the Worship, and Service of God, as becomes Men in every Circumstance and Degree of Life to do; and which they were particularly persuaded was their Duty and Interest, through the Sense they entertained of the Wretchedness of their Condition. ARTHUR GRAY , late of Hawkhurst in the County of Kent , Labourer , was indicted, for that he, together with divers other Malefactors, Disturbers of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, to wit, to the Number of seven Persons, whose Names are unknown, after the 24th of June, in the 19th Year of his Majesty's Reign, to wit, on the 13th Day of August 1746, at the Parish of Lid in the County of Kent , did, with Fire-Arms, and other offensive Weapons, riotously, unlawfully, and feloniously assemble themselves together, in order to be Aiding and Assisting in the running, landing, and carrying away uncustomed Goods, and Goods liable to pay Duties, which had not been paid, or secured, in Defiance and Contempt of the King, and his Laws, to the evil Example of all others; against the Peace of the King, his Crown, and Dignity; and against the Form of the Statute in that Case made and provided . WILLIAM ROWLAND , otherwise ROWLIN , otherwise ROWLING , was indicted upon a Suggestion that he the said William Rowland , after the 24th Day of June 1746, to wit, on the 13th Day of July 1747, at the Parish of St. Paul, Common-Garden , in the County of Middlesex , was in due Manner charged before Thomas Burdus , Esq ; one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County, upon the Information of William Sealy , a credible Person, upon Oath, that the said William Rowland , with diverse other Persons to the Number of three or more, after the 24th Day of June 1746, to wit, on the 20th Day of May 1747, did assemble together at Benacre in the County of Suffolk , armed with Fire-Arms, and other offensive Weapons, in order to be Aiding and Assisting in the running, landing, and carrying uncustomed Goods, &c. ARTHUR GRAY , aged 34, was born at Hawkhurst , and put Apprentice to a Butcher at Malden near Maidstone , to whom he served seven Years; after which he returned to Hawkhurst , and there carried on his Trade for about three Years; in which Time, he says, Smuggler s were constantly and daily calling upon him, and taking him from his Business; by which Means he had almost spent and destroyed what Monies he had got by and kept in Trade. And being so frequently in their Company, and seeing their Methods of going on, he was captivated with the Hopes of the Profits arising from such Practices; which being backed by Persuasions, he was induced to take on with that notorious and wicked Set of People.'Tis very probable, by all Accounts of him, from such as are acquainted with the Country, and have had frequent Opportunities not only of seeing these Gangs of notorious Men, but of hearing their monstrous and unjustifiable Practices, that this Man had advanced to a great Degree of unlawful Behaviour, and been extremely famous in this Way. The Hawkhurst Gang, the most vile hitherto of all, being a Terror to their Neighbours, and to all that came in their Road, he has been for some Time a principal Person concerned in. Yet, as has been too frequently the Case with such as have been so unhappy as to suffer before him for these Offences, no Arguments or Persuasions can prevail with him to own the Fact sworn positively against him by several Witnesses; but he obstinately denies having been guilty of Smuggling for some Years past. And all this he does affirm, notwithstanding he has been acquainted with several Facts of that Kind laid to his Charge, besides other Practices, which undoubtedly, if true, have merited the utmost Censure and Rigour of the Law. What Credit may be given to his Denial of these Facts, there is scarce any one but will easily determine. He owns to have been greatly concern'd in running uncustomed Goods to a considerable Value; and yet will suffer no one particular Fact to be fixed upon him, if he might have Things his own Way. But as he has given so much Room for the Laws to take hold of him, I am apt to believe, all Men that are unprejudiced in his Favour, will look upon this ignominious Suffering to be a just Punishment of his many and flagrant Offences. It has been laid to his Charge, that not only to such as he looked upon as his Enemies, but his very Friends, those with whom he had great and many Years Intimacy, he has shewn the most unchristian-like and devilish Behaviour. In his Cups, which too frequently are attended with ill Consequences, especially by Men of his unhappy Turn of Temper, firing of Pistols has been his wonted Practice; even in such Company, and at such Persons, as he was thought to have the greatest Regard for. And, if any degree of social Virtue had been at any Time cherished in his Breast, he must have shewn it among his select Companions, or he cannot be supposed to have any Title to it. Far be it from me to endeavour to set off any Person in his unhappy Circumstances in a worse, or even so bad a Light as his general Character would bear. But as 'tis on all Hands agreed, that this unhappy Wretch has been most infamous: Neither would I by any Means endeavour to put a Gloss upon a bad Matter, such as will not bear the Light. He seemed to have some Remorse for his ill-spent Life, and acknowledg'd in the general, that he had been a very dissolute and wicked Man; though he strenuously insisted on it, that he hadnever spilt any Man's Blood; that whatever other Mischief he had done, either to private Persons, or to the Community, he was very sorry for it, and hoping to be forgiven by those he had injured, he was content, being in Charity with all Men, to meet his Fate. He willingly gave up his Life, he said, a just Debt to the Laws of his Country, and resigned his Soul into the Hands of him that gave it, praying that in his last Moments it might be fitted for Mercy, and finally be saved in the Day of the Lord, through the alone Merits of Jesus Christ. He was a Fellow of a bold, daring, enterprizing Spirit, feared nothing, would undertake any thing.'Twas but a few Years ago that he robb'd a poor Fellow who travelled the Countries, of a Parcel of Lace worth near 50 Pounds, the poor Man knew not what to do, dare not attempt any thing against him in a summary Way; he therefore found out a Friend of Arthur's, who went to him, and after interceding for some Time, he agreed to give the Man his Lace again for Ten Guineas, which the poor Fellow joyfully accepted. Sometime after this, Arthur's Friend, being drinking with him, brought up this Story, and told Arthur he ought to have been hanged for doing it; when he immediately drew his Knife, and made a Stroke at him, which cut him quite into the Jaw-bone; and swore, if ever he mentioned that Affair any more he would surely be his Death. There are numerous Instances might be given of the Barbarity of Smugglers, but I shall confine myself to one or two very remarkable, in which Gray was principally concerned, in Decem. 1744. The Commissioners of the Customs being informed that two noted Smugglers, Chiefs of a Gang who infested the Coast, were skulking at a House in Shoreham in Sussex , they granted a Warrant to Messieurs Quaff, Bolton, Jones, and James, four of his Majesty's Officers of the Customs, to go in Search of them. The Officers found them according to the Information, seized them, and committed them to Goal. But the rest of the Gang, of which Gray was one, being informed of the Disaster of their Friends, convened in a Body the Monday following, and in open Day Light entered the Town with Hangers drawn, arm'd with Pistols and Blunderbusses; they fired several Shot to intimidate the Neighbourhood, and went to a House where the Officers were Drinking; dragg'd them out, tied three of them Neck and Heels (the fourth, named Quaff, making his Escape as they got out of the House) and carried them off in Triumph to Hawkhurst in Kent , treating them all the Way with the utmost Scurrility, and promising to broil them alive. However, upon a Council held among them, they let Mr. Jones go, after they had carried him about five Miles from Shoreham , telling him, they had nothing to object to him, but advised him not to be over busy in troubling them or their Brethren, left he might one Day meet the Fate reserved for his two Companions. They carried the unfortunate Mr. Bolton and James, to a Wood near Hawkhurst , stripped them naked, tyed them to two different Trees near one another, andwhipped them in the most barbarous Manner, till the unhappy Men begg'd they would knock them on the Head to put them out of their Miseries; but these barbarous Wretches told them, it was time enough to think of Death when they had gone through all their Exercise that they had for them to suffer before they would permit them to go to the D - l. They then kindled a Fire between the two Trees, which almost scorch'd them to Death, and continued them in this Agony for some Hours, till the Wretches were wearied with torturing them; they then releas'd them from the Trees, and carried them quite speechless and almost dead, on Board one of their Ships, from whence they never return'd. Another remarkable Instance is the following. It seems they have a Method of training their Horses that by a Check of the Reins, or a Kick with the Heel, they will instantly fling out their Legs in a surprizing Manner; to the great Danger of any Person who should unfortunately be within their Reach, an Instance of this as related from a Smuggler's own Mouth, happen'd not long since: 'Twas after the Gang had deliver'd their Goods, and were returning on Horseback to their respective Habitations, that they came by a Field in which were a Company of Gipsie Women with their Children; they leaped their Horses over the Hedge, and, dismounting, attempted to be rude with the Women, who resisted them, and made terrible Outcries; the Alarm brought down the Gipsie Men who were at some Distance, and perceiving the Intent of the Smugglers, they came furiously on, Arming themselves all the Way with great Stones, the Smugglers observing their Number to be much Superior, desisted from their wicked Intent on the Women, and Mounting their Horses waited till the Men got near enough to them, then turned their trained Horses Tails, gave them the proper Check, and they began Kicking like so many Devils at every Creature they could reach, till they had maimed a great Number; they then releap'd the Hedge and rode off, leaving the poor Creatures in the utmost Agony and Misery. He often had rencounters with the Officers of the Customs, and the Soldiers who assisted them, in many of which they beat and wounded the Officers and Soldiers in a terrible Manner. Cook, the Smuggler, who was executed in July last, lived with Gray as a Servant, and several Times prevented Murder; in particular he said his Master Gray one Time cut a Soldier so terriby with his Hanger, near Bourne in Sussex , that he must have died, if Cook had not interposed, and afterwards got proper Help to dress the poor Fellow's Wounds. WILLIAM ROWLAND , aged 57, was born at Woodbridge , about 6 Miles, from Ipswich , in the County of Suffolk . He was bred a Butcher also; and having faithfully served 8 Years Apprenticeship there, he set up in Trade, and is said to have lived upwards of 40 Years in Ipswich , having a good Share of Business, and Reputation amongst his Neighbours. He confesses, that he has had Dealings in prohibited and uncustomed Goods, which he bought, or procured to be bought, for himself and his Friends Use; but says, had he ever thought that such would have been the Consequence of it, as he now to his Grief and Cost does experience, he would rather have subsisted all the Days of his Life on Bread and Water, than have been that Way concerned. However, An Information being laid against him, to the late Thomas Burdus , Esq ; was taken by him, and conveyed thro' such Hands as he thought proper to the Government. In Consequence of which his Majesty in Council made an Order, requiring him to surrender himself within 40 Days after the Publication of this Order, in the London Gazette, to the Lord Chief-Justice, or to one other of the Justices of the Court of King's Bench, or to one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace. And this Order being thus published in the two succeeding London Gazettes, and exposed likewise by the Sheriff of the County's Directions, in two Market-Towns near the Place where the Fact supposed in the Information was done; it presently came to Rowland's Ears; ill News being observed generally to fly apace. He says, it very much surprized him; insomuch that he could scarce determine, for some Time, what to do in the Case. But, asking the Advice of his Friends, he was persuaded by them (his own Opinion at that Time concurring with theirs) to surrender. However, he thought proper to apply to a Justice of Peace (not indeed immediately to surrender) but to know, if he should do so, what might be the Consequence of it. The Purport of what he was given to understand by this Application was, that there was no other Method to be taken, but immediately upon his Surrender to commit him to Goal. Considering the Matter then with his Friends, and not willing to subject himself to such a Favour, the next Piece of Advice he received, was to try what might be done by some Interest he could make. This he did not do till too late: But thinking himself innocent, as he protests he was free from any smuggling Practices which came within the Act, that made Smuggling, Aiding, and Assisting, or carrying Fire-Arms in Company with three or more, a capital Offence, he was in Hopes to make it appear, before he might be apprehended. For some Time, he says, he did not abscond, nor any ways hinder himself in his Butcher's Business, upon any Suspicion or Fear of being apprehended. He had, however, set aside all Thoughts of Surrendering, and determined to wait the Event: And he told me, and several others who had Converse with him since under Conviction, that were the Thing to do again he would not surrender, whatever the Consequence might be. And, for the better Security of his Person, he thought proper, however, after some Time of his being proscribed, to retreat from publick Appearance, and went to dwell at a bye Place about 16 Miles from Ipswich , where he thought himself safe, and secure from Danger. Yet not considering that the Reward offered would make People look out sharp, he exposed himself too much to the View of the Neighbourhood; and a Woman seeing him frequently, and finding how the Matter stood, and what brought him there, gave Notice where he was. Upon which a Party of Soldiers being sent, where he haunted, they watched him to his Lodging, and when he was gone to Bed came in and surprized him. From his Retirement he was again brought back to Ipswich , and being put on Board a Custom-house Smack, stationed there, commanded by Capt. Bagnall, he was bro't to London , and by the late Tho. Burdus , Esq ; committed to Newgate . When he came upon his Tryal, at the Old Bailey , the Case then to be laid before the Court and the Jury, was not whether he were guilty of Offences laid against him in the Information; but he was attainted, as not complying with the Order of his Majesty in Council. Certain Issues therefore contained in a Suggestion of Facts, necessary and consequent upon the Information, were examined into, and proved to have been carried on regularly, and as the Law required. And the Jury had nothing more to do, but to find for the Crown, and Execution was to be awarded in Consequence thereof. In the Course of our Conversation, since Conviction, he would still insist upon it, that he was not guilty of what was laid to his Charge, as he did upon his Plea. Upon which I thought proper to endeavour to make him as sensible, as was in my Power to do, of the Regularity in the Proceedings of the Law against him; and that he had it once in his own Power to have prevented the ill Consequences which he does now, with so much Reason, lament. To this his Reply was (fetching a deep Sigh, and the Tears starting from his Eyes) Well! Since this is the Case, God's Will be done. I have forfeited my Life, I cannot now help it. I shall endeavour to part with it as patiently as I can; I resign myself to the Will of Providence, and the Laws of my Country. And though he could not help blaming Sealy, who laid the Information against him; yet he would frequently say, though he wrongfully accused me, I forgive him, and wish he may be found to receive the same at the Hands of God. To the frequent Exhortations to that Chistian Duty of Repentance, e'er Salvation could be expected thro' the Merits of Christ, he always declared himself well inclined, and heartily sorry for all Offences of his Life; but expressed his Fears too, left his Heart might be so hardened as not sufficiently to repent. This frequently run in his Mind; which I looked upon as a sure Sign that the Grace of God was not withdrawn from him; and thought proper to give him to understand, that the Fears he had upon that Account, and the Sense he entertained of the supposed Hardness of his Heart, seemed to be rather Cause of Comfort to him than of Despair; for that when the Sinner hath the least Apprehensions of the Wrath of God, revealed against the Ungodliness, and Unrighteousness of Men, when he thinketh he standeth, then is his greatest Danger of falling. I observed to him, As God requires no more of Man, in order to his Salvation, than remains in his Power to do, if their Endeavours are not wanting toreconcile him, i.e. to make their Peace with him; they have all imaginable Security for the Performance of his Promises made to Repentance and Faith. And if they make good Use of that Time and Opportunity permitted them, by having a sorrowful Sense of Sin, because 'tis so hateful to God, by making humble Confession to him of it, by an unfeigned Abhorrence, and forsaking of it, by turning to the Lord God heartily and sincerely, and by patient Continuance in well doing and thinking, so long as the Powers of Soul and Body are in Union; these are the Fruits meet for Repentance. And what a glorious Harvest shall we reap from them if we faint not. That ever he took Occasion to be concerned in that Practice of Smuggling, he lamented to the last; and feared, as it had been the Cause of his untimely End, so it might be of ill Consequence to his Family; but was persuaded that no well-disposed and generous Mind would ever reflect on them, upon Account of his suffering so scandalous a Death; for that in common Life his Conduct, and Behaviour, had not been exceptionable to his Neighbours, but rather the Reverse, as I heard several testify of him. Tho' his Time, he said, was short for Repentance, and turning to God, and Diffidence attended his Endeavours for some Time; yet at length appeared some glimmering Light of God's Grace breaking in upon his Mind; and he expressed his Hopes, that as it had pleased God not to suffer him to put off his Repentance, till the Night come in which no Man can work, his Endeavours might be accepted, and his Faith in a crucified Saviour prevail for the Reward of his Labour, tho' it were but for the eleventh Hour. As the Outrages of Smugglers are every Day encreasing, and scarce a Month but brings one or more to Newgate, the Breast of every honest Subject and Friend to the Common Weal, must be touched with a just Abhorrence of their Crimes in the general; and it is not to be supposed, but every one wishes to see an End put to those Disturbances of the public Peace, which too frequently happen in different Parts of the Kingdom, by their daring Impudence. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. ABOUT Nine o'Clock on Wednesday last, Arthur Gray , and Wm. Rowland , were carried in a Cart from Newgate to the Place of Execution, attended by a Draught of about Sixty Men of the First and Third Regiments of Guards; and there having joined in Prayer to God, to have Mercy on them, and receive their Souls, their Sentence was finished. Gray's Body was afterwards taken to Stamford-Hill , to be hanged up in Chains. And, Rowland's was delivered to his Friends, who had appointed a Hearse to attend for that Purpose, to carry him down to Ipswich , to be there interred. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION Of the three Prisoners AT TYBURN , On Wednesday the 21th of this Instant January 1679. Viz. Peter Richardson , Thomas Gold , John Maccarty . As also the Account of the taking three Notorious Highway Men, who Robbed the Ips mitch Coach of four hundred Pounds. MOst admirable is the protecting care of Omnipotent providence, to keep the Sons of Men from running headlong on their own destruction, nay even in the very Jaws of Death, saign would step their dangerous Carreer: But oh! So prone are the vile hearts of disobedient Miscreants, that many are affected with their own destruction whilst it shews it self from far, and only seems to threaten, as may be seen in the dread Catastrophy of certain miserable Criminals, whose great Offences against the Nations Laws committed, have pull'd a dreadful Ruine on their Heads, not only painful, but likewise shameful Deaths. The first of which we shall begin with in this Trajeck Sceen, is Roger Swinny , who was Indicted and Arraigned, for that he in the Company of Edmund Swinny his Brother , and one Harrison, did Murther Richard Jones a Bailiffs follower , near Lincolns Inn Gate in the little Fields , the nature of the Crime as followeth. A certain Bailiff having a Bill of Middlesex against the aforementioned Harrison, for about sixty pounds Debt, came to take him, attended with five Followers, whereof the deceased was one; but the aforesaid Harrison having timely notice of the same, sent for the Prisoner (as the Bailiff's swore in Court) to Guard him into London, to that crossing over the nearest way, they quite outstripd the Bailiffs and might have gon into Lincolns Inn , and so avoided the danger, but in a Braves do, they turned about, and dared them for to come on, at which they and the Baliffs drew; and in the Skirmsh Jones received one mortal wound in his Prest, about half an Inch over, and five inches deep; at which, Reeling for a while, then cried I am killd and spoke no more. The Prisoner denied that he had drawn his sword but in his own Defence, and that they drew upon him first, and what he did was to preserve his Live; being assaulted by those Men, and that he knew not their Design; but the Bailiffs and their Followers swore desperately to all the circumstances, and one swore point blanck, that some days after the Murther was past, he met the Prisoner, who had then escaped, who called to him, asking him if he knew which way Jones was gone, adding that he ere long should follow him, upon these circumstances he was brought in guilty of Fellony and Murther, and received the dreadful Sentance of corporal Death; after which, his Penitence in Newgate was extream, bewailing his misfortune, and imploring Mercy for his Soul, giving great attention to the Ministers that came to visit him. The next was Peter Richardson , for breaking open a Gentlemans Chamber in New-Inn , and Felloniously bearing thence, in Guinnies, broad Gold and Silver, to the vallue of one hundred and ten pounds, the Robbery was proved against him by his own Confession, for he lodging at the Bull, a Victualling House near the aforesaid Inn, he lived at an ordinary Rate, seldome being Master of any monies, when on sudden he to the amazement of his Landlord abounded both in Gold and Silver. pulling out whole handfuls of Guinnies and half Crowns, soon after which, the Gentleman coming to his Chamber found his Chests broke open and his moneys gone; the which he declaring to the Porter of the Inn, the noise of the Robbery Spread wide, so that it coming to the Ear of the Prisoners Landlord, he acquaints the said Porter with the lavishness of his Tenant, who giving the Gentleman notice thereof, they thought fit to seize him upon suspicion, the which being done, they secured him at the Roundhouse for that Night, where as it was sworn in Court, he confessed that he in the company of three more, did break open the said Chamber and enter, and after bear away the said monies, throwing the Key into the Garden this in Court he denied, but his Confession being made appear, he was found Guilty of Fellony and Burglary, and received Sentance according to Law. After his Condemnation, and the dreadful Sentance of Death had passed upon him, he began to bewail his evil Courses, and bewailed him of his mispent time, declaring that pernicious Company, had been the Cause of his untimely end, and being asked if he were Guilty of the Robbery, he could not deny but he had share of the monies, pesiring bardon for the wrong he had done, and so continued penitent, till he had changed this Life for an Eternal State. Thomas Gold a notorious Offender was Indicted, Arraigned, and Condemned for breaking open the House of one Mrs. Haris in the Parish of Hornsey in the County of Middlesex between one and two in the Morning, where in the Company of three more entering, surprised the Woman and her Children in bed, and roaled them up in the Bed-cloaths, till some of them ransacked the House, and others went to bind the Servant-mind, who lodged in the next Room, the which was alotted to the Prisoner to perform: who approaching her bed side with a dark Lanthorn and two strings, bound her Hand and Foot, whilst he was efecting of the same, She took particular notice of his Physogmony, after they had ransacked the House, they bore away fourteen Pewter dishes, three or six Plates, Childbed and other Linnen, besides fourty Shillings in money; not long after things Gold was committed to New-Prison, upon notice of his being a suspicious Fellow, the aforesaid Mrs. Harris and her Maid went to take a view of him, and no sooner did she see him, but singled him out from amongst a number of other Prisoners, and knew him by a blow he had received on his Nose, and a blemish on his Eye, in Court he pleaded not guilty, and made many protestations. but upon the Maids Evidence he was brought in guilty, and received Sentence of Death, he seemed to be an old offendor, and at first was obstinate at his Trial, but Deaths approach that dreadful King of Terrors, soon allayed his Courage, and he melted into Tears, and doubtless had a feeling sorrow for his black and most prodigious Crimes: for the very thoughts of vast Eternity is of such force, that it over awes the stoutest Sinner, and with trembling Horror Seases very part, so now Fates Frowns Prevail, and he lamented fore his wretched State even to the last, desiring all to pray for his Eterral welfare. The next in this dread Sceen of Fate was John Maccarty a notorious Offendor , who tho but young in years, yet old in Sin, he was Indicted for stealing a piece of twelve-penny broad Ribbon, valued at ten shillings, the proof was plain that the Prisoner was guilty of the Fellony, and being brought in guilty of the same, the Executioner going to search his Hand, found that he had formerly been burned, so that he being an incorrigeable Offender, the Court passed Sentence of Death upon him after his Condemnation, he began to call to mind the wicked deeds that he had done, and with the rest confessed at the place of Execution, that they had been vile and most notorious livers, and that for their sins God had laid this Punishment upon them, and so with a hearty Admonition unto the Spectators to beware, they left this World to answer for their Crimes before the dreadful Judge of all the Earth. Yet these sad Warnings and Examples are not of a force sufficient to deter the daring Sinners from their swift Carrear, in dreadful Sin; for no longer then the 14th past, three notorious Highwaymen , viz. Richard Hodgkinson , Richard Downes , and one King who robbed the Ipswitch Coach on the 13th past, between eight and nine in the Evening, of moneys to the value of four hundred pounds, the manner thus, they riding up to the Coachman, demanded what it was a clock, the which is commonly their Watch-word, at which he mistrusting their de- sign, endeavoured to make what half he could to the next Town, which perceiving, straight they beset the Coach, and with their Pistols cockt and Swords drawn, threatned present Death, unless the Passengers delivered, the which through fear they did, but not content with what they gave them, they rifled the Coach, and having got their Plunder they rode away, but being persued with a Hew and Cry, next day they were taken notice of by a Country-man, who at some distance followed them through the By-ways, they riding over Hackny-Marsh and other vacant places, yet he still kept sight of them, till coming near to Islington , he acquainted a Butcher and a Mealman with the Robbery, who likewise followed them till they came about the middle of Old-Street, where they cried out Stop Theif, which they perceiving turned head and rode back. whereupon they being persued, two of them were taken near Mount mill , and one near Islington: but Edwards not before mentioned rode on and in Smithfield quitted his Horse, and so escaped through Hosier-lane , but the other were Committed to New-gate , where they now remain in order to their Trials. It is reported they had robbed a Gentleman but just before, and had about six hundred pounds about them. Roger Swinny a little before the rest went to the place of Execution, Received a most Gracious Reprieve.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF FIVE MALEFACTORS, VIZ. HENRY HAREMAN for a Street-Robbery, AND JOHN ADAMS for Personating, &c. Who were executed at Tyburn on Wednesday July 11: AND ALSO OF THOMAS EDWARDS and JAMES LACEY for a Robbery, AND ARCHIBALD NELSON for Personating, &c. Executed at Tyburn , on Wednesday August 15, 1764. BEING THE EIGHTH and NINTH Executions in the MAYORALTY THE Rt. Hon. WILLIAM BRIDGEN , Esq. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER V. for the said Year. LONDON, Printed for M. LEWIS, at the Bible and Dove, in Paternoster-Row, and sold by all Booksellers and News-Carriers. [Price 6d.] THE Ordinary of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c. BY virtue of the king's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , before the Honourable William Bridgen , Esq. lord-mayor of the city of London ; Sir Richard Adams , Knt. one of the barons of his majesty's court of exchequer ; Sir John Eardley Wilmot , Knt. one of the judges of the court of King's Bench ; James Eyre , Esq. recorder ; and others of his majesty's justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and goal-delivery of Newgate, &c. holden for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Thursday the 7th, Friday the 8th, Saturday the 9th, and Monday the 11th of June, in the 4th year of his majesty's reign, Jane Faulkner otherwise Hanks , John Adams , James Manning , and Henry Hareman otherwise Wilson , were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, for the several crimes in their indictments laid. And on Friday, July 6, the report of the said malefactors being made to his majesty by Mr. Recorder, two of them were ordered for execution on Wednesday July 11, viz. Henry Hareman and John Adams , and the other two, viz. Jane Faulkner for stealing privately from the person, and James Manning for horse-stealing, were respited. 1. Henry Hareman otherwise Wilson (though his real name was Haverman ) was indicted for that he on James Openshaw on the king's highway did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and violently taking from his person one hat value 12s. one peruke 20s. one checquered handkeef value 4d. and 6d. in money, the property of the said James, June 6. It appeared upon the trial that the prosecutor having been to Clare-Market , was returning at past two in the morning by the stable-yard by Lincoln's-Inn-Fields , was called to by a soldier and another man with sticks in their hands, and when he had followed about six yards up the stableyard the soldier , (the prisoner) knocked him down with his stick, struck him upon the mouth with his fist, and when he lay upon his back threatned to murder him if he stirred. That then they took from him the things mentioned in the indictment and went from him; that he thereupon got up and followed, crying, Stop thief! that they did the same. But a watchman in Great Queen-Street knocked the prisoner down, and he was taken; he had dropt the wig in running, and his companion threw away the hat and got clear off. This evidence was confirmed by Thomas Neal the watchman ; and the prisoner said in his defence that he accidentally met with a young fellow who said he was locked out, and would give him a pint of beer if they could find a night-house; that as they were walking the prosecutor ran by crying Stop thief, and the watchman took him. But as the evidence was very strong, and he had owned the fact to the watchman, and as it was proved by the constable that he had been tried before at Guild-hall Westminster , for picking pockets, the jury found him guilty Death. Henry Haverman , about twentyone years of age, was born at Hamburgh and put apprentice to the sea ; he had served as an officer's servant in the navy for two years and a half, and then inlisted for a soldier , in which station he served also about two years and a half, and having been last in the foot-guards continued to wear those regimentals. He was bred in the Lutheran religion, and appeared to be of good parentage and better education than his situation in life indicated. He could read and write English very well, though of German extraction. He confessed the fact for which he died, but persisted to say that he had no knowledge of his companion, but that having been at a club of very honest people in Holborn , he was returning home through Temple-Bar , when he met with a stranger who seduced him to join him in that wicked way. But it is inconceivable that any man who at least had not a strong inclination to villainy, would be inticed by an absolute stranger to go a robbing, or that any man would be so inconsistent as to propose such a step to him, if they had not had some acquaintance, since the stranger might as well put the question to an honest man as to one of evil intentions, and then he would have thereby exposed himself needlessly to danger. While he was under sentence of death his behaviour was decent, open and tractable. He was attended by a Lutheran German minister, altho' he readily joined in our prayers, litanies and devotions. He confessed his crimes both to me and the German minister and declared his sense of his folly, and that he had been loose and wild. He received the holy sacra ment in his cell, on the 5th of July, from the hands of the German minister with great apparent devotion. 2. John Adams was indicted for personating and taking upon himself the name of John Groundwater , a mariner , on board his majesty's ship the Chesterfield, in order to receive wages due to him from the said ship, May 31. John Adams , aged 24 years, born at Stromness the capital of the Orkney islands ; was bound apprentice to a New-York trader trading to Holland , when he was 17 years old, as the New-Yorkers which trade to Holland put frequently into the Orkneys where he was bound. He served four years and then was pressed in the West-Indies into his majesty's service , in which he served three years, and being still an apprentice his master received his wages. He was at the taking of the Havannah, for which place he had prize-money due, but never received it. He was justly condemned, for when one rightly considers, there can scarce be any species of villainy more deserving exemplary punishment than defrauding men of their wages if living, or their relations if dead, of what hath been earned in the service of their king and country, at the expence of their sweat and blood. The fact was clearly proved against him, and no room left for equivocation, as he was taken in the commission of it, obstinately asserting himself to be the person whose name he took upon him. It appeared upon his trial that some person (a shipmate) had given notice to the pay-clerk that such a fraud was intended, which made that gentleman very particular in this enquiry when he came to demand the 12l. 10s. 3d. due to John Groundwater who was dead, though by his not dying on board the Chesterfield, his death did not appear in that ship's books. When questioned by the pay-clerk, and though told by him that he had reason not only to believe the claimant was not John Groundwater but that his real name was John Adams , as it really was, yet he still persisted that it was not so, and even when carried before the lord-mayor continued in the same story, although he had served on board the same ship by the name of John Adams , and by which name the whole ship's crew knew him, and one of them, John Rutherford , proved the same upon his trial. He could say nothing in his defence but that he was an ignorant man, and was set on by the deceased's brother who lived in the Orkneys, and feared he should lose his brother's wages, as he had made a will and power to a man in Portsmouth . While under condemnation he daily and regularly attended our worship in an humble, serious and penitent manner. But when he found himself in the dead warrant, he was much disturbed, and desired to be visited by a dissenting minister of the church of Scotland, to which I readily consented, and one came with Mr. Alexander Cruden , and I wished them success. Aster they had been together, on the minister's coming out, I asked what he thought of the prisonor? he answered, that the prisoner had not received the spirit, nor had a true sense of sin: on which the minister and I had some discourse. I said, that if he was ignorant, as he was educated in their church, he knew who to blame; that since he had fallen under my care, he had been daily instructed, and taught to pray for all things necessary to eternal life, and that he seemed to profit by it, and to behave with penitence and contrition; that it was no time now to cavil and take exceptions, but to assist the poor dying criminal in the spirit of peace, unity and charity. Upon this the minister expressed his disinclination to visit him again, and he came no more. Tuesday, July 10, after full and repeated instruction and close examination, John Adams was admitted to the holy sacrament. He behaved as an humble and contrite penitent. Morning of Execution. The Rev. Mr. W. minister of the Lutheran church, attended about seven, and ministered to the poor sick convict Haverman, while my duty called me to poor Adams, who this morning professed a lively hope in God, through Jesus Christ, as an anchor of his soul, sure and stedfast. He devoutly joined in the proper service, and with four others, two of which were prisoners (though neither of the last respited) received the holy sacrament. He appeared well composed, supported, and resigned. They were carried out in one cart before nine, and got to the place about ten. In the way they were devout, serious, and intent on their approaching change. Adams seemed wholly freed from the fear of death, and of his own accord broke forth into praises and psalmody; in which exercise he was employed with a seeming pleasure when tied up to the tree. The surrounding crowd were greatly affected, and several of them shed silent tears. Haverman was so weak by long sickness, contracted in the cells, and so overcome with the apprehensions of death, that he was wholly unable to stand, but sat up as well as he could to prayer. Adams answered every question about his repentance, faith and charity to my great satisfaction, and joined with presence of mind and fervency in proper prayers for near half an hour: to which Haverman attended, and then the German minister took his turn to exhort, comfort, and pray earnestly for him in his own language: During which, Adams was well employed in devout ejaculations and earnest cries for mercy, till he seemed faint with speaking, and parched with thirst and heat, on which occasion he eagerly desired something to moisten his mouth, saying, I am very thirsty which gave me much concern, that there was no water at hand to relieve him: but he quickly turned it off, and corrected himself, saying, " I shall soon be " refreshed at the fountain of living " water; I shall soon have it," and then praying earnestly, seemed greatly relieved. After the final prayers and blessing, we parted. It required several minutes to lift up Haverman and settle the rope about his neck, while he was supported by two men; during all which time, Mr. W. the Lutheran minister, continued praying for him fervently, and with a loud voice, exhorted him to be faithful and of good courage. After, which they quickly suffered their sentence. And it is much to be hoped, from their humble, penitent and devout behaviour, that it proved to be a deliverance from all their troubles, and a short passage to a better state. An ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR Of THOMAS EDWARDS , JAMES LACEY , and ARCHIBALD NELSON . BY virtue of the king's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , before the Rt. Hon. William Bridgen , Esq. lord-mayor of the city of London ; Sir Thomas Parker , Knt. lord chief Baron of his majesty's court of exchequer ; Sir Edward Clive , Knt. one of the judges of the court of Common-Pleas ; the Hon. Mr. Baron Perrott; James Eyre , Esq. recorder , and others of his majesty's justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and justices of goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 25th, Thursday the 26th, Friday the 27th, and Saturday the 28th of July, in the fourth year of his majesty's reign, four persons were capitally convicted, for the several crimes in their indictments laid, viz. Margaret Weston , James Lacey , Thomas Edwards , and Archibald Nelson . And on Friday, Aug. the 3d, the report of the said malefactors was made to his majesty, by Mr. Recorder, when James Lacey , Thomas Edwards , and Archibald Nelson were ordered for execution, on Wednesday, Aug. the 15th, and Margaret Weston was respited during his majesty's pleasure. 3, 4. James Lacey and Thomas Edwards were indicted for that they on the king's high-way, on Philip Roper , Esq. did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and violently taking from his person 1 gold watch value 10l. 2 knives value 6d. and 2s. 6d. in money numbered, his property, June 27. When Lacey was arraigned at the bar on this indictment, he appeared a wretched object, weak, languid and pale, through loss of blood and repeated agonies of pain, which he had endured by the cutting off first of some fingers, then of the whole hand at the wrist, which had been shattered by a pistol-shot when taken; his lopped arm rested on a pillow, and he, unable to move forward but as he was led and supported, with a smooth, submissive and feeble tone of voice he pleaded guilty at first; but being otherwise advised, he pleaded not guilty, and took his trial; wherein it was proved, this robbery was committed in Tottenham-Court-Road between nine and ten at night, with many threats of death to the prosecutor Mr. Roper, for not delivering his purse, (which he said he had not about him) beside the things mentioned in the indictment, and what they had taken from two ladies in the same coach. After this fact they retreated across Mary-le-bonne-fields , and in a quarter of an hour attacked a second coach (filled like the famed trojan horse with men of arms and death) sent out on purpose to meet the horse-patrole, on the same pursuit, upon the New-Road to Mary-Bonne . The witnesses on this occasion depose, that the two prisoners cried out, Your money, your money! but without waiting for an answer, fired into the coach, but attended with no other damage than a ball passing through the hat of one of the three who were in it. On this, the witness, William Povey says, he fired at the man who had thus first fired, and hit him: This broke Lacey's hand and fingers. In contradiction to this witness Lacey asserted on his trial, that he had not opened his mouth before he received a blow, meaning a shot out of the coach, which took his right hand to pieces. This is here remarked because Lacey persisted in this assertion to the populace at the place of execution, that he had not fired one pistol. And Edwards has ever since his conviction said the same for himself, that he did not fire; whereas two witnesses, Povey and Bareau, positively swear to the fact, that each of them fired into the coach before they were fired at; and that one of the bro thers, Bareau, in return fired a pistol with powder only full in Edwards's face, the mark of which was clear upon him next morning when taken in his bed, and helped to prove his identity and convict him: some blew specks of gunpowder were visible under his eye to the last. William Smith , a third witness, mentions also in his evidence, that being sent to apprehend these men, he heard a noise in Mary-le-bonne-fields , and said to the turnpike-man, is any thing the matter? he said, I am afraid there is, for I heard three or four pistols go off. Now it is scarce credible that these were all from one side only. Lacey being wounded was quickly taken and secured, having Mr. Roper's watch found upon him. He gave directions where to find Edwards, either with a girl he kept in Tavistock-court , or at his lodging in Strutton-ground , Westminster : at this latter place he was found next morning; and the two penknives mentioned in the indictment being found in his pocket, confirmed the other evidence and circumstances against him. Notwithstanding Lacey's being thus the means of taking Edwards, they were so far reconciled as to be together in one cell till their execution. An instance of mutual forgiveness, which was observed to their advantage. From the time of their conviction they were daily visited, instructed and prayed with as usual. They behaved themselves humbly and decently, promising and professing to comply with the directions given them, and to make good use of the books lent them in their cells. Lacey being most afflicted with pain and anguish, seemed to be the more serious of the two, and struggled with much difficulty to be helped up four pair of stairs to daily prayers in the chapel, where he was indulged to use what posture he found most easy to him, but kneeled as often as he could bear it. We had also prayers below in the Press-yard as occasion required. It is evident Lacey had entertained hopes that his long and sharp sufferings, together with his confession and pleading guilty, would have recommended him so far to mercy as to save his life, and he mentioned something to that purpose when he received sentence of death; but this motive was not successful, considering that his wounds were not gotten in a good cause. James Lacey was about 28 years of age, born at Birmingham , his father was a tradesman in the brass-founding way and a button-maker , to which business this son was brought up, till about seven or eight years ago he inlisted in the first regiment of foot-guards , where his behaviour as a clean soldier recommended him to the notice of captain A - st. He bought his discharge for the sum of 20l. and took him abroad as his servant to America , about the year 1758 or 1759, when the forces went abroad and general A - st took the command. In this capacity he behaved well for some time, till being negligent one day in his master's tent in not making his bed, he was chastised with words or blows, which he returned with such insolence that he thought it his safest way to elope from his service, for fear of military discipline; from hence he had many miles to pass thro' woods and savages till he arrived at a port ( New-York most probably) where he shipped himself for England, and settled in London . He was here employed as a recruiting serjeant about two years and half ago, and from thence entered as a substitute in the Middlesex militia and went to Uxbridge , for which he had seven guineas from the colonel. He behaved well for a year, and was advanced to be a corporal, but in this situation having misbehaved to the serjeant-major by very abusive language, and attempting to run his bayonet into him, he was whipt and drummed out of the regiment. This was about last October. During the preceeding year he was observed to live very gay and abound in money, though he had no visible means, and while he was confined in the guard-room for the misbehaviour beforementioned he abused the serjeant very grosly, on which he called him a thief and said he had stole a gold ring: On this he commenced a vexatious prosecution in the Marshalsea-court in defence of his character, which in a month or two was brought to trial, in January last, on which he was non-suited, ordered to pay costs, and imprisoned on execution for such costs. The stealing of the ring is said to have been proved against him in the following manner: That he went into the shop of Mr. Frasier, a goldsmith, near York-buildings in the Strand , and desired to see some boxes of gold rings. Two boxes of rings were shewn; he having a brass ring on his finger dextrously slipt it into the place of a gold one, which he took and carried off, telling Mr. F - r none of them would fit him, and he would call again. Mr. F - r having no suspicion put by his rings, till going to clean them as usual; soon after he found the brass ring; recollecting that no one had looked at them so late as Lacey, and that he had often seen him go into the Horse-shoe alehouse facing his shop, he acquainted the landlord with the affair, who, at his request, promised to secure him. In about a week after the maidservant saw him pass, and acquainted her master, who stopped him till Mr. Frasier was called and charged him with it, he fell on his knees, begged mercy, and put a guinea in his hand, told him it was a mistake, and he would bring the ring. By this he escaped prosecution. When an execution came out against him, for the costs on his own prosecution he resisted, so that no less than four men could take him. He then desired to see by what authority he was seized, when he snatched the execution, ran into another room and made away with it, and then swore he never saw it. Being detained that night, he moved the court against the parties for false imprisonment, but was cast in this also, and a fresh execution granted against him; so that he was confined in the Marshalsea for six or seven weeks, till the payment of the groats failing he was discharged, and then began to trouble the same defendant again by having him before a magistrate several times. It was during the aforesaid imprisonment in the Marshalsea he came acquainted with Edwards, and they mutually blamed each other in the cells for being the seducer and author of the other's misfortune. He had been committed to the gate-house before this, by Sir J. F. on some occasion, but was let out on (what is vulgarly called) queer bail, by J. G - n, who also granted a warrant against three or four of his prosecutors, who were ordered to be brought before him only, and no other magistrate. But they went before Sir J. F. by whom they were discharged; and his life, character, and manner of subsistance being examined into, were found very suspicious, as he could give no good account of himself. At this time being strictly cautioned, he was dismissed for the present, not without some expectations of seeing him there again. His unhappy turn of mind may be farther collected from some of his adventures which have not fallen in to be mentioned in their proper order of time. While he beat about as a recruiting-serjeant , a publican of Highgate being in liquor followed the drum, and merrily asked him if he would take him for a soldier; he refused, saying, he was too old; however he would drink with him; during which he borrowed ten guineas of the publican on his own note, and than watched his opportunity and snatched the note from him. The poor publican was much hurt (if not undone) by this loss of so much of his brewer's money. He prevailed on Dr. W - ms, a gentleman in a good station belonging to the first regiment of foot-guards, to recommend him to be a serjeant in the Herefordshire militia ; which was obtained for him, and he received 18l. for a year's pay on that service; when at the same time he was a substitute in the western regiment of the Middlesex militia . When he had been ordered to receive 20 lashes and be drummed out of the Middlesex militia , colonel C - k in great humanity mitigated his sentence to 9 lashes, on receipt of which, it is said by a spectator, he snapped his fingers and said he could bear 500, and then went dancing and cracking his fingers before the drum; at which the chief officer, struck with amazement, is said to have turned pale at his hardness, saying, if this be the effect of shewing lenity he would be no more guilty of it. Since his conviction he has reflected on this punishment and the authors of it, as the inlet to his unnatural death, because his character being lost he was unable to get his bread honestly. But this reflection returns on himself, who by his misbehaviour deserved it. Besides the fact for which he suffered, he confessed some others done in company with Edwards (which shall be mentioned in their proper place) but declared he never used any of them ill whom he stopped, but spoke civil, and promised restitution if ever it should be in his power. To deter the ignorant and profane transgressors of the laws of God from incestuous pollutions, it may not be improper to mention here that after the death of his wife he is said to have lived with her sister! A fatal omen of his impending ruin. Nor is this the first example of a like punishment falling to the lot of transgressors in this way within the compass of my short experience. He, with the rest, was often reminded to repent not only of the crimes which manifestly betrayed them to this death, but the several other transgressions of the divine law, which were frequently set before them. Thomas Edwards was born and educated at Cirencester in Gloucestershire , where his parents lived some time in creditable circumstances. His father was by trade a wool-comber, which he followed, till by losses he failed, and then by interest was put in to be keeper of a turnpike. Both his parents died about a year ago. This young man said he was about 22 years of age, but seemed about 24 or 25; he served his apprenticeship to a sadler , at the place of his birth, where he lived till about six years since, when he came up to London and went to sea in the king's service, in which he continued about four years. During some part of this period he belonged to a press-gang which used to meet at the Ram's-Head , in Tooley-Street , Southwark . After his discharge he returned to his trade as a sadler , which he followed either as a master as he said, or as a journeyman as some assert, for some time with Mr Ra - by, at Hydepark-Corner , whom he is said to have wronged, and then went to live in Southwark , where he mismanaged so as to become a prisoner in the Marshalsea , where he first knew Lacey, as before mentioned this must have been in or before January last, though he said it was but three or four months ago. In the course of preparing them they were frequently warned to confess their particular facts, as a necessary part of that sincere repentance, humiliation, and real sorrow for their crimes, which they professed, and also as a means of satisfaction to the injured, and the clearing of others who might be called in question; both he and Lacey seemed ready to comply, and promised they would recollect and write them down; but this they put off from one day to another till the day before execution, when Edwards brought me a very short account of only three or four facts to this effect: ” Newgate, August 13, 1764. “ This is a true account of the robberies committed by Thomas Edwards and James Lacey . The first “ on Easter-Monday last, which was a “ coach in Islington lower road . The “ second, a chaise near Paddington . “ The third, a coach between Brompton and Knights-bridge . And the “ fourth and last, in Tottingham-court “ New Road . And as it is not in our “ power to make any farther satisfaction “ but to acknowledge the facts, we “ hope in the Lord the people injured “ or wronged by us will forgive us our “ offences to them, which is our daily “ prayers. Edwards and Lacey. “ P. S. As to the coach that Mr. “ Fielding's men were in, we took it to “ be empty, and that the coachman “ should drive us home; and after the “ coachman stopped and we came to the “ coach-door to get into the coach, “ without any words passing, they fired “ at us. And I do hereby declare that “ we never fired at them, upon the “ words of a dying man. “ Thomas Edwards and Lacey." This p I own raised no small doubt in me that the whole of this representation was partial and defective at least. However upon farther remonstrating to them and questioning each of them apart on these and several other facts of which they were suspected, they persisted in the truth of this confession only, and denied the several other facts repeated to them and each of them severally. It can't but be observ'd with what reluctance and delay they were brought even thus far. One day when Lacey was reminded of this duty, he answered, absurdly enough, “ that he had thought of it in private, and made satisfaction to the Lord." To which it was replied, ' The Lord has commanded you to be reconciled, and make satisfaction to your injured neighbour.' This being farther explained and enforced as occasion required seemed to have some effect, for after this he joined with Edwards in making the confession beforementioned. He also explained some particulars of the third fact between Brumpton and Knights-bridge , being a robbery of two gentlemen in a coach or chariot, from whom they took their watches; one of them, an apothecary near Grosvenor-square , begged to have his gold watch restored, as being an old family watch which he valued much; on this it was returned to him; and a silver watch was restored to the other gentleman. They said they took only two guineas and some silver from them; they added, they had sent a note to them last week, to beg their forgiveness. On Sunday, Aug. 12, being by request closely questioned about stealing a silver tankard from the Black-Swan in Exeter-Street , he seriously denied it. But when the ring taken out of Mr. Frasier's shop was mentioned to him, he did not deny the whole of it, but explained it into a mistake. On the whole matter, as they professed to be open and sincere in these particulars, which I could not disprove, and did not deny the justice of their sentence in general, and had their duty and the consequences of neglecting or counteracting it strongly set before them, they were admitted to the holy communion on the day before they suffered. 5. Archibald Nelson was indicted for taking upon him the name and character of John Wallis , a seaman , on board his majesty's ship the Guadaloupe, with intent to receive prize-money due to the said John. On trial it was proved against this convict, that he pursued and persisted in this capital fraud and forgery, in defiance of many repulses, doubts and difficulties (raised by the agents, and naturally occurring to a feigned person) with such uncommon temper and unwearied application as would entitle him to success in a better cause. First he produced a wrong certificate signed by one Holman, (not Howell, as printed by mistake in the trial, for I saw this original forged certificate of one) who was not the master of the Guadaloupe at that time. This being rejected, he was next referred to his captain Price for a more authentic one: but he returned and said, he was not in town. He was then directed to bring a certificate from the clerk at the Pay-office, that he had received his wages there, as he affirmed he had, in the name of Wallis. But this test he also evaded by some false and frivolous excuses, the particular gentleman who sent him not being in the way when he returned to the agent's office. In his frequent resorting, to which having learned that Mr. Hogg was the proper master, he brought a certificate in his name, (which afterwards plainly appeared to be forged also); on this he had an order given him for the money, on one Mr. Duncomb in Wapping, whom he pretended to know, who was to pay him and be repaid by the agent on his signifying that this was the real man. He returned some days after and said, Mr. Duncomb was not in town, renewing his complaints that he came so often about his money. His calm behaviour and patience had now recommended him to a degree of good opinion and confidence, which his repeated evasions might fairly have suspended, and he received 4l. 9s. on account of John Wallis 's prize-money, signing the register-book in the said name. Had he stopt here, he might have evaded the sword of justice for this fact. But however artfully he might have played his part in some of these wicked devices, yet in others he seemed stupidly absurd; for not content with his former prey, and like one under a judicial infatuation he rushed a second time into the jaws of danger, and came to demand at the same place, of the same persons, and for the same ship, prize-money (so small as 11s. 6d.) in the name of Francis Peters , seaman , although his (Nelson's) person had been so minutely marked, that in so small a space of time (as three weeks) there was scarce a possibility of his being forgot. Upon his appearance to personate this second man, he was immediately remembered, was told of it, and confronted with all the striking circumstances that had before happened. But his prosecutors, humanely wishing and wanting him to escape his impending danger, recommended it to him to come another time, presuming that he would not have the folly and assurance to return. Yet notwithstanding this fair opening to save himself, he most unaccountably came a second and third time, persisting to personate Francis Peters even in the presence of the constable, with whom he was at last charged. The day after Nelson's commitment F. Peters appeared to receive his own prize-money with another seaman, both which had been defrauded of their wages by being personated at the pay-office; and as it is too probably supposed, by this very Nelson, for he had been their mess-mate on board the Guadaloupe; and though he had deserted her at Dominico before the capture of these prizes, yet having got acquainted with the ship's crew, he was qualified to act this atrocious part: to which he was the more encouraged as he knew the boatswain, Wallis, was not in England; he and many others of the Guadaloupe men being turned over to other ships that remained in the country. This Nelson was about 32 years of age, born in Scotland in Argyleshire , served his apprenticeship to a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler in Glasgow , and wrought there as a journeyman two years, and then went to Bristol to his kinsman, a warehouse-keeper, who sent for him; but who dying unexpectedly, and his chief creditor administring to his effects, left this young man to seek his living. He then went to sea in the merchant's service , and being impressed into his majesty's navy in the West-Indias , has been seven or eight years to sea. He was bred up in the church of Scotland, but now joined with us, and said he delighted in the service of the church of England, which he daily attended in the chapel, and also read proper books in his cell, which were put into his hand on the present unhappy occasion. His behaviour in other respects was decent and proper, except the want of sincerity, as he continued to deny his guilt with a hardness and even an inconsistency scarce to be credited; and though we had frequent calm reasoning on this subject, he seemed to be of the same temper, ever persevering in the wrong, which he had shewn in transacting this dark scene of fraud and forgery; acting the same part over again, now greatly aggravated after such strong proof and conviction, and his alarming condition calling him aloud to repentance: He still resisted all the means employed to bring him to acknowledge the truth. He was plainly and repeatedly warned, that while this leaven of insincerity was in him, all his prayers could avail him nothing, but were rather turned to sin. Yet he still persisted with all the arts of a calm determined deceit to deny his guilt, but in the very denial betrayed himself; for while he denied that he had either received or attempted to receive Wallis's prize-money, he owned that he was to receive some due to himself with a certificate signed by Mr. Holman as master; but when he was told that not Holman but Hogg was master, he withdrew his pursuit for that time, till he found out Mr. Hogg, being master of a sloop in the French trade, lying off Execution-Dock, and went with a certificate signed by him to the agent for his own prize-money, not that of Wallis. Here he was confronted, by telling him, I knew that affair better than he imagined; that I had seen both those certificates, and they were for the prize-money of Wallis. And on comparing Mr. Hogg's with another of his real signing his name, it appeared no more his hand than mine. So that on these I fix my finger as false, and by the same rule what you assert of not attempting to receive Wallis's prize-money must be so too. Here he began to draw back and say, he did not see Mr. Hogg write it, but it was given to him for Hogg's writing. He would retract no farther. He was now again warned to reflect deeply and seriously on his situation, as a man dying for this crime, that it could avail him nothing even in this world to deny it, as no one could believe him, it being proved by more witnesses than one, who had no reward, no interest in prosecuting him, and who in truth did it with reluctance. He was farther told, that if any mercy were intended to interpose to save his life, it could not be of any effect while he denied a crime so strongly proved. He still said, " He could not confess a thing he never was guilty of." On Sunday August the 5th, they were particularly applied to on the subject of some verses out of the first and second lessons, being 2 Sam. xxi. and Acts iii. specially the duty and obligation of rulers to punish offenders for the safety of the people, and the averting of divine judgments from the land, and the use which should be made of such punishments both by those offenders who survive and those who suffer. With an earnest exhortation to both, to employ their best endeavours to make this use of their punishments; considering seriously the great encouragement to true repentance afforded, in the second lesson, to the most guilty and the worst of sinners, in that great example of mercy and salvation offered by the apostle Peter, to the crucifiers of the Lord of life - But ye denied the Holy-one, the just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses." Acts iii. 14, 15. Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, &c. ver. 19 - 21. The next week they were daily instructed in the nature, institution, and manner of preparation for the Lord's Supper; some chosen lessons out of the prophet Jeremiah, the book of Wisdom, ch. i, ii and iii. Luke xv. and Heb. xii. read to them, and then opened and applied. And though Nelson was again and again convinced of self-contradiction in denying his facts, and exhorted most earnestly to truth and sincerity, he still with an obstinate calmness denied the guilt, even in presence of a serious visitor, who joined strongly to represent to him his danger. On Monday the 13th, he was asked, whether he would take the holy sacrament on the truth of his innocence? After pausing awhile he said, he would. But he was told, that for several reasons it could not be given him. Thus he went on till Tuesday the 14th, about noon, when he had not twenty-four hours to live; and seeing the other two, his fellow-convicts, were to be admitted as communicants and himself excluded, and having been this morning again very earnestly and affectionately applied to, to save his perishing soul by a true confession: he came to me into the closet, after the morning-prayer and before the administration, being conducted by the serious person before-mentioned, and plainly owned he deserved this death for what he had done. Then you acknowledge the justice of your sentence? He answered, I do, saying, " I suffer justly." Being surprized with joy at this long-wished and much-laboured change, no farther questions came into my mind at that moment beside; the time pressed, and with a general exhortation to him and the other two, to recollect and confess whatever they could remember for perfecting their peace, they were all three received to the holy communion. Morning of Execution. Being visited about seven, they were found ready for chapel in the Press-yard, professed to be easy and resigned, for which they expressed their thanks to God; and when asked, said they had nothing farther to confess: Had spent the evening and morning in prayer and good thoughts, having slept not above two hours. They now joined in the litany, some proper prayers and the holy sacrament, and appeared much comforted. An exhortation was given them on the words of the epistle and gospel, Heb. xv. 5. and St. John v. 24. briefly opening to them the chief articles of the Nicene creed, which they had just repeated, so very seasonably, as being connected with the gospel, “ Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life; shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life." They were reminded to keep these most comfortable and heavenly truths in their hearts, together with these two petitions of the Lord's prayer. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Soon after eight they were brought down, and being loosed from their irons and tied with cords, and they were put into one cart about half an hour after eight, and got to the place of execution a quarter before ten. Lacey was at prayer with his book open and standing up, burst into tears, and hiding his face with his book; the other two were less moved. When tied up to the tree, they were again visited and prayed with half an hour, publicly professing their faith, that they were easy in mind, and in charity with all men. As Lacey had yesterday expressed his desire and expectation of having a proper psalm sung, by means of a friend, with some boys, who were to meet him at this place, and being disappointed of this, instead thereof, the 130th and 143d psalm were repeated, in which they joined, giving glory to God. Nelson had been asked this morning, whether he was sensible of the great danger he was in, by standing out so long in a denial of his guilt, &c.? He answered he was sensible of it, and now thanked God for his deliverance, speaking to the same purpose at the place. He was a man of few words, calm and unmoved, whether he spoke truth or falshood. A person who knew him as a lodger in his house in the Borough about a year, said, he never heard him given to swear or speak a rash word; but added, he was close and obstinate. A few minutes before he was turned off he calmly spoke to that person, and returned him a common-prayer book with thanks. At a proper interval Lacey spoke to the people to take warning by his shameful end, and to avoid or quit such courses as might bring them to the like; that they might be well assured wickedness will be overtaken, and punished soon or late, here or hereafter. This he repeated earnestly more than once, beseeching them to break off their bad company and evil courses in time, before they were overtaken in their crimes, and then their own guilt would be the worst evidence against them: ” Look “ on us, said he, and if your hearts be not “ hard as steel, you cannot but be touched at “ what you now see, the infamous, the ununtimely death of three poor sinners who “ have justly deserved it: but you see the least “ of our sufferings: consider what we suffer in “ prison and the cells, in pain of body and anguish of soul; and though the latter has “ been much relieved by the the best assistance “ of advice and prayer, and heavenly devotion, to bring them out of misery to happiness, yet at best their sufferings were very “ great, (as might well be imagined) yet “ was he thankful for what he had suffered “ here, hoping it may be the means of escaping far greater sufferings hereafter. He forgave all and prayed for them, especially the “ witnesses who had sworn he first fired at “ them; whereas he said, he had not fired at “ all, having received the shot in his right “ hand, which held the pistol before he fired." This he persisted in to the last. And so earnest was he to warn others, by what he suffered, that he seemed unwilling to leave off. They were dismissed with repeated prayers and blessings. And having all expressed their thanks for these good offices, they patiently suffered their sentence. This all the account given by me, STEPHEN ROE , ORDINARY of Newgate.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Monday the 27th of January, 1717/1718. AT the general Quarter-Sessions held at Justice-hall in the Old-bailey, on Friday the 10th, Saturday the 11th, and Wednesday the 15th of January, 1717/1718; Eleven Persons, viz. Six Men, and Five Women, who were Try'd for, and found Guilty of, several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But Two of the Women that pleaded their Pregnancy, and were (by the Verdict of 12 Matrons) brought in to be with Quick Child, having their Judgment respited, and the three other Women, with three of the Men, being (by HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY's great Mercy) Repriev'd, together with John Hall alias Clark , who was also Repriev'd last night, but for 8 days only, (which Mercy I wish they may duly improve) but Two Men are now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and to that Purpose had them brought up, twice every day, to the Chapel of Newgate, where I pray'd with them, read and expounded the Word of GOD to them; giving them from it such Instructions and Admonitions as I judg'd most suitable to their weak Capacities and deplorable Circumstances, thereby endeavouring to bring them to a State of true Repentance and a happy Change of Life, both here and hereafter. On the Lord's Day, the 12th instant, I preach'd to them and others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Epistle appointed for that Morning-Service, viz. Rom. 12. 1. I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God, that you present your Bodies a Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable unto God; which is your Reasonable Service. After a general Explanation of which Words, I shew'd the great Import of them, under these Particulars; I. The Preface, which is most emphatical, moving, and perswasive. I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God. II. The Exhortation to the Performance of this great and comfortable Duty, viz. That you present your Bodies a Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable unto God. III. ult. The Argument here us'd by the Apostle, shewing the Reasonableness of this Duty, in these last Words of the Text: It is your Reasonable Service. Having enlarg'd upon those Points, and drawn such practical Inferences as naturally result from them, I concluded at both times with suitable Admonitions to the Malefactors that were (within a few days thence) to receive Sentence of Death; which accordingly was passed on them the next Wednesday after, viz. the 15th instant. And, On the Lord's Day, the 19th instant, I did preach to them again (both in the Morning and Afternoon) on part of the Epistle for that Day, viz. Rom. 12. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with Brotherly Love. From which Words, first explain'd in general, I shew'd; I. How Christian Love is here recommended to our Practice. II. The Excellency and Usefulness of this Duty. III. The great Motives we have to it, and the transcendent Advantages accruing from it; which chiefly consist of the Good it procures, and the Evil it prevents, in this World, and in the next. When I had largely and distinctly discours'd on these Heads, I then (in the Conclusion) directed my Auditory to do these two Things; viz. 1st, To compare their former Practice with the Precept in the Text, of being kindly affected one to another with Brotherly Love. And, 2dly, To rectifie all past Miscarriages, and regulate their future Lives and Actions according to it. Again, I preach'd Yesterday (both in the Forenoon and Afternoon) the 26th instant, and the Third Sunday after Epiphany, on Isaiah 55. 6, 7. being part of the First Lesson for that Morning-Service, and the Words these: Seek ye the Lord while He may be found: Call ye upon Him while He is near. Let the Wicked forsake his Way, and the Unrighteous Man his Thought; and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have Mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly Pardon. In discoursing upon this Text, and for the Illustration and setting forth of the useful Doctrine herein contain'd, I shew'd, I. That in it we have an Exhortative Command, which is, to Seek the Lord while He may found; and what is imply'd by that Phrase. II. The Import of this repeated Exhortation and Command, couched in another Synonymous Expression, which immediately follows, viz. this: Call ye upon Him while He is near. III. The proper Disposition requisite for our effectual Seeking and Calling upon God; and that is, our Return to Him in Faith and Repentance. IV. The happy Success we shall have in so doing; for (says the Prophet in the Close of the Text) The Lord will have Mercy, and He will abundantly Pardon. After I had severally spoke to these, I concluded with pressing Admonitions (chiefly directed) to the Condemn'd to Repent, and make their Peace with GOD, and be reconciled to Him through JESUS CHRIST, the great Lover of Souls, and Saviour of all Penitent Sinners. The sad Account I am to give of the miserable harden'd Wretches hereafter named, is as follows. 1. John Stone , convicted of High-Treason, for Counterfeiting the Current Coin of England, by making False Shillings and Half-Crowns, on the 2d of November last. He said, he was 22 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Margaret Westminster : That before he had attain'd to 12 Years, his Parents bound him Apprentice to a Vintner , who kept the Ship-Tavern in Princes-street near Leicester-fields : That when he had liv'd there about 4 Years, his said Master dying, and soon after his Mistress too, he then went to serve (but not as an Apprentice) other Vintners alternately, viz. One, that kept the Kings-head-Tavern near Hicks's Hall ; and another, the Tun-Tavern near Hungerford-Market in the Strand : That, after this, he went to Hampstead , in the Summer-Season, and liv'd sometimes at Mother Huff's, and at another time in another publick House there; and, That when he was out of Business he went to his Mother, who then maintain'd him as well as she was able. As to his Morals and Religion, he could give but a slender Account thereof, as having liv'd a very vicious Life, which he acknowledg'd in general; yet was so obstinate, as to refuse the Discovery of those things he had most offended in, and even deny'd the plain Fact he was justly condemn'd for. Of this particularly I often endeavour'd to bring him to a Confession, shewing him the Necessity of answering me in a Matter wherein the Publick was so nearly concern'd; but he said (and that with Anger too) That whether he had done any thing in it or no, he would not tell it me. Then said I to him, From this very Answer you give me, I infer that you are guilty: I am sorry to find you so harden'd, and withal so rude; I pray God melt you into true Repentance, and Amendment of Life, before Death (which is now near at hand) remove you into another State, wherein you shall not be able (if you don't take care now) to Repent. 2. Henry Chickley , condemn'd for assaulting Mr. Charles Brown on the King's Highway, and taking from him a Silver-Watch, a Pocketbook, and a Bank-Note of 25 l. on the 16th of July last. He said, he was 21 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Mary in Warwick : That he had serv'd a Tobacconist in that Town for 5 Years together, who imploy'd him in cutting and making-up Tobacco: That when he left his said Master, he came up to London , and follow'd the same Imployment with a Tobacconist here, whom he serv'd two Years: That he had been for three Years in the Sea-Service , viz. two on board the Roebuck, and one in the Torbay, both Men of War. He own'd he had (for the greatest part of his Life) much neglected the Service of GOD, and committed many Sins, such as Lewdness, Debauchery, &c. but never was guilty of Theft or Robbery. And here he positively deny'd his being concern'd in the Fact he stood condemn'd for. But when afterwards I shew'd him how he ought seriously to consider, that if he was guilty of it, and endeavour'd to cover it with a Lye, e should be so far from getting any Advantage by such a Denial, that would but aggravate his Crime, and render him so much the more guilty before GOD. Upon this he said, That if he had done it, he was sorry for it: And that was all I could then get of him. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carry'd from Newgate , viz. John Stone on a Sledge, and the other in a Cart, I attended them for the last time; and with such pressing Exhortations and Prayers, as I judg'd most proper to use for them, I endeavour'd to work them into a due Sense of their miserable Condition by Sin in this World, and of the infinitely greater Misery (if they died in Impenitence) which they should undergo to all Eternity in the next. Then I ask'd them severally, What they had to say before this their Departure; and, Whether they could still persist in the Denial of their respective Facts? To which they answer'd, viz. John Stone , That He should make no Confession to me, nor to any-body else: And Henry Chickley , That he would tell me nothing. After this, I gave them some further Admonitions, and pray'd again, sung a Penitential Psalm, made them rehearse the Apostles Creed, and wish'd their Souls might be sav'd. Then I retir'd from them, and the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off; praying for that Mercy which they had so much abus'd, and so often rejected: But I cannot think otherwise than that they came short of it, considering all these things; 1st, That they had been great Offenders, guilty of many ill Facts, and would not particularly own any of them. 2dly, That all the time they were under Condemnation they could not be made sensible of their miserable Condition, nor be perswaded to apply themselves to GOD with all the Powers of their Souls for Help and Mercy; but instead thereof, even when at Prayer in the Chapel, they could not forbear playing with one another, and were ready, upon any Call, to go out to the Chapel-door, and drink there. 3dly, That this very Morning, when I had them in the Chapel, and told them I was now come to meet them for the last time there, and hop'd they had been (and were still) considering how they might obtain GOD's Favour, the Pardon of their Sins, and the Eternal Salvation of their Souls; and that to this purpose I was come to pray with them, &c. they did not seem at all affected; but when I was at Prayer, Stone took out of his Bosom one of those creeping Creatures, with which I suppose he abounded, and put it upon an open Book that lay before Chickley, and said, See how he is galloping over the Prayers. NB. When they were come to the Tree, just before their being turn'd off, they exclaim'd against me, for not administring the Holy Sacrament of the LORD's Supper to them; which indeed I thought them not in the least fit to receive: But upon my telling the People that were about the Cart, of their wicked and unheard-of Behaviour, I do believe every Man of Reason and Religion was satisfied, that that Sacred Ordinance ought not to be given to such prophane and impious Wretches as they were. This is the melancholy Account here to be given of these micked Malefactors, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Monday, Jan. 27. 1717-18. ADVERTISEMENTS. THis is to give Notice to all Gentlemen, Booksellers, and others, That there is lately publish'd a new Sett of Cuts, adapted to several sizes of Commonprayers, all new Designs, by Mr. Gocree of Amsterdam, engrav'd by P. Vandergucht. 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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, AND Last Speeches Of the Persons who were Executed at the End of Salisbury-Court in Fleet-street, LONDON, On Friday the 21st of September, 1716, FOR THE RIOT Committed in that Court on Tuesday the 24th of July last. London Printed, and are to be Sold by J. MORPHEW, near Stationers-Hall. 1716. THE Ordinary of Newgate's ACCOUNT, &c. AT the General Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Thursday the 6th, Friday the 7th, Saturday the 8th, and Monday the 10th of September, 1716, Thirty-two Persons, viz. 20 Men and 12 Women, who were Try'd for several capital Crimes, being found Guilty, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death; together with another Person, who having once obtain'd a Pardon, and since forfeited it, was call'd down to his former Judgment. Of these Malefactors, viz. 10 Women pregnant, and 7 Men, being Repriev'd, (which Mercy I pray GOD give them Grace to improve unto his Glory) and 11 Executed last Wednesday, these remaining Rioters are now order'd for their Execution. On the Lord's Day the 9th instant, I preach'd to them and the others, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon part of the Second Lesson for that Morning-Service, viz. Matt. 10. 7. (the Words of Our Blessed Saviour to his Disciples) And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. And upon the last Lord's Day, the 16th instant, I preach'd to them again, both in the Morning and Afternoon, on Exod. 20. 13. Thou shalt not kill. Of which Sermons I have already given an Account in my Paper of Wednesday last (together with that of the Malefactors that were then executed) whereto I refer the Reader. As to these Persons in particular, who are now to suffer, I represented to them the Heinousness of their Crime, so as to bring them (if possible) to a suitable degree of Repen tance; shewing them, That such a great Sin (as this was) must needs be greatly repented of, if the Person guilty of it expects ever to obtain GOD's Pardon and Salvation. In my private Discourses with them, they gave me such an Account of their respective Circumstances (both as to their Fact and Repentance) as here follows. 1. George Purchase , condemn'd for being concern'd in the Riot in Salisbury-Court , Fleetstreet , on Tuesday the 24th of July last. He said, he was 23 Years of age, born at Puddle-Dock , London : That he serv'd an Apprentiship of 7 Years with a Shoemaker in Salisbury-Court : That when his Time was expir'd he became a Journeyman to his said Master, and never did an ill thing before this Fact for which he is condemn'd, and which he rashly committed, not considering then (as I endeavour'd now to make him sensible of) the Unlawfulness and dismal Consequences of such a Rebellious Sedition as that was, which so much tended not only to the Ruin of private Persons, but to the great Disturbance of, and Dishonour to, the whole Government. I representing both to him and his Fellow-Criminals and Sufferers, what perfect Nonsense (not to say worse) it was for them to cry-out, High-Church and Ormond; and what an unheard of Impudence and Disloyalty, what an enormous Wickedness and Impiety they all discover'd to be in their Nature, by their uttering these and the like Rebellious and Malicious Expressions; Do Hannoverian, King George, Down with the Mugg-house, &c. by which they excited and stirr'd up both themselves and others, to kill and plunder, to set the Nation in a Flame, and, in a word, to do all the Mischief they could, and to which (no doubt) they were greatly encourag'd underhand by such as neither fear GOD, nor honour the KING; nor indeed have any true Love for, or Regard to the Lives of those poor silly Tools they made use of in that Riot. Upon this my Observation and Admonition (endeavouring to convince them, that they could have no good Intent in doing what they did, but quite contrary) this George Purchase acknowledg'd it to be a heinous Crime, himself greatly Guilty, and his Sentence just; praying GOD to forgive him this and all other his Sins, and have Mercy upon his Soul. 2. Thomas Beane , condemn'd for the same Fact. He said, he was 22 years of age; born in Salisbury-Court , where his Father formerly kept the Ship Tavern: That he was 5 Years at Sea, as Servant to the Purser of a Man of War , whom he serv'd the last of those 5 Years in the capacity of his Steward: That he was a Servant to some Gentlemen unhappily engag'd in the late Rebellion at Preston, since they were in Newgate , and not before. As to this Fact he was condemn'd for, he confest his guilt of it, acknowledging in particular that he carried part of the Mug-house Sign about the Street, and at last threw it into a Cart; but withal endeavour'd to palliate it, saying, That he inconsiderately join'd in that Riot, the dismal Consequences whereof he did not then apprehend, but now (to his great Sorrow) knew the Mischief he had thereby involv'd himself in. 3. William Price , condemn'd also for the same Riot. He said, he was 21 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Andrew Holbourn : That he was bound Apprentice to a Sword-Cutler , and had now serv'd 4 years of his Time, and never committed any Crime before this Riot hapned. He confess'd, That, hearing there was a great Concourse of People in Salisbury-Court , he presently ran thither, but said withal, That it was with no ill Intent, but out of meer Curiosity; however, when he was come he join'd with others there, and assisted them in demolishing Mr. Read's Mug-house, destroying his Goods, and crying, high Church and Ormond, &c. Upon which Confession of his, I shewing him the heinousness and mischievous Consequences of that wicked Fact, he began to be sensible, and said, he heartily repented of it, praying GOD to forgive him this, and all other his Sins. He also was much concern'd to hear that his poor Mother had been misrepresented by some Persons, who had reported, that she us'd no Endeavours to save his Life; for he was fully satisfied she did that to her utmost. 4. Richard Price , condemn'd likewise for that Fact. He said, he was 20 Years of age, born at Llangdavery in Caermarthenshire in Wales , where having serv'd his Time with a Taylor , he came up to London , and here wrought Journey-work , and never engag'd in any ill thing before this hapned; adding, That accidentally passing by that Place where the Tumult was, he unhappily fell in among 'em, not considering the Unlawfulness and ill Consequence of such a Fact. He was very ignorant, and could not so much as read, which was a great disadvantage to him under these his melancholy Circumstances. I endeavour'd to make him sensible of his great Offence, and to beg Pardon for it, and all other his Sins; which he accordingly did with Tears. 5. John Love , condemn'd for being concern'd with the 'forementioned Rioters. He said, he was about 16 years of age, born in White-Fryers , London : That he had learnt to make Buttons , but his chief Employment was, the helping of Bargemen and Lightermen to unlade their Boats . He further said, That he never was (nor ever deserv'd to be) brought before Justice till this Riot happen'd, in which he unfortunately involv'd himself, without considering what he then did, or what might follow thereupon. I found him a very ignorant Person, who could not read at all, and hardly knew any thing of Religion; and he was, for some Days past, so very sick and weak, that I was forced to attend him in the Condemn'd Hold; so all I could do there was, to pray for him. At the Place of their Execution, whither they were this Day carried in two Carts from Newgate , I gave them my last Attendance, exhorting them still more and more to repent of this and all other their Sins. I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed. They desir'd, that all young Men and others would take Warning by them, and learn Wisdom from their Folly. They also desir'd the Standers-by to pray for their departing Souls: They begg'd Pardon of GOD and of the KING, and of all they had offended; and declar'd, That they dy'd in Charity with all Men; wishing that none would be so unhappy as to follow them in this, or any other Evil Course, that might bring them to an Untimely End. After this I pray'd with 'em again, That God would grant 'em the Pardon of their Sins, and the Salvation of their Souls; that they might have a happy Passage out of this miserable Life, and be admitted into a State of Everlasting Bliss and Glory. Then I withdrew from them, and left 'em to their private Devotions, for which they had some Time allotted them: When that was expir'd, the Cart drew away, and they were launch'd into Eternity, they all the while praying to GOD to have Mercy on them, and receive their Souls. But before I left them, Thomas Beane deliver'd a Paper to me, a True Copy whereof is as follows, viz. THis is to satisfy the Publick, That I never was acquainted with the two Gentlemen, Prisoners now in Newgate, mention'd in the Sessions-Paper, wherein I am also mention'd as their Servant; but was only hired to them as a Weekly Servant, at Five Shillings per Week, about Five Weeks before I was apprehended; and as I am a dying Man, I do declare these Gentlemen did not kno any thing of my going upon that Affair. Tho. Beane . Sept. 21st. 1716. This is all the Account here to be given of these Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . Friday, Sept. 21st 1716. ADVERTISEMENTS. WHereas on Monday Night the 17th instant, a Male Child of about four Days old was dropt in Furnival's-Inn Gateway, in the Parish of St. Andrew, Holbourn: London. If any Person will discover the Father or Mother, or Person who dropt such Child, so that the Parish may be discharg'd, shall receive forty Shillings, as a Reward, from Mr. Francis Clarke the present Churchwarden . In a few Days will be publish'd, THe Third and Last Volume of Posthumous Works written by Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras; part written in the time of the Usurpation, and the rest in the Reign of K. Charles II. To which is added, The Coffin for the Good Old Cause; publish'd just before the Restoration. By Sir Samuel Lake . Printed for S. Briscoe.

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the 13 Criminals that were Executed On Thursday and Friday the 26th and 27th of February, 1690. THE Ordinary, in the Forenoon of the Lord's day, peach'd on the last two Verses of the first Psalm, viz. The ungodly shall not stand in the Judgment, nor sinners in the Congregation of the Righteous: These words import thus much. That as the Godly and the wicked are discriminated in their Course of Life; So, at Christ's Tribunal, they shall be rankt in a different Portion of Reward or Punishment: Thus the Lord knows, approves, commends and rewards the way of the Righteons, though the wicked shall not stand, but fall in their Trial at Christ's Tribunal. This denotes a State of Shame, Contempt, Horror and Desperation. Christ will put Honor on the Righteous, by assuming them into the Clouds to set them on Thrones of Judgment, as approving the Equity of his Sentence, on the Reprobates. But Hypocrites shall stand on the Left-hand, so as to be judged on the Earth, the Stage of their Impiety and Collusions. They shall be rejected, because they set their best Services to sale, for the Auction of their own Credit, and not to raise the Revenue of Christ's Honor. Here followed a List of other Sinners, who cannot expect any Moderation of Christ's Judiciary Sentence. How shall they stand in the Judgment, who cannot sleep unless they cause some to fall into their Nets of cruelty, who oppress the Widow and the Fatherless, who fall prostrate in worshipping an Idol, being so blockish and stupid, as to say, in their distress, to the work of their own hands, Arise and save us, who Atheistically scoff at strictness of Life, and Heart-purity, who ask in scorn, where is the God of Judgment, because of his delay to execute it? Who call prosperous Vice Vertue, and afflicted Innocency, a proud singulatity and zeal, a peevish madness? How shall such stand speechless, who cease praying, but have a very voluble Tongue in pouring out Oaths and Execrations, being void of common Modesty? Can any think to have their sins covered by Christs Priestly Propitiatory Merits, who contemn the word of Reconciliation, which is the Scepter of Christ's Kingly righteousness: Can such look Christ in the face, who now dispise his favour, and sin directly against this only remedy of their sin and misery who keep not the Faith of Christ uncorrupted in a ure Conscience, but subject their Hearts to the fleshly interest of their Lusts? Let us not debase the excellency of our Heaven-born Souls, by bowing to any Temptation, which Satan shall impose upon them. Such cannot expect to stand upright at Christ's Tribunal, who stand watching for oppertunities of sinning to perpetrate their Deeds of Darkness. What punishment can be commensurated to recompence the Love of self Destruction? Together with some seasonable Advice to the Condemned, &c. I proceed to give an Account of the Criminals Confessions and Behaviour. I. Robert Congden , Condemned for the Barbarous Murther of three Persons in Ratcliff ; I inquired, what tempted him to commit it? he said that one sin brought on another. In his younger time, he cheated several Persons of their Mony, with which he was intrusted. When he first came from Sea-service , he Robbed a fellow Lodger in Wapping of 14 l. in Mony. He confest that he wanted neither Food nor Clothing necessary, but covetousness of Money prevailed upon him, to supply his wicked excesses. That he contrived that Murther two weeks before he committed it. That he Murthered all the three Persons with his own hand, viz. the Woman coming behind her, he struck her with an Iron Bar on the Head, so that she never spake word. That he had no pitty on the Child though it began to cry. That the Maid-servant being sent out to buy Tobaco, at her return, he stood behind the door and knockt her down, so that she died immediately. Then he Robbed the House of Plate and Mony, but was under an horrid affrightment, and could not stay in the House. He thought that he should be suspected in offering the Plate to sale, and went back, but thinking he could not escape being taken, he did venture to sell it, and so was discovered. He said, That his Heart was so hardned that he could not Repent, yet was full of horror in himself. I asked him concerning the two Persons mentioned in his Tryal, how far they were abetting, he said that they were escapt, and he would not accuse them of any thing. I told him that it was his duty to confess the whole truth, whether they Robbed with him, or whether either or both of them Murthered any of the three Persons, or consented to what himself did? He said, That he would not be a means of bringing any Mn to a sentence of Death, if taken. I told him, That his Crime was black and horrid enough, he need not, by concealing others, lead himself with the whole, if not Guilty. He was very wavering in what he had before confest, which I wondred at afterward, upon telling him that if he did not speak truth, and the whole truth he could not be saved; he said, That he did the Murther on all the three himself. II. George Reason , Condemned for Burglary. He confest, That he had been a very great and vile Sinner, in many respects That he did not pray to be kept from the venting of his evil Inclinations, but abated the fear of God, and had not taken warning by the examples of publick Justice on others, and therefore that God had righteously found him out, to punish him for his Iniquities. He said that he could not stand before the sight of his many and great sins, how then should he be able to appear at the strict and just Tribunal of the knowing God? He was attentive to Instruction and Prayer, I hope he was Penitent. III. William Glassenberry , Condemned for a Burglary. He confest his great sins, and Relented in the remembrance of the Evil course of his Life. That he little minded his duty to God, till he was brought into this distress. He was very sorry for the remorselessness of Congden, having so much bloodguiltiness upon him. IV. W. G. Condemned for stealing 24 yards of Cloth, value 8 l. the Cloth was found upon him. He was Conscious to the Contrivance of Mr. Goodman's Murther, the late Turnkey of Newgate. He confest that he whetted the Knife which killed him, and that he had been guilty of many other notorious sins. He did not express any signs of remorse, will he knew that he was in the Dead Warrant. V. Charles Hughes , a notorious Criminal formerly, and now condemned for Burglary. He was little sensible of his evil course of Life. I was desired by Mrs. Elizabeth Shooter , the Widow of Captain Shooter, Murthered lately, to inquire of him, Reason and Glassenberry, whether they, or any of them, committed it. They all three, as dying Men, upon the hopes of their Salvation, denyed that they either did it, or knew who did it. I laid it home, more especially to Rason and Hughes. Rason utterly denied that he knew any thing of it. I asked Hughes whether he knew, or heard since, who did it? He was somewhat shy to answer, and would not declare any thing as to his suspicion of any body. VI. Henry Knight , alias Wright , and Edward Stephens , both condemned for Counterfeiting fifty pieces of false Mony, the Stamps and some false Mony being found in their custody; they did not absolutely deny the Crime. They said, That they had been great sinners, but would not discover any of their Accomplices. Knight said, That he was willing to dye, that he might not live to commit more sin, and so aggravate his Provocations of Almighty God. VII. John Ray , condemned for Coyning several pieces of false Mony. He said, That he had improved his natural indowments, by much study and diligence in reading Physical Authors; and that he was so unhappy as to fall into bad Company. That he pretended among some who counterfeit Money, that himself knew an Art how to mix Meal so that it should not be discerned from true Coyn: yet he could never bring his Essay to perfection. He said, That he was not so deeply dipt in that artificial Treason, as he was reputed to be, yet he acknowledged the righteous Hand of God, in bringing him under this sentence of Death, for he had lived in customary sins, and contracted such firm habits in them, that though at times he prayed and resolved against them, yet his Convictions wore off, and he could not retrive his wonted excesses. That now his Heart is thorowly broken and contrite for all his sins, and yet he hath many disponding thoughts, whether his Faith and Repentance be sincere: I hope he was penitent. VIII. Thomas Jones , a Boy, condemned for Burglary, he confest the Crime, and said, that he had used that way of violence for four years past, breaking into Houses singly, and taken thence Mony and Goods, which he sold, for to maintain riotous courses; he had some remorse, yet was very ignorant in Soul concernments: I instructed him, and he desired me to pray for him. IX. George Jerrott , condemned for stealing a Gelding, value 5 l. He confest the Crime and said, That he had many ways offended God, and that his untimely end was just upon him. X. James Cox , was notorious for a former Crime, and was now condemned for a Burglary, he was little sensible of his bad Life. XI. Richrrd Moor , condemned for Felony. He said that this was the first Fact, and seemed penitent. XII. Susanuah Blagrave , condemned for breaking an House, and taking thence Goods found in her custody. She seemed penitent. On Thursday the 26th Instant, these 12 Criminals were convey'd to Tyburn , in order for their Execution, whose names are these, viz. Henry Knight , Edward Stephens , W. G. George Jerrott , alias Mesey , Thomas Jones , Richard Moor , George Rason , VVilliam Lasenbury , Charles Hughes , James Cox , John VVilliams , and Susannah Blagrave . The two former of these for Coyning Money were drawn in a Sledge to the Place of Execution, and being put up in a Cart and tyed to the Tree, the Ordinary solicited them to a sincere Repentance, desiring them to warn the People, to take care how they were drawn into the like Error, Knight said that he had been a great Sinner, and that he lost his Life, by his readiness to entertain wicked People in his House, &c. and much lamented his untimely End, bnt Stephens said nothing, neither would either of them be brought to any ingenuous Acknowledgment of their Crime: So they were turned off and afterwards quartered, according to the usual manner. The other Ten being brought in three Carts and fastened to the Gallows, They were earnestly Exhorted to a free and sincere Confession of their several Crimes, the first of which was W - G. who desired all People to take warning by him, especially of Sabbath breaking, and Disobedience to Parents, telling them it was better for them to follow the meanest Imployment, even sweeping of Kennels than to be guilty of Thievery. George Jerrott cleared William Lasenbery publickly, that he had no hand in the Robbery of Mr. Whitehal in Hatton Garden , but took it upon himself, that it was he (viz) Rason and four more not yet taken that committed the Robbery, whom he did not discover, acknowledging that he had been bred up a Roman Catholick , &c. William Lassenberry was somewhat Resolute in his Behaviour, confessing in the general, That he had got a very ill name, and that he was not concerned in the Robbing of Mr. Whitehall, neither was he Partaker of one Farthing of the Mony taken away by Jerrott and the rest. Charles Hughes did not deny but that it was the Justice of the Nation that brought him to that untimely end. And as to the Murther of Captain Shooter, which he seemed to hint as if he knew something of, when he was Arraigned, he now said that he knew the two Persons that were suspected to do it, who told him, That they were wounded by Captain Shooter, but before they left him they made him kiss the Ground. George Rason said, That he never had a hand in any Murther, but he had been a great Offender, and that he knew nothing concerning Captain Shooter's Death. John Williams , Thomas Jones , Richard Moor , and James Cox , who said at Tyburn his right Name was Harding , seemed to be penitent, crying out for Mercy from God for their Souls; and that all the Spectators would be admonished by their suddain Death, to take heed of all Evil Company, and how they led their Lives in this World. Susannah Blagrave remained very obstinate, and obdurate, being not willing to be brought to a sense of her sins, nor to any particular Confession of the Crime for which she was brought there to Dye. After the Ordinary had prayed for them, and sung part of a Psalm, they were all turned off. On Friday February 27. A Gibbet being erected to the Door of Captain Gitings in Brookstreet, Robert Congden was brought in a Cart (round by Ratcliff Cross , and so up Brook-street ) to the place of Execution, and being tyed up, he began to lament his most dreadful (and at present) remediless downfall, after a most earnest manner, that ever he should be guilty of such a horrid Crime, as the murder of three such Innocent Souls, who he said endured more torture at their Death, than he should now at his Execution: And after this he prayed to this effect. HIS PRAYER. O Lord, and my dear Redeemer Jesus Christ, I desire to repent of my sins, do thou wash them all away with one Drop of thy Blood, and be near to me in this hour of great Extremity. My dear Saviour, I beg of thee to accept of my Repentance, because I am willing to Repent; and let all the World take Example by my Suffering. Lord Jesus I am coming to thee just now, in halfan hours time. O let me come to thee with a clear Conscience, and let not the Wicked one take hold of me, but let thy Spirit take hold of me: Lord, I have been a great Sinner, yet thou canst forgive them all; my Suffrings are nothing to what my dear Jesus underwent for me. Lord take me into thy Custody; I forgive all the World, let me be forgiven by thee. Lord let me creep into thy Wounds, and wash me clean from my sins. I Murthered the three Persons with my own Hands, and the Persons whom I have accused is not Guilty: Let the sin lye at my Door, Lord, for they dyed an harder death than I do now: And, Lord, let me request one thing more from thee, and that is in the behalf of my dear Parents, that God would bless them, for they gave me better Counsel: And oh that my dear Brethren may take warning by me, and that God will give them more grace, that they may not come to so fatal an end. So he concluded with the Lords Prayer, &c. After this his Foot slipping through the Cart, he sunk down, and was almost strangled, but the Rope not being well fastned to the Gibbet gave way, so he came to his senses again, and cried out, O Lord Jesus, I was coming to thee, why didst thou let me come into this wicked world again, for I am more willing to dye than live any longer, &c. Then the Ordinary began to set it home upon him, whether he was concerned alone, or if any other person or persons were confederates with him, to which he, after at least five or six times being sollicited to confess the whole truth, answered, that he was the only Person that committed the horrid murder, and that no other person whatsoever was concerned with him, neither before nor after, and as for William Thomas , saies he, let him be set free, for he knows nothing of it, for I did all things my self, and I sent the Maid for some Tobacco, whilst I murdered the other two, viz. the old Gentlewoman and the Child; and when she came back I murdered her, desiring all to take timely warning by him. This was the substance of his Confession, after which the Minister prayed with him very earnestly, and then took his final leave of him, recommending his Soul to the Mercy of Almighty God. Then he praying a considerable time for himself, the Cart drew away, and being cut down, he was afterwards conveyed to the Gibbet between Mile End and Bow, and there hung up in Chains. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . ADVERTISEMENTS. This is to give notice, That the Sign of the eck and Bear, in White Fryers, is to be Lett. ***These are to give Notice to all Persons, for the Benefit of the Publick, That Mr. Elmy, Professor of Physick, and Operator, of known Integrity, and above 25 Years practice, Liveth at the Blue Ball in Whale-Bone Court, at the Lower End of Bartholomew-lane by the Royal Exchange, who most safely and expeditiously Cures Deafness and Noise in the Ears in any of what Age soever, (if Curable) and at first Sight, by Inspection, Resolves the Patient if so or not, as most Eminent Persons of Quality in this City can Testifie. He hath likewise a most excellent Gargarism or Mouth-Water, which will make black or yellow Teeth as white as Ivory, in a few times using; and it will certainly cure the Scurvy, and all other Diseases incident to the Mouth, Teeth, and Gums, which in many persons causeth a stinking Breath, which (by the Blessing of God, and the use of this Water) I dare affirm you will be freed from those Maladies beforementioned, with Directions. His Pills only prepared for the French Disease, and the Running of the Reins, may be had in Boxes of several prices, with other Venereal Arcana's, as occasion serves. ***In Plow-Yard in Grays-Inn Lane , lives Dr. Thomas Kirleus a Cllegiate Physician , and Sworn Physician to Charles II. until his Death: Who, with a Drink and Pill, hindering no Business, Cures all Ulcers, Scabs, Scurss in the Face, or elsewhere; Kings-Evil, Leprosie, and Venereal Disease, expecting nothing if he Cures not Of the last, he hath Cured above 500 persons in this City, many after Fluxing. It quickly and safely Cures it in the beginning, which cannot be done with Mercury, without danger of Life. The Drink is 3 s. the Quart, the the Pill 1 s. the Box, which is two Purges. They excel all Purges, in cleansing all Crudities and Impurities, and so prevent and Cure many Diseases, and especially the Gout and Stone. In all Diseases he gives his Opinion for nothing. 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THE BEHAVIOUR OF Edward Kirk , After his CONDEMNATION FOR Murdering his Wife; WITH THE Advice and Prayers which he left with the Ordinary, desiring him to Publish the same for the Reclaiming of Vicious Youth. TOGETHER With the Behaviour of the other Condemmed Malefactors in NEWGATE. WHEREAS at the late Sessions of Gaol-Delivery held in the Old-Bayly on Wednesday and Thursday, the 2d. and 3d.Days of the July,1684. Nine Persons received Sentence of Death, viz. Edward Kirk , John Mould , John Holtam , John Bennet ; John Richardson , James Walden , Mary Shelton , Andrew Hill , and Morgan Reading . Now whereas several Malefactors Condemned to Dye, do in the Prison of Newgate, desire the Ordinary to Publish their Conferrences with him, therby giving an Account of their Penitency; and to Warn others by their Examle of suffering Justice, to avoid the same Crimes. The Ordinary thereupon thinks it a necessary Service to give a faithful Account of the said condemned Malefactors Behaviour; hopeing thereby it will be a means to reclam Vice in Youth. This account therefore he now give, that on the next Day after Condemnation (they all appeared together in the Chappel) where they were Exhorted and Prayed with; the like was done on Saturday. On the Lords Day, following being the 6th. of July Instant those for whole Execution the Warrant was directed, were at the Chappel; where the Ordinary Preached on this Text viz. the 33. Chapter of the Prophet Ezek. and the 11th. Verse. Say unto them, as I Live, faieth the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the Death of the Wicked, but that the Wicked turn from his way and Live: Turn ye turn ye from your Evil Ways, for why will ye Dye, O House of Israel. The Ordinary observed, that Edward Kirk who was Convicted for the Murder of Joan Kirk his Wife , in cutting her Throat on Sunday, the 25th. Day of May last, in the Fields near Paddington , whom he often Visited before his Tryal; seemed then to be more affected with his Horrid Crime, then was observed before, and since continues so. The Paper of Advice which Edward Kirk , left with the Ordinary in Prison. WHereas, the All-searching Eye of God with whom Darkness is Light, and by whom the most Hidden and Secret Things are made Manifest, has made a just Discovery of my Transcendent Wickedness; I think it equally my Duty to God and Man, to second it with a Penitent Confession, that so the dear Interest which the Meritorious Death and Passion of Christ hath purchased for Sins of frail Man-kind may be applicable to my self: For such is the Misery and weight of Sin I lie under, that unless the Miraculous Grace and Mercy of my Creator interpose, is sufficient to press me down to the neathermost Hell. Upon this Consideration, I esteem it my Duty to Publish to the World the occasion which had the influence on my Punishment, or what is the Meritorious cause of my Fatal and untimely End. The occasion was so slender, that it rather aggravates my cruel Crime, than mittigates it. My Wife for whose Murder I duly suffer was of that Temper, that she was indefatigably officious to hunt me from Place to Place; but whether out of Love or Necessity she did it, is a difficulty to Discern, and therefore I proclaim her Innocent; and dare impute nothing to my Excuse, my Passion being above my Principle; and that Grace of God which should lead Men to a true and sincere Repentance, for want of a true management of it, was taken away from me, and I left;, like the Jews, in my own Willfulness and Stubbornness, to act whatever my Spiritual Enemy the Devil could impose upon my Inclination: and indeed the influence, of may Wickedness is such, that if I had the Greatest affluence of Sublunary Enjoyments, it inbitters the most hopeful passages of my Life; and nothing can be Sweet and Cordial to me but the precious Blood of Christ, which was shed for the Sins of the Penitent; such likewise is the present Punishment of the Murder; that through the sense of it, I am Involved into a Deluge of Melancholy, sometimes preventing my address to God for assurance of Pardon: yet according to that Gracious Light which it pleaseth God to intrust me with, I continually lie under the contest of Sin and Satan, and heartily beg for that Supernal Regeneration, which is a turning from Darkness to Light, and from the power of Satan, to the Kingdom of God, Now, because the world is more Govern'd by Example than Precept, I am highly and zealously concerned, to propose the reflection of my Condition to all those who are miserably biased to. a Dissolute and un-Christian Life; that from my doleful End, they may be cautioned to discard all such Ways as may be Effectual to draw them on to Perdition, and living: without God in the World. Nor can I forbear to express my Inclination which was always equal to the Natural, State of all Men: yet such was my Misfortune, that I added the Whip and Spur to make it Strong and Vigorous, and was as inquisitive to know Lewd Company as ready to Imbrace whatsoever was adapted to Irregularity, the Sin of breaking the Sabbath I cannot pass by, and was continually Guilty of: upon which Holy Day I committed the Heinous Sin of Murder; while Pride, Lust and Luxury, had the sole Dominion over me, and was frequently more acceptable than any thing of Piety and Godliness: Thus my Soul being surfeited with all manner of Sin, I am brought to condign Punishment: Take timely care therefore all Young-Men, how you are drawn in by the Bewitching Lust and Love of Women: for tho my Relations were Responsable, and gave me a Good and Pious Education, yet the Grace of God which is infinitly eligible before the whole World, was wanting in me, and justly left me to the Guilt of Murder. Let no Man therefore trust in uncertain Riches, nor bolster himself up with the sufficiency of his Friends, in order to any hopes of Security from suffering the just Punishment of an evil Life; for there is a just God that made and Governs the World, who will not only in this World, but in that which is to come, Shower down Hail, Fire, and Brimstone on those who tread under Foot the Son of God, and put him to open Shame. If this Confession and Advice have efficacy to reclaim any, it only gains the end for which I design’d it, and to God above be Glory. Amen. Two Prayers which Edward Kirk , desired might be Printed with his Advice to Youth. O Lord God, Good and Gracious, Everlasting and Blessed God; I must confess I have been a great Sinner, and without thy Pardon am utterly Undon for Ever: and therefore I pray thee Lord, that thou wouldest be pleased to wash away all my Sins from my Heart, and give me a new Spirit within, so that I may truly serve thee in Holiness and Righteousness, those few Minutes that I have to live in this World: that when my Soul and Body parts, my Soul may ascend up into Heaven, to God on High: so that he that shed his Precious Blood for Sinners (if it be his Blessed Will) may make my Peace with God. Of all my Sins that I have Committed, there is none so sad and Horrible as the Sin of Murder is: therefore I Beseech thee O Lord, to blot out that loud crying Sin from before thy Presence, so that it may not rise up in Judgment against me, when I come before thy TribunalSeat on High. Oh! that men would consider this in time, that Sin will one Day change their Countenance; however it cometh in a flattering form, pretending nothing but Friendship but in the end, will leave a Sting behind it, even a guilty Conscience, Terror of Mind, and anguish of Spirit; wherefore let us flye from Sin, as from the biting of a Serpent, that we be not stung to Death; knowing that the ways of Sin, is Death. O Lord most Holy, Good and Gracious, Everlasting and Blessed Lord God, how Glorious art thou Lord thou art a great and a Merciful God; and thou hast done more for me a thousand times than I have deserved; I confess I have been a great Sinner; I havedone those things which I should not have done, and I have left undone those things which I should have done. Lord help me, and strengthen my Faith every Minute more and more those few Minutes that I have to live in this World, that when I am departed hence, through the merits of Jesus Christ I may ascend into a Heavenly Kingdom, Amen. Edward Kirk , acknowledged that he was at the Execution of John Gower , a Coachmaker , who for Murdering his Wife, was Executed at Tyburn , on the 23d.of May last,1684.And that after Kirk returned from Tyburn, Satan suggested him to Murder his own Wife within one hour after; That he Prayed against the Temptation; yet, not so fervently as he ought. The Instigation came with Violence upon him about fix a Clock on the Lords-Day in the Morning, being the 25th.of May,1684.That he then contrived how to draw her out in the After-noon to walk with him into the Fields; That when he got her out, he sometimes went before her, and called to her to walk faster after him: and when they were near Paddington , he told the Ordinary, that he pretended some excuse into a Gravel-Pit, which was within two Fields of Tyburn; That he asked his Wife to give him her Hand, which she did; and so led her into the Gravel-Pit. That when she was there, he Quarreled with her, and Bruised her Face and Head with a Cane; that she begged him to spare her, but he drew out a Knife to cut her Throat: which he attempting to do, she Strugled with him, using these Words, Lord have Mercy on my Soul, Was ever Woman so barbarously Murdered? After he had cut her Threat, and returned home, he endeavoured as much as he could to compose his Countenance and go about his Business, and so order his Behaviour, that nothing more than ordinary might appear in his Looks, to give suspition that he had been about any un-Lawful, much less so Horrid a Fact. He told the Ordinary that he would at his Tryal Plead Guilty, and beg, God and the Kings Mercy; yet against his Resolution he denied the Fact, till it was proved upon him, by his own Confession before his Tryal. Notwithstanding he used many false Stories to evade the Proof of the Fact, as appears in the account of his Tryal. Since his Condemnation to Death he hath plainly Bewailed his great prevarication and false asseverationtos the Court of Judicature; hoping that by Repentance and through a true lively Faith, in the Meritorious satisfaction of Christs Blood-shed; His Horrid Murder, and the denial of it so Impudently in the Court of Justice, will be pardoned by God, to him. And the Ordinary, doth hope that upon narrow search into the frame of his Heart, that Edward Kirk , had some Ground to Expect a happy Eternity, for he said that his Sin was so great that he deserved to Dye; and desired not to Live Andrew Hill , Aged 21 Years, acknowledged to the Ordinary in conference, that he had spent his time very Idly, and lived a very disorderly Life, often quenching the motions of the Holy Spirit: and warns all Young-Men to mind their Honest Imployments, and not to seek out, nor mix with Lewd Company, lead they come to an untimely Death. Morgan Reading , Condemned for a Burglary, was very sensible of his Sinful course of Life; and grieved that he had commited several Impieties against clear and strong Convictions in Conscience to the Contrary. Another of the Condemned Persons, being a Lusty. and Comely Person, of . the Age of Four and twenty Years, is very Penitent, and much bewailed his mispence of Precious Time, neglecting the publick Assemblies on the Lords Day, and the duty of Prayer, whereby he fell under the Temptations of Satan and bad Company; so that he commited many Excesses, such as he desires all Young-Men to refrain from, particularly to bridle their Tongues from Cursing and Swearing, or useing any other Intemperance; for God in due time will discover all who persist in Impenitency. Dated on Thursday the 10th.Day of July,1684. Samuel Smith , Ordinary of Newgate . London ,Printed by Geo. Croom , in Thames-Street ,over against Baynard's Castle ,1684.

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A true ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN, ON Wednesday the 26st of October, 1692. THE Ordinary, on the Lord's-Day, preached on Isa. 3. 9. Woe to them, for they have rewarded, or purchased, Evil to their own Souls. 1. Was shewed, What are those woful Miseries which are justly inflicted on wilful, impenitent Sinners in this Life; also the eternal Loss of the Soul, as rejected from the Enjoyment of God, who is the Fountain of Blessedness, in the other World. 2. What miserable Reflections Sinners, who reprobate themselves to Hell, will eternally be forming in their despairing Thoughts, that their Torments shall be endless and remediless. 3. What Ways perverse Sinners chuse, wherein to express Cruelty to their own Souls. These were various. Next was the Answer to an Objection, That Sinners do not procure Eternal Torments to themselves, because it is said in the Proverbs of Solomon, that The Lord hath made the Wicked for the Day of Destruction. Answ The Lord infuses not any Malignity of Sinning into our Nature, but Sinners prepare and ripen themselves for Ruin, by the long Abuse of God's Patience, being obstinate in impenitency. Such who wilfully sin against the holy God, wrong their own Souls; and being fond in gratifying their Lusts, they virtually are in love with Death. The Lord is not bound always to strive with incorrigible Sinners, nor to inforce his Mercies on such who slight them: He justly withdraws the Offers and Opportunities of Salvation, when any presumptuously trifle out their Working Seasons for Eternal Life. What is more equal, than that a perverse Sinner, who loves to wander from God's Laws, should have none to advise him in a good Way, nor to stop him in a false? The Lord will make every Man's Conscience which is self-pregnant with Guilt, an authentick Witness against himself; so that he shall be condemned out of his own Mouth. The Conclusion was thus directed to the Condemned. Set up a Tribunal in your own Hearts, before the All-knowing Judge charge this Crime of Crimes upon you, That you have rewarded, or procured, the demerit of Eternal Torments to your own Souls. Have you not sold your selves to Satan, that you might fulfil his Drudgery, though the only Reward thereof be Shame, and Eternal Death, without God's interposing Mercy? Have you not bid him depart from you, by remaining wilfully ignorant of his Divine Excellencies, in the Carelesness of your Duty? Have you not razed out the Dictates of Nature, that you migh get an absolute Conquest over the Checks of Conscience? How will all such Self-destroyers torment themselves, that Christ wept over their Obstinacy in sinning, which themselves made sport of, and played away their Souls at a Cast for every Vanity? With what Face can any wilful Sinner beg Mercy of God in Distress, who would not afford any to his own Soul; but wasted many precious Opportunities of Salvation, in making provision for the gratifying of his Lusts, to his Eternal Ruin? To bear the Wrath of God will be intolerable, and to avoid it will be impossible: Therefore stand not out a Moment longer from submitting to the Terms and Articles of God's Salvation, as if you envied Christ, to confer Eternal Felicity upon you. O monstrous Ingratitude against him! O affected Cruelty to your own Souls! There cannot be any Safety in a State of Impenitency: Hasten therefore with all diligence, vigour and speed, to be found of Christ in Peace, as reconciled to God by a penitential obedient Reliance on his Righteousness. This is the only Covert of Safety, to secure the trembling Sinner from God's fiery Indignation. You may comfortably pay down your Lives, as a Forfeiture to Humane Justice, if Christ hath satisfied Divine Wrath in your behalf. O happy Cross, which lifts up penitent Sinners to the Enjoyment of the Tree of Life in Paradise! Therefore supplicate the Lord of Life, that he would sanctifie your Distresses in Dying: So the fatal Tree shall blossom in solid Comfort, while you are made wise to Salvation by your present Sufferings. Thus shall the Man be bless'd, in whose Spirit there is no Guile, to impose upon himself false Notions of Repentance, and Converting unto God: He will judge such, not rigorously, but with the Allays of Mercy; yea, he will abundantly delight to magnifie the Riches of his Free Grace and Goodness on those who seek him with their whole Heart, as the Fountain of Blessedness, and Infinite Satisfaction. The Ordinary visited the Condemned Criminals on Monday in the Forenoon, and enquired what divine Impressions the Preaching and Prayers on the Lord's-day had made upon their Hearts? They replied, most of them, that they were much affected therewith. After this, I endeavoured to make them more sensible of their particular Crimes, and stated to them the necessary Qualifications of Salvation; without which, they would deceive themselves by a false Reliance on God's Mercy, and Christ's Merits, though infinite: And shewed them, wherein True Saving Faith differs from a strong, yet pernicious Presumption of being reconciled to God. Also how True Repentance differs from Attrition, or wounding Convictions only in the Conscience. Then I prayed for them, that God would sanctifie their Distresses so, that they might be above the fond Love of natural Life, and the slavish Fear of Death, and prepared for a blessed Eternity. On Tuesday I visited them again, and shewed them the heinous nature of their several Crimes, especially Murther, by Duelling, or otherwise; also the greatness of the Sin of Clipping the Current Coin of this Nation, and Burglaries; and stated withal the Means of God's Provision, how they might obtain his Pardoning-Mercy, and an Interest in Christ for Eternal Life: And, after much Exhortation, dismissed them with Prayer. I visited them every Day, and they seemed affected with what I exhorted them unto, and the Prayers for them. I declared, that God never leaves Sinners destitute of his Preventing-Grace, till they first harden their own hearts, indulging themselves in some secret Sins, which is a considerable degree of Atheism, because they are not for some time discovered, and brought to publick Shame. I pressed them to a strict, serious Examination of their Hearts, that so the Review of their Sins now might be as bitter, as the Commission of them had been delightful: Exhorting them to a speedy Repentance, and thorough Conversion to God in Christ. I proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Persons. I. Charles Putnam , Condemned for Clipping. When he came t me a-part, I endeavoured to make him sensible of the greatness of his Crime, That, inasmuch as he had a good and lawful Trade, whereby he might have lived creditably and comfortably, he should under the Veil of this, project to hide such a vicious Mystery of Iniquity. He said that he repented, that he had dishonoured God many ways, and in this discredited his Parentage, and frustrated the End of his Religious Education. I told him, that no Restitution could be made for injuring the Nation in this kind, because Money got by such a wicked Artifice, is commonly spent in a Luxurious Course of Life: And that Death could not make any compleat satisfaction for it, unless he discovered all such Complices therein, to his utmost Knowledg, and that it was his Duty so to do, to discourage and prevent the carrying on of much Damage to the Community. He replyed, that he had made the Discovery of some: So I desisted to press him any further. He declined to give me any account of his Life, only said in general, that he had sinned many ways, but declared not wherein. II. Thomas Putnam , Brother to the said Charles, denyed not the Crime, and said that it grieved him that he was induced thereunto, and that God justly left him to commit such a Fact, because he had not led a strict Life, but had been remiss in his Duty: That he had been guilty of Swearing, and Drinking immoderately sometimes, but that now he hoped his Heart was penitent. III. Ruth Phillips , Condemned about three Sessions since, then respited because quick with Child, and now brought back to her former Judgment. She denyed not the Crime: She confess'd that she had neglected her Duty to God, of which she was now very sensible. I declared to her, that I feared she had not improved her Reprieve to the advantage of her Soul, but grew secure, hoping that she should escape the Sentence of Death. She replyed, that the Concernment of making Preparation for her Death, was a secret Work betwixt God and her own Soul. I told her that the Heart is deceitful in presuming on slight Evidences for Heaven, and that all Advice was little enough to help her in that weighty Concernment. After she was informed that she must undergo the Sentence of Death, she fell into great Agonies of Mind, which brought a Languishment upon her. I endeavoured to settle and compose her Mind, telling her that the manner of her Death ought not so to affright her, as to make her unfit to pray that God would be reconciled unto her; and that she be sure of God's pardoning Mercy, if she were sanctified by Christ's Spirit. She seemed very penitent, saying, that now she had Peace setled in her Mind, and was willing to die, that she might not continue to sin against God in any kind. IV. Henry Tankard , Condemned for murthering one Mr. Burton. After his Commitment to Prison he was much dejected, and had a Feaver several Weeks. I visited him, and prayed with him when his Fits were abated. He was in Military Employment under our most Gracious King William. The Quarrel which brought on the Murther, was this, After Mr. Burton had drank a Health to the late King James, wishing him all Success, Mr. Tankard reproved him, and drank a Health to King William: At which Burton grew much incensed, and called him Coward; so the Difference increasing, they fought, and Burton fell unhappily by his Hand; for which he saith, that he is very penitent, as for all other Passages of his Life, in which he had not been circumspect as he ought to have been. He was more troubled in Mind, than usually some are for this great Sin of Duelling, and the rather, because he said he feared that Burton, by the sudden Surprizal, was not duly prepared to die. I hope he is truly penitent. V. Richard Ellis , Condemned for Burglary: Aged 21 Years, Born in Northamptonshire . His Employment was in Painting of Rooms . He served out his Apprentiship, and had set up his Trade a little before he committed this Crime: He was grosly Ignorant, saying in excuse thereof, that his Parents were very poor, and wrought hard for Bread, and so could not breed him up to Reading. I told him that Ignorance of God, and what Christ had done and suffered for Mens Salvation, usually spragn from a Contempt of the Means of Grace, that so Persons may indulge their Sins with less trouble in Conscience: And therefore is no excuse, but an aggravation of ther Condemnation: For such cannot set their Conscience in a true Light, to judg of their Actions, nor state of their Heart toward God. And that the most ignorant, in this respect, are witty in contriving Sin, and in endeavouring to conceal it. He wept, and said that he was heartily sorry for all his Sins. VI. Elizabeth Gardner , Condemned for Clipping, but respited from dying, because quick with Child: Aged 30 Years. Her Employment was to wind Silk , and sell Cheesecakes . She confess'd that she had prophaned the Sabbath, neglected Praying to God that he would keep her from being tempted to Sin, and so fell into this destructive course of Clipping. VII. Sarah Shelton , Condemned for the same Crime, but respited, being quick with Child; Aged 40 Years: Born at Manchester . She said, that when she went to Church, she minded not the Preaching of God's Word, nor the Prayers. She confess'd that she did Curse in her Passion, and sometimes did drink in excess. VIII. John Brown , Condemned for Clipping and Coining. Near 40 Years of Age: Born in Somersetshore . He lived at Hockly in the Hole ; and wrought in making of Bricks , but left it of, and grew Idle, which exposed him to a loose Life. He could not read, nor rehearse the Articles of the Christian Faith, nor the ten Commandments. Yet he exprest some sorrow for his Sins, which he said had been great. IX. John Burrows , Condemned for stealing a Sword from a Person in the Street; Aged 19 Years: Born in St. Kathrines Parish , was Apprentice to a Waterman , and prest to Sea in the Ship Defiance; but being Sick, was put on Shore. He confess'd that he did somes Swear, but was oftner Drunk. He seemed somewhat penitent. X. Matthew Flemming , Condemned for robbing Mr. Jervis. Aged 24 Years; Born in Litchfield . He kept a publick House in Old-street . He denied not that he had provok'd God many ways, and therefore was overtaken in this Fact, for which he is sorry. XI. Elizabeth Deale , Condemned for Burglary. Aged 20 Years. Born in St. Andrew's Parish in Holbourn . She carried Drink in Tubbs. She confess'd she had not observed the Lords Day, and had been undutiful to her Parents. These two great Sins are usually twisted together, and several Persons, lately executed, have confess'd that they lay heavy on their Conscience. Yet she express'd little regret for them. On Wednesday the 26th of October, 1692. These Ten Persons were executed at Tyburn , viz. On Wednesday the 26th of October, the following Persons were all convey'd to Tyburn , (viz.) Charles Putnam , Thomas Putnam , Richard Blackford , Ruth Phillips , all four Condemned for Clipping Money, and John Browne for Coining, who were all drawn on Sledges to the Place; the others (viz. Richard Ellis , John Burrows , Matthew Flemming , Mary Nicholas and Elizabeth Deale , were all carried in Carts: When they came to Tyburn , they were all exhorted by Mr. Ordinary to make a publick Acknowledgment of their several Crimes, as ever they hoped to see the Face of God with Comfort, and to look up to Heaven for Pardon of all their Sins; to which Exhortation they all were very attentive, as also to the several Prayers that were offered up to God for them. As to the Particulars of their Confessions, it was not very material; only Charles Putnam declared, that he and his Brother, were drawn into the Act of Clipping by some evil-disposed Persons, who had followed the Trade long before them; and that he hoped he might have made a considerable discovery of several, if he might have been spared; but withal, it was his Opinion, that there will be never any end put to the Clipping-Trade, unless the Procurers of the Broad Money were made equally Guilty with the Clippers, &c. Mr. Blackford made no open Declaration, but only owned himself Guilty. and said he hoped he had made his Peace with God, and was not at all afraid of Death. Thomas Putnam was very serious, and carried himself very humbly; giving great heed to the Exhortations of Mr. Ordinary. The rest bewailed their sad and dismal End, and desired the Prayers of all the Spectators; but were much reserved as to Particulars. Then Mr. Ordinary prayed again with them, and sang a Psalm; and having Recommended their Souls to God, their Creator, they were all turned off. Then the Ordinary applied himself to Mrs. Phillips (who sat in the Sledge, whilst he was performing his Duty to the other) but she was not willing to express her self much, as to any particular Matter of Fact; only said she had hard measure, in that her own Servants swore against her out of Malice: But she did not peremptorily deny her Crime, and submitted her self to be tyed to the Post, being first Strangled, was Burnt. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions. Dated this 26th. of October, 1692. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . LONDON, Printed for L. Curtiss, at Sir Edmundbury-Godfrey's-Head, near Fleet Bridge, 1692.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 16th of July, 1714. AT the General Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old baily, London, on Wednesday the 30th of June last, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 5th instant, Nineteen Persons, viz. Fifteen Men, and Four Women, Try'd for, and found Guilty of several Capital Crimes, did then receive Sentence of Death accordingly. But Seven of the Men, and One of the Women, having obtain'd HER MAJESTY's Reprieve (which I pray GOD they may have Grace duly to improve) Eleven of 'em are now order'd for Execution. While they were under this melancholy Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them (twice every Day) brought up to the Chapel of Newgate, where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of GOD to them, endeavouring both to instruct them in the excellent Duties of the Christian Religion, and perswade them to the careful Practice thereof, from the weighty Consideration, First, of GOD's Severe Justice against obstinate and hardned Sinners; and, Secondly, of his Infinite Mercy to them that do truly and sincerely repent. And on the Lord's Day, the 4th instant, I preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Second Lesson, which came of course to be read that Morning, viz. Luke 16. 23, 24. And in Hell he lift up his Eyes, being in Torments, and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his Bosom. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have Mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his Finger in Water, and cool my Tongue, for I am tormented in this Flame. From this Text with the Context, first explain'd in general, I then shew'd in particular, I. That poor Lazarus, as soon as he was dead, had his Soul carried up by Angels into Heaven. And from hence I prov'd these Three Points, viz. 1st, That the Soul is capable of an Existence, separated from the Body; and therefore is not (as some Atheists vainly dream) a meer Affection of, or Accidence to the Body, but a distinct Spiritual Subsistence, dwelling in it. 2dly, That the Souls of Good Men, and True Penitents, when they depart out of their Bodies, are, like that of Lazarus, immediately admitted into a State of Rest and Blessedness in Heaven, signified by Abraham's Bosom. And, 3dly, That the Souls of Wicked Men and Impenitent Sinners, at the very moment of their departure out of their Bodies, are adjudg'd into the Unspeakable and Unallayable Torments of Hell. Which I further evidenc'd, by examining the Text still more particularly, and considering, as it is here represented, viz. II. That the Rich Man being in grievous Torments in Hell, and seeing Lazarus in Abraham's Bosom, earnestly entreated, That this once Miserable, but now Happy Lazarus, might come to him with one Drop of Water to cool his Tongue, who was so lamentably tormented in that Flame. From which I shew'd, 1st, That tho' the Original Word, translated Hell, be often used for the Grave, yet in this Place it cannot be understood so; for it truly signifies Hell, properly so call'd, as it imports the Place of the Damned. 2dly, That this Text, being a Parable, a Figurative and Comparative Way of Speaking, by which our Blessed Saviour (thro' Things which we do understand) would bring us to the Apprehension of Spiritual and Heavenly Things; we ought not to suppose Heaven to be so near Hell, as that there should be any Correspondence or Converse between the Inhabitants of those two vastly distant and different Places: Neither are we to take the Words strictly and literally, which represent to us the Rich Man as if he were lifting up his Eyes, and begging of Abraham, he would send Lazarus, That with the tip of his Finger dipp'd in Water he would cool his Tongue: For Souls have neither Eyes, nor Fingers, nor Tongue, nor Bosom: Neither can any such Consequence be drawn from hence, as if the Saints in Heaven might be pray'd to; for these are Parabolical Expressions and Similitudes, whereby we are taught (so far as we are able to apprehend) what the State of the other World is; which I explain'd, by shewing, 3dly, That there is a Place of Rest, wherein we shall have a Communion with the Saints, and the same Felicity which is enjoy'd by ABRAHAM, the Friend of GOD, as he is call'd in Scripture. 4thly, That there is also a Place of Torment, where the Misery of Damned Souls shall encrease, by their being made sensible (as Dives was) of the Glory and Happiness of those whom in this Life they have scorn'd, despis'd and abus'd; and (perhaps) been Instruments (thro' their Cruelty and Barbarity) to hasten to those Blessed Mansions they are now in. 5thly, That there shall come a Time when the proudest Sinner will be glad of the Help of the meanest Saint, but shall not obtain it. Father Abraham, send Lazarus, cries the Rich Man in the Text, but to no purpose, because too late. 'Tis as if he had said, Send to me that happy Lazarus, whom when alive, and in great Poverty and Misery, I suffer'd to lie at my Gates full of Sores, and ready to starve and perish, and I would not relieve him. 6thly, That the State of the Damned is such, as is depriv'd even of the least degree of Comfort and Satisfaction. Dives desires but so much Water for the cooling of his thirsty Tongue, as Lazarus might have taken up with the tip of his Finger, and that was deny'd him: Tho' he ask'd but a very small thing, (a Drop of Water) he could not obtain it. 7thly, That the Tongue is a Member, the Abuse whereof in this Life will lie very heavy upon lost Souls in the other. This the profane Swearer should now think of, and duly consider what his Doom shall be hereafter: And all Sinners, of any Denomination whatsoever, should also seriously reflect upon the State of another World, that (before it be too late) they might repent in this, and thereby escape the Damnation, and obtain the Salvation of their Souls to all Eternity. 8thly, ult. That as the Happiness of the Blessed in Heaven, so the Torments of the Damned in Hell are certain in their Being or Existence, and will be Eternal in their Length and Duration. Having gone thro' these Heads and Particulars, I then apply'd my self to the Persons that were for Judgment, whom I earnestly exhorted so to repent of their Sins, that they might avoid the Dreadful Pains and Torments of Hell, and attain to the Ravishing Joys and Pleasures of Heaven. On the last Lord's Day, the 11th instant, I preach'd both to them who were now strictly under Condemnation, and others there present, that prov'd to be very many (more indeed than the Chapel could conveniently hold:) And I took my Text out of the Second Lesson appointed for that Morning Service, viz. Luke 23. 42, 43. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. From which pathetick Words spoken to Christ by the penitent Thief crucified with him, and Christ's gracious Answer to him, I observ'd, 1. This happy Malefactor's great Faith, and true Conversion, clearly manifested, 1st, In this which he said to his Companion railing on Christ, at ver. 40. Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same Condemnation? hereby acknowledging Christ's Divinity. 2dly, In the ingenuous and free Confession he made of his Sins, owning the Punishment to be just which was inflicted both on himself and that other his Fellow-Malefactor, Ver. 41. We indeed suffer justly, for we have the due Reward of our Deeds. 3dly, In his justifying Christ, and asserting his Innocence in these Words, which immediately follow his Confession, But this Man has done nothing amiss. 4thly, In his fervent and faithful Application to Christ, whose Mercy he thus implor'd, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom. By all which it plainly appears, that this New Convert had a right Notion of the two Natures in Christ, (viz. the Divine and Human) and that thro' the gloomy and dark Ignominy and Shame of the Cross his Faith could discern the Brightness and Glory of Christ's Kingdom. II. The happy Effects of that extraordinary Faith, and sincere Confession, viz. 1st, The Absolution and Pardon of all his Sins. 2dly, The happy Consequents thereof, namely, Eternal Life and Glory. All imply'd in the most gracious and comfortable Assurance given him by Our Blessed Saviour, in these Words following, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. After I had largely discours'd upon these Heads and Particulars, wherein I laid stress principally upon Faith and Repentance, which I fully explain'd to my Auditory (shewing them the Nature, Necessity, and Effects of both) I then apply'd my self in particular, with such Exhortations and Admonitions as I thought proper and suitable to the Condemn'd; who seem'd (some more, some less) attentive to what was then deliver'd to them: And in my private Examinations of them, they (who are order'd for Execution) gave me the respective Accounts of themselves, which follow. 1. Ann Edwards , condemn'd for two Burglaries; viz. First, for breaking open and robbing the Lodgings of Mr. James Moody ; and, Secondly, for doing the like in those of Mr. Emmanuel Francisco ; taking out of the former a Pewter Dish, and 3 Plates; and out of the latter several Goods of Value; both which Facts she committed at the same time, and in the same House, on the 30th of May last. She said, she was 36 Years of Age, born at Preston in Lancashire ; That she had, for these 15 Years past, liv'd in the Parish of St. James Westminster , and other Neighbouring Parishes, and there serv'd in the Capacity of a Cook (and sometimes in that of a House-keeper ) in several good Families; That (besides the Facts she was now condemn'd for) she had done many ill things in her Life-time, and was about two Years ago burnt in the Hand, and order'd to the Work-house, where she remain'd a Twelvemonth, according to the Order of the Court; and being afterwards Discharg'd, but not Reform'd, she soon return'd to her former evil Course, and thereby brought her self to this Untimely and Shameful Death. She said, she heartily repented of all the Sins she ever committed, and desir'd me to pray to GOD for her poor Soul, overwhelm'd with Grief. This I promis'd her I would do, and withal instructed her to pray for her self, and pacify the Wrath of GOD, and obtain His Mercy; which (upon her true Repentance) she would certainly find, through the Merits and Mediation of the Saviour of all Men, especially of them that believe, as the Apostle tells us, 1 Tim. 4.10. 2. William Dyer , who pleaded to a Pardon at the Old-baily on the 12th of August, 1713, was now brought again under Condemnation for two new Facts by him committed, viz. First, for breaking open the House of Mr. John Palmer of Edmonton in Middlesex , taking thence a Gown and Petticoat, with other Goods, on the 13th of June last; and, Secondly, for doing the like in the House of Mr. John Blunt of the same Place, on the 23d of the same Month. He said, he was born in that Parish of Edmonton , and had been a Domestick Servant in several good Families thereabouts, and in London . He confess'd, he had robb'd some of his Masters, both while he liv'd with them, and afterwards; and that particularly since he had obtain'd his Pardon, instead of answering the easy Condition of it, which was, That he should transport himself out of the QUEEN's Dominions in Europe, within 6 Months after (which he had 2 or 3 times fair Opportunity to have done) he return'd to his wicked Practice of robbing Houses in his Neighbourhood, and elsewhere; so that, tho' he pretended he would honestly apply himself o his Business of Carpentry (a Trade he had formerly serv'd part of his Apprentiship to) yet his chief Employment, ever since his Discharge out of Newgate in August last, had been Robbing and Stealing, and doing suchlike Mischiefs, to the great Prejudice of the Publick: And herein his Wickedness and Impiety advanc'd so far, as not to spare even the Curate of his own Parish, whose House he broke open and robb'd in January last, about which time also, he said, he stole a black Mare out of the Grounds of Mr. John Allen in that Parish, for which One William Huggins was try'd at the Old-baily in February following. This William Dyer could read well, and had been carefully instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion, by those worthy Persons he had serv'd; but yet, for all that, he prov'd desperately Wicked, and was like to have committed Murder, in attempting to shoot the Man that apprehended him. He seem'd, in all his Carriage under this Condemnation, to be unsincere and obstinate; and I must needs say this of him, That he gave me very little Signs of true Repentance for a great while; for when I examin'd him in private, he refus'd to make a free Confession of the many ill things he had done, the discovery whereof might have been of Use and Satisfaction to those honest Persons he had so basely wrong'd; but instead of clearing his Conscience by such a Confession; he said, He had declar'd too much already, and would say no more. Being ask'd how Old he was, he answer'd me, That he could not exactly tell, but thought he might be about 28 Years of Age. As I was discoursing him in private, shewing him the Necessity of doing what I advis'd him to, in order to avoid the severe and terrible Judgments of GOD, and obtain his Mercy, and the Pardon of his Sins, I observ'd him to fleer and snigger, mixing Tears and Laughter together; wherein (as indeed in his whole Deportment) he discover'd both a great Weakness, and Indisposition of Mind; but at last his Confession to me seem'd to be sincere, and Repentance true. NB. That the Facts for which this William Dyer was formerly condemn'd were, viz. the breaking open and robbing the House of Mrs. Elizabeth Wiser , taking thence a Silver Mugg, and a Spoon, on the 15th of February, 1711-12: And likewise for stealing Ribbons and other Goods out of the House of Mr. Charles King , on the 27th of June, 1712. Of both which Facts he was convicted at the Sessions held at the Old-baily in July following. 3. Margaret Stevenson alias Sarah Williams , alias Susan Rogers , alias Susan Lambeth , which last was her right Name; Condemn'd for Stealing a Piece of green Persian Silk of the value of 3 l. out of the Shop of Mr. John Johnson , on the 25th of May last. She said, she was near 28 Years of age, born at Hamersmith in Middlesex ; That she coming to London young, was bound to a Seamstress in Chick-lane , with whom she serv'd the full time of her Apprentiship, viz. 7 years; That she afterwards work'd for her self, and for a great while together liv'd an honest Life; but at last falling into bad Company, was thereby corrupted, and enticed into the commission of several Things, which at first were very much against her Conscience, tho' (thro' Custom) became easie to it at last; but she now found by her woful Experience, that, soon or late, Sin brings always along with it unspeakable Sorrow and Misery. She own'd that she was justly condemn'd; and, that she had been so before, and receiv'd Mercy (which, to her great Grief now, she had taken no care to make good use of); for, she having formerly obtain'd the QUEEN's Free Pardon, which she pleaded at the Old baily on the 12th of August last, under the Name of Sarah Williams , she did soon after return to her evil Course of Life, changing her Name indeed, but not her Manners. NB. The Fact for which she was formerly Condemn'd and Pardon'd, was, the Stealing 60 Yards of Persian Silk out of the Shop of Mr. William Ball , on the 8th of June, 1713. 4. Robert Cook , alias Hedgley , which was his right Name, Condemn'd for Breaking the House of Mrs. Mary Mellers , and stealing thence 8 Pewter-Dishes, 40 Plates, and other Goods, on the 13th of May last. He said, he was about 24 Years of age, born at Hoddesdon in Hartfordshire ; and, That while in the Country, he was employ'd in Husbandry : Afterwards he came to London , and being prest to Sea , serv'd above 7 Years on board the Lenox, the Boyne, the Monmouth, and other Men of War. He confess'd, he had been a great Offender; That in May last was Twelve-month he was whipt for a Felony he had committed about that time; and, That the Sentence now pass'd upon him was very just, and he readily submitted to it, praying GOD to fit him for his great Change. He likewise confess'd, That he committed a Robbery in a House at Islington , about 9 months ago, taking thence some Pewter, a Coat, a Hat, &c. 5. Thomas Davis , Condemn'd for being concern'd in the same Fact with Robert Cook , last mention'd. He said, he was 23 Years of age, born at Shrewsbury : That he came up to London about 8 Years ago, and was bound Apprentice to a Waterman for 7 Years, which Time he serv'd faithfully; and being out of it about 6 months since, ply'd for himself. He confess'd the Fact for which he was condemn'd, but said it was his first; and I could not disprove it, but told him, 'T was pity he ever enter'd upon such a Course as this, which seldom fails of ending in Destruction. 6. George Horn , Condemn'd for a Robbery committed jointly by him and Thomas Perkins , on the Person of Mr. Thomas Gamball , from whom they took a Coat, a Hat, and a Shirt, with 11 s. and other Goods, upon the QUEEN' Highway, between Clerkenwell and Islington , on the 25th of May last. He said, he was 23 Years of age, born in the Parish of Allhallows in Thames-street , London ; and by his Trade was a Lighterman , that us'd to carry Corn, Wood, &c. He confess'd, That once he was burnt in the Hand for a Felony which he committed about 2 Years ago, and afterwards went to Sea , where he serv'd sometimes on board several Men of War, and at other times in Merchantmen. I found him of a very harden'd Disposition, that could not be brought, but with much difficulty, to a sense of his great Duty and Spiritual Interest, being at first regardless of his present miserable state, and of the Means of preventing his falling into that which is infinitely worse, viz. the State of the Damned. I did what I could to rouze him up to a due Consideration of the Danger he was in; to awaken in him a just Fear, and excite him to a sincere Love of GOD. 7. Thomas Perkins just before-mention'd, as being concern'd with the said George Horn in the Robbery committed on Mr. Gamball. He said, he was about 20 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. James Clerkenwell : That he went to Sea , and was a Servant to a Commander of one of HER MAJESTY's Men of War; and afterwards returning home, was bound for 7 years Apprentice to his own Father, a Smith ; That his Father dying when he had but three Years to serve, he left off that Occupation, and went to Sea again; and there being employ'd for about 2 Years, he at last return'd to his Trade of Smithery, working Journey-work with One that had formerly serv'd his Father: That falling into bad Company, he (when in Drink) was perswaded to assist George Horn in the Commission of this Robbery he is now to die for: And tho' he confest he had been an ill Liver, yet he said, he never was Guilty of any such Fact before. 8. James Powell , alias Ashwood , alias Bowen , alias Neale , which last was his right Name. This Malefactor had formerly receiv'd Sentence of Death, being then try'd by the Name of James Ashwood , and obtain'd a Pardon on condition he should (which he did not) transport himself out of the QUEEN's Dominions in Europe, and pleaded to it accordingly on the 12th of August, 1713; and now was Condemn'd again for a Burglary, viz. for breaking open the House of Mr. Tho. Hulls , and taking from thence Two Guinea's, and Thirty Shillings in Silver, on the 15th of May last. He said, he was about 20 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields , and was bound Apprentice to a Perriwig-maker in that Parish; but his Master dying, and so being left to himself, presently fell into ill Courses, which he was now sensible he could not well have left off (so far he was engag'd in them) if this Death had not put a stop to his wicked Career. 9. Charles Goodall , alias Goodale . This Malefactor likewise had formerly receiv'd Sentence of Death, for stealing a Silver Cup and other Goods out of the House of Mr. John Beale , on the 6th of November, 1711, and obtain'd a Pardon on condition he should (but like the abovesaid James Powell did not) transport himself out of the QUEEN's Dominions in Europe: Which Pardon he pleaded on the 6th of June, 1712; as he did to another (and that a Free one) on the 12th of August, 1713; and now was Condemn'd again for breaking open the House of Mr. Albion Thompson , and taking thence a Coat, and several other Goods of Value, on the 17th of May, 1714. He said, he was about 19 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields ; but, when very young, his Parents remov'd to that of St. Clement-Danes , and there he liv'd with them, and by them was brought up to School very carefully; but did not improve his Time as he might have done; for he betook himself to ill Courses, and so Corrupt he was, that tho' after his Pardon he had resolv'd to lead a better Life, (which for a time he did, at his Father's House) yet it was not long before he return'd again to his wicked Ways, that brought him to this his Untimely End: A Matter which, upon reflection, was a great Grief to him, and ought to be an effectual Warning to other loose Livers, as he had (and confest himself to have) been; for which he earnestly implor'd GOD's Mercy, and the Pardon of all whom he had any ways offended. 10. Mary Billingsby , alias Brown , Condemn'd for trepanning Judith Favero , an Infant, into a By-place near Hoxton , and there stripping her, and putting her in fear of her Life. She said, she was about 18 Years of Age, born at Norwich , and had liv'd 3 Years in George-yard in Shoreditch , and was there imploy'd in Doubling of Worsted . At first she deny'd the Fact, but afterwards confest it, saying, That Poverty had driven her to it: Upon which I told her, This was a very bad Excuse; and, That if she had been an honest and diligent Person, she might have supply'd her Wants otherwise than by such unlawful Means, and such too as were most base and cruel. I found her very ignorant, not being able so much as to Read, nor give an Account of any Thoughts she had of the World to come, and what would become of her there; till she was taught, That by the Merits of CHRIST, embrac'd by Faith and Repentance, (which I particularly explain'd to her) she might be sav'd. 11. Robert Porter , alias Sandey , Condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. James Deluce , and taking thence a Wastcoat, two Wigs, and three lac'd Hats, on the 2d instant. He said, he was 16 Years of Age, born in the Parish of Stepney , and for some small time serv'd a Weaver there; but leaving his Master's Service, went a pilfering. I found him very obstinate and untractable, unwilling to confess any ill thing he had done; yet when I told him, That he had formerly been convicted of a Felony, and for it order'd to the Work-house, out of which he made his Escape, he own'd all this to be true, but would say no more; nor at first receive such proper Instructions and Admonitions, as were given him, in order to bring him to Repentance and Salvation: But at last finding himself in the Death-Warrant, and so having no further Hope of Life here, he appear'd more concern'd for his Soul than before: I was not wanting in making Use of this Opportunity to bring him (if possible) to a thorough Sence of his past sinful Life, his present sad Condition, and his future Eternal State, from which he was not far off, and which would be a State either of Happiness or Misery to him, according as he did or did not sincerely repent of his Sins. This (with several pressing Exhortations I us'd to this purpose) seem'd to make some kind of Impression upon his obdurate Heart: But whether they melted it indeed into that true Repentance, which alone is available to Salvation, I shall not take it upon me here to determine: but advise them, who walk in the same wicked Paths, to repent sooner and better. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carried from Newgate in 4 Carts, I attended them for the last time, and endeavour'd to perswade them throughly to clear their Consciences, and strive more and more to obtain GOD's Grace, that they might make a good End in this World, and be receiv'd into that State of Bliss and Glory in the next, which shall have no End. To this purpose I earnestly spoke to them, and pray'd for them: Then I made them rehearse the Apostles Creed, and sing some Penitential Psalms; and finally recommending their Souls to the boundless Mercy of our Good and Gracious GOD, I withdrew from them, leaving them to their private Devotions, for which (and for their speaking to the People to take Warning by them) they had some little Time allow'd them: After this the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, calling all the while upon GOD, to have Mercy on their departing Souls. Note, That William Dyer did particularly confess, That he had committed the following Robberies, viz. 1st, he robb'd a House and a Shop at Tottenham , 2dly, the Reverend Mr. Butto's House; 3dly, Mr. Allen of a Mare at Edmonton in Middlesex ; 4thly, Mr. Coward's House at Waltham-stow ; 5thly, Mr. Huvet's House; and 6thly, Mr. King's in the Parish of Greenstead ; 7thly & lastly, the House of Mr. Reynolds at Stanford-rivers in Essex . These he said, were (as far as he could remember) all the Houses he had broken and robb'd, &c. (besides those he stood Condemn'd for) since his Discharge out of Newgate in August last; and, That he never robb'd on the Highways, nor ever committed Murder. This is all the Account I here can give of these Malefactors; Four of of whom, together with Five others mention'd in my former Papers, make up Nine out of Fifty-four that pleaded the QUEEN's Pardon in August last, who (by new-repeated Offences) brought themselves to this shameful End: Which I pray GOD may be such a Warning to those that remain, that they never return again to their Sins and Follies, but lead such a Course of Life as may be comfortable to them in this World, and (through Mercy) advance them to unspeakable Joys and Comforts in the World to come. PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, July 16. 1714. 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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday, January 28. 1707/1708. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Thursday, Friday and Monday, the 15th, 16th, and 19th, instant, Four Persons being found Guilty of Death, had Sentence pass'd upon them accordingly, and another who should have been executed the last Sessions, but had his Execution then suspended, was now order'd to prepare himself for it. This Person and One of the Four before mention'd being in the Death-Warrant, are the melancholly Subject of this Paper. May their Death be a Warning to those that have receiv'd the QUEEN's Mercy, and to all others, that so they may not stand in need of it, nor bring themselves by their Crimes into Judgment here or hereafter. On the Lord's Day, the 18th instant, I preached to the Condemned and other Persons, then in the Chappel of Newgate, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon Exod. 20. 13. Thou shalt not Kill. From which words I shewed; I. The heinous Nature of the Sin here forbidden. II. The severe Punishment, due to it. III. and lastly, How much it concern'd a Man that is guilty of such an Offence (which is irreparable, and indeed the greatest that can be offered to Humane Nature) to grieve bitterly for it, and heartily repent of it. I enlarg'd upon these, and then proceeded to the Application, which, it seems, gravell'd so much a Person nearly concern'd therein, that he was unwilling (though his Duty and Interest should have oblig'd him) to come to the Chappel again that Afternoon. On the last Lord's Day I preach'd again to them both in the Morning and Afternoon, and took my Text out of Luke 15. 18, 19. The Words being these, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy Son. Which having first explain'd in general; I then proceeded to shew from the Example of the Home-returning Prodigal in the Text; I. That a true Penitent does not hide, nor continue in his Sins; but ingenuously confesses, abhors and forsakes them. II. That he is so far from extenuating or palliating them, that he aggravates them more than his greatest Adversaries can do. III. That he passes a most severe Judgment upon himself, and acknowledges that he deserves a greater Punishment than that he is to undergo in this World for them: And therefore does not repine nor murmure at, but submissively acquiesce in God's Providence and the Methods he takes of punishing him. IV. and lastly, That this Course and Manner of Repentance is, First, most Acceptable to God, and Secondly, most Beneficial to such a Penitent. Having largely discours'd upon these Particulars, I concluded at both times with a pressing Exhortation to the Condemned Persons, That they would examine themselves with relation to their past Lives, the present State they were in, and the Thoughts they had of another World: And then pray earnestly to God to give them such Faith and Repentance, as might intitle them to an Interest in Christ, and prove available to their Eternal Salvation. While they were under Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them brought up twice every Day to the Chappel; where I pray'd with them, and expounded the Word of God to them; drawing such Inferences, and giving them such Admonitions, to the best of my Ability, as were proper for them in the dismal Circumstances they then lay under. They were all of them very attentive, both those that were reprieved, and those that were to die: Which latter, in my private Examinations of them, gave me an Account of themselves, as follows. I. Alexander Carroll , condemn'd for the Murther of Thomas Fenwick . He said, he was about Twenty-seven Years of age, born of good Parents at Carlough , in Queens-County in Ireland . He confess'd, that he had been a very loose Liver, and very much neglected Christian Duties. He owned he was the Person that killed the aforesaid Thomas Fenwick ; but he at first endeavour'd to perswade me and others, that he was provoked to it, by his being assaulted by the deceased; and therefore thought much to be under Condemnation for wilful Murther. He spent much of his time, while under that Condemnation, in writing Letters, Petitions, &c. in order to get a Reprieve. and all that could be said and alledged to him, was not forcible enough to take him off from those worldly Concerns, and put him upon thoughts of another Life, and due Preparation for it. But when he found himself in the Death-Warrant, than began he to be sensible of his Folly in having thus mispent his time. He acknowledg'd, he was highly Guilty, both of the Fact for which he was Condemned, and of his Neglect to prepare for Death in good earnest before this Extremity; and he owned the Justice not only of that Sentence by which he was to die here, but of God whom he had grievously offended many and many ways, by doing those things which he should not have done, and omitting to do those things which he should have done. He said, he heartily repented of all his Sins, and begged Pardon of God and Man, and dyed in Charity with all the World. He did at first pretend to be a Protestant, and born of Protestant Parents; but at last he confess'd that he was a Papist, and all his Ancestors were of that perswasion, and therefore he was resolved to die in it. However he said, he rely'd ouly upon Christ's Merits for the Pardon of his Sins and the Salvation of his Soul; and that he did not depend upon the Prayers that might be made for him after his Death, but thought it most Safe for his eternal Welfare to do what he could to repent and be reconcil'd to God, before he left this World. This he express'd to be his Sense. As for other Principles he might have, he did not discover them; neither did he seem to me to be much versed in any Religion; but on the contrary, to have been very ignorant and very defective in the Exercise and Practice of Christian Duties: Which he himself acknowledg'd and express'd great sorrow for. He gave me at the Tree a Paper of his own Writing, of which the Reader may see the Copy at the end of this Account. II. John Read , Condemn'd in December last for the stealing of a Horse. He said, he was about 30 years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields , and brought up among the Quakers; That by his Trade he was a Silk-Weaver , and would work sometimes at it; but had not so much follow'd it, as he had ill Courses for about these ten years last past: That he had within that time done many ill Facts, besides that for which he was now Condemn'd to dye; And that he first began his wicked Trade with picking of Pockets, and keeping of bad Company, which forwarded his corrupt inclination to the doing of that for which he was now both sorry and asham'd; and of which (as also of other Matters that were necessary for him to discover) he gave a particular Account. He confess'd, That about nine or ten years ago he committed a Burglary, for which he was then try'd; but for want of full Evidence was acquitted; yet he did not reform. He now acknowledg'd the Justice of God in bringing him to this his deserv'd Condemnation and untimely End in this World, and earnestly pray'd, that he might find Mercy in the next. After he was condemn'd at the late Sessions in December last, he told me he never was baptiz'd, and earnestly desir'd I would baptize him before his Death, which he then expected. I used my best endeavours to prepare him for that Sacrament, and then administred it to him, and I had afterwards the satisfaction to see (as far as I could observe) that he liv'd according to the Promise he had made therein, from the time of his being taken off the Gallows (to which he was already ty'd when he was respited from Execution on the 17th day of December last) to this day, on which he was effectually Executed. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carry'd, viz. Mr. Carroll in a Coach, and John Read in a Cart, and where I attended them for the last time, I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with them. I made them rehearse the Apostle's Creed; and then recommending their Souls to God, I left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allotted them. They desir'd the Spectators to pray for them, and all Men to take Warning by them: And they earnestly pray'd to God, that he would have Mercy upon their Souls. Their Last Words (when just ready to be turn'd off) were such Ejaculatory Expressions as follow: viz. Mr. Carroll utter'd himself to this effect, Lord, forgive my Sins; Forgive me my great Sins! Deal not with me as I have deserved. Lord, look in mercy upon me! Lord, help me! Christ have mercy upon my Soul! Heaven save me! Lord comfort me! Lord receive me, &c. And John Read , who seem'd to be discompos'd for his being brought a second time to this Place, thus cry'd to God for Mercy. Lord Jesus, wash away my Sins in thy Blood! Lord, save me, or I perish! Have mercy upon me, and help me! O God, the Father of Heaven be merciful unto me! O save my Soul for thy Mercies sake O Thou Lamb of God, and Lover of Souls, have mercy upon me, and receive me! Cast me not away; but help me and deliver me! Thou art my Helper and my Redeemer, Make no long tarrying, O my God! &c. Here follows the Copy of Mr. Carroll's Paper, deliver'd to the Ordinary at the Place of Execution, which he desired should be inserted here for Satisfaction of the Publick. I Was Born in Ireland , of a good Antient Family. My Name is Lawrence Carroll . I was Educated in the Roman Catholick Religion, of which I now die a Member, and as such I humbly desire to partake of the Communion of Saints, and Prayers of the whole Catholick Church, and hope that through the Merits of the Death and Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, I shall receive Pardon and Forgiveness from God for all my Sins, as I freely forgive all the World, and beg they would do the same by me. As for my Conversation in the World, it has been, I own, very irregular, following the Vanity of the World, and in a manner wholly neglecting my Duty to my God, for which it has pleased the Divine Majesty to permit my present Affliction, and as such I receive it from the Hand of God. As for the Fact for which I suffer, I am sensible I was guilty of it, not through any premeditated Malice, but through the Misfortune of my being in Drink, and the Misfortune of that poor Man, who, I suppose, did not know that I was so. I acknowledge my Fault, and am heartily sorry for it, humbly begging Pardon of God, and of the poor Man's Wife whom I killed, protesting, upon the Words of a Dying Man, that I am sory it does not lye in my power to make her amends, and to all the World also, whom I any ways offended. Yet, however, I am to this Minute Ignorant of any Circumstances of the Fact for which I dye: Nor do I remember that I had any Women in my Company upon that Occasion; tho' such a Thing was alledg'd against me at my Tryal. I beg that all young Men may take Warning by me, and think on their Duty to God, whose Mercy is great, and whose Justice, tho' slow, yet is very sure. I declare again, That I dye in the Communion of the Holy Catholick and Apostolical Church of Rome, and desire the good Prayers of all the Members of it; and, That I dye in Charity with all the World. January, 28. 1708. Lau. Carroll . This is all the Account now to be given of these Malefactors, by Paul Lorrain , Ordinary . 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THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE Condemned Criminals IN NEWGATE, VIZ. William Rawson , Charles Buckler , Ralph Harrison , and Henry List , As Also The Last Dying Words OF Thomas Fallowfield for Murdering of Mary Smith alias Hunt , who was Executed at LEICESTER-FEILD , Joseph Coates for Felony, Cap . George Baker , George Saunders , and William Mullins , for Robbing on the High-way, was Executed at TYBURN. On Wednesday the 4th. day of March, 1684. IT is sad to Consider, (that notwithstanding the frequent Examples of publick Justice on Capital Offenders, for the warning of all others, to Avoid the same Crimes, yet) that in the short Intervale of time from the former sessions, there should be such a Confluence of persons now Condemned. It is probable, that they did presumptuously hope for a General pardon at this sessions, tho they did Gracelesly antidate an Act of Royal Grace and Mercy to Incourage themselves in their Impieties. This may convince obdurate Sinners of that Secret Atheism which Reigns in their Hearts, by Crying up false peace and safety to themselves, whereby they are frequently made Exemplary in a publick and shameful Death. 34. of Job 26. 27. Ver. He strickes them, as wicked men in the open sight of others, because they turned back from him and would not consider any of his ways. Thus ye Hypocrite in Heart, such who are heartily in their Hypocrites, and thereby Confirm’d in Athism heap up wrath, so that they Dye in youth, and their Life is among the Unclean 36. of Feb 13, 14th After the Sentence of Death past on the aforesaid Criminals on Friday the 27th. Instant February, they were Visited on Saturday, to bring them to a Conviction; of their Sinful and Deplorable Convictions; and in order to their more serious preparation, for those Prayers and Exhortations, which were to Follow on the next Lords Day. In the Forenoon a Sermon was Preached on the 17. of Genesis, and the first Verse: Walk before me, and be Perfect or Upright. In the Afternoon of the same Day, a Sermon was Preached on the 11. Chap. of the first Epistle to the Cor. and the 31. Verse: For if we would Judge our Selves, we Should not be Judged of the Lord. From which Text, the Ordinary offered to their Consideration, that self Judgment and self Condemnation, in the Impartial Acknowledgement of the Equity of the Divine Law-giver in his process of Judgment, tho most Severe, as the Righteous Demerit and result of the least. Sin, is the only ready and sure way to escape that Divine Wrath, which is Impendent over the Heads of Sinners. In the Progress of that discourse, especially at the practical Improvement of it, to the present Condemned, they seemed to be much awaked from their Security in a Sinful state, to preserve Increase any signs of Contrition, the Ordinary Visited them again on Munday, and after Payer, for them, Exhorted them to search their own Hearts, that they might discover for what special secret Sins, God had been provoked to withdraw his preventing Grace, so as to leave them to commit those Hinous Crimes, in which, they have wilfully insnared themselves. On Monday and Tuesday, the ordinary after Prayers, Inquired into their former manner and course of Life, and how they now stand affected under the Sentence of Death, and prospect of that Eternity into which they are Launching: whither they Repent of their Sine and the Excesses of their Youth and a Debauched Life, be as bitter and Loathsome as at any time before they were Delightful. Of which Conferences with them apart, which are most affective of them, the Ordinary now proceeds to give a True and Impartial Account, taken from their own Mouths in Wrighting. William Rawson , he was Born in Cumberland , is 27 Years of Age; he was Educated at School by his Parents, in order to have been sent to the University, as being of Good Natural Parts, and was hopeful in the Improvement of them: But his Parents not being afterward of Estate Sufficient, to perfect their Intention of forming him for an University, himself also growing Remiss in his Learning, he came to London , where he stayed for some time with a Gentleman of Good Repute: but not answering his Expectation, he went back into his own Country: where continuing for some good space of time; he lived in Idleness; yet presumed at last to Marry, tho he knew not how to provide for the necessary support of that Condition: so becoming very Poor, he faith he sought for Imployment in London; but about a Month past, he was so unhappy as to grow acquainted with Bad Company, who Tempted him to many Miscarriages; particularly to associate himself with them in Robbing on the Highway. He confess’d himself guilty of the Crime he stands Condemned for, yet being g’d to make Acknowledgement how long he had used Highway Robbing, and who Tempted him first into such a Dissolute course of Life, he made no other reply, but that they were fled beyond Reach and would not name any particular Person, tho he ought to have broke the Combination by a Discovery. He said he had been many ways Sinful, but he hoped by Repentence through christ’s Merits, the Lord would Pardon him, and receive him to his Mercy. George Saunders , he was Born in Ireland , of Protestant Parents, in Limbrick ; by them he was sent to School, to sit him for future Imployment; but there he behaved himself like a very Unlucky Lad; afterward he was put an Apprentice to a Weaver , in whose Service he remained for some time, but leaving it off, he Waited on a Gentleman : whom deserting he eutred himself into the Kings Service, and was a Soldier in Tangier for the Space of four Year: after that, he Lifted himself in the Queens Regiment, but meeting with ill Company, he was enticed out of that Imployment; and said it is not past three weeks or a Month since he left that Service. He Acknowledged that he had been given to Intemporance, and had often taken God’s Name in Vain, yet he Prayed to God sometimes to keep him from Evil Courses. It repented him that he left the former Imployment of a Soldier, saying that was the occasion though Idleness of exposing him to be Tempted to Rob on the Highway. He also particularly confess’d the Crime he stands Condemned for. He much Lamented his illspent Life, and gave the ordinary very Hopeful signs of the Truth of his Contrition, earnestly desiring him to pray for him, and promised to be very Compliant with his Directions, in order to Eternal Life. William Mullins , was Born in London , of Godly and Religious Parents; he was well instructed and Educated by them and thereupon Acknowledged his Sins to have been the Greater and more Aggravated because be had Sinned against much Light and Knowledge: for he said Where much is Given, there also is much Required. He Confess'd furthermore that he had been a great Neglecter of God’s Worship and Service on the Lord s Day; a frequenter of and associate of ill Company; and for that he had omitted a due Attendance on those two great means of Grace and Salvation, Prayer and Preaching, he judg'd it was for that God had left him to himself, and suffered him to become Guilty of so great a Sin as that he was Condemned for. And being urg’d to a more Particular Confession of his Crimes, he said they had been so sundry and so many, that he could not enumerate them: but as for the particular sinful Fact for which he was now to Dye, he owned he was guilty of it; yet withal added that 'twas the first Felony he was ever engaged in. He Reproved one of his fellow Condemned Criminals for the lightness of his Spirit, in smiling when press'd to a free Ingenuous confession of his Offences, and said, I am afraid he has little sense of his Sins; 'tis hope of a Reprieve which makes him less Serious, but persons do ill who give him those Hopes, for it may make him backward in the works of his Conversation: and were he fit to Dye, he were the siter to Live, He said he acknowledged the Justice of a Righteous God, in bring in him to this his deserved Capital Punishment, and that he little mattered Temporal Death, so that he had Comfortable Expectations, that would prove, unto him an entrance into Eternal Life: and added moreover that he was now equally desirous of Inward Sanctification and Holiness, as of endless Glory and Happiness. In short, he shewed great outward signs of a True and Internal change of Heart, and Godly sincere Sorrow for his manifold Transgressions; hoping for the forgivenes and remission of the guilt of is them, in and through the alone Merits and satisfaction of his Crucified Saviour. Joseph Coates , was Born in York-shire , he is now 31 Years of Age; he was educated at York , and Tadcastle , as himself called it, where he went to School:afterward he lived in the Service of Squire Thyn for the space of six years; after that, he went with the Lord Orory into Ireland , and stayed with him only half a Year: after that he served the late Earl of Essex, as his Footman , in Ireland: afterward he came into England and Served, Col. Fitz, Patrick, but left his Imployment Under him. Two Years last past he Was an Horse-Course ; after he laid down that way of Livelyhoods he intended to go into Staffordshire for Imployment, but altering his purpose, he fell into bad Company, upon neglecting the Service of God, soon after he grew very Wicked, was given to Excessive Drinking and Swearing; at last he was acquainted with three Men, who Tempted him into the Burglary, for which he stands Condemned, but expressed not their Names to the Ordinary. Being asked what hopes he had of a future Happy State, he replied that he had been a great Sinner, but now his Heart was through God's Mercy made to Relent, more for his Wicked Practices than for the fear of Death, and he hoped if he might be spared, that he should become a new Man: of which he gave at present very probable Signs. Ralph Harrison , he was Born in Shoreditch Parish , being now about 20 Years of Age. He was placed an Apprentice to a Broad-Weaver , with whom he tarried two Years, and then Run away from his Master: he said that for two Years past he had been enticed into Bad Company, who brought him into the acquaintance of Lewd Woman, which was the cause of his breaking the Sabbath; and by that means gave himself over to all manner of Exceess; as Drunkenness, Swearing, &c. But if he might escape for this time, he would go to Sea to avoid such evil Courses. Henry List , was Born in Stepney Parish , being now 19 or 20 Years of Age, he said that he was not educated upto Knowledge, and therefore could not so fully express himself in Religious Matters, he served a Weaver for some time, who gave him the residue of it, in which he was Bound to him: that his own Father being Dead, his Mother and Father in Law, gave him all the good Counsel they could, but he would not be ruled by them; for which, he said, God had justly brought upon him this Punnishment; which if he should Escape, he would amend those Evil course of Life: he farther said that he was not acquainted with Harrison till after the Burglary committed by him. The next Person whom the Ordinary Visited as well in his Chamber, as exhorted and Prayed with him among the other Criminals, was Cap. George Baker , who did not make so large a Confession as the forementioned Criminals: yet this he acknowledged that he was Born of creditable Parents, who were of a plentiful Estate, and brought him up not to any Employment, only he lived a Life of Ease as a Gentleman , which was his Misery, especially his Parents declining afterward in their Estate: so being reduced to Straits for a Livelyhood he served formerly as a Voluntier beyond Sea, and so signalized his Valour, that meeting with six French, who Confronted him riding toward Nancy, he Killed one of them, and put the rest to Flight. The Ordinary asked him how long he had beset Travelors in England; he did not state the set time, but said, he had used that course of Livelyhood for some time, yet he never Murthered any Person: the Ordinary replied that he was more oblieged to thank God for his preventing him in such an horrid Act, than to impute it to any thing else. There was some Discourse used with him to convince him of the Heinous Crime of Robbery; tho it were occasioned out pf Poverty even therein; a Person Assaulting another must first offer Violence to his own Conscience, and the Laws of humane Society: but it is an Aggravation to Rob out of Wantonness of Spirit, to furnish with Materials to indulge themselves in Luxury, and to follow the chase of Robbing as a Trade or accustomary Delight. He said he repented of his evil Life, but he had confess’d his particular Sins to God, and, hoped, had made his Peace with him, through the satisfaction of Chirst’s Death: yet he said that he feared not Death, for he was assured of Eternal Life. The Ordinary replied the Hearts of Men are apt to Deceive themselves, and therefore the surest way would be to mistrust his own Heart in such Assurances, in as much as he could never enough repent him of his Sins. The next Person that confess’d to the Ordinary, was Tho. Fallowfield , who Murthered a Young Maid: fee the ground of his Malice in his Trial. The Ordinary would have taken him apart to have made him sensible, but the Crime is very Soul hardning; and so it proved with him; for the refused to give any account of his former course of Life; and tho Exhorted to Repent, shewed little or no signs thereof; so he must be left to the Tribunal of God, to pass his deteminate Judgment upon him. About 9 or 10 of the Clock in the Morning Thomas Fallowfeild, was put into the Cart at Newgate , he seemed very Penitent all the way he went to Leicesterfeilds , where the Ordianry Prayed with him and Sung a Psalm, after which he was Executed, the rest of the Prisoners where put into the Cart about 10 or 11 of the Clock, they all seemed very Penitent all the way they went; when they came to Tybuen Mr. Ordinary Prayed with them and Sung a Psalm, after which, they Exhorted the standers by to take warning by their Disman Ends of the Effects of Sin; which had brought them to that Place. And they all Prayed earnestly to God that he would forgive them their Sins, and desired the People to Pray for them, after which they were all Executed. Dated the 4th. day of March, 1685. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . LONDON ,Printed by George Croom , at the Sign of the Blue-Ball in Thames-Street , over against Baynard's-Castle . 1684.

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 16th day of December, 1709. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, being the 7th, 8th, and 9th instant, Eight Men, who were found guilty of Death, received their Sentence accordingly. Four of them are now order'd for Execution: The other Four are respited from it by HER SACRED MAJESTY's most gracious Reprieve, which I hope, and here heartily intreat them, that they will take care to improve to the Glory of God, the Benefit of their Neighbour, and their own Temporal and Eternal Good. While they were under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them brought up every day, both in the Morning and Afternoon, to the Chapel in Newgate; where I pray'd with them and instructed them in the Word of God, and in the Duties of Christianity; which they had so much neglected. They seem'd to be very serious and attentive to what I then deliver'd to them, for their Instruction and the Comfort of their Souls. On the Lord's Day the 11th instant, I preach'd to them and others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Epistle for the Day, viz. 1 Cor. 4. the former part of the 5th Verse; the Words being these, Therefore judge nothing before the time, untill the Lord come; who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the Counsels of the hearts. Which Words, with their Context, I first explain'd in general; shewing, That by them the Apostle do's not mean, that no Judgment should be pass'd upon the open Actions of Men; for it is plain, from Reason and the revealed Will of God, that Evil-doers are to be judged and punished by the Magistrate, according to their wicked Deeds, when they come to be known and prov'd by sufficient Evidence. But for those things that are hidden and secret, and of which it is utterly impossible for such as do not know the Hearts of Men, to make a Judgment, they ought not to be meddled with, nor Sentence pass'd upon them by Men, who are absolutely ignorant of them. And therefore they must wait for the time which God has appointed for the bringing forth those hidden Things of Darkness both to Light and to Judgment, when He shall think fit to judge the World; which He will certainly do one day; and that too, in Righteousness, by that Man (i.e. Christ Jesus) whom He has ordain'd; whereof He has given assurance unto all Men, in that He has rais'd Him from the dead; as the Apostle speaks, Acts 17. 31. Having enlarg'd on this, I then proceeded to discourse upon these two Particulars. I. The Necessity and Certainty of a Judgment to come. II. The Strictness and Severity of that Judgment, which shall be most terrible to impenitent Sinners. And to these I added some Directions how Men (by Faith and Repentance) might provide against the severity of that Judgment, and avoid their final and eternal Condemnation. In the Conclusion of both these Discourses, I apply'd my self with particular Exhortations to the Condemned; and then dismiss'd them for that time, with a Prayer, That God would be pleas'd to seal those Truths upon their Souls, which in his Name, and by his Spirit, I had deliver'd to them; and that He would render them effectual to their everlasting Salvation. This I mention to satisfie those inquisitive Persons who are often asking, What method or means I use, or can be us'd, to bring those sorts of Men to Christ, and dispose them for Eternal Life. As I publickly taught these poor unhappy Creatures, how they might be made happy, so I had some private Discourses with 'em, wherein such of 'em as are now appointed for Death, made the following Confessions to me, viz. 1. Thomas Smith , condemn'd for a Burglary by him (and others with him) committed in the House of the Right Honourable the Earl of Westmorland, and taking Goods from thence to a very great Value, in October last. He confess'd that he was concern'd in the Robbery, but not in the Burglary: That indeed he was in the House, but did not break it open; for it was so before he broke out of the Goal at Chelmsford in Essex , where he was a Prisoner. This is all he would confess as to this particular Matter. But as to the general Course of his Life, he acknowledg'd it to have been very bad indeed, though perhaps not so bad as some have represented it, and the generality of the World believ'd it to be. For he had never robbed any House in his Life (saving that Honourable Lord's above-mentioned) and, That he never did wrong any Person (as it was so-much reported) at Highgate , or Hampstead , or any other Place thereabouts; but all the Facts that he ever was guilty of, were committed in London , Southwark , and Westminster : And, That those Facts were only the taking off Boxes, Trunks, & suchlike things, from behind Coaches or Wagons, and Handkerchiefs, &c. out of Peoples Pockets in the Streets: Of which sorts of Facts he had committed many; so many that he could not remember them all; neither was it (said he) necessary for him to name them, as being of no use to the Persons he had thus wrong'd, to whom he could not make any Amends or Satisfaction, but by asking their Pardon, which he did. He further said, That he was a Cooper by his Trade; That he was born at Highgate , and was now about 33 years of age; the most part of which time he had spent very ill, though his Mother and other his Friends and Relations (who are very honest) were not wanting in their giving him good Advice, which he did not follow; and for that he is now to suffer; the Providence of God having justly brought him under this Condemnation for the punishment of his wicked Deeds in this World; which Puuishment he pray'd might not be extended to the next. He added, that he had served the Crown at times for some years past, both by Sea and Land ; and that by that Service, and his Trade, (which was not a Bricklayer, as some would have it, but a Dry-Cooper ) he might have maintain'd himself, and lived comfortably, had he been honest. He wish'd, that other ill Livers might take Warning by him, and be wiser and honester than he had been. He said, he was sorry he ever injur'd any Man, and now was unable to make any Reparation for those Injuries he had done to his Neighbour. He also declar'd, That he forgave all those that had been the Cause of his Ruin, and, That he dy'd in Charity with all the World. I asking him (as I was desir'd) how he made his escape out of the Goal at Chelmsford, he told me, That he broke the Ridge of the House, and so open'd himself a Passage, and went away by one of the Clock in the Morning on the 12th day of October last, unknown to any-body, and was in London on the 14th. 2. Aaron Jones , condemn'd for two Burglaries and a Murther; viz. First, for breaking open and taking by Night several Goods out of the House of Mr. John Moss at Hampstead , on the 30th of June last: Secondly, for another like Robbery committed in the House of Mr. William Heydon , on the 11th of October last: And Lastly, For the Murther of one Lamas, about Marybone , as he was walking that way with Mr. Moss the day after the first Robbery, i. e. the 1st of July, when the said Mr. Moss and Lamas there met with this Jones, and another Person concern'd with him, of whom mention shall be made hereafter, who were then (both of them) carrying away some of the Goods stoln out of Mr. Moss's House the Day before. He deny'd both the Buglaries and the Murther, and seem'd to be very stubbon and obstinate in that his Denial; tho' at the same time he confess'd, That he had formerly been guilty of small Thefts, as the stealing of Poultry, and such things; and, That he had been a very lewd and wicked Person; for which he asked God's Pardon and theirs whom he had offended. He said, he was a poor Labouring-man , who came up some few years since to London for Work; That he was about 33 years of age, born at the Devizes in Wiltshire ; and, That he once little thought he should ever come to such an End: But having forsaken God, God had forsook him, and left him to himself; and for his Neglect of Christian Duties, and following ill Courses, God had suffer'd him to fall by this shameful Condemnation. 3. Joseph Wells , condemn'd for the last-mention'd Facts of two Burglaries and Murther by him committed in conjunction with the aforesaid Aaron Jones . He (like his Accomplice) positively deny'd his being guilty of either of those Facts. But confess'd, he had not lived that honest Life which his good Parents had taught him; and, That he had sometimes (tho' not in great Matters) defrauded and wrong'd his Neighbour; and (to his grief) could not make any manner of Reparation, but he was now severely punish'd, and he look'd upon that Punishment as inflicted on him by Almighty God for all his past Failures. He said, he was about 30 years of age, born at Cobley near Old-Stratford in Warwickshire ; and, That he was a Black-Smith by his Trade, which he had follow'd pretty constantly both in the Country, and here. He outwardly appear'd to be very sensible of the Wrath of God upon Sinners, and cry'd for Mercy; but what his inward Thoughts were, God Almighty only knows. 4. John Long , condemn'd for assaulting and robbing upon the Queen's High-way near Tyburn , Mr. John Nichols , and Mr. William Cure , taking from them, viz. from Mr. Nichols 36 Guineas, and from Mr. Cure 12 Guineas, a Silver-Watch, and several other Things, on the 19th day of November last. He deny'd these Facts at the first, and persisted long in that denial, and protestation of his Innocence in that Matter; but at the same time he confess'd, That though he was but a Young-man (not 20 years old) yet he had done many ill things, and been very loose in his Life and Conversation for which he craved God's Pardon; being grieved at his heart, that he had been so wicked. He said further, That he was born of good Parents, at Leeks in Nottinghamshire ; That he was a Stonecutter and Bricklayer , by his Trade, and, That he listed himself about a Twelvemonth ago. This is the substance of what he said to me before he went to Tyburn . Of which Place when I come to speak (at the end of this Paper) I will say more of him, This Day being appointed for the Execution of these Malefactors, they were all carry'd from Newgate (in two Carts) to Tyburn , where I attended them for the last time. There I exhorted them again to stir up their Hearts to God in Faith and Repentance, and clearing their Consciences of all things they were to declare to the World, before they dy'd. I asked Jones and Wells, What they now said to the Robberies and Murther for which they were come to suffer in this Place; and, Whether they knew any thing (as I had asked before in Newgate) of the Murther of Mr. Dudley Carlton , or of any other Murther. To which they answer'd me, That they never were concen'd in the Murther of Mr. Carlton, neither knew who had committed it, nor any thing of it. As for the Crimes for which they were to suffer, Wells said, He was guilty of the Burglary, but not of the Murther of John Lamas . Jones (tho' I press'd him much and long, to speak the Truth concerning those Burglaries, and that Murther of Lamas) he would not say any thing, but this only, That he would tell me no more Lies, and, That all he had to confess to Man, was, that he had been a great Sinner, and done too many ill things in his Lifetime. By which Answer he seem'd tacitely to own, that he had committed both the Burglaries, and the Murther, for which he was to die. Then I asked Thomas Smith , Whether he still persisted in his Denial of the Burglary for which he was condemned, or would acknowledge it now (as it greatly concerned him to do). To which he reply'd, That he had nothing more to say in the matter than he had said already; which was, That the House was broke open long before he went into it. Lastly, as for John Long , who had all the while deny'd the two Robberies for which he was condemned, he own'd them here; saying, That he was guilty of them, and pray'd God and the World to forgive him. He cry'd very bitterly, wished he had lived a better Life: And both he and the other three desired all Offenders to take Warning by them, and see that they do not by their wicked ways follow them to this Place. After this, I pray'd for them all, and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, I made them rehearse the Apostle's Creed; and when they had spoken to the Standers-by, That they would pray to GOD for their departing Souls; I returned to Prayer again; and having recommended them to their Creator and Redeemer, and to the Spirit of Grace; I left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allotted them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off; they all the while calling mightily upon GOD, to forgive their Sins, and have Mercy upon their Souls. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . Friday, Dec. 16. 1709. ADVERTISEMENT. Books set forth by Paul Lorrain , Ordinary of Newgate . 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the Two Malefactors, Executed at Tyburn on Friday the 4th, of this Instant September, 1724. AT the King's Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, &c. held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , before the Right Honourable Sir Peter Delme , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London , Sir William Thompson , Knt . Mr. Sergeant Raby, and several of His MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace, for the City of London, and County of Middlesex; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, being the 12th, 13th, and 14th, of August, Five Men and one Woman were convicted of Capital Offences, and accordingly receiv'd Sentence of Death, three of which were respited (as we are inform'd) in order for Transportation; the other two for Death, were for a Week or ten Days so visited with Sickness, that they could not give their constant Attendance on the publick Service in the Chapel; but behav'd in their respective Apartment, as Men preparing for their great Change, being admonish'd thereto by all the Motives perswasive to so indispensible, and needful a Work. The Sermon preach'd on Sunday last to those under Condemntaion was bottom'd upon the 5th Verse of the 6th Chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Galations, For every Man shall bear his own Burden. From which Words, we took occasion to show the Effect of Sin in this Life, and the Misery of the Sinner. We show'd that the genuine Consequent of an uninterrupted Sinful course of Life is a Burden; and that this Burden will certainly lye hea vy on the Shoulders of the Thoughtless inconsidering Sinner; that he, and he alone who commits the Crime, should undergoe the Punishment due unto it. For (were it not so) we show'd that Justice must lye dormant; and suffer the Children to smart for their Father's Sins; the Innocent for the Guilty; but we gave them to understand that the old Jewish Proverb should no more be made use of in this our Spiritual Israel, viz. That the Children's Teeth should be set on Edge, when their Parents had eaten the sower Grapes; and at the same time we appeal'd to the Experience of the dying part of our Audience, for the Confirmation of this great Truth. We consider'd, Secondly. How the Sinner carries his Burden in this Life; And that was two ways, in his Body, and his Mind. As to the former; We produc'd the Drunkard to give an Account of that load of pain he carries for his Night's Debauch an Excess. The Wanton and Incontinent we call'd in to give us the Reason of the Nakedness of his once richly array'd Body; of the visible Decay of his Quondam robust and flourishing Constitution, and (in a Word) of the emptiness of his Purse: To which they Answer, Our Sins have been the fruitful Parents of this deplorable and shameful Off-spring. And to prove what a Burden the conscious Sinner carries in his Mind; we had recourse to Cain with his Brother's Blood upon him; to David watering his Couch with his Tears; to Peter weeping bitterly, &c, and at the last to the convicted Consciences of our Hearers. Thirdly, We directed and mov'd the Audience to quit the Business (the shameful fatal Business) of being Porters for Hell; to thro' the load of their Sins, (especially those of a crimson die) at the Feet of Christ; by a deep Sorrow, and impartial Confession, and an unalterable Resolution of utterly forsaking of them; and that by so doing, they would make their Passage sweet and easy, through the Gate of Death; and have no intollerable Burden to sweat under, during an everlasting Life. And then, Lastly, we concluded with an Application of the whole, to those who were the more immediate Objects of our Pity and Concern. The ACCOUNT of the Lives of these MALEFACTORS. 1. JOSEPH WARD , late of the Parish of Pancrass , convicted of two Capital Offences, viz. Assaulting Jane Vickery , and taking from her a Gold Ring, value 20 s. and Elizabeth Barker taking from her a Gold Ring, Set with Garnet, and accordingly receiv'd Sentence of Death. Said, he knew not the Place of his Nativity; giving to understand, that his Parents were (at the Time of his Birth) People travelling a-round the Country, dealing in Pewter and other petty Commodities. He was furnish'd with a small competency of Learning, so as to Read tolerably well; and during the time he lay under Sentence (except when the failure of his Limbs, and Sickness detain'd him upon his Bed) he employ'd that Talent to the purpose design'd, in preparing himself, and his fellow Sufferers for their approaching Change. He said, he was bred up to no settled Trade or Employ; and that (his Parents dying when he about the Age of 14) he was laid under a necessity of Shifting for himself, and so came up to London , and engag'd himself in Seafaring business , and pursued it till May last; in which Month. He commenc'd that way of Life, which had now brought him to his shameful End: He own'd he had committed several Facts of the like nature with that for which he dy'd, and much about the same Spot of Ground: Robbing both Men and Women, of what Money, or valuable Things they had; but deny'd that he ever had any Accomplice or Assistant: He pray'd that the injur'd would forgive him, as well as his offended God; he was aged 27 Years, and said, that 17 of those were spent in a wicked vain way of Life: He was in all Appearance a Man conscious to himself of his Folly, and attoning for it by Self-punishment, and Condemnation. He own'd himself a Member of the Establish'd Church of Great Britain, and therein receiv'd the Holy Sacrament with Anthony Upton , who suffered with him. 2. ANTHONY UPTON , convicted of Burglary, and stealing of Iron, and Sentenc'd accordingly; He was 27 Years of Age, and a married Man: He was born in a Village call'd Yardley , in the County of Northampton ; that his Father was a Tallow Chandler by Trade, but failing in the World was reduc'd from a Master to a Journeyman, in which Station he lives (when at Home) at Buckingham. He and his Wife now in London , in order to make Provision for the Interment of their Son: Who at the Age of 17 took upon him a Military Life, entering into Brigadier Pocock's Regiment of Foot, in which he continu'd till the Regiment was Broke; after which (not being tired with that manner of Life) he Re-entered into the Service, and into Colonel Follett's Company of his Majesty's 2d Regiment of Foot Guards ; who (he said) did Signalize himself to procure him a Respite from Death, to no purpose. He had a Wife and two Children, and his Wife near her Time with the Third. He imputed the Commission of this Fact to excess of Drink; being before that never inclin'd to Thieve or Pilfer; he hop'd that his Family and Parents would not be Reproach'd for the Errors he had committed. He said, (as did also Joseph Ward ) that he gave up his Breath very chearfully, but that he was under Concern how, and which way his Wife and Children would shift in the World after his Decease; moreover, he said, that if it now was possible for him to recommence his Life and live an Hundred Years; he could not be better prepared to meet Death than now he was. His aged Mother came the Day before Execution to visit and take her final leave of him in the Chapel. JOHN SHEPHERD , a notorious Thief and House Breaker, (whose Life should have been inserted in this Paper, had he not made his narrow Escape from Death on Monday last, (about six in the Evening) we think it may not be improper, but of Service to the Publick to remind them that he is got loose from his Chains, by an almost impracticable and unheard of Machine and Invention; and who has often said, that there was neither Lock nor Key ever made, that he should make any difficulty to open; him! (whom, well Guarded and strong Prisons cannot contain, and who is now upon his wicked and bloody Range in the World) we hope the Publick will Contribute their utmost to defend themselves against; especially such upon whom he has vow'd a bloodly Revenge. Had the Intention of his procuring his Liberty after the manner he did, been the Reformation of his Life, it had not been culpable in him; but when we have too true Assurances, even from his own Mouth and Pen, of the Reverse of it; when he has been heard to say, that if ever good Fortune should set his Heels at Liberty, he would so effectually make clean work of his Facts; that there should not remain an Evidence to Swear against him; that he would increase the Number, as well as heighten the Quality of his Crimes: That these, and no less wicked and cruel were the Designs and Intentions of this inhuman barbarous Thief and House-Breaker: When his Country is thus threat'ned by him; we hope it will not be wanting (in its own Preservation) in doing what it can to detect him; that so Mankind may be rid of this Enemy; the Innocent clear'd; and the Offender punish'd. And farther yet, to display our ingenious House-Breaker in his lively Colonrs; we shall inform you of a Robbery he committed on the 23d of October 1723, and the Confession he made of it. This Shepherd having deserted his Master's (Mr. Wood's) Service, took Shelter in the House of one Mr. Charles in May-Fair and there Lodg'd; and the Landlord (having an occasion for some Repairs in his House) engaga'd one Mr. Panton to undertake them; who did so; and this Shepherd (being there Lodg'd) was as a Journeyman to the Person aforesaid; but e're the Repair was compleat, he took occasion to rob the People of the Things following, viz. Seven Pound Ten Shillings in Specie, 5 large silver Spoons; 1 Fork ditto; 4 Tea Spoons, one Gilt, 6 plain Gold Rings, and a Stone ditto; 4 Suits of Wearing Apparel; Linnen to a considerable value. The Confession he made whilst under Sentence of this Fact, was, that he had committed it, and that his Master to whom he was an Apprentice was the Prime Cause of it; (as he said, the Truth of it, we know not) by obliging him to forsake his Service; and not suffering him to reside in any Place long: He thought it best to go off with a Sum; and as he knew there was Money and Effects of value in the House; and no difficulty to come at them, he attmptted and succeeded by taking the Things aforesaid, and going off clear with them; but he was sorry (as he said) that he had not taken a greater Sum, which he understood since lay in the next Drawer. When it was ask'd him, if he had Sold or Pawn'd any Part, or all of his Booty, he reply'd, they were sold, and nothing to be recover'd; and being ask'd how he could use poor People so; he reply'd, I wish that you and I were as Rich; thereby making it no Crime in him to steal from those in better Circumstances than himself. N. B. By this you may be admonish'd to Guard your selves against such Pests of Mankind. The Night before the Execution of these unfortunate Men, they compell'd themselves to Watch and Pray incessantly, abstaining from all Indulgence of Nature, in order to the preparing themselves for the Receiving of the Holy Sacrament. The Sight of Friends, who had promis'd (but not sincerely) wholly to reliquish them the preceding Day, was far from renerding them more compos'd, and more ready to acquiesce in the Loss of Life: But they were persnaded to resign themselves up to the Will of Providence, and patiently to bear it, since God thought fit to separate them from their nearest and dearest Friends, to force them from the Light of the Sun and innocent Enjoyments of Life, in the Prime of their Days. Before they receiv'd the Sacrament, Anthony Upton desired to be inform'd, if it would prove any Offence to the Great God, that he had drank that Morning; as for eating, he had abstain'd from it. Afterwards, he seems as it were to throw off his Indisposition; he appeared the more chearful the nearer his Suffering approached. It may be thought, that his severe Sicknesses, his dismal Abode, together with the Upbradings of certain of his Acquaintance, made him weary of the sad Condition he lay in; so that the Thoughts of Freedom and caelestial Liberty must necessarily revive his Mind. But the sad Distress of his aged Mother (when she again appeared) revived again his earthly Thoughts, and Tears, and all the signs of Sorrow evinced how hardly the most afflicted Wretch can part with a wretched Life. The Behaviour and Confession of these Malefactors at the Place of Execution. THEIR Behaviour, such as it was whilst under Sentence, in the Prison; tho' the one more unconcern'd seemingly than the other with Respect to his Departure out of this Life. They were ask'd if they had any Load to Unburthen themselves of, before their Exit; to which they reply'd, they had nothing to Offer to the World but what they had said in the Prison. But being admoinshed, That it was Necessary for them, and useful to their Spectators, to leave their departing Words to the World; they desir'd that I would Admonish the People to avoid their Misfortunes by the View of their Sufferings: And so they quitted the Stage of the World like Penitents. N. B. The Ordinary of this Place having been indispos'd, has appointed me his Substitute in his Absence. JAMES WAGSTAFF . ADVERTISEMENT. AT the first House on the Right Hand in Crane-Court, near Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-street, a Golden Heart and square Lamp at the Door, you may advise with a regular Surgeon, of very great Experience, who has practised many Years in Spain and Africa, as well as in England, and having devoted most of his Time to the study of Physick and Surgery, has obtain'd so perfect and easy a Method of curing the Venereal Distemper, whether fresh contracted, or of long Continuance, as none else can boast of: He is no Pretender to what he does not understand, being regularly bred a Surgeon in London, and afterwards, by travelling into many Foreign Parts, and acquainting himself with the different Methods of Practice in those Countries, has acquired a never failing Remedy: His Preparations are very gentle, and agreeable to any Constitution; violent Medicines being more pernicious then profitable, (which is the real Cause so many miscarry in Cure) Let none be discouraged by the base and ignorant. Treatment they have met with from unskilful Pretenders, for he Promises a Cure in a little Time without Hindrance of Business, Confinement, Suspicion, or Salivation, even in the most desperate Degree of that loathsome Disease, else desires no Money. Several Persons of Figure have been lately cured by him, after they were given over, as incurable, by Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest Eminency, and been, by them, miserably tortured with Salivations, and other painful Operations. He cures Cancers of few Years standing; likewise any rotten Ulcers, the King's-Evil, or Fistulas, without manual Operation: The Itch he cures in four Days, and the Yellow Jaundice, in Old or Young, in twenty four Hours; as also the Leprosy and Rheumatism, with all other curable Distempers. His Hours are all the Morning till Twelve a-Clock, and from Three till Ten at Night. N. B. Crane-Court turns in betwixt the Sign of the Leg, a Hosier's, and the Ship, a Watch-Makers, near Fetter-Lane, Fleet-street. LONDON : Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bridewell-Bridege in Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the SEVEN MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On FRIDAY the 1st of AUGUST, 1746. BEING THE Fourth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir Richard Hoare , Knt . LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER IV. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and C. CORBETT, over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street. M.DCC.XLVII. [Price Six-pence.] THE INTRODUCTION. CURIOSITY is one of the chief characteristicks of Britons; the people of every part of this island, like the Athenians of old, spending most of their time either in relating, or listening to some new transaction. Being now to enter upon a new scene of action, it will, I suppose, be expected, especially by the inquisitive inhabitants of this famous Metropolis; that I should say something by way of Preface, on this melancholy occasion. The tragedies of this week will afford matter of speculation for ages to come; and the Rebels at Kennington-Common, as well as the Malefactors at Tyburn, may give lessons to posterity. Truly sorry I am, that there should be any occasion for these sad examples of justice; but the extreme wickedness INTRODUCTION. of the age calls aloud for them: And executions in the state are frequently as necessary, for the welfare and security of the body politick, as bleeding for the preservation of the life of man: 'Tis certain that no government cou'd subsist long, in case a lawless liberty, or rather licentiousness, were allow'd, and no punishments inflicted on bold offenders: It is requisite that some sort of criminals should suffer death, as examples to deter others; and the justice as well as lenity of the government we live under, is manifest, in its inflicting punishments proportionable to the offences committed. The prisoners will be daily and constantly attended by me, pursuant to the new order of my most worthy patrons, the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, and from time to time instructed in their duties, both from the pulpit, and in private conversation; nevertheless my account of them, for the future, will not be swell'd with any heads of sermons, nor shall family affairs ever be divulg'd. The publick may therefore depend upon having a plain, concise, and ingenuous narrative of these unhappy objects, and almost in their own words; with such discoveries as may be of service to particular persons, or of general use to mankind. Thus much for the introduction, which I presume, will not be thought improper at this juncture: And as I mean well, I hope, that this first attempt to describe low life in affliction, will be receiv'd by the publick, with candour and good nature. S. ROSSELL THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY virtue of the King's commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir RICHARD HOARE Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief BARON PARKER, Mr. JUSTICE BURNET, Mr. JUSTICE DENISON, John Stracey , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 2d, and Thursday the 3d of July, in the twentieth Year of his Majesty's reign; eight malefactors, viz. JOHN SHORT , GEORGE THOMAS , THOMAS BIRD , JOHN HUMPHREYS , JOHN JENNINGS , JOHN STEVENS , WILLIAM BRUCE , and JOHN CRIPS , were capitally convicted for several crimes, and received sentence of Death accordingly. From the time of their condemnation to the day of execution, they all constantly attended at chappel twice every day (except William Bruce who was absent but twice thro' sickness, the weather being excessive hot) not only the behaviour of those under sentence of death, but likewise of the whole goal, in time of divine service, was serious, devout, and regular: Their attention to the preaching was uncommon, for they often desired an explanation of some texts of scripture, they could not immediately understand. On Wednesday the 23d of July, the report of these eight malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty in council, when he was pleased to order the seven following for execution, viz. John Short , George Thomas , Thomas Bird , John Humphreys , John Jennings , John Stevens , and William Bruce , and to respite John Crips till his Majesty's further orders. I. JOHN SHORT was indicted with George Thomas , for that they on the 26th of April, in a certain field and open place near the king's high-way, did make an assault upon John Biles putting him in fear and danger of his life, and did feloniously steal one silver lac'd hat, one pair of silver knee-buckles, a pair of leather breeches, a pair of white cotton stockings, two linnen handkerchiefs, four cambrick stocks, and a silver clasp, the property of the said John Biles . He was a second time indicted with George Thomas for assaulting Edward Clark in a certain field on the king's high-way, on the 8th of April, putting him in fear of his life, and feloniously taking from him a cloth coat, a hat, a pair of buckles, and four-pence in money, the property of the said Edward Clark . He was a third time indicted with Thomas Bird , for assaulting William Petit , on the 5th of March, in a certain field near the King's high-way putting him in fear of his life, and feloniously taking from him a silver watch value 3 l. 3 s. a guinea, 2 s. in silver, and a clasp knife, the property of the said William Petit . JOHN SHORT , aged 33, was born of honest tho' poor parents, at Dorchester in the county of Dorset , had no education given him by them, and brought up to no business: His parents being dead, an uncle sent for him at the age of 14, to Northampton county in Virginia , with whom he lived several years, and learned by his Instructions to be a shoe-maker , but being of a roving disposition, left his uncle, and went to sea , afterwards he was instructed in the trade of a carpenter , and was so good a proficient in both, as to be able to get his living at either of them, but could never stick to any settled business. He has been about nine years in his majesty's service , and was at the battle of Fontenoy , confess'd that he had committed several robberies, besides those he was indicted for, tho' he could not remember the particulars: that Bray the evidence, enticed him to go along with him, and was the person who cut and alter'd the pieces: He leaves a wife and child behind him, acknowledges himself a vile sinner, and very ignorant of religious matters, dies in peace with all mankind, and hopes for salvation thro' the merits of his dear Redeemer. II. GEORGE THOMAS , was indicted with John Short before-mention'd, for assaulting and robbing of John Biles . He was a second time indicted with the aforesaid John Short , for assaulting and robbing of Edward Clark . GEORGE THOMAS , aged 26, was born in Wales , of mean yet honest Parents, who removed with him from thence to Oxford when he was but two years old, gave him some schooling, and put him apprentice , first to a glazier , where he remained but one quarter of a year, and afterwards to a taylor , with whom he served out his time, and might have lived well and creditably by his trade, but that he was always enclin'd to be a wicked and profligate wretch. He has been for nine years last past in his Majesty's service , complains of being drawn away by the evidence Bray, who he says charges him falsely with carrying the shoe-buckles and knee-buckles to the silversmith in King-street , tho' he owns the robberies, as well as others in general, of which he was indicted: He has a good wife, who visited and comforted him under his afflictions to the utmost of her power; As he dies in peace and forgiveness with all the world, he relies upon the merits of Jesus Christ for his salvation. III. THOMAS BIRD was indicted with John Short for assaulting Mr. William Petit in a certain open field in the king's highway on the 5th of March, as mention'd before. THOMAS BIRD , aged 28, was born in Leicester-fields , of good and creditable parents, who gave him some learning, the most part of which he had forgot, and put him apprentice to a distiller , with whom he served but a short time; has been in his majesty's service about 8 or 9 years, and was at the battle of Fontenoy . He leaves behind him a wife and one child, seem'd to be of a surly, not ingenuous temper, and would confess nothing: he said he never committed any robberies, except bilking the publicans of their reckonings, knew nothing of altering the muskets, and was unacquainted with Bray, but was sick when the robbery was done. He dies in peace and forgiveness with all the world, and hopes for salvation through the merits of our dear redeemer. IV. JOHN HUMPHRYS was indicted with John Jennings , for assaulting and robbing James Crey in a certain field, or open place, near Stepney , and taking from him a Pinchbeck metal watch, a cornelian seal, a pair of shoe and knee buckles, on the 22d of May . JOHN HUMPHRYS , aged 20, was born of worthy, tho' obscure parents, at Bletchingly , in the county of Surry , who could not afford to educate him much, for he could only read, and was brought up to no other business than husbandry . It was a great grief to him that his parents and a sister were yet alive, and would hear of his ignominious death: he was very much concern'd he could not see two persons he had robbed, to ask their pardon and forgiveness on his knees. He own'd himself guilty of the crime for which he was condemned, and has confess'd two other robberies, which shall be mention'd in the account of John Jennings , who was partner with him in all his rogueries. He was not married, was but one year and an half in his majesty's service , and only three weeks acquainted with Bray the evidence, who drew him away to these evil practices, acknowledg'd himself an abandon'd wretch, very ignorant, and guilty of all crimes except murder, and more particularly bewail'd his breaking of the sabbath, as the foundation of all his other sins. He dies in peace with, and asks forgiveness of all men, and relies on his salvation, through the merits of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. V. JOHN JENNINGS was indicted with the afore-named John Humphrys , for assaulting and robbing James Crey in a certain field, or open place, near Stepney , as before-mention'd. Which indictment he was acquitted of. He was a second time indicted with John Stephens , for assaulting and robbing Edmund Knapp , in the parish of Pancras , in a certain field and open place, upon the king's highway, and taking from him a cloth coat, a hat, &c. on the 4th of May . JOHN JENNINGS , aged 26, was born at Limpsfield , in the county of Surry , of mean but honest parents, whose circumstances would not allow them to send him to school, or to put him to any trade, so that his inclination led him to husbandry , and other country work. He leaves behind him a wife and one son, was in his majesty's service about 18 months. He was grosly ignorant of religious matters, and could not read, but own'd himself to be a very vile wretch; he freely confess'd the crime for which he was to suffer, besides two other robberies, which he committed in company with John Humphrys , his country-man and acquaintance, and was as equally desirous as him, of seeing the two persons they had assaulted, that he might also ask their pardon on his bended knees. He heartily forgave every person that had injur'd him, and he died in peace with all mankind, expecting salvation through the alone merits of our Saviour. The first robbery he was concerned in they committed together, sometime in May last, in the Lock-fields at the end of Kent-street , on a person, whom, as they have been since informed, was a grocer living near the Old Barge-house, and from him they took a watch, which they also dispos'd of, as they had many other things, to one Wr - ht in the Old Bailey. The second robbery was likewise done in May last, near Mother Red-Cap's, the chief place or scene of their roguish actions, where they assaulted a man, unknown to them, whom they have heard since was a bricklayer, and they took from him a coat, a hat, a perriwig, and about eighteen pence in money: and these are the only robberies he and Stephens did in company together. VI. JOHN STEPHENS was indicted with John Jennings before named, for assaulting and robbing Edmund Knapp in the parish of Pancras , as already mentioned. JOHN STEPHENS , aged 23 (and as he observed with tears in his eyes, the day he was cast, was the day of his birth) was born at Bletchingly in the county of Surry , of poor tho' well disposed parents, who would have given him some education, but he hated the sight of a school, went only one quarter of a year to it, and could never attain the knowledge of his letters so, as to be able to read: He was by trade a blacksmith , and on liking to it for above three years, in which time he became master of his business, then ran away, and was never bound either to a master or mistress, but worked as a journeyman for himself, till he went to serve his majesty in Flanders , was at the battle of Fontenoy , and in the service about six years: He leaves only a wife behind him, acknowledged himself to be an ignorant, extreme wicked and profligate young fellow, and confessed the crimes for which he suffer'd: He died in peace with all the world, and forgave every body, and hoped for salvation by the merits of our dear Redeemer. VII. WILLIAM BRUCE was indicted with Martin McLone for assaulting Thomas Smith ; on the highway, and taking from him a peruke, a silk handkerchief, and 8 s. 10 d. in money, on the 23d of May. WILLIAM BRUCE , aged 23, was born by Newry in the county of Armagh in the kingdom of Ireland , of very poor, industrious, honest parents, who sent him to school for one quarter of a year only, and then took him away thence, to get his own living, because they could not maintain him any longer, his father being a labourer: He has endeavour'd ever since to get a livelihood, by being a labourer , and doing any sort of servile work: was never married, and insisted entirely on his innocency, and that he never saw the post-boy in his life, before he came into the cage and charged him with the robbery. He protested that the defence he made at his trial was the whole truth, that he came out of Ireland to look for work, as far as Islington , but not meeting with any encouragement, and being scarce of money, was returning home; that he laid at the upper end of Barnet in a barn; because, tho' he would have paid for lodging, they said he was an Irishman, and they would not let him have any. He and his companions were very cold when the day-light came; and as they were cold, they said to one another, we had better be going to the coal pits at Coventry, to get what would carry them home. He was quite illiterate and ignorant of religion, said he had been a very wicked youth, but was born and bred a protestant dissenter, as all his family was before him; he came constantly to chappel, while under sentence of death, behaved there regularly and decently, earnestly desired to partake of the blessed sacrament with his fellow prisoners, was entirely resigned to the will of God, and with tears forgave the post-boy, and every one who had injured him, and he hoped for forgiveness and salvation at the throne of grace thro' the alone merits of our blessed faviour Jesus Christ. VIII. JOHN CRIPS was indicted for stealing 20 lambs, the property of Mary Dell , widow , William Dell and John Dell , from their grounds at Welpley-hill , in the county of Bucks , the 12th of June . JOHN CRIPS , aged 26, was born at Tring in the county of Hertford , of very mean, but honest parents, who gave him but little schooling, for he could only read, his writing he forgot. He was, like his father, a labourer and shepherd , was never married, acknowledged himself a wicked and graceless young man; and that he assisted two other men, who got off, in driving away the lambs; but never committed any robberies besides in his life, he behaved well while under sentence, and was entirely resigned, if his fate had been otherwise; but as it had pleased God to raise him up friends to obtain a reprieve for him, he was throughly sensible of the mercy, and would pray to God for his grace to enable him to be a good man, in whatever country his majesty should please to send him. Lauchlan Macleane , a footman , and prisoner on suspicion of high treason, having charged some one of these unhappy persons with picking his pocket of a watch, in the press-yard, about a week or ten days ago, as they were walking up and down in the place, I charged them with it, but upon examination they all denied the fact, and on monday evening last, when prayers were done, the prisoners desired me to let them know their accuser, that they might be altogether face to face: When we came down, he was in the press-yard, I took him by the arm, and prayed him to fix upon the man, now they were all before him; he said, he would not, and yet insisted on his accusation being true, but I must leave the publick to judge what credit is to be given to such an accuser. AN Exact and particular Relation of all the Robberies committed by JOHN HUMPHRYS , JOHN JENNINGS , JOHN SHORT , THOMAS BIRD , JOHN STEVENS , GEORGE THOMAS , and WILLIAM BRAY , all Soldiers belonging to his Majesty's Foot Guards; the six first of whom were executed at Tyburn , Friday August the 1st, 1746. And the last was admitted as an Evidence: In which is contain'd a remarkable Account of three several Robberies committed by the above Soldiers , for which, one Samuel Watson was tried at the Old Bailey and condemned to die, but since reprieved by his Majesty. IT has been too often the custom of writers, to foist on the publick stories which may appear diverting or surprizing, in order to amuse or entertain their readers without any regard either to truth or justice, which I here declare once for all shall never be my method; and tho' some of the following relations may appear dry and insipid, yet they will appear true, and as they were actually taken from the mouths of the persons themselves, who (as dying men) could have no interest in declaring falshoods; I shall give them as near as possible in the manner they were related, andin the order of time they were committed. And not withstanding these robberies are forty-three in number, they were all committed in so short a space of time, as from the 5th of January last to the 22d of May, not by the whole seven together, but sometimes by three of them, at other times four, and at some others two; but in general they robbed three in a company. I. The very first time of turning out (as they term it) was the 5th of January last, when three of them only set out together, and after rambling about for some time, about eight at night, between Pancras and Kentish-town, they met a man, whom they attacked, and demanded his money, he immediately delivered what he had, which was only one shilling in silver, and three penny worth of halfpence; they would have taken his coat which was a pretty good one, but he pleading that he was only a poor carpenter, they desisted stripping him, telling him that it being their first robbery he might escape, but that the next person they attacked should pay for it. II. The next robbery they committed was two nights following, viz. January the 7th, on a poor man in the Lock-fields, from whom they took only one shilling, it being all he had. III. As they were now set in, they determined not to be idle, and accordingly the very next night, Jan. the 8th, they set out again, and travelled a great deal of ground to very little purpose, till they came into the Lock-fields, where they attacked a man, and took from him only three shillings. IV. Meeting with very little success they almost determined to give it up, but resolved however to attempt it once more, and accordingly they went the next evening, Jan. the 9th, to Lock-fields again, where they met two men, from whom they took ten shillings. V. As they every night got something, tho' only trifles, they thought the Lockfields still to be their best place of resort, and accordingly went there again the following evening, Jan. the 10th, where they waited a long time without any prize, till at length a man coming along, they stepped up to him and demanded his money, he gave them seven shillings, and they walked off. VI. They went out several nights afterwards and met with no booty at all, till Jan. the 18th, between Deptford road and Peckham, they perceived a man whom they thought for their purpose, and accordingly saluted him in the usual Term of stand and deliver your money, and took from him seven shillings. The following robbery was committed by three of the above soldiers, as they have since confessed, who declared they never saw Samuel Watson , who was tried and condemned the sessions before last for this robbery; and also declare, on the words of dying men, that he is intirely innocent, and that it was them, and them only who committed it, in the following manner, which I think proper to mention, as well to do justice is the innocent, as for the satisfaction of the publick. VII. The 24th of Jan. three of them set out together to seek their prey, and after strolling about for some time, about eight o'clock at night, they met between Tottenham court and Mother Red-cap's two men and a woman (which since appears to be one Mr. Morris and his wife, and one Mr. Ashborn) who had been to Mother Red-cap's to eat pig; it was one field from Tottenham-court towards Mother Red-cap's, one of the soldiers jostled Mr. Morris between the posts as he was coming through, on his asking what he wanted, the soldier clapping a pistol to his breast, answered, your money; to which Marris replied, he had none; the soldier told him he could not take his word but must search him, and accordingly took from him eight shillings and a watch key; Mr. Morris begged for his watch key again, but the soldier said, no d - n him he would have his watch also, and accordingly took it out of his pocket; in the mean time, another of the soldiers going to attack Mrs. Morris, she cried out, and her husband hoisted her over a bank to make her escape; nevertheless, the soldier seized hold of her cloak and got it away; the third held a pistol to Mr. Ashborn's breast, and demanded his money; but Mr. Ashborn refused to deliver, and defended himself with his stick till the woman's cries raised some people at Tottenham-court, and the soldiers thought proper to retire with what booty they had got, and he escaped being robbed: The people from Tottenham-court pursuing the soldiers, who got clear off, seized on one Samuel Watson , who was tried and condemned for this robbery, which the soldiers, as I have said above, declare on the words of dying men he is absolutely and entirely innocent of. VIII. The very same evening they attacked two young men between Mother Red-cap's and Tottenham-court road, from whom they took three shillings and some keys, they begged for their keys again, saying they were apprentices, and they returned them. IX. The 26th of Jan, three of them set out towards Camberwell, and in the road between Newington and that town, met two men whom they attacked and demanded their money, they gave them nine shillings, a knife, and a tobacco box; but immediately one of the men made a blow at one of the soldiers and knocked him down, on which ensued a very smart engagement, and 'twas with great difficulty they made their escape; the gentlemen they attacked being very stout, and men of courage, they own that one of their companions had liked to have been taken, being deserted by the other two, but he made shift to fling one of the gentlemen into a ditch, and throw the other cross a rail on his head, and made off. X. This last affair occasioned high words as well as blows among themselves, and they began to fear each other, Impeaching now was all the cry, however, after a few days it blew over; and Jan. 31st they went out again, and in the road between Newington and Camberwell, robb'd a Man of six shillings. XI. The next evening, Feb. 1st, they took the same road, and near the same place robbed another man of one shilling and sixpence, and tho' they travelled about for some hours after that, they met with no other prey that night. XII. For several days after they went together on the same day, but February 8th, they met in the Lock-fields with three Sailors whom they made stand, and after searching them found no money, only three pieces of silver foreign coin, which they took from them and made off. XIII. Three of them met with two men, Feb. 11. in the Lock-fields, and took from them a silver watch, a pair of bristol-stone buttons, and one penny; before they had got the watch, they were going to strip one of them of his coat, in the doing which they perceived his watch fix'd under his left arm, which they took, and left him his coat, telling him, his watch had redeem'd his garment. The following robbery, was another that Samuel Watson was supposed guilty of, and so strong was the suspicion, that the person robb'd, viz. Mr. B - n hearing that the soldier who turn'd evidence, had put this robbery among the rest in his confession, came to him and questioned him, how and in what manner they robb'd him, which he described to him, and also what words past, and what they took from him, viz. a silver watch, and a pound of tobacco, which he said was perriwigcut tobacco; Mr. B - n not yet satisfied prevailed on the governor of Tothill-fields Bridewell, to admit the evidence under a proper guard to go to the place where the robbery was committed, and shew him the spot where they met, and how they proceeded, which he did, and Mr. B - n was convinced. XIV. The 14th of February, three of them committed the above robbery, they met Mr. B - n, between Pancras and Mother Red-cap's, made him stand and deliver his silver watch and one pound of tobacco. XV. The next robbery they committed, was Feb. 21st last; they met a man between Newington and Camberwell, from whom they took two great coats, one off his back, and t'other hanging over his arm, and one shilling and six-pence. XVI. They met a man, Feb. 27th last, between Pancras and Kentish-town, whom they saluted with stand and deliver; from whom they took thirty shillings in silver and nine shillings in halfpence; by the weight of the bag they imagined they had gotten a very large booty, and proceeded joyfully to Town; but when they came to examine the hig and find the copper, they were greatly disappointed. XVII. This last booty served them sometime, before they turn'd out again; but when it was all gone they were determined to seek a fresh supply, accordingly March 5. they set forth again in hopes of more plunder, and just between Tottenham-court and Mother Red-cap's, about eight at night they perceived two men coming forward, one with a link in his hand lighting another, whom they first past by, to see if they lik'd them, then turn'd about, made them put out the link, and demanded their money, they took from one of them a silver watch, with the name Petit upon it, which they perceived him endeavouring to hide in his bosom, one guinea in gold, eight shillings in silver, and a knife; they searched the other who told them he was a poor man, but they found nothing about him only some bread and cheese in his Pocket. N.B. This was one of the robberies on which they were convicted. XVIII. The next robbery was March 8. between Tottenham-court and Mother Red-cap's, they took from a man a great coat and some silver. XIX. The same evening between Pancras and Kentish-town, they robb'd another man of a great coat and some money. XX. Within half an hour afterwards they stopp'd between Pancras and Mother Red-cap's, a man from whom they likewise took a great coat and some money. XXI. The same night coming home between Pancras and London, they overtook a man, from whom they also took a great coat and some money. XXII. The 10th of March, they turn'd out again, and between Pancras and the New River-head, they robb'd a man of his great coat, a pair of silver shoe-buckles and some silver. XXIII. The same evening they robbed a man between the New River-head and Islington, of a guinea in gold, ten shillings in silver, and a silver medal, which weighed about an ounce, they likewise stript him of his coat, waistcoat, and hat, and then made directly to Town. XXIV. The next night of their adventuring, was March 14th, when they attack'd a man between Pancras and Mother Red-cap's, from whom they took a coat, a pair of silver shoe-buckles, eighteen shillings and two silk handkerchiefs. XXV. March 19th, They robb'd a man between Pancras and Kentish-town of his coat, hat, and some silver. XXVI. Three nights after this, March 22d, between Pancras and Mother Red-cap's, they met two men, from whom they took a coat, a handkerchief, and some silver. XXVII. After this last robbery they laid still for some time, being some of them obliged to be on duty, or otherwise employ'd; however, being now become proficients, they could not forget their old trade, and therefore three of them set out March 31st, being Easter-monday, in search of fresh adventures, and between Bloody-bridge and Hide-Park corner , they attacked three men, made them stand, and deliver what money they had among them, which amounted to about a dozen shillings; they also took from one of them a pair of breeches, which they made him pull off himself, which breeches came to George Thomas 's share, and he was hang'd in them; they took also two pair of buckles, a handkerchief, a knife, and a snuffbox. The following robbery committed by these soldiers, was likewise charged upon the above Samuel Watson , for which he was tried at the Sessions-house in the Old Bailey , and found guilty, DEATH; which the soldiers as dying men declare was done by three of them in the following manner. XXVIII. The third of April they had rambled about till between nine and ten at night without meeting with any booty, and were returning home, but between Pancras and Southampton-row they met a man (who since appears to be one Mr. Parran) coming over the fields with another man lighting him along with a link, they attacked them and ordered the man with him to put out the link, which he for some time obstinately refused, but, however it was at last put out, and they took from Mr. Parran sixteen shillings in silver, a pair of silver shoe buckles and knee buckles, a tobacco-box, on the lid of which is wrote William Parran , London (which box the evidence one of the soldiers who was in this robbery himself delivered to the governer of Tothill fields Bridewell, in whose custody it now is) they likewise took from Mr. Parran a memorandum book, a handkerchief, and a tobacco-stopper, and then parted; but one of the soldiers who searched him recollecting he had a sob for a watch, return'd back and search'd him over again in hopes of finding one, and search'd the man who carried the link likewise, imagining it might be given to him for safety, but none was found, and they once more parted. XXIX. The 8th of April the same three set out again in search of their prey, about 8 or 9 at night, tho' a different road; and between London and Chelsea they met with one Mr. Edward Clark , they ordered him to stand, and they demanded his money, which he not readily delivering, they hauled him out of the road, hit him a blow on the head with a pistol, and took from him a coat, a hat, a pair of buckles, a pair of scissars, and about a groat in half-pence. N.B. This was one of the robberies on which they were convicted. XXX. Two nights after, viz. the 10th of April, they robbed another man between London and Chelsea, near the same place, of his coat, hat, and a pair of buckles. XXXI. The 18th of April they went out again, and between Bloody-bridge and Hide-Park Corner attack'd three men, from whom they took nine shillings, two pair of buckles, two coats, and three silk handkerchiefs. XXXII. One of the above soldiers together with two others (who have since made their escapes) went out together April 19th, and between Tottenham-court and Mother Red-cap's they robb'd two men and two women of five shillings and three halfpence. XXXIII. Between nine and ten at night, April 22d, the same three robb'd a man between Pancras and Kentish-town of four shillings and six-pence, a knife and a handkerchief. XXXIV. Between London and Pancras, April 26th, three of them robbed a man of a great coat and some silver. XXXV. The same evening about nine or ten at night, between Tottenham-court and Mother Red-cap's they attack'd one Mr. Biles, presented their pistols and demanded his money; he telling them he had none, they made him pull off his breeches, which they took away with them, they likewise took his silver shoe-buckles and knee-buckles, a silver clasp, two handkerchiefs, a pair of white ribb'd stockings, three stocks, a silver laced hat, a cork-screw, and a Letter (which Letter after they had read they burnt, and then ordered him to go on. N.B. This was one of the robberies in which they were convicted. XXXVI. About ten at night, April 30th, they attacked a man on Smallbery-green between Brentford and Hounslow, who seemed terribly frighted, shook like an aspenleaf, and begg'd for God's sake they would take away those frightful great things (meaning the pistols) and he would give them his money, which was but two shillings, and they parted. XXXVII. Between Tottenham-court and Mother Red-cap's, the 4th of May, they attacked one Mr. Knapp, two of them first, to whom he refused to deliver, and struggling endeavoured to get away, but the third coming up, they knock'd him down, and took from him his hat and coat, in the pocket of which they found a pair of gloves, a pocket-book, an indenture, and explanation of the bass relievo on the Lord-mayor's Mansion-house. N.B. This was one of the robberies on which they were convicted. XXXVIII. The 8th of May they robb'd a man between Tottenham-court and Mother Red-cap's of a coat and some silver. XXXIX. They had for a long while left their old place the Lock-fields, but this evening, May 10th, they bent their course that way, where they met two men, from whom they took a silver watch with a buck leather string, mark'd with a Marlborough star, a penknife, a handkerchief, some silver and some half-pence. XL. About nine at night, May 11th, they attacked two men between Mother Red-cap's and Pancras, whom they robb'd of two half-crowns, and some other silver, some half-pence, a hat and a pencil. XLI. After committing the above robbery, the same night they crossed the water, and in St. George's Fields about one in the morning they robbed a man of two shillings. XLII. The 18th of May, about 12 at night, between Mother Red-cap's and Hamstead, they robbed one Mr. Plummer of his coat, hat and wig, a pair of silver clasps, a cane, a tobacco-box, some silver and some halfpence. XLIII. The last robbery they committed was May the 22d, about 11 or 12 at Night, between Bow and Stepney , they robbed two men, viz. Mr. Crey, from whom they took a Pinchbeck metal watch with a gold dial-plate, a cornelian seal set in gold, a pair of silver shoe-buckles and knee-buckles, two handkerchiefs and a pocket book; and Mr. Birch, Mr. Crey's father-in-law, from whom they took eighteen-pence in silver, six-penny worth of halfpence, and a pair of silver shoe-buckles marked G. B. N. B. This was one of the robberies on which they were convicted. This robbery proved fatal to them, for next day going to a house they frequented in Fleet-lane, they sent a woman with the two pair of shoe-buckles and one pair of kneebuckles, to Mr. Barnes's shop near Ludgate to sell; Mr. Barnes having received a warning from the goldsmiths company to stop such things if they were offered, got a constable, and went with the woman to Fleet-lane, where he secured one of them, which greatly alarmed the rest, who began to be tearful of each other; at length one of them voluntarily went before Justice Fraser, made himself an evidence, and by his direction the others were taken, brought to their trials at the Old Bailey, and deservedly executed. The pistols, or rather imitation of pistols they robbed with, they made themselves, out of three muskets which they stole from the Tilt-yard guard-room: They cut off the stock and butt end with a hand-saw, and cut off the brass with a three square file, took the barrells out of the stocks, cut them to a proper length, and made them pistol fashion; what remained of the muskets they sold to their old chapman Mr. - in the Old Bailey, who generally bought during the course of their robberies, whatever they brought him. The behaviour of these miserable criminals has been so very extraordinary, during the whole time that has been allowed them to prepare for death, that I must not omit some further remarks concerning it. Their knowledge of divine things was small indeed, yet their hearts seemed to be thoroughly touched and enflamed with what they heard both at chappel and in private discourse; for they often sighed, and wept, and entreated me to pray for them. The blessed sacrament of our Lord's supper, was thrice administred to them and others whowere religiously disposed, at which, their devotions were devout and grave. On Sunday morning, five only of those under sentence received it, but on Wednesday morning, and the morning of their execution, they all took the sacrament with others in the prison both debtors and felons. They were all free and ingenuous in their confessions, except Thomas Bird , whom I examined a second time on Wednesday morning before I gave them the sacrament, and I am afraid he prevaricated, but he still insisted on his innocence and that he was sick at that time the robbery was committed. At the Place of EXECUTION. THEY were carried to the place of execution, about nine o'clock in the morning, in three carts; in the first of which, were Short , Thomas , and Bird , in the second, Humphreys and Jennings , in the third, Stephens and Bruce . At Tyburn they behaved as true penitents, with seriousness and devotion. BIRD was very loth to confess, but at last own'd the robbery for which he died, and that he had committed many others, but strenuously insisted upon not altering the pieces, as sworn against him by the evidence, and that he had been acquainted with Bray, but a little while. THOMAS said this was his birth-day, and a blessed day to him. He, Humphreys, and the rest declared their ruin was chiefly owing to drunkenness, sabbath-breaking, and leud women. * BIRD and SHORT acknowledg'd their attempt of breaking the goal, the day-before their execution, and thought themselves excusable in trying to escape, because, as they term'd it, life is sweet. * They attempted to break their way through the cells, by picking a large quantity of bricks out of the wall, which was found out by one of the keepers who was going round the cells, as is customary for them to do, when the prisoners are gone to chappel; and perceiving some rubbish on the ground, he looked a little more narrowly about, perceived a very large hole in the wall which they had artfully covered with their coats; and being taxed with it when they came from chappel, they confessed their design, and were directly separated, they having been indulged before with being together on account of one reading to the other, who could not read. BRUCE declar'd his innocency to the last moment. SHORT, THOMAS, HUMPHREYS, JENNINGS, and STEPHENS, ingenuously adher'd to their former confessions, said, they had nothing more to add, and were urgent in pressing Bird to confess. They all went off, calling, with great servour, on the Lord to have mercy on their souls. This is all the Account given by me, SAMUEL ROSSELL , M.A . Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the NINE MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN , On WEDNESDAY the 23November1757; and on FRIDAY the 31March1758, BEING THE First and Second EXECUTIONS in the Mayoralty OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir CHARLES ASGIL , Knt. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Etc. BY virtue of the king's commission of the peace, and Oyer and Terminer for the city of London, and at the general sessions of gaol-delivery of Newgate , holden for the city of London , and county of Middlesex , at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , before the right hon. Marshe Dickinson , esq ; lord-mayor of the said city, the right hon. lord Mansfield, lord chief justice of the court of king's bench, mr. justice Clive, one of the justices of the court of common pleas, the hon. mr. baron Legge, one of the barons of the exchequer, Sir William Moreton , knt. recorder , and others his majesty's justices of gaol-delivery for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 26th, and Thursday the 27th of October, in the 31st year of his majesty's reign, Henry Clark was capitally convicted for a robbery on the highway, as in his indictment laid, and on the trial proved. And, By virtue of the king's commission, Etc. held before the right hon. Sir Charles Asgill , knt. lord-mayor , sir Michael Foster , knt. one of the justices of the King's-Bench , sir Sidney Stafford Smyth , knt. one of the barons of the Exchequer , sir William Moreton , knt: recorder , and others his majesty's justices of gaol delivery for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 7th, Thursday the 8th, and Friday the 9th December 1757, in the 31st year of his majesty's reign, William Green , Rich-ard Benham , Jeremiah Bailey , and Joseph Wood , were capitally convicted for the several crimes in their indictments set forth, And, By virtue of the king's commission, Etc. before the right hon. sir Charles Asgill , knt. lord mayor , sir Thomas Parker , knt. lord chief baron of his majesty's court of exchequer , sir Eardley Wilmot , knt . one of the justices of the court of king's bench , sir William Moreton knt. recorder , and others his majesty's justices of gaol delivery for the said city and county. On Friday the 13th, Saturday the 14th, Monday the 16th, and Tuesday the 17th of January 1758, in the 31st year of his majesty's reign. Elizabeth Tomkinson , Joseph Wheeley , Elizabeth Allen , Margaret Larney , Alice Davis , Samuel Ong , John Davis , and John Allen received sentence of death, for the several crimes in their indictments laid. And, By virtue of the kings commission, Etc. before sir Charles Asgill , knt. lord mayor , sir Thomas Dennison , knt. one of the justies of his majesty's court of King's Bench , sir Richard Adams , knt. one of the barons of the Exchequer , the hon. William Noel , one of the justices of the court of Common Pleas , sir William Moreton , knt. recorder , and other his majesty's justices of gaol delivery for the said city and county on Wensday the 22d, Thursday the 23d, Friday the 24th, and Saturday the 25th of February 1753, in the 31th year of his majesty's reign Edward Humphrys was capitally convicted for a burglary. On Thursday November 17th 1757, the report of Henry Clark was made to his majesty, by Mr. Recorder, when he was pleased to order him for execution on Wenesday the 23d following, which was done accordingly. And. On Thursday, March 23, the report of 11 other malefactors was made to his majesty, when eight were ordered for execution on Friday 31st of March, viz. William Green , Jeremiah Bailey , Joseph Wood , Joseph Wheely , Alice Davis , Samuel Ong , John Davis , John Allen , who were executed according to their sentence. Richard Benham for sheep steeling, Elizabeth Allen for a felony, and Edward Humphrys for a burglary were respited, and also Elizabeth Tomkinson and Margaret Larney being found pregnant by a jury of matrons, on the day of sentence being past. 1. Henry Clark was indicted for that he on the king's highway, on Thomas Parker , did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person one silver watch value 3l. one half guinea and 5 shillings in money, the property of the said Thomas Parker , September 19th this was proved on the evidence of three witnesses. 1st, Thomas Parker one of his majesty's messengers deposed, that on September 19th going to Thorp in a postchaise, and a very dark night about twelve o'clock, near Turnham Green he was stopt, and robb'd of his watch, and the sum laid in the indictment; but he could not distinguish the person or his horse; that he saw something like metal shine in his hand, which he took to be a pistol; he also swore to the property of the watch produced in court, and stopt by the 2d Witness, Mr. Thomas Bishop , saleman in Holbourn , September 20, between 12 and 1 at noon from the prisoner at the bar at his own shop, being offer'd him to sale; when the prisoner finding an enquiry made, and himself detected in a falsehood about the makers name; walk'd off without his prize; and mr. Bishop by means of the maker, Jason Cox , of Long-Acre , came to the knowledge of the owner mr. Parker, who thus got his watch again; the person who brought the watch being in some respect remarkable, was by mr. Bishop described, and being advertised, was apprehended in a few days, in the manner to be explained presently. The 3d Witness, William Edward , hostler to Mr. Beckford, gave evidence to the hiring of a horse to the prisoner at the bar in the afternoon, and his rideing out on him at six the same evening that mr. Parker was robb'd, and returning with the horse at two next morning. On all which evidence laid together he was convicted, making no sufficient defence, nor calling any witnesses thereto, nor to his character. When sentence was about to be pronounced on him, and it was demanded, in the usual manner, if he had any thing to offer why it should not pass, he pleaded his youth, and that he should die innocent: But the court told him, that after a fair and even favourable trial he was found guilty, that it was with great reluctance this part of duty to the public was discharged; but it was necessary that examples should be made, of all who sell into this crime of high-way robberies, already too prevailing; he was cautioned not to suffer himself to be deluded with false hopes of life, and thereby diverted from preparing for eternity, to which he must suddenly pass. On the 28October, being visited, he attended prayers, and a proper exhortation, with devotion and seriousness, and being farther spoken to in private, he wept bitterly. After this, on proper occasions he gradually open'd himself to the following effect: That he had lived in several services for eight or nine years past as a foot-boy , Etc. since he was eleven years of age; and had left his last place about eleven months since; but not being quickly recommended to another cheifly (as he said) because he had lost an eye, by the stroke of a careless lamp-lighter's ladder, he was advised to go to sea , which he did, entering himself in the Boscawen privateer, wherein he cruised about three months; but the sea and the ships company not proving agreeable to him, he with several others quitted it, and so forfeited what little prize money was due to him. In these circumstances he pleaded necessity for those facts, he now owned he had been guilty of, which were in all about seven robberies, commited on horseback, chiefly on the Hounslow road , viz. of fix four wheel'd post.chaises, and one stage Bath machine; from all which he had taken nothing but money, except the prosecutor's watch who had it again. The sum of 14 or 15l. was the most he had taken at once; this was soon spent. in a bad way. In answer to his pleading of necessity, it was urged to him, that there are many demands for honest industry; at this time in particular, the service of his king and country, which he might have complied with, instead of so prostigate a course, which is always taken up to seed vices, and not to answer necessities of nature; few honest, industrious, sober people, if any, perish for want; and that the righteous will never be wholly forsaken. That his first and greatest crime was falling from God, and distrusting his providence, that if he had truly trusted in him, who gave him that life, and that body which he was so anxiously careful to support, he could never have fallen into so grievous a crime. He now began to see and acknowledge, that the pamper'd and vicious life of a servant, with the general neglect of family instruction, or devotion, public or private, had betray'd him into this fatal distrust of God's providence, and he earnestly wished even with tears, that he had betaken himself to some honest course, instead of trusting in wrong and robbery. He now began to search his own heart, and there to find the source of his error, he remember'd the first principles of his profession, and lamented how greatly he had fallen from them; however, in some services, he said, he had been obliged to attend his duty to God, and then he always kept a good character, and was sure of a recommendation from such families, whenever he wanted. Nor was he conscious, that he had ever wronged his masters, or wasted their goods; for which he was thankful, He said he used sometimes to pray in private, and read his bible and prayer book, but often neglected it. That he first began to commit robbery in order to sit himself out for the sea, and after the last he committed, had resolved in himself, as he sat on horse-back, never to commit another; but it was matter of joy to him, that left he should relapse, he was cut short, and was now convinced, that they who seek to save life, by transgressing God's law, will find certain death. After he had thus opened himself, and freely confess'd his crimes and errors, he became daily more light, easy, and resigned. He was apprehended in the Strand by two soldiers, one of whom, had accidentally seen him at a beer-house in shug-lane, to whom he had given part of a pot of beer; he supposes that being advertised and described by mr. Bishop, and being remarkable for the loss of any eye, he was the more easily discover'd. He was carried before justice Fielding, and commited to New Prison , and advertised; on which mr. Bishop and several others, came at the day appointed for his re-examination; mr. Parker among others knew the watch, by help of which, he was discovered, and convicted. On the 18November the warrant for his execution came, which did not greatly move him, as he had endeavoured to prepare himself for it. He now desired the favour, that one might be permitted to be in the cell with him, the few nights he had to live, to assist him in reading and prayer, when his fight should fail him, which was granted. The remaining nights, he spent chiefly in prayer, reading, and meditation in the word of God, and being ask'd each morning, how he had spent the night, he answered, very well, much to his comfort and satisfaction, that he had slept a little with quiet and composure, and when he awaked, betook himself to his devout exercises again. His companion in the cell, who assisted him in reading and prayer, gave a very good account of his calm and composed spirit, of his patience under the hand of God, and resignation to his sentence. On Tuesday the 22November, he received the holy communion very devoutly, with a fixt attention to every part of that sacred, and solemn service, together with three other prisoners who being invited, willingly joined with us. On Wenesday, 23November, the morning of execution, having communicated the day before, he was the better prepared to receive it again with comfort, which indeed he did, to the strengthening and refreshing of his soul, to enable him to meet the terrors of death with true courage, and to sustain its agonies with patience. After receiving, he was exhorted to meditate on the articles of his faith, and offer up the several petitions of the Lord's Prayer, in his way to the place of execution, with those other devotions fitted for his use, in the address to prioners, all which, he thankfully promised to do. He also returned hearty thanks for what had been done for him, in preparing him for death, and a happy change; said he felt comfort and strength, and a lively well grounded hope in his breast. When sk'd, he often repeated his trust and belief that his sins were pardon'd, on his repentance, through the merits of our blessed Saviour. He went down from chapel calm and resigned, and about half an hour after nine, was carried from prison to the place of execution, where having arrived, he joined in prayer about half an hour, and being saint and weak, he desired to be excused speaking to the people as he had intended, but beg'd they might be warned in his name, to the same purpose he had often expressed himself, which was to the following effect: "He hoped the people were not come together out of an idle curiosity, but to join with him in his earnest prayers, and to take warning by his suffering; particularly his fellow servants and brother sailors, he wish'd to avoid transgressing the commands of God, and falling away from him in any temptation; his fellow servants he warned to be regular, and constant in doing their duty to God first, and then to their masters, not purloining, but shewing all diligence and fidelity; to avoid rude words and answers, to order themselves lowly and reverently to all their betters, to pray constantly for grace, to abstain from all evil, and to do all the good they can, that if through any real, or imaginary offence given their masters, they should lose their place, they may have a sure refuge, putting their whole trust in the good providence of God, in all time of necessity, or distress, by some honest industry; and not turn aside to wicked ways to relieve themselves, which instead of saving their lives, must destroy them; of which truth he stood there a sad example. Masters and mistresses he said were often thought whimsical and capricious, and servants wayward, rude and undutiful, on both which accounts, places must be very uncertain, insomuch that in the space of eleven months, he saw eleven servants discharged out of one family; in all such cases the blame is thrown from one to the other. But as it is the undoubted interest of all families to have good servants, there can be little doubt, that while servants are diligent and dutiful, they will be acceptable and keep their places. He therefore intreated all servants, to learn and practise their duty as christians, and then he was sure, from what he had learned in the prison, they must be good servants, and it is no less their master's duty and interest to begin, and promote this good purpose, to set and know that their servants be true and faithful servants of God, of this, he himself was a witness and a proof. One good lady he lived with some years, took care that he went duly to church, and if absent at any time, was sure to be call'd to an account for it; by these means he behaved himself well, and had her favour and good word, both while he served her, and after he left her, and should never have wanted a recommendation to a place while she was in the way, but unhappily for him, she was out of town in his time of need. This obliged him to go to sea, where after taking two prizes he quitted the ship, and so lost his shares; he took occasion from hence, to advise all his brother sailors to be stedfast and resolute in their honest undertaking; whatever service they entered into, let it be first with due consideration, looking up to heaven for direction, that they may make a good choice, and then for success and a happy issue; but whether they meet with prosperity or adversity, let honesty, and a firm trust in God be the fixt star by which they steer all their course.s Let them carefully distinguish between fighting lawfully against the enemies of their king and country, and robbing their own countrymen and fellow subjects; for want of making this plain distinction, and keeping to it, he this day fell a sacrifice to the laws of God and man, which he had transgressed he acknowledged he died justly, and pray'd for pity and compassion on his poor soul; he added with a loud voice, Lord Jesus receive my spirit. Then was launched into eternity. 2. William Green was indicted for that he, together with Thomas Green , on Thomas Manners , clerk , on the king's highway, did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person two guineas and ten shillings, in money number'd, his property, November 11. This was proved on the evidence of mr. Manners, who deposed that, on the 11th of November, he went from London in a one-horse chaise, a lady being with him, and a servant before, that near the turnpike on the other side Southwell, seven or eight miles out of twon, two men on horseback met him, and bid him stop, one held his postol, viz. the prisoner, while the other held his hat to take the money. This was be tween twelve and two at noon-day. William Parsons a servant of mr. Fieldings, being sent in pursuit of him, took him at a place call'd Hockley in Dunstable , being in his way to Ireland , as he confess'd afterwards, with his wife and children. A watch and ring were found upon him, the ring was sworn to by mr. Manners, and that it was taken from the lady in the chaise, by Green. His defence, that he was in Oxford shire at the time of this robbery, being not proved, did not prevent his conviction. After which, his behaviour in the prison was humble, orderly and penitent, and as he freely acknowledged his crimes, he was regular and constant in all the duties of the chapel, bearing his unhappy lot with a chearful resignation, very different from the sullen hardness of those who were so fond of their crimes, that they kept them close in their own bosom. He was born at Chargrove , but brought very young to Wattleton in Oxfordshire , where he was put to school by his father, a shoemaker, taught to read and write, and say his catechism, and then learn'd the baker's trade, from the age of twelve to nineteen. About this time, he told his master his wages were too low, and he chose to go to London , where he lived three years with mr. Palmer in Russel Street, Covent-Garden ; then with mr. Chatterton in Lond-Acre ; afterwards with mr. Prust in Bloomsbury , as a journey-man baker . While he lived with his master Palmer, he and his wife were taken notice of as good examples for duly frequenting his parish church, and that he lived a temperate, sober, and honest life; he often said he little thought of his present misery, two months before. But disagreeing with his master, and they having some words, he left him, and was out of work, but quickly expected another place; mean time having three young children to provide for, and his rent unpaid, it was proposed to him by some comrade in an idle walk, and an unguarded hour to take this fatal course for his relief, which turned to his shame and his ruin. He acknowledged but three facts on the highway, one in the Oxford road , near Southwell the same (it may be presumed) for which he was convicted; another in the Chelmsford-road, Essex ; and a third in the Windsor road , near Coln brook. The most he got at any of these, did not exceed three or four guineas, which was divided with his accomplices; by some of whom being betrayed and his matters blown, he was pursued and taken in his fight, as beforementioned, with some of those spoils which helped to convict him. Sad purchase indeed I life and character, body, and soul for a little present gain. And 'tis strange they never think, that as sure as these unwary creatures trust one another, so surely are they betrayed. An unanswerable proof that they go upon false ground, which sinks under them. He express'd great anxiety left his wife shoud be blamed by his relations for having drawn him into this wicked course; but he decleared her intirely innocent of it, and ignorant of all the steps he took in that way. But as to his companions, he earnestly wished them to be warned by his sufferings, to for sake their wicked ways before the like just vengeance over take them. One of these, he heard, while in prison, being sent by his master with some sword hilts, and ordered to receive the money, made off with it, pretending by sham messages sent to his lodging, that he had broke his leg, and was carried to St. Bartholomew's hospital , but when enquired for, no such person was these. He further confess'd, he was concerned with the person now hinted at, in stealing some fowls (more than once) at Isleworth , and warned, and warned him to abstain from all such practices for the future, for if he persist, his name is known to those who will. detect, and prosecute him. For himself, he earnestly beg'd pardon of all whom he has injured, and on his humble confession, and sincere repentance, hoped for the remission of all his sins. 3. Jeremiah Bailey was indicted for that he, on the king's highway, on Ann Roystan widow , did make an assault, putting her in corporal sear and danger of her life, and taking from her person, one serge gown, value five shillings, six linnen aprons, five linen-caps, value two-shillings, one ivory comb, two ribbands, two ounces of worsted, two pair of worsted stockings, two pounds weight of sugar, one quarter of a pound of tea, one half pound of butter, two linen handkerchiefs, one half guinea, and eight shillings in money number'd, her property, 18November. On the trial the fact was proved very strong against him, so far as the evidence of Ann Royston can go; confirmed by the circumstance of William Weaver coming up to her immediately after the fact, on hearing a woman's voice, and finding her stamping and crying; and that she told him the matter, as deposed in court, describing the man, but naming no name: Confirmed also by the evidence of Thomas Stanley , who gave the prosecutrix a good character, she being nurse to his wife, and had left his house that evening with the money and goods of which she was robb'd; that he has known the prisoner about ten years, that within two months past, his character was not so good as it has been. Thomas Newland , the headborugh that apprehended him, deposed, that the moment the prosecutrix saw him, she said, that is the man that robb'd me. The prisoner said, he was at the Bull at Tanner's End ; he took him there, the people said he came there about seven o'clock that night, and staid 'till ten. That is, almost a mile's distance from the place, where the robbery was committed at six. Before the justice, he said he was at Tottenham in the dusk of the evening; that is about three quarters of a mile from the Bull, on the other side. The justice order'd him to be taken there, and inquiry made, and then to be brought before him, or some other justice; when taken there, the people said, he was there about five o'clock, and that they lighted the first candle, to give him change by. After that Newland enquired about all he cou'd to hear where he was about six o'clock, but cou'd get no account of that. He was commited by justice Gallard, but own'd nothing. In his defence, he only asserted that he never saw the woman, before she came and search'd his house on that occasion, but brought no witnesses to his character, or to prove him to be elsewhere at six that evening. Notwithstanding his weak and unsupported defence, after conviction he wept, and complained bitterly in the prison, that he was condemn'd innocent, that his witnesses happen'd to be absent at the hour of his trial, though they had waited all the day before at the court, and could wait no longer, being poor labourers, who could not live without their work. He now asserted that he was at home at the hour of six, eating his supper with his children; that a poor woman who took care of his children would swear it; that he had never been before a justice in his life before, and knew not how to make a defence. All this it must be owned, rais'd a compassion, (perhaps a mistaken one) in his favour; he was advis'd to get the affidavits of his witnesses, and lay them before proper authority. Two of these affidavits were made and sent; but they did not at all relate to the point in question, which could only serve his pupose; viz. to prove where he was at six in the evening, when the robbery was committed. That of his children's nurse and another woman, to this effect, he so often promised, never were procured. And farther, it should be remember'd that if any such affidavits in his defence, could have been made, they ought to have been made before either of the two justices, in his own neighbourhood, who examined him, and gave him a full and fair opportunity to make that, or any other defence that could be proved, by sending him with the headborough to every place where he affirmed he was; and among those places, it is remarkable he never mentioned that he was at home at the time of the robbery, either before a justice, or at his trial, nor till after his conviction; which seems to infer that this defence was then first devised, and fet up after his two other assertions had failed him. It is acknowledged his denial of the fact, and persisting to assert his innocence, with a face of great simplicity, raised a doubtful compassion about he case, and then the favourable side of saving life (and only transporting him) seemed the more eligible. But this was not on a supposition of his innocence, but matter of mere favour. And if you suppose him guilty, which you must do, until the contrary be proved, it was certainly an aggravation of his crime, to persist in denying it to the last. It is certain the honourable and very merciful court, was not only strongly inclined, but endeavoured to save his life, even after conviction, if any thing clear, and satisfactory, could have been offer'd in his favour; but in above two months time after all possible enquiry, no such thing appear'd to their satisfaction. During his confinement in the cell, his companion and he endeavour'd to make a breach through the wall, but were discovered, and punished with a weeks close confinement; during which time, I visited him, and he denied having any hand even in this last fact, though his companion asserted most solemnly he was equally concerned with himself; such a habit had Bailey of denying facts. He could not be innocent of concealing this fact, and the strong presumption is, that he was active in it, though he denied it. Another account he gave me, lessen'd my opinion of his veracity and sincerity. viz: Of his being at church with his children, the afternoon of the Sunday,before he was apprehended. But his mother-in-law, whom I saw soon after, he dined with her that day at Winchmore-Hill , and then they, with her husband, went to an alehouse. These falsehoods he was taxed with, and earnestly pressed to a sincere and open confession, but to no purpose; he answer'd, would you have me confess what I am not guilty of? 'Tis said the people of Edmonton , after many meetings and consultations about him. do generally believe him, guilty. He confess'd in general that he had been a sinner, but denied, or excused every particular laid to his charge, and not without some plausible appearance. So that his character on the whole, must be refer'd to the great tribunal. He was born at Ashwell in Hertfordshire ; but has lived about Edmonton for twelve years past: he lived partly by labouring work , and partly by higling , was wholly illiterate, and being deafish it was no easy matter to instruct him, and bring him to a right disposition. A person, whose house he formerly rented at Edmonton , used to visit and relieve him, in Newgate ; and at my request went to Edmonton about the 14December last, to get what evidence he cou'd collect in hisbehalf. This person returned the same evening, with an account in his own hand-writing of all he could collect, relating to the fact, he was convicted of; the truth of which charge, on the whole he express'd himself so far convinced of, that he visited him no more, nor would meddle any farther with it. In particular he learn'd that Sarah Dixon , the woman who look'd after his children , saw him come home near upon six a clock the evening of the robbery, that he gave his children some bread and butter, and eat of the same himself, but did not tarry at home a quarter of an hour; but return'd between nine and ten, and lock'd the street door, which he was never accustomed to do. Mr. Turner, at the Bull at Tanners End , said that Bailey came into his house about seven, the evening of the 18November, and call'd for a penny worth of beer, but was in such disorder and confusion, or extasy of mind, as he express'd it, that he could hardly drink his beer; that George Parker and Philip Ruskin , who drank with him, took notice of the same, and were surprized at it. Mr. Bishop, a farmer, said he had ask'd Jerry Bailey how he liv'd with out work? and was answered by himself that he dealt in poultry. Mr. Bishop had lately lost all his, mr. Reyner, a nother reputable farmer, said, he had often caught the prisoner in petty larceny such as loading three or four trusses of straw above the usual number and selling them at market for his own use. Joseph Monk and Thomas Cooper , saw him going to Hedge-lane the very place where the prosecutrix deposed she was robbed, after five o'clock the same evening; and others met him near the same place, and saw him leaning over a gate there; and, to conclude this person's account, mr. Stephen Brett , an eminent farmer at Edmonton , said he saw Bailey the next day, being Saturday, with a bundle on his head going to London. This he was charged with by mr. Brett, when apprehended, and could not deny it. 4th Joseph Wood , otherwise James Colling , carpenter , and Jemima Wilcox single woman , were indicted, for that they feloniously, and traiterously, with certain files, and other instruments, one piece of good and lawful money, of the current coin of this kingdom: call'd a guinea, did unlawfully file and diminish, against the statute in that case made and provided, 1October. It appear'd that they got gold coin through their hands, by paying in sums to the banker, and taking up bank notes for it, and then going to the bank of England, and there receiving cash for them. This was proved in several instances, and being observed by it's frequency was the occasion of dodgeing Wilcox to their house in Charles s-Square , Hoxton , where they were apprehended by mr. Fretwell, a teller in the bank of England, and mr. Kemp porter of the mint, on warrants from mr. Fielding, assisted with his officers. Besides the house they lived in, they were informed by their maid servant, of a garden at the end of Haberdasher's almshouses whether they used to go, and in which were some secret places, which the carpenter told her no body could find out but himself, They were apprehended in one chamber to gether and some gold found in each of their pockets, five guineas and a half on Wilcox, which were returned her, and five guineas on Wood, of which two guineas were returned him; but two guineas and two half guineas, wanting one shilling and eight-pence, or one shilling and nine-pence each were detained, and produced in court, and appear'd fresh clip'd, or fil'd. In their chest of drawers were found two pair of shears, and a three-corner'd file, which were produced in court. And in other' drawers, two-three corner'd files, a pair of seales, some clipping and filings of gold, some shears and money, some weight and some light. The pieces being weighed, there were found eight guineas and two half guineas, wanting from 13 to 6 graines. Some clippings produced were supposed to be of guineas, and half guineas, which appeared from the diagonal slope and the comb turned circular, and being view'd through a glass, appear'd larger, and confirmed the belief, that they were of a guinea. Files with gold on them were found, and four light guineas, one fresh field. In the summer-house were found numberless incontestable proofs of the same practice, a fire-place with a closet for a work shop on each side for two; a fash-window done up so high, that no body could overlook them. Concealed drawers in which were more files and gold-meltings, a piece of an ingot and gold mixt with borax. Over a cockloft was found some gold, nine crucibles, a moveable-vice, weights, seales, chissel, gold silings, a piece of an ingot and two pair of shears. Wood had another lodging in Spital-fields , in which were sound materials, and papers proving the same fact. It appear'd also, that White being Wood's agent, when he was a carpenter and builder, had raised sums for his exigencies of mr. Lambley to the value of about 400l. and not being able to repay it, had recourse to this criminal practice of filing ports (first) to pay their debts and recover themselves. This was begun and carried on about two years before the discovery. In Wood's letters to Dixon, which is another name for White, is this fatal prognostick of his sad destiny; about two years before it happen'd: "You will at last load me with ignominy and the gallows." He says, in one letter: "I have got about 4l. this week." And in another, "I have made this week 7l. 10s. and have receiv'd 150 guineas this week: So judge what you may do." It appears by their letters that this new trade (as they call'd it) was carried on at first by Wood in Birmingham , and by White in London , and they play'd into each other's hands. In one of Wood's letters to White, he sayes, " I have remitted to you to last Saturday 2179l. 1s. 0d. Gold Etc. 102l. 10s. 3d. This post 108l." In another, "I have made about 5l. 10s. 0d. day myself; so I hope I shall have a large cargo for you; be sure be industrious." In another, "Mine was ten ounces, one half; and your's but nine ounces three quarters; and I have been half my time on. I have sent 20 ounces and 11 penny weight, which at 3l. 14s. 0d. comes to 76l." Again, "It is strange to me, you have but 27l. in a month; as you said you had 12l. the first week."and again, "Desire them to give you guineas for it; perhaps you may make some advantage of the guineas, and then change some of them." In about six weeks time, viz. from the 28th of December, to the 12th of Feburary following, there were 3000l. circulated in this manner. From these and other like articles proved against him, under his own hand, an estimate may be made in gross of the great damage done to the publick, by the diminution of the current coin, in the compass of two years and upwards; not withstanding which, in his confession, and apology given under his own hand, (to be in serted in its proper place) he endeavours to deny and extenuate this charge. His true name was James Colling , was born at Birmingham , and brought up to his father's business of a carpenter and builder , which he carried on there with and for his father, in an extensive way, 'till partly by losses, and partly by overtrading, his capital, which is said to be about 300l. he failed, and then being drawn into this criminal dealing, he changed his name in order to carry it on with secrecy. He appeared to be about 40 years of age, yet was but 30. Wood offered himself to be a communicant before his trial, but as it cou'd not be expected that he would freely open himself concerning the crimes he was charged with, and being questioned, he desired to be excused, he was refused admittance, 'till after his trial and conviction, when he did not persist to deny his crime, and also made acknowledgement, and gave some satisfaction concerning another very bad affair laid to his charge concerning his deserting his wife and children, and living with this Jemina Wilcox in adultery. As to this latter part they both expressed their hearty sorrow and repentance for it, and utter for saking it for the future; and, as to the former part, he asserted he had ever taken care to support his wife and children notwithstanding his other crimes; in proof of which, and of his repentance, his wife was now daily with him instead of Wilcox, and they all usually frequented divine service in the chapel, with apparent seriousness and devotion, 'till three days before his execution when he was consined to his bed. One day when strangers were pressing into the chapel, he sent me a message, that unless they were kept out he did not chuse to go to be made a gazing-stock to the idle curiosity of the spectators.For answer, he was told it was to no purpose to endeavour to avoid it; that I was sorry to find his thoughts taken up on such trifles, while he had the concerns of eternal salvation to attend to; that the ought to be more humbled, and submit to his circumstances, Etc. After this he attended duly, without farther objection. Here follows the confession which, for the quiet of his conscience, and the fain-faction of the public he was prevailed on to commit to paper. ' I Do hereby confess myself Guilty of ' the fact for which my Life is ' Forfeited to the Laws of my Country, tho' not ' after that Extensive and aggravated ' manner, which was represented at my Trayal, ' and as Forfeited I am content to pay it: ' Which I hope will be thought by every ' part of the prejudic'd World a sufficient ' satisfaction for the Injustice I have done ' the publick.And I hope my ' melancholy and untimely Exit, will be a ' sufficient and fatal Warning; to prevent all ' others from Engaging in Schemes tho' ' ever so Interested, were the Laws of a ' Nation may subject them to such a ' Miserable and Ignominious period. ' And tho' I was led even Inevitable, to ' this Base and fatal practice, by a person ' from whom I have been most ' Unpardonably Injured, and by that person who ' was the only evidence against me (whose ' Testimony was in many parts very ' unjust) and by whose swearing to my hand ' writing, in the fatal Misconstruction of ' a Letter, perfectly opposite to its ' meaning: which Letter gave the final ' Countinance to my Unhappy Verdict: but ' even that person tho' engadged me and ' was concern'd in it; could not give ' Evidence of his knowing, my ever ' commiting a single fact for which I am now so ' shortly to suffer. ' But who, with all others that have ' Injured me, I do now as sincerely forgive ' them, as I hope Forgiveness for all ' Injuries and Wrongs I have done; and as ' I have done; and as I hope for pardon ' of Allmightly God, for all the Manifold ' Sins and Offences of my past Life, thro' ' the Merits of our Blessed Saviour and ' Redeemer Jesus Christ. Jos. WOOD , otherwise JAMES COLLING . On delivering me this confession in his own hand-writing, I had much discourse and some trouble to convince him that his crime was an offence against God and his laws, who being the guardian and protector of human society, forbids all injury a gainst our neighbours, this in particular being included in the eighth commandment; that it was also a treasonable of sence against the king, whose image and superscription his coin bears, and against his subjects, who are desrauded, and often put to great difficulties in commerce and dealing by light money, Etc. By such arguments he has prevailed on to erase and alter one expression, viz. 'That no single ' individual can complain of being ' injured; so partial and false a notion had he of the heinousness of his guilt. He declared farther, that as to the letter of his, read in court, which the evidence, Lambley, swore to be his hand, expressing to mr. Wight that he had got 7l. 10s. in one week, and had received 150 guineas, was misunderstood by the court as if he confessed the diminishing those guineas to get 7l. 10s. whereas he did not diminish those guineas, nor had he ever thought of diminishing any guineas at the time. That the injury done by him, in that way, was but trisling. And, whereas mr. Lambley deposed, that bills to the value of 40,000l. were negotiated for the single purpose of diminishing the coin, he declared that no part of that sum was negotiated for that, but for other purposes, and that not more than 5000l. was negotiated after this bad practice was begun by him, and not more than about 1000l. diminished. For the truth of which he refers to the true meaning o his letters seized, and in the hands of th solicitor of the Mint. 5 Joseph Weeley was indicted for stealing seventeen yards of satten brocade, value 8l. forty yards of silk call'd lutestring, value 8l. and thirty five yards of silk, value 6l. the property of William Neal , in the dwelling house of the said William, December 23. As the fact was not denied by the prisoner, but only the intention; there is no occasion to sum up the proofs of it: But only observe that this matter was chosen to be prosecuted, rather then two other known charges against him, viz. that of being concerned in robbing the Liverpool bag, and that of forgery, or uttering bills knowing them to be forged; because the first was more open to a clear and full proof. As Wheeley was master of dissimulation, on my first applying to him, he quickly thought he had superseded my labours, by affecting greater degrees of sanctity than I could raise him to; he said, he had been a long time at Oxford under the care of a learned, and very pious divine there, whom he named; and to gain credit to his affections, produced a zealous and affectionate letter written to him in his present situation, by that gentleman whom he called his uncle. He readily confered, at my request, to road to the more ignorant prisoners, and endeavour to prepare them for the holy communion, and for death But it was not long, before this disguise began to vanish; it was told me by one, who knew that he had been a barber's servant there; that possibly he might have shaved that gentleman, and was shrewdly suspected to have robb'd his chambers, for which, another was blamed: But however, that he had robb'd his master, the barber, and so quitted Oxford But the prize was not of such value, as would bear the expence of pursuit and prosecution, and so he escaped. It was earnestly pressed to bring him to confession of the facts, espcially the first. To these charges, when tenderly opened to him, he answered with indignation, that he had never been a barber; but that it was his brother, who was dead, or transported: And indeavoured to fix the other robbery, on the person, whom it was charged on. But these denials were only to evade the odium of these charges and gratify that pride of heart, of which he had a deep tincture; for I learned from good authority that he was bred a barber , and lived at Oxford as a journey-man to that trade. His own account of his parentage and education had a different aspect; that his father was a considerable wooll-stapler in Warwickshire atnear Coventry , that he was bred up in the choir at Litchfield , was deem'd to have a fine treble voice while a boy, which was now mellow'd into a good tenor and basse: that he was a good proficient in music, and particularly on the harpsihord; and here it dropt casually from him, that he used sometimes to play the organ in a romish chappel belonging to one of the foreign embassadors, and well kenw the romish priest, who visited two of the convicts, Etc. He affected sometimes the air of a scholar, and sometimes a person who had kept the best of company, had hunted with the duke ofwho signed his petition for a reprieve.That he knew how things were carried at court, and was assured of the best introduction for his petition. Thus did he buoy himself up, and amuse his faithul monitors, with the false hopes of a reprieve, when he should have been heartily set on the great work of salvation, to which he was often and earnestly press'd. He seem'd to lament and apologize for one artful and wicked contrivance which he had consented to practice since his confinement; viz: to accuse an innocent man of credit, as a principal in selling the Liverpool bag, for which, he took a bribe of 50 guineas.As to this, he said, he was advised by a fellow prisoner, onea very great villain, to take the robbery of that bag on himself, and then impeach another, in order to be admitted an evidence against that person, and so save his own neck. Being again asked, at the place of execution whether that person were really concern'd, he answered, he was quite innocent, and that he had acquitted him before justice Fielding. But the truth is, as it has since come to me, he had shamefully confuted himself, before justice Fielding. For after that person was impeached, he was of course sent for, and brought to confront Wheeley, who being order'd to point him out as he sat in the room, where he was re-examined; instead of him he laid his hand on one of mr. Fielding's Useful people, to the astonishment of the spectators, and his own confusion. For as one observ'd, who was present; how many deaths did that man deserve, who could thus accuse, and involve in such terrors an innocent person? Wheeley pleaded for himself that he was ensnared into this mistake by an artifice, for that person was dress'd up, and seated like a justice of peace at mr. Fielding's right hand. The last, and most probable account that we could get from him, about the loss of the Liverpool bag, is contain'd in one of those letters, of which the extracts follow: and need not be here anticipated. Instead of depending on the account which he drew up of himself, consisting, as he said, of five sheets; which it may reasonably be presumed was calculated to raise pity and recommend his petition, a gentleman has permitted me to oblige the public with extracts of two of his letters, which will give a better idea of his characters, than could be had from his own mouth. They were written by him in Newgate , when believed to be mad. Accept of them genuine as they flowed from his pen, with all their mistakes of spelling, and more important errors of judgment and morals. Newgate , 20th Dec 1757 ' MY unhappy Circumstances, you are ' too well acquainted withbut ' I will tell you all; when first I was taken ' I knew that the Fact would be proved ' two plain against me, therefore it was ' my Business, to make use of what I ' thought would the most Efectually serve ' my purpose, to which End acted the ' Madman which you your self saw, and ' I do ashure you that I was so artful that I ' passed it upon all the Docters and ' Keepers of the Goale for realle, and when ' my Tryal was to have come on, I sarved the court Just the same, reasing pitty in every beholder, but alas, I am I fear ' betrayed by one of the wretches what look'd ' after me, but would have sworn as many ' Oaths as there is Stars in the Firmiment ' to have sarved me, such things as these ' will Money do, but if one Guinea woud ' have bought the Gloube, I coud not reas ' it without discovering myself.' He had so well deceived this friend to whom he wrote; that he thus answers: " You cannot guess at my surprize on " receiving your letter, for I knew it was " yours, before I opened it, not having " the least suspicion of your being in your " senses.Since I received yours, I have " had one from London, which says, you " are in the same way now, so find you " are not discovered b the man as you " thought." Extract of another Letter to the same. Newgate, 27th Dec 1757. ' YOUR good natured and friendly ' Sentiments, wherein you say you could ' say a great deal more confarning my past ' Conduct, Etc. (together with a thorough ' knowledge of my own Miserableness) hath ' almost made me realy what I pretended, ' but a Reflection can be of no sort of ' sarvice to me in my unhappy Situation, ' will make my Self as contented as my ' Affairs will admit, and will, nay I must ' wait the awful Event, but perhaps with ' more Fortitude than can be expected ' from one in my Surcomstance.Oh ' did you but know what I have suffered ' since you saw me, you would think it ' impossible that One who had ever enjoy;d ' the Indulgencies of Life, as I have, could ' ever have survived it.You will shrink ' with the horror of my Tale, when I unfold ' it, which as it will take more Paper ' than I am worth, must desire it till you ' have the disagreable Sight of one so 'increadibally fallen. You want me in your ' Letter to tell you weather I had an ' accompliss, or not, * which is well known, ' nay you your self saw him in the Castle ' yard, the very Day I left Birmingham to ' go to Shrewshury , and when you saw him, ' you saw the greatest Villain that ever ' existed: to him it is I owe thanks for ' all I now suffer, for it was not me that ' forged Bland's Bill of Three hundred ' pounds, neither had I any hand in the ' Liverpool Bag, I being fifty Miles from ' His friend writes thus: 'If you thought proper, should be glad to know if you had any ' accomplice, for mr. Fielding and mr. Neale both expect you have, for they say, that on the ' Sunday you had the three hundred pounds then received of Wimpey and Com. and when you was taken up, had none'. ' the Place where he had it delivered to ' him by the Post Boy, in consideration of ' which, he gave the boy five Guineas nor ' did I publish the Bill of Exchange at ' Chester, for it was he, tho' I confess I ' was at Chester along with him, but as ' to all other Surcomstances, I am quite ' innocent: but we were bound in a ' Sollom Oath to assist each other, as far as ' possible to reas two thousand Pounds, ' and perchance either of us should be ' deteckted, the other should assist him in ' every thing that lay in his Power, and ' never no discovery should be made by ' either. All this I preformed to a Tittle, ' and have suffer'd all I have, e'er I would ' make any discovery, that might Ingur ' him, and would you believe it, I have ' neither heard of him nor seen him since ' the Sunday before, I was taken up, ' therefore I think he is gone to Holland ' But now to the purposedesarted as I ' am by every one unless you, I have some ' hopes of getting over this doubtful Tryal, ' if I can reas the ready, for here you ' may have Men who for the Sake of Four ' Guineas, will sware white is black, not ' that I want such Witnesses for my self, ' but it's highly nesesary that the Villain ' which you saw with me as one of my ' keepers, should be indicted the next ' Sessions for Felony which will seouthe affidavit which he hath taken at ' Fielding's * werein he hath swore that I am as much in my sencies when there is no ' stranger by, as himself, and hath also ' sworn that during my Confinement in that Room were you saw me, that I ' wrote several sensible Letters; and ' according to his direction Fielding applied ' to the Man I wrote them to, and hath ' got the Letters, and hath taken the Man ' up, and sent him to New Prison as a ' Party consarned, because that I had ' pawned some of my Master's Goods with him, ' he knowing me to be a sarvant, but all ' that will be of none Effect as there was ' no date to my Letters.Thus am I ' imbarresed with a thousand troubles, but ' have a tollerable good harte, and hope ' that it will not be quite so bad as one ' woud Emadigen, for the Jury never will ' bring in their Vardit if I don't appear to ' be in my real sencies, which they shall ' have hard Work to do.' He told me and two others he was in London at that time. He told me, in presence of two others, he had discovered his real name to Dr.of Oxford. I you see by this second letter the unhappy criminal is surpriz'd to find himself deceived and deserted by a person whom he consided in! But how vain and idle is it for men to trust one another in matters and designs which destroy the very principles of mutual saith and trust, that is to say, you have destroyed the foundation and yet you expect the building will stand, and are disappointed and wretched to see it tumble down in ruins about your head. Again, you take a " Sollom Oath (as he words it) to assist each other as far as possible, to raise " two thousand pounds," doubtless by hook or crook, by what immediately follows, " and perchance either of us should be detected, the other should assist him. Etc." Now, what less is this, than to call the God of truth and justice to be witness and party to a false, unjust and wicked undertaking? and will not he punish such an insult as this? That the honour of his justice and truth is concerned to vindicate itself in such cases, a new proof appears, in the fall and exile of these two offenders. * This is of a piece with impeaching mr. Hanberry for selling or being concern'd in the Liverpool bag. What idea he had of restitution you may learn by one of his expressions in the same letter: " If I had robbed all the world, and suffer'd the law, the money is all mine before I am cast." About the year 1754, Wheeley came to live in London , being recommended by his father as a shopman to mess. Sowbridge, and Barnston wooll-staplers in Milk-street : next he lived with Wood and Middleton in Chandois-street , and from thence went to mr. Neale; and during the time he liv'd with him, he made his addresses to a young lady of good character, who, not sufficiently appriz'd of his, gave him more encouragement than he deserv'd; so far, that he said, a day was set for the wedding; and a house agreed for at Birmingham , where he was to set up business: There he met his accomplice some few days before he was apprehended, and from thence they went together to Chester ; where a forged bill of ness. Bland and son for 300l. was past to mr. Marsden, who paid one or other of them 50l. in cash, and 25l. in bills to be paid by mess. Wimpey and co. in Newgate-street , which on their very sudden return to London were presented, and press'd for ready payment; but put off for three days as usual, and for want of advicer; mean time the forgery came out, and Wheeley, who had presented them, was apprehended in a drapers shop near Covent-Garden; as he was buying clothes, for an uniform, to go a volunteer on board the Norfolk privateer. In that ship he had agreed for two shares, and paid 50l. earnest a day or two before, at which time being agitated, and much disturbed in mind, doubtless by the conscious guilty practices he was engaged in, and the dangers impending, he enquired very earnestly, if he might not have a commission on board the Norfolk, but being answer'd they were all fill'd he determined to go a volunteer, as mention'd, for which he was preparing when apprehended. At his lodging were found in his trunk, a number of letters taken out of the Liverpool bag, that had been lost, but never could be accounted for any other way, than that it was sold to his accomplice, whom he expressed by the seigned name of Fletcher; that a guinea was given as earnest, and four guineas when delivered between Margate street and Redborne near St. Albans , he call'd the postboy Jesscot. To this accomplice, he imputed his ruin. But the confederacy enter'd into, by that abominable oath mention'd in his letters, shews Wheeley as forward and ready for villainy as the other, he said that by means of a 20l. note of Bland's, for which Fletcher paid cash, they had got a plate graved like his, which they could fill up for any sum they thought proper. Being urged by all reasonable motives to make what discovery he could in this affair, for the satisfaction and security of those who had suffer'd, or might suffer; he answer'd, he had given all proper cautions to the bankers for that purpose, that his accomplice had been clark to a banker, and then a runner to the bank of England, that some little time before he was taken, up, his accomplice saw himself described in the public papers, and in hand bills for some of his male-practices, and this put him upon taking his flight to Holland ; whence he said he receiv'd letters from him while in Newgate , full of the horrors of guilt, It was this accomplice who, he said, received 38l. 5s. at mess. Gines in Lombard street on a bill taken out of the Liverpool bag about September last; that he own'd if he had been expeditious on that occasion, he might have made 2000l. but did not get quite 500l. by that bag. The letters, on the flight of his companion, fell into his hands, so that he was taken in his stead, and suffer'd for him. This is all the part he would confess to have had in the Liverpool bag, and this he persisted in, at his last moment, that he stood in Fletcher's shoes. Being frequently urged to discover the real name, he excused himself on account of his oath, but quickly betray'd himself, by saying he had told it to Dr. of Oxford , to which it was replied, then you have broke your oath. He was so throughly known, to be addicted to the vice of lying, in a very barefaced and impudent manner, and confirmed with oaths, that his late master discharged him for that practice, and express'd his opinion and fear that he would die with a lie in his mouth. He had told justice Fielding, that he found the Liverpool bag under his bed at the posthouse at St. Albans , that he put the letters in his pocket intending to deliver them at the post-office, but on second thoughts hoped to make something of them. While he was in New Prison , a taylor, who had been with him there about two hours, was apprehended by order of justice Fielding; there was found on him a draught of Wheeley's on a gentleman at Westminster for 350l. this appeared to be intended as a bribe for his escape. A little before he was carried out to execution, he told the spectators he was innocent of all that he was charged with, and it was ail a Humbug. Being confronted with his own confession, he pested to say it was all a Humbug. 6.7.8. Samuel Ong , John Davis , and John Allen , were indicted for that they, on the king's high way, on Luke Rashbatch , did make an assault putting him in corporal fear, and danger of hislife, and stealing from his person one 3l.12s. piece of gold, three 36s. pieces, one half guinea, and 14s. in money, his property, and against his will, January 11. This was proved on the testimony of Luke Rashbatch the prosecutor, William Price a soldier , one of the principals in the fact, John Cartwright , and John Noaks two constables, who apprehended the prisoners. It seems Luke Rashbatch , a simple country fellow, an entire stranger to the town, had got 10l. and upwards in his pocket, when Price first met with him at the King's head n St. James's-street , in company with some women, from thence he inveigled him under pretence of being his country man Shropshire man to go to drink with him at another house, the Castlet in Cabbage-lane , where the three prisoners were, and one William Smith a drummer ; there they stay'd from noon till seven in the evening, gambling, drinking, quarrelling, till the prosecutor resolving to go to his lodging, at the Black-horse , in Petty-france , Price under pretence of conducting misled him, above a mile to wards Tothil-fields, and then by agreement among the five, they or some of them, robb'd him of all his money, refusing to restore him even three half-pence on his earnest request; and because he said, may be I may live to see some of you hang'd, they damn'd him, and said he shou'd be drown'd first, pushing him into a pool of water up to his neck, and rest him; where as he said, to be sure God Almighty assisted him, or he must be drown'd. Price was apprehended next morning on the St. James's Guard , and admitted an evidence by justice Wright, Allen was taken the same day at the Saves, and Davis next morning as he was passing along by the justice's door, Allen seeing him said, that is one man that was concern'd along with us. Ong was brought prisoner from Chelsea by another constable. After the robbery they had gone to Drury-lane, spent part of the money, and shared 16s. a piece. The three prisoners had good characters given them by several witnesses, at their trial. and nothing laid to their charge before this fact, except that Davis was a little suspected for keeping late hours. Each of them declared, after conviction, they were never concerned in any such fact before, and were surprized into this by liquor, that they had constant work, which supplied them with money when off duty. In their present sad condition, they behaved themselves humbly, orderly, and devoutly; duly frequented divine service, with decency and composure, they had good books given them by their serjeant also, and seem'd to make good use of them: Allen read to Ong, and Davis in their cells alternately. It was matter of real grief, to see three such stout young fellows cut down in the prime of life, by a drunken frolic, when off their guard, and incapable of keeping a watch on their designs, and actions. Learn from hence my dear fellow soliders, that watchfulness is the life of a soldier, in a spiritual and moral, as well as a military sense. They were now deeply sensible of their guilt, in the intended murder, as well as the robbery; and that the more severely they judged themselves, the more surely they should escape the judgment of God. Samuel Ong was born in Suffolk , about eleven miles beyond Bury St. Edmonds , his father was a farmer who rented 60 or 70l. a year, his mother had 23 children, of whom nine are yet living, one of them a soldier in colonel Bragge's regiment, himself a private man in colonel Seabright's company, of the first regiment of guards, and about 23 years of age, was quarter'd at Chelsea , and work'd there now and then for mr. Simpson a dealer in coals, declared if he had any share in the money taken by this robbery, it must be given him when drunk, and they had it a gain, or spent it: For next morning when told by his landlord to run away, on account of the rumour and cry that was against him, he refused, and deliver'd himself to a constable, who on the trial was call'd, and could not be found. He express'd his hearty for row for those sins which drew him into this snare; has wrote to his brother William Ong to avoid drinking and bad company, and hopes his brother soldiers, and all, will take the same warning. John Davis was born at Cherbury , in Shrotshire , where his father lived, and was a gardener, but has not heard from him these three years, his mother is dead, he had three brothers, and one sister living about half a year ago, is illiterate being never put to school. When 13 or 14 years of age he was bound apprentice to Griffith Edwards , a weaver , at a village call'd Redy Grois , in Forden's parish , Shropshire ; who being idle and drunken, his looms were seized after two years service, and then Davis served one year more with his surety, who instead of putting him to the loom, employed him in errands, fetching wood, and other labour; complaint of which being made, he was taken from him by a parish officer. He then lived with Mary Morris , a widow , in Shropshire , working partly at the loom and partly at husbandry , four or five years, when he left her, and lived with Edward Owen , a farmer , at Ponsberry , about two months; and thence went and enlisted last Christmas was three years: he is about 24 years of age. He asserts the three prisoners were in liquor when Price the evidence, and Smith robb'd the man, that they were invited to share it in liquor and cash, and had each 16s. that none of these three but Ong went over the ditch when the fact was done. But Ong said that Allen went over the ditch, which agrees with what Price deposed, "That John Allen came to them, and gave him his knife, to cut the man's pooket off." Davis adds, that Price and Smith the drummer, had 3l. 12s. which they concealed; he acknowledges with shame and remorse, that he seldom went to church, or attended divine service; and now and then but rarely pray'd in private; when he used the Lord's Prayer and the Belief; he says further, that they never had an opportunity of prayers or instruction from the chaplain in their battalion: desires to warn his brother soliders against profaneness, and neglect of their duty to Dod; as also against tipling and drunkenness, which betray'd these three to this shameful end. John Allen was born in Stagsden , Bedfordshire , and is about 20 years of age. His father rented some land, which he partly plow'd and kept a dairy on. This his only child was taught to read and write 'till 10 or 12 years of age, then helped his father in husbandry till 14, and after this went apprentice to a breeches-maker at Bedford , one William King , who called himself a methodist or Moravian; however he did not seduce his apprentice into that way, nor give him due instruction in any religious principles: he wrought daily for his master for 3 or 4 years, and then was inlisted in the first regiment of foot guards, and in Col. Seabright's company; confessed he was given to drink now and then when apprentice. but never followed lewd women: his master and he quarrelled frequently, and at last he ran away to London and entered for a soldier . He desires to warn his brother soldiers and the world against drunkenness, swearing, lewdness, and those other vices to which they are too much enslaved, and that his warning might make the more lasting impression, he committed it to writing in his own simple and artless stile. March the 29 1758 ' DEAR felow Sinners and Especialy ' My Brother Soldiers O my Dear ' Brethren that this My Death May ' Be an Efectual Instrument of sincere and ' True Repentance of all your Sin and ' Wickedness wich hath been the cause of My Death Beware of Cursing and ' swaring and Lude Women and Drunkeness ' and Breaken of the Sabbath and wich is ' too Brief among you upon the Perrel of ' your Souls think of Gods ' Commandments. Look back and consider how ' you have Led your lives in Breaking of ' them and Do not Neglect your ' Repentance no Longer least Death Come and ' Saize you in this Condition then what ' will become Become of your Precious ' Souls Consider how wrath the Lord is ' when you Go on so wickedly O Lord ' God let my Death be of some Shock to ' all the Spectaters that see it and that It ' may be a warning to all men Especially ' my Old Companians wich I have spent so ' many ours in Sin and pardon them and ' me if it be thy Blessed Will I Believe there ' is some of you that scarce care wether ' there is Eather God or Hell wich I have ' Been very wild and wicked in ' Drunkenness Especially and Drunkeness is the worll ' of all Wickedness for when a man is ' Drunk he Committeth Generally all ' manner of Wickedness So my Dear frends beg ' of God to turn your hearts that you would ' search the Schriptures and then you would ' find though you are Sinners God says he ' Doth not Delight in the Death of a ' sinner But Rather that he Repent and live ' O Repent Repent My Dear frends and ' Let not Iniquity Be your Ruin Consider ' what Christ faith Come Says Our Blessed ' Lord who Dyed for us unworthy Sinners ' he says Come to me all ye that are weary ' and I will Give you Rett: Wich God ' Grant that they all May O Lord let the ' words of My Mouth and the Meditations ' of my heart be always acceptable in thy ' Sight my Lord and my Redeemer both ' now and Evermore Amen I Pray Jesus ' and also keep from gaming for twas that ' brought us to this End.' Allen said he was bred a dissenter but now declared he willingly and heartily conformed to the church of England, and had a lively hope of salvation in the communion of it. He delivered this paper of his own accord after he had received the holy sacrament, on the day before execution. On the fall of these three men in the flower of their age, and other examples of the like kind, too frequent among the soldiery, it is obvious to remarx, what loss and reproach arise to his majesty's service, the nation and the army, from the neglect of good habits and strict discipline, in other respects beside the military exercise. It is therefore humbly proposed, and with submission recommended to the commanding officers, and their chaplains to make an experiment of the due and frequent exercise of the duties of true religion and virtue, whether they will not produce a corps of better soldiers and better subjects, who will not fall in this unmanly way, a sacrifice to wickedness and vice. 9. Alice , wife of John Davis , stocking-seller , was indicted, for that she feloniously and traitorously, with certain files and other instruments, one piece of good and lawful money, of the current coin of this kingdom, called a guinea, did unlawfully file and diminish, against the statute in that case made and provided. December 16. The evidence of William Diamond , a soldier , and his wife, who deposed they had often seen her she guinean; melt and fell the filings, and put off light guineas, as they had done for her; confirmed by mr. Alexander, a pawnbroker, from whom she used to get guineas for silver; and by Benjamin Collier and John Mackay , servants in the shop of mr. Robey, ironmonger and braster, who swore to her frequent buying or small files, small crucibles and melting pots; all these put together proved strong enough to convict her, tho' she denied she had ever seen the two last mentioned witnesses; and Diamond and his wife expresly contradicted each other, being examined apart at the prisoner's request; for he said he had never seen his wife with her when she was siling guineas, and she said, " My husband and I were frequently " present when she did file guineas." At the time of conviction she pleaded pregnancy, but was not found quick by the jury of matrons. Her behaviour after it was regular and resigned, tho' she was of the church of Rome , she sometimes joined with us in the chapel with proper respect and decency. Being ask'd, why she would not continue stedfast and entire with us, for we should not mistead not. bring her into any danger of her salvation; she answered, tho' her father was a protestant, her mother was a roman catholic, and brought her up so, that the hoped she should die in charity with all. Being again warned against the errors and superstitions of popery, such as praying to saints and angels, image worship, trusting to more mediators than one, expecting a purgatory hereafter, Etc. all which are contrary to that faith and obedience and trust due to God and his word, and highly dangerous to our salvation. She said she would not hold them, but that she believed a real presence in the holy sacrament, and that we hold it only as a memorial of the death of Christ; from which I took occasion to shew her mistake, and explain the true scriptural doctrine of our church in this article as taught in our Catechism and Communion service, equally distant from the two opposite extremes, viz. the errors of the Socinians and Romanists, and to shew the unreasonableness and absurdity of the doctrine of the church of Rome, on this head, as unscriptural and subversive of all evidence both from sense, reason and scripture. But as she did not often attend the chapel, nor give ear to these instructions, they were probably of little effect to her; for it might easily be perceived, that by the frequent admission and visits of certain persons, to her, she was more and more withdrawn from us, and averse to our instructions, being filled with bigotry and a bitter zeal, contrary to that moderation and charity which at first she promised and professed. She said she was born in the county of Westmeath , in Ireland , brought up chiefly in Dublin , where she lived, was married and kept a shop in Church-street , selling leather breeches and gloves by wholesale and retail: but lived of late in Thomas's-street, Drury lane , made diaper caps and holland spatter dashes for gentleman, which her husband Davis (who is the second she has been married to) sold at coffee-houses, Etc. She declared that Diamond, the evidence, and his wife, had sworn falsely a gainst her; she was advised and warned to give all the satisfaction in her power to the publick, by a true confession of her guilt; and not to go out of the world with a lie in her mouth, which she promised she would not: being at some distance from me at the stake, the place of her execution, her words could not reach my ears, being also otherwise engaged; but was told she persisted in much the same general declaration without making any particular confession. In the account of Jeremiah Bailey , it was omitted to be mentioned, that after evening service on Easter-day he desired to speak with me, and said, he had endeavoured to make his peace with God to the best of his power, and forgave all the world, as he hoped on be forgiven; (particularly his prosecutrix, which he found very difficult, and could not do before) but declared solemnly, as he was a dying man, he was innocent of the fact for which he was to suffer; and begged earnestly that all juries might be warned against rashly finding persons guilty who may be innocent: he repeated the same request to mr. Akerman before he was carried out to execution, and begged the caution should be given to courts and juries. He had often been told that great caution was used by them in taking evidence and detecting false witnesses, that the ought to have produced his witnesses in his defence, Etc. And being again pressed to a confession, if guilty; he answered do you think I could stand out in a lie after all the good words I have heard? He was resigned, and expressed a lively hope of his salvation. On the Morning of EXECUTION. March 31, 1758. GOING into the Press-yard it was told me that Wood was a dying, which was the more probable, as he was unable to get out of his cell or bed the day before, and had received the holy communion there with his wife, and one of the prisoners; at which time, being asked by me the cause of his illness, he imputed it to his consinement in the cell, and a charcoal fire, which he said he had kindled there to warm himself, which he perceived very suddenly to overcome him; and that he had not been able to stand since; this I mention because of the suspicion, and rumour that obtained this morning, in the jail and elsewhere, that he had taken some thing to finish himself. Be that as it may, he was in the agonies of death, speechless, and insensible, when I went up and pray'd for him: After which, on going up to the chapel, Wheeley was missing, and with all the search that could be made for half an hour, not to be found, nor his disappearing accounted for, to the astonishment of all that were concerned; at length, (O ridiculous instance of human weakness, and vanity!) this intriped hero who had boasted so much of his prepared temper and resignation, nay, his preference of death to life, in his present circumstances, was found quoiled up in the hollow top of the pulpit's founding board; being discovered to the great joy of the scarchers, down he came, double bolted as he went up, by the chequer'd bars dividing the chaple; and with proper reproofs and exhortations, was recover'd to a more resigned temper, so that we did not exclude him on his humble acknowledgement and submission, from joining in this last opportunity of receiving the blessed sacrament, as he had done the preceding day. The other five prisoners behaved themselves with composure, decency and devotion, to their last moments. The hurry and surprize, occasion'd by Wood's death (for he died about 8 o'clock) and Wheely's hiding himself, delay'd their setting out 'till half an hour past the appointed time, which was 9 o'clock, when they were carried out: Six in two carts, viz. William Green ; Jeremiah Bailey and Joseph Wheeley in the first; in the second, Samuel Ong , John Davis , and John Allen ; and on the sledge Alice Davis , and the body of Joseph Wood . At the place of execution, they were again ask'd singly, if they had any thing particular to say, or farther confession to make Bailey still asserted his entire innocence of the fact for which he died, as he had done ever since his sentence, he repeated his request, that jurries might be warned from him, to be very careful. what evidence they believed. for as he often said, " Other poor men may be in my case." After they had joined in prayers for near half an hour, and made a public confession of their faith, by repeating aloud the Apostles Creed; Wheeley made a speech to the multitude, expressing his concern, that those to whom he cheifly address'd himself, were too distant to hear him; he warned all young persons, to live in the fear of God, and within the bounds of his laws, to have a strict regard to his word, and then it was five thousand to one, if they came to this accursed death. that he had long indulged himself, and gone on in a course of successful pursuits, and O, shameful for him to utter! all his pursuits were just. As to the fact he died for, he said it was not committed with an intent to defraud his master, which he beg'd might be told him, but yet the rigour of the law had made it capital to him; however, he own'd he had lived without the fear of God ; and that he believed divine providence had used this as the last means to recal him after he had rejected all other calls of his word and his heralds, Etc. After thus speaking, he prayed very properly for some minutes for himself and his fellow sufferers with seeming devotion, yet his speech and prayer were accompanied with some theatrical gestures; and then he sung part of the 84th Psalm, ver. 1st to the 4th inclusive, in which at his request William Green joined with him, and they both went on as if not unpractised in this exercise. After this, poor Bailey, made his, last request, that as he was friendless the Ordinary would take care to have him buried, which by help of a small contribution made for that purpose by the humane and compassionate beholders, was carefully performed. During their last devotions the great multitude of Spectators in general behaved themselves with great decency and attention, indeed with devotion and humanity; and thus closed this aweful and striking scence of a real tragedy. This appeared very strange to some who knew him constantly to frequent Covent-garden church on Sundays; but it is hard to reconcile so mixt and variable a character to itself: take another instance of this; a little before he was carried out to execution he begged leave to go to his cell and put on a pair of clean stockings, the keeper going quickly after him. caughtld of his arm with a razor in his hand, just going to cut his throat; he asked him, What are you going to do? he said, Only to shave himself; but at that instant he fell on his knees and prayed. This is all the Account given by me, STEPHEN ROE , Ordinary of Newgate .

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of Deborah Churchill , that was Executed at Tyburn , on Friday the 17th of December, 1708. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th instant, Nine Persons, (viz. five Men, and four Women) were found Guilty of such Crimes as deserv'd Death, and so the Sentence of it was pass'd on them accordingly; and another Woman, namely, Deborah Churchill , formerly condemn'd for Murther, and then respited, was now call'd to her former Judgment, and order'd with the rest to prepare for Death. Of these ten Persons, Churchill only is appointed to die, and the rest have (by Her Majesties gracious Reprieve) a further opportunity to shew to the World their Repentance and Amendment of Life. I hope they will take great Care (and God give them Grace) so to do. As soon as they had receiv'd Sentence, and I could conveniently come at 'em, I visited 'em, and had them twice a day (while under this Condemnation) in the Chapel of Newgate ; where I pray'd with them, and read and open'd the Word of God to them; endeavouring to make them sensible of the miserable condition their wilful Sins had brought them into, and of the necessity of their earnest Application to God for Mercy and Pardon. I did to that purpose constantly represent to them how infinitely Happy, or how infinitely Miserable they should be, according as they did or did not improve this their short time. I gave them Rules and Instructions from the Word of God, that might (thro' his Divine Grace) direct and guide them in the great Work of Repentance, which was now before them, and on the due performance of which in this World, depended their Eternal Life and Felicity in the next. On the Lord's Day, the 12th instant, I preach'd to them both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Gospel for the Day, viz. Matt. xi. 10. the Words being these: For it is written, Behold, I send my Messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. In speaking to which Words, I shew'd; I. Who that Messenger was, and what Life he led, viz. a Life of Austerity and strict Piety; shunning all the vain Pomps and sinful Delights of the World, as it became one that was to preach Humility and Repentance to Men, in order to the preparing their Hearts to receive the Grace of the Gospel of Christ. And here I observ'd by the by, how necessary it is for Men to read the Scriptures, and make themselves well acquainted with them; inasmuch as they contain the Mysteries of God's holy Religion and the Means of our Eternal Salvation; and were therefore often quoted and referr'd to by our Blessed Saviour himself, as we see here in the Text, and several other places of the Gospel, and likewise by his Evangelists and Apostles, in their Divine Writings. Then I proceeded to shew; II. What that Message was, of which the Text speaks, viz. the Preaching of Repentance and Amendment of Life. On those two Heads I inlarg'd, and particularly on the latter; shewing, 1. The Nature 2. The Necessity 3. The Means 4. The Advantages of Repentance; which is, 1st, The sure 2ly, The only Way to Happiness: And, 3dly, That without Repentance God's Pardon cannot be obtain'd; and without God's Pardon, there is no Salvation: So that if we neglect to repent in this World, we can expect nothing else but Eternal Death and Misery in the World to come. Having largely and distinctly discours'd upon these Particulars, I concluded at both times with suitable Exhortations and Applications to the Condemn'd; who (as far as I could observe) behav'd themselves as it became Persons under such unhappy Circumstances. And when I was with them in private, they (i. e. some of them) express'd a great deal of Sorrow for their past Sins, and seem'd to be resolv'd upon a new Life, if God would be pleas'd to spare them a longer continuance in this World. I hope those of them who have obtain'd their Desire herein, will remember their Promise, and be so considerate and so just, as to perform it. And as to her who is now order'd to suffer that Death she has been condemn'd to, she acknowledg'd the Justice of God in it, and her Desert of it; as having by her lewd Conversation brought it upon her self. She gave me the sad Account of her former wicked Life; of which the substance here follows. Deborah Churchill , alias Miller , condemn'd the 26th day of February last, for abetting and assisting in the Murther committed in Drury-lane , by Richard Hunt , William Lewis , and John Boy , upon the Body of Martin Were , on the 12th of January, 1707-8. She deny'd her being concern'd in that barbarous Fact, or having set any Person upon it, as it was alledg'd: But she confess'd indeed, that she then was with Hunt, and that he was an Acquaintance of hers, and had kept company with her for Seven Years together, in a lascivious and adulterous way; during which time she had observ'd him to be a very passionate and dangerous Man, and was her self sometimes afraid of her Life, when he was in his Passion; and that when they went abroad together, he was always very quarrelsom, and ready to draw upon any-body that he fancied did affront him: But upon such occasions she always endeavour'd to prevent, and often restrain'd him from doing mischief. And tho' she was sensible that at some time or other he might in his Rage do mischief either to her self, whom he frequently threatned, or some others when he was in her company, and so she might (as it has prov'd) be involv'd in his Crime, and the dismal Consequences thereof; yet she was so bewitch'd, that she could not leave off his company. Now she was very much concerned and afflicted, and cried bitterly for her past Follies, and Abuse of the good Education which her Parents and Friends (Persons of great Worth) had given her, who in her younger years was by them carefully brought up in Religion and good Manners: But she had wickedly thrown off all those good things which were endeavoured to be fix'd in her, and abandon'd her self to all manner of Filthiness and Uncleanness with greediness; which now prov'd her Shame and Misery, and made her sometimes even despair of God's Mercy, when she sadly reflected upon her past Life, and consider'd how great and heinous an Offender she had been in those things which are so contrary to the Divine Purity, and the Profession of Christ's Religion and Virtue. Thus she grievously lamented and bewail'd her sinful and miserable Condition, and said, she heartily repented of all the Guilt she had contracted to her self by her soul Sins, and of the Dishonour which she fear'd she had thereby brought upon her Family, and particularly her poor Children, who were likely to suffer for her Faults, she having had two by her first Husband, whose Name she commonly went by, but seldom by her second's, who about two or three Years ago (she could not well remember the time) was married to her in the Fleet Prison , upon Agreement first made between them both, That they should not live together, nor have any thing to do with each other. Which Agreement was strictly perform'd; and so she continued freely to keep company with Hunt, as she had begun to do in her former Husband's time, who being a very unkind and bad Husband to her, had thereby given occasion to her going astray in this manner. She said she was about 31 years of age, born within six miles of Norwich , of good Parents, (as is mentioned before) but began very early to be loose and ungovernable, and so by degrees arrived to that pitch of Wickedness, which brought her to Ruin. She was try'd and condemned in February last; since which time she remain'd a Prisoner in Newgate ; and her Execution was respited till now, by virtue of a Reprieve given her upon account of her being thought to be with Child. But now she own'd she was not, but was willing to use any means to save her Life, or at least put off her Death for a time. Upon this I told her, That she had done very ill to induce those Women, who declared her to be with Child, to do (perhaps out of their misplaced pity) such a wicked thing, as to take a false Oath for her: To which she answer'd, That they only swore her being with Child to the best of their Knowledge and Judgment; and so they might swear true in swearing that, though she was not with Child; for no Body, no not herself, could certainly know at that time, whether she was really so or no. That's what she said as to this Matter. But when she again reflected on her past Sinful Life and approaching shameful Death, she freely acknowledg'd, that tho' she did not look upon herself to be guilty of Blood-shedding, yet she could not plead Innocence, but was a great Criminal before God, whose Pity and Compassion she implored. Here she wept most bitterly, and shew'd great Signs of Repentance; saying, that she hoped God would be merciful to her, because she had ever since her Condemnation, endeavour'd to wean herself from the World in the abhorrence of her Sins, and preparing for a better Life. She wish'd all dissolute Persons would take Warning by her, and give up themselves no more to the foul Sin of Uncleanness. When this Day of her Death was come, she was deliver'd out of Newgate , and carry'd in the Coach with me to the Place of Execution, where I attended her for the last time, and (according to my usual manner) pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with her, and made her rehearse the Apostles Creed. And after I had been a pretty while with her, exhorting her more and more to stir up her heart and mind to God, I took my leave of her; earnestly recommending her to the Divine Mercy, and wishing her a happy Passage out of this miserable World, and an endless Felicity in the next. Then she spoke to the Spectators to this effect: I desire all Persons, especially Young Women, to take Warning by me, and take care how they live; for my wicked Life has brought me to this shameful Death. I had a good Education, and was well brought up by my Parents; but I would not follow their good Advice and Instructions. I kept company with a Young-man, who committed the Murther for which I am here to suffer. I did not prompt him to it, nor was near him when he did it. But it was my misfortune to be concern'd with him: And God is just in bringing me to this Condemnation; for I have been a great Sinner, and very wicked. I desire those of my Acquaintance, that lead such a Life as I have formerly led, (and I see some of them here) I desire them, I beg of them, that they would take Warning by my Downfall, and amend their wicked Lives, lest they bring themselves to such an untimely End, and be undone for ever. These were her very Words, as far as I can remember; and she gave me a Paper containing the same; the substance of which I have (according to her desire) here deliver'd, whereby the Publick may avoid their being impos'd upon by any Sham-Papers relating to her Last Speech. She desired the Standers-by to pray for her, That God would be pleas'd to be merciful to her Soul. And turning to one she call'd Nurse, she earnestly begged of her to take care of her poor Children, for whom she seemed to be very much concern'd. Then she return'd to pray to God in these following Words, which she often repeated. O God the Father, who hast created me, preserve and keep me. O God the Son, who hast redeemed me, assist and strengthen me. O God the Holy Ghost, who infusest Grace into me, aid and defend me. O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, Three Persons, and One God, assist me in this my last Trial, and bring me into the way of Everlasting Life. O Blessed Jesus, wash away my Sins in thy Blood, and receive my Soul, Thou art my Helper and Redeemer, make no long tarrying, O my God. Say now unto my Soul, I am thy Salvation. Into thy Hands, O Lord, I commend my Spirit; for thou hast redeem'd me, O Lord, thou God of Truth. Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. Amen. Amen. When she had done speaking, she was allow'd some further time for her private Devotions. Then the Cart (into which she was put as soon as she came to that Place) drew away; and so she was turn'd off; she all the while calling upon God for Mercy, in these and the like Ejaculations: Lord, have mercy upon me! Lord, receive me! Make haste unto me, O Lord! Lord, save me! &c. This is all the Account here to be given of this Dying Person, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . Decemb. 17. 1708. ADVERTISEMENT. 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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of James Hacket , who was Executed at Tyburn , on Friday the 6th Day of June, 1707. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily, on Wednesday the 28th, and Friday the 30th of May last past, James Hacket , who was found guilty of four several Burglaries, receiv'd Sentence of Death, and three Women that had formerly received the like Sentence, and were then repriev'd on account of their Pregnancy, were call'd to their former Judgment, and order'd to prepare themselves for Death. But being now repriev'd again, Hacket only is appointed for Execution. On Thursday the 29th of May, being a Day of Publick Service and Thanksgiving, viz. the Anniversary of King Charles 2d's Nativity and Restauration, I took that opportunity to preach to them, and other Prisoners in Newgate ; which I did both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon these Words, 1. Peter ii. 17, the latter part of the Verse. Fear God: Honour the King. Shewing them. I. That by the Fear of God is meant the Performance of all Religious Duties and Service to God; the doing of all that He commands, and avoiding what He forbids. II. That by the Honour here enjoin'd to be paid to the King, is to be understood the Discharge of all due Civil Submission and Obedience both to the Supream Authority and Subordinate Ministers, whether in Church or State, whom the Providence of God has made our Superiours and set over us, for the Punishment and Restraint of Evil-doers, and for the Reward and Protection of Honest Men. III. That our Submission and Obedience to Persons in Authority, must be in the Fear of God, which, as it has in the Text, so in our Practice it should have, the first Place: Which Divine Fear is the only sure Foundation of that Honour; for they honour Kings best, and are most Faithful and loyal Subjects, and most Obedient to all their Superiors, who truly fear God. IV. and lastly, That those who have not the Fear of God before their Eyes, and consequently fall into Disobedience, and break all Rules of good Government, are to be accounted Rebellious against God and their Brince. So that all Thieves and Murderers, (and they are so before God, whose Design is to kill, though they don't actually do it) In a Word, all wilful Offenders and Transgressors of those Humane Laws, which are conformable, or at least not repugnant to the Laws of God: All such Transgressors may come under the Denomination of Rebels. After I had enlarged on these Heads, I concluded (at both times) with a particular Application and Exhortation to the Persons condemned: Who were (while under this Condemnation) daily attended by me. And on the last LORD's DAY, the 1st instant, I again preach'd to them, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon 1. John ii 3. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his Commandments. In my first opening of the Text, having shew'd in general, That all the Evils which Men commit, and all the Troubles and Calamities which they thereby bring upon themselves, arise from their not knowing Christ by this sure Token here mention'd, viz. The keeping of his Commandments: I then proceeded to consider in particular. I. What is really meant by knowing of Christ. II. What Assurance is to be gotten of this Knowledge. III. ult. What are the Means wereby we may come to this Certainty of Knowing Christ, and to an Assurance of Salvation. This I illustrated by these following Observations. 1st, That though every good thing comes from God; yet He will have us to use the Means that He has appointed for our Attainment of those good things, which He dedesign for us. 2ndly, That a true and unfeigned Faith in Christ, brings forth Obedience to his Commands. 3dly, That the Act of justifying Faith is the receiving of Christ, or knowing Him aright. 4thly and lastly, That he that walks in the Ways of God, and makes Conscience to keep his Commandments, may hereby infallibly know, That he knows Christ; That his Faith is a true and lively Faith; and, That he shall be saved everlastingly. Having largely discoursed upon these Particulars, I then apply'd my self to the Persons Condemned; telling them, That if they had been concern'd to know JESUS CHRIST for their Redeemer, by this infallible Rule, viz. the keeping of his Commandments, they should not have come to know the Shame and Misery brought upon them in this World by their presumptuous Sins; nor be (as they were) in danger of falling into infinitely greater and endless Miseries in the World to come. I thereupon exhorted them seriously to consider the dismal State of the Damn'd on the one hand, and the happy State of the Blessed on the other, which (according to my small Ability) I laid open to them; earnestly desiring them, that they would strictly examine themselves, as to their past Lives, present Condition, and future Expectation in relation to those two States; that so by Faith and Repentance, they might avoid the terrible Condemnation of Hell, and obtain the unconceivable Felicity of Heaven. This was what I constantly set before them; whom (to that purpose) I had up to Prayer twice every day in the Chappel; where (as well as in private) I endeavour'd to instruct them in their Duty to God, to their Neighbour, and to their own Souls. James Hacket , who is the only Person that is now to suffer (the Women under Condemnation with him being reprieved) made his Confession to me in substance, as follows. He said, he was about 24 years of Age, born in Exeter street in the City of Westminster : That he was a Ship-Carpenter by his Trade, which he had exercised for some years while he liv'd at Blackwal near London ; That he had also been at Sea in HER MAJESTY's Service , and intended to have gone to it again, after he had been (as he lately was) made an Evidence against some of his Accomplices, whom he convicted. He freely confess'd that he had made very ill use, and express'd very little sense of the Mercy lately shew'd him, by returning so soon after it, as he did, to his old wicked Trade of Thieving; and, That he was guilty of breaking and robbing the Houses of Mrs Battersby, Mr Churchil, Mr Hays, and Mrs Yalden, for which he stood now condemn'd. Here he acknowledg'd the Justice of his Sentence, though he thought much to be served by his Companions, as himself had served others, and would hardly be brought into a Temper of Charity with them: There was another thing or two which likewise stuck very much in his Stomach, and that was the Constable's taking two Rings from off his Fingers, and refusing to return them him, though no Body laid claim to them; they being his own lawful Goods. And above all he exclaim'd mightily against a certain Gentleman, who took 9 l. out of 20 l. which Esquire Sambrook was pleas'd to give him for his Encouragement to become an honest Man; which was then his Intention. But being depriv'd of that 9 l. and low in the World, and finding no present Employment (such as he desir'd) by reason that the time of fitting-out for the Sea was then past, he was therefore soon brought to Poverty, and (as he pretended) to the Necessity of committing those ill things, which otherwise he would not have done. Upon all which Accounts I found it very difficult to compose him to a Spirit of Charity towards those Persons, especially the last, whom he look'd upon as the Cause of his present Troubles. But being at length made sensible of the Hurt he would do to his own Soul, if he went out of the World with Rancour and Malice in his Heart, he then declar'd, that he dy'd in Charity with them all, and with all Mankind besides. He told me, that he had given Mr Joseph Billers a true Information of all the Robberies by him committed; saying that he was very sorry he had spent his Life so ill, and had (besides those things that deserve Death here) done so many Acts of Debauchery and Wickedness, as might justly bring him to Eternal Death hereafter, were not God more Merciful, than he had been a Sinner. He also owned it was a great Folly and Fault in him to behave himself so rudely, as he did, at his Trials, and particularly at the last of them: But for his Excuse he said, he was hardly sensible of anything he then did. I found him for the most part of a hard Nature, and very much tainted with Pride; so that in publick he was loth to appear daunted or concerned at his approaching Death; thinking it a gallant and honourable thing for him to bear it out stoutly, and shew a bold and undejected Countenance: But in private he seem'd to me of another Disposition; he then appear'd more humble and more contrite. And (what I must con fess I did not altogether dislike in him) when I was alone with him, either in my Closet or in the Condemn'd Hold, where I also visited him, I observ'd, that the Representation of Hell-Torments, tho they made some, yet made less Impressions upon him, than did my setting forth to him the Love and Mercy of God towards Mankind, which he had most ungratefully abus'd: This sometimes did, when no other Consideration would draw Tears out of his Eyes, and constrained him to acknowledge, that God was Good and Merciful indeed, and he a most wretched Sinner; so powerful is the Love of God upon the Hearts of Men, unless they be Reprobates. Being ask'd whether he was a Roman Catholick, as some reported; he told me, that he ever was a Protestant, brought up by some of his Relations in the Profession of the Church of England; but to his great Sorrow, had not liv'd answerably to it. When he was approaching to the Day of his Death, a certain Prisoner for Debt in Newgate, who is (as I take him) a Gentleman of Piety and of good Parts, was so charitable to this poor Sinner, as to spend two whole Nights in reading and praying with him in the Condemn'd Hold; a Place of no pleasant Abode; but Love makes all things easy. 'T was out of such Christian Love to his Soul, that within a few days of his Execution, the Reverend Doctor Woodward, Minister of Poplar in the County of Middlesex, wrote to him a Letter, which (it seem'd) made a deep Impression upon his Heart, and further'd him in the great Work then before him. As this Letter did to him, and may also to others, prove of good use; so I have here inserted a Copy of it; which is as follows. Mr Hacket, ' THO' you have liv'd but a little while in our Hamlet, ' yet I am exceedingly troubled that you have liv'd ' so ill a Life, as to bring you to such a shameful and untimely End. You have now but a little while to live in this ' World: I beseech you lose no Minute of it: Drink no strong ' Liquors, except for necessity: But fast and Pray. Retire ' from Company, and cry mightily to God for Mercy. God ' has ordain'd a Saviour for Sinners; his Son Jesus Christ, ' who is able to save the worst of Sinners, and will not cast ' out any that come to him in a penitent manner, with a ' lively Faith in him. This is the only way of Salvation: ' Here spend all that little remaining part of your Time: ' And I pray God grant you Mercy through the Merit of ' his Son, and Sanctification of his holy Spirit. ' It is but a few hours and you will appear before your ' Judge: Wherefore bend all the Powers of your Soul to seek ' Reconciliation with Him through the great Peace-Offering, ' the Sacrifice of our Saviour on the Cross. ' I shall only add one thing more, which is, That it is necessary to true Repentance, That you discover your Partners in your Sins, that they may not do further Mischief; ' and that you do what you can to warn them to leave off their ' wicked way of Life. For other things I leave you to the ' Direction of the Ordinary; recommending you in my Prayers to the Mercy of Almighty God through his Grace. ' I am ' Your Friend, Josiah Woodward . ' Poplar 2d June, ' 1707. Directed thus, ' For Mr Hacket in Newgate, At the Place of Execution, where I attended him for the last time, he persisted in what he had told me before, and said he had nothing more to add to his Confession. I exhorted him more and more to stir up his Heart to God, and implore his Divine Assistance in this his last hour, that so he might make a happy End, die in Peace with God, and be admitted into the Regions of Bliss and Peace. 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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT Of the Behaviour, Confessions, and last dying Words of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 24th, of September, 1722. AT the Sessions House in the Old-Bayly, were condemn'd to Dye, (on Wednesday, September the 12th, 15 Men, and 3 Women); of these, Thomas Etheridge and Edward Raymond , for Robbing on the Highway; Isaac Hulman , for Horse Stealing; Margaret Fisher , for picking Daniel Macdonnel 's Pocket of thirteen Guineas, his Wages at Sea; Walker Green , for robbing her Mistress, M. Bugby, of two Gold Watches; (being three Men and two Women) received his Majesty's Reprieve; Anne Morris , condemn'd for the Murther of her Bastard Child; dyed in the Prison, after confessing she was deliver'd in a Celler of a Female Child, begotten by one she had often conversed familiarly with before, without such a sad Consequence; adding, that she believ'd it would have been a healthful Child, but she kill'd it as it came into the World, before she threw it down into the Vault; and that the Child-Bed Linnen she held in her Hands, to shew at her Tryal, was provided in Newgate, in order to bring her off. Sometime before she dyed she lost her Reason. During the Time they lay under Condemnation, they did not behave themselves any way unseemly at the Prayers; and tho' Wilson, and Lincoln (I was told) were both careless in the Condemn'd Hold, none but Oxer was unruly, or ever once molested their Prayers: Wilson, indeed, pretended to question the Being of a God, and would talk as if there was no Futurity, believing he should dye like the Bruits, but never in a violent way, to the Disturbance of their Prayers in that Miserable Place. I was assur'd that Benjamin Shambler made it his Business to read to Oxer, and others, who were wholy Ignorant; and he told me, that he often excited Matthias Brinsden to joyn with him in Prayers, and Psalms that he set; Brinsden, being (at first) continually in Bed, and regarding little but eating and Dozing, complaining of the Hardness of his Case, to be condem'd to dye for accidentally killing (as he said) a Woman, his Wife; and scorning; (as seem'd to others) to speak to, or pray with, Robbers and Plunderers. Before their Execution, I spoke to some of the Pareiculars of their Case, from Duter. 32. 41, 42. If I whet my glittering Sword, and my Hand take hold on Judgment; I will render Vengeance to mine Enemies, and will reward them that hate me. I will make mine Arrows drunk with Blood, (and my Sword shall devour Flesh) and that with the Blood of the Slain, and the Captives. From whence we consider'd, First, The Resentment of the Almighty, that naturally pursues the Ungodly, and those who indulge in sensual Pleasures. Secondly, If Vengeance naturally follows Sin, The Patience, and Submission, that ought to appear in the Sufferers, for their Vices. Thirdly, That they ought to root out of their Breasts, all Malice and Ill-will towards their Accusers; especially considering the Cruelty of some of their Crimes; and that their Adversaries acted in pursuance of publick Justice; the punishment of their Vices, being the Protection of the Just. And also, before they suffer'd, we endeavour'd to instruct them from, Job 4. 7, 8. Remember, I Pray thee, who ever perish'd being Innocent? Or, Where were the Righteous cut off. Even as I have seen, They that plow Iniquity and sow Wickedness, reap the same. During the Admonitions, that follow'd from the Words, Thomas Etheridge , and Benjamin Shambler , evidence a peculiar Regard; and indeavour'd afterwards, to inculcate them into their Companions, when in the Condemn'd-Hold. The ACCOUNT of the Malefactors, during their Confinement. 1. THOMAS WILSON , Aged, 20; born in London; was Convicted of Robbing J. Cowel, near Islington, of a Hat, a Wig, and about One Shilling in Money, on the 6th of August last. And W. Owen, on the 27th of the same Month; he having pleaded Guilty to those and all other Indictments that could be brought against him, and desiring no Favour from any Man. When I examin'd him concerning his Life, he said, when about 12 Years of Age, he could not tolerate the Jurisdiction of his Parents, but lay out sometimes several Nights together, only to gain the Mastery over them, which he thought when once obtain'd, he should easily keep. But not being able so young to tyranize over his Parents, he went at 13 Years of Age to Sea ; and was several Months in the Baltick, and about Bremen and Hamburg : But not behaving as he should do, was fourteen times lashed till Raw, and then salted; and was six times hung up by the Heels, so that being glad to get Home again, he went 'Prentice to a Sawyer , and thought that easie Labour. But having serv'd about four Years, by Fleet-Ditch , he grew uneasie (he said) with living well, and went again to Sea; was at Lisbon , The Streights , Port-Mahone , &c. but was sickly almost all the time he was there, having got a Surfeit of Wines and Fruits at his first Landing, which stuck by him; but he believ'd it would have gone perfectly off, if he had not got other Uneasiness by bad Women; which, with the Heat of the Country, brought him near the Grave. So that getting to England again as soon as he could, he Courted a young Woman, who had an entire Affection for him, and afterwards Wedded her, (about two Years ago.) But her Friends discovering it, and being certify'd of his being given to Drink and to Ill-Company, they took away his Wife, to preserve her from the Ruin that was apprehended from such a Marriage. Till this (he said,) he never Thiev'd; but being greatly fond of her, after this he was scarcely in his Senses, could not go to Bed for several Nights thro' Grief for her Absence, not car'd what became of himself; so that getting into any leud Company he could, to divert his Melancholly, he met with those who engag'd him to accompany them on the Highway. Some of these, he said, he had inform'd against, and they were committed to Newgate, and others were Dead, or fled from Justice. He added that these were mean Robbers, for they never but once robb'd with a Pistol; using large Sticks with Lead in their Ends, and fitted for the Purpose; with which, he said, they did not strike, unless the Passenger was unruly, or they apprehended themselves too weak to go manfully up; but that they knock'd down a Footman, between Mary Bone and St. Giles's Pound , tho' they had his Watch and Handkerchief without Resistance. The one time that he robb'd with a Pistol, was in Company with one Gesby, since fled away toward Gibraltar, between the said Pound and Half way House, taking about 8 s. in Money, and two remarkable old Pieces of Silver, which he sold in Fleet street. Being told by a Gentleman, that he ought to make all the Discoveries of Robberies committed, he could; because 'twas doing Justice to the World, as Innocent Men might be suspected, of what he had perform'd; and also that Injur'd Persons might receive Satisfaction, as to the Persons who robb'd them, at least, if not as to their Goods lost: And being told farther, that 'twas in vain for him to fancy his Repentance was sincere, unless he was Candid and Ingenious, and took the shame due to his Offences upon himself; (whatever Ill-designing People might tell Malefactors to the contrary;) he, upon this, said, he was ready to give any Account of his Robberies that should be required of him. He declar'd, That he robb'd a Man of 4 Pounds of find Snuff, and of his Hat and Wig, by Pancrass , but being very Drunk, as he was going to rifle the Man's Pockets, he slipt backwards, and the Man ran away; he had no Pistol. The same Evening, he robb'd a Person of a Watch, near the same Place. Two Days after, they robb'd a Man and a Woman between Highgate and Holloway ; the Man of 2 s. and some Copper; the Woman of a fine Hat and Holland Apron; from whence they ran cross the Fields, and over the Ditches, fancying they should be pursu'd; but finding it otherways, they fell to robbing again about Kentish-Town . He also said, That before his Comrade and himself robb'd Mr. Cowel by Islington, he begg'd his Companion not to attack him, for he thought he knew him, and after they ad robb'd him of his Hat and Wig, was for throwing the Hat away, for fear of Discovery. The Robbery, he said, that afford'd them most Booty, was a little above 6 Weeks ago, between the Bowling-Green and the Burying Ground beyond Lambs Conduit; where they took from a single Person a Watch, some Money, a Plate-button'd Coat, a Cane, and a Wig, in value about 10 l. He remaind very desirous of taking upon himself the Robbery committed on Thomas Ackersly , of his Hautboy and Flagelet, as he came from Kentish-Town ; declaring that he robb'd him and threw the Haut boy away near the Road. Tho' he had an uncommon roughness in his Aspect and Deportment, as well as a natural Surliness in his Temper; yet when the Prospect of Death was immediately before him, he appear'd very desirous of making his Peace with God, and informing himself in the Requisities to Repentance; never that I know of Absenting from the Prayers, but preparing himself with much Care for the Reception of the Holy Sacrament before he died. 2. CHARLES PALMER , was convicted of Breaking the House of Sir John Smith , and stealing 3 Coach Glasses, value 6 l. and 7 Seats, value 4 l. He was about 28 Years of Age; born in Cambridge. Went young to wait on a Gentleman 3 Miles from New Market, and liv'd 8 Years with him; liv'd as Coachman with another Gentleman, before he came to London; thought himself happily settled as Coachman to Sir John Smith ; but blam'd his Wife, who liv'd from him, and was as Assistance to him; taking no Notice of him, till he was condemn'd, then going twice to him to learn were Money was due to him, which receiving, she wholly disappear'd, nor ever afforded him any Subsistance in his Necessities. He appear'd very Regardful of his Duty, tho' Weak and Sickly; seem'd concern'd and surpriz'd at the Thoughts of Death; yet said he had an assur'd Hope of Salvation. 3. RICHARD OXER , alias THOMAS HUDSON of St. Mary Bassing-shaw , was convicted of Breaking the House of Testard, and taking some Plate, value 4 l. 14 s. about 8 in the Morning. He was above 30 Years of Age; could neither Write or Read: Had robb'd in several Counties, till being a suspected Person there, he thought it best to hide himself in London; he broke into a House by Charing Cross , when the Watch was in sight of him; tho' he had left all his Comrades in the Country: He broke into a Gentleman's House in Thames Street , who belongs to the Sea, and stole a Tankard, some Spoons, and other Pieces of Plate. But he said, he could not recover any Person his Goods, else he would do it, before he left the World. 4. THOMAS MILKSOP , was convicted of Assaulting John Wharton , J. Freeman, Avis Freeman , &c. coming in a Coach from Belsize, between 8 and 9 in the Evening, ear the End of Fig-Lane , and taking from them all about 19 s. He was about 23 Years old; Born in the Old Bayly , put Apprentice , he said, to a Vintner, where he liv'd very pleasantly, but learnt some things not proper he thought for Boys to be acquainted with. He said, (tho' his Friends required him to keep in the Paths of Modesty and Sobriety, yet he went from the love of diverting Company, to the love of jovial Fellows and from thence to vicious Acquantaince. He said he fancyed Wright and Berrige, (executed) and us'd to Accompany them. He robb'd a Lady and her Servant beyond Highgate , of near 20 s. &c. Vetur'd once to rob a Man in a Garden, and got away before the Man dare make any Noise. He added, that when J. Reading. J. Shaw, &c. were living, he wanted not Money, could command a Horse for every Expedition; but has of late been so bad a Plunderer, that he could provide nothing but a Pistol and Bullets. He confess'd the Robbery he was convicted of, (with many others:) but said he shot not at (Roberts) the Coach-man, till he lash'd him with his Whip to the Heart, and then he shot with a Design to miss his Life: He said, when he was taken, he thrust the Purse into the Grass, to save the Money rather than to conceal the Robbery. He desir'd I would especially take Notice, that tho' he had a Wife and a Child, she never was appriz'd of his Robberies, he always composing himself at Night before he return'd to her; and express'd himself with Disatisfaction: That notwithstanding, he cohabited with other Women, and once with a Man's Wife, for which he ask'd Pardon of God and Men, and seem'd to be entirely Penitent: He said, he found nothing prosper but Virtue; nor was there any Satisfaction but in religious Duties; Qualifying himself for the Sacrament with much care, 5. JOHN CASEY , was convicted of Assaulting Michael Huny-burn, and taking from him a Watch, Value 40 s. Which was afterwards sold for 20 s. and the Money divided between Casey, Carrol, and Junks. He was was about 18 Years old, born in London, put Apprentice 130 Miles from thence, but his Master and he Quarrelling, they parted by Agreement: His Father then took him with him a Soldier, as his Brother was before: Before he took to Robbing, about half a Year ago, contrary to the Advice of his Father, and disobeying is Commands, in staying out of Nights, &c. Tho' his Father, once swore too rashly, on the Holy Bible, that if ever he stay'd out after 10 a Clock again, he would never see him more. He said, he little imagin'd, that when he accompanied his Brother to his ignominious Death, he should so soon follow himself; but his Father answer'd him, he doubted not, but 'twas for his Good, for he might have liv'd looser and dyed a worse Man. He was but ignorant, in what related to his Duty, eanrestly advised, to regard his Soul, as he expected God should regard it hereafter. 6. BENJAMIN SHAMBLER , of St. Mary le Bow ; was convicted on the new Act of Parliament, for that he feloniously receiv'd 82 l. 10 s. due to Eliz. Turner , for her Christmas Dividend, for 1650 l. South Sea Stock; he having forged a Note at the Great James Tavern , directed to Conrade de Goles , Esq ; And the Name of Eliz. Turner , being subscribed by his Brother. He said he was 22 Years of Age; served seven Years to an Haberdasher of hard Wares ; during which time, he was compleatly Happy; ask'd no Liberty but had it; and was used more like a Son, than a Servant. It was confirmed by all, that he went very constantly to Church; and took a delight in it. He also said, That his Brother would have perswade him to have gone to Mexico with him, telling him, that he himself had gotten under the South Sea Company at Mexico, 400 l. a Year; But this, Benjamin refus'd to go, answering, that he waited for his Master's Shop, who was Ancient and Infirm; Nor, was he without some Hopes of having his Masters Daughter, whom he had a real Affection for. He declared that he entirely forgave his Brother, tho' wholly induced by him to perform this Action: Adding, that he earnestly desir'd to see his Brother, in order to entreat him with his dying Words, to lead a sober Le; for he fear'd it was remote to Regularity, having been at Peru, when very Young, from whence he travell'd to Mexico; then returning to England, was fitted out by his eldest Brother for a Place u troveditor General of Port-Mahone; but soon returning again to England, went with the Ambassador to Spain. After which he travell'd again to Mexico 400 l. per Annum under the South Sea Company; but going to Jamaica. fl Sk, and spent it all. But returning once more to London, got again into Employment; but intended to have imbarked with Mr. Bret (deceas'd) for Jamaica. This Prisoner was very serious in his Duty; he said, he wish'd he might be Transported for 21 Years, more, or more, to prevent the Disgrace of his Family, and the sorrow of his Mother; but if his Death would benefit the Nation, he submitted with Satisfaction. He read to Oxer, and reprov'd Wilson, for his Behaviour; and excited Mr. Brisden to his Duty; and also set Psalms to 'em as oft as he could induce them to regard that part of their Duty. But tho' he was at first very averse to Death, as Death appear'd he grew less and less uneasie at it, being ready he hoped he (said) to leave Care and Trouble for eternal Peace and Quiet. 7. ARTHUR HUGHS , was condemn'd for Assaulting Jane Young in Panton Street about 10 at Night, and taking a Pocket, and a Handkerchief and Nine Shillings. He said the Stick he carry'd in his Sleeve on those Occasions, was with intent to Stun those they robb'd, and serv'd better than a Pistol, because it made no Noise. He denyed that the 3 Men, who sate on the Bench with him, were appriz'd before-hand of his intent to rob any one. That when he Robb'd Mr. Honibourn, with J. Casey in Mr. Masons Skettle-yard at Pimblicoe . They did not push the Man down the Sellar, who was robb'd, but he fell down, there being a great Croud of People. 8. ROBERT WILKINSON , of St. James's Clarkenwell , was condemn'd, (with James Lincoln ) for the Murder of Peter Martin , Pensioner of Chelsea-College , near Hide Park-wall ; Wilkinson seizing the Deceised, as Lincoln knock'd him down for crying out; and afterwards taking him up, and leading him on, while Wilkinson prick'd him behind with his Sword to make him Advance; till William Lock , ask'd 'em, How Martin could go on, for he was Dead? They were also convicted of Robbing F. Clark in his Chair, about 11 at Night, between Covent-Garden and Conduit-Street ; Wilkinson standing with a Pistol over one Chair-man, Carrol (who escaped) over the other, while V. Carrick, (executed,) robb'd the Gentleman of a Sword, and 10 s. and Wilkinson firing a Pistol at a Woman, who called Thieves, out of a Window; which broke the Window, but miss'd her: Wilkinson was convicted also of 3 other Robberies on the High-way, in all five. This Malefactor was about 35 Years old; not bred to any Business, but living at large; his honestest Employment being Combating at Hockley in the Hole, where all Men were surpriz'd at his Strength of Limbs, tho' small in Size. He was of a Mind most Desperate, and equal to any Mischief. Among those he robb'd was one of a Publick House in Ivy-Lane: Two Gentlemen, on Horseback, on this side Highgate, of Two Watches, and about 40 s. in Money, in Company with Shaw and Berridge (executed.) But he denyed, that when he told the Person in Fig Lane, he knock'd him backwards into the Ditch, designing there to Throtle him, had not one of his Companions held his Arm, while the Person himself pleaded that he was Unarmed, and that they had nothing to fear from him, but might use him as they would. When first Condemn'd, he was somewhat Free and and Candid; but towards the last, would confess nothing. Being Refuse the Sacrament for his Behaviour, (denying peremptorily that he knew any thing of the Murder of Peter Marting.) He said, that if he might not go to Heaven as the rest did, he hoped to go by himself. At the Tree, he spoke to the People (as did also J. Lincoln) Protesting He was no Way concern'd in the Murder, nor ever knew Lincoln before apprehended; adding, he did not value Hanging in Chains, but had no business to tell Lyes to make himself Guilty before he died. This he spoke, as he was able for Faintness, having Fasted three Days and three Nights before his Execution, both from Victuals and Drink. 9. JAMES LINCOLN , was also convicted of the Murder of the said Peter Martin , Pensioner of Chelsea College : He was something younger, and of a Nature something more soften'd with Humanity, then his Comrade Wilkinson: He mention'd several Robberies, but none remarkable, committed between Hamp-stead , Tottenham , and Pancrass ; on Foot commonly; and sometimes, only with a Sick; he said, he never got above 4 l. at a Time. They robb'd Esquire Fielding, near Hide-Park Well , of a Watch, some Gold, &c. He also said, That had he a golden Earth, and ow'd so much to injur'd People, he would most freely and gladly restore it to them; but he had nothing to restore. They had form'd a Conspiracy, to robb his Grace the Duke of New-Castle of his George, which being fasten'd to the Garter, they expected easily to have perform'd the Fact; that they waited (I think) 4 Nights, near the Pump, at the End of Queen street, expecting his Grace to return from Court, on the Collar-Day. At the Tree he also deny'd the murder of the Pensioner; said, he forgave William Lock , tho' he had taken his Life; and added, at last, that he dyed a Roman Catholick. 10. WILLIAM HADDEN , was convicted of Returning from Transportation, before the Expiration of 14 Years. He was 32 Years of Age; born in Kent of mean, but honest Parents; who yet took no great Care to instruct him in Letters. He receiv'd the Sarcament with a Multitude of Tears, and left the World with the more earnest Expressions, and loud Invocations to Heaven. 11. EWARD MIRES , was convicted also of Returning from Transportation, &c. He was 17 Years old, born 10 Miles from London, sent thither to be 'Prentice to a Sawyer ; after 3 Years, ran into Kent ; got to be Receiver of the Turnpike on Deptford Road : Not liking the Trouble, left it: Robb'd a Sweetheart of a Ring, which he gave to another Sweetheart Lodg'd in Southwark; in Company, they talk'd how an old Woman had thriv'd, who had liv'd over against 'em; he watched the old Woman one Day saw her go out, got into her House thro' the back Yard, stole Spoons, Rings, no Linnen; being taken, a Coral was found upon him; his Character was so good before the Justice, that he promis'd to assist him at Maidstone Assizes, tho' he was forc'd to commit him, but yet he was there convicted; Transported. He said at first they were chain'd down in Darkness in the Ship, but afterwards serv'd on Deck being useful: But fell to a severe Master on the Coast of America , having only a Shirt and Skins ty'd for Shoes, and Indian Corn to eat. He was sold to a Carpenter, for 15 l. travell'd from one Plantation to another, 3800 Miles Westward, liv'd by Anapolis; travell'd to the Borders of Canada , got there about Christmas, before the Harvest of their Indian Corn. He was mindful of his Duty. AT the Tree, all Confest their Offences but Wilkinson and Lincoln. Milsop hop'd (he said) none would reflect on his Innocent Parents; hop'd God would pardon his great Sin in shooting his Pistol into the Coach he robb'd by Fig-Lane before ever he spoke; and also abusing a single Woman by Cane Wood , whom he first robb'd of an Apron, Necklace, &c. Haden deliver'd me a Paper before he dy'd Containing, I liv'd honestly, till 5 Years ago, drinking with some Friends, to Excess, one slipt out, without paying his Share; we mist him, followed him Home; he being in Bed, we took his Clock, and pawn'd it at the said Ale-house, for 8 s. About a Year after, he took me up, from my Work, had me Cast at Maidstone Assizes, for Transportation. Being in the Ship the Transports mutinied; I standing on the Deck, was push'd over Board, but taken up a-live; returning to London, was taken, and am to dye: I pray God pardon all who have injured me, especially the Captain, who knew me Innocent of the Mutiny. W. Hadden The Paper that was deliver'd to me, just after the Morning Sermon, the Day before they dyed, by Wilson, must be inserted after the Account of Mr. Brinsden, for want of Room here N. B. The Account of Matthias Brinsden who Murdered his Wife, being very Large, and Remarkable (in particular as to the Incest of his Daughter) we are obliged to refer it to a single Paper, which will be published Too-morrow, about 12 o-Clock. Note, if any Paper should come out concerning Mr. Brinsden besides what is Printed by me John Applebee , is spurious and false. T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE SIX MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN On Monday the Sixteenth of APRIL, 1753. BEING THE Fourth EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir Crisp Gascoyne , Knt . LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER III. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and C. CORBETT, over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street, the only authorised Printers of the Dying Speeches. M.DCC.LIII. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir Crisp Gascoyne , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; Mr. Justice Wright, Mr. Justice Gundry, Mr. Baron Adams, William Moreton Esq ; Recorder , and others of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer of the City of London, and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Baily , on Wednesday the Twenty-first, Thursday the Twenty-second, Friday the Twenty-third, Saturday the Twenty-fourth, and Monday the Twenty-sixth of February, in the Twenty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, John Jetter , Charles Sickamore , Mary Squires , Edward McManning , Grace Weedon , Isabella Roe , and John Higgons , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. Their Behaviour since Conviction was quiet, and their Appearance at Prayer and Chapel, such as in general become Persons sensible of their approaching End, and McManning being a Roman Catholick , a Gentleman of that Communion attended him. On Wednesday the Tenth Instant the Report of seven Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder, to His Majesty in Council, when he was pleas'd to order John Jetter , Charles Sickamore , Grace Weedon , Isabella Roe , John Higgons , and Edward McManning , for Execution on Monday the 16th Instant. Mary Squires was ordered at the same Time, to be respited for six Weeks . 1. Edward McManning , otherwise Howard , otherwise James Farrol , was indicted for that he, on the 8th of February, about the Hour of Eight in the Night, the Dwelling-house of John Showers , Esq ; did break and enter, one Velvet Coat, Value 8 l. one Pair of Velvet Breeches, one Cloth Coat with Gold Lace, one other Coat with Metal Buttons, gilt with Gold, one Coat, one Surtout Coat, one Frock, one Waistcoat, one Cloth Frock, one Gold Brocaded Waistcoat, one Silk Waistcoat, one Worsted Waistcoat, one Cloth Waistcoat, two Pair of Silk Breeches, two Pair of Worsted Breeches, two Pair of Leather Breeches, two Pair of Silk Hose, three Pair of Worsted Hose, two Pair of Thread ditto, ten Linen Shirts, five Muslin Neckcloths, work'd with Needle-work, thirty Ells of Linen Cloth, one Pair of Sheets, one Pillowbier, two Linen Table-Cloths, three Napkins, one Gold Laced Hat, three other Hats, one Pair of Boots, one Pair of Shoes, three other Pair of Shoes, one Sword with a gilded Hilt, one Gold Ring set with a Chrystal Stone, and two Diamond Sparks, one Silver Tobacco-Box, two Silver Table Spoons, four Silver Tea-Tongs, the Goods of John Showers , Esq ; did steal, take, and carry away . 2. John Jetter , was indicted for returning from Transportaion before the Expiration of his Time . 3. Mary Squires , was indicted, for that she, on the 2d of January, in the Dwelling-House of Susannah Wells , Widow , on Elizabeth Canning , Spinster , did make an Assault, putting her in Corporal Fear, and Danger of her Life, one Pair of Stays, Value 10 s. the Property of the said Elizabeth, from her Person, in the said Dwelling-house, did steal, take, and carry away . 4. Charles Sickamore , was indicted, for that he, together with Joseph Hall , and Jonathan Ward , not yet taken, on the first of December, about the Hour of Seven in the Night, the Dwelling-House of William Grubb did break and enter, one Cloth Coat, Value 2 s. one Flannel Waistcoat, Value 6 d. one Pair of Leather Breeches, two Linen Shifts, one Stuff Gown, two Quilted Petticoats, and one Perriwig, the Goods of the said William, did steal, &c , 5. John Higgons , was indicted, for that he, together with Thomas Hayes , not yet taken, and others, on the 30th of December, about One in the Night, the Dwelling-House of Edward Blake did break and enter, and steal out thence fifteen Pewter Dishes, thirty-six Pewter Plates, twenty-three Quart Pots, three Pewter Quart Tankards, seventeen Pewter Plates, one Table-Cloth, three Blankets, and several other Goods of the said Edward . 6, 7. Grace Weedon , and Isabella Roe , Spinster s, were indicted, for that they, on the King's Highway, on Jane King did make an Assault, putting her in Corporal Fear, and Danger of her Life, and stealing one Ticken Pocket, Value 1 d. one Iron Key, Value 2 d. one Penknife, Value 1 d. one Brass Thimble, Value one Half-penny, from her Person, January the 29th . 1. Edward McManning , was about 30 Years of Age, born in Ireland , and I think, when I had the Liberty of speaking to him, he said he was born in the City of Dublin . He was the Offspring of Parents, who were Irish Catholicks , and was bred such himself, as far as I can understand. He was initiated into the World in Capacity of a Gentleman's Servant , and was so to the last Days of his being at large, before he was detected for the Fact for which he suffered; in all Probability very deservedly too, since the Verdict of Conviction was quite agreeable to the Evidence produced in Court against him. As to his Method of Life, I cannot be expected to give any farther Account of it, than the Nature of the Evidence against him will admit of: I would wish to give no other than what the appearing Truth, and my Observation of him would bear me out in. And, as I must give some Account, tho' he was under the Care of one, from whom I could expect no Particulars, what I do here say of him is no more than is agreeable to the Nature of the Evidence, and what induced the Jury of the Country to bring him in guilty upon their impartial Enquiry. When I had the Honour of speaking to him about a Day or two after Conviction, he denied the whole Charge against him; and insinuated, that others committed the Robbery, and laid the Fault upon him. What he has said since, is best known to the Gentleman that attended him, to prepare him for his approaching Fate; he is the best acquainted, whether the Sufferer owned the Justice of his Sentence, or no. By his outward Deportment, both at his Trial, and to the End of his Days, he seemed to be an unworthy and audacious Son of Hibernia, of a bold and undaunted Spirit. His Guilt appearing so plain as it did before the Court, where he was tried, could be no Cause of undaunted Resolution; but rather, I should think, of Humility and Dejection; tho' he left the World with all the seeming Composure of a Person who had not deserved such an ignominious End. When I had the Honour of speaking to him, upon asking him generally Questions, which, in my humble Opinion, I thought would not give any Offence, he behaved with such uncommon Insolence, as I never before met with; God knows, I wish him as well as it he behaved otherwise; but whether this arose from his natural untoward Disposition of Mind, or from Instructions he received before Conviction, I take not upon me to determine. However, for the Fact laid in the Indictment, committed on the 8th of February last, he was had before a Justice on the 9th. When, being ask'd what he had to say for himself; he replied, that a Woman robb'd Mr. Showers's Lodgings, and gave the Goods to him to sell. Being ask'd what Woman, he made no Answer; but applying himself to Captain Showers, desired, that as he had recovered most of his Things again, he would not send him to Jail. This was sufficient Argument of Guilt, no doubt, to procure his Commitment; for Captain Showers, by the Direction of Persons, whom M'Manning had employed to carry off the Goods, did recover most of them, and they were partly stolen by him. He had the Key of the Door intrusted with him, and had he been honest, he would not have sent away the Woman, who was hired to clean the House; but his Intent being to rob it, and betray the Trust reposed in him, he would not let her stay that Day to do it, but insinuated, the next Day would be more convenient. He got rid of her, that he might have the better Opportunity to put his wicked Design in Practice. And, tho' before the Justice, he pretends a Woman robbed the House, and employed him to sell the Goods, yet, upon his Trial, his Memory fail'd him, and he would have laid the Blame on a Soldier, who was the Means of detecting him. This is frequently the Case of such unhappy Persons, who have a bad Cause to manage. To-day they endeavour to shew their Innocence by one Argument and Pretence; but being called upon a few Days after, the Story being false, and not fix'd in the Mind, as Truth always is, they fly for Refuge to another Sort of Attempt to cloak their Guilt, and they betray their own Cause: And this not designedly, for Truth, being what must come to Light, it some how breaks forth, either by voluntary or involuntary Behaviour or Discourse. M'Manning's surly Disposition was discovered by most who saw his Exit, and he died an Irish Catholick . 2. Isabella Roe , aged 20, was born at Stafford , and having no Education, was bred a Servant . She lived with her Parents till within a Year or two, and since she came to Town, says, she liv'd in two or three reputable Families. She says, she never did any Thing amiss in her Services, tho' she did not stay long in a Place. Of late, she owns, she has been loose and disorderly, and has been a Night-walker with Weedon, &c. She seemed to be one of a mild Disposition, however Liquor and Resentment had prevailed on her to assault Jane King on that unhappy Night they met together, which laid a Plan for her Destruction in this World. Roe says, she had known Weedon about six Weeks, tho' they had no great Intimacy; but it appears they had too much, for either of their own Advantages. And she tells her Story as follows: Viz. That they all three met together in Russel-street , and that the Prosecutrix struck her first, and she struck her again, and repeated her Blows; but says, she had not the least Thought of robbing her, or any Body else, but they were walking to see if they could meet with any one, whom to pick-up, and persuade to enentertain them. She says, she never saw the Pocket, till Weedon sent it to the Round-house . When the Watch came up, she says, she charg'd the Prosecutrix, and the Prosecutrix charg'd her, and being both taken together, the Prosecutrix had a Mind to make it up; but some Whispers pass'd between her and the Watch, which she says, together with some provoking Words Weedon spoke to her, incensed her to swear the Robbery against her. When they were brought to the Justice's House, Roe says, some People who stood by, said to the Prosecutrix, Don't go to take away the Lives of two such young Creatures. She then said, says Roe, she did not charge me with any Thing but striking her; but while I had sent for Bail, as directed, Weedon said somewhat to her which she did not like, with Regard to her Way of Life, and then she was resolved to swear a Robbery against us both, saying, Weedon robbed her of her Pocket, and Roe stood by and beat her. Accordingly she did swear it, and they were committed. Both Roe and Weedon behaved well during the Time between Conviction and Execution; and tho' both were unhappily ignorant, yet, by a daily Exercise of Prayer, and other Methods, their Understanding was so far enlarged as to see, that, for their wicked Lives, it pleased God to suffer them to be thus afflicted; and they wept, and prayed heartily to God for his Grace, and the Assistance of his Holy Spirit, to enable them to repent truly of their former Sins. The Character of these two poor Girls was undoubtedly bad, and that appeared upon the Evidence, from being walking the Streets between One and Two o'Clock in the Morning, as the Prosecutrix herself related the Matter. The poor Girls frequently mentioned the Prosecutrix in a bad Light; but however that be, one would wish her Character sufficient to defeat any Supposition of her prosecuting rather for the Sake of a Reward, than for the Sake of Justice; because it is by her Means the Law has deprived the two Girls of Life. 3. Grace Weedon , aged 29, was born at Hendon in Middlesex , of poor honest Parents, as she says, whose Circumstances were not sufficient to give her any Education. Her Mother died when all the Children were young, and the Father not being quite so careful after her Death as their Wants required, she was provided for some Time by the Parish, till such Time as she grew big enough to work for herself, to get a Livelihood. It seems she was always looked upon as of an untoward and ill-disposed Mind, unlucky and graceless, before she left her own Home, where she was born; but unhappily proved much worse after she came to London ; her Residence here having always been in or near Drury-Lane , and her Course of Life wicked and debauched, as she herself acknowledged, adding these Words; that had she taken the Advice of her Brother, and other poor Relations, she never should have come to such an untimely and sorrowful End. Tho' she acknowledged herself bad, and her Ways have been so, yet she denied to the last her being guilty of the Robbery for which she suffered; and represented the Affair as arising only from some Words which passed between her and the Prosecutrix. Weedon says she was drinking in her Company for some Time, about a Month before this Matter happened, which she has paid so dear for. She says, that the Time the Prosecutrix charged her with the Robbery, shedid meet her, and asked her to give her a Dram. The Prosecutrix refused to give her any; upon which Words arose between them, which came to hard Names, and at last to Blows. Weedon damned her, and told Roe of it; upon which, says she, Roe said, Won't she? Then I'll box her; and accordingly gave her a Blow or two, and the Prosecutrix returned it to Roe. The Watch being called, two of them came up, and Roe was taken, and, together with the Prosecutrix, who charged each other for an Assault, was taken to the Round-house . There the Prosecutrix declared she had been robb'd of her Pocket by a Woman, who took it off from her Side, but pretended not to know her. She described her by a Cast in her Eye, and Roe said it was Grace; and she was sent to for the Pocket, which she sent, and was afterwards fetched herself. They were almost come to an Agreement to make it up, before they left the Round-house, and when carried to the Justice's House, they seemed so inclined to do; but while their Friends were gone for, Weedon happened to say something to the Prosecutrix, concerning their former Acquaintance, and with Respect to her Life and Manners; upon which she flew in a Passion, says Weedon, and said she would swear a Robbery against us both. She says Minutes were taken of her Deposition against them, and being laid before the Justice, and she sworn to them, they were committed to Gaol. To the last she denied tearing the Pocket from the Prosecutrix's Side, and gave no other Account how she came by it, but, as she did upon her Defence, she said she kicked it before her, and took it up. 4. Charles Sickamore , was a Youth of about nineteen Years of Age, likely, tall, and strait, and of a healthy Complection and Aspect. He was born in the Town of Cambridge, in St. Michael's Parish , and was bred a Brick and Tile-maker with his Father. He says he was Servant to a Gentleman of Trinity-College in that University; and tho' he was a little wild and unlucky, yet the Gentleman thought proper to keep him three Years, till he died; and the unhappy Youth was then out of Business: And the Trade he was bred to being scarce, he got his Father acquainted with it, who, at that Time, worked at Brick and Tile-making, at a Place called the Brill , in the Way to Pancras ; so his Father sent for him out of the Country, to come up to him; which he did, he says, about Michaelmas last was Twelvemonth. About six Months ago his Father went back to Cambridge, and left him in Business; and so, by what I can find of him, he continued till about a Fortnight before he was taken up. He was known to Hall, executed, and Ward, not taken; and he knew them about six Weeks, but no Intimacy was between him and them, he says, till about five or six Days before this Robbery was committed for which he died. Hall and he had worked together, and Ward used to come to Hall; and at last, Work not being to brisk as it had been, Sickamore had a little idle Time, and going into the Fields with them, was, by theirPersuasion; induced to engage with them in their Wickedness. He says he was concerned with them in stealing Lead from several Houses about Islington ; and that, while he was concerned with them, they lost no Time. He says he never was concerned with them, or any Body else, in robbing on the Highway, nor ever attempted a House before. He owns he went out with them that Day the Indictment mentions, and after having spent all their Money, they resolved to rob on the Highway, or commit any other Robbery that should offer; but that they met Nobody whom they thought worth while, or whom they dared attack. At last, he says, as they were all three sauntering up and down the Fields, they came in their Walks by the Prosecutrix's House. He declares they had no particular Design upon that House, but were accidentally induced to rob it. For, says he, just as we came by the House, a Parish-Boy came from an Alehouse over the Way, where the Prosecutrix then was, to tell her two Daughters to go over to her. They three were at the Door when the Daughters came out, and hearing one of them say to the other, How shall we fasten the Door? and the other reply, Pull it after you, there is no Danger; set their Wits immediately to work, who were come out with a Design to rob. He acknowledges that they took the Goods out of the House, as the Indictment sets forth, and every of them for aught he knows. He acknowledges therefore the Justice of his Suffering, behaved well, and seemed frequently to weep, and lament sorely. He had been tried with Hall, and no doubt, executed with him, but at that Sessions happened to be extremely ill, and could not be brought to take his Trial. He appeared all along to be of a gentle Disposition, and but for the falling into such bad Company as he did, he had never thus engaged to his Destruction. He said, he was pleased with Work, nor had his Mind suggested any Thoughts of Thievery, till he became engaged with them by Means of their Solicitations to it. He all along declared himself guilty of the Robbery in general, and that he was one of those who did it; but still to the last declared, there was no Lock, nor Latch to the Door, and only a Bar to fasten it; so that when all the People were out of the House, there was no such Thing as shutting the Door to make it fast. He says Hall brought out most of the Goods, and he and Ward assisted in carrying away, and selling them. Hall, an old Offender, told where Sickamore might be taken, and he was found in Fleet-street . Being brought before the Justice, he own'd the Fact, and wanted to be admitted an Evidence; but not being able to make large Discoveries, it was not worth while to get him admitted, but he was committed. He was betrayed by him he said, who first persuaded him to steal. When he found all Hopes of saving Life was lost, he wept grievously, and said with seeming Sincerity and Heartiness, if it pleased God he might live longer, he should be glad, but since he must die, he was comforted, for that he had no greater Burden of such Kind to bear. He expressedhimself sorry for what he had done amiss; and seeing what Wretchedness and Danger he had brought himself into, by transgressing the Laws of God, he owned the Justice of his Sentence, and died resigned to the Will of Providence, trusting in his Mercies, through Christ. 5. John Jetter , was about 50 Years of Age, was born of Parents to whom he was the Occasion of great Grief, and was thought to have been a Means of hastening his Father's Death, having been known to use him very ill even from his Childhood. He was born, or brought very young into the Parish of Christ-Church , Surry , where his Father kept the Three Tuns and Leg Alehouse , on the Broad Wall , with whom he liv'd in Idleness, minding nothing but Gaming, and Tricking those he could take in. And it is currently reported, that he has been seen, when young, to beat his Father, because he would not supply him with more Money, to support his Gaming and idle Expences. He began his Tricks very young; for when he was about Eight or Nine Years old, he stole a Hen, and the whole Brood of Chickens, Nest and all, from a Neighbour, which were never return'd again. When he was about Thirteen, he stole some Cloth out of a Scotch Pedlar's Pack, while his Back was turned, at his Father's own House, where the Man came to rest himself, and drink a Draught of Beer. When he was grown up to Manhood, he took an Alehouse, now the Windmill , in Palace-Garden-Lane , in the same Parish, where he played Tricks, and did many wicked Exploits. He was always very diligent in finding out the Young and Unwary, whom he might practise upon; and one Day he laid hold of a Neighbour's Apprentice, who was just returned from Sea with some Money. Jetter happened to meet with him as he landed at the Stairs, got him into his House, and being dextrous at the Game called Cribbidge, became possessed of all the Sailor's Money before his Master saw him. From this House Jetter removed to another in the same Parish, where his Wife turned Washerwoman. Of this her new Trade he was cunning enough to make an Advantage; and in order to carry on his Tricks, and raise Money, he was used to go to Rag-Fair , and buy as many cast-off ruffled Shirts as he could pick up; then his Wife must wash, iron, and set them off to the best Advantage: Which done, he would carry them to pawn, and sometimes for more Money than they cost; because he would not suffer them to be examined, and said, that as they were made fit for Gentlemen's Wear, they must not be tumbled; and his Wife would call before the Week was out, to redeem them, in order to carry them Home to her Masters, Gentlemen that lived in the City; and that she was gone there to raise Money to redeem them. And thus he went on for some Time, till he became too well known to all the Pawnbrokers on Surry Side of the Water. There was one Wm. W-g-ff, who lived on the Bank-side, that had a Horse, and no convenient Place to keep him in. Jetter & he were acquainted; and he toldhim one Day, that he was welcome to put him into his Ground, where his Wife dried her Cloaths, there being good Grass in it. The Man thanked him, and accordingly brought his Horse. This gave Jetter an Opportunity frequently to ride out, and sometimes he was missing for Days. When the Man came to take away his Horse, Jetter told him he must pay for the Oats and Beans he had eaten; and brought in so large a pretended Bill, that the Owner thought it the cheapest Way to let him have the Horse, rather than pay for his keeping. Jetter's Landlord, who lived in the same Parish, could neither get the Rent, nor his House quitted; so that at last he was provoked to make a Seizure, and put a Man in Possession. Upon this, Jetter went over the Water, and returning in the Evening, thro' the Window shewed the Man a Handful of Counters at a Distance, bidding him call his Master, and he would pay him off. While the Man went to fetch the Landlord Jetter got in, fastened the Door, and took Possession of the House; and the Landlord was obliged to let him live there as long as he pleased. Sometimes he has passed for a Merchant , and has bought Quantities of Goods, such as Shoes for Sea, Watches, and divers other Things, where either his Word or Note would pass. Having invented Schemes to get into Possession of the Goods, he was not to be found; but his Wife, who was a suitable Helpmate to him, had cheap Pennyworths to dispose of. Once upon a Time as he was setting in a Coffee-House, he observed two Cheesemongers in Discourse about where they bought their Goods. One said, he had lately had a Parcel of such a wholesale Dealer in Thames-street, which did not answer so well as he expected. The other desired he would try him again, saying he was a very just Trader, &c. Jetter having picked up the Names, and Places of Abode, wrote a Letter to the wholesale Trader in the Nam of one of those he had sat in the Coffee-House with, for another Parcel, and sent it by one C - nn - n a Waterman, who could not read. The Order was answered, and the Cheese put into the Waterman's Boat, who carried them to Hungerford Stairs , near to the Place where the Cheesemonger hv'd. Jetter being there ready to receive the Cheese, secured it to his own Use. And at another Time be play'd a Trick of the same Sort, and had a Parcel from another wholesale Dealer, by such another Stratagem, which were brought by Thomas G - t - r a Waterman, and landed at Queenhithe . The Watermen are looked upon to be honest Men, not in the Secret, and imposed upon by Jetter, who was not then so well known. And now altho' he had a Wife and three Children by her, he ventured to court a Widow at the Crown Alehouse in Broad-street, and by passing for a great Whitster in Christ-Church Parish , he obtained her Consent, and they were married accordingly. He soon after began to remove the Effects off the Premises. When the Woman once perceived how her Affairs were circumstantiated, she was not long before she was too fully convinced of her being villainously deluded. The Artifice he made Use of to gain her Consent was this; he took her over the Water with him, and shew'd her a large Whitster's Ground, which he, with all the Assurance imaginable, asserted was all his own; the too credulous Woman, not mistrusting the Deception, imagined that she had made an advantageous Alliance, but soon found, to her Cost, that she had been most shamefully deluded. Upon this, his first Wife went to Westminster, and on a Trial there, swearing that she was never married to him, he gain'd his Cause, and thereupon he returned Home with his new Consort, in Triumph, and liv'd with her till he had totally accomplish'd her Ruin. After this Scene of Villainy was over, he went away, and cohabited with his first perjur'd Wife, who was one after his own Heart. It was not long however, before he abandon'd her likewise; and finding herself unexpectedly distrest, went with Resentment, before a Justice, and swore, without the least Reserve, that she was his true and lawful Wife; upon which voluntary Affidavit, the Parish of Christ-Church, on whom she had been a Burden for some Time, acquitted themselves of a chargeable Member: For upon Jetter's having taken a House in Leaden-hall-street , they sent her away with a Pass to that Parish, and in the Work-house belonging thereto she soon after ended her Days. Upon his taking Possession of the Publick-House just mentioned, he gave a Note for all the Effects and Furniture thereof, payable three Days after Date; during which Interval, he sold off every Thing upon the Premises, by Auction, and secreted himself before his Note became due. Before this notorious Fraud was committed, he had been for some Time a Waiter at a Tavern in Ironmonger-lane , which put him upon forming the above Project, and even that he quitted with Disgrace; for he was violently suspected of having clandestinely carried off a Silver Cup, and of which it is highly probable he was guilty, tho' he denied it. After this he was taken up for a fresh Robbery, and sent directly to Newgate ; soon after which he was tried and cast for Transportation. But he had no sooner found Means to get into Newgate , than he began to lay a Scheme how he should get out again. His Sons had Access to him among the Common Side Felons, and one Sunday his elder Son was with him, who had on a great Coat. Jetter improved this Opportunity, and when the Doors were opened to let the Prisoners go up to Chappel from their several Parts of the Jail, he put on his Son's red great Coat, and going down into the Common Side Debtors Apartments, passed out at the Gate where the Begging-Box hangs; for the Debtors Turnkey little thinking of a Felon coming that Way, took him for a Stranger, and let him pass. He was wanting some Time, and skulked about from Place to Place, till he got down to Wapping, where he was known by a Waterman and stopped, while Word was sent to Mr. Akerman, who went down and brought him Home. In October Sessions following, 1746, he was tried for robbing one Morgan of a Guinea; and being convicted received Sentence of Transportation for seven Years. And here we cannot help taking notice of a Scheme Jetter even then invented to save himself from going Abroad. After Sentence of Transportation was passed on him he made an Information against two Persons, in which he charged them with robbing the Mail. The Persons were taken up, but when Examination was, had the Post-Boy knew neither of them; and Jetter having laid in his Information, that himself held theHorses behind a Hedge near a Gate: The Post-boy deposed there was neither Hedge nor Gate near the Place were he was robbed; so the two Persons were discharged with Honour. This Robbery afterwards appeared to be that for which Gabriel Tomkins was committed to Newgate , and being removed to Bedford , was there executed for the same. So that all this Story was only in Hopes to get the King's Pardon by being admitted an Evidence; nor cared he who was hanged, so he escaped. However, he was safely transported accordingly; but not liking his new Situation, in less than a Twelvemonth he found Means to make his Escape, and get safe to London . One of the first Pranks he played after his Return, was the following Bite. Being at an Alehouse in Abchurch-lane , in Company with his Son John , he called for a Tankard of Porter; but as it was Summer Time, and a sultry hot Day, they thought proper to sit at the Door, for the Benefit (as they pretended) of the Air. As soon as the Tankard was out they called to pay; and when the Waiter attended them, the former, with his wonted Assurance, gave him a Counter instead of a Guinea, to be exchanged: The Waiter having no Mistrust, went into the Bar to his Master for Change; but in the Interim both of them vanished on a sudden, and very dextrously carried off the Tankard. Soon after this lucky Exploit he took Boat, in order to cross the Water, and perceiving the Man who plied him look with an Air of Dejection; 'Prithee, Friend, said he, what 'makes you look so disconsolate To-day?' 'Why, Sir, replied he, to tell you the 'Truth, I owe my Landlord a little Money 'for Rent, and as I am very sensible I am 'not able to raise the Sum he insists upon, 'I expect to have my Goods seized Tomorrow.' 'Upon that Jetter enquired who his hard-hearted Landlord was. 'One Mr. 'M -, Sir, replied the Waterman, a 'Coal-Merchant, at Lambeth.' 'Well, 'then, said Jetter, you seem to be a very 'honest Fellow tho' you're poor, and since 'your Case is so urgent, I'll go with you 'to him, and for once stand your Friend, 'tho' a Stranger.' Accordingly, as soon as they landed, they went together to the Landlord's House, where Jetter very courteously discharged the Waterman's Debt, and tho' neither of them knew each other, very charitably ordered Mr. M - to lay the poor honest Man in a Score of Coals, for which he would promise to be his Pay-master; and told him, at the same Time, that the Man might probably sell great Part of them amongst his Neighbours, and be thereby enabled to become a better Tenant for the Time to come. Mr. -, not in the least suspecting Jetter, very readily agreed to send in the Coals pursuant to his Order. Our Sharper had nothing more to do but to send Carts to take them away, which were sent in a Day or two accordingly. When he got them once in his Possession, he could afford to send them to as cheap a Market as any Trader whomsoever upon the River. Not long after this successful Imposition, another Occurrence offered, which our Sharper very readily embraced. A Clergyman at some Distance from the City of London, had a Son who was an Invalid, and advertised that he wanted, for that Reason, a small Estate for his Maintenance and Support, in Case of his own Decease. Jetter, without the least Hesitation, pitch'd upon a forg'd Name, of a very substantial Esquire, in the West, who was possessed of an Estate, in or near London, that would answer, in every Respect, the End proposed. Soon after our Sharper went down to the Village where the Clergyman lived, and put up at the best Inn in the Place, with his Son John, who personated his Valet. As Jetter frequented Church very punctually, was soon taken Notice of by the Parson, who invited him to his House, and inform'd him that he wanted to buy a small Estate forhis Son. Jetter told him, he had one to dispose of that would come very near the Sum which he proposed to advance; and gave him Directions where to send a Line, or two, to London, about it. He sent several Letters accordingly, and received very satisfactory Answer that there was an Esquire of the Name mention'd, that had such an Estate in his Hands, and was inclin'd to part with it; which was in Reality true, tho' Jetter was the fictitious Esquire. Jetter pretended he was going a long Journey; but was oblig'd to postone it till he should see a Merchant, who was to meet him there before he could proceed; but that he had just receiv'd a Letter from him, wherein he gave an Account that he was under an absolute necessity of absenting himself from him longer than he intended, on Account of some Letters he expected from some of his foreign Correspondents, and that they would be of great Importance and would require immediate Answers. Whereupon Jetter pretended that he had not Money sufficient about him to defray the Expences of his intended Journey, and therefore should be oblig'd to him, if he would advance him 40 Guineas, that he might not be delay'd any longer; and that the Loan might be settled and adjusted when they met to treat about the Estate. The Clergyman readily complied with his Request, but the Affair remains unsettled to this Day. Thus he went on till the End of the Summer 1750, and in September following was apprehended and committed to the Gatehouse , from whence he was brought to Newgate , and there for Security confined in one of the Cells. And he brought a load of Detainers along with him. He was committed to the Gatehouse by the Name of John Clark , otherwise John Hill , otherwise William Kinsman , otherwise William Butler , on Oath of John Mattam , for publishing a forged and counterfeit promissory Note to the said Mattam, under the Name of John Haywood , for the Sum of 8 l. 8 s. DETAINERS. 1. Detained on Oath of William Bale , for publishing a forged and counterfeit Note to the said Bale, for the Sum of 8 l. 8 s. 2. Detained on Oath of Alexander Fell , for publishing a forged and counterfeit promissory Note to the said Fell, for the Sum of 8 l. 8 s. 3. Detained on Oath of Bartholomew Lister , for publishing a forged and counterfeit promissory Note to the said Lister, for 8 l. 8 s. 4. Detained on Oath of William Clewer , for publishing, &c. to the said Clewer for the Sum of 10 l. 10. s. 5. Detained on Oath of William Bagnall , for publishing, &c. to the said Bagnall for the Sum of 8 l. 8 s. 6. Detained on Oath of Thomas Bramwell , for publishing, &c. to the said Bramwell for the Sum of 8 l. 8 s. 7. Detained on Oath of George Frost , for publishing &c. to the said George Frost , for the Sum of 8 l. 8 s. 8. Detained on Oath of William Griffiths , for publishing, &c. to the said William Griffiths , for the Sum of 8 l. 8 s. 9. Detained on Oath of Edward Vernon , for giving the said Vernon a forged and counterfeit Warrant, or Order, for Payment of the Sum of 5 Guineas. 10. Detained on Oath of George May , for returning from Transportation before his Time. The Manner in which he defrauded those Victuallers and Publicans, who brought the abovemention'd Detainers against him, was as follows, and one Account, to avoid prolixity, may serve for all. He would take care to go to some Public-house, where Nobody knew him, and desire the Landlord to shew him a private Room, pretending that he had Abundance of Business to transact, for several Days, at that End of the Town; charging the Landlord, at the same Time, if any Body came, and enquired for Capt. Clarke, Hill, Kinsman, Butler, Hayward, or whatever other Name he thought proper to assume for that Day, not only to shew him the Room, but to come with him. He would soon spread a Table with Books, Papers, a Purse of Counters, &c. Soon after this, by Appointment, comes in his Son John, and asks for Capt. -, who was ushered into the Room in the Habit of a Sailor; and asking the Captain for his Wages, was immediately paid off, out of his pretended Bag of Gold. When he was dismissed, the next that came was his Son Tom , drest in the same Manner, and waited on the Captain upon the same Errand. After him came a Person drest like a Shopman, or Book-keeper, with a Note of Hand, drawn on the Captain, for perhaps 10 Guineas, or any other Sum. The Captain pays it off, and takes up his Note, with all the Complaisance imaginable. The last that came was his own Spouse, covered with an old ragged Cloak, who understood perfectly well the Art of shamming the Cripple, and falling at Pleasure into a Flood of Tears. Well! and what are your Wants pray, good Dame, says he? She replies, If his Honour pleas'd, she wanted some of her Husband's Wages; for he died either the Night before, or a Day or two ago at farthest, and she had not a single Penny to buy him a Coffin. The Captain asks her, in a very courteous Manner, Pray Dame! What was your Husband's Name? John - says she, wiping her blubbered Eyes with her Sleeve. The Captain, seemingly in a Surprize, cries out, blessing himself, and lifting up his Eyes and Hands to Heaven: What! Is poor Jack dead? Then there is the best Sailor gone that ever went before the Mast? How many Children, Dame, may Jack and you have had between you A numerous Family, cries she; more, God knows, than I am able to keep. Then the Sum which appears due to the Deceased, by comparing a dirty Paper which she pulls out of her Bosom, with his own Accounts, amounts to more Money than is remaining in his Bag; upon which he seems a little disconcerted; and as the Landlord was present, and heard the whole Discourse between them, Jetter recovers himself, and accosts him with a seeming Concern for the poor unfortunate Widow, in the following Manner: Landlord, I must beg the Favour of you, since it is highly requisite that the good Woman should carry Home Money enough to bury the Dead; and since my Bag is exhausted, be so good as to lend me ten Guineas, to answer her present Occasions, and I'll repay you, with Thanks, To-morrow. With all my Heart, Captain, cries the credulous Landlord: The Money is deposited, and a Note given in an Instant, payable the next Day. The Sniveling Widow drops a low Courtesy to the Captain, and, with a God bless your Honour, moves slily off with the Money. The next Day our Sharper, instead of repaying the Debtcontracted, moves off to another Quarter o the Town, and plays the same Game over again. Being now, as observed before, in the Cells of Newgate , he had Time to reflect, being kept by himself. He knew how the Case stood with him, and being grieved at coming again to his old Lodgings, he would neither eat nor drink, and, thro' fasting, was so emaciated, that his Appearance was, as tho' hard at Death's Door. But, all this while he was ruminating another Escape, which he affected within two or three Days after, upon a particular Occasion, he had been seen by several People, who pitied him. For, there happened a Rumour of Fire in the Cells one Night, and he was brought down into the Press-yard, Bed and all, comforted with a Glass of warm Wine, and taken a great deal of Care of, as he appeared very ill. But, 'twas all a Trick. His younger Son in two or three Days after came to see him, and had a great Coat on. Jetter being supposed to be very ill in his Cell, his Son was admitted to see him. He again made use of this Opportunity, and throwing aside all Sickness, put on his Son's great Coat, and stooping his Knees, and as it were doubling himself together, so that he appeared less than he really was, he came to the Gate, with some one else, who was going, and was let thro' the Gate unsuspected. The Son came out soon after, before 'twas discovered the Father was gone, and they both got off; the Father being not missed 'till locking up at Night. The Day after he was seen in Newgate-street , in a full Suit of Black, a Bag-wig, and a Sword; and on the second Day was seen again by the same Person going through Newgate, with a black Velvet Cap on, a green Coat, and Waistcoat trimmed with Gold, Boots, and a Whip under his Arm. Diligent Search was made after him all thro' the Parish of Christ-Church and Lambeth, &c. but all to no Purpose. Notwithstanding he was for a long Time in, and about that Neighbourhood after this second Escape, to the Terror of all the People thereabouts, as they all very well know, and even now own; scarce any one at that Time daring to stir out of Doors after Night. He and his Sons knowing Search was made frequently after them, began to be afraid that they might be surprized, if they staid too long; so they came to an Agreement to go for the Country. In Hertfordshire they laid a Scheme, he appearing under the Character of a Captain, and a Merchant, and his Sons, as his Servants, to take in a poor Farmer for 140 l. with which they went on the Country for Yorkshire . Not far from York City they stopt, and continued there some Days, where they lived gaily, and no doubt thought to be too cunning even for that Part of England; but they were mistaken: For, being Strangers, flush of Money, and throwing it away idly, they were suspected, taken into Custody, and confined, while they were three Times advertised in the Papers, as supposed Smugglers. They lived well during Confinement, but their Stock was so exhausted that they scarce knew which Way to turn after they were let loose from their Confinement, as no body appeared against them. However, they afterwards got over to France ; but seeing no Manner of Encouragement there, they soon bethought themselves of returning to England . They did so as soon as conveniently might be, and came to London , which Jetter knew was the most proper Place to exercise his cheating Faculties in. Many were the little Arts and Contrivancies the Father and two Sons under his Direction have play'd to support themselves, having no visible Way of getting Bread: So many, that Jetter himself could not recollect the whole. But that is the most remarkable for which his eldest Son now lies for Transportion, and an Indictment lying against the youngest, he is in Hopes to go abroad with his Brother. The Father personated Captain Morriss, and the Sons his Servants, anddefrauded Mr. Bearnfather of two Suits of Cloaths, which, as it is so recent a Fact, is in the Mind of every one, and needs no Repetition. After Jetter's eldest Son John was in Custody for that Fact, he was in great Poverty, after all. And now how to provide for his Son in Jail, himself, and his other Son in Danger every Day of being taken, was his greatest Concern. At last he fell upon an Expedient, which happened as follows. In his Rambles he stroled to Islington , where he found Means to insinuate himself into the House of a poor Woman, with whom he lodged; and one Day he came to her in a great Hurry, and told her he had Twenty Pounds to pay to a Gentleman who lived a great Way off, and was come on Purpose to receive it. Upon which, he shew'd her a forged Note of 20 Pounds, pretending it to be a Bank-note, but said the Gentleman wanted immediately the Money, and pray'd her to lend him Twenty Pounds, and she should have the Note for Security. The Woman said she had not so much Money, but she would borrow it, and so she did, and and let him have it, leaving the Note in her Hands. Some Days after, he took the Woman with him to Town, under Pretence of going to the Bank, but he had chosen a Holiday to go on, when he knew no Business was done; so they returned Re infecta. Jetter pretended to be very sorry for the Disappointment, and said they would come again To-morrow or next Day. As they were coming from the Bank, a Thought of the old Sort started into his Head. He told the Woman, he had some Business to do e'er he went back to Islington with her. He bid her make the best of her way Home, and he'd return in the Evening. But the poor Woman never saw him, nor Money any more, by which means she is ruined and undone. 'Twas not long after this, but he was beset by somebody whom he had defrauded, and taken up, and was committed again to Newgate . He was so well known there, that 'twas thought highly necessary to take the utmost care of him now, to prevent any Intention of Escape. So he was chained down to the Floor in a Cell, as soon as he made his Entrance, and continued so till he went out for the last Time, only when he went to take his Tryal, and to receive Sentence of Death. After Conviction he made great Expressions of Repentance, and said he return'd from Sin to God, but his Behaviour was not quite answerable. Some 2 or 3 days before Execution, he had taken it into his Head to turn Roman Catholic , but as I had attended him from the Time he last came in, every Day in his Cell till then, I thought proper so to do still; and before he dyed he was very well reconciled to continue as he was. He says he was baptized in Newgate , while he first lay under Sentence of Transportation, about 6 Years ago, and was so unhappy as to take his last Departure from thence to dye at Tyburn , after having been in and out several Times. He seemed much to lament the having trained up his Children in his own evil Ways, and said that gave him the greatest Anxiety. And, moreover said, he hoped that the fatal Consequence of his mispent Life might be a Warning to them and all others to take Care of themselves for the future. 6. John Higgins , aged 40, says he was born in the Parish of St. George's Bloomsbury ; having no Education was bred a Chimney-Sweeper . He was a robust, strong made Man, of a morose and surly Disposition: He served his Apprenticeship, and was a Journeyman several Years, well known in St. Giles's , tho' he has held it a long while. He was very sly in his Doings, and seldom concerned but with his own Family; so that he was in no Danger of being betrayed by Comrades. After he left off Chimney-sweeping he took to the Hod of Mortar, and was a Bricklayer's Labourer by Day, as Occasion offered: But having done somewhat that brought him in Danger, he betook himself to the Sea . He says he was backwards and forwards, tumbling on the Ocean before the Mast, for about the Space of eight Years, and that he has been married to the Woman that was tried with him by the same Name about fifteen Years. After the Fit of going to Sea was over, he became again the Bricklayer's Labourer by Day, and by Night could not help following the Deeds of Darkness, such as won't bear the Light. He owned this was not the first House he had broke open, but was dumb as to Particulars of any other. He owned, also, he had Assistants in breaking Blake's House, but would tell no Names. He behaved with the same apparent Undauntedness almost to the last, as he did at his Trial; tho' it must be allowed he behaved very quietly ever after Conviction; and seemed to pray with us heartily, and to make his Repetitions distinctly, tho' ignorant of Letters, and said he had, thro' Christ, Hope of Forgiveness before he went out of the World. I was informed that his Wife had made Declaration of his having been guilty of Murder, and that he could not be easy till he had confessed it to me: But when I pressed it to him, he said he knew not that he had, unless it was in War; and that it was a false Aspersion if it was meant in any other Way. But upon the Whole, I observed at Prayers he frequently wrong his Hands, which seemed to signify some great Remorse. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Monday the 16th Instant, about Nine o'Clock, John Jetter , Charles Sickamore , and John Higgins in one Cart, Edward. M'Manning , Grace Weedon , and Isabella Roe , in another, were conveyed to the Place of Execution. Jetter and Sickamore wept at getting into the Cart, and even to the last. M'Manning appeared audacious, and with a contracted Brow, and when haltered in the Press-yard, said he suffered falsly, because his Name was not M'Manning, but Farrol; the two Women and Higgins seem'd shocked, tho' no Tears were shed. When they came to the fatal Place Jetter continued calling out on the Lord Jesus to have Mercy on Jetter, a miserable Sinner, and the rest seemed to join with him. When they were all tied up we went to Prayers for some Time, recommending their Souls to God, and they frequently calling on the Lord Jesus to receive them. Their Caps being put over their Faces, the Cart drew away, and all was done with Decency and Order. Their Bodies were taken Care of by their Friends. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed on Wednesday the 3d of this Instant August, 1726, at Tyburn. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir FRANCIS FORBES , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Honourable Mr. Justice Dormer, Mr. Justice Reynolds, Mr. Justice Denton, Mr. Baron Thomson, Knt. Recorder of the City of London, Mr. John Raby , Serjeant at Law , and other his Majesty's Justices of Jail Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid, together with his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th of July, 1726, in the Twelfth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Eight Men, viz. Edward Reynolds , Richard Hinton , Thomas Smith , William Flower , Peter Piercy , John Brakes , Thomas West , and John Claxon , ( Robert Smith was also convicted Capitally, for assaulting and robbing on the Highway, upon Enfield-Chace , Robert Collinson , of a Watch val. 4 l. and 7 d. in Money, on Thursday May 26, but he dy'd before Judgment was given) and one Woman, Mary Standford , were found guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, William Flower , Peter Piercy , John Brakes and Thomas West , came not to Chapel above three or four times, three of them having been afflicted with grievous Sickness all the time, and Piercy in three or four Days after Sentence falling sick also, which was the reason why the said four were constantly confin'd to the Condemn'd-Hold; and Richard Hinton having had a Fever, and entering assurances of a Pardon, never attended in Chapel. Brakes dy'd in the Condemn'd-Hold of violent Convulsion Fits, and a Fever, before the Report was made to his Majesty in Council. Of the four who came always to Chapel, excepting Thomas Smith , three were grosly ignorant of the Christian Religion, and therefore I endeavour'd to instruct them in the Principle of our most Holy Faith in the most familiar and easy Manner, representing to them, how that Man having been made a perfectly holy Creature at first, after the Image of God, in Knowledge, Righteousness, and true Holiness, had fallen from his primitive estate of Integrity and Perfection, into an abyss of Sin and Misery, from whence the Wit of Men and Angels could not have extricated him, if God, in his infinite Goodness, and Mercy, and Love, had not interpos'd; whence I exhorted them to love God, who had thus loved us, we having nothing but deformity, as the Scripture represents the Matter, we being cloath'd with Sin as with a loathsome Leprosy; there being a natural enmity in us against God and his Ways, as St. Paul says, Eph. iv. 18. Having the Understanding darkned, being alienated from the Life of God, through the Ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their Heart, who being past feeling, have given themselves over unto Lasciviousness, to work all Uncleanness with greediness. From this I enlarg'd upon the infinite Love of God, in remembering us in our low Estate, so that when there was no Hand to help us, no Eye to pity us, then God was pleas'd to say unto us, Live. When our first Parents Adam and Eve, and we in them, had unfortunately fallen, then was God's time of Love, in promising that the Seed of the Woman should bruise the Head of the Serpent; that Christ, who is there called the Seed of the Woman, should destroy the Kingdom of Satan, and bring the lost Posterity of Adam, who truly believe in him as their only Saviour, sincerely repenting of all their Sins, particularly those for which they suffer'd, and which oppress'd their Consciences, and loving God with their whole Hearts, into mansions of Bliss and Happiness, a right to which, by their apostacy and fall from God, they had forfeited and lost. I shew'd to 'em, how dangerous and pernicious the Sin of Covetousness is, as being directly opposite to the simple and pure Nature of God, estranging our Minds from God, and centering them upon the Creature, which Practise is inconsistent with the Worship and Service of God, as our Saviour says, Ye cannot serve God and Mammon, St. Mat. vi. 24. One of them having been convicted of Murder, I insisted upon the heinousness of that Sin, as being an usurpation upon the Prerogative of Almighty God, who is the Sovereign Lord of the Life and Death of his Creatures, who alone hath power to kill and keep alive: I shew'd, that Man being made after the Image of God, he who murder'd his Neighbour was guilty of destroying God's Image; and then I let him see the Cruelty, Barbarity, and Unnaturalness of such a horrid Sin. I explain'd to them briefly the Nature of the Christian Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper, how by such mean Elements were represented to us the great Misteries of our Redemption, wherein God condescended to our Capacities, by accommodating in some manner misterious Revelations, which had been hid from Ages and Generations, but are now made known to the Saints, to our outward Senses, and thus conveying 'em to our Minds in an easy way, and most agreeable to our Natures; particularly, I told them of the great Design and Usefulness of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and how fit it was to dispose them for Death by worthily partaking in it, as representing to us the Body of Christ broken, and his Blood shed for our Sins, and ascertaining to us all the Benefits proceeding from his Death and Sufferings to every true Believer. While these and many such like Instructions were given them, they all appear'd very sedate and attentive, although that external Sign of Penitence, which may be thought necessary for Men in their most miserable Circumstances, did not appear; only Thomas Smith at some times shew'd the outmost Concern, by shedding of Tears, and seeming to be in very great Perplexity. When I went and visited the four sick Men in the Hold, Brakes, who dy'd before the Report was made, denied that he stole the black Mare for which he was sentenc'd, but said that he was only employ'd by West to sell her in Westsmithfield ; West and Flower confess'd that they stole the bay and brown Mares, for which they were found guilty; Piercy affirm'd always, that it was not he but his Comrade that murder'd Christopher Fox ; all of them pretended to be very Penitent for their Sins, but some of 'em were so weak that they could scarce speak. Upon Thursday the 28th of July, the Report was made to his Majesty in Council of the Eight Malefactors under Sentence of Death, when Peter Piercy for killing of Christopher Fox ; William Flower , Richard Hinton , John Brakes , and Thomas West for Horse-stealing, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve; the remaining Four, viz. Edward Reynolds and Thomas Smith for Street Robberies; Mary Standford for robbing a Man of four Guineas, &c. and John Claxon for returning from Transportation, were ordered for Execution. When these who were included in the Dead-Warrant found that there was no hopes of Life, then they began to double their diligence in preparing for Death. If any concern'd desire to know about their last Confessions and Behaviour, while under Sentence, they may receive the following brief Account. 1. THOMAS SMITH , was indicted for assaulting John Brown on the Highway, and taking from him a Wig val. 3 l. a silver headed Cane val. 2 l. and a Neckcloth. Thomas Smith (as he said) born in Southwark , of honest Parents, about 23 Years of Age. His Father died and left him young, but his Mother took care of his Education, in which he was by far superior to all his Fellow Prisoners; having been Instructed to read very well, write and cast Accompts, as also having been at the Lattin School for some time, he having had an Uncle also who was very kind to and look't after him in his younger Years; but wanting Money and the few Friends he had dying or being poor, he was not put out to any settl'd Business; so he betook himself to serve Gentlemen , one of whom took him to Ireland , where he liv'd some Years at Dublin , and returning to England , he serv'd some Gentlemen (as he alledg'd) with very much Reputation, having had the Love and Good-will of all his Masters. But of late falling Sick, which was the occasion of his being out of Business, he spent all his Money upon his Recovery, and just as this pitiful Misfortune befell for which he died, being pretty well as to his Health, he was seeking after Service. This young Man seem'd to be much more civil, and to've had a much greater Knowledge and deeper Sense of Religion and his own particular Circumstances, than the others who died with him had. He gave a reasonable account of his Faith and the Hope that was in him, with respect to a future State. He denied that he had liv'd a vicious Life, but said that he was always regular in his Conduct, keeping the Church, and been a partaker of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. He said that he was so far from assossiating himself to any Gang of Thieves or Pick Pockets, that he knew not a Thief in England, nor any where else, and that he had never stollen any the least thing in his Life, as several Gentlemen, whom he had faithfully serv'd, could testify, while he was with them. As to the Fact for which he died, he confest the Justice of the Sentence, but reflected on the Evidence, John Brown , as having sworn falsely in some particulars; for meeting with him accidentally in the Hay-Market , he was very drunk, and desir'd Smith to attend him to his Lodgings in St. Martin's Lane , but he quarrelling with the Mob by the way, one of 'em, with whom Brown was going to Fight, knock'd him down, Smith knowing none of 'em; then he gave Smith his Wig and Cane, and Neckcloath to hold, which he did, while the Mob hurried him all along from the Hay-Market to St. Martin's-Lane , where the Mob being about him he went into some Court, and not seeking his things, Smith went away with them. Smith said also that he had no club nor offensive Weapon about him, and that the Wig and Cane were not worth above 30 or 40 Shillings at most, and that he fear'd Mr. Brown had sworn so much against him in hopes of obtaining the Praemium for apprehending a Street-Robber, which, while he visited him in Prison, he promis'd to do; which was the reason that Smith was not prepar'd for his Defence, and call'd no body to his Character, not expecting that he would have prosecuted him to Death. He confest his Error was, that he did not follow the Gentleman to the House whither he went, and that the next Day, before he was apprehended, he intended to sell the Wig and Cane, which was the cause of his Misfortune. He complain'd much of Mr. Brown's rigorous Prosecution, contrary to his frequent Promises, and having recover'd all that he lost. He was miserably poor and naked, having lost or spent all he had, during his Imprisonment, and there was no body to own or visit him, he saying that he was asham'd to send to some of those Gentlemen or their Children, whom he had formerly Serv'd. He had more knowledge of the Christian Religion and much more Sense, than almost any of these miserable People use to be Masters of. He express'd himself to be very penitent for the errors of his Life past, and said, that a Day or two before he Suffer'd, as he sought God in private by himself, some Manifestations of divine Love had been diffus'd into his Mind, which made him entertain strong hopes of Immortallity, and not doubting but God would grant his Soul for a Prey. I exhorted him in many words to repent of all his Sins, to improve his few remaining Moments to the best purpose, not to rely upon any thing of his own Performances, since after have done and can possibly do, we must acknowledge ourselves but unprofitable Servants; I advis'd him also to be impartial in endeavouring to discover the Secrets of his own Heart, so as not to suffer any Sin to lie hidden in his Breast unrepented of, for the heart of Man is deceitful and desperately Wicked. He acknowledg'd himself to be among the greatest of Sinners; that he repented heartily and sincerely (which in charity the World may think) of all his Sins; that he believ'd to be saved through the Merits of Jesus Christ his only Saviour; that he had no further Confessions to make before his Death; and that he forgave all Men the offences committed against him, as he expected forgiveness from Almighty God. He seem'd indeed to be very tender and broken hearted for Sin, and to have a strong Confidence and assurance of the love of God upon his Spirit through Faith in Jesus Christ our Lord. He died apparently a true Penitent, in love with all the World, and in Communion of this Church, of which he own'd himself an unworthy Member. 2. EDWARD REYNOLDS , was indicted for assaulting John Rains in Morefields , near the Highway, and robbing him of a Coat, val. 5 s. and 1 s. in Money. Edward Reynolds , as he said, about 26 Years of Age; when he was young his Parents put him to School, but he took no pleasure in his Book, and learn'd nothing, so that he could neither read nor write, and was grosly ignorant of the Principles of Christianity. I endeavour'd what I could, to instruct him in the first Elements of Religion, Faith in Christ, Repentance unto Life, the Love of God, and the Nature of the Christian Sacraments. He was a little deaf, and very slow of Apprehension, which made him, that he did not profit so much by means of Instructions as one would have wish'd. He confess'd that he had been a young Fellow drench'd in all those Vices, to which young Men unacquainted with the paths of virtue are too much addicted; viz, Whoring, Drinking to excess, Swearing and Blaspheming, keeping the worst of Company, which had led and advis'd him to his Destruction, neglecting the Lord's Day, and every thing which is good and virtuous, with many other Sins, the mentioning of which for brevities sake we omit. He appear'd to be very hard hearted, and not to be duly affected with a Sense of his Sin and great Guilt: Which I told him, and exhorted him to cry to God, that he would give him a broken heart and a contrite Spirit, that he might mourn and lament over the Irregularities of his past Life, that he being deeply humbl'd for his heinous Sins, he might lay hold upon his Saviour Jesus, who is able and willing to save unto the uttermost all who come unto God through him. He said that he was very sensible of his Sin, and us'd his utmost endeavours to make up his Peace with God through Christ. He was married to a Wife whom he call'd a naughty Woman, who never own'd him in the time of his Calamity; and he acknowledg'd that he had been drawn up with other lewd Women, who no doubt hasten'd him to his Exit. His Business was to make Mops which (as he said) he carried about and sold at Fairs and Markets in the Country, and by that means got abundance of Gain; but this he little minded, being mostly taken up in playing at Games in Moorfields where there is still a Nursery of the most Idle and wicked young Fellows which are to be found in or about this great City. All these and many other wicked Courses which he had follow'd, he ingenuously confest, not pretending the least degree of virtue or goodness. As to the particular Fact for which he suffer'd, he confess'd that the Coat belong'd to John Rains , but that Rains gave the Coat and a Shilling to him willingly, because Reynolds threatn'd to Swear an attempt of an unnatural Sin upon him, which (as he frequently affirm'd) Rains actually did attempt, and that he threatning to call the Watch, Rains entreated him not to speak of such a thing, and he would give him any thing; upon which having no other thing at hand, he gave him his Coat and a Shilling. After I had several times press'd him to declare the Truth, he declar'd solemnly that it was so, as he was to answer to God. He confess'd also, that he had been much in the habit of Thieving and Stealing, but not of late. He declar'd, that he was heartily grieved for his many Offences; that he resolv'd to lead a new Life, if any longer time should have been allow'd him in the World; that he heartily forgave all the Injuries that had been done him, dying in Peace with all Mankind, and in the Faith of being saved only thro' the Merits and Righteousness of Jesus Christ. 3. JOHN CLAXTON alias JOHNSON , was indicted for returning from Transportation before the expiration of 7 Years, of which the Jury found him guilty. John Claxton alias Johnson , but (as he said) his true Name was Jackson , aged 28 Years; born at Sunderland of mean Parents, his Father having been a common Sailor , put him to School when he was young, but he was not willing to learn, having Inclinations to the Sea, whither he went when he was very young, and by this means lost the Opportunity of being instructed in Reading, Writing, and (which was much worse) in the Principles of our most holy Faith, of which he was very ignorant. He seem'd to be a young Man of a good easie Temper, and adviseable, appearing always very devout and attentive in Chapel, both at Prayers and Exhortations, and certainly the Cause of his Ruin was ill Company; for he was married to a Wife at Yarmouth , of whom he had heard nothing since his return from Transportation, neither had he sent word to her or any of his Friends, to disturb their Peace with the melancholly Accounts of his Misfortunes; but leaving his Wife and coming to London about his Business, he associated himself with some of the Gangs of Thieves and Pick-pockets, so that for his thievish Practices he was transported twice, but returning and being apprehended, after the lenity of the Government had once let him pass, he was now oblig'd to undergo the Penalty of the Law. He acknowledg'd himself to've been a very loose Liver, addicted to Lying, Swearing, Drinking, Whoring, Stealing, Sabbath-breaking, neglecting publick and private Duties to Almighty God, and such other Vices as are common to Malefactors. He said that he endeavour'd with all his Might to make his Peace with God thro' Christ; he was very attentive to the Prayers, and reading of good Books by Thomas Smith , his Fellow Sufferer, and another Man who has been Prisoner in Newgate 8 or 9 Years, and who shut himself in the Hold with them, by which he came to understand a little of the Principles of Christianity, necessary to Salvation, declaring, that he believ'd to be saved only thro' the Merits of Christ, repenting sincerely of all his Sins, and dying in Peace with all Mankind. 4. MARY STANFORD was indicted for private stealing a shagreen Pocket Book, val. 10 s. a Handkerchief, and 4 Guineas, the Goods and Money of William Smith , June 10. Mary Stanford , whose true Name (as she said) was Herbert , being Married to one of that Name, aged 36 Years, born not very far from the City. Her Parents (when she was young) put her to School, and taught her to read God's Word and instructed her in the principles of Christianity, and other things becoming one of her Station. But she coming to London and going to Service, afterwards took herself to the worst of Company, which prov'd her utter Ruin. For she followed the trade of Street-walking, and addicted herself to all manner of Lewdness and Wickedness, Whoring, Drinking, &c. by which means any Knowledge or practice of Religion she had acquir'd in her younger Years was almost wholly obliterated, so that I found her grosly Ignorant of any thing that is good. She said, that she did not steal the 4 Guineas and the other things from the Man, but that he stufft the Money into her Breast, as he was inducing her to commit uncleanness with him, of which ('tis not to be doubted) she was guilty at that time with her Prosecutor. She told me that the Man who pass'd for her Husband had left her, and that she had taken up with other Men; and that she had one young Child, tho' not by her Husband, about which she appear'd very indifferent, but hop'd the Parish would take care of it. She preferr'd Hanging at home, to Transportation abroad, and that she was of Opinion, that her living in foreign Parts was worse than a disgraceful and shameful Death at Home, which Opinion she would not alter. She was neither ingenious nor full in her Confessions, but appeared obstinate and self-conceited. She acknowledg'd herself among the chief of Sinners, begg'd God and the World pardon for all her Offences, hop'd to be sav'd only thro' the Mercies of God in Jesus Christ our Lord, forgiving all Men the Injuries done her, as she expected Pardon from God, and dying in Peace with all the World. Two Nights before the Execution, the three Men turn'd all much more tender hearted than formerly, which appear'd by their Carriage in the Hold, where (as I was inform'd) they slept none, but almost constantly wept and cry'd for their Sins. The Afternoon before they suffer'd Reynold's Wife came into Chapel with a young Child in her Arms, and fell into a violent Convulsion in time of Prayer. He turn'd into a little Passion at her for her Unkindness in not doing more for him; for this I reprov'd him sharply, and told him the necessity of being reconcil'd to all Men, especially his Wife, an afflicted miserable poor and naked Woman, having three Children to provide for, and who, it may be presum'd, is not of any bad Character, as he represented, and as to doing for him she had neither Friends nor Ability. Upon this he appear'd satisfy'd, and went to her, and was heartily reconcil'd, falling out into a flood of Tears, and an hearty Sorrow for Sin, as in Charity we are bound to think. At the Place of Execution. All of them behav'd (to appearance) very devoutly; confess'd themselves to've been great Sinners; declar'd that they hop'd to attain everlasting Life thro' the Merits of Christ; and that they had nothing to add to their former Confessions: Jackson desir'd the Belief and Lord's Prayer to be repeated to them last of all; which, after singing part of the 51st Psalm, and Gloria Patra, was accordingly done. All of them own'd themselves of the Communion of this Church, of which they dy'd unworthy Members; crying out, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Minister at Newgate . London ; Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE in Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the FOUR MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 12th of November, 1755, AND MABEL HUGHES , Executed September 15 , for the Murder of Alexander Knipe . BEING THE First EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE Right Hon. Slingsby Bethell , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER I. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and R. GRIFFITHS, at the Dunciad, in Pater - noster Row, the only authorised Printers of the ORDINARY'S ACCOUNT. M.DCC.LV. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , lord chief justice Willes, Sir Thomas Dennison , knight , Sir Richard Adams , knight , William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the city of London, and justices of jail-delivery for the county of Middlesex, held at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 10th, Thursday the 11th, Friday the 12th, Saturday the 13th, Monday the 15th, and Tuesday the 16th of September, in the 29th year of His Majesty's reign, Mabel Hughes , John Benson , Jonathan Wigmore , James Billian , and Samuel Dipple , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. And, By virtue of the King's commission, &c. held before the right honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , lord chief justice Ryder, Sir Thomas Birch , Mr. Baron Legge, Sir William Moreton , recorder , and others of His Majesty's, &c. on Wednesday the 22d, Thursday the 23d, Friday the 24th, and Saturday the 25th of October, in the 29th year of His Majesty's reign, Rowley Hanson and John Carrol were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. The behaviour of them all, since conviction, has been very composed and quiet, and their attendance at prayers in the chapel constant, having all been very healthy. Mabel Hughes , for the murder of Alexander Knipe , a boy of 11 years of age , was executed the 15th of September, pursuant to the act of parliament. And, On Friday the 7th instant, the report of six malefactors was made to His Majesty, by Sir William Moreton , knight , recorder of the city of London , when His Majesty was pleased to order John Benson , Samuel Dipple , Jonathan Wigmore , and Rowley Hanson , for execution on Wednesday the 12th. And, James Billian and John Carrol were at the same time ordered to be transported . 1. Jonathan Wigmore was indicted, for that he, with a certain pistol loaded with gunpowder, and a leaden bullet, did wilfully and maliciously shoot at Duncan Robertson , May the 7th . 2. John Benson was indicted, for that he, in a certain open place, near the king's highway, on Richard Stephens did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person one guinea, four shillings, and three-pence, in money numbered, one iron key, value sixpence, the money and goods of the said Richard . 3. Samuel Dipple , otherwise Dibble , was indicted, for that he, on the 24th of July, about the hour of two o'clock in the morning on the same day, the dwelling-house of Robert Willes did break and enter, and stealing out thence one silver half pint mug, value 40 s. one silver waiter, value 50 s. one pair of silver salts, five silver table spoons, two silver tea-spoons, one silver marrow-spoon, two silver pepper-boxes, one silver saucepan, one gold-headed cane, two copper tea-kettles, three copper saucepans, one cloth coat, one silk waistcoat, one wig, and two hats, the goods of the said Robert, and one cloth coat, value 10 s. the property of Henry Whitehead , in the dwelling-house of the said Robert . 4. Rowley Hanson was indicted, for that he in a certain field, and open place, near the king's highway, on Dennis Chirac , esq ; did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear, and taking from his person a watch, with two gold cases, and a shagreen case, value 18 l. one steel chain, two cornelian seals, one guinea, and 4 s. and 6 d. in money, numbered, September the 15th. 1. Mabel Hughes , said, that she was 77 years of age, and was born at Greenwich , of poor parents, who kept her at home till she was 15 years of age, and put her out then apprentice to spinning, and winding of silk , in the parish of Aldgate . There, she said, she served her time, and married in the parish. She lost her husband and two children, which were all she ever had; and growing old, and not able to provide for herself, in the hard winter 1739, she was put into the work-house. There she remained ever since, and was appointed to look after the boys, to keep them to work, and see that they did not behave contrary to the rules of the house. But, being not much used to children, who are apt to be unlucky, where there is not that authority over them, which ought to be, they would often play tricks with the old woman. And she, being very ignorant, and of a peevish temper, was too much accustomed to beat the poor children; this usage made them not very fond of her, and the more inclined to teize her. Words to this purpose she made use of in telling the history of her behaviour in the work-house; while the short time lasted she had to live after conviction. She was (for a person of her age) as ignorant as can well be supposed, nay was scarce escaped from being an ideot, as unfit to have management of children, as to tame lions. However, when she could be brought to understand questions put to her, she always declared she had, no thought of murdering the boy; when she began to beat him, she did not think to hurt him, but believed she was hurried on by the devil and passion to the unmerciful deed, for which she was inclined to own the justice of her suffering. But as she was entirely illiterate, and had never been much used in any part of her many years to the hearing of instruction, of religion or its duties, time would not permitto give her much insight into these things; only that the hopes of such a heinious transgressor, both against God and nature, depended wholly on the mercy of God, and the merits of his Son, who came into the world to redeem the sinner, who confesses his unworthiness upon account of sin, and repents, that his sin may be blotted out; and she died in some sense of hope after death. 2. Samuel Dipple , was 30 years of age, being born at Ludlow in Shropshire , of a good family, and received in his youth a very genteel education, sufficient to qualify him for any profession. And, as he advanced to the usual years, his parents thought proper, with his own particular desire, to put him apprentice to an apothecary in the town where he was born. There he served his time faithfully, and as he, year after year, advanced in business, his improvement and knowledge gained him esteem among all the neighbourhood; for you might see the genteel, well-behaved man, was on his demeanour, even under this last unhappy circumstances, his behaviour after conviction was in a particular manner decent; with tears day and night he lamented his being thus unthinking, as to abuse, after so vile a sort, those talents natural, and acquired, which his parents, under God, had been the means of blessing him with for better purposes. Having served several years as a journeyman at Ludlow , he was recommended to Shrewsbury , to a gentleman of the same profession, with whom also he served in the same capacity, about two years more, in the same credit, and esteem, and then came to London . It was not altogether with his friends consent, that he left his own country, he acknowledged, but persuaded in his own mind, that London was a more likely place to afford him better advantages, both in respect to wages, and improvement in his business, he determined upon this resolution, to try the experiment. Accordingly he put it in practice, and said, his expectations were answered; for that after he had been in London but a short space of time, he was recommended to two gentlemen, partners in the profession, at St. James's end of the town, with whom he lived about four years, as journeyman, and when he left them, set up in business for himself in Gray's-Inn-Lane . There he lived, as he said, in reputation for a while, and had his share of business for a young beginner. But not having a capital sufficient to support what he had undertaken, he was obliged, after a few months, to quit this house and shop; and having married a too near relation, with whom he did not upon reflection choose to live, he went about from place to place, to keep himself from her; so that he had no settled habitation, nor staid long in any one lodging. Being now in no constant business, and only depending on now and then an accidental patient, a way was opened for misspending his time; and what he got by chance in his profession, afforded but slender maintenance. Thus he began to give way to loose and idle company, of which that neighbourhood is seldom, or ever destitute; and he was at last tempted to fall into the share of those, who encourage themselves in mischief, and commune among themselves, how they may lay snares; who imagine mischief, and practice it. It was about eight years ago, he said, since he came first to London , and had lived in honesty and reputation till within about two years last, when he began to be in very pressing circumstances indeed; and, willing to relieve his distresses (of which I believe he heartily since repented) he gave too much heed to evil persuasions, that he might easily do it, and swallowed the bait, which he then did not think was laid for his life. He declared always, and to the last, that he never was guilty of any robbery before, nor burglary, till this; and how he came to do this, he related in the following manner, and, as a dying man, declared to be the truth, viz. He said, that at a place where he had lodgings, a livery servant of the prosecutor's lodged also. They were frequently together, and the servant as often repeated to him how easy a matter it was to get into his master's house by night, and take away any thing that was to be met with. He described the weak part of the house which was to be broken so minutely, as to be very easily understood, and recommended it to Dipple to make the attempt; but, Dipple says, he for a long time had no thought of putting it in practice, till his necessities pressing him sorely, he resolved upon it, and chose the unfortunate 24th of July last for the purpose. On that fatal night he took his instruments of wicked device in his pocket, and easily forced his entrance into the house by means of a tap-borer, which he forced through the door just where he supposed the handles of the bolts were in each door, and then pushed them back with his finger. He went in unheard, and by means of his dark lanthorn found the goods with which he was charged, and carried them off (a heavy load) by himself. He says the prosecutor's servant before-mentioned was not with him, nor any one else; but had it not been for his information of the situation of the place, he never had thought of attempting the house. He acknowledged the crime with all its aggravations, and the justice of his suffering; and having all along behaved particularly well, resigned his life in great hope of a better. 3. John Benson , says he is 20 years of age, being the son of a shoemaker in Whitechapel , where he was born. His father put him to school several years in the parish, and he was taught to write and read very well. Though he was always inclinable to be unlucky, yet being kept close to school hours, and being of an apt genius, the pains taken with him were thus far not ill bestowed. He says, when he was about 14 years of age, he was bound apprentice to a blacksmith in Bushlane , Cannon-street , and went thro' three years and an half of his time pretty tolerable, though not without now and then absenting from his master's business. He was a good workman while he was at it, which caused his master the rather to bear with his irregularities, which he could not help at times to run into, which brought on him the frequent chidings of his master. About Easter last was twelvemonth he had been keeping holiday, he says, and staid out very late; when he came home, he says, he knocked at his master's door, but he told him to go where he had been so long absent, for he should not come in there. Benson went away for that time, and when his master and he met again, they mutually agreed to part. Benson says he began now to be weary of work, his mind, greatly inclined to idleness, having for some time past been used to company that he liked (though in itself detestable) being idle and dissolute persons, which led him on by degrees to his ruin. He says his father endeavoured by all the persuasions he could think of to make him think better of the matter, and that in pursuanceof his father's advice, he did set down to work, and by degrees learned his trade. But as soon as he had got a little money, he played the loose, and ran away to his companions, and when he had squadered away what he had got by working, he returned to his father, to work and get more for the same purpose. Thus he went on after he had left his master, frequently getting into broils, and perils, thro' quarrelling, when he was drunk. He seemed to be of a resolute daring temper, was a very strong, thick set youthy, and very fit for the business he was first put out to; had he but had the grace to have remained, where he might, he owns, have done very well. He left his father's business also, for the sake of that company, which drove him on to ruin, and hurried his desperate inclination into any wickedness that might be committed. He lodged, where were none but the worst sort of people, of both sexes, and there became acquainted with Ann Parrot , who was tried with him upon the robbery for which he was convicted. This woman, and he lived together, and did much mischief during their acquaintance, there's reason to believe. For, he says, she excited him to do more than ever his own inclination led him to, bent upon evil as it was; and that he wanted to part with her many times, but could not tell how, after he had once engaged with her, she followed him so close. He says, they had done many bad things together, which he was sorry for, and hoped God would forgive him. He pretended, that particular facts had slipped his memory, and owned only one, besides what he was committed for; and that was, that he picked a person's pocket, who sat by him at an ale-house, of a tobacco-box, and other things, which, he says, he should not have thought of, had not the woman put him upon it. The robbery for which he was convicted, he acknowledges, and says also, that the woman put him upon it; tho', as he owns also, they went out for the purpose of committing a robbery, on whomsoever it might happen, nor was his inclination wanting. And a most impudent, and daring attempt it was, but a very little way from his own lodgings, and upon a person whom he knew, and to whom he was very well known. And, as if the fellow was infatuated, he, with the woman, appearedpublickly on the very spot, where the person robbed must pass almost every time he went out of his house. And upon the spot was he taken, not many hours after he had committed the robbery, by the prosecutor himself, and was committed to Newgate. He made no defence upon trial; and after conviction behav'd, when I saw him well, to appearance, tho' naturally hardened; and impudent, would sometimes force a tear. He received instructions with attention, and seeming willingness; what impression it made on him God only knows; we hope for the best. 4. Rowley Hanson , says he was 21 years of age, and was born at Windsor , and was brought up there in a middle way of life; he was kept to school there, and taught to read and write, and was put out apprentice to a clock-maker in Grub-street . Whilst his father lived this unhappy youth, says of himself, that he behaved in his master's service as became him; but when he died, he immediately withdrew himself, and returned to Windsor . He wanted now to be master of himself, and his own time, thinking to live like a gentleman at home, when his father was dead; but he soon found his mistake, there being not wherewithal, as he flattered himself. However, he shifted to live some time at Windsor , till he became acquainted with soldiers quartered there, and frequent society with them led his inclinations towards the army. And, about four years ago, he says, he was made a drummer ; since which men being wanted, and a regulation made, as he called it, and he being grown to the requisite stature, was made a common soldier in the first regiment of foot guards, to which he belonged when this unhappy adventure happened, which cost him his life. What wrought his ruin was, the company he fell into, when a drummer; and shocking delusion from the most abandoned, and unnatural crew of wretches, that ever the world knew, called Sodomites, first led him into that damnable violation of all laws, natural, civil, and religious. Being young, and a youth of a comely aspect, as he walked the park at St. James's , which was his wonted place of resort, he was daily taken notice of by one or other of these vile miscreants, and taken into bye walks, or sometimes to taverns, or alehousesproper for the purpose; 'till at length he became as common as the night, and was acquainted with numbers of practicers in that unnatural, and devilish deed of darkness. Being thus taken in among them, he lost all thoughts of God, and religion; he had no regard to any duty, but that he was obliged to in the army, and the fear of military discipline kept him close to that. He had many presents made him, and he was thereby enabled to go pretty smart when out of his regimentals, which was admired at by some of his comrades, that knew he had not relations that could afford him any great assistance. And, he acknowledges, that all he had besides his pay arose from the advantages which he received from those worse than brutes, whom St. Paul has complimented with the name of men, who leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one towards another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. And thus does he condemn their practice, having finally provoked God to forsake them. The wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness, and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. For who hold the truth in uprighteousness more than they, whose natural convictions of their own mind are kept down under the dominion and power of their corruptions; who invert the order of nature, or rather of the God of nature, and are more brutish, than the very brutes! You may remember, there was a paragraph in the papers sometime since, with regard to a nest of these unnaturals being discovered by a vigilant magistrate, in a little room behind a barber's shop, the place where not particularly described. As we talked about these disagreeable things, he told me once, that he verily believed he knew the house, tho' he never was in it, but was acquainted with some who resorted to a house under that denomination. In short, he was known to, and knew, great numbers of these cattle, and has given the names of several, some who have been stigmatized, and some not. Their places of abode he has marked from Newington in Surry, to Windsor in Berkshire, and from Chelsea to Whitechapel in Middlesex. The laws have provided proper punishment for this most enormouscrime; but scarce any one but knows, how difficult it is to come at the perpetrators of it, so as to fix it upon them. These works of darkness are inveloped with such a thick cloud as is scarce ever to be seen through, which is the only reason they escape justice here; but he that sees through all the universe will surely punish them for these things. This unfortunate youth, who laid open the way to these short observations, declared himself much more affected with sorrow, for that he had been among so vile a set of wretches, than that he was to suffer death for the robbery. He acknowledges the taking the watch from the prosecutor, the sending another person to receive the money, as the advertisement directed, and going after for the remaining part, which the other had not brought, and upon the whole acknowledges the justice of his suffering. He thanked God, who had thus afflicted him, and given him time to repent; and generally when we conversed he wept very bitterly. But as to the two letters, threatning the prosecutor to lay an information, he utterly denies having any farther knowledge than that, after he was committed, the two letters were shewed to him, but he neither wrote nor read them; and he believes they were contrived, and sent by the other two soldiers. The sense he now had of the heinousness of this, and all those abominable acts he had been concerned in, since God had been pleased to suffer him to be in trouble, which brought him to reflection, and to suffer here, he had hope might meet with favour from God hereafter, for the merits of Christ, in whom he alone trusted. 5. Jonathan Wigmore , says he was about 48 years of age, having been born in the town of High-Wickham in Buckinghamshire ; and that his parents afforded him the advantage of schooling in that town, where he was taught to read, and write. Afterwards he set out in the world to be a gentleman's servant , living with one master several years; and so passed on from one to another, till he was tired of that way of life. He was a man of great activity, cunning, bold, and enterprising, and when he left his own country, was employed many years in hawking tea , &c. about town and country. And scarce was there a bye road in the counties of Kent , and Sussex , Norfolk , or Suffolk , that he was not acquainted with. When this trade some years ago became not so safe to be concerned in, he took a publick house in Fleet-lane , and there lived for some years. He was esteemed a good companion, and behaved well in that neighbourhood. Whether business failed him, or he chose to live privately, it matters not to know; but sure it is, that then he married, and went to live at lodgings in Bell-savage-yard , upon Ludgate-hill . His neighbours in Fleet-lane had a good opinion of him; but in Bell-savage-yard there were great suspicions about how he got his living, having no visible way of support. But whether any such ill, or unlawful methods were used by him before, is not certainly known. We shall therefore charitably report in the negative, as his declaration, ever since convicted, was, that this fact, for which he suffered, was the first of the kind; altho' he could not but acknowledge this to be a most daring attempt, provided it was the first enterprise of the kind. At least we suppose his mind very aptly bent towards such practice, if we consider the circumstances, viz. to dare to fire three pistols; and his cunning appeared in going into the wood in one dress, and coming out in another, to evade the pursuit. He was very slow of speech after conviction, tho' none more loquacious before. He entertained great hopes before trial, that the fact might not be so fully proved as to convict him; and after sentence of death also his hopes revived, when he found that his friends had made interest, where he was born, and had obtained a petition in his behalf, signed by almost the whole town of any note. And this kept them alive till within a day or two before he suffered. He then began to endeavour to resign to the fate allotted him; and when all hopes were lost, he could force a tear. And tho' his heart trembled for fear of what was to be; yet he sometimes put on the appearance of bravery, which proved itself to be false and affected, by its forsaking hsm at the last. The morning of execution he wept bitterly, and expressed great sorrow, that he had entertained hope of this life so long, to the prejudice of his sincerity in repentance, and the thoughts of hereafter. And, he said, in words to this effect,had he not been buoy'd up by his friends with false hopes he should have been more inclined to search after that hope, which fadeth not; and that happiness which is purchased by Christ for him, who is of a true penitent heart, and contrite spirit; who really and truly believeth in God, and heartily desires to be saved. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Wednesday, the 12th instant, about nine o'clock in the morning, Samuel Dipple , and Rowley Hanson , in one cart, Jonathan Wigmore , and John Benson in another, were carried to the place of execution; where they suffered pursuant to their sentence passed upon them at the Old Bailey, during the sessions held there in September and October last. Two hearses attended to take away the bodies of Dipple and Wigmore. Some soldiers bore away the body of Hanson, and Benson's was delivered to his friends. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed on Monday the 13th, of this Instant February, 1727, at Tyburn. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir JOHN EYLES , Knt. and Bart. Lord Mayor of the City of London Honourable Mr. Justice Fortescue, the Honourable Mr. Baron Carter, Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and John Raby , Serjeant at Law, and other his Majesty's Justices of Jail-Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid, together with his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, and Wednesday the 14th of December, 1727, in the Thirteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign. At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Honourable Sir John Eyles , Knt. and Bart. Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Honourable Sir Thomas Pengelly , Knt. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds, the Honourable Mr. Justice Denton, the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and John Raby , Serjeant at Law, and other his Majesty's Justices of Jail-Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid, together with several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the said City of London) held at Justice-Hall, in the Old-Baily, on Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday, being the 13th, 14th, 16th, and 18th of January, 1727, in the Thirteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Persons, viz. Three Men, John Morgan , alias Morley , Robert Haynes , and Thomas Morris , and Two Women, viz. Mary Smith , alias Randall , and Sarah Williams , alias Newel , being capitally Convicted by the Jury, were sentenced to Die. Mary Smith , alias Randall , pleading her Belly, the Jury of Matrons found her Pregnant. They were instructed in the most essential and necessary Points of the Christian Faith, (several of them having been ignorant of these Principles, which ought to be known by them who expect Salvation by Christ Jesus) that Man having fallen from the highest Degree of Glory and Integrity our Nature is capable of upon Earth, had thrown himself into the extremity of Misery, by revolting from the obedience due unto his Creator, and disobeying his holy Laws; yet then being precipitated into his abyss of desolation of Ruin, God out of his meer Good-will and infinite condescending Goodness, was pleased to take pity upon the Sons of Men, by promising the blessed Seed the Messias Christ Jesus, who in the fullness of time should take upon himself the human Nature, and therein suffer and die for our Sins, rise again for our Justification and ascend into Heaven, to plead at the right Hand of God the Father for the Pardon of them. From this I shew'd them the necessity of Faith in Christ, Repentance unto Life, Love to God, (that whereas formerly they had been the Servants of Sin unto Unrighteousness, now they should endeavour, by the grace of God, to become the obedient Servants of Righteousness, unto Holyness,) and all other saving Gifts and Graces of God's holy Spirit, which only could make them Wife unto Salvation. While these and such like Exhortations were given them, they appear'd devout and serious, tho' not so much concerned as might be thought Requisite for Persons approaching so very near to their latter end. All, excepting Miller and Cromy, the Woman, for the most part of the long Time they lay under Sentence, were either afflicted with Sickness in their Holds, or perhaps sometimes not very willing to attend publick Worship in Chappel; but when I visited them, they still pretended to be true Penitents, and that they had taken Resolutions of a new Life, being heartily grieved for their former Offences, particularly, those for which they then suffer'd much Shame and Sorrow. Upon Wednesday, the 8th of February, the Report of the said Malefactors being made to his Majesty in Council Jane Cromey , for a Street-robbery, Grace Baldwin for robbing out of her Master's Shop to the value of 6 l. Edward Rowland for Horse-stealing, Morgan, alias Morley, for stealing above 60 l. in Money from his Master. Thomas Morris for stealing Leather to the value of 16 l. from his Master. Sarah Williams , alias Newel , for stealing from a Man in a House 8 l. 13 s. 6 d, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Two, viz. William Miller , for a Highway-robbery, and Robert Haynes for Murder, were order'd for Execution. Miller, who had been kept between Sessions, when account was given him that he was to die, did not seem to be much alter'd, but submissive to the Will of God, having been all the time apparently devout and Penitent. Haynes, while he attended at Chappel, was very grave and attentive both at Prayers, and Exhortations. I visited him in his most miserable Condition, he declar'd himself a true Penitent, continuing in the same frame, after the intimation of the Report being made to his Majesty and the near approach of his Death. WILLIAM MILLER was Indicted for assaulting Nicholas Bourn on the Highway, and taking from him a Coat and Hat, December 4. William Miller , as he said, about 26 Years of Age, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne , of honest Parents, who had a regard for Religion, and gave him a good Example, instructing him in the Principles of Christianity, and giving him Education for other things suitable to his Station. When of Age, his Father put him out seven Years Apprentice to a Tradesman at Anwick , where he serv'd five Years and a Half, with much difficulty, because of his Master's unkindness and cruelty to him, he having been so very hard upon him, that, as he said, it was impossible for him to serve out his whole Time; so leaving his Master, he went about the Country and wrought as a Journeyman with a Master, who shew'd him very much kindness, but when he heard that he had not serv'd his 'Prenticeship out, he would not employ him, unless with the good will of his old Master; and meeting with the same treatment from several others, he at last came to London , since no Body would give him Business at Home. When he came to London he took to be a Soldier, and fled from his Colours, and with difficulty got his Officers reconcil'd to him again, without Prosecuting him capitally for Desertion. About this time he married a Woman, whose former Husband is still alive; which Woman (as he said) was a great Drunkard, and what by extravagantly spending, or by her Husband a Blacksmith, not to molest, but suffer her to live peacebly with him, she kept him always miserably Poor, so that his Employment of Basket-making , which Trade he had learn'd from her Father since he came to London, could not maintain them; for which Reason, after he had liv'd several Years with the Woman, by whom he had a Child of 5 or 6 Years of Age, who came several times to Chappel with the Mother to visit him, and for whom he express'd no small Concern, saying he would send her down to his Relations for Education, he deserted her, and took up with another Woman, whom he also married in his way, and who being the last Wife, came often to visit him, whom he commended as very dutiful and careful of him. There was also a third Woman with whom he had cohabited for some time before any of the other two, this he would acknowledge, but could not positively deny it. He own'd himself to have been a very great Sinner, in drinking to Excess, Whoring, Swearing, and addicted to many notorious Vices; but the occasion of all this he said was his loosing a Horse of his Masters, with whom he was Apprentice, although his Friends paid the Price of it to him, he could never forgive him, but frequently beating him unmercifully; and at last he growing stronger than his Master, and not enduring such cruel Treatment, beat him by turns and left him; upon which follow'd the pitiful Catastrophe of his Life formerly mention'd. He denied himself ever to have been guilty of any capital Crime, excepting the single Act for which he died, and that he never intended to commit a Robbery, frequently saying, that he believed the Devil possess'd him to do such an Action, which he did not think himself capable of Perpetrating, had he not been very Drunk. As to the particular Fact for which he was Indicted, he own'd that he robb'd the poor Man of his Coat and Hat, as was sworn by himself and another Witness or two, but that he only took one Half-penny, and that he did not draw his Bayonet upon the Man that he robb'd on the High-way, but that he only drew it upon the Watchman, who was the second Evidence against him, when he knock'd him down with his Pole, upon whom also he reflected, calling him a base Fellow, adding, that it was only for the Reward of taking Robbers, that he swore so against him, having done so against several others whom he had Convicted upon the like account, and that he could not see him, when he robb'd the Man, as he Swore, having been at too great a distance. I told him that altho' the Crime for which he suffer'd was but small, with respect to the value of the things taken, yet the Guilt was equal as if he had taken a Thousand Pound, which he would not have fail'd to do, had the poor Man been possess'd of so much; but that the heinousness of his Crime consisted in assaulting and offering to Murder one upon the HIGHWAY, without any provocation, upon such a devilish and villanous Intent. I represented to him however little the Crime might be for which he suffer'd, yet for the continued tract of a desperately wicked course of Life, God had now brought him to much Disgrace, and a painful and ignominious End, for his neglecting God's Ordinances, and slighting his Reproof, and that he having forsaken God, God had in Justice left him to himself, till now he had hurried himself into his own Destruction, Sam. 2. 30. For them that Honour me, I will Honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed, saith the Lord himself by his holy Prophet. He was long under Sencence, having been kept between two Sessions, and always behav'd himself very decently, and (to appearance) devoutly, and, by what I understood, he was very assiduous in Reading and Praying, by which Means he attain'd to much more Knowledge of religious Matters than he had been formerly Master off. He declar'd himself truly penitent for all his Sins, that he died in Peace with all Mankind, and that he died in Faith of being sav'd only thro' the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ our dear Saviour. And having represented to him the great Evil of Whoredom and Uncleanness, Whoremongers being excluded the Kingdom of God, and how undecent and contrary to Christianity it was to correspond with so many Women, pretending Marriage to each of 'em, one of them having another Husband whom he knew to be alive. He confest his great Guilt in that respect, owning himself the chief of Sinners, and expecting Mercy from God only for the sake of Christ. ROBERT HAYNES , of the Parish of St. Margaret's , Westminster , was Indicted for the Murder of Edward Perry , by giving him one mortal Wound with a drawn Sword, on the left part of the right Breast, near the short Ribs, of the breadth of half an Inch, and the depth of 12 Inches, on the 28th of December, of which Wound he languished till the 10th of January following, and then died. He was a 2d time Indicted on the Statute of Stabbing. He was a 3d time Indicted on the Coroner's Inquest for Murder. Robert Haynes , 21 Years of Age, descended of honest Parents in Ireland, had good Education at Schools in his own Country, having acquir'd pretty good Knowledge both of the Latin and Greek Tongues, and understood the Principles of Christianity much better than most of those miserable People, who involve themselves into fatal Disasters and Calamities. His Father told me that he intended to have made him a Scholar; but being reduc'd, and not capable to do any more for him, nor to put him to other Business: About two years ago he sent for him over to England , and listed him in one of the Regiments of his Majesty's Foot Guards ; and while he was in the Service, he behav'd himself with much Modesty and Discretion. He was but very Young, lately came from School, and (as he told me) had never addicted himself to vicious Habits, as too many young Men are apt to fall into. He appear'd to be a young Man of a calm and good Temper, not given to Quarreling, but rather to be Meek and Easie in his Disposition; although he had the Misfortune to fall into a foolish and most unreasonable Plea, about the kissing of a Woman in St. James's-Park, which cost him, and the Man whom he rashly Murder'd, their Lives. I frequently, when he was in Health, ask'd if the Matter was, as the Evidence in favour of him had represented it? To which he answer'd, that it was, adding, That he had no thought or design of Quarreling with any Person that Evening, what happen'd was by meer Accident; for he having Kiss'd one of the two Women as they pass'd by, and they crying out, the Men return'd upon him, and one of them struck him upon the Shoulders and Head most furiously, but which of the two, whether the Deceas'd or Toms he could not tell, it being a dark Evening, so that he could not discern one from the other. Upon this he drew and gave the unhappy Wound to Perry; being interrogate, if Perry drew upon him? he said, he did, and wounded him in the Thumb of his right Hand, and pierc'd his Coat and Wastcoat in the Rencounter. This Account he stood always to while he was in Health, and deliver'd the same to me, much to the same purpose as is above set down, written and subscrib'd by himself, as his last Declaration; and as he was to Answer to God the impartial Judge in a short while. But immediately after that, falling into a violent high Fever in the Hold, when I visited him there, he held by his for Confession, but could scarcely speak any. But afterwards recovering a little, as I visited him, he said, he did not know whether Perry's Sword was drawn or not, this was after that he knew himself to be included in the Dead Warrant; only he said, that he was sure he was wounded in the Thumb, and that his Coat and Wastcoat were thrust thro' with a Sword, which makes it appear most probable, that a Sword had been drawn upon him: He also said, that Higgins and Osborn were in his Company when the Misfortune happen'd, notwithstanding the contrary Evidence; and that he was no ways in Drink, having only drunk part of two or three Quarts of Beer among four or five Men. Two days before his Execution, he was so much Recover'd, that he came up to Chapel, where he confirm'd all as is above declar'd, and said he had no more to add as to that particular. Haynes appear'd always to be very Devout and Serious, express'd himself to be heartily griev'd for all his Sins, particularly, that unfortunate Rencounter he had with Mr. Perry, which, altho' he had no ill in his Mind, or premeditated intention of doing Mischief to any Person, prov'd of such fatal Consequence to them both though altogether Unacquainted with, and no ways known to each other. He declar'd again, that he had never been guilty of any capital Crime, excepting that one whereof he was Convicted for, which altho' done by Accident, and at most (as he alledg'd) out of a violent fit of Passion, occasion'd by some Provocation or other given him. He was heartily Sorry, lamenting that so unhappy an Action should have been committed by him; crying Night and Day to Almighty God, for the Pardon of the same, hoping and believing that he should be purg'd and washed in the Blood of Jesus, which speaketh much better things than that of Abel, from that and all his other Sins. He declar'd further, to the very last, that he had never been addicted to vicious Practices, but that he always studied to be of a regular, sober, Christian Deportment and Conversation. Some time before his Death, he was very Sick and weakly, but both in the Hold and Chapel, when he was able to come to it, which was seldom, he still express'd a great Sense of Religion upon his Spirits, Sighing, Groaning and Mourning, and crying to God for the Pardon of his Sins, declaring that he had a firm Belief, that he should obtain Mercy from God only upon Account of the Merits of Jesus Christ, thro' whom he expected eternal Life and Salvation; and that he did not entertain Malice against any Man, but that he freely forgave all Injuries, as he expected forgiveness from Almighty God. A COPY of a Paper deliver'd by Robert Haynes to Mr. APPLEBEE, the Evening before his Execution, (which he desir'd might be Inserted in this Paper) and intended to have spoke to the Spectators, but was prevented by his long Sickness whilst in Newgate. GOOD PEOPLE, I AM to suffer by Law an ignomimious Death, (God's Will be done) which untimely End I never expected. I am a Youth, and it's about twelve Months since I inlisted in His Majesty's Service. The Character of my Behaviour in that Time, I will leave to my Acquaintance to declare. My Character was sufficiently testifyed at my Tryal, by Gentlemen of Worth and Honour. I pray God bless them for their Christian Charity. I praise God my Resolution to live Uprightly was no Constraint. As for the Cause I Suffer, and the horrid Imputation I am charg'd with, which is render'd Murther. [from my Soul I abhor] I now declare, as I expect Salvation, I am unjustly Accused, but I freely forgive my Prosecutors, as I hope to be forgiven; for what I did was Accidental; and in my own Vindication. The real Truth is as follows, The two Soldiers that were my Evidence desired my Company to Drink with them; as we return'd Home thro' the Park passing by two Women and being warmed with Liquor, I presumed to give one of them a Kiss, the other was a Married Woman, and resenting my Freedom, call'd out to her Husband Edward Perry the Deceas'd, and to Toms that walked before, both intire Strangers to me. They returned, Toms advanced towards me abruptly speaking, and struck me over the Head and Shoulders with a Stick which stun'd me; likewise urged the Deceas'd to Quarel with me. The Deceas'd Perry inraged, Swore he'd see me out, and struck me with his Sword in his Scabard over the Head; he drew his Sword and made several Passes at me I still Retreated till provoked to draw my Sword to preserve my self. This Affair was in the Night: I receiv'd a Woud in my right Hand Thumb, and a thrust thro' my Coat This I declare to be the whole Truth, as I shall answer before my Great God; tho' my Prosecutors, Toms and the Deceas'd Man's Wife swore the Reverse, which took Place to my Ruin. I pray God forgive them their Trespasses, as I hope forgiveness for my own. I pray God bless my good Colonel for his Care and Endeavours for my Safety: I pray God bless him with length of Days, and Prosperity in all his Undertakings. I thank God I never wrong'd Man, Woman, nor Child to my Knowledge; nor was I ever inclined to Quarel. I heartily beg of God, Pardon and Forgiveness for my Sins, and I confide in the Merits of my dear Saviour, who died for the World. I was Baptiz'd and bred a Member of the Church of England, [tho' an unworthy and unfortunate One] in which Communion I hope for Salvation thro' my blessed Redeemer. Have Mercy O Lord upon my Soul, according to the multitude of thy Mercies; into thy Hands I commend my Spirit O Lord, Amen. Sunday Feb. 12th, 1726. ROBERT HAYNES . This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Minister at Newgate . London ; Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE in Black-Fryers.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On Wednesday the 4th of February, BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir JOHN WILLIAMS , Knt . Number I. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXVI. [Price Four-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. Sir John Williams , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Mr. Baron Carter, the Honourable Mr. Justice Probyn, the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Justices of Goal - Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall, in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday, Thrusday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 15th of December, 1735, and in the Ninth Year of his Majesty's Reign. William Wreathock , Gilbert Campbell , Peter Chamberlain , George Bird , James Ruffet ; William Mackney , John Alder , Robert-Swannel , Burton Brace , Ralph Refue , and Joseph Cole , were by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Crimes, and sentenced to die. As also, at the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir John Williams , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Reynolds; the Honourable Mr. Justice Lee; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and Justices of Goal Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 15th, 16th, and 17th of January, 1735, in the Ninth Year of his Majesty's Reign. One Man, viz. Thomas Bulker , was by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Crimes, and condemn'd to die. While under Sentence, they were instructed in the Christian Faith, how as Christians we are strictly bound to a new and holy Life, being early dedicated to God in Baptism, to deny ourselves to all Ungodliness and worldly Lusts, to the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, and to obey the Laws of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in every Thing. They were exhorted seriously to repent of all their Sins; to consider their Ways, and turn their Feet unto God's Testimonies; to cry incessantly unto God, that he who made them, might have Mercy upon them, for the Sake of his Anointed; to fit and dispose them for his heavenly Kingdom and Glory; to eradicate those vicious Habits which they had contracted, and which prov'd the Occasion of all those miserable Misfortunes, to which they were then subjected, and implant in their Souls all those gracious and virtuous Dispositions, which would render them amiable in the Sight of God, and prepare them for that never-ending Happiness and Bliss, in the full Enjoyment of God, World without End. I exhorted them to a diligent Preparation for the Sacrament of our Lord's-Supper, as the Apostles adviseth, But let a Man examine himself, and so let him eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup, I Cor. xi. 28. In this religious Ordinance, we are to look on Him, whom God hath set forth to be the Propitiation of our Sins, Rom. iii, 25. Even Jesus Christ, that Lamb of God, which taketh away the Sins of the World, Jo. i. 29. They were told, that whosoever comes to this Holy Table without an entire Hatred of every Sin, comes unworthily; and he that doth entirely hate all Sin, will resolve to forsake it; for forsaking, naturally follows Hatred, no Man willingly abides with a Thing or Person he hates. And therefore he that doth not so resolve, as that God the Searcher of Hearts may approve it as sincere, cannot be supposed to hate Sin, and so cannot be a worthy Receiver of that holy Sacrament. Therefore they were bound to try their Resolutions thoroughly, so as not to deceive themselves in them, which is to their own great Danger if they do; for it is certain, God cannot be deceived, and that none can gain Acceptation from him by any Thing, which is not perfectly hearty and sincere. When these and many like Exhortations were given, they attended in Chapel, behav'd gravely and se dately, comply'd with Prayers, and seemed very Devout and Serious, and attentive to Exhortations and Instructions. Mr. Campbel, while he was under Sentence, was very attentive to what I read to him. He fell into a very ill State of Health, under which he still Labours. Robert Swanel , also was much Indisposed, and declar'd himself a true Penitent. Joseph Cole , Wept often, and some others of them at Times show'd outward signs of Contrition. Thomas Bulker , appear'd to be in full Health at his Tryal, but when he found himself Convicted capitally, he immediately lost all his Spirits and Fainted away, afterwards they were oblig'd to carry him to and from the Cells, and he continu'd very Sick and Indisposed for several Days. When I visited him, he profest Penitence, and behav'd well both in private and publick, having been attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, but he did not appear to have such a serious Concern upon his Spirit, as became an henious Criminal, in his deplorable Circumstances. Upon Thursday, the 29th of January, Report was made to his Majesty in Council of the eleven Malefactors under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate, when William Wreathock , Peter Chamberlain , James Ruffhead , George Bird , junior , and Gilbert Campbell , and Convicted capitally; for assaulting Nathaniel Lancaster , Doctor of Laws , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Gold Watch, two Iron Keys, Six pieces of Foreign Silver-coin, and one Shilling and Six-pence, June 11th. William Mackenny , for stealing a Brown Gelding, value ten Pounds, the Property of Thomas Satcher , September 10th, John Alder , for privately stealing seventy Yards of Sarcenet value five Pounds, the property of Francis Sir , in his Shop November 18th, Ralph Refue , for privately stealing one Guinea, from the Person of Edward Lerougetell , December, 3d, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve, the remaining three, viz. Joseph Cole , Thomas Bulker , and Burton Brace , were order'd for Execution. Joseph Cole , was Indicted for breaking and entering the House of John Chamberlain , and stealing a Silver Pint Mug, two Silver Spoons, three Silver Tea-spoons, one Silver Salt, one Silver Pepper-box, a pair of Brass Teatongs, a Copper Tea-kettle, a pair of Damask Shoes, two Shirts, two Shifts, three Towels, a Table-cloth, a suit of Pinners, a Musling Hood, a Hat, and a pair of Pumps, November, the 7th, between Eight and Nine at Night. I Joseph Cole , Twenty-four Years of Age, of Honest Parents, near West- Smithfield , who where willing to Educate him at School, and in religious Principles, but he being of a Perverse Temper, was no way Inclinable to any Thing that was Good or Virtuous, but associating himself with the vilest of People, in whose Company he contracted the basest Habits, which brought him suddenly to an untimely End. His Father dying, left him Young, and he was not put, nor willing to go to any Trade, only he staid sometime with a Barber and Peruke-Maker , of whom he learnt a little of his Business, but that was what he minded least, making it only a Pretence, for he had contracted such an Intimacy with Whores, and Thieves, that he delighted in no other Company, nor in doing any Thing that was Praise-worthy. For above six Years past, he hath been one of the most notorious Thieves and Robbers in and about Town, having committed many Street-Robberies, pickt Pockets, broken divers Houses, for he had an Iron Instrument or two, with which he professed he could with ease open any Door in England , and these Implements with a dark Lanthorn, a piece of Wax candle and a Tinder-box, all needful for breaking Houses, and such works of Darkness, as he went about in the Night time; his Implements he call'd Mills, with which he forc'd open Doors or Windows; which Things were all found in the Room where he was taken; and at other Times he went out a Shop-lifting and stealing whatever fell in his Way. He liv'd in a House at the back of Holbourn , where the Landlay kept above Forty Rooms, and had them commonly let out to as many Robbers and common Thieves, each of whom had a Woman, whom they call'd their Wives, and these went out, some by Day, to see what they could pick up by Shop-lifting or picking of Pockets, or any other way as occasion offer'd; but most of them went out at Night, in order to commit Highway or Street Robberies, and whatever they got, Mrs. W-t-d, or her Husband, bought it of them at a cheap Rate, and they spent it with her, who was common to all of them, in a most prodigal and luxurious Manner, in Junketing, Carousing, Dancing, &c. M-s W-d, who hath been often in Newgate for her vile Practices, and infamous Life, in encouraging and assisting Robbers, Thieves and Whores, and her Husband, who were put out of that Place of the Town Disgracefully, are now mov'd into some Place of the City, where Cole own'd the robbing of Mr. Chamberlain, in Cock-Lane , as sworn against him, and as in the Indictment, and that he sold the Plate to W-t-d, who immediately melted it all down. Cole was Evidence in February last, against Williams, Jsaacson and Gulliford, who were Executed. His Landlady wish't him to a young Woman a Mantua Maker, whom he married, and who was taken up with him; he call'd her Honest, and said she had no Hand in the Robbery for which he died, nor in any other of his Villainies. He confest himself a most flagitious Sinner in Drinking, Gaming, Whoring, Robbing, Stealing, House-breaking, and all other Vices for which he suffer'd most deservedly, and humbly beg'd Pardon of God and Man. Since he was taken up, he thought upon nothing but Death, and was constantly employ'd in reading and other Exercises. He behav'd well, appear'd Penitent, and Wept often. He sent to an Aunt to speak in his Favour to somebody, she would not do it, but gave it out that he wanted to do her a Mischief. This he declared to be a groundless Aspersion, and that he Entertain'd not the least Grudge at her, or any other Person. He believ'd in Christ as the Son of God, and only Saviour of Sinners; declared himself a true Penitent for all the Offences of his Life, and that he died in perfect Peace with all the World. Thomas Bulker , of Stepney , was indicted for robbing Thomas Gwillim on the King's Highway, of a Hat, value 8 s. and other Things, the Goods of Thomas Gwillim , on the 1st of January. He was a second Time indicted, with Edward Pointer , not yet taken, for robbing George Lord , on the King's Highway, of a Cloth Coat, value 10 s. and other Things, the 31st of December last. 2. Thomas Bulker , about 20 Years of Age, of honest reputable Parents, his Father, having been Master of a Ship, died when he was young, and he was left in the Care of his Mother, who was very indulgent to him, and careful of his Education, having kept him four Years at a Boarding School in the Country; but he was a cross perverse Boy, and gave no great heed to his Learning, and being put to a Trade, he soon left his Master, and went to Sea ; and when at Home he fell into the basest Company, and commenc'd Highway, Street-Robber and House-breaker, for several Years past, living in that abandon'd Manner. When young, his Mother and Grandmother were too fond, which made him obstinate and intractable; two or three Years ago he went a Voyage to Virginia , during his Absence his Mother died, and then he had no Body to look after him but his Grandmother, he abus'd her in a strange Manner, and robb'd her of every Thing that was valuable; he mention'd Looking-Glasses, Quilts, Blankets, Money and other Things, and this he did so often, that he reduc'd the poor old Woman to Poverty, and spoke so disrespectfully, and in such a threatening Manner, that she was afraid to come and see him under Sentence. I told him, that his Calamities were a visible Judgment upon him, for his undutifulness to his Parents, and this he did not deny. He belonged to the Lancaster Man of War, and procured a Furlo before Christmas, but had not Patience to stay at Home a few Days, before taking up with his old Companions, he went on the Highway, and committed the most barbarous Robberies, for which he died, although he had six or seven Months Pay due to him from the Ship he left. After the dead Warrant came down, Bulker being of a mean timorous Disposition, lost all his Courage, fainted away again, and fell into a very low State of Health, continuing so to the last. He blam'd lewd Women for his Misfortunes, as Cole also did, they having been both much addicted to that kind of idle Company. A Woman and her Husband, in his Neighbourhood, first advis'd him to go a robbing and stealing, when he was only 12 or 13 Years old; and these vile Creatures never left him after that, till they brought him to his utter Destruction; for since he was a little School-Boy, he hath been constantly following these pernicious Courses of Robbing, Stealing, &c. He was most miserably poor, naked and in the most pitiful Condition; have seen any of those unfortunat I People. He believ'd in Christ, wae Penitent, and in Peace with all Mens I represented also to him his monstrous Barbarity in robbing the two Men after such a cruel Manner, for he not only took what Money, or small Things they had about them, but, after his knocking them down with a Club, beating unmercifully and wounding them, stript them of all their Cloaths. I asked him, why he treated the two Men so barbarously? He said, Edward Pointer , his Partner, bid him do so, and that the said Pointer is now in Maidstone Goal , for robbing a Man of 16 or 17 Shillings near Gravesend . I put him in Mind, how justly God's Judgment had now reach'd him, in leaving him altogether destitute and naked, beside the other Punishments inflicted, and to be inflicted upon him. The Truth of all this he own'd, that the Punishment of his Iniquity was less than what he deserved, and that he was heartily griev'd, and repented for all the Robberies (having acknowledged three others, beside the two he died for) he was guilty of, and for the barbarous and cruel Manner of committing them, and his notorious Disobedience to, and plundering and ruining his Mother and Grandmother; for all which great Sins he pray'd God to pardon him. Burton Brace , was indicted (with James Watkins , not yet taken) for assaulting Peter Bardin on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him Five Shillings and Six-pence, December 3 d. 3. Burton Brace , 21 Years of Age and ards, born of honest reputable Parits in Town, who gave him good Education at School, in Reading , Writing, Arithmetick, and what was needful to fit him for Business; and instructed him in the Christian Religion When of Age, he was put out to a Vintner by Temple-Bar , serv'd his Time honestly, and to the Satisfaction of his Master. While he was Apprentice, he was favour'd by every Body, but contracted too much Acquaintance, and a Habit of Company-keeping with idle People, which, when he came to have his Freedom, prov'd his Ruin: For then he got into Company with some young Men, who were not willing to follow the industrious Way they were bred to, particularly one James Watkins ; but resolv'd to have Money at any Rate, though to the imminent and almost inevitable Danger of their Necks. He confess'd the robbing Mr. Bardin, by Hemmings's-Row , as sworn against him, only he alledg'd, that it was Watkins, and not he who wore the lac'd Hat at the Time of the Robbery, and who first attack'd the Coach, and that he had the Pistol under his Arm, not in his Pocket, when he was apprehended; but these Circumstances were not material, and no ways diminish'd his Crime. Excepting this Robbery, he was always honest, and never robb'd, stole, nor did any Harm to any Body before. He was enter'd Midshipman in an East-India-man, and if he had not been taken up, he intended to go to Gravesend to the Ship in two or three Days. He was ruin'd by the Company and Advice of bad Women, to which he was very addicted, and to supply whom he ventur'd upon the desperate Resolution, of robbing in the Streets of the City. He behav'd very well; attended constantly in Chapel, and wept often. The Afternoon before he died, he wept very much in Chapel, as did also the other two. He declar'd that he hop'd for Salvation, through the Mercy of God in Christ; that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in perfect Peace with all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Morning before they went out, they receiv'd the blessed Sacrament, and heard Prayers very devoutly. After Prayers were over, which was about half an Hour after Nine o'Clock, they were Conveyed to Tyburn ; Cole and Bulker in a Cart, and Burton Brace in a Mourning Coach, Cole went to Tyburn in his Shroud. Burton Brace being ask'd a Question, at the desire of a Gentleman, if he was the Person, who of late rob'd or assisted in robbing several Persons about Windsor. He answer'd, that the Robbery for which he died was the first and last he had ever committed; the same Account he gave of himself before; at the Place he adher'd to his former Confessions and had no more to add. Thomas Bulker , only said, that he had committed a Number of Street and open Highway Robberies, broken a great many Houses, and done a deal of Mischief otherways, for which he beg'd Pardon, heartily Repented and hop'd that God would Graciously forgive him. Joseph Cole , had no new Confessions to make, having declar'd all before. He desir'd that nobody might reflect upon his Wife or his Brother, who had no Hand in his Robberies, and knew nothing of his other Villainies, and he deliver'd a Paper Seal'd, desiring it to be Publish'd. He appear'd to be Penitent for his Sinful Life. Burton Brace , wept bitterly in Chappel, and under the Tree. I ask'd him, if it was for fear of Death? he answered No. I exhorted him to think upon the Sufferings of Christ, to compose himself and silently to resign Himself to God. Then he was quiet and grave. They were very devout and Serious at Prayers and Singing of Psalms, Part of the 16th Psalm, relating to the Resurrection; and at the desire of Burton Brace , Most of the humble suit of a Sinner, was Sung. They went off the Stage crying to God to have Mercy upon them, and Lord Jesus receive their Spirits. This is all the Account given by Me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX. IT being apprehended, that the Publick would not have less Desire to be acquainted with the Causes, which drew on the Misfortunes of the Malefactors executed last Wednesday, than it has shewn on other such like Occasions; some Pains has been taken, in order to collect such Passages, as were thought most Remarkable, in relation to these three unhappy Men. Joseph Cole , of whom the Reader has already had some Account, was a young Fellow unhappy in his Family, as well as in his Courses; for he had an Uncle, one Samuel Cole , who was hang'd in the Year 1731: That unhappy Man destroy'd himself by spending all his Time in ill Houses, and with ill Women, notwithstanding repeated Warnings given him by his Friends from Time to Time. This Nephew Joseph Cole , followed the same wretched Course; he had large Acquaintances among these miserable Creatures, and whatever End of the Town he was in, he knew where to find enough of them; to destroy his Time, his Health, and his Money. He had addicted himself for a considerable Time to these mischievous Courses; for but in February last, he escaped Death by impeaching four of his Companions, and was in great Hopes of saving himself now by the same Method; but it being demanded of him, How many he could impeach? he said only One, who was concerned with him in breaking open the House of Mr. Chamberlain, the very Fact for which he died; but he said, if they had but let him alone for a Night longer, he and his Associates were to have broke open the House of a Silver-Smith, and then he could have given Evidence against three or four. This is a melancholy Proof of the extream Depravity of human Nature, since it shews us, that Men are capable, first of leaguing themselves with others, to commit Facts the most abominable in their Nature; and secondly, have it in their Heads all the while to hang one another, while they are eating, drinking, and conversing together like Brothers. Exorbitant Expences led this poor Fellow to think of supporting himself by Robbery, and from the Instant that he had entered on that infamous Sort of Life, he gave a Loose to yet more exorbitant Expences; for it is the universal Practice of these miserable Men, to spend with a Prospect of Plunder, and to plunder with no other View than to spend; so that it is impossible for them to avoid that Fate which they deserve, since they are continually tempting it, and as it were, hourly running their Heads against the Gallows. Habit in these People ripens Want of Fear, and Want of Conscience, into horrible Audacity: This very Fellow when he was taken, had a couple of Iron Instruments discovered in his Room, of which being asked the Use? He said they were his Mills, and that with them he would undertake to open any Doors in England. On his Trial however he said that they were not his, but that they were Tools belonging to John Stanley , who had made himself an Evidence. To pursue the Thread of this Man's Villainies any further, would be tedious and improper, inasmuch as they are particularly related by himself. All that can be drawn from this Recital, is this Memento, that too high an Expence, and the running into promiscuous Companies, are Things the most dangerous to the common Sort of People, and of Consequence they ought to be avoided and left off, from the View of this unpleasant Spectacle, whose Death, if it deters others, effectually answers the End of Justice. An Account of Joseph Cole 's Robberies, written by Himself. ABOUT six or seven Years agoe, I and two others committed a Robbery in the Spaw-Flds by Islngton , on a Gentleman, and took from him a Gold headed Cane, 35 s. his Hat and Wig, and a Scarlet Roquelaur. The next Robbery we committed was in a House in the back Street at Islngton , which we broke open between the Hours of Twelve and One, by wrenching the Bar of the Kitchen Window, we took from thence a dozen and a half of Holland Shirts, 8 Holland Shifts, some Cambrick Head Cloths and Handkerchiefs, a Great Coat, a Gold lac'd Hat and Wig, and three dozen of Plates. Some Time after this Robbery, we robbed a Gentleman by the Burying-Ground by Gray's-Inn-Lane , we stript him of his Clothes, which were of an Olive Colour, and likewise took from him his Gold lac'd Hat and Wig, a Cane and 15 s. in Money, a pair of Silver Buckles we took out of his Shoes, and his Knee-Buckles. Then Leonard Bu, Thomas Flannaka , and Myself, robbed a Gentleman in the Long-Fields going to Tottenham-Court , we took from him 9 s. in Silver, four Guineas and a Half in Gold, a Silver Watch, a Pair of Silver Shoe-Buckles, Knee-Buckles, a great Coat, his Hat and Wig, then we made off, and came to Town, where we sold the Gentleman's Watch to one William Howard , who was executed about two Years ago. Leonard Butler , William Harris (both Executed) and myself stopt a Coach in Smithfield , I went in, and the other two stood at each Door with Pistols in their Hands, I took from the Man 8 s. and his Watch, and from one of the Women half a Crown, half a Guinea in Gold, a Queen Elizabeth's Shilling, a Queen Anne's Farthing, and a gold Ring. I search'd the other Woman, but found nothing on her, upon which I took her Riding-Hood from her out of mere Spite; then we cross'd Smithfield , and went to a Linnen-Drapers Shop, next to the Hospital-Gate, and took from thence upon the Sneak, a large Roll of Check'd Linnon, and a Pair of Sheets ready cut out, and some other Pieces of Holland, and sold them to one Mrs. W-d, who is now a Prisoner in Newgate, on the Information of Nathan Cogram . Sometime afterwards, I and Anthony Hunt (who cut his Throat in Newgate ) and John Williams , robb'd another Man in Red-Lyon-Square , of Fifteen Shillings, and the Scotchman's Pack of Stockings, Hunt stop'd him, and I took the Money, and Mrs. W-d bought the Stockings for between six and seven Pounds. William Isaacson and I broke open a Shoemaker's Shop in Oxford-Market , in Tyburn-Road , about Ten or Eleven at Night, by breaking open the Door, and took from thence several Pair of Shoes, and sold them to Mrs. W-d. I and Thomas Campson (since Transported) broke open a Hatters in Blackfryars , last Bartholomew-Fair was two Years, about Eight or Nine o'Clock at Night, and robbed it of three Dozen of Kilps, [that is Hats] we left them with the above-mention'd Mrs. W-d, and she sold them to little Judge B-p, for between 7 or 8 l. and shared the Money between us. I and two more robbed a Hatters Shop in Woodstret , of a Dozen and a half of Hats, about 5 or 6 o'Clock in the Evening, upon the Sneak, Mrs. W-d, sold them to B-p for for about three Pounds. I and William Williams knock'd down a Woman near St. James's , about Eight o'Clock at Night, robbed her of a Parcel, consisting of Shirts, Shifts, Aprons, Head-Cloaths, and a Linnen Gown, we sold them to Mrs. W-d for 9 l and she sold the Gown to one L-e. I and William Isaacson , abovemention'd, and Thomas Wilson , broke open an Alehouse near St. James's , about Eight at Night, by lifting up the Sash, and took from thence a Quart silver Tankard, a Pint silver ditto, two large silver Spoons, six small Spoons, Tea-Tongs and Strainer, and sold them to Mrs. W-d, for about 9 or 10 l. and shared the Money amongst us. I and the abovesaid Thomas Campson , who kept Company with Mrs. W-d, stopt a Coach at the Seven-Dials , about Eleven or Twelve at Night, with a Man and a Woman in it, I went into the Coach, took from the Man 9 s. in Silver, and half a Guinea in Gold, and his Hat; I sunk the half Guinea, that is, concealed it from my Companion. I and John Bayes (since Transported) and Tom the Milkman, stop'd a Cart with black Cherries in it, about Two or Three in the Morning, at Fleet-Ditch , and took from the Man 4 s. 6 d. a Coat and Waistcoat with silver Buttons, sold the Cloaths to Mrs. W-d for about 4 l. and shared the Money amongst us. The next Robbery was I, Bayes , and Tom the Milkman, knocked a Man down by the Field near that wherein the Welsh-Fair is kept, between Twelve and One on Sunday Morning and took from him 9 s. in Money, his Hat and Wig, and silk Handkerchief, and Bayes had the Hat and Wig. I and William Williams went in and took out of Mr. Morgan's, a Haberdashers Shop, near St. Bartholomew's-Gate , Smithfield , about Eight or Nine o'Clock in the Evening, and took from thence a Box of Ribbons of great value. I and Richard Gulliford went in and took out of Mr. Robinson's Shop, a Haberdashers in Aldersgate-street , about Eight or Nine in the Evening, a Box of silk Handkerchiefs, containing 160, valued at 20 l. and sold 152 to Mrs. W-d for 9 l. 5 s. Sometime before last Christmas was Twelve-month, Gulliford , William Williams , Isaacson and I, broke open one Mr. Ridgley's House, a Silver-Smith in St. John's-Street , between One and Two in the Morning, by cutting a Hole in the Shutter, taking the Key out of the Pin, and taking down the Shutter, and took from thence a Show-Glass, containing five plain Gold Rings, five Cypher Gold Rings with Cyphers, a Gold Chain, eight large silver Spoons, a Soup Spoon, a Mother of Pearl Snuff-Box with a silver Rim, a Picture within side; three Sets of Tea-Spoons, Tongs and Strainer; a silver Punch-Ladle, three or four silver Boats, three or four silver Milk-Pots, divers Pair of silver Buckles, Buttons, Studs, Thimbles, Clasps; several Pair of Buttons with Cyphers set in Silver; several silver Medals, and one Pair of Gold Ear-Rings, and several other trifling Things; all the Rings, all the Cypher Buttons, and two Pair of silver Buckles apiece, a silver Spoon apiece, and some other odd Trifles, we shared amongst us; the Gold Chain, Snuff-Box, and the rest of the Silver, we sold to Mrs. W-d, living then in Jewin-street, for 20 l. which was valued at 50 l. and Gulliford's Wife had the Gold Ear-Rings. Gulliford , William Williams , Isaacson , Jacks and I, broke open the Golden-Anchor in Little-Moorfields , between Four and Five in the Morning, by pulling the Head of the Pin off, and took from thence a fine Cloth Coat and black Waistcoat, and a Horseman's Coat with a great Cape to it, four great Coats, a silver Tankard, a Looking-Glass, two Wigs, and some other Things; the Cloaths, the silver Tankard, valued at 20 l. we sold to Mrs. W-d, for about 9 or 10 l. and shared the Money amongst us; Gulliford had one of the Wigs and Glass, and Jacks had the other Wig. Sometime afterwards the abovemention'd four, Gulliford , Williams , Isaacson , Jacks and myself, broke open a Grocers and Haberdashers Shop in Spittlefields , about Two in the Morning, by drawing two Hooks that the Window-shutters hung upon, and took out the Pin, and took from thence some sewing Silk, and other Things to the Value of 10 l. and sold them to Mrs. W-d for about 5 or 6 l. which we divided amongst us. Isaacson and I broke open Mr. Moor's, a Stocking-Shop, at the Golden-Ball , in Shoreditch , about Two o'Clock on Monday Morning, we stript the Shop, all but three Parcels, they were valued at 20 l. we sold them to Mrs. W-d for 8 l. Isaacson and I broke open a Shoemaker's Shop in Spittlefields , and took from thence several Pair of Shoes, and sold them to Mrs. W-d. I and one Robert Tanner , and one James Waters (since Transported) broke open, between the Hours of One and Two o'Clock in the Morning, one Tom Patts Kin to Mill (a Presbyterian Parson's House in Little-Moorfields ) we got in at the Kitchen Window, and so into the House, were we took a large Quantity of Linnen, and all Tom Patts 's Bands, that he could not Preach that Day, being a Sunday Morning when we broke open the House. Mr. W-d, who is a Watchmaker by Trade, went with me to one Mr. Tawney's, in Bell-Savage-Yard , on Purpose to take his Case of Watches away, and in order thereto furnished me with a Dozen of Hands belonging to Watches, that if I was met on the Stairs, I might let them know, that I came to offer them to Mr. Tawney to be sold, but having no Opportunity I never did rob him of any Thing, tho' I went twice to that End. I and one Thomas Campson was coming from Southwark-Fair , and going down Watling-street , we saw a Parcel lying on a Counter, I went into the Shop, under Pretence for a Halfpennyworth of Tobacco, while Thomas Campson took the Bundle, and came off with it unseen, and brought it to a House in Fleet-Lane , we open'd it, and found therein a new Holland Shift, and a quilted Petticoat, which was design'd for a young Woman that was to be Married the Sunday following, and this Present was from the Person she was to be espoused to; upon which I, and the Person that was concern'd with me, consented to return the young Woman her Things again, because she should not be disappointed; accordingly we went to the House, and asked for the Maid rvant, and a young Man came to the Door, and asked us what we wanted with her? I told him, I wanted to speak with her, upon which she came; says I, young Woman I am inform'd that a few Nights agone you lost something. Yes, says she, I have, I have lost a new Shift, and likewise a quilted Petticoat; well, says I, if you'll go along with me and this young Man, we can help you to it; accordingly we carried her to a House which we resorted to, and return'd her Shift and quilted Petticoat; upon which she gave us a Crown, and informed us at the same Time, that the Shift and quilted Petticoat was made her a Present by a young Man, whom she was to be married to, and was accordingly the next Sunday. I and another (since dead) broke open a House in Aldersgate-street , next Door to the Half-Moon-Tavern , after the following Manner; the Person who was with me, hoisted me up to the Window-shutter, and there I took out a Pain of Glass, and so I unkey'd the Pin of the Window, I turn'd the Pin round, and the Key drop'd out, and then I took out another Pain of Glass, and open'd the Casement; and so I got in, while he staid without to receive the Goods, viz. a Looking-glass, two Block-tin Cannisters, which we took for Silver ones, a Silver Tea-Spoon, two little Boxes with Cambrick Head-Cloaths in them, Cambrick Ruffles, two or three Cambrick Handkerchiefs, a Holland Handkerchief, a Cambrick Hood, a check'd Apron, two or three Towels, and several other Things; being disturb'd by some Men going thro' the Alley, I was oblig'd to come out, and we both made off with our Booty to my Room in Chick-Lane , I sold the Things to Mrs. W-d for 23 s. we kept out some Things for our Doxias. A Letter from JOSEPH COLE , delivered to his Wife February the 3d, the Night before his Execution. MY DEAR, THIS with my kind Love and Respects to you, is for to beg of you not to grieve you self upon the Account of my ignominious Death, nor never to take any Notice of them, that was the Reason of it; for why, if I had gone on in this Course of Life, I should have had more Sins to have answer'd for, and I should have committed more Robberies, and in Case of Opposition, Murder might have been done, and if I had been killed in committing a Robbery, I should not have had Time to have said, Lord have Mercy upon me, which would have been a sad Thing, for what would have become of me; and now thro' God's Blessing, I have had a long Time of Repentance, but too short for the great Work I had to do. I judge that one of the chief Causes that makes me afraid of Death is, because I look'd upon God as a most severe and merciless Judge, inflamed with Anger and Fury against me, and armed with Vengeance. When I should consider and acknowledge him to be a merciful Father, full of Compassion and Knaness for Mankind. Every Slave trembles at the Sight of his Lord: There is no Malefactor but is afraid to receive Sentence; then how can I, who am all sptted with Sin, and blacken'd with Crimes? Can I appear before that glorious Throne, That cau seth the Seraphims to cover their Faces with their Wings, Isaiah vi. How can I, that am but Stubble, subsist in the Presence of the God of Vengeance, who is a consuming Fire, Heb. x. If I had been afraid of a cruel and shamefull Death, I should have kept myself from an evil and prophane Life; for commonly as a Man's Life is, so is his Death. My Dear, pray mind this; you who are afraid to leave behind you, a desolate, afflicted, and comfortless Widow, come and learn this Lesson. To rely upon the Goodness and tender Compassions of the Father of Mercies, who never fails to comfort the Distressed in all Afflictions, and who is always near to them that calls upon him in their Troubles, ii. Cor. 2. Psa. 14. He favours the Widow to that Degree, that he calls himself, The Judge of the Widows, Psalm 18. That is the Protector of their Integrity and their Rights, and severe Revenger of their Wrongs, that they may suffer. Therefore God tells us in express Words, That he maintains the Widow, and Establisheth her Borders, Prov. 15. But I mean the wise Widows, who being left alone by their Husband's Dath, have their Confidence and Trust in God, continuing in Prayer Day and Night. So to God Almighty's Protection I commit you. Which is all from your unfortunate, but dying Husband. From my Cell in Newgate , Feb. 3. J. Cole. Burton Brace , was an unhappy young Lad, drawn into these miserable Courses, which brought him to his fatal End, by the two common Vices of this Age, Drinking and Play. He had been bred a Vintner , and behaved very well; he had some small Estate, which he sold for about 200 l. thence forward he lived in quite a different Manner from what he was wont to do, or what became him: His Head was turned with the Notion of appearing like a modern fine Gentleman, and it is much to be feared, that he neither is, nor will be the only Person, such Whims may prove fatal to. The Morning was consumed in Sleep, and the Afternoon was to him the Beginning of the Day, the Evening his Time of Business, and the Place, one of the two mighty Gaming Houses in the Neighbourhood of Covent-Garden ; here he lost his Mony and his Wit, he heard nothing but Oaths, Imprecations, and a mixture of avaritious Wishes, and profligate Designs of Spending; here he learned to think Industry a mean Thing, and an honest Way of Living, somewhat unworthy of a great Spirit; here he saw the Effects of these Maxims: Fellows, who a few Years ago cleaned Shoes, now trading in their Way for Thousands; dress'd in every Respect like Men of Quality, and putting on many more Airs, than if they had been really such. In a Word, he acquired in this illustrious Academy, those Principles on which he acted; when he foolishly plundered a Hackney Coach, in order to go and be plundered himself, in as infamous, tho' to the great Scandal of our Laws, in a less dangerous Way. For though it be most certain, that these infernal Nurseries of Vice, furnish our Gazettes with Bankrupts, our Weekly-Bills with sudden Deaths, and our Streets with Thieves; yet they still lift up their Head, in open Defiance of the Remedies prescrib'd by the Legislature, and the earnest Inclination testified by the Magistrates of Great Britain in general, effectually to root them out. But to turn to Burton Brace , as he acted wickedly in committing this Robbery, so he behaved as indiscreetly afterwards, for he went directly to a Publick House, where the Company knew him and the Persons he had robbed, and where he very foolishly shewed some of the Things that he had taken from them: Search was very quickly made for him and his unfortunate Companion, and they were both together found at a Publick House, not far from Covent-Garden , the luckless Scene of all their ill fated Adventures. The Manner in which they behaved themselves, and their eyeing very steadily a Gentleman who left some Money at the Barr of the House and took it away again, made them be suspected; on which Notice being given to the Prosecutor, he came and secured Brace, but in the Hurry of apprehending him, the other slipt out of the Room and made his Escape. Burton Brace always pressed a great Tenderness for this Companion of his, and most earnestly wished, that his narrow Escape, and the frightful Spectacle of his Death, might make a proper Impression on his Mind, and deter him from such Practices for the Future. Thomas Bulker , a Wretch of mean Capacity and brutal Dispositions; it seems he had lived in a Manner, which Industry would not support, and therefore had a Recourse to Robbing to help it out: Some Companions he had in this detestable Profession, and very probable it is, that as they were no more honest than he, so they were not a Grain more Human; for all that I can find, he and his Associates, have the Honour of introducing the most barbarous Manner of Robbing, that ever yet was practised in this Country; unsatisfied with plundering People of what Money and Moveables they had about them, they fell into a Way of Stripping them to their Shirts, nay, and of taking away their very Shirts also, beating and abusing them into the Bargin; but very happily for the Publick, these Creatures happen'd to have as little Sense, as they had Honesty, and so their Indiscretion is likely to bring them soon to Bulker's Fate, and deliver People from the Terror of expecting Street-Robbers, if on the utmost Emergency, they stir a 100 Yards from their own Doors. To dwell on the Behaviour of this hapless Fellow, would be to tire the Reader's Patience with a Recital of common Particulars, which rather than doe, we shall here put an End to what we have to say about him, with this Remark, that in Proportion, as People want common Sense and common Understanding, so they are deficient in Regard to their Fellow Creatures, and loose all Notions of Justice, Equity, or Mercy. The Publick will not probably be displeased to hear how the following Persons, viz. William Wreathocke , Peter Chamberlain , James Ruffhead , George Bird the younger, and Gilbert Campbell , behaved on the coming down of the Reprieve. On the Morning of the Day, on which the Report was to be made, they assembled themselves together, in order to implore the Favour of God by Fasting and Prayer; they attended twice on Divine Service in the Chapel, where they behaved with much Decency and Devotion; they continued till Evening without eating, and then being accquainted with his Majesty's gracious Determinations on their Case, Mr. Wreathocke desired they might be allowed to go into a Room by themselves; which being granted, they shut the Door and returned God Thanks for the Mercy vouchsafed them, in the most pathetic Terms; they likewise made a solemn Declaration of their Innocence, acknowledged with great Humility, the many great Offences of which they had been guilty of, and promised with much seeming Sincerity, that their future Conduct, should no way discredit the mighty Favour, his Majesty had been pleased to grant. Burton Brace left behind him two Papers, one a Letter, the other a Speech intended at the Place of Execution; both of which, as they may be of publick Benefit, if perused with proper Concern, we have thought convenient to insert. To the DRAWERS in the several TAVERNS in LONDON, and WEST-MINSTER. WHEN I consider the terrible Situation I am in, what Misfortunes I have brought upon myself, what Reflections upon others, I think it becomes me to do somewhat for the benefit of the Publick, to the End, that my Punishment may have a proper Effect, and deter others from treading such steps as have brought Ruin upon me. However careful the Masters of Taverns may be, to prevent young People who serve in their Houses, from having their Manners corrupted, in which Respect, I must take this Opportunity of declaring that none could be more so than the Master I serv'd; yet it will be simply impossible for them to hinder their receiving any ill Impressions by any other Method, than fortifying their Minds with right Principles, which may make them abhor such Measures as lead to any sort of Vice. If my Misfortunes may be allowed to have taught me Experience, I should be glad to be believed, when I say that nothing is more Ridiculous, at the same Time, that nothing can be more Fatal than for young Drawers to imagine they are to live like the Company they see, and enjoy the same Delights with those they serve, were they capable of understanding it; they ought to place their. Happiness in other Things, they ought to seek a Competency by Honest Industry, and as they Opportunities of observing what terri Havock, Debauchery and Extravagancies in Men's Persons and Estates, they should thence learn to shun and detest such a Course of Life. Instead of Plays and Gaming-Houses, instead of Country Journeys and House-Races, you would do well to employ your leisure Time in Reading profitable Books, or in some innocent Amusement; for as to exercise the usual Excuses for such Excursions, your Business requires so much, that it cannot be pretended, a strict Habit of Justice ought to be acquired by a scrupulous Niceness in the Affairs of your Masters; for if once you come to think Cheating a small Fault, or Fraud in any Degree excusable, you will quickly advance farther in the same unhappy Path, and come at last to Practices as bad as mine, tho' perhaps less dangerous in the Sight of Men; as I have no other View in this Cordial Advice than your God, and the disburthening my own Mind, so I hope it will be receiv'd as candidly as I intend it, and that you will listen to my earnest Intreaties, as well as vouchsafe me your hearty Prayers. Your afflicted and dying Friend, B. BRACE. A Paper which was delivered by Burton Brace , to a Friend, the Morning of his Execution. GOOD PEOPLE, THE Law in adjudging me to a shameful and ignominious Death, and in making me a Publick Spectacle, as you see me this Day, intended not so much the Destruction of my Body, as the Reformation of your Minds; for tho', as a rotten Branch, it was become necessary as well as just, that I should be lopp'd off, for the Sake of preserving Peace in human Society; yet surely my Death is intended as an Example to deter others; and all who are Spectators of my End, are bound in Conscience to take Notice thereof, and consider it in that Light. The Allurements of wanton Women, and the noisy Pleasure of a drunken Life, first led me to think of supporting my Extravagances by Gaming; and that Recourse sailing me, as it does most Men, in the midst of Distraction and Despair, I conceived in my Mind, that fatal Resolution, which has brought me to this shameful Place. If I had employed a few Moments Time, in considering the Difference between a regular sober Life, and those lewd Scenes of false Joy, which I so earnestly coveted, and so eagerly pursued, I had avoided a long Train of Mischiefs, which for some Time past I have suffered, as well as escaped this Ignominious Period of it. If with Respect to my Character, my Relation, and my Person, the present Circumstances I am under are grievous and full of Shame, yet as I have had a competent Time to repent in, and the proper Means of bringing me to Repentance have been furnished, which otherwise perhaps I might never have had. I am reconcile to all the Evils I have undergone, and even to this last terrible one I am yet to undergoe. I trust that my temporal Afflictions will in some Measure, attone for my flagrant Offences; and that Almighty God will have Mercy on my Soul, thro' the Itercession of Jesus Christ his Son, which that it may come to pass, I humbly beg that you will join your Prayers to mine, and continue them as long as Life shall continue in me. ADVERTISEMENT. The famous Specifick Injection or Lotion Which in Nineteen Years private Practice, has cured 784 Gonorrheas or Claps (without taking any Medicine by the Mouth) and since September, 328 in the publick Way; and will prevent either Pox or Clap, as Thousands have experienced. Those that use this Medicine, always know where to find the Author. IT intirely destroys and carries off all Venereal Infection, because it reaches the Cause immediately, which no Medicines taken by the Mouth can do, and therefore prevents all the doleful Attendants of impure Embraces. Sublata Causa tollitur Affectus. N. B. Reason and experience first recommended it to the Publick; the great Satisfaction it gives, and the great Demand for it, convinces me more and more of its extensive Use. See the Advertisements at large in Fog and the Craftsman. It is sold at Mr. King's a Picture-shop in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market: by William Evans , Book seller in Bristol ; and Thomas Price , Bookseller in Gloucester , at 7 s. 6 d. a Bottle, which is wrapp'd and seal'd up with Directions (a proper instrument a shilling.) Ask for a Bottle of Wash. FINIS.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT Of the Behaviour, Confessions, and last dying Words of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 9th, of November, 1722. THE King's Commission of the Peace and Oyer and Terminer, being Held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of October last; before the Right Honourable Sir William Stewart , Knt . late Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice Pratt, the Honourable Mr. Justice Tracey, and Mr. Baron Price, and John Raby , Deputy, Esq ; Recorder ; besides several of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of London, and County of Middlesex: Four Men were then found Guilty of Capital Offences; viz. William Mar ; John Quin ; Samuel Molton , and Thomas Williams . The two last, whereof receiving His Majesty's Gracious Reprieve, in order to their being Transported; the two former remained for Execution. While they lay under the Sentence of Death, no one had any Interruption in the Performance of his Duty, except John Quin , who who was Lighted-headed for the greatest Part of the time that he remain'd in that sad Estate; which prevented his improving in the Knowledge of his Religion, or performing the Great and important Work for his Soul, which lay upon him to perform; tho' I was assur'd that especially Thomas Williams , (whose Father had very carefully grounded him in the Knowledge of the Principles of his Religion) was extreamly willing and ready to Read to and Pray by him, in the Condemn'd-Hold; he seeming to take a particular Pleasure and Satisfaction in those Performances, and having much Heart and a Spirit in his Misfortunes, till he received the Tidings, that his Father was dead with Grief for his deplorable Condition, and also that his Mother was like to be Distracted and to meet with the same sad Fate; but being inform'd that his Father having been to see him under Condemnation, at four of the Clock, dyed with the vast concern of it, at six; it seem'd to make a much deeper Impression upon him, than the Prospect of Death had ever made: However, it cannot be said that he at any time neglected the Performance of his Duty; nor did John Quin refuse any Instructions, when he was in any Condition to receive them; but told me as the World had forsaken him, he would endeavour to forsake the World; and would recollect himself, if his ill state of Health would permit him to do it) what great and crying Sin he had committed in any former Part of his Life, which had now call'd down this heavy Judgment of God upon him, and would unite in employing God's Pardon for it. Upon the Day preceeding their Exit out of this World, I endeavour'd to Instruct these unhappy Men, from the following Text of Scripture, Be ye not as the Horse, or as the Mule, &c. Psalm 32. v. 9th; or the more antient Translation has it in the Book of Common-Prayer, Be ye not like to Horse and Mule, which have no Understanding; whose Mouths must be held with Bit and Bridle, lest they fall upon thee. Great Plagues remain for the ungoldy. From those Words of the Psalmist, we took occasion to consider, FIRST, Those Men who are of so savage and bruital a Disposition, as not to comply with the Dictates of Reason, the Consideration of Society, the Order and Frame of the World, &c. but oblig'd their Superiours to use them like Horses and Mules, to restrain them by Bridles and Fetters, lest they should fall on and dispoil their Neighbours, throw down all Unity and Friendship, and overturn the Foundations of Civil-Society. SECONDLY, We advis'd the Persons to suffer Death, to lay aside all savageness of Disposition, and, as the Scripture Phrases it, to become as near as possible to New-born Bades; from the Consideration of their not being form'd like the Beasts that perish, but with Understanding, with Minds that must tell them, that they act degenerately from their Nature; so that they who are resolv'd to prey on those they meet in the Night, and to despoil their Fellow Creatures; had better have been form'd like Wolves or Tigers; for then they had acted but agreeably to their Natures, nor been troubled with an uneasy Understanding sometimes to accuse them. THIRDLY, We advised them, not to be like the Horses and Mules, in endeavouring by Force and Violence, not by proper Methods, to extricate themselves from their Misfortunes. For those who had attempted to Break lose from the Place of confinement, by sheding Blood, had all the Guilt of that Blood upon them, that they intended to shed: Nor was the Absurdity of such an Endeavour greater than the impiety, it being wholly out of their Power to put such a Resolution in Practice, and it must terminate in the mediate Misery of their Bodies as well as extream Hazard of their Souls. FOURTHLY, We advis'd them to this Patience, and this Resignation to the Divine Will, from that particular Passage in the Text, Great Plagues remain for the Ungodly; Punishment is but the natural Consequence of Ungodliness; Plagues are what Sinners seek; My Son, if Sinners intice thee, consent thou not, &c. They lay wait for their own Blood, they lurk privily for their own Lives. And if ill Men have brought Plagues upon themselves, they should blame none but themselves; should not have Malice against their Accusers; or I'll-will towards those who put the Laws in Execution against them. LASTLY, We endeavoured to enforce it upon them, That, tho' they had most severely found, that Great Plagues and Punishments waited the ungodly in this World, 'twou'd be wholly owing to their own Indulence, if they did not escape the Plagues that waited the ungodly in the Worldy to come; for that there was Mercy for condemn'd Malfactors at the Throne of God; and as they had been allowed Time and Opportunity for Repentance, if they had not sincerely pursued those Instructions given them at different Times, they could have no Excuse for their impieties, but must own, That their Damnation was just. During the Time of this, the Persons in Misfortunes seem'd very seriously to attend to the Instructions given them; nor did I ever observe what John Quin , a little before his Death, complain'd to me of, viz. That the Prisoners repriev'd laugh'd at those appointed for Death; in the Chappel: after the Warrant for Execution was carry'd to the Prisoners, and themselves included in it, very contrary to their Thoughts and Expectations. Williams appear'd without Concern, as if he had long before given up all Thought of this World, and had nothing to do in it: Yet this Resentment was not gone: For, being ask'd by me, two Days before his Death, in the Chapel, how he could retain such Malice, as to say He wish'd he could talk with a certain Person, for that he would draw out a Knife from his Coat and stab him? He reply'd, That if that Man was that Moment there, He would stab him to the Heart. Upon my asking why all that ill Will, when he was so near his Death? He answer'd, That Man has been the Ruin of my Body, if not my Soul: If I have told you of my Crimes, and Confess this, for which I am now to die; but some time ago, when I was going on Board a Ship, that I might leave my bad Company, and resolv'd to live honestly, That Man sent for me for my former Crimes, and put me into New-Prison, where I lay many Months, on suspicion, for he could make out nothing against me, and I was set at Liberty, but then I had no Opportunity of going on Board any Ship, nor would my Friends fit me out again a second time with Cloaths, and all Necessaries as they had done before: But as he is the Cause of my Ruin, and is my Murderer, I would gladly pay him Home, only to hinder his ruining others, as he has me, and to make this his last Time, &c. The Violent Malice and the odd Resentment with which he utter'd those Expressions, and many more, appeard very surprizing to others then in the Chappel, as well as to me; that he should be able to conceal so much Passion and Ill-will so long, till he saw all Hopes of Life were gone: Conceal'd, tho' he had often declar'd, he bore no Man any Grudge, but could freely dye without Resentment. I endeavour'd, as I was able, to convince him of the Vileness and Baseness of his Temper: that could harbour so much Malice, yet daily Pray that God would forgive him his Trespasses, as he forgave those that trespass'd against him; altho' here was no Trespass against him: What was done, having been acted, I did suppose, with a good Intent, to promote Justice, to quell Robbery, and to put the Laws in due Execution. &c. But I perceiv'd that his Rancour and Ill-will, lay not only against the above-mention'd Person, but also against one Casey, (executed last Execution). Casey (he said also in the Chappel) put him into his Information, designing to hang him; but God was above the Devil, and he luckily liv'd to see Casey hang'd before him. After I had heard the Whole he had to say, I read those Texts of Scripture which relate to the forgiving our Brethren's Trespasses, &c. supposing they had injur'd us, and endeavour'd to apply them to him. John Quin express'd himself, that it was a sad Sight to him, to see his Companion in such heats of Passion, just before he was to dye. Quin appear'd to make a very earnest Preparation for the Reception of the Sacrament, by informing himself in the Nature of it, and by taking special Notice of all those Passages in the sacred Pages, which relate thereto. And he assur'd me, that when he was not capable of performing his Duty, by reason of his Indisposition, he beg'd of some other, in that miserable Place, to read and pray by him all Night. WILLIAM MAR , of St. Margaret's Westminster , was condemn'd for Assaulting Michael Paxton , about eight of the Clock at Night, between the Horse Guards and Admiralty-Office , throwing him down on the Ground, and taking from him a Hat, value 5 s. and a Cane value 5s. on the 21st Day of September last. He was also found guilty of stealing a laced Hat, value 4s. from the Shop of Mary Sedgwick , the same Night; which Hat, she found at the Guard-house, and which the Prisoner owned before the Constable he told her of, about seven o'Clock at Night. This Prisoner said he was not twenty Years of Age; That having an Uncle of considerable Substance, who Traded for many Years to India, China, and Persia, that gave him, when very Poor, and not in a Condition to set him up credibly in the World. He believed he might by the Interest of his Uncle have easily attain'd to the Place of Factor, or the like beyond Sea; but his Uncle discouraged him from those Thoughts, by representing to him, That he had not been the best of Boys, but had let appear very young a kind of Disposition to Vice, by telling Lyes, abusing other Lads, &c. And that the Sea would encourage those Ill-Inclinations, and might perhaps be his utter Ruin; adding, that nothing could alter his Mind, and turn the unto-ward Boy into a sober Man; but his being placed, when very young, in a regular and orderly Family. Accordingly, he said, his Uncle bound him Apprentice to a Goldsmith in Wapping ; where at first he was us'd very well, but not so afterwards; this he believ'd was owing to his Quarreling with, and beating several Mens Sons and Servants in the Neighbourhood; and also to his being too familar with a certain Person in the Family, which was discover'd to his Master; for after that, he said, he scarce had Necessaries to keep him alive; so that he did not serve his whole time, but went to Sea, as a common Sailer , as he could; was several times at the Sea-port Towns of France ; was in the Mideteranean , against Messina , and in several Sea-ports in Scily , &c. He said, he supposed it was because he was a large hardy Boy, who could endure any Labours, or Dangers, that every Captain that saw him was very ready and desirous to receive him on Board the Ship; for he said he could stand on Deck the very sharpest Weather, his Wastcoat unbutton'd, his Body bare, and without Stockings or Shoes; I ask'd him if he was able to keep himself perfectly honestly at Sea? He answer'd, That he had sometimes taken odd things from the Sailers; but was never discover'd to the Captain but once, and that he did not take notice of it, for that he had just before done Duty that none of the Sailers could do so well as him self, and which Hardiness, he said, the Officers always Commended and Encourag'd in the Sailers. If what he said was true, it is not a Year since he left the Sea-Service; 'and he might indeed commit all his Robberies in that time, if we consider how great a Number he oft-times committed one in the Night. As it may perhaps be to the Satisfaction of some who have been injur'd, if not to their Advantage; I shall now set down some of his Performances; as he told them to me, and as well as my Memory can retain them. It was about 9 Months ago, the Roads bad, and in the Night time, (but he remember'd not the particular Day not of this, nor of any other Robberies) That he bad a Hackney Coach stand, behind Buckingham House ; there was a Gentleman and Lady in the Coach; the Gentleman he commanded to come into the Road to him out of the Coach, upon which, the Lady very briskly told him, tho' he was a Gentleman of the Road, she knew the Way of the Town as well as he, for he knew little of the Town to attack such as she, she said, and her Friend were; upon this, (he told me) he thrust up his Pistol, and swore he'd thrust it in her Face and bolt out her Eyes, which made the Gentleman immediately get out of the Coach, whom he robb'd of 10 l. in Money, or thereabouts; a Watch, Ring, and other things: But as to the Gentlewoman, he only felt about her Pockets, and finding no Watch about her, nor any Rings on her Fingers; he let her escape, (as he look'd upon her to be a Lady of Pleasure, he said) and neither took any thing from her, nor any way misus'd her. The same Night he said, he robb'd a Gentleman, about 12 o'Clock, between the 2 Gates, over against the Cock-pit, White-Hall ; whom he thrust in at a Gate of the Privy Garden, and there robb'd him, but to no great value, and then thrust him out again, and clap'd too the Gate; leaving him to cry out Thieves! Rogues! I am robb'd! while he ran away round thro' Kings-street, and return'd close by the Man he had robb'd, and saw two Centinals and a Soldier, and a great Mob gather'd about him, over whose Shoulders he just peep'd over, and so proceeded along unobserv'd. The following Night, he robb'd a Person a Foot, about 9 o'Clock, by the Meuse, of a Hat, a Wig, and a little Money. After which, meeting of his Companions, they inform'd him, that certain Ladies of Honour (as they had learn'd from their Footmen) were to go that Night from Kensington to St. James's : Wherefore they made all hast to the Road, near Pickadilly ; and after waiting there for several Hours, they saw the Coaches that carried those Ladies, cross over the Road, and go out of one Park into another, which wholy prevented their Scheme. He then, he said, left them, and went toward St. Martin's-Lane , where he robb'd a Gentleman of about 30 s. in Money; some Publick-Houses being near, he said a great Number of People pursu'd him tho' 'twas late, but only five of them could keep near him; he said he took a Court in St. Martin's-Lane; but there being no Passage thro' he turn'd full upon his Pursuers, and presenting a Pistol in each hand to the Crowd; but receiving a Blow with a large Stick on his Left Arm, he was disabled and drop'd his Pistol, which falling on the Ground, went off; upon which, he himself fir'd the other, and the People all ran away, and he got off clear. Two or three Nights after, being with Casey the Soldier, and a certain Man besides, by the side of a dead Wall, near White-Hall , Mar spyed a Man coming up toward them, and told his Companions, if he lik'd the look of the Man they should rob him; but Cases, without taking any Notice, knock'd him down, but Mar being vext, saying, Am not I capable of Robbing without Mrthering? &c. and thereupon went from them. He added farther, That he was once unjustly put into (I think) New-prison , because a Cane was found upon him; which, he said, Casey, senior, meetting him one Day, and eeing him well in Habit, desired him to keep the Cane for him, for it would look better in the Hand of Mar, than in his. He said too, He was served in the same manner, on Account of an House that was broke open, in Tyburn Road, and a Garland of Plate stoln thence; after two or three Sessions, he was clear'd of the Suspicion that lay against him. He added, That he knew who committed that Robbery, but would never discover them. Before he dy'd, he promis'd he would take great Care to make his Peace with God, which I hope he perform'd, and is gone (agreeebly thereto) to eternal Happiness. JOHN QUIN , Was found guilty of assaulting Rebecca Carter , in Oxendon-Street , about Seven at Night, on the 4th of October last, and robbing her of a Pocket and 3 s. in Money; by knocking her down, and snatching her Pocket. He said, That next June, he should be 18 Years of Age; born in Ireland, eight Miles from Dublin : His Father a Dairy-Man, while he liv'd took care of his Education; after which, his Mother put him Aprentice to a Taylor , but he being used to Home, would not stay, but run Home. His Mother, he said, then put him Apprentice to another Man of the same Trade, but he long'd to be at Home, and lay out in the Streets all Night, that his Mother might send to seek him, and take him Home; which she soon did, lest any Accident should happen to him in the Night Time. She was then about to bind him to another Trade, but died in the mean time. But tho' she left 60 l. the Neighbours gave him but 7 l. but offer'd to let him live among them, as long as he would. But after he had continued there a Time, he was weary of so Living; and receiving some Letters from his Brother, a Soldier in England, he resolved to go and seek for him. Soon after, meeting with a Company of Pensioners belonging to Chelsea Colledge, who were going for England, he joyned them, and came over; but Fate directed him to Oxford , and he liv'd there, where he look'd after the Hackney Horses of the Buttler of Queen's Colledge , during the Space of (I think) two Years. From thence, coming to London, he had no way to Live, but by serving the Builders of New Houses , which he did, when he fell into his Misfortunes. He deny'd that he had ever been guilty of ill Practices; but said, after considering all he could, he could think of nothing that could call down God's Judgments upon him, unless it was Vexing his deceased Mother, for she laid to Heart his Undutifulness, in not staying where she placed him, but terrifying her by runningaway, and lying all Night in the Streets, and the like. Tho', he added, That all the Neighbours were of Opinion, that his Mother's Heart was broken, by his Sisters living with a Person of Quality, contrary to her Will; nor upon her sending for her, would ever come Home to her. He appeard very serious and earnest, according to his Capacity, in making his Peace with God, and Preparing for his future State; enquiring much about the Nature of the Sacrament, and other Things relating to his future Happiness. This is all e Account to be given by, T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bridewell-Bridge, in Black-Fryers .

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A True Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Dying SPEECHES, of the Criminals that were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday the 18th of Sep. 1695. THE Sessions at the Old-Baily held Seven days. There were sixteen received the Sentence of Death, most of them for Clipping the Currant Mony of this Kingdom. Thirteen Women formerly Condemned for Clipping, but their Sentence being respited, as pleading there being quick with Child, they were this Session called down to their former Judgment, and received the Sentence of Death. The Ordinary and other Ministers of this City Visited them every day. The Ordinary preacht several Sermons to them. On the Thanksgiving day in the Forenoon he preacht upon this Text, viz. the 37 Verse of the 20 Chapter of Ezekiel, I will cause you to pass under the Rod, and I will bring you into the bond of my covenant: And I will purge out from among you the Rebels. These words, are Gods gracious promise to the Penitent Remnant, whom he brought back from the Captivity in Babylon, and Settled them in Jerusalem: Thus he Separated from Rebellious Hypocrits, a peculiar Remnant, whom he appropriated to himself; as worshipers of him in Sincerity. This Text Alludes to that of the 27th. of Leviticus and the 32 Verse. It was the Custom of Shepherds to lay their Rod on each of their Sheep, as they pass'd out of the Fold, for the more exact Counting them one by one, that none of them might be Lost. So Christ the Faithful Shepherd of Souls puts his elect Flock under the Rod of his Discipline and Government, that they may be kept persevering in the ways of Holyness to Eternal Life. Christs Sheep are markt and sealed by his Confirming Spirit, as being in the bond of an Everlasting Covenant of Free-Grace in him. But the Lord will Purge out of his Church such Hypocrits, who Rebel against the Scepter of his Righteousness. His Fan is in his hand, which is his Discriminating, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Vindictive Justice, by which He will thoroughly Purge his Floore, wherein Hypocrits as chaffy Pretenders to his pure Religion lye mixt. Therefore let all such who subject not themselves to the power of Godliness, but are indifferent whether Christ or Antichrist prevail, be awakened from pleasing themselves in meer formal Flourishes in Christian Religion; otherwise being Protestants at large, they will be in danger to be seduced, by receiving the Mark of the Romish Beast in their Right hand as secret Friends to the Papacy, tho' not Seal'd in their Foreheads as openly profest Papists. How will this strike deep deadly Stings into the Consciences of such, who tho' they were Specious Professors of Christ's pure Religion, yet they never past under the Rod of his strict sacred Discipline, so as to submit to the Laws of Christ's Sanctifying Spirit. Next was demonstrated the misery of all Unregenerate persons who never yet entred themselves into the Sacred Bond of Gods Covenant in Christ. 2. How such who are Aliens from Gods Covenant, may be brought into the sacred Bond thereof. 3. What are the Inhappying priviledges and benefits of this Covenant. 4. What are the Duties incumbent on all such, who are desirous to be advanced into a federal Union and Communion with God through Christ. Here were laid down, in what essential properties, True Faith and Repentance, differ from presumptuous hopes of Heavenly felicity, with an exhortation to get and exercise those saving graces without delay, as Indispensably Requisite to make men Happy. The Conclusion of the Sermon was thus directed to the Condemned. You have heard, that it is Gods design by his desolating Judgments to purge out rebellious Sinners from among his peculiar people; yet tho' he brings his Judgments to light every Session, and hath made others Examples of his just severity: You have not been cleansed from your Impieties, 3 Zeph. 5. You have rather with Impudence and more Confirmed Obstinacy, Rebelled against the Lord. But know for Certain, that if Gods Judgments on others, be not a Fanning Wind to cleanse and separate you from your Wickedness; they shall be the Whirlwind of his Wrath, to speed you to a more aggravated and Irrecoverable Destruction. Therefore persist not in Rebelling against Christs Seepter of Mercy stretcht out to you, in the Counsel of Righteousness and Reconciliation to the Incensed Deity; otherwise you will judge your selves Unworthy of Eternal Life. Consider that the Lord might justly have made you a Mittimus to Hell, when he hath only sent you hither, as to an house of Correction. Let not the Disciplinary Rods of God be spent in vain upon you, that the more you are smitten the more you should resolve to Rebel. Then Gods milder Corrections of you, intended for your Reformation, will be turned into the devouring Stings of Scorpions. Rather submit to the Lord's severest methods for your amendment; beg of him to Sanctify your distresses, that they may be the means of your sincere Conversion. This cannot be till the Pride of your Hearts, in a forward persuit of sinning, and the froward perverseness of your Wills in Rebelling against Gods sacred Laws, be subdued by the Sanctifying Spirit of Christ. Then you may lay hold on the strength of Gods Covenanted Mercy in Christ, that he may be Reconciled to you and Intail his Favors upon you; this cannot be till you Subscribe to all the Obligatory Duties of true Repentance in the thorough change of your Hearts. Let those sincere Penitentiaries, who were restored from the Babylonish Captivity, become the patterns of your Conversion to God in Christ. Consult the 50 Chapter of Jer. the 4, and 5th. verses. And the 24th. of Jer. the 7th. verse. The 14th. of Ezekiel the 22 and 23d. verse. Those Converts did not only set their Faces toward the God of Zion and his pure Worship in a meer formal profession of it, but they had a sincere resolution joyned with a studious Endeavour to fulfil all the Duties of Gods Covenant, in which they had bound themselves by a Solemn Renovation thereof. As they had grieved the Holy Spirit of God by their Multiplied sins, so they mourned as Doves of the Valleys, pouring forth penitential Tears from the Spring of their Contrite Hearts. They sought the Lord with fervent humble Supplications, not only that he would be Reconciled, but also to change the Corrupt disposition of their Nature; they were Resolved to pass under the Rod of Christ's Holy discipline, for the subduing the Pride of their Hearts in former rebelling against his Sacred Laws, yea to Loath themselves as vile for all their Provocations, after the Lord was pacified toward them, and Seal'd their pardon. Consider, whether you do truly imitate these eminent Patterns of Conversion unto God. Rather you have willingly yeilded your selves Captives to Satans Yoke. Why should not Christs Government, which is very Honorable and most Equitable, be Complacential to you, that so you may be Instated in all the priviledges of Gods federal Love? Resolve immediatly to break off your Confederacy with sinners, which you have possibly confirmed with an Oath of secrecy, thereby presuming to Escape the stroke of Justice, while you have robbed on the Mountains of prey. Gladly submit to the Scepter of Christ's Righteousness; subscribe all the Articles of his Covenant, for the confirming of your allegiance and obedience to his Sacred Laws; so shall you not fall a prey to Satans wrath, but become the purchase of Christs Redeeming Grace. Let the Son of God become the Shepherd of your Souls, to Guide you in the paths of Holyness to Eternal life. Suffer his Rod of correction to drive out the sinful folly of your wandrings from the Fold of Righteousness: Then his Staff of Covenanted Mercy shall support you under the sentence of death pronounced against you: It is not too late to return to the Lord; be sincere in your Sorrowing for sin; humble and fervent in your Supplications for Divine Mercy, so will Christ the great Shepherd of Souls lead you to the calm Waters of Divine Consolation in your dying Extremities; he will turn this Cup of trembling into a Cup of Salvation; he will conduct you through this Dark Valley into Gods Celestial Kingdom, wherein are Divine Pleasures overflowing, to satisfie and delight the Souls of true Converts, through all the Ages of Eternity. I Proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned. I. Duke Cooke , condemned for High Treason in Clipping the Currant Money of this Nation. Aged about 30 Years. He was a working Gold-smith , and said that he might have lived Comfortably on that Employment. He had Good Education from his Parents, but did not follow their Advice. He had many notable Expressions drawn from the Sacred Scriptures; which affected his Heart; so that he wept for his sins; saying, that they were now a Heavy Burthen on his Conscience; chiefly because he had offended a Gracious God, and did not improve the motions of his Holy Spirit, to have turned soon to thee Lord: yet now he Solemnly profest that the sins which he most Loved, were most Abhorred by him. He Confest, that Gods Restoring Grace had kept him Chast and free from Acts of Uncleanness; yet he had not the sense of God's renewing grace in changing the Corrupt disposition of his Heart; for sometimes he did Drink to Excess, and walkt abroad on the Sabbath, when he ought to have observed and Porformed the Worship of God in Private after the publick Ordinances ceas'd. Upon my whole Observance of him, I do hope that he was a true Penitent. II. Tho. Pastmore , Condemned for High Treason, in forging and Counterfeiting several peices of Money, also for Clipping several hundred Pounds in Silver. He was a Cane-Chair-Maker : But said, that having no Employment he became poor, and so joyned himself to bad Company. He did not deny his Crime. He said that now he Repents that he did not keep the Sabbath but was very apt in mispending It. For which God left him justly to himself in committing other sins; namely Drinking to intemperance. I asked him, what saving Faith and Repentance was? He gave only some general account; so I assisted him in describing the Essential properties of Both; upon which, he said that he Hoped his Heart was truly Contrite, because sin was his Burden; but yet he Despaired not that Christ would be his Merciful Redeemer. III. John Edwards , Condemned for Coyning false Money. He is Aged 28, Years. He was Born in Staffordshire , and lived with his Father, working on Iron at a Forge . After 21 Years of Age he Left his Father, and went into our present Kings ervice in Ireland ; wherein he said that he was Wounded: But since that, he ledan an Idle Life; and fell into bad Company, and was guilty of Swearing and Drunkenness; He said, that before he Married he Carnally knew some bad Women. IV. Will. Pennard , Condemned for Felony and Burglary, Aged 23 or 24 years. He was by Trade a Plasterer . That he was not Addicted to Leud Womens Company, but Mens; Since which he kept not the Lord's Day, but fell into Evil conversation; that he did often Swear; that he often resolved to Amend his Life, but broke his Vows to God. He said, that it grieved, him that he never received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; because it would have Obliged him to have reformed his Life; and he could not leave his sinful courses; and thought that the Unworthy receiving the Sacrament would more Wound his Consciene. I told him, that his abstaining from the Sacrament, upon such a sinful account, did aggravate his sins; for the due receiving of that Ordinance would have obliged him to have amended his Life. V. Robert Royston , Condemned for clipping; He confest that he had been Guilty of this Crime formerly, but not at this time. He said that the had been a great sinner; that he frequently broke the Sabbath, and delighted in leud Company; that he was Guilty of Swearing and Drunkenness. That before he married, he committed the sin of Uncleanness; he seemed penitent. VI. Tho. Barnes , Condemned for High Treason in Coyning and counterfeiting Money. He said, that his imployment was to make Hilts for Swords . That he left off his Trade, and growing Poor, having many in his Familiy, he was Tempted to Clipping; that he never was Unchast. yet he spent the Sabbath Idly, and did Drink in Excess. He wept, and said, If he might be spared, he would never offend more in breaking the Laws of the Nation. VII. Samuel Hyard , alias Herne ; Condemned for stealing a Bay Gelding. He is 18 years of Age. He was Born Sevenm. from Exceter . That he followed Husbandry for a time; he said that he was Tempted to steal the Horse; and that he grew loose in his Life after his Acquaintance with Him who Tempted him, who is not yet apprehended. That he was disobedient his Parents, and warns all Persons against this sin, and thinks that his Untimly End was brought upon him for this sin. VIII. John Carter , Condemned for picking a Pocket. He had been an old offender: Aged 16 years. He was Born near London : He said, that he was Disobedient to his Parents. That he went at Eight or Nine years of Age, to the Indies , and serv'd under the Captain of a Ship ; but falling sick he was sent over into England : And that since he was accquainted with bad Company he broke the Sabbath, did Swear, and was sometimes Drunk. IX. Will. Burton , Condemned for Robbing on the High Way, the Wife of Thomas Chamlen : also for Assaulting the Honourable Charles Knowles near Turnham-Green ; after he was shot in the Head, he endeavoured to escape, but could not. He is of the Roman perswasion, and absented himself from the Chapel. X. Peter Lawman and Franis Buckley , both Condemned fot Felony; that they being above the Age of 14 wandred up and down the Country calling themselves Egyptians. I endeavoured to make them sensible of their wicked Lives and how great a sin it is to pretend to tell people their Fortunes; but they were not affected with their sinful Courses. There were four Women Condemned this Session for Clipping, namly Rosamond Pastmore , Jane Juxon , Sarah Burrows , Sarah Demsdal ; they are respited, being found Quick with Child. Rosamond Pastmore said, that she had been a great sinner yet was resolved not to particularize wherein. She wept and said that sin was heavy on her Conscience: But the other Three are secure for Six Months, as Persons in their case usually are, and cared not to give any account of their Evil Life, nor much minded any Instruction given to the rest. There were 13 Women Clippers, whose Executions were respited, because of their being with Child, who were now call'd to their former Judgment, and Adjudged to Die; some of them declined giving me any of account themselves; those who did are these Mary Pyne , Alias Waltean , her Husband was hanged lately for Clipping. She said, that he drew her into it; she said, that she was an apprentice to a Silk-Throwster , but left her Service being Idle and Ungovernable. She had been addicted to Leud Company, and kept not the Sabbath. She Relented much the sins of her Life. II. Jane Pattison , alias Pattishal , her Husband was also hanged for Clipping; and she said, he Inticed her into it. She was brought up to handle her Needle, that she could Imbroider . She denied not that she had led an Idle Life and much neglected the Duties of the Lord's day. III. Jane Hancock , Condemned for Clipping. Her imployment was to make Mantuas . She said that she had been a great sinner, and that in her Passion she did often Swear and Curse. IV. Elizabeth Hartley Condemned for Clipping. She said, that her Husband had been a Soldier under the late King James; but was very Extravagant in his Life: so she adventured to clip that she might Supply him in Expences; she did not work hard at her Needle , but Joyned to bad Company, and prophan'd the Sabbath, Saying that she took pleasure therein; but now she wisht that her Repentance might be in a Degree answerable to her sins. The Ordinary Visited the Condemned every Day. Also Mr. Williams, and Mr. Crook took pains in Instructing them, and Praying with them. And I hope their assistance prevailed on them to be more sensible of their sins, and prepare for their Death. On Wednesday the 18th. of September William Pennard , William Burton , and John Carter were conveyed to Tyburn in a Cart, and being all tied up they behav'd themselves very decently, and William Pennard spake to this purpose. Good People I was Born of good Parents and did think once I should never have come to this untimly end, Be careful to keep good Company; for evil Company will delude you to Wickedness, but be sure that you do keep the Sabbath, and keep it strictly and do not in any wise neglect it; for if I had strictly observed it I had been in a better Station. Then he prayed, and said, Oh! Dear Jesus look down upon me, I come to thee for Salvation hearken to my Prayer, for I have truly Repented; Oh Lord how shall I appear at thy Judgment seat; thou hast called to me, but I could take no warning; I have been the worst of sinners; Oh Lord I have not regarded thy Mercies, but have lurked after my one Soul, and sought my one blood; good Lord deliver me at this present time, and do not hide thy Mercies from me, though I have not deserved them at thy hands; Oh that I was to live my days again, I would apply them wholy to thy self. Then John Carter said, Good People I am but a young Man, and have keep ill Company, and have neglected my Duty to my Parents; pray let all young People take warning by me, and be ever dutiful to their Parents; if I had taken their advice, it would never have brought me to this place. Good Lord forgive me all my past sins, and have Mercy upon my Soul. William Burton , said that he died a Roman Catholick , and was very penitent according to his manner; and said that he hoped he had truly repented of his Sins, from the Bottom of his Heart, and behaved himself very penitently. The Ordinary pray'd very fervently with them, for a considerable time, and then the Cart drew away, they were turn'd off. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions. Sam. Smith , Ordinary . Dated Septem. 18. ADVERTISMENTS, LOst the 28th of August 1695. a Gold-Seal-Ring with a Cornelion Stone, whereon is Engraven a Man sitting on a Tree. If it be either Sold or Pawned, who ever gives notice of it (so as it may be had again) to Mr Edward Page , Surgeon on Ludgate-Hill , they shall have their Money again, and 20 Shillings for their Reward. SYnopsis Medicinae: or, a Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Physick. In Seven Books. Containing, I. the Elements or Principles of the Art. II. the Cure of Infants Disseases. III. the Cure of Diseases of the Head. IV. the Cure of Diseases of the Brest. V. the Cure of Diseases of the Belly. VI. the Cure of Diseases Universal. VII. the Cure of all Sorts of Fevers: Shewing the Names, Signs, Causes, Differences, Prognosticks, and various Intentions of Curing all kinds of Diseases from Head to Foot, happening to Humane Bodies. Galenically and Chimically Performed. The like never Published before in any Language whatsoever. The third Edition. Wherein, besides the Addition of nearly the whole First Book, there are several Hundreds of other Additions, Alterations and Amendments, throughout the whole Work. By William Salmon , Professor of Physick . London, Printed by and for J Dawks, in Great Carter-Lane, and are to be Sold by most Booksellers. 1695. A Description of the City of Namur and Situation of the Castle, With the Fortifications made by the French, 1695. Together with an Impartial account of the Siege from the first investing the Place, begun the First of July new stile, till the fourth of August, the day of the Capitulation of the City: as also the Surrendering of the Castle, on the second of September, N. S. and are to be Sold by J. Whitlock near Stationers-Hall, 1695. London, Printed for E. Mallet, at Sir Edmunbury Godfrey's Head, near Fleet-Bridge, 1695.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors who were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 12th of this Instant February, 1728. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir EDWARD BECHER , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable Lord Chief Baron Pengelly, the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds, the Honourable Mr. Justice Cooper, the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and John Raby , Serjeant at Law ; and others his Majesty's Justices of Jail Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid: Together with several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace (for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex) on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, being the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th of January, 1727, in the first Year of his Majesty's Reign. Seven Men, viz. Joseph Barret , Richard Jones , John Matthews , James Sherwood , alias Hobbs , George Weedon , Henry Hews , and John Spurgins , were found guilty by the Jury of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, they, having been for the most part young Men of lewd and dissolute Lives, and consequently ignorant of Religion, both in Speculation and Practice, were instructed in those Principles, which are necessary to be known, for the Conduct of our Lives as Men and Christians. I show'd them, that Nature itself teacheth us, that unto God the Sovereign Lord of the Universe, Worship, Reverence and Homage is due from all his Creatures, and that Man, (who has the Heathens who were only led by the Light of Nature acknowledg'd) was form'd after the Divine Image, and Substituted Lord of this inferior Orb, was in a more especially Manner bound, in Token of his Dependence, to give all due Obedience, by dedicating himself to the Service of God his Creator and special Benefactor. But if they fell short in complying with the first Principles of natural Religion, which is insufficient for Salvation; how much greater must their guilt be, who being deseas'd of Christian Parents, and living in the Middle of so great Light, had despis'd those glorious Revelations which were intended to elevate and perfect our deprav'd Nature? I explain'd to them the greatness and dangerous Consequence of those particular Sins for which they suffer'd. That Theft and Robbery were destructive of all human Society, and reduc'd Man, who is made the Image of God, and who is the God of Order, into the State of Savage Animals and Birds of Prey: Besides the Consecration of the Sin of Theft and Robbery with innumerable other the worst of Sins; such as, a Tendency to Murder, and commonly, a continued Practice of Lying, Drinking, Whoreing, &c. These who give themselves up to such a wicked Course of Life, being vile Wretches a bandon'd to every thing which is good. Joseph Barret having been convicted of the Murder of his Son, I let him see the great evil of this the greatest of all Sins, in the Case of Cain the first Murderer of good King David, and from several other Instances; exhorting him to Repent and believe the Gospel, it being the only way to be free'd from the guilt of innocent Blood, to be wash'd in the Blood of that immaculate Lamb of God, who, died to do away the Sins of the World. I instructed 'em in the nature of the Christian Sacraments, particularly, that the Lord's Supper, as a proper Viaticum to strengthen your Faith, in order to prepare them for a new State of Life, and that endless Eternity, upon which they were to enter. While these and many such like Exhortations, were given them, they were all attentive and seem'd to comply with the Prayers, altho' not with that Seriousness and Concern which was requisite. Richard Jones was much of the time indispos'd and did not attend in Chappel, but when I visited him, he himself was Penitent for his sinful Life. Upon Monday, the 5th of February, the Report of these seven Malefactors under Sentence of Death was made to his Majesty in Council: When John Matthews , for Felony and Burglary, in breaking the House of Mr. William Trehern , and taking thence a Hat, four Perukes, and a Suit of Cloaths, a silver hilted Sword, a mourning Sword, a gold Headed Cane, on the 23d of December last, in the Night Time; and John Spurgins for assaulting Paul Chamberlain on the Highway, on the 21st of December last, and taking from him a Cloath-Coat, a Waist-Coat, a Pair of Shoes, a Hat, a Peruke, and a Linsey Woolsey Apron, received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining five, viz James Sherwood , alias Hobbs , George Weedon , Henry Hews , Joseph Barret , and Richard Jones were ordered for Execution. The following Account is for Information of all concern'd, as to their Behaviour and Confessions before, or at the Time of their Death. James Sherwood , alias Hobbs , George Weedon and Henry Hews , were indicted for Felony and Burglary, in breaking the House of William Meak , on the 11th of January, in the Night-time, and taking thence 12 Gloucester Cheeses. The Fact appear'd plain upon Hobbs only. The Jury found him Guilty. Death. They were a second Time indicted, for breaking the House of Daniel Ellingham in the Night-time, and taking thence some Brandy, Tabacco, which was prov'd upon Sherwood, alias Hobbs, and Weedon, and they were both found Guilty. Death. They were a third Time indicted for breaking the House of Elizabeth Cogdale , and taking thence Eight Pewter-dishes, and Twenty Pewter-plates, in the Nighttime. Sherwood, alias Hobbs, Hews and Weedon were all found Guilty of this Burglary. Death. James Sherwood , Hobbs and George Weedon , were a fourth Time indicted for assaulting John Wallford on the Highway, on the 4th of January last, and taking from thence a Peruke, a Hat and Cane; which was prov'd upon them by the Deposition of Sarah Payne , and several concurring Circumstances, a Hat, Wig and Cane being found in the House, and swore to by the Proseuter; upon which they were both found Guilty. Death. JAMES SHERWOOD , alias Hobbs , 26 Years of Age, was as he said, descended of honest, but mean Parents, who gave him but little Education, and what he got he no ways cultivated, for he could not read distinctly. When of Age, was bound an Aprentice to a Waterman on the River, and when out of his Time, he went on board a Man of War, serving in the King's-Fleet ; when he was at Home he was continally doing of Mischief, which was the main of his Business. For his Villanies he had been formerly Transported, and for returning he was tried, but Evidence not being clear against him, he was Acquitted. He was the chief Man of a Band of Thieves, who were shelter'd and lodg'd by a Woman, who receiv'd and dispos'd of their stollen Goods, and appear'd as Evidence against him, Weedon, and Hews. This Woman, Sarah Payne he blam'd for that wicked Combination between him and the other Rogues, in driving and enticing them to betake themselves to Street robberies and House-breaking. He was an audacious Fellow, and too fit for the desperately Exploits he took in Hand. He own'd himself to have follow'd it 18 Years, chiefly employ'd in picking-pockets, stealing and robbing, and that he had been a Fellow of a most lewd and disorderly Life, having been guilty not only of the four Facts for which he was convicted, but so many others, that it was not possible for his Memory to recollect them; and when he was not out upon Purchase, spent his remaining Hours in Whoring, Drinking, Cursing, and Blaspheming, and all manner of Excess of Riot. He said, that he did his Duty in the Man of War to the Satisfaction of his Officers, and equal to any Sailor in the Ship, but he could not keep himself to any settl'd State of Life, but lov'd best to be upon the Ramble, for although he was naturally of a quick Understanding, yet he employ'd his naturally Endowments to nothing but the worst of Purposes. I exhorted him to Repent sincerely of his Sins, and particularly to those henious ones, continued in for such a long Tract of time, which had render'd him odious to God, and detested by all good Men. Having been so desperately wicked, although he knew other things pretty well, yet he knew but little in religious Matters, therefore I exhorted him in many Words to believe in Christ our Saviour; I instructed him in the general Design of the Christian Sacraments, that he should wean his Affections from this World, to which he had been wholly addicted, and settle them on the Things above, where Christ sits at the Right Hand of God, he should employ the remainder of his Time in loving and serving God, and in seeking his Grace to enable him to Work out his Salvation with Fear and Trembling; I also told him, that as in the first Place, he must make up his Peace with God, so also he must be at Peace with all the World; he turn'd very Bad upon some Discontent or Anger he had receiv'd, yet he never staid from Chappel but once; some Days before he Dy'd, being fully Recover'd of his Health, he appear'd with great Devotion at Prayers and other Duties. He declar'd himself a true Penitent having been one of the greatest of Sinners, that he believ'd to be sav'd only through the Merits of Jesus Christ, and that he died in Peace with all Mankind. George Weedon , 22 Years of Age, born of honest Parents, who gave him good Education, instructing him in Christian Principles, in Reading, Writing, and other things to fit him for Business in the World. When of Age, his Mother bound him Apprentice to a Book-binder , but before his Time was out, upon some Miscarriages, he left his Master. He staid at Home for some Time and behav'd indifferently well, but haunting Gin shops in a certain Place of the Town, he said they prov'd his Ruin. For there it was he contracted Acquaintance with Sherwood, Hughs, and such others who advis'd him to those vile Courses, which brought his fatal Misfortunes upon him. He particularly nam'd Sherwood to have induc'd him, by his wicked Persuasions, to engage in those desperate Courser, which brought 'em all to a miserable End. He lamented his having sinn'd so much against Light, and good Instructions he had receiv'd in his younger Years, declaring that his Sin was double to that of others, who had not the like Opportunities of Improvement, having for Seven Years gone constantly and regularly to Church on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. He said that it was to supply an infamous Woman with Money, that he undertook the breaking of Houses and Street-Robberies. In the preceeding part of his Life he had not been so profoundly Wicked, as most of these unhappy People are, although he had not been free from Whoring, and sometimes drinking to Excess. He declar'd that he had never stoll'n any Thing, excepting that when young, sometimes he had taken an Apple or some such Fruit, till a few Days before he was apprehended, when Sherwood, alias Hobbs, persuaded him to leave his Mother's House, and take Lodgings with him and the rest of the Gang, in that infamous Woman's House: During the time he lodg'd there, he confess'd that he had committed some Robberies, but that he was not present when one of the Facts of which he was Convicted, was committed, but that that Night he was at Home in his Mother's House, and in this Respect Sarah Payn sworn falsely against him; the other two Robberies he did not deny. He appear'd to have some good Inclinations in him, and to have more Civility than the other two. He was always very devout and careful in Chappel, and after the Dead-Warrant came out, he appear'd more serious than ordinary, in time of Worship and Exhortations retiring to a Place by himself. Although some Interest was us'd for saving his Life, yet he never slacken'd his Preparations for Death. He declar'd himself a true Penitent for all the Sins of his Life, particularly that heinous One for which he suffer'd, that he believ'd to be saved only thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ, and that he Died in Peace with all the World. John Hughs , as he said, 23 Years of Age, descended of honest Parents, who put him to School, instructed him in the Principles of Christianity, and taught him to Read and Write: When of Age, he learn'd his Fathers Trade of a Shoemaker ; but not inclining to settle at Business, after he had spent sometime that way, he went to Sea , and was at Gibraltar , and on the Coast of Spain last Year, and the Proceeding. When he left the Ship and came to London , betook himself to his old Shifts of Picking and Stealing. He confess'd, that from his Childhood, he had been a constant Pick Pocket of Handkerchiefs and such little Things, but Watches he could never get at, for he said there was a particular Dexterity in that Species of Theft, and it was to be perform'd only in a great Croud, or on some special Opportunity. He had been a diligent Thief in all small Things he could Pick up, but never had engag'd to undertake considerable Robberies, till in Company at an Ale-House with Sherwood and Weedon, and a fourth Person not yet taken; they all engag'd in a Gang to Rob or Knock down such Persons as they met in Morefields , or other Places in the Town, and at other Times to break open Houses, and to divide the Spoil equally, and Feast and Carouze together in their common Lodgings, at their infamous Landladies House, whether they all resorted, and where within ten or twelve Days all taken. He said indeed, that it was not by the persuasion of Sherwood, as George Weedon did, but that they all voluntarily, and with common Consent agreed to Adventure upon these desperate Enterprizes. He declaring, that he sincerely repented of his Mispent Life, resolving to become a new Creature, if he had been spar'd; dying in the Faith of being Sav'd, only thro' the Merits of Christ, and in Peace with all Mankind. Joseph Barret , of St. Giles's in the Fields , was Indicted for the Murder of his Son James Barret , Aged 11 Years, by flinging him down, and giving him a mortal Bruise on the Left-side of the Head, of which he instantly Died. Joseph Barret , (as he said) Forty-two Years of Age, of honest, but poor Parents, who gave him little Education, for he could not Read much, and knew but little of Religious Principles. When of Age, he was not put to any particular Trade, but wrought at Husbandry , or any thing he could get to do in the Country. Afterwards he past some Years at Sea, in Station of a Marine , and when he came Home and Married, he serv'd as a Labourer to Plaisterers , and such Tradesmen. And said, that he always liv'd Soberly and work most Laboriously for his Family; that the Son, of whose Murder he was Convicted, was of a first Marriage, and turn'd most Extravagant in wicked Courses of any Boy of his Age; for some Weeks before he Died, staying out Night after Night, and sometimes coming Home in the greatest Disorder imaginable; adding that he beg'd, or got Money from People and bought Gin with it, drinking till he appear'd worse than a Beast, quite out of his Senses; and that he was a most notorious Lyar, and withal, that he was of an obstinate Temper, and Disobedient to his Parents. Upon these, and such like Accounts, he was forc'd to use the Rod of Correction against him in an extraordinary Manner, and for that purpose, prepar'd a Cat of Nine-Tails for his Chastisement, as not being in any Danger of breaking Bones. I told him, that he had certainly been too Severe upon the Boy, and that gentler Methods might have been more proper for reducing him; the way of Correction he us'd, being the Punishment inflicted upon Men of Age and Strength, on Board of Ships. He said, that he never intended harm, but only to reclaim him (if possible) from his wild Courses; and that any excessive Correction was given him, proceeded from the Instigation of his Wife, Mother-in-Law to the Deceas'd, who (it seems) did not Love the Child, and for the spite she bore him lost her Husband, and Ruin'd her Family. He reflected upon the Witnesses, as not having Sworn true, in the Points of Fact, for which he was Convicted; particularly, that he did not Kick nor Strike the Child down, either below, or as he was coming up Stairs, and that he did not stamp upon his Head with his Foot in the Room. He believ'd, he had treated the Child too Severely, by Advice of his Wife, without any Malice or Thought of wronging him. I told him, how Barbarous it was to beat the Child, till his Arms and parts of his Body were in a manner Corrupted with the Blows, when he saw him Indispos'd, and scarce able to rise from the Bed. He said, that he was so Sullen as not to tell him that he was Bad, and that he knew nothing of it. Upon the whole, he acknowledg'd that he had been Cruel in his Chastisements; that he remember'd not his Kicking him on the Head with his Foot, which was the immediate Cause of his Death; he could not deny but that the Evidence had Sworn the Truth; only but said, he had never corrected the Child but three Times in an extraordinary Manner, but that whatever Misfortunes happen'd, he had no Evil Intention. I exhorted him to Repent of all his Sins, and particularly, that unnatural and brutish Sin of killing his own Child. He appear'd to have been a very Ignorant, illeterate Fellow, and, as appears from the usuage of his Child, of a Cruel, brutish Temper. He complain'd upon his Wifes going into the Country, and doing nothing for him, after she had expos'd herself and two young Children to the greatest Hardships, by her foolish and inconsiderate Advice. He declar'd himself truely Penitent for all his Sins, particularly the great Misfortune of Murdering his Son; that he believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, and Died in Peace with all the World. Richard Jones of St. Leonard Shoreditch , was Indicted for Breaking into the House of Thomas Melcher , on the 4th, of January last, in the Night Time. Richard Jones , about 22 Years of Age, his Parents being Mean, had no Education at Schools, and was very Ignorant of Christian Principles. He apply'd himself to Country Work, and learn'd to make Bricks , which Business when he follow'd, he got his Bread very well, both for himself and his Family. But the last Year (as he said) proving bad for making Bricks, he was put to many Hardships; so that being out of Business and Idle, he betook himself to unlawful Shifts, and went in Company of Vagabonds and little Thieves, who made it their Business to go up and down the Town, and to steal Lead from Gentlemens Houses in the Night Time. Excepting this, which was his common Practice for a long time, and any small Thing he could with ease, and when Opportunity offer'd, pick up and carry away; but (as he said) never took upon him to Rob People in the Streets, or to Break Houses, except in the single Instance of which he was Convicted. He confess'd that he Broke into the House, that finding but little Money in the Drawers, he would not take it; and being surpriz'd, he was forc'd to drop or leave all the other Things he had taken. When I visited him in the Cell, he was very attentive to Prayers, and desir'd good Instructions. His Wife was careful in attending him every Day, and brought him what Things she could get. He was a pitiful, ignorant Fellow, of a slow, dull Understanding. I endeavour'd to make him know something of Christianity: That the great God of Heaven and Earth made him; That Christ the Son of God died for us; that the Holy Ghost Sanctifies the elect People of God, I show'd to him the Evil of Covetousness, of his neglecting the Ordinances and Means of Salvation, which was the Cause of his gross Ignorance: And since he had thus despis'd God, he had been left to himself to fall into those capital Crimes, which had brought upon him all the Miseries and Calamities, together with a disgraceful Death. He acknowledg'd the Truth of all this, and an hearty Sorrow for an illspent Life; and having attain'd soe little knowledge, by having some of the first Principles of Religion frequently incultivated upon him, declar'd that he believ'd in Jesus Christ, to be sav'd thro' his Merits, that he sincerely Repented of all his Sins, particularly those heinous ones for which the Judgement of God had overtaken him; and he died in Peace with all the World. The Behaviour at the Place of Execution. JAMES SHERWOOD , appear'd with a deal of Devotion and Seriousness, shedding abundance of Tears. Richard Jones being Interrogate about the House of Mr. John Wright Distiller in Shoreditc h, which was maliciously set on Fire, on the 23d, of November last, in the Night Time. By his Answers, gave ground to Suspect, that the same was done by a Number of designing Persons, at whom he particularly hinted, having before alledged, that the Reason was, because the said Mr. Wright was too Rigorous in the Execution of his Office as a Constable . Weedon being ask'd if he was the Man who knock'd down the Carrier in the Street, said, he never knock'd down any. They all went off Praying devoutly, crying out, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Minister at Newgate . London : Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Black-Fryers . Where Advertisements are taken in.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words Of the SIX MALEFACTORS, VIZ. GEORGE LOVELL for a Highway Robbery, AND JOHN DEVINE for a Highway Robbery. Who were executed at TYBURN on Wednesday; August 5; JOHN JONES and JOHN SUNDERLAND , alias SANDILAND , for a Burglary, JOHN CHAPMAN for a Burglary, AND JOHN CREAMER for returning from Transportation. Who were executed at TYBURN , on Wednesday, October 14, 1772. BEING THE Sixth and Seventh EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. WILLIAM NASH , Esq . LORD MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON : LONDON: Sold by LEWIS and BLADON, Paternoster-Row; KINGMAN, Royal Exchange; WAGSTAEF, Brick Lane, Spitalfields; and of the News Carriers in Town and Country. [Price 61] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c. By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall, in the Old-Bailey, before the Right Honourable William Nash , Esq . Lord Mayor of the city of London ; the Honourable Edward Willes , Esq . one of the justices of his Majesty's court of King's-bench ; Sir William Blackstone , knt . one of the justices of his Majesty's court of Common Pleas ; James Eyre , Esq . Recorder , and others of his Majesty’s justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and goal-delivery of New-gate, holden for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 15th, Thursday the 16th, Friday the 17th, and Saturday the 18th of July, 1772, in the 12th year of his Majesty's sign, ten persons were capitally convicted, and received sentence, of death for the several crimes set forth in their indictments; viz. Robert Aystrop , George Lovell , Thomas Maysey , James Assent , John Rogers , Richard Cole , John Fryers , James Dempsey , John Devine , and Robert Jones . And on Friday the 24th of July, the report of the said malefactors being made to his Majesty, by Mr. Recorder, five of them were respited; namely, Thomas Maysey , James Assent , John Rogers , Richard Cole , and John Fryers , and the remaining five ordered for execution on Wednesday the 5th of August. Charles Locket remains not reported. Robert Aystrop , James Dempsey , and Robert Jones being respited after the order for their execution. George Lovell and John Devine were accordingly executed. George Lovell was indicted for that he in a certain field, and open place near the King's highway on Jeremiah Godwin , did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person four half guineas, two quarter guineas, one nine shilling piece, a six-and nine-pence, and one shilling in money, numbered, the property of the said Jeremiah. He was a second time indicted for that be on the King's highway, on Thomas Collier did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person a silver watch, value fifty shillings, the property of the said Thomas. George Lovell , alias Gypsey George, was born at Rumford , in Essex , and followed the trade of a tinker about that neighbourhood in the summer, and in the winter he used to come to town, and lodged in St. Giles's , where he became acquainted with Crookall and Ford (since executed) who soon introduced him into the company of their acquaintances. From that rime (using his own expression) “he commenced thief.” He acknowledged that he had been concerned in many robberies, though he had done very little in house-breaking. Being asked what he meant by the expression of Doing little? he said, That it signified, that he only found things of small value, as his chief business had been in picking of pockets; and that he used to attend at the play-houses for that purpose. He said that he bad been twelve times before the justices, but had always escaped, as there was not sufficient proof against him. Being desired to tell who was the person that was concerned with him in the robberies, he said, that it was Benjamin Murphey . As soon as he found himself in the death-warrant he wept bitterly; and as he could neither read nor write, great pains were taken to instruct him in his preparation for eternity. Being asked how frequently he had gone to church? he said, that he never had attended the duties of a Sunday in his life-time. He constantly went up to chapel, where he behaved as became his unhappy situation, and owned the justice of his sentence. He was thirty years of age. John Devine (with James Dempsey , since respired) was indicted for that he on the King's highway, on Richard Glover , Esq : did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person a gold watch, value fourteen pounds, a steel watch-chain, value two shillings, two cornelians set in gold, value fifty shillings, a brass watch-key, value one penny, a papier Machee snuff-box, value six-pence, a silk handkerchiefs value six-pence, and nine shillings in money, numbered, the property of the said Richard. It appeared on the trial, that on Friday, the 26th of June, the prosecutor was stopt about half after nine, in a post-chaise, between Kingsland Turnpike and Islington by three or four men; that one of them thrust a pistol through the left side window of the chaise; he then opened the door, that another man on the other side opened that door likewise, that they both of them forced themselves into the chaise, and took from them the things mentioned in the indictment. The fact was further confirmed by one Francis Gore an accomplice, who deposed, that he, with the prisoners, did stop the chaise and robbed the prosecutor; that afterwards they went to Duke’s-Place in order to dispose of that watch and another, and meeting with one Aaron Meyers , they asked him, If he would buy a gold watch, and a pinchbeck one, with a gold dialplate? or if he would help them to some body that would, they would give him something for his trouble; that as he was going along with them he met John Lyons (since transported) who asked him what the prisoners wanted? that he told them that they wanted to sell two watches; that Lyons desired him to take the prisoners to a public-house, and that he would come to them; that they went to the Crown in Camomile-Street ; that Lyons came there and looked over the watches, and asked what they would have for them? they asked five guineas for the gold watch, and a guinea and a half for the pinchbeck one; that Lyons offered them six guineas for both; that at first they refused it, but they went away with Lyons, and took what he had offered them. John Devine was born in Dublin , of honest and industrious parents; who, when of age, bound him apprentice to a shoe-maker . When he had served his time he came over to England , and worked at his trade; but meeting with Gore, his countryman, he was soon led away, and by his insinuations agreed to follow his wicked course of life. He confessed that he had been concerned with him and Dempsey in two robberies, and no more. Though he was a member of the church of Rome , he was ready and willing to receive my instructions, and frequently joined in the prayers of the church with the other convicts. He was 24 years of age. Morning of Execution. On visiting the prisoners, about half past six, I found them in a mind very suitable to their unhappy circumstances. Being asked how it was with them? they answered, Quite easy and resigned. Their irons being partly unloosed, we went into the little room adjoining the pressyard, to spend a little time with them in prayer; a very respectable and valuable young clergyman also attended, who prayed with, and exhorted them, in a moving and pathetic manner. After which we went up to chapel; but Devine who was of the Catholic persuasion, did not communicate with his fellow convict, Lovell; but, what was very remarkable in him, after the communion, he, by his own particular desire, came up, and joined in prayer, which was a matter of thankfulness to all present, giving thereby an opportunity of speaking freely to him, and that, 'tis hoped, with blessing to his foul. Service being over, we sung a suitable hymn, and once more recommended them to mercy, desiring them steadfastly to look to the Lord Jesus Christ as crucified for them, he being the true and only sacrifice for sir. On speaking of the awful change they would shortly experience, Lovell again, (as he had often before done) confessed that his sentence was just; and that he had no other hope or dependence for pardon and salvation, but the death and merits of the Lord Jesus; and that he should die in peace with all men, freely forgiving the greatest enemy he had. I should not omit one circumstance of this poor unhappy convict's free and open confession of the little knowledge he had of religion: A worthy clergyman, who visited him while under sentence, speaking to him of the power and efficacy of the blood of Christ to wash away sins; he said, that he had scarce ever heard of Christ, for that he could neither read nor write. And when spoken to, before admitted to the Lord's table, he told me, he knew not what it meant. O shocking stupidity! Is it possible that such ignorance can so prevail in a christian country! How careful ought parents to be in training up their children in a true and saving knowledge of religion; which would be a great means of preserving them from falling into many vices of the present age, which the ignorant and unwary are daily rushing into. Prayers being ended, they went down from chapel, in order to be prepared, The sheriff’s officer soon came: Their irons being knocked off, they were haltered and pinioned, and put into one cart. They arrived at the place of execution a quarter before eleven, where we joined in prayer, recommending them to the mercy of God, Lovell informed me, that Ben. Murphy ran away with the gentleman's watch, and that his sentence was no more than what he had long before deserved; but he hoped that God would forgive him; as he forgave every one. - Devine said he died in charity with all mankind. Soon after which they suffered their sentence. An ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR Of John Jones , John Sunderland , Alias Sandiland , John Chapman , and John Creamer . By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and goal-delivery, of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey, before the Right Honourable William Nash , Esq . Lord Mayor of the city of London ; Sir William Henry Ashurst , Knt . one of the justices of his Majesty’s court of King's-bench ; Sir George Nares , Knt . one of his Majesty's justices of the court of Common-pleas; James Eyre , Esq . Recorder , and others his Majesty's justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and justices of goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th of September; in the 12th year of his Majesty's reign, sixteen persons were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death for the several crimes set forth in their indictments, viz. John Leary Lewis Williams , Arthur Byrne , Isaac Poulton , Edward Burton , George Kem , alias Butcher , Benjamin Johnson , John Jones , John Sunderland , alias Sandiland , John Chapman , John Browning , Mary Trubridge , Ann Silver , John Creamer , Benjamin Rogers . John Wyld died before the report was made; and Charles Locket remains not reported. And on Wednesday the 7th of Oct. the report of the said malefactors being made to his Majesty, by Mr. Recorder, ten of then were respited; namely, John Leary , Lewis Williams , Arthur Byrne , Isaac Poulton , Edward Burton , George Kem , alias Butcher , Benjamin Johnson , John Browning , Mary Trubridge , Ann Silver ; and the remaining five ordered for execution on the Wednesday following; Benjamin Rogers died after the order came for execution; and four were accordingly executed. John Jones and John Sunderland , otherwise Sandiland , were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Aaron Franks Esq . on the second of September about the hour of two in the morning, and stealing one silver sauce-pan, value ten-shillings, one pair of silver kneebuckles, value four-shillings, and one pair of silver garter-buckles, value two shillings, the property of the said Aaron Franks , Esq. one gold watchchain, value twenty shillings, two seals set in gold, value twenty shillings, six linen stocks, value three shillings, eight pair of silk stockings, value thirty shillings, two silk handkerchiefs, value four shillings, five other pocket handkerchiefs, value five shillings, five linen shirts, value forty shillings, one flannel-waistcoat, value five shillings, and one pair of laced ruffles, value forty-shillings, the property of Jacob Franks Esq . one cloth coat, value twenty shillings, one cloth waistcoat, value five shillings, two other linen shirts, value four shillings one cornelian seal set in silver, value two shillings, one pair of silk stockings, value one shilling, and one pair of thread stockings, value six-pence, the property of Joseph Grover ; four other shirts, value sixteen shillings, two pair of worsted stockings, value three shillings, the property of Phineas Ghent , and one thickset frock, value fifteen shillings, the property of Richard Varley , in the dwelling house of the said Aaron Franks , Esq. John Jones was born at Uxbridge , in the county of Middlesex , of honest and industrious parents, who gave him an education suitable to their circumstances, and when of proper age, put him apprentice to a poulterer . When he had served his time, he set up for himself in the country, but as he did not succeed so well as he could wish, and having a wife and a young family, he came to London , and worked as a labourer to maintain them. He often expressed “that was the happiest part of his life:” Afterwards he got to be a servant in a dyehouse in Spitalfields , where he continued, till unfortunately for him, he became acquainted with his brotherin-law’s manner of living, who enticed him away from his place, promising him a sufficient support if he would receive what he should bring him and dispose of them: from that time he dates his own ruin and the destruction of his family. The first of his new calling was one hundred and fifty pounds, that he received for disposing of some bank-notes, and other valuable things to one Saunders a Jew, that Brent had robbed Lady Mays of, and for which he has been since executed, and Jones was an evidence against him: with the wages of his iniquity, he set up a public-house, as a randezvous for persons of his own stamp, who used his house, and he became the disposer of stolen goods for them, reserving a handsome premium for his trouble: This did not last long, for it is justly observed, that ill gotten wealth seldom prospers the possessor, which he found to be true: for being reduced once more to a state of poverty, he was obliged to visit a randezvous of thieves to find a companion, who had lately been the commander of many. Amongst people of that class he found Thomas and John Brent , brothers of the abovementioned William ; and, as he used to say, That he thought he could trust his own relations best, (Though Willim had not experienced that in him) they soon agreed to become partners. To carry on their illicit practices, with all the precaution he could, he sends them about the country to mark what houses were proper for their purposes, and then they, acquainting him, went and robbed the houses of what they could get. The first attempt of their alliance, was the robbery of Mr. Franks’s house two years ago, when Jones disposed of the effects to the above-mentioned Saunders. The next robbery of consequence, was committed at the house of Mr. Grant, at Brentford , where Jones, in his first attempt to get in, broke open the outside shutter, but finding an inside one, he thought proper to look further, and fee if they could get in some other way: In their seeking about, they perceived a window with no outside shutter, where they soon accomplished their design. And now being in the house, their business was to find what they could for their purpose. They soon perceived a box, which they immediately took into the garden to examine its contents; where they found a great quantity of plate, which they hid for that night, and left the box. Having fetched away the plate, they brought it to Saunders, and fold it to him at three shillings and six-pence an ounce. On their dividing the money, they shared fifty pounds each. He could not exactly tell me what number of ounces the plate consifted of, but I have been well informed by the loser of it, that there was near one thousand ounces. With this booty he lived well as long as the money lasted. Being short of money again he returns to his old trade, and where should he go to find something that would bring him money, but to Mr. Franks's house, where he had been successful before, and that he had never been discovered for it. For this purpose he appoints the two Brents to meet him near the place at such a time, and he would come to them. In the mean time he communicates, the affair to Sunderland, and asked him to go along with him, assuring him that as he knew the house perfectly well, he need not be afraid of its answering their journey, Sunderland at first seemed to refuse going, but as he told me that he had not a six-pence in his pocket at that time, necessity obliged him at last to comply - accordingly they met at the appointed place. Jones and the Brents, as they knew the house better than Sunderland, broke into it, while he kept a loot out: When they had finished their business, Jones and Sunderland came to London , and left the Brents behind, promising to send, them their share when the things were sold. They went to Saunders's, as usual, with the things, but when he came to know that they were brought from Mr. Franks’s house, he was afraid to meddle with them, and refused to buy them: Upon this they took the things to Sunderland's house, and Jones went and brought one Thomas there, and offered the things to him for sale; but he was disappointed in the end, for Thomas, under a pretence of buying them, went and brought with him some other persons, and by their assistance secured Jones and Sunderland, and took them before a justice. The fact was fully confirmed on the trial, and Jones, with Sunderland, was capitally convicted. In my conversation with him he desired me to acquaint Mr. Graft that his servants were intirely innocent of the robbery done in his house, as the gardener belonging to him had been taken up on suspicion of robbing him - that it was done by him with John and Thomas Brent his brothers in law - that he had not been acquainted with Sunderland above fourteen months, in which time they had committed but a few robberies, and those of no great consequence, excepting Mr. Franks’s - that they went out one night to break into a house in Lincoln's-innfields , but Sunderland's heart failed him, and he ran away, so that Jones did not attempt any further that night. Whilst he was under sentence of death he behaved with seriousness and attention to the duties of the chapel, until he was prevented from coming there by sickness. He owned that he had had sufficient warning, as having been admitted an evidence more than once: He wished that the Brents would leave their ill courses of life, and consider that not only their own brother had lately suffered, but that he was shortly to suffer too - Convinced of his own unworthiness, and ashamed of his past conduct, he earnestly intreated the mercy of God to pardon him, and he spent his time as his health permitted him, in using those means that were the most likely for him to receive that mercy which he prayed for, and he continued in that disposition until the morning of his execution. He was 26 years of age. John Sunderland , alias Sandiland, (with John Jones ) was indicted for the same offence. John Sunderland , alias Sandiland , was born at Westrop , near SevenOaks , in Kent , of honest and industrious parents, who had him taught reading and writing, and when he was able to work for his living he came to London , and followed the employment of a gentleman's footboy , until he grew up and was sit for a coachman , in which station he continued for many years with a fair character. Having received a hurt in one of his legs, which rendered him at times unfit for a constant attendance in a gentleman's family, he, left that service and followed occasionally the employment of a hackney coachman . Being of a free disposition, when he had any money he seldom wanted for a friend to drink with him; unhappily for him he fell into the company of one Hudson, who has not only been the ruin of Sunderland, but of many others also; and well would it be for him if this account should fall into his hands, and he would reflect a little, that he may avoid the same ignominious end. Hudson finding his new acquaintance of an easy temper, and that it did not require much trouble to persuade him to leave his business sometimes, and fit in the alehouse best part of the day, invited him to go one evening to a public house near Fleetmarket , to sup with some of his friends. Sunderland, not suspecting what kind of company he should meet with there, went and spent the evening, which he often wished that he never had done. Soon after a relation of his wife's died, and left her one hundred and thirty odd pounds, which he received - and now he thought that he might turn it to a good account, as the landlord did his where the club was held, near Fleet-market. He communicated his thoughts to Hudson, who immediately tells him, that if he would take a public house he would bring the club there - and that he and some others would lodge in his house. With these pleasing prospects of gain, and being rendered incapable of following his business constantly, by reason of his lameness, and not willing to live on the spend, he looked out for one. In a little time after he took the public house , known by the sign of the Ax in Little Gray's-innlane . His friend Hudson was as good as his word, for he brought the club there, and soon filled his house with lodgers - such as Thumper, Jones, Finikin, and others (who have beep since executed). In this manner he went on, and he thought that he might as well go out of a night with them, as well as to harbour them, and be a sharer of their spoils. The first night he went out was with Thumper to rob a house in Cold-Bath fields ; but being naturally timorous he came home, and whilst he kept the house contented himself with what he could get of them. Here it was that he became acquainted with Jones; but he, like Jones, could not keep his house long. The club returned to their former house, and he was obliged to become a member of it. His circumstances now being desperate he thought of nothing but of getting money where he could; and knowing that that person who had taken his house had by him some money, he tells Thumper of it, who well knowing the house, easily broke into it, and took away between thirty and forty pounds. He owned the circumstances of Mr. Franks's robbery, excepting that Durant had sworn falsly in saying that he had told him, “that he was the first person that entered the room," whereas he never was in the house, but stood without to keep a look-out, and that he never saw the house before in his life, neither did he know where he was going to when Jones called on him; but this he knew, that he was going to break into some gentleman's house. The robberies that had been committed about Hatton-garden, Coldbath-fields, and Purpool-lane, he told me were committed by Thumper; and Mr. Franks’s robbery was the greatest that he had ever been concerned in, and for that he shared fifty shillings, being part of the money that Jones brought out of the house. The behaviour of this convict was such as became his unhappy situation, and he gave all diligence and attention to the instructions given him. He was quite open in his answers to every question that was put to him. He lamented much that the world looked upon him as the worst of villains, when he knew himself not deserving of that reproach. He acknowledged that he had kept bad company, and that law had doomed him to suffer for this offence justly. Before the report of the convicts was made, he fell sick, and was confined to his cell. What he further related, and the manner of his latter behaviour, is made known to the public on the morning of his execution. He was 45 years of age. John Chapman was indicted, for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Richard Spratley , on the 12th of july, between the hours of twelve and two in the night, and stealing six silver tea-spoons, value six shillings, a silver table-spoon, value four shillings, a silver pepper castor, value two shillings, two da mask linen table-cloths, value eight shillings, four linen aprons, value four shillings, one striped lawn apron, value one shilling, a cloth coat, value two shillings, a black crape apron, value two shillings, a pair of men's shoes, value six shillings, one pair of base metal shoe buckles, value threepence, and six yards of check cotton, value six shillings, the property of Richard Spratley , in his dwellinghouse. He was a second time indicted, (with James Nimmey , jun .) for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Thomas Mahoney , on the 5th of July, about the hour of one in the night, and stealing a silk handkerchief, and two linen handkerchiefs, value two shillings, four china bowls, value twenty shillings, one earthen bowl, value sixp-ence, one pair of gold weights and scales, value one shilling, one leather box, value one shilling, and thirty six halfpence, the property of the said Thomas in his dwelling-house In the course of the trial, it appeared, by one Evans an accomplice, that Chapman ordered him to look out that nobody came by, whilst he with a chissel broke open the shutter of the window, that Chapman struck a light; and then they got in, pulling the window-shutter to again, that they opened the drawers, and took out what was in them; and in the same room they found a silver pepper castor, and some silver spoons, as mentioned in the indictment. John Chapman was born at Whitby , and brought up in the colliery trade from his youth. In the last war he entered into the service of the Royal Navy , where he continued nine years, and was at the taking of several places. His behaviour whilst he continued m that service was very well. Having received several wounds, so as to disable him from serving any longer, he had his proper discharge. From that time he plied as a helper to a waterman in wapping , and worked with him for three years. Lodging at Mrs. M'Cloud's house, he soon became acquainted with her son (since executed) with whom he committed his first robbery; which, was done at a house near Queen-Stairs , in the parish of Rotherhithe , called Redriff, on the Surry side, where they broke open a desk, and took away eighty guineas: there were some bank notes, which they did not chuse to meddle with, as Chapman said, “For fear they might lead to a discovery of their persons, and endanger their lives:" With him, and some other young lads, he committed several other robberies, in and about Shadwell and Wapping ; but as to the robbery that he was committed to the New-Goal in the Borough for, he said he was intirely innocent of, being at the time it was done in Newgate ; but he knew that M’Cloud did it, as well as a robbery in Burr-Street, near St. Catherine's, with which he was also charged. Being asked to whom he generally sold his things? he said, to a Jew silversmith in Wapping, if he had any plate, but as he had sold but little, it did not signify telling his name, as the plate was commonly broke to pieces before it was weighed and bought. Being desired to inform me whether he was concerned in the breaking into Mr. Hankey’s house, at Poplar, with M’Cloud, for which he suffered? He said No, for I was in bed at his mother's house at the time it was done. These being the material accounts that he gave me, it will now be necessary to mention his behaviour: And it was such as became his condition. He shewed at all times sincere marks of repentance, and was very willing to be instructed in his duty. He constantly attended the chapel, and behaved with seriousness and devotion. He acknowledged that his sentence was just, and he sincerely and heartily forgave every one. He was admitted to the Lord’s table with Jones and Sunderland on Sunday the 11th, where he wept, and prayed that God for Christ's sake would forgive him. He was 43 years of age. John Creamer was indicted for returning from transportation before the expiration of his time, for which he was transported. The record of his conviction was read; by which it appears, that he was tried in May session, 1769, for stealing eight guineas one half guinea, a quarter guinea, the property or John Lothian , in the dwelling house of William Figg , for which he was capitally convicted, but afterwards received his Majesty's mercy upon condition of transportation for fourteen years. John Creamer was born in the Western part of Ireland ; and while he was young, his parents came over to England . When he grew up, he was put apprentice to a taylor in Holborn . His master dying, he was left to shift for himself; but as he had served some part of his time, he was able to get his bread, and supported himself. Soon after he married, and having a young family, and being at that time out of work, he was led to commit the robbery. Being desired to tell if he had committed any other, he said, “No, sir, nor did I ever keep company with, or knew any one that did go out a robbing, that was my first and last fact; nor have I done any thing of the kind since I came over, but have worked hard to maintain my family.Being told that he should have staid abroad his time, he answered, "That he had heard that his wife and children were in the parish work house, and he thought that if he came over, he could work in the country, and send for his wife and children, and nobody would find him out." He said that he came over last March, and did work in the country, and lived with his family. But, unfortunately for him, he came to London to see a friend on some business, and going to drink with him at a public house, a man came in that knew him, who immediately gave information of him, and he was taken up. He thought it hard that he should suffer, as his intention was honest and good. Being a member of the church of Rome , he did not attend the chapel; but was ready and willing to receive my instructions, and behaved, while under sentence of death, with decency. He was 25 years of age. MORNING OF EXECUTION. OCTOBER 14, 1772. THE prisoners were brought down from their cells about a quarter before seven. Their behaviour was every way becoming their unhappy situation. The appearance of Sunderland and Jones was really moving and affecting by reason of their late illness of a bad fever, of which Sunderland was never expected to have recovered: He was so weak and low that he could scarcely support himself. Chapman, while his irons were unloosing, said, ‘Ah! these will soon fall to the lot of some poor unhappy fellow!' Sunderland and Jones were not fettered, the low and sickly condition they were in not requiring it. Being now ready they went up to chapel, except Creamer, who was of the Catholic persuasion: Sunderland went up first: it was a few minutes before Jones and Chapman followed. In this short interval of time Sunderland said, 'O how cold am I! I am now as cold as I have been lately hot and distracted with a fever, when I was so light-headed, that nothing run in my mind but a respite was come down, and wondered at their keeping me in my cells. Once upon a time little did I think of coming to this untimely end!’ When Jones came up (who had occasion to wait a little behind) he, with a very decent and christian-like behaviour, fell on his knees to ask God's blessing. After being severalty spoken to and prayed with, they were admitted to the Lord's table, of which they partook, 'tis hoped, to their everlasting comfort. They were then again recommended in prayer to the mercy of Christ; desiring them stedfastly to look to him as crucified for them, and to be sensible that their sentence was just, but that he, the innocent and immaculate Lamb of God, suffered, the Just for the unjust, and was treated with the greatest shame and ignominy, to take away their curse. They were once more reminded to look unto him, and to let nothing, that might pass on their way, divert their attention from him. The clock striking eight, Sunderland listed up his hands and said, “We have not three hours more to live in this world.” Service being ended, they went down from chapel to be made ready. Creamer, while the halter was fixing about him, wrung his hands and wept bitterly, and said, at going out, “God forgive them that have taken away my life for returning back to my own country!” They arrived at the place of execution at half past ten; and when tied up, I went to perform the last office to them. They behaved with decency. And having again acknowledged that their sentence was just, except Creamer, who thought it rather hard, as he had committed no robbery since his return; but he was told to remember, that he had deserved to die before, and had received mercy: "True, says he, it is so; well, God forgive every one." They were once more recommended in prayer to the mercy of God, and then soon were turned off, crying out, Lord, receive our spirits. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TEMPLE , ASSISTANT-ORDINARY OF NEWGATE . POSTSCRIPT. THE melancholy view afforded us of the dreadful catastrophes of the unhappy persons who have been the subject of the foregoing account, lead us, in pity to the rising generation, to offer a few reflections to the public in general, which we hope may prove a means to stem the torrent of immorality and vice, by which multitudes of the unwary, and especially our thoughtless youth, are brought their untimely end. First. It is highly incumbent on parents, if they have a proper tenderness for their offspring, to spare no pains for the education of their children; and when they have learnt to read, to prevent their reading such obscene books as tend to inflame their minds with lewd ideas, which are the fore-runners of vicious practices. It is also their duty as they prize their eternal welfare, to instruct them in the principles of the Protestant religion, and, by their good examples and exhortations, to produce in them, at all opportunities, a delight in such ways as lead to sobriety, industry, and regularity, as well as to enforce their precepts by all suitable encouragements and rewards - Such a conduct, as is not only highly consistent with their duty, but likewise greatly promotive of the happiness of posterity, and its salutary effects will undoubtedly cause the children yet unborn to applaud and bless them. Secondly. What an inundation of wickedness and misery would be prevented, if the masters in this great and populous city would keep a watchful eye over the youth committed to their care, by restraining them from the use of such liberties as are productive of the most pernicious consequences to others! Young people, from a vain affection of their own importance, are too frequently desirous of associating indiscriminately with profane and immoral persons, especially such as multitudes of the public houses in this extensive metropolis abound with, where their natural propensity to vice occasions them to be unthinkingly carried down its lethiserous stream, until ruin overtakes them, and they are cut off from society at a time when they might, by sober and moral behaviour, become useful members of it. It is therefore earnestly recommended to all masters and mistresses, as they will shortly give an account at the awful bar, to oblige the servants under their care to keep strict and regular hours at night, to attend the public worship on Sundays, and to prevent, by all possible means, their keeping such company as contribute to corrupt and deprave their morals. Thirdly, It were much to be wished, for the benefit of the community, that the houses of dissipation and riot as harbour the vicious of both sexes, and are interspersed in various places as traps to ensnare the incautious, were suppressed; for it is notorious, that great numbers of those unhappy youths who have ended their days at the gallows, have dated their ruin, either from their connection with bad women, who patrole the streets in crouds, as is in defiance of all authority both human and divine, or else in those receptacles of debauchery and villany, which, by searing the conscience, train up numbers of youth of both sexes in the paths of wickedness and destruction. It is therefore hoped these few hints will induce all such as have the guardianship of young people, to use their utmost efforts by example, admonition, and the power they are invested with, to guide and preserve them in that track of sobriery and virtue, which alone is capable of procuring solid felicity to themselves, their dependents, and in general. FINIS.

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A True Account of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSIONS, AND Last Dying Speeches Of the Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN, On Wednesday the Second of March, 1691/1692. THE Ordinary visited the Condemned Criminals every Day till their Execution. On the Lord's Day in the Forenoon the Text was 1 Cor. 11. 31. If we would judge our selves, we should not be judged or condemned by the Lord. On the Lord's Day in the Afternoon was preached a Sermon on this Text, Eph. 5. 14. Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee Light. The Conclusion of which Discourse was thus directed to the Condemned. Awake, awake ye Sons of sinful Slumber, awake to Righteousness, and sin not any longer; awake and hear what concerns your Everlasting Peace before the Grave and Hell shut their Mouths upon you, and you shall hear no more to your Saving Advantage. What, will you dare to sleep on in Impenitence, though in Danger of its proving a Sleep unto Death Eternal? Will you dare to sleep secure with Hell-Flames about your Ears? impenitently take your Rest, in a State every moment lyable to Damnation. O the insensibleness of a Customary habitual Sinner! that Misery and Destruction should be in his Evil Ways, and yet the Way of Peace he should not desire to know! That Affliction, extream Affliction and Distress, God's lowdest Calls to Repentance should not awaken him! No Sleep sure so dead a one, as persevering Impenitence! But alas, alas Man, what avails it thee to sleep on? thou art never the more safe, because secure; that Sleep is thy dangerous Disease, which thou accountest thy Happiness: The Sleep of Sin is the Lethargy of thy Soul, the dead Doze of it to the Life of Grace and Vertue; such a Stupor of Spirit as exposes thee to a going away in thy Sleep into Everlasting Torments: And wilt thou continue in such a perilous Condition, and not use the means of thy Recovery, serious Reflection, Repentance and new Obedience? Alas, better awake now to Conviction and Conversion, though a Painful and Troublesome Undertaking, than to awake and lift up thy Eyes with Dives in Hell-Flames, and there endlessly lament thy not considering and looking about the sooner. As yet Sinner there is Hopes for thee, as yet there is Help for thee in a Saviour; a Capacity of thy escaping the Terrors of the Lord, and of thy getting into a safe, delightsome State of Salvation: Do but begin to Awaken to a Penitent Conviction; do but begin to arise to Newness of Life, by the Aid of Divine Grace, and thou shalt find God will Bless such thy good Beginnings, will convince and illuminate thee more and more to see thy past Errors and Miscarriages; will add fresh Supplies to thy renewd Inclinations, and Holy Purposes of Amendment; will make thee proceed from Strength to Strength in the Advances of Grace, till he has compleated thy Reformation, and fitted thee for Eternal Glory. Consider, I pray, what Gracious Offers are made you in my Text, and then refuse 'em if you can; doth there the Holy Spirit of God cry Awake, and arise from the Death of Sin, and Christ will give thee Light, larger Measures thereof, and hast thou the Folly to remain in a State of sinful Darkness, practising the evil Deeds thereof? O none so Blind, as those who will not see; none so Ignorant, as those who will not be convinc'd of their wicked Doings! Shall God profer you his Grace in vain, if it be yet in vain? O let it not be so! Is Christ willing to receive you, and are you unwilling to return unto him? O turn ye, turn ye, why will ye Dye Impenient Sinners? It Grieves me, it Grieves me, to see you so little Affected, so greatly insensible of your impenitent dangerous Condition; to see you dead in Sins and Trespasses, and yet unwilling to arise to Newness of Life: Ah who is more an Object of Pity, than he who is in a miserable Condition, and yet is inapprehensive thereof, and pities not himself in order to his getting out of it? And who is more to be condol'd, than the hardned secure Sinner, whose very Sleep is deadly, and his Rest pernicious? Go then immediately and fall down upon your Knees in Prayer; beg, beg earnestly of God and Christ, who only can do it, to give you the Grace of Repentance; To raise yo from the Death of Sin, unto the Life of Righteousness; to melt your obdurate Hearts, to make complyant your stubborn Wills, to spiritualize your corrupt sensual Affections. O 'tis but a little while and those who now see you, shall see you no more; take heed therefore that when you cease being seen of Men, you may see and be seen of God to your endless Felicity: This will never become your Lot, unless you carry hence holy Bodies, holy Souls, holy Tempers and Dispositions of Mind; for Heaven is a Place wherein no unclean thing can enter; Heaven is a City wherein only dwelleth Righteousness. Ah then as you look for Mansions among the Saints in Light and Glory, live Saint-like God-like Lives, your short remaining Season. Begin to live that Spiritual, Divine, Heavenly Life now, which you desire and hope to Live for ever; and continue not one Moment in that impenitent unconverted Condition, in which you would not Dye, and go to Judgment. I proceed to give an Account of their Behaviour in Prison, and their former Course of Life. 1. Lancelot Snowden , Condemned for the Murther of one Richard Lowther . He was lately a Press Master , and had been imployed in Sea Affairs from thirteen Years of Age: He said, That he had not led a strict Life, for which he was very penitent, but especially for his late killing of the said Lowther, though in a Scuffle, he being among some Coopers, who came to rescue one Thomas King , whom he had newly press'd. This Inconsiderate Passionate Action, he said, much troubles him, and he is resolved, if he continue in such Employ ment, to manage his Office with more tender Circumspection. II. Valentine Knight , Condemned for two Felonies. He hath been suspected to have commited Burglaries before: He was told that he ought to discover his lewd Companions, because it might prevent much Mischief; and that Felony is a great Crime, because those guilty of it usually make a Sporting Trade of it, so that such Criminals are seldom convinced of the Sinfulness of it; And that if he did not endeavour to break the Conspiracy of Robbers, whom he knew, he would accumulate the Guilt of their Sins upon his own, as being more Faitful to the Devil and his Wicked Associates, than to the Welfare of the Nation. He was also urged to make Restitution of what he had taken away by Violence or Stealth, otherwise his Repentance could not be sincere: Yet he remained insensible of his Sinful Condition, saying (as I am credibly informed) That he dreaded not Death, the Pain of Hanging would soon be over; so that he little considered what would become of his Soul after Death, as if he believed not any Future State of Happiness or Eternal Misery in the World to come. III. Alice Meadowes Aged twenty five Years, Condemned for the wilful Murder of her Infant Male Bastard Child. She said that she lived with her Mother till seventeen Years of Age, after that she went to Service in the Country, but coming to London , she lived as a Maid Servant in Lothbury , for two Years and an half. In the Latter end of which the murthered Child was begot by a Lodger in her Mistress's House, tho warned by her to avoid any familiarity with him; she said, that she easily consented, when sollicited to the Act of Whoredom, without any hope of gain or promise of Marriage. I did earnestly exhort her to a thorough sincere Repentance for the Sins of her whole Life, especially for this unnatural Cruel fact, because all Creatures express a tender Care to preserve their Off-spring, she said that she is ashamed of it, and that to Cover Bastardy she committed a greater Sin, in the stifling of her new born Infant. She would not acknowledg any antecedent Sin, but only that she neglected to Pray, that God would preserve her chastity, and so was easily overcome. I askt her what true saving faith and Repentance are? She said, she was Ignorant in matter of Religion. I told her that the very dictates of natural Reason, and an ordinary modesty, might have presented her two great Sins. She exprest not any considerable sorrow. IV. A Youth of twenty two Years condemned for felony in joyning with one Richard Whithorn not yet taken. The person robbed was Mr. John Harris , to whom he had formerly been an Apprentice. He says that his Father gave him Religious Education and put him to a Good Employment, in which he served six Years; but being uneasy in the Service of his Master, he left him and went over into Flanders, where he indured very much hardship. Thus he was brought to consider that he Justly reaped the sad effects of his disobedience to so Good a Father. Afterward he travelled into Holland; There he met with a Merchant who knew his Father, and gave him three pounds in Mony to return into England, and to submit himself to his Fathers good Counsel. Which he fully intended to do; but in his travelling through Chelmsford , he unfortunately met with one Richard Whithorn , who pretended that he knew John Harris , his former Master, and where he dwelt. So going together near the House, Whithorn undertook the Robbery, for he broke into the Closet at a Window and there found twenty five pounds. After this they went to the Ram in Smithfield , where Whithorn gave the condemned Person only eight pounds out of that said Summ. Promising him twelve Guineas, if he would not discover the said Whithorn. Upon the whole matter, the condemned Person Laments his former ill Life and that he fell into this Crime, resolving if he may have a respite from Death, to reform and betake himself to an honest and Laborious employment. I hope he is truly penitent. V. Robert Smith condemned for Felony. He said he had been guilty of many and great Sins, which were committed by the frequent omission of prayer; that he did not guard his Heart as he ought against the sollicitations of Evil company, but he now resolves if he may be spared, that he will amend his life and walk more circumspectly. VI. Susan Lucas , condemned for high Treason, in Clipping the current Coyn of this Kingdom. She kept a Publick House, till of late she brake the Sabbath, would Swear and Drink to excess sometimes. She denies not the fact to be notorious, but was tempted to it by bad company, which she is not willing to discover. She is reprieved upon being Quick with Child. I charged her not to grow secure upon this, as if her Sentence would be forgotten. She promised me that she would constantly come to the Chappel, and endeavour a thorough Repentance. Valentine Knight and Alice Meadows were (on Wednesday the second of March) drawn to Tyburn in a Cart; where being tyed to the Gibbet, the Ordinary and another Minister began most fervently to Exhort them both to call for Mercy, and truly to acknowledge before God, Angels and Men, what wicked Sinners they had been; Praying for them, That God Almighty would undeceive them of having any false Hopes of a better Life: To which seasonable Advice, Alice Meadows gave a heedful Ear; and begged all the Spectators to take Warning by her fatal End how they spent their Lives in this World, that they might not come to such a Shameful Death. But Knight was not so particularly Affected, as was hoped for: In his Way from Newgate , he behaved himself very undecently; not like one who was to undergo such a Sentence, but rather like one who, being Fool hardly, makes light of what should have been a Shame and Sorrow to him; but when he was in the Cart, he seemed to be a little more sensible of the near Approaches of Death, and sometimes would cry out to God Almighty; but other times would suffer his Eyes to wander abroad, tho' Exhorted to the contrary by the Ordinary. He Confessed in the General, That he had been a great Sabbath-breaker, a Swearer, a Drunkard, an Adulterer, guilty of offering great Violence to Persons that did him no Wrong, &c. but affirmed withal, That he was never guilty of the horrid Sin of Murder, and hoped that God would forgive him. After this, the Ordinary prayed with them again, and sung a Psalm of Penitency; and there recommended them both to the Mercy of their most Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. This is all the account I can give of this Session, Samuel Smith , Ordnary . London, Printed for L. Curtiss, at Sir Edmundbury Godfry's Head near Fleet-bridg. 1692.

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the 12 Criminals that were Executed on Friday and Saturday the first and second of May 1691. THE Ordinary visited the Condemned Prisoners every day till their Execution; on the Lord's Day, in the Afternoon, he preacht on this Text, viz. Proverbs 10. 27. The fear of the Lord prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be cut short. These words are a safe Direction how to draw out the Line of Life to a fair extent, in prosecution of which many general Heads were treated of, amongst which were these: First, How doth true Piety conduce to the lengthning out of the natural Life? Thus, the fear of the Lord doth engage his Protection over the Righteous, because he walks humbly in a dependance on God's Inspection over them. This holy fear doth not make Mens Spirits degenerate into Cowardize, to shrink at shadows of discouragement in attempting difficult Atchievements for Gods Honour. Secondly, Godliness heals the Distempers of our Minds and Hearts, by composing them into an orderly and peaceful Harmony, as was shewed in many particulars. Thus a good temper of Mind works by Sympathy on the bodily Spirits, to make them flow with briskness, and not to sink into a despairing melancholy upon every appearance of danger, which is more terrible than Death, because this can but once be inflicted. Thirdly, He only lives long, who carefully imploys his time in the service of God his maker, and doth not consume his years as a Tale which is told. How is this? In a fourfold respect: 1st, He makes his Life as a Story, full of fancy, in which is little real profit to himself or others. 2dly, As a Tale sometimes is almost ended, before any part of it is well attended unto; so a wicked man brings his years to a conclusion before he hath well considered wherefore his Life was given him, as neglecting to prosecute the Spiritual Designs of it. 3dly, The same Numerical Tale cannot be repeated, no more can the wasted oppertunities of living well be recalled that they may be better improved. 4thly, When Life like a Tale is ended, all the mirth is vanished, yea a tedious Tale is burdensome: Thus wicked men loath their lives and grow weary of them, when they reap the deserved bitter effects of finning. Now compare the long life of a wicked man with the shortest of a pious man, and then conclude which is to be preferred. Fourthly, If some Saints dye young, as Enh and Josiah, they ripned the sooner for the state of heavenly glory. This World is a Foreign Soyle, where a Saints growth in Grace is not so beautified and consistent as under the immediate Inspection of Christ, the King of Righteousness. Therefore a real Christian loaths almost to live, that he may be consummated in Holiness; but a wicked man is never satisfied with living, because he lives to his own ease and the gratifying of his Lusts. Thus the renewing his date of Life, strikes him into a Dead Palsy of security, which is a stroke far worse than Death, because not felt: If the wicked live long and prosper, yet this is their punishment, because they often pyne away in their iniquities and are consumed with terrors, while they are vigorous in the fulfilling of their Lusts. Here were four Inferences drawn from the whole Text, with several Improvements of it, in exhorting unto godliness from the benifits of it in this Life, and the prospect of a blessed Eternity. The Conclusion was thus directed to the Condemned. How have you contracted your years into a Span, by spinning out a Web of vanity in sinning? You have banished the fear of God out of your hearts. This would have been the safe Guide of your Lives, and a Sovereign Antidote against the terrors of an Ignominious Death. You have ventured to sin, while Gods Judgments on others have been fresh bleeding before your Eyes. Will you be wise at last? Then trifle no longer with God, in the weighty concernments of his honour and your own everlasting happiness. Mortifie your evil Inclinations, Execute your Lasts out right in a commendable revenge, as having crucified afresh the Lord of Life and Glory. How madly will you act against your own best Interest, if you still persist in your Impenitency, and do not return to the Lord with your whole Heart? Consider the past follys of your Lives, to bring you to an ingenuous self abasement, and to excite in you zealous endeavours to attain a blessed Eternity: value the fear of the Lord, that it may be implanted in your hearts. This will arm you against being overwhelmed with Consternation at the approach of death. A true Penitent, being cloathed with Christs Righteousness, may confidently look God in the Face, as Reconciled to him, yea, under the covert and shadow of his Wings, he may bid defiance to all the powers of Hell, and the Furies of a guilty despairing Conscience, which sink reprobate sinners into Eternal Torments in the greatest Anguish of their Souls. I proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Criminals. I. Elizabeth Dale , who murthered her Bastard Child. She said, That she was Educated by Religious Parents, but walkt not according to their good Counsel and Example: That she got a subsistance by winding of Silk , knitting and going a Nursekeeping . She did break the Sabbath, and seldom pray'd to God; when she read any part of the Scriptures, she little minded her duty required therein, but had worldly Covetous desires too prevailing on her, how to get fine things about her. The occasion of her great sin was thus, There was, within a little more than a Year since, a Meeting Place built in Stepney. Parish , she went to the House to get Chips to save the charges of Coals, were a Workman detained her in the House, and sollicited her to commit folly with him, she being left to her wicked heart consented, upon some Promises which he made her, but performed them not. She confest freely the Fact: I told her she ought to call to mind the former sins of her life, which not being duly sensible of, God justly left her to commit this unnatural Fact: She acknowledged as much. She said, That though her Heart was very hard after the Fact, yet now she is deeply humbled, and prays often with Tears, that God would more soften her Heart, and bring her to repentance. I exhorted her not to rest in the beginning of relenting, but to pray earnestly that she might become a thorow Convert to God, which she promised to do. II. James Selby , condemned for murthering Mary Bartlet , who lived in Goodmans Fields and kept an Ale-house of ill Conversation. He said, That he was a Distiller of Strong Waters in Bishopsgate-street , that he fell into decay of his Estate, by living an idle and expensive course of life: That he seldom prayed against his excesses: That he was acquainted with the Woman who was killed: That going by her House she pulled him in, and inticed him to drink with her and another Woman; they drank togerher to the loss of their Reason, but he did not remember that he killed Mrs. Bartlet, though they quarrelled about the Reckoning. He confest that he was in a great Rage afterward, because, being drunk, the Woman pickt his Pocket of a Guinea and some loose Mony. I prayed with him before his Tryal, when he confest what is related before. I exhorted him every Sabbath to redeem his mispent time, and to repent of all his sinful courses. He denyed not that he frequented other Houses of ill note, and that he knew the woman who was murthered, with two more near Well Close . I told him that he was suspected for that, but he denied it. I intend to lay it close to his Conscience at his death. I wish that he had been more serious and sensible of his ill courses before his Tryal: since Condemnation I take pains with him, to bring him to true Repentance. On Munday last he said, That God was just in his Condemnation, because he had often prophaned the Sabbath, and when he went to Church, he did it in formality, and his heart was little affected with the publick worship. I desired him to consider that he could not be a Penitent i he stood out in denying any wicked act which he was guilty of, yet he was very reserved and would not acknowledge any of those scandals which he had given, but remained more insensible than any of the Criminals. III. Henry Powel alias Howel , condemned with John Grymes and Charles Smith , for a notorious Robbery in the High-way near Acton , upon Thomas Allom , Gent. his Wife and Daughter. Howel is aged about 27 Years. He said, That he was Listed about a Year and a half since a Trooper , but, upon some misdemeanour against his Officer, he was dismi; Afterward he joyned with bad Company and lived disorderly: He said he had been a great sinner, and wept, desiring me to pray for him, that he might become truly penitent. IV. Charles Smith , aged 37 Years, he said that he had neglected his duty to God; That he had seldom prayed to be kept free from the Temptations of Satan and his own Heart; That he had not used Robbing in the High-way long, and that he never killed any Man in those bold Adventures. He wept and said he had been a great sinner, which now was burdensome on his Conscience, and begged that God would heal the Wounds made therein, rather than deliver him from death. He said, That he expected to dye, and therefore prayed it might be a means to save his Soul. He was very submissive to be faithfully dealt with, which some other Criminals could not bear, and thereupon grew sullen and peevish. V. William Selwood alias Jenkins , condemned with William Mackquear a Papist , for Robbing, on Hounslow Heath , one Benjamin Witts , being Old Offenders. Selwood alias Jenkins had Robbed before and been Repreived, but would not take warning. He refused at first to give any account of his wicked life, yet on Thursday he said that he had been in several Robberies, particularly one in Essex near Brentwood , three men joyned in it, and breaking in, bound the People in the House, carryed away Money, a Diamond Ring, and other considerable things. He said they were Irishmen, one is since dead, and the other two he knows not where they are, and cannot tell their Names. He wish the had never been born, but every one must live and not starve. I told him that Robbing was a very wicked Trade, though he had made it his frequent practice: he was more sensible of his bad life than some days before. I was with the Condemned twice on Thursday, some joyned in praying and exhortation, others kept their Chambers, saying, That they could prepare themselves for death. I told them, that the more they knew Gods Will, the greater is their sin in disobeying it, and rejecting good Advice. I fear these were Popishly affected, for they pleaded for the Errors of the Romish Church, which I refued; yet some of them stuck to their false Principles, and would not joyn in prayer. But Winn alias Wing, Riggs and Phipps seemed more relenting, and gave some account of the nature of Faith and Repentance, which being more General and Imperfect, I stated them more clearly and fully; after this, they said they hoped the effects of both were wrought in them. I told them they ought to pray to God to undeceive them as to any false hopes of Heaven, for it was not an easie thing to believe and repent in Truth, and the reason why. On the Wednesday I read Prayers and Preacht, exhorting all the Prisoners of the Goal to express the fruit of true Faith, Repentance and Self-denyal, with Directions how to work out their Salvation, which cannot be inserted in this scanty Paper. On Thursday I visited them again, exhorting and praying with the Condemned. Then Honour Allen , condemn'd for a Burglary, and stealing divers Goods, of considerable value, from one Web in Whitechappel , said she was but 17 Years of age, but had led an ill life, being lately acquainted with bad Company; that she seldom went to Church, or prayed to God; that her sins were now an heavy burden on her Conscience: She wept much and said she hoped her Tears came from true sorrow of heart for offending God. John Phipps (aged 40 Years) condemned for stealing a Gelding. He said he had been an Husbandman , that in his younger days he had been much guilty of Drunkenness, but this grieves him most, that he made many Vows he would leave off that sin, and yet broke them. He seemed very penitent. This is all the Account I can give of this Session. Samuel Smith Ordinary . An Account of the Behaviour of the Eleven Condemned Criminals, who were Executed at Tyburn , May the First, whose Names are these: William Riggs , Henry Powell alias Howell , John Grymes , Charles Smith , John Story , Henry Win alias Wing , William Selwood alias Jenkins , William Mackquear alias Bayley alias the Irish Teague, William Phipps , Elizabeth Deale and Honour Allen , who were all conveyed in four Carts to the place of Execution, where, being all tyed up, they all began (with mournful cries) to bewaile and lament their former evil and wicked lives, crying out for Pardoning Mercy from Almighty God, but would not be brought to acknowledge any particular Miscarriages of their lives, at the place of suffering; desiring all the Spectators to pray to God for their Souls, &c. William Selwood , and William Mackquear , publickly confessed, That they had been great and old Offenders, and that they deserved to dye; the former of which, Admonished the People to have a care of their Children, and not to Indulge their Covetous Appetite with too much Mony, for if so, then they would at length acquire such a Habit of Extravigancy, that they would not be contented with a little, but would venture their Lives to fill up the Measure of their Lusts, and so might come to dye a shameful death at last, &c. The latter, William Mackquear , freely declared (without pressing) That he was one of the Persons that Robbed Captain Shooter, who was not long since Murthered, on Hampstead-Heath , and that he shot him and wounded him, after which he fell off his Horse, but received some hurt by his fall, (as he conceived) which might be some additional cause of his Death, he being the first Person that hath been discovered since the aforesaid Captain hath been slain. After this was done, the Ordinary prayed with them, and sung a Psalm very pertinent to the Occasion, and then they were all turned off, &c. On Saturday the second of May, James Selbey was conveyed in a Cart from Newgate, thorow Cheapside to Algate , and down Whitechappel into Goodmans Fields , (in order to be Executed for the Murther of Mary Bartlet alias Bartley , as may be seen at large in the Book of Tryals) where a Gibbet was erected on purpose for the occasion, near the House where the horrid Murther was perpetrated, where being come, and the Cart placed under it, the Ordinary began to press the Prisoner to be free in his Confession to Almighty God, in respect to the Crime for which he suffered: To which the Prisoner replyed (consonant to his former Affirmations in Newgate, in the general) viz. That he was so much disguised and made insensible by drinking, that he was changed into the likeness of a Beast more than that of a Human Creature; for that when he came to himself on the morrow, he could not remember where he was, nor what he had done: adding withal, That he did believe he was the Person that committed the Murther. But as to the Murther of the three Persons in Well Close , as also the firing the House, he solemnly protested that he knew nothing of it, either directly or indirectly; desiring all the Spectators to take notice, That God never left any Man to himself, till they had so often provoked him, that he was weary of their sinning, and then God tryed them gently by small and slender Judgments, to win them over to himself; but if that Method fail, then it sometimes pleased Almighty God to dispose of Men otherwise, by bringing them to publick shame, in such an infamous way as he appeared before them; desiring all People to take warning by his sad Example, not Notionally and Speculatively, as it was the common saying of all dying Men, but to make such use of it, as might work a true love to God in their Hearts and Souls, and to cause them to live up to the Profession of the Gospel of Christ Jesus, which he had owned according to the Doctrine of the Church of England, but unhappily had not ordered his Life and Conversation aright, so that the just Judgment of Heaven had now overtaken him, &c. He freely forgave all his Enemies, and desired to dye in Charity with all Men, hoping only in the Merits of Christs Blood-shed for Eternal Salvation, desiring the prayers of all Good People even to the last Breath: Then being tyed up, and having prayed again for himself privately, the Cart drew away; and after he had hung the usual time, he was cut down, and carryed to Mile-End , there to be hanged up in Chains. ADVERTISEMENTS. There is now Published, The Plain Christian's Guide; or, True Religion and Undefiled, in all its Principal and most Useful Branches, both as to Belief and Practice, Briefly Stated and Explained to the meanest Capacities: Wherein also the Chief Points in Dispute between Us and the Church of Rome are discussed. Printed for Langley Curtiss , at Sir Edmonbury Godfrey's Head , near Fleet-Bridge . ***These are to give Notice to all Persons, for the Benefit of the Publick, That Mr. Elmy, Professor of Physick, and Operator, of known Integrity, and above 25 Years practice, liveth at the Blue Ball in Whale-Bone Court, at the lower end of Bartholomew-lane by the Royal Exchange, who most safely and expeditiously Cures Deafness and Noise in the Ears in any of what Age soever, (if Curable) and at first Sight, by Inspection, Resolves the Patient if so or not, as most Eminent Persons of Quality in this City can Testifie. He hath likewise a most excellent Gargarism or Mouth-Water, which will make black or yellow Teeth as white as Ivory, in a few times using; and it will certainly cure the Scurvy, and all other Diseases incident to the Mouth, Teeth and Gums, which in many persons causeth a stinking Breath, which (by the Blessing of God, and the use of this Water) I dare affirm you will be freed from those Maladies before mentioned, with Directions. London, Printed for Langley Curtiss at Sir Edmondbury Godfry's Head near Fleet-Bridge . 1691.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWG. ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the TWELVE MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN , On MONDAY the 4February1754, BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the Mayoralty OF THE Right Hon. Thomas Rawlinson , Esq. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, Etc. BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable Thomas Rawlinson , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , Lord chief justice Willes, Sir Thomas Dennison , knt. Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe , knt. William Moreton , esq ; recorder , and others of His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the said city and county of Middlesex , held at Justice-hall in the Old- Bailey, on Wednesday the 5th, Thursday the 6th, Friday the 7th, Saturday the 8th, and Monday the 10th of December, John Smith , Richard Hutton , Dennis Neal , John Mason , John Welch , Robert Keys , Grace Grannet , and Stephen Barnes , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. And, By virtue of the King's commission, Etc. held before the right honourable Thomas Rawlinson , esq ; lord-mayor of the city of London , lord chief baron Parker, Sir Michael Foster , knt . Sir Thomas Birch , knt. William Moreton , esq ; recorder , Etc. on Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, Friday the 18th, Saturday the 19th, and Monday the 21st of January, in the 27th year of His Majesty's reign, William Ford , Edward Allen , Daniel Wood , William James , William Irons , Benjamin Hickman , Joshua Kidden , Thomas Barnard , otherwise Barnett , and Samuel Witham , were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly. The behaviour of all these unhappy people, as far as I saw, has been quiet, and those who were protestants attended prayers daily, when not hindered by sickness. Neal, Mason and Welch, being Roman catholicks , were visited by one who attends for that purpose. On Tuesday the 29January, the report of seventeen malefactors was made to His Majesty in council, by Mr. Recorder, when He was pleased to order John Smith , Richard Hutton , Dennis Neal , John Mason , John Welch , Robert Keys , Grace Grannet , William Ford , Daniel Wood , William James , Josoua Kidden , and Thomas Bernard for Execution, on Monday the 4th of February; and, at the same time, the sentence of execution upon Stephen Barnes , Edward Allen , William Irons , Benjamin Hickman , and Samuel Witham , was respited, till His Majesty's pleasure touching them should be farther known. 1. a Robert Keys , and Grace Grannet , Spinster , were indicted, for that they, in a certain field or open place, near the King's highway, on William Wash did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear, and danger of his life, and stealing from his person two half guineas, and 7s. 6d. in monies numbered, 10November. 3. Richard Hutton , was indicted for returning from transportation before the expiration of his time. 4, 5. John Mason , and John Welch the elder , were indicted, for that they, together with John Welch the younger, not yet taken, in a certain field, or open place, near the King's highway, on John Humphrys did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear, and danger of his life; one silver watch, value 4l. one dead pig, one guinea, one halfpenny, and one farthing, his property, 22Sept. 6. Dennis Neal , otherwise John Clerk , was indicted, for that he, together with Job Horniblow , in a certain field, or open place, near the king's highway, on Joseph Rixton did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear, and danger of his life, and stealing from his person one steel tobacco-box, value 6d. one clasp knife, one iron key, and 4s. 6d. in monies numbered, 17 Sept. 7. John Smith , was indicted, for stealing one black gelding, value 3l. October 26; and one ditto, value 8l. November the 2d; the property of Robert Scoley . 8. William Ford , was indicted for stealing one mare, of a black colour, value 12l. the property of Nicholas Healing , 4October. 9. William James , was indicted for stealing six dozen of worsted hofe, value 10l. and one yard of hempen cloth, value 6d. the goods of John Roberts , out of the shop of the said John, December 21. 10. Thomas Barnard , otherwise Barnet , was indicted, for that he, together with one other person unknown, on the 4th of January, about the hour of two of the same day, the dwelling-house of Boyce Tree did break and enter, with intent the goods, chattels, and monies of the said Boyce Tree to steal, take, and carry away. He was a second time indicted, for breaking the said dwelling-house, and stealing a cheese, the property of the said Boyce Tree . 11. Daniel Wood , butcher , was indicted for stealing four ewe sheep, value 20s. one ewe lamb, value 5s. and eight rams, value 5l. the goods of John Marsh , December 28. 12. Joshua Kidden , was indicted, for that he, on the king's highway, on Mary Jones , widow , did make an assault putting her in corporal fear, and danger of her life, and stealing from her person one guinea, and 4s. 6d. in monies numbered, 7Jan. 1. Robert Keys , was 22 years of age, and was born at Barnes , in Surry . His parents were poor, industrious people, not able to give him any education. He was apprentice to a fisherman at Chiswick , and served out the greater part of his apprenticeship; but being seized with a rambling inclination, came to London , where he thought to be a great man presently, and not work so hard, as he called it, But, unfortunately for him, he fell into an intimacy, in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields , with a woman, who inticed him to marry her, and afterwards used him so ill; as to drive him from her; so he left her, and went to seek for new adventures, and the next place he stumbled into was Grays'-inn-lane . And, after a while, he got to be employed at brick-making , and says he followed his work close, till he became acquainted with his fellow-sufferer, Grace Grannet , which was not more than a fortnight before the robbery was committed by them, for which they suffered. He became acquainted with her first, he says, at the King's-Arms in Gray's-inn-lane , and made a bargain to live together, as the fashionable way is too much now-a-days, not only with such low-life creatures, but with their betters too frequently; they took each others word, and lived together to a very fine purpose. Their fondness for one another now kept them together, and each had share of the others gettings, to their own cost at last; for the persuaded him to rob, and he was fool enough to do as she bid him. 2. Grace Grannet , aged 18, says she was born in London , but knows not where, or in what parish. Whatever her parents were, they gave her no education, and she was bred to no business. But when, upon the loss of her parents, she found herself left to the wide world, and had the liberty to choose for herself, how she would make her way through it, she applied herself to sifting of Cinders for employment, which afforded a scanty livelihood, wherewith she was for some time content; but, becoming acquainted in the neighbourhood where she set up trade for herself, she began to grow loose, and when once she had given way to bad company, there were not wanting those who would continue her in it; and she became what is frequently called a woman of the town , tho' in the most abject degree. Among the rest Keys became one of her companions, and their mistaken friendship proved ruin to them both. She had been used to frequent publick-houses in that neighbourhood, and leaving her honest employ, became idle, and subjected herself to all the inconveniencies that attend that unhappy turn of mind; tho', indeed, she seems to deserve to be compassionated for the unhappiness of her exit, having never had the advice of parents, nor any other instructions, that might prevent her falling into those snares, which the want of education, and true friendly counsel, might have guarded her against. She seemed to be of a tender mould, so that good impressions might have been made, had they been offered before evil ones surprized her. The two unhappy subjects of the few foregoing lines, by each other's declaration, had not been long acquainted, before the robbery committed on William Nash , by them, in the Spaw-fields ; the manner of which, they say, was as follows: viz. On the tenth of November, in the evening, Keys and Grannet (as their custom was, since acquainted) were got to a publick-house, which was the Red-Lion , in Warner-Street , Cold-Bathfields . They had scarce money to pay for a pot of beer before, but this man coming in, they met with a recruit, tho' they paid very dear for it. They both say they drank with him, and afterwards he desired they would shew him where he wanted to go. They agreed to it, but afterwards went out and consulted their scheme, having seen him pull out his money in a boasting way, and the temptation seized their minds so strongly, that they resolved to have it at all events. They all three went out together, and Keys and Grannet, in order to effect their design, instead of taking him to the left-hand, which led to Mount-Pleasant , where he wanted to go, took him to the right-hand, towards Sir John Oldcastle's , and so into the Spaw-field . Keys says that Grannet persuaded him to it all the way, by frequently whispering, Now, now. At last her whispers prevailed, and when they came into the Spaw-field, Keys first attacked him, and they both fell upon William Nash , and robbed him, as the indictment sets forth. They both behaved well and quietly under sentence, and appeared to die resigned and penitent, owning no other facts of this fort. 3. John Smith , says he is about 22 years of age, and that he was born in the parish of Croydon , in Surry . He was one of those who was so unhappy as to have no education, nor was he ever brought up to any trade. He lived most part of his life-time in the country, and was bred to husbandry work . He has sometimes been a vagabond , and did a day's work, now and then, when, and where, he could get it. He seemed to be a fellow of a wicked inclination, though very ignorant. He said, he had been unfortunately idle, and scarce ever went to a church in his life. He was much addicted to cursing, swearing, and drinking, which brought him to a disrelish of work and labour, which now he thought' twas better he had taken more delight in. He said, he had stolen several horses in his time, but believed the right owners had received them again. He lived with the prosecutor, Robert Scoley , at Grays in Essex , he says, at that time he stole the horse for which he suffered. He says, he had, thro' the instigation of Devil, waited an opportunity to take away that and another, which he effected on the 26October last. One he sold the week before he was taken up; the other he set up at the Black Horse, in Bartholomew-Close ; where, upon suspicion of stealing, he was taken into custody, and committed to Woodstreet Compter . The owner of the horse missing him and the horse, made enquiry after him, and found him there. The consequence of which was, he was prosecuted, and convicted, and he owned the justice of his suffering. 4. Joshua Kidden , was twenty-six years of age, being born of reputable parents in the city of London . He had a very good education, and was put out apprentice at a proper time, with no small sum of money, to the genteel profession of an apothecary ; but, unhappily for him, his mind was not inclined that way, but after a while he was desirous of going to sea , which was indulged him, and, I think, he is said to have been seven years in that way of life. When he came home, his parents laid out some money to qualify him in the art of navigation, that he might in time have hopes of rising in the station of a seaman. But, neither did this suit his genius; but rather than attend the instruction intended him, he went about idling his time away with company he had better been without Finding himself neglected by his friends, upon account of this his foolish way of life, he found there was no hope of support from that quarter any longer, so he condescended to betake himself to labour as a porter , and he attended the Fleet-market , and Holborn-bridge for that purpose, in order to get bread. He might have gone to sea again, which would have been better perhaps; but being taken prisoner during the last war, and carried into France , gave him such a dislike to that way of life, that he would rather undergo any hardship, than return to that employment. In his present situation, he got into the neighbourhood of Field-lane , Etc. and one evening went into the Castle in Chick-lane , the bottom of Saffron hill . There he got an acquaintance with a man, while he drank some beer, who laid a scheme to rob him of his life. Kidden was complaining how poor he was, and how glad he should be to be employed; upon which his new acquaintance told him, he would give him a day's work, and provided him a lodging in one of the bad alleys in that neighbourhood, where he was, backwards and forwards, from the Friday night till the Monday morning following. On that unfortunate morning, January the seventh, his new acquaintance called him up very early in the morning, in order to go upon this jobb he had promised poor Kidden; and a sad jobb it proved to him. When the whole of the affair, as represented by the poor youth himself, and declared by him to the last moment of his life, to be the truth of the matter, is set forth, his fate will extort the pity and compassion of every humane breast; which I shall here give the reader, as deliver'd to me, by him, a short time before execution. The unhappy case of Joshua Kidden , now under sentence of death in Newgate . I By chance got acquainted with a person, at the Castle , in Chick-lane , the bottom of Saffron-hill , and being just come out of the country, from my relations, near Lambourne , in Berkshire , I was complaining for want of business. I was bred to the seas , and was willing to do any servile business, as a porter Etc. This person I got acquainted with, told me he had got a jobb to do at Tottenham , to remove some goods for a gentleman, who was afraid they would be seized on for rent: Accordingly we went on the appointed day, and going from one alehouse to another, till evening came on, was at last told by my companion, who pretended to see for the gentleman, that he had seen him, and it was too late to remove tonight, but he had given me eighteen-pence for my trouble, and that we must come on another day, Etc. Going home we met with a chaise with a man and woman in it, at a place called the Seven Sisters , on this side Tottenham , where the woman was set down from the chaise, and walked up the road, and I, as I past by her, said, Are you a going to London ? It was now about seven o'clock at night, she answered yes, and I passed on. This companion of mine, unknown by name, behind. called, What do you walk so fast for? My answer was, To get to London; but turning about, saw him robbing the woman. He then ran after me, and said, Here, I have got some money, and would have forced half a crown into my hand; but I refused it. Then he said, Josh, don't leave me; I must step into the ditch, and ease myself. And walking gently on, to wait for my companion, up starts one Mac Donald, thief-catcher, and collars me, and said, You are my prisoner. He carried me directly to a justice, before whom the woman swore, that I, with a person unknown, robbed her of five and twenty shillings and six pence. So I was committed to jail, and tried on the woman's swearing that I, with the unknown person, robbed her, and threatened her life. The person's name that was in the chaise is Berry, the woman's name. Jones; the man well known to be thief-catcher, the woman of as bad a character as need be. His friends, as soon as they found what a scrape he had got into, being alarmed by his sending to acquaint them of his being committed, resolved to see him, that they might know whether his calamity deserved their assistance, or no. They went to him, and received the account, as above, from which he never varied from first to last. The account he give of the matter encouraged them to enquire further into it, that they might find whether his story was true, or not, before they applied to seek any interest to save his life. They went to enquire for the prosecutrix, but she was not to be found, tho' they enquired at the house where she lived, in Brooker's-alley, in Drury-lane, as she said upon the trial; nor could Kidden's friends meet with any one in her neighbourhood, that had heard of her being robbed at all. Upon their second enquiry they found out where she lived, and then the people of the house had heard something of a robbery committed on her, but she was not to be seen. Her character being enquired into was reported such, as (I shall only say what they told me) encouraged them to believe the young fellow's story true, and then they did endeavour to save his life, but their application had not the desired effect. However, their enquiry was sufficient to satisfy them in their own minds, that his declaring himself innocent of the crime laid to his charge, did not proceed from a wicked design to conceal the truth, but was truth itself. They are satisfied with the justice of the conviction, and sentence, and own, they should have done as was done, had they been to have given their opinion upon such evidence as appeared to the court against Kidden; but as various circumstances convinced them, that his new friend had trepanned him, and laid a scheme to take away his life, they did all they could to save him, but could not, for want of that knowledge of the matter they got at when it was too late, and could not come at sooner, because some people were not so readily to be met with. Kidden declared to the last, that he knew not of any intent to rob, and went only on the errand of the expected jobb, that he never touched her cloaths, nor her hand, though she swore he held up her arms, while the other robbed her; he declared to the last, as a dying man, that he was 30 yards distant at least, when he looked back, and saw the other man about robbing the woman, if any robbery there was. He declar'd, his innocence to the last, and died resigned to the will of the Almighty, who only can turn his sorrow into joy. As this affair was transacted on the road to Stamford-hill , some persons living in the neighbourhood apply'd to have Kidden asked, whether he was not one of the three, who some years ago robbed the Irishman going to London, near Stamford, also several higglers early in the morning? Whether of late he was not one of the two, who robbed, and beat several persons, on, or about Stamford-hill, in the evening, and only two in company? What What may be become of the 3d person? was the name of his late accomplice? To all which queries he declares himself to be a stranger, that he knew neither where Stamford-hill was, nor was upon that road to his knowledge, till the unfortunate time his new companion took him out upon the intended jobb. And, this was true, he said, as he hoped for forgiveness from God. And he positively deny'd this fact, for which he lost his life, with his last breath. A serious letter of advice, the author of which was an ancestor of this unfortunate youth's, having upon this melancholy occasion been put into my hands, and appearing to merit' the reading and regard of all youth of this and future ages, I could not consent to stifle it, presuming it will not be ungrateful to the perusal of young or old. As to the usefulness of it, it seems to deserve to be wrote in letters of gold. Accept it, if you please, as follows, viz. DEAR CHILD, HAving receiv'd an account of your being apprenticed, and consequently of your entrance on a new state of life, hitherto altogether unknown to you, I thought it would be no ways improper to give you some short advice, which, during your apprenticeship, may reasonably be supposed to stand you in some stead; and I hope you will be the more careful to take it, when you consider it comes from a father, who would heartily have you do well, and has also a great tenderness and affection for you. The first thing I recommend to you, and which I press upon you very earnestly, is a constant attendance on the worship of God, which is now used and practised in the church of England; for you may assure yourself whatever some unreasonably prejudiced, or misguided people may say to the contrary, it is the best reformed church under heaven, and that salvation may be had in that as well as in any other church or communion whatsoever. I desire therefore, nay, I charge you on my blessing, to keep yourself from all meetings, or separate congregations whatsoever. I would not on any account have you guilty of that thing, which, if any thing, will make me very uneasy, and be the readiest way of forcing me to that which I would not willingly do, the lessening of my love and affection to you. And as I would above all things have you a true son of the church of England, so also I strictly charge and command you to be a faithful servant to your master and mistress; study to get a perfect knowledge of their temper and dispositions, and adapt and suit yourself to them: be sure to soften and calm their displeasure by an obliging answer, and a respectful be- haviour; ever bearing in mind the saying of the wise man; a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. Whatsoever they command, do it willingly and chearfully, that so they may see you take a singular delight in their service, and are never better pleased than when you are executing their just and lawful commands. Above all things abominate the name and character of an eye-servant, and that ever to be condemned habit of staying out much, or late, out of your master's house; to prevent which, keep yourself close to your business. Hate all extravagancies and excesses whatsoever in meat or drink, and all soppishness in apparel. Be neither wasteful of your master's greater, nor your own lesser stock: be free and generous, but not lavish and prodigal; sparing and srugal, but not greedy or covetous; neat and handsome, but not starch or proud; and ever remember to be sober, diligent, and honest, and that beggary and shame are the constant companions of dishonesty and idleness. In a word, endeavour to answer all those promises and engagements you have made to your master in your indentures of apprenticeship; which being voluntarily subscribed with your own hand, is now safely laid up, and will readily be produced upon the default of your duty, as a swift and incontestable witness against you. Therefore let your serious application of yourself to your business give an undeniable proof, that your great desire is to be an industrious and faithful apprentice; and that you have no other aim in view, but the advancement of your master's interest, and the improvement of your trade. By such a discreet and well-ordered conduct, you cannot but engage your master and mistress to love you, and to have a more than common kindness for you, and you will soon find the happy effects thereof in your apprenticeship; for your service will seem easy and pleasant, your life sweet and comfortable, and the joy of your parents great and unspeakable. And I advise you farther, that to all your superiors you be obliging and respectful; to all your equals affable and familiar; and to those in a lower station kind and courteous; and to no one surly or morose. Court the society of the good and virtuous, and shun all idle and loose companions, backbiters, and slanderers, especially all such whom you have any reason to suspect are any ways disassed to your master. Keep no company with those who shall attempt to wheedle you into an ill opinion of, or disrespect for him; who shall openly or privately soment, or widen any differences between him and you: Be sure to stop your ears to all idle and malicious stories, which may any ways tend to his defamation, prejudice, or disadvantage. And that you may be the more effectually enabled to follow the good advice of your father, I charge and enjoin you to send up your prayers to your better Father in heaven, for His Holy Spirit, to direct and assist you in all things for God's glory, your master's good, your parent's joy, and your own comfort. These, my dear child, are the short and seasonable instructions, which, at this time, I thought fit to give you; the exact observation of them, as it will certainly entail God's blessing on all your proceedings, so, you may assure yourself, it will mightily endear you to your master and mistress, to your parents and relations, and to all other true friends. I have no more to add, but with our blessing to recommend you to God's most holy keeping, and am, with all sincerity. Your very affectionate Father. 5. William Ford , says he was 24 years of age, and was born at Keynsham , near Bristol , in Somersetshire ; had the common education a country village afforded, by learning to read. After he left his own parish, where he was bred to husbandry , he says, he had several masters, for whom he worked in several counties, and lived, some time after he left home, in an honest exercise and labour. But, about five years ago, he began to play his pranks, and has every now and then made an execution, to steal a horse and sell it; and having lived upon the money some time, till he got into a place of honest employ, he then again took to labour and industry; so that the five last years of his life, he owns, have been chequered with industry and labour, idleness and thievery; a great part of which he has, in a vagabond manner, passed away, struggling from one country to another, living upon his wits, and stealing horses in different parts of the country. The first theft of this kind he was guilty of, he says, was stealing a colt, after he had broke him for a master he lived with; which he stole, and sold, and then left his said master. But passing by his door, and not calling in, nor taking any notice of the house, he caused a suspicion, and was taken hold off, and charged with the theft. He had not the assurance to deny it, but would not discover where the horse was, till the right owner promised to make the matter up. It was consented, and he told where he sold it; which being recovered, he was let go without any farther notice taken for that time; only being reproached for it, and advised not to do so any more, left next time he might meet with more severe usage. This was, however, no warning to him; he seemed to resolve to push on to his ruin, and acknowledges to have stolen several other horses, tho', as to particulars, he was silent, and did not choose to say any more, but that he believed most of them had been found out, and recovered by the owners, tho' he had escaped thus far as the stealer. But at length his fate overtook him, and to make sure, he stole two horses, one from Hounslow , and the other from Twickenham , and left that country, travelling towards the West. He arrived as far as Reading , and intended for his own country, but being detected once more in his roguers, was apprehended there, and not being able to make appear how he came by the mares, which were sworn to by their owners, he was committed to Reading jail , and brought, by habeas corpus, to Newgate . He was tried for stealing one, and convicted, so not tried on the other. He acknowledged the stealing both, and the justice of his fate, and says, the man who was suspected of being concerned with him was not. 6. Daniel Wood , aged 24, was born in Buckinghamshire , of honest and reputable parents, who brought him up in a tolerable good way, and gave him what education was necessary to fit him for a trade; which, added to his own capacity, was very sufficient to the purpose of the business it was his lot to fall into. He was bred a butcher , and came up to London to serve his time, and to learn that trade. He says he served his time in St. James's , and Clare-market , and was journeyman in the Fleet-market , where be afterwards set up for himself in the trade, and married the daughter of a man of reputation, of the same trade, about two years ago. Whatever he had been before, I am afraid he was not truly industrious after he went into business for himself. There was some demur about the marriage, and not the best behaviour, or honour, shewn on his part; which made the parent of his unfortunate wife dissatisfied, and put off the match for some time. But Wood afterwards found means to marry the girl without consent of her father, to the now great uneasiness of both. He, for some time past, has lived at Hesson , near Acton , and carried on trade. By some of that neighbourhood he was looked upon as an honest man, by others the contrary was suggested; and when these sheep, Etc. were missed by the owner, he was the first person suspected; and, upon proper enquiry, was found to be the unfortunate man who had stolen sheep, Etc. being pitched upon by reason of the indifferent character he bore among some in the neighbourhood. He owned the fact as soon as charged with it, his conscience not being yet so hardened as to deny the truth; tho' he did attempt to charge two people, by name Chapman But he has since acknowledged to a gentleman, who came from Hesson, on purpose to know the truth of the matter, that they were not concerned with him in this robbery of Mr Marsh. The sheep, Etc. were found in his own possession, in a stable belonging to him, and he says, he drove them there himself. If he had minded his business in an honest way, he need not to have feared getting a livelihood, but his mind was too much given to pleasure. And though he was not in great trade, he might have carried on business enough for his present purpose, and in time it would have grown better. For, had he been honest, he would not have wanted the countenance of some in the neighbourhood, who wished him well, and might in time have been able, as they were willing to serve him; He was very ill after conviction , behaved well, and repenting of the evil of his doings, he died resigned to his fate, acknowledging the justice of his suffering. 7. Thomas Barnard , otherwise Barnett , aged 27, says, he was born in Old-street , in the parish of St. Luke's, Middlesex . He had a good education, and was better instructed than his practice has been. He was brought up at a publick school in town, but did not leave it with the greatest honour and applause. He went afterwards to live with his father, who is a carman , somewhere near Bread-Street , and he was bred up to the same occupation, and might have done very well. He was so well in the world, as to be master of 3 or 4 carts himself, but extravagance and an evil mind laid him in the way of being seduced to practices, which seldom fail to meet with deserved punishment. He says, he had got acquainted with one Peters, accomplice with him in the fact for which he suffered, who led him into that and several other burglaries. The first fact Barnard committed was a robbery on the highway. But he did not like that lay. thinking it too dangerous exposing his person, and be rather chose the secret cover of the night, the most wicked of the two evils, and ungenerous practice. It is a practice, which we see the government seldom. If ever shews mercy to, as it is surprizing people in their unguarded hours. About 4 months ago it is, he says, since he begun these practices, and several burglaries have he, and Peters, mentioned in the trial, been guilty of. They robbed Mr Coap and Company's compting-house of near 70l. also the compting-house of others, wholesale whale-bone sellers, of 8 or 9l. in money, both in Thames-Street .Mr. Carter's compting-house in the same neighbourhood, and a house in Milk-street . Broke open a house in Aldermanbury , in a court going through to St. Laurance's church . From another gentleman's compting-house they stole 6l. worth of half-pence: besides many other burglaries, most of them known to the persons robbed, were committed by Barnard and Peters, within this four months past, in the neighbourhood of Bread-Street , and Thames-Street . But, Providence seemed to determine Mr. Tree's to be the last Barnard should be concerned in. Being disturbed the first night, gave opportunity to watch them the next, and so a stop was put to his career. He seemed to die sensible of his wickedness. 8. William James , says he is 52 years of age, and was born in the parish of St. Ann's near Aldersgate. he had a good education, could read and write well, and was put apprentice to a vintner . He served his time, he says, at the Antworp behind the Royal-exchange , and was waiter , or journeyman, several years at different taverns about town. How it came about that he did not follow his trade, he did not choose to declare freely, but pretending several reasons, made it suspicious, he would not give the true one. About 12 of 14 years ago, he says, he went abroad to the East-Indies , and staid there about ten years, a soldier in the company's service; where he lived very well, and saved money. Coming to England about two years ago, he married soon after, he says, a very honest and sober woman. They lived together very well, while his stock lasted, which was not a long time; and then neither of them having any employment to follow, they became very necessitous. He took up, he says, this time twelve-month, with a watchman 's post behind the Royal-exchange ; and during the last summer was an occasional watchman upon the road to Vaux-hall ; and, in the general, he has been employed of late as a porter . He was a stout, hearty man, capable, almost, of any labour, tho' too much given to idleness, which reduced him to such poverty, as, he said, drove him to the committing the fact for which he suffered. He had great hopes of saving his life, as he was recommended to mercy, when found guilty; but I can't say I observed much difference in his behaviour, after he found himself included in the warrant. He appeared, before and after, even to the last, with a very steady and composed countenance. This, he persisted to say, was the first fact of the kind he ever committed; which he could not but own was a very bold and impudent attempt. He says he waited near the shop some time, before he could find the opportunity; but, at length, seeing the two persons engaged, and busy in the shop, he went, and stooping under the bulk, got the bundle of stockings upon his head, and was marching off with them. He says, he thought himself safe, and that no one saw him remove them, but he was mistaken; for he had not gone far with them, before he was apprehended, and brought back to the shop. He seemed penitent, prayed very heartily, and went to suffer with his wonted composure of face: He hoped for forgiveness through Christ, and begged no-body would reflect on his wife, for that she was a stranger to his misdeeds. 9. Richard Hutton , aged 24, says he was born in Barnaby-Street . in the parish of Bermondsey , in Surry , and brought up very well; had a good education for a person intended, as he was, for a trade; and his father meeting with an opportunity, bound him apprentice to a fine-drawer ,on St. Peter's-hill . His master, he says, died too soon for his good, who was careful of him, and respected him very well. His mistress, after his death, retired to her country-house, and leaving the business to a journeyman, under whom Hutton was now also left, he had not that management he had before been used to. He not regarding now what he did, began to keep company, and lie out of nights, of which the journeyman took no notice, nor had be any reproof for it; so that he got into all manner of idle and debauched company, by the time he was about fifteen years old. He frankly owned, that it was 9 years ago since he first began to be a thief. He was detected, and taken up for some theft soon after began, but it was made up, and he escaped for that time. This, he says, was several times the case, before his apprenticeship was our, upon his repeated promise of being a good boy. which promise however, it is plain, he never intended to make good. Various are the robberies he has been concerned in, and, he says, he always sought his way by violence if opposed; but he declared he never committed murder, which, had he committed, he should not have died without acknowledging it, nor thought it safe so to do. He did not always escape, tho' generally he did, without discovery in his robberies; for in December sessions,1749, he was tried, with one William Smith , for stealing a handkerchief but of a person's pocket in, Cheapside ; Smith was transported for it, but Hutton, was acquitted. Again, in September sessions, 1750, Hutton was tried, with Thomas Rowland , and the famous Ben the Coalheaver, since executed, for a robbery on the highway, on William Harsel , and was also acquitted. But, at the November sessions, 1752, he was once more tried, with John Wright , for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward Salmon , in Chancery-lane ; and being found guilty, received sentence of transportation for seven years. He was accordingly transported, but did not stay away long before he returned to England . He acknowledges the justice of his suffering, and owns he had long deserved it. And he seemed to leave this world in a penitent and resigned manner, and said he hoped, that though he had been a most vile offender, the merits of Christ might save him from eternal misery, being sensible of the enormity of his ill-spent life. 10, 11. John Mason , aged 25, and John Welch , aged 35, were both Roman catholicks , and I having not proper admittance to them, can give no account of their birth, or education, or what they were bred to. As to Mason, he was no stranger to Newgate , having not been long gone from thence, before he entered into the confederacy which committed the robbery he suffered for. With regard to Welch, he seemed, by the evidence's account of him, to have been a long time used to the thieving trade. He was very active in this robbery, and was the man that struck the prosecutor first with a hanger, and then with a stick. Mason, Welch, and two more, the evidence Kirby, and Welch, jun. met at the Blue Anchor, in Bunhill-row , it seems, in order to fix their rendezvous, and from thence set out with an intent to rob any one that came in their way. They met with the prosecutor, and used him very ill. Mason gave notice of his coming, and Welch received him, and betwixt them the man was robbed, and cruelly beaten; and but for the assistance of some people passing by, who helped him to his home, he might have lain where they left him, and perished. 12. Dennis Neal , aged 25, was born at Kildare in Ireland , and as he reports of himself, brought up to no trade. In his younger days he took to selling hard-wares , and linen in his own county, for about two years; but being given to company-keeping, he spent more than he got; and leaving Ireland, he came to London to seek his fortune. When he arrived, his first employment was hay-making , as is every year the case of some from those parts. Thus the summer passed on, and the winter was spent in going to work as a scavenger . Then he got employ'd by a gardner at Chelsea , and so went through different scenes as he could get business. He went on till he married, and having some money with a wife, he set up as a cheesemonger ; but soon got himself thrown into Chelmsford jail for debt, from whence he found means to escape, and then took to the highway. He was taken once in Surry , and was witness against two accomplices, whom his evidence hanged, and he was set at liberty. But having no other method of living, and by nature wickedly inclined, he returned to his old courses, and met Horniblow and Randolph, with whom he committed a robbery, near the Foundling-hospital , for which Horniblow was hanged, and Randolph was evidence against both. Neal was taken near Winchester , and brought to Newgate , by habeas corpus. He died a Roman catholick , and confessed the murder of Weeden the carrier, upon the Edgware road , to the high constable, who asked him about it, at the place of execution. As he has given a more particular account, written by himself, and which is advertised by Mr. Griffiths, in St. Paul's Church-yard ; I refer the reader to that pamphlet, for further satisfaction, concerning this active and daring offender; whom the publick has happy riddance, as he seemed capable of the most desperate undertakings. At the Place of EXECUTION ON Monday, the fourth instant, about nine o'clock in the morning, Thomas Barnard , Richard Hutton , and William Ford , in the first cart; John Smith , William James , and Daniel Wood , in the second; Dennis Neale , John Mason , and John Welch , in a third; and Robert Keys , Grace Grannet , and Joshua Kidden , in the fourth cart; were carried from Newgate , to the place of execution, through 2 prodiglous crowd of spectators; who, far from being properly affected with so sad a spectacle, behaved like a rude, brutish mob; pelting one another with snow-balls, Etc. especially, at the place of execution; as if they had been rather at a bear-barting, than a solemn execution of the laws. When they arrived at Tyburn , these twelve victims to their own evil conduct, were all put into one cart, and, the halters being fixed about their necks, they were tied to the fatal tree. They all appeared very serious, and duly affected with their unhappy situation. Barnard read aloud, and very audibly, from the Common-prayer-book, to the eight protestants; not ceasing to read, from the time of his arrival at the place of execution, till the last office, recommending their souls to the divine protection, was performed. Neale likewise read, with great earnestness, and incessantly, in a Manual of devotion, which he carried with him: his two Roman catholick fellow sufferers attending to him. They all joined in frequent cries to Jesus Christ to receive their sinful souls. Barnard made a very decent appearance, as also did Neale; but neither of them were observed to shed a single tear; which is, however, no proof of their want of penitence, but, perhaps, of the contrary; for tears are often indications only of passion, while true sorrow is chiefly felt at the heart; and is rather the parent of silence, than of tumultuous exclamations and wailings. When the dismal scene was concluded, their bodies were delivered to the care of their friends, without any interruption or disturbance; but I observed a child, a fine boy to all appearance, was brought to be stroaked, (for the evil, as I suppose) and Grace Grannett 's hand was plentifully applied by the parents, or friends of the child; who stroaked him therewith for several minutes, without intermission. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyurn on Monday the 20th, of May, 1717. AT the General Quarter-Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th of May, 1717, Fifteen Persons, viz. 13 Men and Women, who were Try'd for, and Convicted of several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But 7 of them having obtain'd a Gracious Reprieve (which I here advise them to improve for their future Good) Eight only, viz. Seven Men and One Woman, are now order'd for Execution. While they were under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and to that purpose had them twice every Day brought up to the Chapel of Newgate, where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of GOD to them, endeavouring to inform their Judgment in Things of Religion, and bringing them (thro' the Divine Grace) into a State of true Repentance, and the Practice of Christian Duties, so far as their Unhappy Circumstances would permit, and GOD (whom they had highly offended) did require of them. On the Lord's Day, the 5th instant, I preach'd to them both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon a Subject suitable as well to the Solemnity of the Season, as to the Particularity of their melancholy Condition, forasmuch as it naturally led me to shew them the Way, and raise in them a Desire (if possible) to turn from their Sins to GOD; the Text I then chose to discourse upon being this, Acts 3. 26. - God having raised up his Son JESUS, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his Iniquities. From which Words, first explain'd in general, I then shew'd in particular, I. The Meaning of God's sending his Son JESUS to bless us. II. The Time of this Mission, or Sending. III. ult. The Design and End of it, which was, to fit us for Eternal Life, by turning away every one of us from his Iniquities. On the Lord's Day, the 12th instant, I preach'd to them again, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon 1 Pet. 2. 11. being part of the Epistle appointed for that Day, and the Words these, Dearly Beloved, I beseech you as Strangers and Pilgrims, abstain from Fleshly Lusts, which war against the Soul. In my discoursing upon this Text, I chiefly spoke to these Points, viz. I. The Argument here us'd by the Apostle to exhort us from Fleshly Lusts. II. What those Fleshly Lusts, and their dismal Effects, are. III. ult. The Obligation we lie under to abstain from them, both in point of Duty and Interest. And Yesterday the 19th instant, I did again preach to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, on 2 Cor. 5. 10. For we must all appear before the Judgment-Seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his Body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad. These Words I first explain'd in general, and then shew'd from them is particular, I. That there is a Judgment to come. II. That it will be an universal, strict, and impartial Judgment. III. ult. That the due Consideration thereof should make us all careful to prepare for it, and by all the Acts of Faith and Repentance (which can be exerted by us in this World) avoid the dreadful Severity of it in the next. Having enlarg'd upon those Heads, and shew'd especially the dangerous and sad Consequences of Sin unrepented of; I then concluded all these Sermons with particular Instructions and Admonitions to the Persons condemn'd; whom I did, not only on these Publick Days, but every Day in the Week, teach in the great Doctrin (and exhort to the constant Practice) of Faith and Repentance: A Work of the highest Import for them both to have a right Knowledg of, and make it their chiefest Business (as it was their greatest Concern for the few remaining Days they had now to live) constantly to exert themselves in. In my private Discourses with them, I examin'd them about their Principles and Manners: And what Information I could receive herein from them respectively, is as follows. 1. Francis Williams , condemn'd for assaulting on the King's Highway one William Honour a Post-boy , and taking from him a Strawberry Gelding and a Black one (both belonging to Mr. Bowchier) with 4 Mails, and 50 Leather-bags, wherein (among other things) were several BankNotes, Matthew Chessey being in company with him, and another, one Holyday, the Evidence against him; which Fact they committed near Turnham Green in the County of Middlesex , on the 23d of January last. He said, he was 28 Years of age, born at Rosse in Herefordshire : That he was a Maltster by Trade (and had for a little while been a Gentleman's Servant ) who though sometimes reduced to great Streights, and more than once in Prison for Debt, yet he never was concern'd in any Criminal Fact before this. Upon which telling him, I took him to have been an Offender some Years ago, and try'd for, and convicted of some Felonies; he could not deny it, and said, That indeed he had some times held his Hand at the Bar, but was for the most part acquitted of the Facts laid to his charge, as being innocent of them; but as to those he was found guilty of, they were of no great consideration. He further said, That till he came to Twenty Years of age, he led a very Sober and Religious Life, and was afraid to swear an Oath, or tell a Lie, thinking if he did, the Earth would open her Mouth and swallow him up; but when he grew older, and began to see more of the World, he unhappily fell into the Company of some wicked Men, who debauch'd him, and brought him to Evil Courses and Poverty; which a sober Conversation and due Care of his Affairs would (in all probability) have prevented; he being (before that happen'd) Master of Fifteen hundred Pounds. Of this he desir'd all young Men to take Warning, that they might not involve themselves, as he had done, in Sin and Misery. He further said, That the Alehouse they carried the Bristol-Mail to, is pretty near the Bar without Bishopsgate ; and, That Mr. Nathanael Martin (who visited him in Newgate ) was not the Man that kept the said Alehouse at that time. 2. Matthew Cheshire , alias Chester , alias Chersey , alias Chessey , (which last he said was his right Name) condemn'd with the said Francis Williams , for being concern'd with him in the Robbery before mention'd. He said, he was about 32 Years of age, born at Barkhamsted in Hartfordshire , but had spent most part of his Life at Enfield in Middlesex : That he had been for several Years a Waggoner between London and Ware ; and, That of late (viz. about 4 Years since) having left his lawful Employment, and grown loose and in Debt, he durst not shew his Head where he was known, for fear of being arrested: That under these dismal Circumstances thinking London the best Place for his Refuge and Shelter, he made it his constant Abode, and there got acquainted with a certain Highwayman, who soon enticed him to the wicked Trade of Robbing. That with him, and sometimes by himself, he committed several (but small) Robberies, which, as far as he could remember, were in all about Nine or Ten: That though he must needs confess he had been a great Sinner, yet he thanked GOD he never did commit Murder. He own'd (Things still fresh in our Memory) That about 14 Months ago he was indicted and condemn'd for several Facts, viz. these: 1st, For stealing Mr. John Oakley 's bay Mare, value 8 l. on the 17th of May, 1715. 2dly, For committing an Assault and Robbery on the Highway near Hendon in Middlesex , on the Person of Mr. Richard Upton , from whom he took Eight Guineas and Eight Shillings, on the 4th of September following: and, 3dly, For assaulting one Edward Moor , and taking a Gold-Ring off his Finger, and a Gelding valued at 5 l. on the 20th of the same Month; to all which he pleaded Guilty, and accordingly receiv'd Sentence of Death on the 25th of February, 1715/1716: That having then obtain'd a Reprieve for a Month, and after that another sine die (i. e. without any limitation of time) he at last receiv'd the further Mercy of a Free-Pardon, which he pleaded at the Old-baily on Thursday the 20th of December last: That instead of taking Care (as he ought) to improve that Mercy, he presumptuously return'd to his former wicked Courses, and thereby aggravated his old Sins, and involv'd himself in new Troubles, which were now very grievous and heavy upon him, and he acknowledg'd he had justly deserv'd this shameful Death. He declar'd, That the Master of the Alehouse they carried the Bristol-Mail to, was not Mr. Nathanael Martin , but another Person, well known to him the said Chessey. 3. William Wells , condemn'd for breaking the House of Mrs. Rebecca Maling , and stealing thence Linnen to the value of 5 l. on the 21st of December last. He said, he was about 23 Years of age, born at Brentford in Middlesex : That his first Employment was the driving Cows and other Cattle between that Place and London , for his Father and other Butchers: That afterwards he follow'd the Occupation of Brick making ; then went to Sea , and serv'd on board several Men of War alternately. He deny'd this Fact, but confess'd he had greatly offended GOD, and done Wrong to his Neighbour, for which he had been before now in the Hand of Justice, though not under Sentence of Death. 4. John Lemon , alias Lament (which he said was his right Name) condemn'd with Christopher Ward , for a Burglary by them committed in the House of Mr. George Emmerton , stealing thence Goods to the value of 4 l. on the 15th of January last. He said, he was 18 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel : That the Business he was brought up to, and constantly employ'd in, was that of Packthreadspinning : That though he could not deny his having been somewhat loose in his Life and Conversation, yet he never committed any Crime punishable by the Justice of Man before this; which he own'd he was guilty of, and begg'd Pardon for. He was very ignorant, and could not so much as read; neither was he easily brought to understand any of the most common Principles of Christianity. 5. Christopher Ward , condemn'd with the aforesaid John Lament , for being concern'd in the Burglary and Robbery by them committed in Mr. Emmerton's House above mention'd. He said, he was 17 years of age, born in Harrow-alley in the Parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel : That he had been at Sea , serv'd on board the Jersey about 3 Years, and 2 in the Monmouth and other Men of War. He at first deny'd the Fact for which he stood condemn'd, and likewise that of stealing several Goods out of Mr. David Manson 's House, on the 9th of February last, which he was try'd for, and was prov'd upon him; but at last he confess'd himself guilty of both; and also of some other wicked Practises, which, he said, he could not give any particular Account of, nor would it be of any Use if he did. I found him both obstinate and ignorant, who could neither read, nor understand any thing of Religion. 6. Thomas Price , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Dr . Guy Mesmin , and stealing thence two Silver-Cups, seven Spoons, a Watch, and Wearing-Apparel, amounting in all to the Value of about 40 l. on the 22d of March last. He said, he was 17 years of age, born in the Parish of Carisbrook in the Isle of Wight : That he was brought up to the Sea , and had at several times serv'd on board diverse Men of War, particularly the Burford, to which he belong'd four Years, and was from her lately discharg'd at Portsmouth : That being thus discharg'd, he came up to London about Nine or Ten Weeks since, for another Ship; and here he became acquainted with one Edward Goodson , the Evidence against him, they both lodging at the same House in Whitechapel . He at first positively deny'd his being concern'd with him in this Fact, but afterwards confess'd it; for he own'd at last, That he committed it, and not that only, but another in the Parish of St. Olave at Chichester , where he broke open a House, and stole thence some Wearing-Apparel, viz. Men and Women's Cloaths, and sold 'em at Portsmouth for 3 l. the last Winter, when he first began to be acquainted with ill People: And he further acknowledg'd, That from that time he had been very wicked, and Guilty of some other Facts of this nature, but of no great Import: However he was made sensible that unless he repented of them, and of all other his Sins, he could not be saved. Upon this he seem'd heartily to pray to GOD for Mercy and Forgiveness. 7. Josiah Cony , alias Conyhatch , alias Witton , alias Whitney , (the first he said was his right Name) condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. William Roy , and stealing thence three Flaxen-sheets, a Shift, and other Goods, on the 3d of October last. He said, he was about 18 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields : That he was brought up to no Trade, nor had any Education bestow'd on him. Upon this I ask'd him how he liv'd? What he did for an honest Livelihood? To this he answer'd, He was employ'd sometimes in drawing Drink at an Alehouse , and at other times in helping his Mother to carry and sell Greens and Flowers about the Streets . He at first deny'd the Fact he stood condemn'd for, but at last confess'd he was guilty of it: That he had been engag'd in the wicked Trade of Thieving for these Seven Years past; and, That he had been burnt in the Hand once for a Felony. He seem'd to be sensible of his Crimes, and pray'd to GOD for Mercy. 8. Martha Pillah , alias Pillow , condemn'd for stealing 6 Guinea's, and 15 Shillings, from Mrs Elizabeth White , on the 16th of April last. She said, she was about 18 years of age, born of very honest Parents in Brewers-yard , in the Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster : That her Friends put her out Apprentice to a Taylor , and when the Time of her Service with him was expir'd, she work'd for herself, whose chief Business then was, the making and mending Men's Cloaths . She confess'd the Fact she was to suffer for; and also own'd, That she had been a very lewd and lascivious Woman, concern'd in many wicked things, and had once before now, taken her Tryal at the Old-baily, for a Fact of which she was Guilty, but (for want of sufficient Proof) acquitted. I found her ignorant to the last degree in any thing that was either Pious or Good; and 'twas no small Difficulty for me to bring her to a sense of Religion, of her miserable Condition, and thereby to a State of Repentance. At the Place of Execution, to which they were (this Day) carried in three Carts from Newgate , I attended them for the last time, and gave them such Exhortations as were most proper on this sad Occasion. I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with them; I made them rehearse the Apostles Creed, and then wish'd them that Forgiveness of Sins, and that Resurrection and Eternal Life, which now they had made Profession to believe. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 8th of this Instant March, 1731. BEING THE Second EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq; Number II. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXI. [Price Three-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Rt. Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Reynolds; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Raby, and others of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery for the City of London, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at JusticeHall in the Old-Bailey, on Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, being the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th of January, 1731, in the Fourth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Two Men, viz. William Maynee , and Alexander Russel , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. As also, At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Humphrey Parsons , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Hon. Mr. Justice Lee; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and others of his Majesty's Justices, &c.) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 24th and 25th of February, 1731, in the Fourth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Four Men, viz. George Wych , Thomas Andrews , William Williams and John Chappel , were found Guilty of capital Crimes by the Jury, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, I shew'd them, that the Reason why so many Men, and particularly such undeserving Wretches as they were, forsake God and know none of his Ways, is, their not being in Love with, nor acquainted with the Cross of Christ, whose Yoke is easy, and whose Burthen is light; whose ways are ways of Pleasantness, and all his Paths are Peace, Prov. 3. 17. They who are Carnal and Selfish, and Earthly-minded, devote themselves wholly to a present evil World, wherein there is nothing but the Lust of the Flesh, as St. John says, 1 John 2. 16. Hence it is, that some Men mind nothing but to wallow Amenidst a great Plenty of sensual Pleasures, where they abound. Others again divesting themselves of the Fear of God and due Regard to Man, and unwilling to follow some lawful Employment, for acquiring Food and Raiment in a reasonable and Christian way, to which we have a Promise of Success annexed, as says the wise Solomon, The Hand of the Diligent shall bear Rule: but the Slothful shall be under Tribute. Pro. 12. 24. And again, He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack Hand: but the Hand of the Diligent maketh rich. Pro. 10. 4. Those careless, idle People, unwilling to work, deserve not to eat, and therefore God forsakes and gives them up to their own Hearts Lusts; whence it is, that they run headlong into all manner of Excess of Riot, and in order to feed their Lusts, falling into pernicious and wicked Courses, in Defiance of all Laws Divine and Human, they hurry themselves into speedy Destruction, and as a due Reward of their Villainies, many of them undergo an untimely, ignominious Death, reflecting Disgrace upon themselves and the Families of which they are descended. I exhorted them to improve the few remaining Moments of Time, indulg'd them by the Lenity of their lawful Superiors, in fearing and loving God, and in contemplating his infinite Excellencies and Perfection, particularly his darling Attribute of Goodness, and Mercy, in taking Compassion upon those who are truly Penitent and forsake all their Sins. I advis'd them to cry incessantly unto God, that he who made them might have Mercy upon them, not upon their own Account, but only for the Sake of Christ, who died for them, and who now lives and interceeds for our Sins; and that he would be pleas'd to give unto them his holy Spirit to lead them into all Truth, who might possess them, with Faith, Repentance, Love, and new Obedience, and all other Saving Graces, that by those Means they might be disposed for Glory. From 2 Sam 12. 7. And Nathan said unto David, Thou art the Man. I took occasion (upon Account of Chappel the Murderer) to expose that horrid Sin of Murder, as being a Breach of the express Law of God, Thou shalt not Kill, Exod. 20. 13. or as it is other ways render'd, Thou shalt do no Murder; as an unnatural and barbarous Sin, since thereby Men shake off that Principle of Humanity and Kindness, with which we come into the World, and put on the Nature of fierce and savage Animals, which are made for Destruction; and as being the greatest Sin we can be guilty of, against our Neighbour or Brother, with Respect and in Breach of those relative Duties we owe to him. In all other Offences, some Restitution may be made, if not to make up the Loss sustained, yet by other Offices to the Persons whom we have injur'd, such as praying for them, begging their Pardon, and doing them what Services lie in our Power; but no Manner of Reparation can be given to him, who is robb'd of his precious Life: So that were there not some Instances of God's pardoning even this heinous Sin, (which usurps upon the Perogative of God Almighty, who is the only Sovereign Lord, of the Life and Death of his Creatures) as in the Case of Manasseth, the wicked King of Judah, and Others, we might be induced to think this Sin unpardonable. But the Offers of the Gospel being unlimited, and the Mercies of God infinite, I exhorted them all to throw themselves upon the Mercy of God in Christ, who is able and willing to Save unto the uttermost, all them who come unto God through Him. Having instructed them in the Design of the Sacraments, all of them receiv'd the Lord's-Supper with apparent Devotion. While these, and many other Exhortations were given, they attended in Chappel, and all of them made regular Responses. Most of the few Days, the last convicted Criminals were under Sentence, William Williams was confined to his Couch in the Cell, by Reason of a violent Sickness and Indisposition: When I visited him, he behav'd with Modesty and Submission, and was very Devout and Attentive, when I pray'd and exhorted him. Although scarce able to Walk, and miserably Poor and Naked, he came sometimes to Chappel, and was very careful in his Devotions with the rest. Mr. Maynee was always very punctual in his Devotions, religious Duties, and Penitentials, both in Private and Publick. Mr. Wych constantly attended and complied with the publick Devotions, but not with such apparent Seriousness as some of the rest, and he misbehaved once or twice in Chappel. Thomas Andrews , alias Anderson , was very observant in his Devotions, and Grave. Alexander Russel , was always Grave, Serious, and Devout, and gave constant Attendance to the pub lick Worship. John Chappel the Murderer, always attended some Weeks before, and also after his Trial, and seem'd Devout and Penitent, and to have strong Remorses, in Testimony whereof, he often wept bitterly. Upon Friday, the 5th, of this Instant March, the Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of these six Malefactors under Sentence of Death in Newgate : When, Alexander Russel , of St. Margarets Westminster , for assaulting Anne Roberts , on the Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a Riding-hood, value 3 s. the 25th, of December last, received his Majesty's most Gracious Reprieve. The other Five, viz. William Maynee , Thomas Andrews , alias Anderson , William Williams , George Wych , and John Chappel , were ordered for Execution. John Chappel , of St. Leonard Shore-ditch , was Indicted for Murder of Sarah Martin ; to which Indictment he pleaded Guilty, desiring the favour of the Court that he might not be Hang'd in Chains. Before Sentence was pass'd, being ask'd by the Court, what he had to say why Judgment should not be pass'd upon him according to Law? He made no Reply, but after it had been pass'd, he said, The Lord have mercy upon my Soul. John Chappel , 41 Years of Age, Born in London of honest but mean Parents, was Educated at School to Read, Write and cast Accompts, to fit him for Business; and he was instructed in Religious Principles, of which in the Event he made a very sorry Improvement. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Barber and Wig-maker , and serv'd out his Time faithfully. Afterwards having serv'd for some time as a Journeyman , he set out to the World, followed his own Employment and married a Wife, by whom he had some Children who are all Dead. In his Married-State, being originally Poor, he had but indifferent Success in Business and lived Meanly; besides the Loss of his Children, who prov'd a Charge upon him, his Wife turn'd Valetudinary, and lay Sick upon his Hand for several Years before she Died. This Misfortune put him to extravagant Expences, brought all his Affairs into Confusion and sunk him with small Debts, which he was not well capable to Discharge. At last, after a tedious Indisposition, his Wife Died, about three Years ago. It having been given out, that he was so weary of his Wife, that to get rid of her, he Poison'd her. I ask'd, if it was true that he Poison'd his Wife? He answer'd, that the World was very injurious in casting such an Aspersion upon him; and that he was most careful of his Wife, during all the time of her Illness, let her want for nothing, got a Nurse for her when she wanted one, and had three Physicians of the City, who visited and prescrib'd every thing which they judg'd most proper for her; And that at last when nothing avail'd for her Recovery, she died a peaceable and fair Death. They likewise alledg'd, that when at a Time he was Drunk, he forc'd a near Relation of his own to lie with him against her will: This (he said) was a scandalous Lie and that such a villainous Intention never enter'd into his Mind. A third Crime they talk'd of, that he should have Ravish'd a young Girl of 6 or 7 Years old; and afterwards threw her into a Bog-house. But this he said was the same Edition with the rest, and not a Word of it true, and he added, that it was an uncharitable Way to aggravate the Misfortunes of a Man, and because he's guilty of one Crime to suppose him guilty of twenty others. He said, he never was excessively Wicked, that he seldom drank much, neither did he Swear but sometimes when he was in Passion (to which he was too liable) or provok'd, and that he never committed a capital Crime, but this for which he Died, having liv'd honestly, and endeavour'd to do Justice to every Body. As for the black, notorious, cruel, and barbarous Murder of Sarah Martin , he confess'd the same before the Justice, when he was first taken up for it, and afterwards he own'd it to every Body, and told it in the most aggravating Circumstances. When he was a Widower, and had but little Business, being somewhat straiten'd in his Circumstances, he was taken in to be a Porter of the Work-House in Bishopsgate Street , where he behav'd himself, to the Satisfaction of his Superiors, attended his Business, and was Respected, by the other Officers and Servants of the said Work-House: He was put into this Place not fully two Years ago, and liv'd in it comfortably and easily, being a single Person, but it was his great Misfortune, to fall into the Acquaintance of a poor Widow Woman, nam'd Sarah Martin , a Washer of Linnens, in that Neighbourhood, with whom he contracted an intimate Familiarity, went frequently to her House, and committed Uncleanness with her, for a considerable Space of Time. She said that she was with Child, and always press'd hard upon him to Marry her, and having been of a litigious vexatious Temper, and inclining to Drink; she followed after him, curs'd, swore, and teaz'd him, at such a prodigious Rate, that he was kept in perpetual Uneasiness: He did not incline to Marry her upon two Accounts, because (as he said) the Officers of the Work-House, are required to be single Persons, so that marrying, unless he could keep it Private, might loose his Place; and because she lov'd Drink too well, and was of an unaccountable, base, and most wicked Temper. Upon this Account (as he said) he form'd a Resolution to desert her Company, but could by no Means get rid of her, for she perpetually came after him, scolded, curs'd, and threaten'd in Order to compel him to marry her, as being with-Child by him, and that if he would not do it, she would use her utmost Endeavours, to expose and ruin him, in his Business. This (he affirm'd) was the Occasion of the D-l's entering into him, and his conceiving the Design of murdering the poor Woman, which wicked Intention, no doubt, the Prince of Darkness forwarded, and would not suffer to lie Dormant, but added Fewel to the Flame. He did not go to her, for two or three Weeks, but she still came after him and teaz'd him, so that at last he was forced to make an Appointment, to go out and walk with her in an Evening: They went towards Hoxton, where they call'd at the Hare , she ask'd for a Pint of Two-penny, which was brought her, Chappel was of a peevish and surly Temper, to her that Evening, and did not incline to Drink, nor bear her Company, but stood at a Distance, pretending to speak with Some-body; she displeas'd to sit by herself, call'd out aloud, Mr. Chappel, wont you Drink? Although contrary to his Inclination yet fearing that, according as she us'd to do, she should make a Disturbance, before Strangers, he sate down and drank with her, and pay'd for the Pint of Ale: Then they went out, and Sarah Martin , proposs'd to go towards Sir George Whitmore's to one of her Acquaintance; Chappel was averse to this, and desir'd her to Return to Town, and leave him, for he was fully resolv'd, never to bear her Company. Upon this they wavered up and down, for a while, and were uncertain, what Course to take, he was unwilling to go to her Friend's House, and she to Return to Town so soon, thus they being uncertain what to do, the D-l prompted him to his mischievous Intent, and she still insisting upon the old Theam of Marriage, (and as he said) cursing and threatening him in a fearful Manner, they being in a Field by an old ruinous Ale-house near Sir George Whitmore's, and Sarah Martin walking a little before him, Chappel with an oaken-stick he had in his Hand knock'd her down unawares, and continuing to beat her, in a mad, furious, and barbarous Manner, she endeavour'd (though to no Purpose) to make some Defence and rise up, and then said, O! John, John, have Mercy; O! John, John, have Mercy, save my Life: But he possest with the D-l, and resolv'd to make an End of her, redoubl'd his Strokes, with hellish Violence, and then in great Hurry, he took out both his Knives, one was a Penknife, as he us'd to mend his Pens with, and the other was an Oyster-Knife, and having wounded her in diverse Places, he left one of the Knives sticking in her Scull: When she was quite Dead, he left her, and the other Knife, with the Oaken Stick, and all his murdering Weapons lying by her, and went streight to Town to the Work-House. This Murder, as he confess'd, was premeditated sometime before he did it. He was in such a violent Passion and Confusion, that he said, he could not well tell after what manner he committed the Murder; and it's certain, that (as he himself owned) he gave her no time to make any Defence for her Life, but attacked her so suddenly, and with such Fury, that she had scarce time to say, Lord have Mercy on my Soul. The Stick he knock'd her down with he did not take out for that purpose, but was what he used for three or four Months last past, when he us'd to take a Walk, and had no such wicked Design in his I ask'd him, what Temptations they were which he said he was constantly troubl'd with, while under Sentence? He answer'd, they were only impertinent or sinful Thoughts came into his Mind, diverting him when he was about Religious Duties, which then were the main of his Employment. He never whored nor drank much, nor swore much, though he was altogether free from none of those Vices. The Day before he Died, a Gentleman went to see him, he entertain'd him with a long harangue about very trifling things, and likewise took him by the Hand, and said to him, a Monday Sir, is the happy Day, which he meant the Day of his Execution. He always made a great Profession of Penitence, wept much, said he did not desire to live, and though they would open the Prison Doors, he did not desire to go out of it, for he could never enjoy one Moments Peace of Mind. An eminent Instance of God's Revenge against Murder! He declar'd, that he believ'd to be Sav'd through the Merits of Christ's Blood, which speaketh better Things, than that of Abel, that he repented of all his Sins, particularly the dreadful Murder he died for, and that he was in Peace with all the World. The following Account, written by his own Hand, was given by John Chappel , the Night before his Execution, to the Printer of this Paper. THE great Reflections of the World hath made me somewhat Uneasy, but more especially my antient Mother, who must bear the Reproach of the World without the least Occasion whatsoever, being charg'd with being Drunk, and with my lying with her every Night, which I do solemnly declare, as I am a dying Man is utterly false and groundless, for I don't remember that I ever knew my Mother to be drunk in the whole Course of my Life, but as I have heard her say, she was once in Liquor when I was an Infant; and as to the other it is against Nature and Reason, for she was always a very sober, honest, virtuous Woman; and if I had taken her Counsel this Misfortune had never befallen me, for she always gave me the best of Advice; and did not know any thing of my keeping Company with this Woman, whom I have unfortunately murthered, for if she had, it had never been done. In the second Place, I have been charged with the poysoning of my Wife, which is utterly false, for in her Illness I did all that lay in my Power to relieve her, but to no Purpose; then I sent for Dr. Cartridge, in or near Wood street, who came to my Wife and prescrib'd for her, but said, if she did not go into the Country, she would not live six Weeks longer. I gave him his Fee, and my Wife took what he ordered, and then I sent her down to Rumford to an own Brother of hers, where she was some Time, and then went to Havouring Bower , which during the Time she was in the Country she made use of Mr. George Aylett , Apothecary, who through the Mercy of God and his Medicines got pretty well again. I was several Times down to see her, and when I found she was so well recovered I desired her to come home, which she did in about ten Days Time, and bro't some Medicines with her; but her Distemper return'd in a little Time and my Money being gone I was forc'd to leave my Shop, so went to Mr. Podmore at Stratford , and paid him a Quarter's Rent that I ow'd him, and then came away; then I apply'd myself to John London , Esq; in Lothbury , where I served my Apprentiship to a Perukemaker and Barber , and he gave me a Letter to the Steward of Mr. Guy's Hospital, where my Wife was immediately examined before Dr. Jury and Dr. Oldfield, who ordered her into Liddia's Ward, then I went to work at Mr. Smith's at Great Illford , and came to my Wife once a Week and paid the Sister of the Ward Two Shillings or Half a Crown a Week, and sometimes more. And this I did till the Day of her Death, and then Buried her very handsome and decent in St. Thomas's Church yard , which Funeral cost me about five Pound: I never abus'd or struck her in all my Life, no other-ways than Words may happen between Husband and Wife, but never no Blows. I have been charg'd by some ill-dispos'd Persons, who says, that I should Kill a Child in the London Workhouse , which is maliciously laid upon me, as well as the other two Stories, concerning my Mother and my Wife, and is without any Sense and Reason, for no such thing should be done without my being brought to Justice; but what is it the World won't say when a Man is under Afflictions? I do not mind the Aspersions of the World as to my own Part, but this I do to right those who are any way Injured; which might be a great Prejudice to the London Work-house, if such a thing was believed; by hindering those Good and Pious Christians to leave Legacies to the said House; which I hope those Persons won't take any Notice of the Rumour and Clamour of the Publick, which is entirely False and Groundless as I am a Dying Man, and hope for Salvation through the Merits of my Dear Saviour, Jesus Christ. The following PRAYER, JOHN CHAPPEL made use of in his CELL, while he was under SENTENCE. " EXAMINE me, O Lord, and " Prove me, Try my Reins and my " Heart, Search me, O God, and " Know my Heart. Try me, and Know " my Thoughts, and see if there be any " wicked Way in me, and Lead me in " the Way everlasting. " Good Lord have Mercy on me, for " Christ Jesus sake; for there is no " other Name given under Heaven, by " which we can be saved. I desire to be " saved by Thee, in whom is my Trust " and sure Confidence, in thy Mercy, " Repenting and Believing, and to be " Remembered by our Lord Jesus in this " Kingdom, and that my Death may be " Sweet and Comfortable to me, that " when I come to Die, I may Receive the " Comforts of a joyful Resurrection, and " may hear that precious Voice from " Heaven: Be of good Comfort, God " calleth thee, thy Sins are Forgiven " thee; I am thy Salvation. Which " God of his infinite Goodness and Mercy Grant, for Jesus Christ's sake. " Amen. William Maynee , of St. Mildred in the Poultry , was indicted for unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously erasing an Indorsement for the Sum of 15 l. upon a Bank Note for the Payment of 50 l. to Mr. Henry South , or Bearer, on Demand; and for erasing an Indorsement for 30 l to Mr. Henry Cole , or Bearer, on Demand; contrary to the Form of the Statute, &c. To which Indictments the Prisoner pleaded Guilty. William Maynee , 48 Years of Age, born in the City of Canterbury of honest respected Parents, had to his Godfather a great and worthy Divine, whose Footsteps if he had trac'd, he had never fallen into the Misfortunes of his Life. His Father died and left him very young, when he was committed to the Care of an Uncle, then a worthy Clergyman in Hertfordshire , and other Friends, who took special Care of his Education. In his tender Years his Uncle kept him in the Country, but after his Death his Friends carried him to Kent ; in both which Counties he was kept at as good Schools as any in the Kingdom, and made good Proficiency in Latin, Greek, Casting Accompts and Writing, to fit him for any kind of Business; and he was also very well-ground and instructed in Principles of Religion. When of Age he came to London , and was bound Apprentice to a Wholesale Grocer in Watling-street , and serv'd his Time honestly and with Approbation of his Master. Afterwards he traded by himself, and about this Time an Uncle dying in Jamaica without Children, he went thither by Commission from his Mother, and recover'd to the Value of 1500l. which he sent home to her at London, and made 5 or 600 l. to himself, besides the Recovery of a Debt of 600 l. which he brought home and deliver'd to his Master, having had a Power from him to that Purpose; and having done all this Business, he return'd home with the same Ship in which he went out. He then set up in Bishopsgate street , married a Wife with a good Fortune, and was in a very good way of doing well; but after he was married several Years, and had some Children, certain fatal Differences happen'd betwixt him and his Wife. She was Inexorable, and would by no Means (as he said) be Reconcil'd; upon this they made a voluntary Separation, and sign'd mutual Letters of absenting from one another; but the Wife insisting upon his full filling of some matrimonial-Contract, he sold a House or two and paid her some Sum of Money, and gave a Paper under his Hand, that he should never seek after, nor have any thing more to do with her directly nor indirectly. He left the Town and went to Norfolk , intending to lead a Country Life: There he liv'd for some Time privately, and at last drawing up with a Widow Gentlewoman, of a good Fortune, he married her; but her Estate not answering all Demands, while he was in an unactive Life, he then remov'd to a little Country Estate of his own, which he farm'd for three Years, but not acquainted with this Sort of Business, and having sunk so much of his own Money every Year, he resolv'd to throw up the Farm, and once more to try his Fortune at London . But his Wife could by no Means be perswaded to follow him thither, because of some evil Reports she had received of him. He settl'd her in a Milliners Shop in some Town in Essex , where she had good Business, and kept her two Sons without troubling of him, although he afterwards he took them from her and put them to Boarding-Schools, and the eldest to a Trade, and made such heavy Demands upon the Wife, that she was forc'd to throw up her Business, to her great Loss and Ruin. He return'd to Town, and being a good Writer and dextrous Accomptant, had Interest to induce the Honourable Company of the Bank of England, to chuse him in for one of their under Clerks . This was some more than eight Years ago. W-n and his Wife advis'd Mr. Maynee not to let slip such a good Opportunity of acquiring Money, where such Heaps were a going, and which might free both of them from divers Incumbrances: Mr. Maynee by this Time plung'd in Debts and Difficulties, was not averse to this Proposal, and defrauded the Bank of more than 2000 l. gratifying W-n, who went to the Bank and receiv'd the Money for him, at different Times, with above Eight Hundred Pounds, and reserving the rest to supply his own Necessities. This Practice he began in the Year 1724. W - n was so urgent in his Demands, being a necessitous, spending Fellow, that when he came so often, still seeking more Money, at one Time he was in a Passion at him, and swore a solemn Oath that he would never give him a Farthing more, altho' afterward, for fear of a Discovery upon W - n's threatning him, he did give him more. About this Time also he married a third Wife, an honest, grave Widow Woman in Town, for a Bed-fellow he could not want, who he said was a virtuous Woman and a sober good House-Wife. After he was under Sentence, all his Houshold Goods and Furniture were carried off, he knew not whether nor well by whom, only suspected some Body, and this may verify the old Proverb, beati possessories. He resolv'd now no more to trust W - n or any Person, but to carry on his Frauds by himself, which he did, and accordingly, as by a List of Notes drawn up by an eminent Person of the Bank, and shown him by a Gentleman who visited him, and which he acknowledg'd to be just and right to a Nicety: They were Bank Receipts made out in the Name of one R - t S - rs, within 9 Months before he was taken up, viz. May 4, 1730. on J - s for 500l. May 9, on W - s for 1020 l. August 13, on W - s for 100 l. Ditto, on W - n for 20 l. September 5, on Mr. W – T - r for 200 l. Ditto die on W - n for 20 l. December 9, on W - m T - r for 400 l. on him Ditto die, for 120 l. Sum of all is, 2380 l. These several Frauds he carried on against the Bank since the 4th, of May last. All the Money he cheated the Bank of since the Year 1724, he often told me, amounted to 4420 l. Sterling. You will find subjoyn'd to this a Letter directed to me, written and sign'd by himself, giving a particular account of the manner of his Apprehension and Confession, before the Deputy Governor of the Bank: which is as follows. To the Revd. Mr. James Guthrie , Ordinary of Newgate. Newgate, March 6, 1731. Reverend Sir, I Thought it would be expected I should give some Account of myself, and the Crime for which I suffer, and I am willing so to do. I am descended from a good Family, and was well educated, am about 48 Years of Age, and have for upwards of 8 Years past been a Servant at the Bank , but being greatly in Debt, when I came into that Service, and not having the due Regard I ought to have had to Gods Holy Commandments, and being press'd by my Creditors, I contrived Ways, to defraud the Bank, and thereby procured Money to my Creditors, and on Saturday the 2d of January I was suspected, and stop at the Bank, and by the Deputy-Governor sent that Night, on Suspicion, to the Comptr, and on Monday hearing that several of my Friends were taken up upon Suspicion, who were innocent Persons, and I being desirous to clear them, did send Word by a Friend to the Deputy-Governor, that if I might be admitted to the Mercy of Transporting myself to the Island of Jamaica to end my Days there, I would make a full Confession and Discovery of the whole Fraud, and impeach a Person Criminally concern'd with me, my Friend brought me Word, the Deputy Governor's Answer was, that if I was the first that impeach'd, it might be the better for me, but that he was but One amongst several Others, and therefore could make me no absolute Promise; upon which my Friend advising me to make the free Confession I had offer'd, and the Deputy-Governor sending for me by the Keeper the same Evening, I was brought before him at the Bank, and making the same Request to him myself, as my Friend had done; I receiv'd the like Answer, which, both my Friend and myself, unhappily understanding as a Promise of Recommendation to the Court of Directors, for the Mercy of Transportation; and I believing that the Deputy-Governor would not accept my Confession and Impeachment, without having an Intention of procuring me the Mercy I implor'd for, and I being very desirous to clear the innocent Persons that were confin'd on Suspicion, I did thereupon impeach a Person that was guilty, and made a full Dis covery of the whole Fraud, and sign'd my Confession, and making Oath against the Person I had impeach'd, he was the next Day taken and committed to Newgate, (but I hear is since discharg'd). The first Note I was indicted upon, was a Bank Note of 50 l. with which, and about 57 l. more in Money I had procured to be bought a South Sea Bond, which Bond I returned to the Bank the Day after I had made my Confession; and I also return'd with it another Bank Note of 50 l. which had had two Indorsements taken off from it, and which was all that I had, and upon which the second Indictment was founded; thus having fully confess'd my Crime, and throwing myself intirely upon the Mercy of the Honourable Court of Directors, for Transportation, I pleaded Guilty to both the Indictments. I acknowledge my Crime, and I humbly beg Pardon of that Honourable Court for the great Offence I have given, heartily praying for the Prosperity of the Bank of England, and that no Person may every attempt again to defraud them, in the like Manner as I did, or otherwise. And I hope all Persons in Places of Trust, will take Warning by my sad Calamity, and not by disregarding Gods Holy Commandments, give themselves the Liberty of breaking those Trusts, if any Opportunity offers to them. Sir, I heartily forgive all Persons who have any ways injured me, and I beg Pardon of all I have any ways offended, and I die in perfect Charity with all Persons whatsoever. I am, Sir, your humble Servt. The poor dying Criminal, William Maynee William Maynee was a Man well Educated, and knowing in religious Principles and other things, but he was addicted to the Love of Women and the Lusts of the Flesh, that he run into great Debts and inextricable Difficulties, which, prompted on by his covetous Temper and a Desire of being Rich by whatever Means, occasion'd his falling upon those unlawful and criminal Expedients, which prov'd his Ruin and were the cause of his disgraceful Death. Another worthy Divine who came to visit and pray for, and gave him many good Advices, often and earnestly urg'd an absolute restitution of stolen Goods, which he offered to do upon condition he might Live and be allow'd to transport himself to Jamaica : When all hopes of this Kind vanish'd, and the Dead Warrant came down to Newgate against him, I still insisted, as I had done formerly, upon Restitution as a necessary Ingredient of Repentance. He said he had made an uncondition'd Offer of Restitution, and show'd upon a small Bit of Paper a List of Debts, as he affirm'd, good and sufficient, to the Value of about 900 l. and this was all he had left in his Power to do. But No-body seeking after it he kept all to himself. He read some Papers to me containing very good Prayers of his own Composure, for his private Use while under Sentence; and a pretty large Account of his Life, the Sum of which was his Confessing to God, that his Leachery and Covetousness had undone him, and that he made firm Resolutions of Deserting these Vices, and living a circumspect Christian Life, if it should please Providence to spare his Life. He was an industrious, sober Man, for he never was Drunk in his Life, having never used any Thing to quench his Thirst, but clean Spring-well Water, or a Dish of Tea, Chocolate or Coffee, and seem'd to be very well fitted for Business. He lamented his Sinning so much against Light and Knowledge, and neglecting for some Years past to take the Blessed Sacrament, because of the Conscience he had of his Guilt and Crimes, and his lying in habitual Sins, and sometimes his not going to Church, for he told that upon Holy Days, when other Gentlemen were better employ'd, to make a Show of Diligence, he went into the Bank house, and eras'd and order'd about his Notes and Books privately by himself, as he thought fit He made a deep Profession of Repentance, and sometimes in the Agony and Bitterness of his Soul; he shed Tears and Wept, and with a deal of Submission and Resignation he suffer'd his deserved Punishment. He declar'd his Faith in the Merits of Christ Jesus, that he was truly Penitent for all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. George Wych , Thomas Andrews , alias Anderson , and William Williams , of St. George, Hanover-Square , were indicted for assaulting James Webb , in a certain Field or open Place, near the Highway, putting him in Fear of his Life, and taking from him a Silver Watch and Chain, a Hat, and 15 s. in Money, and a Dutch Shilling, and five Keys, the 16th of January last. They were likewise try'd upon three other Indictments, and found guilty. George Wych , near 18 Years of Age, of too good Parents for such an unworthy graceless Son. His Father resides in foreign Places, whether he went when his Son George was young, whom he left to the Care of his Mother and other Relations. George was educated at Westminster School , and made good Advancement in his Studies, but of late, as he was turning to Mans Estate, he became a most obdurate and cross Boy, Disobedient to his Mother, of whom he got the upper Hand, Negligent of his Relations and all good and wholsom Counsels. In a Word, he feared not God and regarded not Man. Although he had Abundance of Learning for one of his Age, and understood the Principles of Christianity, yet he had wholly neglected religious Duties, both Publick and Private, for some Time, gave himself up to a reprobate Sense, left the School, and joyn'd himself to the Society of Whores, Thieves and such abandon'd Wretches, and shunn'd the Company of his Relations and others who might be proper for his Acquaintance. He had an itching after Game, and came often home naked, having gam'd away all his Clothes, which put his Mother to the Charge of new Ones, beside the great Vexation and Trouble, which was like to kill her. In Christmas Holydays, his Mother going to visit some Friends, he went along with her, but as he was going he run from her, and said he would meet her at home, or at their Friends House immediately. But after that his Mother saw him no more; for he went to meet his wicked Associates, and never appear'd 'till such Time as he was taken up for his Crimes, and brought before his proper Judges. His Friends blam'd Andrews, his Companion, for his Misfortunes, which he himself did not, but said they were all equally guilty and willing to go out, upon their dangerous and desperates Exploits. He own'd himself to have been a great Sinner, in Whoring, Drinking, Cursing and Blaspheming, and keeping of bad Company, particularly of an infamous Woman, with whom he convers'd and liv'd for the most part, after he left his poor afflicted Mother. He had some Thoughts of a Reprieve, but when all Hopes fail'd, he shed some Tears out of Fear, appearing before to have been too obdur'd and unconcern'd. He desired nothing of me but that I should not speak of, nor mention his Family, which I knew nothing of, and said he had no further Confessions. He hop'd to be sav'd through the Merits of Christ Jesus, he repented and was grieved for his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. Tho. Andrews , alias Anderson , Aged 19 Born in Worcestershire of Mean Parents. His Father having been a Labouring Man, came to London in quest of Business, where he soon Died, and left his Son very Young upon the care of his Mother who serves in Taverns. The poor Woman was very kind and tender of the Son, put him to School, and got him taught to Read, Write, and Cypher, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in religious Principles. When of Age, he did not go to any Trade, but serv'd and was a Porter in Taverns . He seem'd to be a well-disposed young Fellow, but was totally ruin'd by keeping Company with lew'd Women, and a set of vile Thieves who brought him to the Gallows. He own'd that he had been a proffligate young Fellow, in Whoring, Drinking, Swearing, Gameing, &c. Both Wych and he said they had only been engage in Highway Robberies, about a Months time at most, and that they had committed no more than what they were convicted for, and that the Evidence against them was all true, unless there might be a little variation in some small Circumstances: Wych denied not but that he fir'd a Pistol and frighten'd some of them whom he Robb'd, and both of them own'd that they had and used Pocket Pistols in their villainous Exploits, but said that none of them drew a Knife, or any sharp Weapon to threaten any Body on the High-way, as some of the Evidences testify against them. Both of them said they were equally Guilty, and that none of them could be blam'd more than another, they having all voluntarily engag'd in such wicked Purposes. He declar'd himself a true Penitent, believ'd in his Saviour, and died in Peace with all Men. William Williams , about 30 Years of Age, Born in Yorkshire (as he said) of honest Parents, who Educated him the best Way they could, to read, write, and cast Accompts; and Instructed him in Christian Principles, necessary to be known, he was not of any Trade, but follow'd the Business of a Chapman , and serv'd a Gentleman traveling the Country for him, and felling his Goods at Bath , and several other Towns and Places in the West Country . He said his Wife and he had been much Afflicted with Sickness, for a Year past, which brought them into great Poverty, and this was the only Spring and Cause of his Misfortunes; for otherwise he was in good Business for one of his Station, and needed not want to maintain both himself and his Family, for he had the Love of his Master, and other Acquaintances. He said further, that he never stole, thieved, nor robb'd in his Life, saving the Fact of which he stood Convicted, and one or two more, and all of them in Company with his fellow Sufferers, the Evidence and Seabrook not taken; who meeting with him the Friday night, communicated their pernicious Designs, and threaten'd to shoot him Dead, confirming their Threats with horrible Oaths and Imprecations, if he would not joyn them as a Companion, in their outragious Villainies: Accordingly the next Night he went along and gain'd the Halter without more ado. He was very serious, devout, and penitent. All of them received the Sacrament, with much gravity and seeming Devotion, oftener than once. Williams declar'd, that he hoped for Salvation, through the Merits of his Redeemer, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, particularly those for which he died, and that he forgave all Injuries done him, as he expected Forgiveness from his Maker. At the Place of EXECUTION, MR Maynee went in a Coach, with a Mourning Coach attending him. When the Bell Man at St. Sepulcher's spoke to him over the Church Yard Wall, according to Custom, be cried a little, and was most serious at the short Prayers he used, and said Amen with the utmost Devotion: By the way he scarce spoke any thing, but held his Book in his Hand, and read godly Prayers for dying expiring Persons, and sometimes in a most devout manner said, Lord have Mercy upon me, a poor dying Sinner, Christ have Mercy upon me, Lord have Mercy upon me, and pardon my great and grievous Sins for Christ's sake. When he came to the Place of Execution, he said he had no more to add to his former Confessions, only looking towards the Spectators, he earnestly desir'd all Christians to pray for his poor Soul. George Wych said, he forgave all Mankind, and desir'd me to pray for him. Mr. Wych that Morning being ask'd by one who waited on him, if he would go in a Coach, said no, he would go in the Cart with Andrews, which he did accordingly: John Chappel said, that he repented of his great Sins, and hoped to be saved by the Blood of Christ, and desired the World not to be so uncharitable, as to believe him guilty of other Capital Crimes falsly alledg'd to him, for that he had never committed any Capital Crime, excepting the cruel Murder for which he died, This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate. ADVERTISEMENTS. An ADDRESS to the GENTLEMEN, By Dr. GREGORIUS, (Noted for his Skill in Surgery and Anatomy, as well as Physick and Chymistry.) Who having observ'd the frequent Advertisements in the News Papers, of one and another Single Medicine, said to cure all Sorts of Gleets, and Seminal Weaknesses, which their Authors confound together, as if there were no Difference between them, has been prevail'd upon, by his Friends, in this Publick Manner, to inform, and undeceive those who have unwarily been brought into either, (or both together, as it sometimes happens) of these perplexing, draining Imbecilities. That where the Gleeting is only from a Laxity of the Glands in the Urethra, what leaks and drills away insensibly from them, through the Urinary Passage, and spots or smears the Linnen, though it be yellowish, yet being without Pain, or any ill-condition'd Disorder, is no more than Mucus, and must be cured one Way. And where it is a Seminal Weakness, that which slips away involuntarily, though it be thin, watery, and unelaborate, either by itself, in the Day-time, or a Nights too frequently, or profusely in the Sleep, or with the Urine, or upon Stool, whether from an Acrimony, or Depravity of the Juices, or by over straining the Spermatick Vessels, or both, is Seed, and is to be remedied another, inasmuch, as that Medicine which will cure the one, will not cure the other, and (vice versa) as every Practitioner that knows the Nature, Make, and different Situation of the Parts ministring to Generation, will allow; and that for want of this due Distinction, and right Application, it is, that so many People are disappointed of Cure; and by Continuance of the Gleetings, are drain'd, as they are, into Impotencies, or Infertilities, which as it hinders their Marrying, gives them great Anxiety, and the more, when attended, as in some, with Pain and Weakness in the Back and Reins; or as, in others, with Difficulty, or Dribblings of the Urine in, or after making it, which at Length comes away either foul, sharp, slimy, or of an ill Smell. As this is so in Fact, and the Doctor well known to have experienc'd, in numberless Instances, the noble and never failing Effects of Two particular Balsamick Electuaries, which he spared no Pains or Expence to find out, the one to restrain the Mucus, and the other, the involuntary shedding of the Seed, by their respectively bracing up the Fibres, and restoring the Tone and Springiness of the relaxed Glands and Seminals, invigorating the Genitals, and fertilizing the Seed, was also perswaded to recommend their Use, that those, who, for a long while together, had tried other Medicines for the same Weaknesses, and by their not succeeding, concluded themselves incurable, might be convinc'd by their speedy Amendment and Recovery by these, that it was not the Incurability of their Malady, but the wrong Method they had been in for Cure, But yet, in either of the said Two Weaknesses, or where it happens that they are complicated, and have proceeded, either from Self-Abuses, excessive, or over straining Coitions, or from over Purgations in Venereal Cures, or any other Cause, as a Flux of Humours generally falls down and settles upon all weakened Parts, rendering them still the weaker, and these tender nervous Parts more especially: The first Step to be taken in order to make way for a regular and substantial Cure, (and without which it is not to be accomplished) must, in a pecular Manner, be to correct, and gently divert those Humours; and the only Medicine he could ever rely upon to do this effectually, that is to overcome the Cause, and introduce the Cure of the most difficult of these Weaknesses, (even where the Vessels had been obstructed, Manhood greatly enfeebl'd, and in some, well nigh extinct, or at least not able to touch a Woman, but ad primum labiorum contactum semen emittunt;) has been his Preparing Pills, of which when the Patient has taken only three Doses, at due Distances he is to begin (and not before) with one or t'other (or both together, as the Case may chance to be) of the said Two Electuaries, which how to distinguish in, and how to proceed with, the printed Directions, wrap'd up with the Pills, do so plainly shew, that no Persons, even of the meanest Capacities, can be any Loss to understand them; but will, by their observing the easy Rules there in laid down, have their Blood and whole Body, well cleans'd and purified, the debilated Parts strengthened, and by Degrees, compleatly, and lastingly invigorated and restored, so as to be enabled quickly, and safely to Marry, without the least Need of any further, or other Advice or Medicine. They are to be had, Price 7 s. 6 d. the Box, sealed up ready to be deliver'd to any Messenger, upon only asking for, A Box of Pills, at Mr. Payne's, a Bookseller, at the Crown, facing the Chapter Coffee house, in Paternoster Row. Note, The said Two Electuaries, viz, Numb, 1, for Gleets, and Numb. 2, for Seminal and Genital Weaknesses, are to be had there also, Price 7 s. 6 d. each Pot and are likewise sealed up, and to be asked for by Electuary Number 1, or Electuary Number 2. In Consideration of the daily Disturbance in Churches, by continual Coughing, is recommended- The Original, Inestimable, Angelical ELECTUARY: Being a speedy Cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma's, Ptisick, Wheezings, difficult Breathings, and shortness of Breath. A Preparation, not only to be had in Esteem from the Great Skill of all Medicinal Composition, but also from the choiceness of its Ingredients, every one of them contributing, by their particular Virtues, to make it the most effectual Medicine in the whole Republick of Physick. It daily overcomes the most grounded Coughs, though of never so long standing, and perfectly cures them in a very little Time; it's found to be the most sure help, and the only Medicine in the World, for old Consumptions, Ptisicks, Colds, Wheezings, Asthma's, shortness of Breath, and all other Diseases of the Breast and Lungs, restoring those that are left off by Physicians, remaining in utter Despair under the Burthen of their miserable Lives. It dissolves congealed Phlegm in the Thorax; takes away the tickling in the Aspera Arterea; heals rawness, and soreness of the Lungs, Breast, and Stomach, causing easy Expecturation; cures vehement Catarrhs, Distillation of Rheum, and all Fluxes of Humours, falling upon any of the noble Parts. It gives immediate Relief as soon as taken, in the severest of Coughing, and so perfectly frees the Patient at once. This Preparation is much more effectual than any Liquids or Tincture: A Tincture may give Ease by its Opiate Nature, but this Electuary, by its Balsamick and Subtile Property, effectually performs the Cure. It is likewise an effectual Remedy for Whooping-Coughs in Children. Prepar'd and Sold by the Author, a Chymist, at his House, the second Door on the Right Hand in Bride-Lane, near Fleet Street, where any Shop Keepers may be furnish'd therewith, with good Allowance. Also at Mr. Robotham's Toyshop, next the Gridiron, White-chappel Bars. At Mr. Brown's, a Bookseller; next Door to the King's Sadlers, Charing-Cross. At the Mitre in Jewin-street. At Mrs. Garway's, at the South Gate> of the Royal Exchange. At the White Gallon Pot, a Chandler's-shop, in Bandy Leg Walk, Southwark. At Mr. Neal's Toyshop, over against the White Hart Inn in the Borough of Southwark. And at Mr. Hamilton's at the Golden Ball, in Little Russel Street, Bloomsbury. At One Shilling a Pot, with Directions. I have also an infallible Remedy for Convulsions, and all Histerick Fits whatsoever; which hath made a perfect Cure, (when all other Remedies have fail'd) to their intire Satisfaction. One Guinea a Bottle. Just publish d, A Rational and Useful ACCOUNT of the VENERAL DISEASE: with Observations on the Nature, Symptoms, and Cure, and the bad Consequences that attend by ill Management; with proper Admonitions; recommended as a Friendly Instruction to all Persons who do, or may, labour under this Misfortune. ALSO A short Enquiry into Old GLEETS, and other Weaknesses; whether from Veneral Embraces, Self-Pollution or Natural Imbecillity, and the Reason why they are so seldom cur'd: With the Author's Method of Cure. To which is added, Some Hints of the Practical Scheme, the Methods an and Medicines therein expos'd, and the gross Impositions justly detected. With an Account of Specificks, the Use and Abuse of the Name, and how it covers Ignorance and a Cheat. The Eighth Edition, corrected, with Additons. By JOSEPH CAM , M. D. Evasti? credo metues, doctusque cavebis, Quaeres quando iterum paveas, iterumque pevire Possis, ô toties servus! Horat. Principiis obsta. Ovid. LONDON: Printed for the Author, and Sold at his House in Bow Church Yard, in Cheapside; and by Midwinter, in St. Paul's-Church-Yard. Price stitch'd one Shilling.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of the SIXTEEN MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Monday the 23d of MARCH, 1752. BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Honble Thomas Winterbottom , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER III. for the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and C. CORBETT, over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street, the only authorised Printers of the Dying Speeches. M.DCC.LII. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER and TERMINER, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Rt. Hon. THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London , the Lord Chief-Baron PARKER, Sir MICHAEL FORESTER , Knt. Sir THOMAS BIRCH , Knt. RICHARD ADAMS , Esq , Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER, for the City of London, and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Thursday the 16th, Friday the 17th, Saturday the 18th, and Monday the 20th of January, in the twenty-fifth Year of his Majesty's Reign, SAMUEL HILL , WILLIAM BAILEYS , MICHAEL MAC GENNIS , and JOSEPH SAUNDERS , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. By Virtue of the King's Commission, &c. held before the Right Hon. THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM , Esq ; Lord-Mayor, of the City of London , Sir MARTIN WRIGHT , Mr. Justice GUNDRY, Mr. Baron SMYTHE, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices, &c, on Wednesday the 19th, Thursday the 20th, Friday the 21st, Saturday the 22d, Monday the 24th, Tuesday the 25th, and Wednesday the 26th of February, in the twenty-fifth Year of his Majesty's Reign, JAMES HAYES , RICHARD BROUGHTON , otherwise BRANTON , JAMES DAVIS , JOHN POWNEY , JOHN ANDREWS , ANN WALSAM , MARY GILLFOY , WILLIAM GIRDLER , ANTHONY DE ROSA , JOSEPH GERALDINE , THOMAS HUDDLE , BERNARD AGNEW , THOMAS FOX , and THOMAS GALE , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. ANN LEWIS was convicted, but Judgment was respited by the Court. Mac Gennis, Hayes, Broughton, Gillfoy, and Davis were bred so, and Agnew and Fox were persuaded to be Roman Catholicks , and were attended by a Person in that Persuasion, as has been the Custom. As to the rest of the unhappy Convicts, they very regularly attended the Service of the Chapel, and were seldom, if ever absent, unless prevented by inevitable Sickness. When they were present, their Deportment was quiet and decent. On Wednesday the 18th Instant, the Report of 17 Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty in Council; when his Majesty was pleased to order Samuel Hill , Michael Mac Gennis , James Hayes , Richard Broughton , James Davis , John Powney , John Andrews , Ann Walsam , Mary Gillfoy , William Girdler , Anthony de Rosa , Joseph Geraldine , Thomas Huddle , Bernard Agnew , Thomas Fox , and Thomas Gale , for Execution, on Monday the twenty-third instant. Baileys died under Conviction , and Joseph Saunders was respited till his Majesty's Pleasure should be further made known. 1. Samuel Hill , was indicted for the wilfull Murder of Susannah Crabtree . He also stood indicted on the Coroner's Inquest, for the said Murder, December 27. 2. Michael Mac Gennis , was indicted for the wilfull Murder of Richard Sheers , November 11. 3, 4. James Hayes , and Richard Broughton , otherwise Branham , were indicted, for that they on the King's Highway, on Robert Bug , did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Penknife, Value 2 d. and 7 s. in Money, from his Person did steal, &c. December the 18th. 5. James Davis , was indicted, for that he on the King's Highway, on Elizabeth , Wife of Francis Manning , did make an Assault, one Linnen Handkerchief, one Linnen Apron, and 13 d. in Money, the Property of the said Francis, from her Person did take July the 29th. 6. John Powney , was indicted, for that he on the 12th of February, about the Hour of Two in the Night, the Dwelling-house of John Downes , did break and enter, and stole 3 Table-spoons, Value 30 s. 1 Silver Half-pint Mug, 1 Silver Milk-pot, 5 Silver Tea-spoons, a Pair of Tea-tongs, a Pair of Silver Shoe-Buckles, a Pair of Silk-Garters, and two Linnen Waistcoats, the Goods of the said John. 7, 8, 9. Bernard Agnew , Thomas Fox , and Thomas Gale , were indicted, for that they on the 4th of January, did utter, and publish as a true, a certain false forged Promissary Note of Hand, for the Payment of 25 l. 4 s. with Intent to defraud Elizabeth Agnew , Widow . 10. William Girdler , was indicted, for that he on the King's Highway, on William Roberts , did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, and 15 s. from his Person, and against his Will did steal, &c. January 17th. 11. John Andrews , was indicted, for Forging a certain Acquittance for the Sum of 14 l. 10 s. 10 d. and for uttering it with Intent to defraud, July the 12th. 12. Mary , the Wife of Thomas Gillfoy , was indicted, for that she in the Dwelling-house of the said Thomas Gillfoy , upon George Kemp , did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, and stealing from his Person 1 Guinea, January 27th. 13, 14. Ann Walsam , was indicted, for the Murder of Ann Ellard , by fastening a Piece of List about her Neck, whereby she was strangled. 14. Joseph Geraldine , was indicted, for the wilfull Murder of Christopher Albenico , January 27th. He stood also indicted on the Coroner's Inquest, for the said Murder. 15. Anthony de Rosa , was indicted, for that he, together with one William Fullager , did wilfully Murder William Fargues , June the 11th, 1751. 16. Thomas Huddle , otherwise Hodle , was indicted, for returning from Transportation. 1. I Samuel Hill , aged 42, was born in the Parish of Penkridge in Staffordshire , of honest Parents, who brought me up to be a Shoemaker . Being of a wild Disposition when my Father died, I came up to London to a Brother and Sister I had then living in Town, with whom I lived one Year; then having an Aunt at Hawkhurst in Kent , I went down to her, and there worked at my Trade, having my Board with her, till she died. In her Will she left me 50 l. and having saved 20 l. of my own, I then married, and setting up in my Trade, had very good Business, and worked for a great Number of Smuggler s. About this Time Trip, alias James Stampford , came to live with me, and got me a great deal of Business in France and Holland , and I had my Money duly returned for some Time; but after a while, they would have me take up Tea, &c. which I consented to; and here was the Beginning of all my Misfortunes. I then entered into their Companies, or Gangs, and we were in all about 26 of us. One Time when we were working Goods at Ledripe , being told that the Officers and Soldiers were coming to us, we mounted our Horses, and met them; upon which, the Officers bid the Soldiers fire at us. They did so, and we shot at them again, and killed four or five of their Horses, and wounded two of their Men: Then they fired at us again, and shot five of our Horses, and wounded four of us; and I was wounded through the Knee: However, we took them all Prisoners, and saved our Goods. After this, I went to Boulogne in the Cutter, and was there cured of my Wound. I then came Home, and about three Weeks after we went to land some Goods, and met with the Officers and Soldiers again; at which Time we had three Horses shot, and I and another were taken Prisoners, and committed to Horsham Jail . We were confined there seven Months, and the Night after I got my Liberty I came to London , with several others, and riding into an Inn in the Borough , we were beset by an Exciseman, and four other Men. One of our Company was taken by them, but the other shot the Exciseman in the Thigh; and then we knocked them all down, and got clear off with our Goods. About six Weeks after we went to Barckhill , 100 Men of us, to one Mr. Bailey's, a Riding-Officer's House, and broke every Thing in it, because he had broke his Trust with us. About three Days after we went to land some Goods at Sandwich Castle , where Mr. Bailey came with the Soldiers, who fired at us, and killed one of our Company, as we were getting the Goods out of the Boat; so we took to our Horses, and rode away, and lost our Goods. About ten Days after, we were landing our Goods at Dinchurch , we heard that Mr. Bailey, and three more Officers, with Soldiers, were coming; so we got on our Horses, and met them. They fired at us, and wounded two of our Men; and we fired at them, and shot three of their Horses, and rid up to them. The Officers bid theSoldiers strike, but we took their Arms from them, and went with them to the Crown at Bromley , where Mr. Bailey was used very ill, and we made the Soldiers all drunk. Then we left four Men with them, and went and got our Goods off safe. After this I left off, and never went a smuggling more. This was in the Year 1745, and I was then worth 400 l. Some Time after this, Jerry Curtis , and his Company, coming up to London , (of which I was one at that Time) met Bolton and Jones, whom they took, and brought to my House in Hawkhurst , where all the Smugglers in the Country came, and held a Consultation what to do with them; when it was concluded to send them to France, and make Galley-Slaves of them. We had a Play at Hawkhurst at that Time, with which we entertained them for ten Nights following, and then took them down to the Sea-Side; but Garland, Master of a Cutter, would not take them on Board, because we had made a Shew of them; so we took them back to Hawkhurst, and beat them, and let them go to London again. When this was done, several of this Gang went to Horsemandan Fair, and meeting with a Serjeant, beating up for Volunteers, they took his Halbert from him; and some of the Company cut the Calves of his Legs off, broiled them, and eat them. This they told me a while after, when I carried in a Bill to the Chiefs for Boots and Shoes they had had of me, to carry over the Water. Afterwards they came to my House, and robbed me of 150 l. and almost killed me, and then fled the Country. This was done by Arthur Grey , &c. whose Brother, William Grey , promised to repay me what his Brother robb'd me off, but never did; and the Men of the Gang had Boots and Shoes of me, for which I never was paid to this Day. I lent several of them Money, which I never had again; and I found I was going to Ruin. I acquainted my Sister in London how Things went with me, and she sent for me, and I came again to Town, in 1746, and had very good Business. I had been in London but a short Time, when the Small Pox got into my Family, and carried off three Children in about a Week's Time, which almost broke my Heart; however, I got over this, and, soon after, hearing Jerry Curtis was in Newgate , I went to see him. He was very glad to see me, and said, he should die if he could not get out, and desired I would come to him every Day; but I went no more for a Week, and then I went to him again, and he told me, that he did design to break out, and would give me 100 l. if I would assist him. I told him I would, and there was one Thomas Tennet , a Lifeguard-man , with him, who said, he would do the same; so he went to one Abraham Walter , who told us, it was very proper to have Men out of the Country. We sent for Thomas Border , Thomas Dixon , John Heath , and Peter Tinknell ; and the Night was fixed, which was on a Wednesday. I went to Jerry the Tuesday before, and he told me he must break out that Night, and that the two Bibbies desired it might be that Night, and said, if they did not do it then, they never should. He desired me to go to Mr. Tennet, and get what Men we could; but I could get No-body to come. Jerry told me the Bibbies had Friends to come to them; but I said, We'll have no Concern with them; and was a little jealous, as they knew nothing of us, nor we of them. A little after Twelve that Night I went into Phoenix Court , but seeing No-body, came out again. A little before One o'Clock I heard Irons rattle, and met Tom Bibbie coming out of the Court: I asked him where Jerry was, but he swore he would shoot me if I did not keep off; then I met Will Bibbie , and he swore the same. A little after, before Two o'Clock, I went again into the Court, where I found Jerry lying on the Ground, for he had fallen down, and bruised himself, and lost a deal of Blood: So Mr. Tennet helped him on my Back, and I carried him to Mr. Tennet's near St. James's Market ; for which Jerry was so ungrateful as never to give me one Farthing. I never came to Newgate again till I heard William Gray was there, and then I went to see him: He made very much of me, and gave me a Guinea, and desired me to come next Day. I did so, and he told me he was going to break out, and had sent for Men, &c. out of the Country; and said, he would not serve me as Jerry did, but would give me 100 l. and that would make up my Loss, that his Brother, Arthur Gray , and Samuel Hatten had robbed me of. I told him I would do what lay in my Power to save his Life. Thomas Border was there at that Time, and said they should all be in Town next Night; and accordingly, Thomas Border , Thomas Potter , John Brown , Lawrence Kemp , William Benney , and Edward Price , came to Town, and we all met. Border and I came to Newgate, and it was agreed Border should put Mr. Wood into the Press-Yard when I come out; but Border sent Tom Potter and Lawrence Kemp , and bid them knock Mr. Wood down, and so they did; and then they all ran away, except Laurence Kemp . William Grey , Thomas Kemp , Laurence Kemp , and I, ran thro' Newgate-Market , and down to the Water-Side . We crossed the Water, and so, going over St. George's Fields , came to Baker Jack's. There we all took Horse, and went to Hawkhurst , and from thence to Linvelstokes , where we met with many more Smugglers. William Grey then told me he had no Money, but he would send for an Hundred Weight of Tea for me; but I never had it. They then resolved to shoot all the People that were raised as Militia Men, to oppose and take them; which I not liking to be concerned in, told Will Grey I would return to London . He then told me, he would send me 50 l. in a short Time, by Robert Dunk but I never heard more of him till he was retaken, and brought back to Newgate . I then sent to him, and he promised, if I would come to him, he would pay me what he promised; but I was afraid to go near him again, and so never saw him more, nor had a Shilling from him. Some Time after this, I heard that Border had made himself an Evidence, and that he had taken several Smugglers, then I left off Business, and went to Bromley in Kent , where I was taken, and brought to the New Goal, Southwark . I remained there 23 Weeks, and was then turned out; from whence I went directly to Poplar to Lodge with Mrs. Crabtree, and followed my Business. I made some Shoes for a Man who was going to Sea, who having no Money to pay me for them, told me I should have a Suit of Cloaths, which she had in the House belonging to him. When he was going away, he told her of it, but she would not let them go, unless he paid her the Money he owed her. Soon after he went to Sea, without paying her, and she detained the Cloaths. I was thinking to go Abroad, and wanted my Cloathes, and it came into my Head that I would have them. The unhappy Mornning I murdered her, I got up between Five and Six o'Clock. When I came down Stairs, I found her lying on the Floor, a Sleep, as she used frequently to do, upon which I first tied her Legs, and then put my Hand into her Pocket to take out the Key of her Chamber-Door, when she awaked, cry'd, Who his there? I said, I would have Coker's Suit of Cloaths, but she said I should not, I went to tie a Towel over her Face, and she asked me, if I was going to murder her, I said no, I would not hurt a Hair of her Head, but I would have the Cloathes, and she said, No, no, and cried out. I then put my Hand to her Mouth, and tying the Cord round her Neck, throttled her for the Space of two Minutes, till I found she lay still. Then I let her go; and having robbed the House, went off immediately to the Waterside , and took a Boat, and went up to Billingsgate , in order to go down the River in one of the Gravesend Boats. Wehad got down below Woolwich very safe, and I was in Hopes to have got over to Holland , to Jerry Curtis , who had sent for me; and my Design was such. But Providence interposed to punish me, and so ordered it, that I was overtaken. The Waterman, with whom I went up to Billingsgate , betrayed me, to whom I had given my old Hat, which was known by the Neighbours, having bought a new one. The Method by which he was taken was as follows. The Neighbours being alarmed at the Murder, suspected him to be the Person, who had done it, and after some Time, were confirmed in their Suspicions by the Waterman, who shewed the Hat William Hill had given him, and some People present knew to have been Hill's. The resolved to pursue the Murderer, and accordingly took a Boat, and made what they call a Galley, and overtook the Gravesend Boats. They passed them all, till they come to the first, in which was Hill. They took him out into their own Boat, and he immediately owned what he had done; and said he desired to die for it, and when brought before the Justice, he confess'd the Fact. His Behaviour has been serious and quiet since convicted; and he always attended Divine Service, but when hindered by Illness. He said he freely gave up his wicked Life, and had no Hopes but in Jesus's Merits. And indeed, he shewed a good deal of Resignment; for though he had been instrumental in helping others to escape formerly, yet being invited to a Thing of that kind by Broughton and Hayes, immediately after their Conviction, he refus'd to be concerned, and the Design was baffled for that Time. He acknowledged himself to have been a vile Wretch in his Life Time, but behaved all the Time of his being under Conviction, and to the last, with very serious Deportment; and to all Appearance being very penitent, desired rather to die than live in this World. 2. Ann Walsam , aged 26, was born near Manchester , in the County of Lancaster , of Parents, that lived in a reputable Way, and gave her such an Education as was sufficient to have procured her a comfortable Subsistance, had it not been for her own natural Passions, being very hasty, and not easy of Controul. Her Father dying when she was young, and her Mother and she not agreeing very well afterwards, occasioned her to go Abroad to Service ; and she lived, as she said, in several good Families in those Parts before she forlook her own Country. 'Twas purely owing to her own roving Fancy, as she said, and only for the Sake of Novelty, and to see other Places, that she left her native Country, for that she might have done very well there, and lived very well among her Friends and Relations. But about nine Years ago she came to London , and got into several Services about Town. About three Years afterwards, however, she married a Hog Butcher, with whom she lived very comfortably, and had Children by him. He was in good Business, and provided for his Family very well, and they lived respected by their Neighbours in Noble-street , near St. Luke's Church in Old-street . Her Husband, she says, was so violently tormented with the Tooth-ach, that some Time last Summer, he had one drawn; upon which having catched Cold, and not taking due Care of himself in Time, he became delirious, and died raving mad. She told a long Story about it, but not worth relating; so we shall pass that over in Silence, and come to what happened after, which is more immediately relative to her. She was left in no great Circumstances, we may imagine, though with but only one Child. This being very young, she put it out to Nurse, and went out herself a nurse-keeping , where she had three half Crowns a Week for a Month, and half a Guinea Perquisites besides. After she left this Place, she went to her former Lodgings, and took her Child home. The Money she got as before, wasted some how or other, and she owns she was not very frugal of it. Then she began to think of putting the Child upon the Parish, and accordingly made Application to the Church-Wardens, but was refused, being told that a Woman of her Years and Strength was obliged by Law to maintain at least one Child, and that if they took the Child, she must deliver up her Goods, and she had better keep them, and strive what she could do to maintain it herself. This however she did not approve of, but was obliged to comply, and the Wickedness of her Disposition was such, that from that Time she determined to destroy her own poor Babe. In pursuance of this barbarous Resolution, she first gave it a strong Dose of Physick, but that had not the intended Effect. She next exposed it upon a Table, under a Window, which she left open, when it rained very hard, thinking that would dispatch it, being but a tender Infant about four or five Months old. But even that Project did not succeed; and she was afterwards so barbarous, as with her own Hands to strangle it in Bed, by stopping its Breath at its Nose, Mouth, and Ears. The Searchers of the Parish came to look into the Cause of the Child's Death, in order to its Burial; and ignorantly declaring it died of Convulsions, as she had told them, the Child was buried forthwith. For a Fortnight after, she says she had not the least Remorse of Conscience; but her own Reflection recoiling upon her then, she was almost driven mad at the Sense of it, and then would have destroyed herself. She says, she once threw herself into the New River , but was taken out; and after a Month's Illness in Consequence thereof, (which cost her all that she had) she made a second Attempt to lay violent Hands on herself, by hanging herself in her own Garters; but in this wicked Purpose she was also defeated. She then was persuaded, upon Reflection, not to lay violent Hands on herself, but however resolved to do something for which she might be cut off by the Laws of the Land. After some Time, being left alone with the poor Child (for murdering whom she was convicted upon pleading guilty) she resolved upon its Death She asked the Child, as it lay in Bed, if it was willing to die; and upon its saying no, Walsam replied, but you shall. And accordingly tied a List about the Child's Neck, with which she strangled it. She says, however, that the Child had a Necklace on, which might help to do it's Business the sooner; but this she did not make use of in mitigation of the Crime, which she owned in all its aggravated Circumstances, and that she very deservedly met with her Fate; and worse would be no more than her due. She was taken very ill after Conviction, and behaved very much like one that was mad. She had Intervals; sometimes was in great hurry of Spirits, and at others very calm. She had Reason indeed sufficient to be disquieted in Mind, from a Reflection of what she had done. Whether the Perplexities, which arose in her Breast, proceeded from Madness, or Reflection I won't pretend to determine, but I've Reason to think, 'twas sometimes one, and sometimes the other. In the Morning before she went to Execution, she was very calm, and sedate; but, before she dyed, appeared like one perfectly distracted. 3. John Poney , aged 29, was born at Isleworth , in the County of Middlesex , of honest Parents, who rented a small Farm in the Parish, and in order to bring up a large Family, the Father also went out, as he had Opportunity, to Day Labour in the Husbandry Way, to which employ also he bred up this unhappy Youth. He seemed to be of a mild Disposition, and behaved very quietly; but having been inveighled into the Company of loose Women, to support this Extravagance with them, he was induced to commit the Fact for which he suffered, or otherwise, he says, he might have lived very comfortably by the Labour of his Hands. Being bred in the Country, and oftenemploy'd in taking care of Horses , he became fond of that Service; whereupon he commenced Hostler , in which Capacity he lived in several Inns in and about the Town, and was looked upon as a very handy, and useful Servant. But the Company he kept as above put him to his Shifts, tho' he protested that he had never been guilty of any Thing of the like Nature before. Having left his Master's Service in January, and afterwards living in Idleness , and Debauchery, what little Money he had gotten in Service was soon squandered away, and wanting more to support his Extravagance, he thought of this Expedient to supply his Necessities. He says, he had heard that his late Master was gone abroad, whose House he was very well acquainted with, and thought it a proper Opportunity on that Night, (the 12th of February) as there might be less Danger of being taken, when there were only Women lay in the House, to rob it. In order to effect which Purpose, he says, he got upon the top of a Stable by a Ladder, and from thence to the Top of the House which he broke open, and so went along by the Gutter, and went in at the Window. Then he went down Stairs into the Kitchen, and lighting a Candle, (the Fire nor being quite out) he went up Stairs, and broke open a Buroe with a Chizzel, took the Things as in the Indictment, when he had done, he opened the Street Door, and went out. 4. Anthony de Rosa , aged 28, was born in the Island of Bermudas : His Father being an Englishman born, tho' of Portuguese Extraction, and trading to those Island, married a Portuguese Woman, who lived there; and the First-born of that Marriage was this unhappy young Man. He was bred to the Sea , as soon as he was capable of being of any Use on Board, and sailed some Years under his Father, who was, for several Years, Master of one Vessel or other in the Mediterranean; and being accustomed to the Westward Trade, continued in that Employ till his Father died. When asked how he supported himself afterwards, he made no other Reply than this, namely, that he was a Man who worked hard for his Bread: But there is great Reason to think the contrary, as the Accomplice and Evidence against him informed the Court, that they had been concerned together in Forgeries , and receiving other People's Money, by Sailors Wills and Powers, &c. Besides, another Person, who wanted to see and speak with him before he recovered from the Condition in which he appeared upon his Trial, declared he had known him guilty of several Things of this Kind; and that, had he not been taken and tried for this barbarous Murder, several Prosecutions were entered against him upon that Account. To this he himself added some corroborating Circumstances, and owned (tho' he would not say any Thing to lay Imputation upon himself) that the Evidence and Fullager had endeavoured to draw him into divers Villainies of that Sort, but that he refused to be concerned; so that his Way of Life being uncertain for some Time past, the above Circumstances give Room sufficient to presume, that he was one of that great Number of wicked Men, who, by their Artifices, daily cheat the true Executors of poor Seamen, who have ventured their Lives (if not lost them) in getting that little Money which is thus villainously kept from the right Owners thereof. He own'd, in the general, that he had been a very wicked Man, and deserved whatever Punishment should be thought proper to be inflicted upon him. For a Week, or ten Days after Conviction, he continued in the same senseless Condition he appeared in when he was tried. The first Time I found him capable of understanding and speaking, I applied to him to make Confession of this barbarous Fact; assuring him, by all the Arguments I was Master of, that to die with a Lie in his Mouth would be an absolute Bar to his future Happiness, and that he could never conceive in his Mind any Hopes of Salvation, unless hehad Grace enough to own such a Fact, if he was guilty of it, as had brought on him the Odium of all Mankind, the Cesure of the Laws, and the Wrath and Displeasure of the Almighty. His Answer was for this Time, I am as innocent as the Child unborn; and he repeated some other Words to the same Purpose. The next Time I talked to him, I gave him to understand, that, to deny the Truth, and persist in it, was flying in the Face of God; and that if he so left the World, eternal Damnation must be his Doom. To which he replied, after some Hesitation: Sir, Would you have me own myself to be guilty of what I know no more of than you do? I know, if I be guilty, and deny it, I must send my Soul to the Bottom of Hell; which I hope I know better than to do. And in all our Talk, which was chiefly to this Purpose, he persisted to deny that he knew any Thing of the Murder; saying, You will hear in Time, that poor Rosa's Life was sworn away wrongfully. Besides all this, other Protestant Clergymen talked to him upon this Affair; but notwithstanding all the Arguments and Persuasions they made use of, he still continued to declare his Innocence to them also. Tho' to refuse to give Credit to a Person in this unhappy Situation, upon the Verge of Death, seems somewhat hard and uncharitable; yet, when we come to consider the Nature of the Evidence against him, which was so strong, and well-connected, that we cannot but believe him guilty. If so, how miserably must he have deceived himself! But God only knows the Certainty of the Matter. The Testimony of the Evidence is supported by his Landlady, who swore, that Anthony de Rosa came that Night, and call'd him; and that they went together that Night; and the next Morning she heard of the Murder of poor Mr. Fargues. And as to the Knife found upon him when taken, he own'd that he gave it to a Coachman, and had it again of his Daughter after his Death: But whether he gave it to the Coachman before or after the Murder of Fargues, is uncertain; for he would give me no positive Answer to that Particular. But as this Knife tallied so nearly with the Holes made in the Coat, and Waist-coat, and Body of Fargues, as near as could be expected; it seems (tho' inanimate) to cry out loudly against him for Vengeance for Mr. Fargues's Blood, besides several other concurring Circumstances, However, the Fact he would not own, tho' called upon and persuaded by several People; and when at last, I begged of him to tell the Truth, before he was deprived of the Power of Speech, he declared immediately before he suffered, that he knew nothing of the Matter. 5. Joseph Geraldine , aged 33, was born in Italy , of a good Family, and being bred up in a Convent, had a very good Education, and was ordained a Priest , after the Manner and Form of the Church of Rome. For what Cause he left his own Country, I can give no particular Account any other than I have been informed by his Friends, that 'twas from a desire of Liberty, and to have a more extensive Knowledge of the World, and the Christian Religion: That he renounced the Errors of the Church of Rome first at Genoa , and afterwards at Holland ; from whence he came to England , where he did the same; tho' not in that formal Manner, as Abroad, yet by this constant publick Profession and Practice, according to the Testimony given of him upon his Tryal. He was convicted of the Murder for which he suffered, very justly, which himself owns in all its aggrivating Circumstances. There was for sometime after this Conviction, a mighty Tryal, whether he should dye a Roman Catholick or a Protestant: And tho' he declared himself a Protestant on his Tryal, and excepted against Gentlemen of the Foreign Jury, supposing them to be Roman Catholicks; yet the Gentleman who generally attends Roman Catholicks in this unhappy Situation, (not being Master of the Italian himself) took upon him to bring another Gentleman of the same Order, to be his Confessor, and Ghostly Father. The poor Fellow laboured for some Time under his pressing Importunities, to make Confession to him after the Form and Manner of the Church of Rome, but he still declin'd it. He owned in general to him, that he had been a bad Man, but would not sue for the Absolution in Form; yet, if I mistake not, the Gentleman was forward enough to give it him; and this he declared before two Gentlemen, the Reverend Mr. Majendie, and the Reverend Mr. Palermo, both Protestant Clergy, who understood the Italian Language, and repeated to me in plain English, what Geraldine had said. We were led into this Enquiry by the aforesaid Gentleman's coming again, after having absented for some Time, to visit Geraldine. It surprized me pretty much that he should come again, after I had been assured by the Reverend Gentlemen above mention'd, that Geraldine declared in the Sincerity of his Heart, that the Protestant Religion was the only true Religion, and most consistent with the Doctrine of the Gospel, and freest from Superstitious Errors; that he depended on no Intercession of Saints or Angels, on no Ave Marias, but on the Intercession of Christ, and his Merits, from whom alone he hoped for Absolution and Remission of all his Sins, upon this true Repentance. And, as far as one Man may judge of another, he did seem to dye a true Penitent, by what I heard of his Prayers in Latin, and by what that Gentleman told me of their Discourse with him in Italian. But, what was particularly worth Notice, when the Roman Catholick Gentleman found he could not prevail with Geraldine to dye in that Faith, (as Geraldine declared to the Reverend Mr. Majendie, and Mr. Palermo, which they repeated to me in plain English) the said Catholick Gentleman did threaten him, and that in an authorative Manner, to write to the Convent in Italy, where he was brought up, to make known that he was hanged in England, or in Words to that effect. The poor Fellow was horribly shock'd at this, having Relations there, who according to the Custom of that Country would suffer in their Character, and be despised upon Account of his unhappy Fate, were it there known. Thank Heaven, such Christianity dwells not in England! However he resolved to dye a Protestant, and frequently repeated it before several Gentlemen, that he rejoiced, God had put it into his Heart so to do. He forfeited his Life willingly to satisfy the Laws, and sought only the Salvation of his Soul upon his Repentance thro' the alone Merits of Jesus Christ. His Resolution in this Point is evident from a Letter in Italian in Mr. Palermo's Possession, subscribed by the unhappy Geraldine, of which the following is the Copy, viz. To the Reverend Mr. Palermo. Reverend Sir, THIS being the last Day of my Life, I should commit a Sin of Ingratitude, if I did not acknowledge the Obligations I have to you, for the Fatigue, Expence, and even Sickness, that you have undergone, upon my Account. I have been assisted by you, Sir, together with the Help also of some other Benefactors, to this last Day; by you, with whom I had not so much as any Acquaintance, until a few Days before my being condemn'd; and all this without any Expectation of Advantage to yourself, which my Poverty left no Room for, but merely out of Compassion and Charity towards a Brother Proselite, who was unacquainted with the Language, and known but by few Persons in this Country. It would have been happy for me had I known you at my first coming to London, for then I really believe that the unfortunate Death of poor Albani had never happened: of which I declare myself guilty before God and Man. After all, To-morrow I shall suffer Death, as the least Part of Atonement for mine Offences, and I look for Salvation only, thro' the infinite Mercy of God, in Jesus Christ, my beloved Redeemer, to whom I return Thanks for granting me to die with my Senses entire; and in the Protestant Religion. Moreover, I am to return you Thanks on Account of the Light received through your Means, and the Reverend Mr. Majendie's, on Religion, when discoursing together in the Prison: Before you both came to me, I must own I was unsteady in my Notions about it, PARTLY thro' the Terrors that had been artfully suggested to me, by some Persons, whose Zeal is not according to Knowledge; and had not Providence sent you to me, I cannot say of what Persuasion I should have died; but now, by the Blessing of God upon your joint Labours, I am able to say, that I depart out of this World thoroughly penitent, and convinced of the Errors of the Church of Rome, and that the Protestant Religion is that of Christ and his blessed Apostles. This, Sir, is an Acknowledgement I owe to Truth, and to your tender Concern for my Soul; and as such, I make it frankly, and without the least Reserve. Inclined as you are to do Good, you will doubtless give me Leave to recommend to you my unfortunate Wife, lately brought to Bed of a Son in Brownlow-Street Hospital, intreating you to afford them what Assistance they may stand in Need of hereafter, as they are poor and innocent of the Crime, I am shortly to suffer for; and particularly beseeching you, if possible, to get the Child to be admitted into the Foundling-Hospital, and educated in the Protestant Religion. May God Almighty return you a hundred-fold the Kindness you have shewn me, and the Service you shall do to those I leave behind me. My Hopes are, that we shall meet together in Heaven. In the Interim, do me the Favour to return my best Thanks to the Reverend Mr. Majendie, to Mr. Samuel Lloyd , and all my other Benefactors, humbly beseeching them to pray for me, as long as I shall remain here below. I am with a just Sense of the Oligations I owe you, Dear Sir, Giuseppe Ricciardelli , alias Joseph Geraldine P. S. This Morning I had the Comfort to receive the Holy Sacrament in the Chapel of Newgate, by the Hands of the Ordinary, Mr. Taylor, and on Wednesday last I received it of the Reverend Mr. Majendie; whose Conversations, I gratefully acknowledge it, have contributed much to strengthen me in the true Faith, and prepare me for Eternity. I am likewise greatly obligated to Mr. Samuel Lloyd for the Spiritual as well as Temporal Assistance he hath been pleased to afford me in my unhappy Circumstances. And now, after declaring once more, as I solemnly do, that I die a true Protestant, and at Peace with all the World; There remains nothing more for me to add, but that I humbly commend my Soul to my dear Redeemer, looking upon him as my only Refuge, and hoping through him, to obtain Forgiveness for all my Offences. These are the real Sentiments of your dying Friend, Giuseppe Ricciardelli , alias Joseph Geraldine . From the Prison of Newgate , Mar. 23d, 1752. 6. John Andrews , aged 50, says he is an Englishman , but did not choose to say where he was born, because he would not have his Friends and Relations know what an ignominious End he came to at the last. He says he was bred a Grasier , and dealt very considerably in Smithfield-Market for many Years. He gave no particular Reason why he left off this Way of Life: But he proceeds to give this Account of himself: That afterwards he went into the Service of the East-India Company , and got Money; which, added to what he had saved before, in his Dealings as a Grasier , enabled him, after he left the Seas , to set up for a Dealer in Seamen's Tickets, Wills and Powers, &c. a Practice he owned to be very prejudicial both to Individuals and the Publick, as it gives an Opportunity to the Designing to commit many a Fraud. After his Conviction he pretended to make Discoveries with Regard to these iniquitous Practices; but when Enquiry was made, hewould say nothing to the Purpose; i.e. towards discovering who were the Principals concerned; and therefore he was taken no Notice of. But would he have been ingenuous in his Declarations, a vast Scene of such villainous Attempts upon the Rights of poor Seamen and their Executors, he was capable of discovering. 'Tis about six Years, he says, since he left off going to Sea, and has ever since been dealing this Way, by which he procured large Sums of Money; and scarce can any bad Way of Life be mentioned, that he has not had a Share in: A Gamester , a Sharper , and a Robber in every Denomination, he is known to have been; and long was his inglorious Reign before he met with his deserved Punishment. He would never be persuaded to own he had been concerned in any forged or counterfeit Wills, Powers, or Probates, tho', to the Number of 64, he had Papers and Accounts of at the Time of his Commitment. Amongst the rest, was a Probate of the Will of James Codd , late belonging to his Majesty's Ship the Medway , in the East-Indies , Batchelor , deceased ; Mary Austin , Spinster , sole Executrix : James Codd was so happy as to return Home, and receive his own Money; and Andrews was baulked of this Attempt. Another was the Probate of the Will of John Barton , late belonging to the Medway , in the East-Indies , Batchelor , deceased ; Mary Austin , Spinster , sole Executrix . This also was discovered, and he dare not presume to stir any further to get the Money, as she had once before detected him. It is not long ago since he was in Danger of being tried at Maidstone in Kent , being charged with forging a Letter of Attorney; upon which, he sent Instructions to one Mary Burrell , artfully directing her what she should swear, in case he should have been brought upon that Trial. There were several Women with whom he kept Company, and at Times employed in these Cases, as he had Occasion for them; but one of them at last proved a Tartar, and was too cunning for him. After his being last taken up and committed, upon her Information, as well as I understand the Affair, in order to make a further Discovery of the Forgeries and Frauds that John Andrews had been concerned in, a Scheme was laid to dispatch a Person to Andrews, who was then a Prisoner in Wood-street Compter , charged with several Offences of that Sort, to acquaint him that a certain Justice had granted a Search Warrant to inspect his Lodgings in the said Prison, for false Wills and Powers, and that the Warrant was carried to the Lord-Mayor, in order to be back'd by him for that Purpose; this had its desired Effect, for as soon as he was informed of this, he was in the greatest Confusion, and very earnestly entreated the Messenger to assist him herein, and packed Abundance of Wills, Powers, &c. in a Basket, and desired him to carry them to a Person in the Minories, telling him that they were all the false Wills and Powers he had there; and charged him to go the most private Way to the Minories, for fear of the Papers falling into the Hands of the Persons, whom he supposed were on their Way to the Compter, to search as aforesaid, saying, that if he should meet with that Misfortune, he was inevitably ruined, and that he should certainly be hanged. The Papers were convey'd according to Andrews's Direction, and left there; which, when the Man had so done, he went to the Person who had instructed him to go to Andrews, as aforesaid, to acquaint him with what he had done; who, upon being acquainted therewith, was greatly enraged, because he had not brought the Papers to him; and dispatched him immediately to the House in the Minories, to get the Papers again; the Pretence for which was, that Andrews was apprehensive they were not safe there, because it was generally known that he corresponded with some Persons whose Abode was in that House. The Messenger went again accordingly, and brought the Papers to his Employer, who took an Account of 64 of this Sort of fraudulent Papers; amongst which, were the two mentioned above; the rest, I am told, are in the Hands of the Commissioners of the Navy. And one of his old Accomplices, Mary Burrell , who is now in Confinement in the New Jail, Southwark , charged with uttering a Letter of Attorny, which he was charged with forging, made an Information before William Hammond , Esq ; which contains various Charges of Forgery against him. And she also voluntarily declared, that she had got Andrews 500 l. by administering to forged Wills, &c. 7. William Girdler , aged 26, was born at Reading , in Berkshire , and bred to Husbandry , and farming Business. He was of a Family that lived in good Reputation, being bred up tenderly, and kept to School, which he had no liking to, and so made but little Advantage of it. Being of an untoward Disposition, he was suffered to have too much his Way, and became a loose and debauched Youth, even before he enlisted in the Army , which he did just about the Time the late War broke out with France ; and at the Battle of Dettingen he was so wounded as to be rendered incapable of any further Service , and was accordingly discharged, and sent Home. After he had been sent Home some short Time, and had got pretty well, the evil Disposition of his natural Temper began to break forth again. He says he had behaved extremely ill to his own Relations in several Instances, as well as to other People, for which he begged to be forgiven of God, and that they would also forgive him. Soon after Conviction he was taken extremely ill, and so continued till the Time of his Death. He was sorely afflicted with Sickness, and could scarce stir Hand or Foot for 3 Weeks, nor was scarce sensible of any thing said to him. He was tried at Reading some Time since for stealing a scarlet Cloak, and other Things, of which he was acquitted. Upon which he left that Part of the World, and came for London , where he wanted not for Company as bad as himself. He lay lurking up and down about Hyde-Park-Corner , and was thought to have committed many Robberies in that Neighbourhood. The Fact he would not own the Morning of Execution, tho' it seems pretty plainly proved upon him, his Person answering in all Circumstances the Description the Prosecutor gave of him to those who helped him to apprehend him for it. As he had been a very great Offender, and a daring Man, no Wonder he should persist in Obstinacy to the last, it being so common a Case, among these hardened unhappy Wretches now-adays, who scarce think there's any Harm in doing any Sort of Mischief. He was so weak, when he came to be executed, that he could not stand, and almost hanged himself, by his Legs sinking under him, before the Cart drew away. 8. James Davis , aged 32, was born in the Kingdom of Ireland , and bred to the Sea , which he had followed several Years, both in Merchant and Navy Service . After the War was over, he was discharged ; and having no Place of Residence, nor Friends to go to, led a debauched, and dissolute Life, and fell into bad Company of Course, which has in a short Time brought him to Ruin. He seemed a Man of bad Disposition naturally, but being unemployed , and not having Sense enough to govern his Passions, plunged headlong into all Debaucheries of Drunkenness, and the Stews. After Conviction he went up to Chapel two or three Times, 'till he saw the Priest, and then I could see him no more, at least not to speak to him to any Purpose, for he was now a Roman Catholick too. He laboured most Part of the Time he was under Sentence of Death under very great Illness, and scarce was ever out of his Cell 'till he went to be executed. He has been pretty active at House-breaking and Street Robbery for some Time past, tho' he never fell into the Trap till about last November, when being taken up for being concerned with one or two others for breaking into a Dwelling-House in Holborn , and stealing 34 Calves Skins, &c. He was admitted an Evidence against the other two, at the last December Sessions; but his Testimony not being strengthened by any other, the Jury acquitted the other two. In which Testimony he did his own Character no good; for he declared to the Court, that 'twas not out of Regard to publick Justice he confessed the Robbery, and turned Evidence, but because they had quarrelled about selling the Goods, which he had carried to his own Lodgings. The Fact for which he was convicted was plainly proved upon him, tho' so long ago as the 29th of July last, in which Robbery he shewed himself a desperate Fellow. He suffered accordingly, and died a Roman Catholick . 9. Michael Mac Gennis , aged 32, was born in the Kingdom of Ireland , of Parents whose Circumstances would not admit of giving him any Education; but they brought him up in a sober Way, in the Fear of God, and he was esteemed a quiet, harmless Youth by those who knew him in his early Days. He scarce could give any Account how his Days had passed away, except that he had always worked hard for his Living since he was sent into the World. Destitute of Friends, and left to take care of himself, he came to England young, and whatever other Business he might have followed, that of crying Milk about the Streets has been his chief Employ. He has been married about nine Years, and had several Children, some of which are still alive, which he has left with a disconsolate Widow, who follows the same Calling for a Livelihood. His Behaviour since under Sentence of Death has been very quiet, but he always persisted in denying the Fact, which he did to the last. At first he would deny the very being present at the Time the Murder of Shear was committed; however, being confronted by some who saw him there, he was a little more modest than to continue to deny that Part of the Story; but the giving the Blow he still denied. After his Conviction there was an Advertisement for a Meeting of some Men, who designed to make it appear that somebody else did the Fact, and somebody was invited to do it, but nobody would. This was the Contrivance of a Set of Men, who have always a light Shade reflected to them from every Scheme they propose, and never suppose a dark one. But whatever Light such a Scheme might cast upon them, the World saw it was with a dark Design proposed, and notwithstanding his persisting in a Denial of the Fact, the Verdict was a very just one according to Evidence, and all they could do by their Meeting did not in the least make it appear to the contrary. He was bred a Roman Catholick , and of Course, after the Priest had seen him, I could expect to have little to do with him; and tho' I did often speak to him, he had little to answer as to this, or any other Part of his Life. He had been used to attend Executions, and been often seen there, and to his Cost went there once too often: And, indeed, Pity it is, that such Numbers, to the Neglect of all Business, should be so fond of flocking together at these Times, or that there should be so frequent Occasions of giving them Opportunity. But to come to the Point. This unhappy Man being at the Execution in November last, was one, amongst a many, who came there in order to take care of a Body or two of the Persons executed. They came unprovided with any Vehicle for that Purpose, and when the Bodies were cut down the Friends scarce had thought of the Matter how to convey them away. The poor Fellow murdered had brought his Cart and Horses there, as the Custom is, to get a few Pence by letting People stand up in it to see the Execution. After it was over, Mac Gennis, and his Party, seeing the Cart near the Gallows, took it from the Driver by Force, and puttingthe Bodies into it, drove to Bays-Water . There they staid drinking some Time, till they thought the Mob was a little dispersed, and they might pass the more freely, the Owner being gone, as was supposed. By-and-by they return'd towards Tyburn in Triumph, resolved against giving Way to any Opposition, and this unfortunate Man being as forward as any, has dearly paid for it. The Man was waiting, and upon their Return, for seizing hold of his Horse's Head, was treated very ill by several present; but being determined, if possible, to recover his own Cart and Horses from them, would not let the Horse's Head go, tho' much threatned. This he persisted in, and upon that Account received a Blow with a Hanger, which did his Business. Who did it we have no Authority yet to say, unless that of the Court and Jury, who convicted Mac Gennis, upon full Evidence, unimpeached; and as the Scheme set up to prove the contrary did not succeed, we can scarce believe, but that he was justly convicted, and suffered accordingly. He has been very ill most Part of the Time since his Conviction, but for some Days before Execution he became more hearty, and was in good Health when he suffered, being as tight a little Man as might swing on Tyburn Tree: The Lord have Mercy on him. He died a Roman Catholick . 10. Thomas Gale , aged 69, was born within three Miles of Portsmouth in Hampshire , of a good Family, who gave him a good Education, which he too has unhappily made a bad Use of. He says he was designed for one of the three Professions, but that in his youthful Days being too much addicted to Gaiety, could stick to no particular Study; but while he could have Indulgence from Home he lived very gay. After some Time he was bound Apprentice to a Goldsmith in Gutter-Lane , but did not serve out his Time. Afterwards he purchased the Place of being Middlesex Officer , from which Place he was obliged to retire , for having done what he ought not. At last he kept the Three Nuns in Whitechapple , where he broke his Credit , as well as the Thread of his Declaration how he had spent his Life. For after this he did not choose to give any Account of himself, but did acknowledge in the general, that he had been a very bad Man, and hoped God would forgive him. Various are the Scenes of Life this old Man has gone thro', sometimes appearing in the utmost Splendor, at other times as mean. He too has been long known to be a common Evidence and Bail upon any Emergency, in all iniquitous Cafes; but at length it is come Home to him; and it seemed much to grieve him, that having so long escaped, he should at last be hanged in his old Age. Scarce ever three Men suffered more deservedly, nor scarce ever were three Men hanged with a more general Consent of all that knew them, and had heard of their Practices. Agnew and Fox having turned Roman Catholicks, were in the Scheme with Hayes and Broughton. Agnew's Post was to keep the main Door of the Cells, to prevent its being shut, and to keep out Opposers; but somehow, upon an Alarum, he deserted his Post, and suffered the Door to be shut. Fox was in the Secret, but too sick and weak to be of any Use. They would fain have had Gale to turn, as they did; but he refused, saying, as he was educated in the Protestant Religion , he would die so; or else he might have been in the Secret too. 11. Mary Gillfoy , aged 49, was born in the Kingdom of Ireland , and bred an Irish Roman Catholick . Of course I could have but little Knowledge from her Mouth; nay, when I asked her only the Civil Question, whether she was bred a Protestant or Roman Catholick, she would scarce give me any Answer, till some of her Friends, who were then with her, said to her, Why don't you tell the Gentleman? Upon which she answered me as I have reported above, or in Words to that Effect. She seemed a Woman of a rough and masculine Temper, fit to have a Share in any Enterprize that might happen in such a House as she kept, near Rosemary-Lane . It seems, she has always been a Publican both in Ireland and here. Whether she kept a better House there than here, we know not, but here the Neighbours say, for a great many Years her House and Company have been a Nuisance to the sober Part of the Neighbourhood, by great Disturbances happening there, and that Murder, and other alarming Cries, have been frequently heard from within the House. The Fact for which she was convicted was very plainly proved, though she declared herself innocent to the last; not remembering, that when before the Court, she seemed to put her Defence upon acting in Company of her Husband, and under his Influence; yet when she saw it went hard against her, she thought to move the Compassion of the Court by saying, she had six fatherless Children. It appeared upon the Tryal, that she robbed three Men in one Night: And if so, how many might have met with the same Usage at her House, since her Time? And 'tis said by the Neighbourhood, that many Youth of both Sexes have been ruined in her House. 12. Thomas Huddle , otherwise Hoddle , otherwise Simpson , was born in the Parish of Stepney , and was bred to the Sea , which he was kept to for many Years, and being an able Seaman , might have done very well: But he being naturally of a wild and ungovernable Temper, when at Home he kept Company entirely with loose and disorderly Persons, so that he soon became fit for any Undertaking. He has been in Intimacy with several unhappy Wretches that have gone before him to the same ignominious Death he but lately suffered, and has been as deeply engaged in those impious Courses, which are too much practised now-a-days, of Robbery , House-breaking , Gambling , &c. as any of the most notorious. About four Years ago he was transported from Newgate for Felony, and then very narrowly escaped the Gallows. He staid not long Abroad before he returned, and took again to his old Ways, in which he had the good Luck to escape the Censure of the Laws for some Time, till being again taken, and tried for a Misdemeanor, he was fined and imprisoned for twelve Months in Newgate. He had not been long discharged before he was taken up, and tried again last Sessions for returning from Transportation; and being proved to be the same Person, Sentence of Death was of Course pronounced upon him, and he suffered accordingly. Since Conviction he behaved very penitent and serious, as to all Appearance; owned in general his having been a wicked and profligate Liver, but that he hoped for Forgiveness at the Hands of God, thro' the Merits of Christ Jesus. He said, had he lived longer, he feared he should have had more to answer for; and as it had pleased God to bring him now to Account for his past wicked Ways, he resigned himself, and his Life, very willingly to the Justice of the Law, and put his whole Trust in God for his Mercies hereafter, promised to the truly penitent Sinner, for whom alone Christ died. 13. Bernard Agnew , aged 49, was born it Scotland , of a good Family; from whose Principle he has very much deviated since his Life has been such, as one would imagine could have been led no where but in such Company as the other two he was concerned with in this Forgery. But as one would not cut down an otherwise flourishing Tree, because one Limb of it is rotten; so, thank God, after the Custom of our Country, no Family is to be thought the worse of, because there is one belonging to it that degenerates, and is corrupt. This unhappy Man was bred to the Sea , and followed it many Years, 'till within these three Years. He has been a Dealer also in forged Seamen's Wills and Powers , &c. He was doubtless the Contriver of this Forgery upon Captain Andrew Agnew , and let the other two into that Scrape no doubt; but they were as bad as he in consenting to carry it on; which they did heartily, being not unused to bad Practices of any Sort, or any Kind; and a rare Triumvirate they were. Agnew attended the Chapel for some Days after Conviction, and there declared, before his poor Fellow Sufferers, when I asked him the Question, that he was bred a Protestant : But, after some Time, the Gentleman that attends Roman Catholicks told me Agnew had sent to speak with him. I asked him, before that Gentleman, whether he had not told me he was bred a Protestant; which he did not deny; but said, his Father was a Protestant, and his Mother a Roman Catholick, and he chose to die so, because she did. And from that Time he withdrew, and we had not any Conversation afterwards: He was a Man of a sad Disposition, of an unhappy Aspect, and Cast of Mind; but he chose to die a Roman Catholick . 14. Thomas Fox , aged 59, was born in England , but did not choose to tell where particularly; from whence I'm willing to infer, he had some Sense of his having done what he had Reason to be ashamed of. Though, indeed, he had been so long conversant in such Things, as to be quite hardened therein, and a very difficult Task 'twou'd have been to have put him to the Blush. Fox too, after Conviction, did attend Chapel some few Days, and said, he was bred a Protestant , if any thing; but after having been whispered in the Ear, lo, he too became a Roman Catholick . A more noted common Evidence is scarce known than this Man has been, ready at all Times upon proper Application, to swear whatever a Man would put him upon, to the great Prejudice of honest Men, and to the Support of all Villainy, and Villains. He pretended to be a Surgeon ; God knows who were his Patients. But this pretended Title served very well the Purpose of one, who was some Time ago tried for the High-way at Kingston. In whose Behalf Dr. Fox truely was called to prove an Alibi. This the Doctor did in Face of a Court of Justice, and swore the Man was in Bed under his Care, very ill, at the very Time the Robbery was sworn to have been committed; and so brought him off. Agnew had some Knowledge of Fox, and understanding what Manner of a Man he was, applied to him for his Assistance in carrying on this Piece of Roguery. To which Fox readily consented, and the Scheme they thought very well laid. He died a Roman Catholick . 15. Richard Broughton , otherwise Branham , aged 25, was born in the Kingdom of Ireland , had some Education bestowed on him; of his making a bad Use of which he has given the World too large a Proof. He was a Youth of a most undaunted, resolute Temper, and being a Roman Catholick , I could not learn any more of him, than that he was bred to Business ; but being left to follow the Bent of his own Inclinations, had led a most profligate and debauched Life about Covent-Garden and Drury-Lane . After having reigned long in his wicked Courses, Justice at Length trode upon his Heels. He was convicted upon full Evidence, and upon Trial stood with as much Audaciousness as ever did Felon that held up his Hand at a Bar before an awful Court. At the Time of receiving Sentence of Death, he did appear as if not at all dismayed, to the Surprize of all considerate Persons who saw him. And from that Moment resolved not to go out of the World without doing farther Mischief. 16. James Hayes , aged 21, was born also in the Kingdom of Ireland , and bred up in Ignorance, without any Manner of Education, and was naturally of a very insolent and wicked Disposition, which received great Addition by his running headlong into all the Vices that could be thought of to bring a Man to Ruin. He being also a Roman Catholick , I could have no Conversation, or particular Knowledge of him, but what occurred to me from his Manner of Behaviour, and what I could collect from seeing him upon his Trial three several Times at the Old Bailey . At the March Assizes, about this time Twelve-month, he had done some Crime, of which however, he was then acquitted; but before he left that Place, was again taken into Custody by some People, who went down there on Purpose to take him, and some others. He was accordingly brought to London , and tried in the April following at the Old Bailey , with others, for robbing William Hudson in Bridges-street . They used him very barbarously, and behaved in a very audacious Manner, having both Swords and Pistols. But as the Evidence, and Accomplice, William Freestone , was not sufficiently supported in his Testimony, Hayes and the rest were acquitted. Hayes was, at the same Sessions, a second Time indicted, with others, for robbing John Howard near Bloomsbury Market , whom they treated also in a most audacious and cruel Manner; but as the same Accomplice's Evidence was not properly confirmed, Hayes was again acquitted. The two abovementioned Persons have been following the same Courses ever since; and as Drury-lane was their Place of Rendezvous, the honest Part of that Neigbourhood has been very much infested by them. Hayes having been also convicted upon full Evidence, shewed the utmost Want of Sense, by his unhandsome and ridiculous Behaviour both upon Trial, and at the Time of receiving Sentence of Death. And notwithstanding the gentle Admonitions of the Recorder, was scarce prevailed on to forbear an audacious Grin, which for most Part of the Time he either affected, or proceeded from his Insensibility. Broughton and Hayes had no sooner received Sentence of Death than they began to contrive how to escape from that terrible Death, notwithstanding they pretended so little to regard it; not that they might live to be better Men, but that they might have Opportunity to do more Mischief. They consulted immediately William Hill how to bring it about, but he refused to assist. They then also meditated the Murder of the Turnkey, but for that Time were disappointed; and their Intention being discovered, were ordered by Mr. Akerman to be chained down to the Floor in their Cells, double-ironed; which was accordingly done. And so they remained, till having gone through the Discipline of their Confessor, and received Absolution, they began to contrive how to be guilty of Villainy afresh, and resolved upon doing what should make them more notorious than they were before. Their Revenge and Malice was still fixed on the Turnkey, Mr. Sinclair, whom they had conceived an inveterate Hatred against, upon account of his having kept out People from going into the Press-yard to see them, whom he looked upon as dangerous to the Safety of the Gaol. In order to bring about this their hellish Design, on Friday, the 20th Instant, having artfully gotten some Knives, they made Saws of them, with which they cut off their Irons. Then, in the Evening, as Sinclair was gone into the Pressyard, as usual, to see that all Things were well, they suddenly rushed out of the Cells upon him; and each having a Knife, Broughton first cut him over the Face several Times. Sinclair, being quite unarmed, opposed as well as he could, and took one of them up in his Arms, and threw him a great Way from him. Upon which Hayes came up to him, and cut him a-cross, just under the Stomach, in so violent a Manner, as has almost cost the poor Man his Life, who has a Wife and several Children. After this was done, they went up and down the Press-yard and Cells, brandishing their Knives, and threatening every one, if they offered to oppose, or make any Noise, to cut their Throats. One Man they did cut and flash very cruelty, and used more Violence about him, than has been the Death of many a Person. But luckily one Darby shut the main Door of the Cells upon them, or more Mischief might have ensued. Such Behaviour as this gave great Trouble to several, and put the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs to the Trouble of coming to put an End to it. And when Hayes and Broughton were by Force brought down before them, in order to be ironed afresh, and hand cuffed, they behaved with such unparalleled Assurance as never was seen, notwithstanding all the Admonitions and Reproofs his Lordship was pleased to make use of to them; such as, one would have thought, were sufficient to have moved the greatest Barbarian any Kingdom could give Birth to. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Monday the 23d Instant about 9 o'Clock in the Morning, William Hill , James Macgennis , James Hayes , Richard Broughton , James Davis , John Powney , John Andrews , Ann Walsam , Mary Gillfoy , William Girdler , Anthony de Rosa , Joseph Geraldine , Thomas Huddle , Bernard Agnew , Thomas Fox , and Thomas Gale , were conveyed in six Carts from Newgate to the Place of Execution; Hayes, Broughton, and Agnew in their double Irons, and Handcuff'd, as a Punishment for their Attempt, and barbarous Treatment of Mr. Sinclair the Turnkey, on Friday Night the 20th Instant. When there, some Time was spent in recommending their Souls to the Almighty's Mercy; and then they were turn'd off, receiving the due Reward of their Deeds here. After they had hung a proper Time. Hayes and Broughton's Bodies were first cut down without the least Stir and Hurry, and delivered to be carried in a Coach to the Surgeon of the Hospital in Lemon-street Goodman's-Fields , in order to be anatomized. The rest were delivered to their Friends. And during the whole Time of the Execution, there was not the least Disturbance. From whence we may conclude, that when Justice, supported by proper Authority, is taking Place, the Hearts of the Wicked shall tremble. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate . In a Few Days will be Published, The Only Genuine and Authentic NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS Of the Late Capt. LOWREY, Both before and after he became Commander of the Ship MOLLY: As the same was delivered by himself, in Manuscript, into the Hands of the Rev. Mr. TAYLOR, Ordinary of NEWGATE, some short Time before his Execution. Printed only for T. PARKER, in JEWIN-STREET, AND C. CORBETT, in FLEET-STREET. [Price One Shilling.]

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the NINE MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 21st of JANUARY, 1746-7. BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble William Benn , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER I. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed for, and sold by T. PARKER, in Jewin-street, and C. CORBETT, over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street. M.DCC.XLVII. [Price Six-pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. By Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir RICHARD HOARE , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; John Stracey , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 3d, Thursday the 4th, and Friday the 5th of September, in the 20th Year of his Majesty's reign; four Malefactors, viz. BARNABY LINCE , alias LINSEY , JOHN PIDGEON , FELIX MATHEWS , and ANTHONY MATHEWS , were capitally convicted for several Crimes, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. And by Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir RICHARD HOARE , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice WILLES, the Honourable Mr. Justice FOSTER, the Honourable Mr. Baron REYNOLDS, and JOHN STRACY , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER of the City of London, and Justices of Goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 15th, Thursday the 16, and Friday the 17th of October, in the 20th Year of his Majesty's reign four Malefactors, viz. SAMUEL MEGUM , ROBERT RADWELL , ROBERT FITZGERALD , and PHILIP JEWEL , were capitally convicted for several Crimes, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. And by Virtue of the King's Commission of Peace, OYER and TERMINER, and Goal-delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable WILLIAM BENN , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London , the Honourable Mr. Justice AHNEY, the Honourable Mr. Justice DENISON, the Honourable Mr. Baron CLARKE, and JOHN STRACY , Esq ; Recorder , and Others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER, for the City of London, and Justices of Goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily on Friday the 5th, Saturday the 6th, Monday the 8th, and Tuesday the 9th of December, in the 20th Year of his Majesty's Reign, four Malefactors viz. JAMES ROBINSON , alias JOHN WILKINS , RICHARD CLAY , JOHN MATHEWS , and PETER DELAFONTAINE , were capitally convicted for several Crimes, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. JOHN PIDGEON whom his Majesty has been graciously pleased to respite ) came to Chapel the very next Day after his Condemnation, and continually attended the Service with great Devotion, and a decent Behaviour; the first Time he received the Sacrament, he made great Protestations of his Innocency as to the Facts for which he was cast. BARNABY LINCE , alias LINSEY , FELIX MATHEWS , and ANTHONY MATHEWS , came to Chapel only three Times after Condemnation, and when desired to attend constantly, made answer, that they would not change their Religion, but earnestly beg'd to have the Assistance of a Romish Priest, by whom they were some Times visited at the Intercession of a charitable Friend. SAMUEL MECUM , ROBERT RADWELL , and PHILIP JEWEL , came to Divine Service immediately after they had receiv'd Sentence, and behaved always very decent and regular; Radwell and Jewell were at first afflicted with Sickness, but after their Recovery, they constantly attended. ROBERT FITZGERALD , tho' he declar'd himself a Papist , came now and then to Prayers, and carried himself with a suitable Behaviour. JOHN WILKINS , otherwise JAMES ROBINSON , RICHARD CLAY , and JOHN MATTHEWS , constantly attended at Chapel, both before and after Condemnation, and always behaved very decently. PETER DELAFONTAINE , (whose Sentence of Death his Majesty has been most graciously pleas'd to change into that of Transportation for Life ,) acknowledged himself a Protestant, and came to Divine Service: I lent him our Liturgy in French, and a French Testament, for which he was very thankful, and was regular in his Devotions. On Thursday January the 8th, the Report of the twelve Malefactors under Sentence of Death in Newgate was made by John Stracy Esq ; the Recorder , to his Majesty in Council, when his Majesty was pleased to order Peter Delafontaine , who was condemn'd for publishing a forged Bill of Exchange, to be transported for Life, and to respite John Pidgeon , who was condemn'd for privately Stealing a Silver Watch; and to order for Execution on Wednesday the 21st Instant the Ten following, viz. Felix Mathews and Anthony Mathews , both Haymakers , convicted for robbing Mr. Lewis a Farmer near Hendon , Barney Lynce a Boy of about 19 Years of age, for a Highway robbery, convicted in September Sessions, Samuel Mecum for breaking and entring the dwelling House of Mr. Hilliers in White-chapel , Phillip Jewel for Stealing a silver Tankard and Cup, out of the Shop of Mr. Robert Hill in Swithens-lane , Cannon-street , Robert Radwell for Stealing a black Gelding from Mr. Arnold, belonging to the Train of Artillery, Robert Fitzgerald for uttering a Forg'd Bill of Exchange with intent to defraud Arnold Nesbit Esq ; convicted in October Sessions, John Wilkins , a Soldier , for robbing Jane Todd in the Highway near Islington , Richard Clay (an Accomplice with James Stansbury , some time since executed, and with Samuel Mecum ) John Mathews for breaking open the dwelling House of Mr. Francis Milson at the Green Man at White-chapel convicted in December Sessions. I. BARNABY LINCE was indicted for assaulting Mr. Dunn , and Mr. Ambler , putting them in bodily Fear, and robbing the said Mr. Dunn of a Watch, and Mr. Ambler of a Coat, Breeches, &c. on the 29th of June . BARNABY LINCE , alias BARNEY LINDSEY , aged 19, was born of honest well-meaning Parents at a Place called Tyrane , in the Kingdom of Ireland , who educated him in the Principles of the Romish Faith , sent him to School, and would have provided for him in a Manner suitable to their Circumstances; and for that Purpose, put him to a Ship-Carpenter : But being fickle in his Temper, and too much given to the Vices of Youth, he soon left his Parents and Friends, and travell'd to Dublin : From thence he came to Chester , and afterwards travell'd through different Counties till he reach'd this Metropolis, working at his Trade in several Places where he could find Employ, particularly at Bristol , where he liv'd some Time; and, as 'tis said, married a Baker's Daughter of that Place: But being tax'd therewith, he utterly denied it, saying, he never was married in his Life; but had cohabited (young as he was) with many Women. He seemed very much to regret his leaving Bristol , where he had constant Employ as a Ship-Carpenter , and could and did earn, as he says, eight Shillings a Day: But Variety, his darling Joy, made him quit a Scene of Content for one of Misery. He left Bristol , and came to London , where he became acquainted with Wretches abandon'd to all Sense of Shame or Honesty; and being of himself naturally of a vicious, bold and daring Spirit, he soon arrived to the Summit of Wickedness, and committed a Number of audacious Robberies, the Particulars of which he has impartially related (as they stand in our Appendix) to be made publick to the World, as the only, tho' poor Satisfaction, he had left to make. He died in Peace with all Mankind, in the Romish Faith ; and most humbly asked Pardon of God and Man for all his Crimes, particularly for that of being the Cause of shedding innocent Blood, having committed the Robbery for which one Bruce was hang'd in August last. He hopes for Salvation through the Merits of our dear Redeemer. II. and III. FELIX MATHEWS and ANTHONY MATHEWS , were indicted for assaulting and wounding John Lewis upon the King's Highway, near the Parish of Hendon , and putting him in bodily Fear and Danger of his Life, and robbing him of his Hat, Perriwig, two Ounces of green Tea, a Thirty six Shilling Piece, one Guinea, and Half a Guinea in Gold, twenty Shillings in Silver, &c. the Goods of the aforesaid John Lewis , on the 22d of July . FELIX and ANTHONY MATHEWS , aged each about 30, were both born in the Town of Chloanness , in the County of Monarchay in Ireland , of poor but honest Parents, who gave them little or no Education, but brought them up in the Romish Faith ; and when they were strong enough, put them to such Labouring work as they were capable of. As they were Neighbours Children, they contracted an Intimacy and Friendship together, which ended only with their Lives. They came to London about a Year since, and lodged together in Parker's Lane, work'd as Labouring Men at Islington, and other Places. Meeting with Barnaby Lince , who was their Countryman, they drank together; and being ripe for any Mischief, they soon agreed to set out to rob together; and notwithstanding Lince's publick Declaration in the Daily Advertiser, that they were innocent of robbing Mr. Lewis of Hendon , they were surely guilty of that Fact, as well as of many others, as will appear in the Account of the Robberies commited by Barnaby Lince hereto subjoined, almost all of which they had some hand in: However, they were obstinately sullen, would confess nothing, but said, they forgave, and died in Peace with all the World. IV. SAMUEL MECUM was indicted for that he together with Richard Clay and John Mathews , about One o'Clock in the Night, into the Dwelling-House of John Hillier of White-chapel , did break and enter, and steal one Cotton Gown, two Linnen Shirts, two Womens Linnen Caps, one Pair of Worsted Stockings, two Pewter Dishes, six Pewter Plates, one Gun, &c. the Goods and Chattels of John Hillier ; and a long Lawn Apron, one Copper Pot, &c. of certain Persons unknown . N. B. This Mecum, has been a notorious Robber and House-Breaker; he was found Guilty of two Indictments, last September Sessions, and received Sentence for Transportation. SAMUEL MECUM , about 28 Years of Age, was born of honest Parents in Shoreditch , who brought him up to the Trade of a Hatband-Maker , which at Times he followed; but being of an idle Disposition, he soon got acquainted with bad Company, particularly with James Stansbury , the noted Master of the Blood-Bowl House, sometime since executed, with whom he committed several Robberies. As he had been guilty of several such Facts, he was suspected to be concern'd in a Robbery and Murder committed about five Years since on one 'Squire Peacock, in the Vinegar Fields, near Holloway Mount , about which I question'd him; but he utterly denied it. He was found guilty of two Indictments last September Sessions, and received Sentence for Transportation; but being again indicted for the above capital Offence, he was found guilty, and deservedly suffer'd. He owned he had been a very great Sinner, and that he justly died, and hoped for Forgiveness, through the Merit of Jesus Christ. V. ROBERT RADWELL , was indicted for stealing one Gelding, of a black Colour, the Property of John Arnold , Esq. ROBERT RADWELL , aged 43, born at Eaton , but brought up at Sandy in Bedfordshire , of honest and creditable Parents, who gave him some small Education, for he could only read, but had constantly endeavour'd to live in an honest Way amongst his Neighbours, who (if he had acquainted them with his unhappy Affairs) would, Numbers of them, have come to London on purpose to have given him a good Character; for he always lived in a reputable Manner there ever since he was capable of Business, both as a Farmer and Carrier ; and after he met with many Losses therein, was employ'd as a Servant to several Farmers, whom he continually served with Faithfulness and Honesty. His Behaviour, in Prison, has been with the utmost regularity; and altho' he was grosly ignorant of religious Matters, yet he never absented himself from Chapel, unless afflicted with Sickness, of which he had a great Share during his Confinement in the Cells of Newgate . He owned the Fact of putting the Horse to Sale, but said he was much in Liquor, and short of Money, and therefore was tempted by the Devil to commit this rash Action, for which he was heartily sorry; and hopes, as he forgives all Mankind, that he shall meet with Forgiveness both at the Hand of God and Man, not only for that, but for all his other Sins. His Majesty has been graciously pleased to reprieve Robert Radwell . VI. ROBERT FITZGERALD was indicted for Counterfeiting a Bill of Exchange for the Sum of 21 l 15 s. drawn upon Mr. Arnold Nesbit and Company , of Coleman-street , payable to Capt . John Hancock , or uttering the same, knowing it to be forg'd, with an Intent to defraud the abovesaid Nesbit and Company . ROBERT FITZGERALD , aged 26, was born of reputable Parents in Ireland, near Dublin , who gave him a very liberal Education, and brought him up in the Romish Faith . He was never in any other Employ than that of a Clerk to Merchants and wholesale Dealers : He has been in London about 9 or 10 Years, and lived with several Gentlemen with Honesty and Reputation, till the committing the above Fact, which he confesses, and most heartily begs Forgiveness and Pardon of God Almighty, and the Gentlemen he endeavour'd to wrong; and so far was he from bearing any Malice towards his Prosecutors, that he desired me to mention, that he applauds their Diligence in doing Justice to themselves and to Mankind, and that he freely forgave them and all the World, and died in Peace. VII. PHILIP JEWEL was indicted for stealing one Quart Silver Tankard, Value, 5 l. 5 s. and one Silver Cup Value, 4 l. 10 s. the Goods of Robert Hill , of Swithin's Lane . PHILIP JEWEL , born of very mean Parents near the Skirts of the Town, was near 20 Years of Age, very surly, and very illiterate; would make no Confession, but only said, that he hoped for Salvation, and died in Peace. VIII. RICHARD CLAY , was indicted for breaking open, and entering (about One in the Night, the 16th of May,) the Dwelling-house of Francis Wilson of White-chapel , and stealing from thence one Gun, five Pewter Plates, value 6 s. three Copper Saucepans, a Tea-Kettle, value 8 s. a Duffil Coat, value 2 s. one Pair of Leather Shoes, two Horse-wips, one Looking-glass, &c. the Goods of Francis Wilson ; three Guns, value 40 s. and three Bayonets, the Goods of Edward Chester ; two Camblet Coats, the Goods of Samuel Martin ; one Box-Iron, the Property of Mrs. Ellis ; one Great Coat, and Horsewip, the Goods of - Loyd . He was a second Time indicted, with John Mathews , for a Burglary, breaking and entring feloniously the Dwelling-house of John Hillier of Whitechapel , about the Hour of One in the Night, and stealing from thence two Linnen Aprons, value 1 s. a Table-Cloth, value 1 s. two Linnen Handkerchiefs, value 9 d. two Pewter Plates, value 3 s. 1 Brass Pepper-Box, 1 Gun, value 7 s. and several other Goods, the Property of the said John Hillier , the 6th of June . RICHARD CLAY , 28 Years of Age, was born in Shoreditch of honest Parents, he was never put Apprentice, but lived with his Father, and work'd at his Trade, which was that of a Stocking Frame Knitter ; after his Father's Death, he followed the Business for some Time, till he spent what little Fortune his Father left him, and then went to Sea; was four or five Years in the Merchants Service , then enter'd on Board the Wolf Sloop of War , in which he was taken Prisoner by the French, and carried into St. Maloes ; was released, came back to England, and got acquainted with a wicked Gang of young Fellows, with whom he committed a Number of Robberies: Which he confess'd his Sorrow for and Repentance of, but did not chuse to particularize them; having, as is too often the Case with those poor unhappy Wretches, more Regard for their surviving Companions than for their own precious Souls. He behaved while under Sentence, seriously and devoutly, and came constantly to Chapel. He heartily forgave every Person that had injured him, and died in Peace with all the World, and hop'd for a Remission of his Sins, thro' the Merits of our Lord Jesus Christ. IX. JOHN MATHEWS , was indicted with the aforenamed Richard Clay , for a Burglary, breaking and entering feloniously the Dwelling-house of John Hillier , of White-chapel , beforementioned. JOHN MATHEWS , aged 33, was born of Parents of Credit and Reputation, near Canterbury , who gave him a liberal and handsome Education (which appear'd in his Behaviour, while under Condemnation, instructing his fellow Sufferers, reading incomparably well, &c.) he was brought up to no Trade, but followed the Sea , he has been three Times taken Prisoner in Privateers, and carried to France , it not being above eight Months since his last Releasement confessed the Fact for which he own'd he had been a very wicked young Man, had committed many Crimes, but like his Companion Clay, was resolved to make no particular Confession; but said he forgave the World, as he hoped for Forgiveness from Almighty God, that he died in Peace and Charity with all this World, and hoped for a joyful Resurrection in the World to come. X. JOHN WILKINS , otherwise JAMES ROBINSON , was indicted with HENRY COBB , for a Robbery on the King's Highway, committed on Jane Todd , putting her in bodily Fear, and taking from her one Camblet Gown, value 10 s. one Pair of Breeches, value 5 s. and one Bag, the Goods of David Silver of Islington , the 25th of October . JOHN WILKINS , (whose right Name was JAMES ROBINSON ) the other Name of JOHN WILKINS being given in at the Justices by his Comrade HENRY COBB , though he never went by it, aged 20, born at Wollerton in Northamptonshire , of mean, tho' honest Parents, who, having a large Family of Children, could not give them any Education, so that he could neither read nor write, and was wholly ignorant of Religion: He was put Apprentice to a Taylor , whom he served about four Years, but his Master dying, he followed Labouring Business, till a Relation of his coming into the Country, and making him drunk, enlisted him in his Majesty's Service, in which he has been upwards of two Years, belonging to the Third Regiment of Foot-Guards , was at the Battle of Fontenoy and very lately come from Flanders . He complained much of the Unkindness of his Cousin, who had been the Cause of his entering into the Military Way, for not visiting him under his Afflictions, nor sending him any Relief; and being entirely Friendless, and without any Support, at first entering into the Cells, made him foolishly enquire after a Surgeon to purchase his Body, to supply his present Necessities. He acknowledges his Crime, but says it was his first Fact, and that he was enticed thereunto, being fuddled, by his above-mentioned Acquaintance Cobb, is heartily sorry for it, and repents him truly of that and all his other Sins: He was never married, behaved modestly, tho' with a seeming Stupidity, both in the Cells and at Chapel, where he constantly attended, unless prevented by Sickness; was entirely resigned to the Will of God, and as he forgave and died in Peace with all the World, so he hoped for Forgiveness and Salvation hereafter, through the alone Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. XI. JOHN PIDGEON , otherwise PAGON (which last he says is his right Name, the first being given him by his Companions, from his being a great Fancier of Pidgeons) was first indicted for privately stealing on the 3d of August, a Silver Watch, a Seal set in Silver, and a Watch Key, the Goods of Alexander Denker ; and was a second Time indicted for stealing a Watch, the Property of John Overy , on which Indictments he was found guilty, and received Sentence of Death, but has been since Respited by his Majesty, and is now in the Cells of Newgate . XII. PETER DE LA FOUNTAIENE , was indicted for feloniously forging and counterfeiting a Promissory Note, under the Hand of one John Baptista Zannier , for the Payment of 220 l. to one Marie Legrand , Widow , or Order, three Months after Date ; which said Paper-writing is as followeth: January 9, 1746. I promise to pay to Marie Legrand , Widow , or Order, the Sum of two hundred and twenty Pounds, three Months after Date; for Value received by me *220 00/* John Baptista Zannier . With an Intent to defraud the said John Baptista Zannier , against the Form of the Statute, and against the Peace, &c. The second Indictment was for feloniously uttering and publishing the same, knowing it to be forged, with the same Intent to defraud the abovenamed John Baptista Zannier . Being found Guilty, he was sentenced to die; but has since received the Mercy from his Most Gracious Majesty to be transported for Life. Full and particular Account of the Robberies committed by BARNABY LYNCE , alias BARNEY LINDSEY , and his desperate Gang; for some of which others have suffered. Wherein is contained a circumstantial Relation of the Robbery of a Post-Boy between Kits End and Barnet , actually committed by this Gang, for which one WILLIAM BRUCE was executed last August, who declared his Innocency to the last. Taken from his own Mouth, while under Sentence of Death in Newgate. NOtwithstanding such frequent Excutions at Tyburn, the Force of Villany is so prevalent in the Hearts of these hardened Wretches, that these Examples of the Consequence of their wicked Crimes has no Manner of Effect on them, they go to see their Companions hang'd with just the same Curiosity and Sensation as they would to any other Show. They regard hanging as a Matter of little Consequence; they call it an easy Exit from this World, a momentary Pain. But let such abandoned Wretches remember, that there is AN HEREAFTER, when they must appear before the Judgment Seat of a justly offended God, to give an Account of all their Actions. They should remember too, that the dreadful Sentence of Go, ye tursed into everlasting Fire, &c. is a Sentence from which there is no Ap-peal! no Reprieve! But the Tortures of which they must, they will feel to all Eternity, NEVER to have an End. BARNABY LYNCE ; though a young Man, being but 19 Years of Age, was perhaps as old in Villany as any of his Predecessors. When he came from Ireland , he was not long seeking for Companions, the never-failing Devil soon threw them in his Way, and industrious Barnaby as soon went to Work. I. The first Robbery he gives an Account of was done at Rochester in Kent , on Easter Monday last. He at that Time work'd at his Trade of a Ship-Carpenter in the Dock-Yard, and lodg'd some time at the Royal Oak , where he observ'd a large Iron Chest, in which he had been told there was to the Value of near 3000 l. He acquainted two of his Companions therewith, and they consulted together in what manner they should become Masters of its Contents; for the Chest it self was too heavy to carry off. Accordingly one Night Lince and his two Companions sat up in the House drinking Bumbo, in which Liquor they spent 17 s. and about four in the Morning they began their Attack. There were but two Men and three Women up; they immediately seiz'd on the Men, who for some time made Resistance; but being at length overpower'd,they tied them together, and the three Women with them, and then began to rifle the House. Barney, whose Intent was chiefly on the Chest, designing, he said, if he found the Booty there he expected, to have return'd to his own Country, and never to rob no more. Accordingly he directs his Companions to search the House for the Plate and Money, while he sat down to work on the Chest; He took a Knife and notch'd it on a Cleaver, to make it like a Saw, and work'd till he had, by dint of Labour, saw'd through two of the Bolts; but while he was about the third, the Townsfolk were alarm'd by one of the Men, who had got himself loose, and Barney and his Companions were forced to fly; nevertheless, they took with them some Rings, Money, Plate and Linen, which his Companions had found while he was busy about the Chest, and made the best of their Way to London , where they disposed of their Effects, divided the Produce, and while that lasted, fared sumptuously. II. His Second Robbery he ventured by himself, Walking one Day towards Streatham in Surry , he met a Gentleman whom he stopp'd, saying, Sir, I desire to borrow a little Money of you; the Gentleman demanding the meaning of his Question, he reply'd, Money I want, and Money I will have, or you shall have my Life, or I yours, on which he begg'd I would not strip him, and he would give me what he had; and accordingly deliver'd me his Watch, Half a Crown and two Sixpences, I ask'd him where he liv'd, he told me in the Neighbourhood, not far off, upon which I return'd him his Money again, telling him, I would keep his Watch, but for his Money 'twas hardly worth a Man's venturing his Life for, and he might take it again, and go and regale himself with his Neighbours. III. Being one Night seven of us together out on the Watch, we came to a Publick House at Mims-Wash ; being all of us well arm'd, we boldly enter'd the House, where we found two Men and three Women, whom we attack'd, demanding their Money and Keys; they made but a saint Resistance seeing so many of us, deliver'd what they had; we tied them together and rifled the House, and took what we could find; in going over the Rooms I observed a Watch hanging to a Bed's Teaster, which I put into my Pocket as a lawful Prize (which I afterwards sold at Cambridge for four Guineas) and hearing at the same Time some body knock at the Door I went down and opened it, where I found a Man on Horseback who wanted a Pint of Beer; I desired him to walk in; he tied his Horse to the Door, came in, and one of my Companions drew some Beer, and we treated him; after we had taken what Money we could find in the House, together with some Moveables, my Companions walk'd off, and bid me see all was safe, and take the Man's Horse and follow them, and when they were gone, I went in, made the two Men and three Women drink each of them six large Glasses of Brandy, which I thought would hinder them from pursuing us; theymade a good deal of Difficulty in doing it; especially the Women, but my powerful Argument, a Pistol, persuaded them, and I then followed my Companions on Foot, leaving the Man and his Horse behind; by the Time I had overtaken them, I found they were industriously minding their Business, for they had stopp'd a Post Boy, as follows. IV. Between Kits End and Barnet , a Boy in a Post Chaise, who was travelling towards Chester, overtook Barnaby's Companions, who notwithstanding their being loaded with the Plunder of their last Robbery, could let nothing pass them, determined to attack, and immediately surrounded the Chaise and demanded the Boy's Money, by which Time Barney Lynce had got up with them, and seeing them very busy, immediately lent a helping Hand, haul'd the Boy himself out of the Chaise, and with an Oath demanded his Money; he was at this Time dress'd in Blue Grey and White Metal Buttons according to the Description the Boy gave of the unhappy William Bruce , who was executed for this Fact, tho' absolutely innocent, and who died protesting his Innocence to the last. They took from him his Whig, his Hankerchief, and 8 s. 10 d. in Money, but his Hankerchief, Lynce says, they gave him again, and the Boy was suffer'd to go on. V. Immediately after they had committed this Robbery, they robbed two other Gentlemen coming along the same Road, from one of whom they took 19 s. 6 d. and from the other 6 s. 8 d. and his Whig and silver Buckles. By which time the Post-Boy had got to the Crown at Kits End, and had alarm'd the People, a Number of whom immediately arm'd themselves with such Weapons they could find, pursued Barney and his Companions, and came up with them. Lynce, like an experienc'd General, when he found his Pursuers gained Ground of him, dispatched three of his Companions forward with the Baggage (who in their Flight threw away their Booty for fear of their being overtaken.) In the mean time he, with the remaining three, stood their Ground, prepar'd for the Enemy, and, soon as they came within Pistol Shot, Lynce let fly at them with his Horse Pistol loaded with a Brace of Balls, taking all the Aim he possibly could, with an Intent to kill, if he could, being the only time, he says, he ever shot at or attempted to kill any Person whatsoever; and so near was he to it now, that one of the Balls went through the Hat of one of his Pursuers: However, this so terrify'd the People who pursued them, that it gave them time to make their Escapes, and they got clear off, and came to London . VI. Some time after six of us having been at May-Fair , one of the Company proposed the robbing of a Farm-House, kept by a Widow Woman between Acton and Harrow , which was agreed to as soon as propos'd, and away we went. When we came to the House, we knock'd at the Door; which being opened to us, we all went in, where we found three or four Men, and some Women, who demanded what we wanted, we told them our Business was Money, and we must have it. They beganto make a Bustle, and to resist; but we soon qu'eted them, and tied them, Men and Women, altogether, except a little Girl, who we took along with us to shew us the House. After taking about 15 or 16 l. some Cloaths and Linen, we tied the Girl to the rest, and made off. N.B. When I was in Clerkenwell Prison , the Gentlewoman who kept that Farms came in and view'd the Prisoners. I knew her, tho' she did not know me, being much alter'd in my Dress. When I committed that Robbery I was dress'd in a blue Coat with silver Buttons, a red Wastecoat with a gold Twist, and a Wigg which cost three Guineas. VII. Three of us one Night met one Mr. Simmonds in a Field near Islington , who had with him a Dog; we knock'd him down, and took from him his Watch and Money, and his Shoes and Stockings: The Dog seeing his Master fall, began to fly at us; but we soon kill'd him, and made off. VIII. We broke open a House near the Cock Alehouse in Islington , one Morning about Ten a-Clock, while the Woman was gone to London to Market, from whence we took a Watch, some Plate, and some Rings. IX. Seven of us went out together one Evening, and met two Gentlemen (who afterwards appear'd to be, Mr. Ambler and Mr. Dunn) in the Hollowway , just beyond Pancras , about 8 or 9 at Night, coming from Hampstead, whom we attack'd and order'd to stand; they at first refus'd, and made some Shew of Resistance, when one of my Companions drew a Scymetar, and was going to cut them down, but I prevented him, notwithstanding which several of them hit them with their Bludgeons over the Head and other Parts of the Body; we took from Mr. Ambler about 15 s. or 16 s. his Breeches, his Shoes and Knee Buckles; and as it appear'd afterwards his Shirt and Coat, which one of my Companions shew'd me next Morning, which occasioned between us a hearty Quarrel, for after we had tied them we left two to guard them while we went to see if the Coast was clear, who like Scoundrels in the mean Time strip'd them of their Shirts and Coats; from Mr. Dunn we took about 10 s. 6 d. and his Watch. X. The next Robbery we committed was that on Mr. Lewis; it was one Night between 8 and 9 o'Clock; there were five of us then in Company when we met Mr. Lewis near Hendon ; he was on Horseback and we on Foot; we immediately attack'd him, knocked him off his Horse and took from him his Money, his Knee Buckles, some Sugar, and some Tea, his Hat and Wigg, and made off. As I have committed in my Time a Number of Robberies, which do not immediately occur to my Memory; I hope the Relation of the above, which is to the best of my Knowledge literally true, will satisfy the Publick; it is the last Debt (except my Life) I can pay, and as a dying Man I hope the World, that Part of it especially whom I have so basely wrong'd, will forgive me, as I do most heartily myself forgive them. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. THE Morning of their Execution, five of them, viz. Samuel Mecum , John Mathews , Richard Clay , James Robinson , and Philip Jewel , came up to Chapel, appeared very devout, and received the Holy Sicrament. The other four, viz. Robert Fitzgerald , Barnaby Lynce , Felix Mathews , and Anthony Mathews , being of the Romists . Faith, remained in their Cells, where they were visited by their Priest. After their Devotions were over, they were all brought into the Press-Yard, had their Fetters knock'd off, and were eight of them halter'd; the last Person who was to be halter'd being Mr. Fitzgerald, the Keeper of Newgate was told there was a Rope wanting, there being but eight to halter nine Men; when Robinson, the Soldier , (the last halter'd) told them, They might, if they pleased, halter'd. They were carried to the Place of Execution, between Twelve and One o'Clock at Noon, in three Carts, and a Mourning-Coach. In the first Cart was Barnaby Lynes , Felix Mathews , and Anthony Mathews : In the second, John Mathews , Samuel Mecum , and Richard Clay : In the third, was Philip Jewel and James Robinson the Soldier; and last of all, Robert Fitzgerald in the Mourning-Coach. Being arrived at the Place of Execution, Felix and Anthony Mathews were exhorted to confess the Robbery of Mr. Lewis of Hendon, for which they were going to suffer; but they denied their being concern'd in it to the last Moment. They all behaved with a Decency becoming their unhappy Circumstances, particularly Mr. Fitzgerald. Lynce, Felix and Anthony Mathews , declared that they were born, bred, and died in the Communion of the Church of Rome . The other five declared themselves Protestants: And they all went off the Stage, crying to the Lord to have Mercy on their Souls. This is all the Account given by me, SAMUEL ROSSELL , M.A . Ordinary of Newgate . Just Published, THE PRISONER's DIRECTOR: Compiled for the Instruction and Comfort of Persons under Confinement. Whether for Debt, for Capital, or other Crimes; more especially for those under Sentence of Death. Containing proper and necessary Directions to the Former, how to improve their Solitude and Confinement, to their Spiritual Advantage: And Instructions to the Latter, how to behave themselves during their Imprisonment, and to prepare for Death. By SAMUEL ROSSELL , M. A . Ordinary of Newgate . Printed for the AUTHOR, and sold by C. CORBETT over-against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet. 1746. Of whom may be had The Clergyman's Companion, in Visiting the Goals. COntaining a Collection of Curious Pieces, written by some of our most Eminent Divines. Together With several Publick Offices used in, or prepared for the Churches of England, Ireland and Denmark. By SAMUEL ROSSELL , M.A . Ordinary of Newgate .

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT Of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Dying Words of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 5th of July,1721. THE Day preceeding the Execution of the Four Malefactors, who, out of seven Condemned to Dye, where then agreeable to His Majesty’s Pleasure, order’d for Execution; I instructed Them, from the Following Text of Scripture; Finally, Be ye All of one Mind having Compassion One of Another; Love as Brethen, Be Pitiful, Be Courteous; Not rendring Evil for Evil or Railing for Railing, but contrariwise, Blessing; knowing that Te are Hereunto called to Inherit a Blessing. (1 Pet. 3, 8, 9.) In speaking to the Words, We mention’d to the Prisoners and Others, The following Things; FIRST, The Being all of One Mind: Or, The not loving to foment Party-Disputes, and to make this our Land of Milk and Honey a Field of War and Blood. 2dly, The not loving to raise needless Arguments about Religion; or to make That which was designed to render Us Happy Hereafter, rendered Us Divided and Wretch’d Here: Yet not to be All of one Mind, so as a late Author would perswade Us, by blending the Christian, Jewish and Mahometan Faiths together. 3dly, We told the Prisoners that there was a Virtue in being of one Mind with Our Superiours, In thinking those Things Offences, which They had made Unlawful and Leaders to Death; whether it was, The Returning from Transportation; The Counterfeiting the Current Coin; or the Like. SECONDLY, Having Compassion One of Another. Or as the Word will signify, (if We would prevent its being something the same with the Command be Low, be Pitiful,) Taking part in the Misfortunes of Others; To wit, Being Assistant to Others in their Calamities; Even detrimenting ourselves a little, if we can much advantage Another Man; And, as a Great Casuist says, hazarding our own Life to rescue our Neighbour’s, supposing, the Robber certainly design’d his Death. THIRDLY, Love as Brethren. Or, Be Loving or Charitable to the Brotherhood. For so a Learned Commentator tells Us the Word will signify. The way the Malefactors were to show their Charity, or to give Gifts, was, By Helping their Fellow-Prisoners in Reading or Praying; By Giving some Good Advice to the People when they arriv’d at the Place appointed for their Deaths; and by Forgiving All whom they might fancy had done injuriously by Them. FOUTRHLY, Be Pitiful, Be inclin’d to Softness, and Tenderness of Heart, when others fall into Distresses and Calamities. FIFTHLY, Be Courteous. Do not affect any stiffness or Bluntness in Behaviour; nor differ from the ordinary Rules of Ceremony. Much less should any Malefactor keep his Moreseness, but be Candid and Ingenuous; which cannot benefit any Man but themselves; and it our Duty to preach it, only as it is pleasing to God. SIXTHLY, Render not Evil for Evil or Railing for Railing, but contrariwise Blessing. Whereby Malefactors are Commanded, not only to have in general that Love and Affection which Christ told his Disciples should be a great distinction and Characteristick of Christians; but also in particular ‘tis heir Duty to lay aside all Resentment and Ill-will, to those who have been Evidences against them, and by their Accusations caused their Deaths, even tho’ they should fancy they had beer wrong’d and injur’d by them, which indeed is not the Cafe; and especially if any one had been formerly a Friend and Acquaintance and had become an Accuser and Condemner, they were particularly to search their Hearts, left any Rancour and Resentment should lurk in their Bosoms and destrov those Seeds of Virtue, which their dayly Devotions must have planted in their Hearts, if their Performances were real and sincere. LASTLY, We consider’d the Reason offer’d for this Affection and forgiving Temper of Mind; render Blessings for Evils; Because ye are hereunto called, that ye should inherit a Blessing; the Gentiles call’d from Heathen Ignorance, into the glorious Liberties of the Sons of God; and Sinners called from the Curse of Original Sin and actual Transgression, to the Offer and Tender of inheriting an Eternal Blessing. The Account of the Prisoners while they lay under Sentence of Death. During the first Fortnight or longer after their Condemnation; their Behaviour was sober, and seemingly Devout; but afterwards, finding the Time for their Deaths was protracted, and would happen no Body knew when, their Behaviour alter’d on a sudden; and (as it has always happen’d in the like Case) they could not be any longer induc’d to consider Themselves as Persons appointed to dye; but sometimes rais’d Tumults and Quarels with the Strangers, most in the Place for Divine Worship, and sometimes with those who led them to ,the Chappel, not forbearing to take an Opportunity to beat and abuse them, and with a Knife in Hand to threaten them with present Death. But tho’ the Deportment of the Malefactors appear’d so visibly chang’d for the worse; when they found the Time for their Execution was become uncertain and precarious, yet if discours’d with, they would affirm, that they, chose rather soon to dye, if Death was to be their Lot, than so long to lye in the Terrors and Apprehensions of eath to them more shocking and dismal than Death itself, especially in a Place so loathsome, and in much Misery and Want. 1. ROBERT PERKINS , was condemned for Returing from His Majesty’s Plantations in America , without Lawful Cause, Having been Thither for Felony Transported; to continue the Space of 7 Years. He said he was near 33 Years of Age; Born at Hempsted in Hartfordshire ; brought up at a Village some Miles distant, where his Father kept a considerable Inn: That he lived very happily with his Father, so long as his Mother lived, and afterwards, till his Father marry’d again; But then being Forbidden the House, he said, his Disasters began; he added, that his Mother-in-Law us’d him with the more severity, affirming that he attempted to cut her Throat; and once, in the Middle of the Night, set a Ladder against her Window, and endeavour’d to enter her Chamber Window; but if his Assertions are to be any way credited, he had no Design against the Life of his Mother; but was resolved to have a Shelter and a Harbour against the inclemency of the Weather and the Night; and to get if possible a Bed and Covering for his, Sister; soon after he said his Father died, worth 3 or 4 thousand pounds; but he advantaged by no part of it, was put Apprentice to a Baker in Thamestreet , where he had an Opportunity of being led into an honest, sober. and industrious Course of Life; had not his natural Inclinations directed him to Ease Idleness and Pleasures; for that he was always prone to prefer to all things, an immediate and present Gratifcation. Once, he said, being drinking at an Alehouse in White-Chapel , and a Crown being mist out of the Til, he and his Companions were seiz’d and searched, and the Money found upon him, whom a Person of the House also affirm’d to have seen thro’ a Hole, to take privately the Crown-piece: For this.being try’d, he was Convicted and Transported to Jamaica for 7 Years; where he was sold for about Ten Pounds; but his Trade being nothing there, he was put to Hoeing, planting Tobacco , and all the Hardships that the Negro Slaves endured. But his Master finding, he said, that no Words nor Stripes could make him Work in that way, sold him to another, who built an Oven, and try’d him in his own Business, to wit the making Jamaica Bread , of Indian Corn, or of European Corn with Leaven: But this Master, he said, beating him to Excess, and allowing him only Homine or American Grain and Water all the Week, and one small morsel of Meat every Sunday: He stole away from the Island of Jamaica, to the Continent, of America , and travelling Four Hundred Miles from Carolina , along the Sea-Coast to Maryland , there found an Opprtunity of Shipping himself off for England. But the Vessel going to a desert Island to load some Salt, the Sailers were surpriz’d by the Spaniards, and after a long Fight by the Salt-Pits, were taken Prisoners by them; but the Spaniards afterwards rifling the Ship, and setting it adrift with him and some others in it, they by chance arrived safe in England . After this, he said, he work’d two Years at his Trade, but being always uneasy and afraid, was got as far as Gravesend , in order to go to the East-Indies. This Prisoner was wholly uniform in his Deportment when he was first under Sentence, being the most sober of them all; and when his Death drew near the least disturbed and terrify’d. He said, as his two Children were both dead, and his Wife young enough to maintain herself, he was very easy and contented to suffer as the Law directed. 2. THOMAS CANE , was convicted of stealing a silk Handkerchief value 2 Shillings, from Sarah Socket , going into Hounsditch , on the 29th of April last. He was also convicted of returning from Transportation, without lawful Cause having been sent to America for Seven Years. As this Melefactor was somewhat Stubborn in his Behaviour, he refused to tell his Age; but he was about 26 as may be guess’d. He was Born, he said, in St. James’s Parish; his Father being a BarbarSurgeon, and sometime a Man of Substance, but since reduced. Till the Tuesday before he was Executed he diligently frequented the Chappel, and appear’d to be very Devout, using always his Common PrayerBook, and reading earnestly the Psalms, and the Responses; but on Tuesday, he said he could not any more frequent our Place of Worship, being a Roman Catholick , and would therefore refuse our Sacrament. 3. JANE WORSLEY , of St. James Clerkenwell , was convicted of assaulting Margaret Pritchard on the Highway, about twelve o’ Clock at Night, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a stuff Riding-hood, and a linnen Sheet. She was about 40 Years of Age; not able to Write or Read, nor capable of receiving any Instructions that were offer’d to her. But tho’ she cou’d scarcely speak, she show’d that she had some Sense of her approaching Misery, by frequently shedding Tears in great abundance. Before she dy’d, she refus’d to receive the Sacrment; or indeed to learn what the Sacrament was. 4. BARBARA SPENCER , was convicted of Counterfeiting the Current Coin of this Kingdom. She said, she was not 24 Years old; Born in the Parish of St. Giles Cripplegate ; she added, That she could not but impute her sad End to the too great Indulgence her Mother us’d towards her; which was also the Occasion of the natural Violence and Fury of her Temper, being never curb’d or restrain’d. She said, on a Difference at Home, she was put Apprentice to a Mantua-Maker , but her Mistress knowing her from a Babe, was almost as tender of her as her Mother; so that, having served two Years, upon a rough Word given, she return’d Home, and giving a long Account of her Ill-Usage, was continued There. She own’d that she was then Untoward to her Mother, (who kept a Brandy-Shop) refusing to live with her, unless she’d keep a Servant. Being humour’d in this, she said that she soon quarrel’d with the Servant, and her Mother interposing, with her also, and again left her; But added, that she soon return’d Home to her Mother (who now kept an Alehouse in Cripplegate Parish.) But one Day, she said, she was going to see the Malefactors go to die, when her Mother told her she could not go; upon which being enrag’d and violent, her Mother being so too, Struck her, and said she should be Her Death: Going thence to see the Malefactors, she met a Friend, who conducted her to Tyburn; and from thence to a House by St. Giles’s Pound , where complaining of her Mothers Usage, and vowing never to return Home, she was encourag’d and told that her Mother might one Day destroy her; Being then shown some Secrets in the House, she was employ’d she said, to utter their False Money, in which she was afterwards discover’d, and carry’d to Newgate , convicted, and fin’d, That there she begin her Acquaintance with her Comrade Miles, who paid something for her when she was discharg’d. At Chapel she was often advised to be more serious in her Deportment; but her Answer still was, that ‘twas not in her Nature or Power to look Grave, but she might be as penitent as those who could cry and lament. Yet some few Days before Death, she appear’d alter’d and chang’d, in her Look and Voice. She said she was sensible of the Turbulency of her Temper; but hoped God and Man would pardon her Fury and Malice at her Condemnation, the Disturbances she had made at Chapel, and her Bitterness against her once Acquaintance Miles. She would not be convinc’d that her Crime was any Sin, or the least Cheat, nor could she think of Death, till the Warrant went to Newgate; nor would she then believe she should be Burn’d. But the Day before she suffer’d, finding it most true, her former Spirit was quite sunk and dead; she said she was not covetous of Life, but could not bear Burning, nor to be talk’d of so long as the Person so Executed. She said she was particularly glad that her Husband was not in Being, who once lived well in his Business of a Butcher: She added, that when she went with her Mother to her Death, who she said unjustlysuffer’d she little thought she shou’d so soon follow to the samewretched Fate. She also said she had never been a Thief; and could only condemn herself for Undutifulness to her Friends, using too much Drink, and neglect of going to Church; adding that she was but in one Prison, besides Newgate, and but twice in that. When she receiv’d the Holy Sacrament, she was very serious, but show’d, instead of her former Dauntleness, an uncommon Consternation and Surprize at the approach of Death; but said she forgave Miles and all Enemies, and so hoped for Forgiveness of God. The Behaviour of Barbary Spencer , at the Place of Execution. BEFORE she was Burn’d, she said she had learn’d to Coin of a Man and Woman who have now wholly left it off, and live in Credit, tho’ then they were very low reduced; That she was not shown the Art, but only told how to perform it; but that she thought it pity that Family should be ruin’d who had left off Coinings, and so many Hundreds be untouch’d in London who continued in that Employ. She alfo said that she found it very difficult to forgive Miles, her Companion and Accuser; and added, that tho’ there lay the Faggots and Brushes to burn her, she would not take away the Life of any one, tho’ a Magistrate was to come in Person, and offer her a Pardon to do it. As she went to the Place of Execution, and as she stood at the Stake by the Wood and Fuel, she seemed to have much less fear of Death, than the Day before, yet was she very desirous of Praying; but complained severely of the Clods of Dirt and stones thrown by Vagabonds behind the Crowd, which prevented her thinking at all of Heaven, and one Time beat her quite down. Just before she dy’d she said she forgave all the World, and dy’d in perfect Charity; hoped others would take warning by her, and confessed the Fact she was to suffer for. T. PURNEY, Ordinary and Chaplain. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bridewell-Bridge , in Black-Fryers .

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN , On Friday the 24th of October, 1690. IN the Forenoon of the Lord's Day the Ordinary preached on Psalm 32. 10. viz. Great plagues remain for the ungodly, but he who trusts in the Lord, mercy embraces him on every side. These Words declare the sad Catastrophe of the wicked, while they seem rooted in Secular Power and Prosperity, they may be secure, yet they are never safe. It is otherwise with the Righteous, while such are beset with Calamities and the Snares of Death round about, Divine Mercy encompasses them as a Shield. At Destruction it self, while prosecuted against them, with utmost Malice, they shall laugh, because the Lord will keep such in perfect Peace, whose Minds are syncerely staid and fixed upon him. Here were produced the Characters of a true and false trusting in God for Temporal Preservation and Eternal Salvation; which were suited to the Solemnity of Thanksgiving for the Reduction of Ireland under his Majesty's Happy Government, and to the Spiritual Condition of the Condemned Criminals. The Conclusion of the Sermon was directed to the Condemned in this Charge. Take heed that you deceive not your selves, with vain and false Hopes of future Happiness; presume not to be compassed about with Divine Mercy on every side, in your present; Perplexities, if you persist to embrace any Lust, in the love and dominion of it. The Lord will turn the Counsels and Projects of the Wicked upon their own Heads, and snare them in the Work of their own Hands even while their Confidences are highest, that they shall be rooted in the Enjoyment of their worldly Prosperity; God's Artillery of Judgments is never spent, he will strike home, once for all, as having Treasures of Wrath and Eternity before him, wherein to punish Sinners. How dare any persist to fliffen their Hearts, in Pride and Rebellion against the Holy God O retreat in time lay down the Weapons of Unrighteousness, submit to the Terms of God's Discretion, to deal with you how he pleases, so that he will forbear to frown you into Hell. Give Glory to the Lord God, by a penitential Submission, before he cause Darkness, thick Darkness upon your Spirits, so that the things of your Eternal Peace should be hid from your Eyes: Plead therefore from the depth of a Contrite Heart, that though you have hitherto een rebellious, yet now you sincerely desire, That your ways may be agreeable to the Divine Law, so as to keep it with your whole Heart. This cannot be obtained, unless Divine Grace confirm you in a serious Resolution to repent: This consists in the universal change of your Corrupt nature. If you be created to every Good Work, as new Creatures in Christ, the Agonies of Death shall not appale you, you shall not be prest down to Hell, under the weight of God's severest Wrath, but shall have Divine Mercy to encompass, to imbrace and shield you on every side: You shall be as safe while you walk through the Valley of Death, as Salvation it self: You shall be filled with insuperable Consolations, yea, Transports of celestial Joys, to all Eternity. On Mnday the Ordinary visited the Condemned Criminals: After he had prayed with them, he required an Account from them severally, How their Hearts were affected with the Sermons and Prayers on the Lord's Day; especially with the Afternoons Discourse on the Revelations 2. 21. viz. I gave her space to repent in, yet she repented not: They said, that they hoped, they did repent of all their Sins, and should be fit to die. I proceed to take an account of their former course of Life, and in what frame of Heart they were for a blessed Eternity. I. Mercy Harvey , condemned for murthering her Bastard male Child. Some time before her Ttyal I visited some sick Prisoners in Newgate , and hearing there of such a wretched Person, I supposed that there would be small hopes of her Life, therefore I went to her and prayed with her, That God would make her very sensible of so great a Crime, and fit her for Death. After which I discoursed with her, and ask'd, Whether she had any Promise of Marriage with him who begat it? She answered no. Or whether he did promise any Maintenance for herself? She replyed no: but by often soliciting her she yielded to his Desires. She said that when she proved with Child, she dispaired how to provide for it, and so Satan tempted her to expose the Child to Death, by her concealing the whole matter, till it was discovered and her self apprehended for it. After her being condemned, I endeavoured to make her more deeply sensible of so great a Crime: She said that she had been very sinful, yet did not acknowledg any particulars of an ill Life, only that she had not been careful to know more of her Duty to God, did omit praying, and that she did sometimes deny a Fault when her Mistress charged her with it, and she knew her self to be guilty. She said, That it grieves her at the Heart, that she hath by this notorious Sin, given such publick Scandal and bad Example to young People; and that she was Cruel, in depriving the Child of Life: But she hopes that the Merits of Christ's Blood shed, will wash away her Sins, upon her sincere Repentance. II. Anne Henderson , condemned for stealing a Silver Tankard, She is a Scotch-Woman, born near Berwick , her Employment was to carry Drink, to Wash and Scoure : She seemed very penitent, for offending God chiefly, rather than for publick Shame and Fear of Death. She gave a tolerable account of the nature of Saving Faith and says, She hopes she shall dye in Peace; being accepted with God through Christ's Righteousness. III. Peter Vallard a Frenchman, condemned for High Treason, in clipping and diminishing the Currant Mony of this Kingdom. He denies not the Fact. He was a working Silver-Smith , which Trade, he says, he neglected, and was tempted by Clippers, who are since fled from Justice, who told him, That he might securely clip in some Ditch. He is very penitent for this and all other Sins of his life, praying fervently for God's Pardon, and that his Heart may be changed, to hate those Sins, wherein he most delighted. IV, V. Thomas Rogers , condemned for clipping of Mony, found in the bottom of a Chest, with Shears and Files to diminish the King's Coyne. His Wife also was condemned for participating in the same; for all who joyn in High-Treason the Law counts Principals. The Wife is more sorrowful than the Husband; which denies the Crime, though clearly and sufficiently proved upon him. I leave them both to God's Judgment. VI. Thomas Castle alias Cassey , condemned for High-Treason, in counterfeiting and making of false Shillings, found in his House, in the bottom of a Salt-box, with Crucibles, Clippings and Files, to carry on that wicked Trade. He expresses some Remorse for his Crime. He confest that he had led a very ill Life, and denyed not that he knew Clippers, but was unwilling to discover them: Whereupon I told him, That his Repen tance cannot be counted syncere, because he refuses that by Justice such Crimes may be prevented, whereby the Community is so much dammfied. He had a competent measure of Knowledg and said this aggravated his Sins, but was not willing to declare them in particulars. VII. Thomas Rowland , condemned for robbing in the Kings High-way, to the value of 1200 pound Sterling in Bone Lace; He is 40 years of Age, was a Bricklayer . He was condemned also for robbing in the High-way, to the value of 84l. 9s. which was fully proved also on him; yet he was so impudent as to deny both the Crimes. He would not acknowledg any of his particular Sins, though he said that he had led no good Life. I endeavoured to bring him to some sense of his Evil Courses; hereupon he withdrew himself from good Instruction and Prayers. VIII. Bryant Cane , condemned for Felony and Burglary, being one of those 14 who robbed Mr. Baker of Marybone , helping to bind and gag the servants in the Family. He refused to come to me, though I solicited him, and remains obstinate, neither will he acknowledg whether he be a Papist or a Potestant. IX. John Lowbridge , condemned for stealing a Mare; he was Apprentice to a Butcher , and confess'd that he had been sometimes drunk on the Sabbath-day. He would not acknowledg any other Sin, nor give any account whereupon his Confidence, as he said, of future Salvation was grounded. X, XI. Jane Eaton , aged 19 Years, condemned with Katharine Jones ,, for breaking the House of John Prescot , and carrying away Goods from thence, which were found upon them both. They deny not the Fact. Eaton said, That she was maintained well in her Father's House, but overrun it by the Perswasion of a Soldier , and was iniced by other evil Acquaintance, to break the Sabbath; but now she says her Heart is Penitent, in the remembrance of her Sins. Katharine Jones, her Companion in the Robbery, was little affected with her Crime: She left her Service she was in, being invited to break the Sabbath, and was more stubborn than some other Criminals. XII. Constance Waynwright , aged 16 Years, was condemned for stealing a Silver Tea-pot and other things, with some Mony: She left her Service to joyn with bad Company; She neglected the Sabbath Duties, and that now she fears God's Displeasure more than than Hell; and hopes that if she truly repent, through Christ's Merits, she shall be saved. This is all the Account which I can give of this Sessions, though I visited them every Day. Samuel Smith Ordinary . Dated this 23d of October 1690. On Friday the 24th of this Instant October, Thomas Castle alias Cassey, Thomas Rowland and Mercy Harvey , were all conveyed to the Place of Execution (the other nine being at present Reprieved by their Majesties Clemency) Thomas Castle being drawn on a Sledge, the other two in a Cart, as usually: When they were there, they were all three tyed up, under the Gallows, in one Cart; after which Mr. Ordinary came to them, using all manner of Godly Exhortations with them, to acknowledg their wicked Devices, for which they were brought thither to dye; yet notwithstanding the great Pains and unwearied Industry of Mr. Ordinary to bring them to a free and ingenious Confession, the two Men, viz. Castle and Rowland, seemed stubborn, and would not be brought to any manner of Confession, relating to the Crimes for which they suffered: Upon which the Ordinary quoted an Instance to the Spectators, relating how two Men, who (some years since) were brought thither to die for murthering their own Wives, and remained stubborn, wishing that they might never enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, if they were guilty of it; but at last Mr. Ordinary seeming to decline them, and being gone out of the Cart into the Coach, the Cart being ready to draw away, they humbly begged, That he might come to them again before they were turned off; which he did, and they immediately confess'd, That they perpetrated the Murther with their own Hands, &c. All which shews how the Justice of the Nation is arraigned, and how little Confidence and Belief there is to be put in such notorious Offenders as these, who are brought to dye for their own wicked Inventions. Thomas Castle and Thomas Rowlond, both were very careless, and very unwilling to hearken to the godly Exhortations of Mr. Ordinary, though he used all means to bring them to themselves; so he left them to the Mercy of Almighty God, who is the Searcher of all Hearts. As to Marcy Harvey , executed for destroying her Bastard Child, she confess'd the Fact now, as she did in effect at her Tryal: But she being very sick, and unfit for Discourse, there can nothing futther be said of her, but what she hath before confessed. Thomas Castle being sentenced to be Drawn, Hanged and Quartered for High-Treason, the Night before his Execution obtained theis Majesties Clememcy so far, that he was only drawn on a Sledge, but not quartered, &c. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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His Pills only prepared for the French Disease, and the Running of the Reins, may be had in Boxes of several prices, with other Venereal Arcana's, as occasion serves. In Plow-Yard in Grays-Inn-Lane, lives Dr. Thomas Kirleus a Collegiate Physician , and Sworn Physician to Charles II. until his Death: Who, with a Drink and Pill, hindering no Business, Cures all Ulcers, Scabs, Surfs in the Face, or elsewhere; Kings-Evil, Leprosie, and Venereal Disease, expecting nothing if he Cures not Of the last, he hath Cured above 500 persons in this City, many after Fluxing. It quickly and safely Cures it in the beginning, which cannot be done with Mercury, without danger of Life. The Drink is 3 s. the Quart, the the Pill 1 s. the Box, which is two Purges. They excel all Purges, in cleansing all Crudities and Impurities, and so prevent and Cure many Diseases, and especially the Gout and Stone. In all Diseases he gives his Opinion for nothing. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 17th, of this Instant, April, 1730. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol - Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir Richard Brocas , Knt . Lord – Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Price; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Raby; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery for the City of London, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th of February, 1729-30, in the Third Year of His Majesty's Reign. Nine Men, viz. Richard Hawson , William Newcomb , Peter Rivers , John Carter , Francis Hackabout , Stephen Dowdale , Ferdinando Shrimpton , Robert Drummond , and Francis Chartres , and one Woman, viz. Elizabeth Doyle were Convicted and found Guilty of Capital Crimes by the Jury. Elizabeth Doyle was indicted for returning from Transportation, and pleaded guilty to the said Indictment. She receiv'd Sentence of Death with the rest, but being assur'd of his Majesty's most gracious Pardon, she never attended in Chappel, and was set at Liberty upon a bailable Warrant, upon the third or fourth Day after they receiv'd Sentence. They were exhorted to believe in Christ Jesus, as the Son of God, equal to the Father, and the only Saviour of lost Mankind, who suffer'd, that we might rejoyce; who died, that we might live; who rose again, that we might awake from the Death of Sin, and live unto God, unto Righteousness and Holiness of Life; who ascended unto Heaven, that we might eternally Triumph with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in his heavenly Kingdom and Glory: This Doctrine I press'd upon them, as being the Ground-work and Foundation of all Christianity: For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and Men, the Man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a Ransome for all, to be testified in due Time. 1 Tim. ii. 5, 6. They having been of very corrupt Lives, I told them the only way to escape the Wrath to come was, to reform and amend the Evil of their Ways and Doings, to repent 'em of their past Sins, and firmly to resolve (if it should please God in his Providence to spare them) upon a new Life for the future, to double their Deligence in improving the short Time allow'd them, by the Lenity of their Judges, in working out their Souls Salvation with Fear and Trembling; which is the readiest way to procure God's Favour, whether with respect to this World, or the Life to come. I shew'd them the great Evil and Mischief of Theft and Robbery, which if it were allow'd, would utterly subvert and overthrow all civil Government and Society among Mankind; and as to the dreadful Consequences, with respect to those who are found Guilty of such horrid Crimes, I let them see, that a Thief and Robber is stigmatiz'd all the World over, with a note of Infamy and Reproach, and wherever he can be apprehended and convicted, he's reputed unworthy to live any longer, or to breathe in the common Air. Drummond, and particularly Shrimpton having been convicted of Murder and Robbery; I represented to them the Barbarity, the Cruelty and Inhumanity of that heinous Sin. In all other Sins one may make some Reparation, but in case of Murther, there is no possibility of Satisfaction, since one being depriv'd of his precious Life, he ceases to be any more in this World, and being thus hurried out of Time, the Murderer does, what in him lies, to destroy both Soul and Body at once; and if God should suddenly strike him with a Thunderbolt from Heaven, for exercising such Cruelty upon his Fellow-Creature, made also after the Similitude of God, with what a Face should he appear before the tremendous Divine Tribunal, and how just must he own his eternal Confusion and Condemnation to be? I shew'd them how the Vengeance of God pursues the Murderer, as is evident in the Instance of Cain, the Family of the Kings of Judah, Ahub King of Israel, and Judas Iscariot, who betray'd Christ and many others: and that seldom, if ever, the Murderer escapes Punishment even in this World, I spoke upon the Sin of Uncleanness, how unreasonable, how brutish it is, and that it alienates the Mind and Affections from God: But the Ears of some, who very much wanted this Admonition, were altogether shut to such Exhortations. I instructed them in the Nature of the Christian Sacraments, that they having been early dedicated to God in Baptism, and having broken their baptismal Vows in innumerable Instances, it was necessary to renew themselves by Repentance, and in Evidence of their Sincerity, to partake in the other Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, wherein Christ and all the Blessings of the New Covenant was ensur'd and made over to them I was at a considerable deal of Pains in speaking upon this Subject, of which they were very ignorant, and when they had attain'd some competent Knowledge, most of them were very desirous to receive it. While under Sentence, Those who were constantly at publick Devotion appear'd Grave, and made regular Responses, as they could, but with an awkward Grace, and did not seem to be so deeply affected, as Men ought to be in such deplorable Circumstances. Ferdinando Shrimpton was sick and in a high Fever for some Days; he appeared always very desirous of Devotion and Instruction, and was earnest to come up to Chappel, which he did before he was able to walk, by the assistance of his Wife and others, and behav'd himself decently. Peter Rivers and John Carter appear'd very Sullen and Morose, only one of them was sometimes a little officious in directing a little Discourse to his Visiters; but so soon as he saw that he was ob served, he sily compos'd himself, and was very quiet. Hanson behav'd indifferently, and Newcomb was very Grave. Francis Hackabout behav'd indifferently well, but pretty impatient, because they would not allow him what Time he had a mind to, in going to and returning from Chappel, that his Friends might bestow upon him a Quantity of Liquor to his liking. Stephen Dowdale attended in Chappel, and wept often, while had Health, and when he was in a high Fever in the Cell, he was very desirous of Prayers, although, not in his right Senses, and always seem'd and declar'd himself very Penitent. He was perplex'd, because he was convicted upon his own Confession, and having given himself up for an Evidence, he fail'd in his Proof. He reflected much upon the Wickedness of a Gang of Thieves and Robbers, who were Partners with him in his Villainies. Robert Drummond never came to Chappel but two or three Days, after which he feign'd himself sick, on purpose to form his Escape; and this Design he thought to put in Execution, upon Sunday Night, the 15th of March, but being discover'd by the Keepers, he was double iron'd and put into another Cell for more Security. Although he was in good Health, yet upon no Entreaties would he move himself from his Bed to come to Chappel, and when I exhorted him to attend the publick Worship of God, as a principal Means of Salvation, he turn'd Passionate, and said, that for all the Clergy in Britain, he would not say or do any thing but what he had a mind to. When I pray'd for him he was attentive, but otherwise of the most cross inflexible Temper I ever saw in his miserable Circumstances. Francis Charteris would not come to Chappel, nor hear Prayers in private, but said he was a bigotted Presbyterian, and that if he wanted Prayers, he would call for a Presbyterian Divine. Stephen Dowdale , of St. Bride's , was indicted for feloniously stealing a Gold Watch, value 20 l. in the House of Thomas Martin , on the 30th of August last. He was a second Time indicted of St. Martin's in the Fields , for feloniously stealing a Diamond Ring, value 30 l. in the Shop of John Treble , on the 25th of August last. Stephen Dowdale , about 40 Years of Age, born in Ireland of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, and caus'd him to be instructed in the Principles of Christianity. He was of no particular Trade, but serv'd in the Wars of Flanders , in Queen ANNE's Reign, and was a Serjeant in an Irish Regiment of Dragoons, and serv'd to the Satisfaction of his Officers, till after the Peace, when (as he said) he was to be made a Quarter Master of Dragoons; they were brought home to Ireland and disbanded. Then being put to his Shifts, after he had pass'd some Time in his own Country, he resolv'd upon new Adventures, and pitch'd upon the City of London , and Parts adjacent, for the Scene of his Actions. There he apply'd himself to the Gaming Tables, and ventur'd very high with one of the most noted Gamesters in the Kingdom, to whom he was indebted above 200 l. but left him to seek Payment from one of the Cells of Newgate, where he was arrested without putting his Creditor to any Trouble of confining him for Debt. Dowdale not succeeding in his Gaming, joyn'd himself to a Society of above 9 or 10 Persons who were resolved to raise Contributions on the Highway. In this he succeeded without being discover'd, and acted the Beau for some Years; during which Time, he, with his Companions committed innumerable Robberies in Town and Country; till at length wearied of this Life, he resolved to prevent his Associates, and voluntarily surrender'd himself, and gave up a List of several, some of whom escaped out of the Constables Hands, others kept out of the way, and they whom he prosecuted were acquitted. But his own Vices turning upon him, he was convicted upon the two Indictments mentioned above, both which Robberies came to be known only by his own Confession. It was thought his Life would have been spar'd, if he had liv'd to enjoy that Blessing. Under his Sentence, he behav'd with great Resignation, and falling sick, always appear'd very Penitent, till the Fever increasing more and more upon him, he for several Days lost all his Senses, and as he was alone lock'd up in the Cell, he gave up the Ghost, upon Sunday Morning, the 5th Day of this Instant April. Upon Friday the 10th of the said Month, the Report of the above 8 Men was made to his Majesty in Council, when Francis Charteris , for a Rape committed on the Body of Anne Bond , a Servant Maid , received his Majesty's most gracious Pardon, and was bail'd out upon the said 10th of April, at the Sessions holden at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily ; and Richard Hanson of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate , receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Six, viz William Newcomb , Peter Rivers , John Carter , Francis Hackabout , Ferdinando Shrimpton and Robert Drummond , were order'd for Execution. Ferdinando Shrimpton and Robert Drummond , alias Godfrey , alias Bell , of St. John's, Hackney , were indicted, the former for the Murder of Simon Prebent , by giving him one mortal Wound with a Pistol Bullet in the Arm, the length of half an Inch, and the depth of three Inches, the 12th of January last; and Robert Drummond being present, aiding and abetting. They were also indicted a second Time, for assaulting Samuel Tyson , Esq ; on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Silver Watch, and 10 s. in Money, on the 12th of January last. Ferdinando Shrimpton and Robert Drummond , were indicted a 3d Time, for assaulting Robert Furnel on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Gelding, value 12 l. a Watch, and a Guinea and a half, and some Silver, and a Whip, the 18th of January last. They were indicted a 4th Time, for assaulting Jonothan Cockup , on the Highway, and taking from him a Bay Gelding, value 10 l. two Hampers, five roasting Pigs, and several Joints of Pork, and other Goods, the 14th of January last. Ferdinando Shrimpton , about 30 Years of Age, was Educated at School in Reading and Writing to fit him for Business, and was instructed in the necessary Principles of Christianity. His Father was a very irregular, disorderly Man, and one of the greatest Highwaymen in England; which Profession he follow'd for many Years, and although he liv'd in the City of Bristol, yet not known to be a Person that used to collect upon the Highway. But as some Constables were going into a publick Inn, in quest of some other suspicious Persons, Shrimpton, conscious of his own guilt, thought they sought for him, and rashly taking out a Pistol, he shot one of the Officers dead, and at the next Bristol Assizes, he was try'd and convicted of Murder. He express'd a great Regret for this, and declar'd, that it was upon a Mistake he murder'd the Man, as thinking they had come to take him up for innumerable Robberies, in commission of which he had us'd People civilly, which was the reason of his passing undiscover'd for many Years. He was at Bristol hang'd in Chains for the said Murder. So we see Vice as well as Virtue often runs in the Blood; for the Son did not resolve to be long behind his Father. He was not put to any Trade, but being of a good Size serv'd as a Soldier in the Guards, and when his Pay could not serve his extravagant Demands, he made the Highway make up the Deficiency. He robb'd a Gentleman on Hounslow Heath lately, and when this Person heard they were apprehended, he went to the New - Gaol in Southwark , and upon Payment of a Guinea, Shrimpton and Drummond told him where he might recover his Horse, value 15 l. but they would not tell him any thing of his Watch, for fear of bringing the Pawnbroker to Trouble. When under Sentence, upon desire of that Person, I ask'd Shrimpton about the Watch, and told him that it was his Duty to restore stollen Goods to the utmost of his Power; he would not trust a Stranger for fear of disobliging the Pawn-broker, but sent his Wife, who immediately brought the Watch, upon delivery of 34 Shillings to the said Pawn-broker; Shrimpton restor'd the Watch, and then was in a Rage, and swore, because the Person gave him but half a Crown instead of a Guinea, as had been promis'd; but the Gentleman not having known any thing of the 34 s. upon the Watch, did not think himself bound to pay 21 s. more. Shrimpton was enrag'd, and behav'd very indecent one Day in the Chappel upon this Account, for which he was threaten'd by the Keepers, and all that can be said upon this Head is, that the Biter was bit. Upon a Sunday he spoke rudely to some Gentlemen Prisoners for looking or pointing at him, as he supposed; and when I discoursed or preached upon Murder, although he had been guilty of a most vile and inexcusable Murder, he laugh'd and talk'd to his Companions, and made little or nothing of all the Villainies he had committed. After all as could be said upon confessing his Sins, he laid it down for a fix'd Rule, that he would confess nothing, only that once he said in general, no doubt, but he had been a great Sinner. He was an audacious, stubborn, cruel, and unadviseable Fellow, although at first when he was sick, he appear'd Penitent, yet his Sincerity may be much doubted of. Robert Drummond , about 48 or 50 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who gave him indifferent good Education for Business. When of Age, he dealt in hard Wares, married a Wife, and liv'd in some Town about Sunderland in the North, in pretty good Reputation for some Years; but being of an unwieldy and unsettl'd Disposition, he could not keep himself at constant Business, although in a good way to maintain his Family, but took himself to the Highway and all manner of Extravagancies. He was taken up and transported for his Crimes, but he return'd from Transportation, continu'd in his former wicked Courses, and was one of the most forward and mischievous Robbers in England, for several Years. His Brother, James Drummond , was by his Advice, persuaded to go and rob upon the Highway, and for the first two Facts, he never having done any more, he was taken-up, convicted and executed about three-Months ago. He and Shrimpton having been of a Size with Westwood and Nowland, were blam'd for the Robbery, forwhich they were lately executed. This they did not positively deny, only said, they could not commit all the Robberies in the Country. At this rate, Drummond was the Ruin not only of his own, but his Brother's Family, and some others besides. Drummond and Shrimpton were Partners for a considerable Time, and both of them were of a savage, cruel Temper: A signal Instance of which is, that they us'd to shoot sharp Shot at any Person who rode or run away, in order to make their Escape from them, and it was in this desperate Way, that Shrimpton murder'd Mr. Tyson's Coachman. They desired William Shrimpton , who was Evidence against them, to go in their Company to Lambeth upon Twelfth-Day last, and as they walk'd along the Road, tho' he knew not any thing of their Intent, nor had any Arms, they threaten'd to murder him, if he did not assist and comply with their unlawful Measures. They attack'd and robb'd the first Person they met. William Shrimpton was first Cousin to Ferdinando Shrimpton , and after this he went along with them in all their Adventures, till all three were taken, which was soon after. I ask'd William, who now lies under Sentence of Death for other Facts, of which he was convicted last Sessions, what number of Robberies they had committed in that short Time? He said, that he could not tell, for Ferdinando and Drummond drove furiously, and acted more like mad Men, than Creatures endow'd with Reason. They went abroad like a roaring Lyon, seeking whom they may devour, and commonly robb'd nine or ten in a Night; and they ruin'd William Shrimpton a young Fellow at once, by forcing him to commit Robberies, and he could not get of again, till they were all taken, and then he became an Evidence against the other Two. Drummond upon no Intreaties, nor by no means, could be persuaded to come to Chappel. When I urg'd him to confess his Sins (which he resolv'd not to do) and to attend the publick Worship of God, he flew into a Passion. He was one of the boldest, most obstinate and self-will'd Malefactors I ever saw, and had few Signs of Repentance. Francis Hackabout , of St. Mary Islington , was indicted for assaulting Aaron Durel on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Peruke, value 20 s. and a Guinea, and two or three Shillings in Silver, the 28th of January last. He was also indicted a second Time, for assaulting George Bailey on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Watch, two Guineas, and 17 Shillings in Silver, the 28th of January last. Francis Hackabout , 28 Years of Age, born in the Suburbs of London , of honest Parents, who put him to School, but was of such a perverse Disposition, that he would never learn any thing to the purpose, and had forgot either to Read or Write. He was a Sailor by Profession, and could have earn'd his Living very well by the Sea, but was of such an inconstant Temper, that he could not keep to Business. He had a covetous Eye upon every thing he could lay his Hands upon from his Childhood, and exercis'd himself in all the different Kinds of Theft; and that he might have a Pretence to some way of Living, he listed himself a Soldier , and then he join'd to a Gang of the most notorious Street-Robbers, who have been in London of a long Time. He was inform'd against, when Levee, Featherby, Burnham, &c. were taken up, but they being executed, there was no Evidence against him, and he was at last let out of Prison. When he was nam'd as one of the Street-Robbers, this forc'd him to desert, so that his Life was forfeited to the Law upon a double Account. A certain Person (as he said) promis'd to save his Life, this gave him some hopes, but his After-disappointment made him uneasy. He own'd that he had been a very profligate Youth, in Swearing, Drinking, Whoring, and a most notorious Robber and Thief, and that therefore God in Justice had afflicted him. He denied that he committed the Robbery for which he was convicted, and alledg'd that the Evidence were mistaken as to the Person; and as to this, he made solemn Protestations both in private, publickly in Chappel, and upon other Occasions, before several People. He said, since he got out of Newgate last, he committed no Street nor Highway Robberies, and that he had not been guilty of Thieving, but pilfering of some small petty Things, which proves, that he had not put on firm Resolutions of Amendment. He was very ignorant of Religious Matters, and I did what I could to instruct him. He appear'd always very devout and penitent, and behav'd decently, and he frequently wept. He declar'd, he believ'd in Christ his Saviour, repented sincerely of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. John Carter and Peter Rivers , of Uxbridge , were indicted for assaulting Henry Howard on the Highway, putting him in fear of his Life, and taking from him 3 s. and 4 d. in Money, a Pair of Silver Buckles, and a Cork-screw, &c. on the 24th of January last. Peter Rivers , 57 Years of Age, (as he said) born in the Country, of honest Parents who educated him at School in Reading and Writing, to fit him for Business; and when of Age, put him an Apprentice to a Shoe-maker . He serv'd his Time honestly and married a Wife, and liv'd in Credit at Great Marlow in Buckinghamshire , many Years. He said, that he always liv'd soberly, and endeavour'd to do Justice to every Man, that he kept a good, regular Family, and took Care to instruct his Children in Christian Principles. He never thiev'd nor robbed any but in the particular Instance of which he was convicted, and the occasion of that was, his falling into Decay in the World, and not knowing what to do, a certain Person advis'd him to go and raise Contributions on the Highway, which Temptation he too readily yielded to; and accordingly provided himself with Fire-arms, and other Materials proper for his Design, and went out upon no Purchase, no Pay; but being a Novice in the pernicious Art of Thievery, he fail'd in his first Adventure, and was immediately taken, and brought to condign Punishment for his Wickedness and Folly. He always behav'd decently and with apparent Devotion, and profess'd himself a true Penitent. He was much troubl'd at the shameful Death he was to suffer, and the Disgrace it brought upon his Family and Relations, but said, that he submitted to the Will of God, and own'd the Justice of his Sentence according to Law. He died in the Faith of Christ, Penitent for all his Sins, and in Peace with all the World. William Newcomb , was indicted for Burglariously breaking the Houses of Mr. Philip Barret , and Henry Hoare , Esq ; in the Night Time, the 18th of January last, with an Intent to steal. William Newcomb , 19 Years of Age, born of honest Parents, who gave him good Education in Reading and Writing, and got him instructed in Christian Principles. He was of a peevish, sullen, morose Temper when young, and did not well agree with his Parents. When of Age, he was put ' Prentice to a Shoe-maker in Gracechurch-street . When he had staid there two or three Years, he robbed his Master of a considerable Sum of Money, who not willing to disgrace him, put away. He did not think fit to stay long at his Father's, who no doubt upbraided him with the villainous Action he had committed, but went about the Town seeking his Prey, and pitch'd upon Mr. Jenkins's, the Banker, in Lombard-street , where sometimes he us'd to espy round Sums of Money. He went into St. Edmund the King's Church at Morning Prayer, and sculk'd at the foot of the Bellfry till the Evening; then he got up upon the top of the Leads, and got in at the Top of Mr. Jenkins's House, the second Door from the Church. As they were shutting up the Shop, they heard some Noise above, and the Footman was afraid to go up Stairs to see what was the Matter, without another in Company; by this Time he had got down to the Foot of the Stairs, and stood quietly behind the Door, and finding his Way clear, no-Body being in the Shop, he went in, and in a Minute or two, laid hold upon Gold, valued at more than 800 l. having got this Prize in his Clutches, he turn'd about the Key in the inside, open'd the Shop Door, and slipt off undiscerned: and the honest Gentleman never knew whom to blame for this great Loss, till of late the young Rogue told it to Mr. Hoare, after he was put in Newgate for the Crime for which he died. Being thus furnish'd with plenty of Money, he set up for a Beau, bought two fine Geldings, hir'd a Footman who wore a Livery, and went down to the Horse Races at Newmarket . He there found a way to dispose of his Money; for in six or seven Months, he was near the bottom of his Pocket, and coming to London for a new Supply, he thought the readiest way was to borrow a little from another Banker, where ready Cash may commonly be had; but the Gentleman not liking Newcomb's manner of Address, assign'd him his Lodgings in Newgate , till such time as he should be call'd in Question for his Indiscretion. He behav'd with abundance of Civility and Decency, both in Publick and Private, and profess'd Penitence for his great and many Sins, but did not seem so deeply affected, as became one in his deplorable Circumstances. He own'd, that he had been a great Sinner in Drinking, Whoring, Swearing, Robbing, &c. but was not so much guilty that way as most of those Creatures use to be, for he was crop'd in the Bud. He begg'd Pardon of God and Man for heinous Offences, declar'd that he believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, repented sincerely of all his Sins, and forgave all Injuries done him, as he expected Forgiveness from God. Upon Wednesday the 15th Instant, John Carter receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve for eight Days, till Wednesday next. At the Place of EXECUTION, DRummond and Shrimpton, were two of the most unconcern'd and obdurate of any I have seen, and continued so to the last. Hackabout most solemnly protested, that he did not commit the Fact for which he was convicted. A Butcher at Islington being present, desir'd to ask him, if he was not the Person who robbed him and his Wife of some Money, his Shoes and Silver Buckles, &c. as they were going Home in a Coach, two Nights before he committed the Robbery for which he was to suffer? Hackabout answer'd, he was not; and thank'd the honest Man, that he did not appear as Evidence against him in a doubtful Affair; he said further, that he had not been Master of any Fire-Arms for two or three Years past. The Wife of Newland, who was lately executed, was allow'd to come into the Cart, to ask Shrimpton and Drummond, if Newland and one Westwood committed the Robbery for which they died, or if it was not Drummond and Shrimpton who did it? They were offended and a little Surly at this Question; but when press'd to give a positive Answer, they said, Would you have us to take upon ourselves all the Robberies that are committed in the Country? They all went of the Stage, (adding nothing to their former Confessions) crying out with a loud Voice, Lord have Mercy upon our Souls, for Christ's Sake. ADVERTISEMENT. This Day is publish'd, The Second Edition, (with many Additions and Amendments) of A Practical Treatise: Or, Second Thoughts on the Consequences of the Venereal Disease. In Three Parts, viz. I. On the Simple Gonorrhoea, Gleets, and other Weaknesses, whether from Venereal Embraces, Self-Pollution, improperly call'd Onanism, or Natural Imbecillity. II. On the Virulent Gonorrhoea, or Clap. III. On the Venereal Lues, or Grand Pox. Wherein are plainly shew'd, the exact Degrees of Difference; with their Signs, Symptoms, Prognosticks, and Cures, in all Cases; their Beginnings, Progress, and fatal Periods, when neglected, or unskillfully managed; and how their absolute Cure, without Violence, on Injury, is completed. With proper and effectual Remedies, in their several Stages, prescribed and recommended therein. With some Remarks on the preposterous Way of Venery, with Machines, &c. and a plain Discovery of the Dangers (tho' little expected) which attend that vile Practice. And many other useful Discoveries relating to Infections in both Sexes, not before taken Notice of. To which is annexed, a Vindication of the Practice of Salivations; being an Answer to Monsieur Chicogneau's Pamphlet against Mercurial Salivations, no way derogatory to Dr. Turner's Answer on the same Subject. by Joseph Cam , M. D . Printed for the Author; and sold by G. Strahan in Cornhill, W. Mears without Temple. Bar, C. King in Westminster Hall, E. Midwinter on Londonbridge, and Mrs. Baker over-against Hatton-Carden in Holbourn. Price. 2 s. London : Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Black-Fryers .

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the 4 Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN , On Friday the 23d, of October, 1691. ON Saturday the Ordinary Visited the Condemned, in order to the fitting them for their latter End, and for the Duties of the ensuing Lord's Day. On which was preach'd unto them, in the Forenoon, a Sermon on this Text, Romans 6. ver. 21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. The Conclusion of which Discourse was thus directed to those under Sentence of Condemnation. And now may I bespeak you Sentenced Persons in the words of St. Paul to his newly Coverted Romans; What fruit had ye in those things, whereof ye are now, I hope penitentially ashamed? Bitter fruits I'll warrant you, you account the sad Effects of your Vicious Practices, which have exposed you to this Extream, though Condign Punishment. Are you not at last ashamed of your evil ways, now that you eat of the Distateful Fruits of them, and wish a thousand Wishes you had never committed them? For do their past momentary Pleasures or Profits any thing Compensate the lasting Troubles of Mind, and amazing Terrors of approaching Death, which ye at present undergo? O Sin! Where is thy profit? when as thy loss is that of our Immortal Souls, that of Peace of Mind, and Eternal Happiness: where thy Pleasure? when as thy Torment is that of a Disquieted Conscience, that of an afflictive Sense of having no share in the Love and Enjoyment of God, an Infinite Good! Let me appeal to your own sad Experience for a Proof of the unfruitfulness of Sin. When you Robbed and committed Violence, were not your Hearts afraid of a Discovery, of an Apprehension? When your Feet ran to evil, and you made haste to shed Blood, were you not under Terrors of Resistance from those you Assalted? When you lurked privily for the Innocent, did you not lay wait for your own Blood, and lurk privily for your own Lives, as the fatal Event hath proved you did? What's now become of all your unjust acquirements? of your filling your Houses with other Mens Spoils? Do they Help and Relieve you, in the Day of your Distress? Are they not rather miserable Comforters, giving you Trouble and Disquiet of Mind in the remembrance of them? O better had it been for you, had you been Beggers all your Lives time, than by undue treasuring up of Gain, to have treasured up to your selves Wrath against the Day of Wrath, unless your Repentance prevent it; better were it to have wanted here with Poor Lazarus, than to want with Dives in the other World a Drop of cool Water, to allay the Schorchings of Fire Everlasting! O fly those Infernal tormenting Flames, by a timely and sincere Repentance! Escape for your Lives, for your future eternal Lives; and look not back (as the Angel's Charge was to Lot) unless it be with Grief and Hatred on your past evil Courses: the end of those things is to be Death Temporal unto you; O may they not prove you Death everlasting! Let then God's Chastisements drive you who would not suffer his Mercies to lead you to Repentance; be thankful to him for this Correction of you in your outward Man, that the inner one, your Souls, may be saved in the Day of our Lord: Run to him by a speedy Change of Heart and Manners; lay hold on God's Septer of Grace and Salvation while 'tis yet extended towards you: Confess and bewail, abhor and detest, and in firm purposes of Heart so forsake every wilful sin, as that you would never, by Divine Grace preventing you, return again to your former Impiety; take heed that the end of your Lives be not the beginning of a never-ceasing Death unto you; be fit to Dye, and then you will be the fitter to Live, should any of you find sparing Mercy; which I would not have you expect, so as to hinder your Preparation for Dying: O get but your Pardons sealed in Heaven before you go hence, and then whether you obtain your Pardons on: Earth it matters not much; get but Holy Tempers of Soul which may qualifie you for a seeing God with Delight, and whether you are much longer seen in this World, it will little import you. Spend the short remainder of your time, in making Provision for Eternity, in continual Good Works; 'twas too much to have hazarded your Souls once: O endanger them not again through your Impenitent Carelessness, but be employed in pious Meditation, in good Reading, in Self-examination and Prayer, in humble confessing of your sins unto God, in Penitent Deprecation of his Wrath and Vengeance, in earnest Imploration of his Mercy and Forgiveness. Dye in Charity with all the World, forgive as you would be forgieen by your Heavenly Judge; and what injuries you have done to others, beg both theirs and God's Pardon for them; and seek to make them all the amends you can before your depart hence: and after you have done all, after you have mourned for, and hated, and resolved against sin your utmost, yet acknowledge your selves unprofitable Servants; that you still deserve Hell and Damnation, were not God the Father's Mercies infinite, and God the Son's Satisfaction and Atonement all-sufficient. In a word; so prepare for Death, that it may be an Introduction of you into Life Everlasting. The Ordinary preacht in the Afternoon on this Text, viz. Acts 3. ver. 19. Repent and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. On the Monday the Ordinary Visited the Condemned, and inquired of them what Impressions the Prayers and Sermons, on the Lord's Day, made upon their Hearts. Several of them replyed, That they were under greater Convictions of their sins, and they hoped more Penitent than before: He stated the nature of true saving Faith and Repentance, and exhorted them not to deceive themselves with mistakes concerning the due qualifications for a future happy Estate, because nothing less than a thorough change of Heart, in converting to God, could Intitle them to his pardoning Grace and Mercy, which purifies as well as pacifies the Conscience: where God passes an Act of Oblivion, upon the account of Christ's Priestly Merits, he renews a Corrupt Nature, in turning it from the Love and Dominion of its Lusts, by his Kingly Power, otherwise a meerly pardoned Sinner, would be instated only in the half Salvation of the Gospel. Here were stated those mistakes whereby Men presume their sins are pardoned, when they stand in full force against them. Also signs of being truly pardoned, with its genuine Consequents and Effects. The clearest Evidence of the Remission of sins, is the grateful improvement of it, in Conformity to God's Laws, which is only the true State of Blessedness. After this Information and Prayer, the Ordinary required an account how they had spent their Lives, and what Remarks of true Repentance they could produce. I. Mary Sharp , Condemned for Clipping the Currant Mony of this Nation. She said, that she is a Taylorys Wife , and that she help'd him to work at his Trade; but utterly denied the Crime: I told her, that the Clippings were found in her Pocket, and how hainous a Sin it is to diminish the King's Coin, much more to deface the Image of God in a reasonable Soul. She replied, That she had not lived so strickly as she ought, for which God might justly suffer her to fall under the Sentence of Death; but that she never Clipt in her own Person, nor knew any such, otherwise she would discover them. She confest that she had been overcom with violent Passions, which caused her to utter ungodly Speeches, of which she heartily repents. Also for the Omission of her Duty to God, and the neglect of making Provision for her Soul's Happiness. She wept much, pray'd for her self fervently in my hearing, and I hope she was truly penitent. II. Anne Butcher , Condemned for a Robbery: She was reprieved upon her being with Child, some Months since, and now ordered to suffer Death. The Respite from which produced no signs of Repentance. For, tho she denied not the Crime, yet her Heart was obdurate, so that she cared not to receive any Instruction in order to fit her for Death. III. Elizabeth Hancock , Condemned for stealing twenty Pounds in Mony from her Master, after she was suspected for taking away a Silver Spoon. Her Husband died , as she says, six Years since; after that she lived in several Services , and never till now, did any dishonest Action. She confest, with much Grief, that she had not pray'd to God to keep her from the Wickedness of her own Heart, and therefore was overcome with this Crime: But resolved, if she might be spared, that she would amend her Life. IV. John Johns , Condemned for Robbery on the High-way, was very obstinate, and would not give any Account of his former Life, neither shewed any signs of Remorse. V. Humphrey Malice , Condemned for robbing on the High-way, Aged 25 Years. He was a Gardiner , but neglecting that Employment, he grew very poor, whereupon Edward Booth drew him into this Crime, for which he repents. He confest that he had slighted the observation of the Sabbath, which led him to be guilty of excessive Drinking, Swearing, and other Sins, for which he expressed Sorrow. But Edward Booth , his Companion in the Robbery, and whom he accused to his Face, to have draw him to it, was very obstinate, and regarded not a due Preparation for his Death. VI. John Davis , Condemned for Burglary, being 18 years of Age. He denied not the Fact: He was Apprentice to a Victualer , his Master died, and then he joined with bad Company, which brought him to Robbing, Drukenness, Swearing and frequent prophaning the Sabbath. He wept much; I told him, that Tears were not a sign of true Repentance, if they proceeded meerly from Horror of Conscience; and that he had exposed himself to shame, rather than for grieving God's holy Spirit, who could only comfort him in Distress. He much lamented that he had aggravated his Crime, because he took not warning, being burnt in the hand sometime since. I hope he was penitent. VII. Francis Bluck , Condemned for stealing a Gelding. He says that he was a Poulterer in Brook-street , that he had several times stoln Cocks and Hens to sell them in the Market. That he had been tempted three times before his Imprisonment, to poison himself, out of Horror in his Conscience for his wicked Life. He confest that he had been guilty of Uncleanness, Swearing, Drukenness, and Sabbath-breaking, but now he repents. He said, that since his Condemnation, he dream'd that an Evil Spirit came to him, and would have haled him out of his Bed: But upon praying that God would preserve him, he grew more quiet in his Mind. He wept and said, that he could not bring his Heart to be willing to forgive his Accuser. I told him, that if he persisted in his Rancor, he did not repent in Sincerity, nor could he be in any fit disposition for God's pardoning Mercy. Upon this he said, that he did forgive him, and that he was more composed in his Mind upon hopes of God's Mercy in Christ. I Visited the Condemned every day, yet observed little Remorse in them till Thursday, when much time was spent with them to fit them for their Death. Then they grew more sensible of their sinful State, and wept, being undeceived of some hopes they fancied of a Repreive, because of the King's safe return. I could not bring John Johns to any Confession of his Crime, nor a Discovery of any who Robbed a Goldsmith lately, to the value of 500 pounds; yet he acknowledged that he saw some of the Goods sold, but would not Discover where or to whom. I reproved him for abusing his Wife, who came in kindness to see him, for he violently took from her two Ear-rings and gave them to his Whore, which he deny'd not. I must leave him, Booth, and Adderton to the ultimate Judgment of God upon their Souls State. This is all the Account I can give of this Session. Samuel Smith , Ordinary. Dated this 22d of October, 1691. On Friday the 23d Instant, John Johns , John Davis , Anne Butcher , and Mary Sharp , were all convey'd to Tyburn , the latter of which was drawn on a Sledge, where being brought, she was exhorted by the Ordinary to make an Ingenuous and Free Confession of the Fact for which she was Condemned; to which she answered, That she never Clipt any Coyn whatsoever; but she said, That Richard Whiting and his Wife, who were her Lodgers, were undoubtedly Guilty of Diminishing the King's Coyn, for that she had reason to suspect them, Major Whiting himself (as she call'd him) being fled for it. She prayed fervently for the Pardon of all her former sins, not denying but that she had been a great sinner, &c but would not own the Fact. After which, the Ordinary prayed with her, and then she was ty'd to the Stake, and her Body committed to the Flames The other Three being ty'd up, were Admonished to call upon God for Pardoning Mercy, of which Pious Counsel and most seasonable Excitements, John Johns and Anne Butcher took but little notice, especially Butcher, she utterly declining all Advice, &c. But truly John Davis , the Youth, was extreamly Penitent, confessing that he had been a great sinner, though Young; and desired that all Young Men and Boys would be warned by his untimely End, &c. After which they sang a Psalm, and then were turned off. London , Printed for Langley Curtiss at Sir Edmondbury Godfry's Head near Fleet-Bridge . 1691.

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the 15 Criminals that were Executed On Monday the 22th of December, 1690. THe Ordinary visited them every day after their Condemnation, and on the last Lord's Day a Sermon was preached to them, on this Text, Deut 32. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end. Whence five things were observable, 1. The Benefit and Advantage of a Religious Consideration in general. 2. The no less advantagious Benefit of considering our latter end in particular. 3. That to consider our latter end, is an Argument of our Wisdom and Understanding. 4. Some Seasons and particular Occasions were instanced wherein consideration of our Latter End is more especially necessary. 5. That Discourse was concluded with some Motives for the putting in practice this important Duty, then a Charge given to the Condemned as follows. O that you were wise, that you understood this, that you would consider your latter end. I know you do consider it in one sense, that is, your minds are in continual fearful Apprehension of it, but this is not that considering of your latter end, which the Text exhorts to, this is the minding in such sort their Deaths and Departures, as to prepare and make ready for them. O that I may dye the death of the righteous, is the ardent Wish of every one; but O that I may live the Life of the Righteous of how very few. Sirs, deceive not your selves, there is no having your latter End like the Righteous Man, but only by having your precedent Life like his. What? Will not you consider your latter end, so as to prepare for it, who have it in so near a view, and Death stares you in the face, and are you yet unprovided against it? O certainly it is your Wisdom, it is your Understanding, to consider the things belonging to your everlasting Peace, before they be for ever hid from your Eyes. How utterly inexcusable will you be, if you do not, to morrow, to morrow my Friends will be the latter end as to this Life. O that tomorrow may be the beginning of an Eternity in Blessedness unto you. Take care therefore that they be in a due Qualification for-Heaven and Happiness; take heed that they be meet to be partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light and Glory. This Life is the only State of Tryal and Probation, there is no amending in the other World what was left defective in this Work of Conversation, at our departure out of this. Therefore let us now give all Diligence to make our Calling and Election sure, let us work out our Salvation with a cautious Fear and Trembling, left our Contrition be imperfect, and our Repentance unsincere. O blessed God! is this the business you are imployed about for an endless Eternity, and can you be too careful concerning it? Think not a few Tears, Sighs, and Lord have Mercy on me, to be Repentance This is not so cheap and easy a performance, especially when there is a whole course of Life of wickedness to be repented of. Oh, no! it imports all the painful Throws and Pangs of of a second Birth, of a life of Regeneration. It imports a broken and contrite Heart, an Hatred and Detestation of Sin, as well as a Sorrow for it. Sincere and stedfast Resolution of new Obedience, yet, an actual ceasing to do evil, and learning to do well. And, oh! may your Repentance be such! may it be a repenting you more that you have offended a good and gracious God by your impieties, than that these have exposed you to condign temporal Punishment. O cause you new Joy in Heaven by your Repentance, as you have formerly grieved, quenched, and offered dispight to Gods Holy Spirit by your obstinately wicked and impenitent Lives. Think it not enough to say within your selves, We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous, for he is no Propitiation for yonr Sins, unless you truly repent and forsake them. The Redemption purchased by our Saviour, and the Promises of his Gospel, belong not to you, if you have not the Qualifications of Redeemed ones, nor the performed Conditions of the Gospel-promises, viz. Truth Faith, Repentance and Amendment: Without Holiness there is no Happiness without beholding Gods Face in Righteousness here, there is no beholding that in Glory hereafter. And therefore see that you have a Divine and Holy Nature implanted in you in this Life, and then departing hence, meerly disposed for eternal blessedness, when at the Resurrection from the Dead you awake up, after Gods likeness, you shall be endlesly satisfied therewith. I shall proceed to give an account of the condemned Criminals, as to their former course of Life, and in what frame of Heart they were for a blessed Eternity. I. John Bennet alias Freeman , but more notoriously known by the name of the GOLDEN FARMER, condemned for the Murther of Charles Taylor , and several Robberies, to the value of some thousand Pounds. I was with him several times in his Chamber, and exhorted him to disburthen his Conscience, by a free Confession of his Evil Courses, yet after much Advice for his Souls Welfare, and many Prayers that God would work his Heart to Repentance, nothing more than what follows could be obtained: That he had been a great Sinner, and was guilty of most Sins. That he was not so much grieved for the Shame of this condign Punishment, as for offending God. And that he was not solicitous to lengthen out his Life upon Earth, but to get his Pardon sealed in Heaven. He shed many Tears, yet said, That he trusted only in Christ's Righteousness for Pardon and Peace in Conscience. He was exhorted chiefly to be deeply humbled for the Murther he had committed, and upon reading to him David's Penitential Prayer, in these Words, Deliver me from Bloodguiltiness O God, and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness, he gave some Signs of great Remorse; yet I told him, That his Tears could not expiate his great Provocations of God, for they stood in need of cleannng by the Merit and Efficacy of Christ's Blood shed, This he acknowledged. Then I endeavoured to make him more sensible, offering Violence to the Dictates of his own Conscience, before he could so long proceed in the wicked Trade of Robbing, and putting many Persons into affrightment of losing their Lives: He did acknowledg this Crime, whereupon I horted him to make Restitution to the utmost, of what remained in his Hands, otherwise his Repentance could not be syncere: He thought this to be strange Doctrine, whenas, he said, he dyed for robbing. I told him, that he paid his Life to the Justice of the Law, it made no Satisfaction nor Recompence to those he had despoil'd of their Estates. And added farther, That he should not conceit that his former Supplies of the Wants of the Poor was any true Charity in God's Account, who abhors Robbery, though it be intended for a Burnt offering: And that I feared his Pretension to Charity was designed by him as a covert of his robbing to be less suspected, however, that it could not att one God's Displeasure and incensed Justice against him, for so many Acts of Violence as he had used towards the Persons and Estates of many: This he acknowledged. I exhorted him to make a more thorow Discovery of his wicked Life; but he often refused to do it, saying I could not pardon him. I told him, not authoritatively, this is God's sole Prerogative, yet as a Gospel Minister, to whom the Word of Reconciliation is entrusted, I might furnish him with good Grounds of a Lively Hope of Pardon and Salvation, if he did not hide obstinately his Sins, by which he had given publick Scandal to the Christian Religion, and therefore his Repentance ought to be as Publick and Exemplary, as his Course of Life had been more notoriosly sinful than other Mens: But I could not prevail with him to give any Testimony of his syncere turning to the Lord, to whose all-discerning Eye and determination of his Soul's State I must leave him. II. William Jones , condemned for Felony; he is aged about 21 Years, was an Husbandman , came to London for Employment, but fell into bad Company, because he said that he seldom prayed that God would keep him from Temptations of Sinners; he broke the Sabbath, was sometimes overtaken with excessive drinking, would swear sometimes, and before he was married, he kept company with Bad Women. I hope he was penitent. III. Francis Yates , condemned for Felony and Burglary, aged 31 years: His Employment was to turn Throwsters Mills : He joyned with bad Company, was guilty, he said, of Swearing, Drunkenness and of walking in the Fields on the Sabbath day. IV. Richard James , condemned for Felony and Burglary: He was very obstinate, as to the receiving of any Good Instruction, he would not give any account of his Employment or Conversation, only acknowledged that he had been a sinner, as all Men are: He shewed no Sign of Repentance, and would not declare whether he were a Protestant or a Papist. V. George Hutton , condemned for a Rape, aged 22 years, he was a Carman : He kept bad Company, among whom he would be drunken and often swear. VI. Thomas Diggs , condemned for clipping the Current Mony of this Kingdom, aged 33 Years: He was a Sea-Surgeon , but said he left that Employment because he was sick: He said that he seldom prayed, would swear, break the Sabbath, and kept lewd Women Company before Marriage. VII. Charles Wells , condemned for Felony and Burglary, aged 22 Years, he was a Taylor : He said that he stayed at home on the Sabbath, and went not to the Publick Worship, for which, he thought, together with other Secret Sins, that this Distress did befal him. VIII. Peter Heysy , condemned for Felony and Burglary: He said that he had been a great Sinner, in prophaning God's Holy Name, and had kept Lewd Company. IX. John Ray , condemned for the same Crime, aged 22 years: He was a Shoe-maker , and confess'd that he had been a great Sinner. X. John Earle , condemned for Felony and Burglary, aged 17 years: His Father brought him up to the Trade of a Bricklayer ; but he was disobedient, and stole 10 s. from his Father for Idle Expences: And upon this, fearing his Father's Displeasure, he ran away from him. He was exposed to bad Company, and was burnt in the Hand last Session, and now is condemned for a worse Crime, because he would not take warning by an easier Punishment. XI. Benjamin Harvy , condemned for Felony and Burglary, committed three Years since: He confessed that he had been guilty of most Sins; he was a Seaman , but left that Service, and minded not his Duty to God, nor any thing which was serious. He seemed Penitent, and gave a better account what Saving Faith and Repentance are than most of the other Criminals. XII. Elizabeth Mackdonel , condemned for Cliping, Filing and Diminishing the Current Money of this Kingdom. She said that she had led a very evil Life. XIII. Constance Wainwright , condemned, with three Women more, for firing Newgate ; She was an old Offender, and not sensible of this Crime, nor of the Course of ill-spent Life; and yet said, That she trusted in God's Mercy for Pardon and Salvation, though she was ignorant of the Qualifications to obtain either, and yet was very confident that these Qualifications were performed by her. XIV. Mary Jones , condemned for the same Crime, said, That her Employment was to make Gold and Silver Lace ; but of late she became Idle, and fell into bad Company, by which she was tempted to break the Sabbath, and that she did not reprove Swearing and Cursing when she heard it; but she now repents of all her Misdeeds. I hope she was penitent. The day of Execution being come, viz. Monday the 22d instant, Mr. Ordinary attended the Prisoners, and laboured to bring them to a fight and sense of their Sins, pressing them to a serious consideration of their approaching end, future State, and a Preparation for another World: And about half an hour past 9 in the Morning Anne Hereford , one of the Women that set fire to the Prison of Newgate , and received Sentence of Death upon that Account, was brought down and tyed up to a Gibbet in Newgate-street , where, after some deploring her untimely End, and shewing a Reluctancy for her Misdoings, she was turned off. Immediately after John Bennet alias Freeman , otherwise called the Golden Farmer, was put into a Cart, and conveyed to Salisbury-court end in Fleetstreet , near the Place where he committed the Murther, for which he received Sentence, where a Gibbet was erected for his Execution, and there having made a short Prayer, he gave the Executioner the Word or Sign to do his Office, and was accordingly executed, without making any Speech or Exhortation. This Execution done, George Hutton , Francis Yates , Richard James , Charles Wells , Peter Heasey , William Jones , John Earle , John Wray alias Ray , Sarah Cane alias Moor , Constance Wainewright and Elizabeth Trant were conveyed to Tyburn in several Carts, Thomas Diggs and Bartholomew Mumford , drawn on Sledges for Cliping as in Case of High-Treason; when being tyed up, they expressed, as well in Gesture as Countenance, a very sorrowful demeanour for the failings and misdemeanours of their past Lives, desiring God to have mercy upon their Souls in this their last and greatest Extremity, several of them acknowledging themselves to have been notorious and incorrigible Sinners, owning the Justice of God as a Scourge for their Impieties, in bringing them to a place of ignominy, and temporal Punishment, Mr. Ordinary prayed with them in extraordinory Zeal and Fervor, labouring with all diligence to make them sensible of their Conditions, how they stood upon the very brink of Eternity, and wanted but a few Moments to plunge them into it, which they ought to use for a Redeeming the time they had spent or squandered away in trifling Vanities, and things that had proved distructive to their Bodies; he then admonished them to pray for themselves, desiring to hear them pray, which some readily did, but others declined it, desiring to be excused by reason of the Extremity of the Weather, their uncomposedness, or some such like Excuses. The Ordinary reproved some of them of their neglect of the good Officer he loboured to do them in Prison, for the Health of their Souls To which Richard James answered, he was exceeeding sorry he had not given more heedful Attention; and others replied much to the same purpose. Then the Ordinary set and sung with them the 25th. Psalm sutable, and fitly applied to so Melancholy Occasion, which most of them sung with an audable Voice. Then he prayed, and recommending them to the Protection of the Almighty, took his leave, when soon after the Cart drew away, and their Souls were committed into the Hands of their merciful Maker and Redeemer, whilst their Bodies remain in hope of a glorious Resurrction to the Life Immortal. This is all the Account I can give of this Session. Dated this 20th of December 1690. Samuel Smith Ordinary . ADVERTISEMENTS. ***The Triennial Mayor, or the New Rapparees: A Poem sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, Price 6d. ***These are to give Notice to all Persons, for the Benefit of the Publick, That Mr. Elmy, Professor of Physick, and Operator, of known Integrity, and above 25 Years practice, Liveth at the Blue Ball in Whale-Bone Court, at the Lower End of Bartholomew-lane by the Royal Exchange, who most safely and expeditiously Cures Deafness and Noise in the Ears in any of what Age soever, (if Curable) and at first Sight, by Inspection, Resolves the Patient if so or not, as most Eminent Persons of Quality in this City can Testifie. He hath likewise a most excellent Gargarism or Mouth-Water, which will make black or yellow Teeth as white as Ivory, in a few times using; and it will certainly cure the Scurvy, and all other Diseases incident to the Mouth, Teeth and Gums, which in many persons causeth a stinking Breath, which (by the Blessing of God, and the use of this Water) I dare affirm you will be freed from those Maladies beforementioned, with Directions. His Pills only prepared for the French Disease, and the Running of the Reins, may be had in Boxes of several prices, with other Venereal Arcana's, as occasion serves. London, Printed for Langley Curtiss at Sir Edmondbury Godfrey's Head near Fleet-Bridge , 1690.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of Thomas Douglas , that was Executed at Tyburn , on Wednesday the 27th of October, 1714, for the barbarous Crime of Murder. AT the General Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 13th, 14th, and 15th of October, 1714, Thirteen Persons, viz. Eight Men and Four Women, were severally Convicted of Capital Crimes, and so accordingly receiv'd Sentence of Death. Of these, One dy'd of a Feaver on Monday the 18th instant; Eleven have obtain'd HIS MAJESTY's gracious Reprieve, (which I wish they may duly improve) and the other (namely, Thomas Douglas ) is now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and to that purpose had them brought up twice every day to the Chapel of Newgate, where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of GOD to them, thereby endeavouring to instruct them in the Principles and Precepts of the Christian Religion, (which some of them were not very well acquainted with) and make them sensible of the Guilt they had contracted, and the Miseries they had involv'd themselves in, by living and acting contrary to those Divine Precepts. On the LORD's Day, the 17th instant, I preach'd to them (and others there present) both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon these Words, Acts 17. 30, & 31. And the times of this Ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all Men every where to repent: Because He has appointed a Day in the which He will judge the World in Righteousness, by that Man whom He has ordain'd; whereof He has given Assurance unto all Men, in that He has raised Him from the Dead. From which Words, first explain'd in general, I shew'd in particular, I. The Certainty and Infallibility (as well as Necessity) of a Future Judgment after this Life: Which is declar'd to us by a threefold Voice, viz. The Voice of{Scripture, Conscience, God's Justice. II. The Severity and Dreadfulness of that Judgment; which to the Impenitent Sinners will be most terrible and intolerable, upon many Accounts, but chiefly these, viz. 1. The Sight of their Judge. 2. The Manner of his Coming to Judgment. 3. The Accusations of their own Consciences. 4. The Nature and Character of that Judgment; which will be Universal, Exact, Just, and Irreversible. III. and lastly, The Use we ought to make of this Doctrine of a Future Judgment, so as we may (thro' Grace and Mercy) avoid the Severity of it, and be advanc'd to Endless Happiness by a serious Meditation upon it; duty considering, that it is, 1. A powerful Disswasive from Vice; because then it will most certainly be severely punish'd. And, 2. A strong Perswasive to Virtue; because then it will be most certainly and fully rewarded. On the last LORD's Day, the 24th instant, I preach'd to them again, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon; and my Text was; Rom. 10. 9. - If thou shalt confess with thy Mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine Heart, that God has raised Him from the Dead, thou shalt be Saved. Which Words having first explain'd, with their Context, in general, I then shew'd in particular, I. What this Confessing of Christ with the Mouth imports. II. What is meant by this Believing on Him in our Hearts. III. l. What an Unspeakable Benefit will accrue to us from such a Confession and Belief, viz. Eternal Life and Salvation. On these I enlarg'd, and then concluded with such particular Adnonitions to the Persons condemn'd, as I thought most suitable to the dismal Circumstances they were under, exhorting them to Faith and Repentance, and shewing them what those Graces were, and how they might and ought to be exerted by them, while they were here in this World, in order to their obtaining the Pardon of their Sins, and attaining to the Fruition of their Faith, even the Salvation of their Souls, in the World to come. And as in my Publick, so in my Private Exhortations I was very earnest in pressing upon their Minds the Necessity of Faith, without which it is impossible to please God, as the Apostle averrs, Heb. 11. 6. and of Repentance, without which No Pardon of Sins, and consequently No Salvation of Soul, can be hoped for. They seem'd to be attentive to what I deliver'd to them upon these Topicks; and he that is now order'd for Execution (whom I particularly endeavour'd to make sensible of the Heinousness of the Crime of Murder) gave me the Account of his past Life and present Disposition, as follows. Thomas Douglas , Condemn'd for the Murder by him committed on the Person of William Sparks , by stabbing him with a Knife, on the 29th of September last. He said, that he was 33 Years of age, born at Dunston , about 12 miles from Berwick upon Tweed ; That he was brought up to the Sea from his Youth, had been an able Seaman for these Twelve Years past, and serv'd on board the Shrewsbury, the St. George, the Bedford, and several other Men of War, and sometimes in Merchant-Ships. He would not own himself otherwise Guilty of this this Murder, than say, " That being much in Drink, he might have " done it, not knowing then what he did; for he entirely lov'd the " Man, and had no manner or matter of Grudge against him; and " their meeting together at that time was friendly, as being to take " their Leave of each other in a loving Cup, wherein they happening to exceed the Rules of Sobriety, were both of them so " very much discompos'd with Drinking, that they knew not well " what they did. Upon which I told him, " That I suppos'd such Excessive Drinking made him so rash and inconsiderate, as to hurry him into the " commission of that horrid Fact, which, and many other Wicked " Actions, too often proue the sad Consequents of Insobriety: Yet I " could not but think that he must needs have harbour'd Malice " and Hatred in his Heart against that poor Man, whom he thus " basely stabb'd, for else he would not have done it, tho' in Drink: " And what confirm'd me in this Opinion, was, the Deposition of " Two Witnesses, who at his Tryal swore, That they heard the Deceased say, a little before he dy'd, that he (the Prisoner) kill'd him upon " an old Grudge. And further it was then depos'd by one of them, That " he saw him give William Sparks the mortal Blow, and heard him curse " him; which he own'd at that time he had done: Whereupon he being " apprehended, the bloody Knife with which he had committed that Horrid " Fact was seen to fall from him. When I had observ'd these Things to him, and ask'd him, Whether all this was not true, he made a Demurr or Stop before he would give me any Answer, seeming to be very full of Thoughts, and bitterly lamenting his miserable Condition. Here I press'd him to make a full and ingenuous Confession of his Crime; telling him, That upon his true Repentance of it, and of all his other Sins, he might find great Ease in his Mind. With this and other Exhortations I wrought so far upon him, that he said, He was truly sensible of his Guilt, and the Justice of his Sentence, and begg'd Pardon both of GOD and Man. Yet all this while he would not plainly acknowledge, that he committed this Murder out of Ill-will to the Deceas'd; saying further, That he did not think the Deceas'd had any against him neither, tho' some Years ago (and that was when he serv'd in the Shrewsbury) he press'd him into the Sea-service, and carried him to the St. George, on board which both of them went on the Expedition to Vigo , where Sir Stafford Fairborne was Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron, and Captain Whitton Commander of that Ship. This is all the Account he gave me of the former Passages of his Life, saving that he own'd, " That he was " afraid his Breaking of the Sabbath-day, as he had frequently " done, his committing Fornication and Adultery, his profane " Swearing, and excessive Drinking, &c. together with this " Murdering of his Friend, had render'd him hateful to GOD, " and made his Heart so hard, as that he did not know " how to Repent, and could find no manner of Comfort or " Hope within himself. Upon this I gave him the best Advice I could, shewing him how he should pray to GOD for Grace, that he might truly Repent; and, That upon the Confession of his Sins, and his Abhorrence and Forsa [Missing page images]

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